Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

trap drummer In the orchestra There
Is no down-trodden shop girl starv ng on
SO a week and causing our just ndig a
ton because her heartless employer
won't pay 81.
There are a murderer, a pickpociet
and some coun erfeit ers in The A gyle
Case but mostly rather likab,e persons.
whose energy and enthusiasm rightly di-
re ted In fields of high finance wou d
have assured them greater emo ument
political preferment and honored stan ing
In our best society. They have simply
gone the wrong way about 1t. Il is not
9 c ook play or crime play in the sense
that it gIorifies the criminal. The detec-
tive Is not baff1ed at every turn and
made to look like what is techn cally
known in underworld circles as a b OBJ
The accepted theory that detective may
service e~nerts. Mr.. B"rns Mr.. WIKI e,
Mr.. Dougherty and Chief Flynn have al
ready done that. but they do not come
into public conspicuousness
The Argyle Case. forsooth. Is a
straight de e,tive story of the tangled
stand when about to catch a train and
that woman reads in bed when she
ought to be taking her beauty sleep. 1t
Is less fantas ic. but more plausible than
Sherlock Holmes, and Ii has the tingle,
the CULVER Of suspen7e. You are nerer
quite sure who XII led John Argyle until
ten seconds before the man in uniform
J out front Is megaphoning the carriage
numbers. moral? Sure, 1t has a moral
the absolute futility Of crime
PAvLOwA'S ART sETTrNGs-Cre-
alive work Of the celebrated painters
Leon Bakst and Boris Anisfeld is repre-
scented In the ballet productions presented
by Pavlowa These famous artists de-
signed and executed the scenery and cos.
, tunes for the ballots and they received
q great deal OF notice during Pavlowa' s
recent London engagement.
Both artists are eminent in London and
| Paris. Bakst created a sensa lion In
Paris when his work was first shown there
| Russian. he was very roor and con-
tinued his art studies under great pr,va-
lions. He struggled along without recog.
milton until one day the attention OF q
Russian grand duchess was brought to
! his "Salome." She provided him with
capital to go to Paris and continue his
! work.
Anisfeld. also a Russ an has gained d g.
tinction from q style OF painting some
what after he Futur ST schoo,. Anisfeld
| created Pavlowa's production for Les
Preludes," even to designing the costumes
and working out the light effects
/ A PASS FOR TwO-Stories of Sir
| Henry Irving live after him. Mr. Henry
| Stanford, who was his leading man unit
the time Of Sir Henry's death. tells this
ale Of "a pass for two"
| Among Sir Henry's friends in this coun-
try was certain Philadelphia coup e.
| who. the morning Of the Gay the Eng 49,.
actor was to open his enga cement in
| their city, left at his hotel a note o.
warm welcome with the added words
that they should see him across the foot
lights that evening. provided bad cold
from which one of them was suffering
| would permit their being out.
| An hour later came an envelope ad
dressed to them In the Irving scraw., blu
that which was scratched across the n
| gle sheet inclosed was absolutely flleg.
BILE BY and by IL occurred to the MAJ.
OF the house. who had the cod, that tn.
Of the kindness Of Irving's heart. Tor Sii
Henry was a great man to experiment
on his friends with his medical skill.
/ The Phiiadelphian took II to an apothe-
cary. who did not tan to compound II.
doses and being better of h . cold. ne
J ca led on the actor to present his thanks
and congratulate HIM on his medicai
| skill
i How did you like the play was the
| first question he had to meet. Il hope
| my order for seats reached you In good
| time"
The Phtla0eIrhfan Stammered MS
! thanks. but SIR Henry. suspec ling s~me-
1 thing wrong. rrodded him with inquiries
i that brought a full confession. No one
| enioyed the joke more than irving.
A NEW VAUDEVILLE sTAR.-The
! professional debut Of a Washington
girl. Miss Mary Cramer. will take place
AT 3. F. Keith's Theater this afternoon
and tonight. She is a singer with a
| voice rs deep and rich. 1t Is said, as
thar of the late Helene Mora. known
the world over as the female bari
, tone Miss Cramer has been a popu-
lar and active amateur for seve al
years. She has sung at many Masonic
Entertainments and took part In the
Sunshine Clubs recent presentation OF
The Old Vermont Farm" Tomorrow
night she will sing At the B. B. French