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POLI'S

The International Circuit announces
Virginia Harneds success. The Wom-
an He Married" as it's offering at Polls
Theater this week, opening tonight
and with matinees Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday, and with Rosemund Re
voire as Jean Dunont, the artists S
model. Miss Harned's former role.
The play deals with Jean Dumont. an
artists model in New York studio,
who marries Jack Harding, son of a
millionaire merchant, creating a scan
dal. Col John Harding. in London,
reads of the particulars. hastens home,
and disowns his son, at the same time
accusing the girl of being mercenary.
The young couple have no money, but
the bills are coming in hourly and the
wife. finding she is facing a financial
crisis. decides to resort to her earning
capacity in the studio.
The husband, furious, accuses his
wife, but fate saves them both in a
tense dramatic scene in the studio of
the artist.
Rosemund Revoire has played lead
ing roles with Dustin Farnum, Guy
Ba ,es Pest. the late Aubrey Boucicault.
Mary Shaw and last season with Wal
ker Whitesides and as a stock star in
New York city. Others in the cast are
Walter Scott Weeks. Kate Pryor. AL
fred p. James. John w. Lott, Wallis
Roberts and Marie Louise Benton.
2cAnic and stage accessories in keeping
@Mh. the play and feature gowns. rz
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COSMOS

Girls, comedy, music and more girls,
with attractive scenery. sparkling song
hits and spirited action is an outline
description of Harvest Days" the
pretty musical entertainment and new
est of girl acts that will head the Cos
mos Theater bill the current week, be-
ginning at the matinee tomorrow Four
near headliners will support the big at
traction and include Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Esmond in comedy sketch, 1.-THE Sol
dier From Propville"; the Tasmanian
Trio, a novel acrobatic and musical Of
fering from the antipodes: Millington
and Burke, in an amusing singing skit,
Love or War" and the Three Jennetts
N novel European act of clown abb
surdities. Still other new attractions
to complete the continuous vaudeville
program for the week will be Neil Nc
Kinley, the inimitable monoiogist
Eleanora Sherman. in Il dainty Offering
with piano assistance. and Fox and In
graham. pair of laughable chatterers
in what is known as "a sidewalk COM
edy."
The film attractions. headed by the
pretty Metro romance of the St. Law
renee and the Thousand Isles, The
River of Romance" featuring Harold
Lockwood and May Allison, from Mon
day to Wednesday,, inclusive. and the
great Vitagraph comedy, "A Prince in a
PaWnshop," with Barney Bernard, the
widely known comedian. as the chief
funmaker, from Thursday to Saturday,
viii also include both the Selig Trib-
une and the Pathe News weeklies. the
former the first half and the latter the
last half of the week. and an amusin &
cartoon comedy. The big photoplays
are shown daily at /, 4:45 and l0:15
pm. only.
Todays performances, starting at 3
pm, will present the attractions Of
last week, including the four big head
line attractions.
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Coming Attractions
PHILADELPHIA Orchestra Tuesday.

Alma Gluck. the popular young
soprano, will be the assisting artist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra in its
second concert in the Washington
series Tuesday afternoon at the New
National Theater. The entire program
arranged by Director Stokowski for the
occasion follows: Beethoven, overture,
"Egmont"; Mozart. Aria, "L'Amer saro
Costante", from I'll Re Pastore"; Haydn
Symphony No. 13, in G major; Arensky,
variations on theme of Tschaikowsky;
Glinka, Cavatina from "Rouslane ct
Ludmila", and Tschaikowsky, fantasia,
Francesca da Rimini.'
Alma Gluck is a shining example of
how much can be achieved by young
American artist at home, without wait
ing for the stamp of European ap-
prevail All her training was received
in this country, and she made her debut
with the Metropolitan Opera Company
In 1909 when she was virtually un-
Known. She achieved instant success
at her first appearance in opera. and
thereafter she created many of the
most important roles in the operatic
repertoire Her success on the concert
stage has been even more marked.
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Lortat-Howry Recital Friday.

Robert Lortat. the young French
pianist. who will be heard here in joint
recital with Miss Elizabeth Howry at
the National Theater Friday. has come
on leave from the trenches for a visit
to America, and with his first appear
ance in New York at a recital in
Aeolan Hall made a sensational i'm
preston upon his large and critical
audience. Pitts Sanborn, in the. New
York Globe. writes of him:
Robert Lortat made a triumphant
entry into our musical life yesterday
To dwell on the technical equipment OF
Mr.. Lortat would be almost an imperti-
nence. He has it in fullness. as well as
rnusicianship. brains. taste, schooling
and, best OF ali. his playing Is made
vital by temperament
Miss Howry IS starting upon her
career with much to assure her a great
future. AT time when Nine Sembrich
was limiting the number of her pupils
to four or five Miss Howry went to her
in France, and was accepted as one OF
them. She has been under the famous
prima donna's tutelage ever since
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Crandall's.

Broken Chains" the photoplay at
traction at Crandall's today, tomorrow
and Tuesday, is a story of strong dra-
matte interest with an unexpected end
ing. Ethel Clayton and Carlyle Black
well are pictured as the principal char
acters. young army officer detailed
on special duty in the south is sus-
pected by the inhabitants of a purpose
to incite the negroes in a political fight
against the whites. AS the result of a
plot he is accused of the murder of a
notorious character and sent to prison.
How his sweetheart comes to his rescue
is brought about by decidedly novel
twist of the plot.
Wednesdays and Thursdays attrac-
tion will be the Fox production. THE
Battle of Life" story of life in the
underworld of New York. with Gladys
Coburn and Art Accord the featured
players. and Friday and Saturdays Of
fering will be the Bluebird photoplay.
The Measure of a Man." adapted from
the story by Norman Duncan. featuring
Louise Lovely and J. Warren kerrigan.
It's principal character is a militant
minister.
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BELASCO

Oliver Morosco will make his third
1ocal offering of the current season at
the Belasco Theater this week, begin
ming tomorrow night with matinee
Wednesday and Saturday, when he will
present for the first time on an east
ern stage his new comedy drama. The
Brat" by Miss Maude Fulton Like all
Mofosco productions. The Brat" was
given its first hearing at Mr.. Morosco' S
producing theater in Los Angeles
whore it created favorable impression
during It's ten weeks stay. 1t dupii-
GATED its success in San Francisco
where its engagement covered eighty
consecutive performances.
fhe Brat is il three acts. Its theme
deals with human people Just the sor;
that you would expect TO find in real
life. with a generous mixture of the
high and low strata of society. Pathos
and comedy are mingled with adroit-
ness blending the smile and the tear
The love story aims 10 hold the au-
diter in delicious apprehension until
81 IL an assured fact that the bewitch-
ing, little Brat is not to be turned into
esd. cruel world Clever witty lines
snsr a delicious flow of slang from the
lips of the waif from whom the play
takes its title are characteristics OF
the play, which has been handsomely
moGuted by Mr.. Morosco. Miss Fulton
naturally. mad herself In MIND when
che. conceived the chara acter OF THE
Brat" s1d she will be seen in the title
role. Edmund Lowe will be seen as
the hero, stephen Foster. The younger
brother OF the artist will he imper-
sonated by Lewis Stone, who viii re-
turn TO the Morosco banner IN a
heavy role. Frederic de Bellville has
been cast as tine bishop; John F'indIay
noted Tor his impeTsOnations OF the
stage butler. will have the part of Tim
pd X at htr m et Of
best known leading women of the Lit
tie Theater. New York, will essay the
role of the artist. Charlotte Ives has
been selected for the debutante.
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NEW NATIONAL

The Cohan Revue OF 1916" heralded
as "a prodigious musical production
will be the Offering at the New Ma
tiorial Theater this week. commencing
tomorrow night. with the original COM
psny and production seen in New York
and. Chicago. II is a spectacle. extrava-
EanZa, burlesque, comic opera, satire
and. .travesty. constructed solely for the
purpose OF entertainment.
The Offering is described as "A Musi-
cal Crazy Quilt, patched together.
threaded with words and music. and
staged by George n. Cohan." II
weSves many OF the successes of the
eesson into it's entertainment.
The cast includes Nalii Salli, Rich
ard Carrie. Elizabeth NJ. Murray. Charles
Winninger. Miss Juliet. Harry Bulger
Lila Rhodes, James e. Marlowe. Grace
Nolan. Little Billy. Frederick SantIey
Harry Delf, Jere Grady. John Hen
bricks. Alfred LateIl. Boyle and Brazil
Anita Elson. Florence Curtis and a
chorus of nearly one hundred.
In. the two acts there are, fourteen
scenes with twenty-six musical num-
bers and Il number of Cohanesque sur
prises
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Photoplay Features

-N spite of the multitudinous scena-
rio writer's whose imaginations
dive into unexplored social depths
IL with the daring OF a submarine, or
soar into realms of fanciful senti-
ment with the intrepidity of an airship,
the movies fail back every now and then
on the old home library and select a well
thumbed volume that delighted our
grandsires. Probably if 'Oliver Twist"
had not existed under the sponsorship
of so respected an author as Dickens.
and were the product of modern
scenario writer, it would be regarded
with censorious suspicion as a danger
Gus scrutiny of the underworld; an un-
pleasant study of criminal life, embel-
lshed with needless horror by the bru-
talities of Bill Sykes. The presenta-
ton of Oliver Twist on the films Is
none the less to be recorded as useful
and desirable exploitation OF the stand
ard story tellers art by the most mod
ern vehicle of expression. Great Ex-
nectations." another Dickens story,
with a criminal furnishing the basis OF
plot. Is another film product soon to be
offered And it may be confidently ex-
pected that the paollc wili ae.ees I'm,
Dickens plot, with it's abundance of
svmpathetic and intelligent character
drawing, and the current production IN
the line of underworld thrillers. In
moving pictures, as in drama and IN
hooks many people do the same thing.
INT who does it and how it is done
make all the difference in the world.
X * x
A colossal price tag is Haunted as the
visible assurance that Annette Keller
mans new picture. "A Daughter of the
Gods" will be as big an achievement tn IN
nictures as Belasco's play, whose title
Il recalls. 1.-The Darling Of the Gods"
proved on the speaking stage, The
oriental in its atmosphere 1t has al
ready had career involving vicissitudes.
including clashes in litigation between
a producer and it's present proprietor.
Miss Kellerman's accomplishments as
a swimmer and diver are utilized with
spectacular effect and opportunity for
her to display the results of her recent
experience as an actress have not been
neglected No film within recent recol-
lection has gone before the public with
more elaborate attention to every
possible detail. both as to production
and publicity.
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the program al the B. F. Keith Theater
this week. Miss Carus promises new
songs, humor and gowns. Beatrice Her
ford. a leading funmaker, will anus
ingly dissect 1.-The Hotel Child" THE
Matinee Girl" and AT the Ten Cent
Store. Sam and Kitty Morton, the pa
and ma of Paul and Clara, of the once
fabous Four Mortons. will be seen in
Back Where They Started" and Nor
ton and Moore. who co-starred in The
Tx Tok Man of o." with two charm
ing assistants. will be an added attrac-
ton in a composite of many brands of
comedy. song and frivolity. A new
dramatic star and new sketch on the
Keith circuit will be Jean Adair and
her company in Maggie Taylor, Wait
ress" The De Pace opera sextet. with
mandolins; Edna Munsey, former
Washington girl, as The Pollyanna OF
Vaudeville; the Weise troupe. the pipe
organ recitals and the Hearst Inter-
national News pictorial are other at
fractions.
Two performances will be given to-
day. at and at Sis pm. presenting
last weeks bill
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with Miss Doro pictured as oliver. II
includes Hobart Bosworth as Bill Skies,
Tully Marshall as Fagan, Raymond
Hatton as the Artful Dodger. Elsie
Jane Wilson as Nancy, and James Neill
as Mr.. Brownlow. The producers have
made the selection of types ideal. even
the minor characters being chosen with
scrupulous care and fidelity to the
original. Everybody knows the story
of "Oliver Twist" born in a workhouse.
who finally manages'to escape by climb
ing out of the window. starts on long
walk to London, meets the Artful
Dodger and is taken to Fagin's garret.
where he is taught the art Of thievery.
In the meantime Brownlow, a friend of
divers dead father, has been commits
stoned to find him.
Beginning Thursday and for the last
half of the week Lou-Tellegen, the
noted star. will be pictured in 1.-The
Victoria Gross" photoplay founded
on the massacre of the English at
Cawnpore during the Sepoy rebellion in
India. 1t is a perturbation of the play
by Paul Potter. The cast in support
of Mr.. Tellegen is a notable one, in
cluding Sessue Hayakawa, Cleo Ridgley
and others.
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"A Daughter of the Gods"

Monday night of next week William
Fox's photoplay production, "A Daugh-
ter of the Gods" will be presented for
the. first time in Washington. at the
Belasco Theater After the opening
presentation on Monday night two per-
formances will be given each day. in
the afternoon at 2:15 and at night at
SIS o'clock.
This spectacle is claimed to be the
first one-million dollar film ever pro-
duced. 1t was staged in Kingston, ia
maica, famed for it's tropical beauty,
and in the waters Of the Caribbean,
where Annette kellerman and her sup
porting cast worked for nine months.
with bazaars, mosques and exquisite
gardens, was erected for the back
ground of this tale of fafryland and
then destroyed by fire in order to OBJ
tain an impressive finale.
More than 10000 people were used
in the various mob and battle scenes
and 1900 children in the Gnome City,
which is one of the delights of the
was built at the foot of roaring River
falls, one OF the beauties of Jamaica,
with it's little inhab bitants, and is
miniature municipality in itself.
No less than $1,000 costumes were
used in the production. Jane Lee in
terprets the role of little Prince Omar
and Katherine Lee the childish part of
Nydia, a wee mermaid. These children
have delighted audiences with their un-
usual talent.
The musical score was composed by
Robert Hood Bowers, composer of light
opera.
Two hundred and twenty-three thou
sand feet of celluloid. or forty-two
miles of film, were used for "A Daugh-
ter of the Gods" 1900 women were
employed in Jamaica to make the cos
tunes; 10000 persons appear in many
OF the stupendous- scenes. hundred
photoplayers and a large staff of tech
nical experts spent nine months in
Jamaica making the pictures. and ship
|, builders were brought from Egypt to
construct the curiously fantastic By
zantine vessels seen in the pictures.
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"Do You Believe in Fairies 2"

The matinee performance of DO You
Believe in Fairies" will be presented
at the Belasco Tuesday afternoon at
2:15 o'clock. and will be benefit for
the Working Boys Home, the well
known local charity organization which
supplies for otherwise neglected
youngsters cheerful, comfortable
home. giving them the advantage of
club and reading rooms.
Apart from the benefit for the chill
dren. the play itself promises to be
enjoyable entertainment.
Miss Minnie Saxton is the author of
the fantasy. composed the musical mum
bers and enacts the leading role.
The. entertainment is under the di-
rection of Miss Hawke, who has ar
ranged many new anG interesting
dance numbers.
The matinee will begin promptly at
2:15 and viii. end at 80 Seats are now
selling at the box Office.
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Arcade.

Tomorrow night at the Arcade will
be ladies' night, when admission will
be free to the ladies. Wednesday night
a flower fete will be held. which prom
ises to be big feature and for which
the management is making special
preparations and providing appropriate
decorations.
Friday is always "kiddies' night" and
this week there will be exhibitions by
the best Juvenile talent in the city.
Souvenirs and favors will be provided
for the children.
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Maids Of America" !"

maids of America" is the title of
the burlesque show at the Gayety Thea
ter next week. The company presents
two-act travesty, "The Girl From
Nowhere" with an amusing story
based on an original idea from which
are developed many scenes ana incl
dents that succeed in keeping the audi
ences interested and amused to it's
close.
From her home in the clouds. la
Titia" descends to earth, bringing with
her the east wind and the west wind, TO
which she gives human form
More than ordinary claims are made
for the entertaining abilities OF the
principals, among whom are Al X. Hal,
Bobby Barry, Harvey Brooks. Joseph
Weston, Robert Calvert, Tony Shane,
Edward Bisland and the Misses Norma
Bell, Alfaretta Symonds and Mary
Mack. The scenery, costumes and cleo
trical effects are upon scale OF un-
usual magnitude and beauty.
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"Step Lively" "

step Lively, a comedy set to music
that has won success this season on
the Interna tional circuit, is announced
for production at Polls next week.
.'Step Lively" is a play, too, that
holds the interest and has many pop
ular songs full of action. Hal john
son, well known protean actor, heads
the cast in part that calls for the
donning of female attire. There Is a
large supporting company, including a
girl chorus.
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Nan Halperin.

Next week at the B. F. Keith Theater
Nan Halperin, THE Personality Girl,
with Melville Ellis and Irene Bordoni.
will be the chief attraction. Others will
be William l.. Gibson and Texas Cur
nan in Willard Mack's "Honk. Honk,
Maybe" "Oklahoma Bob Albright in
cowboy vagaries, novelty named Il.
@ t." Lady Alice's pets. De Forest and
pipe organ recitals and the Interna-
tional news pictorial
Seats are on sale and reservation Tor
Christmas and New Year days. when
there will be three shows on each, at :,
at . and at SIS pm.
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dent who forSakeS his studies to go
member of the cast.
Elsie Mackay. who plays Anne Boleyn
in Beerbohm Trees production of
Henry VIII." has been engaged by
ence," for a new production in the
spring, in which she will be featured.
Klaw & Erlanger are not worrying
about the high cost of living just at
the present time. The firm has five
frst-class theaters in New York and
ten big attractions showing there to
capacity business.
A Christmas fund benefit, to supply
dinners and toys for the deserving poor
on Christmas day. was recently given
! at the New York Hippodrome and $4,000
was realized. The entertainment varied
from grand opera to animal acts.
Two musical plays, a farce and two
comedies will be Oliver Morosco's new
goers-"So Long, Lefty" Canary Cot
tage," upstairs and Down." "Mile-a-
Minute Kendall and THE Brat
the Poll theatrical interests, will bring
his production of The Old Homestead
! to Polls Theater Christmas week. Man
ager Fred G. Berger announces that in
| the future the advance sale for holiday
attractions will open two weeks in ad-
vance.
| Manager Jarboe has announced that
the large ventilating fan in the au-
ditorium of the Gayety Theater. which
| has been out of commission for the
| past ten days, is again in working or
! der. To guard against future trouble
he says. an emergency belt Will al
ways be in readiness.
THE Man Who Came Back" has made
; such a success in New York. where i
| is in its fourth month, that it will re
main there for the season. The cas-
includes Mary Nash. Henry Hull, Er
| nest Lawford and Charlotte Granville
| The production is under the manage
ment of William A. Brady.
Margery Maude, who played Charlotte
| in 'Paganini," with George Arliss, is nov
playing Lucy. the charming secretary, ir
| Sir J. M Barrie's Anglo-ScottiSh comedy
THE Professors Love Story" Miss Mauds
spent last summer at the English home
of her father, Cyril Maude, devoting hel
! time to the war wounded at RoXhill-on
Sea Upon her return she continued hel
humanitarian work at the Red Cross
| headquarters in New York.
Grant Stewart. actor. is also Grant
Stewart, playwright He is co-authoi
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man Fatherland' as the subject for his
travelogue. This is the first time Mr..
Holmes has ever devoted an entire
evening to telling his experiences IN
the Germany of the Germans. Under
the comprehensive title, THE German
Fatherland," he will not only take his
audiences to the wonderfully governed
cities of Germany with their public
buildings, palaces, art galleries and
parks. but also to the fascinating old
time towns which still retain the i'm
press of the arts and crafts of other
days, and, also, out into the open coun-
try, the land of honest country people.
of clean and cozy inns, good food ana
smiling service. He will give reminis-
cent glimpses of the Passion Play at
Oberammergau.
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Leader.

Today and tomorrow Blanche Sweet
will be the pictured star at the Leader
Theater in Unprotected" She is seen
as a young artist. leased with convict
tlaborers and sentenced to work In
turpentine camp. How she meets the
son of the governor and he falls in
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Columbia.

An all-star cast supports Marie
Doro in the photodramatic version Of
Charles Dickens "Oliver Twist" which
is the feature picture at the Columbia
Theater from today until Thursday.
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THE Lion and the Mouse" by the
late Charles Klein, is still being played
in stock companies.
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B. F. KEITH'S

star. and Larry Conner, styled The
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Burton Holmes Tonight.

Tonight at the New National Theater
Burton Holmes has selected "Ths Ger
Evening star., 1916-12-10

F. Ziegfeld, jr.. sued Gus Hill to pre-
vent him using the title "Follies." and
gained a favorable decision in the New
York supreme court last week.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

Nan Haiperin is the wife of William
i. Fried!and. the composer, who is
providing her with all her popular
lyrics and melodies.
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Royden Keith has been engaged 70
an important part in ''Flra Bella
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Edith Helena was recently severely
burned while rescuing horses from a
fire which destroyed her barns. She
has completely recovered.
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Ramsay Morris. author of the drama
produced some years ago. The Ninety
and Nine" has finished a new play.
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George V. Hobart's Experience had
its run in Philadelphia extended twice,
SO great was it popularity.
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Frederic DeBellville. who will be seen
as the bishop in The Brat" was last
seen here in Charles Frohman's all-star
revival of The Celebrated Case
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Jane Cowl ended her engagement in
Common Clay last week. and is to
appear shortly in q new production.
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Herbert Bashford, author of The
Woman He Married" is a product of the
newspaper field as well as a dramatist.
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Melodramatic imagination is taxed to
the border of superhuman inspiration
in providing thrills for the new Brady
made picture, The World Against
Him" The press agent admits it.
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Leo Dietrichstein has written a nev
play which he Will probably use him
self
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Vaughan Glaser has play on tour
called His Other Wife"
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Ida Vernon has signed a contract to
appear for the next ten years in lead
ing roles with William Hodge.
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oklahoma Bob" Albright, the cowboy
in Keith vaudeville, was at one time
chief of police of Tulsa. His reminis-
cences are highly exciting and un-
usual
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Eugene Walters new play. PUSSY
Foot Patricia" in which Charlotte
Walker is to appear. is founded on
The Tricky Mrs. Trevor by Cronin
Wilson. an English author