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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

One of the breezy, spectacular
scenic and costume features of the
Ziegfeld Follies. Ruby Caville and
her troupe of twentieth century girls
in a novelty singing, dancing and
musical offering of the up-to-the-
minute type. will be a striking number
OF the Cosmos Theater bill this week.
The act comes highly heralded from
the metropolis and the mana gement
counts it among the best offerings of
the season. Another big number will
be the Percy Winter Players in a
fascinating little comedietta. The
Forgotten Melody" which also is
highly commended in the advance
notices. The remainder of the bill will
include the Theodore Bamberg Com
pany. an Importation from Europe, in
a blend of comedy, magic and panto-
mime; O'Neill and Gallagher in a COM
posite song and chatter skit of all new
material: Smith and Pullman, an &c
centric dancing team, which was fea-
tured in burlesque with the Behman
Show. and Eugene Emmett, the Irish
singer. with Jesse Boyle at the piano.
in a program of pretty ballads.
The added attractions will include
the Pathe Weekly, in collaboration
with The Washington Star; Lone
some Luke comedy, Star Gazers," and
the big Metro photoplay feature, Into
the Primitive" with Nine. Petrova as
the picture star, which is shown dur
ing matinee hours, beginning at 1890
pm.
A new bill will be presented Thurs
day, beginning at the matinees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Garden.

Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno
will be picture stars at the Garden
Theater in The Shop Girl" today. to-
morrow. and Tuesday, J. Stuart
Blackton. author of THE Battle Cry
Of Peace" based the scenario on
novel of the same name. A rich man
son loves poor girl who has put forth
a brave fight against poverty and evil
influences. His family vainly do
everything they can to poison his mind
against the girl, and love finally wins
it's own battle. Blanche Sweet will be
pictured also in "A Sailors Heart"
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday an
other double feature program will in
clude Billie Burke in Her Fighting
Spirit" chapter twelve of "Gloria's
Romance" wherein the heroine causes
no end of thrills and excitement in her
efforts to bring the murderer of her
lover to justice, and Francis X Bush
man and Beverly Bayne will be pic
tured in "a Brothers Loyalty" Sat
urday Ruth Roland and Andrew Ar
buckle will be featured in "A Matri-
monial Martyr" hand-colored photo
play by the new Pathe process, and
Mary Pickford. in The Gypsies Cap
tive" comedydrama of Romany
life Accomplishments will be played
by an orchestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Casey at the Bat"

A controversy promising to rival
even that which arose over the au-
thorship of Laugh and the world
laughs with you" has arisen now over
the quite as widely known, even
though less poetic and philosophical.
Casey at the Bat" Earnest L. Thayer
of Nordhoff, Cal. and George Whitfield
D'vys of Cambridge. Mass, are the
contestants.
De Wolf Hopper. who has recited
Casey more times than Ty Cobb has
made base hits. says he discovered the
base ball epic in the Sunday Examiner
of San Francisco in 1884. signed with
the initials E. L. T, and that for three
years he sought to find the name OF
the author, and finally learned that 1t
was Mr.. Thayer. He also says there
have been many other claimants to the
authorship of the poem, and the more
he investigated them the more he be-
came satisfied of Thayer's rights.
Mr.. D'Vys says he wrote Casey at
the Bat" August 8. 1886, after the Bos-
tons had beaten the Chicagos, to 8,
and the famous Mike Kelly. his base
ball hero, had struck out. He further
says Mudville is or was then a part of
Cambridge. and that his authorship of
''Mudville Ballads" is undisputed-and
further. Once and for all tfme-and
for the very last timerI WROTE
CASEY AT THE Bat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
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one-half of 1 per cent on gross receipts
of theaters.
Oza Waldrop is to appear the coming
season in Friend Martha" which had
satisfactory tryout with a stock
company in Rochester, with which she
is playing.
Frank Finney and his Bostonian Bur
1esquers will be the attraction at the
Gayety Theater, the week of August Z.
This same company opened the season
at the Gayety last year.
A. H. Woods is to produce a new play
by William Anthony Mcguire. called
Fools" H. H. Frazee will produce
play by the same author called "a
Little Bit Old-fashioned."
Margaret Romano and Charles John
Thomas are to be starred by the Shu-
berts in a musical comedy. Another
musical comedy star of the Shuberts
will be Clifton Crawford.
George Broadhurst has dramatized
Frank Adams novel, Five Fridays"
under the name of Laugh and Grow
Fat" Frank Mcintyre will head the
company.
WARSAW Nijinsky. not Serge de Dia-
ghllef, will be the director of the Rus
sian ballet next season, according to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Strand.

Harold Lockwood and May Allison will
be picture stars at the Strand Theater
today, tomorrow and Tuesday in THE
River of Romance" Mr.. Lockwood is
seen in photoplay story of a young
man who buys a motor boat which he
uses to ferry passengers among the is
lands in the St Lawrence river. He
rescues from drowning the daughter of
a rich New Yorker and they fall in
love. He carries her off in his boat,
but the elopement in the craft, which
proves unseaworthy, provides many
thrills and stirring situations. There
is an unusual twist to the finale. The
Connecting Bath which will be shown
also is described as a hilarious satire
upon life in a modern apartment house
Robert Edeson will be the picture star
Wednesday and Thursday in The
Fathers of Men," gripping story Of
the great northwest, in which he is
seen in two roles. A farce entitled
.'Ambroses Cup of Woe will be shown
also Friday and Saturday H. B. War
ner and Clara Williams will be pictured
in THE Market of Vain Desire" and
Fay Tincher in THE Two O'Clock
Train"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
A Ballet advertisement.

Keith's next week enters upon the last
month of its second full year season
The bill. with many new attractions. will
be headed by Mile. Albertina Rasch, pre-
miere danseuse from the Imperial Opera.
Vienna, with eight supporting dancers, in
"A Ballet advertisement" of seven sep
arate numbers. with the music of several
celebrated composers Other offerings will
be Andrew Toombs and Lola Wentworth.
formerly Of "The Bride Shop" in a Jolly
joint effort: Frederick Hand and COM
pany in Some Politician" by Mary
Kounselor Brookes; 1.-THE Volunteers" a
surprise singing novelty: Una CLAYTON
and company in Collision; the -Four
Readings, Harry Rose, Booth and Lean
der, the pipe organ recitals and the Pathe
news pictorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Columbia,

Rita Jolivet. whose American stage
debut was made with Otis Skinner in
''Kismet" four years ago, is the picture
star at the Columbia Theater from to-
day until Wednesday. inclusive, in a
polarization of George Broadhurst's
play. IAN International Marriage" Her
experience has been wide and varied.
both in this country and abroad.
The story of the photoplay concerns
Florence Brent, daughter of a laundry
king, whose beauty and refinement at
tract a nobleman of much ambition.
but no scruples, and John Oglesby. her
chum from childhood. The nobleman is
playing a desperate game to overcome
the obstacles to his marriage to Flor
ence and as plan after plan fails he
forces her into a tangled situation. His
deception is discovered and shown up
by Oglesby, who solves the seemingly
impossible problem in a masterful way
Beginning Thursday and for the re-
mainder of the week Marie Doro, who
has the charm Of delightful personality,
will be pictured in the role of a young
girl of the slums. in a photoplay called
Common Ground" Through the In
terest Of young judge she is brought
to better environment and saves him
from ruin wrought by political con-
spirators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

ments to be found at an up-to-date
park. including fine bill
of moving pictures. Acres of shade
and cool breezes from the river make
the park especially comfortable at all
times, and the car ride from the city
along the banks of the Potomac river
is an exceptionally pleasant one
Because of the large crowds during
the warm weather, special car service
has been put in operation 80 that there
are adequate transportation facilities
without crowding at all hours.
Admission at Glen Echo is always
free, and there is no charge for the
concerts or motion pictures. Many
devices afford opportunity
to spend the time in a dozen different
ways. The derby racer, the carrousel.
the roller coaster and the midway are
features, and on week evenings dane
ing in the open air pavilion with its
spacious floor and fine orchestra is an
added pleasure. For picnic parties
there are tables and benches and play
grounds for the children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
B. F. Keih's.

Sydney Jarvis and Virginia Dare. VINO
were conspicuous in the original pro-
duction of Cohan's Hello. Broadway.
and who played in musical comedy
overseas, will be one Of three stellar
attractions at the B. F. Keith Theater
this week. They will offer "The Bride
Tanner" an operetta by Edgar Allen
Woolf and Percy Wenrich, the former
contributing the book and the latter
the music. Eva Taylor. who has FOL.
lowed Henrietta Crosman in many OF
her famous roles, will offer Lawrence
Grattan's marital comedy. suspicious
of Hubby" with its hint to jealous
wives and sweethearts, and Bonita and
Lew Hearn will give another edition of
their Bits of Musical Comedy with
Hearn's dialect drollery enliyening the
Offering Other attractions will include
the Ward Brothers as BERTHE and
Archie a London chappie skit: Jewell's
Mannikins, the Five 1danias, Williams
and Segal, Jack Onri. the pipe organ re-
citalS and the Pathe news pictorial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
IN THE
SPOTLIGHT

A new musical play is called The
Golden Lily"
High links" is to be produced in
London at an early date.
Roris keane will be seen next prob
ably in a dramatization of The Book
OF Carlota," by Arnold Bennett.
After a brief tour of the larger cities
In step This Way" Lew Fields is 10
appear in straight comedy
The Fear Market" by Amelie Rives,
which had a production in New YORK
Is to go on tour the coming season.
The book Of The Road to MandaIav"
is being rewritten. The score lis bv
Oreste Vessella, the Atlantic CITY hand.
master.
Laura Hope Crews is to appear in
vaudeville In a condensed version Of
E. Thomas play. Her Husbands
A. new comedy to be produced is call
ed Miss Devil May-Care," In which
Rosamond Carpenter Will have the
leading part
Paul Gordon has been engaged for
The Dawn" by George D. Parker The
authors wife, Kathleen Mcdonnell.
WIZ - ar IN the play.
Next season there will be three COM
panies presenting George v Hobart's
morality play. Experience" on the
road.
Inc Shuoerts are to make a revival
OF De hoven and Smiths operetta.
The Highwayman," during the holt
days
Marie Tempest is to make a tour in
her latest comedy. "A Lady's Name"
She will be supported by W. Grahame
Browne.
Eugene Walters dramatization of
John Foxs novel. The Little Shep-
herd Of Kingdom Come" is to have a
production in New York in the early
fall.
Chevalier, the English entertainer.
has written a play called my Old
Dutch" after his popular song
Harry D. Jarboe, manager of the
Gayety Theater, left Washington last
week for Flint. Mich. where he will
spend week.
New York producers and managers.
who have quit fighting the war in Eu-
rope. are now organizing to fight the
/ proposed war tax In this country OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Cosmos Concerts Today.

Selections from Lncke's Die Meister-
singer Won Berlin" Macbeth's serenade,
Love in Idleness"; Gounods "Danse
des Bacchantes." from Philemon and
Baucis"; selections from wasners
'Tannhauser." .Entracte. 'Bewitchine
Beauty" by Laurandeau. and Johnson.s
Blue Goose" and Botsford's Rag
Baby Mine two new fox trots, will be
some of the selections in the special
orchestral program offered at the Cos
mos Theater concerts today, from to
1890 pm. New specialties and other
attractions will make UP the big pro-
gram Of entertainment for the day,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Virginia.

Robert Edeson as the picture star in
the Vitagraph feature play, Mort
MAN." will be the chief attraction in
photoplays at the Virginia Theater to-
day Tomorrow the V. l.. S. E photo
play feature. Thou Art the Man." with
as the picture stars, will be shown;
Tuesday. THE Rights of Man." featur-
ing Rosetta Brice and Richard Butler.
and Wednesday, Souls in Bondage"
with Nance ONeil as the picture star
The Virginia Theater is also known
as the Home of Charlie Chaplin pic
lures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Colonial Beach-Steamer St. Johns.

Washington's summer colony at CO.
lonial Beach was augmented yesterday
afternoon bv a large number of vaca-
tionists who left on the St. Johns for
the pleasures of bathing. boating. sail
ing. fishing and Grabbing at the beach,
with others for the dancing and other
amusements at the resort The st.
Johns will leave this morning at 8
o'clock with another large party, some
of them merely excursionists for the
day, who will take advantage of the ride
on the river and the breezes at the
beach.
The st. Johns leaves daily at am,
except on Monday and Saturday. The
Saturday trip is made at $50 pm,
while on Monday the steamer is reserved
for her public and popular forty mile
ride to Indian Head and return, 1eav-
ing at 7 and returning at II pm. Re
turning from Colonial Beach. the steam
er arrives in Washington about 1890
pm. Stops are made at Alexandria
going and returning. on all trps.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Evening Excursions.

The steamer Gratitude leaves the Co.
lonial Beach line wharf every evening at
7 o'clock for a run to Indian Head
and return. affording a pleasant forty
mile ride. and reaching her wharf on the
return trip about II pm. The trip
consumes about four hours. the steam.
er being in motion all the time. It Is a
pleasant relief In warm weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Excursions.

Concerts by the Soldiers Home Band
under. Director John Zimmerman. will
be the special feature at Glen Echo
Park this afternoon end evening. when
the other attractions. except dancing
viii be in operation. &C.
Glen Echo IS Offering all the amuse-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Central Park and Leader.

Commencing tomorrow and con-
tinuing all this week. the Leader and
the Central Park theaters will both
present the Bluebird photoplay. Shoes"
a sociological problem. It's central
figure (pictured by Mary MacLaren) is
a shopgirl. a child Of worthless par
ents Both houses, will also present
animated cartoons-hZ Rube Goldberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

eron. is said to approve Of his desire to
enter the profession.
It is likely that James K. Hackett and
Sir Herbert Tree will be co-stars in
Shakespearean repertoire next season.
A New York woman, Miss Martha
Leonard, Is planning to establish an
American theater for American plays
and actors in New York the coming
autumn.
Una Clayton is the author Of Col
lusion," in which she is appearing in
vaudeville. Miss Clayton will be re-
membered as the author of Milk"
the play which started the Better
babies" crusade.
]. Fred Zimmerman is to produce a
play by Lee Wilson Dodd, called Pals
First adapted from q novel of the
same name by Francis P. Elliott. VIII
liam Courtenay has been engaged to
play the leading role.
Leon Bakst, the famous Russian ar
fist. is going to open studio in New
York for costume designing, scene
painting and interior decoration.
John D. Williams, who will present
John Drew in dramatization of
Thackeray's "Pendennis." is to produce
Ibsen's IAN Enemy of the People" next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

announcement. The season will open at
the Metropolitan Opera House about
October Is. and after a three-week stay
there the troupe will tour the country.
with the ballots given last season and
four new ones. two the creations of Mr..
Nitinsky.
The SQUAD Farm" is being rewritten
by its authors, Frederic and Fanny
Hatton. 1t will be shown on the road
next season.
1t is reported that Edna May Is to re-
turn to the stage in an original play,
under the management of Charles Dill
bingham. next season.
David Belasco is to produce the new
play by George Middleton called The
Happy Thought" May Buckley played
the leading feminine role when the
piece was tried out in stock.
Richard Mansfield, jr., is to join the
Washington Players when they begin
their next season. He Is eighteen years
Of age and his mother. Beatrice Cam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Twilight Sleep"

The last showing of the Twilight
Sleep" motion pictures. with the lee
ture by DR.. Percival L. Clark, will be
given at the Belasco Theater today,
for women only. at 3 and 7:30 PM, and
for men only. at 9 pm.
At the pm. presentation today
those in the audience will be permitted
to ask questions which DR.. Clark will
answer from the stage. At the pm.
presentation the men also may ask
questions.
These presentations will positively
close the engagement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Shepherd tR. D. McLean) played the

Shepherd (R. D. McLean) played the
role of Brutus.
Mr. Faversham opens his next season
in October in Bernard Shaw's new play.
Getting Married"
A feature of the Cosmos Theater bill
next week will be the first screen ap-
pearance of Bert Williams in "a Nat
ural-born Gambler" The Bluebird fea-
ture, THE Great Problem" with Vio-
let Mesereau as the picture star. will
also be shown. in addition to the big
vaudeville program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Chevy Chase Lake.

Dancing is the chief attraction at
Chevy Chase Lake. in the big open-air
pavilion, to the alluring strains of ex-
cellent music. The car ride to and
from the lake is a treat in itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Crandall's.

The World Film Corporations pro-
duction, Paying the Price" is sched-
uled for Crandalrs tomorrow and Tues
day. Many Of the scenes were photo
graphed in Washington. Gail Kane is
the featured player. and the picture
cast includes June Elvidge, GLADDEN.
James and Robert Cummings.
The story concerns young naval
officer, inventor Of a powerful torpedo
explosive. Efforts of spies OF both
sexes in the employ OF. foreign govern
ments are directed to obtain the secret
Of his invention. Some Of the scenes
were filmed on board the United States
torpedo boat Wadsworth. and show the
firing and explosion Of several tor
pedoes
Wednesday and Thursday the Fox
production, THE Beast" featuring
George Walsh and Anna Luther, will
be shown. Its story is given elsewhere
in these columns.
The remainder of the week will be
given over to previous successes.
sally In Our Alley" featuring Muriel
Ostriche, being scheduled for Friday,
and June Caprice 4 in Caprice of the
Mountains" for Saturday. Today's at
traction is "A Tortured Heart. in
which Virginia Pearson is featured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

Anna Nilsson, the popular movie
star, was so restless waiting for her
turn one day that her director petu-
lantly asked her to sit down and rest
herself. Make believe you're the
hands of a clock that's stopped"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
At Keith's Today.

At 3@nd rs pm today, at the 3. F.
Keith Theater. the bill will present Tenn
pest and Sunshine. Joseph E. Howard and
Ethelyn Clark, George Kelly and COM
pany ana all the other stars and hits
Of last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
Savoy.


A Triangle program is scheduled for
the Savoy today, including Susan
Rocks the Boat" a fine arts comedy
drama. and "Bathtub Perils." a roll
licking keystone comedy In the for
mer, Dorothy Gish and Owen Moore
are featured. Miss Gish as a society
girl who believes she must do some
thing for the lower classes" and pro-
ceedS to obtain a mission in the tene-
ment district. She is often imposed
upon by -hypoerites,- but Larry O'Neil
(Mr. Moore). a gangster, though man
of considerable veneer. comes to her
rescue for a romantic ending. In Bath
tub Perils," Fred Mace heads the fun
makers. Tomorrow Marguerite Clark
will be pictured In Silks and Satins."
a charming romance, whose scenes are
laid In different periods of history.
Tuesday. the Metro mystery drama,
The Purple Lady" with Ralph Herr
and Irene Howley featured. will be
shown. The Thousand. Dollar .Hus-
band" comedy-drarna, will be shown
Wednesday. with Blanche Sweet pic
tured in the role of a Swedish servant
girl THE Crucial Test" a nihilistic
drama. with Kitty Gordon featured.
will be shown Thursday. Not My Sis
ter" featuring Bessie Barriscale, and
THE Moonshiners," featuring AL St.
John, a comedy, will be shown Friday.
The Paramount subject, The Making
of Maddalena." with Edna Goodrich
pictured in the title role, will be shown
Saturday. .. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
In FINLAND.

parted. News reports say that the
credit" for the million-dollar photo
play. "A Daughter of the Gods" was
liam Fox and Herbert Brenon split
Fox gave Brenon s1,ooo,ooo to put a
poem on the screen and Brenon did it
Tom Mix is to be starred in series
of thrilling western features, including
THE Country That God Forgot and
1.-The Light of the Western Stars
The Essanay art production of the
wear will be THE Return of Eve" fea-
turing Edna Mayo. 1t was filmed In
the dells of the Wisconsin river and in
Pennsylvania. 1t tells the story of
millionaire's experiment. in raising two
children apart from the world, then
plunging them into the whirl of social
life-and the result.
1.-THE String of Victory" Henry B.
WalthalTs latest feature, with Antofn-
cite Walker. presents him in double
roles, one as a southern officer in the
United States Army who refused to
resign his commission and go with
the Confederacy; the other as a daring
young Confederate-both in love with
the same girl
Harry Dunkinson. the corpulent come
dian, says, "a Siberian fishhound' is
a dog for which no other name can be
found" He uses it in his funny films.
Charles Hoyts "a Tin Soldier" is be-
ing filmed in two acts by Essanay.
De Wolf Hopper is said to be prov
ing himself a master of makeup for
the screen, which is declared a differ
ent art from that Of makeup for the
stage.
The old Thomas homestead in Long
Island City. famous as a resort for so
ciety in racing annals fifty years ago.
was dynamited and burned to the
ground for Virginia Pearson's latest
photoplay 1t represented a munitions
depot. which was supposed to blow up
a few seconds after the film star had
The trick of rolling a cigarette with
the left hand has been filmed in a
closeup" view in The Beast" with
George Walsh as the actor.
THE Yellow Bullet" just filmed by
Balboa. lays claim to some remark
able mountain photography; Lucy
Payton swinging on Pinnacle Rock
over an abyss hundreds of feet sheer
down is one of the thrillers.
Little Mary Sunshine the four
year-old star of the Balboa Company,
who in the ordinary world is the best
of friends with Gordon Sackville, an
nounced recently. after he had roughly
yanked a doll out of her arms for a
moving picture scene, that she would
not "go on" any more until he was
fired off the lot"
Clean pictures" according to the
recent definition of a new press agent,
ARE those which do not offend the
eyes or soil the imagination"
The Grip of Evil" is described as "a
master plot in fourteen chapters, each