Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-10


amusement resorts for the
AAl winter will be flied with
" the regular opening OF the
Belasco Theater next week,
with a regular season attraction anu
ira New National Theater the week
after, when the popular Aborn Crane
Opera Company. which skipped lts usual
spring engagement. will come Tor q
fortnight In q repertoire Of its choicest
OPERAS and with "an augmented SYM
phony orchestra"
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Announcements OF supplemental at
fractions include that Of Mrs. Will
son-Greene Of musical celebrities OF
the highest rank and Of a continuation
Of her last seasons enjoyable artists
course OF concerts: r. Arthur smith
program for his ten star series.
which was strikingly popular last year.
and gives even greater promise this;
Burton Holmes and his new course OF
picture trayelogues, and still more re-
motely e. NJ. Newman's travel lectures
and pictures. which are counted among
the srtistic treats OF the season.
Vaudeville should be at its very best
this season In Washington. with keith
splendid programs de luxe, supplement-
cd With lengthier and improved bills OF
high-ciass continuous vaudeville from
the leading independent circuits at the
Cosmos Added to this come the wide
l. popular temples Of the movies,
Of tto "
Ing picture world and, what is quite as
interesting, remarkably low prices for
those which are shown in New York
snd elsewhere at the two-doliar scale
Taken altogether, Washington is splen-
didly equipped to amuse as well as TO
distract attention, not only from petty
cares, but from the turmoil of the
political campaign In this country and
rhe sadder contest abroad
Not What He Seems-Charlie Chap
In, at whose grotesque and origi-
nal antics more people laugh daily
than at any comedian in the world,
il apparently not at all what he seems
TO be- Even his unique moustache Is
not rooted to his upper lip, but IS
TASTED there, as needed, with spirit
gum. 1t isn't real. he says, because
Re wants privacy of the screen HIS
screen face belongs to the pubilc, anu
he doesn't propose to cheaper II
81 have served my day on the stage,
he said in recent interview, and L
hardly think what l have achieved. or
what the stage has done Tor me, Justl-
fies my returning to it as an actor, 90,
My early years were 1raught with
many hardships. hardships such as few
youngsters are called upon to endure
the mere memory of some OF those
stage trials is positive nightmare to
HE. l fought inch by inch in the face
Of countless drawbacks. rebuffs and
the handicap of an extremely sensitive
nature
ASKED his greatest ambition after
finishing as screen actor. ne gre"
sedective:
.''Rather a hard question to answer,
3e said, slowly.
."Some day 1 nope to realize my life's
ambition. and that is to write and pro-
duce 8 play. real serious play: l
ant to make of it something that
tin show the people that back of my
ragged players coat, diiapidated derby
and badly panctured shoes, there Is at
tast a Inodicum of psychic ability.
.Chaplin came to America in 1909 with
one Of Fred Karno,s pantomimic COM
sdy companies. at $25 week He was
Graduated to the screen from yaude-
I.lle Now. his real salary, they say
Il SGI0.0Uo a year
Movie Humor-George Clark, former
Stage manager for the late Charles
s'rohman, now with Fox: Il secured my
arst part, I think, because I was six
foot one and looked intelligent
. June Caprice, at the seashore, was
asked how she cut her foot, which was
bleeding. On the waters edge, l sup
pose" she replied.
Tom Burrough says there is one thing
he knows that is hard to beat "A hard
boiled egg.
Walter Law says the car was full and
so were the straps, with men and wom-
en- hanging on The conductor noticed
q man apparently asleep. Here. wake
up. you." he reared. I'm not asleep"
came the reply. Why dye have yer
eyes closed, them The car Is SO
crowded and hate to see women stand
ing" was the answer.
Elsie Balfour, riding along a narrow
mountain road, overlooking sheer
prectpice, asked the stage driver il people
ever fell over there. only once, madam, -
was the reply.
Glen White. asked il he could break
silver dollar. replied biurt.y, II cannot.
TO you think I'm Samson