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The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
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Sustaining the extraordinary stand
ards of the present seas on and provid-
ing an especially appropriate bill in
celebration of Fourth of July week,
the B. F. Keith Theater management
will this week offer two stars of con-
sp.cuous ability in their respective
fields. These are Belle Baker, the
singing comedienne, and Hassard
Short and company. Miss Baker is
an established favorite in the Keith
field. At present her vogue is very
much advanced through her new re-
pertoire of song characterizations.
News from New York shows that there
she has been actually stopping the
show" the vaudeville argot meaning
the audiences refusal to let the bill
proceed until Miss Baker has COM
pletely satisfied their demands.
Hassard Short is the distinguished
actor who supported Laurette Tay-
lor in Peg o. My Heart" and he
Will present for the first time here.
The Ruby Ray" a farce from the
French of NJ. Hennquin. Charles
n. Clark's Royal Hawaiians will ap-
pear in Paradise Beach," a musical
replica of the festivities of the ro-
mantle Hawaiians along their wonder
1ul beaches.
Another noteworthy event will be
the reintroduction to Washington yau-
deVille of Edwin Stevens and Tina
Marshall who have not been seen here
" a long time. Others in the holi-
DAY Dill will be the Misses Lightner
ana Newton Alexander, in another
chapter of their frolicsome patter
and song; Charles Irwin, formerly of
Burnham and Irwin, with Kitty
Henry In another tuneful fantasy
COMM Through the Rye" Gates
Brothers. The Tailor-made Bows"
Catherine Powell, the American dan
seuse. with Adele" in a repertoire
OF choregraphic interpretations; the
pipe organ recitals; and the Hearst
fathe news pictorial. On the Fourth
only the two regular performances
will be given.
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NationaI-HWhat I. Loxe-

Joseph II. Howard comes promi-
nently TO the front in the weeks the
atricals through his providing at the
New National his latest contribution
TO the stage. He has given to the
work the title. What Is Love?' an
enigma he may perhaps solve through
the lyrics and music he has written
and composed to embellish his story.
And he will play the dominant role,
that Of Tim Halloran, a San Francisco
politician of the up-to-date. celan
type Of fighter for prominence. who
happens to run afoul of the father of
his sweetheart in his most import
ant political battle
This prospective father-in-law Is Of
the old school, who takes advantage
OF every opportunity to win his poll
teal encounters, and hestitates at
nothing to accomplish his ends. Forg-
ing telegram TO his rival for honors.
to take him from the city on the eve
Of election, he causes a raid to be
made upon Chinatown to entrap the
twin brother of Tim, whom he knows
to be dope" frequCnter Of that Sec
ton OF the city. His hope is to es-
tablish the latter as the candidate he
Is endeavoring to defeat. Lawton is
tnWdrted Dy the appearance OF his
son, who has found an opportunity to
avenge himself upon his father, for
wrongs his mother suffered.
This Is but hint concerning a story
that Is told in three acts with ap-
propriate settings. that picturing San
Francisco's Chinatown especially in
teresting, since the recent cleanup
has left 1t as but a memory to visi-
tors who saw 1t when il was regarded
as the most picturesque city section
in America. Mr.. Howard has written
a score OF musical numbers to en-
belish his book. among them several
likely to have more than local popu-
larity. He has evidently selected his
supporting company with great care,
since it includes Ethelyn Clark, a
dainty and engaging singer and dancer
who can really act; George Fox, Billy
Lynn, Florence ACkley, Elinor Nc
Clune, Edward Wade, Ernest Henry,
Elma Leighton, Frances Pulizzi.
Alice Vcly. Jerry O'Donnell, and
large chorus o: singers and dancers.
Matinees are 10 be given on Wednes-
day and Saturday.
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Woman Has Paid Too Long,
Is MannS Idea of NeW Plav
Constructive Actor Says Stage of Tomorrow
Will Be to Teach Rather Than Please
the Public Taste

What will be the play of to-
morrow" was asked of Louis
Mann, the well-known actor, at the
shoreham Hotel yesterday, and his
reply is OF special significance at
this time.
The play of yesterday is for
gotten; the play of today is with
US. but the play Of tomorrow Is
apprehensive. What mean by
that is, the theater is the barome-
ter Of conditions and influence. 1t
is one Of the first institutions TO
suffer from financial contraction or
conservation, simply because it is a
luxury and is, with the possible
exception Of the purchase Of dia-
monds. the least Of necessary ex-
penditures.
in times of depression, finacially
or socially. the theater registers
the depth of its influence by the
nightly attendance, and is an alb
solute authority upon Nhe tempera-
mental reelection of the people as
a community. This has been dem
Onstrated time and again when
local or national misfortune has
stricken US. Therefore, AT a time
ike this, when the dial OF the tu-
ture refuses to disclose or even
intimate the possible conditions of
tomorrow. the road of the producer
is not an especially smooth one.
Under normal conditions. I
should say that the crama OF to-
morrow must be constructive, Wis
ualizing vital subjects that demand
reflection and debate. Such as the
economic independence of women.
the common-law marriage, the un-
married woman and her offspring
and other subjects of equal potency
that must be viyifed by Observa-
tion to impress their significance
upon the masses in a practical and
lucid manner. The illiterate. the
itinerant and the poorer classes can
be educated more readily by the
stage than by any other avenue of
endeavor. simply because the eye
and ear registers quicker than the
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screen at the Casino Theater for
the entire week, commencing with
today's matinee. Irene Fenwick,
the popular star of the speaking
stage, Is pictured in the central
role, while Reinie Davies and Cliff
ford Bruce are also in the cast.
1t is a story of the sin woman
from the days of Eden down to the
present-day vampire with the baby
stars. She is depicted as all that
man has made her through the
ages and shows that 1t is not her
fault, but the heredity of sin.
Notwithstanding its somewhat
sensational title. 1t is said to be
a story unmarked by any objection
able feature. clean in every par
ticular.
Its showings will be accompanied
by the Fotoplayer. the only instru-
ment of its kind in the city, which
produces the effect Of a complete
orchestra
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
SHIPMAN,S TWO PLAYS

Samuel shipman. author Of THE
Man Pays" arrived in the city last
nleht and Is located at the Shoreham.
Mr.. shipman has the distinction Of
having at this time two productions on
the eve OF presentatIon-'The Man
rays. which will receive its premier
az the Belasco Theater tomorrow
night, and The Target" which A. H.
woods will present at Atlantic City
next week. For the past three weeks
Mr.. Shipman has been sitting in iudg-
ment at the rehearsals Of both plays,
doing valiant labor for sixteen hours
a day.
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Current Theater OFFERINGS

of equal rights. either socially or
legally. is always pertinent and inter-
esting.
II the names announced in the cast
can make a play a success then sure
ly this play ought to succeed, for a
more capable coterie Of players has
seldom been seen in one aggregation
in this city in many moons. There is
Emile Polini, Olive May. Josephine
Bumiller, George Probert, George
Alison, Shep Camp. George Farren,
Rexford Kendrick, Mac Macomber,
W. L. Romaine, George Lesser, Leon
ard Gray. ]. D. Walsh, Harry Vokes,
Charles T. Lewis, Edward Fetherston
and several others. together with a
scenic embroidery that is said to be
especially effective.
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Great Falls Park.

An ideal Fourth of July outing
may be enjoyed at Great Falls
Park, where ample woodland
grounds add to the pleasure of pic
nicing. Fishing in the Potomac
River Is just now very good. A
program of patriotic music is fur
nished by the Ladies' Orchestra.
Free dancing and free movies are
also included in the entertainment,
and for the children Fairgrounds
with swings. etc. abound.
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Moore's Garden-w. 6. Hart.

William S. Hart, greatly admired
by Washington theater-goers for his
expert delineation OF rugged Western
types upon the screen. will headline
with the program arranged for
Moore's Garden Theater Sunday to
Wednesday. inclusive, week of July s.
in his latest triumph, wolf Lowry"
1t is story of the great Northwest
and concerns the exciting adventures
OF big-hearted sheriff, who, among
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Poli's-9some Babys

some Baby" this weeks attrac-
uon at Polls Theater, is promised to
De an antidote for the blues, a broken
heart or worry, and altogether a ye-
nlcle that will provoke almost unin-
terrupted laughter,
Fiorence Rittenhouse, the Poll Play-
ers leading woman. Robert w. Frazer
=. Hammond Daley, Frances Will
iams' Howard Lang, and other mem
oers OF the organization have been
cast In roles which they have re-
hearsed with wonderful success,
The scenes Of Some Baby" are ia,a
u we lyins.rosm Of Prof. -Jssia
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Moore,s strand-Harold Lockwood


Harold Lockwood, who has won re-
nown in the field of films, will head
the program today. Monday and Tues
day at NJ cores Strand Theater in q
perturbation of Francis Perry Ell
liott's "best-seller' the Haunted
Pajamas." Briefly sketched the plot
concerns the adventures of Dick Hud-
son, a wealthy young clubman, who
receives from a friend in China a pair
of magic pajamas. They possess the
power of changing the personality of
anyone who puts them on. When
Dick dons them he becomes a China
man. A boy friend who wears them
takes on the appearance of a beautiful
young girl.
Dick afterwards meets the real girl,
whom the youth resembled while in
his enchanted state. and makes love
to her. She Is furious at first, but
finally decides that "she could forgive
a Harvard man most anything" Dick
has been misled about her name, He
askes the wrong father for her hand
In marriage, and is accepted for the
wrong girl. These and other compli-
cations, all the result of those haunted
pajamas make up a fascinating story
which ends to everybody's satisfac-
ton.
Wednesday and Thursday, Jack
Devereaux, a newcomer in the ranks
Of Triangle stars, will be featured in
a typical story of Uncle Sans land
entitled "American-Fhat's ALL" Enid
Bennett, just as beautiful and win
some as ever. will grace the screen
on Friday and Saturday In a delight
ful film offering entitled Seeking
Happiness"
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short to Appear in One-nct PIay.

Vaudeville knows Hassard Short
but slightly. 1t remains fact,
nevertheless, that Mr.. Short is one
Of the very finest actors on the
American stage. and vaudeville is
going TO enjoy a ripe friendship with
him.
Mr.. Short Is coming TO vaudeville
with one-act farce by Maurice Hen
nequin called THE Ruby Ray" Mr..
Hennequin is an author Of interna-
tional repute. He wrote MADAME
President" in which Fanny Ward
played for two years: High Jinks." ."
one OF the most successful Of con-
temporary musical comedies, and Be
fore and After" one OF the best
musical comedies in recent years.
The Ruby Ray" has been adapted
for vaudeville by Harry Baron, and
Is staged by Mr.. Short. The support
ing company includes Rose Macdon-
aid.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Cosmos-yaudeylIIe,

y
The Suffragette Revue, a new musi-
cal show with a satiriCal theme, pre-
sentde by a troupe of IS, headed by
charming Flo Bert, who has now been
graduated into the operate class, will
head the Cosmos Thcater bill the first
half Of this week, beginning with the
matinee tomorrow. 1t is the musical
work of William B. Friedlander and
introduces the rising young star who
first made her appearance in WASH
ington as the Buster Brown Girl
Handsomely staged. the play is filled
with new and exclusive melodies, and
it runs for a full hour. Its comedy is
always kept within bounds.
Other acts include the Baseball
Four. an amusing quartet, in what
Happened in the Club House." COM
edy sketch with the national game as
its theme: Rice, Elmer. and Tom, in
a fine comedy bar act; Babette, the
sCng comedienne and entertainer, and
Kamplain and Bell. singers Of South
ern songs. The feature photoplay,
Her Secret" has Alice Joyce and
Harry Morey for its picture stars.
The Keystone comedy. His Tor
pedoed Love-" supplies the film COM
edy and both are supplemented with
the Hearst-Pathe News pictorial.
For the last half Of the week, begin
ming Thursday. the headline attrac-
ton is Josie Flynn and Mae Roberts
Minstrel Revue Of 1917, with a COM
pany OF nine, not in black face, but
keen exponents of the gems of real
minstrelsy. Other acts are, Reno,
THE Man From Nowhere" in pam
tomimic cycling comedy; Ronair.
Ward, and Farren in the cleverest of
summer musical skits, "On the Board
walk" the Archie Nicholson Trio. In
strumental triplets of a high order;
the Milani Five, a quintet Of Italian
serenaders; Joseph Kilgour, a pianist
OF consequence and Corsair and Ed
wards In songs, chatter and clever
dance numbers. The film feature will
be Captain of the Gray Horse
Troop" starring Edith Storey and An
tonic Moreno: the funny picture,
Charlie Chaplin in zone A. M" and
the Hearst-Pathe News Pictorial.
Today's performances. beginning at
p. m. will present the closing bill
Of last week in its entirety.
Loew's ColumbIa-Ann Pennington.
A combinat ton of film attractions
that promises to overshadow any sin
gle grouping of features arranged this
season is announced by Loew's Col
umbia Theater for today and the bal
ance Of the midsummer carnival
week" The program that begins this
afternoon and continues Until Wednes-
aey, inolnslyss testurss Ann psnnlng.
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Theatrical Calendar.

Belasco-Louis Mann presents
"The Man Pays. In Its pre-
mier performance.
NatfonaI-Joseph Howard and
company I'm "What Ii Lover.
Poli's-ssome Baby"
b. #. Keith's-yaudeviIi
Loew's Columbis-Featur Films.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville
program.
Moore's Gnrden-Feature Films.
Moore's strand-Feature Films.
Casino-Festure Films.
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Moore,s strnnd-LIIIiap GIsh.

Souls Trlumphant." a novel and
dramatic photo study featuring VIII
fred Lucas and Lillian Glsh in its
principal roles, will occupy first po-
sition on the program at Moore's
Strand Theater Sunday to Tuesday,
inclusive. week OF July s. Mabel
Taliaferro will be seen on the screen
on Wednesday and Thursday in her
latest camera achievement, "Will o.
the Wisp." a photoplay well away
from the beaten paths. On Friday
and Saturday Charles Ray, fresh
from his triumphs i'm THE Pinch
Hitter and Back Of the Man." will
be featured in THE Millionaire Vag-
rant"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
Glen Echo Park

-Four concerts. starting at 3:SO and
ending at 1920, by the Soldiers Home
Band will be the big feature today at
Glen Echo Park. The program. which
marks the opening of the patriotic
festival week, will have patriotic airs
predominating. the compositi ons of
Sousa being featured.
Plans have all been completed for
the Fourth, and the patriotic festival
is expected to bring a record-breaking
attendance. A number of free fea-
lures will be provided. including dane
ing
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
HANDSOMEST MAN
ON AMERICAN stage
George Alison Wins High Praise for
Good Looks.

There are comparatively few more
popular players upon the American
stage than George Alison. the big,
handsome Englishman. who plays
William Brighton in THE Man Paws.
the new play TO be presented at the
Belasco Theater tomorrow night, for
the first time on any stage.
big George" as he is famiIiarly
known TO his associates. is Lon
doner who came to America some
years ago with Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall.
and became so imbued with the spirit
of the country that he remained here.
He is a graduate from the law courts.
who began his career in England with
the famous Vokes family. with whom
he toured Britain, for two seasons.
and them came to this country. After
his engagement with the Kendalls, he
Joined the Frohman forces and re-
mained with Charles and Daniel Froh-
man for several years. When Ben
Hur" was sent through the country
he played Messala. succeeding W. II.
Hart. now known 10 every movie fan
the world over as Big Bill Hart. Then
followed several years as stock star
in Portland. Ore. Bush Temple, Chi
caCo; Walker Theater, Winnipeg. and
the Crescent Theater. Brooklyn. Dur
ing his term of service at this theater
he essayed l57 different roles and,
during his long career as an actor,
has played over one thousand char
acters.
Two seasons ago George broke away
from stock and was engaged by Henry
Millar for the principal male role
in Daddy Long Legs" a character
in which he appeared until a few
weeks ago, when he was secured by
Louis Mann to play the friend" in
The Man Pays"
George Alison. aside from being a
most capable actor. is one Of the best
looking men upon the American stage.
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Loew's ColumbIa-puuIIne Frederick

LOew's ColumbIa-Pnuline Frederick
Two stories of supreme sclf-sacrifice
are listed in next weeks film program
for Loew's Columbia Theater. The
Love That Lives" which will be
shown next Sunday, Monday. Tues
day and Wednesday, pictures Pauline
Frederick as a sCrubwoman in a big
office building who accepts a brokers
money to educate her young son.
When the boy gets his chance in life
she goes back to the pail and mop.
At the end, when she and her boys
sweetheart face death in a burning
building, she lays down her life for
the girl.
The Forbidden Path" announced
for the last half of the week, fea-
lures Sessue Hayakawa in the role
of a Japanese who loves his Ameri-
can employers daughter. but realizes
he cannot marry her. When he dis
covers that the man she loves has
been inveigled into marriage with an
adventures, he solves the situation
by taking the other woman out in a
motorboat, which he scuttles far out
at sea. The slow sinking of the boat
is said to offer one of the most i'm
pressive climaxes devised for a mod
ern film play.
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friends is lamb. but assumes the
attributes OF a wolf when attacked
by his enemies. Another well-known
star, Dorothy Dalton, will be fea-
tured. for the remainder OF the week
In Wild Winship's Widow" provid-
ing her. with a role unlike any she
has ever essayed before the camera.
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II garden soil is heavy. or hungry"
that is. harsh and lacking IN humus.
give IL plenty OF well-rOtted stable
manure. Nothing could be better. II
the soil is in excellent physical con-
dition. bone meal with the addition
OF a little potash will supply the plant
food necessary for any ordinary crop
OF plants or mere annual growth.
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MUNRO MEMBER OF FRIARs.

Wallace Munro. manager Of The
Man Pays" is a conspicuous member
Of the Friars, OF New York. and pilot
ed that organization 10 Fort hyer two
weeks ago. when IL gave an fxceiieut
entertainment for the benenl Of the
Officers Reserve Corps.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01

Pays" made his last professional
visit TO Washington in The Bubble. .
which played here nearly two years
ago.
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The Society for Improving the Con-
dition Of the Poor in New York saws
that illness causes Si per cent Of the
cases of poverty and only Per cent
are due to drunkenness, old age and
non-employment.
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LAST HERE IN PUBLIC.

Louis Mann. who is responsible for
the presentation tomorrow night at
the Belasco Theater OF The Man
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
PROMISED NEXT WEEK.
Poli's-"UncIe Toms Cabin"

The Poll Players will offer d wonder
full production OF this celebrated play.
being the same as that produced at
the Academy of Music. New York. by
William A. Brady with a notable cast.
which included Wilton LaCkayC. Louis
James. Theodore Roberts and many
other artists.
This will be the first time that this
version Of Uncle Toms Cabin has
ever been used in Washington. 1t is
the only version that had the indorse-
ment of Mrs. stowe.
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Moore's Gnrden-Ch.rIe. CHAPLIN.

Charlie" Chaplin, the funniest man
in films. and Winnefred Greenwood,
one of the best liked dramatic stars
Of picturcdOm, will be represented on
the program at Moore's Garden
Theatcr today until Wednesday inclus-
sive. The former will be seen in his
brand new fun-fest, The Immigrant"
while Miss Greenwood will be feat
ured in a stirring romance, entitled
Allen Blood" The story of THE
Immigrant involves Charlie Chap
Inns activity on board an ocean liner
which is bringing him and scores of
others to the land OF the free and
the home Of the brave.
In ALLEN Blood" Miss Winnefred
Greenwood scores triumph over her
enemies and succeeds in wiping away
the barrier of blood. On Thursday
and Friday Viola Dana, who Is fast
gaining wide popularity in filmdom.
will be pictured in "Adaddin's Other
Lamp" an elab oration of a play by
Willard Mack. Saturday Gail Kane
will be pictured in a clever dramatic
fantasy, THE Upper Crust" adapted
from the widely popular story "The
Indescretions of Molly by Charles
Sherman.
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| ton in THE Little Boy Scout and
| Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant"
The former is a love story laid on
the Mexican border and in a small
New England town. 1t depicts the ad-
ventures of n pretty girl who slips
across the Rio Grande 10 escape
wedding a Mexican she hates. She is
bcfriended by American soldiers and
sent to her aunt in New England.
Later, when her uncle arrives from
Mexico and demands her return, she
masque rades in the uniform of a boy
scout and makes her escape to the
State line, where a hurried wedding
in which the bridegroom is the young
officer she had met in Texas puts an
, end to her persecution.
THE Immigrant" shows Chaplin as
steerage passenger on a big liner.
1t was designed as a vehicle for the
comedians famous comedy methods
and It is said to be the best photo farce
written for his use since his first ap-
peqrance under his present manage
ment.
The bill arranged for the last half
Of the week, beginning Thursday aft
ernoon. divides hcnors between Wal
lace Reid and Roscoe Arbuckle. The
former is pictured in the stellar role
Of big Timber" a romance OF the
California lumber camps, and the lat
ter is shown as the star OF "A Rough
House." a screen farce that lives up
TO its title and which has to do, among
other things, with tAe hero's efforts
to eXtinquish big fire with a tin cup
and a garden hose. In addition TO
these four big features tho fWn pro-
grams will include numerous first-run
comedies and news pictures. An
augmented orchestra will interpret
the special music arranged for this
the midsummer carnival week."
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b. F. KeIth'-yaudeyirIe.

II. +. kelths-t Vaudeville.
The double-header bill at B. F.
Keith's Theater next week will offer
Emma Carus and Larry Conner and
Conroy and lie Marie as the allied
drawing cards, the aforementioned
pair appearing in another OF their
characteristic compounds OF repartee.
songs and dances. and the other stars
offering for the first time their biggest
laughing success, For Sale-A Ford"
The third stellar feature will be Ted
Lorraine and Frances Pritchard in a
dance cycle. An important position is
accorded Hans s. Linne's classic
dancers, featuring Mile. Una and a
corps de ballet of eight. The remains
der of the presentation, which has all
the marks OF an extraordinary assem-
blage. will include Sanity and Norton.
The Singers with Trimmings" Harry
Holman and company in Adam Kill
JOY" a scream all through: Nella
Allen. a petite chanteuse: the Gar
Cinetti Brothers, European eccentric
comedy hat throwers; the pipe organ
recitals and the Hearst-Pathe pic
torial.