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Jiu-Jitsu.

Sessue Hayakawa, Paramount's Japa-
nese star, Is an athlete of more than
ordinary prowress. He excels in golf.
tennis, swimming. all forms of gymkana
and in everything that has to do with
muscular play except base ball. The
oriental mind seems unable to grasp the
intricacies Of the great American game.
although Hayakawa can throw and bat
with the best of them.
It Is in the field of jiu-pitsu, however,
that the actor is at home.
stage in America" he says, "is merely
the rough training which precedes
jiu jitsu. 1t AS difhcult to explain the
real thing. I dare not even If I had
the words. 1 tbs a sworn secret of the
Sumarai class in Japan. After you have
studied six years one secret is impaired
to you. Three years more and another
secret. and so on.
with my knowledge of jiu jitsu. I
could kill you by pressing my thumb
quickly against certain nerve center in
your body that you know nothing about.
could press my finger against another
part Of your body and you would never
be able to speak again. But this is
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COSMOS

A "girl act" travesty on Shakespeare's
Hamlet" with musical setting, is
announced as the headline attraction
at the Cosmos Theater this week, under
the title Miss Hamlet" It will be pre-
sented by a large company of pretty
girls. Some of it's striking features
are Hamlet's famous soliloquy rem
dered in ragtime and sad-faced Ophelia
1amenting with the chorus. 1t is one of
the novelties of popular vaudeville and
has been commended to Washington as
"the laughing hit of the season."
Other leading acts will be Ben and
Hazel Mann. team of Broadway mu-
steal comedians. in the latest songs and
frivolities of the Great White Way,
and Ed MartelI and company in a play
let entitled What Really Happened"
Mahoney Brothers and Daisy" will
bring an offering from the English
music halls; Frank LIE Dent, something
new as a juggling comic. and Bert and
Vera Morrisey. contribution Of mirth
and melody in their special line.
"At the Bottom of the Well" the big
VitaEraph production, presenting a
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BELASCO

"Mary's Ankle a farce comedy by
May Tully. which will be presented at
the Belasco Theater by A. H. Woods
this week. with the original New York
cast and production. was one of the
first of the current seaaon's metropol-
itan successes. 1t ran three months at
the Bijou and Thirty-pinth Street the
aters, New York. It is gay and
amusing romance. involving three poor
young men and one charming young
lady. The young lady herself is inter-
ested in only one of the young men,
but all three were concerned in the
daring and original scheme that
brought them together.
The play is original in plot, abounds
in amusing situations and contains as
crisp dialogue as has been heard on the
stage in many seasons. A feature of
the production which Mr.. Woods has
given the piece is the effective third
act. set on board a steamship sailing
down New York bay.
The New York company that will in
terpret the piece includes Irene Fen
wick. Walter Jones, Zelda Sears. Bert
Lytell, Leo Donnelly. Mae Melville. T.
A. Gibson, Adelaide Prince and Noel
Tearle
An extra matinee will be given
Thanksgiving day.
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-pHE eeaversational stage sur
rendered Internationally last
week to extravaganza and
tho moving pictures. Cleo
patra" testified not only to the
marvellous possibilities Of the modern
fllm spectacle. but to the nifdness OF
the Egyptian climate. for which the sn-
chantress Of the Nile selected her cos
tunes The galaxy Of entertainers IN
the "Tollies' pleased as they always DO.
The "Follies'' takes the place IN the ar
fections of the people that In years
gone by was held by Rice's "Evange-
line" e. e. Rice was recently the sub
tect Of a testimonial. The souvenir is
sued proved one Of the most Interesting
publications that the theater has turned
out in some seasons. 1t recalled In por-
trait and biography personages OF the
footlights whose names are stfll mousse
hold words, but who were then engaged
in efforts strictly to amuse. which
ranged from William II. Cranes bur-
AsQue agonies IN the role OF Le Blanc
- Harry Dixey's modest performance
10 the historic Hind Legs. 1t may DC
said without much stretch OF fancS
that this "Evangeline," whose memories
of melodious merriment are still cher
ished. developed the original motion piG
ture actor. The film was not yet aVaii-
able for his talents. He was a motlon
picture star without vehicle, oue
Harry Hunters Lone Fisherman,
study in humorous silence. is a CLASSIC
to which "Reminiscences still refers WIN
an appreciative chuckle The pnoio-
graph Of Mr.. Rice is as deoonaire a. ,
when he was directing the factle VII
of J. Cheever Goodwin into channeis OF
practical efficiency. He had dencate
appreciation Of humor that ena oied MIN
to laugh even on an occasion when
Comedian turned the joke sQuareiy
against him. Rice had fashion OF say
ing to applicants for engagemen.s.
Don't do anything, my boy, until yoa
hear from me-" A VISITOR at ms ., ohroes nc.
terial he was sure would make q nie.
It was q song. Rice invited him TO sihf
1t. Rice thought it was a pretty eooo
song until the comedian strock ene
refrain. which ran Don't do anything,
INV boy. until you hear from me-. The
manager admitted it was good enough
song But it never went into feheaIeai.
The portraits in the souvenir consu-
which developed into careers along al
lines of theatrical achievement
Colossal as it Is in scenic splenoors
and lavish as 1t Is IN Quip anu pc na,,o
.sFollies' entertainment has been com
pensating its present personnel SO han1.
someIy that there is none of the old
temptation to experiment in the hope
of q future. in the legitimate drama.
Bert Williams. it is true. has once OF
twice intimated that he might Pia9
OtheIlo. but no announcement has been
made to Indicate Intentions on the part
Of the Howard Theater to subsidize so
interesting an experiment The enter
fainers of the "Follies" have every rea-
son to be content with the glory and the
emoluments already their own The
public is more grateful for study In
smiles than for a tug at the heart-
strings, and the players in the extrar-
aRanza of the present day can scarce
ly hope to be recorded as high on the
scroll of histrionic fame as the merry
makers of old "Evangeline-
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NEW NATIONAL

An attraction with the character of a
real theatrical novelty has been pro-
vided by the management OF the New
National Theater for this week, begin
ming tomorrow night, with Wednesday.
Thursday (Thanksgiving) and Saturday
matinees. 1t is the Barrie plays" or
an "evening with ]. NJ. Barrie" as an
nounced for a successful run at the
Empire Theater, New York city, last
spring.
The bill will comprise The New
Word" and .AThe Old Lady Shows Her
Medals" which were in the program
given in New York. and an entirely
new piece entitled .''Barbara's We'd
ding" the manuscript Of which was re-
Gently rec-.yed In this country
THE New Word" and The Old Lady
Shows Her Medals are Barrie's war
plays, in the sense that they deal with
the mental condition OF those left at
home. Both are full Of the pathos ana
whimsicality for which Barrie 10 noted.
The principal characters In The New
Word are an English father and son.
both of them typically Unconditional
The son has enlisted and he has put on
his uniform as second lieutenant Tor
the first time. He and his father, left
bye. each struggling manfully. but un-
successfully. to conceal the real love he
has for the other.
In .aThe Old Lady Shows Her Medals"
which is one of Barrie's real MASTER
pieces, the heroine is poor old Scot
tish charwoman. who, without husband
or son at the front, feels that she Is
out of it-that the war isn't her war.
30 she adopts son-a dour private Of
the Black Watch, whose name, the
same as her own, she reads in some
newspaper. The man comes to Lon
don on furlough and the little play tells
AS only Barrie can tell it-how the
old lady wins his fiiial affection.
"Barbara's Wedding" fresh from the
playwright's- pen. will exhibit Barrie's
genius from a new angle. There are
several well known players in the COM
pany the Frohman off1ce has sent on
tour to enact these Barrie plays. Each
piece has its separate cast, and among
the players are Beryl Mercer, Frances
Carson. Lucia Moore. Mary Lena Will
son. Mrs. Wallace Erskine. Clinton Al
derson. H. A. Herbert. Hugh Dillman.
Phillip Tonge. Frank Grant Mills. Per-
cy Waram. John Campbell, Edward
Broadley and others.
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Loew's Columbia.

Douglas Fairbanks is the picture star
at Loew's Columbia today and all this
week in his newest screen vehicle,
Reaching for the Moon.'' From poverty
and obscurfty to royal throne is a
far jump for an American youth. And
when the pretender to the throne OBJ
jects and hires assassins to remove the
new monarch, who is a determined and
athletic young man, there is apt to be
considerable excitement This is one
Of the threads of the story, which teens
with sensational incidents and laugh
able comedy The popular Fairbanks
in some of the scenes is handled very
roughly. The story Is laid both in Eu-
rope and America, with handsome set
tings and costumes. The cast includes
Eileen Percy and Frank Campeau A
Hearst-Pathe News and short reels will
be shown also
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New York Symphony Tomorrow.

The New York Symphony. Walter DAM
rosch. conductor, will begin this season s
series OF four concerts tomorrow after
noon at 4:S0 in the Belasco Theater.
The program will be Tschaikowsky' s
Symphony No. 6 Pathetique) and the con-
certo for piano in fiat. with Percy
Granger as soloist.
This will be Mr.. Grainger's first appear
ance In Washington since he donned the
khaki uniform Of his adopted country.
Mr.. Damrosch will precede the regular
program with Handers concerto in F for
two wind Instruments. choirs and string
orchestra. This number will be given at
o'clock for the benefit of those who at
tended the lecture given under the
auspices of the Fine Arts Society by
Daniel Gregory Mason. Subscribers to
the Symphony Society also are asked to
attend.
The remaining concerts. January 81.
February 25 and April 5, enlist the series
of Jascha Heifetz. the sensational
young Russian yiolinist. and Nine
CALI Curci. the remarkable coloratura
soprano as SolOistS.
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Crandall's Kniekerbocker.

"Bab's Burglar" featuring Marguerite
Clark. will be the attraction today and to-
morrow at Crandall's Knickerbocker Thea
ter. 1t is founded on the Sub Deb"
stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart, and re-
lates the further adventures of Barbara
Archibald. a seventeen-year-o boarding
school girl, who seems endowed with a
rare faculty for involving herself in pecu-
liar situations and then proves herself
equally gifted by successfully extricat-
ing herself. The picture cast includes
William Hinckley. Frank Losee. Guy
Coombs, Helen Greene and Leone Morgan
Tuesday and Wednesday William S. Hart
will be pictured in ''The Narrow Trail a
western drama replete with thrilling situa-
tions. Mae Marsh and Robert Harron are
jointly featured in Sunshine Alley"
which will be shown for the first time
locally Thursday and Friday. 1.-THE
Antics of Ann" with Ann Pennington in
the central role. will be shown Saturday.
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B. F. KEITH's

Thanksgiving at B. F. Keith's Theater
will be celebrated with three perform
ances, at 2:15. 5:15 and s:15 PM. Thurs
day. the complete array of attractions
appearing at each. On other days this
week two shows will be given. The su-
preme feature will be valeska Suratt,
star Of stage and screen. who has re-
turned to Keith vaudeville as a dra-
matte actress. in an emotional role in
The Purple Poppy" a comedy drama
of Little Italy" written by Paul NJ.
Potter in collaboration with C. v. De
vonde. Mr.. Potter. II will be remembered,
dramatized '-Trilby." Her support will
include Ralph Delmore. W. H. Turner.
Joseph TGranby. Franklyn Hanna,
Thomas Hardy and others. Beatrice
Herford will appear in a new series of
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POLI'S

BARLEY Campbells famous old play.
The White Slave" will be the attrac-
tion at Polls Theater this week. be-
ginning tonight. Few dramas have had
such a wide appeal as this stirring
romance of the south, and the an
nouncement of its temperance, with
a new production and a capable cast,
will be Of interest to the theater-going
public.
Seventeen years before the opening
act Judge Hardin. an aristocratic Ken
tuckian. takes his daughter Grace to
Europe to finish her education. Accom-
panying them is Nance, the judges
servant at the family homestead Grace
falls in love with a titled foreigner.
child is born and the mother dies. The
supposed disgrace weighs heavily upon
the judge. With the baby girl. which
has been given the name of Lisa. and
Nance. he returns to Kentucky and al
lows Lisa to grow up as the daughter
Of his housekeeper; Nance keeps her
promise to keep the secret and Lisa
grows into young womanhood believ-
ing she is an octoroon.
In the meantime Judge Hardin has
adopted his old law partners son. Clay
judges executor and manager of his
estate Lisa and Clay grow up to-
gether and learn to love each other,
though at first the boy does not realize
It, Clay becomes fond of horseracinE
and CANDLES. and he is thus brought
under the evil influence Of William
Lacy. a Mississippi planter. Becoming
involved in debt. he mortgages Har-
din's slaves and property to Lacy. never
dreaming that the transaction would
include Lisa. who Is transferred to a
plantation at Osceola. Miss, from
which she is stolen by Britton. who
comes to a realization of his great love
for the girl. The lovers escape to the
Mississippi packet Belle Creole. which,
during a heavy storm. takes fire and is
wrecked. and the unhappy pair is cast
upon Red Devil Island. subsequently
falling into the hands of Lacy. Through
the timely appearance of Patrick Henry
Stitch the Legitimate parentage of Lisa
is established and the play has a happy
| ending.
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Leader,

Gladys Brockwell as the picture star
in "A Branded Soul' is the feature at
the Leader today and all this week.
The story of "A Branded Sour' con-
Germs a little Mexican girl who grad
ually comes under the domination Of a
millionaire of her own land. Though
she is piety itself. she finds that she
must obey his will or bring ruin to
those she loves.
At the climax the millionaire is over
come by the girls sweetness and pur-
ity and he changes his manner of his
living and with her as a guide he finds
the way to forgiveness and to happi-
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Photoplay Features

only the crude part. What comes after
that is more difficult to explain.
Perhaps you can get something more
from this hint: Some times you are
walking down a dark street at night and
see form lurking in the shadow, OF
you go into your dark garage and you
near a strange noise and you shake with
fear. The next time you find Yourself
In such a condition just contract the
muscles of teh lower part of your abdo-
men; hold in those muscles until they
are hard; Then I defy you to be afraid
OF anything. But. of course. that again
belongs to the crudities of jiu iitsu. If
you were to try and kill an old Samuraj
who had really studied jiu jitsu YOU
would find out what 1 mean. You might
point your revolver at him, but you
could not fire."
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Crandal's Avenue Grand.

The invasion of Belgium by the Ger
mans and the cruelties practiced upon
its non-combatant inhabitants are the
background for The Maid of Belgium"
the photodrams which will be shown
at Crandall's Avenue Grand today.
Alice Brady is pictured as a young Bel
CLAN girl who is brought to this coun-
try by kindly Americans and nursed
back to health and happiness. "Hashi-
mura Togo. film version Of wailacs
Irwin's Japanese schoolboy" stories,
Hayakawa in the titular role. Tues
day Harold Lockwood will be pictured
in Paradise Garden; Wednesday.
Ethel Clayton. in The Dormant Pow
err: Thursday. Earle Williams. in "The
Love Doctor; Friday. Beverly Bayne
and Francis X. Bushman, in The Adopted
Son." and Saturday. Billie Burke. in
Arms and the Girl"
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Central Coliseum.

The stage is set at the Central Coli
scum for big masked ball and fancy
dress carnival, to be given Wednesday,
Thanksgiving eve. The dancers must
be masked. or in costume The manage
ment will give cash prizes in gold to
the best fancily costumed couple, the
best costumed lady and separate prizes
to the best costumed gentleman, to the
most original costumed couple and to
the most grotesquely costumed couple
An augmented orchestra will provide
the dancers with music.
Tomorrow evening there will be a
special one-step contest, for which a
prize Of $3.50 in gold will be given.
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Lyceum Theater.

THE Moonland Beauties" a rollicl5ine
burlesque in two acts. comes to the
Lyceum this week. Charlie Graham,
whose first week at this house made
him big favorite. will be seen in a
queen. Gus Mortimore, a tin man;
Queenie Powers. fairy, and Haze
Grant, a prince, backed by the big
Lyceum Ginger Chorus The bur.
les1ue extravaganza concerns a scare.
crow and tin man who come to life
and are blown away by a cyclone anG
land in the moon. Matinees are giver
daily.
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Nine. Schumann-Heink Tuesday.

Nine. Schumann-Hei the famous
contralto, will be heard, for the only
time this season, at the New National
Theater Tuesday afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock. under the management OF Mrs
Wilson-Greene.
Nine. Schumann- -Heink will be heard
in the following program: Recitative
and aria, 'Armida," from "Rinaldo
Utalian). Haendel; My Heart Ever
Dich." Beethoven: "Ah! Mon Fills" lie
Prophete" (French, Meyerbeer; Dawn
in the Desert" Gertrude Ross; Cry OF
Rachel" Mary Turner Salter; "Down In
the Forest" Landon Ronald; Cradle
Song" Alex MacFayden; Good Morn
ing, Sue" Leo Delibes; Erin" Can Irish
lament. F. Sheridan and C. O'Hare;
AT Parting" James Rogers: DANNY
Boy" Fred Weatherly: when the Boys
Come Home." Obey Speake. Miss Edith
Evans will be at the piano.
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W lLllA ANS
eARDEN N
tFlLrS>

traction, and will be presented with a
capable cast, good-to-look-up upon
chorus and all the other necessary de-
tails that go to complete a musical
comedy production.
Frank Craven has the principal COM
edy role, but there are many others In
the cast who are familiar to Washing
ton audiences, including Edith Day.
Marion Sunshine. Ruth Donnelly- Grace
Peters. Frank Otto, Joseph Hertora.
Edward Begley, John Park, Donald
Meek, Arthur Stuart HUI. and a chorus
of beautiful girls
Otto Harbach and James Montgom-
cry wrote ehe book and lyrics. while
Louis 4. At:Scn composed the music.
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through Tuesday at Moore's Strand
Theater. This romance of the north
woods deals with the adventures of a
young couple living in the great out
doors. who encounter many adventures
and accomplish many hazardous feats
in their period spent close to nature.
The list of exciting things which Mrs.
Castle is called upon to do includes a
leap from high cliff into the river
below, where she rescues the hero from
dangerous rapids.
The remainder of the week THE
Planter a film study of life in the rub
ber country of southern Mexico. will
be shown. In this perturbation of
Herman Whitakers novel Tyrone
Power is filmed as the slave-driving
plantation owner. supported by Luz
ellie King.
Comedies and news pictures. with or
chestral accompaniments, are also on
the daily program.
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Filnnograrns.

After the completion of 'D'ArtssnaR
of Kansas upon which he is now work.
ing. Douglas Fairbanks will start on an
Emerson-Loos production for the Art
craft corporation. which is to be filmed
in six different cities.
Harry Goodwin. a youngster OF Los
Angeles. utilized William S. Harris in
terest in wireless telegraphy to get
access to him. and now he is Hart's
protege in THE Silent Man." after
pouring out his ambition to him.
Elsie Ferguson is pictured as the wife
of a gallant young captain who loses
his life in a heroic manner in Rose OF
the World her latest photoplay.
President Walter Z. Greene of Art
craft has received a letter from a man
who says he has six trained turtles he
wants to put in the movies One OF
them, he says, can climb a three-foot
rope and another spin on his back fifty
times without getting dizzy.
Geraldine Farrar's new photoplay. to
be released in December. is called "The
Devil Stone" and has superstition for
Continued on Seventh Page.)
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Adele Rowland.

Next week, at B. F. Keiths Theatar.
Adele Rowland, the musical comedy ia
vorite, and Bert kalmar and Jessie Brown,
in new view of "Nurseryland." will lead
the attractions. Others will be Ell Bren-
del and Flo Bert, in Waiting for Her.
the stampede riders, with Flores lie Due,
worlds champion lady roper" and Dan
Dix and his outlaw mule, Virgil: Yvette
and Saranoff, in an artistic novelty; LIE
Marie and Gallger, the six American
dancers. in Dance of the Allies and
(Continued on E,iehfh PAGE
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Arcade.

The Arcade dance auditorium will limit
the usual ladies' nights to Monday and
Tuesday. Wednesday will be given the
mid-week spotlight dance. and Thursday.
Thanksgiving day, will be appropriately
celebrated. On that evening the audi
torium will be beautifully decorated, ia
vors distributed and several features in
troduced.
Saturday will be the big week end dance,
When the orchestra will be augmented
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Crandall's Apollo.

Jane Cowl. star of stage and screen.
will be pictured in the central rolls OF
The Spreading Dawn at Crandalrs
Apollo today and tomorrow. Based on
a popular story of the same title, which
was originally published in a weekly
magazine. 1t is a romance of civil war
days. which finds its elimination at the
present time. A long cast of well
known photoplay stars appears in sup
port of Miss Cowl. Tuesday Carlyle
Blackwell will be pictured in The
Burglar; Wednesday. Billie Burke. in
Arms and the Girr: Thursday, Bev-
erly Bayne and Francis X. Bushman In
The Adopted Som: Friday, Julian Ell
tinge, in The Countess Charming" and
Saturday. Geraldine Farrar. in The
Woman God Forgot"
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BURKE
"A POLIO

sentenced to be shot, but is saved by
the prompt arrival Of the kings mes
senger. who carries with aim a pardon
for all political prisoners.
Joe Weber will send the entire orig
inal New York company to this city. 1t
includes Walter Scanlan, Olga Roller.
Louise Allen. Irene Rowan, Josie Cladin,
Martindel, John B. Cooke, Harry Crosby
and large chorus Of pretty girls.
reinforced with a largely increased
orchestra. made up in the main by
musicians selected from Victor Her
bert's Symphony Orchestra.
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Howard.

Branded" a play with a moral. will be
the offering of the stock company at
the Howard Theater this week The
Quality Amusement Company of COL
ored players will present in the cast
Abbie Mitchell. Inez Clough, viii Cook
and Babe" Townsend. Matinees will
urday.
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cast of film stars, will be the matt
nee's photoplay. and. with a first run
Keystone comedy and the Hearst Pathe
News. will constitute the Aim contribu-
tion to the bill. 8
Today's performances. starting at 3
pm. and running continuously. will
offer for the last time the bright little
patriotic musical tabloid, "The Break
ers,' with its many surprises, and the
other acts of last weeks bill.
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"Cleopatra" Today.

At the Belasco Theater today the last
two exhibitions will be given of "Oleo-
patra," picturing Theda Bara in the title
role. In this production ancient Rome
lives again-Cleopatra's palace, the pyra-
mids, the Sphinx and the Roman forum.
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Moore's Strand.

Mrs. Vernon Castle is pictured in the
principal role of STRANDED in Arcady,"
the photoplay booked for today and
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CrandalI's:

Kitty Gordon. the English beauty, is
! the star of Her Hour" photodrama
| 10 be given its first local showing at
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"Going Up,''

Washington theatergoers are going
to have an opportunity to see one of
the best musical comedies offered in a
long time, Going Up" which is
booked for next week, at the New Ma
tional Theater.
Going Up" is a Cohan & Harris at