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Evening star., 1918-06-09
CAYETY.

When the Bowery Burlesquers COM
pany completes Its weeks engage
ment at the Gayety Theater next Sat-
urday night the curtain will be rung
down on the 1917-1s burlesque sea-
son in Washington. completing one
of the most prosperous years In the
history Of the thcater. While there
is but little doubt that present con-
ditions in Washington would make 1t
possible to bridge the gap caused by
the summer months, 1t is announced.
in the matter of obtaining attrac-
tions. besides. Manager Jarboe has in
mind plans for remodeling the edi-
flee"
The Rowery Burlescuers represent
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BELASCO

Wednesday night, in the Belasco
Theater. David Belasco will present for
the first time on any stage new
comedy in three acts, entitled Dad
dies" by John L. Hobble. a new
American playwright. In the cast
will be Bruce McRae. John w. Cope.
Edwards Davis, S. K. Walker, George
Abbott. William Boag. Jeanne Eagels.
Winifred Fraser. Ann Austin. and
Edith King-all especially chosen by
Mr.. Belasco for their respective parts
Nothing is known of the plot or
story of "Daddies," SO a complete
surprise will be in store for theater-
goers.
A matinee will be given Saturday.
Mr.-Belasco will be here in person
10 direct the performances.
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NATIONAL.

Klaw & Erlanger promise week of
laughter. beginning tomorrow night, at
the National Theater with "Sick-a- Bed"
. farcical comedy by Ethel Mumford.
Its only propaganda is to create merri-
ment in wholesome way.
In the play a light-hearted, sus-
ceptible young chap feigns illness to
avoid going on the witness stand in
Q divorce suit brought by a fiippant
young featherbrain against his guar
dian. middle-aged man of the
world. who has been guilty of little in
ciscretions. He falls in love at first
sight with q bewitching blonde nurse
whose special charge he becomes, and
IN tossed about in a storm of comic COM
'plications before the happy ending is
attained.
Edwin Nicander is the harassed pa
dent: Mary Boland. is the blue-eyed,
blonde nurse; Mary Newcombe and
John Flood. nearly divorced couple,
and Julia Ralph, night nurse of con-
vivtal tendencies. Others in the cast
include Dallas Wexford, the funny little
English comedian; Charles E. Evans, of
Evans and Hoey renown, and George
0Arsons.
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PARKS AND EXCURSIONS.
Glen Echo Park,

Cars from the heart Of the city run
directly to Glen Echo Park, on the
Maryland bank of the upper Po-
tomac. This is one of the prettiest
car rides out Of the capital.
A special engagement Of Celfo's
band has been arranged for two con-
certs this afternoon and two this
evening. in addition to the Sunday
features on the amusement program.
the whip. derby racer and gravity
railway. with their speedy dips and
curves. and twenty-five other at
fractions. The midway is little city
Of fun all in itself.
Week nights dancing Is added. The
four sides of the pavilion are open
and the floor is kept in good order. A
ten-piece orchestra plays up-to-the-
minute dance music.
Admission to the resort Is free, and
picnic tables and other accessories
are provided for outing parties.
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POLI'S.

Hearts of the World" announced as
the latest and greatest film master
piece of D. w. Griffith, will. be pre-
sented for the first time in Washing
ton at Polls Theater tomorrow even
ing at $40 o'clock. The patriotic ma
ture of the offering and the fact that
the producer was encouraged and aid
ed in his undertaking by the British
and French governments, are expect
ed to make the occasion notable.
Beginning Tuesday daily matinees
will be given, and seats for all per-
formances are now on sale.
Hearts of the World" required
eighteen months in the making and
many of it's scenes were taken on the
hattlef1e1ds of France by Mr.. Griffith.
with the official aid and assistance Of
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QHE rumor of pictures for
Polls that arose when the
theater gave up stock COM
pany presentations has ma
terialized after a brief sea-
son of musical comedy and regular
drama The pictures shown under the
title, "Pershing's Crusaders, are
modern development and well away
from the fiction and comedy
scenarios, which dispense to a large
degree with current interest as an
elemen. of appeal. Another big pic
ture is promised for next week. Iea
for Three" proved a pleasant comedy
at the Belasco and Ruth Chatterton
found welcome for another return en-
gagement of Come Out of the kitch-
en-" The musical novelty of the week
was the concert debut of the Giannlni
Sisters, the elder a soprano, whose
voice showed the results of excel
lent training, and the younger,
seventeen-year-old whose rich, SYM
pathetic contralto voice made some of
the most skeptieal musical experts
listen with the comfortable thrill that
comes when something really worth
while in musical way has been dis
covered.
e s. IS
The summer theater in the Capital
city continues to form plans for new
productions. "Sick-a-Bed" will bring
a cast of players who are well known
in Washington, May Boland and Ed
win Nicander being particularly liked
for easy legitimate. yet mirth, COM
pelling methods. Charles Evans-who
<does not remember Evans and Hoey :
suggests a string of "reminiscences
and those who recall his fun on the
stage as well as his activities IN
management will be interested in
seeing him in harness again to the
cart of comedy.
A new production that looms big on
the Washington horizon is a play by
George Hazleton, the Washington
man whose yellow Jacket" and other
plays have made him more famous IN
Europe than he is in his own country,
with stars in its cast of no less mag
nitude than Empey and Rose Stahl.
It is as near a three-ring circus as
drama can become without ceasing
to be Iegitimate-and nothing that is
not legitimate, whether in fun or
emotion, is to be expected from the
HaZletonian pen. Rose Stahl is SAID
to have at last found part as sood
as "The Chorus Lady" Everybody
hopes SO.
ss ss Is
Belasco. who for long time did not
produce in the Washington theater
that bears his name. is becoming
regular visitor. He is due for another
first production soon, comedy en-
titled 'Daddies" There was a time
when the master of thrills declared
that he would not produce comedy;
that it was easier to make people
cry than to make them laugh. the
Boomerang" and a few others have
evidently changed his mind on this
point.
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the British and the French govern
mentS.
Mr.. Griffith. however, is anxious to
remove any impression that Hearts
of the World" is a war picture. 1t is,
he announces, primarily a love story,
in which war figures as the grim
background. For more than forty
minutes during the exposition of the
story there is not a suggestion of
wars alarms. There is a pretty ro-
nance of two girls each in love with
the same man. and the quiet and
peaceful atmosphere of small French
town before the holocaust of war.
Then comes the conflict, with its en-
suing effects upon the fortunes of
those in the little village
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Great Falls Park.

At Great Falls Park. in addition to
other samusements, concerts will be
given this afternoon and evening by
the Ladies' Liberty Orchestra. Free
motion pictures, comedy and dramatic
subjects will be shown. Great Falls
also affords opportunity for fishing.
Evidences Of the engineering skill OF
Washington also are to be seen there.
Trains leave 36th and M streets north
west and Falls and the ride through
the nearby Virginia country Is pleas
ant.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Belasco.

"She Burnt Her Fingers" a new
play by Cosmo Hamilton. in four acts,
presented by Selwyn and company. for
its premiere in Washington. The cast
includes Estelle Winwood, Warburton
Gamble, Frank Connor, Amelia Gard
ner, Noel Haddon, Merle Maddern,
Henry Travers. Herbert Shipman and
Kate Blancke.
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NEXT WEEKS ATTRACTIONS.
National.

Wagenhals and Kemper's war COM
edy of pure happiness, good cheer.
song and brotherly love-" with Sergt.
Arthur Guy Empey and Rose Stahl as
its stars. A feature will be the Lib
erty Male Quartet. which. in soldier
scenes, will sing a number of songs
that are popular with the boys in the
trenches. including Smile, Smile.
Smile" Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing" and others. 1t opens Monday
evening, June II.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
CONCERTS.
John Mccormick, Friday.

John Mccormack, the noted tenor,
who is engaged in tour of the country.
donating services of himself and his as
sisting artists in raising a fund Of $780,
900 for the Knights Of Columbus war
O'Clock at Polls Theater. The entire
proceeds of his concert will be turned
over to the war fund by the local order
of the Knights Of Columbus. He will
be assisted by Miss Lille Meagher. So
prano. and Edwin Schneider. pianist.
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minutes by the steamer Macalester.
which leaves 7th street wharf daily at
10 am. and 2:30 Pm, including Sum-
day. Its chief amusement is dancing
In its pavilion, overlooking the river,
to music furnished by an excellent or
chestra. Other diversions are offened
by the dip" the merry-go-round. the
swings and the bowling alleys, while
the picnicker will find roomy tables
placed at convenient points on the
well shaded lawns.
Stops are made at Mount Vernon.
the tomb Of Washington, on the first
two trips on week days only.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Liberty Dansante Gardens.

A promenade concert by Bovello's
Ing at the Liberty Dansante Gardens.
at Pennsylvania avenue and 21st
street northwest. Photoplays will be
shown in the summer garden. Week
nights the entertainment comprises
dancing. photoplays. a cabaret per-
formance and two orchestras.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
INSTANCE TA1MApGE
G5zd5LH T1ws)

one of the best collections of talent
on the Columbia circuit. Headed by
Billy Foster and Frank Harcourt.
whose droll comedy methods are
pany includes Edna Green. Jack Hay
den, Eddie Akin, Libby Hart. Doug
las McIvor. Grace Anderson and Belle
Stolles, with a featured chorus Of
twenty. Two rapid-fire burlesques,
entitled "a Day at Lobster Beach"
and "a Night in New York" will be
presented, and special vaudeville
numbers will be introduced.
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Columbia,

The feature photoplay at Loew's
Columbia today and through We'd
nesday will picture Pauline Freder-
fck in Her Final Reckoning" in
which she plays two parts, that of a
mother and daughter. The story con-
Germs the love affairs Of the daugh-
ter Of Russian gypsy. Reels of cur
rent events and comedies also will be
shown. Thursday and the last half
of the week Lima Cavalieri. the Ia
nous diva. will be seen in her latest
picture. Loves Conquest" based upon
the celebrated play, "Gismonda." by
Victorien Sardou. 1t is said to be
highly spectacular.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
3. F. Keith's.

Vaudeville headed by Gus Edwards
Annual Song Revue. an elaborate pro-
duction entirely different from THE
Band Box Revue" and featuring Olga
Cook. with Dan Healy. comedian;
Helen Coyne. Mario villani, Margaret
Dana and a chorus of sixteen in THE
Somewhere in France" Charles
Irwin and Kitty Henry, Marie Fitz-
gibbon, Whipple. Huston and COM
pany in "Shoes" and others.
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against Dr. Karl Muck, former leader
Of the Boston symphony Orchestra.
who Is now interned.
Otis Skinner ended his tour In
Mister Antonio" last week in
Toronto. His friends will be glad
to hear that he is to be seen next
season in a new play.
"David's Adventure by A. f..
Thomas. founded on story by Leona
Dalrymple. was produced last week
for the first time at Atlantic City,
with Donald Gallagher in the title
role.
Walter Sanford. manager in advance
Evening star., 1918-06-09

for the Seret. Empey-Rose Stahl play.
says Washington is getting SO many
new shows that all 1t needs Is a board
walk and an ocean to be another At
lantic City.
Bruce McRae, who will play the leading
male role in David Belasco's latest pro-
duction. is a nephew of one of the most
distinguished OF English actors, Sir
Charles Wyndham. and of Americas
dramatist. Bronson Howard II was
through Bronson Howard's influence that
Mr. McRae met Charles Frohman and
secured position in the company OF
Elsie de Wolfe and Forbes Robertson,
making his debut on the stage in New
York in 1891.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Howard.

Elanor Glyn's Three Weeks" in
dramatic form, will be presented at
the Howard Theater all this week.
with matinees Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday. by the Quality Amusement
Company of colored players.
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Apollo.

Today and tomorrow at Crandalrs
Apollo 'The Reason Why" will fea-
ture Clara Kimball Young. 1.-The
journeys End" featuring Carlyle
Blackwell, will be shown Tuesday;
Joan of Plattsburg" Wednesday;
Enid Bennett, in THE Biggest Show
on Earth" Thursday; Jack Pickford.
in "Mile-a-Minute Kendall, Friday.
and THE Trail to Yesterday" Satur-
day. with the Arbuckle comedy, ''The
Moonshiners"
Evening star., 1918-06-09

A musical version of 1.-The Road to
Yesterday" is to be produced under
the title Of 1.-The Dream Girl"
Evening star., 1918-06-09

A revised edition of Inside the
Lines" the melodramatic comedy by
Earl Derr Bigger is to be produced
in Boston this summer.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

"The Trail to Yesterday" adapted
from Charles Alden Settlers story.
will be shown at Crandali's American
today. "Riders of the Night" star
ring Viola Dana. is tomorrow's at
traction. Tuesday. Sir Johnston
Forbes Robertson. in Masks and
Faces; Wednesday. Charles Ray. in
The Family skeleton; Thursday.
Mabel Normand, in Joan of Plstts-
burg: Friday. Mary Pickford. in
"Amartlly of Clothesline Alley: Sat
urday. Hebert Rawlinson, in The
Man-Trap."
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Photoplay Features

Tuesday. Viola Dana. in Riders of
the Night: Wednesday. Sessue Haya-
kawa, in The White Mans Law:
Thursday. Dorothy Dalton, in "Tyrant
Fear; Friday, Edith Storey, in
Treasure of the Sea-; Saturday
Evening star., 1918-06-09

This is Ruth Chatterton's second and
last season in Come Out Of the
Kitchen" the comedy by A. E.
Thomas.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

A Liberal Contribution.-Throu
the efforts of Manager L. Stoddard
Taylor. David Belasco and the Messrs.
Shubert have arranged to refund to
the purchaser of every ticket to per-
formance at the Belasco Theater on
Monday evenings throughout the
month of June one-half of its cost
price in thrift staEa-,s. This WIN
be one o< the WAYS - which the
BeIasco Theater management Will
contribute to the countrywide drive
for the sale of war savings stamps.
Celebrates Golden Jubiiee.-Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen, who for fifty years
has been conspicuous in the Ameri-
can drama, and who, during those
years portrayed no less than 800 roles.
celebrates her golden jubilee on the
stage by entering the varieties.
She made her first theatrical ap-
pearance as Blanche Galton, as a
fairy in the burlescue "Turco, the
Terrible" at the Royalty Theater.
London. in 1865. She made her first
American appearance with the Cation
Opera Company at Woods Museum,
later known as Days.
Her first notable achievement was
the creation of Little Buttercup" in
the opera III. NJ. S. Pinafore." Later
she abandoned opera, and thereafter
was under the direction of several
prominent managers: Her last ap-
pearance in New York was with Hol-
brook Blinn in The Moloch."
ToCSy. at an age when most women,
and men, too. for that matter. have
retired to private nfe. Mrs. Whiffen
finds herself filled with sufficient en-
thusiasm to embark upon a new cpl
sode.
Mrs. whiffen is held in affectionate
esteem not only by the numerous
players who have come into social
and professional contact with her. and
by the various managers who have
directed her theatrical destinies. but
by the entire theater-going public.
Fame Overnight.-Jeanne Eagels,
when suddenly called upon to play
Elsie Ferguson's role in "Outcast,"
achieved success overnight, and was
hailed as one leaping into fame ap-
parently without having served a
long apprenticeship on the stage.
1t was from the Pink Lady" that
Miss Eagels overnight jumped into
Elsie Ferguson's role in "Outcast' in a
second company formed to play the
south. but which played the outlying
theaters in Greater New York.
Then followed her appearances with
George Arliss. first, in the leading role
with him in 1.-The Professors Love
Story" then in his revival of "Dis-
raeh," and later as leading woman in
his own play, Hamilton"
Now Miss Eagels has become a Be-
lasco leading woman.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Avenue Grand.

Resurrection" will be shown at
Crandalrs Avenue Grand today.
Pauline Frederick is cast as Katusha.
"Mile-a-Minute Kendall" tomorrow.
with Jack Pickford in the chief role;
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Strand.

Sergt. Arthur Guy Empey. author
of "Over the Top" went to Camp
Wheeler, at Macon. Ga. to maize
trench scenes for the sensationally
realistic photo play which will be
shown throughout this week at
Moore's Strand Theater. Every phase
of real warfare as waged at the pres
ent day was subsequently recorded as
a part of a gripping and informative
photoplay. Empey went through
eighteen months of hard fighting as
a member of the Royal London Fusi-
liers. The film. however. is not all
Empey. In support of the star are
James Morrison and Lois Meredith.
with thousands of real troopers. This
feature will be preceded by patriotic
prologue staged with special settings
and participated in by detachment
of United States soldiers from Camp
Meigs, D. c. The spirit Of the picture
is one of intense patriotism.
In addition, the bill will include
other picture subjects and an orches-
trail accompaniment.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Lee Kuge1 will have a new play for
Emma Dunn next season that has not
yet been named.
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Leader.

A special score, arranged by Bert
Eberly and played on the new $4,000
pipe organ, will be feature of the
showing, for the first time in this
city, at the Leader Theater today, of
Jewel carmen's new photoplay, Con
fession," whose story covers pretty
wedding; the holdup of the bride and
groom and the theft OF the brides
wedding ring; a murder In a hotel
lobby, of which the groom is ac-
cused; the intercession of the govern
or of the state to stay the execution;
the response TOO late" and an as
tonishing denouement. The picture
will be shown all the week.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Polly With a Past" terminated its
run at the Belasco Theater, New York,
last night. -
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Charles Hopkins will produce dra-
matte version of Nina Wilcox Put
pam's story. Ladies Enlist" at his.
Punch and Judy Theater in New York.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Cosmos.

Vaudeville Headed by THE Whirl
Of Girls" an elaborate song and dance
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Crandall's,

At Crandalrs, Cyclone Higgins, D.
d." picturing Francis Bushman and
Beverly Bayne, will be shown today
and tomorrow. Bushman is cast as
an itinerant minister, who goes to a
southern mountain town, becomes in
volved in an ENHANCEMENT that forms
the principal thread of the story.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
THE Lesson" featuring Constance
Talmadge. will be shown. Mary Pick
ford. in "M'liss," Friday and Satur-
day.
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Filnograns.

Hobbs in Hurry" is a new VIII
liam Russell feature.
Theda Bara's picture. Under the
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Marshall Hall.

Marshall Hall. eighteen miles down
thc Potomac. is reached in ninety
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Mary Helen Howe Of this city is ar
ranging for a big chorus in a Fourth
Of July pageant in New York. Mrs.
Hemmick Is associated with the enter
prise.
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Garden.

At Moore's Garden Theater today
through Tuesday a Vitagraph ribbon
feature, "The Triumph of the Weak"
a film version of Edith Ellis stage
play MY Man." will be shown with
Alice Brady in the stellar role. 1t is
the story of a girl who turned thief
to protect her baby and who carried
on an uphill fight against crushing
odds to obtain fleeting happiness.
Wednesday and Thursday Carmel
Myers will be pictured in her latest
Bluebird release. "A Broadway Scan
dal." Aim production of brisk action
that carries the zest of real Bo-
hemianism.
Friday and Saturday Irene Castle
will be pictured in her new Pathe
play, vengeance Is Mine," in which
she introduces dances she originated
and upon which her fame largely
rests. A strongly melodramatic story
creates suspense until the astonishing
climax.
Other offerings of interest are
shown also to orchestral accompani-
ment.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Savoy.

Lets Get Divorce" picturing
Billie Burke in screen version Of
victorien Sardou's "Divorcons." will
be shown at Crandalrs Savoy today
and tomorrow. Tuesday Mabel Nor
mand will be pictured in Joan of
Plattsburg"; Wednesday Edid Ben
nett, in 1.-THE Biggest Show on
Earth; Thursday Kitty Gordon. in
'"The Interloper." and Saturday. Jack
Pickford in '.Mile-a- Minute Kendall"
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Charles Cuvilliar. composer Of "Flo-
rabella," has written the score of
q French play called "a Hussarde." !"
The composer has been In active SER
vice In the war.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

A comedy called why worry?" by
Montague Glass and Jules Eckert
Goodman, is to be produced late this
summer with Fanny Brice in the lead
ing role.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Minnie Dupree, who has been off
the stage a year or more, will return
tomorrow night to the stage in a
playlet entitled "Nocturne." by A. P.
Wharton.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
In the. Spotlight.

Max MARGIN has a new play "On the
Threshold"
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Albert De Courville. who is now in
London, has cabled New York that
he is getting ready to produce the
musical comedy, THE Butterfly Kiss"
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Steps have been taken to stop the
further production Of plays in German
theaters In New York. The movement
is under the direction Of Mrs. William
Jay, who was active In the crusade
Evening star., 1918-06-09
American.

Enid Bennett, on The Biggest Show
on Earth" and q Keystone comedy.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Edith TalIaferro is to be seen in a
new play entitled "The Best Sellers"
by Roy and Kenneth Webb, at the
Actors and Authors Theater in New
York.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Knickerbocker.

DE Luxe Annie" featuring Norma
,Talmadge, will be given it's premiere
showing at Crandall's Knickerbocker
today and continue as tonorrow's at
traction. Originally a magazine story,
it was later dramatized. Its central
character is young woman of good
character and connections. who
through an accident. Is transformed
into a criminal. Posing as a seller Of
de luxe editions of books. she COM
promises the buyer. invariably mem
Der of the sterner sex. From this
plot has been evolved a photoplay,
keyed with suspense. Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mary Pickford will be
pictured in "M'liss." Bret Harte's story
Of the west, with a cast including
Thomas Meighan. Theodore Roberts,
and Tully Marshall. The Ordeal Of
Rosetta" featuring Alice Brady, will
be given its first local showing Thurs
day and Friday. THE Man-Hut, fea-
turing Ethel Clayton. will be shown
Saturday.
Evening star., 1918-06-09
Gayety.

A wrestling match Monday night. June
II, between Joe Turner. middleweight
champion, and Jack Ozar.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew arc in
their seventh week in Boston in their
comedy Keep Her Smiling" They
will appear in New York early In
August.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

revue, handsomely staged and cos
tuned; Wormwood's Animals, ''Tarzan
of the Apes" and a standard bill of
selected acts.
Evening star., 1918-06-09

"Hitchy Koo 1918" had its first per-
formance last week in New York.
Raymond Hitchcock and Leon Erol
furnishing the comedy work.
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"Pershings Crusaders"

"Pershing's Crusaders the first Off
cial war film. will close its week al
roli's with a matinee and evening per
fo rmance today.
The interest in this picture has been
extraordinary. Officials in the Army and
Navy. and even the President. Secretary
Baker and other members of the cabi-
net and Congress. have seen the pic
ture.
A collection OF war trophies in the
lobby of the theater also has attracted
unusual attention. Their peculiar inter
est lies in the fact that they are the
first trophies taken by the American
troops in France and are thoroughly
of what these troops are en-
in the present German drive.