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Evening star., 1918-01-29
Cosmos,

Josie Flynn and her girl minstrels,
always big favorites with Cosmos pa
irons, this year are giving them some
what OF surprise in a much larger
company of pretty girl singers and
dancers and the character of their en-
tertainment. Miss Flynn has won fame
as feminine imitator of AL Jolson and
she and Lottie Mills win laughter and
applause with their dark face enter
ta1nment and new jokes. 1t is in the
company, however, that the big change
occurs, the girls in white face and
usually attractive, but clever as well in
their several specia1ties. among them
the Brown sisters, Washington girls,
who are graceful and pleasing dancers.
Another big number of the bill is the
Empire Comedy Four, a quartet of ex-
cellent singers and comedians that have
won conspicious notice in big time
theaters. Their songs are all new and
very well sung. The Parshleys, inter-
national instrumentalists, open with
four musical numbers on table glasses
OF graduated sizes and novel organ ef-
fects with xylophones; Burns and Fo-
ran have an exceptionally good Offering
of eccentric, soft-shoe dancing, with
songs, and Maude Leone and her COM
pany furnish the dramatic number q
playlet called Movie Minnie" which is
a tale adorned with a moral and pune
tuated with some pungent lines.
The photoplay features include the
Triangle production, "The Gown of
Destiny" with Alma Rubens as the
picture star, in romantic tale of
Stacker. with some stirring trench and
battle scenes: q comedy picture and
the Hearst-Pathe News.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
JIMMY AUSTIN SIGNS.
Veteran Infielder Of Browns Comes
to Terms for Season.

ST. LOUIS. January 2s. = Another
Brownie has entered Fielder Jones' fold.
Veteran Jimmy Austin. the tabasco kid
of the team, forwarded his signed con-
tract to the club and the Brownies are
assured of their peppery third baseman
and captain for another year to come.
Austin did not get any raise. nor was
he cut He drew a moderate salary last
year, and it was said that he signed at
the same figures for the 1918 canter.
vet fe possesses more pep than most of
the youngsters and to St. Louis is q
most valuable asset. He will again
cover third base and captain the team.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Crandall's.

His Mothers Boy" featuring Charles
Ray, was shown yesterday at Gran
dalrs. Based on the story by Rupert
Hughes. its central character Is Mat
thew Denton. a typical product of New
England. who lives with his widowed
mother, to whom he is devoted. His
father, who had been a prominent busi-
ness man before his death, had induced
many of his fellow townsmen to invest
in the Centipede Company, a Texas oil
property. After his death it develops
the inveStme ent is unwise, and a delega-
ton calls upon the widow demanding
the return of their money. Matthew
overhears and comes to his mothers
assistance, declaring that none shall
lose a penny through the investment,
for he will go to Texas, work in the
oil fields himself and eventually pay off
the investors. This he proceeds to do
in "strong-man" fashion, and also wins
bride in Mabel Glenny, pretty
Texan.
Evening star., 1918-01-29

love scenes kept the house In q roar.
Eula1ie Young is charming as Evelyn.
who wants to marry the Yankee IN
spite of the effort Of her wealthy Chi
cago father to Mate her to the Earl
Of weymouth, played by Jack Squires
Louise Mink and Whiteside Webster
are a daring pair Of villains who try
to get the Yankee Princes money but
fail.
Roger Gray. as Steve Daily, a prize
fighter and tough, carries his drollery
and rough neck" role throughout the
play with realistic effect, and his con-
versational songs are worth hearing.
The singing and dancing sketches OF
Billy Lynn and Miss Young and Sarah
Edwards as Evelyn's MA" were other
enjoyable features Of the performance.
Elise Bartlett won prolonged ap-
plause with her singing. her high notes
being given with excellent effect.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Crandall's SAVOY.

Audiences that taxed the capacity Of
CrandalPs Savoy yesterday attended the
showing of Intolerance" D. W. Grif-
fith's spectacular film production In
three distinct narratives, all illustrat-
ing one point-the persecution of in
tolerance throughout the ages from
the days of Babylon's greatest elory
as well as in medieval times in Franco
The modern story depicts the tribula-
in a great city. and tho ancient one,
when Cyrus and his hosts leveled the
walls of the mighty city of Babylon,
The latter is remarkable for its stu
pendous scenes. particularly the bac-
chanalian revel which preceded the
city's devastation. Mae Marsh and
Robert Harron are the stars Of the
include Constance Talmadge, Miriam
Cooper. Walter Long, Tully Marshall.
Lillian Gish and Bessie Love.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Three of the five foremost e1ponents of
the graphing art will be seen in action
at the Madison Square Garden in New
York tonight Two bouts to a finish are
carded, and they are expected to pave the
way for similar contests in the future by
means of which successor to the late
Frank Gotch of Humboldt. Iowa, catch
as-catch-can wrestling champion Of the
world can be found.
The famous Stanislaus Zbyszko's BROTH
er, Wladek Zbyszko, who won the final
match of the heavyweight tournament in
New York last month from Ed Lewis aft
er previously being defeated by the
stranger by reason Of the latter's pun
ishing head lock, which Lewis consented
to dispense with in the second match. will
meet John OHn.. the Finnish champion. in
one of the contests tonight, and In the
other jos Stecher. ''the boy in overalls." !"
who halls from Dodge. Neb.. and has risen
to the top rank of matmen through use
Of the "body-scissors'' hold, which he in
vented will tackle Yussif Hussane, the
Balkan "bone-crusher." who also figured
prominently in the recent New York tour
ney.-
If Stecher is able to defeat Hussane.
as he is expected to, he will be matched
with the winner of the zbyszko-Olin
DouI, out the VlcCOr IN InlS latter con-
test will not be entitled to champion
ship honors, as both Lewis and Earl
Caddock are entitled to consideration.
Olin, who just recently returned to
this country after disagreement with
the bolsheviki in his native Finland,
looms up as a most dangerous contend
er for the crown worn SO long and so
honorably by Gotch. Olin defeated
Stecher at the time the latter was at
the height of record-breaking run of
performances, in which he was van
gushing all comers, when Stecher quit
in disgust, after more than two hours
of wrestling. but being a poor business
man and lacking a capable manager,
Olin never received the credit he de-
served and remained practically buried
at his Turkish bath establishment in
Worcester, Mass. Olin also pinned
Zbyszko's shoulders to the mat for the
first fall of a bout with the mighty son
of Poland, but lost the match because
of an injury before he could gain an
other fall. The only other match he
has lost was with Stranger" Lewis,
the decision being given to the latter
by Frank Gotch, who was refereeing,
after two hours and half of wrestling,
in which time neither was able to gain
a fall.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
DICK H0BL|TzELL LIKELY
TO MANAGE BOSTON S0X
No Chance Of Barry Getting Fur
Tough From Navy-McInnis to
Play Second.

NEW YORK, January 29.-Dick Hob
litzell. first baseman of the Boston Red
Sox for the last four seasons. will be
appointed temporary manager OF the
Boston team within the next few days.
All doubts about the possibility OF Jack
Barry's being granted furlough by
the Navy SO that he might manage the
Red Sox again were set aside last week
by Lieut.. Park of the Boston navy yard
when he said that positively no fur
loughs would be granted to profess
sional base ball players in the Navy.
Hoblitzell recently was permitted to
leave a hospital in Cincinnati, where he
had undergone difficult operation. He
is now convalescing at his home there
and probably will meet Harry Frazee
Of the Red Sox at the schedule meeting
of the American League in this city on
February IA.
A strange part about Hobby's opera
tfon is that he decided to go through
with it to enable him to enter the den.
tai service in the Army. The proffer Of
the temporary management of the Bos-
ton team may cause him to change his
mind.
Hoblitzell will continue at first base
for Boston, and Stuffy McInnis. the
Athletics old first baseman. will be-
shifted to second. While Mc1nnis has
won most of his fame as a first base
man, he originally came into the Amer
ican League as shortstop. and can
play a tidy game at any infield position.
It is a curious coincidence that three
members of Mack's famous 500. 900 in
field-Collins, Barry and McInnis--will
play second base next season. Barry
will play for a Navy team.
Despite the inroads which the war
has made on the Red Sox, Hoblitzell
will be able to put a rattling good
team on the field next season. He will
have Walker. Strunk and Hooper for
an outfield: himself, Mclnn1s. Scott ana
Gardner for an infield; Schang. Agnew
and Cady catchers, and Leonard. Ruth.
Mays and Bush for his first-string
pitchers.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Crandall'e Avenue Grand.

'Thais." with Mary Garden. the prima
donna. as the picture star. was the film
attraction at Crandalrs Avenue Grand
yesterday. It is a picture of spectacu-
lar beauty. Mary Garden. whose
screen work is revelation, is, of
course. the center of attraction. not
only for her fame and beauty, but also
for her portrayal, which is a remark
able bit Of acting. The story is laid in
and near Alexandrfa in the fourth CEN
utry, when That's. a dancer, is the idol
Of the people. Paphnutius, a. monk,
alone. who has not succumbed to her
charms. crosses a desert and ultimately
saves That's. and she renounces her life
desert to sanctuary
Evening star., 1918-01-29

1uloid version of Henry oyens story, Gas.
ton Olaf" in which an unscrupulous and
criminal climber wolf" Devil Dave
Tareert. attempts to rob an unprotected
eiri of valuable holdings, only to be
thwarted by the son of a man whom ne
had previously hired, shot and robbed OF
large woodland options The action is
turbulent and several exciting hand-to-
hand fights are rendered more effective by
the fact that they are fought in the snow.
Mr. Lockwood has the physical attri-
butes necessary to make a successful de-
lineator of such roles. Those who have
admired him in conventional Sarb Will hnd
his good looks accentuated by the rough
and-ready woolens and furs OF foreman
of a lumber camp
A burlesque melodrama of the wild
west" Guns and Greasers." also is shown
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Harvard University's Bayonet
Team Not to Be Informal"

Harvard University is to be rep
resented by q bay0net team, ac-
cording to announcement from
Cambridge.
athletic teams during the war,
the bayonet team will not be
classed as "informal." 1t will
be coached by jules Lelabay, In
struct0r Of fencing. and efforts
will be made to arrange contests
with teams from other colleges.
II war sports, such as grenade
throwing and wall scaling. are
provided for at the annual inter-
collegiate track meet this year,
1t is expected Harvard will enter
teams.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
ADJUSTMENTS
New National,

n REQUIRES q cast Of twenty-five people
q MAY 'Lightnin'," which introduces
Ytsnk Bacon with the responsibility OF
n star. despite his numerous association.
and also with the responsibility for
ahars In the authorship. The intricacies Of
1As story, which gets some new angles on
the effort Of scoundrels to cheat unworioiy
people out Of valuable real estate, ana the
Interesting character sketches wnlcn
abound In the personages OF the play
do not prevent "Lightnin' Bill Jones
from being the ono quaint. commanding
figure. He L. fran in morals and ambi-
tion, and yet harmless and lovable as hip
Van Wrinkle himself. Lightning over
towering passion for drink is equaled only
by his delight in tall stories and by MS
gentle egotism-an egotism so passive IN
its assertion, yet so preposterous IN con-
trast to his uselessness in life, that II
seems a self-infiicted satire.
In playing the part Mr.. Bacon hoios
himself to methods of quietude. He can 90
this, because he has the personality that
commands attention. Simple as he seems,
sLightnin' " is in reality a complex
character, and when his little story Is
all told 1t is hard to decide whether ne
is a man of exceptional depth or just
loiterer mentally and physically ,whom
luck, having punished for awnlie. AT
last decides to favor. 1t makes no great
difference. He is a droli and klnoiy
influence, fully capable for his own
mart of the forbearance and sacrince
he demands of others; SO supremacy
generous himself that he regards
generosity as a natural and universal
human trait 'Lightnin' " cannot be held
,ip TO any community, whether avoWeo-
ly dry or not. as an example, out
he is nevertheless a serenely w1nsome
and companionable soul
From the star to the least consplcu-
ous figure of the cast the play is well
acted. The least conspicuous figure Is
Will H Post known to this city 1or
his stock productions. In addition TO
being stage manager, Mr. Post taxes
the role of clerk of the court IN the
scene where the affairs of Lightnin,
both matrimonial and pecuniary. come
to crisis. Mrs. Jones is well played
by Jessie Pringle.
The play is in three acts, with
act announces prospects of comedy with
q. hotel office half in California ana
half in Nevada, the Nevada side being
used for purposes of divorce residence
and the California side for defying the
sheriff with Nevada warrant. the
comedy rests pleasantly with Jane
Oaker as the theatrical divorcee and
Thomas Maclarine, the judge whose af-
lection for her comes very near inter-
fering with the majesty of the law
In a curtain speech Mr. Bacon re-
GREETED the absence of Winchell Smith
to claim his share of the authors
plaudits. Last nights enthusiasm was
so great as to warrant the expectation
that this particular "Lightnin will,
as the seasons pass, strike several times
In many places. j.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Orandall's Apollo.

Shirley Kaye" was shown at Gram
dalfs Apollo yesterday, with Clara
Kfmba1 Young pictured in the title
role. 1t is tense story Of American
life. relieved by comedy scenes and
threaded with love interest that ap-
peals Miss Young is pictured as a
luxury-loving society girl. who dis
covers that through the intrigue of
financial powers her father is in danger
of ruin. Accordingly she plunges into
the maelstrom of business to save her
fathers position, and emerges victori-
GUS Corliss Giles, George Fawcett and
Claire Whitney are pictured in the
supporting cast
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Lyceum.

The Lyceum BurlesQue Stock Com
pany. with additions to its cast of
principals. more girls in its chorus and
reinforced with new line Of scenic
effects. opened the week at the Lyceum
yesterday with one OF its best shows
Of the season. Vigorous applause by the
large audience brought numerous en-
cores and additional efforts by the
company to furnish more amusement.
The Model Shop" gave Charlie era
nam ana Harry Levine opportunity to
shine as funmakers, assisted by cus
Mortimer. fayorite with Lyceum audi
ences.
.Queenie Powers. who has Just return
ed, led the chorus in several of the
latest songs. as also did Lottie Gibson.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Crandall's American.

Earle Williams is the picture star of
In the Balance" photoplay Of the E.
Phillips Oppenheim novel. "The Hill
man." which was shown at CrandalPs
American yesterday. John Strangeway,
a puritanical character and recluse, Sc
cludes himself from society until an ac-
cidental meeting with an actress. How
these widely separated types are at
tracted each to the other and a ro-
nance begins Is told in story always
interesting. Grace Darmond is pic
tured in the role opposite Mr.. Williams.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Polls.

In "The Yankee Prince" George M.
Cohan's musical comedy, at Polls this
week the versatile Poll musical come
dy company scores hit after hit with its
singing and dancing. The play turns
not so much upon comical and ludi-
crous situations - though there are
many-as upon the well worked out
parts to which the players are nicely
adapted. Every member of the COM
pany makes the most Of his or her
role as the plot-there is a plot
threads it way from London to Chi
cago.
Billy Lynn as the Yankee Prince
makes an ideal impetuous youth, whose
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Belaseo.

John Barrymore and Constance COL
Her, in Peter Ibbetson," at the Be-
lasco Theater, do not ask their auditors
to believe in fairies; they compel them
to believe in dreams. Not dreams of
the Intangible. fanciful sort, but dreams
that illumine life's dreary stretches
and waste places. like the tragedies
that give verify to the dream story
and the love tale of Peter Ibbetson.
Stevenson somewhere compares the
bulFs-eye lantern that boys at play
used to carry beneath their cloaks to
the inner life of grown-ups, which Oft
times becomes more real to the pos
SCISSOR than the haphazard procession
of external events. 1t is such an inner
life. portrayed in John n. Raphaers
dramatization of the half-forgotten du
Maurier novel, which burns SO brightly
that the romantic fancies become the
most vivid sort of realism. All or the
audience at the Belasco last evening
kept silent for half a minute or more
after two of the acts and many brushed
away tears. -
The story is simple enough. A young
man in London dreamed Of his beloved
Paris, as many have done. and the
memories of his childhood play with
Mimsey possessed for him reality
which a drawing room meeting with
the grown-up Mimsey, the Duchess OF
Towers. could not attain. When his
bumptious, clustering. black-hearted
uncle. Col. Ibbetson. fmpeached the
character of his mother he killed him.
Somehow the act had primitive logic
akin to that of the Barrie mother, who
threw a fellow-passenger out OF the
window because. forsooth. he had ex-
posed her child to a draft!
But before this tragedy Peter had
gone to Paris, and there had met the
decrepit shell of the man who first
taught him to believe in dreaming
true" and had a chance encounter with
the matured playmate Of his boyhood
playtime But what still seemed truer
to him were the dreams Paris brought
back.
Finally came the most vivid dream
place Of all. the prison cell, where
dreary monotony of days released all
the pent-up imagery of his poet soul.
his dream life and live his love story
in his minds eye.
Such a role as Peter Ibbetson might be
made ridiculous. 1t required the new
fruition Of John Barrymore's art to
make him the wistful, lovable, gentle
Collier acted in the same spirit. Ed
mund Elton made of Col. Ibbetson the
tiresome, repugnant figure he needs be
II his death is to be condoned. Wallis
Clark had an outstanding portraiture
in Mai Duquesnois. and Alice John, as
Mrs. Deane, was lifelike.
The play. as produced by Clifford
Brooke. IN exquisite taste. gave rise to
the question of whether the motion
picture at last is to liquidate some of
Its debt to the stage. for the transfor-
nation to the dream scenes gave q sug-
gestion of the methods used upon such
occasions in the best screen produc-
lions Nowhere in setting, stage man.
agement or in the cast. which is a
large one, is there jarring note.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
SUNDAY BALL ASSURED.
Magistrate McQuade Confident Bill
Will Pass New York Legislature.

ALBANY. January 2s.-City Magis-
trate Francis x. McQuade of New York
is in Albany in the interest Of tho Sun
day base ball bill introduced by Assem-
blyman Owen NJ. Herman of New York.
He said last night that he had talked
to many legislators and found that
there is less opposition to this measure
than ever before.
While Magistrate Mcouade expects
considerable opposition from the rural
districts. he declared that he is reason
ably certain that the measure can pass
the legislature this year. He has found
a growing sentiment for 1t both among
renublicans and democrats. and said
that the socialists will be for it to a
man.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
frankie Burns Stops Dutch Brandt.

NEW ORLEANS, January 29.-F'rankte
Burns of Jersey City stopped Dutch
Brandt of Brooklyn in the tenth round
of their SCHEDULED fifteen-round fight
here last night. Burns had all the best
of the fighting when Referee Sam Gold
man announced it would be unfair to
Brandt to continue the bout. The men
fought at 1872. pounds.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Pat o,Keefe Defeats Bandsman Blake

LONDON. January 29.-Bandsman
Rlake lost the middleweight boxing |
championship Of Great Britain at the
National Sporting Club last night. when |
he was defeated by Sergt. Pat OKeefe, |
former welterweight champion Of Ire |
land. O'Keefe's victory came in the |
second round.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Leader.

Tom Mix. pictured in "Cupid's Round
Up" is the photoplay attraction at the
Leader until Thursday. 1t is thrilling
picture with plenty Of romance. Tom
Mix makes things lively with his athletic
stunts. The chase and the running fight
on horseback and the big scenes of
rustlers driving off cattle are dramatic
and spectacular. Mix's dash and ability
In remarkable feats of horsemanship
make "Cupid's Round Up" an unusual
pnotopiay. A Fox Sunshine comedy,
picture is literally filed with novelties
and Is scream from beginning to end.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Smith Calls Off Bout.

BUFFALO, January 29.-The sched-
uled ten-round bout between Carl Nor
ris and Gunboat Smith here last night
was Cancelled ySmith. Hhe suffered
an injured nose while training for the
fight ---.-
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Moore's Garden.

Garden Theater. through Wednesday this
week. as an exponent Of virile drama Of
tho great outdoors, In The Avenging
Trail" picturesque story Of the north
ern lumber camps filmed in ths timber
daBkaoRAe INV 1auhacA lkS4A a.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Stallion Sold for $4,000.

LOUISVILLE. KY. January 20 The
stallion Marathon has been sold by J. b.
Respass to Capt. J. X. L. Rose. Can
adian race horse breeder, it was an
nounced yesterday. The price IL said
Is have bean $3QvoeA