The Washington herald., 1919-10-06

week. and IL II very probably the 4
piece that gives Reid the best part
of his whole cinema career. In
summarizing 1t. one can call The
Lottery Man" a rare, rare yarn.
with q continuity that seems seam
less. q motivation that is unforced
as a summer zephyr and just As re-
freshing. ~
The story. In which Reid takes
the central role. concerns . young
fellow who, under obligation to his
newspaper proprietor boss. agrees
to give the paper . whale of q story
by promising to marry the winner
of q big marriage lottery which the
paper will handle Just before the
bat-er-lottery, he meets a regular
girl. tumbles madly in love but
vainly tries to withdraw from the
contest, which has started in the
meantime. Episode after episode
of startling comedy and romantic
value Is unrolled as the lottery
progresses, as a scrawny woman
named Lie wins Reid for husband,
only to be denounced Q thief who
stole the winning ticket. thus re-
vealing the real winner as q ser
want who loves her butler dearly
and only wants the lottery financial
prise.
The hapless victim. suddenly
turned away. gladly divided the
prize. goes back to his real girl,
explains IL alt and gets her. It's
rare story. The Lottery Man"
Director Cannon. of the Palace
symphony Orchestra. contributes
another of his famous overture Sc
TOh
Creme de Ia Creme"-an overture
that Gannon's twenty soloists
simply make march to instantane-
nett contributes scream called
Back to the Kitchen" and the
Photoplay Magazine screen supple
ment and the Pathe News pictures
complete the program. Today. the
Palace is adding a Mutt and Jefr
animated cartoon TO It's already re-
plete program
Gayety-Mene wunams' Greatest
show.
Mollie williams Is making her an
nual appearance this week at the
Gayety where she presented The
Greatest Show for the approval OF
capacity audiences yesterday. and
from the way the crowds filed out of
the theater everybody was well
pleased with the efforts Of Miss
williams and her capable company.
The show is in three big scenes.
one serious and two of the laughing
sort. The Unknown Law" which
Mollie Williams presents with Frank
Tanning. Is a tragic episode of the
Far North. 1t is a playlet well act
ed by the cast. and the dance Of
fered by Miss Williams met with
many encores.
The farce opens with the Gar
den OF Peaches" and closes with "A
Day at Coney Island Between the
acts are introduced that are pleas
ing to the audience. and put across
with a lot of pep. The members of
the cast assisting Miss Williams are
Murray Bernard. in the straight
part who has plenty to do. and
Harry Bowen. as the insurance
agent who is very nimble OF feet
and executes several fancy steps
that please. Emil Casper. the mes
senger. is one OF the best black
face comedians that has been to this
house in a long time. The feminine
members of the company are: Mil
dred Campbell. who has q pleasing
voice together with a, good stage
personality: Eveleen Ramsey. who
Is full of dances and song.
CrandalPs Metropelitan-Rsa
Riding Romance
With its seat-covers and summer
cretonne hangings relegated to the
limbo OF forgotten things, and pre-
senting a thoroughly dressed up
appearance in new velours OF a r3ch
shade Of turquoise blue. CrandaIl's
Metropolitan Theater yesterday gave
Washington its first glimpse of . new
form OF photodramatic entertainment
The weeks feature. Rough Riding
Romance" affords Tom Mix repeated
opportunity to reveal the innate
dare-deviltry OF a nature that must
be as devoid OF fear as a billiard
ball is OF hair. The things he does.
both mounted and afoot, lead to the
belief that safety OF life and limb
means nothing to this bouyant young
man with a penchant for the bizarre
His escapades would shame a
Graustark
The story which the picture visual
izes concerns the adventures Of
"nouveau richie cowpuncher who
learns of romance from the child
philosopher OF Cow Hollow, who has
cleaned from a volume of Anderson's
Fairy Tales that every prince will
find his princess IL he does the
right thing and thinks the right
thoughts" on his way through life
Phineas Dobos considers this love
stun all doIled up pure bunk. And
Just then he descries a beautiful
maiden IN distress.
For the remainder Of the picture.
Phtneas is engaged in the high
speed and oolorful pastime of rescu-
ing the princess-who really proves to
be one from the Balkans-from a
band Of plotters intent on forcing her
from the throne. The eventuation is
that the Princess Sylvia settles in
Cow Hollow to rule over the king
dom OF love which Phineas has de-
cided 1t were better to build, where
the young philosopher may have the
SATISFACTION Of remarkfng the Gus
tomary Il told you So"
The rescue OF Sylvia entails moth
ing more severe than riding a horse
up fre-escape, lassoing a train. rid
ing the rods under a Pullman car at
sixty miles an hour. fighting a crowd
OF ruffians singie-handed, gallopins a
horse around the grand staircase OF
a city mansion and finally jumping
him over a high hedge to a success
full getaway.
Riaho-iSThe HoodIum.s
Given one Of the fastest moving
and most comical stories she has
ever had to work with, Mary Pick