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The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
How Rachel Writes

Rachel Crothers, one Of the most ac-
tive playwrights of our day. has told
how she writes her plays.
Miss Crothers' new play. He and
She," will be presented at the Belasco
Theater this week.
II write on unruled, yellow paper.
which / can buy for a nickel a pad +"
she said to an interviewer. ''and as I
write / take care to put down the
stage directions with the dialogue.
This last Is really quite important
for il one writes the dialogue first and
then returns to the filling in with the
stage directions later, one will find
that the fresh. spontaneous under
standing OF the situation has gone.
In other words, one is apt to make the
stage directions mechanical and arti-
ficial by the second method. and the
stage directions are every bit as i'm
portant as the dialogue.
My first step in writing a play is
the perception OF a definite idea or
thesis-not so much a step. perhaps.
as a starting point / mention this
because there are many playwrights
who, we are told. begin with a char
acter: others, still. with the story.
My experience is that the idea
comes first. the characters second
and the story last of all. But the
characters are not mechanically
superimposed on the idea or used
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
Paul Rainey, Troubadour

dance peculiar dances OF their race in
the monotonous tempos of the cabs-
rets; the wild animals. giraffes. harte-
bccstes. elephants, rhinoceri. zebras-
come down TO the water hole beside
which Rainey hides; a foul cloud Of
scavenger birds cover and strip a car
cass not ten feet from his camera. A
menacing herd Of wild buffalo peer
over the shifting tops OF the brake a.
his lens. a cheetah Is treed by the
bounds and shot down by poisoned
arrows from the bows OF savages.
The photography is excellent. and Il
only proves the pictures are real. for
Rainey clicked most OF them from
horseback. from swaying trees. from
PROSTATE ambushes, holding TO the
handle, danger or no danger.
Two of the most thrilling scenes In
the picture are the flight of the fla
mingoes. truly a remarkable and beau
tiful scene. and the charge Of the lion
who dashes from the bush toward the
camera. n distance of thirty-seven
yards, is killed and falls within twelve
feet of the camera. and they illustrate
the daredevil boy and artist who both
live within Rainey.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

cent children were tied in groups
and marched to their deaths in the
waters of Bible rivers.
The film has already been shown
in several of the nations principal
cities. and has created nothing short
of a sensation everywhere. Miss
Mardiganian's story has been widely
published, but this will be the first
chance Washingtonians will have
to see it and hear it from her lips.
Moore's Garden Theater, at Ninth
street. between D and E streets, will
close sometime during the coming
month to be thoroughly repainted and
redecorated both inside and out.
When the house reopens after the
decorators have completed their work,
early next theatrical season, it will
present an entirely new appearance
and the new season will be inaugu.
rated in spick-and-span theater in
which patrons will find every conven-
ience and care for their comfort and
amusement.
Another feature of more than pass.
ing interest is the fact that the Gar
den orchestra will be enlarged when Il
reopens, and the musical programs will
form an even more attractive and en-
tertaining feature of the daily pro-
grams than heretofore.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
The Camera Mans Bravery

The first American officer to enter
the redeemed" city of Strassboury
was a motion picture actor, Rober
Warwick. who won his commission as
captain at the second Plattsburg
camp and served seventeen months
with the A. E. F.. and has since been
promoted as major in the United
States Army Reserve
MAI. Warwick plays the leading
role of Secret Service" William Gil.
lette's great war play. which has been
ptcturized as a ParamountIArtcraft
special and which is to be shown at
Loew's Palace Theater today and ali
week.
Maj. Warwick was at the front for
more than a year, and he has
brought back an imposing array of
war trophies-trench helmets, dress
helmets" battered by hard service,
rifles and revolvers the Germans
used. He was in all the big shows"
real fights, this time-during his
term of frontier service before he
was transferred back to this country
for some special work in May.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
Bert Lytel Film
At Columbia Today
OF Unusual Merit

The Metro Film Corporation Is one
Of the established cinema production
firms which has recently been forging
into prominence by reason OF its some
what unusual care in the selection
of its stories and in the production
thereof.
1t has been no secret for a long
time, of course, that only a few of
the producing firms prominent in the
picture field were devoting due care
to the selection and treatment Of the
film stories which they purchased.
For the most part they had the pol
icy of exploiting the personality of a
certain star and trusting to the per-
sonal popularity of that star to carry
over a poor picture to success.
The two most recent examples of
Metro production-"TheL Lions Den"
to be seen at Loew's Columbia Thea
ter today - and Full of Pep" - the
Hale Hamilton vehicle which was seen
at the Columbia last week-indicate te
that the Metro producing interests are
aware of the fact that in the films,
as well as on the legitimate stage,
the plays the thing.
"The Lions Den," the current Co
lumbia attraction, affords an exam
pie of scenario building which is ex-
ceptional. Bert 'Lytell, the star, has
been cast in the role of a preacher.
To get funds for his parish-a scheme
opposed by one of the prominent gro
GERS of his congregation--he deliber-
ately enters into commerce in COM
petition with the grocer. notwithstand-
ing the fact that he loves the grocer's
daughter. Here is a plot basis Of
firm foundation. embodying enough Of
the logical to entitIe 1t to serious con-
lsideration and at the same time af-
fording a ground work for a love in
terest and comedy motif that do not
have to be dragged in by the heels,
as 1t were.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

Scenario writers are coming more
and more to make their photoplays
conform to the late Mr.. Shakespeare s
notion OF what a drama ought to be.
The ancient tricks, whereby human
nature frequently was outraged but
dramatic effect" produced, are grad
ually giving way to genuinely intel
ligent depletion of life as it well might
be lived. even IL II isn't Two sterling
examples OF this much-needed devel-
opment are furnished by the weeks
bookings at Crandail's Metropolitan
Theater.
In Happiness a la Mode" Constance
Talmadge is Mined as q young wife
who loses her husband as result
of having been too lenient. too pa
tient and too tolerant. Her extreme
solicitation for his happiness was mis-
construed as indifference TO his ac-
tons bred Of meager love When the
girlish wife discovered that her help
meets views had been inspired by
a siren whose avocation was preying
upon youthful suscepdbilities. she
adopted q means Of retribution more
exquisite in Its torture of the feminine
mind than could be produced by any
towering rage or legal procedure.
She set about pnahnx 1t easy for the
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

Paul J. Rainey is a strange man
with the arms. legs and appetite of
a restless. healthy boy, the nerve
of a Stanley. and the delicate, fra
gile heart of a Japanese artist. A
cosmopolitan by temperament. a
big game hunter by profession.
bored with the bourgeoise, no doubt.
avoiding the common practices of
mankind and seeking his amuse-
ment in tortuous. perilous places,
he is a mdern troubadour. Turning
a cinema camera instead of a lutte,
he brings back pictures of exotic
lands, instead of singing ballads of
far Cathay. as did his kind in the
Dark Ages
And he is more artist than
hunter. as you will soon ascertain
by visiting Foli's Theater where
his Heart of the Jungle" is being
unreeled. Wild animals fall to his
bullets on the screen, but of more
Importance than his killings is the
atmosphere of the wild that per-
vades his film.
The veldt is tawny and hot: the
naked ssvagcs. shining and ominous.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

Going over. a ship in front of his
transport was sunk by a submarine.
and coming back his own vessel sank
a U-boat He was on the general
stan for a long term of work. He
hadn't missed a thing. he reported
gayly, when he got back. But he
added quickly:
Don't paint me as a hero. 1 only
did my little bit-and I was just one
Of more than two million Americans
over there.
II want to say" Mai. Warwick went
on. that the bravery of the motion
picture camera men was a credit to
the movies. Those boys stuck to their
cameras through the worst of it, just
as IL they were back at the studio
filming a staged battle scene. Many
brave grinders" will never turn a
camera crank again. One boy was
found dragging himself through No
Mans Land and several hours after
a big show had ended. tugging his
camera. which contained some great
Shots and faint from the loss of blood
in his three wounds"
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
WOOD FOR PRESIDENT"

Why suffragists may boost Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood for the next
Presidency was apparent from this
officers gallant conduct while board
ing the Manhattan Limited for Chi
cago a few days ago.
]. c. Egsn, station master. while
conducting Gen. Wood and his dozen
stan off1cers to a special drawing
room on the train. Introduced him
to a pretty young woman who was
worried because lack Of reservation
would force her to make the "trip by
upper berth.
"Roosevelt's choice declared that
nothing like that must happen. and
promptly offered to exchange his
drawing room for the upper. The
young lady. Ann Forrest. en- route
to Join Lasky forces In Los Angeles
as Bryant washburn's leading lady,
declined with .thanks-but she knows
whom she wants for the next Re-
publican nominee.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
The Story of Armenia

An event of unusual interest in
motion picture circles in Washing
ton is presaged in the announce
ment that Tom Moore has secured
for the Garden Theater next week
first local screenings of that grip
ping film story OF ravished Ar
menia, Auction OF Souls"
But greater interest attaches to
this announcement by reason OF the
fact that Aurora Mardiganian, the
beautiful young Armenian girl
whose horrible story the picture
tells, will appear at the Garden
Theater personally, in conjunction
with the showing of the film. and
tell in her own words the terrible
story of what she suffered at the
hands of the Turks.
Miss Mardiganian acts the prin-
cipal part in the Aim. She escaped
to America after two years Of un-
imaginably terrible experiences In
the hands of Kurdish slave raiders
and Turkish harems. Her expert
ences form a story that will make
one shudder from the sheer horror
of what this mere slip of a girl was
forced to undergo at the hands of
her barbaric captors.
The picture will show, and Miss
Mardiganian will personally de-
scribe such events as the following:
The herding of the women and
girls of Armenia in the streets and
the public squares: the ceremonies
of apostasy, by which the lust of
the Turkish Kaimakams was, per-
mitted to fasten itself upon the
daughters of refined and delicate
mothers: a nation deported. with
the unspeakable sufferings of the
women and girls at the hands of
kurds and zaptiehs. where inno-
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
Vaudeville at the Strand,
Moore Interests Announce
Ninth Street Theater Will Reopen with
Variety and Cinema Program-Tyler
Takes His Summer Stock to the Seashore.
Plays Announced for Presentation This
Week.
BY EARLE DORSEY.

Moore headquarters at the Ralto comes an an
OF the effect
cal enterprises will shortly add the theatrical Wash
ington a n vaudeville house.
The Moore plans issued the closing of
Strand Streets of this week to
permit remodelng and renovang the
the Strand again its DOORS will
willie and picture theater
At the time, Mr. Moore has source
his vaudeville bills has he whether of the
Keith Cosmos standard 1t assume however that
Keith acts will not be booked the house. the
Keith Washington There are however
number of independent producing which readily
ply Mr. Moore with all the material desired OF the standard
AS in the Mr. Moore will continue make the the
Strand of the that rum in
conjunction with his vaudeville bills phooplay productions
nzed quality and the the whole business
enterprise and howmanhip of the magnae
c. Tyler who inauguraed theatrical
National ago. his season at that
night according which had
throughout the
in column last Thursday.
Tyler Washington to live up to its reputation
for theatrical attendance and three
plays which have been tried the National for
weeks have financial loss of pono
ions which caused Mr. Tyler to and consider.
This periodical regards fact
of
favorable verdict its readers on the Hiring Line the first
play had certain PROMISE but it the kind of play one
could conenously the of Money!
showed promise but finished production and it was
not the sort OF play which uhe that admission price The
have been the with "a Fancy" the pc.
by writer but the no
concerning it unfavorabe
information reaching concerning Mr. Tv.s
plans the effect that Mr. Tyler will summer season
Atlantic City, where he will reg seaside the Booth
Harrington play Clarence, which, all likelihood the onIv
hit the Tyler We regret course that Wash
ingon missed early showing of this probably one
which deserved but if it reports say of it Wash
ington will doubtless have opportunity later
The Garrk Players with three popular hits to their
prepared assa the rsibcs capital tonight with
whats Husband Dong dramatic inquiry and-on. ,h
of the awayfromhome habits common or grr
variety of husband The advance advertising production
Gates will be hard masculine half of the m,
mona equation and be possible that League of us
bands will submit uatu and the week is
zaxn
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
NEW DALTON FILM.

La Apache" Is the title Of the
story written by Adele Burlington,
one of Thomas H. Ince's recent
scenario discoveries, in which Dor
othy Dalton is starring. and being
great confidence in Miss Bufington's
ability. and assures all that some
very distinctive plays viii be forth
coming from this little lady in the
near future
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
IFINNEGAN WITH LASKY.

/ Frank W. Ffnnegan. noted short
story writer, has been placed under
a years contract with the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation in the sceH
mario department of the West Coast
studio. Mr.. Finnesan's stories have
appeared in Golfers. Smiths, Num-
sey's and many other popular maga-
zines,
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

b. F. kEITH'S-Marie Dressler
Gibson and Conneln. Seabury and
Shaw, Alfred Latell and Company
Burns and Frabite. Kimberly and
Page, James H. Cullen. Begnon and
Clifton, and the kinograms.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

LoEW'S COLUMBIA-Dorot Dali
ton in'Other Mems Wives" first
part of next week; latter half OF
, next week, announced later.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

COSMoS-Vaudeville; The Songbird
Revue. musical fantasy; Henry ano
Harmon, musical comedians; Jacs
Goldie. minstrel man; Earl and Mul.
len. in "A Little of This and a Little
of That" Harry Godfrey and Vets
Henderson in ''One of Us Is Wrong;
Red and Blondy, acrobatic comiques
Douglas Fairbans in The Knicker.
, booker Buckaroo."
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

LOEW'S PALACE-Elsie Ferguson
in THE Avalanche" first part of
next week: last half. Dorothy Dali
ton in "Other Mems Wives"
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22
Attractions Listed
At Local Theaters
For Week of June 29


GARRICk-"The Brat: oliver Nor
rosco's great success. The Brat"
Eileen Wilson will play title role:
Earle Foxe. Lynne Overman. Ed
ward Robinson. Leah Winslow and
others will have roles.
BELASCO-Ina Claire in The Gold
Diggers." new comedy by Avery
Hopwood. under management of
David Belasco. In her support Bruce
McRae, H. Reeves-Smith, Frederick
Truesdell, Horace Braham. Austen
Harrison, Harold Christy, D. Lewis
Clinton, Frank Lewis, Jobyna How
land, Beverly West, Louise Gallo
way. Ruth Terry. Lilyan Tashman,
Luella Gear, Gladys Feldman, Kath-
crime Walsh. Pauline Hall. Louise
Burton.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

M0oRE's GARDEN-Photo spec
tacle of ravished Armenia Auction
Of Souls;" Aurora Mardiganian, the
only survivor of $4,000 young Ar
nnenian girls, will appear.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

CRANDALL'S METROPOLITAN
Some Bride" first four days;
beginning Thursday. "Playthings
of Passion" with Kitty Gordon.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-22

CRANDALL'S KNICKERBOCKER-
Sunday and Monday. Some Bride"
starring Viola Dana; Tuesday and
Wednesday. D. w. Grinith's True
Heart Susie;" Thursday and FRI
day, Kitty Gordon IN "Playthings
of Passion" Saturday. George
Walsh in Putting One Over"
CHANDALL,S - first three days.
Love o. the Woman" with June
Elvidge; Wednesday and Thurs
day. D. W. Griffith's True Heart
Susie;" Friday and Saturday, Bes-
sic Barriscale and Charles Ray in
The Straight Road"
CRANDALL's SAvOY-First two
days. The Money Corral" star
ring william s. Hart: Tuesday
and wednesday. Alice Joyce in
coSerINumD ON PAGE rHREE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-02
KANAKAS KILL
SEA MONSTER

Honolulu, T. H, Aug 2--Using the
entire carcass Of a horse for bait a
Honolulu sportsman went fishing re-
Gently in a power boat and returned
with a fish weighing $500 pounds and
measuring almost 20 feet from tip to
tip, the largest shark killed IN
Hawaiian waters for many years o.
Shark fishing, or rather hunting, as
IT is conducted in hawaii Is a thrill
ing sport. not entirely lacking in dan
ger TO the hunter. In fact death
battle with a harpooned shark. &C
cordine TO big game hunters, is about
as safe Is a midnight combat with a
hungry tiger. Sharks. in their death
throes, have been known to attack the
boat and with their powerful rows OF
serreted teeth rip great sections from
The shark hunter first obtains a
dead horse. and il it has been dead
week so much the better The power
boat lows the carcass outside the
harbor and the hunt is on Sharks. at
f-acted by the odor of the bait, gather
in large numbers and soon begin
striking at the carcass, ripping huge
chunks of flesh from it. At this stage
the hunter endeavors to work his boat
near enough to permit snot with the
harpoon. once securely harpoonea a
big shark will fight for hours before
succumbing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-02
Use HybnOtiSm
For Curing The
Shell Shocked

London. Eng, Aug 2-The hypnot-.
ie cure for shell shocked soldiers who
have become partially paralyzed, deaf
or blind is described in the British
Medical Journal by Dr. William
Brown. examiner in the British army
medical service. He hypnotizes pa
tents. makes them relive the expert
ences Of war causing the disability
and then by suggestion restores full
or partial use Of the disabled faculty
OF 12I cases Of loss Of speech which
passed through DR.. Browns hospital
in 1s months every one was success
fully treated
One soldier. partially buried by an
explosion and afterward rendered IN
conscious by q shell. suffering blind
ness, deafness and paralysis was
treated thus:
7 sent him to sleep" said DIT.
Brown, and then maze a sudden noise
by banging two books together His
eyelids flickered and found he could
hear. I gave him the suggestion tnat
the moment I put my hand on ms
forehead he would again near the
explosion Of the shell which knocked
him down and would seem TO be go
ing through the same experience
again as Il happened
The moment my hand touched mis-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-02
GERMANS WOULD
SWISS

Paris, France. Aug 2-(Correspon-
dence Of the Associated Press.)-A
warning voice on the dangers Of Ger
man infiltration by devious ways
comes from Luxembourg. According
to the Journal OF Esch. OF ~ petitions
now before the LuSemburg chamber
for naturalization. IS come firm Prus-
sian subjects. several Of whom have
been identified as having been con-
nected. more or less. with acts Of
frightfulness during the war. None
Of them. the Esch paper affirms.
would have dreamt OF changing his
nationality had the Germans won
Reports from Switzerland indicate
that Germans will try pacific ally to
reenter France under the guise OF
Swiss citizenship. According TO q
message from The Associated Press
correspondent in Switzerland the
other day, fully 100000 Germans and
Austrians are waiting on the border
line between Basic and Constance for
admittance into Switzerland; but the
federal authorities are keeping a
strict watch on these wouldbe immi-
grants.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-02
CUT down PAY
Of UNEMPLOYED

London, Eng aug. 1-lCorresp on-
dence Of the Associated Press-).,lne
pavrou of the unemployed TO whom
me government is making a weekly
dole has been reduced by about 5e9,-
900 names since May last, when the
Government drew its purse strings
fighter. From November to May the
weekly benefits were paid 10 about
l %. 600 persons. Payments are now
being made 10 about 10000
AT first the amount paid the men
ont of work was SIS a week, So 10
women. So TO boys and $3.50 10 girls
There we're smaller grants for chill
dren. so that il was possible for an
rnskfIled workman with four cnlldren
20 draw nearly 81 week, when was
more than some could earn at work
When the joyful news OF this pay
for doing nothing spread many tired
workers Immediately resigned their
ions and came upon the government,
according to Testimony in the courts
while others who never had done nor
wished to do any work found them
selves in the happy position OF gather-
ing unexpected mama from the neaN-
ems The English newspapers say that
ireland awaited itself wholehearteoly
Of this Godsend-
Instructions from the government
to Disturbing officials were to lean
toward tie side Of generosity and THIS
policv appears TO have prevailed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-02
FRENCH BCIDEMIGIAN CHARGES
THE GREEKS WITH SYSTEMATIC
BURNING IN G0NSTANTIN0PLE

never ceased to exploit her for her
eventual nm
done to our country II the Turkish
empire were wiped out, because If
France, one Of the great powers in
Islam, made the inexcusable mistake
Of allowing the Khalifa Of the be-
levers TO be robbed. she would forever
offend her thousands Of Mussulman
subje is Also, she would be false 10
her past and to all her promises; she
would betray the Frenchmen who in
the past introduced our tongue our
influence and sympathy into Turkey
All our prestige in the east would 90,
the gold which we have EXPENDED
there with both hands
But our great arbiters have seen
that STEAMBOAT must remain the IN
alienable patrimony OF the khalira
and that It is the only solution that
accords with Justice, reason and the
primordial interests OF France Thelr
decision, however. must be quickly
promulgated, because one OF the rea-
sons advanced for the Turks reten-
ton OF Constantinople is their crush
ing numerical superiority over other
peoples in the city. But since this
fact has been laid before the con-
ference the Turkish majority is rap
sdlv diminishing. BY a no doubt proVi-
Dental hazard immense fires have
broken out in the city with a ire
ouencv that history has never before
recorded: and as though it were ex-
pressly so ordained they only occur
in the Turkish quarters, as was Tor
merly the case at Saloniki-
About $4,000 houses have disap-
peared in a few weeks, and lnnumer'
able Nussulmans, without homes. have
been forced to flee into exile At tht
same time tens of thousands Of Greel
refugees are arriving from Russia tS
take the place Of the poor dispos-
sessedi
7 hope It is already suspected a
Constantinople what will be the YER
dict Of the conference and that tn
minority will begin TO show less self
assurance. It is generally know
that for the past month the Creek
have been flying their flags over theil
houses. schools and churches, a.
though the city had already beer
conceded to them"