The Washington herald., 1919-02-09


Walter Wilson, who comes to the
Shubert- -Garrick this evening in the
Shubert revival of Edward Locke's
famous comedy, The Climax" was
leading man with the Belasco and
the Columbia Stock companies in
Washington ten years ago, and is still
remembered by many theaterSoers
for his character acting.
Manager Edwards, Of the Shubert-
GarTick advises that Marjorie Ram
beau may be an early booking for
that theater.
Miss Marie Carroll, who is the de-
muEe grand duchess of Orly in THE
Kiss Burglar" is a former Washing
ton girl, and made her stage debut
in this city. She was a popular sue
cessor to Ann Orr in 'Oh Boy" the
musical comedy which had such
successful engagement here last sea-
son. She afterwards toured the coun-
try with "Oh Boy in that important
role. She was also seen here in Roll
ing Stones
The Mimic World Of 1915" has be-
come famous in the cantonments and
liberty theaters throughout the cOun-
try for its Chicken chorus" an un-
usual aggregation of pretty young
girls, all OF them clever mimics, head
ed by Alice Morley, the girl prima
~dOna and musical coincidence, who
is to be starred next year on Broad
way.
Craving adventure and actuated by
a keen desire to record the manners
and customs prevalent in the last
81 al NE aka11 ism q
Johnson Travelled 1900 miles among
the Solomon group and the New He
brides Islands and in the fourteen
months of his wandering, secured
some Of the most sensational pictures
Of savage life that have ever been
filmed. These have been assembled
into "'Cannibals of the South Seas"
an amazingly intimate study of the
habits of the widest aborIgines in the
obscure places of the Antipodes.
which win be shown as one-half of
a remarkable double-feature bill at
Moore's Rialto Theater this week.
Mr.. Johnson set out from San Fran
cisco in 1917 accompanied BY his wife
and, after stops at Honolulu and
Samoa, arrived at sydney. He had
accompanied Jack London on his IA
nous cruise of the Southern Seas IN
the SHARK" and was, as a result.
more or less acquainted with the bet
ter known tribes of the South Pacific
Islands After two weeks aboard a
small trading schooner, Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson landed among the Solomon
Islands and from there made their
way by schooner. whale boats and
native canoes lS.OGO miles among un-
charted islands inhabited by the low
est and most savage types of murder
Gus cannibals. They saw and photo
graphed the most unusual people on
earth, and many unbelievable incl
dents-some of them of nature that
civilization on this side OF the globe
finds 1t hard to appreciate.
Their meeting with Chief Negapate.
the treacherous king of the Big
Numbers" almost resulted fatally for
the intrepid explorer and his wife.
They were saved from the Kings din
ner table only by the OppOrtune ar
rival of a British brig.
He's all right as a husband but
when it comes to acting in mo-
tion pictude with him-nO. thank
you"'
This is the reply of Mildred Har-
ris, dainty star of Lois Weber's
latest Jewel Production. When a
Girl Loves" to a query as to
whether it was true that she would
. cO-star with her husband. Charlie
Chaplin, on the screen. The report
was current soon after their recent
marriage.
We are altogether different types
and OF different temperaments." she
explained. Il do not care to ap-
pear in comedies of the kind IN
which Charlie is popular"
In When Girl Loves" at ho
Strand. Mrs. Chaplin is appearing in
her first six-reel Western drama
II is a thrilling story of an atheists
reformation by a beautiful girl She
is supported by an excellent cast.
The dramatic committee Of the
Washington Arts Club will present
two plays this evening. "A Child OF
Belgium" which is a tableau play
with six characters. Josephine Hous-
ton. Flora Ellis, Vivian Wallace. Dora
Matthews. Dorothy Metz, and Louise
Deuterman. and The Little Girl Who
Was Afraid" with Madge Tucker and
Robert Bell as the girl, and the man.
Both plays are by Caleb W. O'Connor.
this being their third presentation.
Mr.. KinE-Smith will play the Incl
Dental music in the first play.
Announcement is made by Mr. DAN
iel Frohman. president of the Actors
Fund OF America, that a special bene-
fit matinee for the fund will be given
in Washington on the afternoon OF
Friday, February p. in the National
Theater. The total proceeds of the
single performance will be devoted