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The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
Shipman's Message Emphatic.

The ShiPman to the Jew
play that gorhes the Hebrew progress dealm and
OF today Of warning enlist as the missionary Of
his in the stronghold OF the Gent-a time
must offset by the sterling his performance tolerance
and citizenship unfortunate prejudice the Gentle
gardlesS OF the Gene blindness
gether responsible
All this, of Shpman's part in the p
Just how effectively can be projected fooghs the
face OF the direction from which present. no man can
say The direction accorded Shpmans effort laughabe
ITS failure to make and situations point two
carrying baskets supposedly cammed with
edb donated starving Americans prodga patriotism
Solomon The handle the like they contained inst
what they do contannohng One basket poised
ON the tip of someone's index groupings in several inn
unusually STACEY and theatrical Inst bv b
should be, neither Mr. Shpman Woods who iournevcd n
Washington or at the production say
All this brings the plays which face the
reviewer during the earlier days of the The week
sens the coincidence OF plays by George Hobart upon the
stages OF the Capital the while there hare hint
OF relationship between Sonny the comedy which
opens at the Bco and the seasoned Hobart y Bud
DIES at Poh this relationship exists has dvuged
Sonny IS described comedy youth growing out of the
late European unpantnc though laid on the fact that
TAR removed from the tumut and shouting Dunn Robert
mes and Lillian Lorraine head the company that the Sns have
brought to the piece
Buddies" is fresh from triumphs at the sewvn The
ater New York and beginning tour HIam wrote
the music and lyrics and the Charles King VIRGINIA
O'Brien and Laurence Wheat
No light is shed the stepping Stones os K
AnsPaches play, which the seasons first offering
tan howings after preliminary 60, r.
with lot Of comedy" That of the inforrao L
fed advance outside of the fact that Mana Bryant Katherine Mac
Don Pedro de Cordoba and others places in the cast
ences or the week will again attraction that tbate
during the week at hand ~
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
Looking Into the Lobbies
BY EARLE DORSEY

The American Jew aspirations-both racial and
Individuals rapidly emerging major dramatic factor Within
the the has offered "Th Gentle Wife,
vexed problem marriage "Welcome Stranger an
vanished bit OF racial bapping and Ship
mans collaboration with Victor Victor "The Chapter
play that becomes virtually Shpman Fendy
that appeals support
Enemies" appealed to the alien support America.
The alien in THE Unwritten Chapterseen
as Undesirable Friendss the American Jew Shpman presents
him eudion hero war, discerning courteous
conclusive for his and himself breaking
bshness OF American astoca by recital OF the
ancestor, Haym Solomon, revolutionary patriot
Now, the Shpman play of Monday night different
from the play OF Friday night thanks Shpman
at diagnosis and anticipation of plays premiere
the Astor, in New York night
On Monday night Shpman udie preposscssing
hero in dramatic conflict with American
with merely abstract Semitic prejudice
had been strengthened and bringing the
Jew conflict with whose prejudce
certain which occasionally manifested by unworthy
Jews and which at the bottom OF portion of the dislike
which the Jew still labors.
With this rewriting shman not only emphasized
and intensified the victory his hero preucs of the
asocrat but Shpman himself squarely BY
admitting that much OF this racial animosty bred
members o the ITSELF
The real point Shpmans play however lies in the message it
the uPpercass Jew OF republic the schoa
tic traditional confused by the threat of
assimilation, who conounded outcroppings antSemc
feeling who sufficiently discerning realize
place
responsibility with which to the detrmnt
his dependents the inevitable oppression but
nevertheless responsible for dislike hafe$
under.
This change repeat materially to the convc
ton and ankne Mr. Shpmans Originally there was NOT
the ghost OF admission that Jew frequently casts
oboquy his The change Gentle with
much the idea that assimiad and
utilized not cast aside urned damned merely the showing
his less worthy brethren
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
George Censors "Breuities" IS"

The expression on George Whites
face last Thursday as he strobe
backstage at the Winter Garden in
search of Eddie Cantor. was not as
dark and defiant, as the burnt cork
countenancc which Cantor affects
in one of the scenes in the "Brev-
tiles" show, but. nevertheless, there
was a black look in Whites eye,
says the New York Clipper.
For White. producer of the
Scandals of 1920" hoofer extraordi-
nary and soon to be husband of the
alluring Ann Pennington. principal
danseuse of the Scandals" show.
had come to make Eddie Cantor
swallow a wise crack he had ut
tered from the stage during the
Thursday matinee performance of
"Brevities" and which Miss Pen
nington, whose name was mentioned
in the crack" had heard while wit
Messing the performance. The with
Cism, hereinafter known as crack" t"
came about as follows:
Cantor and LeMaire were enacting
the scene wherein they threw verbal
bouquets at each other. The talk
to adjure LeMaire on the evils of
gaming. Suddenly he looked out
into the audience and spotted Ann
Pennington sitting in an orchestra
seat a few rows beyond the stage.
He turned to LeMaire and said:
I'm telling you if you keep on
gambling you'll lose first one act of
your show, then the other. and
pretty soon you'll have no show.
Look at George White! What's he
got? The only thing he's got left
for his show is the intermission and
Ann Pennington"
Forthwith Ann Pennington, George
Whites leading lady, with the accent
on leading, now that they've taken
out a license to wed, left the thea
ter and hurried to her Snowman
swain to apprise him of the manner
in which Eddie Cantor had uttered
their names in the "Brevities" show.
For myself" White is reported to
have declared, 'I don't care. But
why does that wise-crackin'-
(the words deleted herein may not
be found craven on the obelisk)
have to mention the lady that's
gonna be my wife?"
So he hurried to the place wherein
Ann Pennington had so recently
blushed like the rose that she is to
her many friends. But instead Of
entering the theater through the
front of the house, White availed
of the stage entrance, where
he figured rightly that he would
more speedily encounter Cantor, one
of the leading comedians of the
Brevities" show. and PERHAPS. an
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tickets, while the producer site back
and does nothing but pocket the
greater part az tie money.
AT least, that's what II used to
look like to me, when ! thought oc
nothing but the work I had to do
with my own roles. But now. it's a
different story. After a season in
vaudeville with a company Of my
own, even though a small one, Z
envy the lucky chap who only has
TO look after himself and his little
part. What with stage hands and
chorus girls demanding increases ia
salary every time they turn around,
not 20 mention q thousand and ono
other kinds OF trouble, peculiar 10
producing managers only. ! am oN-
tremeIy glad that the coming season
holds out to me the prospect OF being
only Sonny or 'BUddiCs.'
Mr.. King last appearance on tho
Legitimate stage was in Good Morn
ing. Judge" seen here at the Be
lGsco. His role in "BUddies" contains
a great deal Of straight acting,
which is always gratifying to tho
artist. but there arc also several
particularly fetching and appealing
songs, with at least two highly orig
inal dances. which Nr. kinE ueCo-
tiatcs neatly with the expert sssis-
tsuce Of Virginia O'Brien as Julie
and Lila Rhodes as Miss Brooklyn
OF the [. =. =.
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Boston Symphony Season.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra,
which is to give five concerts at the
New National ,Theater during its
coming fortieth season on the fol-
lowing five Tuesday evenings. No
yember 2, November 80, Janua& 4.
February 1 and March Is, with Mes
DANES Helen Stanley and Hulda
Lashanska and Messrs. Alfred Cor
tot. Jean Bedetti and Erno Dohnanyi
as soloists, performed it's opening
concerts in Boston last Friday and
with brilliant success. The
only newcomer this season among
the leaders of the various sections
is Richard Burgin, the concert mas
ter, who recently arrived from East
ern Europe. in which part of the
world he is considered to be. by a.
long count. the finest concert master
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
STONE IS A WIZARD
IN HIS NEW SHOW.
SAYSHEYWOOD BROUN

Boswell records that famous
actress OF the day remarks in
burst Of enthusiasm over the
versatility OF GarriCk. that tho
young man could act griddle il he
had mind TO. Fred Stone could
beat that hollow. says Haywood
Broun in The New York Tribune.
We don't know whether he could
act the griddle. but he could balance
it on the end OF his nose. play Let
the Rest Of the World Go BY" upon
IT with the knuckles Of his right
hand. and while standing on his
head with both arms tied behind his
back, hit IL twelve times running in
the exact center with a repeating
rifle. Stone is the most amazing
stunt performer the American thea
ter has ever known. His comic vein.
although deep in spots. is not wide.
but there seems to be absolutely no
limit to his bag OF tricks. More than
all this, he is as pleasant and agree
able as the most abjectly Untalented
person OF your acquaintance.
Writing a show for Stone can't be
very hard work. All the librettist
has to do when at loss for ideas Is
TO jOt down a few asterisks and
Stone will fill the gaps, as he did
last night by turning somersaults
over high balconies. smashing flying
targets with a rifle, hurting dance
partners over his head without loss
of tempo, and shipping cigars out Of
the mouth OF unoftending gentle eSen
with long black whip.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
The Arcade.

The Arcade announces a preten-
tious and beautiful novelty, "Tbs
Dance of the Birds" as the event
to be staged on the vast floor of this
popular place of amusement next
Thursday evening. Appropriate IA
vors will be given to all dancers
participating in the grand march,
to be led by two sprightly dancers
garbed in gorgeous feathered cos
tunes. Capacity crowds are nightly
enjoying the delightful smoothness
of the spacious floor. the charming
decorations and lighting effects and
the alluring music of the large and
well-trained orchestra.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
Anderson to Do Marionettes.

Having successfully launched
THE Greenwich Village Follies
1920" on its theatrical voyage. John
Murray Anderson Is now looking
about for other worlds to conquer.
His latest selection Is the marionette
field and. he announced his next
production will be done with the
various members Of the cast wear
ing fantastic masks.
The masks will enable him to uti-
lie one actor for several parts,
thereby handing a terrific slam at
profiteering landlords and the old
High Cost Of Living in general.
The marionette play will be ready
for consumption about the first week
in December, it-is promised.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
Another Morosco Show.

oliver Morosco just can't seem to
keep his fingers out of the theatri-
cal pie. Not content with his contri-
buttons to the uplift of the drama
thus far this season, he has started
rehearsals of another one. This
time it's a farce. by way of variety,
and its name, too. shows a tinge OF
originality. It's called Wait Till
Were Married" and is the work of
Hutcheson Boyd and Rudolph Bum
ner.
wait Till We're Married" was,
tried out in Los Angeles last sum-
mer with what Mr.. Morosco con-
siders flattering success. Eleanor
Woodruff had the principal role, and
by the same token the local presen-
tation will mark the return to New
York of that capable actress after a
year on the coast as leading woman
of the Morosco Stock Compny.
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equally leading citizen of Mt. YER
non where he recently moved from
the Bronx
On the stage Cantor was not. 70
"hite strobe into the black-face
one dressing room. There Cantor
was SO White, witnesses report.
asked him what he meant by and
SO torth. Cantor explained. but un-
satisfactory to White. A fight en-
sued 1t Is reported. The best evil
aence OF which is, that at the per
romance that evening, and in all
subsequent performances. the un
welcome crack was eliminated.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10

The days are crowded with open
ings and the theaters- are crowded
with patrons, and the plays are
crowded with perfectly good stars.
The only thing not crowded in this
New York season is that noble place
known as the theatrical heights.
The chronicle of the theater is not
necessarily a chronicle OF small
beer, but II just prevents one from
getting immoderately excited. The
finest artist have seen in the last
few weeks is Joe Jackson. Let the
highbrows rave. II Joe jackson
(yes, the tramp cyclist OF the vaudc-
Vile theatersl had played in Italy
in the Middle Ages, his name would
have come down to US as a master
OF pantomime. Dickins, / believe.
wrote a biography Of the clown
Grimaldi. Some one ought 10 do the
same for Joe Jackson. He is now
at the Hippodromc, and is on in one
scene for about fifteen minutes. 1t
takes him about ten minutes TO get
to the bike and about four moro
TO disembarass himself of the honk-
horn attached thereto. have never
seen anything funnier nor any per-
AOA AAA4ANt iAOlN CAY aNsAENNN
TO its purpose. And when jackson
has surmoUnted all difficulties and
is actually riding. the climax Of his
work is the bland, superb, quiet
calm with which he parades to his
downfall. He is much more enter
tanning than the elephant which
shimmies. Incidentally, the beast
broke a leg in his dance the other
night and when interviewed later
was shedding tears Of pain. 1t was
almost a terrifying spectacle. AS
for the Hippodrome it is very anus
ing altogether.
Another Cohani1ed Play.
One Of the things about The
Tavern" in which George NJ. Cohan
restored Arnold Daily to our stage,
is that it is q Cohanized version OF
a play by Cora Dick CAN'T. 1mpor-
tant, that? Well. Brock PCmberton.
our new producer, had the play and
got it into Cohan's hands In the
original version there was an idea;
the poet standing outside the play
and commenting on it. Cohan liked
it. 1t was not an exclusive idea
II had been used in pantomime in
The Yellow Jacket" and otherwise
elsewhere. In the reworking, this
feature was the only one which re-
mained intact. Yet the author, for
her idea. is receiving royalties and
the play, which wavers between
parody and melodrama, has gained
by the collaboration. (How much
II has gained will be known when
the original version is put on by
Cohan at a special matinee to let
us see how he works. But the
funny thing is that Broadway IS
praisinE Cohan for his honesty and
for his generosity. because he didn't
swipe the idea outright. because nc
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
VIRGINIA O'BRIEN
In ''Buddies''
Poll S
NEXT WEEKS SHOWS

EATIoNAL-"The Acquittal" by Rita
Weiman, produced by George N. Co.
han, with cast headed by William Har-
rigan, Chrystal Herne and George Par.
sons.
BELASCo-David warheld and support
ing company, under the direction Of
David Belasco. in Mr.. Belasco's most
notable play, The Return of Peter
Grimm"
GARRICK-walter Hampden. Shake
spearean actor, for an engagement of
two weeks in shapespearean roper
toire.
PoLrs-Florence Moore in her new
farce. Breakfast in Bed"
B. F. KEITH HS-yaudeville
sTRAND-Vaudeville and pictures.
0AYETY-Sam Howe's "Jollities of
1920" with Sammy Howard, Cliff
Bragdon and Helen Tarr.
FoLLY-"The Monte Carlo Girls"
PALACE-Ethel Clayton in her latest
cinema starring production, The City
Sparrow"
METR oPoLITAN-Constance Talmadge
in her latest First National comedy
drama, Good References"
KNICKERB0CKER- two days.
Good References" starring Constance
Talmadge; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Thomas Meighan in THE Prince
Chap" beginning Thursday, Anita
Stewart in Harriet and the Piper"
CRANDALL 'S-First three days, Mid
Channel" starring CLARA Kimbau
Young; Wednesday through Saturday,
Mack sennett's Married Life
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
THE CONCERT FIELD

The New York Symnbonv
orchestra of which Walter Dam
roch is the conductor. will omen
its series of five afternoon concerts
at the New National Theater with a
concert on Tuesday afternoon
october rs, when Fritz Kreisler, the
eminent violinist, will be the solofst.
Ihe Damrosch organization comes
lot its local engagement direct from
trlumphal European tour.
On this occasion, the program will
consist of Beethoven's Symphony
No. Z, in A; the Adagio for Strings
or Lekeu and Mendelssohn's Con-
certo for Violin with orchestra in
e minor in which Mr.. Kreisler will
play the solo part
The New York Symphony
Orchestra series will be under the
management of T. Arthur Smith
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Thurston's S Satanic AUu

metics. so that Mary can typify the
little English slavey girl in her pic
ture. "SudS," which will be the pho
todramatic attraction Of the vaudC-
vile and picture bill at the Strand
beginning Monday, and which gives
her a distinctly haracter from her
wonderful "Pollyanna"
The Curls are ironed out and tho
hair drawn straight back from tho
forehead. 4 dCft use OF grease
paint tilts her nose upward al an
impish angle and her checks appea-
sunkSn Only in hor wonderful eyes
will the little star be Mary PIckfurL.
More than 1000 movie player.
attended memorial service in ono
Of the Los Angeles studios for Of
i've Thomas. Robert Harron. CIar-
inc Seymour. Ormor LcCklear ana
Frank Ellit.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
THE QUININE SPIES.

Quinine was a drug of which
the Southern hospitals were very
badly in need during the latter
days of the Civil war. The
lengths to which the southern
spies went to obtain the precious
drug are shown in the new Para
mount perturbation of William
Gillette's play Held by the En-
emy." which will be the feature
attraction at Moore's Garden The
ater all week, beginning today.
How young southern widow
risks all to induce a Yankee bri-
gade surgeon to give her a sup
ply of the medicine that she
might send it to her suffering
countrymen, constitutes one Of
the high spots in this new big
production.
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NATIONAL.

Henry Miller brings his new play,
Stepping Stones" to the National
tomorrow night. Mana Bryant, A.
f. Arson, kathlene MacDonell and
Pedro de Cordoba are the principal
players. The play. by Louis Il
Anspacher, is a drama of serious
to-date New York.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
BE,IASCO.

Emma Dunn, Lillian Lorraine and
Robert AmeS are featured in
sonny" George V. HObart's COM
edy of youth and romance, which
opens at the Shubert- Belasco to-
night. Lotus RObb, George Law
renee, Pauline Garon, Renee Adoree,
Isabel Adams, Chester Morris and
Donald Bayne are in the cast.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
THE NEW PLAYS

Leila Mcintyre in ''Maybloom;" Kate
Gilmore and Sam Williams in &C.
centric comedy: Yvette Rugel, prima
donna: William Gibson and Regina
Connelli in comedy; Morris and
Campbell in The Avi-ate-her;"
Charles Irwin in pleasant Mem
ories;" Muldoon, Franklin and
Rose; Mr.. and Mrs. Norcross; the
Four Lamy brothers; Topics of the
Day" and the kinograms comprise
the program.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
It's "Unwritten Chapter"

A. H. Woods has been playing at
his favorite indoor pastime again.
Undesirable Friends" will accord
ingly be known as THE Unwritten
Chapter" when it opens at the Astor
Theater, New York, tomorrow night,
the run of the same play
at Polls here.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
Mark Twain's PLAY.

William Faversham's forthcoming
production of Mark Twain's charm
ing romance, The Prince and the
Pauper." will be seen at the Shu-
bert Belasco soon. The play was
produced recently in Montreal and
critics went into ecstacies describ-
ing it's many beauties.
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FOLLY,

The Folly presents this week The
Mischief Makers" Fred Reeb and
Sam Raynor lead in the fun-making.
ably assisted by Earl Hall and John
Crosby. The woman contingent con-
sists Of Mabel Clark. Fay Shirley
and Anita Osgood.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10

In the dark ages a magician was
supposed to be in league with the
devil and to be endowed with super
natural powers. That the belief
still persists is the conviction Of
Thurston, the magician.
Il might as well be a freak from
4 dime museum" he says. Every
where l go people stare at me as II
l were something uncanny.
1T is more difficult than you i'm
agine to get rabbits. which are a
part of the stock in trade Of every
magician. The little creatures are
not very hardy, and travelling seems
to use them up. Recently in Mil
waukee ran out Of rabbits
searched the entire city. and finally
discovered in the outskirts an old
German who kept rabbits a. pets. I
went personally to see him. After
a long argument. he reluctantly
consented to let me have a pair. To
show my appreciation I offered him
him a pass to the theater. telling
him l was a magician.
The old man looked at me and
his jaw dropped. And so You in
tend to use my rabbits in your devil
work. he demanded. I smiled and
admitted it.
Here, You give them back" he
cried. and snatched the rabbits from
my hands Nothing would persuade
him to surrender his pets TO one who
was in league with Satan.
1T is good to be in Washington
again. find 1t SO cosmopolitan,
and nothing is so delightful as play
ing to an audience composed of so
many different classes Of people"
Mystery. but of a plausible kind,
with a generous sprinklmg of thrills
is the keynote to the newest Mac
Donald release The Notorious
Miss Lisle" which opens a weeks
engagement at Moore's Rialto Thea
ter beginning today. And of course
the star is a strong contributor to
it's success. Few women in the
screen world today have the host OF
admirers that charming Katherine
Macdonald has.
The famous Pickford curls have
been lost. Lost, not to oblivion, but
lost for a picture.
Those curls are valuable things
too. One sold fer nearly 500. 600
worth of Liberty Bonds once. The
one that grew in its place would be
worth much more If it were bid on
by Mary's millions of followers. But
II and its sister curls have been
Strengthened out in an awful man
ner with specially prepared cos
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
STRAND,

The Strand. beginning tomorrow,
offers Into the Light" with Emile
Montrose; Ednie Gordon and Evelyn
Delmar in Modern Studies" the
Gypsy Songsters; Fisher and Lloyd;
Witt and Winters in balancing
featsv Freds Comedy Pigs; Mary
Pickford in "Suds." and other hits.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
New Photoplays

the week beginning
today. Loew's Palace offers Bert
LytelI in The Price Of Redemp-
ton" a Loew-Mctro picture adapt
cd from l. \. L. Pylie's famous
novel. The Temple Of Dawn" and
directed by Dallas NJ Fitzgerald,
with Seena owen, Edward Cecil.
Landers Stevens, Arthur Morrison
and others.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10

Mrs. Wilson-Greene. Rare as
Miss Farrar's appearances in the
concert hall necessarily are, she
brings into it the qualities that have
made her a vivid and distinguished
figure in the opera houses of Eu-
rope and America.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
GAY ETY..

Jack Singers Show" comes to the
Gayety Theater today. featuring
Harry Lander. clever tramp
comedian, and Ameta Pynes, classic
dancer, in a two-act musical bur
letta. The cast includes Cecil JEFF
ferson, Leo DAILY, Bobby Moore, Kari
Bowers and Bobby Miller.
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POI,I's.

The Selwyns offer "Buddies" at
Polls Theater for the week com
mencing tonight. Charles King,
Virginia O'Bricn and Laurance
Wheat are starred. George V. Ho-
bart wrote the book. &. c. lillian
is the composer.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
GARRICK.

Thurston, the famous magician.
now appearing at the Shubert- Gar
rick Theater, will continue his en-
gagement in Washington for an
other week, beginning today.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10
II. +. KEITH'S.

At B. +. Keith's this week, be-
ginning tomorrow, John Hyams and
The Washington herald., 1920-10-10

TODAYS ADJUSTMENTS

PolPs-Charles N
Belaseo--Sonnys
Garrck-ThurSton,
h 4. Kefth's-yaudevine.
strand-yapdeyfIe and nlnx.
Show.
lief akerx,
Metropontan-SThe he Woman In s House.,
Aoore's Garden--HeId the Enem
Loew's Coumbia-SThe Redee
Crsndalfs hnick erbocker-SThe in House.
CrnndaIfs-Anita n In Kentu