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The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

recting Miss Dalton and Charles
Meredith rs supporting her in the
cast.
When Mime. Olga Petrova returns
to New York this summer she will
make a special feature. Although
she has declared again and again
her intention of not seeking the
screen. she has let the screen seek
her and has agreed to make a fea-
ture picture for some capitalists in
terested in starring her.
The details are meager. but the
date set for her picture engagement
is now said to be early in July.
Director Thomas Joseph Cannon.
OF the Palace Symphony Orchestra.
has been spending the past week in
New York. ransacking the offerings
or Tin Pan Alley and other points
OF musical origin for popular and
classic hits which patrons of Loew's
Palace Will soon hear offered by
Director Gannon's musicians. In the
absence of the director. Mr.. Harry
BorJes, the assistant director. is in
charge.
jazz band will be one of the
features Of George Whites Scan
dals of 1920" 1t is known as
ferkes Happy Six Orchestra. an or
ganization that has been heard
much through the medium Of the
phonograph
A. H. Woods has received a wire
from Providence stating that dur
ing the first nine hours the seats
we're on sale at the Majestic for
Theda Bara's appearance there mex,
week in The Blue Flame" $4,000 in
real money came through the win
dow
Efrem Zimbalist's operetta.
Honeydew," has been withdrawn
from the road for repairs. 1t will
be restaged. and probably recast
and rewritten, and will blossom
forth anew in August.
To the delight of Washington
comes the announcement that Chevy
Chase Lake will open May 90. The
dancing pavilions, among the most
popular in and about Washington,
will furnish a rendezvous for hun
dreds of dancers who will enjoy
spinning over the highly polished
floors in the cool open air of Chew
Chase. The music will be furnished
by the Meyer Davis Orchestra. to
which the Washington public needs
no introduction. Convenient sched-
ules on the Capital Traction line
furnish the means of getting to and
from Chevy Chase Lake. Autoists
will find a good macadam road ex-
tending all the way to the lake.
The -paxilions will be open for
dancing every evening except Sum
day. beginning Saturday. May 90.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Shipman's New PIay.

The new Shipman play. "Tomor-
rows Price" will be seen in Chi
cago in advance Of its presentation
In New York. CChicAgo bookings
incidentally, are being eagerly
sought just now. with the Republi-
can convention looming aheadD Mr..
Shipmsn's play, with Taylor Holmes
as its star, will open in Atlantic
City on May II and in Chicago .
week or so later.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Mr.. /Ziegteld's Perfect Job

Almost any one would leap at the
golden opportunity of sitting in a
chaise-longue before a large, glass
topped desk. surrounded by treas
ures of art from all parts of the
world
painted miniature of Billie Burke in
silver frame within easy reach OF
the eye, heavily piled carpet under
foot and a pearl-studded piano a,
ones elbow, putting at an especially
made Havana perfecto-and (here
is the real thrilD watching con-
slant procession of feminine pull
chritude pass before the eye from
o'clock in the morning until 6
o'clock at night.
And if that did not complete the
appointments, a tiny row of white
capped buttons to bring within the
twinkling of an eye emissaries of
all sorts waiting for the call may
be added. And. just to add toucn
of local color, a view from win
dow near by upon the seething
thousands in Forty-second street
the goblin-like motor cars and the
constant flow of men and women
and children.
1t sounds like mans long sought
treasure-the Perfect Job. But i,
isn't. You have the word of F.
Ziegfeld. jr., who has it and SPENDS
nine hours a day working at It on
the ninth floor of the New Amster-
dam Theater Building, that the
business of selecting the mos,
beautiful girls in the world from
thousands of merely beautiful girls
is anything but a soft BERTH"
In fact he believes he has the
most difficult piece of work in the
world. and although he wouldn't ex-
change it for anything else he re-
sents the idea that his Job, is a bed
OF roses or anything akin to 1t.
There are all sorts of subterfuges
resorted to to reach the producers
eye and ear. One girl told him the
other day that she had a letter from
his brother in London. Ziegfeld has
no brother in London, but he admit
ted the girl. and she confessed that
she was desperate and that she
knew he would d be pleased with her
beauty. What is more. he was
pleased with 1t, and she will appear
shortly in the chorus of the Mine
O'Clock Frolic."
Others forge notes from man
ayers and prominent men. A letter
not long ago read:
Dear Ziegfeld-Give this girl a
chance. She has ability. Signed
Belasco."
It was dated that day on Knick-
erbocker Hotel stationery and the
girl only smiled blandly when Mr.
Ziegfeld told her that Belasco was
in Europe.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Movie "Prospectors,"
{ Blasting in Picture,
Turn Up Real Thing

The blasting of a barren sand
plot on the Mojave Desert for q
scene in j. Warren Kerrigan's
latest Brunton production, THE
Coast of Opportunity" brought
fortune to John Reynolds, aged
prospector and restaurant pro-
prietor of Daggett, Cal.
In this picture Kerrigan takes
the part Of a young mining en-
gineer who ventures into an iso-
lated desert region of Mexico,
searching for his fortune in cop
per. Finding traces of metal on
a deserted claim. he blasts a rift
In the sand and uncovers a rich
vein of ore.
: when the company arrived in
Ithe desert town of Daggett, Di-
rector Warde set about finding q
spitable location for the blasting
scene ...
where can I get a deserted
ranch IA few acres and
shackr he Inquired Of Reynolds
at his restaurant. Want. to dy-
Mantle on It."
I've got an old claim q few
miles south Of here" said Rey-
nolds- "Figgered there was sil-
yer on 1t oncet. Had to give up
diggin' account of heavy rocK
formations. You're dead well
come TO use It"
The necessary. scenes were
enl<en on ReynoldS property and
the company departed from Dag
'fstts Three weeks later warde
reeeiyed this note from the pros
pector:
Much obliged for working my
claim. Rock you blasted ont
assays 7 per cent silver to the
ton I'm quitting the restau-
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Morris Gets Don't Tel" "

All other announcements to the
contrary notwithstanding. cable ad-
vices from Eondon-were received at
his local ofices yesterday. to the
effect that William Morris has ac-
auired the American and Canadian
rights in Don't Tell" the new play
BY Graham Motfat. author of 'Bunty
Pulls the Strings"
5'Don't Tell" which Is one of the
years outstanding European sue
cssses and is now current in Glas-
cow. will have its New York
premiere during the last week in
August. It will be the hrst Of sew
eral important productions for
which Mr.. Morris Is now negotiat-
ing in Europe
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
To Stop "Smilin' Through

The Selwyns will bring to an end
the engagement of Jane Cowl in
'SmiIin' Through" at the Broadhurst
Theater. New York. with her per-
formance on Friday night next
week. The following day Miss Cowl
will sail for England on the Asiatic.
Immediately following her vacation.
which she will spend in London. she
will return to New York and begin
her. tour of the Western cities, this
being her first professional trip to
the Pacific Coast
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

serious. Thanks to her strength
and the good care of Mother Gish
and nurse or two, she is up and
about again. and busy with her
work in the forthcoming D. w. Grif-
nth production of Way Down East"
The Gish family has not escaped
its share of sickness. Only. a week
ago Mrs. Gish was operated on. and
for time this devoted mother was
in a dangerous condition. She, too.
is recovering nicely and is spending
her convalescence motoring over the
country roads in the vicinity of the
Gish home at Mamaroneck, Ny.
Miss Ethel Delmar has been re-
engaged by George White for his
latest edition of the Scandals" she
has arranged a special Miss Mer-
curry" dance for the new revue. In
which she will wear an elaborate
pair of the new feathered shoes
that have recently invaded New
York.
Miss Delmsrs winged footgear
Arlington. who has done all of the
buying for the new George White
production in Paris. The feathered
decorations will be more startling
than anything heretofore seen in
the shoe line. according to the
pretty dancers description, the ma
terial for the slippers being cloth
of gold adorned with rich magenta
plumes from a Brazilian bird-of-
Paradise.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
CAROLS Play Retihed.

Earl CarroITs Chinese play. The
Way to Heaven" tested on the road
some months ago. will be brought
to New York in the fall as The
Lady Of the Lamp" In the interim
Mr.. Woods has acquired a so per
cent interest.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
4 Graduate of Uncle Sam

Finally I made good. and they let
me into a regular company"
Foster is playing with Frank Har-
court in The Bowery Burlesquers-
at the Gsyety this week Hsrcourt
used TO be in the navy. and was with
the squadron that FIRST sighted the
Spanish feet when IL entered the
harbor at Santiago.
The Washington Players are aet-
ing as hosts TO the Arts Club st
Central High School Auditorium on
Tuesday evening when they will
present three original one-act PLAYS
under the direction Of c w. oNCon-
nor. with the members Of the Arts
Club as their guests for the evening.
Miss Marionne Henderson, soprano,
will furnish the entire act music.
After working all night in the
rain to get scenes for "Athalie," Al
Cody. who plays a part in the pic
ture, returned home shiverinE.
When he reached his home he found
the fire engines at the curb. Cody
was warmed up. The damage by
fire was slight
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

Although Clara Joel, who is fea-
tured in willard Mack's latest play,
Poker Ranch" is considered by
that astute playwright as the most
gifted young emotional actress Of
the day, Miss Joel was seriously
thinking of retiring from the stage
until she was offered her present
role.
Her only appearance on Broadway
during the past year was in THE
Light of the World" in which she
scored a personal triumph. The
play, however. was not a hit and
when it was taken Off none of the
metropolitan producers seemed able
to find a vehicle suited for Miss
Joel's talent.
She is an actress much on the
type of Mallory Rsmbeau. and the
parlor type Of drama, in which the
modern playwrights seem to be
specializing. is not suited to her tall
ent. In Poker Ranch" Miss Joel
feels that she has a role that will
show her to greater advantage than
anything she has done since she
played the Jane Cowl part in Com
mon Clay" in the West.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

The thousands of motion picture
fans who adore the Gish sisters will
be glad to know that Lillian Ghsh
has completely recovered from what
appeared dangerously like a case
of pneumonia. Miss Gish was. con-
fined osher: home for the better part
Of ten days with a cold that threat
Iened to result in something more
The Washington herald., 1920-05-23

Scarcely had Dorothy Dalton re-
turned from a three weeks loca-
tion at Charleston, S. c., than she
began work on ~ Winter City Fa-
vorite," by Charles Belmont Davis
The adaptation was made by Rosina
Henley. who served in similar ca
pacity for the picture just COM
pleted. Harley Knoles again is di-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Uery noss.'

were scattered all about on the snow
at the foot of the stump. Chatterer
scrambled down inside that stump and
hastily pulled over the few leaves left
there. Way down at the bottom he
found a single fat hickory nut 1t was
the only one there. Chatterer made
sure of that.
But that one fat hickory nut was
enough. Chatterer understood every-
thing. He knew that there had been
very many fat hickory nuts in that old
stump. Right away he flew into rage.
but for once his anger was all with
himself
$50 this is where Rusty had his
nosel" he sputtered. Nobody has
used this old stump since ! can re-
member, and that big cousin Of mine
knew | wouldn't think of looking in
here. He's probably chuckling to think
how smart he was. | don't blame him.
was asleep, and now I've walked up
too late. He has taken away all those
nuts since his return to the Green For
est, and II I'd only thought to look in
here | might have got every one OF
them while he was gone"
Still scoiding. Chatterer climbed out
Of the old stump and started back tho
way he had come. He didn't want to
be found there by Rusty and be
laughed at.
Copyright 1920. by c. w. Purgeas.
The next'story: "The White Forest. "
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Haytians Ate
l3 Children.
Knapp Reports
U. S. Investigator Describes
Savagery Practiced by L.
norant and Superstitious
Natives at Voodoo Rites

FROM The Tribums's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The savag-
cry OF some Haytian people who be-
ileve and practice voodooism is graph
ically pictured in the report Of Rear
Admiral Harry S. Knapp, special diplo-
matte and naval investigator of the
American government in the Black Re-
public, made public to-day by Secre-
tary Daniels.
Describing the extent to which VOC
dooism is practiced by the Haytians,
Admiral Knapp said:
"Voodooism is prevalent. and the
further one goes into the interior
the more openly it is practiced.
Ioodooism is essentially snake wor-
snip, and in its extreme rites it re-
qulres the sacrifice of human beings
and the drinking of their blood and the
eating Of their flesh. The human sac
rlnce IS called the 'hernless goat;
MINOR sacrifices Of goats or cocks are
made. These religious celebrations, if
the word religious can be applied to
such affairs, end in disgraceful orgies
OF debauchery. Some Haytians them
selves have asserted that probably 95
per cent CT the total population believe
IN voodooism to greater or less ex-
tent
THE average Haytian is strongly
Observation-Disclosures with the
superstitions Of the jungle. He is
afraid OF the evil eye, or, a it is called
here, the 'ouanga. and stands in great
awe and fear of the voodoo priests and
prlestesses. 1t is also believed that the
educated classes are not free from
much of this superstition, even where
they deny belief in or the existence e
OF voodooism. Haytian officials high
in place will not take action against
persons accused of voodooism
"A voodoo priest has lately been
tried and sentenced, and the proceed
ings of the military commission are
This man is said to have killed at one
time or another thirteen children
whose blood was drunk and whose flesh
was eaten by persons present at the
rites. Consecrated waters used in the
Roman Catholic Church at mass were
mixed with the flesh and blood of the
victims, and were obtained by the VOC
doc priest by sending women of his
household to communion service in the
church. This case is mentioned some
what in detail because it is a recent
and undoubted one"
Admiral Knapp admits that there has
existed IN Hayti combination of cir
cunstances, largely the fault of Ameri
cans there, through which the progress
Of the island has been greatly retarded
This failure of Americans to treat the
Haytians as children" because of their
( great ignorance, Admiral Knapp points
out, is gradually being overcome, but
he declares that it will be q generation
before the natives are capable of self
government.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15

Chatterer the Red Squirrel is not at
ali modest He has a very good opin-
ion Of himself and his own smartness.
He doesn't mind saying so. In fact. he
is somewhat given to boasting about it
1t is bad habit, very. But Chatterer
is one of those people who, knowing
that they are smart, want to be sure
that others know it. But even such
smart people are caught mapping some
times.
When Chatterer had watched Rusty
the Fox Squirrel gathering fat nuts
under certain big hickory tree in the
fall, hoping thus 10 find Rusty's store
house. he had failed to discover any
thing but that Rusty buried nuts under
leaves and in the soft earth. He had
concluded finally that that was the
only method Rusty had Of hiding sup
plies for the winter. Having so de-
cided- he didn't waste any more time
hunting for a storehouse. He was too
busy filling his own storehouses.
Now that Rusty was back in the
Green Forest and winter had set in
Chatterer began to wonder If Rusty
was able to find those buried nuts
especially now that snow had come. So
the afternoon Of the second day after
Rustys return Chatterer decided that
he would find out how Rusty wss get
ting along.
He went over to the tree in which
Rusty had been shot and wounded. but
Rusty wasn't there. Then he happened
TO think Of the big hickory tree. 1t
might be that Rusty was somewhere
about that. No sooner did he think OF
it than off he gcampered through the
tree tops over to the big hickory tree
As he approached 1t he thought he
caught just a glimpse Of red coat dis
appearing among the trees.
Chattercr hurried a little faster. and
by d long leap landed in the big hck-
ory tree. At once his sharp eyes no
.iced that there was somethi ing unusual
about a certain old stump Just below. =
stump he knew all about and on which
ne had often sat. 1t was n hollow
stump, and that hollow had been filled
with dead leaves Az least 1t had ap
pcared to be filed with dead leaves
Now those leaves we're scattered all
about on the snow.
'eNow. what has anybody been pull
ing those old leaves out OF that hollow
stump fort" muttered Chatterer. and
ran down the tree and across to the
old stump and up to the top Of II.
ChAtserer looked down in that hol-
low. II was almost empty. Just . few
brown leaves remained in II. The rest
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Mail Robbers
In Dublin Use
Smoke Bombs
Motor Lorry Carrying Gov
ernment Letters Seized as
Black and Tans Return
to Get Last Postal Sacks
Cork Mourns Over Ruins
FIR. MacSwiney, Kin of Dead
Mayor, Tells of Beating
and Insults by Forces

yra-s The Tri5ares Enropear Bureo.
Copyright. 1890 New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE fourth big
raid Of government mails in Dublin in
the last few months was staged this
morning, when six men in civilian
clothes made away with most of the
days official correspondence.
Half dozen police auxiliaries had
arrived in q lorry at the Ballsbridee
postothce shortly after o'clock. Thev
had gone after the mail and carried
most OF il back to the t ucA., when the
civilian robbers held up the driver.
seized the truck and drove away. firing
their revolvers and dropping a smoke
bomb 20 prevent pursuit. The auxil-
isries who had gone after the last few
mail sacks returned just in time to see
their lorry disappear. While the hold
up men were working at the postoffice
another civilian. supposedly an accom-
plice, halted a streetcar that was ap-
preaching the scene.
The government offered a furthe-
statement in the House of Commons to-
night in defence CT the Grown forces
which are charged with starting the
fires in Cork. 1t was said that no
further Information had been received
regarding the persons responsible.
However, it was added that in the evil
dence thus lar gathered there was
nothing to show that the warnings
given TO occupants of Buildings that
later were fred were given by mem
bers OF the Crown forces
General H. H. Tudor has appealed
TO the Royal Irish constabulary not to
embarrass the government by burning
houses in Ireland, whatever the provo
cation.
"The only justifable burnings are
the destruction of buildings which have
been used 10 shelter ambushes or from
which fire has been opened on forces
OF the crown" says his message.
Several Irish county councils have
repudiated the action of the Galway
County Council in starting a peace
movement.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
House Creets Mrs. MacSwiney
Forced to Leave Gallery and
Hold Reception in Corridor

from The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Muriel
MacSwiney widow of the Mayor of
Cork, who died as the result of
hunger strike, visited the Capitol to-
day with her sister-in-law, Miss Mary
MacSwiney.
She was escorted to the House gal
lery by "Pat" Haltigan, one of the
reading clerks and an ardent Irish SYM
pathizer. When word was passed
among members on the floor the course
OF the session was so disturbed Mrs.
MacSwiney was forced to come down
from the gallery and hold an informal
reception in one of the corridors.
What do you think of our Con-
gress?" some one asked.
Il think it very great and very in
terestlng," she replied. And such a
wonderful, large building you have for
1t! It's all grand and Pm very glad to
have seen it,
Ex-speaker Champ Clark, minority
leader, was among the members pre-
scented to Mrs. MacSwinev.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
English Press Demands
Inquiry Into Cork Fire
Tragedy of ireland Is Filling
Erery Patriotic Brifon With
Disgust, One Paper Says

Sr@1" ghs TyttAne's ENreDenn gursaa
,srsrszhs. 1sz1 sse~ INK Tri59ns inc.
DoA1c%. Dec il.-~The shifting Of
We scenes to tnrow the o1us Of start
a'z ;as Cork fires on the crown forces
sF'nzs out sharp criticism from the
EagiIaa press.
ezIhs Gs1ebexter Guardian says:
ess,eiy II waz hardly worth while for
saf uAmar Cfsenwooa (Chief Secretary
~, ~ iysiand) n play on cheap make
ssssisve In the Hougs Of Commons at q
m. nnss wasn the tragedy 81 ireland is
sssh1 sysry patriotic EnHiishman with
Is IN aisy9st. ~ all the world knows,
~ week-snd has seen In Corr the
~ yss fegoltjng crimes and counter
s's1Hsss yer carried out In Ireland"
q @''as'sf sSntaments sxe expressed In
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Irish Home Rule Passes Sd
Heading in UpDer Houso

Aofos to-day passed the third reading
oi the Home Rule bill after short de-
'"'e' IN the course of which Lord Dun.
raven reproached the government with
having apparently created a sort Of
axiom IN political science that minori.
ties must rule.
LORD birkenhead, Lord High Chan.
ce'lor, replying to various criticisms ~
.he Dill, insisted that under the exist.
ing conditions there was not the slicht.
est chance of inducing the north to ac.
cept single Parliament, and as no ac-
ceptaole alternative to the government,
OH had been suggested he thought thu
government plan deserved a trial.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Dressing Cases for Men
Specialized at $3.50 to $40

Wonderful case at $7.5O-
black grain leather; lined with
black or tan leather; 5 fittings
and strap for safety razor.
Case at $3.50 is of black
grain leather, lined with tan or
black leather; 6 fittings and
strap for safety razor.
Case at SIS may be chosen in
tan cowhide or black grain
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15

leather, lined with leather; 8
fittings and strap for safety
razor
Case at $40 is of pigskin-
finished roam or black grain
leather; lined with leather; 10
fittings and strap for safety
razor.
All these prices are exceed
ingly low.
Main floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Mems Handkerchiefs
Linen-Half Price, 75c

Handkerchefs beautiful quality could wish fo-
gift giving: danask borders hen1stched
About Of them France.
ALSO-Mens colored handkerchefs with srres
borders, each
$4,000 Women's Handkerchiefs-Less
500 cambr linen, plain hemstitched; Sd
Today SO per dozen.
500 dozen sheer Irish handkerhefs
hens, S6-Today 81
Women's linen handkerchefs
special s3-Today
81 dozen Main floor Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Gift Needle Cases
from England

To the woman who sews or
ombroiders one Of these cases
would be positively delightful.
The most complete equipments
of needles we have ever seen are
these cases from England. Some
are suede covered, in plain and
alligator grain; others are IN
different kinds Of leather.
From the pocket size at s.
containing 800 needles, includ-
ing sewing, embroidery and milli-
merry, up to the very elaborate
case Of 1000 needles, containing
every sort Of needles from the
lace point needles to surgeons,
chenille, wool and darning nee
dies, price $40.
Notion Section
Main floor, Old Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-15
Nelu Z Pyices on
RezjE1ier GI0ues

Coming as it does, just before
14rlstmas, ,,,5 this lower-pricing of
Ht- NiER gloves, perhaps the
finest gloves in the world, will
solve many a gift problem hap
PLY
including The f0lloYiug
2 clasp overseam glace and
suede. black, white and colors.
were So; now $3.50.
2 clasp pique sewn in suede or
glace, in black. white and colors.
were $3.50; now 81.
2 clasp Cheverette in white
and tan, were Sc; now $3.50.
Main floor, Old Bldg.