The Washington times., 1920-11-15

WueTe ere We women tOih ueAu-
ingf what do we want Of iifer
Fame. fortune, fancies. feminism
or firssfaes?
'-Ths Restless Sex" based on
Robert w. Chambers story OF the
same name. has walked out Of the
pages of the Cosmopolitan Maya
sine to film itself across the screen
At Loew's Columbia Thester. And
II tells a thrilling. dramatic and
highly emotional story OF life and
love. Il asks the question I've put
TO you. II asks the question-and
II gives an answer. II II the an
swerf
without being a problem play In
the sense Of leaving US cropping for
the answer to q question too big
for the playwright. and so. left to
his auAience--'The Restless Sex"
10 Q problem play In the sense that
you can't check your brains at the
door when you 80 In to see II. But
none OF us wants to do that any
more.
when we 60 to the movies"
after the dishes are washed and the
arithmetic problems" settled, we
want q treat for our eyes and
something more. That something
more 10 an idea to carry away. The
picture which doesn't nit home
and be thought about and recon-
mended to the nsighbors.
GIRL or TODAY DIFFERENT.
But who hasn't faced the fact
that In the world Of today a girl
isn't quite the same proposition
that her mother was before her
and that she's altogether a differ
ent proposition from what grand
ma was7
Let's think OF the girl Of today"
In terms OF pretty Stephanie. or
Steve" adopted daughter OF Gle
land, millionaire, philanthropist.
sportsman-and incidentally father
Of young Jim Cleland, a chip OF
the old block"
Little Steve grows up wanting to
try everything-at least once. She
stand. She wants to speed ahead
through all human wisdom and ex-
perience.
Her heart Is as eager as her mind.
With all the vividness Of her nature,
she reaches out to the magnificent
young brother" who seems the
greatest of the benefactions her
wonderful new father heaps upon
her. She pants to know-but she
aches to feel. Loving her wonder
full brother Jim. she Is proud Of
his every achievement longs to
emulate all he does and sees her
self part OF his life. But when his
father slips quietly Off into LIES
long last sleep. the boy and girl find
that he has recognized Stephanie's
restlessness and young Jim's un-
proven personalities and has dealt
with them in q letter to his lawyer
-Grismer.
Steve is to discipline her ardent
young soul through service--a
nurses training. Jim Is to give his
ability as a writer q chance by
going abroad "for to admire and
for to see--for to behold this world
so wide" Whatever good this
brings him. the father Is sure the
boy will take into his soul and
give out in his writings.
JIM ACCEPTS, STEVE REBELS.
Jim accepts his fathers will"
for 1t is imposed upon him only in
the sense of being a last request
Steven rebels. Steve does not want
to be separated from the boy who
is part of her life. There Is some
thing almost prophetic in her girls
heart. She senses that Jim 8 Ter
anchor to windward-almost she
knows that he is the love Of her
life-darkly she fears that separa-
ton will be-somehow for always.
But Jim goes. With simple d.
rectness he accepts his fathers
plan. With boyish indifference he
considers the girl who has lived In
ali ha
has been taught to think her.
And Steve-alone, unsatisfied in
the calling which wounds her sensi-
bilities. turns to Oswald Grismer.
only son Of the Cleveland lawyer
and trustee. He makes no EFFORT
to put q brake on her rest1essness.
Instead. he subscribes to her long
ing for excitement He does not un-
derstand II. But he caters to 1t.
PHASE OF TODAY's MANHOOD.
Oswald Grismer represents one
phase Of today's manhod. Look
Ing at the vivid restlessnese Of
the woman who has not found her
self, he says:
"Bless your heart. my deAr-take
what you want of life. Amuse your
self. Only don't bruise your but
terfiy's wings. Fit about Only
come at last to make your home
with me-"
Circumstance and his own I'm
potence to face 1t make Stephanie
Cleland Mrs. Oswald Grismer. But
not in any sense Oswald's wife.
The weakness the boy inherits rs
a streak Of yellow under the pure
gold OF his nature makes the elder
Grismer an absconder who dies by
his own hand rather than face the
reckoning Oswald's marriage brings
SO near. For the Cleland will has
put Stephanie's fortune In trust
until the day Of her marriage And
her marriage to Oswald will reveal
that the senior Grismer has been
using her money to give Oswald his
glittering studio where. his great
gift ~ . sculptor Ia buried under
his fame ~ . gay young dog"
MAKES RESTITUTION.
Oswald sells everything to make
what restitution he can to steve.
And Steve realizes sadly that her
|. marriage to Oswald Ia the crueliest
of makeahift to protect him from