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Evening star., 1920-03-21
CASTANzA ROBINSON
Shubert- Garrlck
'OSMOS-"Old Homestead Five"

"The Old Homestead Five" selected
singers from the famous double quar-
tet identified with Denman Thomp-
sons great old play. will be a lead
ing feature Of the Cosmos Theater
bill this week. These wonderful hari
mony singers. who are known from
coast to coast, have constructed q
prettily staged act and, as. they are
all singers of real merit, their Offer
ing has won the. widest popularity In
vaudeville. There will be another
quintet in the bill, the Picciani Troupe
of 1--WE wonderful European acrobats,
who will present Sports in the
Alps" one of the big. novelties of the
season. Still another interesting now
city will be Rudinoff. with Pictures
of Smoke" Other acts of an interest
ing bill will include Helen Gleason,
in a fine comedy playlet with a thrill,
The Submarine Attack; Chase and
La Tour. in the daintiest of song and
dance offerings; the Gilbert Sisters.
Elsie and Mae. in comedy and song,
and Cornelli. Leoni and their dog
actor, 'Zippy," in a rapidly moving
little comedy sketch.
Douglas Mclean and Doris Mays
big picture, "Mary's Ankle" will pro-
vide the added matinee attraction. and
Her Naughty Wink" new Mutt
and Jef and the Pathe News will be
part of the bill at all performances.
An unusually fine bill of vaudeville
and film features will entertain today
from pm. until closing time.
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NATI0NAL-"Scandals of 1919. -

George Whites Scandals of 1919"
one of the musical successes of the
season. will be this weeks attraction
at the New National Theater, opening
this evening. 1t Is a Kaleidoscope en-
tertainment. devoid of plot and with
constant change of scene, which
pokes fun at the current happenings
of the day as chronicled in the news
papers. The Sahara-like dryness of
the country comes in for a funmaking
episode. which is taken care of in a
scene called the Three-Mile-Limit-
Cafe" on a houseboat anchored far
enough out in the Atlantic to be out
of reach of the Anti-Saloon League.
The overcrowded condition of hotels.
the high cost of living and the easy
way in which beautiful murder
ers are acquitted of their crimes are
other themes amusingly dealt with.
Ann Pennington, one of the most
individualistic persons on the stage
and a great favorite locally, heads the
cast. which includes Lou Holtz.
Yvette Rugel. La Sylphe. Ethel Del
mar. Adele Ardsley. Myra Cullen.
Peggy Dolan.. Ona Munson. Ruth
Savoy, Ona Hamilton, Christine We'll
ford. Lester Allen. George Bickel.
James Miller, Lowell Drew, Larry
Beck, and Moran and Mack.
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Salzedo Harp Ensemble.

A unique musical organization,
composed entirely of harpists-the
Salzedo Harp Ensemble-wi1l be
heard at the Shubert -Belasco Theater
Thursday afternoon. Six of the play
ers are harp virtuosi and charming
American women, while the seventh
is Salzedo himself who is declared
to be the greatest harpist in the
world. During the war Salzedo was
a soldier of France.
Appearing, as assisting artist will
be Nine. Povla F'rijsh, whose art has
been pronounced unique" and whose
recitals in New York, Boston and
other cities have been events. which
have claimed unusual interest.
Tickets may be had at the theater
or of M. F. Kline. 1921 F street north
west.
The program: Sixth French Suite
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The Stage without Stars-WouId
the etage be better If there were no
sArsf The question was addressed TO
JSiiA Marlowe.
-Sesrs?" she laughed. e.whys-taess
hEve always been stars and the public
re5oices in them. This only means that
there are certain persons who might
be called elect in the dramatic world.
1t is the public which chooses and the
whole question of their survival is
with the public. Remember that
Shakespeare wrote star parts. He
also wrote parts which even stars
once in New York. for a benefit,
several stars volunteered their sery-
ices as the ladies' and gentlemen in
the court of Denmark, in Hamlet.
They appeared to the injury of the
performance, having pronounced per-
scnaIIties. and, being accustomed to
projecting their personalities. they
were unable to subordinate them suffi-
GENTLY. Unconsciously they attract
cd more attention In the chorus than
did the principals at court. The Sc
cret was that they were stars, and one
realized that had the court been made
up OF such personalities the tragedy
OF Hamlet would have been some
what different.
In Shakespeare's time there were
stars. just as there are today. Will
Roscius was an actor in Rome there
were no stars in that city? Certainlv
such roles as that of Medea were
given to star performer Shelley
was a star. SO were de vinci. Michael
Angelo, Abraham Lincoln and Ma
poieon- Dante and Milton were stars
They may. perhaps, be able to dis.
pense with stars in the photopIay. as
has been proposed. but the stage. like
the armament. would be a barren
waste without its stars"
Wrete After once Hour. Like
many theatrical writer's of today
George v. Hobart started life far re-
moved from the stage and its en-
vironments
Born in Nova Scotia. his family
moved to Hagerstown. Md. when
George was but boy. There he took
up telegraphy with the operator AT
the local railroad station. Later he
became operator at Frederick and
was such a quick sender and receiv-
er that he was transferred to BaIti-
more. and then to the offices of a
Baltimore daily paper.
In the newspaper office he became
proficient writer. and. being gifted
with sense of comedy, Commenced
TO write stories and poems which
were widely copied His success
led to contract with a New York
newspaper syndicate. and he began
writing humorous stories for its
papers.
He also began to write comedies
and soon had string of comedy of
ferings to his credit. But though
managers were glad to get his comic
operas and farces. no one believed he
could write serious play, until he
wrote Experience"
MI Hobart is modest. retiring and
unassuming. one of the popular mem
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BELAsCo- -sExperienoe. .

{ Experience" George ". Hobart's
modern morality drama. will be pre-
sented by F. Ray Comstock and Nor
ris Gest for q farewell engagement
at the Shubert-Belasco Theater this
week commencing tonight 1t is q
vivid story of .youth-the average
young man of today-his temptations,
pleasures, hopes. ambitions. tragedi es
reverses and successes In fact, ali
of youths impulses and moods. The
story is already quite familiar to
Washington theater patrons. The
play Is now in the sixth year of its
continuously successful run.
The cast comprises Albert Andruss
Betty Frewen. Frazer Coulter. Agnes
Herndon, Donald Scanlan. Claudia
Wheeler, Charles Haskins. BIanch
Crossan. William Belts. Ada Howell,
Washington girl; Phil Sheridan.
Irene Whipple. Chet Hoffman,. Lame
Stephno and many others
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GARRICK-"Seven Days Leave. y

The spectacle, Seven Days Leave"
which comes to the Shubert-Garrick
Theater this week. starting tonight,
is war play of pronounced type. 1t
is now being played in London, South
Africa. Australia, Canada and the
United States
Seven Days Leave" was written by
Walter Howard, an English actor, and
takes its name from the term used in
Britain for the furlough granted to
soidlers 10 run across the channel for
a brief visit home. The action takes
place within the seven days of a SOL
dler's leave. and has as its locale rural
England and the seacoast and chan
neLe While essentially British, the
leading character for this country is
made a young Irish-American, who
has become a major in the British
army. The big scene of the third act
is on the gun deck of an American
cruiser. which destroys the enemy
U-boat.
1t is under the management of Rob-
ert Campbell. son of BARLEY Camp
bell. who gave to the American stage
Ihe Galley Slave" The White
plays whose influence contributed
largely to the popularity of melo-
drama.
The story deals with the efforts of
German spies to steal the plans of a
submarine detector invented by the
young Irish-American. The English
heroine and a charming emissary of
the kaiser match wits throughout.
and finally engage in a desperate
swimming race to buoy, far out at
sea, from which the latter seeks to
signal a German submarine. but is
thwarted by the heroine. This SEN
sational scene. which furnishes a con-
sistent excuse for the appearance Of
two beautiful women in bathing suits,
was the talk of New York.
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B.F. KEITH'S-Emma Trentini.

Keith's will present this week Nine.
Emma Trentini, the famous prima
donna of grand opera and opera
comique, in her vaudeville debut, also
her first appearance at the Keith scale
of prices, in a program composed of
classical and popular selections. in
cluding some of her noted light opera
ballads. Maryon Vadie. the American
danseuse, and Ota Gygi, former Span
ish court violinist, will offer a joint
interlude of dance violin numbers. An
other special feature will be Tom
Lewis, famous as '"The Unknown" and
comedy star of High Jinks," ''The
Little Millionaire" and other Cohan
and Harris shows, and next will come
Thomas E. Shea, tragedian and ro-
mantle actor. in three scenes, one each
from THE Cardinal" The Bells and
'Dr Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" Other acts
include Herschel Henlere. The Poet
of the Piano." in "Pianof1age": Those
French Girls" in athletic sports; Har-
ris and Manion in Uncle Jerry at the
OPERA" and Johnny Small and the
Small sisters, in "Puppy-Love." with
Topics of the Day" and the kino-
grams.
Today at and Sis the bill will
present for the last times Leon Enrol.
Fascination" and the remainder of
last weeks list.
Evening star., 1920-03-21

LA . OF worth are so rare now
adays that close followers of
the drama are beginning to sus-
III pect that the fault is not in a
dearth of competent play
wrights, not in the lack of those who
have broad Imagination and the artistic
skill to weave the commonplace things
of life into interesting entertainment,
but elsewhere. No one yet has dared to
suggest where the blame lies. although
the press agent still merrily chirps his
old familiar song. We are giving the
public what il wants" True, some of
the literati Indigenous to the soil have
made efforts to rise above the level OF
mediocrity, have even scared into for
cign realms for plans and specifications.
but. it is feared, their aeroplanes have
volplaned into the marsh of literary de-
Spondency and defeat. American genius
is daring. but its flights. judged by re-
cent stage productions. have not been
lofty There are those who insist that
II needs coddling to reach its highest de-
gree of potency and that this encourage
Inent is what is denied, hence the de-
cline not only of the drama. but of sound
dramatic taste in America. Whether II
be true that this condition exists else
where, it is difficult to say in these days
when wireless messages and cablegramS
so frequently fail to bring the truth in
, their messages. Some of the New York
producers. at least, are making an ef-
fort to find the missing link in the Brit
ish Isles. Importations. both of plays
and of English players. however, have
thus far failed to solve the problem.
Along comes the cynic. who declares
that the effort TO import genius and
it's product is founded upon a less
worthy cause. Indeed, rumors through
apparently authoritative channels
have explained tnat after all the act
ors' strike, like the world war. is not
yet really over. Meanwhile. Marie
Dressler romps in with TITLES
Nightmare" long a -'has-been" of the
stage and the screen: dear old Chaun-
cey Olcott finds a place in the spot
light for his admirers, who are legion,
and usually get to the theater once a
year at least, and even Experience"
weary and worn, again totters in to
satisfy the craving of the high brow
who still remembers and ever longs
for something approximating the old
comedies of the classics or even
Shakespeare in a pinch. Gaudy COS
TUNED and uncostumed girls in all the
tints. with accessories Of lighting ef-
fects and the charm of terpsichore,
fairly soaked in music Of some sort,
seem to be losing their hold and the
producing managers are said to be
getting apprehensive. Let US have
peace"
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CONCERTS, LECTURES, ETC.
Mime. and Miss Louise Homer.

Nine. Louise Homer. famous Ameri-
can contralto, and her talented
daughter. Miss Louise Homer, whose
beautiful soprano is said to give
every promise that she will attain
the pinnacle of fame reached by her
mother. will be heard in recital at
4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
Polls Theater, Nine. Homer has a
host of admirers in Washington, and
the first appearance of her daughter
makes her coming at this time OF
especial interest. Seats are still to
be had at the theater or NJ. r. kline's
ticket office, 1921 F. street northwest.
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POLLS -"Frivolities of 1920"

of the leap year, will begin a weeks
engagement at Polls Theater this
evening. 1t is the first of what it's
producer, G.. NJ C"Broncho Billy") An
derson, one time cinema hero, an
nounces as a series of annual enter
tainments, fashioned IN the same gen.
erous and gorgeous mold. for the edi-
fication of the tired business man:
"Frivolities" concerns itself with
making satirical and comic faces at
political, social and amusement insti-
tutions, with costly fabrics on comely
figures until the stage is ablaze with
Evening star., 1920-03-21
--
ENMA TRINT1N1
Keitli;s

rich and. vivid dyes. a musical, score
that arouses its auditors. q group of
comedians. color r-splashed scenic ef-
fects at once startling and gay and
an array of girls that might. have
walked of the front covers of the fic-
tion magazines. -: ~
In the cast are Nellie. and Sara
Kouns, with unusual, lyric soprano
voices; Henry Lewis, creator of
"squidgulums" Barr twins. novel
dancers: Edward Gallagher and Jo-
seph Rolley. Frank Davis and Dele
Darnell. the OGorman sisters and
many others.
The music is by William B. Fried
lander and Harry Auracher. Tom
tombstone and Mr.. Friedlander wrote
the lyrics and William Anthony Nc
Guire the dialogue.
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LOUISE HOMER,
PoliS

ter today, win present Harry s. Leyan,
a celebrated comedian. with Dolores
Clayton. Dottie Bennett, Marie Gre
nier. Eddie Welch and Lou LIE Vine.
The entertainment is in two acts and
four scenes entitled "a Day at Niagara
Falls" and "a Day at the Races" both
a long laugh from start to finish.
chorus of twenty girls will be
featured.
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Kreislet Tuesday.

Fritz Kreisler, the noted violinist.
will give a recital at Polls Theater
Tuesday afternoon.
His program follows: Sonata. E
Major (Bach), Scotch fantasy. varia-
tions on theme by Corelli (Tartini),
Rondo, arranged by Willem Willeke
(Boccherin), La Chasse (Cartierl,
Hindoo chant (Rimsky-Korsakoff) I,
and two Slavonic dances. G Minor and
G Major, and Slavonic fantasy (Dvorak-
KreiSler)
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CHupbY DRlsDAlE
'Gsyety

(Johann Sebastian Bach-fss5-175o)
Salzedo Harp ENSEMBLES; -'Menuet
Chante" (Jean-Phillippe Rameau),
"Springtide" Edward Grieg), 'Sylve-
lin" (Christian Sinding), Snow"
(Erik Lie) and The Maiden and I"
(Scandinavian folk tune). Nine.
Frijsh and the SaIzedo Harp Ensem-
BILE: three preludes Carlos Salzedo),
Carlos Salzedo; Les Larmes HUI
maines'-Human Tears Camille Err
langer), ''Mandoline" (C1aude Debus-
sy), Lullaby" from 1.-The Child's
Nursery" Modest Moussorgsky). and
1.-The Oladisque" and THE Home
Road" (both by John Alden Carpen-
teri, Nine. Frijsh. and three preludes.
"Delphian Dancers" The Dance Of
Puck" and The Sunken Cathedral"
(Claude Debussy), Salzedo Harp En-
semble.
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Arcade Auditorium.

Diffident bachelors are warned to
give the Arcade Auditorium a wide
berth Thursday night. when a pre-
tentious leap year dance will be
staged. The popular home of the
dance has made unusual preparations
for the event
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Greater Penn Gardens,

The open-air dancing floor of the
Greater Penn Gardens has been Off
cially opened for the dancers of Wash
ington for every evening that the
weather permits. The Garden has
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GAYETY-Burlesoue.

The Great Star and Garter Show"
will be the current weeks attraction
at the Gayety Theater. The organiza-
ton is claimed to be larger than
ever before. Two musical burlettas of
twelve scenes. with farcical plots. will
be presented-"La Belle Paree" and
Putting 1t Over" Ray Read, a come
dian of unusual reputation for at
tracing the elusive laugh. is fea
tured with Charles Burns and William
Bowls. In the feminine contingent are
the australian Song Bird" Florence
barley; Chubby Drisdale and Pauline
Hall. Howard Paden and Bert Hall
complete the list of principals. A
large chorus is much in evidence
throughout the performances.
FOLLY-Burlesque.
: The sport Girls" which opens
weeks engagement at the Folly Thea
Evening star., 1920-03-21
Central Coliseum.

A large following of roller skaters
is attending the Central Coliseum
every night and the matinees on Sat
urday. Every Saturday the auditor
ium is crowded to capacity by the
youngsters. Instructors are provided
for those who cannot skate.
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bers of the Lambs Club in New York,
and he has been its secretary for
half a dozen years.

half a dozen years.
Fame on Stage and Scrcen-Ann
Pennington was born in Whining
ton. Del. She learned to dance at
Pennington was born in Wilm-
at Wrce's Dancing Academy in Phil
adelphia- Once upon a time Wroe put
on an amateur performance with his
pupils as the entertainers. and Miss
Pennington was one of them. 1t was
her success as one of "Wroe's Buds"
caused her to seek a stage career. She
secured n place with Florenz Ziegfeld
and was soon featured in the "Fouies."
After several seasons with that or
ganization "Penny''-her friends call her
''Penny"-became a movie star and ap-
peared in several productions which are
still popular
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MORTONCHAsE
Cosmos
Nine. Margaret Matzenauer Friday

Only the followers Of the Metro
politan Grand Opera know the won
derful possibilities of the gorgeous
voice of Mime. Margaret Matzenauer,
who will be the artist at the ninth
concert of T. Arthur Smiths ten star
series at the New National Theater
Friday afternoon. 1t was they who
paid tribute to her wonderful rendi-
tion of the role. of Amneris. in Aida"
back in 1911. They. too, who later
were daxzled by her brilliant per-
formance of Carmen" in a soprano
role whcse exacting requirements
have tried even the greatest of So
pranos since the days OF Minnie Hauk
and Calve. Undaunted, Nine. Matte
nauer appeared upon the concert
stage in song recital and repeated
her wonderful successes Of grand
opera Today the great critics admit
their inability to properly classify
her type. Her voice is said to run the
range of human possibilities and to
be superb in its every note.
Seats may be obtained at the offices
of T. Arthur Smith. 1906 G street
northwest
Her program for Friday follows:
"Piamgero la Sorte Mia" (HandeD.
Sweet Nymph. Come to Thy Lover
(Morley), 'Lusinghe Piu Care" Dian
CONTINUED on Fourth Page.1
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LAYS of worth are so rare now
adays that. close followers of
the drama are beginning to sus-
pect that the fault is not in a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-16
SALOON LEAGUE men
PUBLISH ENEMY LIST
.fRy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Officials
of the Anti-saloon league here today
made public a partial list Of candi-
dates for congress on whom they will
wage battle because Of their official
position on prohibition
Wayne Wheeler, general counsel,
said that every candidate who was not
approved would be rigidly fought
Those attending the conferences ex-
pected to act on a resolution which
they said would serve notice on fed
eral judges that in enforcing prohibi-
tion their sacred duties must be
sacredly performed"
A committee was appointed at yes
terday's session with instructions to
report today, to draft such a resolu-
ton, after it had been charged that
some judges had been lax in dealing
with violators of the Volstead act.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-16

Orr, Louis Waldman, August Claes-
sens and Charles Solomon.
In addition the Socialist party has
named Nat Rubin q a candidate at
another special election in Kings
county for the vacancy caused by the
death of assemblyman John Damico,
Republican. In all the districts the
Socialists were opposed by fusion
candidates. Indications pointed to a
heavy vote.
DENVER, Colo, Sept. 16-With
both leading candidates for Republi-
can nomination for United States
senator claiming a victory, it ap-
peared probable today that an official
count might be necessary to establish
the result.
Returns compiled by the Rocky
Mountain News from 1,120 precincts
OF the 1882 in the state gave Carl C.
Schuyler, Denver, lead of 2,37S over
Samuel D. Nicholson of Leadville.
Most of the missing precincts in the
outlying districts are considered favor
able to Nicholson.
A victory for the nOn-partisan
league in the Democratic primaries
was indicated with nearly complete
returns from the principal CltleS anu
scattered returns from over the state.
In Denver, eleven of the II Demo
cratic candidates for the legislature
are non-partisan leaguers as are three
candidates for the state senate.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. .16-Pri-
mary-With 1874 precincts out of
1866 in the state reporting Governor
Lewis F. Hart today maintained his
lead over Roland II. Hartley, his near
est opponent for the republican nomi-
nation for Governor in the state
wide election of Tuesday. Governor
Hart's vote in the precincts reported
was 50,5O9 and Hartlcy's 45,042.
United States Senator Wesley L.
Jones in 1918 of the state precincts
received 69,SSS votes and Col. w. NJ
Inglis 3O,941. Others in the race polled
as follows: Hudson, 21,444 and Erick-
son 10,199.
The congressional incumbents who
sought denomination on the Republi-
can ticket were leading when ma
jority of the precincts in their dis
tricts had reported.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-16
Weather Forecast

For indiana, by the United States
Weather Bureau-Fair tonight and
Friday; cooler tonight.
Temperatures Yesterday
Maximum ............. ........ -
Today
NOON y
For Wayne County, by w. {. Moore
Fair and considerably cooler Thurs
Gay night; minimum temperature in
this vicinity of so, probably below;
Friday fair, with moderate temper
ature.
General Conditions-The Canadian
storm which caused showers and thun-
derstorms throughout the county on
Wednesday afternoon ard night is
passing down the st. Lawrence val
ley and a great area of high barome-
trio pressure with fair and cool wealth
er now covers the Mississippi valley,
excepting over the southern sta ties,
where it is cloudy. Temperatures are
freezing at Billings, Mont, and "a at
Sheridan, Wyo. AS a result cool
weather will prevail Thursday night,
with temperatures falling to between
45 and so, but warm weather prob
ably will follow soon. !
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-16
Clarence Johnson, Alleged
to Have Made Big Sugar
Haul, To Be Tried Sept. II

Judge Bond fixed Sept. q as the
day for the trial of Clarence John
son. charged with grand larceny. 1t
is alleged that Johnson stole $3.50
pounds of sugar from the local whole
sale firm of Kenny company, where
Johnson was employed as a truck
driver.
Charles G. Johnson, charged with
a statutory offense, changed his plea
from not guilty to guilty in circuit
court thursday. He was fined S1CO
and costs and sentenced to the state
penal farm for 90 days.
Lula Bond, who was arrested with
Johnson, was fined $40 and costs and
sentenced to 60 days in the Jail for
women.
John O'Day, of Dublin. plead guilty
to intoxication and was fined $40 and
costs.