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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-12
All Set for Opening
Of the Toledo Races

Toledo. Ohio. July ll-Thc second
,scE ~ ths l92o grand circuit harness
rariTg reason VIII open on inc r",r;
Miami track tomorrow Ityrn",m A. ~,
~, W. horses tha, performed during IN"
r;,. ueek a, Cleveland have arrived
ana arc quartercd At the traSE
There are four events on IN, "N' mn
day.s program. Th"y ar" IN" J.. rot
for a purse or Sr.con. III" t"rt M"lGT
lo ,r.t rrr three year Odds for Sl.|"'
nnJ M. Il pace r"r $l.2h".
Al, races ar under u" ihr'' h"t
plan.
horpr, entered TIL For; MeiGS stake
has n,r.tccn. the Sherwood has twenty
f,r and ,hr 80 pa"~ seventeen. Racing
.- -,.hrGui"d fnr th,. nrSt ny" day" "f
. vrrL vtth Saturday rcSrrv"d for
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-12
THE WEATHER..

Washington. July ll.-Forccast;
ohio-Partly cloudy Monday. local
thunder showers east portion; warmer
Tuesday, partly cloudy; showers In tho
afternoon or night.
West vtrHinia-LoucL thunder show
ers Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy and
warmer.
Western Ponnsylvania-Local thun-
der showers Monday; Tuesday partly
cloudy, probably showers Rt night.
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s. Arrested in Raids

Aurora. Illinois. July l1.-W Wni>krN
RAIDS made ny federal officers SATURDAY
niSht resulted in IN" arrest "' ihir'\ .
ohout 10 gallons Of liquor. Officers an
nounrcd The men arrested w"r" rharS-
ed with being proprictors Of stills.
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Spa, Belgium, July IL - (By tho
Associated Press)-E the Poles oon-
sent to retire within the natural from
tiers Of Poland, the allies will give
them all possible assistance In the
event OF their being attacked by the
Bolshevtki. This announcement was
made here today.
The allies have sent a proposal to
tho Russian Soviet government for
Armistice with Poland on conoluon
that tho Poles retire within their nat
ural Polish frontier. It Is set forth
that the srnistice win be followed by
a conference OF representatives OF all
tho countries on the Russian border,
and that, II the Bolsheviki attack the
Poles within these frontiers, tho al
lies Will come to the aid OF Poland
Warsaw. Iu,y Try the Associated
prrssl-(pciaycdl--T decision OF the
Polish government to appea! 10 thc spa
conference for moral and mater!a heip
in the hGht against IN" b0lshcNlkI
comes as a climax to task extending
over many months IN securing Immun',
ilon held up in London by the refuSa'
Of workinEm"n 10 load the SHIPS ana oy
the Withholding Of other shipments ny
th.- CZechs. it Is declared. IN reclamation
for the Disagreement; over Nhe leSche"
district plchiSCite.
Spa dispatches tcl! "f tho arrival oi
A Polish note there. probably the appeal
referred Ia. hut state ihat inc ho'r W"
So garhicd IN Transmission mat II cou'o
not hc decIph"rcd.
IL j. charged hy IN" Poles that the
Cz.chs delayed indefinitely 4 rain OF
rh!rty-six cars OF ammunition FOR whiSn
Roland had urgent need just prior 10 tns
RnIShcVlk attaCh. Austria iS also - 81
- h;,,, h.cn hindrrIng shipments. hold
ing that they were contrary 10 the peace
treaty. ,i,,;o,, 10,
months in various circles that unless
Ammunition wHs for,hCom'nS the lolcs
,ynmld h. forced ~ withdraw before Inc
iraIiToh,r summer attack by the Bol'
shey:ki Poland claims never TO nave
suffered a shortage n men. ana nous
ands are offering their services daIiE
M. new army h"iDE organized N 'hy
hopc Of stemm!nE tn" Bolshcyik an,
Vance II IS estimated officially ihat
s"0 oOO men and women have entered
the service. \ volunteer army or lH.He,
vas cnl S;rd At Wilma and IN" enurt G!.!
~ I.,mhtrc - said 10 be dctcrminco u
defend THAI city TO the end. oV,"CV nav
,ng offered their services
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lNmo. hont nnl Whit"- h3irod. n" T0r-
me- empress often was called 'Eur"r"
queen uC sorrow ShC Ma quoted A.
vavs ~ praying that death might ~ =!
lrr long term nf sadness and aFr' IN
hrinc h"r ~ her husband and -"n In
TN Tri'l"rieS Gard"ns In Par'@ thr
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
4 Bit of Bmney Dancing

In Constance Binneys second
Realart production, The Stolen
kiss" which is featured Thursday
and Friday at Crandalrs Knicker-
booker Theater. Americas most rep
resentative girl gives her admirers
a fash of that exquisite dancing
which elevated her to the ranks Of
stardom on both the screen and the
stage in less time than it takes to
wonder at 1t
1t was as a dancer that Constance
Binney was first brought to the at
tention Of the theater world. A pu-
Pill Of the greatest masters Of the
dance-Ceccheti. Albertieri and the
Duncans-she was able to even eN-
ceed the expectations demanded Of
her in "Oh, Lady! Lady, the nu-
steal comedy which created a furore
and was the means of bringing
fame to the debutante star Of
screen and stage.
Miss Binney dances in go East.
the delightful Crothers play in
which she stars. and she also shows
the results OF her dancing in "Erst-
while Susan" her first Realart pic
ture. II dancing develops grace
and poise which Constance Binney
displays in all her movements, then
by all means make dancing COM
pulsory.
The Stolen Kiss" is Just the sort
Of picture destined 70 further bring
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

out the wholesomeness Of this rw~@
screen luminary. 1t is q soory
unique in the telling. whimsdcaify
pathetic and Joyously funny, whils
an absorbing romance havorS the
entire picture Miss Binney IN
shown in a dual role-as Felfcf.
and her mother. octavia Day. Thoss
sophisticated motion picture spsc-
tatcrs who seem to be able TO sense
all the double exposure tricks OF
the director, viii be genuinely puz-
zled trying 10 explain how some Of
Director Kenneth webb's stunts
were done
Once each year sportsnen from
all over the world gather at Epson.
in Surrey, England, generally on rne
Wednesday before whitsuntide. to
attend the Derby races. They are
famed in song and story. Many
plays have been written around
these races. the most famous Of
which is The Sporting Duchess.-
which will be shown at CrandalI's
Metropolitan and Knickerbocker
Theaters beginning this afternoon
This play was written by August
Harris. Cecil Raleigh and Henry
Hamilton as a mammoth spectacu-
lar drama 70 be produced at the
Drury Lane Theater in London II
created such a sensation there that
the following season il was brought
TO New York. where Il had q phe-
nomenal run.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Some More of Mr.. Kern. Melody.

Millions THE Charm School,
night half charming the retained
preach charms need feel hcancy macuaig
the box office night this week for in the stagecraft
This charming young person
these lines gaop No linotype that "Th Charm School,
has already had showing Baltimore topyurvy
the bse critics of the Monumental City and the inference
subty that those like capacity hereabout
less strict justice than sound the doxooc and
the chorus.
Our charming friend. Miss Bowling. plead
formidable case at that
To begin with Charm School, adaptation by Robert
Milton and Miller OF that lady book of the title
Nj Milton known his direction Of Oh Boy Good
Eddie" "h Lady, Lady,! and number of other productions
not so explanatory perhaps almost striking He brought
into producing combination less than the
and exceedingly Mr. Kern who always be remembered
for "They Didn't Believe Me Babes in the Wood The First
School," advised eddes about Austin
Byan who nhes young ladies' finishing
school Bevans thoroughly herecal his
heterodox involves the emphasizing
charm theology young things education All
Gpns wedding bell until of Mr. Bevans
young thing with ideas of her
teacher things he knew things that Miss
carefully veed in her typewriter of the
new
The Charm School," Caldwell and
all too apt little song She's Good Fellow
Teacher, teacher won't you lend
A helping hand this little scholar?
would,
II understood
When I've taught you all I know of love
You'll find ne bright a dollar
Teacher, don't dismiss me; just kiss me,
And I'll promise to be good"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
The Garrickers of 1920

ond season of the Garrick Players at
the Shubert-Garrick Theater next
week. offering as the initial bill of
the summer engagement William LIE
Baron's romantic farce. Il Love
You Earle Foxe returns to again
head the Garrickers. as do also Doris
Sheerin, William Mackay, Leah
Winslow and other favorites. Among
the new members who join the resi-
dent players organization for the
new season are Madge Bellamy. Jack
Roche. Anne Morrison, Charles Stan
ton and a little later Edward Robin
son. with the players last season.
will return to the fold, Edward
Forsberg has been engaged by Bell
s general director.
L. NJ. Bell. the impresario of the
Garrick Players, announces that the
first contingent of the Garricl1
Players, consisting Of Earle Foxe.
Jack Roach, Madge Bellamy, Anne
Morrison. Doris Sheerin. Edwin
Forsberg. Edward Mackey. Charles
Stanton, Leah winsIow, Salvatore
Maltese and Richard Beebe, reached
Washington last night and will i'm
mediately begin rehearsing for '1
Love You" the first play of the new
Garrick Players season. which be-
gins at the Shubert-Garrick
Theater next Monday. May 3.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Steamer Manchester.

While 1t is a truism that thou
sands Of lifelong residents OF
Washington have never visited
Mount Vernon, although 1t is almost
the first objective point of the tour
list, more and more are taking ad-
vantage Of the excursions made nv
the Steamer Charles Macalester To
visit the estate and mansion OF
George Washington These trips arc
made from the Seventh street
wharves daily. except Sunday, leav-
ing at 10 a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
Edith Ellis. coauthor with Nor
man s. Rose of Mrs. Jimmie
thompson. now playing at the
Princess Theater, New York, hav-
ing written more than thirty plays
or her own. declares that she is 90
ing to rewrite Shakespeare. She
says she is going to make Shakes
peare interesting. Twelfth Might"
and Much Adoo About Nothing"
will >be the first of the comedies
which she expects to stage, so that
the average, nonintellectual audi
ence, the sort that attended and
enjoyed Shakespeare when it was
first produced, can find pleasure in
the great classics. "Puns," said
Miss Ellis, do not interest a mod
ern audience. They are inessential
to the action and to the character
ization. They are merely cumber-
some remains of humor which was
timely several hundred years ago
Shakespeare can be divested of
many such ancient devices and be-
come the enjoyable property Of the
theater-going world"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
The Case Of Dorothy Dixie Lee"

By the time consideration Of Dorothy
the probable for
strongly reminded OF the
all kept his close ecuson however dis
maid the ofhng unguarded moment inquired
OF this and thoroughly
the father s devil The boy looked longer and then
inquired May have devil of my own
might not be fair Of Mr.. Edward
author OF THE Climax "The Becky etc etc Of
having based Dorothy Dixie Lee of this
ot making allowances or certain changes the opening
OF Dorothy Dixie Lee unreniniscen story
we quote bulletin received from Dorothy subsidized
~ RoEotRy Dixie Lee; role
have invaded the sancy old
household
the outside world Dorothy with her dolls educated
of her
difficult to atune herself the eOpolan idea Of civilization
her
exharatng delight of
To which only add that Mr. William
swe director OF Lauder tours and producer of cosmo Haton
Blindness OF Virtue has selected of players this his
latest into the legitimate that headed by Miss Edith
aero late of Rbecea of Sunnybrook Farm and Polly of the
Circus" That's the Garrck offering
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
In New Yorb's Playhouses
By GILBERT sELDEs

II any Of my devoted readers i'm
agine that I have been a captious
or unkind critic in this year of the
atrical grace. ] wish to assure them
they are wrong. I have tried very
hard to look on the bright side OF
things and I believe that I haven't
told an unkind story about any
actor In New York; except once or
twice, when the story was too
amusing to be omitted
That is the prologue TO a slam.
can't help it 1 have to record
among other things that a musical
comedy opened in New York which
I simply cannot like tell you at
once that II is not only popular. but
is the recipient OF some very nice
bouquets. One critic said IL was
three and two-tenths times as good
as my favorite musical comedy.
Probably ! am all wrong. And there
Is q play which was mercifully
roasted by every sane critic but
one; and in spite Of this near-unan-
unity that show is without question
the worst show Broadway has seen
in many moons. What am 1 to do?
l hope that in view of a long career
as an honest man, who has never
stolen a penny or beaten a child,
will be forgiven.
things to think about. With the
Arthur Hopkins put his second
John Barrymore CMiss Gilda
Varesi) into action, at the same
fn 7 -
This is an exceptional play, and
Miss Taresi plays it in exceptional
manner. 1 do not know what pop
ular taste is like these days. be-
cause almost every type" Of ac-
tress apparently is represented
among our stars, but I confidently
predict that Miss Varesi will not
wait much longer for a fair amount
Of recognition. She has already
played Giannetto in The Jest"
taking Mr.. Barrymore's part. No
one has suggested that she can full
fill the exactions OF Richard III"
Also Alice in Wonderland" has
frightened these our days OF wrath
Here's a play which will always be
unsatisfactory and which will al
ways captivate US in spite. Because
Alice is our property. too dear to
have any one try to show US how
she really is. Edith Taliaferro tries
IL this time and is adored by the
youngsters who crowd the matinees
to see her.
Floradora" is a success. In spite
Of railway strikes and other dis
agreements. ii buzzes on. The bust
ness is so great that a box once
has been established in the Central
Theater. nearer the heart of Broad
way, to take care Of the overflow
for the Century. An exceedingly
well-informed authority reminds us
that the original production took a
long time becoming popular here,
and that when the seItet was FIRST
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
Whistle Brings Success.

"Brand-new scenery for Washing
tonr'
That is how some enterprisinE ad-
vertisers would herald the coming
of Lew Hilton-if they had only
known about II.
Because Lew Hilton has a new tin
whistle.
To persons who are familiar with
the form Of entertainment Hilton
has. been purveying via the bur
lesque route for the past seven years
this statement probably would not
mean much. But to Hilton II means
a whole lot.
A new tin whistle is an event in
his young life. confessed Hilton.
who is the featured comedian with
The Girls of the U. S A" at the
Gsyety Theater this week, because
the chance he first got to go on the
stage came from a tin whistle. and
he has used one in his comedy work
on the stage ever since.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

sung IL received not one sncorf
Also. by way Of suggesting hcx
things have changed in other re
spects- IL is noted that this SAN
show caused q sensation by takiui
in $4,000 q week twenty years sEc
Today almost any popular musica
comedy runs 10 twice that ngur
and "Floradors" IL probably aiminf
at four times the amount eaci
week OF course these are cras
business details and would not "a
a moment let them obscure the Fac
that George Hassell is By far n,
funniest clowning-actor on the New
York stage at this writing. Aisc
to repeat the impression given q
week ago. like the show.
Broadway has made 90 free via
penal institutions, detec-a-tives ana
crooks for such a long time that d
is only appropriate for the welfars
Society at Sing Sing to strike back
There have been quite q number q
shows given by outside compauies
in the prison; now the prisoners srx
going TO put on q bill of one-ao
plays which will be visible to out.
sioers. The Welfare LesGue says
with a sort Of grim humor, that the
purpose Of these entertainments q
to keep the men out Of the cells a
much as possible. Oddly enough
one Of the first plays considered
and agreed upon, is a convict-plus.
law play by Richard Harding Dav11
and another deals with the third
degree. The chief difficulty Of ths
producers is in finding plays viii
male characters only.
And so, let us consider The Bone
head" All the interest precedins
the performance was centered IN
Claude Beerbohm. son of the half.
brother of the famous Max Beer
borm-I mean Sir Herbert Beer
bohm-Tree. This branch Of ths
family has more talent than ths
gift OF advertising. But he took on
as a FIRST production a play by Pred
eric Arnold Hummer. Nothing abou
the show was as appropriate a. if1
name and nothing so inappropr1au
as the name OF the author. WE
not attempt to disclose all it's vzrf-
ETY. OF vapidity. Only, dear sophfs-
ticated reader. II deals with Green
wfch Village and II tries to per-
suade US that the poets down nerx
still write about purple passion ir
rhyme. Also there are Jokes abouf
eugenics and Bolshevism, and ths
old, old, old one about departed
spirits. and a vulgarity which real-
ly passes beyond even my toiers-
tion.
The best thing / can say for chs
play is that Mr.. Beerbohm didna
protrude himself. Edwin NIcandsa
played the role OF the man who be-
comes disgusted by the little rsdS-
calls and determines to save his
wife by being more radical than
the Reds. This is the theme of
"Patience"-but have no more of
that quality with this piece of
work.
Puhne Ledger se-y1ea1
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

The New York Telegraph in a re-
cent article which devoted quite a
bit of space to the number of resi-
dent organizations that will be es-
tablished in various cities this sum-
mer, listed the Garrick Players as
the leading stock company of Amer
lea. This position is given the local
organization because of its success
last season and the subsequent sue
cess of its members in productions
last fall.
Every member of the Garrick
company was signed by a New York
manager for q Broadway production
and several of them placed under
longtime contracts. New York man
ayers watched the Garrick company
closely last season, and many of
u EN- have already announced their
intention of being on hand this year
for the opening. which will take
place on Monday night, May g.
Among those who witnessed Gar
rick Player performances last year
were David Belasco, Edgar Selwyn,
Oliver Morosco, T. Daniel Frawley.
John Emerson. Anita Loos. Con-
stance Talmadge, Ruth Roland,
Avery Hopwood, Olga Petreva. Izetta
Jewell, Everett Butterfield, George
Tyler and Marion Vantine
Mr.. Bell will inaugurate the sec
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
The Third Hammerstein

Elaine Hammerstein. the young
SelznIck film star, Is not only a lin
cal descendant of Oscar Hammer
stein. the once-famous grand opera
impresario. but she is rapidly dem
onstrating that the art of mimicry
has not died out of the Hammer
stein blood with this. the third,
generation of that family to be well
and favora bly, known to the world
of make-believe.
Miss Hammerstein is an actress
who is thoroughly familiar with the
psychological twists and turns of
the great social game that has
come to be called society" and in
her latest starring picture, The
Woman Game" at Loew's Palace
today, she Is called upon to incor-
porate into her acting the really
extensive knowledge of social
workings she gained as a member
of the New York social colony.
The story itself is one of strik-
ing theme-the idea that a woman
Is entitled to use all the weapons
at her command in pursuing the
business Of matrimony, Just as a
man uses tAs weapons Of business
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
4 Babel of the CeHuloid

owners Of which Harry NJ. Crandall,
of this city. is president. Miss Far
rar's initial photoplay for the as
sociation will go into production in
New York Immediately.
that Miss Farrars productions and
all other pictures of the associa-
ton will be as nearly perfect pho
toplays as 1t Is possible for human
endeavor to make them. The state
ment is based on the fact that the
theater men themselves control the
organization. affiliated with which
are more than $50 first-run theaters
in principal cities and 600 smaller
houses throughout the country.
Wagenhals and Kemper are COM
ing back into the theatrical world
as producing managers. And it
took a novelist and a dramatist to
bring them back. The one is Mary
Roberts Rinehart, today considered
the foremost writer of American
fiction, and the other Avery Hop
wood, whose work has outdone all
other American dramatists.
This new play, The Bat" is one
of mystery of an unusual sort even
in this era of the so-called mystery
drama. 1t is to be shown first In
Washington in June and in New
York in the early fall.
To the list ready for announce
ment by wagenhals and Kemper
may be added a play by Madam
Fred De Gresac; a comedy of mod
ern life, called 1.-The Sun Dial" by
William Douglas Wright, and a
farce by Margaret Mayo.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-25

numerous to mention. is respousi-
Bile for bringing about this change
Mr.. Milton is a Russian by birth.
He came TO this country when he
was IS years old. and with him
came many diplomas from colleges
and finishing schools in Russia
where a stage director has 10 study
and pass examinations before be
receives his degrees. Stage direct
ing in Russia is considered a pro
fession and is looked upon as .
calling with the same dignity as q
doctor or lawyer.
After his arrival in New York
Mr.. Milton set 70 work 70 estshlish
q reputation. He found that stare
directing in this country was terri
bly, lacking. but felt with his train
ing he could reach the top Of the
ladder in due time. II did not take
long after his first few productions.
for he had technique at his finger
tips and had something new TO Of
fer in stage production, in lighting
effects and in the costuming Of .
play.
One Of the things Mr.. Milton
could not understand was the Amer
ican way OF making stars over
night. He tried to tell producers
that IL was a gross mistake, as Il
ruined a play when a star became
temperamental and resigned In
place OF the star system. Mr.. NIL
ton believes in securing the services
of actors and actresses with braIna
personality and a love Of hard
work. To his way OF thinking such
players are much more valuable 20
a producer than stars or big
names"