Evening star., 1920-03-07
r,~a,.. M.nresu,n. Of BaEdad.-

Fa~hieu ManneSuinx Of Bngdad.-
The costumes designed by Percy Ander-
son OF His Ma jesty's Theater. LONDON.
are one Of the most interesting features
OF Chu Chin Chow" the big oriental
extravaganza. -,
one of the most colorful fashion dis
plays occurs during scene depicting
bazaar in ancient Bagdad, where the "a :
dies of that metropolis OF the east evl-
IDENTIFY found time to spend MANY pieces
introduced the famous fashion ma nne,
auins garbed in the most beautiful
STYLES of that time
In the bazaar scene the penniless wife
OF Ali Bahia, having suddenly become
possessed Of riches. comes to the tasn-
for her new station in life The SILK
merchant parades twenty of his most
beautiful costumes before her eyes. The
silk merchant ciaps his hands, slaves
run in With purple carpet, whicn tney
spread before him: other slaves bring on
a silxen screen Of q neutral color, the
music plays, the silk merchant sings.
and one by one the rnanneQuins enter
attired in gorgeous robes.
The costumes would tax the ingenuity
of a fashion expert to describe, and
range from something resembling the
tail Of peacock to s gorgeous oriental
dress with an enormous turban, fully
five feet in diameter. This costume.
with the enormous hea3dress. Is claimed
to be one Of the most superb creations
evolved.
Eva lie Gallienne.-Eva lie Gal.
fenne's father is Richard LIE Gai-
lienne. the poet. and her mother -
Julie Norresaard. Danish journalist
Miss LIE Galiienne was born ArLon-
don. but when young was taken to
Paris, where she remained until she
was fifteen. with occasional visits TO
London. When the war began she
English capital and shortly after made
her first appearance on the stage In
a benefit performance of "Monna
Vana" with Constance Collier. She
then attended Sir Beerbohm Tree
Academy. 1t was there she formed
while appearing in the plays Of the
academy she attracted the attention
of LyaiI Swete. the English actor.
manager. and was chosen Tor the part
of the Cockney girl in The Laughter
Of Fools"
In the English theater that she de-
termined to continue her histrtonfc
career in the less disturbed atmos-
ohere of New York and she has ap-
peared with distinction in various
New York productions since her ar
rival in the Metropolis
Pves. Agents Gossip-Harriet Burt
saws the press agent, has stage MS
tory almost as long as that OF mu-
sical comedy. the modern schooi' IL
self.
ouickly adds, that Miss Burt is stand
ing with one foot in the old ladies'
home and the other foot on banana
peel. waiting to slip In. but no.
Since the great upheaval the Woro
veteran has taken on new meaning,
and one now meets lots OF sFiza,eu
veterans Of the late war whose years
number only nineteen or twenty. NOT
that I would say anything like that
about Miss Burt. either. although she
might also be called veteran or the
world war. since she played many
weeks during the conflict. entertain :
ing our boys in the camps. and made
several tours around the cantonments
in .FHrs and Frills.'
.Pre v;ous to this she had been play
ing eccentric comedy parts with near
" all the musical comedy stars. from
the days of that beautiful but II
fated production. THE Purple Road.
in which Miss Burt played the impor'
tant role of Nine. Sans Gene. After
this, two seasons with Marie Cahill, a
once popular star. season Win LIZ
Wolf Hopper in wang. a season
with Pauline Frederick. now the pop
ular picture star: a year with Jullar
Eltinee IN Cousin Lucy" and an ap.
pearance with Clifton Crawford in y
Love a Lassie." which chronological
record brings down to the present era
Albany seems to have the honor
of being Miss Bur,'s birthplace ane
childhood home. though there be some
al do say it was Troy
Frank Craven. Player and Play
wrfKht.-Frank Craven. who is pleas
antiy remembered for other thing!
ing Davis story of pleasant memory
"The New Dictator" into musica
farce and will be the principal playe1
in II. This is not the first time he ha
come before the public in dua
capacity. He wrote and played il
Too Many Cooks both in this coun
try and in Europe. and collaboratee
some wears ago with Winchel Smitf
In writing Hawthorne. l.. S. A.. II
which Douglas Fairbanks was fea
tured,
One of the popular com edians of thu
day. his most recent success was II
Going Up" He will also be recalled
in This Way Out" Seven Chances
Under Fire".snd particularly as th'
original Jimmy in Bought and Pait
For"
Mr.. Craven comes to the stage natural
~. His father. mother. brothers and sis
ters were all of the stage. and Franz
r,ade his debut at the usual tender
age of three in Boston in The Sill
yer King" For some years he ap
peared in his mothers companies. ant
then. after his schooling. he returned
TO the stage. oddly enough once mor'
in THE silver King but this tim'
in the oldest part in the play.
AS a young man he hsd excellen
training in stock in Baltimore. Hi
first great success in New York wa.