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The Washington herald., 1920-08-20
Premier Not to Visit Canada.

London. Aug. l9.-oficial denial
was made at Downing Street today
that Premier Lloyd George is plan
ming a trip to Canada, as reported
in the United States. Thesprime
minister is now in Switzerland on
a vacation.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
CENTERS
NEED new FUND
Mrs. Rhodes Cites Crippled
Condition Of Play
grounds.

Five thousand dollars is needed
by the Fairgrounds department to
provide proper supervision of chill
dren in District Fairgrounds. Mrs,
Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of
District Fairgrounds. said last
night.
Twenty-three Fairgrounds in
Washington will open today. after
being closed for two months be-
cause of cold weather. Each play
ground will have a single director,
who must watch over the recreation
of from 100 to 200 children. De-
fciency in playground appropria-
tions prevents their having assist
ants.
AT the beginning of the fiscal
year, July l." Mrs. Rhodes said last
night, 1--WE hope to get an appro-
priation which will allow the de-
partment to do its work properly
III We had the proper facilities. ]
believe We could keep the play
grounds open all the year round
The Fairgrounds to open today
are Bloomingdale. Gallinger, Colum.
bbia Heights. Garfield Park, George
town, Hoover. Happy Hollow, Mack
In, Mades, Mitchell Park. New York
avenue. Park View. Rosedale, Ter.
minal. Shots alley, Virginia ave.
nue., Wilcox. CardoZa, Logan. How.
ard. Rose Park and Willow Tree.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Crandalrs-.The CIodhopper.-

Charles Ray has no rival upon the
screen in the delineation of charac-
ters who acquire urban ways aid
manage in the last reel to save the
old home from the grasp of tricky
rural capitalists. One OF the most sue
cessful vehicles the famous Ince star
ever had in which to prove his pro-
icicncy in this particular line of por-
trayal was THE Clodhopper," a re-
vamped version OF which yesterday
attracted capacity crowds to Gran
dall's Theater. where it will remain
the principal feature of the photoplay
bill through Tuesday.
In The Clodhopper," it will be re-
called. Ray is pictured as good
natured young tiner of the soil, who
leaves home to elude the ire OF a per-
petually grouchy father. In the city
he Is glad to secure employment as
janitor 10 a theater. So perfectly does
he visualize a comedy type for which
there is no player in the cast of a
musical comedy that is being re-
hearsed. that he is pounced upon as
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
HOUSETOLEARK
BONUS DEMAND
Employees in War Risk Blu.
reau Ask for Same AL
lowance as Others.

when the civil bonus section OF
the appropriation bill comes mp foi
consideration in the House today
Legislators, who have at heart tn,
welfare of the 100000 Federal EN-.
ployes in Washington are expected
to offer amendments providing FOL
of $240, and also for elimination OF
the committees recommendation
that the employees of the War Risk
Bureau be granted only S120.
Jouett Shouse, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury. who ha,
charge OF the War Risk and Inter
nal Revenue bureaus, declared last
night that employees of the War
hRisk Bureau are entitled to the
$240 bonus.
when the bonus OF $120 for them
was passed. it was intended that
the director would be able to raise
salaries of lower paid employees
This was not done, as the appro-
priations granted by Congress were
not sufficient to put into effect the
salary scales recommended by the
Bureau of Efficiency"
Luther c. Steward. president OF
the National Federation of Federal
Employees, which has approximately
5000 members in the War Risk Bu-
reau. will lead the fight to have the
bonus section amended to permit
the war riskers to share equally In
any bonus granted.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
ASKS LOCAL Y. w. c. A.
TO SUPPLY HOME

A plea for the Washington associ-
alton to erect Y. w. c. a. home
at Buenos Ayres was made yester-
day by Miss Persis Breed, who was
sent to BuenOs Ayres five years ago
by the Washington association and
was the first Y. w. c. A. secretary
to set foot in South America.
women are entering the indus
trial life in South America in great
numbers. There arc thousands of
co-eds in South American univcr-
sites where atheism rcigns supreme.
A crying need for the association
exists there" Miss Breed asserted.
There is one language all South
Americans understand" she assert
ed. That is beauty. As pco-
pie. they would never comprehend
OF approach the association until
we have beautiful. adequate build
ing to house our enterprise"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
First Direct Radio Call
Sent by U. S. to England

New York, Feb. 29.-Wireless
communication between this coun-
try and Great Britain direct will he
gin for commercial purposes at mid
night for the first time. At that
hour the high powered wireless sta
tions, operated by the Navy Depart
ment during the war, will be re-
turned TO their owners. Before the
war wireless communication with
Great Britain was by way of Can
ada.
Announce ment by Edward T. Nal
ly. president of the Radio Corpora
ton of America, said the first mes
sages will be sent through the New
Brunswick, y. j., station to Towyn,
Wales. Later the station at Tuck
erton, n. j., which has been disabled
by storm, will be operated.
Wireless service to Norway and
also to Japan, China, South America
and the West Indies also is planned.
Communication with Japan will be
through stations at San Francisco
and Honolulu.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
IDENTITY OF KITTY"
DOUBTED BY JUDGE

Uniontown. Pa, Feb. 90. - kit
tvs" right to s22.75, the amount set
aside for her in a game of poker,
raided by the county authorities in
Peter street last week, was termi-
mated by Judge L. II. Reppert, in a
special order handed down in court
here. He directed that having fail
ed to call for her money, "the
woman's" claim on it be disre-
garded.
1T is true there was some refer
ence to person called Kitty" said
the court, but we believe this name
Is fictitious, at least her identity is
not disclosed. We hereby direct
that the money be returned by the
district attorney. subject to the
owners claim at any future date"
Judge Reppert a few weeks ago
interrupted an attorney to ask him
what he meant by african golf"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01

-. { Il
merly an ugly ,ducl<ling.f ( has grown
fine feathersNand has learned to ny
with fine birds, and Spotttswood.
weary with the situation. is the xic-
tim of a business failure. His mis-
fortune. however. brings to the sur
face. a real love in Justine's heart
for him and they are united again.
The cast Is exceptionally capable
and the added attractions of strong
entertainment value.
Moore's strand-.A Modern saIome..
A sumptuous photodrama OF mod
ern life In smart society, with a
vivid interlude reviving the bar
baric splendor of biblical lands In
the time of Herod. the whole pro-
duction wondered in its coloring.
tensely interesting in story and
powerful in its lesson as depicted
by an exceptional cast headed by
Hope Hampton, briefly describes "A
Modern Salome." a photoplay sug-
gested by Oscar Wilde's great dra-
matte poem. "Salome." which OPEN
ed q weeks engagement at Moore's
Strand Theater yesterday.
The first production released by
her own company, this Is one of
the finest pieces of work this tai
ented young emotional actress has
ever presented. The impression
given the spectator is one of gor-
geousness wonderful gowns and
jewels. rich and lavish settings. a
dazzling spectacle Of high social
life. with Its follies. story of the
olden days set in the modish dress
- nrL
rapidly gives way, however, to one
that under all OF this glitter a real
lesson. a strong moral truth, is con-
stantIy being pounded home.
The story concerns Virginia Has
tings. daughter of a well-known
but improyident artist. Following
his death the girl, known to her
friends as Salome, attempts to omake
her way as an illustrator. The
struggle is an unequal one. She
brings. and she breaks her engage
ment with a young broker to marry
a millionaire.
After her marriage She discovers
that Monti, her former fance. is
a cad. who uses the love letters she
has written him to obtain large
sums Of money from her. She has
many admirers. Harry Terrence.
her husbands secretary. alone is
not moved by her beauty. ands she
vows vengeance. Monti attempts to
assault her; Terrence interferes and
saves her; the husband enters and
demands explanation. and she ac-
cuses Terrence. Terrence Is dis
charged, and as a result of the
scandal his wife leaves him. From
this point the analogy of her pres
ent desires and actions to those OF
the Salome of olden days is
strongly developed. and she is
brought to realize the ruin she has
wrought. the story closing with her
efforts to right the wrong commit
tee and the contcntment she finds
thereby
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Picture Play Pope Saw
Now at Gonzaga Theater

'The Passion and Death of Christ, {"
the $4,000 production of the Catholic
Art Association, was shown for the
irst time in the United States yes
.erday afternoon and last night. at
ionzaga College Theater, to capacity
houses.
The entire /picture was taken in
Palestine. More than 1000 appear in
he cast. Pope Benedict and papal
,fficials viewed the photopIay at the
Vatican two months ago, at the pic
ure's premier presentation.
The film will be shown again today
It 3 and Sis o'clock. Rev. ]. Charles
0avey. S. j., vice president of Con-
saga College. is in charge of the per-
tormance.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Family Row on Street
Ends in Knifing of Girl

Baltimore, Feb. 2e. - Nineteen
year-old Mary Ganzhorn was so
badly injured in a quarrel with her
husband. Robert G. Ganzhorn. 90
years old. here Friday night that
she could not appear in Police
Court to testify against him. The
case was postponed until she has
recovered
Ganzhorn and his wife had been
separated for some time, but Fri
day night. when they met accident
ally on the street. they started a
quarrel that resulted in Ganzhorn
producing a knife and cutting Mrs
Ganzhorn severely about the face
and throat, police say.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Loew's PaInce-Dorothy Dalton In
.Black Is white"

An absorbed viewing of a single
performance of ''Black Is White"
the sterling photoplay adaptation of
George Barr McCutcheon's famous
story of the same name, which be-
gan a weeks showing at Loew's
Palace Theatcr yesterday after
noon, demonstrated beyond all cavil
that Dorothy Dalton is not only a
finished artist from the stage stand
point but that she has an unusually
trenchant grasp of the principles OF
photoplay performance, particularly
it's emotional phase.
Miss Dalton, who appears as the
star of BLACK Is White" has been
invested with a role that not only
requires the most careful emotional
Interpretation but one which also
requires a deep romantic emphasis
two qualities which seem most dif-
ficult to combine in proper measure.
In this production she has the role
of a woman who has been driven
from home by a husbands unreas-
oning jealousy.
This distracted wife has a sister
who Is about to be adopted by a be-
nignant nobleman as his daughter,
and a striking physical resemblance
between tne Two SlSteTS ehaDleS tne
wife to successfully impersonate
her sister. at the others untimely
death, and have herself adopted by
the nobleman, which successfully
buries her identity for many years.
At a banquet, long afterward, the
wife meets her husband and love
again flames up. Anxious to see
her son, the wife consents to a mar
riage, btu the old jealousy again
comes to the fore in the husband
and a second calamity is only avert
ed through a singular incident
which establishes, in the wife's
mind, her husbands real love for
her.
The star, in interpreting the ma
jor role in this theme, is ably sup
ported by a cast that includes Claire
Messereau, Lillian Lawrence, Holmes
E. Herbert. Jack Crosby, and others.
The Barr manuscript was made into
scenario form by Z. Magnus Ingle-
ton; directed by Charles Giblyn un-
der Ince auspices and photographed
by John S. Stumar.
! AS is customary with all featured
attractions at the Palace, BLACK Is
White" has been supplemented by a
striking array of supplemental at
fractions of both celluloid and musi-
cal character. The Palace SYM
phony Orchestra also contributes
"Kaminou Ostrow'' as its special
overture selection. -
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
SUNDAY THEATER OPENINGS

gaining n love that proves greater
than that won by deception, also
rcgaining thereby a higher social
position than she had ever thought
possible
From the standpoint OF fast-mov-
ing action, beauty of setting and
gowns displayed. together with act
ing that is almost above criticism,
the producers have every, reason To
be proud Of this initial work. Sup
ported by such well-known artists
as Jack Crosby, Virginia Lee, will
lam Shea. Frank Sheridan, Wini-
fred Harris and Ned Burton. the
star was never seen to better ad-
vantage. Her performance through
out is smooth. assured and especial
ly brilliant in the emotional scenes.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Ewenty-seven Nations
Send Red Cross Delegates

Red Cross representatives from
wenty-seven nations meet today in
ieneva, Switzerland. for the opening
omorrow Of the first general council
Il the League of Red Cross Societies.
The session will continue eight days.
Five delegates, headed by Henry p.
DAWSON. of New York, viii repre-
ent the American Red Cross. Dele
:ates assert the establishment of an
International health agency is made
Imperative by the high rate of dis
ase and death, caused by the war.
Light Of the worlds leading medical
authorities, six from the United
Itates are attending the Geneva con-
;erence.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Folly Observation-Disclosures.

Girls, Girls, Girls" a musical
burlesque show somewhat above
the average, opened a weeks en-
gagement at the Folly Theater yes
terday.
The entertainment is in two acts
and six scenes.
The cast Is headed by George A.
Clark, well known in burlesque,
who cleverly plays the part of a
tramp. Assisting him Is Edward
Crawford, VINO plays the part of a
tramp and an Irishman, and both
comedians managed to provoke a
lot of laughter.
Others in the cast deserving of
special mention are May Earl, who
sang and danced and also proved to
be an artistic whistler; Myrtle
Cherry. Betty Palmer, Billy Law
renee and Ernest Fisher. A hand
somely-gowned chorus of twenty
formed a background for the prin-
cipals.
A heavyweight championship
wrestling match is scheduled to
take place after the Tuesday night
performance.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
St. Martin ! S Young Men
Form Minstrel Troupe

Organization of young men Of
Saint Martins parish into a minstrel
company has been completed. The
first rehearsal will be held Thursday
night in the parochial school hall.
Third and T streets northeast. The
first performance will be given the
latter part of April.
+. ]. Leferts is chairman of the
committee on arrangements. Other
members are J. l.. Boyland, W. =.
Carmody, Frederick Seiffert and
Frank J. I. ClearS.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Gayety-Peek-a-Boo.7

Jean Bedini's 'Peek-a-Boo" COM
pany. heralded by press agents
notices as the greatest and newest
creation now touring the Columbia
Wheel will need no further press
agenting during its stay at the
Gayety Theater, where it opened
yesterday. as the audiepces that
wero lucky enough to pack into
the house can only laud the produc
ton.
1t is a vehicle that could easily
be termed Bedini's masterpiece.
"Peek-a-Boo" is a clean. wholesome
burlesque shown in two acts and
nine scenes which presented some
new novelties of mirth or melody
that arc sure to make Broadway
take notice when the show opens
at the Columbia Theater two weeks
hence.
Bedini stepped outside of bur-
lesque circles in rounding out his
cast. as his headliners in comedy
are no other than Paul McCuu ough
and Bobby Clark, of "big-time"
vaudeville. This pair of talented
artists punch through the comedy
so rapidly that they keep the au-
dience in an uproar from one mu-
steal number to the next.
The entertainment is a plotless
affair that is built for entertain
ment only, as it means nothing
when the comical situations are un-
raveled. Miss frankie James, as a
prima donna-soubrette, is another
vaudeville favorite whom Bedini
is introducing to the burlesque pa
irons. Miss James has a person
ality that Immediately attracts her
audience and helps ptt over her
numbers with success.
Misses May Myers and Ava Car
ter, in the other feminine leads
also help a great deal toward the
making of the production. The spe-
cialties and vaudeville numbers
which are introduced from time to
time finish out the attraction as the
best that has been offered to date
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Moore's Rialto-AA Daughter o.
Two worids.o

Rudyard Kipling, few years ago,
wrote something about the similar
ity of the passions of 'the coloneIs
lady and Judy O'Grady," but it
was accepted by most people as a
poetical fancy. Norma Talmadge,
whose premier production, under
the banner of the First National Ex-
hibitors' Circuit, "A Daughter of
Two Worlds" an adaptation of the
popular novel>of the same name, by
Leroy Scott. which was pre-
sented yesterday, Is from this
day in position to state
that Mr.. Kipling may be the
discoverer of profound truth, as
the role this beautiful young star
assumes is more widely diverse than
even the poets contrast.
In the dramatic story of "a
Daughter of Two Worlds" Miss Tall
madge Is seen as Jennie Malone.
daughter of a notorious New York
gangster. who realizes the ambition
of her father and herself through
the guidance of a confidence man
by becoming popular debutante in
exclusive society. At first she lis
immoral and uncultured. then she
has the advantage of training of a
rich girls school, and becomes a IA
vorite in the upper strata of the
social world; then through discov-,
cry, she is again the daughter of n
divekeeper. finally, by honesty.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Moore's, Garden-AOn With the
Dance.o

7 I
1t was again a case of come
early" IL you expect to get a seat,
at Moorc's Garden Thcater yester-
day. where another of the Para
mount-Artcra special productions
began a weeks run. ''on With the
Dance" is the attraction.
New York is made glitteringly at
tractive even in the scenes portray
ing its wickedness in ''on With the
Dance" II the brilliant scenes in
the Broadway cabarets, the luxu-
rious apartments of the rich, and
the myriad-lighted skyline of the
great city a dazzling spectacle has
been filmed. The picture actually
feels the pulse of New York and
finds IL not alone the hive of temp
tation that 1t is often called. but
also the haven for vaulting ambi-
tion in the arts and sciences. 1t Is
the big city in all its seething
phases and against this background
dramatic love story has been
worked out by Ouida Bergere.
Mac Murray and David Powell are
the. featured players. Miss Murray
shows that she has not lost her skill
in the dance which first brought
her into prominence in the Follies
She also exhibits pleasing qualities
as =. an emotional actress. David
Powell is the suave gentleman and
accomplished actor.
TIE plot concerns a Russian i'm
migrant girl selfish and pleasure
loving, who, suddenly injected into
the atmosphere OF New York thigh
life" at first yields to temptation
Her final redemption in the big cri-
sis providing an absorbing story
that held interest yesterday every
moment.
The musical setting for the pro-
duction. arranged by Daniel Brees'
kin in collaboration with Claude V
Burrows, director of the Garder
Orchestra. is in every way worthy
of the photodrama whose theme the
score interprets.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
Loew's Columbia-Irene Castle In
@The Amateur Wife,

Irene Castle, the famous dancer
now turned photoplay star, has been
given a role of the widest and most
entrancing possibilities in THE Am
ateur Wife," the attraction which
began a four-day run at Loew's CO.
lumbia Theater yesterday and
which furnishes this best dressed
woman in-pictures" with what is
probably her finest photoplay pro-
duction of recent months.
The Amateur Wife, is based on
a magazine story by Nalbro BARLEY.
a magazine writer of growing
prominence. which appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post under the
title of "A Woman's Woman"
Jane Murfin, recently collaboration
with Jane Cowl, the stage star, on
several stage hits. is responsible for
the scenario. while the direction is
that of Edward Dillon.
Miss Castle has the role of Justine
Spencer, d girl fresh from a French
convent. who comes to New York to
meet her mother, and who Is met at
the pier by Cosmo Spottiswood. a
great admirer of Justine's mother
mother being prominent in the cast
Of current musical comedy. JUS
tine appears in grotesque clothes
and hair in braids and out of SYM
pathy for her, Spottiswood kisses
her.
Justine, with her French ideas,
believes this constitutes an engage
ment, and when her mother is killed
by an admirer in a fit of jealous
rage. Spottiswoodl decides So marry
the girl The marriage turns out
unhappily and the new husband
gees to Europe. When ne returns.
he discovers his little Justine. for.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
BeIaseo-Tumble In, Postponed.

Failure of the scenery to arrive
caused a postponement of the open
ing performance of Tumble In" un-
til tonight
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01
MetroPoIitaa--PIcsadiIIy Jim.,

Z. g. Wodehouse has 4 peculiar
facility in the creation of laughable
situations and pungent dialogue.
Many breezy short stories. a long
list Of successful libretti and a
straight comedy or two have Of
fered delightful manifestations of
the sharp but never Offensive Wode-
house wit. Pobably none Of
this young writer's works has
achieved a greater degree of popu-
lar success than "Piccadilly Jim"
the story of the New York news
paper reporter who kept himself
continually before the London pub
lie and the Police Court magistrates
by perpetrating all manner of harm
less misdemeanors. The photoplay y
version Of "Piccadily jim" which
was shown for the first time in
Washington at Crandalrs Metropol-
itan Theater yesterday, emphasizes
the whimsical humor of the story.
amplifies in every respect the ar
ticulatc version of the comedy, and
affords owen Moore a perfect op-
portunity To demonstrate his right
'to a place among the screens most
7 natural, most resourceful and most
suave comedians.
| "PiccadiIly jim is a picture that
initiates its action in London and
shifts it's locale subsequently TO
New York. Throughout its length
there is a vein of unobtrusive and
thoroughly amusing comedy that
! bursts into flashes of brilliant hu-
, NOR. The major theme OF the mar
! rative's form Is found in the quick
love that springs up in the heart
| OF the blasc an-about- town fol
Ann Chester. a niece OF social climb
! ers who abhor Jimmy Crocker and
all of his outrageous escapades.
SThe counter-plot centcrs in the at
tempted kidnapping of Ogden Pctt
! the perfect sixty-six," who was
everything that an entirely OBJ
noxious youth ought to be. Both
stories are worked out with great
! good nature and cofhpicuous dra
matte skill. Mr.. Moore more than
makes good in his first starring
vehicle under the Selznick manage
ment. and Zeena Keefe lends the
subject additional effectiveness by
the excellence of her characterize
tion CT the role of ann.
! The production is one of the most
/ impressively artistic that have come
from the Selznick studios and pre-
sents a series of elaborate settings
quite in accord with the spirit OF
smart metropolitanism with which
every scene Is charged.
| The foremost supplementary of.
fering for the week Is THE Grocery
, Clerk" new Larry Semon COM
cdy. in which are divulged a sue
cession of episodes that are ir'
.resistibly funny. Current events and
the uniformly diverting Topics ot
the Day furnished additional fea-
tures of a program which will be
further augmented today by first
Washington showings of Martir
Johnson's Lonely South Sea Island
| Missions The bill is completed
by a splendid orchestral setting and
special overture -Sakuntala," under
the direction of Vioni.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-01

! MABEL FERRY, who has
ia small but conspicuous part
lin Tumble ln," which will
start a weeks engagement in
Washington at the Bclasco
tonight.