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The Washington times., 1920-02-28
HE'S NOT so STRONG
FOR REALISM NOW

Arthur Rankin, youngest member
OF the famous barrymore Drew fam
lily to enter drama, isn't so strong
for realism as he used to be. Young
Mr.. Rankin recently appeared with
Irene Castle In her new picture ''The
Amateur Wife," coming to Loew's Co
lumbia Theater tomorrow for four
day run.
According to the plot OF the story.
Mr.. Rankin IL the disappointed lover
OF a musical comedy queen, and, rend-
cred half mad by being Tilted, shoots
the woman and himself. The young
actor prepared for the scene by plac-
ing a atm piece of cardboard inside
his vest At the critical moment,
however. he placed the muzzle OF the
gun too near his chest. Despite the
feet that the bullet was blank
when II exploded the force was
enough 10 pierce the. cardboard and
stun Mr.. Rankin temporarily.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
OWEN MOORE, FRIGID
TUB, ALLEGED JOKE

II happened during the filming of
"Picadilly Jim" Owen Moore's FIRST
Selznick picture. the feature at Gran
dails Metropolitan and Knickerbock:
err theaters. beginning tomorrow at
3 o'clock.
One or the scenes had to be shot"
with Owen In a bsth-tub. so accord
ingly. the newest spring effect in por-
ceIains was rugged up in the studio
and connected with the main water
supply Owen, meanwhile, had di.
vested himself of his clothes and, II
being a bleak, fall morning, was
standing wrapped in a thin silk robe.
shivering as perfectly as ever did a
disciple of the great god Shimmy.
They then turned the water on and
everything was fine except that the
hot water refused to live up to its
name, owen tested the contents of
the tub and then began to stroll in
the direction of his dressing room.
Come here" shrieked Director Wes-
ley Ruggles. "This scene must be
taken" After a strenuous argu-
ment owen was persuaded to step
into the tub.
Then ensued a whispered confer
ence, to the accompaniment of
chuckles. between Director RuggIes
and President Myron Selznick. As
owen was leaving the icy water,
Ruggles stopped him. I'm afraid
We didn't get it, he explained. Then
to the camera man: "Retake!' And
the scene was gone through again.
When finished. Owen Ieaped from the
tub and said 'If there are any more
retakes. Wen do 'em tomorrow when
It's warmer Then Director Ruggles
laughingly explained that the first
scene was satisfactory. but they
wanted to see how long he could
stand up under punishment.
owen has a singularly Keen sense
of humor but IL took him an hour
TO get the. point of that one.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
GARDEN.
"On With the Dance"
Featuring Mae Murray.

1t was the dance that first made
pretty Mae Murray a favorite In the
ziegfeld Folliss, and undoubtedly
"On With the DANCE" the first George
Fitzmaurice production in which she
appears CO starring with David Pow
ell, presented as. a Parsmount-Art-
craft special at Moore's Garden The
alter this week. starting tomorrow
will make her even more popular In
the eyes of Washington motion pic
ture patrons.
Peculiarly a story OF New York In
both its lighter and more somber
moods, ION With the Dance" repro.
duces as accurately as motion pic
ture can. the many sided life of the
city. The star Is presented as q
pleasure loving orphan. a dancing girl
in one of the big cabarets. She is
thrown up against some members OF
New York's fast set" as well as
representatives of the worth while
class. How she overcomes her baser
impulses and works out, her destiny
happily is the theme OF the story,
adapted from a stage play iD man
ner that only ouida Bergere. the au-
thor, is capable OF giving us.
A musical score second TO none
ever given at the Garden has been
arranged by Claude V. Burrows. di-
rector of the orchestra, in colabora-
ton with Mr.. Breeskin, Suppe's
''Pique Dame" being given as over.
ture.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
METROPOLITAN.
Owen Moore in
-Pichadilly jim"

y %
4 "PicadilIy Jim" the most witty and
the most popular story p. G. wode-
house ever contributed to the Satur-
hay Evening Post" will be presented
Tor the flrst time in Washington in
Photographic form at s-'Crandalps
Metropolitan Theater throughout the
week beginning tomorrow with owen
Moore pictured in the title role.
"Piccadilly jim" unfolds. the .live ely
story of a young man about town who
Teveled in romance ambled through
adventure, and nnally succumbed t.
the Irresistible power or geuninH
love. The narrative is punctua ed
Throughout it's length with a whimsi-
cal and wholly delightful quality OF
humor that finds full expression ia
sthe pantomimic skill OF Mr.. Moore and
his brilliant supporting east led -by
Eczema keefe. see. '-s ga.
Mr.. Moore makes his FIRST app ar
ance as a 2elnick stsr In this subject
and will prove one OF the surprises OF
the season in this splendid role. Miss
iHeefe, by reason OF the. exceptional
merit OF her interpretation and since
tho: completion OF "piccadllIy Jim"
has, been elevated to individual star
dom.
Among thcv numerous subsidiary
features for tho week will be shown
for the flrst time in Washington the
latest Larry Semon ttwo-reel farce,
THE Grocery Clerk" In which this
nimblc finmaker is said to offer tho
most lsushablo characterization he
has NJ yet conceived. Next in inn
portanco will be the new insta ,lment
az the Martin Johnson "B1rderlSnd ~
civilization" series, LONELY South
Pacific Missions"
y The bill for the week win be oom-
pleted by an especially arranged or
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
AUDIENCE Clasps AS
STAGE STAR DISROBES

PARIS. Feb. 2s.--The biggest the
atricaf sensation, in years was sprung
at the premiere of Henri Gains new
opera. "Quo Vadis.' at the Champs
Elysee Theater when Miss d'Herlys
emerged from huge oyster
shell and proceeded to divest herself
OF every bit of habilament.
Kiss d'Herlys is well known in New
York. whittier she went in March,
1916, to rejoin the former Jockey. Tod
Sloan, after both had been expelled
from England.
The audience was utterly amazed.
and cries of Censor" "Censorw
were heard from many parts of the
house.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
HOPE HAMPTON Is
A TEXAS ORCHID

In Hope Hampton, tho Lady Beau
tiful OF tho screen, who Is now an
nearing in her own production OF "A
Modern Salome." written and directed
by 1seonce Perret. which opens q
weeks engagement at Moore's Strand
Theater tomorrow, new type Of
beauty comes into the motion picture
world. She Is a girl who personifles
the delicate and fragile orchid with
the wholesomeness and .open-sir
beauty of the prairie flowers in the
Lone star state where she was born
and educated. &c., ...
Miss Hampton's beauty has a strik-
ing individual quality, as a flower that
Burbank might create, with an orchid
hot grown In tho swRmpy under
growth OF the dark forests IN the
yorrid zone, ,buth in an. open. Acid with
hreezes always freshly blowing and
the suns rays shining unhindered.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
CRANDALL'S.

The first four days of the week of
March, at Crandali's Theater will be
featured by Haunting Shadows a
new photopIay release in which the
stellar role is taken upon the screen
by II. r. Warner. The supplementary
attraction. beginning Monday. will be
Brass Buttons,y a new comedy pie.
turing Billy West For, the last three
days OF the week, the attraction Will
be THE Prodigal Wife," in which tho
principal roles are portrayed by Mary
Boland and Lucy Cotton.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
KNICKERBOCKER.

Among the foremost of the specia,
photoplay productions to be. shown
at Crandall's Knickerbocker Thester
during the week of March I are listed
Greater Than Fame;'' starring Elaine
Hammerstein. to be presented Tor the
first time in Washington on Sunday
and Monday, and THE Luck of Ger
aldine Baird" announced~fo Thurs
day and Friday. Bessie Barriscale is
star of the latter picture.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
METROPOLITAN.

The chief photoplay attraction ri
CrandalPs Metropolitan Theater
throughout the week of March Z vii!
be .Greater Than Pane" camera
drama by S. Jay Kaufman. in which
the stellar role is taken upon the
screen by Elaine Hammerstein.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
Week OfMarch7
At the Movies
PALACE.

s The attraction at Loew's Palace
Theater for; the full week beginning
Sunday. March Z. win be -'YounsF MRS
winthrop the latest starring vehicle
for Miss Ethel CLAYTON. Harrisca
Ford appears 10 her support I.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
COLUMBIA.

The. attraction at Loew's Columbia
Theater for the first four days of the
week Beginning Sunday. March :, will
be shirley Mason in Her Elephant
Nan" The attraction for the final
three days of next week will be an
nounced later.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
Marcus Loew. the theater magnate.

was the happiest man in New York
last Tuesday morning. Loew was en-
route from Los Angeles to New York
when he received a telegram telling
OF the birth of a grandson. The
youngster is, the son OF David Loew.
and as soon as the theater man
reached New York he made mad
rush from the train TO the hospital,
where he took his first personally
conducted look at the newest MEM
Der of the Loew family.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
John }. Payette. assistant general

manager of the chain of Crandall the
aters in the Capital, is always among
the first to scent the approaching va
cation season. Mr.. Payette Is now
torn between an intense desire to
own some kind of a sedan and an
equally keen longing to become the
proprietor of trip to the Pacific
Coast-with a weekend in Baltimore
as an acceptable alternative.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
Detailed Forecasts Of the Cinema Features
You'lISee in Capital Beginning Tomorrow

Night" Hand INLAND Again being
given as encore. -.,-.rs $780,
Auxiliary features of an unusually
interesting nature complete an ex-
cellent bill.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
.Dr. Jekyn and str. HYDE had moth

ing on Charles Girard. who plays the
villain in a Cosmopolitan production
now being directed by Robert Vignola.
In real life he is one OF the incest
chaps in the world. while in reel
life there is nothing too despicabie
for him to perform. Incidentally he
claims there are very few Irish viii
lains, and he bases his contention on
the fact that he, an Irishman, has
been called upon to play a French.
German, Italian and every other ma
ronality OF bad man. but he has never
been offered the part of Irish villain.
In his present picture he is a Span
lard
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
a Column or So of.
CHATTER
about the Mopies


Beware aIi yc bachelors! april
Folly" q Cosmopolitan production re
leased by Famous Piayers-Lasky Com
pany. in which Marion Davies offers
leap year suggestions to unattached
girls in the art of angling comes
to the Capital soon.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28

Claire Du Bray, the talented young
screen dancer and actress, has been
signed TO support J. Warren KerriEan
IN his forthcoming production, "The
Green Flame" an adventure piav OF
foreign locale by Raymond c. HUI .
The Washington times., 1920-02-28

chestral accompaniment and overture
under the direction OF Mr.. Vioni.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28

Jay Herlcy, hailed the nation over
az "the meancst man In Aims" has
concluded his contract with Vita
graph
The Washington times., 1920-02-28
Tom Eastwood. manager Of Gran.

dalrs Knickerbocker Theater, has de.
clined an appointment to a downtown
position In the Crandall organization.
and will continue to devote his entire
attention to the conduct of the
Knickerbocker.
The Washington times., 1920-02-28

nearly completed Robert w. Cham
bers' Restless Sex" Cosmopolitan
production. with Marion Davies as
the star. This production will prob
ably be numbered among the Famous
Players Lasky April releases.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28

The Church Is Keeping Pace

Chicago according statistics the most wicked city in the
world On the other of the progressive
the world The present increase crime is alarming
when noted how finding recruits in great
hers among the lawmakers and custodians of the law
people migrating to this city day and
Southern whites industrial and economic progress depends
upon of these have not had edu
caonad advantages natural and certainly easier be
evil Indifferent than be good and consistent In the light
established truth problem of great significance
sened of the Negro Race Because of the
lack training knowledge of cosmopolitan
young especially liable to fall into the hands of
contrvng agents of nfamy.
many afford to lose single
child We confronted with weghty problems The
scratched We making history
part America We doing with handcaps We have
falsely advertised by Southern whites have been pictured
as butes things of le We give the lie
this
The church wide awake
The Ovet Baptist Church ending educational hauauqua
Qun Chapel conducting series of Special Sermons Bethel and
the other churches kinds of mental and
moral cathenics This work must kept will
only fertilization against and crime, but stmu
liant tonic this kind of work only that be relied
to watt the to heights delectabe
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
THE WEEKS BEST
EDITORIALS.

There are Negroes and Negroes.
We are not all alike. Some of the
most loyal and noble-heartcd people
in America are identified with the col
ored race And | contend that they
ought to be known; they ought to be
encouraged and given credit. You
will not find them in the Sums among
the degraded and outcast.
We ministers and religious workers.
like the Master. sometimes have to
go there to lift them up. But to see
the Negro at his best you must visit
our churches, our homes and our
clubs.
We are not all alike. II we were.
the better class OF Negroes would not
now and then, be moving into a more
quiet and desirable part OF the city
where perhaps they are not wanted.
1t is mistake to say that by so
doing they arc seeking social equality.
They are looking for rest and home
like surroundings. They want peace
and happiness, law and order That
| IS why, a few weeks ago. some OF
the better class OF coorcd men Joined
! hands with white men in an effort to
bring to justice some so-ealled Abys-
sinian enthusiasts who sought to
4+start another -race. not. That was a
| fine illustration to convince the world
that there are Negroes and Negroes.
WHY THE LYNCHERS QUIT -.
/ Chicago Evening Journal Aug, H.
] Canada had narrow escape from
a lynching the other day but-she
escaped. The mob got hold OF the
prisoner, who is charged with das-
tardly crime, but The habit OF fair
play was stronger in the wouldbe
] lyncherS. and they allowed the man
! to speak He declared his innocence.
and the crowd. still governed, even in
its wrath. by the long habit Of giving
accused men a fair chance. handed
/ him back 10 the officers OF the law TO
be held for trial
What would not patriotic Amer
leans give il lynchina parties on this
side of the line behaved the same
wavl
The traditional British respect for
law is strong in Canada, but that was
not the saving clement in this case.
The mob had dehed the law by raid
ing the jail and selling the prisoner.
/ It was the sheer habit OF fair play.
The crowd wanted to be fair, felt
that it had to be fair even TO a man
it believed to be one OF the vilest
criminals and then suddenly awoke
TO the fact that there can be no fair
play without law.
Perhaps there may be valuable
suggestion for our own country in
this fact, Perhaps If we talked less
about the majesty OF the law and
more about fair play which the law
is designed to secure. we might make
more progress in stopping the lynch
ling outbreaks which are such costly
disgrace to Our republic. Why not
try the experiment.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
Speech Delivered by Hon. Martin Madden
Representatives The Heroim

Mr. Chairman, | am compelled 10 say that
in the face of the present struggle we are
very fortunate that we have among the col
ored portion OF our population nearly l2,000,-
900 American citizens, historically known as
fighting force in all the wars OF the past, a
people who have the right TO stand in
the front rank OF the worlds best fighters.
Perhaps tile country is not aware OF this
great military resource which II has in our
colored population. This is fighting strength
tina. may well enable us to hope for success
in any struggle
Many of our recent historians fail to make
enlistments in the American Army Of colored
soldiers. Truthfully speaking. the colored
soldier has played important as well as a
vital part in the military history oil this
events, which will prove beyond any contro-
versy the herosm OF the American soldier
OF color.
Color prejudice. Mr.. Chairman. is said to
be species OF injustice, so arrogant in It's
DEGREES as 10 be termed iniquity in IT.
self Ii is destitute OF all reason and i'll It's
operations il actually refuses to countenancc
so much as an appeal from its unreasoning
maxims.
The colored man in this country has been a
loyal soldier, and his record is coeval with
that OF the history OF our country. Starting
| in the year l77s, with the Revolutionary War
| history tells that Varnum's Rhode Island
Battalion was the first large aggregation o
coored troops which served in any war
numbering some 5000 men. These were all
volunteers. and enlisted from the States Of
Connecticut, New York. and New Hampshire
Each OF these States also furnished a com.
pauy in addition to these individual enlist
incnts Thus before the close OF this war
there were few companies brigades. or regi-
mcnts which did not contain some colored
men as soldiers.
These companies and brigades appear to
have been made mp from the free coloYed
people OF the States; but before the war
{ closed many slaves were pressed into the
service OF the Army, as the shareholders did
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28

aim at perfection and there is no difference
IN these respects in the medical profession.
eentering their hopes upon the apotheeary ;
poison breath or the surgeons knife will
lind TO their sorrow that they are leaning
only on rotten rails aud depending on a
broken stick.
| 1t is my wish to faniarize those who
shall read these columns from time to time
which contain fundamental facts which they
shall find indispensable in the acquiring Or
maintaining of health, and the first Is, that
drugs are. for the most part poison sub
stances which were never intended to give
lie. Trey are Heterogeneous TO the physical
organism and an enemy to the vital forces.
In, disease certain poi;ons,. are generated
in the body which work disastrously. i'm
pairing the functoniHg process till intee-
rity is lost with Ultimate dissolution. II
these organs get the proper counter stmua-
once perceptible in the relief and abatement
of physical discomfort, Drugs have their
uses. therefore, and should be used Judi
eiousy But do not forget. that the per
petual use OF drugs in the hope that they
Shall rcvolutionizc the activities OF the re
bellious organs and cause them to work nor
Inally must eventually lead to disappoint-
ment.
II is this injudicious use OF drugs that
is creating so many drug hends and this
evil will proceed till humanity learns to
be patient in suffering. Patients do not
realize that they must be patient. but instead
they mistakenly demand immediate relief and
wha, must the doctor do, Ease their pain
and be applauded. or refuse To do so and
lose his case. suffer the esinmnations and
contempt which sure 10 follow and he be
forever discounted.
Under our economic conditions no phssi-
clan could afford TO suffer this except he IS
praciicing on a charitable basis OF indie.
pendent means and does not care Tor the
harm adverse criticism would do 10 HIM.
1t is easy enough TO ease pain. but to re-
gain full natural health is horse OF a
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28

not care to lose their human property, as they
termed 1t. Hence even al that early period 1t
became the policy Of BE country to use
colored troops in our military conflicts.
he issue OF employing slaves to fight our
battles nevertheless became burning one.
and in May. i775. the Massachusetts com
mlitee OF satety voted that thereafter only
free men should be enlisted as soldiers"
During that same year. IN the month of
Jniy, Gen. Gates, then in command issued
an order prohibiting further colored enlist
ments, though still retaining in the service
all who had up TO that time enlisted.
As an evidence of the heroisrn' OF the negro
soldier IN the. early period Of the country
quote the following from the Annals OF
Congress, under data Of DECEMBER s, 1775:
To the .sh honorable General Court OF me Mas
The subscribers beg leavr, 10 repor, to your
honorable house-whch we do In justice TO
the character OF so brave X 'inan-Atliat under
our obSsrya,ioq We DECLARE that negro man
named Salem Poor, OF Col. Frye's regiment.
apt; AmesS eompapgs inc tlre late Battle o.
Charleston, behaved IKE an experienced Off
cer. as web as an excellent soldier.
10 set torth particulars Of his conduct
say in the person Of this negro 'centers a
brave and gallant soldier The reward due
TO so great and distinguished character we
submit to Congress- 20 s.
iona Bremen, colonel: Thomas Nixon,
lieutenant colonel; Joseph Baker lieu
tenant Jonas Richardson, captain; Ebe
nezer Varnar. second lieutenant; WI
liam Smith, captain; Richard Welsh
lieutenant. Wiap Precott. colonel
Ephm. Corey. lieutenant; Eliphaleti
Bodwell sergeant William Hudson Bal
lard, Captain; John Morton. sergeant
This is. indeed. a splendid and well-at-
tested tribute to the eallantry OF a worthy
negro soldier OF the Revolutionary War, and
is only one OF the many instances wherein
black men offered theiTtl lives as willing sacri-
fees for a country the people OF which foI
wears held their race III bondage. -,
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
CALL MARCUS GARVEY
DANGEROUS =

New York City, Aug. 23.--Mr.
Henry +. Downing reputed to DC a
distinguished author, writer and ttav-
clier with headquarters III London
and New York speaks in apprehcnsNe
terms OF the activities OF Marcus
Garvey and his Universal plan forithc
domination OF Africa. Mr.. Downing
SAYS that Garvey is comparatively IN
lettcred and that sthis IN a sense ek-
plains his denunciation oil Dr. Du
Bots who represents the cultured
class OF Americans OF our group: In
speaking OF Africa for Africans
Movement" as propagated by Carney
the writer saws. THE idea is appar-
emily enveloping this city and the
program OF course is absurd, but ats
absurdity does not render it less ms
cinating to the ignorant colored pco-
pie The more advanced thinkers sec
the folly OF his scheme but they are
powcrlcss apparently to hamper tts
success"
When the name OF DR.. Dn Bots VA
presented as candidate for the
American Moses" the supporters OF
Garvey hooted his name and called
for Ills Majesty" Marcus Garvcb.
They whom the gods would hesuqy
they first make mad. ~,
Regardless OF the opinions se$-
pressed by Mr.. Downing. a survey Of
the principles embodied in the declar-
alton compiled by the Garycy Move
ment indicates that these principles
are basic in many respects covering
the following points: A fair trial be
fore the courts OF justice, approval
OF plans for forming free govern
ment of Africa; condemnation 81
the nations who have exploited
Africa the final redemption OF Africa
for Africa r