The Washington herald., 1921-03-27

registered attentive interest and
thoughtful perplexity as Davit
Smith spoke to him. The camera,
were clicking.
That's all right, keep on!" cried
the director. This will 80 for scene
hundred sixty-ohe. Black Beauty q,
listening to Sir divers story. Al
right! cut! Hey! Cameda!"
The problem Of Sunday night per.
tormances Is being thrashed out in
London, and George. Bernard Shaw
contributed q few characteristic re.
marks to the controversy recently
in an address to a gathering Of ac.
tors. Mr.. Shaw professed to well
come the idea of Sunday perform.
ances. stating that 1t would benefii
two classes-the playwright and
the theater owner-to one of which
he belonged.
"of course" he declared. there ID
no compuision on anybody to work
than there 10 on Saturday or Friday
doesn't like II he can walk out The
only thing that will happen II that
he will get the sack IL he does.
When ! was young there were
only six performances a week
Think of that! Then you got the
Saturday matinee. At first that was
regarded as an extra, with extra
salary, but everybody soon saw the
absurdity of that. Uaughter) As
time went on the performances in
creased to eight. nine or ten. still
without the Inconvenience of extra
salary. cAna twice nightlyr) Oh
yes. In these houses I believe ]
get my fees twice over. Whether
the members of the staff get their
salaries twice over / don't know
C"Not half!")
Then. II you open on Sundays
arc you going to have a morning
service? Why not three services a
day for the people who like the ser
mons / preach? The great advan-
tage of that would be that the land
lord would get higher rents. thea
ter STATS who otherwise would be
bored to death could be kept in
steady industry on Sunday. and sc-
tors and actresses will be able t.
improve their minds seven DAYS a
week. The whole thing will be
splendid!
"All that is from my point OF
view. But If / were a person being
worked for profit / should fight this
tooth and nail. cloud cheers and
some protests) l should say. lit Sc
happens that / have a statutory hol.
iday one day a week. / am going tc
stick to it until l get an equivalent
II you give up your present holiday
without II you will find after q
short time that you are getting nc
more for seven days work than you
did for six. All l can tell you is
that IL you do it shall continue to
hold my present opinion of your DO.
liticsl Intelligence as members OF
the British public
Appearing in a motion picture is
a winter diversion for Pasadena so.
ciety girls and prominent Eastern
guests at Pasadena hotels. In tn.
| filming of riding scenes last week
in Pasadena Glen for Oliver No,
rosco's The Half Breed" Mrs. NJ. p
Chapman. hostess of Hotel Green
chaperoned a party that made theil
II ybsk AOE luC novelty
One of the Western visitors, Mis-.
Ruth Blum. of Cincinnati post,
poned her return home to appear ir
later scenes.
Fashions are continually changing
| even in vaudeville. and now the
patient trained animals who fgur,
as Whozis's or Thingumabob'.
pets" have to go in for comedy
An animal act without laughs 4:
no longer acceptable. and the old
fashioned display of intelligenc,
without humor Is demoded. Train
ers are forced to revise their Of
ferings and monkeys. dogs. cats
seals, lions. leopards, are having ,
sense of humor drilled into them
Carl Emmy was perhaps the first tC
realize that animal acts must maxi
audiences laugh. He collected I
jovial set of dogs who are famil
iarly known in vaudeville as tn
mad wags.