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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-02

Mrs. Carpenter which Is Madame
Carpenter in French and baby Jac-
queline, which | salso French, have
cabled kisses to Papa Carpenter,
which iS Mpngewer N parleu vous.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-02
Closed Monday lie Alb

In keeping with the custom q; ali stores we
closed all day Monday. the 4th. But the later
next week will provide numerous fine shopping
tunities as the announcemet q o. The White Coo
(see ahoyej implies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
High-Class Music
On These Programs

~ q the most popular stand
ard operate works has been
chosen By N. Mlrskey. con-
1ootor Of he symphony orchestra
- Cfandai1's Metropolitan Theater,
- the sourcs Of this weeks special
Ovsrturs number. Instead Of play
lng one Of the classic overtures. In
which his library abounds. Mr.. Mir
sksy win offer . fantasia Of So
lsctjons from Leoncavallo's "Pas-
nAocd." through which ID woven
- . thematio strain the exquisite
melody Of Caruso's favorite aria,
rid PaSiiaccd."
At Crandall's Knickerbocker. Sig.
Natiello. conductor Of the SYM
phony. has again devised . pro-
gram that promises . fine variety
Of concert numbers for the week.
Today and tomorrow he will offer
Offenbach's "Orpheus" overtSre;
Tuesday and Wednesday. selections
from HcrberSs THE Fortune Tel
ler;" Thursday and Friday, 'Piaue
Dame" by suppe; Saturday. seiec-
lions from The Half Noon" by
Jacob.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Adele ROWLAND Is
Looking For Shov

DUDDING writer's who feel they
ID have tho ability to turn out q
musical comedy that will vie
with IRENE" Sally and other
Broadway successes in pulling pow
er with the amusement public will
find one star ready and willing to
encourage their talent IL they COM
municate with Adele Rowland.
Miss Rowland Is looking for a
musical comedy. and SO list, all ye
would-be writer's; she cares not for
previous pen reputation and stands
ready to pay q fat soyalty to the
author who can fashion her a mu-
steal play in which to frame her
song specialties.
II am still true to musical COM
edy." says Miss Rowland who Will
be at the Belasco this week. My
appearance In Shubert vaudeville II
merely preliminary to waiting until
can find a suitable musical vehi-
Gle. 1t Is filling in tho gap. 20 to
speak"
II have great difficulty in finding
suitable plays and equally as much
in finding suitable songs. For this
twenty-minute act which I am now
Offering, I tried out just ffty six
songs before I finally selected the
group which am now using. Fur.
ther than that I try out fully twen-
ty-five new songs a week private
ly in an effort to find better onea
The public Is the Judge in the
final analysis. can rate a melody
and lyric best after I have tried II
on an audience and quite q number
that have been offered to me have
been given to. the public and shelved
after one performance when I found
that they had no appeal with those
sitting out front"
Singularly enough ono of the real
hits In the Rowland act came indi-
rectly from the maid Of the singer.
She told Miss Rowland she had a
"semmen" friend who was q song
writer and had written a NANNY"
melody that was mighty fine" It
proved so upon trial. and was in
corporated in her stage offering.
Washington is my own homo
town. and l would like to encourage
Capital talent" she says. For that
reason II any unrecosnized mu-
sicial genius or author feels that he
has play that will fit my require
ments l would be very glad to look
1t over, and II find II worthy.
purchase 1t upon a royalty basis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
This Farce Too
Risque; Actors
Refuse to Act
ASBURY PARK. N. J..

ASbOh1 fAhh, N. dc
Dec. 3.
AVERY HoPwOOD's farce
comedy. "Our Little Wife,"
billed for presentation at the
Lyric Theater TONIGHT. was can
celed when the players Of the
Lyric stock companv struck
against the presentation -
beneath their dignity and too
risque for the citizens OF As
bury Park.
Manager Stephen Pawley
witnessed part Of the rehear-
sal and called the show Oft.
substituting "Tun to the
Right"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Screen Star Saves
Life of Derelict
SITUATION that had not

A SITUATION that had not
~ been written In the story
of 1.-THE Fox" the photodra-
matte attraction of the vaudeville
and picture program at the Strand
Theater beginning today. by its au-
thor and star. Harry Carey. occur
red while scenes were being made
on the Mojave desert more than 100
miles from civilization.
With Carey and his company film
ing THE Fox" was a full troop of
cavalry from the Preside at Mon.
terey. The officers and some Of the
actors sat about chatting one day.
when suddenly there appeared on
the horizon a queer sight. Peter
O'Rork, a desert rat, drove up In a
rickety cart made of barrel slaves
behind a strange and hunsry-look-
ing burro.
Craxed by tho desert heat and
with only a little food and water.
he had made his last stand and
asked only that death relieve him
from his difficulties. Given extra
rations and water. the erratic old
man and his queer vehicle disap-
peared over the rim of tho desert
and soon were lost to view.
Shortly afterward Harry Carey re-
turned and heard the story. With
out hesitating q moment he got
into his machine and dashed after
the ragged old derelict Of the desert.
With his high-powered car buck
ing hub-high sand. the virile West
ern star finally came upon the old
fellow. who sat with head in hands
waiting for the end. Tenderly tho
old prospector was put into the
stars machine and taken back to
civilization and a hospital.
At the present moment Peter
O'Rork is q valued member of the
ranch life OF Harry Carey and
Harry Carey, r.. finds much pleas
ure In pulling his straggly beard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04

when her other self became the mas
ter. her whole character changed.
Physically, of.course. there was no
apparent change: the body was that
Of Dorothy Stone. but the mind was
not. II was the mind Of q mischisv.
Gus. pagan. selfish creature. the ex-
act antithesis of the demure Dor
othy. At such times she called
herself Becky. hating the other self.
despising Dorothy Stone.
The changes were frequent and
sudden. The kindly doctor who treat
ed her. and the man who loved her.
and whom. as Dorothy. she loved de-
votedly. never knew when she would
become Becky.
The plot of the story. which also
concerns the wicked designs of q
brutal hypnotist, moves smoothly to
q wonderfully dramatic climax In
which the physician obtains the mas
terry and succeeds In driving the
Becky personality into oblivion.
While The Case OF Becky IL
founded on scientific facts and the
Realart picture faithfully follows
along well established lines. yet 1t
never appears technical in the least.
10 swift and dramatic Ia the action
throughout Constance Binney gives
q marvellous portrayal of the dual.
personality. role which Frances
Starr made famous under David Be-
lasco's direction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Rich Clothes Are
Barred in Films

TT HAS been said that clothes
do not make the man, Gloria
Swanson applies the adage to
screen acting and declares that
clothes do not make the actress.
The pretty Paramount star is
given an excellent opportunity to
prove her contention in her second
starring vehicle. ''Unoer the Lash,
from the book and play. THE Shu-
lamite," which OPENS a weeks en-
gagement at Moore's Rialto Theater
beginning today, for in this picture
Miss Swanson Is seen as the modest
wife Of South African Boer
farmer.
Miss Swanson always has been
noted in the Cecil B. DeMille pro-
duction in which she has appeared.
for her beautiful and gorgeous
gowns. But in Under the Lash"
she shows that the gowns had moth
ing to do with her talents as an
actress, for all through the produc-
ton she wears the quaint, old-fash-
toned frocks and dresses typical Of
her station as the wife Of a Boer
farmer. and does not don a single
modern stylish gown for any Of the
scenes Of the production.
The story deals with the trials Of
Deborah Krillet at the hands Of
her cruel husband and of her love
for a young Englishman who plays
q big part In the story Of her do
nestle tragedy. Mahlon Hamilton
is the leading man and in the sup
porting company are Russell Simp-
son, Lillian Leighton, Lincoln
Steadman and others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Ruth Receives All
Sorts of Epistles

n r. Ash notes are not 20 common
NJ ~ certain other epistles In
the careers Of public men.
according to George H Ruth. bst-
ter known a. Babe" who win
cavort on the stage Of B. F. Keith's
this week. beginning with tomos~
rows matinee.
The sum total of mash notes that
has come to this eminent authority
on the national game IL exactly
zero. according to Babes own state
ment covering the entire time OF
his association with vaudeville. He
gets about 100 or 200 letters a day.
he says. AZ well as a sheaf OF tele-
grams. but the feminine population
Ia evidently well aware that Babe
In married, and does not intend to
vamp him away from his wife.
The letters, Babe says, ask him
all sorts of questions. A lot OF them
from boys on sandlot and tall-grass
clubs. and they all want to know
how he wailops the ball out OF the TO-
Most of them want him to send
back a bat ny return mail. but few
enclose postage for the PURPOSE.
The letters are from all sorts OF
people. and they ask me ali sorts
of questions" says Babe. Some
of them want money. have re-
ceived eight letters from jailbircs.
asking me to use my influence to
get them out of prison It's .
great life. isn't IT."
Babe" never has stage fright.
To him. his vaudeville career 10 q
new and interesting experience.
pretty much a big lark. Vaudeville
audiences. Of course. are cordial. and
moreover. there isn't q theater In
the country that can pack In az
many people as the big baseball
parks where Babe" performs dur
ing the season. A fow thousand
people can't scare him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Rose Sydeu Has
Successor in Line

THH individual who remarked
that the age Of crowns and d.
vine right had passed. didn't
have his eye on Rose sydell. 5r.. the
proud descendant Of Rose Sydeil.
creator Of the famous London Bellies.
which attraction II at the Gsyety
Thsatsr this week.
Rose 6ydell. who has been one OF
the institutors OF the burlesque
business for the last twenty-five
years. announced back In 1917 that
she was tired Of the show business
and wanted TO abdicate in favor Of
Q likely successor. but said sue
cessor could not be found.
It was not until last season, after
harboring the hope for two years.
Rose. Jr.. ambitious aspirant 70 the
maternal crown even though but
nineteen years old. and weighing
but 116, broke into tho limelight.
She has been in the show business
Just two years, yet she grants an
interview with the customary ease
that characterizes the Thespian OF
yearS' standing. Miss Sydell. II
you please. says she II going to step
right up the ranks OF the top
notchsrA You have her word for
It. 20 listen to her experience.
For Q long ttme rye wanted TO
20 on the stage. II could ever
get the position Rose Sydell held IN
burlesque. ia be the happiest giri
In the world. This IL my second
season IN tho game. started in Phtla-
deiphia, and I think I am making
good. I live in Philadelphia and
help mother run the house when
I'm home. and sometimes get
homesick, but everybody treats me
kindly, 30 you can bet I'm going to
stick. Good-by."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Viola Dana Shows
Speed in Her Work

NJ lola DANA was never made
Y 70 b still. She likes life, and
plenty Of Il. She never waits
for the pistol. but gets away to .
flying start Tho newer the stunt.
the quicker the Metro star goes to
II. ana II u be good Or bad. she has
found It out and tried II out before
the rest Of the ordinary movie NOR
tails have more than heard about It.
It's the girl who races the camera
who goes over big with the audi.
ences today. in the opinion Of snappy
Viola. for the one who figures to
float sedately into . stellar position
10 doomed Cor disappointment and
had better take her ssdate ideas into
some other field Of activity.
According to the restless little
star. the girl Who strolls through
many feet Of . lingering kiss II
liable to run foul Of the censors,
while the one who breexes through
. Lightning smack viii not only get
BY. but viii get hand from the
audience.
Not mat Miss Dana would frown
on the lovely scenss-no picture star
would even think Of such lese maj.
este-but In that up-to-the-minuts
theory Of hers such scenes for mod
ern consumption need the spice Of
originality to make them get the re-
suits that count.
"A kiss 10 no longer q kiss In tho
movies" declares Miss Dana. Both
the censors and the audiences have
changed the fashion and now when
the staid and true fathers and
mothers see the latest in osculatory
embraces on the silver sheet they 20
away wondering whether such mat
ter-of-fact affection 10 intentional or
accidental. And then the girls who
have graduated from magazine
stories into movie studio life wonder
why they cannot mako q hit with
story-book acting Of life a. It IL
read"
Miss Dana's latest starring vehicle
is There Are No Villains" in which
she will be seen at Loew's Palace
for the full week beginning this
afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
He Has Insurance
On COn,icaL Legs

hear Of q man having his
legs insured? This is the first
case Of its kind, the insured
legs being tho property Of Fred
Hillebrand, featured comedian Of
1.-The Rose Girl company at Polls
Theater this week.
Nine. Pavlowa carries insurance
on her big toes, without the full and
free use Of which the brilliant Rus
sian balletina would never be able
to twirl through a Chopin mazurka.
Young Heifetx carries insurance
on his fingers- He needs every one
Of them to entrance the public with
his violin playing.
Hillebrand's legs are worth .
fortune to him. They arc the long
est. skinniest. funniest less In must
oal comedy. They lifted Hille INTO
prominence . few years ago In .
snow called take II From Me-"
The pubic Immediately began to
can him names. such - Tho HUI
man Flaspols." Sonny Longiess."
High Hlly." He took sweet 70
vsngs BY invsnting his '"Tansiefoot
Dance" Tor Hillebrand has natural
grapevine legs. full Of twists.
And because his legs arc unique
md have made him . featured
comedian. With assurance Of star
ann within . ycar o. two, Hillebrand
= taking no chances In the next
0vs years, barring accidents. those
hong, hank and sinuous legs WIN
ostabfish his fams and fortune.
Hence the Insurance.
They are the comedian's principal
aADs<. 6omst1mes they spiral round
oaOh other. Asain they stretch
0nFoes The width Of the stage, with
Waaa& b lsfs Of Hilly1s body psrrhed
- he middle iiles . knot In . string.
Ard 81 other times they lift the
aaStis Yrsd two nss& ovsr tho sweet
heroine fn the show while he pipes
- imitation q her singins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
DANCING

GLOVER. sls a3d; private lessons any
time, 7kc: class Tues. and Fri. w iln
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
"Case of Becky"
Founded on Fact

~ AVE you another self Are
there times when another
character than your own
seems to be directing things you do
and the things you say7
In the olden days the expiana-
ton of such a phenomenon would be
stven as witchcraft or evil astrology.
Now II is all explained by science.
The haxy memory Of dreams or
the reflex caused by some queer
mental suggestion are the principal
evidences the average individual pos
sesses of the existence Of a subcon-
scious self. The conscious mind In
the ruling authority in all normal
humans and II Ia OILY when this
consciousness relaxes, as In sleep.
delirium, or other similar phenom-
ena, that the subconscious or under
mind rises and dominates tbs indi-
viduaL
But there are cases-any doctor
can cite them--when the two minds.
II they may be 90 called, are lnvert-
ed and the subconsciousness obtains
control. There are instances In the
history of psychotherapeutics (the
treatment Of mental diseases) In
which the conscious and the sub
conscious influences are In constant
conflict for tho possession of the
mentality of the individual.
Such a case was used for the basis
of the play. "The Case of Becky"
Frances Starts famous Belasco sue
cess. which Realart has done In pic
ture form. II ID the story of a girl.
Dorothy Stone. whose actions were
controlled first by one influence and
then the other. When Dorothy's
conscious mind dominated her being
she was . normal, lovable girl, but
DANCING.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
Zoe Atkins Explains
"DecIasSee" Scene

" HERE arc those among play
goers who have hesitatingly
questioned the possibility of an
accidental death in real life quite
like tho tragedy which brings down
the curtain OH Zoo AkinS play.
''Declassee." In which Ethel Barry.
more IL to DO seen At the National
Thoater this week. With Miss
Barrymore,s gripping acting in that
final scene they have no quarrel.
but merely question the truth Of
such q happening a. created by Miss
AkinA The latter. therefore. comes
forth In reply.
1.-THE death scene. which has been
called theatrical and little too
romantic" says Miss Atkins. has
been approved to mo BY very well
known physician and diagnosed a.
'hemorrhage Of the spinal cord 1t
IL the death Of . heroic wording;
she dies a. she might sit ut the tea
table, talking. laughing. testing.
drinking champagne to keep her
going a minute longer.
''Some people say she isn't torn
ana soiled enough BY tho taxi that
has run over her. There are really
big stains on her cloak. II you're
close enough you can 80 them.
And then Fifth avenue IL very
clean. and the taxi did q neat Job.
The other day . friend told me Of
seeing q woman killed in just that
sort Of fashion: she wasn't even b.
spattered at all. and even the angle
Of her hat was not disturbed.
ALSO It has been said that people
stand around and let her die without
bothering about a doctor. Tho
butler plainly says that he has tele-
phoned for q doctor. and an she
insists on sitting up and talking. she
as usual gets her own way. Then
in Just a minute she Is dead. A
doctor couldn't drop from tho cell
ing.
ALSO 1t has been said that In
cDeclassee' some big scenes are off
stage That's just bow / meant to
write ito try to give a sense Of
the dreams Of q life beyond tho
drama-if I may put It like that.
Her Rubicon Is crossed-her climax
taken at the end Of the first act.
Technically. suppose the play IL
really In two acts and an interlude-
for the hotel scene il In the nature
of an Illuminating interlude; but we
knew all about that In the begin
ming, and we happened to believe
that the thing to be projected had
been projected In tho restaurant
scene. and although its close Is very
quiet and infinitely less dramatic
than that Of the first act, II IL in
the nature Of q bit Of eventful his
tory in Lady Helen's life-and that's
what I was trying to tell.
1.-THE play certainly has many big
scenes off stase-but to my mind
all plays that interest audiences in
terest them by the scenes that arc
suggested as well az depicted"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
POLA E1RI COMES
IN TWO new
PICTURES
The Last Payment" and THE
Red Peacock" Give European
Star Chance to Appear In
Straight Dramatic Roles.

1.-TWO new pictures featuring Pole
Negri. the famous Polish 40
tress. have been secured BY
Paramount for early release In this
country. The first release win b
1.-THE Last Payment" scheduled for
this month. The other. 'aThe Red
Peacock" win b released some time
In February.
Unusual interest attaches to The
Last Payment" for It II the first pic-
ture in which the American public
viii see Pola Negri In q purely dra-
matte role. her other productions
here having been essentially spec
tacular.
The Last Payment vas written
By John Brennert and George
Jackoby and was directed BY the lat
tar. The settings and decorations
are fittinsiy elaborate ana were de-
signed by Carl Richter. ono Of Eu-
ropes foremost sta9e directors.
An atmosphere essentially exotic
pervades the entire picture. the story
opening in South America and clos
ing in Paris. 1t IL tale Of the sue
cessive love affairs of q woman OF
the Latin quarter who has fled from
the wild life Of Paris to bury her
past in self-exile in South America.
There she meets and marries q rich
cattleman, who ID murdered, leav-
ing her again dependent upon her
own resources.
About that time she meets .
Partisan, and, overmastered by her
longing for the old life in her native
city, returns with him to Paris and
is taken by him to the home Of his
father. There she finds q former
husband. and. fearing to acknowl-
edge him as such. finds herself tho
object Of the attentions of three
men. The situation il productive of
tragedy and gives Miss Negri .
splendid opportunity to display her
talent a. an emotional artist.
Miss Negri IL the & ly woman IN
the cast aud IL splendidly supported
by four men In roles of almost equal
importance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
From a Noted Family.

CLARA HUMMER, the author of
THE Mountain Man." which
comes to the Shubert-Garrick The
alter this week, comes from a writing
family. her great uncle was Henry
Ward Beecher; her great-aunt, Har-
riet Beecher Stowe; her grandfather,
Edward Beecher, preacher and
author. and her father, Eugene
Francis Beecher. a composer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
A Stage Family.

THE Novelle brothers, musical
clowns who will be seen at tho
Belasco this week. are sons Of
Olympia Desvall. also IN Shubert
vaudeville. The mother is famous
as an equestrienne and her dogs
and horses were seen at the Be
lasco about q month ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04
In Third Month.
eR BARD's EIG

sR LU e BBARR's EIGHTH
Wife," with Ina Claire as star.
is now in its third month Of success
Mt the Ritz Theater In New York.
This French farce by Alfred Savoir.
Vas adapted for the American stage
by Charlton Andrews and produced
by William Harris. jr.