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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
CHAPLIN IS FEATURE
IN MANY THEATRES
idle Class" Booked All Over
Downtown for First Run.
Other New Pictures Here

Stanley-Charlie Chaplin bobs up tri-
umphantly again, this time in a short
film, but apparently as funny as ever.
The Idle Glass" could have been
stretched to six reels, but It is ideal
as it is. Charlie plays n dual role
and does It wonderfully. Edna Pur-
Vance is even more attractive than
usual. A comic golf game and the
idea of man in suit of armor which
locks over his face, trying to drink a
cocktail, and finally having to have a
can opener to pry his head lose, are
the high points.
They failed to obtain the results
they evidently went after when they
transferred Wedding Bells" from
stage to screen. As It stands, this
picture is Constance Talmadge's poor
est effort in some time.
IL 1t were not for some charming
settings at Palm Beach and the clever
farce making of Harrison Ford, and
the personal attraction of this young
leading lady, Wedding Bells" would
be featureless.
The plot has its funny moments, but
they are due to the individual efforts
OF the cast, not to the story itself.
And yet the idea could be made into
an excellent farce. Perhaps it is the
directors fault.
Wedding Bells" concerns a ro-
mantle marriage at Palm Beach, which
ends speedily in a quarrel over bobbed
hair on the part of the bride. She
gets divorce and the scene shifts to
New York, where the young man is
about to be married again, this time
to a society bud. How his first wife
prevented his second marriage takes
up the second half Of the film.
Ford, who has played so often with
Miss Talmadge, does some of his best
work here. Dallas Wexford quite
new to the screen. is very funny as
the butler. Miss Talmadge herself is
a. little more forced than usual. but
then the picture gives her nowhere
near the opportunities Of "Mama's
Affair"
KarltOn--'"T Three Word Brand" is
Just what il sounds--a Western warn.
with all the customary embellishments.
William S. Hart is quite at home in
the picture which, so far as thrills md
action go, is one of his best in several
Not satisfied with the usual double
role, Hart has gone them one better
with n triple role. He plays n father
and twin sons and he manages 10 make
all characters stand out distinctly. The
picture starts out with the old familiar
wagon train and the attack BY the rcd.
SKINS and all the necessary adiuncts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
Photoplays Elsewhere

TANTON--"Over the HILL" story
OF mother love nd the tragedy OF
the breaking of home ties.
PALACE -. "Cappy Ricks." Thomas
Meighan's latest starring vehicle.
COLONIAL -. Beyond" featuring
Ethel Clayton.
GREAT NORTHERN - Mammals
Affair" with charming Constance
1MBRA THE Old Nest" Ru.
MARKET. STREET--"The Affairs OF
Anatol," Cecil 3. De Miles great
feature, with an all-star cast.
Wife" Gertrude Atherton's first
screen story.
LoCUST-"Cappy Kicks" Peter 3.
Kyne's story of tho sea, with
Thomas Meighan.
STRAND-"Beyond," a play dealing
with spirituallstio thoughts.
BELMONT - Beyond" with Ethel
Clayton starred
COLTSEUN-"ThcH Heart Line" with
Leah Baird.
CEDAR = Worlds Apart" with
Eugene O'Brien.
RTVOLfL-"Tho Good Bad Man" with
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Alden
and Bessie Love.
AMBASSADOR-."The Lone Wolf"
with Hazel Dawn and Bert Lytell.
LTBERTY-"The Affairs of Anatol,"
Cectl B. De Miles all-start cast
FAfRWoUNT - sheltered Daugh.
ters.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
DAPHNE POLLARD IS
WINNER AT KEITH'S
Talented Character Actress
Gets Many Laughs-Three
Others Headline

keith's-Four acts of headline cali
be-. are offered this week. The honor
Of hrst position went to DAPHNE Pol
iard,. talented character actress, who
mas had English playgoers applauding
her for the last five years.
The twenty minutes in which she
was on the stage the house seemed in a
continuous uproar. Her "Egyptian
vamp' number was immense, as was
the one in which she tried to "vamp''
an English cop" Her voice is above
the ordinary, while her quaint cos
tunes themselves gathered fer many
laughs. She was obliged to make q
curtain speech
Edith Taliferro, assisted by her com L.
pany of four male actors, won over the
house with her acting. Love as seen
by the moon is the theme for her
three scenes, which take place in Hol =
land. Japan and the Northwest. Rob =
ert Bentley, as her principal assist
ant, ably played his part of the lover.
Each scene has an unexpected twist.
The Ford sisters, dancers, have their
own orchestra this time and scored
heavily. There are nine episodes to
their act, none of which was drawn out.
Old steps, which have made this dane
ing family known, won the greatest
applause. D. Appolin, member of the
orchestra, played mandolin and the
piano accompaniment at the same time
This Is one of the few times this stunt
has been seen here.
Bert Errol, feminine impersonater,
showed he could sing the masculine as
well as the feminine type Of songs.
Stunning gowns were worn.
Others who pleased were the Rey-
nolds Donegon company. skating nov
city; Bobbe and Nelson. comedians
Hamilton and Barnes, talking act :;
Young and Wheeler, musicians. and
John and Nellie Olms, sleight of hand
performers. who use watches as their
principal apparatus.
Broadway-James McCool. the widely
known baritone of this city. is the fea :
tured attraction, and the applause he
won proved that he deserved this honor.
He was assisted by Rennie Rarick
Many laughs were aroused by Weber.
Becker and Weber in comedy skit
called The Rehearsal" Several
other good acts completed an entertain
ing bill. Experience" is the photo
play attraction.
Cross Keys-In addition to being sur
rounded by pretty and agh bathing
beauties. Boutwell, Browne. who is fea-
tured, presents an artistic and enter
tanning conception of the girl of today.
His act is handsomely staged and was
we'll received. Phyllis Gilmore and
company presented an interesting
sketch. Other acts included Arthur and
Lydie Wilson. comedy singers; Corinee
Arbuckle, queen of syncopation," and
Herbert's trained dogs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
"A DANGEROUS MAN"
SLUMPS AT THE END
Two Acts of Sparkling Farce
Comedy Give Show Delightful
Start, but Last Act Drags

Walnut-With two acts OF spar
king. snappy, clever farce comedy. "A
dangerous Man" began last night with
q nromise of being an unusually bril-
liant addition to the seasons lighter
dramatic fare. Then, in the last act,
!, slowed down aud almost slumpcd. 1t
hocame talky aud dragged out incident
of,or incident until one almost screamed
for Tho curtain to end the suspense.
II has a bright little story wor ked
ort brightly and skillfully at first. And
II ia we'll staged and exceedingly well
ootod Rut the third acts detours
land the machine in the mud, and after
that it's not only a question OF how we
are 70 get home but of whether we are
eyerSto get home at all. 80,
The theme of the story is the selfish
ness Of the average young girl who
marries a devoted young man, but who
has NO idea whatever of submerging her
own whims and spoiled fancies in the
seriousness Of facing the problems of the
world together. Her desire for an au-
tomobile which they cant afford is
taken as representative Of her selfish
ness. She meets a "shyster' lawyer
who advises divorce and who plans to
frame" her husband and her dearest
rrl friend in compromising position
40 that she can enter suit and so force
him to yield to her wishes and get her
tbe car. But the husbands more
sophisticated chum sees through the
little plot, carries out counter
frame up" with the wife and himself
as the victims and by this means shows
her her own selfishness and the petit
ness OF it.
In book form the play should be q
delight It IS full of brisk epigrams
and sparkling witticisms and there is a
lot of shrewd philosophy hidden under
its froth. The trouble seems to be that
the authors bring out this philosophy
too seriously and too much at length in
the final act, instead Of permitting their
audience to sense it through the COM
edy.
Alan Brooks, who collaborated with
A. Washington Pezet in writing the
piece, plays the part of 'the danger
GUS man." the husbands chum. He
is excellent in the role; as is II. Wag-
staff Townsend as the husband. Hal
Crane is delightful in his interpreta-
tion Of the brainless and effeminate little
former suitor Of the wife, and Mario
Msjeronl handles the role of the
''shyster" lawyer skillfully. Betty
Linley made a charming and petulant
spoiled young woman, and Catherine
Cozzens, Roxanne Lansing, John G.
King and Albert Reed did minor roles
effectively,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18

Joseph Hanabery, the director. has done
his work well, and the general result Is
real interest and beauty.
Chaplin's idle Class" is also shown
here.
Ambassador-On of the best melo-
dramatic pictures ever made reappears
again without any apparent deteriora-
tion. IT Is THE Lone Wolf which
Herbert Brenon made in the days when
Bert Lytel was unknown.
This story of the Paris underworld
has hardly a slow moment, and the
work of Lytell and Hazel Dawn as the
heroine could hardly be improved upon.
The photography. despite the years that
have passed since its first appearance,
stands out as a predominant feature.
Capitol1There Is sense of dis
appointment in seeing the result of the
transfer Of Holman Days THE Rider
Of the King Log" to the screen. There
is, it is true, much Of the beauty Of
the North woods in the photoplay. bat
the story drags and too many studio
sets and interiors are used to the eX-
clusion of the stirring and picturesque
activities and dangers of the great log
drives. The cast is adequate and the
photography excellent. Tho faults are
first in the locations and second in the
cutting and editing. Chaplin's idle
Glass" is an added attraction here, as
in other downtown theatres.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
Continuing Sho,os

BROAD--"Wako Up, Jonathan 20
with Mrs, Ftske III comedy drama
BY Hatcher. Hughes and Elmer
Rice. Charles Dalton I'm the SUP.
porting cast. Last week.
SHUBFRT-"Love Birds" with Pat
Rooney, Marion Bent and Eliza
beth. Murray. A dainty musical
comedy with a large and attrac-
I'VE chorus and tinkling tunes. Last
week.
F0RHEST-"Two Little Girls in
Blue. Fred Jackson's amusing
story with plenty Of attractive rnu.
sic and the Fairbanks Twins in
the Leading roles.
LfRiC-"Spanish Love-" Unusual
story OF love, hate and a feud, by
Avery Hopwood and Mary Roberts
Rinehart. Actors make exits and
entrances through aisles.
ADBLPHI - The Bat" thrilling
melodrama with mystery concealed
to the end. Helen Dauvray stands
out in the cast.
GARRICR-"Mr. PIN Passes By,"
by A.. A. Milne. Delightful Eng.
lish high comedy with Laura Hone
Crews and Dudley Digges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18

The latter part Of the film, which is
supposed TO take place years later. may
be improbable, but il leads up to n
thrilling climax. Plenty of comedy
iudiciousiy sprinkled, aids the final
effect.
There Is hardly an interior scene in
the entire length Of the picture, but
there is real beauty in the rng shots
over prairie and mountain. All in all.
the picture will interest AMI thrill all
the Hart fans.
There is also the Chaplin picture.
"Thc Idle Glass" which is mentioned
above.
Arcadia--Constance Bnney has the
most difficult role Of her career in The
Case of Becky" and docs remarkably
we'll.
This is not regular screen fare. and
the psychological element may not go
over very strongly with the matirce
happcrs and their escorts, but Chester
Franklin has actually achieved an ex-
celent result with thC adaptation Of
this stage play Of David Bclasco's, in
which Frances Starr made so much of
hit.
IT is sort Of feminine "Dr. Jekyl
and Mr.. Hyde. with many more light
and even humorous moments than were
in the John Barrymore film. 1t tells
the story of girl with two tcmpcra-
ments. one sweet and one evil. upon
whom n vllainous hypnotic expert has
a sinister hold. Montague Love has
one nf the best roles of his career as
Balzamo. the hypnotist Glenn Hun
ter is the pcrsonablc and engaging
young lover.
But, after all, the biggest feature is
the work of Miss Binney, who from her
appearance in Maurice Tourneur's
sporting life stories, has always shown
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
MInstreIs Have New skIts

Dlmont's--If there's any truth III
the old saying that laughter is the best
solution for serious situations, the EN-
NETT Welch Minstrcls this week ought
to settle the garment strike without
trouble. That's the subject of their
principal skit Other entertainment is
furnished by Welch, Thompson, Barnes
and Ashwood in melody number,
Benny Franklin and company, Harry
Patterson and Boyden and Lee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
I'm OLD KENTUCKY" SCORES
Mae Desmond and Her Players Re-
Vive Popular Old Success

MptFODOI1IaH UDtTA IIOUst- 7 HHI UTU
favorite. I'm Old Kentucky" was re-
vived with every evidence of success last
night by Mae Desmond and her Players.
The story of the girl who dons Q
Jockeys habit to win "the big race
for her lover after villainy nearly ruined
everything, is ideal for stock purposes,
and the members Of the Fielder organi-
zation left few chances slip to put their
parts and tho play over TO popularity.
NIadge, the Blue Grass heroine, is
played by Miss Desmond. and she has
excellent support from Frank Fielder
and Frank Camp and the other favor
tics.
The big stage Of the opera house is
we'll adapted to this spectacular play,
with the many big effects, such as the
race and tho burning of the stable and
the other features of tho plot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18

features there are living reproductions
Of famous paintings and u bill which In
cludes Heine Cooper, the topnotch fun
maker; Mae Janice. the Misses Bravo,
Perrett and Rositter, Charlie Levine,
dancer Frank Pickett, Evelyn Dean
and Peggy Reade and in addition Jim
and Flo Bogard fresh from five years
on the Keith circuit,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18

promise. She has hard part here and
does 1t with hardly single flaw.
Chaplin's idle Class" is also shown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18
Al Reeves at the Casino

Casino--Al Reeves brings a new type
Of burleSquc show to this house this
week. With new music and a chorus
of unusual girls. Reeves himself IS back
doing his d-timo vaudeville act and
playing his banjo for the first time in
twelve years Besides the buresquc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18

OrirSS riSS'one McDcvitt, Kelly and
man mT"i ,, IN tn" piano Movers" won
have 'augh>' Fern, Biglow and King
Benz, mcritoriouS novelty. BOYLE and
Jermon were seen in comedy skit.
edy Ua non and Conrad have "A clever com.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04

IT Paws 10 taEer' Sc" IN the
Nart,usbHre J0nrua
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04
RUTH LEAVES HIS BATH
TO SETTLE TAX ERROR

Boston Mass, May baseball
fans the country over have known
for two years that Babe Ruth had
transferred his batting headquar-
ters from Boston to New York, but
city hall learned of it officially to-
day,
Served in his bath tub with a
warrant for unpaid taxes Of $2I21
on his automobile for two years,
the o1tfeldor, protested that he had
not been a resident Of this city
since the fall of 1919. His objection
nnayailing. he dressed in haste, took
the constable into his automobile
and whisked to city hall. The mayor
was not in 10 hear his protest The
city tax collector. however. arrang-
ed for him to certify that the as.
sossment was in error.
",Iice Of them to keep me on
as a citizen Of Boston, but rather
roueh on re to ask me to pay
for The nrivil0eo' Ruth remarked
ne hn 'oft ct+s- tall
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04
BIG BEN" CURE

Prof A. P Brown of Leh ghton
Instructor in chemistry al the Penn
10 very enraptured audience an
sylvania State Forest Academy read
assay on THE Chemistry of
spring at the Rothroek Forest
Club. Mont Alto, One Of his minor
points in regard 10 spring chemical
reactions was, that certain bacteria
entered the human body in the
spring Of the yer causing spring
lever. one of the symptoms of which
the desire 10 lie abed mornings
and Of which the only known cure
$ be taking Of one Big Ben alarm
clock each nisht before retiring.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04
STAYS WIFE, THEN
HIMSELF IN CHURCH
Occurs Sunday Night
At CIothier.


Clint Me--ar whisker crazed
Her, entered he Baptisf chreh
Clofajcr v Va. Sunday night
n II ocloca sA1, his wife twice
ongh the mead Then ne fred al
p Ian by the AJme u Gillian mis-
ing him and hHtias MRfie Sulli-
.3a young ntn VINO was sitting in
.ne with Gillian tf'er that Nesser
uued the pistol ore himself and
aHea a buic' into his brain TIE
aaa and his We Immediately died.
Sullivan is nyw in a eaafleston
9sptal with bullet through ne
oaek Of his head LITTLE hope Ter His
eeoVery wae expressed
Messer and bis WIFE separated
9eHt a month a23 Il IS sad after
tmily trouble aud since hen he
had been drinking heavily. About an
PIT before tn shooting II is said
Nessef. who was intoxicated tod
drug store that he vas Going
-4 XIII him and Aih safe and hen
s toot himself In fn'flImenf a. his
'2reat be Went to the church and
marched down the aisle After
shocking come wood eff HE stove
a4 looked around until he found h.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04
MAKING YOUR MONEY
GO EXTRA FAR
HEREI

This store is the place to make your money
go extra far in the buying of practically ev-
cry need for every member of your house
hold, and for the house, too
Oar prices are generally the lowest in town
but that's nothing compared with the val
ne We give for it's what you Get for your
money that determines zeal value, real
economy
III We ask is fair comparison - you can
readily see the advantage TO you.
Just saying this doesn't make it so, but the
goods do. The values talk for themselves.
THE LACE STORE
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04
EMM ERI0S

just how far above the centsr of the
earth each city is. and the work is
being done so that an exactly de-
termined point from which - take
elevations will be had in Canada.
This summer engineers OF the Ca
madam government will travsi up
into the Mackenzie River region and
the new oil fields of that area and
by swinging the same precise pend
ulums will establish gravity bases
that will be used in the mapping Of
that country.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-04
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Evening star., 1921-11-28
WOMAN'S PARTY GIVES
TEA AT HEADQUARTERS
H. w. Nevinson, English News
paper Writer, and Miss Maud
Younger Address Members.

Henry w. Nevinson, an English news
paper correspondent at the limitation
of armament conference, and Miss
Maud Younger, legislative chairman OF
the National Woman's Party, were the
speakers yesterday at the first of a
series of international teas to be given
by the party this winter at the head
quarters, 25 First street northeast.
Mr.. Nevinson described the difficulty
in securing political equality in his
country and tie gain which women have
been slowly making since they have had
a vote.
Women" hs said, have now been
admitted to the house Of commons and
to the bench. as well as to equal stand
ing in many of our universities Ny
wife il q magistrate in London, sits on
the bench. and comes homo to argue
every case with me. Woman magis-
trates believe. are an excellent inno-
walton, for they incline always to the
side of mercy"
Miss Younger described the present
campaign of the National Woman's
Party to remove all remaining civil,
legal and political determinations
against women
"are all still grouped with the insane.
criminals and children in many states
throughout the country. In states as
ar apart as Vermont and California
they have no control over their own
earnings. In Florida they cannot con-
troll their own property. In the District
of Columbia and many states the hus-
band can command his wife's services.
In fourteen states the father Is the sole
guardian Of all legitimate children.
though the mother is the sole guardian
Of all illegitimate children. Fathers
also control the earnings and services
of children, and there are three states
in which the father can will away the
guardianship Of children"
Evening star., 1921-11-28
LAUDS ARMS PARLEY.
DR.. Freeman Says It Means New
Element in Human Life.

II do not agree with the false
prophets who in these days seem to
see nothing but cloudland or a world
tobogganing down to perdition," said
Rev. DR.. James E. Freeman, rector Of
the Church of the Epiphany. in his
sermon yesterday. II see on the horizon
the dawn of better day."
Referring to the conference on limi-
tation OF armament. he said that it an
nounced new element in human life.
If the result Of this conference be only
the reduction of armament it will have
failed in its great purpose. believe
these men have caught the vision that
God hath made Of one blood all ma
tions Of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth in unity and concord.
We have been given a sovereign power
to build a way Godward. Let there be
no consciousness of defeat.
when a message was brought to Ma
poleon on the battlefields of Marengo
that his army had broken and was re-
treating he sent the courier back to
the generals with the command to re-
form the lines. The battle line was re-
formed and victory won. Every man
and every woman Is being called upon
in these days to reform the line and
make straight the way that shall lead
up to the heights Of God"
Evening star., 1921-11-28
Dopey Dan Tabs a Few Beats From
the Heart of the Nation
By w. H. CLAGETT.

little old lady, wearin' q peculiar
lookin' headpiece and a tree-mendous
big bow on the front OF her dress,
tryin' to get herself snapped. don't
start TO giggle and call her q bug,
either. for the periods got her goin'
the same as it's me!
She, poor old dear. is SO carried
away with the importance of Presi-
dent Harding's party. and is so con-
vfnced that in a hundred years from
now the present conference will be
the top-line attraction with all the
movies of that era, that she's tryin'
her durndest to be in on the killinu
Asked as to whyfore Of the peculiar
scenery, she told me yesterday that
she merely sported the funny props
for Identification purposes. Her game
is to cut in on some group when the
camera Is grindin', and then hot-foot
home. where she jots down q short
description of the scene, adds a SIM
pie when and where" and after
slippin' in a detailed who's who"
finishes the job by sayin', "and the
little old lady in the foolish lookin'
bonnet and the extraordinary bow,
right behind the, gentleman in the
little brown derby, is Euphremia,
Elizabeth - of Washington, D. CT
This done P. S. is straightway added
to her will, in which instructions are
given to each on-comin' generation to
pass the find Granny" puzzle along
to their SUCCESSORS.
/ thank you. DOPEY DAN.