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Evening star., 1922-10-29
COSMOS-"Four Queens and q
Joker"

Herman Becker will present this
week at the Cosmos Theater Herman
Timberg and Clarence J. Marks
-Four Queens and a Joker" a merry
adventure of a deck of cards, which
has won high praise in the big vaude..
Vile circuits for an exceptional cast
and it's pretty staging. 1t features
Carl Francis as the joker" and Bes-
sic Balm, Bobby Renys, Pearl Crisp
and Laura Decardy as 1.-The queens;
A surprise act is billed as go Pink
Toes" the Fraynes will bring q var. 1,,
playlet, I'm Distress; Walter Kauff-
man, humorous songs and merry
speciality in which they appear as
"The Fireman and the Chief"
For the first time in Washington
will be shown Herbert Rawlinson. in
Confidence" a breezy romance Of a
and got it. The supplemental fea-
lures will include a film farce, the
Urban Movie Chats and the Interna-
tional News pictures.
Last weeks attractions will make
up the bill presented today, starting
at D,m.
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tie more jazbo! Try the old jazbo on
en-
''The word. like many other min
strel terms, passed into tho vernaCu-
lar of the regular theatre by the easy
stage of vaudeville. In time. it be
came simply jazz and took on the
values of a verb Jazz it up would
mean to put more life into the acting
or singing and dancing.
''Then, again. if a play failed to get
the expected reaction at the fall of
the curtain on a climax, the play
wright would be called in to Jazz il up
a bit In brief, iufuse an element
of greater excitement for the au-
dience.
And. so. about ten years ago, the
word in its extended meaning found
its way into the cabaretC and the
dance halls. and was used to stir up
the players Of ragtime who were
inept in adopting the split beat or
rubato to the eXactions of modern
ballroom dancing. So far, you See,
jazz was perfectly respecta BILE, if "A
bit vernacular.
Then came along the abuse of the
word, its misapplication. and its deg
radiation. 1t entered the cocaine or
dope period: it became 4 factor in
that line of activity which Joseph
Hergesheimer, in his recent novel of
'Cytherea.' sails the rising tide of
gin and orange juice May | describe
Jazz in that connection as 'tonal
hootch"' Or perhaps, as the substi-
tute for real music beloved OF apes,
morons. half-wits. Ga-ga-bays. koo-
koo girls, deficients, cahe-eaterS,
professional pacifists. goofS. :apS and
persons who should be put away for
mental lettering on the highway of
ife?"
Evening star., 1922-10-29
John Philip Sousa Thursday.

The name of John Philip Sousa is ia
miliar throughout the civilized world.
but nowhere is it held in greater esteem
than in Washington, his own home
town. That is why his coming. with
his marvellous band and its assisting
artists, to the President Theater Thurs
day. is great news to Washingtonians.
With him this year are Miss Marjorie
Moody, soprano; Miss Caroline Thomas
violin: George Carey, Xylophone. and
Miss Winifred Bambrick, harp. All are
artists. In addition, John Philip Sousa
is going to give Washingtonians a
chance to take part in his program.
The High School Cadet Band has been
invited to occupy the stage for rem
diton of Sousa's High School Cadet
March, under the leadership of Sousa
himself. His great admiration for the
cadets has led him 10 name the after
noon concert in their honor. All cadets
in uniform. too. will be admitted to the
afternoon concert for so cents: if they
wear civilian clothes they must present
credentials to secure the reduced rate.
The evening performance will be an
Almas Temple Shrine affair-"Almas
Temple night"-inasmuc as Sousa is
a member of the Temple.
Tickets may be had of T. Arthur
Smith, Inc, or at the President Theater.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
GARRICK-"The Man on the Bal
cony.' ;


The attraction at the Shubert-Gar-
rick Theater this week, beginning
this evening, will be Frank Smith
sons production of Emil Nyitray's and
Herbert Hall Winslow's comedy
drama, THE Man on the Balcony"
The company includes cyril Scott. the
featured player; Franklyn Dawson,
Luis Alberni. George Harcourt, Fred
erick Karr, Noel Leslie, James r. Wa
ters, William Walcott, William Len
nox, Hal Briggs, ]. Strachan Young,
Ottola Nesmith and Lillian Brennard.
1t might be expected from the au-
thor of MY Lady Friends" and "The
Little Typhoon." that this new piece,
"The Man on the Balcony" has a sat
isfying commingling of comedy and
romance. The story is told in pro-
logue and three acts. The prologue
Stewart is running away from prof
ligatc nobleman. She is rescued by a
handsome highwayman. Gregory
Wells. He is shot down, and Lady
Ethel begs him to live for her and
love-the two having fallen in love
with each other instantly.
Then comes the first act, laid in
New York, in the present time, the
home of John Stewart, rich specu-
lator in wheat 1t is revealed that
she has been trapped into false
marriage by Sidney Reeves. Learn
ing tnat NO mas d VILE, sHe trles "
shoot herself, when a hand reaches
from behind the window curtain and
seizes the revolver. 1t is Gregory
Wells. who, seeing the plight of the
girl, sends for a priest and marries
her, thus saving her from disgrace
Wells disappears. and Reeves, now
able to, wants to marry her, but she
refuses to divorce Wells. EthePs
father Is now in a big deal. Gregory
comes to the house as burglar. His
manipulation of a stolen picture is
highly effective. In the last act, in
his apartments, he outwits his pur-
suers. This play is said to have all
the surprising charm of Emil Nyi-
travis other plays.
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"The Bug Play.

THE much talked of imported play
from Czechoslovakia. written by
the brothers Capek. Joseph and karel,
and adapted for the American stage
by Owen Davis, titled for its Amer
lean production, "The Insect Com
edy," had its first American Offering
at the Fifty-ninth Street Theater We'd
nesday evening. 1.-The Bug Play" as
Broadway is already starting to term
it, is said to be distinctly out of the
ordinary.
William A. Brady. who discovered
the play abroad while on a chance
visit to Prague, where it was the
reigning sensation at the National
Theater in that city, is said TO have
provided the odd spectacle with an
exact reproduction of what he saw
in the oldest city in Europe" The
costuming and scenic investiture are
from models and sketches made by
one of the authors. Mr.. Brady called
Lee Simonson of the Theater Guild
to his assistance in the elaborate
preparations he made for the Amer
lean production. The music is the
same as used for the production in
Prague. The dance of the moths and
the motions and actions of the va
rious insect characters are directed
by Sinia Gluk, who has been part of
N. Fokine's staff. The settings are
said to be startlingly original.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
GARRICK-0tis Skinner in "Mr.
Antonio"

Otis Skinner will be seen at the Shu-
bert-Garrick next week in his comedy
Of cheerfulness, mister Antonio"
This PLAY is by Booth Harrington,
who created>the character of Tony Cam
aradonio and wrote the play especially
for Mr.. Skinner.
The chief role is that of the cheerful,
optimistic organ grinder, character
which the star has said he thoroughly
enjoys playing: Happy, warm hearted
and a true philosopher. Tony drives his
little donkey and grinds out the music
from his hurdygurdy up and down the
highways of the country during the
spring and summer months. He is a
poet by nature. with a love of the
beautiful. When the cold of winter
comes he returns TO his tiny flower
stand under the elevated road on the
East Side of New York city.
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Janet Richards November 6.

Miss Janet Richards will resume
her weekly talks on public questions,
home and foreign, Monday morning,
November 6, at 10:45 o'clock, in the
auditorium of the New Masonic Tenn
pie, 18th street and New York ave-
nue.. According to her annual GUS
tom at the first talk, Miss Richards
will give general outline review
Of the vital issues and developments
in world affairs for the past six
months. including the recent Turkish
crisis and why Lloyd George fell.
A new and highly colored map of
the scene Of the recent clash in the
near east will aid in understanding
this somewhat complicated situation.
Miss Richards frequently ends her
lectures with book reviews of timely
interest At her second talk on No
vember 13 she will review THE Let
ters Of Franklin K. Lane"
Evening star., 1922-10-29

not great deal of dancing. but what
there was was of European origin.
The people who came over from Hol-
land, France, England and from my
own land. Spain. brought with them
their own dances. Perhaps the con-
ditions under which they lived in
America altered the steps somewhat
but the European characteristics
were undoubtedly retained
Il have investigated the subject and
a great percentage of the dances dis
covered bear marks of importation.
Still, l am in hopes of some DAY find
ing the real American dances. Those
of the Indian even show the imprint
of Europe; his native dances have
been lost. I fear, although ethnoln-
giStS have been uncovering Il great
mass of dance material of late. 1t
may be that they will find the real
American folk dances. | sincerely
trust so.
The negro has perhaps the most
orr glnal dances tD l." found IN Amer
lea. I refer, you understand. to the
dances that were executed during the
Noodoo ceremonies. from which all
whites were excluded. These dances
were obscene, perhaps, but decidedly
original, and were not nodded by the
civilized settler. They We're prmi-
tive, passionate, but quite unlike
those of any of Europe"
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Modern Lighting Effects

I IGHTING effects play greater
- part in fine stage production as
the years go by. The past few years
have seen radical departures in this
department of theater work Where
the white and glaring foot and bor-
der lights once threw the stage into
an aching blaze of light, a new and
more soothing effect of diffused light
ing holds sway on the modern stage.
An excellent example of modern
lighting effects is said to be found in
the President Theater, which was
intelligently equipped at the time it
was rebuilt after the fire of several
years ago. For instance, no foot
lights, in the ordinarily sense of the
term, are used, the footlight through
having been blocked out except for
space large enough to hold forty day
light lamps which are utilized entirely
for the killing of black shadows that
hover under the proscenium. Ac-
cording to the modern idea, footlights
Evening star., 1922-10-29

when used in too great abundance
are apt to create more shadows than
they dispel.
The lighting overhead starts with
three "N-ray" border lights. each
holding twenty-four 100-watt lamps
with color reflectors capable of diff
fusing three colors-straw for sun
light, steel blue for early evening
and purple and rose for night. Back
of these "N-ray borders" comes tho
most fascinating portion of the
Presidents whole lighting system
the iron piping that runs across the
stage and supports fifteen miniature
spotlights. each one of which plays a
definite part in Turn to the Right"
the attraction that opens tonight.
Cecil owen, the stage director, in
discussing the President Theaters
lighting equipment. declares il is
rare indeed to find a theater outside
of New York SO thoroughly equipped
with all the lighting effects that
good staging demands
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Irene Castle Tuesday.

Irene Castle. terpsichorean star,
will appear at the President Theater
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, in
a gorgeous presentation of the latest
Partisan fashions and dances she
originated during her recent trip to
Europe. Miss Castle will be assisted
by the famous Moscow Artists En-
semble. She will appear eight times
during the performance of Dances
and Fashions of 1928" presenting ad-
vance creations from the French ate
liers, as we'll as models from noted
New York houses.
In the intervals between her ap-
pearances the Moscow artists will en-
tertain with Russian songs and
dances.
One Of the features of the Castle
show will be the butterfly Dance"
Winch Miss Castle brought back to
the United States from Europe. The
dance is said to haze scored heavily
in Paris.
Tickets may be obtained at Mrs.
Wilson-Greene's concert bureau, 18th
and G streets northwest.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
PRESIDENT-'Turn to the Right.

The President Players will appear
at the President Theater this week.
beginning tonight, in their second
production of the season. Turn to
the Right" Winchell Smith and John
E. Hazards romantic drama, which
ran for 443 times in New York city
alone. Eileen Wilson and Henry Duff
fly will be seen in the leading roles.
The production has been staged by
Cecil owen. and the cast includes
Robert Lowe. Graham Valsey, Guy
DEnnery and other members of the
company.
Turn to the Right" is play of
sparkling fun, tender heart interest
and mellow romance. based on the
story of an erring boys regeneration
through the Christian influence Of his
old fashioned mother.
The performance tonight vii! begin
at $40 O'Clock. Matinees will be CIV
en- Wednesday and Saturday at 2:30
DIN,
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Mischa Elman November 9.

Mischa Elman, celebrated Russian
violinist, will appear in recital at the
President Theater Thursday after
noon. November 9, at 4:30 o'clock. un-
der the management of Mrs. Wilson,
Greene.
During his two years absence Ell
man has made a tour around the
world and won new triumphs as a
This concert opens the artists
course. Tickets sold for the National
Theater will be good for this date.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Swabian Singers Thursday.

A concert by Swabian Singers, from
the State Opera of Stuttgart, will be
given at the Masonic auditorium next
Thursday evening. The artists will
appear in the original costumes of the
different parts of Swabia (Wuerttem-
berg) and will sing under the leader
ship of Carl KRONER the composer.
Swabian and other German folk
songs will make up the program,
which has received favorable criti-
cism from varaious parts of this coun-
try visited by this organization.
Otto Keller. with his dialect poetry,
will occupy a prominent part on the
program. The composers represented
on the program are KRONER, -Abt,
KreutZer. Hildach, Reimann, Bohm,
kuohin. Lilcher and kunlze.
Tickets are now on sale by T.
Arthur Smith, Inc, 1906 G street.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
COSMOS-"Yvette" and Orchestra.

"Yvette," brilliant young dancing
violinist and vaudeville musical star.
with kene Clark and the New York
Supreme Orchestra, viii furnish the
extraordinary headline attraction AT
the Cosmos Theater next week. 1t is
one of the choice and pretentiouS Of
ferings of higher vaudeville and is
being presented for the first time at
popular vaudeville prices.
Other acts Will include Sammy Dun
can, the Scottish singer of Scottish
songs; LIE Roy and Mabel Hart. in
Love in the Southland" "A song ro-
nance: Jack Conway and company.
with Fred Taylor, in The Cellar" and
the Morak Sisters and company in
aerial and iron-jaw novelties
The photoplay, shown in Washing
ton for the first time, will picture
pretty Florence Niior in King Nidor's
production, The Real Adventure" a
new Henry Kitchell Webster story in
which the romance of cour, snip is con-
trasted with the reality of marriage.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Current Attractions

horsemanship and funny clowning
Another feature will be Wells. Vir-
ginia and West, 1.-TWO jolly Tars and
Girl" specially that combines
smiles, steps and songsayings.
Others will be Gordon and Ford. In
"A Recital ClassiQue." a burlesque
fire: Richard W. Keene and Bernice
Speer, with iVola Palmer. in their new
idea. Tea and Talk" featuring Mr.
keene who is just out of the Music
Box Revue: William Ebf. in Al
ways Something New; Rhodes and
Watson, in a new musical skit. Just
Graduates" and the usual house fea-
lures.
Today at and SIS pm. last weeks
bill. led by Elsie Janis, will be pre-
sented
Evening star., 1922-10-29
GAYETY-"Bubble Bubble"

William X. Wells. who produced
Bubble Bubble" the show coming To
the Gayety Theater next week, also
wrote the book, lyrics and music. The
burleSque is in two acts and sixteen
scenes. The stage settings range
from a Mard Gras scene in New Or
leans to a prehistoric vista Of the
stone age.
The cast includes Joe Freed. fea-
tured comedian; Ruth Gibbs. Lillian
Price. a sister of George Price. the
noted star. and "A large chorus of
pretty singing and dancing girls
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Vessena Coming to
R;a7to

THE guest-conductor Of the Rialto
Orchestra next week will be
Signor Oreste Vessella, director Of
the concert band bearing his name
which every summer for the past six
teen years has delighted thousands
on the Steel Pier at Atlantic City
and during the winter months In
concerts in the leading cities.
This is said to be the first engage
ment Signor Vessella has accepted
20 conduct in a theater devoted
strictly to the presentation of motion
pictures.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
B. F. KEITH'S-Cansinos, Spanish
Dancers.

A mammoth bill is announced for
this week at B. F. Keith's Theater,
commencing at the ma matinee IN e. temop- smsn
ish wonder dancers. the Cansinos.
comprising Elisa. Eduardo, Angel and
dancers ever imported from the land
Of the Dons. They have been a SEN
sational feature in TT the .tarned american IN
many Broadway shows. They offer
ten numbers. under the title. "A Fam
tasia Espanola," which is fantastic.
richly colored, beautifully mounted.
and executed with rare technique.
The added attraction Will oe & tne
Wirth, with Phil. the worlds great.
est riding comedian, and the Wirth
family, in alternating exhibition OF
Evening star., 1922-10-29

Bright Days; Fred Weber and COM
pany. an added attraction, in AT
the Stage Door," an amusing ventrilo-
quial idea, and Tudor Cameron and
Johnny O'Connor as Apostles of
Humor"
The photoplay for the week, Para
mount production. THE Heart Spe-
cialist," features Mary Miles Minter
in a drama which shows the ad-
ventures Of a love expert in quest of
love-
A comedy and educational subjects.
with special orchestral numbers, 'Sil-
yer Swanee." by Schwartz. and DON
aldson's Where the Bamboo Babies
Crow" are added attractions.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Hindu Pau.

THE Union of East and West which
1 opened its chapter in Washington
at the beginning of the year and
produced Hindu plays. is now or
ganizing india day." when the Hindu
play "Malini," by Rabindra Nath
Tagore, will be presented in Wash
ington at the Art Center, 1106 Con-
necticut avenue Sunday, November 5.
at $3.50 pm. and 8:15 pm. This play
was produced in London and New
York with unique success. The cast
includes Hindu and American ar
lists. Another feature of the day
will be talk on India and oriental
and occidental music
Evening star., 1922-10-29
GAYETY-"Radio Girls"

Sim Williams Radio Girls" will
appear at the Gayety Theater this
afternoon for weeks engagement.
This show is heralded as Il splendid
example of the better class attrac-
tions being presented this season by
the Columbia Amusement Circuit. a
unique and entertaining show in COM
blnation of extravaganza, vaudeville
and burlesque is promised. Its pro-
ducers have prepared it with care as
to entertaining values and freedom
from the unwholesome. In addition,
an up-to-date fashion show is prom
ised; fairy tale plot and clean hu-
NOR.
Billy Gilbert is the featured come
dian in a large assemblage of singers
dancers and purveyors of jollity, with
a chorus of twenty handsome girls in
presenting Isle of Adventure" a fan
tastical musical piece in two acts and
six scenes. These girls really dance,
carrying an ensemble in one number
in which they step all to themselves
Alice Carmen is the prima donna. Ar
lone johnson. the ingenue, and Emma
Wilson, dancing Soubrette
Evening star., 1922-10-29
"A Russian Craze.
is in the midst of a Rus
- sian craze" says Irene Castle.

HECROPE Is in the midst or Rus-
- sian craze" says Irene Castle.
"The music halls OF London are fill
ed to capacity constantly with Rus
sian artists, and there is a Russian
motif to many of the advance fashions
coming out of Paris. That we have
arleady begun to lean that way our
selves is shown by the success in New
York of the Chauve Souris with its
variety Of Russian vaudeville.'
It is because of this conviction that
Miss Castle has built her dances and
fashions Of 1928" largely upon Rus
sian inspiration. Batik. for example.
figures largely In the fabrics shown.
and the Moscow artists ensemble pre-
sents further proof The wedding
feast in Russia and the Cossacks'
camp, all in ensemble, featuring Irene
in the newest fashions and dances,
are reminders of old Russia In its
palmy days.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
sTRAND-"Dance Evolutions."

At the Strand Theater this week,
beginning this afternoon, the vaude-
vile portion Of the bill will be headed
by M. Golden: under the title of
Dance Evolutions," with a talented
artist, Vlasta Maslova, in the stellar
role, supported by a company Of
graceful exponents of the dance.
Lavish stage settings, gorgeous
costumes and beautiful and unusual
lighting effects are promised.
La Fleur and Portia, the gymnast
and the human top" will appear In
feats Of strength and endurance;
Evening star., 1922-10-29
BELASCO-Weber and Fields.

Weber and Fields, the famous team
of comedians, reunited after a genera
ton of theatrical travel along diff
ferent paths, will be the attraction
at the Shubert-B Belasco next week,
beginning with the matinee Sunday,
November 5.
Their production is called RE
united" and, besides the well known
funmakers, who appear in a number
of specialties, includes Charles T. AL
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H0WARD-Chappelle and Stin-
nette.

Manager Pinchback of the Howard
Theater will present this week at the
Howard. beginning tomorrow even
ing, a program of exceptional merit.
Chappelle and Stinnette will head
their own musical revue, and Howard
patrons will witness one of the high
est-class bills ever presented in that
house. Miss Stinnette will wear her
famous $500 Paradise Gown" which
has been a sensation wherever shown.
Chappy's Hot Dog Jazzers also will
be featured. Matinees Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday and a midnight
show Friday, at which there will be
an entertainers contest Special chill
drenS' matinee Saturday.
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Arcade.

Jones" night at the Arcade. Tuesday
will usher In g. gorgeous masked
carnival, with an especially prepared
dance program by an augmented or
chestra, plentiful supply of noise
lighting effects and decorations.
Evening star., 1922-10-29

The w. K. Z!egfeld motion picture
expedition, which sailed June II for
an extensive photomaking campaign
in Russia and throughout Siberia, has
just returnea~to New York, bringing
what Is claimed to be the finest col
lection OF motion picture views ever
taken In foreign lands.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Concerts
Philadelphia Orchestra.

T. Arthur Smith, Inc, announces
that subscribers tickets for the
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Sto-
kowski conductor, are now ready for
delivery. The first concert of the sea-
son will be held at the President
Theater Tuesday afternoon, Novem-
her z
Evening star., 1922-10-29
AT THE THEATERs THIS WEEK..

GARRICK-"The Man the Balcony comedy. Opens this
evening.
PRESDENT-Turn Right" comedy Opens this evening
B. F. KEITHS-The Cansnos Spanish dancer vaudeville New
show tomorrow afternoon
BELASCO-ello Everybody" Shuber unit Opens this after
3
COsMOS-"Four Queens and Joker" vaudeville New show
opens tomorrow afternoon
SrRANDDanc Evolutions vaudeville Opens this afternoon
HOWARD (Colored-Chappee Snnette Revue Opens
evening.
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B. F. KEITH's-Marion Harris.

in person; Robert E. Keane and Claire
Whitney, the latter a screen star;
AL Herman, the minstrel comedian;
1.-The China Blue Plate" revue; Doris
Humphreys dancers, Freda and An
thony and other notables will comprise
the offering at B. F. Keith's next week.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Coming Attractions

drich and company. Lynn Canter. the
Ladellas. Sid Gold and brother. Rent
and Clare, and a gorgeous singing
spectacle called Tulip Land