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Evening star., 1922-06-04

7 must be apparent TO any reason
ing person that this kind of work
cannot he carried on without thor
ough and detailed prepa ration. and
probably not without some kind of
influential cooperation. The booze
, burglars first locate the house they
want to rob. They then arrange for
/ their truck or trucks, according to
the amount Of liquor known TO be
available. They next arrange for
some place of concealment But such
a liquor-laden truck must make it's
way over the roads 10 the first place
of concea!ment and eventually to the
point of distribution. There are. I
/ believe, some fftv thousand police
men. detectives. coTstahles. revenue
officers and arms of the la " scattered
about the metropolitan district, all
supposedly hound ro suppress the
liquor traffic and certainly all charg-
ed with thief and burglar taking
How these trucks manage to get past
all these official sentlemen is a ques-
tion which may cause the sober citi-
zen some moments OF discomfort and
loss of faith.
There is another phase of the rum
running situation that may interest
the SNUG citizen. The bootlegger
today fears the liquor bandit far more
/ than he does the revenue man or po-
/ liceman. All the roads along which
booze flows into the great and thirsty
city of New York are patrolled by
hoId-up men whose particular prey
! his customers When such a trucl
/ comes along the bandits step out
take the driver captive. tie him L
and drive off with mis- vehicle and i
! contents.
MOST persons know that a con
stant stream of sound liquor i.
! flowing into New York and othe
cities from the Canadian border All.
that there are several organization
, of bootleggers who bring the We
/ goods down from the north in motto
/ cars and trucks One of them toll
me his sad romance the other even
ing when he was a bit too laden wit;
his own goods
: IneE get II from tdndQa Tor
much" he said. and let il across tn,
/ line. Then they sell it to YOU fo
so much more. You load up your bU
| and start for New York. But nov
comes the stick-up guys. They're al
along the roads. all the way down
I and they're likely TO pop out on yo
any minute and say. Hands up" Yol
gotta he on the lookout for them an"
ready to shoot first. The rum-run-
ming game is no joke
This particular man had not been
| in the liquor transport business very
/ long but he was already prosperous
/ to the point of dizziness. His first
! trip from Canada was wrecked by
! the hold-up men and he had 10 go
4 hack to driving liquor trucks for
/ other men till he got a fresh start.
! But his second venture was more
| fortunate and he has reached the
| stage after a dozen or more trips.
where it doesn't matter much if the
bandits do get him now and then.
Evening star., 1922-06-04

listen to their reason. In other in
were employed. to court the maids,
win them over and then use them.
DREC1SELY the same thing is being
done in the matter of the liquor
burglars. At least half of them are
inside jobs or jobs done with help
from inside. In other cases the serv-
ants have needed no outside stimu-
lus to wrongdoing. They have seen
the piled-up liquid wealth Of their
masters and been tempted to arrange
for its theft. Several cases of this
sort came to public notice in New
York last year and many others got
no airing.
But the older criminals also often
operate without the aid of venal
servants Attacks of this sort are
generally made against unoccupied
houses whose owners have been rash
enough not to remove their stores of
liquor. In such cases it is merely a
question of information gathering
The crooks must be sure that the
house they are about to rob actually
has a worthwhile stock of liquor in
the cellars. Here. again. servant
may be used as scout and supplier of
the needed details. but there are many
other ways of coming into possession
of accurate knowledge.
The robbers may note the house of
some convivial family and watch it.
at the end of the season. to see
whether the surplus stocks are haul
ed back to the city when the season
in the country closes. The crooks
have ways of watching the removal
permits in the Office of the prohibition
director. They know that Mr.. Rich
ley has not been permitted to move
his supply to the city from his subur-
ban place and they take advantage
of this fact In other instances the
employees of burglar alarm COM
paries have been bought. A man has
an electric burglar alarm attached
to his wine cellar door. The me-
chanic who installs the device sees
the heavy stocks of liquors and un-
consciously calculates the value. A
little later he is dismissed by his
company or he needs money badly
or he is approached by the booze
burglars. He turns in all the infor-
nation he has. including the secret
Of the burglar alarm-and the rest
can be guessed
Evening star., 1922-06-04

FINALLY, there II the case Of the
= rich New Yorker who dealt with
what he supposed to be select gang
Evening star., 1922-06-04

Owner of Cellar Stocks Faces Hope
less Situation When Liquor Is Carried
Away-Insurance Cannot Make Good
His Loss-One Man Paid $4,000 for
Liquid Goods, Only to Have Them
Stolen Almost Immediately by Those
Who Received His Money-Thirsty
Party at Dinner Finds Only Water
When Bottles Are Opened.
Evening star., 1922-06-04
BY f. n. SMITH.

LMOST any morning when you
take up your newspaper you
will find further adventures
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
Willie Howard Is
Screaming Success
in "PaSSing Show"

Messrs. Lee and j. J. Shubert pre-
sented at Polls last night the Winter
Gardens ninth annual review, THE
Passing Show of 1921" with Eugene
and Willie Howard, in two acts and
twenty-six scenes; staged by j.. c.
Huffman; dialogue and lyrics by
Harold Atteridge; music by Jean
Schwartz, Al Goodmand and Lew
Pollock.
THE CAST
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
"School Days" Is
The Best Medium
Barry Has Had

~ REAI as was MS work In &c
II And Get It," Daddy Long
~ legs" and "Dinty," Wesley
"Freckles" Barry. the spangle-
faced Juvenile whose command OF
mimetiC expression is amazing in
one of his years, offers his finest
portrayal in the stellar role of the
Warner Brothers splendid produc.
ton Of Gus Edwards School
Days" the current offering at
Crandalls Metropolitan Theater.
Matching the major feature in
both artistry and interest are a
number of subsidiary attractions,
led by me laughable travesty in
which Harry Pollard and Marie
Mosquini have been filmed-a bur.
lesque Of the divorce courts en-.
titled, Call The Witness" The
Land OF Beginning" presents a
succession OF beautiful natural
color views. Other short-reel sub
jects are the new issues of the
Pathe News and the Literary Di-
gest's Topics of the Day" to
which was added a symphonic con
cert number consisting of melodi-
Gus gems from The Fortune Tel.
ler," by Victor Herbert. flawlessly
rendered by the Metropolitan Sym
phony under the Conductorship OF
Alexander Podnos.
In School Days" Wesley Barry
is the pivotal character in a drama
that enlists the earnest efforts of
a notable cast of adult players. He
measures up to the assignment in
every way, lending his impersona-
ton of the orphan youngster farm
ed out to a flint-hearted deacon" a
spontaneous humor, depth Of
heart appeal and a quality of per
feet naturalness that are remarka.
BILE. Frank Lessey, Jerome Patrick,
John Galsworthy, Margaret SEED
don. Airline Blackburn and Frank
Y. Conlan are in the supporting
cast.
The story presents sequence OF
rural scenes alternated with
glimpses Of New York city where
the youthful object of rich
uncle's secret benefaction en-
counters experiences that convince
him the schoolroom should be con
sidered in a more serious light
lidu dS a SOulNt w
adventure. After having been
mulcted of all his money and
made to appear to have done a
grave injustice to his hosts in the
city, Speck Brown hastens back to
his simple country life via side.
door Pullman" In the earlier
scenes he has been the harum-
scarum kid, bent on having a lot
OF fun and as little education as
possible. His schoolroom pranks
are irresistibly funny-both in the
barren little country school and
at the fashionable establishment Of
learning in which he is enrolled
in the metropolis.
The photography and direction
are on a high order. The outdoor
scenes are recorded with extra
ordinary effects Of distance and
tone values, suggesting a com
posite of "Peck's Bad Boy" THE
Old Swimmin' Hole" and The
Silent Call" The charm of the
picture is multiplied by the tuneful
score arranged and conducted by
Mr.. Podnos.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
TalieferrO Is
Premier of Good
Bill at Strand

No assertions made in advance
~ regarding the excellence OF
the vaudeville and picture
program presented at the Strand
Theater yesterday, the showing TO
continue throughout the week,
could have been too strong to des
cribe it's merit and entertainment
value. II is one of those bills thai
must be seen to be properly APP
preCiated.
Mabel Taliaferro. eminent star OF
stage and screen, is of course the
bright and shining light OF the
vaudeville half of the bill. Miss
Taliaferro makes her return TO the
spoken drama after an absence of
three years in picture work, in
sensational playlet in three scenes.
entitled Rose OF Italy," written
and produced by Kenneth Webb.
The story gives Miss Taliaferro
every opportunity TO display her
histronic talent.
Her delineation of the poor little
Italian girl, Rose, browbeaten and
helpless in the hands of a thieving
brute, aroused to the point OF kill
ing frenzy when she sees the man
she loves being worsted in a pitched
battle with the man who has so
Continued on Page 19
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
CRANDALL'S-
"Way Down East"
DAVID wARK GRIFFITH s

hANlD Walk GRIFFITH >
wonder-spectacle, Way Down
East" is the chief attraction Of
the bill for the current week at
Crandalls Theater where 1t was
greeted by capacity crowds yester.
day.
In this subject the master of
silent drama has eXcelled himself.
Griffith has taken this famous
stage story of plain people and in
fused into II the charm Of New
England homesteads with their
quaint surroundings. dreamy per-
spectives of enchanting roadways,
meadows and hills; old-fashioned
sleighing parties, barn dances and
bucolic pastimes in a manner
which creates a new art form
1t is a tale of the love that
conquers all things, but which is
retarded by gossip and thrilling
adventures prompted by the
stern dictates Of a simple people
that have but one code of honor
There has never been filmed a
more capable cast than that which
visualizes the foremost characters
in this commanding drama. Lii
Ian Gish and Richard Barthelmess
are the outstanding figures Of the
narrative, splendidly supported by
such artists as Burr Mcintosh. in
the role he created on the STAGE,
Lowell Sherman, Mary Hay, Kate
Bruce, Creighton Hale, Mrs. Nor.
gan Belmont and host OF others.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
Georgia O'Ramey
PIeaSeS BeLaScO
Vaudeville Fans

IF the management OF the Belasco
Theater would rearrange the
- order OF the acts on the bill this
week the performance would be a
great deal more enjoyable. There
is plenty OF good material in this
weeks program. but acts of the
same character are allowed TO fol-
low one another, and the audience
gets the idea of too much sameness.
Georgia O'Ramey has a sketch
that allows her full latitude fog her
abilities as a comedienne L Asie
From Sioux City" In the ro--5 OF a
housemaid trying TO get enough
money to take her to Sioux City.
she delivers herself of much droll
comedy and has a drunken scene
that was very good.
Belle Story, the Hippodrome
prima donna, was one of the hits
or the performance in a repertoire
OF popular and semi-classical songs.
Milo" who Is always welcome
addition to vaudeville programs
here, is back again with his female
and tramp impersonations. His imi-
tations Of animals is still the best
part of his work.
James Watts, the star OF Il num-
Der of Greenwich Village FollirS
productions, is also OH he program
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
.Seena OwenS Stars
in "Back Pay" at
Palace This Week

THE Loew theaters of Wash
ington have apparently OBJ
- tanned a monopoly on the ex-
hibition of the works or that "a
nous short-story writer, Fannie
Hurst. Something over year
ago Miss Hurst's splendid
"Humoresque" was playing TO
absolute capacity at Loe%s Co
lumbia and running its engage
ment into the third week in order
to give us a chance to see II.
Only few weeks ago. Fannie
Hurst made an authorial bow
from the screen Of Loew's Pal
ace with the exhibition there OF
her Just Around the Corner.
Now comes the Palace with
third Fannie Hurst story, Back
Pay" which began a weeks en-
gagement at that theater yes:
terday afternoon as the featured
attraction Of the program.
Back Pay" has been scenarized
by the brilliant and talented
Frances Marion and directed by
Frank Borzage, who directed
"Humoresque." The cast that
has been brought to the interpre-
tation of this latest Fannie Hurst
story is exceptional, includins'
such splendid screen players as
the beautiful Seena owen. Matt
Moore, ]. Barney Sherry. and
many others.
Back Pay" will be recalled as
the Fannie Hurst story that APP
peared in the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine something over two years
ago, after which IL was pub
lished in collection of short
stories under the title OF THE
Vertical city" II ranks high as
an example OF Miss Hurst's short
> story genius at fulltide.
Scena Owen has the role OF chief
Importance in this story, which
tells the story of small-town girl
who revolted against the monotony
OF her rural existence and threw
herself into the midnight pleasure
whirl of Broadway to collect the
back-pay Of pleasure she believed
life owed her. This transition was
accomplished only by the sacrifice
OF her love affair with a youth
from the old home town.
Later on, however. she has rea
son to regret the course in life she
has chosen and when the man she
loves comes back from France
wounded, 1t affords her an oppor,
tunity to sacrifice her gay asso.
ciates and to begin a life OF love
and sacrifice.
Director Borzage has developed
with remarkable skill the strong
ly dramatic and wildly romantic
points OF Miss Hurst's story. The
atmosphere Of metropolitan lux.
ury and gaiety into which the
country girl plunges after her Gym
ical resolve have been approx.
mated with peculiar and ingratia-
ting fidelity and the costuming Of
these scenes Of New York night
life is gorgeous in the extreme.
The management Of Loew's Pal
ace Theater has arranged a splen.
did supplemental program back
ground that emhe noes the charm
of the bill immeasurably. There
is a hilarious animated cartoon
offering, the latest offering of the
Pathe news views OF the week,
the Literary Digest's always-pop.
ular Topics" while Director
Thomas j. Cannon, of the Pal
ace Symphony Orchestra, has con-
tributed LISTS Second Hun
garian Rhapsody" as IN over
ture selection.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06

"HEATERGOERS at Polls
last night suffered well
come relapse fro the trials OF
tortured women, recently given IN
heroic quantities TO anyone VEN
turing inside the doors of Wash
ington playhouses. Instead of
witnessing excruciating pains Of
ladies who forgot to insist on the
marriage license, the audience it.
self Is tortured to the last de-
gree by the exaggerated humor
and genuine funny stuff of Will
lie Howard, star and hardest
worker of this latest edition of
the Passing Show
Willie Howard, generous up to
the final curtain with his abso-
lutte willingness to make any one
last night, We'll venture, as any
ever won in a musical comedy in
the Capital. This audience came
philosophy, and he made their
diaphragms sore.
Howard is comedian of the
old school, with all the arts Of
the new. Burlesque of the old
oNJSb Hnpci VI dIlOl -.
barber-shop songs and rapid-flre
dialogue with Eugene Howard as
an excellent foil, are some Of the
lines Of activity in which Willie
Howard excels.
But the Passing Show is more
than just Willie Towards laughs.
There are two dancing teams
well worth the head line in any
OF spec!alties. twenty-siX scenes
of color and beauty. and the
usual anatomical display of the
justly celebrated Winter Garden.
Perhaps the best done travesty
of the evening is that played on
Spanish Love" the hot-tamale
drama of Spanish fandangos that
was seen here last season. Other
clever satires were those inflicted
upon The Charm School," The
Bad Man" "Lightnin' THE Bat, "
and Mecca"
CorteZ and Peggy. dancers of
the dansant type, are really very
fine in some intricate steps and in
Inarvelously smooth team work.
The Lockfords, European terpsi.
choreans. lately imported by the
Shuberts, are classical stuff that
brought deafening applause from
even the galleries, which goes to
show just how good their dancing
can be. Either of these two teams
would be featured by any revue.
May Boley and Will II. Phil
brick, assisting in the fun. are both
welcome additions to the cast.
Miss Boley is that rarity a Renu-
inely comical woman.
This reviewer would advise a trip
to Polls this week. especially il
one likes dancing or hasn't
laughed in q long time
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
Nine.
lMatZenauel

Prima donna contralto. Met. Opera.
National Theater, Friday, Feb. 10, 4 80.
seats on sale Mrs. Greene's Concert Blu
resu, Droop's, 18th q q. PHI. Main e4s3.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
"Passing Show of 1927 POs-GeOrgia ORamey Good

generous in their praise az they
left the theater.
IL the "Grown-up Babies" lacks
anything. it is not pep and origi-
nality. Devoid of all the old bur-
lesque gags that have become
chestnuts even to youngest devo-
tees OF the burlesque show il re.
markable for its originality. In so
far as pep is concerned. the mem
bers of the cast are young and in.
dustrious and give all within them
to keep things going at top speed.
At the head OF the cast OF fun.
makers are Bob Nugent, as Box
Car Benny, AID Abe Morris in
Jewish comedy role that he has
made different from the general
run. In their support are Arthur
Stern, Ed Tallman and Harry
Howe, who contribute much TO the
success of the performance. The
feminine leads are in particularly
good hands. Forest Hutton is n
prima donna who really can sing
Eugene lie Blanc is a soubrette
possessed OF dash and charm.
while Princess Livingston, the in.
genue, is also a prime favorite
with burlesque patrons. Others
are Mae Howard, Amy Stems,
Laura Burby and Alma Hensell.
In addition, of course, there is the
large chorus of young and spright-
ly girls. notable for their beauty
and ability to dance and sing.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06

with his grotesque makeup. and a
screaming burlesque on classical
dancing.
Aleen Bronson. who IL popularity
known az the half.pint comedienne.
presented her schoolroom sketch,
Late Again Helen Hemingway
was the school teacher and proved
a capable foil for Miss Bonson's
kid comedy.
Jack Merlin did almost impossi-
BILE things with a pack OF cards.
while the Great Manuel did a dar-
ing trapeze act on a swinging rope.
Eddie Beck and Harry Stone con-
tributed a speedy song and dance
turn, which was well received,
while Nine. Olympia Desvall pre-
scented a very pretty horse and
dog act.
The usual motion pictures com,
pleted the performance.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
NATIONAL
Newman Travel Talk. !

A LASKA was the subject of K.
"A NJ. Newman's travel talk at
the National Theater last night.
The accompanying pictures showed
that this world traveller could not
have lodged his share OF hard.
ships in obtaining them as they
led through some Of the hardest
country in the frozen northland.
The recent eruption Of Mt. Kat
mai. in the Valley OF Ten Thousand
Smokes. shown at close hand, was
one of the more spectacular OF his
views. Prince Rupert, Wrangel.
Juneau, Skagway, and other tiny
centers of population were pic.
tured, together with scenes on the
Yukon and Albert Bay. Altogether
the lecture was one OF great at
traction to those interested in this
northernmost OF American terri
tories.
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
CAPITOL
"GrOwn-Up Babies"

A PANORAMIC maze OF color.
"A full scenes that moves from
one part of the globe to another
with speed and precision and I'M
folds at every turn new wttticisms,
laughable situations, brilliantly
costumed girls, and then more girls
that is the kind of show Of
fered at the Capitol Theater this
week by Al Singers "Grown.up
Babies" Large audiences wit
messed the production at both per-
formances yesterday and were
The Washington times., 1922-02-06
Wealthy Man a Suicide.

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Feb. g.
The body Of Charles Parker, wealthy
retired glove manufacturer, formerly
Of New York, was found today in a
storage house attached to his dwell
ing. hanging from a rope attached
to q rafter
The Hartford republican., 1922-02-03
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
Q q STO R' ~
WHALES, SWORDFTSH
IN FIERCE BATTLE,

London, Jan. 30.-That the mon
sters of the deep fight in groups
as we'll as engage in personal encoun-
ters, is testified to by Capt. G. Evered
PoOue. a commissioner in the Gold
coast colony, who writes the follow
ing to his brother.
Between Sierra Leone and Sekon-
di we steamed thru, for over an hour,
blood-red sea, and saw some hun
dreds of whales dead Cr dying on the
surface Of the water. Some were
Just able to move slowly along; few
if any, could move quickly There
must have been a sauguinary battle,
supposed to have been put up by
sword fish. 1t was most appalling
sight. and the extent of the bloody
expanse must have represented the
death of many more whales than
were visible. No one. on our ship
had ever seen or even heard of any
thing approaching such a spectacle
before"
The Hartford republican., 1922-02-03
"SOCtETY" BLAMED FOR
UNDERWORLD DANCES

Chicago, ia. 30.-Ultra aristocra-
tic society is to blame for the intro
duction of underworld dances to the
public. Such, at least, is the opinion
of J. Louis Guyon, owner of one OF
Chicago's largest public dance halls.
about the time the tango was in
troduced to the public" he said, sit
became the fashion for wealthy peo-
pie who followed the fads of society
to go on stunning parties
"The hostess, who took her guests
to the dives on the border uf the
red light district to drink bad liquor
and listen to suggestive songs and
watch the suggestive dancing of the
entertainers, thought she was pro-
vidng the last word in entertain
ment. She was giving her guests the
newest thing in thrills, They were
experiencing another plane of life
without undergoing its perils.
From merely being spectators, the
members of those Summing parties
came to be participants. They mas
tered the intimate contortions of the
Tend erloin dance halls and introduce
cd them to their own drawing rooms.
From this beginning the immoral
dances spread to the public bathrooms
and became the fad"
The Hartford republican., 1922-02-03
STRONG FOR EVEN
BREAK IN HOME
Pastor Declares 'Fifty-Fif,y' Basis
Only hey To Happiness.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-The smoothest
road to nuptial bliss and the one
road that leads to happiness in the
home is a fifty-fifty agreement be-
tween husband and wife. under which
neither husband nor wife holds
monopoly on family arguments. Split
'em up EVENLY and distribute them
thruout the year and the results will
prove miraculous.
Take this from the Rev. Carl ID.
Case pastor of a Chicago Baptist
church. The Rev. Case offers few
suggestions to aid in the realization
of marital happiness, among which
are the following:
Don't be cross at the same time
your wife is. Wait your turn. Score
point by keeping still.
"The man who makes his wife beg
for spending money is worse than an
infidel.
Don't delay marriage until you
nave made fortune. You deprive
your wife or half of the joys of mar
ried life.
"A marriage may be made In hea-
ven, but it can be moved to hell in a
day and one person can move 1t.
"Courtshp should be continuous.
Many man is more gracious to
some other mans wife than his own.
A man impressive in business may
be oppressive at home.
"A man who expects his wife to
be purer than himself should be
watched by his business partner.
Double standards have a habit of re-
peating.
Every man, should marry unless
ne eonscientiously can not. 1t is only
the fool who says;
The happiest life that ever was
led is always to court and never to
we'd"