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restraints that secure here a most in
teresting and appealing drama Of one
Of the !outsta ading facts OF American
life today. Admirable work that
readers will greatly enjoy.
THE ROMANTIC LADY. BY Michael
Arlcn. author of THE London Ven
ture." New York: Dodd. Mead g.
Co.
Woman. lovely woman, raised to
Lhe nth power of culture, refinement.
nnish, is, in the soul of her. a pure
primitive-calculatin in her WOO
ihgs, shameless in pursuit, needless
In her choosings, as. in the dim past
was ner female ancestress~ who tore
ana clawed and fought to secure and
hold her male quarry. 1t is only her
method that has changed. This, at
least. is the thought lying back Of the
modern studies of woman that young
MT. Arlen offers by way of this group
to evoke shocked and indignant de-
nis6 That is as it may be. About
ono thing. however, there will be
complete agreement. That is the
structural soundness and finish of the
work as sucn. 1T has charm. besides.
confidential manner natters the
readers self-esteem. The author Is
keenly intelligent and thoughtful.
with beautiful medium of express
sion tRat even clear attitude Of dis
we
like TO read great deal more from
TINS source. since it is all bound 10
be vital and vividiy set forth.
CARAVANS BY NIGHT; A Romance
Of India. By Harry Hervey. New
York: The Century Company.
Weave me a tale OF roma nee and
adNenture-WeaVe it on the loom of
Asia; fine threads in the shuttle .
that we who only read may feel the
glare and glamour of those spicy.
sweating cities: may feel the sheer
spell of the stars and the far spaces
at dusk" SUCH is the demand. The
romance itself fills the order to over
moving. Robbery, riot, revolution.
murder, sinister outbreakings here
and there-these are the agencies
that move this adventure forward in
maze of oriental mystery. An
American girl, British army doctor
and. above all, Euan Kerth OF the
Indian secret service. try, In COM
bination, to counteract eastern guile
by western acumen. Euan Kerth is
triumph for the author and a Joy
to the reader. One, reading. feels at
times that the author will not be able
to handle his wealth OF material.
Anxiety in this direction is, however.
pointless since Mr.. Hervey knows eS
actly what ne wants to do. and docs
it with distinction. A captivating ad
constitutes piece Of sincere artistry.
TALES OUT OF COURT. By Fred
erick Trevor Hill, author OF The
Web" etc. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Company.
A group of striking stories. that
are sourced in the fruitful field of
the courtroom. This Is one of the
places where IL is hard for human
nature to hide itself. and in these
sketches the author has embodied in
strange plot and startling climax the
amazing, and pitiful, possibilities of
the human under one or another Of his
many urges and besetments. Direct
and clean-cut in manner, profound IN
insight and comprehension, the anthor
presents. brilliantly and appealingly,
the case of this one or of that as il
may have come actually under his eye.
A most entertaining book of short
stories that one is glad to have i'll
this permanent form.
Evening star., 1922-04-23

film star. who made her vaudeville debut
at Keith's last week. appeared In q
variety of Characters, and OF course In
a variety of costumes FIRST she was a
cameo-like crinoline girl in pink satin
and white lace: then she was a ''happer'
in black taffeta, with goloshes n'eyery-
thing; next she was Mexican senorita,
with a shawl, bouffant gathered skirt.
comb and earrings. and lastly she ap-
peared as a small-town belle" in the
frock pictured.
1t was very simple little gown,
and yet it was charming. The material
was lacy white net, and it was posed
on a foundation Of light blue silk. The
blouse had a rounded neck edged with
scolloped bertha collar and decorated
with dinlinutive pink rosebuds, while
the sleeves were short and rume-bor.
dered. The gathered skirt hared de-
cidedly toward the lower edge. and
tiers of lace frilling divided 1t into Sec
tions, between which were round medal
lions OF fine lace. A sash Of blue taffeta
ribbon tied around the waist, finishing
in a large bow at the back. while pink
ribbon rosebuds formed bit Of color
contrast at the front.
Miss Vivian Oakland. who also ap-
peared at Keith's during the week. dis
played a stunning evening gown of
canary yellow seQuins and chiffon. the
latter draped to fall in long graceful
points. which gave an uneven henline.
With the gown she wore q light wrap Of
black Chantilly lace. topped with q
marabou collar. and fastened with black
ribbon streamers.
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BY ELENoRE DE WITT EBY.

IN a setting Of flmy lace paper and
i floating ribbons which simulated
an old-fashioned valentine sixteen
girls in vivid red chiffon executed q
fantastic dance and whirled into the
back ground to dot the scene with
red. heart-like figures. Then the VAL
entine Girl appeared. gowned in misty
she'll pink tulle and escorted by a
beau" in pale blue satin. They were
the heroine and hero in Tip Top"
and their dance in this Land of
Hearts Desire" marked the finale of
the play.
Miss Marie Sewell was cast as the
Girl. and her dainty frock is sketched
at the right of the accompanying IL
lustrtaion. The bodice. which was Of
delicate pink satin, was drawn tight
ly about the waist in basque fashion.
A fluffy ruching of tuIle bordered the
neck. while single shoulder strap
OF flowers held the bodice in place,
the fragile blossoms lending the only
touch of color contrast to the gown.
The skirt fell in successive points,
all OF which were ruffie bordered, and
showers of baby ribbons looped their
way from the ribbon Eirdie to the
hem, where they were caught In tiny
bows. Pantalettes composed OF frilled
Evening star., 1922-04-23

MI NE. OAN1&A 1EA ISotA, tn0 CEll.
liant actress-author. who ap-
peared here last week in her own
play, The White Peacock" impresses
one as being essentially modern in
every way and yet distinctly feminine.
In fact, she is very much like her own
heroine. Revette. whose advanced
ways OF thinking do not alter her
mode Of dress, since she retains cling
ing gowns and French pumps. In
,Revette's own words. Her ideals do
not extend to her heels"
1t is Nine. Petrova's opinion that
the independent. .self-supporting wom-
an which Revette typifies is the wom-
an of the future. She thinks and acts
as she pleases. without concerning
herself with conventions or the criti-
retains all of her feminine charm.
The story of Nine. Petrova's own
life. is that of the struggle of such q
woman before her ideas and aspira-
tions were recognised by the world.
This is my first play" she said
with her delightful little accent. "and
people think of me as an actress
rather than as a playwright. but have
been writing ever since I was a baby.
I love 1t, and semetime I hope to do
something really worth while.
II began my professional life as
reporter, and am reasonably sure
that I was the first woman on the
staff Of q London paper. My salary
was a pound q week, which is IS in
your money. However, they wouldn't
let me write as I wanted to, and
wouldn't write as they wanted me to,
so I went on the stage to earn money
SO that some day 1 might write at
by leisure and exactly as I wished to.
please do not think that I took my
profession lightly; on the contrary
studied hard and seriously, and as
was with Sir Herbert Tree, learned
the art thoroughly. First, how to
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Petr0uuS Work and Ideals.

speak SO that my voice could be
heard. even when / spoke in a whis-
per; secondly. how to listen to some
one else. That is equally important.
because ones facial expression should
reflect the impression received from
the other persons speech.
What I wish to make clear is that
/ did not take up acting because !
was stage-struck or desired fame.
After all. fame is q relative matter.
and an actors fame dies even before
the theatrical profession. AS for the
other arts, painting or sculpture de-
picts something the artist has seen. so
1t ts not truly creative. Even ultra
modern. or so-cal1ed "futuristic." art
image Of some positive object To
me this modern art Is like the effort
of young child. You tell him to
draw an elephant and he makes few
lines which give an imperfect i'm
preston of what he sees clearly. He
Is not capable Of making realistic
likeness.
Take music and you find it requires
a third party for its Interpretation.
A composer may have written q great
symphony, but it may be rendered in
e manner totally different from what
writing. on the contrary. is truly
creative. and when you write you
have set your own stamp on paper
and it goes down through the ages. .
mark Of your individuality. One
should never think Of the commercial
value Of what he writes, although he
might achieve greater and quicker
success by so doing. Il would be at
the sacrifice of his own personality,
however. One should write as he
likes and earn his bread and butter in
other ways. IL necessary. for It IL es-
sential to be true to ones own SELF
mon herself, and her success may
serve as encouragement and inspira-
tion to those who are struggling
along in the same paths.
ELEEORE DE WITT EBY.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
A Musical Innovation.

4 LESLIE SMITH. manager Of the
Mutual Production Company,
which sponsors the summer stock
company at the Shubert- -Garrick. an
nounces that Daniel Breeskin and 4
quartet Of his leading musicians have
been engaged for the season to fur
rish the incidental music at all per-
formances-in fact, a short concert
program OF popular music will be
given at each performance. SO that all
may hear their favorite song. On
the opening night. tomorrow, the feA-
tured number win be "The Love Song
Of India"
+ Some OF the artists Of the company
are talented in more than one phase
OF the arts. Wanda Lyon. the lead
ing woman. came out Of the west to
New York with the Mormon Choir
listers, and was the chief. girl soprano
at the concert given by the choir in
Madison Square Garden. Foilowing
this she sang opposite John Charles
Thomas in The Star Gaser." Wanda
Lyon did her Dit over there" also
during the war and later studied in
Paris for grand opera, but the 1tage
proper had q stronger calf Garry
NOGANy 10 .anefher member sef the
company who is said to. have s-beaR.-
uful yoico.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE HOME RADIO; How to Max
, and Use 1t. BY A. Hyatt Nettil,
New York: Harper & Bros.
TEN. By Clarence Z. Mulford, autho
of "Hopalong Cassidy" etc. Chi
cago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
SQUARE DEAL sANDERsON. L..
Charles Alden Seltzer. author %!
THE Trail Horde" etc. Fronts
piece by ]. Allen St. John. Chi
| cago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
| MORE BEETLES. By J. Henri Fabre.
Translated by Alexander Tei1eira
de Mattos. fellow of the Geological
Society OF London. New York: Dodo,
Mead & Co.
CHILDREN OF TRANSMISSION.
By We're Tyler New York: Henr:
Holt & Co.
Grey. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lipp.n
colt Company.
RIMROCK TRAIL. BY ]. Allan Dunn
author of "A Man to His Mate,
etc. illustrated by Modest Stein,
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrili
Company.
GENERAL BRAMBLE. BY Andre
Maurois. author of The Silence of
COL Bramble" Translated from
the French by Jules Caster and
Ronald Boswell. New York: Dodd.
Mead e. Co.
vOCATIONs. BY Gerald O'Donovan.
New York: Boni & Liverfght.
THE LoPsTICk TRAIL. BY Douglas
Durkin. author OF The Heart oI
Cherry McBain." Frontispiece by
Charles l.. Wren. Chicago: A. Z.
, McClurg G. Co.
THE WRONG MR.. RIGHT, A Novel.
BY Berta Ruck. Frontispiece b.
E. c. Caswell. New York: Dodd,
Mead g. Co.
HOW TO SEE SWITZERLAND, A
Practical Guide. By Frederick
Dossenbach. New York: G. L.
Stechert & Co.
OPIATE ADDICTION; It's Handling
and Treatment. By Edward Hunt
ington Williams, NJ d. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
CREATIVE UNITY. BY Rabindra
nath Tagore. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
By Wilbur Fiske Gordy, chairman
of the history committee of the
American School Citizenship
| League, formerly superintenden MT
Of schools. Springfield. Mass. IL
Illustrated In black and white and
color from photographs. maps and
I paintings of historic Importance.
New York: Charles Scribners
Sons,
Evening star., 1922-04-23
They AllEat.

morton picture stars all have ap-
petites. When they enter the
dining room here's what they are
said to prefer:
A. dinner Of Chinese food for Gloria
Swanson. -.
Roasted wild duck Is the finest
ever" says Wallace Reid.
"A heaping, dish Of spaghetti for Ru-
dolph Valentino,
A juicy beefsteak pleases Thomas
MeiShan.
| Corn flakes and cream strike Betty
Compson just right.
The dish Of the ages--corn beef and
cabbage-is Theodore Roberta choice.
Spaghetti wins frst place in Bebe
For ravioli Walter Hers would walk
Fried chicken. Maryland style, just
suits Julia Faye. -:ss.
South Carolina rice and gravy for
Lobster asle Nswburs brings Joy
to Agnes Ayfbs.
Mince pie catches LILA Lees eye. 8
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Sympathetic Costumes.

w gowns worn by various stars Of
the stage and screen.
att looks 50 easy to costume q
character, provided there's money
enough to spend; it looks SO easy,
and yet It Is really so hard" says Ann
Davis of the William Hodge Com
pany,r
"There are so many things to be
taken into consideration besides the
matter of your own personal type.
whatever that happens to be-" says
Miss Davis. mot that this isn't i'm
portant, for goodness knows it is.
But your height, weight, carriage,
coloring-all these things have to
bs taken into account in designing
frocks and hats; so does the color Of
your hair and eyes and the general
contour OF your face.
"But even assuming that you have
a modesto quite capable Of handling
all these considerations. there's the
stage end of 1t all. You must know,
.or instance,. what colors look best
under artificial light, for some Of
them are altogether changed BY 1t.
You must be sure that the folds and
draperies Of your gowns will move
gracefully when you walk-otnerwise
they are quite capable OF spoiling tine
effect Of carefully planned entrance
or exit. You must be sure that the
colors harmonize with the back
around, and that other women In the
cast aren't going to clash with you
when it comes to fcolor schemes.
s.And then there Is the question Of
choosing clothes that absolutely sx-
press the type. of person you are
meant to he in the play. have seen
and 50 have ,you-e-actresses who
killed all the. pathetic appeal they
were supposed to make simply be-
cause they made the mistake Of over
dressing q humble part. There's no
excuse for that, and yet it's q mis-
take commonly made.
.And again I've seen stage society
women gowned a. their maids wouldn't
be-And the effect IL equally on pitch.
Yes, IT'S q big task-but, oh, 10 fasci.
natipsL
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Back to Nature.

MAJ. JACK ALLEN is a strong ex-.
IA ponent of the "back-to-nature"
movement But being broad-minded.
he believes that like the league OF
nations, it, has its Limitation. He
discussed his pet hobby with Pau!
Terry q few nights ago when Paul
screened one OF his "Aesop's Film
Fables" After the moral at the end
Of tho movie cartoon flashed on the
screen the major said. Now. Pau.
I'll tell you joke with a good
moral"
'Tm froms Missouri" stated the
cartoonist.
"WeIl, a friend of mine named
Browne went to Canada to get back
to nature" related the nature man.
''Did he get thereT' kidded Paul.
yes. indeed" said Maj. Jack SYM
rathetically. He got shot by mis-
take for a deer and was buried yes
terday."
THAT brought him down to earth"
unused Terry. Now tell your moral"
.Going back to nature is. all right,
provided you don't go too far back"
concluded Maj. Allen.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Stage Technique,

I'VE are apt to draw the ..distinc-
ton too sharply, though there is ad-
mittedly q wide difference between
the old and the new. Not even a
Belasco could, improve in his re-
hearsals on Hamlet's instructions to
the players to suit the action to the
word, the word to the action, and to
hold the mirror up to nature.
Without falling into the too COM
mon error Of reading into Shakes
peare anything we want to ind
there, it may be safely observed that
this marvellous dramatist combine ed
in his plays all that was best in the
schools Of the past and the future.
Even his long speeches and solilo-
quies, an echo Of the Greek tragedies.
are crowded with action, and 1t is
due to this fact that his plays hold
Of today, whereas the works of his
contemporaries are only literary Curl
osities reposing on library shelves"
Evening star., 1922-04-23

ago were considered to be solely
within the province Of man. As she
has become increasingly involved In
wider range. Of interests outside
her home, as she has been brought
into contact with the very influ-
ences which have reduced her men
to machines, she has unconsciously
sought as an antidote some outlet for
the imaginative, romantic .Quality
which is the heritage of every
woman.
1.-The American woman does not
find this quality in the. man who
fights his battles. however success
fully, over q top desk, with pen and
ink and telephone and adding ma
chine. And SO the romantic lover
has seized upon her mind and heart.
She thrills to the excitement of his
flnesse and brilliancy whether 1t be
in sword play or love making. The
chivalry and subtlety which sur
round his admiration are . constant
allure"
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Study of Electricity.
ELEcrR1c1rY is one Of natur

ELECTRICITY is one Of natures
mysteries. No one knows what
1t really IL, only its effects.
1t has remained for the motion pic
ture to show how electricity works
In manner far more wildly and
clearly than 1t has yet been explain
ed in textbooks.
In . new electrical Aim nearing
completion at tho Harry Levey stu
dos the magic OF the mechanigraph--
an animated mechanical drawing
has been used to show the principles
Of electricity In q visual language so
simple that all who see it can un-
derstand what has hitherto been
largeley mystery to all but the sci.
entific student.
The film should prove a valuable
aid to instructors in and students Of
the operation of the electric genera
tor and motor and other uses Of .elec-
tricity az demonstrated in the modern
automobile
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Who Called 'Em Movies?

TOM MCNAMARA. whose comic
l strips. Us Boys" have endeared
him to Young America. has made the
vocabulary richer and more varied
through the speech of one of his
characters.
Shrimp Flynn way back in 1910.
was a motion picture fan, but in his
haste to get to a theater quickly his
speech became abbreviated and he
always spoke Of the movies"
Movies" was a new one until Mr..
Mcnamara put it in the mouth Of
Shrimp Flynn"
A week later. down on Chatham
square. where the cartoonist passed
daily, he looked up and saw q big
electric sign. Movies" and thought
to himself. "Well. Tom, 1 guess they
like that word. Seems to be spread
ing"
Mr.. Mcnamara Is now at the Hal
E. Roach studios. Culver City, Calf,
where he is writing for the chifdren's
comedy company.
Evening star., 1922-04-23

"nUR stage technique has changed
~ decidedly since the days OF
William Shakespeare" says Robert
B.SMantell, but whether for better
or worse remains for q remotely fu-
ture generation to decide.
''The new technique is less than .
century old. and came with the In
vention OF mechanical and electrical
devices. whereas the old technique.
not wholly extinct even in the 1uxuri-
Gus present-day naturalisna. has per-
sisted since the dawn of Greek trag-
edy. centuries before the Christian
era
Even so recent q play as Riche-
lieu is more after the manner of
Shakespeare than Of Eugene Walter.
1.-The old technique exalted the rich
musical tones of the human voice.
whereas the new regards elocution
as secondary to bodily action and
even. in many instances, to scenic
effects.
Evening star., 1922-04-23

and Ctruda. Anne Of Austria-with
salem looking murderously on-plies
her infamous arts. Tragedy 10 In the
at homo as he fingers the little cruci-
nx that keeps q man from HARM
ana no sailor ever has presumed to
scorn Anne Of Austria.
This means Homeric battle trans
lated into slum terms, with Ammo OF
Austria pervading like a combination
Of Nemesis and Fury.
But when Hans has fallen with
Hardicker's knife in his heart Anne,
on her knees searching him for
loot. finds the crucifix It has not
kept Hans from harm, but in Anne's
hands It transforms her as by a mira
Gle. Weeping. she rejects all ad-
vances and goes away 'clasping the
crucidx to her bosom.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Kipling on the Screen.

IN sreleasins the perturbation Of
l Rudyari Kiphnx's ballad oi
Fishers Boarding House" as e one
reel special feature. Pathe expresses
the conviction that the multitude Of
Kipling readers in this country Will
welcome it in the safhe spirit that
mest ansy ,rsts TsS and sns ssS land plcta1s
Of the life Of the sea- ever presented.
~The late william Dean Howelis and
who declared ..rhe Ballad of Fisher's
Boarding House" In effect to be an
unrivaled masterpiece Of stark and
full by, its story of degraded wc1nan'i
miraculous redemption.
Condensed, compact as the Kipiine
ballad is, the picture ts declared te
contain all the elements Of an I'M
pressive epic-particularIy the cen.
trail figure, called Anne q Austra Aams...
chose the crystallized form Of the
ballad. The result is an unbroksn
intensity Of dramatic action based or
lawless >primitive passions ana the
whole justified by its truth and 1T
inescapable beneicent moral
Of I the @ picture. New York's Castle
Garden neighborhood Of thirty years
ago contained numbers OF Them
sailors boarding houses. Kipling's
lines describe them and their deni-
gems:
Twas Fultah Fishers boarding house
where sailor men reside.
And there were men OF all the ports
From Mississippi to Clyde.
And regally they spat and smoked,
And fearsomely they lied. !:
Now Anne Of Austria shared their
drinks, N5s
She held q dozen men to heel,
Rich spoil Of war was hers,
And by port law that week men called
Her Salem Hardickers.
Into the scene ZONES Hans, the blue.
eyed Dane:
who carried on his hairy chest
Tho maid Ultruda, b chAfm-
The little siIvsr scEno4nx ... /. :--i..,-.,: ::
That keeps = man from harm
Hans u about takidg shin for home
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Photo Plays
: This Week
CONTINUED from Third Page,

erang BHv.: tomorrow, Pauline Fred
erick. In Tho Lure OF Jade; Tues
day. William 9. Hart, In THE White
Oak; Wednesday. Alice Lake. IN "The
Hole in the WALL Pathe News and
Literary Digest Topics: Thursday,
Eugene OHrfen. in "Chivalrous Char
day. Donald Crisp, In Beside the
Bonnie Brier Busl1': Saturday, Anna
9. Nillson. in why Girls Leave
Home" also Pathe News and Aesop's S
Fables.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Regent.

Today, Antonio Moreno, in Island
Of Re4eneration";. Larry Semon, in
"The FAN Guy" and, International
'The Gilded Cage; Tuesday. Alice
Calhoun. in Princess jones': Wed
nesday. Douglas Fairbanks. In sReggy
Mixes In," and Harold Lloyd. in sOver
the Fence; Thursday. Mary Philbin,
in Danger Ahead" ana international
News: Friday. Eva Novek, in .Woives
Of the North; Snub Pollard. IN par
don Me-" and winners OF the West"
No. s: Saturday. Joe Moore. in ''The
White Rider" Universal comedy. and
with Stanley in Africa" No. 10.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Leader.

william fairbanks original story Of
Border" will be shown for the first
time at the Leader TheAter all this
week. It displays Fairbanks ability
as a two-eun mans Buster Keaton. in
The Playhouse" will be the added
attracts ion. Today only, Sos. 10 ana
II Of ''The Adventures Of Tarzan" will
be shown.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Hippodrome,

Today. Katherine Macdonald. in
Stranger Than Fiction; tomorrow.
"The Cnfoldment": Tuesday. David
Powell. in Dangerous Lies: Wednes.
day. Priscilla Dean, in "The Virgin OF
Stamboul"; Thursday. James Kirk
wood. in "Nomads of the North; FRI
day. Doris May. in The Foolish Age;
Saturday, Conway Tearle. In Shadows
Of the Sea"
Evening star., 1922-04-23
Truxtou.

Today, Miss DUPONT. in The Gold
en- Gsliows" and .Hallroom Boys, In
tomorrow, Harold Goodwin. in ''Oliver
Twist. Jr.": Sunshine comedy, SUR
prise and country stone: Tuesday, 'The
Master Of Beasts" also big comedy;
Wednesday, Jean Scott, in "The Mad
ness Of. Love-" also comedy, surprise
Fields, In Hearts and Masks" and
comedy and news. also amateurs:
Friday, william Duncan and Edith
johnson, in 'tThe Silent Vow" and
Century comedy and amateurs; Satur-
day, william Russell, in Bare
Knuckles"; Mutt and JeH comedy. and
nee ut pm. 4. Et