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Evening star., 1922-03-30
NEW COLLEGE PRESIDENT.

WASHINGTON. Pa. March 30.-Dr.
Simon Strauss Baker OF Pittsburgh
was yesterday inaugurated twenty
fifth president of the Washington and
Jefferson College. the oldest college
west of the Alleghenys. Although
DR.. Baker was graduated from Wash
ington and jefferson and has long
been identified with its activities, he
is the first executive in its 12J years
who was not taken from the ranks OF
the Presbyterian clergy.
Evening star., 1922-03-30

CT careful preparation and study be-
fore the business attempted.
B. P. SALMON,
President American Chamber of Com
merce in Greece.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
Wherein Steel Curtains
Gust Mr.. Shaw as Major
Influence HereabOuts


TyERE You to drop in on the weekly set-to of the
~ Ladies' Thursday Afternoon Browning Club
during the Drama Study cycle Of readings you would
doubt give addition the prophecy that the future
Of the drama in the Nations Capital suspends on
slender thread, mminently in danger Of being cut by
vulgar influences Pathologcay these influences are
identified bare knees fulengh spines and kindred
eye restorers with the fringe of despoation made up
from low jokes, bedro scenes and whatnot
Or, maybe, the speaker having already had tea and
in consequent stimulated mood, the future will be
gmpsed through roster glasses and will be to be
dependent ga closer union of the producer and the
piaygoing public, m 'dears, = ETC.
These thoughts are probably correct in abstract.
Concretey they lack the vehemence and the intimate
truth which describes the situation applied locally
Messrs. Fowler, Taylor, Craerin, LaMotte Robbins,
Jarboe Garrison and all the other young fellows trying
to make visible support playhouse managers will
tell you the immediate future of the drama here is
matter Of steel tonnage hydraulic pressure and their
ability to Guido the best scons of egerdeman within
the next month With these, the influences of Shaw
or Brieux remoter aspects than the influences Of
the city Commissioners at the particular moment.
Right here we will progress to the substance of
our discomfort by asking land answering, mind you'll!
q riddle of our very contrivance:
"Why are Washington theater managers like Sep
temberi''
because they both have thirty days to do lot Of
things in"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
KEITHS
Florence Reed

EDGAR SELWYN, the author
manager. will present Flor
ence Reed and company at b. f.
Keith's Theater this week, COM
mencing at the matinee tomorrow.
It viii be Miss Reeds first appear
ance in Keith vaudeville in Wash
ington. Her debut occurred recent
ly in New York, and she scored
q resounding hit in THE Render
vous," of which Mr.. Selwyn is the
author. 1t is regarded as among
the best of his writings and moth
ing has been omitted In the pro-
duction to give 1t every advantage
of appropriate setting.
The extra added attraction will
be the Arnaut brothers, offering a
delightfully."- novel and original fea-
ture. These are the famous fid-
ding, whistling. tumbling and
somersaulting clowns, SO long n
time an added feature of the Broad
way shows. Included in their per-
Torrance is "The Loving Birds
Filtration" In which they initiate
the love calls of the feathered
songsters. The set invariably is n
hit, as it's appeal covers every sort
of theatergoer.
Margaret Young is another dis
tinguished inclusion. and this bril-
liant and talented singing come.
dienne, only brief time in vaude.
willie, ia already one of the stellar
galaxy She employs dialect songs,
and is a rare interpreter of synco-
patton. She bubbles over with hui
NOR and her personality radiates
the spirit of mischief.
From the headliner class comes
also the Great Leon and company
of wonder workers in a series of
illusions and optical receptions.
Thelma and Marjorie White will
give an offering blending all the
elements of song. dance, and CO.
quetry that are current on Broad
way. They are described as new
twinklers In stardom." Rice and
, Werner will add their absprdity
ION the Scaffold," fun in blackface;
the Cats brothers, called THE Tail
or-made Boys" will insert their
wonderful dancing speciality, and
the Four American Aces perform
''raordinary casting athletics.
Other phases of fun and entertain
ment win be furnished by the thea
ter's house features.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
SHUBERT-GARRICK
"The Unloped Wife"

WHO was It said women are
seldom what they seem?" No
matter. tbs true. In the new ORA.
matte success. in three acts. 1.-THE
Unloved Wife" which comes to
the Shubert -Garrick, Theater this
week, commencing tonight, with
daily matinees reserved for ladies
only, Florence Edna May, the au-
thoress, does not follow along the
lines Of the poet who wrote. ''only
a fool tries to understand a wo.
man." Miss May takes the oppo.
site viewpoint that "only a fool
would try not to understand his
wife" And there lies n big idea
for a wonderful play. Miss May
also saw possibilities for exploita-
ton Of a character which has
never before been used in dramatic
construction. You probably know
a dozen couples who are unhap-
PLY married. Why? You possibly
Noh ouNttiiNt Oiit itdSOllt bul 10 ~
correct?
Have you ever thoroughly tested
the love of your husband? Prof.
Earl Barnes, formerly of Leland
Stanford University, speaking in
Boston at a State social work con-
ference, said: ut is monstrous
thing for any man and woman 10
live in close intimacy of married
life If they do not love each other
ardently."
In n production stamped as
remarkable play Of dramatic pow
er, Florence Edna May unfolds the
story of the woman. True, the
play bares a woman's soul, but in
handling a subject such as this
one, the authoress could not devil
ate from the original theme, even
II 1t did strike TO the heart of the
aftergoers who journey to the
theater for amusement.
The evening performances are
for everybody over the age OF 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
POLPS
"MQin Street

w HETHER Sinclair Lewis
knew that he was writing
the most discussed novel i'm years,
when main Street" was in the
course Of construction, he now is
cognizant of the fact that he is
the author of the biggest seller in
a decade.
IL was inevitable that a novel
as widely read as MAIN Street"
would eventually reach the spoken
stage, and 1t was the Messrs. Shu-
bert who realized the possibilities
II held as a drama. Harvey O'Hig-
gins and Harriet Ford made the
adaptation, assisted by Mr.. Lewis,
and there was no doubt of its sue
cess as play the morning after it
opened at the National Theater on
that greatest of all main Streets"
Broadway.
In its play form, and it should
be stated emphaticaily here that it
is not motion picture, Main
Street" will open at Polls Theater
tonight, with Alma Tell and Nc
Kay Morris featured i'm their orig
inal roles. In fact, Mr.. Morris cree
ated the role of the doctor when
1t was tried out in indianapolis
last summer by the Stuart Walker
Stock Company, and Julia Ma
Mahon and Walter Vonnegut were
also in the try-out.
Condensed for stage purposes,
Main Street" as a play is even
more interesting than it was as a
novel. and the bedroom scene in
the second act has been hailed by
critics as one OF the finest pieces
of writing and acting seen on any
stage in some time. Approaching
intimacy TO "A point never before
seen even in our most exploited
bedroom farces, this scene is so
delicately and splendidly handled
by Miss Tell and MIR. Morris that
1t loses all sense of suggestiveness.
Sketching humanity and anus.
ingly the types of small town peo-
pie, in fact, big town. too, for the
characters in main Street" arc
not in any sense confined to
Gopher Prairie, but are universal,
all characters have been care.
fully cast, and are ably portrayed
by Norval Kcedwell, as Eric Vol.
berg, Elmer Grandin, as the bank
er. and Julia Mcmahon, Belle
hurry, Bert Melville, William T.
Clark. Walter Nonnegut, Marion
Hutchins, elf Heckinger, Ruth
G. Clark. Maud Nolan. Marie Pin.
card, William Bonelli, Hilda Hel.
strom and Boyd Agin. Stuart
Walker staged the production.
Washington is one OF the cities
included In the novel, which
should make the play of, more
than ordinary interest here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
CAPITOL
Mischief Makers"

THE Mischief Makers" in a
brand new burlesque show
what is said to be replete with fun,
music, singing and dancing, with
elaborate scenery and beautiful
costumes as a background, will be
this weeks attraction at the Capt.
tol Theater, beginning with to-
days matinee. Since the show
last visited Washington 1t has un-
dergone complete reconstruction
and has been accorded warm
reception in all towns Il has
visited.
The action of the piece covers
two acts of five scenes and the
situations that develop are said to
be overloaded with laughs.
Charles Mentally and John Crosby
lead in the funmaking, ably as
sisted by George r.. Puget. The
feminine contingent consists Of
Clark, Violet Buckley and Helen
Clark. Violet Buckley and Helen
Clayton.
The scenery is said to be one of
the distinctive features OF the
show, having been made this sea-
son especially for the production
by New York's best scenic artists.
The costumes are fashioned after
those worn in the latest Paris re-
vues.
This week viii be apether one
OF features at the Capitol. An ex-
cellent wrestling card has been ar
ranged for Thursday night, while
many new amateurs have an.
nounced their intention of appear.
Sing in the contest Friday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12

in this drama of domestic in.
fidelity and it's result.
NEXT week is gem to con-
template. with the incompar-
able Mr.. PIN Passes BY" hold
ing forth at the National and
Olga Petrova, beauty, author and
actress of screen and stage, at
the Garrick in 1.-THE White Pea.
cock"
The story Of Mr. PIN has to
do with chance remark made
by that gentleman, an elderly
professor, which sets the family
OF Marsden in an uproar leading
to endless complications. The
production was a notable success
in New York and definitely estab-
iished the Theater Guild there AZ
a factor to be noticed in the pro-
ducing world.
Laura Hope Crewes is leading
Coincidence and others In the
cast include Dudley Digges, Frs
kline Sanford, Allison Bradshaw.
Augusta Haviland and Madeline
Barr.
"The White Peacock" tells the
story Of a modern woman who,
married to man of dissolute
habits, leaves him BECAUSE she
possesses q trade and Is able to
support herself. How she finds
true love forms the nucleus Of
this much discussed romance, with
its scenes laid in Spain.
'Revette," as. played by Nine.
Petrova, IL really modern
woman, and one capable of work.
ing out her own destiny. Nine.
Petrova has written this drama
herself. II comes here from a
four-month run in New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
NATIONAL
".The O'Brien Girl"

GEORGE NJ. COHAN'S come
dams in 1.-THE o'Brien Girl"
will be the attraction at the Ma
tional Theater this week. opening
with performance tonight and
with matinees Wednesday and
Saturday. This is the piece which
created furore in Boston all last
summer, where, in spite of the
terrific heat, it PLAYED to capacity
houses atAevery performance. 1t
repeated this success at the Liberty
Theater in New York, where for
six months it was hailed as a
worthy successor to Mary" In
fact, il has been referred 10 as
"Mary's big sister"
The reasons for this reference
are many. In the first place, like
its predecessor. it is clean and
wholesome And then again 1t is
sponsored by George NJ Cohan,
and il was written by the same
three authors who were responsible
for Mary Otta Harbach wrote
the book and Frank Mandcl and
Lou Hirsch have again done the
lyrics and music. As was the case
with their big success Of last
season. "The oBrien Girl has all
the elements Of a musical comedy
success.
IL has good story and 10
sprightly,s containing many catchy
songs which are enilvened by
dances. which only Julian mitchell
knows how TO put on. Among the
song hits are, "I'll Treat You Like
A Sister" "The O'Brien GIRL
my Little Canoe" ''The CONVEX
satlon Step" I'm SO Excited"
and Learn To Smile" Among the
players are the following: Frank
Otto. Helen Mann, Joseph Allen.
Marion Snki, Oscar Figman, Edna
Whistler. Joe Medallion. Kay
Carleton, Joseph Breen and
Santry and Norton.
In addition there is singing
and dancing chorus, numbering
among It some OF the best dancers
in the musical comedy field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
BELASCO
"The Pron1endderS"

TIL L second of the Winter
Garden cameo revues, 1.-THE
Promenaders." making its initial
bow to Washington. will be the
stellar feature of the Shubert
vaudeville program which opens at
the Belasco with the matinee this
afternoon.
THE Promenaders" is compan-
ion piece to "The Whirl Of New
York" and comes intact with
company of fifty principals and
large chorus direct from the New
York playhouse where it created
sensation. The revue is pre-
sented In two acts and ten scenes,
with elaborate settings and daz-
\ cling costumes. Prominent in the
list of entertainers will be Jimmy
Hussey, peer of character come
dams; Beth Stanley, Frances Seay,
Lous Edwards, Eddie Hickey and
the Rath brothers. A chorus
created with more than average
beauty, voice and dancing talent
is among the stressed features.
Besides THE Promenaders"
revue. which will supply the entire
second part of the program, the
vaudeville bill viii comprise eight
stellar acts. Ethel Davis will be
heard in a program of original
song stories; o'IIanlon and Fam
bunis will provide an artistic
dancing novelty; Alfred Latteil
with Elsie vokes will present
unique diversion called 1.-THE Pup"
Buddy Doyle in burnt-cork humor-
isms: the Rath brothers, greatest
OF vaudeville athletes; Burn and
Foran, in a comedy conceit that
brims with laughter.
Henry Stimmel and the Cameo
Girls and Marjorie Carville are
others who will fill in moments of
fun and melody, The Shubert
news weekly and the usual screen
features will complete one of the
best bills yet sent over the new
vaudeville circuit,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
On the Horizon J
For Patrons of
TheaterS Here

"MR. PIN PASSES BY,"a
rollicking comedy. is
coming to the National.
Barney Gerard brings his
"New Show" to the Gayety
next week.
Nine. Petrova comes to the
Garrick in her own play,
"The White Peacock"
The Royal Picking Troupe
Of wonder workers is at the
Strand next week.
Marion Harris is first of
three top-liners on the next
Keith bill.
Peggy March and Jean Be-
dini are early Belasco pros
poets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
TERRIS5 CAREER
RIVALS PLAY
IN THRILLS
Director for Find the Wo-.
man" and Other cosmopoIi-
tan Productions Has Led
Life to Daunt Movie Heroes.

II is not given to many motion
picture directors to have had
a career as Interesting II not
moro interesting than any one OF
the photoplays they stage. but
Tom rerriss, director of Find
the Woman" with Alma Rubens.
has had experiences enough 20
furnish the themes of several
novels.
The name Terriss Is closely
linked with the theatrical history
OF England. The directors faith
err. William Terriss. was ia
nous . actor; his sister, Ellaline
Terriss. is the prototype of
Maude Adams in England. His
brother -in-law, Seymour Hicks,
is. the George NJ Conan of Eng
land. Toms father opposed the
stage as a career for his son and
sent him 20 Australia. where he
sheared sheep for two years. Then
the youth shipped before the mast
as an ordinary seaman. He was
washed overheard in a storm and
washed back again by the next
wave. Then he survived fire
at sea, fall from the mizzen
topmast and a mutiny.
firing of the sea. Terris re.
turned to London, where he got
a job on the stock exchange.
His father was then touring the
United States with. Irving, AMI
Tom look advantage of his alb
sehce TO go on the stage. When
his father learned OF it he shipped
him to America.
In Colorado young Terriss OBJ
tanned work in the silver mines,
nearly lost his eyesight in the
mountain SHOWS. then returned
TO England. There followed a
tour of the world, his father hav-
ing left Tom a tidy fortune. Re
turning to England broke" Ter
ris started n series of Dickens
representations that made him ia
NOUS in his own country and
this. Al the conclusion of mis-
last Dickens tour Terris was per-
suaded to present his repertoire
on the screen and he became n
director. He has staged more
than fifty productions, including
Boomerang BIZ and Find the
Woman" for Cosmopolitan Pro-
auctions.
Find the Woman" an Arthur
Somers Roche story, adapted by
Doty Hobart. is lavishiy staged
and splendidly cast. Alma fsu-
bens, who has the principal role.
Is dark beauty who made her
first pronounced success in 'Hu-
moresque," though she had be-
fore then played with such noted
actors as William Hart and Doug
las Fairbanks.
Eileen Huban. but six years
over from Ireland, has already
scored heavily on the stage.
Find the Woman" Is her first
picture. George MacQuarl'ie is one
of four brothers following the
stage as a profession. Harrison
Ford is well known as leading
man for Norma and Constance
Talmadge. Ethel Duray, a Brook
lyn girl, played her first picture
role in "Back Pay" a recent Co.'S
mopolitan production, while Henry
Sedley will be remembered by
all who saw "The Woman God
a CAaanH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12

regulations were amended to
make compulsory the installa-
ton Of steel curtains in all
theaters then or in the future
operating. Once on the books
the regulation was forgotten
almost Is promptly rs certain
others which the Knickerbockcr
tragedy resurrected to the
shame Of men who called them
selves public servants. How
ever. once in the industrious
Orgy Of at least saving the oat-
bin after the gray mare scam
psrsd TO other chimes, the sue
cessors to these aforementioned
public servants apparently intend
noslet-up. The peremptory order
Of last week giving theater
owners thirty days to do what
II took the Commissioners five
years to make up their minds to
order means that every theater
affected-there are nine-will
close its doors April s unless the
order is extended. It may also
mean desperate fight even
70 the courts between the man
ayers and the city authorities.
We are told the curtains re-
CURED will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000. They weigh about five
tons; are not uniform. but con-
structedto order, and are operat-
ed by hydraulic mains. Managers
point out the physical impossi-
bility of making the necessary
changes within the time allowed
even II the manufacturers could
construct and deliver the mate
Yial.
THE justice OF the oroer az
safeguard to the public Is not
questioned here--nor Ia 1t lauded--
in the light of parallel conditions
which escape the requirement. OBJ
lection IL sustained. however, to
the unreasonable haste now de-
handed after years Of lethargic in
difference. why Is the time limit
: Get within q few weeks Of the
formal closing Of tho legitimate
season when a few more days OF
the amiable endurable patience we
have witnessed in the ranks of
officialdom would let an already
hectic Ysar in stagedom pass be-
yond without further violence7
II seems as though the play
lover will abide the summer lull
bseors he sees his first violet.
EoRTUNATELY, however, there
are things more interesting
in the immediate future. How
ever much the season Il shortened
If It il at ail--washington viii
make the most OF the precious
weeks left. for the tagging days
are rich in offerings of merit.
Tragedy's cape and the testers
staff will dangic comparatively
before the wearers Of sack-cioth
with tho three legitimate houses
ali opening tonight for week
runs.
National-ward there is The
o'Brien Z GIRL" alluded to AZ
..Mary's' big sister and praised
generally as one OF George
Cohan's best bits of comedy fash
coming.
AT Polls Main Street. win
unravel the anthology of a small
town, with Alma Tell MS the re-
beIlious Carol Kennicott and Nc
Kay Morris as the dispassionatc
doctor.
Down at the Garrick some
thing OF more serious portent
viii concern The Unloved Wife,"
with q travelling cast which is
reported to have scored success
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
Coming Soon.

A MoNG the new Shubert unit
shows to be seen soon at the
Belasco are 1.-THE Midnight Round
ers," Jean Bedini's "Spangles" and
THE Whirl of New York"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
Fame for F Street.

THE f Street promenaders have
attracted the attention OF Paul
Schwarz, musical director Of the
Shubert-Belasco. A new compost
ton entitled The Flapper" IL a
fox trot melody dedicated to these
alluring damsels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-12
BleSSeS Fashion
For New Pockets

AKISS EILEEN COSGRIF'F is
W one of the many thousands
of women who are today
reveling in countless pockets In
their coats and dresses, whereas
for the past several seasons they
have been forced to all sorts of
subterfuges for carrying their
purses, handkerchief. etc.
Just think of the extremes we
have been driven to In the past"
says Miss Cosgriff. But, thanks
to Dame Fashion, we are no
longer slaves. and I am proudly
displaying four pockets In my coat
two of the regulation kind, an
inside pocket and a dear little
pocket just for loose change"
She is the Pitt In THE Unloved
Wife" at the shubert- Garrick
next week.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-12-16

s-sssSzsaE-.a .a--zEN- -aAan
He aqui las pIlnc4p@.-s
figuras en- el misterioso
"triangulo" de Ia Univer-
sidad de Valparaiso, In
diana, en- ell que Mrs. Ana
M. Cant, esposa del pro-
fesOr p. A. Cant, ex cate
dratico de la ameritada
institution, ha sido acu-
sada por Mrs. Blanche
Huston, de deicisiete amos
y esposa de Ernest Hus-
ton, de poner en- eviden-
cia el buen nombre de su
esposo. Parece que entire
el joven Huston y la es-
posa del profe-or exister
relaciones que pasan de
ser amistosas.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07

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andin a variety Of clicked combinations. Black
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-20

the four easements across the front.
1t has two entrances from the. porch.
One wall is taken up by the hand
some stair. Ample wall spaces re-
main for any large pieces of furni-
ture.
Upstairs, each bedroom has cross
ventilation. Easements permit the
use Of the full opening, If needed,
and contrary to an existing impress
sion, they are just as weather-tight
as double hung windows. if the right
frames and hardware are provided.
And they are certainly extremely at
tractive from outside and in. They
reed not be hidden by curtains Can
other economical feature that is sani-
tary as WELD. The merest framing
of drapes is sufficient.
Huge Closets
Feminine hearts will revel in the
huge closets in these rooms, in the
commodious tray last in one, the
linen case in the hall, and the lux
urious bathroom.
Wouldn't such a house be large
enough for your family?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-20

II we would but confess it, most
of us could get along very nicely
with a 'oIr-room house. We cheer
fully accept a one-room apartment
with a k%itchenette and an in-a-dor
bed; but when we build, we fell that
seven rooms or so will cramp us.
Here is a four-room cottage that
is only IS feet wide by 80 feet deep,
and it is a real home. 1t is not just
another house among thousands; it
is developed in a recognized type
the English-and every detail of ex-
terror and interior is the result of
more careful study than is usually
accorded the ordinary pretentious
dwellings we see everywhere.