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The Washington times., 1922-06-23

4 ND-a adds the chemical
"A analyst, with the truly
modern touch which measures
values in moneys worth-th:s
whole collection Of chemicals can
be bought for gs cents, and that
in a day when things are three
times as high as they used to be.
But even this ultra-modern is
not without sentiment nor is ne
barren Of philosophic insight.
for he sums hts summary with
the respectful exclamation:
How wonderful, then, is the
brain which makes many men
priceless
You will remember that the
psalmist answers his own cyni.
cal query about man who is but
dust, ''and yet Thou hast
crowned him with glory and
honor. given him dominion over
the works of Thy hands, and
hast indeed made him but little
less than God"
Everything, 1t appears. de-
The Washington times., 1922-06-23
Lenin's Immortality.

nREMIER LENIN Of Russia has
once more achieved what in
! the light of news dispatches
may be termed a resurrection.
1t would seem that the Russian
surgeons have perhaps. carried their
researches into the prolongation Of
life farther than the world at large
has been permitted to know. Cats
glands would appear to have been
grated on Premier Lenin. n
1t is likely that upon each fresh
return from the dead he gathers
faithful group of patriots around
him and then with fervor observes:
81 am only too glad that I have
other lives yet to lose for my
country"
The Washington times., 1922-06-23

another. just as one war is always an
EXCUSE for a second.
In going back to the old home town.
you get q certain satisfaction In seeing
that other folks have grown old too.
Hez Heck says: "a kiss ain't much
good unless both Of EN- feel like holdin'
on"
The Washington times., 1922-06-23

A NUMBER Of Questions ssk
"A for more informafiea absuf
the telcspectroscope. To ne n
Is the most important invention
30 far made by the human misA
Reporting q total eclipse %
the sun which occurred Aususr
Z. 1859. Astronomer Char3es A
Young told how he ssw a
through q four-inch telescuDs
with an eye-piece giving IN
image Of the sun two and cne-
eighth inches I'm diameter ard .
spectroscope with \ siit o.e-
eighth OF an inch long.
Could he look into ths WI
son Observatory now snd 80
it's 1oo-inch mirror and IN aif-
fraction eratings ruled fs.ses
lines 10 the Inch. i.nEu.<s
would Be poweriess % ezpr>-s
his emotion.
The Washington times., 1922-06-23
GEORGE wAsHTNGT0N NOT SO LUCKY
AS Al SUTfOR

George washington. First IN war, first
in peace" held second place IN the hearts OF
several women be admired. for be was re-
jectec by et least three. says. the June
Mary Cary and Betsy rsunteiroy OF vir.
gin1a, and Mary Philipse OF yonkers, all
refused when the future3 father of his
The Washington times., 1922-06-23

would prevent them iesvins. %
it is twenty-seven times sfrcas<r
than that exerted by the nsss
OF the earth. And the eclipss
of the sun researches fafled %
prove that gravitstion attracts
light.
The Washington times., 1922-06-23
@AnMo hhdMg
Look On This Picture and
On This
BY DIR. Charles FIeischer

L oOK on this picture and
= then upon this. 20 Hamlet
might put it.
II you want - sss, at a
glance, the difference between
the Elizabethan Era. which wus
the Golden Age of English liter
ature. and our own prosi-practi-
cal age. culturally considered.
please read the two following
characterizations of man.
Says Shakespeare: What n
piece of work is-a man! how
noble in reason! how infinite in
faculty! In form and moving how
express and admirable! in action
how like an angel! in apprehen-
sion how like a god!"
And now read a chemical
analysis, the product of this
practical period. Scientific in
vestigation shows that the in
gradients Of a man plus water
are as follows:
Fat enough for seven bars of
soap. Iron enough for a me-
dium-sized nail. Sugar enough
to fill shaker. Lime enough to
whitewash a chicken coop.
Phosphorus enough to tip 2,200
matches. Magnesium enough
for a medicinal dose. Potassium
enough to explode a toy cannon.
Sulphur enough to rid a dog Of
fleas.
The Washington times., 1922-06-23
FLINYER-DETROIT.

III our DOuleS nave SOULS, why
not heels, too?" by Conan Doyle.
FLIyyER--DETROIT.
Q D. MISUNDERSTANDING that
hack room back again." sung
by twinkling barflies at twi-
light. ~ :
Are one-piece bathing frocks
clothes or underwear" A'.|
Protest by Blue Law Auxiliary
against revolving barber poles.
Care OF moths. How to feed
them. -, h. r. ss
Old folks cradle stories a.
Children's cabaret songs. &.
sKRAP.PLE--PHILADELPHIA
10 p. m.---Health talk. Polka
: dots on your liver. t,sss
Violin lessons and their cure, 4
II How to make friends with
i extinct animals.
Tiddly-winks recital by infant
prodigy! Y rs s
Table etiquette in wholesale.
furniture stores. ts "a t5
Children,s hammock stories
Laughing Song" from Eigh-
teenth Amendment, by mixed
Canadian Mexican choir. ~
Making your mark" by Ber.
( lin Mint. S4l sji..iz
Mechanical Honesty" by Ohio
Cash Register Company. I.
( Juvenile folding bedtime yarns,
Concert by handcuffed harp
4 lists of. Canyon City.
"Chatterins at Darwin" by
Bill Bryan. 4
! Beauty talk TO Wall Street
wildcatters. Care OF the
thumbs" by Professor DertiL
Ion. .s
Children's insomnia stories.
MY six years In Germany"
Ambassador Gerard. s ~
My six thousand years In
Z Europe" by our war debts.
" Throwing cocoanuts at Dar-
win." BY B. Bryan.
How to look important in
hotel Hobbies. n
Juvenile delinquents' twin
bedtime stories.
|. Running away from Darwin
theory on ell fours," by w. J.. B.
az ympersonations OF ants, meg
mines. wild birds, by Versa
tile Orchestra.
Good night.
The Washington times., 1922-06-23
success Nurgcts

The best heads the world over
knew were wen read, ana the best
heads take the best places. Elm
erson. t
That old hokum bucket-shop
That margin bound bucketsbop.
= That loss covered bucke:-ssop,
Down by Broad and wan
The Washington times., 1922-06-23

pends not 10 much upon The
point Of view m upon the habit
and mode Of expression.
The Washington times., 1922-06-23
TODAY'S RADIO
MENU
BY "Bugs" Baer
KOKO-KOLA-ATLANTA
PIK.KLES-PITTSBURGH.
copyrisht. isa2. bs star compsnv.

s p. m.-what to eat yester.
day! l.. ..
Pullman's lower berthtime
stories. ~.
Indoor weather reports.
IF our bodies have souls, why
not heels, too?" by Conan Doyle.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
The Cdmerunndn and
Double Exposure

who photographed all the D. W. Griffith
big pictures. Many probably have never
heard even of Bitter
One of the notable aspects of the
purely Photographic end of photoplas
making is found in the doubieeX-
posure'' negative. There are few actors
one time or another attempted a dual
impersonation-the portrayal of two
usually contrasted characters in the
same story. Mary Pickford. Charlie
Chaplin. Dustin Farnum. Alice Lake.
Alice Brady, Viola Dana, Wallace Reid.
and only f1lmdomS statisticians know
how many more are among those who
have taken advantage of the films eX-
traordfnary ability to register duplex
activities. Heretofore it has been
largely a matter of careful measure
ments and careful timing to the frac-
tional parts of seconds. Photography
seems in the light of recent develop
ments, however, to have progressed be-
yond that palpably mechanical point.
No more illuminating example of the
higher development of doubie-exposure
photography, it is declared. can be
Walton Tully's production of The Mas
querader," adapted from John Hunter
Booths stage play based on the kath-
crime Cecil Thurston novel.
When Alice Brady, in the stellar roles
of filmed story that had served the
Dolly sisters on the stage, managed to
Evening star., 1922-10-29
CRANDALL'S-Charles Ray il
"The Deuce of SPADES"

Today, tomorrow and Tuesdsy.
Charles Ray will be the pictured star
at Crandalrs Theater. in his latesr
FIRST National production. THE Deuce
or Spades" which will be supple
mented by Harry Pollard. in "A new,
Hal Roach comedy, "365 Days" The
Deuce of Spades" visualizes the ad-
ventures OF young short-order cook.
VINO mfgrates from Boston to the
west to grow up with the country
What he really succeeds in doing is
10 become the Cafeteria king" Of d
mining camp until the gambling ele-
ment learns that he has a moderate
bank roll. when his troubles really
start Marjorie Maurice. Lincoln
runner Dick Sutherland and others
OF note appear in the stars support
Wednesday and Thursday. Irene
castle Is announced, in slim Shoul-
des. a new Hodkinson release, that
concerns the efforts of a beautiful
young woman to salvage her fathers
fortune after clever plot has al
but wrecked the family. THE Sleuth"
VIII be the added comedy Clara
klmball Young will be pictured th.
last two days of the week in her
latest Metro release The Hands of
Nara, a screen version of the stor,
by Richard Washburn Child, and .Toc
Rock. in His Wedding Daze." vii
supply the week end laughmaker
Short-reel features and pipe orCa-
accompaniment will be added attrac
tionS daily
Evening star., 1922-10-29
PALACE-Wallace Reid in The
Ghost Breaker"

Loew's Palace Theater will present
this week, beginning this afternoon.
Wallace Reid in his latest photoplay.
The Ghost Breaker" in which he is
supported by the beautiful Lila Lee
and strong cast of paramount
screen players.
The Ghost Breaker" is screen
version Of the famous stage play by
Paul Dickey and Charles w. Goddard,
which was adapted by Jack Cunning
ham and directed by Alfred Green,
with Thomas Meighan in the chief
role: Lila Lee and Walter HERS in
the chief comedy role. Arthur Carewe,
j. F. Macdonald. Frances Raymond
and Snitz Edwards are in the cast.
The story concerns the unwilling
heir of Kentucky feud, who is
driven back TO New York by clans
man from the hills and who joins
forces with a be. .utiful Spanish girl.
whose hereditary castle has been sud-
denly besieged by ghosts Together
they invade the castle and what hap
pens after the young American starts
cleaning out the ghosts makes one of
the really funny comedies of the
season.
A new two-reel comedy, Pop
Tuttle's Movie Queen" starring Dan
Mason of Toonerville comedy fame;
the Pathe News pictures and Topics
of the Day, with Greig's Halloween
Episode" as the overture. and or
chestral accompaniment Will be added
attractions
Evening star., 1922-10-29
C0LUMBIA-Marion Davies in
When Knighthood Was in Flower

Loew's Columbia Theater this after
noon at 3 o'clock will open the second
weeks showing of when Knight
hood was in Flower" the gorgeous
Cosmopolitan production Of the story
of love and chivalry by Charles
Major, in which Marion Davies is said
to have her greatest stellar role. The
picture began it's engagement at the
Columbia last Sunday afternoon, and
has played to absolute capacity at
every performance daily through the
past week.
The doors will be opened this after
noon at o'clock. and the manage
ment urgently suggests that those
desiring to see the afternoon per-
formance be on hand not later than
that time, in order to gain admission.
for the popularity of the production
is establishing new records for at
tendance at Loew's Columbia.
Robert G. Vignola directed the
photoplay epic from a scenario by
Luther Reed. Joseph Urban, famous
designer of settings for Ziegfeld's $
"Follies," is responsible for many of
the settings, indoor and outdoor, that
make for dramatic beauty and power.
Lyn Harding. Forrest Stanley, The
resa Maxwell Conover, Pedro de Cor
doba, Ruth Shepley. Ernest Glendin-
ming, Arthur Forrest, Johnny Doeley,
William Kent, Charles Gerard, Will
liam Norris, Macy Harlan, William
Evening star., 1922-10-29
METROPOLITAN - Guy Bates
Post in "The Masauerader."

querader," Richard Walton Tully's
screen production for First National
of John Hunter Booths famous stage
play. based on the novel by Kathe-
rine Cecil Thurston. Will be the at
traction at Crandalrs Metropolitan
Theater this week, beginning this
afternoon. The facility with which
the screen permits the INSTALLATION
of a dual impersonation enables Mr..
Post to offer portrayal on the silver
sheet that far surpasses his stage
performance in deftness and convic-
ton. He is supported by cast in
cluding Ruth Sinclair. Barbara Ten
nant, Edward NJ. Kimball, Herbert
Standing and Lawson Butt. The pic
ture has been skillfully and intelli-
gently directed by James Young, who
matte possibilities OF the unusuai
story to achieve novel scenic effects.
The story concerns John Chilcote.
member of parliament and the victim
of master-vice. and his cousin.
John Loder. strikingly like him in APP
in parliament and in his home. 1t is
a tale that embraces many opportunl-
ties for tense situation and strong
character delineation.
The supplementary attractions FOR
the week will include new issues OF
the Literary Digest's Fun From the
Press" an exclusive feature of the
Metropolitan's program: also an eX-
uuisite scenic. A splendid score for
"The Masquerader" has been ar
ranged and synchronized by n.
Mirskey. conductor Of the Metropoli-
tan Orchestra, with the usual concert
overture.
The usual scale of prices will pre-
vail
Evening star., 1922-10-29
RIALT0-Wesley Barry in Rags
to Riches"

All who revel in Wesley Barry. the
freckled inimita BILE, will see him at
his best at Moore's Rialto Theater
this week, beginning today, in his
latest production, Rags to Riches"
adapted from the stage play by
Charles A. Taylor.
The story concerns young Marina
duke Clarke. only child Of wealthy
Blakewell- Clarke. who pines for the
normal vigorous life of boyhood.
While reading a book of adventure
one evening he is visited by burglar.
introduces himself, and when the sec
ond-story man proves adverse to con-
Quoting operations on a safe with a
bystander Marmaduke follows him
TO his quarters, a den sheltering a
dangerous gang of crooks. and be-
comes the pal of one of them.
Niles Welch. Ruth Renick. Russell
Simpson, Minna u. Redman. Richard
Tucker. Eulalie Jenson. Jane Keck-
ley, Dick Sutherland and Jimmy"
Quinn are in the cast.
a multiple-reel comedy and the
latest All-American Fox news and an
orchestral score, with Suppe's Jolly
Robbers" as overture, will be added
attractions.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
L1NCOLN-"The Prisoner
Zenda."

Rex 1ngram's magnificent scre.,
version of Anthony Hopes colorfu.
story OF love and adventure. "Th.
Prisoner of Zenda." will be the chief
feature the first four days Of the
current week at the Lincoln Theater.
U street at 18th. The stellar roles
are being played by Alice Terry and
stuart Holmes. both remembered for
sterling portrayals in Ingram's "Four
Borsemen." and Lewis S Stone. Rob-
ert Edison and Edward Connolly also
are in the cast. The story is devel-
oped with wealth of. iiluminatiu
qetall and constant slcce ssion Of
thrills and the settings are gorgeous
Thursday and the rena.iIder OF the
week First Nationals production of
The Rosary" will be shown
There will be added atIra ctions of
varied interest and pip organ ac-
compa niment by Louis y. Brown daily.
The Saturday matinees legin al :"
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1922-10-29

1t has been pointed out that the finest
works of literature and the articulate
stage are finding their belated way to
the silver sheet. "The Three Musketeers,'
Monte Cristo,' THE Eternal Flame
"Oliver Twist" and numerous other sub
jects of standard literature have been
cited as proof of the upward trend, All
Of which, of course. is true, but there is
a purely mechanical side of picture MAX
ing that is also important, and that de-
serves its share Of credit and kind
word or two that it never gets
While the more proclamatory branches
of the industry have earned recognition
for their advancement, little or nothing
has been written or said on behalf of
the men who grind away at the camera
cranks and are really responsible for
the quality Of the Photographic image
recorded on the celluloid. The camera
men employed by the leading producers.
if anything, have travelled the path Of
progress at faster pace than the men
and women whose works they actually
visualize. And yet it is doubtful il the
layman can name a single cameraman,
with the possible exception of Bitter,
Evening star., 1922-10-29

with her feet bare, after the Hindu
fashion. and each toe ornamented by
a pearl ring. :.
The ceremony. reproduction of
the wedding custom prevailing in the
palace of a Hindu rajah. takes place
in the center of the throneroom. The
bride and groom sit upon large satin
cushions, under velvet canopy sup
ported by four poles. They are sepa-
rated by velvet curtain, which
comes just high enough to hide one
from the other. This curtain is drawn
by an attendant. and a tabouret is
brought in upon which rests a brass
bowl. The brides head'has been COW
cred with a hood. with holes for the
eyes, which completely covers her
face. The priest advances and takes
the left hand of the bride and the
right hand of the groom and joins
them over the brass bowl and wraps
about their wrists a silver cord. The
hood is then removed from the brides
head. both rise and the groom takes
her in his arms.
About two hundred people. dressed
in their richest. comprising both men
and women. are the guests in this
wedding scene.
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Hindu Wedding Staged.

WHAT is said to be one OF the most
novel scenes ever put into motion
pictures has been made part of
The Young Rajah," Paramount
picture. in which Rodolph Valentino
81 starred. 1t is a Hindu wedding Sc
Guence directed by Philip Rosen.
The setting represents the colossal
throneroom in the Hindu rajahs
palace and in architecture and in
vestiture. The research department
obtained all necessary data and pho
tographs and supplied valuable sug-
EeStionS which were carried out TO
the letter by the architects. the in
terior decorators. the property men.
the costumers and other branches of
the work of production.
Rodolph Valentino. playing the
rajah is married in this episode to
Wanda Hawley. leading woman. Va
icntino is dressed in one of the color
full Hindu costumes designed by Nata
eliza Ramhova, with a large turban of
, silver cloth and Ornamentcd with
sstrlngs of pearls. Miss Hawley wears
T. beautiful Hindu bridal costume.
Evening star., 1922-10-29

walk behind herself seated on a divan
and drop rose in her own lap it was
thought that the limit of startling ef-
feet had been reached. Guy Bates Post,
as John Chilcote, member of parliament,
and a victim of drugs. will be seen to
light cigarette from the pipe he
smokes as john Loder newspaper man.
He will also. as the same two sharply
differentiated individuals, take a match
from his own hand, pass to and fro
past himself and do other seemingly i'm
possible things that apparently violate
the ineXorabie natural law that a NOR
tai cannot be in two places at once,
that two bodies cannot occupy the same
space at the same time
This miraculous effect is not matter
of direction. 1t is not primarily a mat
ter of clever acting. 1t is essentially a
matter Of expert modern photography.
George Benoit, the cameraman, there
fore, should have his name alongside
those of Mr.. Post, the star, and James
Young, the director-and in the same
size type!
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Literary Lights
In the Movies

CLAYTON HAMILTON. lecturer, edi-
tor. playwright and photodrama-
tist, has been appointed director Of
education of the Palmer Photoplay
Company and Douglas Doty, former
editor of some of the biggest maEa-
zines, has become associate editor.
Mr. Hamilton was for nineteen years
extension lecturer in English and the
drama at]Columbia University He is
the author of several successful plays
and collaborated in the writing Of
others with A. E. Thomas
Evening star., 1922-10-29

ARGUS LOEW theatrical and photoolay lessee
U Polls and the Columbia and Palace heaters hav
~ chuke himself and has taken The Star into his
confidence He thinks has "stumped his the
publicity who his general public
has Ii this worked
modern Mr. Loew admit that his agents
lacking imagination and the But he claims
that the big phooay he has his Washington theaers
have been much them "o Sand with Rodolph Nalen
Rex lngrams prisoner Zenda Cecil De Miles production
he claims When Knghhood Was Flower
he thinks gifted
heraldng their this Mr.
feels that with the Valentino The Young Rah the
Rex Ingram production Trhng Women aue Tayo
of Peg My Heart and Ibanez Enemies
of Women here the
agents discontinue will be complete With desire of
fairly made that Mr. Ioews claims phoopay that rank
the best work magnitude
the display OF hHtrionc ability
THOMAS w. GIIMER whose have always
been welcomed in the local
m hours the of the photopa houses would
the showing their throughout the
lures NJ any who would like but who
the would like advised
precise time when 1t necessary TOR them to be at the thater
COURTEOUS has been received that The Star will
"A list OF the ten best released 1922 The
supported
large first iull OF what
best pictures and the determination that thorough
in reaching conclusion The busy office makes
Judge Tor another The plain
standard the idest another They
onal that arbitrarily standard
10 even approximate 1 w. ias1!saS & 4aspvo1ar
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Apollo.

Today and tomorrow. Alice Terry
and Lewis Stone. in Rex IFyrar's
The Prisoner of Zenda": Tsesday
and Wednesday. Norma Tslmaiga,
with Conway Tearle. in The Eteiaai
Flame: Thursday, Irene Castle, ~
slim Shoulders" and comedy. Fresh
Fish; Friday. Dorothy Dalton. IN
The Siren Call" and Paul Parrott. ia
'Shiver and Shake: Saturday. Alic,
Lake. in Kisses" and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter De Haven, in Twin Hus
bands"
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Avenue Grand.

Today and tomorrow. Norma Tai
madge. with Conway Tearle, in THE
Eternal Flame: Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Alice Terry and Lewis Stone
in Rex Ingrams The Prisoner of
Zenda"; Thursday, Dorothy Dalton, IN
The Siren Call" and Paul Parrott
in "Shiver and Shake: Friday. Irene
Castle, in "Slim shoulders" and com
edy. Fresh Fish; Saturday. Elaine
Hammerstein. in Under oath" and
Our Gang" in "One Terrible Day"
Evening star., 1922-10-29
LEADER-"Luck Dan"

The Leader Theater will offer f."
the first time in Washington thi
week a new thriller, entitled, Luck,
Dan. featuring Richard Talmadee, :.
new star. who before reaching star
oom was stunt man for Douglas Fair
banks. and many of the hazardou.
Undertakings in the Fairbanks thrill
ers are said to have been performed d
by Mr.. Talmadge
In Lucky Dan" he literally falls
dlves. leaps and jumps his wa
,hrough nVe reels-one of the mos
thrlliing modern stories ever filmed
Buster keaton, in THE Black
smith, VIII also be shown. and toda,
only. Jack Dempsey, in "Darede,: !.
Jack"
Evening star., 1922-10-29
American,

Today, Cecil De DeNiIre's Male
and Female: tomorrcw Colleen
Moore, in The Wall Flow .r": Tues
day. Doris May. in The I-rders,udy'",
W Wednesday, Norma TalrnaGue in "By
Right of Purchase: Thl-siav. Jane
Novak, in The Snowstoe Trail.
Friday. Betty Composer, in The
Bonded Woman"
Evening star., 1922-10-29
Photoplays This Week


AT THE PHOTOPLAY HOUSES THIS WEEK.
METROPOLITAN-Guy Bates Post Masqurader" Shown
this afternoon ~
PALACE-Walace Reid in "The Ghost Breaker" Shown this
afternoon. ~ ~
R1ALTOWesey Barry in Rags Shown this after
COLUMBIA-NNhen Knghthood Was in Flower" Shown tb,
afternoon (second week.. ~ ~
CRANDALLS-Chares Ray, in "The Deuce of spades Shown
this afternoon ~
LEADER-"Lucky Dan" Shown afternoon
LINCOLN (Colored)-"The Prisoner of Zenda"
Evening star., 1922-10-29

II. Powell and George Nash ara f,,
the cast.
When knighthood Was in Flower
concerns the romance of Princess
Mary Tudor. sister Of King Henry
VII or England. and Charles Bran
don. knight of the period.
Showing will be made continuously
throughout the coming week. from 3
TO II pm. today, and from 1890 am.
to IL pm. on week days.
Evening star., 1922-10-29

NEXT WEEKS PHOTOPLAYS.
Rialto.
Oresta Eessella. famous band lead
er and Universafs special production,
Human Hearts
Palace.
June Madness" the latest starring
production for Viola Dana
Metropolitan.
First Nationals screen production
of East Is West" with Constance
Talmadge in the stellar role.
Crandalls.
Mabel Normand in First Nationals
release of "Molly-O." and the Fox
production of Monte Cristo.'
Lincoln.
John Barrymore. the noted actor. in
Goldwyn's film version of Sherlock
Holmes"