The Washington times., 1922-08-14
81 ORPHANS AS
times GUESTS
SEE BIC MOVIE
Loew Thsater's Manager Re-
oeives Children; Get Candy
and Flowers.

Happy children's laughter signal.
lied the opening Of The Washington
Times Orphans Party, which today
entertained thirty-two boys and
girls from the Washington City Or.
phanage and the Bruen Home AT
Loew's Columbia Theater, where
Forget Me.Not," the notable drama
of the Orphanage, Is being shown
this week. ....
Lawrence Beatus. general man.
ager of the Loew theaters here, and
Mark Gates, manager of the Column
bia, began early this morning, TO pre-.
pare for the welcome invasion.
Shortly after 10 o'clock a bus of
the Washington Rapid Transit Com
psny, bearing a precious cargo of
little lives. rolled to q stop In front
of the theater.
Here we are" came the shriil
chorus from the bus. Get ready
for us! We're all here! Hello, MIR.
Beatus" -
As the children alighted from the
spacious vehicle, they were greeted
by Mr.. Beatus. Mr.. Gates and by
Miss Helen Hiser, dressed for the
part OF Bessie Love. the little star
L.
Her hair In two shining braids
and her face bright with smiles.
Miss Hiser gave each of the young.
sters a box Of candy, furnished
by Walter Brownley, proprietor Of
the sweets shop at Thirteenth and
r streets.
In response to warnings from
various persons that the boxes
should not be opened until the
guests Of The Times were seated
In the theater, the children oblig-
ingly snapped the gold twine and
dived into the goodies with very
audible expressions Of praise and
delight.
A crowd which had gathered be.
fore the theater to witness the
morning showing Of "Forget.Me.
Not" gladly gave way to the
little ones at the request Of the
camera man. The throng then
gathered in the lobby TO watch the
exultant members Of The Times
party march In to their seats.
Miss Hiser, a student Of the
O'Connor School OF Expression.
sang the ballad, "Forget.Me-Not," :"
In costume, In the prologue to the
screen play,
Entranced, the orphans watched
the story paralleling their own lives
unfold itself before their eyes. And
they wondered. perhaps, why the
srown.ups in the audience occasional
ly coughed or sobbed as a particu.
larry poignant bit OF human interest
was enacted. A thernatic score by
the Columbia orchestra, especially
adapted to the production, gave
added strength to the picture.
The animated cartoon and other
subsidiary features Of the program
awoke laughter from the orphans
reserved seats. As the children
filed out Of the theater to the buses
which would take them back to the
institutions, they were handed
flowers contributed by George C.
Shaffer, whose florist establishment
at 800 Fourteenth street Is one of
Washington's most famous shops.
The Washington Rapid Transit
Company tomorrow will bring thirty.
eight children from the German Or.
phanage, Good Hope road, Anacostia,
to the theater. Seventy-five boyH
from st. Joseph's Orphanage, Tenth
and II streets northwest, will march
to the Columbia for the morning
show. They also will be given candy
and flowers and excellent entertain.
ment.
The Times party on Wednesday
will consist OF twenty guests from
the Central Union Mission Children 9
Home and thirty from st. Johns
Orphanage. The party will close on
Thursday with $50 children from st
Vincent's Orphanage.