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The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

only translate-any hack writer
could do that, and a sorry play
from the American viewpoint it
would have been-one delved into
the essence, the heart OF the thing,
and then one recreated to get an
artistic whole, or as artistic as one
could. Artistically, it is easier and
far more satisfactory to have ones
own theme and to develop that.
Then one is not bound by the
skeletal framework, the laydown OF
another mind.
The difficulty at present Is that
the American producer seems to
feel that he must go abroad for his
stuff. That is not true. Were the
American writer's given the en-
couragement. both financial and
from the point of view of reclame
that the foreigners are. they, too,
would turn out fine work. Certain
O'Neill is: so is or rather so did
Owen Davis in The Detour:" then
there is the lighter vein OF Clare
Hummer. Why, who knows hut
she. properly encouraged, might be-
come our own feminine Guitry! 1t
would mean better plays. better
productions and increased satisfac-
tion to both actors and audience S
ACHMED ABDULLAH.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
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NEW YORK PLAYS
By WALTER F. EBERHARDT

NEW YORK, April 8.-Charlotte
Greenwood in Maggie Pepper"
Eddie Cantor in Make 1t Snappy;"
Grace George in The Exquisite
Hour" and "Dewolf Hopper's Fun
makers" are the openings scheduled
for this week.
When "Bavu' opened the Earl
Carol Theater the critics aimed their
needs of praise at the restful ap-
pointments of the new theater rather
than at the play; but the arrival Of
Just Because" at the same house
makes it possible to sing unstintingly
the paens Of both. Seldom have tune
full melodies, under the docile voice
of Janet Richardson singing Just
Because" or Simply LLove," blended
so effectively with rapier thrusts of
comedy. The plot? A weary widower
has nine daughters to marry off, the
youngest of whom finds a target in
a man of high ideals and no senti-
ment whose aim Is to make life happy
and discipline. It Is q merry fest
of laughter and music; and with a
warm encomium to the equisite dane
ing of Queenie Smith, we pronounce
it 14-karat quality for more rea-
sons than Just Because"
To the Ladies" Is all to the
mustard. The New York critics have
been inclined to place 1t on a level
just below that Of ''Dulcy'' but the
steadily increasing favor of this
latest product from the Kaufman
Connolly combination would seem to
reverse their verdict. 1t Is not so
overdrawn as its predecessor and
the acting is markedly an improve
ment with Helen Hayes an epherma
vision Of loveliness. The big scene,
in which an ambitious clerk has pre-
pared speech for a banquet from
Speeches for Every Occasion" only
to find that his rival precedes hiua
with the same speech. finds its equal
in the intimate comedy touches Of
domestic and business life upon which
the plot is based.
As "Dulcy'' was a proverb in the
Stupidity of some women, so ITO the
Ladies" is for some men and frankly
we liked the latter better.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
MISS NANCY GIBBS
LIKES AMERICA AND
PLANS TO REMAIN

One of the few Welsh girls to
make a success on the American
stage Is Nancy Gibbs. prima donna
of the Winter Garden cameo revue.
The Whirl of New York" which is
at the Belasco this week.
Miss Gibbs was born in Cardiff,
Wales. and is famous in London
for the sweetness of her smile. 1t
may be because of that smile that
she was chosen to play the princi-
pal female role in a spectacle at the
Empire Theater. 1t was from that
production that Gilbert Miller Sc
cured her for the role of Lady
Mary in Monsieur Beaucaire."
She had previously made hits at
Days Theater IN revival OF
cinderella" and The Eclipse" at
the Carrie. and her name had be-
gun to appear in the electric lights
of London. But she is in her early
eos and ventursome and. further
more, she had heard Maggie Teyte
sing the role of Lady Mary, and
was in love with the score. So Miss
Gibbs tossed aside her London
prestige and set sail for the United
States.
Now that she is here, she likes
America so well that she declares
she intends to remain, encouraged
into this determination by her great
success after joining the Winter
Garden forces, following her Amer
lean tour in Monsieur Beaucaire."
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
ANOTHER FAIR ONE
OF THE EATON CLAN
IS WITH US TODAY

Mary Eaton. known as the Fol
lies" sweetheart, premier danseuse,
with "Ziegfeld Follies" coming to
the National tonight, has had a lot
more of stage experience than she
is generally credited with, Is not
generally known.
Miss Eaton's home town Is Wash
ington, and at the ripe age of 10,
she was a full-f1edged member of a
stock company in the Capital. and
during the season, she played a
number of important child's parts.
Among these were Anna May in
"Salomy Jane" the little girl IN
Jimmy Valentine" and the tits
role in Little Lord Fauntleroy."
She had played some fifteen diff:
ferent parts before she took up the
study of dancing. 1t was under the
tutelage of Theodore Kosloff, who
was he1 teacher for three years.
that she gained her proficiency in
the Terpsichorean art.
Miss Eaton also sings, so 1t was
not witheut reason that Flo Zieg-
field has about decided to star her
in a second company of Sally" In
spite of her dancing ability, Miss
Eaton really would like to play
heavy dramatic role and even
aspires to appear as the heroine of
Shakespea-e's Romeo and Juliet"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Adapting French Drama.

Dramatic Editor:
While it is interesting to see
what can be made of an American
acting version of a play like THE
Grand Duke" 1t is absurd to speak
'of such a play as a translation.
The Guitrys, in Paris, play to spe-
cial audiences under very special
conditions. Sasha Guitry, over 40
and by no means slight, is still the
very acceptable Juvenile. The au-
5ience goes for an amusing even
ing, to a small, intimate playhouse,
expecting to hear and Invariably
getting the latest slang OF the mo-
ment, the picture of the passing
hour. Here the Americans, know
ing only Debureau, the one play in
which the author made a stab at
fame that should endure through
out the ages, wanted something
more. Besides, from the very ma
ture of the case, they are not quite
as familiar With former members
Of royalty such as grand dukes,
etc, whose one idea is to pass a
waiting period as pleasantly and
innocuously as possible.
All this had to be sketched in
more impressively. The whole
thing had to be codified, crystal
ized. given cohesiveness. That was
where the work for Mr.. Belasco,
and for Mr.. Atwill. who contributed
royalty, and for me. came in. 1t is
not the original grand duke. It is
our best at an attempt to give to
Americans the picture Of that play
as 1t amused Parisians. But the
audiences are different; they laugh
at different things. What strikes
the one as pathetic seems to the
other quite natural. Doesn't the
familiar French "C'est la viei"
prove that at once? One did not
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Mr.. Atwill's Grand Duke.

Dramatic Editor:
1t seems to me that all the re-
views Of Sacha Guitry's THE
Grand Duke" at the National, fail
to properly emphasize the similar
ity and dissimilarity that at once
exists between Lionel Atwilrs no.
bieman in "The Grand Duke" and
Leo Ditrichstein's Interpretation Of
the same kind of a type.
II memory serves truly, the
flosest approach to this Guitry
that Ditrichstein
has ever done was in Henri Lave
dams. THE Marquis de Priola,"
though the characters are suffi-
ciently similar to afford one a
comparison. II one draws any in
ference at all from the per-
formance of THE Grand Duke 1t
must be the inference that Mr.. Be-
lasco believed his star (Mr. At
wild quite capable of interpreting
a Ditrichstein role. On the other
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
STAGE LIFE AND -
ITS ELEMENTS IN
FILM AT STRAND

The old theatrical boarding
house. the chorus queens swell
apartment" the shyster lawyer
who hangs about on the fringe of
the theatrical world, living off its
gilded scum and the gentleman
friend" of the stage girl, are ele-
ments in "The Golden Gallows,"
the Victoria Galland magazine
story which was filmed by Universal
and which opens a weeks engage
ment at the Strand Theater today.
Miss du Pont is the star. AL
though she has had very little
stage experience, she knows the
life of the theater intimately, and
every other member of the Univer-
sal unit which filmed '"The Golden
Gallows' has had the benefit of
long years before the footlights.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Opposes ReyiyaIs.

I was very much interested in
the letter of ]. n. D., in (last) Sun
days Herald, urging the producers
to give US more revivals in 1929
and 1923. 1t is evident that ]. n.
D. is an optimist, for such of the
revivals as came 20 my attention
last winter were plays which left
me mighty glad indeed that the
theater's style has changed since
Bought and Paid For" The
Squaw Man" and a few others of
that ilk were in their heydey.
While it is true that all Of us
can still enjoy The Easiest Way"
and The Auctioneer." such plays
are exceptions to the rule and
merely prove that Belasco's stand
ard has dropped a little from that
of other years. Instead of revivals.
for heavens sake let US have
fewer new plays II necessary, but
better. It's time for the authors
to wake up and do something.
H. P. ].
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Current Amusements
At a Glance.

NATIONAL g feld's
"Follies."
.GARRICK-"The Charlatan."
B. F. KEITH'S-Vaudeville.
" BELASCO-Vaudeville.
!. COSMOS - Vaudeville and
pictures.
STRAND - Vaudeville and
pictures.
GAYETY-"Folly Town"
CAPITOL-"Chick Chick"
METROPOLITAN - John
Barrymore in "The Lotus
Eater"
RfALTO-Alma Rubens in
"Find the Woman"
PALACE-Ethel Clayton in
"The Cradle" 49,
COLUMBIA-"Moran of the
Lady Lefty"
CRANDALLS-Norma Tai
madge In Loves Redemption"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN

hand, Il Is obvious that Mr.. Atwin
demonstrated his own inability to
vitalize such a role to the extent
that Ditrichstein vitalizes 1t.
DitrichsteIn. as le Marquis in the
Lavedan play, was dynamic, vivid
and profoundly alive. Mr.. Atwil:,
on the other hand. is so thoroughly
aloof. detached and artificial that
he become almost static. or course
one is always entitled to ones
preference in such matters, but II
seems to me, Mr.. Editor, that for
purposes of entertainment Mr.. At
willis INSTALLATION was a little too
static and aristocra tically aloof to
be properly interesting in the play
house. 1 hope that you agree.
l.. n. AHALT
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Concerts-Lectures.

Under the direction OF DR.. Archi-
bald T. Davidson. the eminent con-
ductor, the Harvard Glee Club,
which is concluding a triumphant
tour OF the important musical
.centers OF the East and Middle
West, will be heard in concert at
the New National Theater Thursday
afternoon. April 20. at 4:45 O'Clock.
The club sings, according to great
critics with excellent tone shad-
ing. with varying dynamic con-
trasts. with clear enunciation and
with musical phrasing. DR.. Dawson,
with his remarkable musical skill,
has trained the organization to
point where its execution is COM
parable with the best choruses of
the world.
The concert will he given under
the local management of T. Arthur
Smith, Inc
In response to numerous requests
Miss Janet Richards will give a talk
on Public Questions" tomorrow
New Masonic Temple. Thirteenth
street and New York avenue. when
she will give review OF the most
vital and interesting developments
IN the worlds work for the past
week. She will also give the story
of the wonders of wireless, taking
as her subject Radio. and the Au-
dience Of the Future" Miss Richards
has secured a receiver and smpli-
fer so that all may listen in" The
talk will begin at 1o:45 o'clock.
Charles Ram Kennedy and Edith
wynne Matthison (Mrs. Kennedy
will appear in a joint recital Of
dramatic interpretations on Friday
afternoon, April 2S. at 4:3O o'clock
at the Masonic Temple. under the
auspices Of the Woman's City Club.
The offering include Lady Greg
ory's 1.-THE Rising OF the Moon
and scenes from The Merchant Of
Venice" "The School for Scandal"
and Mr.. Kennedy's own play, The
Servant in the House"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
The steamer Majestic" left Wash.

The steamer Majestic left Wash
ington at 3 o'clock last Saturday on
its fist trip of the season. On
board were a number of Washing :
ton business and professional men,
who were. the guests of the COM
pany. This steamer has been COM
pletely renovated and put in first
class condition. The company con-
templates regular runs throughout
the summer on Monday and Wednes-
day at 5 p. m, and Saturday after
moons at p. m. Weekend excur-
sions will be featured.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

cerning the theatsr. Communication
should be typewrittsn II possible and
should not exceed 800 words. Stamps
must accompany requests for return Of
manuscripts, and anonymous letter. viii
not be considered.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

Announcement is made from the
executive offices of the Crandall
Theaters in the Metropolitan The
ater Building that effective today
John B. Uppe-man, heretofore man
ager of Crandall's Apollo Theater
vice Joseph ]. Bell, resigned. The
Savoy hereafter will be under the
personal management of Robert
Etris. for many months a member
of the Crandall managerial stan.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Fred Stones Jingle Book.

One of Fred Stones staunchest ad-
mirers is George AIDE, who, out OF
compliment to the well-known COM
edian. has concocted what is called
a Fred Stone Jingle Book" which
will be presented to all the children
attending the Wednesday and Satur-
day matinees during the coming en-
gagement Of '"Tip-Top" at the Ma
tionaL Mr.. Stone will personally
present to all his youthful friends in
the audience copies of this souvenir.
which is profusely embellished with
illustrations OF the popular star in
all his well-known Characterization
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Garrick Reopens With "The Char.
latan" but Polls Again Lapses
Into Darkness.

-HE shortage of legitimate theater attrac-
tions seems only partially relieved inso-
far as Washington Is concerned. The
- GarrIck dark for several weeks,
sooner opens with new play called The
Charlatan" than Polls plunges into the no-at-
traction tunnel and announces its temporary
IaJoT for seven days. The National continues
to function. however. and this week 1t presents
the engagement of Mr.. Ziegfeld's tustly-famed
"Follies"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

Lynn Cantor, the prima donna
with Folly Town" al the Gayety
Theater this afternoon, mentions
three things that determine a girls
ability to make money in the bus
mess world. The FIRST is health, the
second, training and the third
spirit. Health, though. lies at the
bottom of all three, for the amount
of earning power is directly de-
pendent upon her physical strength.
Avery Hopwood will arrive in
Berlin this week to arrange for the
production Of Fair and Warmer"
The Bat" and The Gold Diggers."
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

~ URLESQUE devotees of the city seem to
- have treat in store at the Gayety and
N the Capitol The hrst-named playhouse
~ offers weeks run OF Folly Town"
featuring Gus Fay. while the avenue theater
announces Chick Chick" with Billy Kelly and
Charles Country.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Ohio Censorship
Stirs the Movies
To New Outburst
Alarms and Excursions but No
Real Action Marks Latest
Film Incident 4.
By EARLE DORSEY.

THE highly sovereign and heavily censored
Commonwealth of Ohio. which distin-
guished itself some ten years ago by
- barring The Birth of a Nation" from it's
borders is once again the storm center OF q
film censorship cyclone Hark the tale:
Some two weeks ago. Mrs Evslyn Snow, the
chief movie Of the State of Ohio, scis-
sored out a cellulod paragraph which attacked
the institution of film censorship. Assaed for
her alleged freebootery Mrs. Snow became excited
and announced that not only would she do It
again but that her reasons for the act, IL anyone
wanted to know. a follows:
~ That attacks on censorship were wrong
because censorship itself was right.
C2) The fact that censorship existed in Ohio
clear proof that censorship right
CS) That censorship necessary because
the popuIace is not Mt to judge its film
needs. and lastly,
90 That not over Is per cent OF the American
people do any thinking at all
Under such circumstances Mrs Snow, a. chief
censor, felt within her legal rights instantly
squelching any propaganda that aimed Nat the
abolition of censorship as a doctrine tending
toward indecency and heresy
Having exacted. in a moment OF excitement,
sweeping a statement from Mrs. Snow
whole motion picture industry instantly rushed
70 Press agents hastily marshalIed.
monographs were shotted TO the muzzIe and
the mails have been deuged since with
round-robins, resolutions and demands that press
and populace enter the fight against this. THE
first open attempt to deny the American citizens
inherent right criticize any existing law and
any public orhcial appointed administer It"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

VAUDEVILLE continues to offer its usual
charm and appeal at the four variety
NJ theaters of the city. Keith's offers
Blossom Seeley and the Avon Comedy
-Four as its headliners, while The whirl of
New York" is the chief attraction at the Belasco.
other splendid bills current the Cosmos
aud the Strand.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

GAYETY-This afternoon at the Gayety, James
Z. Cooper opens his production of Folly Town"
for weeks engagement "Folly Town" is
made up OF musical comedy, high class bur-
lesque and unique vaudeville specialties- The
piece is in two acts and sixteen scenes, written
and staged by William K Wells. The music
was especially written by Jesse Greer and con-
tains such hits welcome Folly Town."
Mellow Melody" The Lovelight That Shines
in Your Eyes" and Cuba" Gus Fay, who
heads the cast is assisted by Johnnie Walker
Lester Dorr, Lynn Cantor. James Holly Leda
Enrol and the California Trio.
CAPITOL-The 'Curbstone Quartette" four
unusually clever and accomplished instrumental
lists who are said to have few equals in the
rendition Of the latest jazz. is of the big
features Of "Chick-Chick,' this weeks attrac-
tion at the Capitol Theater. beginning with
today's matinee. Foremost among the fun
makers Billy Kelly and Charles Country.
Assisting them such clever performers
Lew Howard, Frank Mallahan. Chick Griffin
and Jimmy Kelly.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

A for as the case Of Mrs. snoW goes 70
entirely unnecessary, In al probability to COW
centrdfe the monte hotoitsers on her tNdiscTeet
ard soorried head she has oomTPttted the
spedkobIe crime Of putting tnto teords the
thoughts Of her sHperSors and her doom, IN all
probability, q already sealed. The reformers
themselves cdn be trusted to care for
Idckino IN subtletY
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

VT yTTH the highest respect for the motion
N.Y. picture industry, it's publications, it's
" press agents. and its Paul Reveres.
w and with equal respect also for the
The Washington herald., 1922-04-09

THE highly sovereign and heavily censored
Commonwealth OF Ohio which distin-
guished itself ten years ago by
- The Birth Of from fts
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-26
ALEX HENDERSON
 APPARENTLY LOST
PIosDector Goes Into Woods at Idaho Inlet Near Homah-Fmls
 t0 Return

According to a telegram received Tuesday forenoon from Gene Mc- CIoskoy by hIs father James Mc- Cioskey Alex Henderson. a we'll known and experienced prospector who has boou with Che younger Me- Clotey prospecting in Che vicinity of u0ouah for Che past several weeks ms wandered back from Che beach Of Idaho Inlet either last Friday or Saturday and had not since boon acon.
 Mr. McCIoskey turned Che teie- rram from hIs son over to u. 8 Mar shaI Beaumont who immediately wired hIs dcptuy Harry Pride of Hoouah. to do an in his power Co locate Che missing man. Thurday Marshal Beaumont received tcle- gram from Pydo Go Che e1oct that Hcuderaoua tracks had been found where he had como down to Che boach and again returned to Che woods prydo also requested @ larger searching party. Tho result was that Che coast guard cutter unalW leit hero Thursday afternoon for Hoouah to aid in Che search. ln Che mean time young McCloskey and others wh Deputy Pride arc busy in thc.r oIoru to locate Che missing man who. iu Che opinion of Mccloskcy 's father here. has evidently lost h.s hcad. However he says Henderson is nm experienced man in tho hills aHd woods and believes that he win be ouud ha there are plenty of berries u Ono country where he w1a lost. there ia no apprehension that hc win s.arvo l0 dcalh
 As it would require nearly 2l hours for Che Unalea to reach Hoo nah. no news .s expected from her before late thIs evening or tomorrow.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-26
CONDITIONS GROWING
 WORSE EVERY DAY
Railroad Strike Which Started July lt Assuming Alarming
 Proportion.

Tho railroad strike which ..ar.cd Saturday July Ia. eight wccu ago .oIay lH moro threatening now ihm .I nnr period of Ia md. There hoH uo. boon day i'm Ono Ife Of Che .r.E. previous l1 yesterday that c.- forts were mo. made Io cacc. ae,- Umu. But yesterday an attcmp.H ,o eo. together by Che executives of One rlrou raIlH and heada of One brotherhood unions wore cl.Ied oI and general Uo-ur o. railroads from Che Atlantic lo Inc pac.le .H now mmnm. Tho conference a. New York hm d.aharIol and Che delegates hlro mostly icl. for ,hc.r home.
 President Harding .s quoted u nvu-.HaI "hu power O. Che eorcr- mont win bc u..d .o maintain lru0. ro-uUuu and sustain UIc right of mon u work. u Ono meantime nu..ue developing i'm various parts or One country and conditions rre abmI n. den.oah.a m they cam WoI be-
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-26
SEPTEMBER 14 IS
 CHAUTAUQUA DATE
Advance Agent Miss Aida Henry Writes Local Management
 From kc.cnsn

According n letter rooe.v0I from W# tIlu E Hmu advance
 m. for .He White chau- uum Company h. .ho local mau-
 mm. .l Juneau September If ia .r.I n. m. dat. n. tHo opening of Ie Hte night. ..r.o. of uler.a.n- mmH uI .Ha n'... Tho letter wa. written from k...H..au hut M" Henry a expected Io arrive i'm Ju- roau eame Hme mex. week.
 ItHm.e.r IHal One program lo ho given H..e win bc received In tme for publication uel. week. nothing having been received yet a. to IH ua- u-. o- indicating how many m.or- n.rau win appear on the program.
 The IIh ar September comes ou TmH.r. which win run Che 0r.o. rI entertainments two u.rh.H into Che following week. hu. It win bc WoI or.- .a allow sufficient t.me for Che launching ol Che bIs Country Pair which win take place son.am- har .s.ga and for which ..reraI hum. dr.I tickets havc already bon 1.d.