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neil Fills Vacancy
Police Commission

to The Tribune.
Tstown, Dec. 12.-At Monday
- 3 meeting of the city council
Jack Briscoe appointed r.. =.
ID member of the fire and po-
lfnrnission to fill the vacancy
AES bysthe death of E. w. Mettler
EI &zne ago. The appointment was
Aed sas were those Of J. NJ. Ag-
&1i M s4 ri police magistrate to. succeed
III FL. Smith and Edgar Fitz-
1ucceed w. H. Hines, resign
s engineer reported that the
neN tank, costing $4,000, in the
wGSE @0ftown vas filled with wa
|hef S4f d e6mmission while the old
EX3egy2f Reservoir Hill was being
rSp4ffN hnder roof and would
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-13
SCHOOL MUSIC DISCUSSED

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistowp, Dec. 12.-At a meeting
of the Parent-Teacher association
Tuesday afternoon the subject of music
in the public schools was presented by
three of .Lewistown's most prominent
instructors, Miss Carlotta Hallock,
Mrs. Raymond Leek and Mrs. J.. Il.
Owen. A musical program was car
ried oft.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-13

at the time and Fleming said he as
sumed that Greve had a revolver in
his hand when he shot.
The defendant is a cowboy and had
been employed at the Winneeook ranch
since September. 1919, and previous
to that time had worked at ranches in
Sweetgrass and Meagher counties. He
was born and reared in Greenville,
South Carolina, and he told the court
that he had been in the habit of carry
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-13

Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Butte, Dec. 12.-Lempi Peterson is
charged with third degree assault in
ii complaint filed against her Monday
BY the probation and humane officers.
She is alleged to have administered
a terrible beating to her nine-year-old
stepson, and the lad was then sent TO
school with blood streaming from
wounds in his head.
The family has been having consid-
cradle trouble, the stepmother having
chased the children out of the house
on numerous occasions.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

at the box office. Nay! Nay!
You are taking every risk when
you dole out your cash for plays
today, and you want to know ex-
actly what you are buying, That
is human nature.
Frinstance: The price of a
seat for al Will If You viii"
was perhaps the same as the
price Of a seat for "Shore
Leave" Yet you would have
kicked yourself If you HAD
bought tickets for the former
and let the latter 60 by. And the
critic warned you. Don't forget
that. The critic usually. errs
in the direction Of ,leniency, but
sometimes they do get his goat
and he utters abrupt truths
spontaneously. ...,
E,fRST Of ali, the manager ss
IL saddles the. critic with al
most opnipotent qualities and
then-he belitties Him. First Of
all, he declares that his play
fails because the critic has
panned it, and then he asserts
that critical s6EnieA is y qritei
worthless, and tksk / meres re-
port would be all that is neces-
sary. 1t is never the play that
Is bad. It's never TIE manager!
ial Judgment that ,is. At fault.
According TO the manager "Ths
Woman WHO Laughed, ""Lights
Viii II You VIII" wild Oats
Lane" "The Endless Chain"
"The 4 Plot .'-Thickens" and
"Drsams For. Sale, would OUT,
"Lightnin'"S"Lightnin'" II the
as.I.i assInipaSSls, able ssFiSey would sig.t
Take the Theatsr GGiids bro
duction Of "R. u. R." at the
Garrick Theater. lak Monday.
To my mind Il ,is quite the most
striking performance ! have seen
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
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.WHITE, Ss4
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WHY DO 'CR1n(6PAN USl - !
MANAGERS ASK. G.. AND !.
DALE .ANSWERS> THEM
IHHzELN
n mJLHM !
NI00N/
By ALAN DALE.
INY HY do critics pan bad plays?
WV Somebody asked me that nuestiC

W. HY do critics pan bad plays? .,,,r,... -,
w Somebody asked question other and the
only answer could think of Yas "Because manaefs
It
wagedand waged spasmodicaly seem to think
that the critic should hem and haw about the bad play and give
chance and that of yodd theas should hold
large and delighted audiences happily after
Utopia! disgruntled critic EVERY play
would tremendous
long did ghtnin and there would be such small change
the weekly lists the critics would have nothing earth do
but attend five hundred performances Tell why Fantastic
five hundred nights and why on the Stairs the Playhouse
shouldn't its third felicitously
Why have already
Woman Who Laughed produced the Longacre August
Lights Out the Vanderbilt in the month"; he
Tooth at the Little Theater d" Will You Will the comedy
"Wd Boadhurst; the
Cohan; "he Plot Thckens the BOOTH Dreams Sa
the Payhouse;-and 10 forth. ~
October enormous:
almost appaingand why? Did these plays fail
them did critics Could
they been if they had been praised
gushingy? think
play produced playhouse which one
critics raved for failing Immediately and
unhesitatingly.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
Bebe Toys With
"PreShuS JoolS"

A PRODUCTION hazard not
n usually considered. has been
- met in Penrhyn Stanlaws
Paramount production of Pink
Gods" a. picture featuring Bebe,
Daniels and James Kirkwood.
This is the danger Of loss and the
. cost of insurance Of tens Of thou.
sands of dollars worth Of diamonds
and jeweled pieces. which are seen
in the picture.
The theme of "Pink Gods" which
comes to Loew's Palace this after.
noon, Is the lure Of diamonds for
women, and the dramatic action
revolves about a young wife.
played by Miss Daniels, and the
lengths Of indiscretion to which
she goes to obtain the, precious
stones, Mr.. Kirkwood is seen as
John oueich, the '.man who made
Kimberly and the man who has
In his gift innumerable- gems.
Such is the effect of the Pink
Gods" upon the character played
by Miss Daniels that she is re.
quired to 80 into what amounts to
a state Of hypnosis while gazing
at some Of the wonderful gems:
In order to make these convinc.
ing. Mr.. stanlaws,, the producer,
arranged with q diamond broker
torrent some. Of the finest stones
which could be obtained some sof
which We're unset and some In
beautiful combinations and set
tines. - = = y IA s"A& q! h.. <, y
These gems were placed IN y
safe deposit each night, and re.
moved In the morning by a plain
clothes officer, who turned them
over to Miss Daniels when. they
were needed for scenes. This
officer never got farther from the
star than just outside the cam,ra
lines. and he was responsible for
the safe return Of the jewslry aF
: night. L !, ,S,,''',..' = y 81 =. ',E !,
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gaudy. must be its owners praise
Of it. 20. . -... %,...' r
You are attracted to the thirty
first version of the "Little Rollo
at Play" series, not for an in
ordinate love of Rollo's histrionic
powers-which do not nearly ap-
proximate those of your own
stage hopeful-but because the
blazing poster outside the theater
shrieks that this picture is "a
most stupenduously smashing
hit" and you emerge an hour
later impressed only by the stu
penduous courage Of the man who
produced it and the beguiling
knapery Of the hack who wrote
the posters. ..,. -, -
. Now that the world has been
safeguarded = for a. democracy
something ought to be done for
the susceptible picture fan. Let's
set together for an adjective
less. 1928! e = h...
,;fLet's call an, honest, average
picture just that and not "a Gar
'gantuan spectacle" .,.'. -
Let's mix the effusions con-
corning Gloria Glum's adherence
of cinnamon toast with some
honest data on how she quail
fled, for stardom. ..',,x:
Let's stop calling the hourly
pipe-organ blast "a symphonic
interlude subsidiary to the photo
dramatic spectacle
In short, suppose we all con-
stitute ourselves informal COM
mittees to work with the B. P.
A. for honesty in picture claims
and put the pink adjective on the
pirates plank. .r.,r
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

aWTE have more than fifty
w theaters with plays plas-
tered all over them. Where to
20? What to choose? What Sc
lection to make? I want to go
to the 'theater with my friends.
How shall I know which one of
the, fifty-odd theaters is that
which will amuseN or interest me?
Each play declares that it is the
best ever; that it is playing TO-
crowds; that it has everything
in quality a good play has, and
SO on. Where shall l go?
> Isn't it possible that I can solve
the mystery by reading whet the
critics say3 They not only give
some slight idea Of the kind OF
play, it Is of which they write,
but they discourse upon the
treatment Of the theme; they,
tell Of the acting, and they like
It, or they don't like II. People
from out Of town hear that GER
tain. plays are started so late
that they couldn't possibly get
their trains home if they stayed
10 see the last act. Then ] know
the trend Of some particular
critic. I know that If he praises
a piay I shall hate It, and if he
doesn't like it, it will amuse me
immensely. So, perhaps, Sc
lect q play that the critic loathes
and feel certain that I'm in for
4 rood time. Or, possibly, l
know Q critic with whom ! al
ways agree, and then It Is
straight sailing. But to tell me
TO make a selection from fifty
odd theaters without any assist
,anse, from reliable sources is
absurd. Il couldn't be done, and
there IL no reason on earth why
II should be attempted.
Besides, theater-going isn't so
cheap, and there are no box
Offices to-day. II isn't rs though
You could sally forth and buy
seats Cor Q play You wanted TO
see lust by entering the lobby
and plunking down your rnoney
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
Sure and This'H-
Be Breakin' The
Heart of M'Garry

DATRONS Of the Palace
L Theater in New Bedford,
Mass, had their last oppor-
tunity to see probably the
greatest stock company that
city has ever had, appearing
together for Che last time,
The final performance Satur-
day night was Witnessed by .
record-breaking audience. At
7.o'clock the 8. r. o. sign was
in evidence, and when the pro-
gram started there were many
people standing in the rear.
At the end of the second act
at least a dozen bouquets were
bestowed on Miss st. Claire.
Miss st. Claire and others of
the cast bowed in response TO
many curtain calls, and were
forced to say a few words.
There were at least q dozen
more curtain calls after this.
Immediately after the per-
/, formance many of those in the
theater and scores, Of others
who had come just to say fare
well gathered at the stage
door. All traffic on Gold street
was blocked and when the
crowd started to storm the
stage entrance the police re-
serves appeared. g, .- ..-...-..
Several times the policeman
on duty appeared at the dress
ing rooms with a, request
that the stars please hurry,
as the jam in the street was
getting worse.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
Kinsn,en Meet ON
Same Movie Lot
IN Wo ACTORS with but a single
name. have been working on

1.-TWO ACTORS with but a single
name have been working on
one stage. .,-
They are Otis Harlan and Ken
meth Harlan. Moreover. 1t being a
closely knit name in this country,
there is usually a. distant kinship
\ between the holders. Of it, In this
case the connecting link between
the older actors family and the
younger ones was Supreme Court
Justice Harlan,
Otis Harlan, an enduring figure
in American stage history, is prob.
ably best known for his work in
Hoyt's play. "A Black Sheep"
which had record run on Broad
way in 1887. Following that. his
stage career was a long and sue.
cessful one. He was not only actor
but producing manager Of a mum.
Der Of popular plays. Then, in 1915.
he entered the motion picture field.
where he began by appearing in
screen versions of the Eoyt sue.
cesses, "A Black Sheep" "A Milk
White Flag" and others. -
His latest role, pm the silver sheet
is that Of a French able. AS one
Of the, supporting, cast OF Norma
Taimadge in .'The Eternal Flame"
adapted from Balzac's ia Ouch.
esse de Langeais,"',, the. First. Ma.
tional attraction which begins its
second week tat Crandall's Metro
politan Theater this afternoon, Mr..
Harlan ,enacts a wholly new and
interesting part: H'.''
While .".The Eternal Flame" was
' still FIN pfoductioyr. rop. snSt her. get
down at the other end Of the enor.
nous stage, his gifted sypYpg kins-
'nAh, Ksnnefh, was plsyt eons of
the two feading meH Gehbtance
Taimadge in her recents release.
. The Primitive Lover" !" " ;
Kenneth HSlteASis equsliy well
known amonG G4HS Souh hssr! genera.
ton and issnS SfShs favsrise juve.
niles Of ths' 'SiA AJ scrssR ,;tiehsd
: considerable. ). elpiWafshSS Oh the
,spsAkins stage ba{Sss hfsrtig; pic.
'tures, where hiskpcSsss hss been a
marked one. notsahSrslS f4r the
quality and fipES Sf!Sis work. bu,
fora ensagins. RsIssoEHsllty.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

Pennsylvania to The President
opening tonight. by the way-re-
calls that the following New York
theatres have, undergone similar
changes The Garrick used to be
Harrigan's:. the Park, Majestic;'
Sam Harris. Gambler, as well as
the Cohan and Harris; Republic.
.Belasco: Belasco. stuyvesant;. 4sth
st., William Golfers; Frazee, Lew
Fields, Hackett, and the, Harris
Theater; Belmont, Norworth; seth
st.. Nazimova's; Nora Bayes, 44th
st. Roof. ; g.. -.
MRS. HARRIET LocHER, ;di.
rector Of the Public Service
and Educational Department Of the
crandall Theaters. returned to
Washington Wednesday from d
five-day visit to New York where
she outlined the work of the new
crandall public relations depart
ment to the officials Of the win
H. Hays organization who plan
to put into national operation
many Of the policies already estab.
iished locally by Mrs. Locher,
-
GEO A. HICKEY. representative
OF Goldwyn pictures is In
Washington for the premier show.
ing here after three months run
in New York Of Sherlock Holmes''
starring John Barrymore. Other
Goldwyn executives win Join Mr.,
Hickey here To-Day Cor the openins
at the Riaito Thsatsr.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
TtiE / !BRlNY-lttp'
NEWEST. THING
I'm LIBRARIES
M. H& Moods Scarnpers to
Europe and Back Because
Boat Deck. = opist Spot to
Read Scripts and Ocean b
Great Wasteb askst.

AGAIN has A. H. Woods slipped
~ out on the public and run
over. to Europe-bis" second
trip since April-and again has he
returned. He got. back to New
York several days ago and 1t was
not until then that his. where
abouts for. IShe hast few weeks be
came known to any but his most
intimate associates
IT was sitting In the office one
morning about four weeks Ego"
he explained. when it occurred to
me might read the transactions
of the plays ] brought back from
Europe last spring: to. see II they
looked as good to me in English
as they did in their original tongue.
which I didn't understand. In
about five minutes i realized that
a theatrical office was no place to
read a play. 1t suddenly dawned
on me that a good place to read
them and sort them out was the
ocean, where the only things could
bother me.were radio. wireless and
the bar. And, moreover. / could
conveniently drop into the water
any play / didn't like. r.
II had read a rews days before
that the Mauretania was going to
sail to Plymouth that morning and
made "a record Of four and one.
half days by the iceberg route. the
icebergs having been melted by the
heated arguments on american
ships for and against prohibition.
'I'had also just finished reading the
review Of the new Selwyn play and
decided that II that's the way they
treat a good offering it was time
for me to get out. So picked
out my manuscripts and got on
the Mauretania."
On the way over Mr.. Woods
says he read fifteen plays. ten of
which he fed to the deep sea fishes.
, And when I got on the other
side" he contiued. 81 had gone
through about one.third of the lot.
So I just loafed around the differ
ent countries. reading the various
plays on their native heaths just
to get into the spirit of; the thing.
I also read some German plays in
England and vice versa. just to
see. how they would sound in .
hostile country. Those that made
me forget the wa, 1. will produce.
,.''on the return voyage ] read
the last third. Just as the ship
docked I read the last page of
'Morphia,. a play about. a drug
fiend." -. -. ..
,ct And there you are-or. rather,
.SASaS hc 30 =" ~ . y ...'
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
a Red-Haired Eva
Was Little Olga
started when I was eight
years old, playing little Eva
in Uncle Toms Cabin in

in Uncle Toms Cabin in
San Francisco" Olga Steck.
prima donna in "The Springtime
Of YOUTH" at the shubert .Garrick
this evening. Is speaking. Nearly
all actresses have the same story
to tell-thatsit was little Eva who
led their infant, footsteps away
from the schoolroom and toward
the footlights.
But after this common affliction
Miss steck's story diverges and
takes on an original and interest.
ing tone. Between the acts /
used to sing kiss Me As I Fall
Asleep and. Father. Dear Father
and then. one matinee day. some.
one conceived the brilliant idea of
having me sth my photographs
between the acts. I was to charge
-25 cents apiece forTthem, and after
I had collected s1.76 I left the
theater and never went back again
, until the evening 4 performance.
II took the tnpnSy and invited
all the girls I knew .tosa feast Of
ice cream and candy. II shouldn't
have gone back then II my sister
hadn't found me. Mother said,
Very well, ! am glad to have you
stay away from the theater for ali
time But DO you think would
stay at homer I have been orsxy
for the theater ever, since ] was
a baby. It was born In me. NV
father was e. noted European
singer and my grandfather a
famous conductor. MY sister 10
on the dramatic stage. but she has
no singing voice, It seems strange.
when I was only half as big az I
am now my voice was twice d
big. "' a,
Miss Stock 10 . little beauty-
red.headed and biue-eyed and look.
ing q, lot iiks Billie Burke, In spite
OF the fact that she is half Rus.
sian and half Hunsariap. Ana
she Is sunkist-this beins Der first
visit to the East, She msde q
tremendous success this. ssason In
".sus. Deer" a.. the selvyn ThseGsr.
Nsw- 1oeks s-s~sv. .st-~
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

maintain headquarters in New York City.
, The platform of the society, outlined in
nine planks, is singular in its reasonableness
and implied sincerity. The three principal
planks demand: .r@t7
/. That production of Objectionable pictures
be discouraged sr,4$ IA.
8. That untruthful publicity and claims be
eliminated. o..
5. That the screen be safeguarded from
severe regulations. without reason. :
AS referring to Questionable pictures, the
society will maintain special service depart
ment of experts who will help and encourage
production Of pictures which a whole family
can enjoy, : g,Ei *. ~
to u.s., There is no clamdrous requisitionng
for >formaldehyde and triple-ply deodorants;
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
4r0und the 70zvn,

tTIIIS has been a Brady fort
night as far as Washington Is
J. concerned. Last week ! William
4 Brady presented HIS wife. Grace
George, In ITO Love" at the Gar.
rick; this week his charming
daughter, Alice. comes to keith's
in Cassie Cook of the Yellow,
Sea-"
MANAGER ROBBINS Of Keith's
is hearing these days the
best of news Of the Bird brothers,
who are Washington boy singers
. and who were given by him their
opportunity to enter Keith vaude-.
Vile. '...|
WASHINGTON will be the first
city outside of New York
to see the magnificent Cosmopoli-
tan production of Charles Majors
world famous fiction story, when
Knighthood Was in Flower" In
which Marion Davies has the stel-
lar role and which comes to Loew's
Columbia for an extended engage
ment next Sunday. The production
is now in its fourth week at tN
Criterion Theater in New York, at
81 prices and the theater is sold
out for eight weeks in advance.
1t will be presented here at regu.
lar Columbia prices.
RoBERT z. LEONARD. who is
Mae Murray's husband as well
as her screen director, has not
neglected the dancing skill that
has made this noted star famous
In his latest production for Miss
Murray. broadway Rose" Only
In this, her latest production, Miss
Murray's dancing is performed
against some of the most gorgeous
backgrounds that have ever been
photographed. The picture comes
to Isoew's Columbia this after.
noon. r.. i p. .a.,r>. -. 'f
pAtjL SCHWARTZ. musical d.
rector OF the shubert-g -gelasco
Theater and composer Of, the Elks'
march. has written q new march
number called the ''K., or c." and
dedicated to the Washington coun-
cils OF the knights of Columbus.
=, 90. 80 '.-s r ~
DILL BAKER, wizard OF the
piano-accordion and master Of
impromptu comedy. Yields q
wicked nashie and possesses a
number Of trophies as evidence Of
his skill. on the links. During his
Warrington visit with Hello,
New York. he will match his
ability with Senator wadsworth Of
New York At one of the Capital
country clubs.
- N.E' 80
EMIL CASTER. featured Co
msdian with the Plenty Of
Pep" company, due at the Beiasco
nest week. has been called Bert
wiillsms'S double. He resembles
the ismented singing cemsdian In
stature ana he works In the same
dro,i and sophisticated manner in
dsiivsripe his comedy. =. \ -
THEATERs must be feminine. 20
many Of them are fond of
shsSgiug their Gnames. The re-
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
Another Screen 1, FUnily,

nRAMATIc ability is spparentiy
:, family characteristic ,of the
Provost family and many others
too. Marjorie. equally beautiful
sister Of the famous Marie. plays
one of the PARTS In John NJ,
,stahi's latest production. The
Dangerous Age" which Louis B.
Mayer vili. pysaent - . First Ma
tioSal atfrncf1 N 81
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

DLANK No. 8, referring
to untruthful claims for
productions and the individuals
who make them, offers in itself
an adversary worthy the mettle
Of this new organization of 400,
had it five times its present
membership. 49,.
49, One in the business of editing
q newspaper page for motion pic
ture fans, cannot escape an en-
veloping disgust-almost nausea
at the barrage Of lying drivel
that is laid down every day Of
the year by the Western studios.
The circus press agent was at
one time regarded as the chap
who inspired Diogenes> to take
up his quest. From time i'm
memorial he has been associated
with plain and crimson truths,
but with the advent of the movie
press agent he has been running
. losing race and were Diogenes
alive today he would probably
crown the painting exploiter Of
the sawdust ring with, his
lantern, and exclaim: ..
AT last I've caught you"
Meaning, Of course, that the
simplest utterance of the ma
jority of cinema exploiters actu-'
ally makes the giraffe with the
twenty-foot neck seem a reality.
Just why superlative degree
Of dishonesty is requisite in the
average film exploiter is a puzzle.
Why it has been tolerated so long.
is one Of the wonders Of the age.
People in other lines Of business,
beset every hour Of the day with
the task Of drawing people to
their counters, do not deluge the
populace with extravagant
blurbs about their products. If
spinning mill advertised each
weekly output Of cotton bolts as
sthe crowning achievement Of our
career, relegating all previous
outputs by its sheer mag
nificence," and buyers found this
product neither charmed the eye
nor intrigued the interest" one
whit more than did its ten thou
sand predecessors, they would do
all manner of things in reprisal;
and II the Misrepresentation hap
pened locally, F. x. Wholley
would call out his broom bri-
gade and sweep the deceivers
into the Potomac.
NOV, Of course, the parallel
~ here is limited, for, while
the press agents have gone
amuck, not all of the editors
have, and nine-tenths Of the nom
sense mailed daily from the
studios never is printed. :.
80 @ f.t sss
FTER studying half a dozen
"A critical estimates Of a pic
ture and drawing the conclusion
that the critics would have the
producer arrested for larceny If
they had any influence with the
sheriff, It adds not to our regard
for the studio exploiter when
along come bundles Of the
sheerest CUFF, transcending in
praise Of the same film, q COM
posite aggregate Of everything
that was ever said about the
Pyramids, the palace at Yer
saiIies. and the curative powers
Of electric belts. -, 80,
Words. words, words! In
Vulnerable. billions of them are
,utilelyj written each year about
inferior pictures, attempting by
some blind aichemic hope to
transmute .shoddy into silk. Fly
by-night producers are the worst
and principal offenders. The code
governs that the poorer . pro-
duction ID. the more supsrlativsly