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The Washington times., 1922-09-24
McGarry Players
End Long Run at
Garrick Tonight

FORCED temporarily to relin-
quish their lease on the
Garrick theater due to the decis-
ion Of the Shuberts to route their
road shows through that house,
Garry McGarry's players, with
tonight's presentation Of "Clar-
ence," will suspend their en-
gagement in Washington, after
a run Of twenty-five consecutive
weeks. said to be the longest in
the history Of stock in the
National Capital.
Starting Easter Monday, the
Garrick Players held forth at
the F street house, throughout
the entire summer and, although
the venture several times seemed
doomed to failure the success
that has greeted their efforts
for the past several weeks has
caused them to forget the dark
days and has inspired them to
look forward with keen antici-
patton to a return engagement,
which, Mr.. McGarry says, will
be very soon.
The engagement OF McGarry's
players is regarded as notable
for at least two things. One is
that 1t has brought to Washing
ton some OF the country's most
notable stars in their greatest
stage successes, and the other Is
that It has served to bring out
the talent of several Washing
ton young men and women,
whose talents otherwise might
have gone undeveloped. OF the
former, James Rennie. Tom Wise,
Ada Meade. Julia Dean and
Percy Helton are. perhaps, the
outstanding figures. OF the lat
ter. Ruth Hoffman. Edward
Trusheim. Constance Brown,
Teresa Crosson and Madeline
O'Brien must be mentioned.
McGarry. himself, is extremely
sanguine OF the prospects OF
establishing a permanent stock
company in Washington. He
said:
MY dream now is to build a
theater OF my own and to estab-
lish a permanent company in it.
A funny thing about my dreams
is that they usually come true,
but theater or no theater, you
can expect to see us back again
very soon"
Tonight will be knights of
Columbus night and as an added
attraction. George o'Connor and
Martin Downey will sing. They
will be accompanied by Matt
Horne"
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Kitty Scales 104,
All of 1t Talent
kS1RIZE GHTERS dom:
know anything about
training" SAWS Kitty

GnHl u Il + GHTERS don:
know anything about
training" says Kitty
Doner. the little dancer-comedienhe
who headlines the new Keith bill.
Boxers train for a few weeks
before their bouts. How would
they like to keep in absolutely
perfect physical condition forty
weeks a year, as 1 must for a long
vaudeville season."
Kitty Doner's whirling dervish
dancing demands the utmost per-
fection in physical trim. No
smoking-nary a cocktail-inces-
SAINT rehearsing-that's the price
that a little dancer pays for see-
ing her name in the electric lights
above a theater lobby.
For forty weeks every year Miss
Doner is trained to a hair line
perfection. Her work shows the
result-she finishes her act with
out a puff, and could trip forth
and do It all over again with
out serious loss of "wind"-that
commodity that soon leaves u
loose.living dancer.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Clothes.

7 ADY CARLYLE, best dressed
~ woman in the world, will be
impersonated by Norman Talmadge
in THE Voice From the Minaret, +"
a First National Picture.
Besides gorgeous clothes in mo.
sale against exotic Oriental back.
grounds, THE Voice" will allure
you with romance. with the deep
inscrutable dignity OF Eastern wor.
ship, and with one OF the worlds
most impressive and memorable
plots.
Israel. modern master OF costume
design, IL directing-and speed NO
"A crew Of skilled dressnakers for
this spectacular sartorial display.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Rialto

AFTER ALL a picture is essen
TALLY a story, and the plot
therefore is the most important
element. The story's the thing"
and judging from all advance re-
ports no complaint can possibly
be made along these lines after
one has viewed THE Storm" the
Universal special production fea-
turing House Peters. Virginia
Valli, Matt Moore and Josef Swick-
ard, which will open a weeks en-
gagement at Aoore's Rialto
Theater beginning today.
THE Storm" is an adaptation Of
the New York stage sensation OF
the same title, the full scope Of
the camera having been utilized
in picturizing the great blizzard,
avalanche and forest fire scenes.
1t is said to be a gripping dramatic
offering and besides the elements
Of simple drama there Is woven
into it the theme of two kinds Of
fear that men may feel toward
women. One man in the triangle
of the story Is afraid OF women
because he knows nothing Of
them, has never seen anything Of
them. He's a woodsman, primi-
tive and honest The other Is
the product of London and Paris
society. He fears the gentle sex
because he has seen too darned
much OF them"
The woman in the case is an in
nocent French Canadian girl,
forced to live with the two men for
four long months through being
hemmed in by a treffic snowstorm.
The reproduction Of the great
blizzard and the devastating for
est fire are marvels Of pictured
sensationalism.
The usual program Of short film
features will be curtailed to some
extent due to the unusual length
of the major attraction, a selected
comedy and an exclusive showing
of the latest Fox News, complet'
ing the bill.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Shubert-G0rick

Mr.. WALKER wHITEsIDE
will be seen tomorrow night
as an interesting Eastern potentate
In THE Hindu" a modern melo.
drama Of the Orient, which comes
to the Shubert- -Garrick for a week
after successful runs in both Chi
cago and New York.
Mr.. Whiteside will be seen as
Prince lamar. a powerful Maha-
raJah of Somnouth, India, a mos.
unusual role, quite In keeping with
other of his histrionic portraits,
notably Tokeramo. the Japanese
diplomat in The Typhoon;" WI Ii
Chang in "Mr. w." Jane Durie
in THE Master of Ballantrae," and
David Quixano in THE Melting
Pot"
The Hindu MahaTajah dwells re-
mote and lives aloof from the
white world, seemingly hating most
Of the Caucasians as passionateIY
as he loves one particular prisoner,
who Is held captive in his palace
Loving the girl as he does. he has
to protect her from his enraged
countrymen, who resent the atroc-
ity of the whites when they have
stolen the sacred jewel in the
temple and murdered the priests.
One scene OF the new play Is laid
in Scotland Yard. Then the act
shifts to India. where an enliven.d
mystery Of the Far East is re-
vealed to the audience. It Is nj.
lowable to say that the play Is
mysterious enough to upset the
strongest nerves.
Doors swing open mysterioIsly.
Pythons look up suddenly from
their marble cages, and secret pan
els open to lead to hidden steps
with quickllme beneath the trap
doors. Outside the sun shines, but
there Is the weird music of India.
with the sound of the thousands
gathering for the Feast of the
Moon God.
Mr.. Whiteside will have as his
leading woman the distinguished
emotional actress, Miss Sydney
Shields.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24

6M@E CRISTO,"a play that
Nm held the uninterrupted
intere<NN many generations o.
Amer&aE playgoers since 1S43,
when N8As first presented in this
coun4RX& Lester Wallack, who
himsk k&tpeared in the role Of Ed
mundV tes. will be presented In
photod&f1atic form for the first
time kNHshington as the attrac-
tion N&Erandalps Metropolitn n
TheatNNsfer the week beginning
this S(ktssoon at 800.
ThAWnliam Fox super-produc.
ton PffSthe Alexandra Dumas
classi&Af romance and adventure
sprea3stefore the eye a great sue.
cessidVs4 scenes unprecedented in
detail Bcd beauty. Monte Cristo"
has<ss<h proclaimed one OF the
epoc4 achievements of the in
dustr in New York, Boston, Chi
cago. aris. France. and other -acse
cities where It has been shown.
The,s ashington engagement rop-
resenS the first public screening
of thks masterpiece at prices be-
low .e $3.50 scale.
The title role is played by John
Gilbert. a young actor whose i'm
personation encompasses every
Metro nuance Of the character Of
the dominant figure in the play.
Mercedes is portrayed with equal
skf1l by Estelle Taylor, Caderousse
by William v. Mong; villefort by
Robert McKim, peer of silent
dramas "heavies;" Danglars by
Albert Frisco and Fernand by
Ralph Cloninger. Others who lend
distinction to an ensemble of note
worthy proportions are CASTOR
Glass, protege Of Mime. Sarah
Bernhardt, Maude George, Renee
Adore, Virginia Faire, Francis Nc
Donald, George seigmann, Spots
woode Aitken and scores more.
Monte Cristo" is ten full reels
in length and embraces so great a
diversity of scene that all supple
mentary film attractions will be
omitted from the weeks bill. The
full strength Of the Metropolitan
Symphony of thirty solo artists,
however, will be devoted to the
rendition OF n specially arranged
interpretative score to facilitate
the completion Of which N. Mrs.
key, conductor of the orchestra,
made a special trip to New York
last week.
The doors Of the Metropolitan
will be open to the public at 2 p.
m. today. Performances will be
given at 8, s. 7 and 0 p. m.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Winter Garden Shop.

THE first Winter Garden unit
to arrive at the Belasco will
be presented next week. 1t is
entitled "Oh, What a Cir" and
Ed Bloom, production manager
Of the Century, and the big
Broadway showhouse sponsors
the production.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Writing Shrine March.

DAUL J. SCHwARZ, leader OF
the Shubert Belasco orches-
ira, is writing a march dedicated
to the coming convention Of the
shriners in Washington. He is
the composer Of the B. P. o. E.
march, dedicated to Washington
Lodge of Elks and the K. of 9.
march.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
(OSMOPOLITAN'S
SUPER FILM
IN LONDON
Famous Scala Theater is
Leased for when Knight
hood Was in Flower
Prince Of Wales Praises
Great Production and Eng
land Is Agog.

q IMULTANEoUSLY with the
- signal success of Marion
Davies in when Knighthood
Was In Flower" at the New York
Criterion comes the news by cable
from London that Cosmopolitan
has leased the Scala Theater,
where this splendid historical pic
ture will begin an indefinite run
the first of october. The Scala
ia London's finest and most fash
ionable film theater, and the fact
that the Prince Of Wales has given
royal approval to this pictorial ro-
nance Of English royalty means
that 1t will become the vogue In
England.
The Prince was greatly interest
ed in the technical points Of the
production, asking many ques-
tions as to how the wonderful ef-
fects were obtained. He praised
the excellent photography, and the
clearness and accuracy Of the his
torical pageantry. At the conclu-
sion he said: When Knighthood
Was In Flower" is a wonderful pic.
ture-well acted. am greatly in
terested in it, and predict huge
success in England"
CIx To.o,h npuaan tha arf ron.
noisseur, declared that 1t is the
most perfect reproduction Of the
Tudor period ever made, while Lyn
Harding, who contributed his ia
nous impersonation Of King
Henry VIII to the screen in this
picture. is the most popular actor
In England today. Marion Davies
is a screen favorite in England.
being Of the English type Of blonde
beauty. and her selection for the
role of Princess Mary Tudor Is
considered quite suitable. Joseph
Urban, the scenic artist. Is we'll
known in England, and his visits
to Windsor, Hampton Court and
the Tower to secure the correct
historic atmosphere for the picture
made an impression.
Altogether, London is prepared
to adopt when Knighthood Was
in Flower" as a typical English
picture-although filmed entirely
in New York. 1t will be all the
more welcome because King Henry
VIII is pictured as very human
monarch, and not the brutal tyrant
as portrayed by Emil jennings
in thk German.made photoplay,
'Dec{ Non."
The Washington times., 1922-09-24

~
~ mon among players Of film
companies.
But in "The Storm" the Univer-
sal-Jewel special. which opens
weeks engagement at Moore's
Rialto Theater today, the public
will have an opportunity Of see
ing the perils in which the star.
House Peters, and Virginia Valli,
Matt Moore and Josef Swickard
were placed several times during
the filming. Stories about their
dangerous experiences are corrobo-
rated by scenes in the picture.
Universal sent the unit under
Reginald Barker's direction to the
Feather River Canyon in the
northern part of California. 1t
has seldom happened that a cam
era penetrated more than a few
miles into the beautiful wilder
ness Of Feather River.
On a narrow mountain stream
with a deadly current and hidden
rocks, Miss Valli and Swickard
made eight trips in a canoe for
thrilling scenes. II there had
been more than eight canoes, they
would have made more! Each
time the canoe was smashed.
That was the only way for the
grip Of the current to be broken
rope the players and drag them
out, letting the fragile canoes
smash. 1t is all in the picture.
Peters and Matt Moore escaped
death miracuIously when tall pines
burning in a fire scene fell. Peters
was slightly burned twice.
Snow storms, a great avalanche
of ice and snow and a mammoth
forest fire were caught" in their
reality by the camera.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Close Escapes In
Filming "Storm''

NYARROW escapes are COM
~ mon among players Of film
companies.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Amusing the Vets

THIS season, as in the past,
the Belasco management will
be host at the matinees Of
$hubert vaudeville to the wound.
ed men Of the various Washing.
ton hospitals
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
Six Minutes of
Monte CristO' Cost
Producer $183,IOO

|" HE public has always mani.
tested a keen interest in
the manner of production of
the screens Gargantuan specta-
cles and has frequently been re-
galed with Munnchausen-like
yarns OF the total cost of these
mammoth works. Usually the
fiscal revelations have dealt with
the entire production and not
with a single scene. and more
than once astute producers have
permitted the sets" to stand on
vast open lots In and around Los
Angeles as silent evidence to
those who wish to marvel as
they also run and read that the
motion picture industry is q big
business.
That was yesterday. Today the
INSTALLATION of mighty drama
has reached the point where a
single scene affords ample sub
ject-matter for extended consider
alton. To cite a specific case:
An interesting statement has
been issued by the auditing de-
partment Of the William Fox West
Coast Studios, in which the cost Of
building and photographing an i'm.
mense set has been given in detail
The details given concern the
ballroom scene shown in the
screen version of Alexandra
Dumas famous novel Monte Girls
to-" which is to be given its local
premiere at Crandall's Metropolitan
Theater this afternoon.
The statement sent out is as fol.
lows:
"The set. designed and built by
Richard E. Sibley, chief technical
art director of the Fox studios,
required a stage fifty feet in width
and a trifle over IT'S feet deep. 1t
was a faithful reproduction Of one
Of the famous bathrooms of a noted
Versailles palace.
THE actual cost OF the mechan-
ical construction. exclusive Of
tapestries, rugs, candelabra, sconces
and bric-a-brac generally was
$15,3S0. A great marble and onyx
staircase, leading into the ballroorl
and down which Monte Cristo
makes his first public appearance
in Paris society, cost $5,120.
Dressed as studio folk desig-
nate a scene ready for shooting,
which included furniture, painting.
curtains, bronzes and specially
painted murals. the set represent.
ed an actual monetary value of
$3.50, 800.
Added to this initial cost
comes the costumes Of 100
extras garbed in the graceful
and beautiful gowns of the
Empire period, representing an
outlay of about $21,6Oo. The
latter were in fabrics OF panne
velvet, brocades and satins, and
expensive furs played an import
ant part in the trimmings
Clothes OF the men, made of
equally expensive material, added
another s1O,7O0. for the beaux
of Napoleon's day were exquisite
dandies, and arrayed themselves
in finery equal to that Of the
ladies' of their social circle.
All this expense. a total OF
S1s3,10o, was undertaken for a
single scene that runs probably
not more than half a dozen
minutes.
The Washington times., 1922-09-24
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New Britain herald., 1922-12-02
JAMES R. MANN.

The death Of James R, Mann. Re-
 publican representative in congress from the second Illinois district, min
 ority leader of the House during the
 Wilson administration. takes another
 of the strong leaders from that body
 where he had served over quarter
 Of century. Many have been the
 criticisms of his policies. but bis
 Knowledge of parliamentary practice
 and his familiarity with the details Of
 the bills presented, as well as his strength, has never been disputed.
 Entirely aside from the effect his activities have had upon the legisla- ton of congress in the years he has served, bound by the traditional ties which are fast falling from the mem- bers of that body who still possess vision to sec what is in the air, the loss of strong man of the character of Representative Mann Is great. For .. ID hi etloH6 AteH, btill CdpaDle oi exerting their strength along the new lines of progress that are being rec ognized in Washington. that hope lies The weak sisters" will be more inclined to follow in the footsteps of successful politicians of the past. Only men big enough to recognize their own tendency to remain in the yoke of tradition will be big enough to carry on the policy of progress that IS fast taking shape in Washington .he policy to which politicians have been driven by the demands of the people. The death of Representative ] Mann is distinct loss to the country, IS will be the death of every other strong man in whom lies the power 'f leadership under the new light that 8 dawning.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-02
PROTECTING THE WATER.

It should be clearly understood that the physical condition of men and horses working on and about the ice at Shuttle Meadow lake is not the important matter to be consid- cred in protecting the water of the lake. It is well that provision will be made in the contract for, the physical examination of men and horses before work is done. But they might be as physically sound and free from disease aas newborn babes and still contamination of the water would come in the spring if other precautions were not taken.
 The full contract and all the pre- cautions embodied in it is too long for reproduction. Suffice it to say that the health Superintendent has drawn up a set of rules which arc embodied in the ice contract which will tend to remove the danger to our water as far as it may be done since ice is to be cut at Shuttle Meadow lake. It will then become the duty of the local health authorities to see to it that these rules and regulations are observed.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-02

use it in his business The admin
 istration wants to treat the bloc as
 the corporation treats the disorganiz-
 ing employe; LaFollette wants to use
 1t as the nucleus of an organization
 that will be something like the cheese
 factory. He is not eager 10 have the administration the corporation keep It's prices high. He wants all progressives to turn to his crowd,
 But no new third party will be formed from this nucleus. The pro- gressive idea is too firmly entrenched. No politician with ambition will openly oppose progress. And no poll ticlan with ambition will join group that Is ostensibly formed with the third party idea in mlnd, If that politician has anything to lose at the hands of the Republicans or Demo- crats. And Borah. Johnson and even are in this position, The bloc will develop gradu- ally, not formally. and 1t is hoped and believed it will change from being a ! bloc" into something that pervades all of congress.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-02
THE PROGRESSIVE BLOC.

"Blocs," intended to develop into groups with the power of a threat ening third party" do not originate with a blaze of trumpets such as that which is accompanying the move of Senator LaFollette. But the meet ing of the 32 progressiyes in Wash ington has decided significance and there have been developments even while that meeting was being planned.
 When a great corporation notes a powerful employe who is "agin" everything and who has a good fol- lowing. the corporation is apt to seize upon the disorganizer, promote him and bring him to it's side of the fence whence his viewpoint is entirely diff fcrent. A group of farmers, selling their milk to country factories, were great corporation. They sold their milk to the corporation and got the larger prices. but they bought and held cheese factory where they would be able to use their milk if the corporation should ever lower it's prices.
 The Harding administration has made more than overtures to the farmers bloc. It admits that now the time has come when the farmers may be attended to and legislation | that will relieve them. LaFol- | lette feels that the farmers bloc | must be inspired by him. He can
New Britain herald., 1922-12-02
SKY ADVERTISING.

All over the country there have
 been campaigns against unsightly advertising signs which mar the land
 scape. From the verenda of one golf
 club in the West about all one can
 see is a great stable on the side of which is painted an urgent command to get rid of that terrible pain by using some sort of pills which bear
 a gripping name. Advertising signs
 along the railroad track have an-
 noyed many a dreamer who was try
 ing to gain delight from the land
 scape and succeeding only in becom-
 ing perplexed as to what hotel of,
 those advertised by these signs he should avoid especially when he reached the city.
 We are strong for the word Pre- paredness.' So we had better get ready to combat the evil of spelling the glorious sky line by sky adver- Using. Of course that Hello, U. s. A." written in white smoke across the sky the other day in New York-or above it--wasn't so bad. The air plane pilot was ingenious. It is re- ported that he covered mile of space with this little sentence, and people were certainly interested to the extent of stopping on the street and stop ping all traffic. also. But it is a warning. While Hello. u. s. A." may not be very bad when the let ters cover mile. it would be quite different if, while one were gazing at some especially beautiful sunset, | holding the hand of the fairest of the fair and murmuring soft words Of | into her willing ear, some sky pilot should nnfurl a banner straight across the glorious golden red sum-. urging all mankind to Chew -hew-Chew Tobacco The romance ,f the situation would disappear. should be nipped In he bud.