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Evening star., 1922-04-26
CHARGES BALL RENT LAW
is HARDSHIP ON OWNERS
W. G. C.Duvall, Favoring Restriction
Sanely Construed, States objec-
tions to Extending Act.

To the Editor Of The Star:
| favor a restrictive rent law. under
present conditions. when sanely con
strued. If it is made to check extor-
tion by both landlords and tenants,
and to protect property owners
who need their property for the use
of themselves or members of their
families. but the law as now admin
istered protects only the tenant. ex-
elusive Of the other two. / believed
that the rent commission was created
as an arbitration body vested with
such authority. but this impression
has been shattered. -.
Permit me to cite two cases that
have specially appealed to me of the
many that have attracted my OBJ
servation, and OF these have, so Tar.
found no champion.
l. About three years ago bought a
house near my home for my daugh-
ter, whose marriage was imminent
to a young man who Is more than q
son to me, to offer them az home
when they married. I rented the
house in 1920 to a seemingly desir-
able, tenant, told him my object in
buying it. and that he could remain
there, il he wished, until they mar
ried. I renewed his lease for 1921
at the same low rental, 500 per
month, although such houses during
all this time were renting at from
900 ID. $lUU- per IuOHCup UuI AhioA AfAOu
him that would probably want: the
houses sat the end Of the year. which
she readily assured mo would be salts
factory. AL Of these facts are un-
I.denied3 by tenant. The daughter was
married tnsSeptember and notified
|. the tenant that. I, would want the
house for them at the end OF the
year, as agreed. This was six months
3iag8 and this. tenant 10 still In my
house. He led mo to:'believe that
he would vacateE from, mouth to
month; until I saw he had no such
intention. I then served an addi-,
ttohaf thirty-day notic6 on him, and.
after waiting until 1t had expired, he
appealed to the rent commission for
protection. I employed ian attorney
and asked for an early hearing. The
motion was heard but no decision
given. have been waiting for near
" two months for date for hear
ing and can get little satisfactory
ENCOURAGEMENT as to when this con-
dition will end. In the interim the
commission is busy trying to decide
whether Bill Jones is paying too
much rent, or not enough.
2. A neighbor recently sold house.
occupied by q tenant at $3.50 per
month who sublets the second door
at $36, wishing to use the proceeds
Of sale to pay on tbee eemortgage ON
his home. The purchaser. 4 young
Evening star., 1922-04-26

member of either house Of Congress
would knowingly support measure
that can properly be construed to de-
prive this young man or myself of
our properties for the uses for which
they were purchased for an indefinite
period, when affidavits setting forth
the facts, undisputed by tenants, are
filed with the commission.
w. c. DUVALL,
Evening star., 1922-04-26
ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE.

Mrs. Grace Hurdle Ross has filed
suit in the District Supreme Court for
limited divorce from George J. Ross,
a dental expert in the Veterans Bureau.
They were married August %, 1916,
and have one child. Cruelty and made
quate support are alleged by the wife.
who is represented by Attorney r. il.
McNeill.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

II there is such thing as a per
feet woman it must be one who is
able to conceal her imperfections.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

To keep appearances up to New
York business standards, a girl must
spend at least $3.50 year on clothes.
Evening star., 1922-01-22

Sonia. a little Russian thief. and al
though few OF the critics liked her in
it. she made 1t stand out strongly.
The next season she appeared with
G. p. Huntley and Hattie Williams in
Decorating Clementine." an English
Dc Flors. and scored her first real
SUCCESS as a comedienne.
Following this play she was cast
in a piece by Walter Hackett called
Our World" 1t was produced at
the Garrick in New York. and ran
Making Good" which didn't. 1t was
by Owen Davis, the writer Of thrill
ers" for the melodrama houses.
After that Miss Keane played under
the management of Winthrop Ames
at his Little Theater in New York
in The Affairs OF Anatol." She ns-
Then Edward Sheldon. then a young
Harvard playwright, chose her for
the part Of Nine. Cavallini. In his
new play, Romance"
Romance" was produced in De-
cember. 1911, scored immediate sue
cess, no small measure Of which must
Of the title part by Miss Keane.
Romance" ran q year at the Maxine
Elliott Theater, toured the country
for another year, and opened In Lon
don October 4, 1915. where 1t re-
mained for over three years. achiev-
ing in that city the record run for
a play of its type. as well as en-
abling Miss keane to win the distinc-
tion of being the only American
actress to attain SO prolonged a sue
cess in the English capital. The run
was abruptly terminated owing to
Miss Keane's inability physically, to
continue playing her exhaustive part.
Last season she appeared in a pic
turixation Of Romance"
Evening star., 1922-01-22

DANCING is the oldest art in the
- world. preceding love in the
garden of Eden. according to Theo-
dprs Kosion. Russian artist. musi-
clan. actor and exponent Of the Ballet
Russo. who Is now giving his talents
to motion pictures. While Adam and
Eve stood undecided at the tree and
looked upon tho apple. the snake
danced with sinuous curves around
the tree, according to Mr.. Koslon.
Twice 4 week for ten years koslon
listened TO lectures on the history o.
who was 107 years old. These lee
lures have never been written, being
handed down from generation to gen.
GRAFTON of dancing masters at the I'M
prial Russian Ballet in Moscow.
IF you will put pigeons on a floor
Of smooth sand, you will notice that
with their feet. while they are bill,
ing and cooling. they make beautiful
tracks In the sand" explains Kos
lon. 'This is the spirit Of the dance
that we find In birds. 1t is very
sciously from intensity of feeling.
The same spirit animates humans.
':At the time Of the crusades the
dance came from religion. When the
people prayed to the God In the heav-
ems with their arms outstretched. they
stood still until the fervor Of their
souls took them into a dance. Un-
conscious 1t was, but it was the be-
ginning. Whenever people are filled
with tho ecstacy Of joyful life or the
deep feeling of sorrow they uncon-
sciously fall into the dance.
Socrates tells us that in war times
the ancient Greeks used to start a
war dance before the battle. From
this beginning the Greeks developed
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Dance the Oldest Art,
Says Russian Artist

/, tho symnaaium and what we now
know as the Grecian style OF dancing:
As the results OF the development OF
grace and charm through the s,e dance
"Alexander Of Macedonia used to
have his armies dance ana throw
their spears and shields in the air In
order to confuse the enemy. Here
tns Ws deI dance eny Su. ha also the Sesinnins Of
camouflage, which was used In the
late war. BY their gyrations Alex
ander's soldiers made themselves
look like a big army. and the enemy
looking out upon 2 scene OF wild
abandon, imagined there were hordes
Of men marching on them.
Through the dance you can tell
what kind Of lives the people live.
Archeologists have been able to de-
termine the intellect. tho religion.
studying the poses Of the dance found
depicted on old vases and pictures un-
earthed in ancient ruins.
Later tho dance was taken UP by
the French and Italians and became
an art Of pleasure rather than an un-
The French put on long. dresses and
encased the forms Of their dancers in
clothes which forbade the freedom
Of movement that the ballet provides.
From Louis XIV the dance came to
Russia
are q development of the slow NOV
ing Viennese waltz and the quick
moving steps Of tho dances Of the
early American Indians. From the
latter we get what we call the two
step. All other forms Of the dance
are variations Of q few fundamental
steps or movements that are hun
dredS Of years old"
Evening star., 1922-01-22
What Another Author Says.

poRTER EMERSON BROWNE. well
known author Of numerous stage
successes, including "The Bad Man
and "A Fool There Was" and who
was described by Theodore Roosevelt
as one Of the few authors who have
tho courage to write because he be-
lieved in his writings, and not for
financial gain. declares that the fault
with the movies is that the producers
try to fabricate art.
Mr.. Browne, who makes his debut
AZ a writer for the screen in 1.-THE
Seventh Day. in which Richard
Barthelmess is being starred by In
spiration Pictures. gives the follow
ing reason for having written for
the screen:
my reasons for writing The Sew
enth Day were several. In the first
place, I didn't do it for money.
have had theory that have played
blind ever since began to write. II
is that money logically follows good
work. And that writing for money
gets one neither good work nor
money. 1t isn't worth the price, no
matter how much money you get
1<1IeTdTy "dHlOHUesS, W 10 IHe
lowest form thereof. For seldom is
there even the excuse of necessity.
But the most important of all my
reasons was this: / wanted to see it
1t were possible to mako a picture
that would be different.
Il 60 to the moving pictures occa-
sionally. I am not a fan. I usually
go In self-defense. I live in the
country, work mornings only. and
rainy afternoons are hard things to
kill. Even at that seldom go that
/ am not sorry for 1t afterward.
Most pictures are bad; some are
worse than others. And the reason
is simple. Moving picture companies
have made one deep and fundamental
error. The whole predication OF most
concerns and of practically all the
large companies. with the exception
Of few. is wrong.
They are trying to fabricate art.
You can't manufacture art by ma
chinery and on schedule. You can
Fords. But you can't art. Can you
imagine Phidias factory? Or Ru-
bens q shop? And yet that is what
all the big concerns have tried to do.
"And that is why the picture busi-
ness Is all shot to pieces today. With
their gigantic factories turning out
machine-made pictures. no wonder
the supply has exceeded the demand
and the product Is bad. Tho supply
OF good authors and directors Is linn
tied. But as the production OF pic
lures Is not, the producers had to
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Stretch and Reduce.

HEREs good news for fat folksi
- George Rath, the stellar member
Of the Rath brothers. athletes, who are
appearing here in shubert vaudeville,
weighed 22s pounds when he was six
teen years Of age. Now. at twenty-nine.
he weighs 153 pounds. He took of over
seventy pounds in a year. and has held
to his present weight, except for . few
short periods, ever since.
George Rath has turned his surplus
fat into strength. When he reached
225 pounds. he decided that things had
gone far enough. He was "eating like Q
horse" and doing nothing In the way Of
exercise. At that ttme he was living In
Twin Falls. idaho and while pondering
stretched itself In front Of him.
That was his inspiration. He could
never remember seeing an abnormally
fat cat, and he came to the conclusion
that cats keep their slimness by stretch
ing. He developed q series Of stretch
ing exercises, because interested in ath-
letic feats and tried them out with
Dich Rath. He cut down on his eat.
ing. He avoided starchy food, but ate
just about what he liked, but in smaller
quantity.
His big reduction in weight, he de-
clares, did not weaken him. In fast,
his exercising made him stronger. He
Gays he Ia stin inclined to obesity, and
II he '9ays OF" for week he puts on
weight rapidly But he takes N ~
With equal facility 6y his st5otdA619
s1ncisss and ssdnotion c6 1oe6
Evening star., 1922-01-22
History of Famous Play
u. BRAHAM LINCOLN" John Drink

:. BRAHAM LINCOLN" John DRINK
n waters famous play. was nrst
produced in Birmingham, England
by the Repertory Stock Company
October -, 1918: then at the Lyric
opera House, Hammersmith. London
February. 1919: Lyceum Theater'
London, June. 1921. American pre-
m,ers occurred at Stamford. Conn.,
November q, 1919: the National Thea
ter. Washington. December 1. 1919
and December 8, 1919, at Cort Thea
ter New York, where it ran for
forty-eight weeks.
John Drinkwater. now about forty
years Of age, is son of A. T.. Drink, ,
water, London actor. After usual
school education. he went to WORK
as an insurance clerk; had halr TOT
poetry, so abandoned insurance TO go
on the stage in order to WOO MS
muse. Is now counted as an excel
lent poet. although his big WORK mas
been in the theater. Organized the
Pilgrim Players, which he estaolisn-
ed in Birmingham as repertory
theater. On first London production
Of abraham Lincoln" Drinkwater
played Hook under the stage name
Of John Dernley. He also played
Cen. Lee, and when William Rea was
| III played Lincoln several times. as
we'll as minor roles. He is the author
! of Mary Stuart" and "Oiiver Crom-
we'll" and is now working on a play
bout Robert Z. Lee, which will come
to production before many seasons.
Evening star., 1922-01-22

a graceful wreath Of pastel flowers
twined in tho coiffure.
Mrs: Lincoln's gown. which is
sketched, was worn In the opening
scene, which represented the humble
Springfield home where Lincoln re-
ceived the invitation to run for Presi-
dent. The material was plainest
brown calico. with only a prim lace
collar and black bow at the neck for
trimming. The bodice was a tight
basque, and II fastened at the center
front with a row OF tiny brown but
tons which continued down the skirt
to its hem. The sleeves were interest
ing, because they combined two of the
newest" fashion influences of today.
the wide mandarin and the peasant
sleeve. There was a capelike 1ounce
at the shoulders. below which were
the bell-shaped sleeves, and UNDER
meath both of these were the full
white net peasant draperies. caught
in with narrow bands at the wrists.
The skirt was. of course. voluminous.
and hoop held out the fullness at
the hem.
Irish Eyes" opened in the America
Of today, and then "cut back" in
movie fashion. to the Ireland of a gen.
Grafton ago. Although the costumes
worn by the colleens Of tiny fishing
village were picturesque. the evening
frock worn by Miss Olive Meehan in
the first scene on Riverside drive was
selected for illustration 1t was Of
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Career of Doris Keane.

noRIs KEANE. who has won inter-
national stellar honors in Ed
ward Sheldon's love drama. "Ro-
NANCE" and is now announced in her
new play "The Czarina." did not leap
suddenly into fame without training
or experience.
Miss Keane, was born in Michigan,
received her early education in Chi
cago. took finishing course in Paris,
where she studied languages. and re-
pupil Of the American Academy of
Dramatic Arts. Her course finished.
she supplemented the theoretical
training she had received by a period
Of actual work in stock companies.
Her first New York appearance was
IN !!3,,, Henry Arthur Jones comedy
cWhitewashing Julia" produced by
given a small part with John Drew
in light comedy called de Lancy."
by Augustus ThomaS
In the fall of 1906 Henry Arthur
new play. THE Hypocrites." in New
York. 1t was the first time that a
play by a leading English author had
been given its first production in
America. Miss Keane was cast for
the part of Rachel Neve. the betray-
ed girl. 1t was a hackneyed part and
it was regarded a tribute to the
ability Of the young actress that She
was able to endow 1t with the life
she did.
But there were disappointments in
store for her. Charles Frohman had
arranged with Clyde Fitch to pro-
vide her with a cycle of three plays,
but the death of Mr.. Frohman put an
end to this plan.
In "Arsene Lupin," the French de-
tective play, Miss Keane appeared a
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Screen Comedy.

THE screen probably has recorded
I no more rapid rise TO the heights
than that Of Harold Lloyd. without
tho aid Of eccentric makeup or bizarre
costumes: without the utilization Of
tho slapstick, tho custard pie or the
liquid foodstufts so dear to the heart
and the "art" Of the old-time hlm
comedian, and without ever having
resorted to feminine display or sug-
gestive scene rs an aid to question
able popularity. Lloyd has made his
fun tho most sought after known to
the motion picture industry and py
the picture-loving public. A..
the comedian In pictures Is turned
loose within camera bounds and and
merely told by his director to go
ahead and be funny" Nothing couia
be further from the actual manner OF
filming "fannies," as they are called
on the coast.
The continuity Of the story. farcical
though it mayor rather must-be, Is
carefully worked out in advance, ex-
actly as in the case OF serious
drama, There Is of necessity great
amount of latitude in the actual tak.
ing Of the scenes, In order tnat the
funniest possible effect may pc ssans salns
ed. This means that 8 single scene
may be retaken several times Wltn =
different treatment by the player OF
players each time. The maj select.oll
for the finished product Is maze atIer
the flm has been developed ana tne
cutting and assembling process reach-
ed.
It is in the origination OF the va
rious forms Of comic treatment Oh q
single episode that the comedian is
apt to REQUIRE the most skillful AID. IN
this capacity at the Hal Roach STU.
dtos, Harold Lloyd Is served by one OF
the keenest wits in the theatricai
world-Jean Havez, author OF EVers.
body Works But Father, lyrics py
the bushel and vaudeville sKeecnes o'
the score. ,,,o
Havez for many years traVeieu w =
weeks in advance Of the Dockstauei, !,
Mnstrels, collecting in each town ~,
Of the "iocal gags" that would see
laughs on the first night of the snow:
These were carefully typed and ieI. M
for Dockstader, or mailed back 10 MN
with the company. 1t was in this way
that the famous blackface Man ~
abled to make every auoienoe S g
which he played feel that ne ";av
thoroughly familiar with tnelr !,
and with the humorous aspecls VI q
their civic and social propieHs. M :
Hayez now devotes his genlai uaieses sos
to the creation of comedy ot.S lon
Harold Lloyd. who, however. taxes "a a
close personal interest In every aspe0'
Of his profession.
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Mother Goose In Movies

THE first animated cartoon in ''The
Magic Pen Of Mother Goose Sc
ries," produced by the Harry Levey
Studios for the national non-theatri-
cal exchanges, is the first motion pic
.ture. as far as is known. to be pro-
duced exclusively for juveniles
Though made for tho tiny tots. II
has met with an Unexpectedly warm
reception from grownups. particular
ly from teachers Of primary grades.
'It is just what we have been look
ing for and wanting for our first-yeaI
pupils" says Miss Hochheimer, as
sistant in charge Of visual education
in the New York public schools
"Give US moro of them"
with such encouragement we
SHALL" says Harry Levey, the pro-
ducer. Wen follow it with. Jack
Homer and whatever else the chill
dren want.
why not let the children them
selves decide what they want Have
tho teachers who use the cartoon tell
the children to write me at 232 West
38th street, New York. saying what
Mother Goose characters they would
like to see next on the screen.
Well mako the ktddies associate
producers"
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Otis Skinner and Pictures.

GETTING at rest the many rumors
- regarding the future screen career
of Otis Skinner comes a formal an
nouncement from the Office OF Ex-
ceptional Pictures Corporation that
Otis Skinner has signed a contract
to appear In q picturization Of Mis-
ter Antonio," the Booth Harrington
play, in which Mr.. Skinner appeared
as Tony, the Same character he will
portray in the motion picture YER
sion.
'Mister Antonio" will be Mr.. Skin
ner's second picture, his first, released
q year ago, being "Kismet," in which
Mr.. Skinner demonstrated that the art
which has made him a national ia
vorite Of the theater was not limited
to tho speaking stage.
Tho role Of Tony will allow Otis
Skinner to offer q colorful character
ization. this time that Of an Italian
hurdy-gurdy man. a modern trouba-
dor OF the country towns. It offers
Mr.. Skinner unlimited possibilities
for subtle Characterization.
Then, too, there il q charming love
story. Into which Mr.. Skinner pours
the dre Of Tony's southern blood.
Booth Tarkington, the author, ranks
among the most popular writer's of
this country, and 10 particularly hap
py IN his 6mall-toWn characterize
Evening star., 1922-01-22

turn to mediocre and even very bad
authors and directors. The results
are before you on practically every
screen in this screenful land.
yet another reason for the poor.
ness of pictures is the fact that most
good authors have always refused to
take pictures seriously. Established
authors find pictures uninteresting
They regard them as q by-product OF
their other work. or as q chance to
make a lot Of money in a hurry
Many have done so.
(which is because established au-
thors haven't had the time, the pa
tience or the ability (have it your
own way) to study pictures and to
find out that pictures are q new mode
Of expression, as different from a
story as a novel is from q play. and
vice versa In the pictures you can
do things that you can't do either in
q novel or a play. OF course, the
converse is equally true and even
moro so.
'You can do moro things in novels
or plays than you can in pictures
OF the three modes Of expression
pictures are. Of course. tho most lin
tied. But that doesn't mean that
they can't be developed greatly along
the lines which are open to them"
Evening star., 1922-01-22
Rialto S Music Programs

nERHAPS no local institution OF
amusement and are has done
moro in bringing to the city during
the past few months musical artists
Of repute and talent than Moore's
Rialto Theater, whose weekly con-
certs, given in conjunction with or
chestral Offering and as an added fea-
trre to the photoplay attraction. have
proved to be most popular depar-
lures.
Maestro Giuseppe Creatore opened
here last Monday afternoon. directing
a series Of short concerts three times
daily throughout the week. Capacity
audiences have greeted his every ap-
pearance, and the enthusiastic recep-
ton accorded his offerings have at
times reached the proportions OF an
ovation.
The Rialto Orchestra this week has
been augmented to forty pieces. and
to properly present the overture to
waxner's ''Tannhauser." the first time
It has ever been attempted by an or
chestra connected with q local photo
plAy theater. It was necessary to
bring musicians and instruments here
from Philadelphia and New York.
Evening star., 1922-01-22

deep pink taffeta, made in a youth
fully Quaint style. with bouffant pan
nierB at the hips. but with very
short scalloped skirt draped over
foundation Of tulle embroidered with
iridescent seQuins. Tho narrow shoul-
der straps were dotted also with Sc
quins, and supported a bandeau
bodice Of taffeta. A corsage OF dark
hued flowers at one side OF the waist
formed an effective trimming.
Miss Ethel Levey. who appeared at
Keith's. wears several stunning crea-
tions. including a model of white
satin appIiqued with disks Of black
lace. and another Of pink chiffon
petals picoted with silver and
trimmed with a garland Of vari-col-
ored flowers.
The gown pictured. however, was by
far the most distinctive one worn.
Spangled silver cloth formed a
straight foundation slip, which was
ornamented with q sequin medallion
on the bodice, and held in place with
tulle shoulder straps. A fold Of silver
embroidered lace covered tho lower
portion Of the skirt, and. extending a
few inches below the hem, gave a
transparent effect. The bouffant over
drapery was OF deep purple silk heav-
lily brocaded in gold and edged with
dark green satin. The girdle was
formed Of bright flower chain.
fastened at the side with ribbon
bow