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Evening star., 1922-06-11
SPANISH WAR VETERANS

department band rehearsal toTaor-
row night at old Naval Hospital.
Inc department band will furnish
music for the flag raising up at
treat Fails. Va. this afternoon at
go O'Clock and while there Will b.
the guest of Department Commander
Mccaffrey and the members Of tne
Fishing and. Hunting Club.
Past commander-in-C Chief Charles
w Newton and William l.. Mattocks.
official editor. have heen assigned
is representatives of the commander
in-cnief and national headquarters to
the nineteenth annual encampment
Of the Department of New York.
The Los Angeles club has received
Information from national headquar-
tcrs that the passenger associations
have authorized and rendered to our
organization A rate of one fare for
the round trip to the national en-
campment at Los Angeles August y
to % inclusive.
Richard J. Harden Camp held its
regular meeting June !. Commander
Francis G. Huhn presiding, The camp
made financial arrangements for TAX
ing care of delegates to the national
encampment who will be elected the
first meeting in July. A letter from
NJ l.. Rice. editor of the Nationa
Tribune. expressing his appreciation
for the honor of having been elected
to honorary membership in the camp.
announced that he would be present
a the next meeting. John 4. Gala
CHER chairman Of the sick and relief
committee. reported fifteen members
on the sick list. a letter from John
konitZ. who has been confined 10
the hospital at the National Soldiers
Home. Hampton. Va. announces that
he viii be in Washington for the
department encampment this month.
Past Commander Lamb Of lawton
Camp thanked the members for their
participation ir honoring Lawton at
the funeral of deceased Comrade
Rickenbacker. Commander Lamb in
formed the members that it had been
reported that members of the l. ;.
w. V. admitted to the hospita! at
st Elizabeths were Obliged TO pay
for their maintenance while in tht
hospital while invalids of the world
war were admitted free. Upon
investigating this report il was found
TO be true. A resolution by Lawton
Camp calling the attention OF the
Interior Department will be pre-
scented at the cncampment. with fu!l
Endorsement of all camps in the Dis
trict. Department Commander Charles
w McCaffrey addressed the camp
and thanked the members for theiT
splendid turnout during the Memorla
da. exercises
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Indians Make Scene Realistic.

headdresses. dancing the war dance.
yelling their blood-curdling war
whoop and advancing stealthily on
the stockade, the millionaire Indians
reverted to the ways of their ances-
tors.
IF they're civilized" grumbled one
of the white Jamestown defenders.
caressing husky bump on his head.
the landing place of busy toma-
hawk. never sic a wild one on me"
And" added the property man.
also with a Crouch to unbelt. get a
squad of marines the next time
there's going to be a crowd Of mil
lionaires. Indians or no Indians. l
nearly got heart failure toting around
seven or eight thousand dollars
worth of watches. diamonds and bill
rolls those birds loaded on me when
they changed their clothes. Never
again"
The Indians voted the whole affair
a great bit of fun and donated their
$3.50 pay checks to Los Angeles
-h ri
Evening star., 1922-06-11

low wooden beads traced an outline
on the seQuins to add a further color
note. The collar was of sable fur and
the edging of rich metal lace.
Miss Lyons gown worn with this
wrap had a bodice of bright red
sa tin ornamented with small gold and
crystal beads and IA full skirt of bro
caded silk in varying tones of rose
and black. Invisible shoulder straps
supported the bodice. which was mod
eled on tight bandeau lines, and was.
of course, sleeveless. The two wide
founces which formed the skirt
showed borders of deep silver lace as
the pnly trimming. for the elaborate
brocade motif rendered any beading
unnecessary.
Miss Ada Meade, who played the
leading feminine role in The Ac-
quittal" at the Shubert- -Garrick. first
entered in the gray satin-crepe at
ternoon gown which is pictured. The
crepe side was used for the loose
blouse large mandarin sleeves and
the upper part of the skirt. Then
folds of the satin were appli9ued IN
huge squares on the sleeves. Whilc
the turned back cuffs, of course, re-
vealed the satin side. The remainder
of the skirt was also of satin and the
long crepe girdle ends were tipped
with the lustrous reverse side OF the
material. Miss Meade wore with the
froCk A small hat of pearl gray and
a necklace OF green beads.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
CAN'T COPY FLAPPER.
Impossible for Older Women to
Wear Young Styles, Says Designer.

From the New York Herald.
NO madame. nothing serious will
happen through the older women try
ing to become fiappers merely by
wearing flapper styles. because the
so-called flapper styles are meant
only for the youthful miss. and can
not be adated to any other age"
This by Harry Collins. designer of
gowns, in a lecture at the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art recently, was in
response to the query of a worried
woman who feared the result II flap
per styles were to be taken up by
women universally. The question was
one of great number in an ad.
dress on THE Dress of Our Times"
which was accompanied by display
of gowns.
Mr. Collins said the fiat shoes. rak-
ish hat, the scarf outside the coat.
and even the affected walk, were
merely manifestations of what the
youthful miss wants in dress He
added: TT has the individuality OF
youth embodied in it and marks
the dawn of better. more sensible
day of dress for women. The younger
women set the style. yes But the
older women can't copy youthful
styles exactly unless they would
achieve rather huporous results.
We can only guess at the verdict
of the interested or amused future
which will view and review our dress.
which will by that time have become
the artistic products of a dead civili
cation. but we feel that we have
brought freedom of nature. to our
styles. The dress of the women in
the recent Easter Sunday parade was
natural. Ole did not hear il when
she walked: there were no apparent
tight constructed waistlines: no silk
mill was being carried on the back
l.
ures. The women's clothes were
naturally graceful"
Evening star., 1922-06-11
VETERANS OF GREAT WAR

at the home of the president, Mrs
Bright, 11lS kilbourne place.
There are at present approximately
1000 disa Eled veterans receiving vo-
cational training in agriculture W.
der the United States Veterans Bu-
reau. Fifty per cent Of this number
are receiving their training in rccoG-
nized agricultural schools and col
leges through out the country. The
remaining number are receiving
placement training on dairy farms
ranches. poultry farms and with frui'
growers. Approximately 500 men az,
completing their vocational training
under the bureau every month.
Following in the footsteps o.
! George ashing;on Post, No !. American
! Legion. several other similar organiza-
tions of veterans are talking of plans
10 have permanent homes in Wash
| ington.
George Washington Post at meet
ing Wednesday night at 1929 / street
| which is to be the permanent home
! of the organization heard reports
| from the members of the committee
! in charge of putting over the home
| proposition. The committee. of which
Col. E Lester Jones is chairman. was
instructed to consummate the deal
| which has since been done.
! Gen. PershinE. a charter member
| of the post made a brief address in
which he praised the efforts of thu
post to have home of its own. and
( said he would give ii his support.
Plans are now under way for the
dedication of the building. TO which
President Harding Will be invited.
The committee in charge of the
purchase of the building is also con-
Quoting campaign to secure all Of
the money for the purchase which
they feel sure they will be able TO
raise.
The American Legion national head
iiquarters, cooperating with the
French authorities. is requesting
every member of the American eXpe-
/ dictionary forces. who may have car
ried away fragment of historic
Rheims cathedral in France as i
souvenir, to send il back to Rheims
Thousands of inquiries concerning
| the national essay contest being cor
Quoted by the American Legion on
! the subject: How the American Lt-
gion Can Best Serve the Nation" and
| open to all school boys and girls be-
tween twelve and eighteen years OF
age. are pouring into legion national
headquarters. The number and tenor
! of the inquiries denote that the con-
! test will be decided success despite
the fact that il is being held during
/ the vacation period. Additional in
| formation concerning the conte st may
| be obtained by addressing American
| Legion national headquarters. In
dianapolis, Ind.
United States Commissioner of Edu-
ca ton Tigert will select the three
national judges of the contest.
Twenty state school superintendents
have notified the legion that they are
cooperating to make the contest a
success.
Senators Walsh of Massachusetts
and Jones of New Mexico have an
nounced that they viii offer an
amendment to the American Legion's
adjusted compensation bill to pro-
vide that heirs of soldiers who have
died since the armistice shall be In
cluded among the benefciaries of the
mea sure.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
AIR-MAIL POSTAGE STAMPS.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Among the varied phases Of stamp
collecting none exercises a more power
full appeal to the imagination and fore
sight of the collector than those stamps
which come as heralds of the aerial
mail.
The historic air flights across the At
lantic inaugurated a new era In long
distance mail delivery. special stamps
having been provided for the Hawker
and Grieve and the Alcock-Brown
flights. Today a letter carried by the
daring Hawker, bearing the appropriate
stamps overprinted First Transatlantic
Air Post, April. 1919," is a rare and
valuable possession.
The mail carried by Capt. Alcock on
his successful ocean fight. June 14-15.
was also very limited one, and bore
distinctive overprinted stamp. Letters
posted in Newfoundland the day prior
to the flight (June 13) reached their
destinatio in England on the night of
June II, within three days Of leaving
Newfoundland.
Other countries which have Issued air
mail postage stamps include Colombia,
Germany, Hungary. Italy. Japan. Es-
thonia, Latvia, Memel, Netherlands.
s.-ia. C-echoslcyakia, Uruguay and the
United States
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Novels TO Be Picturized.

pose they will be equally dramatic
with the mob scene.'
The pictures will be taken in Eng
land and the Isle of Man.
Other novels to be picturized are
when Knighthood Was in Flower"
Under Two Flags" Robin HOOD" "
The Wall Flower" yellow Men and
Gold" THE Dust Flower" Lorna
Doone," "Oliver Twist" "Wildf1re,"
Golden Dreams" Always the Wo-
man" and Mr.. Barnes of New York" F"
The authors represented include Ru-
pert Hughes, Gouverneur Morris.
Zane Grey, Basil King, Charles
Dickens, Archibald Gunter and r. D..
Blackmore. Besides these, numerous
shorter stories will be presented. in
cluding the story of the headless
horseman. taken from Washington
Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Evening star., 1922-06-11

The twenty-third annual depart
ment encampment, Department of the
District of Columbia, United Spanish
War Veterans, will.be held Saturday V
afternoon and evening. June II, in
Pythian Temple. In the seating of
delegates and routine business of
the encampment, existing Roberts
!; Rules and Regulations" will govern
Wednesday. June Il. will be OBJ
served as Flag day. Department Com
mander McCaffrey is using every eff
fort to arrange. in >co-operation with
school authorities, for proper cele-
bration this year of that great day
in our national history. He will at
later date assign speakers from
this department to give short talk s
in the public schools. Camp com
manders will forward to him the
name and address at once of good
speaker of their respective camps
The department commander an
nounces the following appointments
on committees for the encampment:
On credentials-Past Commander
Claiborn s. Close. department adlu-
tant tMiles Camp, and Senior Vice
Commander Clarence a. Belknap,
department ,quartermaster miles
Camp. On resolutions and enact
William l. Mattocks tHarden Camp.
Past Department Commander Charles
]. =. Weber miles Camp. and Past
Department; Commander Samuel g.
Mawson Petit Camp. On auditing
Past Commander Richard l.. Lamb
Hawton Camp. Past Commander
Harry Coulter Harden Camp. Past
Comma nder Louis r. FELTON, Petit
Camp. The chairman of the audit
ing committee is hereby instructed
to call a meeting Of his committee
for the purpose of auditing the rec
ords books and supplies of the de-
partment quartermaster and the de-
partment adjutant. as soon after
June TO- 1922, as convenient, anG Will
submit TO the department commander
his report in writing. On legisla-
tion-Past Commander James j. Muir
ply CHarden Camp, Past Department
Commander Gustav E. Rausch tMiles
Camp. Past Department Commander
Samuel G. Mawson 'Pettit Camp.
Past Commander Robert E. Cox
Dewey Camp. Past Commander
James E Byrnes CASTOR Camp and
Past Commander John Murphy (Crell
Camp.
Richard j Harden Camp. No. ..
Francis c. Hugh commander. viii
meet June Il in Pythian Temple. lOl2
9Th street northwest.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Good Stories in Great Demand.

we do handsomely. In other words.
we have a market for the very best
product we can turn out.
douglas Fairbanks asked me the
other day what I thought of his heavy
outlay on ROBIN Hood / told him he
couldn't make a mistake ii he spent
his million wisely"
Cox J. +. Grady. editor of the Metro
Pictures Corporation. expresses much
the same opinion. He declares that
the number OF good stories is insult
ficient to meet the legitimate demand
for them.
Give US good clean stories dealing
with life as it exists today. put in a
smile and a tear. grip your audience
with tense situations. sprinkle it with
romance and love. confound hypocrisy
and reward virtue and you'll land
with both feet" Is Col. Brady's advice
to screen writer's.
The trouble is that ninety-nine out
of hundred scripts received haven't
a grain of originality, Plagiarism.
vicious or unconscious. sticks out all
over the yarns. Or if that isn't SO.
they are trivial, silly or impossible.
If you have good story. write 1t
and II will be bought and well paid
Evening star., 1922-06-11
The Switching Hour.

ueHHE SWITCHING HOUR" is rapid
ly nearing completion. Ine
initial Offering will be released early
in August through the Clark-Corne-
lius Corporation.
THE Switching Hour" it Is said. is
a rollicking farce comedy, from an
original story by Lewis Allen Browne.
A we'll selected cast will be seen. in
Guiding Gladys Leslie. who plays op-
posite the star: Nita Naldi, Frank
Currier. George Lessey and Mario Ca
Arthur Housman, who makes his
debut as a featured player In long
length pictures in this production.
was originally with. Edison. Kalem.
SeliR, Lubin and others of the old
time companies, and since the war.
during which he served in the Navy,
he has played important roles with
Goldwyn, Selznick and others.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Cutting Out Subtitles.

ZONES word from the Goldwyn
" studio that Rupert Hughes Is
editing his latest picture. "The Bit
terness of Sweets" in which Colleep
Moore and Antonio Moreno are fea-
tured, with the idea Of having no
subtit1es at all. Hughes says it's a
deal harder to write no titles than
to write a thousand ana tnat
easy to believe. Anyhow, the result
Of the experiment will be interesting.
The only feature photoplay ever
made without sub-tttles was Charles
Rays "old Swimming Hole" That
picture, it. will be recalled. was prac-
ticaliy without plot The new Hughes
10 contain complicated plot. with
ramifications.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Crandall's.

Three sharply contrasted ouI 1
equally interesting photoplays will
be presented at Crandalrs Theater
during the week of June IS; Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday. Jackie Coogan
will be seen in Trouble" An added
attraction will be The Man Win the
T'u,;sted Lin Sherlock Holmes
story Wednesday and Thursday, Mar
ion Davies will be seen in "Beautys $
Worth" and for the las two days
of the week Betty Compson Will be
screened in Green Temptation. win
Charlie Chaplin in pay Day the
companion attraction.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Has q Cat and q Parrot.

Marriage can be a very fine thing:
but I'm in no hurry to jump into It,
said Miss Collins. Il love my work
and intend to stick to It, OF course.
if the right man comes along.
might change my mind, but for the
present I am quite satisfied with my
lot" You find here the saving loop
hole.
Miss Collins is far from being a
confirmed spinster. In fact, she Is
said to be but eighteen years of age,
having been born in New York city
in 1901 At the age of fifteen she
rlayed in Maeterlink's "Betrothaf'
ON Broadway. Since then she has be-
come one of the best known ingenues
of the speaking stage and had Just
finished her engagement in The
outrageous Mrs. Potter" when she
obtained the contract giving her the
leading feminine role in the picture
Red Hot Romance
Evening star., 1922-06-11

NHAY COLLINS is one young lady
III who is not strong for matrl-
mony-that is, not at the present
time-in spite of the fact that news
naner renorts insist she is engaged
to Charles Chaplin.
May has bought herself parrot
and 4 black cat. One would say
What has that got to do with matri-
nronyo Nothing. save that 1t sus-
eests the story of the spinster VINO
when asked why she had never mar
ried. answered. why should /! 1
have a cat, d stove and parrot. The
cat stays out all night the stove
smokes and the parrot swears.
Miss Collins is now finding romance
and adventure in the silent drama
as the chief feminine figure in Red
Hot Romance the Emerson -Loos
special production released through
Associated First National.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
STAGE Veteran In Movies

nID you stop to think what ter
- rife memory a first-class actor
must have?
Take a veteran like W. J. Ferguson,
who has been on the stage over nifty
seven years. Ferguson, who was on
the stage Of Ford's. Theater. in this
city, when President Lincoln was
shot, has memorized a total of over
1890 parts, or 1,125.000 separate lines.
ord, as Mr. Ferguson is one of the
real veterans Of the stage. And he has
not completed his stint Of memoriza-
tion-for there's much Of 1t to do In
committing the long spoken titles of
workins in ITO Have and to Hold"
the picrurisation Of Mary Johnston
wellknown story Of colonial days In
Virginia
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Loves Old Sweet Song

THE cast of Loves Old Sweet
Song" which went into produc-
tion recently at the Paragon Studios,
at Fort Lee. New Jersey. is now COM
plete. The picture, which is to be in
seven reels. will be based on the clas-
sic ballard of the same name.
Besides Ernest Hilliard, the cast in
cludes Louis Wolheim. Lucille La
Verne, Amy Lowell. Donald Gala
CHER, Helen Ware and Warren Cook
Evening star., 1922-06-11

" r OVEL readers will be inter-
MI ested to know that num-
ber of popular novels are to
be filmed and presented In
the next few months. Probably the
most pretentious will be the produc-
ton of THE Christian. Maurice
Tourneur,. who is directing it, says:
while the spiritual theme of the
novel will be kept paramount In
filming the stoyy. we are not going
to make sermon out of 1t, but
story of thrills, of drama. of specta-
Gle, Of everyday human life and Its
problems. There will be mob scenes
and racing scenes that we aim to
make thrilling in the extreme. There
will be other scenes of inner mental
conflict that must be symbolically
presented. If we succeed in our pur-
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Screening Peg o My Heart

uDEG O. MY HEART" starring
L Laurette Taylor, will be pro-
duced as a photoplay by Metro Pic
lures Corporation. Production will
begin about July 5 in Los Angeles.
No director has as yet been named.
Mr.. Manners. the author. has volun-
teered his services in any capacity
they may be needed for the proper
conversion of Peg O. My Heart" into
film form.
The star, Miss Taylor. has not as
vet gone to the west coast. She Is
resting at her home, in Easthan1pton,
Long island. after a successful season
on the New York stage in THE Ma
tional Anthem" by the same author
as peg o. My Heart"
Evening star., 1922-06-11
PHOTOPLAYS NEXT WEEK.
Palace.

Two attractions of featured tmpor-
tance will be offered at the Paiace
Theater for next week, beginning
Sunday afternoon. From Sunday TO
Thursday the chief attraction Will
be Elliott Dexter in Grand Larceny.
while the attraction for the maj
three days of the week will! be N!oia
Dana in Seeing Is Believing.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Rialto.

His Wifes Husband" an adapta,,
ton for the screen from the novel
.The MAYORS Wife" by Anna kath-
erine Greene, with Betty Blythe in
the stellar roll will be the featured at
traction at the Rialto Theater for the
week beginning Sunday next. Snort
Aim features and special concert ana
orchestral numbers will complete the
hill
Evening star., 1922-06-11
Metropolitan.

Marshall Neilan's latest production
for First National, Fools First. Will
be presented for the hrst nii.an .ime IN
Theater next week. beginning SUN
day afternoon. An all-star cast mas
been assembled for the principal roles.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

Ethel Barrymore, in a series of
plays by Shakespeare, 1bsen, Haupt-
man and ONeill. is to be presented
next season at the Longacre Theater.
New York, by Arthur Hopkins. Rob-
ert Edmond Jones will design the set
Evening star., 1922-06-11

Lionel AtwelI will head the bill at
the Palec. New York. this week in
The White-Faced Fool" by Edgar
Allan Woolf.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

Elsie Ferguson has been engaged
for the leading role in THE Wheel.
the play by James B, Fagin that has
req. Ally beef running in London.
Marc Klaw will produce the play IN
this country Under different title.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

Sam H. Harris has taken over the
Cort Theater. New York. for next
season. In the meantime Captain
Applejack. will continue at that
house indefinitely.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

Clark and Mccullough. well known
as burlesque comedians. have been
engaged for THE Music Box" for
next season. They sailed last week
for a brief engagement in London.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

Michio Itow. the japanese dancer
and actor, will present The Pin
Wheel" at the Earl Carroll Theater.
New York. tomorrow evening. He
calls IL IAN artistic revel' and it is
in twenty parts. 1t will be produced
under the management of Richard u.
Herndon
Evening star., 1922-06-11

George HasselI will return to this
country for the leading role in Bios
duced by Arthur Hammerstein next
season.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
His First and Last Lesson.

trom the Boston Transcript.
Il conclude that's a iy," said the
young trout, and he was presently to
learn how wrong It is to jump ;t
conclusions. -.