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BELASCO-"Alarm Clock. "

"The Alarm Clock" Avery Hop
woods adaptation of the French
comedy La Sonette d'AIarme." which
will ring in Washington before any
other city in the United States, at the
Belasco Theater tonight. boasts not
only cast of distinction, but like
wise d cast the members of which
have all appeared in Washington re-
Gently in various successful produc-
tions. Bruce McRae was last seen
here with Ina Claire in THE Gold
Diggers." Blanche Ring. who is CO.
starred with Mr.. McRae, will be re-
membered for her big Washington
hit. THE Broadway Whirl." and Mar
ion Coakley was the pretty blonde
heroine of "Barnum was Right"
which Washington saw last January.
John DAILY Murphy and Mary Phillips
Marshalps company at the Shubert-
BeIasco Theater, Mr.. Murphy having
played number of comic roles dur
ing the past season for which he will
be well remembered.
One member of the cast, Lionel
Pape, also a comedian, has seen
Washington in two capacities. AS an
actor he played Lord Clinchem in the
Daisy Ashford play, The Young Visi-
tors" and during the early years of
ish military attaches who visited the
National Capital on duty, later return
ing to his military post as balloon OBJ
server at the front. Cora Wither-
spoon, one of Broadway's delightful
comediennes, will be remembered for
her Washington appearance with
Grace George, in "She Would and She
Did" She also played here in Three
Faces East" and Daddy Long Legs"
Charles Latte saw Washington recent
ly in "The Dream Maker" with Will
liam Gillette, while Norman Hackett
appeared here as the hero of George
Nj. Cohan's melodramatic burlesque,
''The Tavern" and Carl Anthony will
be remembered for an excellent per-
formance recently in one of the COM
edy parts in the Kaufman-Connelly
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Bruce McRae.

4 WAC has said that no theatrical
"a season in New York is complete
without "a new Fol1ies. a new Hippo
drome production show and Bruce
McRae.
This much is certain, that. while
there are other shows that might take
the place of the Follies. and the mon-
strous playhouse on 9th. avenue
has closed it's doors forever. Bruce
McRae still continues alone in his
field a Il 'long-felt necessity" 10 first
class productions, for he is that
paragon. the admirable English
actor.
Nephew of Sir Charles Wyndham
and scion of long line of British
player aristocrats, McRae has made his
fame and fortune in this country as
protagonist of the highly polished
variety. Furthermore, he has estab-
lished the record for never having
appeared in a failure. For all of
which reasons he is much sought
after by American managers and is
known on Broadway as the actor
who is always working.
Mr.. AIcRae's record, considered
chronologically. shows an astonishing
number of big successes in which he
has had Il leading role. lie has just
returned from a successful tour with
Ina Claire in Arthur Richman's 5
comedy, The Awful Truth" Prior to
that he co-starred with Miss Claire
in The Gold Diggers," by the same
Avery Hopwood who is responsible
for THE Alarm Clock THE Gold
Diggers" ran in New York for over
500 performances and more than
double, that number on the road.
"Daddies," another long-run piece, en-
gagged the drawing room talents of
Mr.. McRae for a year. and before that
was Come Out of the Kitchen" which
had an exceedingly long run. also
Years of Discretion" and "Nobody's
Widow"
In "The Alarm Clock" McRae will
be seen as a man rounding into mid
die age and still carrying with him
inclinations of a genial sort which
more properly belong to youth, if to
ANYBODY.
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A Burlesque Certainty.

WHILE the more or less '1egiti-
" mate theaters of New York
are indulging in the presentations of
summer shows" the Columbia Bur-
lesQue Circuit, at its home theater,
the Columbia, on Times Square, in
New York. has opened Barney Ger
ards "Follies of the Day" for run
that will continue until the regular
season begins.
"Bozo" Snyder, the voiceless come
dian, still stars in the Gerard show
and his support includes Gertrude
Hayes. jr., who rates high among the
beauties of burlesque and who Incl
dentally is Barney's niece. Showr1en
have only one measure of success
the money that comes to the box
Office. 1t is said that "Follies of the
Day is success financially and,
without attempted comparison with
the million-dollar summer shows, is
the best production Gerard has made.
When the Columbia wheel begins
turning for the season. "Follies of
the Day will eventually appear in
this city at the Gayety Theater. where
a1lCo1umbia burlesQues find shelter.
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Amateurs Organizing.

THE Capital Players have an
nounced to the amateur fraternity
in general that they have decided to
establish a little theater" in this
city. Such a playhouse when secured
will be open to all amateur dramatic
and musical organizations in good
standing and will be devoted eXclu-
sively to amateur productions of
merit. subject, of course, to such re-
strictions as may be found advisable
and necessary.
1t has been asked that the heads
OF all companies desiring to partici-
pate in the movement address John
J. Campbell, 2209 l street northwest,
who will give details and confer with
all who may be interested. 1t is
hoped to secure one of several locations
now in view, make the necessary
Evening star., 1923-07-22

In THE OPEN
Chesapeake Beach.

FREE dancing is one of the big at
fractions at Chesapeake Beach"
"Washington's young Coney Island"
Ralph Garren's jazz orchestra fur
nishes snappy strains for the dancers.
The pavilion is situated out over the
bay. and is open on all sides. getting
the full benefit of the refreshing
breezes.
Salt water bathing also is popular
The slope of the sandy beach is
gradual, with no ''step-offs,'' and
the entire bathing space is screened
to exclude foreign objects. Bathers
desiring boats can get them.
The picnic grounds are finding
favor with eXcursionists. Rustic
benches, gravel walks, grassy slopes
quaint payilions. huge shade trees
all combine to make them ideal
North Beach. the summer colony
ten minutes up shore, is in the full
swing of the vacation season.
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Glen Echo Park.

Glen Echo Park. reached after a
pleasant car ride skirting the Poto-
mac. charges nothing for admission
to the grounds.
The park offers amusement fea-
lures to please both young and old
including the Shooter" individual
electric cars, which provided amuse-
ment for the onlooker as well as the
rider; the carrousel. derby racer, the
old mill. the dip, the whip and the
midway. big fun house with a score
of amusement devices.
Sol Minister and his military band
will give four concerts OF one hour
each. beginning today It $3.50 p. M,
and continuing until the park closes.
On week nights dancing is featur-
ed in the large ballroom. with music
by the Glen Echo orchestra.
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Optimistic Morris Get.

that is just coming back to the
theater. He thinks that one of the
most significant things that has hap
pened in America is the success of
"The Fool" Charming Pollock's play.
Continuing. Mr.. Gest said he is sure
the trend in America has changed to
the spiritual and the religious in the
theater, and announced he will take
advantage of that trend to bring over
a play called THE Miracle" which
has already been seen in London.
People are turning their thoughts
toward religion and the theater has
got to help them,s- he said In conclu-
sion.
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Avery Hopwood Talks.

honor. The first was Fair and Warm
er.' the second. Why Men Leave
Home. No mention. you will observe
of the half caste. The Demi-VirCin.'
But. because of the prominence
played by bed in Fair and Warm
er. continued Avery. many plays
py other authors which have beds II
them nave been attributed to me.
had nothing whatever to do with 'Ur
in Mabers Room or Getting Gertie.:
Carter yet the idea is generally
prevalent that | wrote not only then
but others with which | had nothing
to do.
Il did revise The Girl in the Linn
CUISINE. and l did put a bed in it," he
added. after moments hesitation.
Personally. think a bed is very
nice thing. Most people spend about
one-third of their lives in bed Practi-
! cal!y no one likes to get up in the
come reconciled to being the bee
manufacturer of the stage.
MY two newest plays. however
! The Return and The Alarm Clock.
! both adaptations from the French
| are different. ! am not doing farces
| IN these plays. because they are com
| edles which interested me. The mo
! tion pictures have made it increas-
lngly difficult to produce melodrama,
or historical plays on the stage, be
| cause of the great advantage tn
screen has in showing continuous ac-
ton and in picturing spectaculaf
events. believe. however. thai
comeay. artisticallE presented. witt
SSupremeIE witty dialogue: will alway
be popular on the stage"
Il have long had in mind som,
big ideas for plays that l want I,
write. serious plays based upoI
themes such as heredity and tn.
tom may cause" Mr.. Hopwood con
tinued somewhat modestly, after
brief period of thought. But !
hesitate to work them out. If ther,
is one thing that desolates me IL
an empty theater. There is a grue
someness about ii that is terribl,
! One may write a book for a small.
audience and II may sell. but if onl
small audiences turn out TO see
f! play, by the second week il IS vote,
hopeless and goes into the discard
! Mr.. Hopwood has notion of wril
, ing fiction and he has also lassoed q
| unusually lenient contract to writ
motion picture scenarios. My cor
tract is very elastic" he admitte
with a complacent smile. II ca
write for the pictures whenever !
| want to. But 1 haven't gotten aroun@
| to it yet" he added. with an attitud
| resembling the small boy who finds
convenient to postpone tiresom
chore.
After some comment upon th
IiiCdlcI III L dIlCt anu GcI iIldllS an
| the assertion of his belief that til
American theater is more progressiy
than that of any European countr,
the pleasant interview with Mr.. Hop
wood was brought to a close.
Whatever one may think of hi
plays. especially those unspeakabl.
farces, nobody could help cordial.
! liking Avery Hopwood himself HI
appearance doesn't at all fit his un
! pleasant plays. As a matter of fac,
the millionaire farce king look
rather like the illustration in
familiar advertisement OF correc
clothing for young men. He is tai
and lean, with thick yellow hair tha
! has golden lights in it, His eye
are gray and have an amiable twinkl
| in spite of slight cynical shadow
| and his large mouth bespeaks genis
generosity. Taken all in all. he
! the kind of man who would Erac
! any tea table.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
ALLEY of the Wolf. "

MORE than 200 years ago lone
wolf climbed to the summit Of a
peak in the mountainous regions OF
Kentucky. raised his head toward the
sky and stood silhouetted against the
dark ening clouds.
With head turned to the heavens.
the wolf howled his dismal cry. To
the mountain folk in that isolated
section the cry of the wolf was an
omen.
That was the reason the valley ly-
ing sprawled between the mountains
was known to the inhabitants as
Valley of the Wolf"
That is the reason why Jack Pick
ford has selected valley of the Wolf'
as the tentative title for his forth
coming production, work on which
will be begun within a few days. j.
{ Valley Of the Wolf is an original
story of the Kentucky mountains.
written for the young star by him
self, his sister Mary and Marion
Jackson More than half of the story
is to be pictured out in the open.
George Hill will direct and Lucille
Ricksen will be the lead for jack
Evening star., 1923-07-22

WASHINGTON is very jealous of its
own and every phase of its be-
ing, but especially so of the geniuses
that owe their nativity to her and
then drift off into the world. some
times under artificial names adopted
for professional purposes. which
causes some of them to be ultimately
lost to her.
At the Longacre Theater, New York,
June z, sixteen boys and girls. most
of them with parents on the profess
sional stage. were graduated from
the Professional Childrens School.
Among them was little chap of
fifteen who won one of the highest
honors, the Frances Thatcher memo
RIAL and he was known to his class
as Richard Dupont. Richard was also
the writer of the prize essay entitled
Evening star., 1923-07-22
Chevy Chase Lake.

gong and dance both are promised
at Chevy Chase Lake, as
special treat Wednesday. novelty
night" Kelley and Brown. a notably
clever pair Of singers and dancers.
have been booked as the principal
attraction. These boys have evoked
favorable comment in vaudeville and
expect to go on tour this fall. Both
possess excellent voices of wide range
and fine quality, and are also endowed
with comedy talents. In soft-shoe
and clog dancing they are in the
expert class.
The two attractive dancing pavil-
ions are running every night with
folk who appreciate Meyer Davis
jazz. while others less actively in
clined are parked" on the rustic
benches oXerloOking the lake
Evening star., 1923-07-22

MORRIS GEST, the American inn
Nl pressario of the sChuave Sourfs
and the Russian Art Theater. is in
England, where he was interviewed
by the London Daily Standard.
In the opinion of Mr.. Gest, as ex-
pressed by him in the Standard. the
saiacious French farce is finished in
America and I'VE are out against
unclean plays. They are dead fall
ure. Even France is sick of them.
When you come to think OF IT..
is a boredom"
Mr.. Gest further said, in substance,
that he sees a great future In CO.
operation between the church, the
stage and the great cultured public
Evening star., 1923-07-22
Colonial Beach.

Colonial Beach. "Washigton's At
lantic City" where salt water bath
ing and dancing are most popular d.
versions, although many spend their
time in fishing and grabbing, sailing
and canoeing. is now at the height
Of the season.
The steamer st. Johns makes four
weekly trips to Colonial Beach, leav-
ing eth street wharf Tuesdays
Thursdays and Sundays, at Q am.
and Saturday, at 2:30 pm. Return
ing. it leaves the beach at pm so
as to reach Washington about II
pm, except on Saturday night, when
it leaves at midnight.
The forty mile moonlight trips are
given on the st. Johns to Indian
Head and return on Mondays. Wed
nesdays and Fridays, at 7:I5 pm.
with Tree dancing and orchestra
music.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
A Washington Stage Boy

Travel and the Stage Child" afte'
ward changed to How a Stage Chi
Studies Geography" which. the Ne
York Telegraph declares. shows e,
traordinary mentality and powers ,
observation for a boy of fifteen.
Richard Dupont is the son of. Wi
liam II. Daugherty, a WashinEt6
actor, who played with William
Crane. Ezra Kendall, Lotta and Sotl
ern. His mother died May 10, precet
ing his graduation. Richard himse
was characterized by Mrs. Mary Mar
ton, his teacher. as "a fine boy al
one of David Belasco's discoveries
He was with Nance O'Neil for a tir
and during the season of 1922
was in David Warfield's company {
tour to the Pacific coast.
Washington will follow his futu
with greater interest now that she h:
rediscovered her own.
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KEITH'S-"Yarmark."

The response of America TO Rus
sian literature and Russian drama
seems universal. The appearance in
New York of The Chauve Souris was
attended by sensational success, and
the tour of the vaudeville Russian
carnival extravaganza, "Yarmark,
which comes to Keith's this week as
the top feature, is said to have dupli-
Gated In the provinces the records Of
the Balieff group in Gotham. ''Yarmark," T"
life, the peasant every day existence
before the revolutions and bolshevism,
and is headed by the whirlwind dan
Ger. Teodore Stepanoff.
Olga Cook, one of the original Gus
Edwards kids" but more recently
the prima donna of Blossom Time"
the Franz Schubert operetta, will
provide the extra attraction. Miss
Cook is a talented and Charming
vocalist.
Others will include Fortunello and
Cirillino, italian clowns; Hugh Her
bert, the actor who writes playlets,
in one of his own compositions,
"Solomon's Children; Hurst and
Vogt, fun proflteers; Julian Hall and
Kathleen Dexter, in Her First Les
SON.; Ryan, Weber and Ryan in musi-
cal comedy capers: Harvard. Winifred
and Bruce, aerialists; and Clifford
and Gray, "The Hurricane Hoop
Jugglers.'
Screen features will be dropped
from the bill for few weeks await
ing the rebuilding of the theater pro-
lection room. This weeks bill in
cludes nine instead of the usual eight
Evening star., 1923-07-22

alterations and be ready with the fir
production early in the fall.
Miss Audrey Keys, a local dance
will look out for the work of Il
ensemble of the Capital Players. 81
is interested in the little theat,
movement and has volunteered h,
services in an advisory as well I:
an active capacity in selecting al
arranging dances and chorus nun
bers for any productions which mf
be contemplated in connection therc
with.
Evening star., 1923-07-22

Lionel Barrymore and Irene Fen
wick will appear in New York in the
fall. in a new play. under the manage
ment of David Belasco. Broadway
reports have it that the piece Is being
nut into shape by Achmet Abdullah.
It is said to be Of the strong" type
and will have . cast of hrst-rate
playersk
Evening star., 1923-07-22

George NJ Cohan's production :
the American sweetheart play. "TV
Fellows and Girl" had its first hear
ing at Stamford Conn, last Monda
night, and proved successful enoue
to gain it a hearing on Broadws
Thursday night. Allan Dinehart MT
Ruth ShepleI have-the leading rnle
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Times herang William Faversham in play Eng
comedy yet manufacturing
Lullaby which Florence Reed
Brady production will be The Cleanup by Barry conne known in
The Little Bgam The Provncown Players have
years suspension period
plays along
musical comedies for such
spire hope OF much that is really great or good
ELoRENz ZIEGFELD learn Tribune paused
pasme
blame the uncertainty of the thr the possibilities OF players
strike June Already he the coming is such that
cutting down the number OF their for
He himself did much making fitting
tain engaged professionally approved
for production September Mr. Zegfed feels sorry
omedies and uss 70 catch The dollars hut oots >, DRAMA would
have suspend for probably longer until the players
ssded what they claim their whipped submission by
money wasting
sentiment those they need it, those from
whom they to IL 1t is pity Mary Eaton should have
suffer when her goal was SO near
production is promised however and serves TO show how art
"A and be made wed Daniel Frohmn
the demands OF "modeny going the Lyceum The
that temple OF the metropolis which he has been solemn
dedicated and harowed by FASHIONS
shops by Harry
the Hood;
sponsbc producer according to the Alexander itwch
Yes bananas The production
Mr. Frohman language will show the public that the startling
utilized
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panomme Yes we haven't drama We're selling side-in today
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ssas q nd sss fine blending
John GOLDEN now entering its sixth season.
and The First Year n9w entering its fourth
coming season. also the comedy by Winche
Cushing with the original New York cast Mr. Golden make
Eic the axeab 9 the play which typfe the Galen
the Ourcq and Kucks original cab has
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theaters are not all given philosophy sociology
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Of beauty will find ALL he knows where is not the
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Evening star., 1923-07-22
satire. ITO the Ladies'"

satire, TO the LADIES.
Even the director who has produced
"The Alarm Clock" has made his con-
tribution to Washington recently, for
1t was David Burton who put on
Alice Brady's comedy success, "Zan-
der the Great" which had its initial
showing at the National Theater.
THE Alarm Clock" will be present
ed at the Bella SEQ Theater tonight by
George Marshall in association with
the New York producer. y: ii. Woods.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
Current Attractions

THE THEATERS THIS WEEK.
BELASCOThe Alarm Clock Avery Hopwood comedy from the
French. Opens this evening
KEITHS-Yamark vaudeville. New show tomorrows
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-10-13
THE WIDENING LIGHT"

By Carrie Williams Clifford. Can
be secured through The Crisis. 50
Fifth avenue, New York. Price S1.5O.
Postage lOc.
THE Widening Light" is a collec-
ton OF verse covering a considerable
period Of composition. Mrs. Clifford
IS an occasional writer, and sings
u various happenings in the Negro
world, The Negro Players on Broad
way, The Silent Protest Parade, The
East St. Louis Riots, The Tercente-
nary Of the Landing Of Slaves at
jamestown The Lynching of Mary
Turner. She tells Of the Negroes lack
Of opportunity, and she praises the
great men Of the race, Douglass, Dun
bar, Braithwaite. Her poems show a
deep horror Of injustice and cruelty.
There is a gentler note. A lover Of
nature. she speaks OF "the tiny cloud
that DER the hilltop chung" at Grass
mere; Of the ocean. gripped by the
tide, OF "the beetling night fading to-
ward the dawn" Her pictures of out
oi-doors are warm and fragrant. but
the book stands primarily as an in
dictment Of the white man.
Whose, whose the condemnation
then, if l
Shame the false lips that lured them
with lie?n
Thus the mother cries VINO has
given two sons, her first born and her
last, to war that promised freedom
and democracy and that ended in a
lie. She inveighs against prejudice,
the filthy sore
"Polluting all the currents of pure ar,
Dispensing its vile atoms everywhere. A."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-10-13
BOOK CHAT
by
MARY WHITE OVTNGTON
Chairman, Board of Directors of the Ma.
tiOnal Association for the Advance
ment of Colored PEOPLE.

And she hopes, wistfully for a fu-
ture that shall be free OF the rank
weed, injustice.
What wasteful thing is race preju-
dice! Man has taken over this noble
planet and is moulding it with bis
very human hands. Certainly he
needs all the love and kindness and
ability of every race to keep his world
from becoming mud ball, grimy,
ugly, gnawed away by parasites. And
yet he spends the fast speeding years
in preventing his neighbor from help
ing him! 1t is ludicrous as we'll as
pathetic. Mrs. Clifford sees this and
thus voices her hopes Of the future.
And We, who view life darkly thro' a
veil,
At length shall read its riddle face TO
face!
The hidden springs Of beauty and the
grace
OF fuller living wait beyond this trail
Bloodstained and steep: there stands
the Holy Grail
Whose healing waters shall the woes
efface.
Of Flooding pilgrims. who still seek
the place
Where men of every race shall say.
"AII Hair
To this broad shrine. we too shall
bring our gift
OF joyous laughter, song and loyal
love;
And rank on rank still surging up
we'll lift
Hosannahs to the God-of-worlds
abovei
His listening ear viii catch our minor
sweet,
Making the concord of the sphere:
complete.