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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

nature of the frivolous, petulant
French woman has found it's only
complete presentation in the in
imitable pliancy and grace Of
Bernhard"
OF her reception here in
Camille" one paper said: Bern
hardt's reception as Camille in
this city Tuesday evening pro-
vided the New York papers with
columns Of criticism so unani.
mously eulogistic that we doubt
If any actor or actress ever re.
oeived such an ovation in one
night from an entire continent.
Great, however, as was the
triumph Of Bernhardt's Camille,
it was the victory of the martyr
even a Christian maryland it's
ruling principle was pathos."
On January II, 1901, Bernhard
came back to the National, with
NJ. Coquelin, celebrated French
actor, in repertoire which included
"L'Aiglon," La Tosea," "Cyrana
de Bergerac" and Camille" OF
"L'Aiglon" one paper said: Bern.
hardt's portrayal Of the Duke
dignifies his personality beyond
what it seems reasonable to ex.
poet in a youth who died Of con-
sumption at tho aga of twenty
one, He must have been a sad
weakling, Bernhardt's Duke Is a
strapping youngster who, despite
those bygone jihes about the
divine Sarah'a thtnness, affords
his neither castings very respect
able tenantry, It commands adj
miration, interest, even respect"
Again in 1919 Bernhardt re-
turned to Washington in a roper
toire of one-act plays. These in
cluded death of Cleopatra" part
ly written by her son, Maurioej
From the Theater to the Field
of Homer" tie Vitrail," "Joan OF
Arc" TIA Chance du MARI"
"Fumees d'epium," ''Une D'Elles"
and Rostand's "L'Aiglon."
The A. T. Mudd collection, now
in the hands Of Anton Heit-
muller, local art collector, is par
ticularly rich in photographs and
"reminiscences Of the Fireplace
abba eRAyn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

ing in The National Republican
March 2, 1887. the critic said:
Mime. Bernhardt's voice seems
to defy the ravages Of time and
her tears are brought at will"
OF Fedora" that same week,
one reviewer seid: Through the
whole diapason Of violent human
emotions, Fedora's stormy path
way lies. Nine. Bernhard treads
that path unflinchingly, with the
high head, fierce eye and ruth
less paganism we have learned to
associate with celebrities of the
Roman empire in it's decline or Of
some leading spirit in medieval
times"
OF "F'rou-Frou' the critics de-
posed: Compared with all other
actresses, Nine. Bernhardt's Frou-
F'rou Is first; the rest, practically
nowhere. No matter what amount
Of skill, labor, and even genius.
may have been lavished by dis
t!nguished American and English
women on this character, the true
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

of enduring farewell tours in
Washington at the National. She
had appeared here before, prior
to her tour OF South America, but
disciples Of the great tragedienne
were startled at the announce
ment that an art just then flow
ering at its greatest was to be
suppressed by a. temperamental
quirk. How little could anyone
see that the farewell was to be
extended for thirty-six years!
How the final curtain call would
find the great Bernhard, ravaged
by time and misfortune, still
struggling to summon back the
once flaming spark, in a motion
picture set built in her own home.
Bernhardt's first farewell tour
began at the National March 1,
1887. In six performances she
gave her then standard repertoire
-"Cam1lle:" Fedora" 1.-THE
Master of the Forge" "Frou-
Frou" and "Adrienne Lecouvreur."
In a review Of Camille" appear
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Priscilla Risks
Self for Realism

~ ETTING real things" un-
expectedly n ar1y caused
W Priscilla Dean serious in
jury in the filming of the Uni
versal-Jewel production, 1.-THE
Flame of Life" which win be
shown as the featured photo
dramatic offering at the Strand
this week.
Miles Of underground tunnels
Of a temporary nature and deep
shafts were constructed for the
story.
In the midst Of the filming of
the scenes preliminary to an act
ual explosion, the coal In the
tunnels, laid three weeks before,
produced a gas which was sud
denly ignited when O technical
man LIT his pipe.
Whole sections Of the temper
airy frame work in the tunnels
were shattered and caught fire.
Earth cracked and chunks fell,
but luckily the tunnel in which
they were working did not cave
In. 1t was an escape by a mir
acle, the closest MISS Dean or
her director. Hobart Henley,
had ever seen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Nine Years Old:
Earns a. Million

A THOUGH Jackie Coogan
"A is q little chap, he is a
4 n big star. And big stars
earn big money. No matter how
hard he tried, Jackie couldn't
possibly spend his earnings,
even If he were allowed to.
Jackie is the miniature Midas
of the world. Everything he
touches turns to gold figuratively.
Not only does he make money
in the movies, but he has COM
mercial enterprises through con-
nections with big manufacturers
who pay him handsome royalties
on bearing his name.
If Jackie buys oil stocks, they
go UP tomorrow. If he buys
land, the price of property scars.
In short, he's a demi-John D.
Rockefeller. the split-pint J. p.
Morgan Of the world.
Jackie Coogan will not be nine
years old until October. BY that
time he will, in his short life,
have earned more than $1.000,Oo0.
Jackie's current offering IL
Daddy" a First National pic
ture now on view at Cranda1ls
METROPOLITAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Il Play Win Reason Is
AHce BradyS Ne1veJt

cess, but they are developed
In a totally new fashion. :
''Zander the Great" is racy
I'm human interest. Salisbury
Fields chief character, played
by Miss Brady, is a composite
Of tenderness, shrewdness. cour-
age and probity. all blended in
a way to captivate ones SYM
pathy and yet not too fictlOnal
to win assent to it's reality. No
violence is done to ones COM
mon sense in 'zander the Great"
Salisbury Fields creation II
grounded in actually and re-
lieved only by that extra some
thing that the artist always
may fuse with the real. ma
mie''-the role Mr., Field has
written for Alice Brady-exists
everywhere. at least in her fun
damental characteristics. These
are as numerous as there are
women in the world-women who
instinctively display what men,
at least, are agreed are their
loveiest qualities understanding
and sympathy and steadfaSt help
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Fighting Spirit
ParadeS IN CZayt0n Film

veteran Of the Spanish-American
war, and a hero Of tho recent
great conflict. But by no means
IL this fact to be construed to
moan that "Can a Woman Love
Twiee?" Ia q war picture. Far
from It, It Is a picture OF to-
day, and presents In a series Of
ever.tightening scenes of sheer
drama the story of glorious
and beautiful young woman who,
widowed when her here-husband
is killed in France, is threwn
upon her own resources to maka
a living for herself and her baby
son,
The picture has q climax Sc
quence that keeps the viewer in
a fever of enjoyable excitement,
and the denouemept leaves one
with the distinct feeling of having
seen sometimes exceptionally
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Continued from Page 81
She wanted to smash things, to
rampage, to rush from one COZ
ner of the globe to another. She
wasn't eccentric, she opined. She
was very ordinary. It was her
nature. She. liked travel, con-
slant change, new faces, new out,
looks, and SO on. One week she
was in Paris, the next in Brus-
sells, then across to London, and
later to New York. Nothing was
too strenuous for Sarah. Her
motto was "Quand MEME"
never thought that she would
die. / don't believe that she Is
dead. It is too far fetched an
idea. Death to Sarah was merely
the climax OF the fifth act.
1t was just the end Of a heroine's
melodramatic life. It was the
stage climax that Sarah invari-
ably sought. Sarnh's violent,
convulsed and tragic heroines
simply couldn't live happily ever
after. It would have been stupid.
Sarah invited Duse to play in
her own theater in Paris. She
had no fear of the admirable
Eleonora. She gave her every
opportunity. We certainly wor.
shipped at Buses shrine, but we
returned easily to the indefattgi-
BILE Sarah, perfectly sure that we
loved her eternally. And there
was never any suggestion Of
comparison except in the case
of Duse. We have almost for
gotten Duse. She lacked the
vitality of Sarah. She did no:
share the Divine Ones love Of
the theater. She rested! She
wouldn't play more than three
times a week. Sarah would have
given midnight performances.
three Sunday shows, and contin.
uous matinees, II necessary, and
Sarah won out-of course.
She was the greatest example
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
world has ever known. She had
the genius OF incessant work!
Nearly forty years ago Bern.
hasak sawa the kIrwt g Aoe aorian
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
CRlTlQUE5 GUST
Mash NOTES IN
ACTORS LIFE
President Players Leading
Man Welcomes Transfer Of
Annoying Fad From Stage
to Cinema Studios.

/" HE leading man Of . Stock
company is the one individ-
ual In the whole realm Of the
theater who can be depended upon
for expert testimony on the sub
ject OF the ''mash note''--the gush-
ing epistle, usually romantic, that,
in years gone by, deluged every
actor OF any importance whatever.
The heydey Of the mash note.
however, has gone by, according 70
George Barnes, the new leading
man OF the President Players, who
has already achieved great popu-
Iarity in Washington.
"Close observation Of the matter
and much conversation with other
actors of leading-man caliber,"
says Barnes, ''inclines me to the
viewpoint that the day Of the
mash note has gone. Where once
an actor. found in his mornings
mail from a dozen to twenty full
some epistles every day. he now
discovers that the mail win carry
from two to three letters daily.
nearly always of a critical tone,
written by people showing a sur
prising grasp Of dramatic tech
nique.
"I do not mean to say, Of
course" Barnes continued, that
we get no mash notes at all. Nat
urally, leading man who Il worth
his salt is sure to reap q certain
number of these adoring letters.
but in the main the letters we get
nowadays are letters that are
worth dozen mash notes in value
to the actor.
There Is a reason for this de-
cline in the writing Of love letters
to actors. In the first place, the
motion pictures have drawn to
themselves the more foolish ele-
ment OF the letter writers. Sec
ondly, the growing intelligence Of
theater audiences and the more
sincere interest of the public in
stage entertainment has greatly
changed the complexion Of the let
tiers we receive"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

</-ROM time immemorlal
- there have been women
who have posed. and there
is no greater bore on EARTH, SAID
Hazel Dawn. the fascinating star
of '.The Demi-Virgin," at the Be
lasco ,Theater. "a woman VIII
only pose to attract attention to
herself; she usually practices the
pose away from home or when
there are guests in the house. To
her own family she is herself. but
at a social function she viii at
feet the pose; perhaps It may be
only a trick of speech, an effusive
manner; perhaps it will be the
aping Of some one occupying .
higher social position; but It win
be a pose assumed for the time
being. It may attract attention
it may impress the strangers, but
It will surely fill the woman's
friends-those who know her as
she really is-with disgust ana
pity.
"Let the poser spend a season
In London. Nine times out Of ten
she will return with a broad Eng
lish accent.
'She will say My de-ah. let M
do it so and SO; tits SO English You
know Let her go West. and she
will bring home the free and easy
Western manner, and the hail-fel-
low-well-met pose will be hers. II
the South is her stopping place for
q time, then a Southern dialect
and indolent manner return with
this human chameleon.
Therefore, girls, don't pose. Be
yourself. The charming girl is
charming because she has no pose,
but is just the sweet. fresh. gentle
little maiden she was meant to
be-"
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Jean was I'll
during this
time, and ro-
nance waned
before she had
had an oppor-
tunity to even
see his pic
ture. This was
the beginning
OF the end.
The bile
X n o W g the
story from this
point on. Mrs.
Valentino stood
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
He KILLS A WHALE
AND THE FILM
SHOWS IT
Thus Raymond Mckee. Star
of "DoWn to the Sea in
Ships" Qualities as a Men,
Der of New Bedford Whal-
erS.

~ AYMOND MCKEE is be-
II neved the only actor who
has ever been honored by
the exclusive whaleman's Club of
New Bedford, Mass, with honorary
membership. In order to be ad-
mitted to membership (Which is
made up almost entirely of
whaling captains) one must have
actual experience in the throw
ing, of the iron harpoon with
which whales are attacked. It
is an art which is usually ac-
quired only after. years Of careful
training, and in the quaint little
whaling town Of New Bedford, as
well as in other whaling centers,
IL an honor most eagerly sought.
Mr.. Mckee appears in the lead
ing role in the motion picture
production entitled Down to the
Sea in Ships" produced by Elmer
Clifton for the Whaling Film Cor.
poration, the featured attraction
at Moore's Rialto Theater all
week, beginning today, The part
which he portrays is that OF a
young engineer, who, before he
can win the hand OF the beauti-
full daughter Of a Quaker whaling
.magnate, is required to prove his
efficiency with the harpoon, the
girls father having exacted from
her a pledge that she would never
wed other than whaleman.
To fit himself for the role
and to add realism to the photo
drama. Mr.. Mckee practiced
steadily and consistently for three
weeks at throwing the harpoon,
with the result that during the
filming of the picture, when q
9o-ton whale is actually attacked
and killed. it was Mr.. McKee's
harpoon which first found, its
mark. He had accomplished in
fact what he set out to do in
pictorial fiction, and thereby won
the right to rank with the
veteran whalers in prestige and
efficiency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
She Treads Where
angels Hesitate

Evidence that woman IS as
well fitted, temperamentally
- and physically, for the
hazardous professions as man Is
piling up in a most convincing
manner.
Consider Bird Millman, some
times designated as the Pavlowa
Of the taut wire, who nightly in
trigues and entertains hundreds
with her graceful manetlvers on
the taut wire in the Greenwich
Village Follies, the fleet and antic
revue which comes to- Polls
Theater, tonight.
In search of a profession, Miss
Millman could have hit upon
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and razors and a dozen other
startling near disasters.
Finally, one Of the strongest
casts assembled for some time
aids Walter in putting across both
the thrills and the laughs. In
cluded in this cast are Jacqueline
Logan, who is featured as lead
ing woman: George Fawcert,
Robert McKim, Patricia Palmer
and others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

ner of the United States.
A fairy tale with a new end
ing! Certainly not the usual land
they lived happily ever afterward"
scrt. Beginning with all the
beauty Of a marriage bound by
bonds OF unalterable affection the
romance started off with the
glow and glamor Of an opera
comique. Both were supremely
happy. Both were devoted to
each other. Both were struggling
artists. bent on attaining the top
most rung in the ladder of sue
cess. Both were players OF much
promise. And then
/ RodoIph was accorded his first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

thrills in the
picture, some
thing that was
perhaps not
expected. A
bull fight that
will furnish
more than one
gasp; a near
assassina ito n
Of Walter when
he takes part
in a revolution;
nroxfuaifv to
d cath from
Sharp knives
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Thrills Comedy,
For Hers Debut

"HOsE who expected that
Walter HERS would be hand
ed q light comedy-drama for
his first starring vehicle win be
most agreeably surprised when
they have the opportunity of
seeing 'Mr. Billings Spends His
Dime" which win be offered at
Loew's Palace today for . weeks
engagement.
First, there is all the comedy
that the admirers Of Mr.. HERS
expected and a little more added
for good measure.
Second, there are innumerable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

solving it in an altogether fresh
way.
All of "Zander the Great"
in fact, has the same originality
that Mr.. Field has employed
in this instance. He has. told
a story that has all the elenlents
which veterans Of the paN-
house oonsids surety e q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

der LA0 GTcdtP
his new COM
edy for Alice
Brady In which
this Hg
star will re-
turn to tn o
spoken drama
at the Nation
al next week,
The author has
placed his he
roine in a ia
miliar enough
dilemma. but
IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

starring Ethel
Clayt ton at
CrandAll's Gen.
trail beginning
this afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
For ere,
forming back.
gr o u n d 8 for
and the foun.
dalton Of some
of the biggest
dramatic sit
uations ever
conceived, we
see fig hting
RaAEinAma n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

big opportunity in 1.-THE Four
Horsemen Of the Apocalypse.
Valentino leapt into fame almost
overnight. He was hailed as a
new star, and before he had a
chance to discover what had
happened he was in the whirl.
OO0I of S,Iccesa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

ing in West
Coast studio in
1918 into a
perfect mar
riage, an ideal
honeymoon in
1919, and a
sensational d.
vorce in 1929.
And the pub
Lefty attend
ing the d.
Vorce of the
two sore G n
PLAYERS 1nvad-
ed auarn cor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

quietly Ey, silent and saddened.
She realized that the end had ar
rived. Now she is in Keith vaude-
Vile, striving day by day to for.
get 1t all. She remembers only
the fairy-tale beginning-the rose
ate romance, the affectionate
honeymoon, the first gorgeous
days Of marriage. The tragic
end she is striving to erase.
Poll Negri's first demand upon
her arrival in Hollywood was for
q Polish cook "ono naust eat"
said Pola.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

no more per-
ilous perform
ance tn a n
the one she
has practiced
for the past
twenty years.
Hers must be
an ACCURATE
eye, a sure
AOOLS anu an
accurate sense
of balance. The
dances that
others OF the
stage perform
on the floor,
eaInn dnn1 S,Nrk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
4~Falry Tale W1Ith0ut
The COnUentlOnaI End

"HE romantic life of the Val
entinos-the dark-haired Ro-
- dolph and his Venuslike
wife, Jean Acker VaIentino-be-
gan very much on the order of
q fairy tale, plucked from the
pages of the Brothers Grim. It
blossomed - from a chance meet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

|" HE fighting spirit Of Amer
lea was never more graph.
u ically conveyed to the
mind than through some of the
passages in Can a Woman Love
Twice?" tho new photodramA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

ut Is an up-to-the-minute de-
nouenent that Salisbury
Field has written in "Zan'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

as expertly on a slender steel
wire at an elevation Of some fiji
teen feet. Miss MilIman has
fallen but seven times in the past
ten years.
Bird Millman has been dancing
on the altitudinous thread Of
steel since the age of five. She
has waItzed on the wire in Berlin,
Paris, Vienna and London and
her act is generally credited with
being the best of its kind extant.
Unlike most women who follow
such a gymnastic profession Miss
Millman is not over-muscular in
the legs, with a scrawny dew
elopement of the upper-body. The
use Of her arms in balancing has
made Miss MiIlman's entire
physical development uniform
and consistent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

Gladys Walton's next vehicle
for Universal will be Crossed
Wires" written by King Bag
got who is to direct.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
.HazeI's Hints on
Epils of Posing

time immemorial
there have been women
who have posed. and there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01

Nearly forty years ago Bern.
hasak sawa the GIrwt g hog aoriaa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-14
Babe Ruth
Is Seeking
Bat CrOWn
Has Eye on Leadership of
American League; Is
Having Big Year

NEW YORK. Aus. i4.--Babe Ruth
~ seeks 10 attain several baseball
honors this year. Babes ambition Is
no longer merely confined TO the
making Of home runs.
Ruth's greatest goal this year Is 10
lead tho American league in batting.
Babe wants to prove TO tho world
that he Is something more as a bats.
man than merely a sluggcr.
This year. instead Of swinging FOR
home run every time he came 20
bat. Ruth has mixed ON up on the
opposition. lie has laid down ana
beat on, many n hunt
when pitchers have insisted In
slowing up on him and making him
hit a ball on tho outside. the Babe
has clicked up on his hat and dropped
many a Texas Lacquer into let field.
AZ other times he has taken the
old.tlne healthy cut that caused him
10 drive out 30 homo runs during the
1891 season. ono OF tho most re,
markable records ever compiled Ia
baseball,
Ruth has slowly but surely cut
down tho commanding lead once hold
hy Harry Heilmhn Of Detroit and
feels sure that he Will top all the
American league hattera al tho finish.
Ruth al1o feels that ho viii win
hack his home run crown. n looked
for time az n C'y williams OF the
Phulies had a walkswHy. but the
Babe has cut down tho big lead and
10 tied now.
Haiteflng Babe also feels positive
that n the pitchers continue to walk
him with reckless abandon he Will
hang up a hhsr on tails record that
/ will never be touched
Incidentally Babe ycArus for an,
other chance 10 deliver In a world
series. and the way the Yankees nrs
going Il looks as II he was certain
20 Ect Il.
Truly this Is big year for the
Babe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-14

is now held by hathefyne
Brown of the Crystal Swim
ming club.
Besides Torney Henry + to enter
Lin Prescott and Carl Markin IN
tho mems race.
Thelma Moeholt, another Neptune
star, claEsed az one Of the best
young women swimmers in Seattle,
win not be able 10 compete. Miss
Moeholt broke her collar bone IN
an accident last week. and will not
be able 10 swim again this season
Torney now holds the cup for
winning the mems race, while Miss
Brown Is in possession Of the wou'
ems cup. donated by The Star. To
gain permanent possession Of either.
the contestant must win the race
three times.
In addition 70 the cups, The Star
is giving gold. silver and bronze
medals 20 winners Of first, second
and third places in both races, 10
be retained permanently.
The entries close az midnight
wednesday. No fee u charged. The
blanks appear on the sport page Of
The star. and should be mailed in
10 the sporting editor.