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Evening star., 1923-10-14
Observation-Disclosures Moore
in "The Huntress."

| A double-feature bill of interest will
be given this afternoon at the Metro
politan Theater, where 1t will continue
!! throughout the current week. The fore
most attraction will be THE Hunt
ress," with Colleen Moore; the COM
panion feature will be Larry Semon's
new two-reel Vitagraph comedy,
1.-THE Gown Shop" a hilarious bur-
lesque of the business of conducting
a fashionable modistes shop.
The Huntress," Is the story Of a
young go-getter, reared as a native
member of tribe of Indians, al
though in actuality white girl, In
trusted to the care of a brave when
her father died in her infancy; Upon Upon
learning the truth of her Identity
and feeling a white girls inherent
antipathy toward marriage with
redskin,. Bella decides promptly whom
she wishes to marry, kidnaps him,
sets him up in business and makes
him Ike 1t. The developments of the
plot are lent added dramatic power
by the fact that the man in the case
Is the scion of a wealthy eastern
family who has deserted his opuient
surroundings to escape from irritat-
ing parental dictation. At the time
when he enters the consciousness of
Bella he is serving as cook for an
outfit of renegades who make life
thoroughly miserable for him. The
girl, in the end, does the same Cor
them.
Miss Moore apprehends the elusive
character of the girl with Aryan In
stincts subjected to the domination
of a savage code. The leading male
role is played by Lloyd Hughes. and
the three cutthroats Of the woods are
impersonated by Russell Simpson.
Walter Long and Charles e. Ander-
son. The natural settings add a
touch of picturesque grandeur to
1.-The Huntress."
"The Gown Shop is a travesty in
Semon's best style. His company of
skilled farceurs are cast in roles Of
almost equal Importance with that
of the dumbbell portrayed by the
star. with Kathleen, Myers cast in a
Evening star., 1923-10-14
Proscenium of the Theater
Becomes Topic of Debate

distance definitely fixed. The Mac
gowan contention is that by revert
ing to the old Greek type of theater
and projecting the stage and players
into the arena an ideal structure is
designed. Simonsen cleverly ira
verses this statement, and the con-
sensus Is he wont the fight. You can
not destroy the proscenium. remove
the frame else you will disturb and
destroy the stage picture and its
composition. The first advance of
realism on the stage was effected by
Boucicault nearly forty years ago in
his play. "The Shaugran," where he
used set waters and sea cloth to
simulate the surges of the sea.
Twenty years afterward, with the intro
duction of electricity in the footlights
and the invention Of the oxyhydrogen
calcium great advance was made
Nowadays with the Kleigal lights.
sectional stages and proper archi-
lecture the stage has come into Its
own.
Nor will there be many advances in
stage lighting or construction. II so,
the media and mechanism of the stage
may be improved, but the funda-
mentals will remain the same. The
last two or three years the impress
sionistic school of scene painters has
largely dominated the field; now
conservative methods. 1t is q mis-
take to believe that the stages of the
continental theater are in advance of
the American theaters. Today our
artists lead the world. In STEAD
fast" the new play in which Frank
McGlynn appears at the Shubert-Gar-
rick Theater, while there is a scene
in the last act full of psychological
content and which permits of the use
of coiored lights. these tawdry and
theatric devices have been abandoned.
In this scene, where the central figure
is lifted out of the depths of despair
to the supreme and serene height of
love, the whole external influences
are suggested by a yagrant breeze
which disturbs the LEAKAGE of a
clinging vine just a little, yet its
vibrations are potent enough to ex-
tinguish the lights of the candles
which adorn the wedding table. The
art of the actor must here dominate
the scene rather than have 1t car
ried to a climax by the introduction
of external effects.
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BELASCO-The New York Theater
Child.

The Theater Guild Repertory Com
pany makes it's initial bow to
Washington audience tomorrow even
ing at the Belasco Theater. He
Who Gets Slapped" will have its first
performance in Washington tomor-
row and Tuesday. HE" is a cul-
tured gentleman who seeks the com
panionship Of circus people in order
to forget his disappointments. Life
has slapped him and he becomes
clown to be slapped by others that
the great multitude may laugh. He
does not contemplate that he shall
again be made the buffet of fate by
falling in love with the pretty circus
girl. nor anticipate the end of this
romance when he and the girl of his
love pass away together. From the
rise of the curtain there are many
brilliantly acted scenes.
Shaws admirers Wednesday natl
nee and evening and Thursday even
ing will see his THE Devils Dis
cipIe."
Ibsen's Peer Gynt' is unrivaled
even among the many fine things the
Guild has done. The exquisite musi-
cal setting of Greig gives an aural
accompaniment to this strange story
of soul. Peer Gynt" will be given
on Friday and Saturday. Basil
Sydney heads the big company.
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SHUBERT-GARRICK-Frank Nc.
Glynn in "Steadfast."

Tomorrow night at the Shubert-
Garrick Theater new play by two
unknown authors, Albert Koblitz and
S. ]. Washawsky, will be presented.
with Frank McGlynn as the central
figure. 'Steadfast," from all accounts.
is said to be a domestic American
comedy drama. telling a story of
pregnant interest, with it's scene of
action laid during the present time.
Mr.. McGlynn will appear as Rabbi
Judah, a noted divine. who is con-
fronted by a crisis which threatens
to disrupt his household and which
stirs him profoundly to his depths.
How he overcomes this calamity and
rises like Job above them and how
the other characters are gradually
used in the alembic of love Is told
in four acts.
Mr. McGlynn is remembered by his
success in the John Drinkwater play.
Abraham Lincoln. Mr.. McGlynn's
triumph in the main part of this play
is now a matter of record. Mr.
McGlynn is said to be fitted admir-
ably in "Steadfast," and the company
has been selected with care and is
said to be of unusual excellence.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
BY PERCY wEADON.

1t all concerns an opening. And
this opening is the proscenium of the
theater. This mooted question now
occupying space in the dramatic
column of the newspapers in the
United States was widely discussed
last season and a merry battle ragged
between the iconoclasts on one side
and conservative scene painters on
the other It all had its beginning
in an essay written by an expert. who
claimed that the scene painter, the
decorator and the architect were en-
deavoring with dire intent to destroy
the opening-the framework Of the
picture presented upon the stage.
Then began \ deluge OF comment
based on Kenneth Macgowan's book
on the modern continental stages.
This critic had spent the summer
abroad. cruising in turbulant waters,
describing the works of Max Mein-
hardt at Berlin, the Theater Antoine
at Paris and the Art Theater at
Vienna. Even poor old Italy did not
escape Mr.. Mcgowan's onslaught. He
moored his caravel in Venice, and
following the course of the Po river
came into Florence and Rome, closed
up his camera and departed.
The thesis delivered by Mr.. Mac
gowan dealt with the destruction of
the proscenium and the reconstruc-
ton OF tine interiors Of the theaters
and the construction of stages. By
his reasoning space was gained on
the sides and a better perspective
procured. Now came that valiant
knight, Lee Simonsen. the scene
painter, drew his radiant sword-a
good Toledo-and began to chop off
Mr. Macgowan's ears.
Mr.. Simonsen's verbal thrust was
SO effective the young critic was i'm
mediately placed hors de combat, and
honors were given to M. Simonsen.
The gist Of this discussion lies in
the advances made during the last
ten years in stage craft. BY means of
indirect and refracted light, pano-
ramas and built-up stages, many
novel effects have been secured. per-
spectives enlarged and the Illusion of
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Current Attractions
AT THE THEATERs THIS WEEK.

BELASCOThe New York Theater Guild, presenting e Who
Slapped "The Devils Disciple and "Peer Gyn Opens
night
POLSWagneran Opera Company Monday Tuesday and Wed
nesday The Junior Alliance Song and Dance Revue Friday
and Saturday
GARRCK-Steadfast" with Frank McGynn Opens
night.
NATIONA-"Iitte Nellie Kelly" by George NJ Cohan Opens
tonight
PRESIDENT-"The Mad Honeymoon Opens evening
KEITHS-"Dance Madness" Opens afternoon.
COSMOS-Earl Cavanaugh Opens afternoon.
STRAND-Chares F. Strickland Co. Opens this afternoon
GAYETY-"Bathing Beauties, Opens this
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iPRESIDENT-"The Mad Honey.
moon"

Thrills comparable TO those OF The
Bat" and laughs as numerous as in
"Abie's Irish Rose" are promised
Washington audiences in "The Mad
Honeymoon" which will be presented
as this weeks attraction at the Presi-
dent Theater. beginning tomorrow
evening.
1t is described by New York critics
as "one long round OF hilarity," and
is the work of Barry Conners, who
has two more plays scheduled for
production this season.
1t tells the story OF a young man
and a girl who decide to elope. and
the difficulties that arise when the
girl, because her clothes have been
locked up. dons a fur coat over her
pajamas, only to find out, later, that
the coat is stolen, and that in one of
its pockets is q package of stolen
bonds. The possibilities of such sit
uation for farce are obvious.
There are excellent roles in the play
for the President Players. who in
clude John Litel. Edith King. Adrian
Morgan. Agnes Grant, Leo Lfndhard,
Helen Travers and Gustave Bowman.
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Miss Diana Cumming and chorus of
men; CD People You See on the
Stage" with Miss Virginia Seldom as
Fannie Brice, Miss Elisabeth Taylor
Jones and Miss Dorothy Mondell as
the Dolly Sisters, Miss Virginia
Hume as Louise Groody, Miss veron-
lea Horen as Grace La Rue, Miss
Anne Devereaux as Frances White,
Donald Mcdonald, Sd, as Bert Savoy
and Huntington Turner as Harland
Dixon; (6) "Valse Moderne." with
Miss Corinne Stephens and Eddie
ODonnell; (7) Love Is a Thing Di-
vine," with Miss Veronica Horen and
chorus Of 100.
Act lid Dance of $780," by
Miss Virginia Hume and Huntington
Turner, assisted by Misses Nettie
Medlar. Diana Cumming. Catherine
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New Woman Producer

Anna Lambert Stewart, for many
years a. successful concert manager
and a producer of one-act plays, is
entering the theatrical producing
field by announcing "The Gift" a
new play in three acts. by Julia
Chandler and Alethea Luce. Doris
Kenyon has been engaged for the
leading feminine role. After launch
ing 1.-THE Gift" Mrs. Stewart will i'm
mediately begin rehearsals of mu-.
sical production, for which she has
written the score.
Evening star., 1923-10-14
Beauty and Grace Abound
In Cast of Society Plav

The program and cast of Name
It," the society musical comedy
which Is being given by Washing
toms younger set for the benefit of
the Women's Universal Alliance at
Polls Theater Friday and Saturday
has been announced by Donald Nc
Donald, who has been coaching the
hundred or more members of the
Junior Alliance Song and Dance
Revue for the past month or SO.
The program and cast will be as
follows:
Prologue, sung by Mr.. Dimitrie
Dem. Dimancesco.
Act I-(1) I'VE Are Typical
Chorus" by the ensemble; CD Eyes
OF Blue" Misses Cumming and Med
Ter aAd chorus; (3) You Look Bad
10 Me-" Miss Virginia Selden and
.rhorus of fifty girls: (D 'Mauricetto."
Evening star., 1923-10-14
KEITH'S-"Danee Madness"

Jeanette Hackett and Harry Del
mar, two of vaudeville's foremost
players. have brought Dance Mad
ness" their fourth annual revue. to
Keith's this week as the headline
feature Of a bill that includes the
best that vaudeville has to offer. 1t
has pigments Of melodic charm. pic
torial fascination, syncopated verNe
and sartorial splendor-which com
bine to make a series of colorful.
flashing and Byzantine pictures. Sup
porting them are Madelaine Lane.
Jean Carroll, Irene Griffith, Margie
Halleck, Mildred Anders, Helen War
rem, Alice Mace, Florence Barry. Kath-
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Noted among the names are Leona
Hogarth, a young actress, who has
scored in several successes last sea
son. together with Marie Reichardt
Henry Mortimer, Rexford Kendrick.
Billie Pearce. Robert Conness, Lulu
May Hubbard, Marie Louise Walker
George Henry Trader and Charles II
Cline.
Evening star., 1923-10-14

Washington coming be and more enc OF
of the Washington has greater
OF people that appreciate the real In art
and drama than other city OF comparable size and
this being continuously by reception
brought here The galleries hourish
hestras always play different
which have been coming here often in recent years nave
picture anything of in the OF
legitimate drama appears Washington turns out en- mae
IL OF which is brought coming York
"A Basco Theaer and the sponsoring
officials university presidents and many oner
of note in the city 1t really an advent tor WashnsGn m
the guild which has risen to the fuing f t e its tour
Wa s1 om New Yo % % o hfFe o1r DT s the guild has
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follow the fact that the Theater Guild
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followers of the "The Devils Disciple" this
generation written by Shaw of and first
spring
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States last has returned again. and makes its debut this
Washington Polls company
opening
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Photoplays This Week


METROPOLITAN"The Huness with Colleen Moore and Lloyd
Hughes.
RIALTO-slave of Desire" Adapted
Bazac.
of the Night" of Captain
Applejack."
CoLUMB1A-"Ruggles of Red Gap" by Harry Leon Wilson
AMBASSADOR-"The Hunress."
CRANDALLS-"Where Is This West?" Hoxie.
CENTRAL~"East Side, West Side" with Eileen Percy
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chestra. At his first appearance Mr.
Lorleberg will give Peppers "Taran-
telle" and Rimsky- "A
Song of India"
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RIALTO-"Slave of Desire"

part that reveals her pulchritude an
charm.
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Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
POSTPONE AIR
SPEED TRIALS
CHAMPION WILLIAMS HOWEVER
ENTERTAiNS CROWD WITH
STUNTS.
TO Be HELLO z WEEKS LATER
Does "8arrel-Roll" at 24o Miles an
Hour; Describes Sensation of
Air Bumps.

St. Louis Mo The speed trials for
attempts to break the worlds records
for the one. two and three kilometer
sraightways. scheduled to have been
held here, were postponed, due to the
inability of the contest committee to
arrange the electrical timing appara-
tus. The tests, it was announced, will
be held at Mitchell field, Mineola
Long Island. in two weeks.
Lieutenant A. c. Williams. holder
of the worlds speed record and win
ner of the Pulitzer event, was one of
the entrants.
Thousands of people had gathered
at st. Louis flying field to witness the
event Their disappointment was
ameliorated somewhat, however. when
Williams. flying his record breaking
Curtiss navy fighter barrel-rolled for
them at a speed OF over 2t0 miles an
hour \ barrel roll consists of turn
ing the plane in 4 corkscrew motion
but continuing straight ahead
Really do not know how | did
,i,'7,...3 D ,''' ""9 H'' oi4e
for six years with the thought of
winning the worlds speed classic, the
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Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
GO Aunt Jemnirma'
Victim of Auto

a mental picture for thousands of low
ers of "a plate of wheats" and whose
skill with the pancake turner fur
nshed amusement for and drew the
envy Of those who have attended e1'
positions and fairs ever since the Chi
cago Worlds fair of 1893. fell vic
tim to an automobile In Chicago re-
Gently.
Her death marks the passing Of an
interesting character who will be
mourned not only by the negro race
but by numerous wealthy Chicago fam.
lilies rs well. For Mrs. Nancy Green
will live longest in memory as Aunt
Jemima."
Was Born In Kentucky.
Aunt Jemma" was born In Mont
gomery county, Ky, In 1884 and came
TO Chicago rs a nurse for the Walker
family She nursed and made pan
cakes for the late Circuit Judge
Charles NJ. Walker. chief justice of
the Municipal court. and his brother.
DR.. Samuel Walker. now n leading
North side physician, when they were
boys. They spread her fame among
their boy chums. and before long
Aunt Jemlma's pancakes" became 4
common phrase in Chicago Ynen good
things to eat were discussed.
milling concern heard Of her,
searched her out, obtained her recipe
and Induced her to make pancakes at
the Worlds fair. After that she went
from one exposition to another demon
strating her skill. There was one
however. that she refused to attend
the Paris exposition. All Inducements
that could be made were put forward.
but Aunt Jemima" refused to bulge
mo. suh," she said. 'They amt
no man gonna git me on tn watah.
was bon in this country an I'm
gonna die heah. not somewhean twixt
heah an somewheah's else"
She was one of the first coIored mis-
sionary workers and one OF the organ
lzers of the Olivet Baptist churcn. now
the largest colored church In the
world. with membership OF over
5000.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
DOCTOR REGAINS MEMORY
WHILE ACTING AS ORDERLY Y

the patients condition aroused men
tai process that gave me no peace un.
til | awoke one morning recently in
full possession Of my memory
often diagnosed cases as at
tended patients as an orderly and
sometimes my diagnosis was in conflict
with that of the attending physicians
The physicians and nurses at the hos
pital regarded me as nut but once
an autopsy revealed that | had been
right and the physician wrong, and
then they regarded me with curiosity
But ] WAS not complete master Of
my secret until it all burst uton me
suddenly that morning and then re-
vealed my discovery only to two
friends in Chicago"
Doctor Anderson. who Is fifty.six
years old, told of II week of indeclsion,
during which he found II difficult to
decide whether to return to Detroit
nnd Start life anew or to keep els Sc
cret and start over somewhere else.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
Ceylon Is Land
of Walking Fish

it is two inches long and half an inch
thick at the base The visitor for
gives the fiction for the sake of the
August night celebration when the
tooth is carried about the town accom-
panied by Il procession of fevil dane
ers in their grotesque masks.
adams Peak, strange mountain
top where a huge natural depression
resembles an enormous human foot.
also is nn object Of veneration. From
this mountain Buddha is supposed to
have ascended to heaven. Millions OF
devout pilgrims worship there. Even
the non believer Is impressed by the
scene at dawn. when the sun first tints
a sea of clouds. and projects slender
shadows upon the countryside.
immigrants suppIanted Natives.
when the civilization of the SIN
halese was at its height, more than
1000 years ago. the capital, Anaradha-
pura, was marvellous city extending
over some go square miles. 1t was
clustered with magnificent palaces,
pagodas and monster relic-shr,nes OF
delicate design, This civilization was
overthrown by Tamil mercenaries
whom the Sinhalese imported from
India; subsequently the island was
held successively by the Portuguese,
Dutch and now hy the English.
"rhe walking fish performs its ter
restrlal antics when ponds dry up in
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
Will Attend Good Roads Meeting.

High Point, Secretary Hubert
Work, of the department of the in
terror, has accepted the invitation of
Chairman J. Elwood Cox of the Pa
geant of Progress committee to at
tend the celebration of North Carolina
good roads building which is to be
held here October %.
Secretary Work wrote Mr. Cox that
he would leave Washington the even
ing of October "A and would be COM
PEELED to return to the capital the
night of the 25th. That means that
High Point will have him as its guest
for the entire day OF the big ceelbra-
ton.
Col. D. H. Blair, United States COM
missioner of internal revenue, like
wise has accepted the invitation to
be present here for the celebration.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
May Adopt 70 Mile Limit.

Washington. Expressions in Brit
ish newspapers recently favorable to
the acceptance by Great Britain of
the 12-miles limit treaty plan propos-
ed by Secretary Hughes to curb liquor
smuggling into the United States has
caught the attention of officials here.
While hope is entertained that deliber-
atons of the British Imperial confer
ence will result in the decision to
comply with Secretary Hughes sug-
gestion, it was emphasized that no
authoritative indication has been re
ceived that such action would be
taken.
Additional data in support of the
American treaty plan for dealing sim
ultaneously with rum smuggling and
the inconveniences occasioned Brit
ish ships by enforcement of the Vol
stead act has been laid before the
British foreign office by Ambassador
Harvey.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
Physicians and Nurses Aston
ished at His Diagnosis.

Detroit. Relating that he had
been victim of amnesia and that his
memory had been restored by perform
ance of hospital orderly's duties,
DR.. James ii. Anderson, Detroit ply
sician, who disappeared last Novein-
Der, returned home recently in full
possession of his faculties.
81 have no recollection of taking this
Job" he said, but do recall that one
day when nurse asked me to take
the temperature of a patient l sudden
ly Strengthened up and said, This man
Is dying The nurse laughed at me,
but moment later 1t was discovered
tlat what said was true. In few
mlnutes the patient was dead
From that moment a mist began to
roll away from my brain. The physi-
clans instinct that had warned me OF
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-10-12
Russians and the Roles
Disagree on War Spoils

MISUNDERSTANDING to information
received by Rul from vorsow. seriou,
misunderstanding have taken place
between the Polish and Russian dole
cations of the commission for re-eyac.
uation. at Moscow. In keeping with the
stipulations of the Treaty of Riga, this
commission has been intrusted with
drawing the lists OF factories, ina
chimes, stocks Of goods. er,.. evacuated
during the war from Poland to Russia
and which should be returned to 20
land.
The soviet delegation refuses TO
comply with the Polish demands, as
serting that most OF the evacuated ar.
ticles perished. Another commission
dealing with the re-evaeuution m
paintings end other muse u,o ple.es
has reached a deadlock