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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
By HAROLD PHILLIPS.

What small boys used to do
with two cats and a clothesline.
George Conan has done with the
lion and the eagle in $50 This is
London" The protean Conan is.
here revealed as a naughty boy
in curls and Elton jacket, enconn-
passing the kind of mischief that
the world loves and laughs at.
For laughing purposes the
comedy at the National Is up
to the mark. Arthur Goodrich is
credited as the author, though
the fine Irish hand OF the astute
Conan stretches out with seance-
like frequency. Such comedy
as this was inevitable. 1t should
have been produced about the
time Oscar Wilde remarked that
dry goods were products of Ameri-
can authors, and retaliatory pokes
in the form of caricatures. were
the vogue among American car
toonists.
We have here the English and
the American version or old
George Rabbit himself; each
flambouyant. bigoted nationalists
believing other countries than
their own, are tolerated by moth
ing else than Gods special dis
pensation. The idea suggests
great possibilities for humor mas
much az the progeny Of these
two destinations flag-wavers fall
in love and the complication &C
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Too NOSe- Wumberyh a
Comic Duel

cumulates when business oppor-
tunities throw the two heads of
the household together.
Had the sea swallowed the Brit
ish isles no greater concern would
have been shown by Sir Percy
-Beauchamp pronounced as though
you were asking for pills. when he
learns his daughter is in love with
an American. Similar concern
emanates from the boisterous
Draper on learning his son loves
an English girl.
This situation excuses q novel
pair of inset scenes wherein the
respective families deport them
selves according to the impress
sions OF the other side.
The last act finds them over the
clothes line, snarling and splutter-
ing to a climax that never comes.
Some humane person has stepped
in at this point, severed the en-
tanglements and the next jiffy
finds the combatants as placid as
two kittens at their mututinal
milk. Unlikely, but who would
sacrifice laughts for logic?
Lawrence D'Orsay is a wonder
full Englishman, as American
story books have them. Edmund
Breese is q fife-and-drum bangor
of reverberant qualities. No &C
stress of the present season have
j we liked better than Marie Carroll,
true, talented and fetching. The
cast, altogether, is good and
worthy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
ONE OF THOSE
NICELY DONE
OPERETTAS

Dawn. the despair of subtitle
writers, was doing its stuff over
the Castle Beltrami when the clat-
ter Of hoofs was heard from with
In the historic stronghold Of
countless Beltramis.
The hoofs were none other than
those of Harry K. Morton, who
was executing an eccentric dance
in the picture gallery. How i'm
pressive was this dashing spy,
appareled~ as he, was in q white
nightgown with pink frogs and a
red fez!
All this In The Lady in
Ermine," the current weeks Of
fering at Polls Theater. All this,
yea. and more. There is the
beauty and the voice of fair
Nancy Gibbs, the prima donna;
the pep of Soubrette Shirley Sher-
man and the powerful all-around
capability of Walter Woolt-to
say nothing of pretty Gladys
Walton.
The Lady in Ermine," a Euro
pean importation, opens rather
slowly, which is as 1t should be.
At just about the moment in the
first act when the more fidgety
Of the audience are picking up
the slip-in announcements which
they dropped from their programs
to read during the solstice, Mon
sieur Morton bounds in with a
gray wig and a box Of silhouettes.
Harry shakes his feet, and the
show really starts. The second
act is more than your moneys
worth, and the third rolls on to
the conclusion at a satisfying
speed.
Not q great deal can be said in
praise OF the shows comedy lines.
but Morton and that agile vet
eran. Clarence Harvey, manage
to bring out much laughter and
applause. The score is delicately
tuneful-nothing startling, but
very pleasant. The song hit of
the show is when Hearts Are
Young" sung by Miss Gibbs.
The play relates the adventures
Of rebellious family Of high de-
gree in a castle captured by
loyalist troops. The master Of the
castle and a silhouette cutter,
faithful to the Beltramis. change
places for reasons OF policy, the
latter being left in the castle to
guard the counts beautiful sister.
The castle is captured. So is the
count. The leader OF the troops
and Woolf in this role presents a
new and ferocious variety of sheik
TO the maidens of Marshmallow
Row-offers the fair one the
counts life in return for her
honor. And there we leave you.
What's the use OF spelling the
punch OF the play?
Mile. Isabelle Rodriguez con-
tributes vivacious Snanish
dance. leila Russell. Rollins
Grimes, jr., and Timothy Daley
are good in their various parts.
'"The Lady in Ermine" is splen-
didly set and lighted. It is made
even more attractive by a clever
ballet corps and q stagefu1 OF
show girls.
Don't miss the great sheilk
scene in act 2! Come one. come
ALI J. r.
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etVENGEANCE'
HELD OVER
AT MET

Ashes OF Vengeance" the
most spectacular of any Norma
TafmadEe vehicle to date, yester-
day went into a second week at
CrandaIl's Metropolitan. Fortu-
nately, the screen is an unten1-
peramental blackboard and there
is no varying In quality OF per-
Torrance whether 1t be the initial
one or the last Of a long run.
Hence all the nice things said in
this department q week ago about
this new TaImadge picture still
hold good.
Norma Talmadge gives her
most finished and most appealing
performance as the proud beauty
of the court OF Charles TX, and
Conway Tearle is perfectly cast
as Vrieac. Other impressive por.
trayals are contributed by Wal
lace Berry, Courtenay F'oote,
Claire Mcdowell, Josephine Gro
Phillips. These principals are
and an ensemble of unnumbered
thousands. The photography is
superb.
The supplementary attractions
have been omitted with the ex-.
ception Of the new issue of the
Metropolitan World Survey. In
place of the customary overture,
the Metropolitan Symphony, un-
der the conductorship of Daniel
Breeskin, renders a brief sym
phonic prelude comprised OF an
excerpt from Chopin's "Polonaise
Militaire."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
UNIQUE THEME
AT CRANDALL'S
CENTRAL

Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis
(Mrs. Harold Lloyd, Myrtle sted-
man, Stuart Holmes, Tully Mar
shall and Maude George are the
players who comprise the cast of
Temporary Marriage" revealed
for the first time before Washing
ton audiences at Crandall's Cen
trail yesterday. The companion
offering is the fourth round of
the popular Fighting Blood"
series. In addition to these at.
fractions. the bill includes Mr..
Thompson's tuneful pipe organ
recital, the novelty number, "In.
diana Moon," in which music and
picture are perfectly synchronized,
and a diverting issue Of Kino.
grams.
Temporary Marriage" unfolds
the story Of a 1niddle-aged woman
who thought her attorney hus-
band prosaic because he accepted
the inevitable restrictions Of later
life when she imagined she still
wished to be young and frivolous.
Her daughter was encouraged to
adopt all Of the fIippancies and
dissipations OF the fast social set.
Her husbands young partner re-
sented this intensely and did his
best to save the girl from herself.
Finally a tragedy occurs in the
rooms of the young adventurer,
who had hoped to win a consider
able sum OF the Manners wealth
through a filtration with both
mother and daughter. The man
ner in which the elder Manners
saves the life Of his partner who
assumed guilt to protect Mrs.
Manners and her daughter COM
prises a most dramatic sequence.
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Il Picture of OuAHty
and No Mistake

Magnificent! We will defy the
judgment of common usage which
has condemned that word as trite
and, placing our. faith in the prop
osition that every rule has its ex-
ception, turn to it as an expedi-
ent. to an end. For we bslieve that
it is the one word that will ex-
press our Judgment OF "A Lady
of Quality" a picture beautiful,
adapted from the we'll known
story by Frances II. Bennett,
which had its premier presenta-
ton at the Rialto yesterday.
"A Lady OF Quality" Hardly q
more fitting title could have been
chosen for the production If FASH
toned Of q quality OF material
which renders IL majestic. In
searching in the archives OF mem.
DRY we do not find one to surpass
this production from a purely ar.
tistic standpoint.
In passing we should probably
make mention of the costumes.
One can hardly imagine the
amount of research and effort It
took to produce the fashions Of
London about 100, for the reader
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
and Edna Make q
Neat Sister Team

toned Edna FIugrath, and Cyril
Chadwick round out the cast.
Miss Dana, who heretofore has
suffered somewhat through lack
of suitable material, finds in The
Social Code a peculiarly amiable
part that seems to have been pat
termed for her personality, while
the work Of the rest Is both apt
and convincing. Rita Weinlan
wrote the story and Metro
filmed 1t.
The secondary part of the pro-
gram includes new Pathe Mack
Sennett comedy that serves to re-
introduce the old-time Mack Sem
nett bathing girl, absent for 10:
these many years from our screen.
There are some clever ideas all
through this piece OF film fun
merry. News and q Fox Educa-
tional travelogue, "C1oisters in the
Clouds fill up the rest OF the
bilI.-R. L. b.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
A AMBASSADOR
OFFERS NEW
DOG STAR

The list Of canine stars capable
of expressing the moods and emo
tons Of genuinely dramatic action
on the screen has been increased
from two to three. StronRheart
and Rin-Tin.Tin, the. remarkably
intelligent police dogs, must crowd
over and make room on the top
rung OF the ladder for Buck" Hal
Roach's st. Bernard, which yester-
day scored an instant hit In his
Capital debut as star Of splendid
perturbation Of Jack London's
dog epic, 1.-THE Cali OF the Wild"
Buck" Is d fine specimen of his
breed and visua1izes all Of the in
stinctive and acquired traits with
which London imbued the dog Of
his imagination. The early happy
home and kindly treatment as a
favorite pet; then the thievery OF a
knave from the Klondike who sold
him into hard service on the
Yukon; the tendecfeet with no
knowledge at all Of requirements
laid upon everyone who tried to
wrest a livelihood from the frozen
gold fields; the eventual oppor-
tunity to square accounts with
1 the man with club" who had
sold him into slavery, and, finally,
the reversion to type as mate of
the savage she-wolf-all these de-
velopments OF the written page are
shown upon the silver sheet with a
naturalness. a conviction and q
tremendously moving display Of
dog intelligence, physical endur-
ance and instructive prowess that
places 1.-THE Call Of the Wild"
among the finest animal pictures
ever made.
The principal human roles are
played by Jack Mulhall, Walter
Long and Laura Roessing. The
natural settings are precisely, such
as we imagine along the Yukon
and the direction aGiseres rigidly to
the movement of the book.
The hill also includes the
"Leonore 3rd'' overture by Bee
thoven, well played under the con-
ductorship of Bailey r. Alarr,
and funny comedy, starring both
Harry Pollard and Paul PARROT,
Dear Old Pal"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
SMART ST UFF
ON STRAND
BILL

They're putting up q surpris-
inkiy good variety Of vaudeville
ct the Strand Theater. Patrons
OF the two-a-day and oftener
should drop down to this little
playhouse for, In consideration Of
the admission fee charged, the
fare is palatable indeed.
Topping this weeks offering Il
a vest.pocket charmer Of tender
age and precocious attainments
who puts over three or four
numbers with all the verve and
presence usually found only in
performers thrice her apparent
years. Her name ID Sylvia: she
can't be over eight: and she has
& .'come-hither look In her eyes
that betokens i'll for some mere
male q few years hence. Her
voice has q mature range, too.
Altogether, captivating little
trick.
Victor 9yde's dance Frivoli-
ties" a thumbnail revue, occupies
the closing position on the bill.
Eight very capable dancers make
up this act, headed by Ed and
Miriam Root, two terpsichorean
tfdppers who dance the light fan.
tastic in many pleasant forms.
The program starts off with q
bang. Two boys billed as the
Aronty Brothers. ''the Samsons
OF vaudeville" prove that many
things can be accomplished by
the use Of dexterous strength
that ordinarily would seem Inn
possible. Most Of their work Is
done upside down.
Newport, Stfrk and Parker fol-
low with a melange OF what.nOt,
this, that and the other that on
the whole constitutes q neat little
act. Singing, dancing and some
low comedy put 1t over.
Speaking Of low comedy, about
the lowest we have heard or
seen In some months is put forth
by Friend and Sparkling. They
have q dialogue that is very
spotty-at least so 1t seemed
when we saw their act. They
do have some really laughable
parodies on song hits Of the day,
The film feature Of the week
il q Fox perturbation of the
Richard Harding Davis story,
"The Exiles." John Gilbert and
Betty Bouton have the leading
roles and play them well-Gil-
bert, you may recall, played
Monte Cristo'' in the film Of
that name last season. r.. LIB.
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will recall that it is about this
time that our story is laid--a pic.
turesque background, indeed. And
to the reproduction of this has
been devoted surprising capacity
for detail. From queen to hum
bic peasant, all walks of life are
there. We venture that many q
shekel melted before the snip OF
the designers shears.
The cast for the most part de-
serves credit, bat by. far the shin.
ing figure Of the piece is Virginia
Valn, whose portrayals are splen-
did. At no time does she fail to
respond. Entrusted with q dual
role, one which Ii particularly diff
ficult, hers IL no light burden.
The irrepressible tomboy and the
regal woman furnish Miss Valli
the extremes in Characterization
to which she readily gives herself.
Milton Stills, who Is cast opposite
and who has but small chance to
display his ability, measures un to
his subordinate place.
Minor features, OF which win
Rogers in a comedy, Jus, Passin'
through" Is the foremost, com
plete the offering. s. T.. Jr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
GLORIA STILL,
CAPERING AT
COLUMBIA

Her best picture, is probably
what folks will call Gloria Swan
sons "Zaza," which went into a
second week at Loew's Columbia
yesterday. There was no abate-
ment in public interest because
OF the seven-day run already re-
corded, and Sundays audiences
managed to cram the Columbia
auditorium as though a new pre-
niere were on view.
New supplementary offerings In
clude a very interesting Interna-
tional newsreel; a Christie comedy,
Done in OIL" and musical fea-
lures.
''Zaza" is the story of a, love
interlude in the career of Zaza. a
queen of the Partisan theater,
who is suddenly enchanted by n
young diplomat who, In turn, is
fascinated by the girl. Love
means everything to them both,
though Zaza's dream Of bliss is
suddenly shattered by the knowl-
edge that her lover is married.
Determined to revenge herself by
acquainting his wife with his
perfidy, the actress is suddenly
checked in her resolve by the
sight Of the diplomats little
daughter, and foregoes her re-
venge, rather than make the child's
life unhappy. Just how Zaza
eventually attains the pinnacle Of
Partisan theatrical fame and finds
happiness years later with the
man she loves make for one Of
the most engrossing dramatic
studies the silver sheet has ever
offered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
Green Grove Stable.

Conceding the increased popu-
larity of horseback riding in
Washington, George Northway,
proprietor Of the popular Green
Grove ''T" House on Georgia ave
nue. near the District line, has
added stable of horses, bidding
for afternoon patronage. He Is
also planning to start a private
hunt club, with his tea house as
headquarters. So popular has rid
ing become again that one night
last week, when g. party Of fifty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29

starvation of the blood-with its
never-ending train Of symptoms, Of
nervous irritability, general weak
ness, fatigue, upset stomach, head.
aches, pains across the back, etc.
Scientists realized that some new
way must be found to supply this
lack Of iron, because the old metal.
lie irons blackened the teeth and
upset the. stomach. After years of
experiment, they discovered this
the iron in spinach, lentiIs, and
apples. and now thousands of physi-
clans are advising weak, rundown
people that they either go back to
Nature or take organic iron. This
newer form OF iron is sold under
the name of Nuxated Iron at all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29

For many years doctors have
known that three people out Of
every four are deficient in iron con.
tent in the blood stream. Thou
sands are ailIng and complaining
and suffering from all kinds of
alarming symptoms, when the real
cause OF their trouble IL iron star.
walton of the blood. These people
Were literally starving on three big
meals a day because modern meth
DDS of cookery throw away the
very part of grains, fruits, and
vegetables in which nature puts
strengthening iron. Without iron
in the blood nothing you eat does
you any good. You cannot get the
good out Of your food because II
simply passes through you like
corn through q mill when the roll.
ers are too far apart. Hence the
alarming increase of anemia-iron
NOTE-The above company IN known
packages Of Nuxated Iron are sold a.
Fecominended by former L. 3. Senator
Courts and many physicians. We are q
All and even greater benefits than you
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29
Newer Form of Iron---
Remarkable Discovery of Science

Nuxated Iron Gives Astonishing Strength Energy
the Weak, Rundown and Aged, in Two Weeks Time
in Many Instances-Does Away With Old Metallic
Iron and Has Already Proved a Blessing to Thou
sands Of Weak, Nervous, Rundown People by
Providing Iron Like That Put in the Husks
of Grains and the Peels and Skins Of
Fruits and Vegetables.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29

Viola Dana ought to feel at
home In her latest opus, THE
Social Code.'' on view at the
Palace this week. Her story-book
sister il enacted by her sister in
real life, Edna Flugrath. thus
making it quite family affair.
Apart from this interesting
sidelight, "The Social Code" is
rafting good cinema entertain
ment. In the first place. it has
a plot that doesn't need hypo-
dermic injections to keep it from
falling over in its tracks. And in
the second place, it has q cast
that is we1l-balanced in its en-
tirety.
OF course, direction had some
thing to do with it, too. The name
of the director was not given
on the screen, but whatever chap
thus hides his light beneath a
bushel at least deserves credit
for having presented his tale
clearly, concisely and logica1ly
Viola Dana heads the list of
personages who enact the roles
of the play. Next in Importance
is young Malcolm MacGregor.
Huntley Gordon. the aforemen-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-29

couples from the Naval Academy
at Annapolis gave a dance at this
place. several couples INDUCED in
q moonlight caH1ter over the sur
rounding roads into Maryland.
Tea and dancing afternoons and
evenings is proving a secondary
attraction to the riding, according
to Northway.
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Peoples Drug Stores

be thoroughly reliable. Over 200. OOC
ually and 1t has been used and highly
Members OF COngreHs, Judges OF Y, 3.
le to guarantee that Il you do not obtain
'xDect from Nuxated Iron. the manufac-
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-06-14

e dOsmd in den.
Zadnt
sboSf
eto pff
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SOUD S BYVALYMI PROHI.
BIcNfMI UREDNfKY PRO
BRANf UPLATKU.

Federalni soudce D. C.. We
stenhaver odmitl vcera potla-
citi zaloby pro spiknuti proti
prohibicnim zakonIm, ktereho
sc nell dopustiti sami zfizenci
prohibicnich iifadd tim, re
brali uplatky v znamem pro-
cesu velkopodloudniky ko-
ralkv, bratri Auerbachi, kteri
isou zavfeni. Obzalovani byli
byvaly prohibicni agent. jenz
bvl znam svoji prisnosti proti
vsem jinym prestupnikdm,
Fred Counts, ieho bratr A.
Frank Counts, Josef A. Shea
rer. byvaly prohibicni komisaf
statu Ohio a Sam A. Heskins z
Columbus: Zadost, aby poda-
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JAKYCH USKOKU JSOU
SCHOPNI PRO:IIBIC-
Nj SPICLOVE.

"Kde ma tatinek schovanou
koralku?" ptal sc agent Ligy
pro udrzOvani "sucha" tfilete-
no hosika, stojiciho pred il
stym domem blize zap. 63. ul.
a Denison ave. Dite v prosto-
duchosti odpovedelo: "Ale
tamhle V kurniku.'
Agent Sci po stope tax po-
divnym zpusobem ziskane a
nasel skutecne v udanem miste
plny gallon. Nalez mel v "a
'pati Zatceni otce bezdecneho
udavace.
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STASTNA CLEVELAND
SKA DEDICKA.

Pi. Belle Bardons Quayle-
ova jest jednou re til dedicek,
jimz pfipadne podil jmeni po
zemrelem V Ashland, Wis,
otci, Thorn. Bardonovi, ktere
obnasi $2,O0O.0OO. Ostatni de-
dicove jsou vdova syn ze-
mreleho. Qualey-ova bydli v
els. 2948 Fairmont boulevard.
Bardon, jenz zemi'el unoru,
byl jednim prvnich osadniku
2 Ashlandu a take prvnim ma
yorem. Jmeni nadelal " pru-
myslu drevafskem, zelezar-
skem a med 'arskem
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CESTf CRADUANTI VYS-
SIGH SKOL,

Ma trech akademiich. vydr-
zevanych sesterskym fadem ka
tolickych Ursulinek, konaly Sc
vcera vecer auditoriu Gill
mour Councilu, rytifd Colum-
'bovych graduacni slavnosti, "a
kterych obdrzela Cecilie Ma
RE Leva druhou cenu "a gra-
duacni praci. Mimo uvedene
graduovali jeste dole uvedene
krajanky, ktere budou v dal-
sich studiich pokracovati ma
vySsich ucelist;ch:
Lillian NJ. Kozakova,
+. A. Kleplova,
S. A. Kelicka.
Ultra obdrzi diplomy 100
mladiku katedralni latinske
skoly "a graduacnich slavno-
sti konanych v8:15 V Metropo-
Titan divadle, kde Je. oslovi
kongresnik Charles A. Moo
ney.
Mezi graduanty cteme ce-
ska jmena:
st. j. Bulanda,
Jiriho Jos. Cadka,
JOS. Tom. Cemeho,
Jana Freda Doljaka,
Jana Vii. Jindruse,
Jana St. klodnickeho.
Alexe PaSka,
Vojtecha Rud. Sokola,
Josefa Ondfeie Spisaka.
Ma vyssi obchodni skole
Longwood graduoval tax velky
pocet posluchacu, re slavnost
vcerejsi musela byti konana
ma "vypujcenem" auditoriu v
The East Technical High
School. K shromazdeni pro-
mluvil kongresnik Robert Cros-
ser "a predsednictyi elena skol>