Evening star., 1923-01-09
NATIONAL - George
"Scandals."
Whites

Honest. folks, George Whites Scan
dals' aren't scandalous at all, except,
perhaps. in one respect, and that so ar
tistic as to lend 2eSt to the NUMBER
1t wouldn't be fair to those who are go
ing to the National Theater this week
TO tell more, but 1t occurs as the climax
of act one. That's all.
The youthful Mr.. White is always a
welcome visitor TO the National Capt.
tai. theatrically speaking, and his an
nual Scandals are awaited eagerly
Those who have waited this season,
longer than heretofore, will not be dis
appointed with the fourth. and latest.
production. II is worthy successor
TO its predecessors. George White
possesses ideas-new ideas-and has
the faculty of executing them:
His offering. shown for the first time
here last evening, is entirely different
from anything he has heretofore pre-
scented to a Washington audience. 1t
is a series of novel and beautiful stage
pictures.
In opening, the young producer goes
as far back as the Garden of Eden and
then offers for critical inspection a
galaxy of modern Ewes According to
our amateur notion they pass the test.
Mr.. White next turns backward ten
years and recalls conditions that existed
in 1912. He shows patent leather
forest and builds a stairway to para
disc. but perhaps the premier OF his
stagecraft miracles is the materializa-
tion OF English, Ceylon and Russian tea
girls from the clouds, apparently. dur
ing feature number, Just a Tiny Cup
of Tea" Another outstanding number
is The Seas" bringing forth from the
pillows, gorgeously caparisoned nymphs
representing the Mediterranean, Black,
Red and White seas, the ocean and
the waves.
An entertainment in itself is the por-
ton Of the program allotted to Paul
Whiteman's Cafe de Paris, New York.
orchestra. which performs-and the
word is used advisedly-with spotlight
and other effects, in a manner that un-
questionably will add to its glittering
reputation. II participates in the con-
cluding feature of act one.
A welcome innovation is the more
frequent appearance and participa-
tion of Mr.. White in the new produc-
ton than in those of the past. He is
often on the stage, and demonstrates
that he has not neglected his dancing
producing. Apparently he has spared
no expense in enrolling comedians,
specialists. dancers, vocalists and "a
rare collection of new beauties. >.
Those in the audience last evening
were delighted TO welcome back to
the most versatile and untiring come
dtans of the stage. Also among those
very much present are w, c. Fields,
Winnie Lightner and her sister. Thea;
Wilkens, and Newton Alexander.
Among the noteworthy artists are
Richard Bold who carries. with
pleasing voice. most of the solo num-
bers, and Pearl Regay, not only vo-
calist, but a dancer extraordinary. as
we'll as Roberta Medrano and Emilia
Delirio, spectacular Argentine DAN
GERS.
The production is crowded with bur
leSque offerings. such as Three Dif-
ferent Homes With the Same Quar-
rel" and Terrific Traffic" The Scan
dals' is in two acts, with twenty-one
scenes. In announcing the finale, Mr.
White explained that the company
"leaving out the plot" He was wise,
for there is no plot.
The concluding novelty was the ap-
pearance, in one of the boxes, toAoW-
ing the final descent Of the curtain OF
a male quartet which gave a medley
OF the song hits-and there are sew
eral-as the audience departed.