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Eva Puck and Sam White.

YOU don't have to go back very
many years to remember the
Pucks, Harry and Eva, brother and
sister, dancing and singing their way
into fame before most young folks
are old enough to know the dif-
ference between an upper and lower
berth on a train.
They started out as a team OF
Juvenile performers and they were a
big hit. Soon they grew up and
were 'reckoned among the most
promising Of the younger perform
ers. Today, Eva Puck stands ace
high In tho theatrical world, having
achieved success in vaudeville, musi-
cal,-comedy and revue.
1t was some time ago that :. Eve
Puck appeared in Washington In
vehicle by Edgar Allen Woolf called,
'The Song HIT Her brother Harry
was with her then. Now, as for sew
eral years past, she has as her part
ner, Sam White, with an equally
high> reputation.
After several appearances with MT.
White in Irene Mary" the Pass
ing Show the s'freenwich Village
Follies,o and Under the, Bamboo
Tree" they have ceme back to vaude-
vile in a singing. dancing travesty
which they call. Opera VS.. jazz.
Evening star., 1923-12-30

Thursday afternoon and evening ''He
Who Gets Slapped" will be repeated.
The unusual drama. He Who Gets
slapped, by Leonid Andreyev. trans
lated from the Russian by Gregory
Zilborg, is so unlike the ordinary run
OF plays that the novelty should be
decidedly diverting. Andreyev wrote
1t in 1916, and 1T is HIS last dramatic
work. The scene takes place among
the realistic surroundings of cir
Gus. with all the varied characters
vividly portrayed by a particularly
fine company. with Basil Sydney at
its head. On his last visit here Mr.
Sydney was only featured" Now he
is starred" by Jos. NJ Gates. at
the head of the New York Theater
Guild productions.
'The Devils Disciple" which had a
phenomenal run in New York. is one
Of the most sparkling plays by Ber-
nard Shaw in which his wit deals
with some Of the important English
officers in the American revolutionary
war and shows up the narrowness Of
Dudgeon, the hero, rebelling against
the religious hypocrisy around him,
takes the side OF the devil and daunts
his heresy in the face Of his Cod
fearing relatives. so becoming an
outcast. Yet when It comes to the
final test. he gives up his life for his
friend. Basil Sydney plays the part
of the beloved rebel, Dick Dudgeon.
Peer Gynt 1bsen's spectacular
masterpiece, originally played by
Richard Mansfield, tells a thrilling
story, as fresh in satire as il it had
been written yesterday, and teens
with adventurous Incidents.
These productions are promised in
as complete a manner ais when pre-
| sented in New York. organiza-
tion. numbers nearly fifty players, in
cludtng Basil Sydney, c. II. Croker
King. Stanley G. Wood, Arthur
Yah
Erin O'Brien-Moore and Mamie Grif-
fen. The ornate productions also are
the same as given for two seasons at
the Garrick Theater, New York.
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put the three of sthem together into
a play. This may account for the
severe simplicity, Of her first play,
Miss Lulu Bett,. written many years
later. i*'..t 80 ,.-..-.,.-.
After her graduation from tho
University Of Wisconsin, Miss Gale
went to- Milwaukee, where she
worked for q time on--though she
says 1t was "for" rather than "on"-
the local newspapers before essay
ing New York. She made her first
trip to New York in 1902, wrote spe-
cial stories for a: few months for
several of the papers there and .thsn
gave it up and went back to, Mil
waukee. - fSss. -
Her first book, Romance Island"
published in 1906. was q, COLLECTION
Of her magazine stories. andsso have
been all three of her subsequent vol.
umes. They include Ave Of the
''Friendship Village" series. "The
Loves of Peileas ana Ettarre,' when
L Was q Little Girr' ana Christ
mas. A long and ambitious novel,
Birth" was published in 1917. after
which came Miss Lulu Bett,1 in
1920, and since that time, the novel,
Faint Perfume"
Mister Pitt" her, new play, is
Miss Gales dramatization of her
novel Birth"
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Garrick-Zona Gales Mr..
Pitt"

Zona Gales new play, Mr.. Pitt"
will be the attraction at, the Shu-
bert Garrick Theater this week, be-
ginning tomorrow evening 1t is a
comedy, with characters and episodes
from Miss Gales novel Birth And
it is presented by Brock ,Pemberton,
with cast that is said to be de-
adapted to it's needs, in
cluding Aalton Huston Minna Com
bel, Adelaide Fitz-A1len, Marion
Allen. Antoinette Perry, Ethel
Wright, Parker Fennelly, Helen
Sheridan, Florence Barrie. Catherine
Sayres. Mildred Miller, Emily rLor-
raine, Marie Haynes, Minnie Milne, C..
Henry Gordon Borden Hartman and
Florence Peterson.
/ The heroine Of "ALr. Pitt" wants
what she has not. capitalization and
luxury. The play Is realistic study
of American manners, and in ft
Walton Huston. who is well known
to the world Of vaudeville, is said
sto have created wonderful bit
OF amusing character as. the .shicl<.''
for whose sophistication there is alb
solutely no hope. :.
Brock Pembertons has staged the
production, with close. attention to
every detail.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
In Quest ofthe Theatric!Thriill
By Ph,1ander Johnson .


After a succession OF unsatisfyine
dramas, the appeal went forth in
earlier December from many a
habitusl theatergoer
Dear Santa Claus-Please
send a good play for Christ
mas"
Along came we Moderns.'
And this is what convinces ME at
last that there isn't any Santa Claus
x :; :: 4
In we Moderns" |. Zangwil
the author asserts himself not as a
story-teller or philosopher, but as
a critic. He is aweary of the world
as now conducted by the new gen
Grafton. He assumes an air of flip
pancy, but his heart is sore. The
times are out OF joint; oh, cursed
spite that ever | was born to set
them right!"
x x !: :;
The quotation impulse becomes ir-
resiStible after sitting for time un-
der this dramatist's influence. He
substitutes a Scrapbook for dialogue
with patronizing interlineary COM
ment. During the season several
"columnists" have asserted them
selves i'll the drama. In this instance
we have a writer using the dramatic
form in conjunction OF the methods
OF the "colyum." The mention in
course of conversation OF list of
names ranging from Oscar Wilde to
Shakespeare tends to create sense
OF literarys association which the
original work, is far from support
ing.
Mention OF psychoanalysis arouses
interest, but the subject is touched
upon without evidence OF sufficient
study to indicate responsibility,
in an effort to either explain or to
ridicule. The play is the last word
i'll time when research" steps
forth to claim the literary respect
traditionally due to original thought
r. :. 4 !:
The author asserts himself like a
ventriloquist. Good actors become
artificial figures. There is no play
of personality to reveal shifting
viewpoints as they speak in turn.
All speak as amplihers for one self
enraptured individual. 1t is
strange thing that people who
would shudder at the idea of being
caught without collar and tie, or
without shoes, in politely disposed
assemblage have not the slightest
hesitation about revealing their
mental processes ungroomed. The
performance, suggesting so much
self-admiration was worthy of scien-
tihc study as revelation of an in
tellectual phase of the Narcissus
complex.
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Areference to Originality" brings
up the inevitable reminder that
There is nothing new under the
sun" The employment of old things
in different patterns is all that can
be hoped for. The fact that the silk
worm is superannuated cannot pre-
vent the creation of fabrics in de-
signs of refreshing fancy. Original
ity is itself criticism-an effort to
beat against a current of thought
or fashion which has begun to flow
Evening star., 1923-12-30
IEoRA SpEILMEYER
CosnoS
Martha Hedman.

MARTHA HEDMAN. the fascinating
Scandinavian blond, who com es
to the National Theater this week.
is noted for charm which comes
across the footlights and remains
with her off stage, as well as for
beauty and repose.
Miss Hedman, girlish and womanly.
knows distinctly what she is doing.
She uses her odd moments for think
ing. and when her thoughts come
balance and repose have come
through, a variety of circumstances.
but most of all from her race and
the training she received at home.
She says that she will never go
back to Sweden to 1ive-Abut she is
very loyal to her native land. She
proudly declares that Sweden is the
most beautiful country in all the
world, though she chooses America
as the place where she will live and
act. --' '~. ~
In reality. most. of Miss Hedman's
acting has been done since she left
Sweden. There she was under the
influence of the Strindberg family.
and 1t was Mrs. Strindberg who put
her on the stage. But when she
started her career proper, she went
to London. She studied English
Scotland several years before she got
her start in this country Her first
American appearance was in the
Henri Bernstein drama, The At
tack" and for three years her por-
rtrayal of the trained nurse in David
Beiasco's presentation of ''The Boom
erang" was one of the delights of
the comedy.
1.-THE Scandinavians< are a very
serious people" said Miss Hedman
recently. They think that anything
light and f1ippant is wrong. All my
childhood my family held me in. and
then, when j stepped out l didn't
know what to- do; it seemed like
coming into q sunny place all at
once where I could laugh and run
and play, hut didn't know how. I
just sat there staring off into space
and dreaming great dreams"
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sluggishly. 1t seeks to struggle up
stream to find the clear waters. and
has but small respect among the
comfortable drifters.- The popular
love OF originality makes it the more
dangerous to establish complacen-
cies. The popular fancy must be
humored and the effort now is to
entertain with physical extrava-
gances and cultivate Ito quote
again) "the loud laugh that bespeaks
the empty mind"
X X X X
No fault need be found with the
dance and the dumb show which
seek to make an hour agreeable !;
nor with the fun which flows from a
shallow and even slightly tainted
spring provided it gurgles into
harmless forgetfulness.
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But in :.'We- Moderns" the idea OF
a good joke on a.'young woman is
-er-tlat is to say-well-it simply
can't be discussed in print with suf-
flcient precision to render it intelli-
gible. The types refuse to tell what
the footlights display without hesi-
tation. There is no more flamboy-
ant hypocrisy extant than the threat
to link censorship of the press with
any effort to- enforce decent re-
straint in public exhibition. =
X y r *.
Only an attitude of superb con-
tempt for humanity could have told
the story of pitiful tawdry tragedy
in such terms of such coarse flip
pancy. The scefe referred to may
be modified or even eliminated-in
which event Washington will have
had the experience, not unprece-
dented, of having been used as the
subject of an experiment, transient
and inexcusable.
X Y Il X
The impression appears to be
strong that American education
needs course in horrors. The
Grand Guignol was imported to New
York with every evidence of intent
to promulgate it through the coun-
try. The Guignol is an institution,
Partisan, intensely local 1t needs
its environment-the proximity of
the Montnartre, the recklessness OF
the cabaret where they drink from
skulls, the limitations Of heaven and
he'll, the sidewalk cafe, and even the
sacrilegious reminder in its own
architecture that the building hous-
ing the play was. once little church.
The plays were not all terrible. The
acting was good and material was
sought from all sources. "'How I
Became the Editor .of "a Country
Newspaper, by Mark. Twain, was
the billboard announcement that.
brought a delightful experience in
studying the American as seen
through Partisan eyes. II was bois-
ferrous, innocent and not very artis-
tic. The -thrillers, were morbid, and
to mood affected by the environ
ment fascinating. But. to transplan MT
the mood to New York or any other.
large American city should, at the
outset, have been recognized as i'm
possible =. -
=. Ss*
The people of.the country are def
erential to imported art to degree
that is perhaps creating the simpres-
sion too strongly that we like to be
treated rough Possibly this as
sumption is what misied the spon-
sors of I'VE Moderns.'
Evening star., 1923-12-30
George White $ Scandals.

The latest edition Of George Whites
Scandals" will be the offering at the
National Theater next week, comnenc-
ing Monday, January z. During the
local engagement of this revue popu-
lar priced matinees will be given
10th on Wednesday and Saturday.
A cast of $50 players is employed
in the presentation of Mr.. Whites
newest Scandals" The long list of
entertainers will include Lester AL
len. Winnie Lightner. Tom PatricoIa.
George Bickel, Richard Bold, Helen
Hudson, Alice Weaver, Olive Vaughn,
Newton Alexander. Thea Light
ner, Myra Cullen. Charles Dornbers-
er's orchestra, the Tip Top -Four,
James Miller, Mischa Vol Janin,
Lloyd Halicey, Harry. HIang, Norma
Cloos. Dorothy Fenron, Georgia
Eerch, Hazel Donnelly. Vera Col
burn. Marie Nerval, the George sis
ters. Alice White, Margaret Coils,
fContipred ON Garond pauaN
Evening star., 1923-12-30

make merry in new act entitled,
Opera VS.. Jazz.''
The newest, in instrumental and vo-
cal syncopation will: be offered by Leo
Singer, sponsor for the famous Sing
er's Midkets. who presents Ina Hay
ward and Dora Maughn with Misha' IS
Five, in "Models and Music" Miss
Hayward and Miss Maughn are char
acter singers and Misha's Five con-
stitute "syncopated quintet"
Pert. bright dialogue with new and
ingenious situations are promised in
the clever act of Thomas Dugan and
Babette Raymond, called, IAN Ace in
the Hole" and airy comedy of lies and
aviation.
Flo Lewis returns in a new act,
Prom Burnheart to Heartburn; four
cinnamon and two grizzly bears, stars
Of Brokers' Bear Comedians, will ap-
pear with remarkable feats, and what
is termed, 'vaudeville's most spectac-
ular attraction" ''Weldanos Sensation, .
trio of two men and woman who
combine unusual and mechanical de-
vices and thrills in gymnastic daring.
Aesop.s Fables, Topics of the Day
and the Pathe News Weekly will COM
plete the BILL
Evening star., 1923-12-30
Tom Patricola Scores.

TOM PATRICOIAA. another vaude-
= willie. recruit, who has scored In
musical comedy and until recently q
.heAdIiner In the two-a-day, was
signed by George White last sum-
mer for. appearance In Scandals.
On the opening night in the Globe
Theater, New York, young Patricoia
registered the real hit of the cast.
HIS success was SO pronounced that
Mr.. White Immediately placed the
comedian and dancer under Ave
year contract and he will be an inn
portant member of the cast Of
'scandal. for some time to come.
PAtrfcola, who Is twenty-six years
old. Ia native Of San Francdsco,
Calf. He II Q brother Of Miss
PAtrSoola. Also sasyaudevills hAAA-
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Poll 's-Basil Sydney in
Three Great Plays

Washington theatergoers doubtless
will find much pleasure in the coming
of Basil Sydney at the head Of the
EewFYoR Theater Guild production
to- Polls Theater this week, starting
tonight, when HE Who Gets Slapped"
will be presented. Tomorrow night,
New Years day (matinee and mighty
and Friday evening. Bernard Shaw's
"The DEVILS Disciple" will be pre-
scented, and Wednesday night and Sat-
urdAy matinee and night, Peter
0Gaf xhaeA'A lR1nkA0slaA EaAAAAA
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Keith,s-Ray Dooley. Flor
enz Ames.

The new year will be ushered in at
b. F. Keith's with a bin Of variety.
teeming with laughs. music, DANCING
and novelties. Special stunts are, be-
Ing planned for the midnight per-
formance tomorrow, with all the artists
joining In giving the new year a
rousing welcome. So
Ray Dooley Of the famous Dooley
family and F1orenz Ames Of musical
comedy and vaudeville fame will head-
line. the bill in new vehicle written
Terpsichorean Dilemma" Eben s.
Litchneld Will assist.
Theater fans who remember, 'Irene," !"
Mary" The Passing Show" and
several editions Of the s'Greenwich VII
la4e Follies," VIII recall the clever work
~ RvA RRahAn4 Sem NhitA M Mn
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Winnie Lightner a Star.

W1NNIE LlGaTNER, the comedi-
enne with George Whites Scan
dals," who has only recently passed
her teens, and who made her stage
debut few seasons ago in vaude-
vile with an act billed as the Light
her Girls and Alexander, is to be
starred by the youthful producer next
season, in d musical comedy which
Is now being written by William K
Wells. George Gershwin will provide
the music. Thea Lightner and New
ton Alexander, her former vaudeville
associates, are to have prominent
roles in the new musical comedy,
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Arcade.

New Years eve, with its crowd of
weli-wishing dancers and their
friends, will usher out the old year
at big, colorful dance at the Ar
cade, where mammoth flashlight
photograph of those present" will
be snapped at IL pm. sharp The
with a twin. event on Tuesday. q
popular matinee dance from to s
and a gorgeous 1924 ball in the
evening. Another ladies night" will
be staged Friday. when several quaint
fashioned Paul Jones' dances
Hil be tAa special. sttzaction
Evening star., 1923-12-30

morrow morning at the New Masonic
Temple will devote, part of the time
to an account of her interesting en-
perience in Europe last summer, in
GLIDING her personal impressions of
Mussolini and also of Miss Mildred
Aldrich, whom she met in her historic
home on "the hilltop on the Marine"
She will also describe the wonders
full ceremonies of July SO, when Gen.
Foch transferred 200 acres of Belleau
Wood from the French to the Amer
ican; flag in memory of the United
States marines who fell gloriousiy
there in June, 1918. The talk will
begin. at 1915 o'clock
Evening star., 1923-12-30
MARTHA HEDMAN- National
Coming Attractions

roles, also. require power, breadth
and variety somewhat rare.
There are over fifty speaking parts
n Antony and Cleopatra. Rollo
Peters. who was seen here as Romeo,
is to play the role of Antony. He also
designed the production. The play
has been directed by Frank Reicher.
Others in. the cast include Dennis
King. Louis Hector Vernon Kelso,
Gordon Burby, Robert Ayrton. Milton
Pope, Grace Hampton, Edith Van
Cleye and Marion Evensen.
Evening star., 1923-12-30

A grandson. of Herbert STANDING,
In Los Angeles, ID appearing with
Cyril Maude in Aren't We Ar" In
New York. He IL Guy Standing jr.,
and he made his stage debut three
years ago With ahA 3AExyWoYeA- in
Clara II Luna =.
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of the famous characters OF the old
west who will always live in history.
1t has all the moving power of a big
feature and will be supplemented
with a Mack Sennett comedy and the
JTrban Movie Chats.
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Janet Richards Tomorrow.

Miss Janet Richards at her regular
NQ1dAZ Ealk On RUbli0 QReptiOna t.
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BAs1LSyDNEY> Rlis
Current Attractions
At the Theaters This Week.

NATIONAL-"Thank comedy Opens this evening
BELASCO-Ouward Bound comedy Opens evening
POLTSBa Sydney, three plays Opens
GARRICk-Zona Gales comedy Opens
KEITHS-Ray DooleyForenz Ames vaudeville
with a
COSMOS-By Bachelors Beauty Parlor, vaudeville
tomorrow with matinee = +
STRANDThe Pick of the Family vaudeville
=.
GAYETY-Holywood burlesque Opens this afternoon
Evening star., 1923-12-30

CONTINUED on Second Page.)
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

with his whereabouts unknown even
to his landlady. The latter was a
highly respectable woman at whose
house he had lived for the last two
years and who. / honestly believe,
was ignorant of her dodgers antece-
dents, habits and business. BY TAX
ing rooms in the neighborhood, I
easily discovered all that she knew
and one or two circumstances which
lent color to my suspicious. ! placed
these before Huntington, and it was
decided to make an arrest.
A more clumsy piece of business
than this intended arrest was never
planned or carried into effect. The
inspector placed in charge of the af-
fair by Huntington, and his two
subordinates arrived at Brixton an
hour later than the time fixed upon,
accosted Pugsley in the street, and
were very soon made aware of the
class of person with whom they had
to deal. Before the inspector could
get out half a dozen words he was
lying on the pavement with bullet
his shoulder. His compan-
ions dragged him to the pavement
and set him up against the ratings.
Then they turned to look for Pugs-
ley. There was not a trace of him
to be discovered anywhere.
The amazing skill and cunning of
the man was amply demonstrated on
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23
ITALY EXTENDS WELCOME
TO AMERICAN TOURISTS


Rome, Feb, ss,-Amerieaa tourists
have begun their regular annual in
Easion OF Italy, Where some OF them
expected 10 md excitement ana agits-
ton, due "a. the recent Faseisii coup
in selziRg the government. they are
confronted by an Italy tranquil and
quiet and without traces Of political
upheaNai,
Italy is eager for the tourist. and Is
trying 10 make pleasant his paths,
The abolition Of the 80 fee for wise
10 an Italian passport Is expected u
increase the tourist business, and the
Italian customs authorities are per-
forming their duties with as little an-
noyanee as possible. In many cases
travellers are passed with the examin-
alton of only one piece OF their
baggage. and this perfunetory. Trunks
and yalises that clearly contain per-
sonai effects. and would not he used
for the transport OF merchandise. do
not arouse suspicion and are an as.
set TO the tourist,
Heneeforward sightseers in Italy
will be able to buy season tickets good
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

that morning by some extraordi,
nary means he semed 10 disappear
from the face OF the earth.
The morning which witnessed. how.
ever, the shooting OF the Inspector and
the remarkable disappearance of the
man In within ! was so deeply inter-
esied, was memorable. 30 far as l
was concerned, for another note
worthy incident. Absolutely dis
gusted with the result OF my six
months labors. determined 10 wipe
the whole thing from my memory.
and Travelled down 10 Working with
theintention of playing a round OF
golf. | was introduced by the Sec
rotary TO resident OF the place
whose name was James Staniield, and
we had a round which ranks amongst
the best ever played In my life.
Stanfeld was q silent but by no
means a gloomy person. He APP
peared to be about forty years of age
and an absolute golf maniac. He
played every shot with the most ridi-
culous care. but I must confess with
also the most wonderful precision.
His drives were never long. but they
were long enough for him to escape
trouble. and in the approximate eighty
shots which he took to complete the
course. cannot remember one that
was in any way fuffed or fooled. He
beat me at the seventeenth hole, and
II was while we stood together upon
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

CONTINUED in Our Next Issue)
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

MeRderlsY's house in Park Lane.
There we're other crimes which
thought might he connected with
these; bat these three, for various
reasons, became linked together in mf
mind as the outcome Of one mans
planning, I SET myself the task OF
discovering this one man, ANA the day
came az last when | really believed
that ] Was in position 10 las ms
hand nRaR him, There is no neeesr
sltY 10 detail the evidence which
pointed "a this man, II is enough 20
say that after watching him for three
weeks, haeema convinced that a
man OF the name Of Thomas Pngsley.
carrying On business in neFmendsey
as leather broker and living ap,
HaFenily the most respectable Of lives
at RFiNlon Was In some measure con-
neeled with these crimes,
discovered that Fugsley's leather
agency business was prosecuted with
out energy or attention TO his fire.
euent absences from London were
rot in neighbOrhoods where his wares
could be pushed. and that he was
often away Tor month at a time,