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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
Announcement!

Z. G. Bowen and Company
have opened a dry goods and
notion store at 22 West street
formerly occupied by The Royal
Shoe Company.
We wish to solicit the patron
age OF the Annapolis and
county people and guarantee
good service to all. flo
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
hn lIOnOrS To "Old Enemies,
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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
Stansbury Shows Wei

Another good match was that be-
tween Fogle, of City, and Stansbury
OF Severn. The City lad gained top
side at the outset and at one time he
very nearly pinned the Severn boys
shoulder TO the mat. However, Stans-
bury held out. and by great effort
gained topside, which lasted until he
secured a fall in little over four
minutes. Molter, of Severn. showed
up well against r. Keene. il taking
the City boy over four minutes to Sc
cure a fall.
Lusco secured a decision over
Montgomery, of Severn, but with If
teen seconds to go, Montgomery
worked loose and would have secured
a fall If the bout had lasted a few
seconds longer Van Antwerp, who
was forced to default to Clapp, of Gill
man, week ago. put up a fine match
with Peyton, of City. for five minutes,
until forced to default again on ac-
count of an injury to his neck.
To Tackle Gllman's Next Week
Next week Severn will wrestle Gil
man and from the showing the mat
men made on Thursday. the Severn
ties entertain hopes for a victory.
The summary:
95-Lb. Glass -Nachmann, of City,
gained decision over Paul, of Severn.
Time advantage 2 min. As sec.
105-Lb. Class-Lachmann, of City,
threw Stevens, of Severn, in min,
(Continued On Page A.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
SEVERN MATMEN LAID
LOW BY CITY COLLEGE
Baltimoreans Win, 10 To 10. Blu.
Boone Wrestlers Make Ex-
cellent Showing
MATCHES ARE SPIRITED

Baltimore City College defeated the
Severn School wrestling team. 10 to
10. in an interesting meet held on
Thursday afternoon. The Booneites
put up the best brand of wrestling
that they have shown this year and
all matches were closely contested.
The Calderhead Clarke Keene
match was by far the best OF the day.
This match was fast from the start,
but II il had not been for Keene's
knowledge of the game, Calderhead
might have won more easily. BY a
series of rolls in which he gained top
side every time, Keene placed himself
in a fair way to gain a decision. but
with half-minute to go Calderhead
worked loose and threw Keene with a
body hold
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
Says Money Can Be Saved

Mr. Wolman stated yesterday that
together with the other engineers OF
Maryland he has realized. that the
m ny suburban developments or
Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties
soon would begin seeking a water
supply and installing sewerage sys-
tens, and decided that much money
could be saved and much better sys-
tenn devised by cooperation. the
needs of the counties being practical
ly identical.
The above named committee will
Immediately begin to make a study
Of the problems presented by the var
ious localities, and when the plans
have been completed they will be sub
mitted to the county commissioners
of the two counties.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
DADDY LONG LEGS" IS
PROVING POPULAR HIT
Last Nights Audience AT ST
Mary's Hall Enthusiastic Over
Appealing Comedy
MATINEE AT 2:SO TO-DAY

Fnmarred by the slightest flaw.
last nights performance of Daddy
Long Legs" the intriguing four-act
comedy Ly Jean Webster. which was
produced under the auspices cs the
National Council OF Catholic Women.
equalled if not surpassed the per-
formance of the previous night. This
play, which all who have seen de-
clare TO he the lest OF those present
ed locally this season, is character
lied " a smoothness of performance
and naturalness and ease of manner
on the part of every memler OF the
cast that is nothing less than Extra
ordinary. No prompting mas been nee
essary at either performance ANA the
well-chosen cast, under the skilled Gi-
rection of J. l.. Convery, has sue
ceeded in putting across" a produc-
ticn that has Leen received with nm
feignod enthusiasm by everyone for
tunate enough to nave seen it.
st Mary's Hall "Packed-
AN tAAtSA ttt+SSifttS last niHlL were
shorter than those Of the preceling
evening and ibis fact addet to the
enjoyment of he crowd, inasnuch as
each act Of this play is so absorbing
as to leave one impatient to see the
next. The audience too, was larger
than on the previous night, the door
receipts nearly doubling those of the
first occasion. In fact it is said, that
st. Mary's Hall was packed" as a
result of the favorable reports cir
culated by those fortunate enough to
see Thursday nights performance.
A matinee performance will be Civ
en- this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock in
order to enable the Midshipmen and
others who desire to enjoy this clever
comedy to DO so. Children will be
admitted to the matinee for hfteen
cents The admission price for adults
will lie fifty cents.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
SOCIATED PRESS

An;spatches of ! a I {
=. are published in
o .. Evening Capital.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-10
Many Attractions For Visitors

scont'nned On Page ~
Evening star., 1923-03-25
4 Modern Cinderella.

TT Edward Royce's new comedy with
music, called "Cinders," had come
along a few months later, critics and
tho public probably would have de-
clared that the theme of the play was
inspired by little cripple girl from
Amsterdam, n. r, who wrote to a
New York newspaper pleading for
"just a week to see the delights of
New York"
Aladdin rubbed his lamp, and she
came for one glorious week that, even
though she can never be cured, she
will remember as long as she lives as
the wonder week OF her life. She
saw the Great White Way. with its
myriads OF lights. the ocean, the
ships, the Goddess Of Liberty and the
. great buildings, and millions" Of
taxicabs and rode in most Of them, 1t
seemed to her. for was not one al
ways waiting? She lunched and dined
at tho great hotels, went to the the
aters and operas. received many gifts
from notable persons and met and
talked to them.
Helen v. Collins, for that was her
name, was a Cinders in real life, only
she had to go back-that poor lit
tic shut-in.
The Cinders In Edward Royce's play
in a modern Cinderella. She Is the
little waif foster-sister, ordered and
buffsted about, who never had q good
time in all her life, and, like the little
cripple, she asks for one in song and
prayer and speech. To be sure she
Sakea many chances in obtaining that
Evening star., 1923-03-25
Shubert Vaudeville.

HAVING played. according TO plan.
season of thirty weeks, tlfe see
ond year Of Shubcrt vaudeville comes
to an end next month. The third sea-
son, as announced from the offices OF
Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert. begins
in September and the schedule calls
for an even more extensive aud bril-
liant program. Tho unit system Of
entertainment is not to he abandoned
and the chain of theaters Will number
thirty or more.
Lee Shubert, who has been the
directing head of the new circuit, is
quoted as saying "Shubert vaudc
VILE is here to stay. If there have
been shortcomings, these were due
entirely to conditions that no human
being could Surmount, but the i'm
pulse and the motive and the heart
were back of every move. The strug-
giles and the near defeats have been
turned into good account. 1t was not
and is not now my intention to start
q fight because a fight means that
one or the other must he vanquiShed.
The beginning of the third sea-
son will find Shubert vaudeville
moro strongly entrenched and better
equipped and with the men back OF
II more determined than ever before
to make il the ideal circuit present
ing high grade vaudeville novelties,
the pick of headliners and to continue
what has proved to be the sensation
of the show world-condensed must-
cal shows, or the unit system.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"

"Cinders," the new comedy with
triml music, will be heard at the New
National Theater tonight. Rudolf
Friml has given not only two-steps,
waltzes and sensuous song numbers
in his never-failing way, but he has
gone on to add music for dance
advertisements for the notable ballet
and eccentric dancers who have been
organization. that Is considered of
surprising brilliance for a light mu-
sical work.
There is an Argentine arrange that
will put new life into the dancing
fans. Queenie Smith and Fred Htlle-
brand will introduce 1t. Tho stage
fills with life. swaying movement and
brilliant color until the climax is
reached, when Ralph Riggs and
Katherine Witchie. the well known
dancing team, flash into the picture,
and tho number is brought to finish
amid the highest pitch of intense ac-
ton and flare of orchestra.
The music theme which recurs at
intervals throughout the piece
One Good Time" sung 6y NanG anS.
and this is also the theme of the story;
Then there is a burlesque on the OLD
music hall style of ballad, Rags Is
Royal Raiment"; choral numbers Tor
number, Hawaiian Shores for the
ladies'. led by Alta King: a iash.on
parade of Poiret gowns, in which Mr.
Royce's grouping of remarkaDiie
feminine beauty VIII be seen, heraius
the last word of Paris styles.
Edward Clark has supplied the pook
and lyrics that tell the story OF d
pathetic little waif blessed with the
luck of Cinderella.
The cast is a long one and prlStles
with names we'll known. among them
Margaret Dale, Walter Regan, Lillian
Lee, John H. Brewer, Roberta Beatty:
George Bancroft, Edith Campbell
walker, Mary Lucas, Kitty Kelly, Es-
telle Levelle and many others.
Victor Baravelli will direct the Or
cheStra.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
FRANK BACON demonstrated it
1913

FRANK BACON demonstrated IL IN
1 1918.
]. C. Nugent confirmed it in 1929.
The 'It" being the proposition that
a man may be a sterling actor and
playwright for thirty years without
New York ever hearing his name and
live to make Broadway stand around
with it's hat in its hand. The infer
ence is that a good many just as good
actors die or totter offstage before
Broadway finally beckons. The in
ference is correct, Mr.. Nugent assures
you.
He wiped the grease paint from
his face in the Shubert-Garrick The
ater dressing room after the final
curtain of "Kempy," which he and
his son Elliott wrote, and in which
he, Elliott's sister and Elliott appear
and talked.
II get successful play produced
on Broadway after thirty years Of
luck let me in. 1t was luck both
ways. There are many more as good
and better than who never happened
to find the gate open.
'Kempy' is good play, ] think,
but have done better. more authen-
Of vaudeville audiences. Much of
'Kempy's' success is due to an eXcep-
tional cast. These are some of the
reasons why I am wearing the same
sized hat. Opportunity finally came to
me after long filtration.
Frank Bacon'S experience makes
better Cinderella story than mine.
Bacon played a lifetime without get
ting on Broadway in any sense of
the word. He was still an obscure
actor in a Pacific stock company when
mis- hair had turned white. although just
as good an actor as New York found
him to be in Iightnin.'
81 had played in vaudeville for
twenty-five consecutive years, always
writing my own sketches; played
from coast to coast, always on big
time. About twice a year I played
+he Palace here.
But, as far as the serious stage is
concerned" he continued. 81 might
lust as we'll have been picking apples
in Wenatchee. Now, vaudeville is the
best managed branch OF the show
business, and it is much misunder-
stood by the highbrow. Vaudeville
will take the best you can offer it;
there need be no mugginG, no bend
ing, no slapstick.
vaudeville has its shortcomings.
1t oyeremphasizes specialization. 1t
has certain limitations of medium and
appeal. And ] wanted TO write sue
cessful full-length play. / had want
ed to from the beginning. The attic
Evening star., 1923-03-25
KEITH'S-"The Storm. ,

Langdon McCormick's play, THE
Storm" viii be presented in it's vaude-
vile form this week at keith's. 1t is
a genuine melodrama that cannot fall
to hold the constant interest. A burn
ing forest, with cracking branches
swapping from flaming trees. is one of
Its many climaxes, and it comes as the
top act to keith's this week. with all
the electrical splendor that caused
1t to be one of the most-talked-about
plays Of last season on Broadway. The
cast Is headed by Edward Arnold. and
includes Guy Cunningham. Isis May
nard, Nell Barnes and Max Won Nit
eel.
The extra feature will present Edna
Leedom. one of vaudeville'S foremost
condolences, and Dave Stamper. noted
for his "Follfes" scores, in The En-
core" by Paul Gerard Smith.
Stamper is spending a few weeks in
the Keith houses while finishing the
score to the new edition of THE Fol-
lies" which goes on in September.
Mollie Fuller returns in Twilight"
a new sketch, written especially for
her by Blanche Merrill, tho writer of
Fannie Brice's special songs, and the
bill will include also the Meyer Davis
Trio, a group of pianists. Augustus
Milton Davis. that makes its vaude-
Vile debut here: George Moore, in "A
Little of This and That" with
Madeline Randolph and Margaret
Quinby; Joe Rome and Lou Gaut. in
when Extremes Meet; Howard's s
Spectacle of Ponies; Miilard and
Marlin, in "Honeymooning," and
Aesops Fables, Topics of the Day and
the Pathe News Pictorial.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
Costumes for Business,

ANOTHER motion picture artist has
voiced her disapproval of the ay-
erage business girls dress for office
work.
Dolores Cassinelli claims that the
girls Of today who are following
business pursuits have sadly con-
fused the styles of the chorus with
the requirements of business. Bead
ed georgette with flowing sleeves
has no place at the typewriter, she
believes. for business is business and
not a fashion parade.
"Girls of today" says Miss Cassi-
nelli, "pay more attention to the ap-
pearance Of their fine clothes in the
office than they do of their important
business duties. If the fair stenog-
rapher, bookkeeper or secretary
wears q fluffy, flimsy dress she must
always be on the alert to see that
her clothes are just right and conse-
ouently her business routine, regard
less of It's Importance, is placed Sec
ondary.
"I believe that a plain, comfortable
suit or dress is the proper attire for
the office, but if we should take a
trip through a single office, we would
find the opposite In voguefe
Evening star., 1923-03-25
PRESIDENT-"The Meanest Man
in the World"

The President Players, beginning
tonight at $50 o'clock, will resume
for second week the George M. Co
han and Augustin McHugh COMEDY
THE Meanest Man In the World
The Meanest Man In the World is
regarded as one of the most h1larious
and charming of George NJ. Conan
producing efforts. 1t had never been
presented in Washington up to the
time the President Players offered II
two weeks ago. 1t has been directed
by Harry Manners and George
Barnes, and Miss Wanda Lyon Will
be seen In the chief roles,
The cast will include Robert Lowe.
Harry Shutan, Lee Patrick, Anne
Sutherland, Guy D'Ennery, Sam Sped
den and John Carmody.
The story. concerns a young attor-
ncy who, through an excess of kind
ness, has made a total failure of his
profession. Obtaining a position as
collector with a big corporation. he
primes himself with the most brutal
collection methods and goes out to
collect a bill from a small country
firm, only to discover that the debtor
firm is a young and very attractive
girl, who is unable to pay. Then and
there the complications begin.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
COSMOS-Naynons Birds.

Naynon's Birds, yaudcviile's prct;s~
est Offering OF trained birds, viii be
the leading feature Of the EastCr
week bill at the Cosmos Theatcr. IL
is new to Washington and very daiut"
and interesting. With the birds vii
come Nip and Fletcher. in odd bit =
comedy fun; Billy Swcdc Hall and
company. with D delightful littE
farce called ''Iilda": Mari" M"rie, ~
"a study in Songs; McGrath and
Deeds in comedy and songs. onl: diff
ferent from the usual run, and fea-
ture not yet confirmed
The photoplay will be Herbert Raw
ltnson's newest Universal picture,
"The Scarlet Car" which viii be
shown in Washington for tie first
time
Evening star., 1923-03-25
The Lady in Ern,;ne.

THE 2ooth performance Of "The Lady
in Ermine," the international mu-
sical play. with Wilda Bennett and
Walter woolf, has been just cello
brated at the Century Theater. AL
fred Goodman. who. with Jean Gil
bert. composed the music, conducted
the performances, coming up from
his post as musical director at the
Winter Garden for the occasion. An
other feature was a new singing ana
marching arrangement of Land o
Nine" the number to which the cav
airy officers make their entrance in
the first act. Robert Woolsey, lg-
nacIo Martinetti and Marie Burke
gave new encores to their comedy
song in the last act. Vida Bennett
introduced new ermine-trimmed
gown in the climax of the second act.
'rThe Lady in Ermine" was pro-
duced originally on October at the
Ambassador Theater.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
COSMOS-"A Golf Proposal"

Two unusually dainty and pleasing
offerings will head the Cosmos The
ater bill this week. starting with the
matinee tomorrow. "A Golf Pro-
posal," a snappy little farce. will be
presented by Jack Kennedy and his
company of farceurs, and THE Spirit
Of the Dance" an exquisite terpsi-
chorean offering of the spectacular
type into which are woven pretty
songs, will be offered by La Bernicia
and company. Both Numbers will be
handsomely staged and costumed.
Lillian Watson. q singing come
dienne of note, will offer A cycle of
new songs, with artistic accompani-
ment; Oscar Lorraine will furnish ar
tietry with the violin in addition to
a nut comedy specially all his own;
Goelet and Hall. a novel presentation
of new and familiar melodies, and the
Petit Troupe. sensational gymnastics
and aerial feats.
A new "Hoot" Gibson picture. The
Gentleman From America" will be
shown for the first time in Washing
ton. 1t is the amusing and at times
thrilling sorry of the adventures Of an
American doughboy in France and
Spain. He cleaned up at crap game
and ultimately found himself INSTALL
ed with royalty, when the camp NJ.
P!'s came and took him. A short
Evening star., 1923-03-25
Years of Waiting For Success

Of the old house AZ Dover, Ohio "as
cluttered up with plays and pieces
of plays ] had written and never
sold, and as my children grew.
hoped 10 write play that Wou.4
reupite my family on the stage.
On the train between jumps and 4
home in Dover in the summer I wrote
plays which never were produced
True, I had produced several or my
own things in stock before turning
to vaudeville, and in tn" dim. distant
past Robert Downing had produced
my AN Indiana Romance not unlike
'kempy,' al the Lafayette Square
Theater in Washington. II promised
success, but Downing failed 70
finance a New J ork engagement.
Not until ten years ago did ] Eet
my first hearing from Il New YORK
producer The ShubertS accepted q
play of mine called The Dreamer ard
finally changed their minds about :.
Then there was another long gap.
In 1906 Jack Lait and / wrote play
together. We were just about to get
it produced in April. 1917. when the
war was declared. 1t comforted rs
to think that il took world war e
stop us.
when the late Herbert Gresham,
who was reading plays for Erlanger.
accepted my ON the Mezzanine Floor
and recommended that Erlanger pro
duce it and contract for my entire
duction when the influenza epidemic
Of 1918 closed almost all Of the coun-
try's theaters.
"Erlanger put It aside. and in 1919
bought my The Hired Wit This was
on the point Of production when the
actors strike was called. Erlanger
may have decided by then that I was
no four-leaf clover, and he would
! have been justified. for I was row
more than fifty years Old, had been
writing plays since | was ScVcntcea,
and had never put one over Yet.
"Meanwhil" my children had grow.
Up: my son had graduated from the
TOhio University. my daughter from
the Columbus School for Girls. ard
both had gone on the stage. My son
was playing in Dulcy' in Chicago, and
our paths crossed there We began
'Kempy' in our week together and
mailed the manuscript back and forth
until we had finished II. Last year
it was tried out in Harrisburg. Pa.
with instant success, but the thea ter
slump was growing more ominous
each day, and the holders Of the on
tion waived it. AuguStin Duncan
was interested but he was producing
John Ferguson and had $. :. Tenaci
ty' Immediately ahead of him. SO I
had to wait another year. and hero
we are. all the NuEcnt family, except
my wife, who probably is the clever
est of the lot, who is with us every
night watching her family from tie
front OF the house"
Evening star., 1923-03-25
STRAND-Jean Granese.

Jean Granese, song artist, is the
feature Of the vaudeville program
which opens today at the Strand
Theater for the entire week. Miss
Granese is assisted by her brother
Charlie and Tito De Fiore. Their
offering consists of comedy. songs.
Joyful Conglomeration of Wit, Music
and Jollity" is the. title.
Burton Brown, Nina Gardiner and
Jack Barnett, a variety trio, will
offer a revue of melodies and dance
novelties, with a touch of good COM
edy. Frank Whittier and his COM
pany will offer a humorous sketch
entitled In Wrong" which is full
of hilarious situations and has an
interesting plot. Charles and Cecil
Getting. Acquainted" that should
furnish further cause for laughter.
Victoria and Dupre will open the
program with spectacular series of
WhfrlWind eccentricitieS.
Dolores Cassinelli will be pictured
in the, photoplay feature, The Chal-
lenge." and short film subjects will
complete the bill.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
Gayety Among Big -Four

At a directors meeting Of the Co
1umbia burlesque circuit, held re-
Gently. a quarterly dividend of 10 per
cent was declared in favor of the
stockholders OF the theaters con-
trolled and operated by the circuit in
Baltimore. Washington, Cincinnati
and Kansas City. These theaters,
which are the Palace. Baltimore; !;
Gayety, Washington; Olympic, Gin
cinnati. and Gayety. Kansas City,
have been known as blue ribbon"
houses of the circuit. and. 1t is said,
despite the fact that business has
fallen off in most of the houses of the
circuit. 1t has held up in these houses
and will probably prove as big as it
has in seasons heretofore.
Should 1t continue as expected,
these houses, it is claimed, will be
able to show, on the 1929 season,
profits that will make possible the
allotment of 40 per cent dividend to
the stockholders. Tho dividend which
was voted covered the period for the
business Of October, November and
December of last year. The pay
ments of these dividends were made
March Is.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
Vaudeville Artists to Celebrate.

THE vaudeville artists Of this coun-
try. now one of the best organ
ized and most influential elements in
the theatrical profession, are making
ready for a sort of national annual
carnival celebration IN all of the
theaters of the principal circuits.
from Easter Sunday, April l, to
April Z. which has been set aside and
designated at IN. V. A. week" be-
cause the National Vaudeville Artists.
inc. has come TO represent over
20, 600 active members of this branch
of the profession, and because this
extraordinary organization feels that
It is entitled to a better acquaint tance
with the American public, which 1T
has served SO long and SO effectively.
The records of the National Vaude-
vile Artists, Inc, show that since
1917 s367,SsOS2 has been disbursed
by it for the benefit of unfortunate
members. 1t has paid out $4,000 in
life insurance to families of deceased
members; it maintains its own hos