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Evening star., 1923-12-24
Columbia-'His Children S
Children"

Arthur Trains recent story of
modern American life, as lived with
great speed" in New York. makes "a
fascinating and dramatic feature at
the Columbia Theater this week.
The story tells of how nearly every
member of the Kayne family in
dulges in follies and yields to temp
tations that suggest the theme the
sins Of the fathers shall be visited
upon the children but Diana Kayne
proves of stern enough metal to
withstand the pitfalls that engulf
her sisters and father, and she 1t is
who manages to hold the family to-
gether and guide them into eventual
happiness. The settings are elab-
crate and beautifully Photographed
and the plot holds the interest. even
though II is on a theme that has been
overWorked for some time.
Bebe Daniels has the leading role
of Diana Kayne, the eldest of three
lovely daughters Of Rufus Kayne, jr
and Dorothy Mackaill has the other
outstanding feminine character
Sheilas the youngest daughter. James
Rennie is a good hero and George
Fawcett, Mahlon Hamilton and
Warner GLAND are fine in their roles
Dainty Mary Eaton, star of kid
Boots" the musical show which was
in Washington last week, gives an
interesting portrayal OF gold dig
ging. INSCRIPTIONS young stage
beauty.
The shorter films include Topics
of the Day" and News Reel
Evening star., 1923-12-24
GANGSTER'S "GIRL"
| IS DECLARED SUICIDE
Edna Churgin, Sixteen, Said to
Have Been Only Witness to
Staying of Sweetheart.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Acting
on a mysterious message police iden-
titled the body Of young woman
which had been taken to the morgue
as that of Edna Churgin. sixteen
years old, said by police to have been
man. who was shot. and killed by
gangsterS in street fight on August
l.
The mysterious telephonist, police
said, declared that the body in the
morgue would be found to be that of
the only witness to SchwartZman' g
staying, and that she had been the
vietim of foul play.
During an investigation last sum-
mer of the staying of Schwartzman,
said to have been member of the
Italian gang. Jack kaplan. alias
kid Dropper." and six other per-
sons were questioned.
While kaplan and the others were
leaving the courthouse, where they
had been discharged for lack of evil
dence, kaplan was shot and killed
by Louis Cohen. wet wash worker,
who was later tried and sentenced to
Sing Sing prison for a term of from
twenty years to life Imprisonment.
An autopsy which was imm ately
performed showed. the police said,
that the girls death was due to poi
son and that 1t was clearly a case of
suicide"
After Schwartzman was murdered
his sweetheart was held in 500 bail
as a material witness, as she was
the only person who saw the killing.
At that time the police stated that
they were sure the girl could identify
the murderer IL he were found. Late
Ill August she disappeared.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS
Strand-"M Man With 1000
Faces"

Charles T. Aldrich. tho Man with
a Thousand Faces" direct from
tour of Europe, where he perform
ed for King George of England, heads
the vaudeville portion of the double
bill a the Strand this week. The
motion picture offering is the film
version of John Greenleaf WhittieTs
poem, s'The Barefoot Boy"
Aldrich lives up to his description,
and his performance is without doubt
the most remarkable of its kind in
Washington. He is a master OF IL
lusion, a lightning change artist. un-
like anything seen here before.
Ruge and Rose, versatile aerial
humorists." open the bill with thrill
ing athletic stunts, interspersed with
laugh making jibes. Cortez and Ryan
follow with musical and artistic
Impressions after which Jean Nc
Coy and Ralph Walton keep all in
high spirits with an original skit,
moments With Ouija." A one-act
comedy, Happy Hollow" featuring
Chris Chisolm and Viola Byeen. is an
other clever act well received.
The photo play, based on Whittier's 8
famous poem, is very beautiful and
one OF the most attractive produc-
tions the screen has produced this
year. A capable cast includes John
Bower, Majorie Daw. Tully Mar
shall and Sylvia Dreamer.
A Pathe comedy is among the add
ed attractions of an enjoyable Christ
mas week bill.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Burton Holmes-"Glorious
Switzerland"

Burton Holmes closed his seasons
travelogues at the National Theater
last night with an illustrated descrip-
ton of GLORIOUS Switzerland"-a
theme presented with the freshness
of an explorer adventuring into new
lands, though to many In his large
audience Switzerland must have been
a tourist-beaten way. From a news
point of value, the lecturers "call
on the league of nations" with ac-
companying photographs and COM
ments, was of special interest. Just
as glimpse of the Castle of Chillon
nS9sed mSds 4 famoUz 81 sceneay nice oe consd o
cred, nothing more thrilling has been
shown throughout the present series
than a motion panorama of the ebb-
ing sea of clouds, seven hours OF
cloud movement with the peak
emerging from its wrap of vapors
and with American Alpinists, and
roll by
The ascent of the Jungfrau has
been made so easy for the average
traveller that motion picture trip,
by railway, inside the mountain with
rock-cut stations in the skies, reS
vealed magnificent perspectives of
heights and depths that the most
A cruise on the lake of the Four
Cantons: exhilarating sports such as
ski-jumps; an extraordinary voyage
down the raging river Limmat. from
the lake of Zurich to the Rhine,
shooting watery chutes, dashing un-
der bridges; swirling through for
Americans. @ a view Of the Leviathan.
"the greatest liner viewed from sea
and air."
Evening star., 1923-12-24
"Lucretia Lombard

Irene Rich gives an interesting por-
trayal of the long suffering, yet sue
cessful heroine of Kathleen Norris
novel, "Lucretia Lombard" in the
picture at the Rialto Theater this
week. Miss Rich is one of that group
of screen actresses that are different
She seems to have distinct personal
ty that Is not composed of masses of
curly hair. beautiful orbs and linn
tied set of standardized facial express
sions. Miss Rich also is a, delightful
actress and makes her characterize
tions vivid and realistic. In the role
of Lucretia Lombard she has excel
lent opportunities for her ability.
Monte Blue plays the earnest young
district attorney, stephen Winship,
he first sees her. but who is in turn
loved by the spoiled. impetuous.
young ward of his father. Mimi. The
other members of the cast are ade
quate.
The story follows the novel closely,
for picture thrills, such as the forest
j II - scenes and the river rescue.
Many of the threads of the story
do not work out as one might ex-
,, pect them to. Somewhat different
complications seem to lie in every
| few feet This holds the interest
until the end of the film with ad-
mirable suspense.
The scenery is beautiful and the
photography good.
One of Hal Roach's "Spat Family
comedies kept the Audience. which
packed the theater, laughing con-
/ tinuously. IT is a burlesque of life
in the wild and woolly west" Christ
1 mas was represented in both the
| elaborate display in the theater lob
by and in special feature on the
program entitled "A Little Friend to
All the World" The Fox News COM
pleted the film offerings. Arsino
Ralon, concert master and violinist,
played Roses of Picardy" and From
the Canebrake"
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Palace-Mary Pickford's
"Rosita.

"Rosita" is a tale of sunny Spain.
"land of dreams and romance" and
there are castles and villas, carnivals
and cathedrals. prisons and novels,
kings and beggars. all strangely In
terwoven in the thread of fairy
romance spun upon the silver sheet.
at Loew's Palace Theater this week.
But dominating them is the slender
little figure of a woman-Just COM
mon street singer, and such great
actress that the make believe story
becomes real under the spell of her
art, and the spectator is transported
to castle in Spain which is more
than a dream. for 1t will be a vivid
memory for many a day.
Mary Pickford doesn't pose and
look pretty in her happy moments, or
wiring her hands and make faces In
the tragic ones-she lives her role,
that of beggar- maid of Seville, sud
denly lifted to the rank of countess
by the favor of her king. In the first
scenes she sings and dances for the
populace-a saucy mimic in her glory,
until the passing by of the king sud
denly takes away her audience and
turns her triumph into "no-re-
ceipt" performance. and her happy
royal favor changes her rags to
gorgeous gowns, and places her amid
luxurious surroundings, but she is
still the street-singer, ill-mannered
and common, and yet ST. angely ap-
pealing.
Her great moment comes when she
learns the king has tricked her, and
ordered her lover shot when he had
promised him release. Her table is
set for three, for Death dimes with
us tonight she tells a bewildered
footman. and when his ma jesty looks
into her crazed eyes as she lifts her
glass to drink a toast, he trembles
at what he sees there. Were there
nothing else of note in the produc-
tion-no rare and beautiful settings,
no shadowy vistas of unforgeta Bile
artistry, no masterful acting by the
supporting cast-this scene at the ta-
BILE alone would lift 'Rosita" to
greatness.
Perhaps 1t is the hand of the re-
nowned director, Lubitsch, which has
added the magic touch to this film in
developing the art of Mary Pickford
to its highest possibilities-anywa
the combination has produced one of
the outstanding pictures of the year.
Don't miss it
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Central" THE Spider and
the Rose"

THE Spider and the Rose pre-
sented the first four days of Christ
mas week at Crandall's Central Thea
ter. is a melodramatic romance of
California during the days when it
was province of Mexico, ruled by a
governor appointed by the emperor in
Mexico City. Its notable cast in
cludes Alice Lake, CASTOR Glass,
Robert McKim, Frank Campeau. Noah
Beery, Louise Fezends, Otis Harlan
Joseph J. Bowling. Edwin Stevens,
Alec B. Francis, Billie Bennett, little
Richard Headrick and Hector Sarno.
Intrigue and revolution. love and
betrayal, conflict and romance are
deftly blended in an entertainment Of
suspense. thrills and heart interest
not devoid of spectacular qualities.
of the new Fighting Blood" series,
with George O'Hara, is an added at
traction.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
PROGRESS IN YEAR
PLEASES HAYNES
Sees Nations Respect for
Dry Laws Increasing
Rapidly.

Summarizing activities Of his unit
for the carr. Prohibition Commissioner
Hanes last night made public state
ment in which he declared respect for
the prohibition law was growing, and
that progress had been made in en-
forcing the Harrison narcotic act
High points in the years progress
were said by the commissioner to be:
Progress In Year.
Lesseuing of Indifference on the
part of state and municipal author
tiles as result of governors and citi-
zenShip conferences growing out Of the
White House conference Of governors.
Banning of liquor by many leading
hotels and clubs, and strict enforce
ment by college authorities among
students
Breaking up of large liquor snug
Cling conspiracies through arrest and
conviction of their leaders.
Revocation of brewery permits to
halt the flow of illegal supplies TO
bootlegging centers, and the reduc-
tion of supplies through careful super
vision of bonded warehouse with
drawals
Concentration of bonded liquor IN
Official warehouses, resulting in a
saving of more than 100000.
Use of paddock"
Institution in nearly every state of
the injunction or paddock" pro-
visions of the law; issuance of regu-
lations permitting inspection by state
officers of places holding permits for
legitimate manufacture and tentative
plans laid for curtailing smuggling
on the Canadian border.
The report declared more than 206.-
900 local officials were charged with
"upholding the Constitution" and
that 1922 federal agents were enea ged
in enforcing the Nolstead act. While
it was not intended for the federal
force to engage in petty police jobs"
the report said they made more than
SO, 900 arrests and seized property
worth more than 100000 during the
last fifteen months.
The two International conferences
at Geneva on narcotics were cited as
important steps toward limiting the
production OF habit-forming narcotic
drugs and the raw material from
which they are made to the amount
actually required for strictly medici-
nal purposes"
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Claiming to Make
Gold, Alchen1ists'
Pop Up in Baudria
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LEIPSIC. Germany, December 81.
-Alchemists and -alchemists
are beginning to pop up in various
parts of Germany with devices for
making gold. AS the financial situa-
tion grows worse the readiness to
believe the tales of these imposters
increases.
In the middle ages, Bavaria had
much experience with men who pre-
tended to have learned the secret
of making gold. Duke William the
Fifth went down in history as the
ruler who dealt most harshly with
this type of faker. The Venetian
impostor. Marc Antonio Bragadino,
who f1eeced Duke William on a gold
making scheme, was hanged in 1891
at Munich on a red gibbet, with a
gold cord for the moose.
For more than a century after
ward such impostors kept away
from Bavaria. Now they are flourish
ing. undeterred by fear of drastic
punishment.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
You and /" and
H. B. Warner.

Bright throughout, brilliant in
spots, scintillating with real wit and
clean comedy, and withal an under
tone of sincerity which impresses
one subconsciously. You and l." from
the pen of Philip Barry of Harvard.
demonstrated to Washingtonians at
the Schubert -Belasco last night why
New York gobbled it up and ever
since it's first night has been smack
ing it's lips for more.
And it demonstrated something
else. With not a risque line or a
suggestive situation in the entire
three acts You and T. has become
a pulsating denial to those who main
tain that the public wants snappy.
spicy stuff and it's up to producers
to give it to them
The play strikes home to all, de-
nuded of superhciality and unneces-
sary fiourishes It's the story OF the
sacrifice of a mans ambition in life
for the girl he wants to marry. The
threads of plot stand out as clearly
and positively as tone motifs In
masterwork in tapestry. There is the
young couple. a boy Of twenty-one e
and a girl of twenty. The boy wants
to study architecture abroad. He
loves II, breathes it He wants the
girl as a wife; he adores her. The
DOy Is llNiu6 oNeI lite iiS VI AiiS
father.
The father married young and sacri-
feed the brush and pestle to become
success in soap manufacturing.
II; B. Warner. in his apparently tas e.
fortress manner. carries over We
character of Maitland White. the
father. in way that would easily
place it on a pedestal entitled. The
American Father-Red Blooded and
Human" He made his audience want
more of IL. And Lucille Watson. still
brilliant on the same stage she graced
In the days of Clyde Fitch, played the
modern, semi-young, semiold mother
to perfection.
Outstanding in the surprise list. how
ever, is the work of the Juveniles, Alan
Bunce, as the son, and Rita Stanwood.
as the sons fiancee. There is some
thing about this pair that gets you
Possibly it's the fact that the world
loves young lovers. and these seenf so
sincere in their delineations, so realis-
tic, that there is no resisting them.
Meriting praise also are the others of
the cast-Beatrice Miles, an Eta. a
maid who wants to be "a lady; Fer
dinand Gottschalk. as G. T. Warren,
the head of the soap industry, and Gill
bert Douglas, as Godfrey Nichols,
Maitland Whites best man of gen.
Ali in ali, "You and L" is a smooth
entertainment. 1t makes the hands
of the clock fly. 1t makes an audi
ence sit still after the final curtain.
sigh and then go home talking about 1t.
Take the ambitious youths to see
it-and take the debutantes, too.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
FRANCE HOPES TO HAVE
0LD-TIME CHRISTMAS
If Weather Prophets Are Correct.
Will Have Celebration of Type
Seldom Seen.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS. December 24.-That old
fashioned Christmas, always wished
for, but seldom seen. will be cele-
brated in France this year If the
weather prophets are not altogether
wrong. The country is already
under a deep mantle Of snow, to the
annoyance of such prosaic folk as
the railroad men, who in the central
regions particularly are calling loud
tracks. Many villages there. as we'll
as In the Alps and Pyrenees have
been cut off from the rest of France
and their Christmas is likely to be
a fast rather than a feast
All persons who have the means
to do SO are spending the holiday
season on the shores Of the Mediter-
ranean, but the usually mild climate
OF that region is at present being
visited by tempests Of considerable
lovers Of winter sports are hurry
ing to those resorts in France and
switzerland which feature such at
fractions. These vacation places are
almost equaling the Riviera in
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Poll THE Covered
Wagon"

James Ck-uzds great Paramount
picture, "The Covered Wagon" be-
gan it's final week at Polls Theater
yesterday afternoon. It is one of
those remarkable productions Of the
photoplay industry which will not
soon be forgotten or fail in it's in
terest to genuine Americans
It Is not a. preachment, not a vapid
outpouring of spectacular beauty and
sentiment, but 1t is a wholesome les
son in AmeriCanism which all who
are interested IN that subject should
see While full of entertainment of
the lighter sort and not lacking in
scenes and settings that charm with
their beauty. its crowning claim TO
success is its faithful perturbation
of the early settlers of this country.
who. despite almost insurmountable
hardships still persevered and fought
their way to success In building up
the, great west
Evening star., 1923-12-24
new CRUISER TRIED OUT,

QUINCY, Mass, December 24-Tba
scout cruiser Raleigh successfully COM
pleted a four-hour full power run down
Massachusetts, bay Saturday, and Off
cials of the trial board of the United
states Navy pronounced the vessel
Satisfactory"
The cruiser did not return to the Fore
river yards OF the Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation owing to darkness.
and tonight was anchored near the en-
the acceptance trial had been success
full was sent to the yards by radio, but
statistics as to the speeds attained were
not transmitted,
Evening star., 1923-12-24
ITALY WOULD KEEP DEBT
OFF U. S. BALANCE SHEET
Paper Says America and England
Should Treat Rome as She
Treats Germany.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, December oi.-The United
States and England should not enter
Italy's debts to them on their balance
sheets, says the Giornale DItalia
yesterday, in commenting upon the
report Of the American Bankers As
sociation's survey of conditions in
Italy and other European countries.
The Italians are not awaiting
reparations, but are paying their
debts out of their own pockets" says
the newspaper. I'VE are most pru-
dent and have not entered the Ger
man reparations upon our balance
sheet. For the same reason our credi-
tors, England and America, should
not enter our debts on their balance
sheets. Either all pay, or all apply
the formula of forgiveness of debts
Our war debts have not been con
fused with the running expenses of
our government"
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Ambassador" -"Poodles
Hanneford.

A program full of the spirit of
Christmas and love for the Amer
lean boy is presented at CrandalTs
Ambassador the first part of the
week. Booth Tarkington's boy of
Nine" the feature picture, is source
Of enjoyment for the "grown-ups" as
well as the youngsters. With Ben
Alexander, Irene Rich. Henry B. Wal
thall and Rockliffe Fellowes in the
found elsewhere.
Another new entertainer on the
screen is Poodles Hanneford, the we'll
known circus c1own-rider, who Is the
star In comedy. mo loafng.
Youngsters who know Poodles from
his antics on his horses at the circus
had an opportunity of seeing how he
Evening star., 1923-12-24
MOVIE SCHOOL PUPILS
SAY THEY WERE, BILKED
Charge, in Court, Jobs Were
Promised Upon Completion
Of Courses,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 24-More than
fifty young men and women, claiming
to be graduates OF the Popular Motion
Picture Products Corporation, were in
court to testify against four officials
or the corporation, on trial on
charges of operating a confidence game
The four officials. L. F. Callahan, presi-
dent: W. B. Bower, vice president Ben
jamin Black, secretary and treasurer.
and Jack Lilley, another Official, are
said to have promised men and women
employment In companies after comple-
ton Of the course offered by the
corporation.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
LABOR STARTS COLLEGE.

A college with nightly classes.
where working mon and women who
are members of the trades and labor
organizations may pursue advanced
study in history, public speaking and
political economy. has been estsb
lished in Wichita, Kan. Lectures hy
leading Wichita educators and busi-
ness men are promised. The college
is located in Labor Temple.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
GIRL IN 24.HOUR SWIM
WINS RIVER PLATE HONOR
Anglo-Argentine Mermaid Covers
Thirty Miles Between Colonia
and Uruguay.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. December 24.-A
twenty-year-o Anglo-Argentine girl
swimmer, Lillian Harrison. has COM
pleted a swim across the River Plata.
being the first person to accomplish
the feat She started from Colonia
on the, Uruguayan side, and reached
Punta Lara, near La Plata, a distance
of about thirty miles. She swan for
twenty-fou hours and nineteen
minutes.
others who have attempted to
swim across the River Plata includ
ing Enrique Tirabocchi. who swan
across the English channel last sum-
mer, and Romeo Maciel, who has
made several unsuccessful attempts
to swim the English channel, swan
longer distances in the River Plata.
but deviated from a direct course
and failed to reach the opposite
shore.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
AMNESIA VICTIM HALTs
DIVORCE SUIT ON RETURN
Leonard Danison, Restored by
Hypnotism, and Wife Become
.Reconciled.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, December "a
Leonard Danison, thirty-five, who dis
appeared from his home here last
summer, returned home in time to
prevent hearing Of divorce pro-
ceedings instituted by his wife,
Mary. on grounds of desertion. For
hve months. Danison said. he was
at Chicago under the name Of John
Doe. q victim OF amnesia, and unable
to tell his real name. Hypotism was
finally restorted to by hospital at
taches he said, with the result that
he recalled his name and that he
lived in this city.
On November 9. Mrs. Danison filed
suit for divorce and arranged to place
four of her young children in an
orphanage and gave her baby to a
family in Loudenville to care for.
The couple settled all their differ
ences and arranged to have the
divorce petition Withdrawn:
Today they plan to gather their
where they Will start ufe- anew.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Crandall's Why Wory?"
Adventures In the Far
North"

At Crandall's Theater the first
three days of this week. Harold
Lloyd. In why Worry" with its
amusing story of young hypochon-
driac who visits a supposedly tran
quill South American republic to
gain rest and recover from a flock
of imaginary ailments and then runs
into a full-f1edged revolution, fur
nishes the laughter, and Capt.
Kleinschmidt's Adventures in the Far
studies of wild life in the Arctic that
has ever been screened, furnishes
something to interest and admire for
Christmas time.
The program also includes short
reel subjects and pipe organ music.
Evening star., 1923-12-24

can move a grand piano from the top
of an apartment house. After knock
ing the wall out of the building he
succeeds to getting was was once a
grand piano to the main floor, only to
be met there by irate policemen and
a merry chase with plenty Of laughs
and thrills.
Selections from Poppy" by the
Ambassador orchestra under the di-
rection of Bailey +. Alart complete
the bill