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, 1923-04-22

A rose garden. with fountains
splashing in the silvery moonlight
a poetic youth and a beautiful maid.
The streets OF golden Naishapur,
bustling with pilgrims, natives, Ven
doris of everything Imaginable car
aVans of camels, bands Of Bedouins
on Arabian steeds-and beggars!
A tavern. with bibulous youth rois-
erlng in the i~mmemorlal manner!
The mystic Temple Of Zoroaster, its
altar looming up in the semi-dark
ness OF the interior. its minarets
where the muezzins chant their call
TO prayer! The gardens Of the Gov
crnor, with slaves who carry out his
slightest wish. for his wish is law!
The dungeon cells-'the home OF ten
thousand shadows''-in which the
doomed avail their execution or the
far greater dread Of torture! The
potter's shop. emblematlc of the scat
of the Maker of Mankind. and the
clay on the wheel as the clay in His
handsl The halls of the mighty
Shah OF Shahs, whose wealth can
huy for his leering senility even the
fairest flower in all PERSIA The
study of the philosopher poet, Omar
the Tentmaker, son of an artisan
father. whose manifold talents com
pose the eternally beloved quartains
and event a practicable scientific
calendar-a room where scrolls of
verses mingle with astronomical
Instruments!
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girl and a rival. As the result OF 4
delightful trick he is left in the
shower room of the country club
minus his clothing a few hours be-
fore he IS to take the girl to n dance.
Determined to keep his engagement
at all hazards he breaks out and
starts down the road with an auto
mobile and n ~raincoat. The motor
cycle is to keep going and the rain
coat Is to keep him from going to
Jail.
Neither sunices. The car Is over
taken by the police and Ray. giving
the reply tina he is Julius Caesar
is locked up as an alleged lunatlc.
, 1923-04-22
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His cellmate is a hardboiled society
thief. Both effect their escape and
both turn up at the dance at the
country club that evening.
Under the threat of exposure Ray
is called upon to act as lookout man
and accomplice for the thief. 1t Is
here that the scenarist and players
have gotten some OF their mes com.
edy touches. 1t would spoil the story
to tell too much about It; but the
complications. sufficiently human to
pass into the realm of p~lausibility
have furnished opportunities that
, 1923-04-22

remains in the Float Chamber of the Carburetor into a cup or Ga
noticed lying in little globules at the bottom Of the can. II there
Vacuum Tank, and some from the bottom of the Main Tank and
will generally get rid of the trouble. If, however there is NO SIC
OF water then
, 1923-04-22

Ray and his supporting asst have.
made the most of. The climax comes
in n crashing announcement Of ths
comedy order in which Ray turns the
tables on tho crook and his club
mates and finds refuge with his girl
on the moonlit veranda.
Barbara Bedford. Eddie Gribbon
and Harvey Clark especially give
good support but the whole cast is
notable for its excellent playing.
alias Julius Caesar" was written by
Richard Andres and is being dis-
tributed by First National Pictures.
, 1923-04-22
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observation-disclosures.
, 1923-04-22

9. Remove the Muller and take
apart and clean it, or tap it all aroun'
with a wooden mallet. then FULL
RETARD the Spark Lever and rae
up the engine a few times when mos
, 1923-04-22
OMAR THE TENTMAKER FEATURE
At AMER|CAFOR 3-DAY Showing

Omar the Tentmaker" which is
scheduled to start a three day en-
starting Tuesday has Leen hailed as
the screens most colorful offering
Guy Bates Post is the star of the pic
, 1923-04-22

Armstrong; heavy print linoleum
at lower prices mt Graham.Shields
Furniture Co., where you can buy
floor covering for less.
, 1923-04-22

ture, which was produced by Rich
ard Walton Tully and is being re
leased as a First National attraction.
Here are some OF the artistic set
tings 1t contains.
, 1923-04-22

S. Test to see if the gasoline spraying Nozzle
in the Carburetor is not partly blocked. There
are two types of Nozzles, the Fixed type which
are called Jets, and the Adjustable type, which
have a Needle Valve. The illustration shows
both types. Consult the carburctor makers in
structions on clearing a jet if possible.
If you have a fixed Jet as in a Zenith Carbu-
Plug underneath the Jet and it can be screwed
out. If the Jet is partly blocked, DC~NOT use
a piece of wire to clear it, as this may make the
hole in the Jet slightly larger, and upset the
tune" of the Carburetor. Try and blow or jar
the dirt out
If you have an Adjustable or Needle Valve
Gasoline adjusting Screw that can be screwed
, 1923-04-22

5. If the Carburetor has an Air Waive, start the engine and gradually
open the throttle, noticing If the Valve opens up with the speed of the
engine. See ESPECIALLY that it docs not start to STICK when it
gets open about half way. If it does it will make the mixture too rich
at High Speeds. If you HAVE NOT got an Air Valve then
A. II Carbmctor has a Needle Valve Gasoline adjusting screw which
is held tight in position by a lock nut, SCI that the nut is not loose.
thus allowing the Valve to vibratc open, Sc making the mixture too
rich. II you can move the Valve around with the tip of the finger.
then test the adjustment, by following the Carburetor makers instruc-
tions o N adjusting Carburetor. IT. however, the Needle Valve is
TIGHT, then
Evening star., 1923-04-23
PREsIDENT-'Six Cylinder Love.

The President Players last night
began their third week of "SiX-Cyl-
inder Lovs," the comedy of two
auto on a street car income, and
found it like the proverbial white
elephant 1t wasn't the cost of feed
ing il gas which brought ruin, how
ever, but the maintenance OF "A group
of ia shionable para sites who "cultl-
waited the inexperienced young Cou-
ple as soon as they acquired car.
Dinners at roadhouSeS or country
clubs, drinks. cigars and cigarettes
were all charged to the amiable
''hoSt." a position permanently ac-
corded the owner of the six" His
little home on Long Island, Of which
he and his wife had once been so
proud. became less than a place for
eating and sleeping, for the crowd
dined out every night and danced
until or 5 in the morning. Office
work was naturally neglected. and
discharge and disgrace followed
The play is really sugar-coated
pill of wisdom. and those who laugh
AT me comedy situations also may
learn, if they be so inclined
wanda Lyon continues in her role
of Marilyn Winston. interpreting 1t
with her usual eXuberance. and ador-
able first in her blue gingham apron.
and later in dinner gown and evening
wrap. The audience cannot blame
her husband for allowing her to
"vanp" him into buying the car.
George Barnes enactS the part of the
"easy mark" with telling effect. John
Carmody as the first owner of the
auto and George Sweet, as a silver
tongued salesman, supply much of
the comedy.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

clouds darken over their happiness
from the day they arrive He. too
proud to live on his wife's income,
seeks position. and finds that the
only thing he can do Is drive q team.
work which his laborers do for him
on the ranch. Dressed in blue denim,
with dirty face and tumbled hair, he
begins his lowly career" while his
wife's work takes her to fashionable
country clubs and beautiful homes,
and throws her into an exclusive
Misunderstanding comes as their d.
Vergent paths lead them farther apart
and violent quarrel on the night
when her completed play has been
read ends with his departure for the
ranch and hers for New York city to
aid in the theatrical production.
The husband has been seeking to
make something of himself by a study
OF civil engineering. and back in Ari-
zona he stakes all his lands to be able
to give his theory practical applica-
tion in the rebuilding Of a great dam
which has crumbled to ruin. With
the accomplishment Of his own crea-
tive work comes some understanding
of his wife's desire to give to the
world what her genius dictates. At
me same time she reaches the pima
Gle or success with her play, and yet
hnds her life empty without the love
which once enriched it, And so, will
ing TO sacrifice her career. she returns
TO fnd nobler and broader minded
husband with whom to begin life
anew
A Christie comedy, World Survey
and Pathe novelty, Scraps" com
plete the list of film attractions. The
musical program is enhanced by
cabre"
Evening star., 1923-04-23
a Wife
Learned?"

What a Wife Learned" shown for
the first time here at the Metropolitan
yesterday afternoon, deals with a
momentous question of today. Can
the narrow circle of wedding ring
hold both a husband and a career"
The heroine, played by Marguerite
de la Motto, is an ambitious girl, who
has talent for writing, and has
succeeded in placing several short
stories Seeking quiet, and new ma
terial for her stories, She goes to a
small Arizona village as school
teacher. and there meets and falls In
love with young ranch owner. She
has devoted her life to her talent.
however. and refuses to marry and
sacrifice the career" which draws
her like d shining goal The man
promi SeS. however he will never. in
any way, interfere with her work
or her ambition, so they are married
Things go smoothly for awhile, and
the girl finishes writing book
Trouble comes with it's successful
publication. though, for a playwright
seeks the dramatic rights, and she re-
ceives Il tempting offer to collaborate
with him in rewriting il as play.
Her husband reluctantly consents to
heir moving to the city and the
Evening star., 1923-04-23
Photoplays.
RIALTO-"Hunting Big Game in
Africa"

All the thrills of stalking game on
the veldts and III the jungle, with
standing attacks of man eating beasts
and pursuing fleet animals to their
lairs with trusty tiivvers in the wilds
of Africa are given those viewing
III. A. Shows remarkable motion pic
ture, Hunting Big Game in Africa"
at the Rialto Theater this week.
Nothing like this has been presented
in Washington before.
The tour of the Shows in quest of
the pictures covered thousands Of
miles, and often they had to stalk
game for days before managing to
procure a few feet OF film. Water
holes, rare in the African WildS. were
visited, where furred and fcathered
deniZenS of the forests and jungleS of
the Dark Continent were pictured, but
these scenea are mild compared to
those OF adventure in the deeper re-
cesSes of this mysterious country.
Rhinosceri, hippotami. elephants and
lions We're encountered. and frequently
members of the hunting expedition
had to take to the tall timber for
their lives. With telescope lenses,
wonderful close-ups were filmed. es-
pecially of the man-killers. 1t was
we'll that the elder Snow was such d
sure shot. for time and time again the
enraged beasts charged the picture
makers and had to be killed with
neatness and dispatch. The elephant
or rhinerosceros on the warpath does
not permit much time for aiming
Often one of the several cameras set
up by the photographers would be
hurled into the air by the charging
monster.
Some of the adventures were not
without humor. When the hauling
became too strenuous for horses and
the oxen had died from some mystic
rlous ailment, the expedition was
equipped with fiivvers, and these
could outrun any of the plains ami
mails. 1t required days sometime to
tire the bewildered beasts When
cornered, they always showed fight,
and the attempts Of the warthoGs and
hEeEas TO attack the flivvers were
ludicrous
In addition to the pursuit of wild
game. the picture gives glimpses of
life in the great DeBeers diamond
mines and intimate views of life in
the Zuiu villages. They afford enter
tainment of a class that is rare.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

among Europe's children. After
a year Of hardship and untold
struggle the armistice is signed and
she returns home, to find thAt her
good works have made her famous
and that she is wanted everywhere
by everybody to make speeches and
lectures. She signs a contract to
make a lecture tour of the country,
and after a lapse of q few months
unexpectedly returns home for a
weeks vacation to find her son mar
ried to a, hotel telephone operator.
her husband the lover OF Angry"
Brice, played by Carmel Myers. and
her beautiful little girl child trans
formed into n sophistica ted-and in
toxicated-''vamp." The lecture con-
only adds fuel TO the flame, for the
once adorable Sylvia elopes with the
very man who induced her mother to
Evening star., 1923-04-23
ADJUSTMENTS
POLI'S-Pauline Frederick,
"The Guilty One"

this week. written by Michael Nor.
Ton and Peter Trail, brings Paullhe
Frederick back to the speaking stage;
7, is listed as a drama, but 1t appears
to have all the ha'lmarks OF melof
drama for IL is almost as 1ull OF
thrills as The Bat" in the lasr ns m
acts and has a surprise as oeIou !,
ment, which Is w"rhe" ner oo'
The story concerns a young me- ied y
couple who met during the war anu
married in haste. During the hist
act it seemed as if bolh lIie In 6,
acters aud the audience were goihs
IN repent at leisure" for the aclioi'
is SLOW, Indeed. the act might al :
most be called a prologue, III tna. M
it so palpably lays the fouhaatiotti !, Il
nf the plot and introduces All 'ne
characters.
end a brave man. who is not ARA
TO put his imagination 10 practica pr' a.
use TO solve his domestic tr0upies.
Is admirably portrayed py tdI,,,t ma
Waldron, who would make d Sallanss :
hero for any of charming plays OF
married life by eminent EnSllShilieHi II.
He is an excellent foil Tor the brstist Ms.
wife as imperSonated pS III,
Frederick. who makes Irene snort
ysry real as a restless woman OF the
world without a hobby and "ltnoue
children. In her elaborate, gowns
she looks the smart woman whose
nictures dot the rotogravure sections
of the big newspapers, ana III eH
aegerated gestures and carelessly
hung. tones she adds the nhishihs
touches to this picture.
Miss Frederick evidently SuHereu
from a, cold and last night had
trouble some huskiness TO overcome
net her words fell on the ear WIN
a clear-cut enunciat!on that was
yrleasiue The play, in spite or lts
clever plot would he or Smail IN :
terest without Miss Frederick in the
leading role.
Charles Dalton in the sem!-rll :
laiuous role of "A society loater III
love with the playwriEhts VIE, Is
60 good that the audience seemed 10
regret that he only appeared once
during the entire three acts. his
acting cloaked his part with reality.
This is true also Of the short char
acter portrayal offered by Henry
Warwick in the role of DIR. Brassey,
a. sophisticated but philosophical fam
jiy physician accustomed TO seeing
the married people Of the West End
as they really are. Miss Ethel Intro
piti is Strikingly effective as the
yyife's woman friend and Florence
Hdney as Annie, the servant. plays
In well restrained fashion. Charles
Dalton IS better detective than
is usually found in stage productions.
The one setting tor the play is arts
tic, giving suggestion OF homeiy
eoZlnesS.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
COLUMBIA-"The Famous Mrs.
Fair"

The Famous Mrs. Fair" by James
Forbes, produced in screen form un-
DER the direction of Fred Niblo. is
the feature at Loew's Columbia
Iheater thfs week. with Myrtle
steadman in the title role, Huntly
Gordon az Jeffery Fair, her husband
and Cullen Landis and Marguerite de
la Motto. as Alan and Sylvia, til Sr
two children. The story az set forth
III the screen version of the play in
which Blanche Bates and Henry Mil
Ter achieved remarkable success is
not particularly pleasant. For the
most part il IL the story OF a wrecked
home, and such a story seldom is
pleasant. But it's purpose is to teach
moral, and that purpose is well
served.
The assassination at Serajevo on
June s, 1914, that eventually plunged
practically the whole world into
war. did a lot of home wrecking also,
though it is difficult to believe that
the crash of the wealthy Fair family
of Long Island is typical of many.
Having given generously of her
money and finally her son to the
service. Nancy Fair concludes that
she must give also herself to the
great cause. and she goes to
care for and relieve the distress
Evening star., 1923-04-23

Cyril Maud, was shown yesterday at
Loew's Palace Theater with Theo-
dore Roberts in the name role.
A providential maxim forbids COM
PARSONS, but for dramatic value, in
dependent of the usual glamour of film
elaboration, since the setting Is that
of the stage play, it does not seem
likely that any actor, stage or screen,
could portray with more genuine
realism the character of big
Drained man slipping into the whim-
steal fussiness of pampered old age,
Andrew Bullivant, otferw e
Grumpy. is a famous barrister who
has retired from practice and lives in
his country home with devoted
young granddaughter and attendants.
who humor his almost childish whims
There is lovable nephew who has
been trusted with fabulously valu
able diamond and, as fate has an eye
for dramatic happenings, she arranges
avisitfrom an ornamental young crook
who steals the diamond and-but
that would be robbing the story. The
crime galvanizes the old man into a
rt turn of the power that had made
him Cne of the most famous criminal
lawyers Of his day.
He ferretS out the mystery. and in
doing il there is such laughter and
current devotion to his young people
that, as d whole, the play is thing
OF human nature get to thrills and
fun. Grumpy, tremulous with weak
ness and raspy as to temper. depends
so entirely on the people about him
that he has no big moments of his
own. He has no part, even, in the
one dramatic shock of sudden dark
ness when the thief escapes with the
diamond, leaving the nephew uncon-
scious on the floor. 1t is the detec-
tive work afterward in which the old
barrister triumphs and brings roman
tic happiness to the young party con-
cerned.
In the company which contributes
individually to the excellence of the
cast May McEvoy is girlishly natural
az the granddaughter. Conrad Nagle
as the nephew is 4 manly youngster.
and nothing too good can be said of
the valet who serves his master 10y
ally and treats him like Il child. The
young villain is elegant in dress and
of 4 philoTophy that takes failure as
final matter of course. and the
double dealer in secondhand dia-
mondN is of shrewd carefulness that
triumphantly evades the justice of the
law. World pictures and unusually
attractive minor features complete
Evening star., 1923-04-23

thrilling high lights in the life OF
professional boxer.
In Environment, "Alice Lake.
girl from the underworld, known to
her associates and the police as
Chicago SAL" Is caught in the act Of
burglarizing q farmers house. She is
arrested and stands trial. Milton
Sills as the farmer, known as Steve,
pleads for her, being Influenced by a
none of which is true, and the court,
instead of sending the girl to Jail
sentences her TO one year on the farm
of Steve, whose house she had at
tempted to rob. Then the romance
begins. Steve falls i'm love with ms
charge. Chicago Sal endures the
monotony of farm life for time
when the call for the old life becomes
too strong to resist and she returns
Evening star., 1923-04-23

CONTINUED on Tenth Page.)
Evening star., 1923-04-23

TO the city and to her former pals
Steve follows and she confes ,es lie.
true character and that she is beir
followed by the police. Steve endeav
ors to aid the girl to make her escape
but they are both caught. Rattle.
than explain to the police his connec.
tion with the girl he takes the blam,
for her crime and is sent TO jau
Chicago Sal then realizes the folly @
her life and that there is something
in going straight. She appeals t
Diamond jim" proprietor of caba.
ret, who reinstates her in her OH
position While Steve is in Jail tbs
girl cares for his aged grandmother
and his adopted boy, keeping his OWE
whereabouts a secret. When Steve
is released he finds the girl waiting
CONTINUED on Tenth Page.)
Evening star., 1923-04-23
BELASCO-"East of Suez."

". Somerset Maugham's East of
Suez" entered its second week last
night at the Shubert- Belasco, with
Hazel Dawn in the role of an Eu-
rasian adventures and the remain
der of the capable company assembled
by George Marshall cast as last week:
The performance has been well
mounted. and while at times the act
ing smacks too much of the I'll have
his blood" type of bygone days. East
of SueZ" is undeniably entertaining.
IT tells = kinlingeSuue story OF Eng
Evening star., 1923-04-23

make the lecture tour. Moral: No
woman can run her home and take
care of her family anywhere save by
staying on the home grounds. A
thrilling race by motor car. in q driv-
ing rain, with an express train lends
excitement to the picture.
The usual news and cartoon fea-
lures with an educational Aim on
Japanese schools. complete the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
CENTRAL-"Environment." {"

The photoplay offering at Crandalls
Central for the first four days of this
week is a strong one. appealing to
those who crave the realistic of the
underworld. 1t is called Environ
ment," and in il Milton Sills and
release of Fighting Blood" presents
Evening star., 1923-04-23
lishmen and Chinese in thrilling
manner.
GARRICK-"Girl in the Limou-
sine"

George Marshalls comedians are
presenting at the Shubert -Garrick
Theater this week another Hopwood
farce. less clever than its predecessors
and yet amusing. perhaps, to those
attuned to the reckless adventures of
this writer. It's presentation, prob
ably, is for the purpose of raising the
money for respectable productions
later on
Evening star., 1923-04-23
Grumpy"

Grumpy" screen production Of
the stage comedy made famous in
TINS country by the English actor
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-09

man who is known to spend an aw- ful lot of money on her clothes, we can't help but think. from the way she dresses. that she doesn't get her moneys worth by long ways.
 As the education of woman pro eeeds we keep hoping the time will finally come when they will learn that the middle of busy sidewalk down town isn't the place to do their visiting.
 The world may be getting better, but we will admit that we have our seasons of blue funk when We feel that tho people in it are getting worse.
 When a man first gets his car the way he treats t reminds his wife of the way he treated her when she was bride But after ne has had it awhile, she'll say to it, "Well, you and are in the same boat now"
 Before they are married it makes him tremble to think of meeting her, and afterwards the thought of meeting her often will make him tremble even more.