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Evening star., 1923-10-09

OF course. Red Head, had to be given,
the curtain finally coming down on
an exhausted coincidence. Several
gowns worn by Miss Franklin caused
comment on their beauty. by the fe-
male portion of the audience.
An exceptionally bright little Offer
ting is that of Gibson and Connelli, en-
titled "one Night in SPRING" the con-
marriage being particularly bright. the
. former, an English comedian, creat-
ing an endless line of laughter. The
offering Of B. c. Hilliam and company.
"HilliameSques of 1925" Is somewhat
disappointing on account of the lack
of new stuff. The little revue Is nicely
staged, the company is clever. but
there is too much that has been seen
before. The lines are all right. but
there Is lack of telling action SO
dearly loved by patrons of vaudeville.
Miss Lindsey and her pony, Sui
tan, opened the program In good
shape, and Lauretta Rhodes and Ruth
Watson followed with splendid
singing act Billy Barnes. in "A
Dre-1 Rehearsal" created continuous
lau ter, his work as the author
stage manager. being very funny. Ed
Lowry In a single turn made hit
with his songs and eccentric dancing.
Elizabeth Brown and Sedano present
a dancing act far above the average,
and. but for the fact that they closed
the bill, would have recorded one or
the big hits of the evening Both are
.--.ortfonaily graceful dancers, MISS
Brown especially.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
COSMOS-Gordon Kibbler's Black
and White Orchestra.

Those who are in search of three
hours of delightful vaudeville enter
tainment this week will find 1t at the
Cosmos Theater. There are two head
liners. although one of them. Gordon
Kibbler's Black and White Orches-
ira "A symphony of Syncopation' as
il Is billed, is a new attraction TINS
season in name. but not in artistry,
for it presents it's peculiar, modern
type of music with a finish and re-
finement that wins admiration. With
ii is the Primrose Four, Il 600 POUNDS
of Harmony for it's trademark. and
a hurricane of harmohiZed selections,
and yet it has its other comedy as
well. both making fine entertain
ment
''Ledegar," he, she, or 1t. as you
may guess, opens the bill with
"Clean Up" and when the surprise is
over you find you have seen one or
the most amusing tight rope per-
formances in many a day. The Billy
Miller Company with The Sign
Post" brings the old familiar plot OF
the divorce lawyer who reconciles
conflicting pair. but the sketch is a
new one. well constructed and is very
amusing. Sam Gardner and Jean Au-
brey charm with a pleasing blend or
voices in new songs with Jean as an
accordeonist. Morgan and Sheldon
bring a girl singer with voice and
with comedy talent that makes hit.
"Hoot" Gibson is back on the
screen. this time in "Blinky." his first
big Universal comedy. in which
"Hoot" opens as an army officers
boob son and he looks the part. But
when the plot carries him to the wild
west in a chase after a rasca9ly
bandit and his majors daughter the
old "Hoot" looms in sight and holds
you to the close with his feats which
redeem him from army scorn and win
him a pretty bride. A two-reel Char
ley Murray farce and the Urban
Movie Chats complete an enjoyable
Evening star., 1923-10-09
Touch of Dissension Arises
In Ranks Of Capitol Guides

had not been filled, it would be di-
vided among twelve. So he has laid
down the edict that ONeill cannot
work. Nevertheless, the boy from
Connecticut does good deal of the
work accompanied by another guide)
and gets none of the pay. He was
advised today by Mr.. Rodgers to let
drop hint that a little of the soft
pickin's ought to come his way.
But all the little dissensions are in
cidental to the big blow-off to come
later in the year when Congress gets
back and the sergeant-at-arms asks
Congress for abolition Of the Capitol
guide force.
Mr.. Rodgers holds the idea of charg-
ing visitors 25 cents a head to be
shown through the Capitol building
their building-as preposterous. and
will so tell Congress. October and
November are known as "brides'
months" at the Capitol. They are the
most profitable months Of the year
and the money. sooner or later, must
be divided among thirteen men--hence
the dissension.
FavOrs Free Service.
Mr.. Rogers favors the establish
ment of Capitol guide force which
will take people through their Capitol
building without charge. He does not
care who heads the force, nor who is
appointed to it. but he wants to see
Evening star., 1923-10-09
PLANS TO INSTRUCT
IN PLATE PRINTING
Union Appoints Committee to
Arrange for Opening
School in District.

Plans for the opening of a school
60 teach higher phases of the art
Of plate printing and die stamping
to members OF the Plate Printers
Union here have been completed and
the union has authorized President
\. j. Fallon to appoint committee
to make arrangements for such an
establishment, it was announced
today.
The reason for such a school as
signed is that the majority of plate
printers in the District are employed
ing where only the bank note angle
of the industry fiourishes. Seeking
jobs in other cities plate printers
from Wa hington are compelled to
admit they are not "all round men,,
knowing comparatively nothing
about die stamping and dry work" "
such as is seen on expensive post
cards and gift cards.
Machinery to Cost $1,000.
1t is to correct such a condition that
the union announced the formation
of school here. Already estimates
have placed the probable cost of ma
chinery at approximately $4,000 alone.
There will be die stamping machines,
according to the plans. and plate
printing presses. of both the hand and
power type. a special department is
planned wherein man employed in
any line of the industry having Il
lew kinks in his workmanship can
get instruction and practical expert
Cnce In having them ironed out.
1t Is expected that the personnel
nf the school committee will be an
nounced within the neXt.week.
Bureau Men Out of Work.
At the present time approximately
210 local plate printers are out of
their jobs in the bureau. They them
selves would form a field from which
to draw students Immediately upon
the organization of the school Dur
ing periodic Iay-offs in the future. in
addition. it is planned to allow the
men not at work here to have every
opportunity for improvement.
'The primary object of our union"
declared an official of the union to-
day. "is to better our members in
their work. We want to raise the
standard of workmanship because we
realize that the better workman
IS, when identified with our member
ship. the stronger is our power as q
union
Evening star., 1923-10-09
SUGGEST REMEDIES
FOR Unemployment
Many Schemes Given Publicity in
British News
papers.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, October s.-The unem-
ployment situation is daily discussed
at considerable length in the news
papers, and the many suggested
schemes for relieving the crisis are
widely discussed.
The governments special committee
passing many hours in private debate
Investigating the diverse plans. but
SO far has not reached conclusion.
Numbers of labor organizations main
tain constant pressure on the COM
mittee in speech and resolutions. and
their impatience, it is said, is spur
ring the committee to hasten It's in
quiry.
Among the various outside pro-
posals is one which the Westminster
Gazette says an influential CONNER
cial organization is about to press,
calling for currency imitation as the
desperate remedy for a desperate
condition. The newspaper adds that
the government committee has al
ready considered this plan. Imitation
i'll this instance, the paper continues,
means an increase in the banking de-
posits accompanied by rising COM
modify prices: 1t does not mean the
creation of paper money.
Another scheme, put forward by the
British League of Ex-Service Men,
calls for the establishment of q COM
mfttee to operate public utility works
financed by national loan of f200,-
900, 200.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
PRESIDENT-'The Champion. .

THE Champion" one of those de-
lightfully amiable British comedies
by A. E. Thomas and Thomas Louden,
In which everybody finally lives hap
PLY ever after. is presented in enter
ater this week under the direction of
Harry Manners with the popular
President Players well cast in the
various roles.
"The Champion" tells thc\ story
of prodigal son who ran away from
home to evade the ministry, a profess
sion which an extremely despotic' and
explosive old father wanted to wish
on him. Fifteen years later the son
returns an American citizen and a
champion middle-weight prize fighter.
1t doesn't seem to make any differ
ence that he has retired from the
ring and is member of the Connecti-
cut legislature, for his excitable par
ent won't give him a chance to ex-
plain at all. but insists that the son
has disgraced his family, etc.
John Litel makes the hero a. like
able and very much Americanized
young man, and Edith King is charm
ing as the titled British heroine. J..
Irving White makes the most of his
many opportunities as the old father
and Helen Travers is very good as
the mother. Eunice Hunt is pretty
as the impulsive younger sister.
and Elliott Jorner and Adrian Morgan
are equally good in the roles of the
two snobbish and rather Intellectual
brothers. Others in the cast include
Leo Lindhard. Agnes Grant, William
Cunningham. Walter Marshall, Thee
dore Hardy, j. s. Hughes and Gus
tave Bowman.
The one setting of the play was
very good and the music provided
by Meyer Goldman's Orchestra dur
ing the intermissions was excellent.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
NATIONAL-"Music Box Revue

The Music Box Revue" which
opened for a week at the National
; last night, was just what everybody
expected it to be, a great conglomera
tion of extravagant and artistic sets,
| color combinations galore and light
ing and scenic effects, mostly worked
out with filmy curtains. as a back
ground for much singing. many beau
tiful girls in striking costumes.
clever dancing and much comedy. The
! many dancers and singers in the cast
are excellent, the dancing novel.
nearly every song one of last years
hits, and the comedy is fair, though
rather more along the slapstick line
than is usually found in top-notch
revues, with the exception. of course,
of Charlotte Greenwood, the one and
only inimitable Charlotte, who puts
across her clowning in a subtle and
insinuating way that brands it as
real humor.
OF the scenery and costumes little
need be said beyond the fact that.
they are magnificent. Previous re-
vues may have been more beautiful
as a whole. but the mechanical in
genuity employed brings this up to
the level of all In the spectacular.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
,SHUBERT-GARRICK - 'The Old
Soak"

1t has been some time since Wash
tngton theater lovers have had an op-
portunltv of enjoying a better in
terpreted or more thoroughly enjoy
able comedy than THE Old Soak" an
epic from the scintillating pen of
Don Marquis. which opened here~last
night at the ShubertGarrick Theater.
together with that Playhouse in it's
newly acquired interior Splendor
In shining above the artistic abil-
ity of his supporting company Harry
Beresford had something more than
the average task cut out for him. His
was one of those rare companies in
which 1t is hard to find single weak
character but Mr.. Beresford. inter-
preting the role of Clem Hawley,
The Old Soak" himself, offers, a
brand Of acting that is far above the
average very good"
To the credit of the plot, it makes
no attempt TO moralize or recall
gloomy modern problems to spoil the
evening; 1t simply furnishes it's audi
ence with several hours of wholesome
fun. 1t argues neither for nor against
prohibition. simply depicting the life
prohibition is no obstacle when he
wants a drink. And the last time the
audience sees him he is taking a
drink. No impossible reformation is
attempted or suggested.
Extraordinary care must have been
exercised when the cast was picked,
for every character is perfectly
placed. Marie Bruce takes the part of
Glenn Hawley's wife with exceptional
ability. and Dicky Borough is not
only a pretty daughter but pleas
ingly talented one. Clem, jr., the chip
eff the old block, is portrayed well by
Charles Ellis. The nearest thing to
villainy is furnished by Wyrley Birch,
as Cousin Webster Parson, the village
banker and distant relation of Mrs.
Glenn Hawley.
Sydney Riggs combines the frank
ness and sparkling pep of the modern
young man without OVERRIDING it, and
as a result makes a very likable
sweetheart for Clem's stunning
daughter. Laura Hamilton is Ina
Heath, the cabaret girl fiancee of
Glenn, jr. Eva Williams as Mel lie, the
hired girl, and Robert E. .OiConnor as
"Al," the town bootlegger and former
bartender, are equals of the rest Of
the cast in every way.
"The Old Soak" formally opened the
Shubert- -Garrick for the winter sea-
son last night. The entire house has
been thoroughly renovated and re-
touched, with the result that it pre-
sents now a most pleasing appear
ance to match the pleasing plays 1t is
to house, if last nights performance
may be accepted as a criterion.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
P0LI'S-Leo Ditrichstein in ..Right
Is Might" =

Right is Might" tragedy from
the pen or Pedro Calderon de la
Barca, Spain's greatest playwright of
in the role Of Crespo. was presented
last night at Polls Theater by Lee
Shubert. Dressed In its sixteenth
century garb, Right Is Might" tells
tale as grimly tragic. as elemental.
as was the story of John Ferguson -
the Irish peasant farmer, which en-
thralled Washington theatergoers In
recent years.
1t is perhaps astonishing that Fright
Is Might" should have been written
by nobleman of Spain who was a
youth when Shakespeare was still
Understanding that such q lofty
conception of justice should have
emanated from the very class which
rode rough-shod over the peasants for
and produced in Spain $50 years be-
fore the French revolution.
The story is the brutal ravishment
OF beautiful peasant girl of Spain,
Alvaro Ataido. captain of regiment
of the king = the king, by the way,
being Philip II, in the year 1574-and
the punishment meted out to Don AL
varo by Crespo. Calderon himself was
soldier and a nobleman, though
later he became priest. In days
when the division between the classes
was as wide as the Atlantic ocean.
The Spanish dramatist has been
called master of invention" and
clearly he demonstrates this in Right
Is Might" The tale unfolds with all
the harshness of fate, but at the same
time Calderon clearly used his inven-
tive power to develop the situations
little tricks Of mechanism that creak
somewhat In this day of greater di-
rectness.
Leo Ditrichstein, in the part of
Crespo, wealthy farmer and peasant,
honest. rugged and independent to an
unusual degree for one of his class,
dominates the production. He is mas
terful, he is a wronged father. and
hnaIly he is a stern judge. Madeline
Delmar as Isabelle, Crespo's daugh-
ter. is admirable in part that calls
for emotional acting which might
easily be overdone. Stephen Wright
as the testy old Don Lopez, Spanish
general, as upright and honest in his
way as the peasant Crespo, adds to
the success of the production. L. L
Fernandez. the captain who carries
or Isabelle, is not so convicing. He
light opera.
The play is wonderfully staged, with
settings that have been made as like
the old Spanish scenes they depict as
possible. Music, songs and serenades
add to the effectiveness. But there
Is need Of further polishing, of the
elimination of stiltedness, that now
detracts from the effectiveness of the
play. Ancient weapons and costumes
m"st be used and worn with more
ease, and phrases that sound strange
In modern ears must fall more readi-
ly from the lips.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
KEITH'S-Irene Franklin.

That wonderful little comedienne
and singer Irene Franklin, occupied
Keith's stage last night for forty-five
minutes and could have stayed longer,
but she begged off. So much time was
taken up with her personality and
character songs that the Pathe pic
lures had to be cut out at the end.
as it was n quarter after IL when the
final curtain went down. Miss Frank
lin has a unique personality. and puts
over her songs, which have been
written by her, with such telling
punch as to make the audience clam r
for more. "Booful Lady" the philoso-
ply of the cigar counter girl. Is her
new Offering. and, at it's conclusion.
was placed alongside of her other
successes. Miss Franklin sang at
least a dozen songs. but the best of
the lot is that classic, Help! Help!
Help" the story of a fireman's jealous
wife, the audience going wild over
the lines and the convincing, earnest
manner in which 1t was passed out.
Then came the REQUEST numbers. and
Evening star., 1923-10-09
ADJUSTMENTS

One scene in particular, 'The Dia-
mond Horseshoe" is as brilliant a
display Of costumes and setting as
was ever seen on the stage. In the
opening performance things went
wrong. Scenes weren't shifted proper.
ly. and the orchestra and singers
sometimes didn't get together, OBJ.
vious rustfness from a long vacation
following the New York run that will
have to be worked out.
Charlotte Greenwood carries off the
premier honors. She takes the same
part that FIorence Moore played in
last years Music Box" and she is
clever. In the aviation scene. the
zoo scene, the grand opera scene and
In a laughable travesty on stock COM
pany melodrama she scores heavily
as real comedienne. The other COM
edy parts, taken by Mccullough and
Clark, an old-time team, and Hal
sherman, create innumerab'e laughs,
but 1t needs real personality to put
across their lines. which are not par
ttcularly clever, and they are rather
of the burlesque type.
There are dancers in the "Musfc
Box worthy of note. Ruth Page and
John Walsh do an ihterpretative
dance that is artistic and finished and
torttonistic variety, is languorous and
exotic grace to the nth degree Other
outstanding headliners include the
Mccarthy sisters, Margaret and Dor
othy. who dance and sing in a most
pleasing way. William Gaxton as a
singer and actor is also excellent.
Altogether this years revue is highly
entertaining. The scenes shift in
rapid succession and the audience Is
amused and delighted by turn con-
ttnuously. 1t IL well rounded out,
clean and artistic production.
Evening star., 1923-10-09

quite novel and exceedingly funny.
This sketch used parts of an old film
Of one of Charlie Chaplin's pictures,
which enabled the two comedians of
the company. Eddie Cole and Harry
Morris. to spring a laughable sur
prise on the audience. These two.
Cole and Morris. keep the show NOV
ing at a rapid pace. and their work
is. above the ordinary.
Julia Clifford is the prima donna Of
the company. Her voice is rather
good and her song numbers selected
from good musical hits. Dolly Davis
is clever little soubrette with q
good deal of dancing ability and
could easily be given more place on
the program.
Others in the cast are Ethel Bart
lett, Myrtle Andrews Harold Ken
nedy, Jack Stab and Harvey Brooks.
Peat and Smith do a clever dance
turn.
There are a number of good scenic
displays, the best of which are the
ocean bathing number and tire finale
showing a sort of electrically lighted
merry-gc- round. The chorus is above
the ordinary and tastefully costumed.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
CLEVELAND NOT GUTTER.
City Still a Contender for q. o. p.
National Convention.

CLEVELAND, October 9.-Cleveland
still is In the fight for the republican
national convention in 1924, despite
reports that it will go to Chicago, it
was stated here.
Reports in circulation that Chicago
has been assured the convention were
characterized as propaganda by WAL
ter d. Meals, former appellate Judge
and member Of committee working
to bring tie convention here.
Certain officials on the republican
national &C \ 1tttee have been circula-
ting these / ,orts with the obvious
intention or. creating sentiment for
Chicago" Mr.. Meals said.
1.-THE Tippecanoe Club committee still
is hard at work to get guarantee
of s125.000 for the convention
Evening star., 1923-10-09
STATE BANKS UPHELD
IN CHECK COLLECTION
Supreme Court Sustains Ruling
That Fee Can Be Charged
for Service,

The Supreme Court yesterday de-
clined to review it's decision in the case
brought by the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank Of Monroe, n. c., and
others against the Federal Reserve
Bank Of Richmond. Va, in which it
held that states might authorize state
banks to charge for services in the COL
lection of checks drawn upon them.
The Federal Reserve Board consid-
cred the case vital in establishing it's
contention that reserve banks had the
right. which no state could impair, to
insist upon all banks, including those
not members of the federal reserve
sysyg aWn upon cI them which ba an had cheees Sesn
placed with federal reserve banks for
collection.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
ORDERS STOCK RETURNED.

Justice Stafford of the District Su-
preme Court has directed the alien
property custodian to return fifty
shares of Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany stock to Baron Georges Lamorel
Forguer, a Belgian diplomat residing
at Liege. The stock was seized dur
ing the war. The government is or.
dered to pay over also the accrued
dividends.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
COURT NAMES RECEIVER.
New Yorker Appointed for Gid.
ding G. Co.'s Local Bra11eh..

Justice Hitz of the District Supreme
Court today appointed-Leo A. Price
of New York as receiver of the local
branch of J. M. Gliding & Co., Inc,
ladies clothing. The reeeivership fol-
lowed legal proceedings in New York,
where Mr.. Price wac named IS receiy-
er of the company.
The local litigation was filed by
Charles HI. Mears of Philadelphia,
through Attorney Frank j. Hogan.
The company filed it's consent to the
appointment of the receiver through
Attorney Thomas +. Cullen.
Evening star., 1923-10-09

A little touch of dissension has
crept into the hitherto sacred circle
of Capitol guides. the gentlemen with
about the building for the mere pit
TANGO of 25 cents. 1t comes about
because of the presence in their midst
Of new guide, named O'Neill, ap-
pointed last week by Sergeant-at-
Arms OF the House Rodgers to take
the place of Guide Terry. Terry is
now on his way to San Francisco to
attend the convention Of the American
Legion after a profitable summer at
guiding visitors from the four corners
Of the United States through their
Capitol building-at % cents per
head.
O'Neill halls from Connecticut and
has the inquisitiveness and some of
the acquisitiveness of the Yankee
But the guide trust at the Capitol
won't let him take party around
the building alone and won't let him
collect the money when he is accom-
panied by another guide. So far they
haven't paid him anything for his
services. which began last Wednes-
day. and he don't expect to get any
thing from the profitable "labors'' Of
his job until next week. In other
words. he is serving an apprenticeship
without pay.
Means Less Revenue Per Capita.
Chief Cady of the guides doesn't
like the idea of O'Neill's appointment
TO the guide staff by the sergeant-at-
arms. The addition Of guide to take
the place of Terry means that the
money must be whacked up by thir-
teen guides, while If Terry's pIace
Evening star., 1923-10-09

Why don't tn government dis
continue tn five-cent piece, as it
hain't good fer anything unless
we want t tip a Chinaman?
Constable Plum broke his arm
this mornin' while barin' a rum
plot.
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Evening star., 1923-10-09
GAYETY-"Youthful Follies. y

This weeks attraction at the Gay
ETY. Theater is william S. Campbelfs s
Youthful Follies Company in a bur-
,esuue revue entitled "All for Fun
and Fun for AL" The show is built
for laughing, and the contractor fol-
lowed the Specifications as outlined
in the title. II ere are quite a few
good comedy sketches offered during
the evening, one in particular being
Evening star., 1923-10-09

justice done to the visitors Mr..
Rodgers believes many members OF
c ngress will see IT his way, for sew
eral have expressed their opinion that
they are tired OF having their constftu-
ents made to pay for the privilege of
going through the Capitol building.
Evening star., 1923-10-09
quite novel and exceedingly funny.

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