davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Will Travesty Melodrama.

One of the funniest travesties of the
season, For PHYS SAKE" the bur
lesque story of transforming troups
of Thespians, with their weeping
heroine, their handsome hero ana
ance at the Scroggins' Opera Hous.'
will be the big laugh-maker of next
weeks bill at the Cosmos Theater. It
is being presented for the first time
at Cosmos prices. Another feature
out of the ordinary will be Frank
Richardson, the blackface comedian.
who has been called "the joy boy o.
song," in a repertory peculiarly his
own.
Others will include George W.
Moore. IN novelty entertainment;
Grace Fallon and Willard F'iske, in
words and Music: Ann Adams and
Gertrude Lilyan, two pretty girls
with a speciality of their own, and
Laughlin and West, in The Little
Speculator." by Tommy Gray.
The photoplay Will be Rex Beach's
contribution to the big-brother move
ment produced by Allen Dwan. under
the title Big Brother" and featuring
Tom Moore, Raymond Hatton and
Edith Roberts. 1t was first conceived
here in Washington with an altruistic
purpose. and concerns the efforts of q
gangster to go straight in order. 20
properly raise little boy bequeathed
to him by dying pal. The Universal
comedy, You're Next" and the Movie
Chats will be other attractions.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Cosmos-The Great Lovers

Jimmie Gildea, the we'll known CO.
median, will amuse in the role of a
lover who is laughed at instead OF
being loved in 1.-The Great Lovers 9"
which he and his company of seven
will present as the leading feature Of
the entertainment at the Cosmos
Theater next week. Jimmie has a
record as an amusing comedian of
clever methods, and his playlet as a
tabloid dramatic success. Another
big number will be furnished by Lura
Bennett and her athletic girls in a
round of fencing, boxing and wres-
Ting bouts, headed by Lura herself
who is said to be the only American
girl who has ever appeared as an &C
tive participant in professional box
ing.
Bal Lloyd and Jack Goode, black
face exponents Of funny chatter and
burlesque dancing: Valentine Fox,
one of the best of the big ventrilo-
quists. in The Clubman," his new
sketch. which is said to be filled with
novelties; Brent Hayes with his han
jo. in plantation melodies and also in
music of the masters, and MaXon and
Morris with Il new mannikin idea in
"Mirthful Oddity," will complete the
bill.
'Hoot' Gibson's new photoplay,
The Thrill Chaser which keeps
Hoot chasing from the western plains
to a movie studio and thence to the
heart Of Arabia, and all over girl.
will be the photoplay for the week.
It will be supplemented with a laugh
making two reeler and the Movie
Chats.
The last performances OF the Cos
mos anniversary bill will be given to-
day, starting at 3 pm.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Poll 's-Lionel Atwill In The
Outsider"

William Harris. jr.. will present
Lionel Atwill. in The outsider, a
play, from London. at Polls this
Mr.. Atwill. seen here in 'pebu-
rau." The Grand Duke" and more
recently in vaudeville. has new sort
of role. While it is said to be as col
orful and romantic as the others, the
THE Outsider" charmed London
for a year, and three companies of
the play are still touring the British
provinces. Dorothy Brandon, the au-
thor, is the writer of several novels
and one-act plays.
Mr.. Harris has engaged to support
Mr.. Atwill cast including Lester
Lonergan, Ann Davis. w. Wigney
Percival, John Blair, Whitford Kane.
Pat Somerset, Fernando Eliscu: Flor
ence Edney and Kenneth Hunter.
The rehearsals have been conducted
under the direction of Robert Milton.
The sets have been designed by Liv-
ingston Platt.
The story is Of girl who has been
denied the usual run of life on ac-
count of an accident that cripples her.
She turns to all the doctors in vain
for aid. Her father. an eminent sur
geon. with all his friends, decide that
her case is hopeless. Then enters the
outsider, a man who is known as a
quack. He has skill. they will admit,
but he does not possess certificate
and should not be allowed to prac-
tice. He begs in vain for certifi-
cate and acknowledgment of his pow
ers. But they keep him outside. He
seeks out the girl, offers her a COM
plete cure. But she must have faith
and come with him. Then follows
the conflict between the girl and the
outsider on one side and the medical
profession and her friends on the
other.
Lionel Atwill plays the part of the
outsider, Ann Davis that of the girl
and Lester Lonergan that of her
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Sir Hary's Farewell. -

HARRY LAUDER, the international
entertainer. comes to Polls Non
day night, February 25, is often good
naturediy joked about his farewell
tours As matter Of fact, Sir Harry
is not yet ready to announce his de-
finite retirement from the stage
The last time he was in the United
States he announced that he was de-
sirouS of making a tour entirely
around the world before retiring to
his estate at Dunoon, Scotland. to
spend his ripened years as a Scottish
laird. This statement is recalled now
that William Morris, who has been
the director Of the Lauder tours for
the past seventeen years, makes
known the fact that, following the
comedians present tour of the United
States and Canada, he will play a
brief engagement in London, and will
then inaugurate his at
ed plan of circling the globe.
His tour will cover at least two
years, and will include India, China. the
Straits Settlements, South Africa and
other countries. IL is, therefore, very
probIematical when hs will return and
when he will retire.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Odette Myrtil.

ODETTE MYRTIL, piquant star of
~ the French and English revues.
is introduced to American vaudeville
as a singer Of distinction and a vio-
linist of skill.
Miss Myrtil is paying her second
visit to this country. In 1915, rag
ing success in Europe, she was in
duced to come to America and appear
in the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic,"
and for eighteen months she appeared
on the New Amsterdam roof. She
then returned to England, intending
to come back very soon. but her Eu-
ropean engagements somehow piled
up. until the past summer. when
Edward v. Darling Of the Keith cir
cult saw her in London in Charles B.
Cochran's "Dover Street to Dixie" in
which, incidentally, Florence Mills
made her great English success, and
persuaded her to come over and VEN
And" says Miss Myrtil. 81 simply
adore it,
There should be some way of indi-
eating in type the charm of her
quaint accent but there isn't. It is
too subtle to be set down in black
and white. 1t must. be heard.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

cIGMUND RoMBERG, the composer,
- who combined the best known
melodies of Franz Schubert into the
score of blossom Time" which will
return to Polls Theater March 9, has
told something Of his methods in
handling the Franz Schubert score.
Romberg is a native Of Vienna, and
has been familiar all his life with the
music of Schubert. He loved and
played it even in the days when he
was a student at the University of
Vienna. So when he was selected by
the MessrS. Shubert to adapt Schu-
bert score he knew just what to in
clude.
"T think" he said recently, that
have been able to give a very compre-
hensive idea of the music of Schubert
In Blossom Time We have used all
the best known Of the melodies OF the
great composer, who died in 1928. In
many instances they have been un-
changed, merely fitted together. But
in one or two instances j found Schu-
bert themes so beautiful that I eX-
panded them, simply repeating over
certain phrases.
"The only real change was in the
matter of knitting together the score.
There are certain passages which hare are
descriptive of action when no char
acter is speaking or singing. For
such passages I simply strung to-
gether a large number of Schubert
melodies in quick succession. For in
stance, there is one passage of eight
bars. For those eight bars I used
thirty-two separate Schubert melo-
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Comedian s Life
Has Trasic End

Frank Hayes. the noted comedian,
who has been considered one of the
foremost laughmakers on the screen
ever since the days when he was the
lieutenant Of the Keystone police, had
a lifelong wish to play serious roles.
In all the years ne has been acting he
never had the chance until Erich Won
Stroheim selected him for the role of
Old Grannis in the Goldwyn produc-
tion of Greed"
But Hayes will never see himself
on the screen in the sort Of role he
has always wanted to play. He died
as result of relapse following double
pneumonia on December % last. He
was over fifty years of age and had
spent most of his life on the.stage and
screen.
The particularly tragic part Of it is
that Hayes believed he could do other
things than low comedy, in which he
became famous. And now he will not
witness the qualification of his life
long desire. 1t is said by those who
have seen Greed" in it's present form
that Hayes had made a characterize
ton that is triumph in artistry.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Strand Hyatt. American
Samson.

Marcus Loew, whose booking agency
supplies the vaudeville for the Strand
Theater, has discovered young Cali
fornian whose strength Is said to be
phenomenal and who aspires to
heavyweight honors when his yaude-
Vile engagemets are over, He bites
iron chains in two and twists steel
bars with his hands. and he will be
the star of the bill this week, begin
ming today.
y Others include Henri Marco, Helene
Beth and company. with Helene Rein
hardt, in a variety of colorful dances.
gorgeously staged: Bob Archer and
Blanche Belford in a laugh-provok-
ing farce, THE New Janitor'; Harry
Bussey and Donia, "venders of va
riety," including song, dance and in
strumental numbers, and Tommy Won
and Sara Vernon in new collection
of humor presented under the title,
The Peach and The Stew"
William Fox's spectacular produc-
ton, "St Elmo" an adaptation of Au-
gusta Evans famous old romance,
with John Gilbert in the stellar role.
will be shown. Supporting the star
are Barbara La Mari, Bessie Love,
Warner Baxter, Nigel De Brullier and
Lydia Knott.
"St. Elmo" concerns a young south
ern planter, whose life is nearly ruin
ed when he finds his sweetheart in his
friends arms and both Of them plot
ting his ruin.
Short film features also will be
shown.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Belasco-"T The Fool"

Claiming PoIlock's play, "The
FOOL will begin the last week Of its
Washington engagement at the Shu-
bert-Belasco tonight.
More than $50 ministers Of Wash
Ington and nearby Virginia and Mary
land are said to have seen the play
and Samuel Gompers and other ex-
ecutives of the American Federation
of Labor, among others who were in
terested in the authors treatment of
the labor question, attended the first
performance here.
''The Fool" purports to be dramatic
picture Of the strife of modern life
between capital and labor. ignorance
and shrewdness, between those trying
to rise and others trying to keep them
down. Over all there arises the figure
of the hero, helping the downtrodden
while Indifferent to the slurs and
snubs Of people he had known when
he was assistant rector of a fashion
able New York church.
The company presenting the play
here numbers a cast Of thirty-fve, in
Guiding Olive Wyndham, Harry G..
Browne, A. I. Herbert, Zelma Tiden,
Oscar Figman, Clarence Handyside,
Hale Norcross, David Leonard. Bea-
trice Kay, Hiida Vaughan, Elizabeth
Shirley. Noah Shelby, Maude Row.
land, Blanche Sharp, Virginia Nor
ton, Hamilton Mott, Frank Conlon and
George Wright. .-
Evening star., 1924-02-10
A Blacksmith s Bow.

HYATT. who bites chains in two
L L and twists iron bars with his bare
hands, has been a wrestler and be-
Iieves he can win heavyweight hon.
ors.
Hyatt is a native Of Oakland, Calf,
and began life as an apprentice to a
blacksmith. The constant exercise
development, and then the idea of
becoming a strong man was given
by his friends. From that time on
Hyatt practioed daily in biting
through chains and twisting iron
bars, and as such tricks are not of
much use to q blacksmith, Hyatt
found himself out of a job.
Advanced funds to go to New York
he demonstrated before several Loew
executives with the result that he was
given 4 tour OF the Locw theaters.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Eugene O'Neill's Gold.

TAMES REYNOLDS designed four
- simple and effective settings for
Eugene O'Neill's play. Cold" which
the Rams Head Players are present
ing. One is a barren coral island in
the South seas at high noon. when
the shipwrecked sailors discover the
supposed chest of gold; the interior
Of a boat shed on the California coast
where Capt. Bartlett completes his
plans to return to the island to re-
rior of the Bartlett home on the sea
on the morning that Capt Bartlett's
ship sails without him, and the
crazed old captains "cabin''-his look
out post---from which he vainly waits
and watches for the ship that never
Will return.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Keith 's-Odette Myrtil.

Last week it was London and
echoes Of the music halls and this
week it is echoes of France and
South America at Keith's.
Odette Myrtil, a charming French
girl, who is said to not only play the
violin as concert artist. but who
also has q charm of manner and per-
son to please the eye. tops the bill.
She has had three cities, New York,
Paris and London pay her homage.
Quite in contrast will come the De
Marcos, two dancing idols of South
America, who will present not only
a program Of Latin dances, but who
will dance to the snaky melodies Of
the Seven Musical Sheiks-seven sons
of the desert who strum mellow tunes
impossible to resist.
Another act Of top-notch class.
Bird Millman, queen of the Wire"
a sensation Of the big white top as
we'll as of the Ziegfeld and Green
wich Village Follies. will perform
difficult feats in which she is pre-
eminent
other attractions will include "Cat-
erpillars," a novelty comedy, pre-
sented by Frank Davis and Adele
Darnell, who were featured in Lew
Fields BLUE Eyes," 1.-The Ga1eties
Of 1919 and The Frivolities Of
1920" Wilfred Clarke. son of John
Sleeper Clarke in his time a leading
Evening star., 1924-02-10
President Simon Called
Peter"

Among the widely-discussed books
of postwar literature was Robert
Keable's novel, "Simon Called Peter"
founded upon daring theme that
awakened such interest that a dozen
Broadway managers sought the. dra-
matte rights to the volume.
William A. Brady purchased the
piece and Jules Eckert Goodman, au-
thor of "The Man Who Came Back"
adapted it for the stage. Mr.. Brady
has announced his intention to make
1t the first of his new productions for
the season of 1924-25.
Washington will have prelimin-
ary glimpse of the production tonight,
for the Washington Theater Guild has
been given permission to present the
play for a limited run at the President
Theater These will be the only per
formances prior to the New York
opening.
Noel Tearle, the well known lead
ing man, has been specially engaged
for the principal role OF Peter Ora,
ham, a young preacher who is called
upon to serve as a war chaplain and
who encounters life in far different
aspect from that which he had seen
as a successful pulpit orator. Peggy
Coudray will have the most ambitious
role she has ever been offered in
Julie. Frances Lightner, June Web
ster and Robert Harrigan Will be con-
genially cast.
number of New York producers will
come to Washington and for tomor-
row night over 800 Washington pas
tors have beer invited to be guests OF
the management.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Gayety-"Town Scandals. "

"Town Scandals" with Harry
('rHickey'') LIE Van as the featured
comedian, is the attraction, at the Gay
ETY. this week.
Harry LIE Van, popular comedian in
Columbia burlesQue, presents his own
peculiar style of "hick" comedy. He
will be assisted by Johnny Hudgins,
black face entertainer; Ray King and
Frank O'Neill, Lettie Bolles, Exile But
Ter, prima donna; Margaret Sweeney,
soubrette, and Lillian Beason, comed-
ienne, with an ensemble Of pretty
girls in gorgeous costumes.
This attraction Is in two big acts,
with ten scenes, each having special
setting, some Of the more imposing
being "Summerland,'' "The Music
Store,' "Circus Days." and Dreams of
Art" with nineteen musical numbers.
Special free attractions during the week
have also been announced by Manager
,JarbOe.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Brady Wants Washington S
Opinion.

house. The small towns will not take
them.
"There are still other plays which
make money on the one-night stands
meagerly in the metropolitan cities.
81 cite these facts and divide the
taste of the play-going public just
to emphasize that if one can find 4
city where he can reach the average
of these tastes he has a fair idea OF
the universal appeal of his produc-
tion. That is exactly why / favor
Washington for premieres. Wash
ington audiences are different. !
have chosen Washington for the frs
presentation of Simon Called Peter
The book and the production will rep-
resent a small fortune expended be
fore New York sees it. l want to get
as near as l can u universal opinion
of this play. I picked Washington
because I feel it is one city that can
give il to me-
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Score Of ''Blossom Time.

dies. So believe that in this way |
have kept the music and the spirit
of Schubert throughout the operetta,
even in the little descriptive PASSAGE
which simply illustrate action on the
stage.
1.-THE work led me to new study
of Schubert, not only his music. hut
in order to get the spirit of the whole
work-the man. learned some
amazing things. The modern popu-
lar composer of a song which makes
a big hit earns sometimes on a single
song an amount ten times as great
as Franz Schuber ned In his life
time of ork-g 0!K that included
masterpieces that will never die"
Evening star., 1924-02-10

uCINCE began the business OF
- producing plays more than
seventy-five of my productions nave
been first offered to the public in
Washington" says William A. Brady
so it is natural to assume that
favor the city for dramatic pre-
mieres.
Il like washington's opinion on my
nlavs. and I am governed much by it
because 1 have found here n cath-
olicity of taste among playgoers such
as eyists in no other amusement CEN
ter. large or small" he added by way
of explanation. T.
"There are plays whose, appeal is
only metropolitan. In other words,
they are smart and subtle, but they
often are short-lived, for after they
have exhausted the big city book
ings they are ready for the ware
Evening star., 1924-02-10

National Theater tomorrow evening
in the delightful song-play in which
she has been appearing at the
Lyceum Theater in New York. This
is Little Miss Dluebeard." a product
OF the pen of Avery Hopwood author
of the Gold Diggers.''
Its story concerns the amorous ad-
ventures Of All attractive young COM
poser. an avoWed bachelor, and tn !,
kindly efforts of his friends to see
him happily married. An exquisite
French girl is chosen by these kindly
friends to tempt him toward matri-
mony. It is this role in which Bor-
doni is seen. The three acts of Mr..
Hopwood's comedy abound in piquant
situations and a climax which is un-
expected.
The Charles Frohman Company and
f. Ray Goetz, under. whose manage
ment Miss Bordoni appears, have
surrounded the actress with cast
including Arthur Margetson, Eric
Blore. Stanley Logan. William Eville,
Arthur Barry. Jeannette Sherwin,
Margaret Linden, Eva Leonard -Boyne
and Burton Brown
OF interest to the feminine portion
or Miss Bordonfs audiences will be
her beautiful series of gowns, speci-
mems of the sartorial art of famous
Paris fashionists. Bordoni also sings
several attractive nup,barS
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Rams Head PLAYERS.

The Rams Head Players will con-
the present week, beginning Wednes-
day evening and playing each night.
with a Saturday matinee. Robert
Bell directed the production and
James Reynolds designed the set
tings. The cast includes Walter W.
Beck, Ranald Savery, Leona Roberts.
Josephine Hutchinson, Arthur J..
Rhodes, Cecil v. Wiman, Teddy Ten
ley, Victor Kearney. John Hawkshaw,
Robert Byrne and Smith Weller.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Doris Kenyon in The Bride

Miss Doris Kenyon, under the direc-
ton of Jewett IL Brennan, is an
nounced TO appear at the Shubert-
Garrick Theater the week of February
-, in new comedy, THE Bride" by
Stewert Olivier of Baltimore
THE Bride" is described as a
sparkling and mystical modern COM
edy and the first play by Mr.. Olivier
to reach the footlights. 1t is present.
ed by Jewett & Brennan by ar
rangement with Daniel Frohman. The
supporting company will include DON
aid Cameron, George Henery Trader,
Louise Mcintosh. Robert Thorne, Her
bert Belmore and Thomas Donnelly.
Frederick Stanhope is directing the
Miss Kenyon, through her long as
sociation with both the stage and
screen, is familiar to a majority of
theatergoers and should require no
introduction to Washington.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Elsie ] Janis.

Elsie Janis, 1.-THE, slim and never IN
KeithS next week with her concert
company, in recital of typical Janis.
hits.
Harry Roye and Billie Maye are an
nounced as an added attraction, pre-
senting a bright, new act, "Dance,
Color and Speed" They are assisted
by Charles Embler.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
One Kiss :

Charles Dillingham; will present
"One kiss the new Clare Hummer
comedy with music, at the National
Theater next Sunday night, February
II. "One Kiss was adapted by Miss
Hummer from the French " Ia Bouche'
of T. Mirande and A. Willemetz, and
has a score by Maurice Yvain.
The cast includes Louise Groody,
Oscar Shaw, John E. Hazard, Ada
Lewis, John Price Jones. Dagmar
Oakland, Patrice Clarke. Helen Mac
Donald, Pauline Hall, Fred Lennox.
Elaine Palmer, Janet Stone, Gertrude
Mcdonald and Alice Brady. Fred G.
Latham staged the production, with
musical numbers by Julian Alfred.
TIA Bouche" has been the rage of
Paris for something like two years,
and in bringing it over here Miss
Hummer is said to have preserved in
her adaptation much of the sparkle
that has given the piece its great
success in Paris. One Kiss" comes
direct from New York and will he
seen here exactly as it was originally
produced on Broadway.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Janet Richards Tomorrow.

Miss Janet Richards will give the
usual weekly review Of public Ques-
tions. home and foreign. tomorrow
morning In the new Masonic Temple,
18th street and New York avenue.
In the talk this week Miss Rich
ards will continue the consideration
of the subjects now under discussion,
also any new developments in the
political arena of the world. The talk
will begin at 10:45.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
The Lady Killer"

Monday night, February IS. the
Morosco Holding Company will offer
the premiere Of a new farce. ''The Lady
Killer" for a Washington engage
ment of one week at the Shubert-Be-
iaSco Theatsr.
The new production is by Alice and
Frank Mandel, whose co-authorship
has been responsible for a number OF
cotemporary successes. An excep-
tional cast has been recruited for fun
Evening star., 1924-02-10
oddities of 1924"

Smiles. styles and steps will be
featured at the Strand Theater next
week in Oddities of 1924" starring
Athol Tier and a quintet of charm
ing girls. a novelty in three scenes.
Clayton and Lennie, the English chap
pie and his friend, in Don't Do il,
1 Don't Like 1t, So Don't Do It." Will
include the White Brothers. known
as The Tip Top BOYS" and Bob Cook
and Dot Oatman, "Delineators From
Songland.'
A feature photoplay and short film
subjects will complete the bill.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Arcade.

work at the Arcade, armed with a
bountiful supply of darts in the shape
of.souvenirs. 'nlushy" and humorous,
for the dancers expected to be pres
ent at the big valentine dance staged
for that evening. The special deco
rations are gorgeous, and music pro-
gram has been prepared for the large
orchestra to delight both dancers and
onlookerS.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Current Attractions
At the Theaters This Week.

POLTS-Lione Aw in "The Outsider drama Opens
night.
PRESIDENT-Simon Called Peter, drama this
NATONAIrene Bordoni in Little Miss Buebeard play
Opens
BEASCOThe Foo (second week. Performance this
Myrt, vaudeville. New show
with
COSMOSThe Great Lovers, vaudeville New show
with matinee.
STRANDyatt American Samson, vaudeville Opens this after
GAYETY-"Town Scandals. bueque Opens this afternoon
RAMS HEAD PLAYERSEugene ONer play, Cold Perform
begin Wednesday evening.