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The Washington times., 1924-01-31
|BEGGAR' GETS
ENDORSEMENT 7

Gerthe Ritz-Nissen, the Nor
Z wegian. motion picture star who
snlays the part of the princess in
ethe pantomime which is an Incl
dental feature Of the new Kauf-
mansConnelly play, 'Beggar >on
Horseback," has provided. a more
aesthetic costume for the role,
(which answers one critic of her
garb at the premiere.
The Rev. Francis J. Hurney,
president of the District. of Co
'lunbia branch of the Catholic
Actors Guild has placed the
Belasco. play on the white list"
as one of the worthwhile dramas
which members should not miss.
1t is the third time in five Wash
ington dramatic seasons that a
play has been so honored.
Miss Nissen, whose blonde
beauty amazed those who have
witnessed this satirical epic, has
been in America only one month.
She made sensational success in
motion pictures in her native
land; and accepted the stage en-
gagement only to assist her in
acquiring rapid knowledge of
English. Eventually she expects
to assault the lots Of Hollywood
and reveal her art for American
motion picture fans.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
A YOUNGSTER
WHO ARRIVED

Colleen Moore, who has the
featured role in Through the
Dark" the Cosmopolitan produc-
ton adapted from the Frank r.
Adams story of the same name,
which comes to the Rialto next
Sunday, has played leading roles
with many Of the greatest male
stars Of the screen.
Among the names may be mem
toned the late Robert Harron, op-
posite whom she played in various
D. w. Griffith productions; Will
fred Lucas, Monroe Salisbury,
Charles Ray, Tom Mix, Sessue
Hayawaka, Wesley Barry, directed
by Marshall Neilan; John Barry
more, Antonio Moreno, Kenneth
Harlan, Malcolm MacGregor and
James Morrison in "The Nth Com
mandment."
The pretty and attractive young
actress has played featured roles
under the direction of D. w.
Griffith, Marshall Neilan, Wesley
Ruggles, Jerome Storm, Allen
Holubar, King Vidor, Tom Fore
man, Rupert Hughes and Frank
BOrzage.
Although she is one of the
youngest actresses on the screen,
she began her career at the age
Of sixteen and has, during the
past two years, climbed very
steadily the ladder of success, her
spectacular rise placing her in the
list Of the younger stars, toward
whom the eyes Of the fans are
turning for their screen enter
tainment.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
THE FOOL FOR
THE BELASCO

Washington next Monday night
will have it's first opportunity to
witness one Of Broadway's great
est hits, Claiming Pollock's .'The
Fool" il.
The play comes to the National
Capital after a full seasons run
in New York and with record
Of shattering all box office fig.
ures during a six months en-.
gagement in Chicago.
1.-The Foor deals with condi-
tions Of life and problems of liv-
ing, discussing them from a broad
point of view, and with fairness.
clearness Of understanding, and
withal, an interest that is ire.
sistible to the student of life and
to the inveterate theater.goer as
well, we are assured.
There is an interesting love
story well introduced in the con.
flict between justice, and injus-
tice, with several surprises that
come at the right moment.
The company which presents
the play here is the first of the
five touring groups presenting the
sensational play. In the cast will
be found Olive Wyndham, Harry
C. Brown, Zelma Tiden, A. J.
Herbert, oscar Figman and
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
CROOKS AND
THPIL,LS.AT
RIAL TO

Presenting a brilliant cast OF
prominent screen players. headed
hy winsome Colleen Moore Of
Flaming Youth" fame. Through
the DARK" an adaptation Of Jack
BoyIe's story "The Daughter OF
Mother McGinn..' q Cosmopolitan
production win be the featured
attraction at MoOre's Rialto
Iheater for the week beginning
Sunday next. It IL described as
one OF the greatest and finest
produced crook plays ever brought
to the screen.
The film is replete with action
and dramatic thrills and moves
swiftly from the interior Of the
famous San Quentin prison to a
girls boarding school and thence
through the haunts and dives Of
Frisco's underworld, with a de.
Mghtful romance threa ding
through all. ,.
The cast in addition to Miss
Moore, lists such names as For
rest Stanley. Hobart Bosworth,
Margaret Sedan, George, Cooper,
Carmelita Geraghty. Wade Boteler
and Tom Bates.
As an extra added and comedy
attraction VIII Rogers will be
seen In his latest laugh.maker
Two WOgans-Both Covered" q
burlesQue on the famous "Cov-
cred Wagon"
. Other short film features and
special interpretative score ar
ranged by Director George Wild
/. VIII round out the shown.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
TWO-GUN GIRL
! IS PATCHES

5. Patches" the comedy drama
by Joseph H. Graham, coming to
the Shubert- -Garrick next Monday
night, IL q slice of city life and
such a story as William Locke
might have written had he been
an American. The heroine is
Patches" a whimsical child Of
the streets in torn MILDLY blouse
and worn shoes, who talks a
funny mixture Of slang and sar-
casm. She has been selling news.
papers mostsof her life, and she
has the world ''pegged" just as
correctly as Mr.. Socrates or Mr..
Plato. She also knows how to
pick pockets as deity as any
professional dip"
This little gamin philosopher
has a very good reason for play
ing the thief. A game little
fighter. is Patches, with her level
blue eyes, her quick wits and her
heart Of gold. She win be played
by Aleen Bronson, who has been
surrounded by an exceptional
New York Company, including
Dodson Mitchell, Edith King,
Alice Putnam, Homer Miles. Will
liam Pearce, J. Warren Lyons,
Harry Neville, Walter Sherwin,
Charles T. Lewis, Walter Allen,
Albert Hirsh, Hugh Thompson
and Joseph Mann.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
z FEATURES
/. ON KEITH BILL

They're off for dear old London
at Keith's next week!
An extraordinary bill is offered,
in that Ella Shields, the famous
impersonator of English male
characters, and Wilkie Bard, the
bright star Of London's music
halls, are co-headlining. It is in
teresting to note that the one i'm.
personates male characters while
the other impersonates female
characters.
Lou Holtz, blackface comedian
and musical comedy star, Is
brought as an extra added attrac-
tion presenting "Oh-Solo-Mio," a
melange Of comedy, dance, and
song hits.
Allan Rogers and Leonora Allen
prove that American singers Of
distinction are no longer a hope.
Torcat and Flor D'Aliza prove
that there is something new. un-
der the sun because they present
the only troupe Of trained game
roosters in the world. Judson
Cole follows, a conjurer of laughs,
assisted by the audience. A new
European importation, The Five
Petleys, come next, and then the
Kimball and Conan company, in
Setting the Style in Songs and
Steps"
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
AND
JOSEPHINE
TN FILMS

One Of the finest dramatic
studies Of the career Of Napoleon
Bonaparte, the Corsican captain
of artillery, who was destined to
bring all Europe to his feet. will
be presented in photoplay form
at Loew's Columbia Theater for
the week beginning Sunday, when
the first local engagement OF
Napoleon and Josephine" will be
shown at the Columbia.
Heretofore the spectacular ca
reer of Napoleon has formed the
basis for many classics Of stage
and literature but in Napoleon
and Josephine" the screen offers
Its first great outstanding study
Of the Corsican, revealing the
Notwithstanding events that fol-
lowed the rise Of ''the little cor.
poral" and carrying that career
forward to the time when Ma
poleOn's star Of destiny began
to set, coincident with his divorce,
for reasons Of state, OF the worn-
an he loved, the Impress Jo-
sephine, In order to marry the
Austrian princess. Marie Louise.
This production particularly
emphasizes the romantic phase
Of the famous Corsican's career.
The Battle Of Waterloo, which
broke Napoleon's invincible mill
tary power, forms one Of the
high lights Of the production.
The cast, while new to Amer
ican audiences, is peopled with
actors OF the highest distinction,
including Gwylm Evans and Ger.
trude Mccoy in the roles, reepec-
lively, Of Napoleon ana Josephine.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
CENTRAL
Roulette"

A distinguished group appears
in Roulette" to be shown for. the.
first time in Washington the
first three days Of next week at
Crandall's / Central Theater.
Among these are Maurice Cos
tellO, Edith Roberts, Norman IRE,
vor, Mary Carr, Henry Hull, Mon
tague Love, Effie Shannon, Flora
Finch and Dagmar GodowslSy.
The story calling for the talents
of so brilliant q cast is one that
concerns the experiences Of a
girl made decoy in a gambling
establishment conducted by the
man indirectly responsible for her
fathers death. The companion
attraction will be. furnished by
George O'Hara, in round eleven
of the popular Fighting Blood"
series.
"Flaming YOUTH" First Ma
tiona's rendition OF the daring
society novel by Warner Fabian,
will be the attraction at the Cen.
trail the last four days of next
week, beginning Wednesday. In
this subject Colleen Moore offers
one of the most versatile and
charming impersonations Of her
career. The comedy. note will be
k by a new Paul Terry
Fable. n
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
SHOW
SUNDAY NIGHT

According to advance reports,
che biggest Winter Garden at
traction ever sent on tour opens
at Polls next Sunday night.
Such is the claim made for the
New York Winter Gardens an.
nual revue, "The Passing Show"
new 1923 edition. This Passing
Show" is the eleventh Of the
series, the first being produced
In 1912. 1t has twenty-eight
scenes, thousands of costumes,
and twenty-six musical numbers,
! not overlooking two exceptionally
spectacular effects.
The artists who viii appear are
! Ted Lewis, with his famous mu-
sical clowns, George Hassell,
George Jessel, Frank Gaby, Elan.
nigan and Morrison, Edgar At.
chison-Ely, Jen Moore, Vera Ross,
Lew Cooper, Vestoff. Libby and
Sparrow, Parry Askam, Hattie
Darling, Ann Dowenworth, Trado
Twins, Jack Rice, William Prin.
gle, James Hamilton, and a
chorus Of 100 Winter Garden
beauties Of various types. Be-
sides being a spectacle of huge
novel proportions, the revue is
all its name implies, since all
the important dramatic successes
of the times are parodied. Two
2 big novelties in this years
Passing Show" are a living cur.
tain and the beautiful living
chandelier.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
AMBASSADOR
stIeaIOus Husbands. y

Earle Williams, Jane Novak,
Ben Alexander, George Seigmann
and Bull Montana are in pivotal
roles Of Maurice Tourneur's pic
turization for First National Of
Jealous Husbands" scheduled for
Crandall's Ambassador the first
two days of next week The story
Is highly melodramatic and has
been visualized in such a man.
ner as to compound cumulative
suspense leading to a climax Of
extraordinary power. The bill
Will be supplemented by comedy,
news and topical film features.
His Children's Children" Fara.
mounts film version Of the re.
cent novel of the same name by
Arthur Train, to be shown at
the Ambassador on Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week, enlists
the services Of a brilliant cast, of
which Bebe Daniels, Dorothy
Mackan. James Rennie, George
Fawcett. Hale Hamilton, MahIon
Hamilton, Mary Eaton, Warner
GLAND, Lawrence D'Orsay and II.
Cooper Cliffe, are the distin.
guished principals. Cliff Bowes
win supply the comedy in Don't
Hesitate"
On Thursday and Friday of
next week Associated Exhibitors
release Of the foreign-made pic.
turization Of Charles Dickens
immortal story of David Copper.
field" viii be the major offering
at the Ambassador. The comedy
subject will be Mack Sennett's
new laughmaker. Flip Flops."
On Saturday only of next weelr
the Ambassador viii present zane
Grey's "The Call Of the CANYON :"
starring Richard Dix, Lois VIII.
son and Marjorie Daw. The al.
ded attraction will be Geor~a
O'Hara in Fighting Bood.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
MOLLIE WITH.
G95frS
HER OWN SHOW

Next week brings Mollie WAL
Jams and Her Own Show" to the
Gayety-the only woman pro-
ducer of Columbia burlesdue.
This year Mollie Williams ana
Her Own Show" is claimed, to
have outdone all previous effOERa.
Offering an attraction Of very
unusual features. Miss Williams
has selected a cast headed bT
herself which includes such en-
tertainers as Jack Walsh, Phil
Adams Bebe Almond, KIara
Hendricks, Wally Jacnson, Plinty
Rutledge, AL Lewis and Ella Cor
bett, together with a chorus Of
beauties. The show is in eighteen
incidents with as many musical
numbers, and a number Of
novelties will be introduced, In
cluding Magazine COvers"-re.
productions of covers OF well.
known magazines by shapely
members of the chorus, Snappy
Stories, Life, Saturday Evening
Post, Police Gazette, Adventure,
Ladies Home journal, Vanity
Fair and Cosmopolitan.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
NATIONAL
Sunday TravelOgue.

"Iguazu Falls''-the worlds
greatest cataract-Paraguay and
Uruguay, are the features Of
e. M. Newman's Traveltalk next
Sunday afternoon and evening
~ the National.
In exclusive motion pictures
and exuuIslte color views these
wonderful falls will be shown
in all their primitive beauty. This
traveltaik leads to Port Aguierre,
where the boundaries Of Argen-
tina, Brazil and Paraguay meet.
Here is revealed magnificent
scenery-glimpses Of dense for
ests and bird life with myriads
OF parrots. We pause to study
the matte industry from the
picking Of the leaf to the max
ing and drinking of the tea.
Traversing Paraguay, we visit
a strange and almost unknown
land with the Guarani Indian
life, also its quaint capital Asun.
cion, which was founded forty.
four years after the discovery Of
America and is still a seventeenth
century city.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
TOM MEIGHAN
TN A NEW
!. ONE

Booth Harrington has written
! another screen story for Thomas
Meighan, who will be seen in the
title role OF this production, pied
Piper Malone" at Loew's Palace
Theater beginning Sunday.
Pied Piper Malone" aside from
the fame of its author and star,
is fairly studded with the names
of cinema notables.
Alfred Green, who directed Mr..
Meighan in "The Bachelor Daddy,
Back Home and Broke" "Won1-
an proof and other Paramount
pictures, has also directed the
star in this production, while the
cast includes such players as
Lois Wilson, George Fawcett,
Emma Dunn, Charles Winninger.
Peaches" Jackson; Charles Stew
enson, Hugh Cameron and others.
Mr.. Meighan appears in the
role of Jack Malone, seaman
living in a little Maine seaport
town, whose love for girl Of the
town is badly hampered by the
fact that a shipmate has already
declared himself her sweetheart.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
CRANDALL'S
s'WOman to Woman" "

Woman to woman, starring
Betty Compson and adapted from
the stage play of the same title
by Michael Morton, will be pre-
sented for the first three days
of next week at Crandall's The
,ater. This subject is the first
of a series Of three that Miss
Compson made in England and
affords its star opportunity to
bring her finest iTnpersonation to
the American screen. The famous
Partisan Moulin Rouge furnishes
the picturesque background for
this colorful romance of a pop
ular dancer. The comedy will be
supplied by Cliff Bowes. in Film
Foolish"
On Wednesday and Thursday
of next week Crandall's will pre-
sent Elaine Hammerstein in
Broadway God" in which the
beautiful granddaughter Of the
famous vaudeville producer and
grand opera impresario is sur
rounded by a cast that reads like
a directory Of silent dramas most
popular players. Joe Rock win
supply the comedy for the mid.
week in THE Sleepwalker."
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
M ET RETAINS
WARING'
BAND

Warnings Pennsylyanians, the
twelve clever young syncOpatOrD
who this week have taken Wash
ingt0n by storm, win be held
over az an extra added attraction
for q second week at Crandallss
Metropolitan Theater, beginning
Sunday afternoon. The PennsyI.
vanians appear daily at las, 3ssG,
7:25 and $40 p. m, and will be
heard on Sunday ct 3d5. $40, g:16
and $50 p. M.
The principal photoplay attrac.
ton for next week IL Maurice
Tourneur's Jealous Husbands" !"
a melOdrarna In which the fore.
most roles are played by Earle
WILLIAMS, Jane Novak, Ben Alex
andre, George Siegmann and Bull
Montana. The action OF this fast
moving subject concerns a. hus-
bands distrust, the theft OF ia
package OF letters and the man
ner In which small urchin re-
stores marital felicity and acquires
possession Of the coveted epistles
without blOodshed or bribe.
The foremost comedy feature
will be "Flying Finance" as
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
RAMS HEAD
''CeciIy Ann"

Following the current success,
Cecily Ann" by Bertram Bloch,
which is being held over at the
Rams Head Playhouse for it's
third week, from last night and
closing on Saturday, the Rams
/ Head Players will present as the
third. offering of their season,
Gold" play of adventure by
Eugene O'Neill, beginning Wed
nesday, February s, and continu-
ing during ten performances as
usual. This version of "Gold'' is
an entirely new one, having Just
been completed by Eugene O'Neill
especially for their use.
The Washington times., 1924-01-31
Fields a Writer.

w. c. Fields, the juggler, who
began to toss words aloft in
Poppy" likes his present man.
ager, Philip Goodman, so we'll
that he is collaborating on a COM
edy whicG Goodman plans to
cultivate in all seriousness this
May.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-11
MI,II,RAND GIVES In

The malaisr which has affected French political circles the last few months resulting recently in the re- tiremcnt of Premier poincarc, has at length affected President Millcrand, who resigned today after staging a losing fight with his political op- pOnents.
 There was to be no discussion with government not in conformity with the sentiment of the country, Presi- dent Millcrand was told in effect by the French chamber when it voted against the cabinet of Frederick Fran cuis- Marsal, recently formed under the aegis of the president.
 Milerand tenaciously chung to an interpretation of the French con- stitution that the president was not to yield his tenure Of office within a stimpulated term. but as this clause had never been in effect, the claim apparently did not fit well with French politicians and public.
 The French upsets of recent memory came about through the tumbling in value of the franc. Poin- cares policies and promises looked well until the franc bent under the strain. People readily listen to politi- cal promises and appear convinced; but when they begin to lose money they change their minds.
 The French situation can be visu- alized by imagining our American dollar descending in value from par to around ten cents. The party in power naturally would get the blame, and even the loo per cent Americans who are swsys too busy ts vote or take an interest in politics, would sud- denly become hectic fault flinders and shouters for reform.
 The immediate result Of the French turnover is that moderates are in power. Moderates arc also in power in England. The Dawes plan for settling reparations has won in Germany and will be put 10 work in due time. After five years of political turmoil, or since the close Of the war, Europe for the first time is actually settling down to normal living,
New Britain herald., 1924-06-11
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New Britain herald., 1924-06-11
TALK ON THE TARIFF

1 The platform framers in Cleveland
 are facing a difficult sector when they tackle the tariff. As is well known among the political wiseacres, every i enc expects to obtain direct and sub |. stantial benefits from tariff legislation
 Sometimes it makes good and some i times it doesn't. In New England it usually provides the mama of pros- perity.
 | The tariff, it was stated years ago, 1 is. distinctly local issue, despite its
 national application, Those sections of the country which don't think they
 could benefit by stiff tariff rates usually oppose them; but the moment they develop industries which could
 be helped 10 survive and prosper l through the copious application Of tariff medicine, they become strong contenders for the treatment. The trouble with the tariff during the present G. O. P, administration has not been in New England, but throughout the west Some exube%nt politicians again fooled the farmers. The soil-tiirers were told that the emergency tariff would increase the price of wheat: and later, when the Fordney- McCum Der tariff was inscrib- cd on the books. the farmers heard , the second chapter in the serial story telling all about imminent prosperity.
 The farmers showed distressing lack of common sense, They could have been told by some honest persons that the tariff is very effective in aid ing industry that is threatened with
 an influx of goods; but it loses its
 value when an industry is not faced with competition of foreign goods in 1 the home market.
 When wheat prices dropped, the president increased theratcs on wheat, but as the world price on wheat IS based on the price in Liverpool, what the president did 10 the American wheat tariff mattered as much as an atom on dogs nose.
 The mistake was made when the c, o. r. fooled the farmers. When the republican politicians tell New Enslanders that the tariff will help their industries they are relating what is widely regarded as truth; but when they tell the western farmers the same story it's manifestly an untruth.
 Tine result: Radicalism, insurgency, ,listrust and third-party threats throughout large sections ef the west and northwest. Robert NJ. La- toilette, Wisconsin boss and king Of inc congressional snti-administra- iionists. has exploited the current dissatisfaction and stands as start ing menace to republican success at inc polls in Novenl ber.
 The story of George Washington and the hatchef should be impressed upon politicians when they make promises.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-11

upheaval Of the first magnitude about as serious on a large scale as the changes at the center here arc on a small scale. The Baltimore Sun, in discussing the needs for summary improvement and upholding the au- thorities in action that has been taken, pointedly makes the following re- marks: This is but a step in the improvement of traffic conditions which in all large cities have reached a stage of congestion that all but defy solution without expenditures too heavy to be borne. New York is seri- ously discussing overhead traffic ways covering miles of streets. Chicago, in order 10 meet the problems that con- front it, is appalled, at the outlay call ed for. Detroit has just had a survey made that plans for super highways covering territory 15 miles from the center of the city. Boston is planning the widening of two streets at an expense of s2.500,0OO to expedite traffic"
 From this it appears that the one way traffic rules at the center con stitute very mild medicine compared with what many cities, big and little, are forced 10 swallow.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-11
Our Own HOROSCOPE Department

John Elkins If you were born on June 1T, John, the dominant influence in your life is Taurus, the sign Of the Bull. People born under that sign can be identified by their genial man ners, dark red ncckties, and an over flow Of language.
 They are very athletic, getting a great deal of exercise, by jumping to conclusions and lodging creditors. Yet, despite their strong constitutions, whenever you try 10 borrow money, they suffer noticeabiy from poor cir culation: in other words, cold feet.
 Taurus people however, are always up and doing, doing. in fact every body they can and this democratic feeling makes all classes interesting 10 them.