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Evening star., 1924-10-26
Richard and Mary.

ICHARD RARTHELMES has en-
~ gagged Mary Hay as leading wom-
an for his next production. New
Toys" Mary Hay is Mrs. Barthel-
mess
New Toys" will mark Mary Hays
return to the screen for the first time
since David Grif1th's "'Way Down
East" in which both she and Mr..
Barthelmess appeared.
1t was during the filming of "'Way
Down East" that Miss Hay and Mr.
Barthelmess were married. Since her
marriage she has progressed steadily
with her stage career and she has
been conspicuous in many Broadway
successes. Last season she was a
hit in MARY Jane McKane."
New Toys is comedy Of domes-
tic life by Oscar Hammerstein, I'd, and
Milton Herbert Gropper, and was pre-
sented by Sam H. Harris on the stage
last season, with Ernest Truax as the
star. When Mr.. Barthelmess saw the
comedy he considered that the piece
would be an ideal vehicle for himself
and his wife
This is the first time a screen star
has selected his wife as his leading
woman.
eff Mary is only half as successful
on the screen as she is as a wife and
mother, she will be tremendously
popular" says Mr.. Barthelmcss.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Mabel's Chicken.

MABEL GARRISON. a popular
singer here, who will appear IN
Washington later in tho season. tells
the story of a pet chicken, which she
calls Pinkie, on her farm at Volois
n. y. Pinkie has been a lot OF trouble
ever since he stepped out Of the she'll
until now he is almost a completely
spoiled chicken. He was not very old
before he became sick with some
kind of infant trouble that afflicts
small chickens 1t seemed to be a
kind of malaria, because he dropped
and seemed very discouraged about
life. So Miss Garrison got the idea
OF giving him quinine pill. This
bucked him up considerably, but a
few days later Pinkie was worse
than ever. This time he was shiver-
ing as il with the ague.
Another quinine pill seemed to have
no effect, SO Miss Garrison took him
into the kitchen and put him in the
oven to warm up. This pleased the
chicken nightly, but he would not
go out into the cold, wet world
again-it happened to be raining that
day-So Miss Garrison, rather than
bake him alive by keeping Pinkie
in the oven, got small hot-water
bottle and with some old blankets
and a cardboard box made Pinkie
very comfortable. There the chicken
remained on the pantry shelf, keeping
warm. wrapped up in blankets and
sitting on the hot-water bottle until
the hot weather came. Then Pinkie
was persuaded to take q walk out
doors.
Now he seems quite recovered, but
he will not eat with the other chick
ems. He considers himself an aristo-
crat and in a class apart He will
eat only out Of Miss Garrison's hand
She is afraid she must take him with
her on her tours now, or Pinkie
will starve himself on hunger
strike.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Crowned With a Raisiin.

MONTE BLUE, motion picture star
40 ruled as king of the annual
raisin festival at Fresno, Calf, Oc-
tober 1, with Miss Doris Snyder of
MADEIRA, Calf, as his royal consort.
The raisin festival, sponsored by
the Sun Maid raisin growers OF Cali
fornia. numbering more than 100000,
is an event of International i'm
portance held annually some place in
the San Joaquin Valley. The cere-
monies, which glorify the 1owiy
raisin, are always brilliant and color
full in the extreme.
Mr.. Blue journeyed to Fresno,
where he was met at the station by
city officials, his queen and cheering
crowds. He was given the key to
the city," and Monte gave the queen
whom he had never seen before-a
real screen kiss.
There was an official coronation, a
wonderful parade. special events in
the way of automobile races. etc,
and a round of gaiety in which the
raisin royalty and the thousands of
people in attendance from all over
the stage participated.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Nj USIGR A PHS

George OConncu. tenor of New
York, was in Washington last week
and sang on an informal program at
the home of Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee
Monday evening. Mr.. OConncll is
well known here, having sung with
the Oratorio Society, the Rubinstein
Club, and given recitals at both the
Catholic University and Trinity Col
lege. Although his home was origi-
nally in Chicago, he has been in New
York several years. Mr.. O'Connell
has a sympathetic manner of singing
and powerful tone. His singing of the
aria from Jewels of the Madonna
was effective, and he sang Tommy
Lad" and an Irish song particularly
well. He also gave McFadden's
Inter Nos" and Hue's Il Have Wept
in Dreams"
w. Walter Sorrell, tenor, who spent
last Winter in Nice. France, studying
under Jean Dc ResZke and oscar
Seagle. has returned to Nice TO ap-
pear in opera there and in Venice this
sea son under the direction of Signor
H. Miliar. conductor of the lie Scala
Opera Company.
While in the States this Summer,
Mr.. Sorrell took the lead in the opera
"Pagliacci." given under the drec-
tion of Oscar Seagle at his artists
colony in New York State, receiving
favorable comment from a leading
New York critic.
An interesting bit of news received
last week tells of the marriage Thurs
day in New York of Blanca Saroya,
prima donna soprano of the San Carlo
Opera Company, to Demetri Onofrei,
Rumanian tenor of the same COM
pany. In that organizations per-
formance of Butterfly here a week
ago last Friday. Mr.. Onofrei sang the
leading masculine role of Lieut.
Pinkerton.
EStelle Wentworth has been en-
gagged to direct the Girls Glee Club
Of George Washington University.
Evelyn Gurley-Kane assisted Myra
McCathran Marks, soloist, and Mrs.
Claughton West, at the piano. pre-
sented an artistic drama music pro-
gram last week at the Playhouse be-
fore an enthusiastic audience. The
program was opened with her dra-
matte arrangement of The Lords
Prayer" set to music. A dramatic
presentation of The Earl King" was
a feature.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Too Much of a Lady.
"ELORENCE vIDOR i, abo,

"ELoRENcE v1DoR is about to
emerge from the beautiful girl
class and become a real actress" So
says Harry Carr, motion picture au-
thority. in a Los Angeles publication.
Il happened to see pre-view of
Christine of the Hungry Heart
Miss Nidor plays the lead. ] shall
have TO admit that / was staggered
with astonishment. She was won
derful.
'Florencc Nidors great handicap
as screen actress has been her con-
stitutional inhibition; she couldn't
let herself go. You always felt in her
widest abandonment something
withheld
The truth is, Miss Vidor suffered
from being too darn much of a lady.
In private life she had been trained
never to make an exhibition of her
feelings. She carried the same idea
to the screen. But in Christine she
really cut loose for the first time
have seen her do it. She had feeling
and high emotion and charm; also she
never had been so beautiful in other
pictures.
"Altogether, the public is about to
see a version of Florence Vidor that
they never suspected"
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Aein a Change.

COLLEEN MOORE has discovered a
~ man who refused to allow his
place to be improved by several thou
sand dollars.
1t happened during the filming of
so Big" from the famous novel by
Edna Ferber. $50 Big is Colleen's
first starring picture.
The company leased a farm at
Downey, Calf, for scenes represent
ing a Dutch settlement near Chicago
several decades ago. In the first
part Of the sequence Colleen is the
wife of a poor Dutch farmer, living in a
wretched farm shack. In the second
part prosperity comes to the house,
hold. The old house had to be made
over, painted, new plumbing put in
and the garden planted with threes
and shrubbery. When the company
started to make these improvements,
however, the owner stepped in.
The lessor had been born in the
house, and was sentimental1y opposed
to any changes, and as result OF his
obdurate stand the company was
compelled to seek another run down
farm house and retake all of the
scenes previously shot
Evening star., 1924-10-26
THE Chameleon Citv. ''

RLASCo IBANEz has recorded his
personal impressions of Holly
wood in his latest novel. Queen
Calafia-"
The distinguished Spanish novelist
visited Hollywood last Spring in con-
nection with the filming of "Circe
the Enchantress," the Tiffany produc-
ton which ne wrote for Mae Murray
Ibanez terms Hollywood in his new
novel 1.-The Chameleon City"
"The wealth of Chameleon City was
obvious" he writes. "One could
divine the bored, sumptuous ex-
istence of the people, who earn much
money and find themselves obliged by
their work to remain always in the
same place. 1t was an opulence like
that of the miners gathered in a soli-
tary corner of the world, who do not
know what to invent to Tighten the
burden that they carry around their
waists. Almost all the women were
elegantly dressed, with a weighty
and costly elegance"
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Benefit Concert-Tuesdav

A association composed of citizens
ana OF every patriotic organiza-
ton in the District of Columbia has
been formed to permanently establish
IN or near Washington a home for
the care and protection Of the widows
ana orphans of soldiers, sailors and
the Marine Corps, and for the Army
and Navy nurses, who by reason of
old age, insufficient income, mental
or physical disabilities. arc unable to
entirely support themselves. 1t is ex-
p1ained that the average pension can
not supply the full needs of any per-
son, and that there is in Washington
alone considerable group of widows
of Civil and Spanish War soldiers
whose resources are quite inadequate
10 whom such d home would be a
haven of refuge. 1t is because of
these and others that the home is be-
ing developed. The sum of $500 has
already b6en raised, and to increase
this sum concert is to be given at
the New Willard Hotel Tuesday at
SID pm. The patrons and patron
esses represent some of the most
prominent residents of the city.
Luciano Furland, baritone. who is
well known in local music circles,
having appeared on many programs
since he came to Washington from
Cuba will be the soloist at this con-
cert. Mr.. Furland has studied music
in Italy and Cuba, as well as with the
Washington College of Music here.
He will sing the famous prologue of
"Pagliacci," Absent" from the opera
Andrea Chenier": "Nemico Della Pa
tria" and Going Home"
The other selections on the pro-
gram, provided by the Wardman Park
Trio. will include: "Coppelia" (Tavan),
"Seranade" (Schubert), specially ar
ranged for Wardman Park Hotel,
broadcasting; Little Serenade" (Gru-
enfeld), Where My Caravan Has
Rested" dohr); operatic selection,
Tales of Hoffman" (Offenbach); bal
lads, Il Hear You Calling Me" MAR
shalD, THE World is Waiting For the
Sunrise" (Seitz); selection. THE Sere-
made" (HerberD.
Evening star., 1924-10-26

Da1gieish's studio at the Hotel Roose-
Velt. Plans for the coming season
were discussed and preliminary nomi-
nations for Offices were prepared
which Will be added to and voted
upon at the first regular meeting to-
morrow night Arrangements for an
auspicious program this year are well
on the way
Ihose present were Mrs. Robert
DaiglefSh. Mrs. Frank Lord. Miss
FRANCES Scherger, Mrs. Peter Becker,
MISS Frances Shea, Miss Margaret
hughes, Miss Rixey TanciII, Mrs. c.
:. Schcrmerhorn, Miss Ray Palkin.
Mrs. Sara Bouson. Miss Mabel Nc
camp, Miss Pauline Knoeller, Miss
cara Stack, Miss Cecile NJ Sale, Mrs.
Gertrude Russell, Mrs. Edith white,
Mrs. George L. Corbett, Miss Freida
Steffen, Miss Margaret Moran. Mrs,
Edith g. Schilling, Mrs Lucas and
Miss Elsie Smelling.
Estelle Wentworth, an active mem
Der of the Rho Beta Chapter Of Mn
Phi Epsilon Musical Sorority. has Of
Tered a scholarship for a contralto
IN behalf Of Rho Beta Chapter. All
applications must be sent to Miss
Wentworth's studio, 1860 Columbia
road northwest, not later than No
Vember j. The date of the contest
Will be decided later.
Tho Washington Choral Society.
Cnaries Wengerd, director, is holding
lts weekly rehearsaIs every Monday
evening at o'clock at the Thomson
SCHOOL i"eifth and l. streets north
west, entrance on Twelfth street.
The chorus has fine proeram or
ranged for the coming season and
VIII take part in the presentation
or Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" un-
der the direction of Walter Damrosch
at Polls Theater
New members for all parts will be
welcome
The Rubinstein Club held tbe first
rehearsal and business meeting Of the
season in the ballroom Of the New
willard Hotel Tuesday morning at
II o'clock Claude Robson, director,
| expressed his delight at the unusual
attendance and work complished al
the hrst meeting. Mrs Robert Fl.
Dalgleish presided. A booklet con
tanning the constitution OF the club
| was presented to each member.
Mrs. Harvey Rabbit, chairman OF
prize competition, informed the club
that the contest was well under wa
and that she had received several
compositions.
Mrs. Hamlet, chairman OF philan-
thropic department, outlined her plans
to groups of club members to give
concerts at the many hospitals and
| similar institutions.
a special voice trial will be held
at the home of Mrs. klinge. 31S
Upshur street, tomorrow morning at
| IL o'clock. All singers wishing to
become active members are invited.
A large number heard the FIRST
Sunday evening musical at the Grace
Dodge Hotel last week. This after
noon the National String Quartet
will play at o'clock. Henri Sokolov.
first violin: Max PugatSky, second
| violin; Samuel F'eldman. viola, and
Richard Lorleberg, violoncello, are
the members of the quartet
The program will be: Quartet in G
Major" tMozart), 'Passepiet" (Bizetl,
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"
lOld English), "Minuet" Roccherinb,
Quartet in + Major, Op. e6'' (DvorakJ.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Fall Issue Of Musical
America"
Amer r1Ca,
THE annual gigantic Fall issue" O
Il Musical America ana nf fha Ian a

THE annual gigantic Fall issue" of
l. Musical America, one Of the lead
ing musical magazines Of the country,
has just been issued in all the glory
of a blueandgold cover, and with 176
pages of news about the musical situa-
tion in cities and towns all over the
country and announcements by artists
and teachers.
Dorothy De Muth Watson, Washing
ton correspondent for the magazine,
has two pages of news of the Capital
City's prospects for the coming year.
In this article Mrs. Watson lists all
the professional concerts that Wash
ington audiences will hear this season,
mentions that the Washington Opera
Company probably will give three per-
formances this Winter and Spring, tells
of the work of the three service bands,
the music clubs plans and novel musi-
cal programs to be presented.
Alfred Human, editor of the maga-
zine, states that the annual survey re-
ported in these pages was made by ESQ
representatives, and "discloses that
music appreciation is making genuine
progress over the land. The number of
new courses and the number of orches-
ira and recital courses prove this
point"
Evening star., 1924-10-26

whose originality has made him an
outstanding figure of contemporary
musical composition. The first is
the short and brilliant piece entitled
"Ftreworks," the composers tribute
to the daughter of his master. Rim
sky horsakow, on her marriage in
1918; the picturesque suite built
around the Russian fairy tale of "The
Bird of Fire constitutes the closing
number; and an arrangement of the
famous Russian folk tune. ..The Song
of the Nolga Boa atman," for wood
wind and percussion, forms a con-
trasting interlude.
Tickets on sale at T. Arthur Smith.
Inc, Concert Bureau, 1906 G. street.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
The Desert Fiddler"

CHARLES RAYS second big fea-
~ ture, made under the supervision
of Thomas II. Ince for the Pathe
release, has a notable cast
In tho prologue, Don Marion, gifted
child actor, takes. tho part of Percival
Rogeen (''The Desert Fiddler"), as a
lad OF 12. Louise Dresser plays
the mother role and Joseph Kilgour
that of the father, Jasper Rogeen.
Charles Ray is "The Desert Fid-
dler" (Perciyal Rogcen grown up).
Clyde McAtee is a butler, David
Winter is Breezy" Barnes. politician
and man-about-town, manager OF
Rogeen's senatorial campaign.
Charlie Murray has been. given the
serio-comic part of Holy joe" an
itinerant evangelist. Victor McLag-
len is the heavy" a land shark,
Reedy Jenkins by name, political boss
of Imperial Valley. Jack Cosgrave
will be one Of his henchmen.
Betty Blythe will be Lolita, a Sc
ductive senorita in Mexican border
dance hall Barbara Bedford Is cast
for tho heroine of tho story-Imogene
Chandler, young woman who set
tied In the Imperial to raise cotton.
Chow Ho will be Chew He. her
Chinese cool
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Gate to Heaven.

A HUGE gate Of fantastic design, In
"A stippled blue and silver, recently
reared its majestic height above the
main stage at Famous Players-Lasky
studio, Astoria, Long Island.
Whats that?" an inquisitive by
stander asked a carpenter in blue
overalls, who was working nearby.
The carpenter pointed aloft with the
business end Of his hammer. Across
the top Of the gate in scroll letters
feet high was the single word:
Heaven"
The huge gate was a set for Rich
ard DiIs picture. Manhattan" his
first starring production for. Para
mount Richard, 1t seems. as the gay
young New York millionaire in search
Of thrill. takes trip to Hell's
Kitchen at night Scarcely has he
stepped across the threshold Of the
famous gang district when a thunp
over the head with a blackjack sends
him on a journey to the land Of Nod.
There, on the doorstep of heaven, he
gets a real thrill.
r. H. Burnside, who staged all the
big Hippodrome spectacles when that
theater was in its heyday, is directing
Manhattan.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Shure Recital Wednesday

The recital of compositions of r
pcano Shure, director of music of
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, will be given
at the church Wednesday evening at
o'clock.
Mr.. Shure will be assisted by Mrs
Frank A Frost, organist; Mrs. J.
Frank Rice, soprano; w. Arthur Nc
Coy, tenor; Everette S. Hardell, tenor
Howard p. Bailey, baritone: James
p. Schick, bass, and the Mount ver-
non chorus of so.
Tho program will be as follows:
Organ, 'Larkswoo" (Opus 50), Mrs
Frost; anthem, my Masters Praise
tOpus 1859, Mount Vernon chorus;
tenor solo. Dream Clouds" (Opus
112), Mr.. IIardelI; suite for piano and
organ, Lyric Washington" (Opus
I'D, Cd "Gnomes in Rock Creek
Park" (2) Mirror Rejecting POOL
(S) Japanese Cherry Blossoms, -
90 Potomac Park Boat Song" (5)
''Topsy on Tenth Street" CO. car
lington." CD Mount Vernon" Mrs.
Frost at the organ and Mr.. .Shure at
the piano; soprano solo. Natures
Greed" (Opus 50), Mrs. Rice; quartet
Trumpet to Me" (opus I'D, Mr.
McCON, MT. IdTueli, MT. Bailey and
Nr. Schick; anthem, Blessed Ones
Come Unto Me" (Opus 104), Mount
Vernon chorus; baritone solo, IT Need
Thee, Saviour" (Opus 116), Mr.. Bailey
piano suite, Meadow Madrigals
Copus 1I5). % Bob b-o-link," (2)
"Rcd Winged Blackbird," (3) "Pur-
pie Finch Linnet,' ca whip
Jocr- Will" MIR. .Shure; anthem
"Twenty-thir Psalm" (Opus so)
Mount Vernon chorus.
number of these compositions,
although published. will be heard for
the first time in public at this recital
as the original manuscripts are still
in the hands of the printers.
Lyric Washington" has been heard
here on a number of occasions and
has met with exceptionally fine re-
Cepton in various parts of the coun-
try where it is being played.
The Mount Vernon musical organi-
nations are to give concert on the
last Wednesday night of each month
during the coming season. The next
will be By the quartet, assisted by
- hArptst, and win be followed by
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Club and School Notes

CADE c. STYRON. well known in
- local music circles was hostess
at a unique musical at the Arts Club
of Washington last Tuesday evening
whom. following dinner. the speaker
of the evening was Carl Engel, head
of the music division OF the Con-
gressional Library. Mr.. Engel spok e
ON, Jazz, a Nuisance and an Art"
He is an ardent supporter OF the idea
that jazz has a definite place in the
development of American music-pro-
vided, Of course, that it is good
jazz
Tho decoration was done in shad es
of blue to suggest the blue music. -
and many titles OF popular hits were
painted on blue discs hung between
dancing figures over the tables AS
a prelude to the talk, Felix Mahoney
read Carl Sandburg's verse, Jazz
Fantasia"
Later Eta schmid played Kitten
on the Keys and THE Maple Leaf
Rag"
Another musical given at the Arts
Club during tho past week that
aroused much interest, was a cos
tune recital presented by Miss Mary
A. Cryder Thursday night Lucy NJ
MacMorland, who has an exquisite
Lind numbers with charming style
and in the traditional manner. Par
ticularly delightful were 20, Had i
Jubars Tyre" of Handel. Schubert's
"Du Bist die Ruh," and her encore
number. MY Days Are SO Wondrous
Free" written by Francis Hopkinson
the first American composer of note
ana a siSner of the Declaration of
independence. She also gave the aria
"Jc Suis T'itania,' from "Mignon."
The Last Rose of Summer" who Is
sylvia" ''Haidenroslein," "Herdegos-
sen" and the Norwegian Echo Song
Her aocompanist Mrs Robert Y.
Barkiey, played a couple Of her own
compositions as well, and Miriam
Larking, cellist accompanied on the
piano by Gertrude MacRae Nash, gave
three delightful selections
The first Monday evening musical OF
the season will be given at the music
night at 8 rs o'clock The program will
consist OF selections by the Christiani
TITO, Frank A Schroeder, pianist; Mrs
Guerda Piazza, violin, and FeSs Chris
tiani, cello. A new trio by Prof. Schoed-
Ter will be played, and Miss Roman will
sing few new songs by the same COM
poser.
A musical program will be given al
the Women's City Club this evening
Elizabeth Towne will speak on the
Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand"
The musical numbers will be: Song
Fear Not Ye, o Israel (Buck), ano
Ave Maria (Schubert), by Bertha
O'ShaughDesy violin solos, '.Traumerie'
(Schumann), and "Berceuse Slave
(Neruda), played by Ethel Payne. Miss
Obenschaine will be accompanist for
both violin and vocal selections
The Dalgleish Music Study Club
met informally last Monday at Mrs
Evening star., 1924-10-26
Villainous Hero Now.

INTER a new type of screen hero.
- Heroic Williams are not unknown
to the shadow drama, but it remained
for Holmes Herbert, New York stage
favorite, to endow the cinema with a
new type-the villainous hero.
Herbert was brought out from New
York by First National to be Corinne
Griffith's leading man in 'Wilder-
ness" which she is now making un-
der Robert 2. Leonard's direction. In
stead of the cave-man film hero, Her
bert has revealed new way OF
wooing.
Herbert's portrayal as David Ten
nant in 'Wilderness" is that of the
mental lover. 1t lacks the sweeping g
ordor of a sheik and at times is al
most tinged with villainy because of
it's chaste detachment, and yet it is a
love that cannot be doubted and
proves its depth at the critical mo-
ment
According to Herbert, who is a
keen student of psycho-analysis. it is
more true to life than the catch h-as-
catch-can style.