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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-12
EVerybOdy's Confidence @o@e@sso..e.
THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips

Grandfather critics of the pay changed dis
guses each week and carried knuces gentlemen
the press wrote with stypt pencils the ago scarce
indeed the Hame and Teazes who step out of
character long enough for s commentator
The wholesale invasion of dramatic the pay-
writing hed the cabals that exist many large between
Leading critics at doubling between the dramatic desk
1ootghts actors factors hghtenng feeling
between the green and the city
Only yesterday read that Joseph Schdrau after confer
with Robert Garland dramatic editor Baltimore Amer
an had decided not to take "The Hghwayman
anywhere ese
With all but precincts the flooded districts heard form at
today indications that the contest as to
why The Gate POST labeled rapidly getting beyond
control and the possibility of third alarm for negborng
not to be scotfed at.
week The Times Department under the guidance
Of Mr. Phillips hanks Harold insgated Gate Post" as
daily feature and promised tickets to the first person
guessing why It titled.
Of the veal The first response developed into cascade
and then became not avalanche boadsde
Wednesday night the checkers buried deep and this
writing they still laborng in the this mountain of
replies.
Miss Margaret Sutton Apartments seems to have won
the free tickets and eternal appreciation thinking better
reason that had in mind It. is that the top of
the column BECAUSE writes she cts in verybodys confidence"
Another because the department hinges it, struck us
neatly but the board of would TOo pre-
sumptuous," they verdicked
The contest limited people between the ages Of three
and and oddly enough these ages
were the respondees MRS. Leta Bech O7 was the
Oldest contestant and cast two for Valentino Hail.
aged three the youngest solution forwarded through
open court by papant daddy, said:
mr. Phillips picked that title couldn't think of bet
Ter one and though little Anacostas applies equally
Mlons Paradise Lost and Zch Brothers Centrifugal Wash
Boiler and Combined preocy is thing to be en-
couaged and today forwarding yesterdays
matnee performance at the Gayety to this happy little mink
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SUCCESS AGAINST THE
GREATEST ODDS

If Julia Marlowe, known here
and abroad wherever the name
Of Shakespeare is known, had
been discouraged, the world would
have lost one Of it's foremost
actresses. When Miss Marlowe,
who appears at Polls Monday,
was five years old, her parents
brought her from England. The
family was large and their for
tunes were small. Julia Marlowe
gave evidence of talent for the
theater and made her debut as a
child actress in juvenile opera
company. When she was four
teen years old, she retired and
devoted three years to intensive
study Of acting and. of Shake
speare.
She went to a prominent vocal
teacher in New York city. He
told her she never could succeed
on the stage because her voice
lacked a middle register. She
returned home and for six months
she worked. Then she went back
to the same instructor and he
was amazed to find that she had
developed the tones he had failed
to discover when she first came
to him. She learned fencing and
dancing. She not only perfected
herself in her own roles in the
Shakespeare plays she wanted to
act, but she devised the stage
business" for every other char
acter in the dramas.
When she was ready for her
debut, she had prepared five
classic and standard plays, but
there was no manager living who
would risk his money on an
unknown girl who aspired to star
in Shakespearean repertoire. She
finally managed her own debut,
sewing her own costumes and
borrowing the money needed. She
had to appear at matinees for
no one would let her have a
theater for regular evening
engagement. There were rows
an rows of empty seats. but the
critics hailed her as a genius.
Her courage won out. She
established new traditions for
Juliet, Rosalind, Katharine and
Viola. standards by which those
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vorites, Percy Cakes and Pamela
Delour, with Jane Moore, as an
added attraction in Pep and Ac-
ton" Tino Glenn and Jack Rich
ards offer nifty Tunes, Quips
and Dances" They are followed
by the four Adlonas, one of the
most sensational acrobatic acts in
vaudeville.
STRAND-The vaudeville por-
ton of the Strand, bill headed by
the clever st. Clair Twins sup
ported by a company in their
latest creation, stepping Some"
The Twins and their company
were late features of George M
Cohan's MARY"
Others appearing viii Include
Lew Krug and Walter Kaufman
in a laugh provoking humber
lis Marriage Applesauce;" Bernard
Wheeler and Adele Potter in a
skit called "Smithy;;" the Five
Lealands, balancing acrobats in
Juggling Human Beings" and
one more feature.
Alice Lake and Herbert Raw.
linson, will work together for the
third time in "The Dancing
Cheat" a Universal attraction
which will be the major photo
offering.
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JANE COWL WILL
DO NEW PLAY
HERE

Jane Cowl and her classical rep.
ertory company, now on tour, will
pause from their Shakespearean
labors long enough to try out a
new play at the Belasco the. first
week in May, it is reported. The
testing process will not interfere
with Miss Cowl's route, however,
since she and her associates are
booked here that week.
1t is probable the new work
will receive attention at a special
matinee, sandwiched' in between
regular performances Of Romeo
and Juliet" The supporting cast
will be made up entirely from the
members Of her present company,
according to her story.
Miss Cowl has discarded pei
leas and Melisande" on the road
and Is sticking closely to the
more popular Romeo and Juliet"
Business is said to justify her Sc
lection. The troupe is holding
forth in Providence this week.
Two weeks I'm Philadelphia win
follow, with Washington next.
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IN THE
MAKING AT
RIALTO

The Rialto Theater is showing
beginning tomorrow 1.-The Gate.
way to- the West" one Of the
authentic historical dramas pro.
duced by Yale University Press,
There are to be thirty-three pic
lures In all, known as "The
Chronicles of America" They
depict outstanding events in the
growth of America as a nation.
Before each one is shown it must
be approved by a Board of
Editors. consisting Of three dis
tinguished historical experts ap-
pointed by the Councils Com
mittee on Publications of Yale
University. With this guarantee
OF strict adherence to historical
fact, it is easily understood why
The Gateway to the West"
affords peculiarly vivid sense Of
realism which at once disting-
uishes it from most films. Yet the
unique appeal does not stop with
~AAA' OSoAA nikCO Va dutuOIIlCILys
The true drama of history is
revealed in a thoroughly enter.
tanning manner, For example,
the popular conception of George
Washington is that Of a disting-
uished soldier and statesman who
commanded the Continental armies
In the War Of Independence and
was later our first President. 1t
is dramatic treat to know him
as a young officer in his twenties
and to go with him on his first
important military mission. He is
seen offering England's protest to
the commandant at Fort LIE
Boeuf over Frances invasion Of
the vast Ohio territory. Later, he
10 seen in command of the skirm-
ish party which fired the first
shot in a conflict which was to
set the world ablaze. Then, re-
treating before a huge French
force, he is seen making his
courageous stand at Fort Neces-
sity in 1853.
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CICELY YEARNING
FOR THE GREAT
PRAIRIE

Clara Verdera, the sylph-like
Cicely of 1.-THE Cat and the
Canary" which is now playing
at the Shubett Belasco Theater,
and is to continue there next
week, is an enthusiast On the
subject of life in the wild and
woody West.
When 1 was mere baby" says
Miss Verdera, my father and
mother brought me from England,
where I was born" Now and
then she lacks on bit of
British accent to her speech,
which otherwise is pretty good
American. But that is only to
emphasize the fact that she was
born under the Union Jack. "We
went to western Canada, where
my father bought a large ranch
and went into the wheat raising
and cattle raising business. We
were miles and miles from any
railroad. had a governess to
teach me and a great part of my
life was spent outdoors. learned
to ride, to shoot and to swim
like one of the boys. I still keen
up my riding, for 1 love the ex-
.ercise, but l miss the wide plains.
Galloping along the bride paths
of the parks is not the same thing,
And then the country roads. They
are so crowded with motorst that
1t Is positively dangerous to take
a spirited horse out, unless at
some ungodly hour when nobody
wants to be abroad. And I don't
want horse that hasn't some
spirit in him.
While we were very busy with
life on the ranch, the world war
broke out and my father, who
was a reserve officer in the Eng
fish service, was called to the col.
ors. We lived for a while on the
ranch after my father left and
then mother and I started to do
a bit Of travelling. And here we
are"
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who come after her will be judged.
In the heyday of her fame and
fortune, she became i'll, doctors
told her she must never act
again. They insisted on four
major operations. She declined
the operations and intrusted her
self to a physician who advised
other treatment. She became
well. She wanted to act again.
Many people were doubtful. Could
she come back?
But the dauntless MaFlowe
courage prevailed. She came
back stronger than ever. And
she astonishes the world with
her youth, and her imperishable
charm.
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RialtO--Laura LaPlante in
Excitement" Gateway to
the West;" extra feature.
Palace-Jacqueline Logan
in "The Dawn Of a Tomor-
row."
COlumbia--Mary Roberts
Rinehart's "The Breaking
Point"
MetrOpOIitan-Milton Stills,
Anna @. Nilsson in Rex
Beach's "Flowing Cold"
Ambassador OF o win e
Cold" Sunday and Monday.
Central--"The Man From
Brodney's," Sunday through
Wednesday.
Crandall's-Herbert Raw
lfnson in "Jack o. Clubs"
Sunday through Tuesday.
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Next Week'S Bills

POli's-Sothern and Mar
lowe in Shakespearean plays,
opening Monday night.
BelascO-Second week of
"The Cat and Canary" re-
suming Monday night.
Keith's-Ted Lewis and his
band and other acts, Monday
matinee.
Strand-St. Clair Twins
headlining vaudeville; Alice
Lake in film, "The Dancing
Cheat.
Gayety-"Running Wild"
with Frank Harcourt and AL
Hitler.
TivOli - Novelty program
with film feature, "Try and
Get IT," also Warnings Penn
sylvanians.
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SLIGHTLY
DIM NEXT WEEK

POLTS-E. III. Sothern and
Julia Marlowe will present five
Shakespearean plays at Polls be-
ginning Monday, with a matinee
on Saturday only. Twelfth
Night" will be acted on Monday
night; Hamlet" on Tuesday
Wednesday night; THE Tanning
Of the Shrew" son Thursday and
Saturday nights, and 1.-THE ,Mer-
chant of Venice" on Friday night.
Romeo and Juliet" will be the
matinee play Saturday. Play
goers are urged to note that the
plays begin sharply at 8 o'clock at
night, and Q o'clock at the Sat
urday matinee. After the curtain
rises no one will be seated until
the intermission.
In their company are Fred
erick Lewis, Lenore Chippendale,
France Bendtsen, Albert S. How
son, v. L. Granville, r. G. Bailey,
Thomas Holding, Vincent Stern.
royd, Frank Peters, Florence
Fair, Frederick Kaufman, MiIano
Tilden, H. Fisher White, Eugene
Webb. Forbes Dawson, Milton
Stiefel. j. Ramon Abrams, Sarah
Fishman, Christina Affeld, Verno
Collins. Maurice Robinson, Con-
stantine Zazzali, Loretta Healy,
Lillian Gray, Leone Wood, and
Lillian Walker.
BELASCO-"The Cat and the
Canary" a thriller, will be held for
second week at the Shubert-Be=
lasco Theater, commencing Mon
day night.
While the chills are abundant,
there is q laugh for every one of
them and the performance ends
with the audience laughing heart
lily at the scares Of the characters,
as well as at the starts they
themselves received. The play is
the quintessence of Weirdness.
The scenes are laid at midnight
in an old haunted house, where a
spooly West Indian negress
voices voodoo superstitions, and
an escaped maniac with homicidal
tendencies is at large. Here a
scary party of people gather to
hear an eccentric will read, the
NPAoONS0 AOAO"Ah6 wins SASASAhE
in the extreme.
KEITH'S-Ted Lewis, the popu-
lar jazz hero, is the headliner at
Keith's for the week commencing
Monday afternoon. He brings
with him his musical clowns
known for their Interpretation Of
syncopation.
Sybil Vane, the little WEIGH
prima donna, will be featured,
coming direct from her recent
London success. Jack Osterman,
the newest and probably the
youngest Of vaudeville singles,
will follow in his Visit to Holly
wood" a reel revue. He is the
son Of Kathryn Osterman, a for
mer well-known comedy star. For.
tunello and Cirillino, the Italian
clowns are billed by special ar
rangement with the Greenwich
Village Follies. They are followed
by. Ray Fern and Maree in "a
Vaudeville Diversion" Next in
line are the musical comedy Ia
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Fearful Symptoms

1t was an evil day for me when
| sat down to .rcad the almanac
for % sent our by old Doc 'Snced.
When l sat down l felt as fine as
ever in my life; 81 wish such buoy
ant health were NINE" declared my
jealous wife. Then l enjoyed un-
blemished health, no ache or pain
/ knew; but Old Doc Sneed, he
came by stealth and knocked the
works askew Before I'd finished
Chapter Three of his vile almanac
l. felt fierce tortures in my knee
and anguish in my back. "If you
behold black specks." I read, "as
floating in the air, it indicates you'll
soon be dead and should your house
prepare: you harbor divers deadly
ills, and soon their kick you'll feel,
unless YOU take my concrete pills
fourteen before each meal eff
you are prone to dizzy SPELLS" the
Old Doc made his wall, "the under
taker. wearing bells. will soon be
on your trail. Is there a coating
OH your tongue, and does your
mouth taste green? 1t indicates a
spawned lung and ahscess of the
spleen. Is there a ringing in your
ears. are you annoyed by chills !?
lou soon will go to other spheres
unless you take my pills" Now
no longer dance and sing or
chirp the joyous wheeze; if symp-
toms count for anything I've every
known disease.
(Copyright.) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
TODAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

NATIONAI--"Onc Kiss" at $3.50 pm.
POLPSANValter Seaman, In "The
Blarney Stone" at 8:20 pm.
GARRICK-Doris Kenyon, in THE
Bride" at 500 pm.
BELASCO-'TheL Lady Killer" farce
at $50 pm.
PRESIDENT-"Simo Called Peter"
1T $3.50 pm.
KEITHS-E1sie Janis, vaudeville,
at 2:15 and Sis pm.
deville and pictures, continuous SHOW
from / to II pm.
sTRAND-"Oddities Of 1924" vaude-
vile and pictures, at 2:45, $3.50 and
$40 pm.
GAYETY-"Tempta Of 1929"
| burlesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
RAMS HEAD PLAYERs-Triple
RIALTO-"The Marriage Circle"
at 1885 am, 12:40, 2:25, 4:20. 6:05,
1850 and 9:45 pm.
METROPOLITAN BartheI-
mess, in 'Twenty-One." at 11:40 am,
1:4O. $40. $40. 7:40 and 9:45 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Don't Call 1t Love-"
at 11:2O, lis, 1925, 5:25, 1880 and
AMBAssADOR-Mary Philbin. in
''The Age of Desire" at 6:15, and
PALACE-"Flaming Barriers" 1885
am. 1910, 2:25. AGO, 6:O5, 1850 and
9:45 pm.
CENTRAL Carmel Myers. in
Dancers of the Nile" at 1885 am,
CRANDALL'S-Rich Dix and
Lois Wilson, in THE Call OF the
Canyon" at II am, 1890, 2, $3.50, s.,
$50, 8 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
CUT IN SALARIES
BYSHIPPING BOARD
Aggregate Reduction Of $4,000 in
Pay of Vice Presidents, Due to
Economy Policy.

Moving steadily toward reduction
of pay roll and personnel. the Ship
ping Board yesterday approved an
aggregate reduction Of $4,000 in the
salaries Of the four vice presidents
of the fleet corporation. Seven thou
sand dollars was cut from the pay
of each of the two receiving $4,000
and $4,000 from each of the two re-
ceiving $4,000. The step was taken
on recommendation of Leigh c.
Palmer, president of the fleet cor
poration.
The reductions. effective March ],
were made, it was announced, "as /,
matter of economy and without any
question as to the ability of these
officers"
Further salary reductions will be
made, Mr.. Palmer said. but only
where such reduction will leave as
much or more efficiency than before.
He said he had found some duplica-
tion of work and surplus, personnel
in the fleet corporation which should
be removed as a part of the general
policy to cut down expenses to meet
the $14,000,000 reduction in the COM
bined budget for the board and the
corporation.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
LIGHTLESS SCHOOLS
SCORED BY PEYSER

! Abolition Of all foreign language
publications printed in this country
as one OF the greatest aids to the
advancement OF the English Ian
| gnage was advocated by Julius /
feEser i'll addressing the Ealorama
Citizens Association. in the Wyoming
apartments. last evening. He said that
| Foreigners are swayed by criticisms
OF our government through other
| than American publications.
capt Peyser explained some Of the
! workings Of the board of education
and commented on the peace and har-
| mony> that once more prevails after
the recent squabbles.
.oans rIrents and teachers should not be
competed to stand responsible for
'inano'ng the lighting of publfc
schools, Peyser said. and characteriz-
ed as shameful the fact that there
a.itb great many school buildings
Win no i1ghting facilities other than
III the halls. There is one school in
! the heart of the city. he said. that
mas neither gas nor electricity i'm the
! entire structure.
Drawback OF system,
One drawback. to the dcv.1on,,.,,,
~ -, t.r school system. he said, was
( school
neeas pass through the hands OF per
sons not sufficiently interested In
school work. PeySer said he was not
; IN !aEor of the purchase of land to
/ .nhnei, neIi ior Sly or seven years before
the money should be put into i'm
pfoFements i'll the present system and
. buildings.
i l'eyser favored Increased salaries
I t,4.l ~ y
e,al consideration should be given
! tnose teachers in the grades, because
the knowledSe gained in these grades
! ls the total schooling of large per-
, centasc OF children. He was not op-
; posed to higher salaries for school
officials, but these increases should
not be granted at the expense Of the
grade teachers.
The teaching of foreign. romance
ana dead languages in the first eight
GRADES should be prohibited. he said.
/, The tests and measurement system as
F.; no,' employed could be improved by
! max .nG known to parents the per-
centage to which their children at
F.! tain.
; Endorses Trahic Report.
! y resolution was adopted indors-
, ing the Senate District committees
report on traffic conditions in the Dis
trtctYof Columbia. The resolution
! "uGGcstS the concurrence Of organ
: iIod civic bodies in support of the
recommendations contained in the re-
j port with particular reference to pres
Cnt and future traffic transportation
. facilities. The association does not
: oppose nor indors" numerous detailed
| recommendations in the report.
/ improvement in the street car serv-
! ice on the Mount Plea SAINT and 18th
: street lines is to be sought by the
association. President George A.
j Kicker presided.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
SUPPORTS ORIGINAL
TEACHER PAY BILL
Congress Of, Mothers Declares
Measure Better Than Any
Substitute. ~
SCHOOL LIGHTS
ASKED
Need of Playground Improvements
Stressed.

A resolution to support the original
teachers salary bill, as prepared by
the board Of education and submitted
to the District Commissioners. was
| unanimously adopted by the District
, of Columbia Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations. at a
meeting In the Ebbitt Hotel yesterday
afternoon. This bill, 1t was pointed
| out had been carefully drawn up and
would meet the requirements pertain
ing to an increase in teachers salaries
as well or better than any substitute.
Another resolution was adopted IN
dorsing the efforts Of the board OF
education to have electric lights IN
stalled in all of the schools IN the
District Embodied in the resolution
were clauses expressing the aPproNdl
Of the boards policy OF conducting
open meetings and also it's practice OF
maintaining standing committees.
Such committees are necessary IN
order that the various phases or
school welfare might be properly
studied and reported on, 1t was said.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel. chairman
of the committee on legislation
Funds for Fairgrounds.
: Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. president
of the organization. deplored the act
of the authorities in charge OF play
grounds in holding out $4,000 Of
$4,000 appropriated by the budget
bureau for all Fairgrounds for the
building of eight new playgrounds
TT would be better" she said. ito
spend the whole $4,000 in improving
the Fairgrounds that We already
have than it would be to take one
half of it to build additional play
grounds"
There are ninety-two school play
grounds now ini existence" Airs.
Rafter continued. "and there is not
so great need for additional play
grounds as there is for improvement
and the completing in equipment Of
those that We already have.
DIR. Lewis Speaks.
DR.. William Mather Lewis. presi-
dent of George Washington Uni
mented the Mothers Congress and
Parent Teacher Association on the
work that they arc doing, and eE-
planned the part that women can
play in helping young boys and girls
to so mold their characters that
they will grow to be good men and
women and useful citizens. There
is nothing the matter with the youth
today except the lack OF some OF the
good old home ifltiuence." he said.
He told OF the need OF an endoW-
ment fund for a Greater George
Washington" and said that it was
hoped that with the new building
and equipment of that institution II
would permit the conduct OF social
gatherings such as might be of bene-
lit to the residents of Washington.
L. " c. Barnes. director Of music
in the public schools OF Washington.
outlined the system for teaching
music in the graded and high schools
Of this city and told how. under the
system, children are enabled to study
music at about one-fourth of the cost
which would be involved If they were
compelled to: go entirely to private
teachers.
Piano solos were given by Everett
Stevens. eight years old, and Nlr-
ginia Coffman. nine years old.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
PARTY FOR STORE GIRLS.

Girls under eighteen years of age
who are employed in department OF
candy stores are invited to a party
to be given by the Y. W. C. A.. at the
blue Triangle Hut, adjoining the
Grace Dodge Hotel. next Tuesday
There viii be supper followed by
games, and those desiring to attend
should communicate with association
headquarters at 614 T. street north.
west.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
DRUNKEN DRIVERS FINED,

Three defendants charged will,
driving their automobiles while
drunk were convicted IL the Traffic
Court yesterday by Judge John p
McAlahon and sentenced to pay fines
As indicated: Robert g. Hope. 800:
Thomas S. Speer. sI5. and John T.
Murphy, 800. William +. Cusl1
charged with 4 second offense of
speeding. was fined $40. The fines in
each case were paid and the defend
ants released.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-20
THE SAVAGE WASHER

Washes and dries everything
from the finest laces TO the heavi-
est bedding, pillows, etc, without
putting your hands in the watea-
Does not tear clothes or break
buttons or fasteners.
Requires no oiling; Just takes D
minutes TO clean and put awaT
when thru Is light and is east
ly handled on ball bearing casters
and makes a good table when not
in use as a washer.
Makes your ironing easier be-
cause there are no wmingcr creAs
es. Takes less than half as much
electricity as an iron.
I will do your washing for you
in your own home without cost or
obligation to Won to demonstrate.
Telephone W. d. Garvin, Black,
152, Vashon.