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had In such wealth OF handsome
embroidered designs on silks Of black,
white or colors,, and when worn with
a jeweled comb the effect Is striking.
A rose georgette scarf Is generous
ly bordered in rose and white ostrich
and makes an intriguing foil for .
white evening gown,
Bengaline Is n much favored silk
this season. So many years have
elapsed since Grandmothers Sunday
dress was made of 1t, that many have
forgotten all about 1t and hail II as
a newcomer in the list Of materials.
However, history repeats itself and
so does bengaline. and here we have
II in all manner OF tho smarteat
frocks for afternoon as we'll as street
wear.
Tho frock sketched is OF Banzai
brown, heavily ribbed bengaline. and
vas imported from Patou by q local
shop. Again the circular flare IL
used, accented by godets OF the shiny
aide of the material. A long frtngsd
scarf finishes the neck limo and
leGions OF tiny buttons follow the
under-srm seam. Long, tight sleeves
ending In wide GUNS, are new and
smart.
Among the wealth of imported aft
ernoon dresses Is a black crepe dc
chine model by a designer OF world
wide fame. The " neck ends In a
jabot OF vernilion silk which ex-
tends TO the very hem.
A black satin dress is cut close
around the neck and Is bordered IN
fur. Just above the fur a block de-
sign In gold enrlches its smartness
and Is repeated on the long, snug
sleeves. Flaring cuffs are feature
and are very desirable. since they
make hands appear smaller.
Many satin frocks are made with
tuntcs, short sleeves and fur trim
ming. An attractive one in brown
is very youthful and exceedingly new
with its tunic, IN front alone, cut
In apron shape, the sides shorter
than the front and slightly circular.
Bands of dyed fitch outline the panel
OF passementerie down the center Of
the blouse and edge the tiny sleeves
The idea of using printed silk
In bands to decorate black silk
frock Is ingeniously used in a tunic
dress from French designer. An
extended neckband OF the print Is g.
becoming feature.
This is a season of new materials
and new colors. One often wonders
at the ingenuity OF the designers
who. year after year are called upon
to produce different shades and un-
usual weaves and who never fail
in their mission. Silks OF q raised
design and remarkably soft texture
are among the new features. A lovely
model In petal pink is developed in
this and fiounced In fine silver lace
resembling the frost on q window
pane.
Every one is buying Winter coat Just
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rose and blue beads are used with
artistic cleverness. A large blue
flower and one in magenta color
carry out the happy color combina-
tion.
A rich material has been used in
the creation OF a shimmering gown
for evening. On foundation of
georgette crepe. gold thread and rose
velvet brocade form an intricate pat
tern. and a broad band of chinchilla
finishes the hem. The side panels are
Of delicate gold lace.
Beaded evening dresses never seem
to lose their popularity. They have
a clinging beauty which outlives
passing fads and an air of formality
that makes one feel well dressed on
all occasions. Tho straight-lined
models in georgette, deliberately bead
ed, are being shown again this year,
their newness. however, apparent in
originality Of beaded motif or in the
color used. Petal pink Is equisite in
these frocks. 1t is especially lovely
In a model of jumper design, adorned
with a single huge rose.
All these things are very absorbing,
but, of course. there are many OF us
who cannot AFFORD such splendor and
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who are interested in a less conspicu-
Gus dinner dress. one that can be
worn many times and that will be in
good taste for the informal party and
smaller dance. For such occasions
there Is a chic and practical dress of
henna georgette, with checker
board design in black cut velvet and
a gathered tunic following the bias
hip line. A band of fur and simple
rhinestone ornament finish the cos
tune.
A blue chenille design on henna
georgette makes a smart and very
inexpensive frock. 1t is Of the che
mise type and is banded In gray mou-
fion fur.
Evening wraps! Inspiring words!
They suggest romance, moonlight
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In sport and formal models. but even
winding its way into the boudoir.
One of the shops is showing a three
piece affair in n neglige which il
charming. 1t consists of pajamas of
Chinese blue crepe de chine, bordered
and sashed in black crepe-back satin,
and a matching breakfast coat of the
black satin, banded IN the blue silk,
wadded.
The ensemble idea is even carried
out in jewelry, and no one would
think of wearing necklaces, bracelets
or earrings that did not distinctly
harmonize with each other and with
the costume which they adorn.
Illustrated is one of the most strik-
Ing eXponents Of the ensemble mode.
1t is a distinguished Importation from
Molyneux of Paris and is executed in
q combination of crepe materials. The
dress is of a handsome crinkled and
stitched printed silk, woven especial
" for this model in shades Of cream,
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charming memories. And such glori-
Gus ones are waiting to accompany
you to innumerable balls, theaters,
etc. Can you picture anything more
completely fascinating than a wrap
of salmon pink panne velvet, beaded
in steel and amber and collared with
rich dark fur? The lady in the GEN.
ter sketch Is wearing 1t and 1t is for
sale in an F street shop.
Ermine Is the fur Of kings and
naturally the king of furs. It fash
ions an evening cape of truly regal
splendor, whose voluminous collar of
white fox makes a charming frame
for youthful face.
If you have resisted the lure of
bobbed hair and are blessed with
dark, lustrous tresses, by all means
wear q Spanish shawl. They may be
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ny LOUISE RocHoN HOOVER,

q dOPPlNG in Washington has In
deed become delight since the
stores offer such smart selec-
~ ton of importations as we'll as
the best of domestic apparel.
'here was n time when the fashion
able woman found it necessary to
make shopping trips to New York,
out nowadays she finds all that her
neart desires in her own city.
Ihis Fall, particularly, have the
shops displayed the newest Partisan
influences almost as soon as they are
shown in the Rue de la Paix. So
many of the models We're found
worthy of illustration on this page
that the difficulty was to choose from
the wealth of material offered.
Fashion has gone mad over the en-
semble costume. We find 1t not only
Evening star., 1924-10-23

More than one-third Of the SOC, 900
employees of Federal. State and local
governments are women. In WASH
ington alone. 1t Is said. they fill half
Of the 10000 Federal Jobs.
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FOOTLIGHTFODDERFOR
TIE COMING WEEK

: donna, will be featured, coming d.
rect from her recent London sue
cess. Jack OSterInan, the newest
and probably the youngest OF
vaudeville singles will follow in his
visit to Hollywood" a reel revue.
He is the son of Kathryn Oster-
man, a former Well-knoWn COM
edy star. Fortunello and Cirillino,
the Italian clowns are billed by
special arrangement with the
Greenwich Village Follies. They
are followed by Ray Fern ard
4 Maree in "a Vaudeville Diversion"
Next in line are the musical COM
edy favorites, Percy Cakes and
Pamela Delour, with Jane Moore,
as an added attraction in, Pep
and Action" Tino Glenn and Jack
Richards, offer nifty Tunes,
Quips and Dances" They are fol-
lowed by the four Adlonas, one
of the most sensational acrobatic
acts in vaudeville.
STRAND-Manager Sparrow,
of the Strand, promises good
lineup for next week, the vaude-
Vile portion being headed by
the clever st. Clair Twins sup
ported by q capable company in
their latest creation, Stepping
Some" The Twins and their
company were late features of
George M. Cohan's Broadway
success Mary" .
Others appearing will include
Lew Krug and Walter Kaufman
in a laugh provoking number
presented under the title "Is
Marriage Applesauce;" Bernard
Wheeler and Adele Potter In a
humorous skit called "Smithy;"
the Five Lealands, balancing ac-
robats in Juggling Human Be-
ings" and another all-star fea-
ture to be announced later.
Alice Lake and Herbert Raw
linson will work l'gether for
the third time in 1.-THE Dancing
Cheat" a Universal attraction
which will be the major photo
dramatic offering on. the bill. The
screen story was adapted from
Calvin Johnson's CLAY of
Ca'lina" and was directed by
Irving Cummings. Selected short
film and musical features.
~ X X
PRESIDENTIAL today's mat.
inee the st. Patrick Players will
be hosts to the professional actors
and actresses of the city at the
performance of the Passion Play.
A delegation of stage stars from
Baltimore is also coming over
for the afternoon performance.
Archbishop Michael J.. Curley,
of Baltimore, the Apostolic dele
gate, Monsignor c. F.. Thomas
ard other dignitaries of the church
will attend tonight's performance
of the Passion play at the Presi-
dent theater.
Tomorrow nights performance
will be broadcast by WCAP di-
rectly from the stage. Potomac
council K. of G. will attend in a
body.
Following the final Washington
performance on Saturday night,
the production viii be loaded on
to a special train and taken to
Baltimore where two perform.
ances will be given on Sunday at
the Auditorium theater for the
benefit Of the Gibbons Day
nursery.
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If resurrected today, would send
the first bevy of Flappers 1t en-
countered, into syncope spells.
This hat, picture of which is
before us, looks like the now ex-
tinct species of Virile Gowambus,
just after someone had knocked
it on its back. Probably Mrs.
Gowambus. It's feet-plumes.
really-are just beginning to curl
and the torso is in the last throes
of detection. It sits on the far
thest-north protuberance of Cissy's
head and, positively, my dears,
it's just too ridiculous for words.
4 X 4
Allen Sparrow, Of the Strand
theater, reminds us that Lent is
practically over without anyone
having retOld the yarn about the
man with the trained goldfish,
who, when refused a vaudeville
booking because Of a general in.
difference to educated fish, re-
Piled:
well, it ought to go ~ On
Fridays"
Haywood Broun, dramatic critic
OF the New York World, will be in
the next Shubert Revue on the
Century roof, thus following the
tracks of Robert Senchley, dra.
matte critic of Life who does a
monologue in The Music Box Re.
vue, and the erudite and graceful
motion picture critic Of Judge,
whose name escapes us, who
dances opposite Rust -Nissen in the
pantomirne in ''Beggar on Horse
back" Peggy Wood has replaced
Doris Kenyon in "The Bride"
seen here without undue fervor,
some months ago at the Garrick.
Jane Cowl will reutrn to the
Belasco a fortnight hence in a
full week of "Romeo and Juliet"
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EstelIe AscendS.

EsteIle Taylor is now to take her
place in the ranks of those who
started on the way to stardom in
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adaptation of Services poem ut
Loew's Palace this week.
=
What Is said to be the greatest
fire scene ever filmed is that
which is depicted in THE Great
White Way" Cosmopolitan sur
prise" picture, which is in it's Sec
ond week at Moore's Rialto The
alter, with cast headed by
Anita Stewart, T. Roy Barnes,
Oscar Shaw and Tom Lewis and
including host of the nations
celebrities.
During the filming of the
scene, which was a sequence in
New York City's big Silver Jubilee
picture, thousands of spectators
looked on and saw some of the
most thrilling reScues in the his.
tory of the New York fire de-
partment.
The symphony orchestra at
Crandall's new Tivoli Theater is
NAAO bdlloY
F. Alart, who this week transfers
his activities from the Ambassa-
dor to the new house at Four.
teenth street and Park road. Mr..
Alart takes with him his concert
master and associate conductor.
Joseph N. Nash. The giant Wur-
liter orchestral unit, triple.man-
ual pipe organ at the Tivoli will
be played by Arthur Flagel.
Many and varied have been the
reasons advanced for the immense
popularity of the screen version
of Emerson Hough's 1.-THE Gov
cred Wagon" which Is now at
the National Theater.
After consideration is given to
all Of the many views as to what
its success is traceable to. II
would appear that the answer is
1t Is the sort of picture the
vast majority of people want,
Further deduction is that the
taste of the vast majority of peo.
pie is clean and wholesome.
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SHORT CHRONICLES FOR
THE MOVIE FAN

In lieu of the customary con-
cert overture at Crandall's Metro
politan Theater this week, Dan.
lei Breeskin, conductor of the
Metropolitan Symphony, is offer
ing a special prelude comprised
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Song of
India" which is played by Sig
mund Ziebel, concert master of
the orchestra and one of the bril-
liant solo violinists in the Capt.
tai. The solo is accompanied by
muted orchestra and furnishes an
atmospheric introduction to the
Oriental subject In which Norma
Talmadge is starred that is highly
appropriate, since in THE Song
Of Love" Miss Talmadge is cast
rs an Oriental dancer.
The Metro press department in
forms a palpitant universe that
John Leslie Coogan is the proper
and given name of a certain pop
ular boy star known as Jackie"
C0ugan, who is at Loew's Column
bia this week In "A Boy Of
Flanders" Jackie, incidentally, is
the third consecutive .Coogan of
his line to be named John.
Charles E. Gallagher, the dra-
matte basso who is heard at
Crandall's Tivoli Theater through
out this week, was formerly a
member of the Chicago, San Carlo
and Scott grand opera COM
panies. He is an artist Of fine
attainment and rank among the
foremost Of our native American
singers.
Lew Cody, one of the most cele.
brated heart.breakers on the
screen, has turned toward vii.
famous paths in cinema drama
recently. From his first appear
ances in great lover parts, Lew
IL rapidly challenging Noah Berry
for the heavyweight bad:man hon.
ors Of Hollywood. His latest en-
actment is that of DANGEROUS
Dan McGrew," in the screen
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SCIHIIldLIcS anu 41CLIAOLldplC AAhASA
Our sympathies lie really with
the aristocratic Southern families
from which these girls come. The
second industry of the Old South
boil weevils being first-is the an
nual output of Ladies of the En-,
semble. Probably you won't, but
believe it or not.
Meeting any one of these pretty
Southern refugees, you will be
skeptical at first that she was
ever sucked by a negro nanny,
now going on 108 and still fond Of
her pipe. You will suspect, in
stead, that she spent her early
childhood throwing cobblestones
at the policemen on Hester street.
This is only because the girls as
siduously cultivate other. accents
to save the family from such dis
grace as accrues to ownership of
daughter in the chorus. Only
adroit questioning can get a scin-
tilla of the truth from these vio-
let's incog. Something like this:
You-"Good afternoon!'
She-"Ah wish ali was back in
dear old Georgia"
'1Ou- Are yOu 1LOIH SSOt Gid
She-"Need you ask? But, say.
the mint would sour in the old
gents julep if he knew I admitted
it,"
You-"How long are you from
Georgian"
She-"I crashed the gate outta
Miss Trelawney's Finishing School
in 1922 to the Great White Way
when Morrie Gest wired me.
business of peeking at watch).
Well, floor me with an anvil if
here it isn't time for lunch. you
nice old sugar-man."
These girls'
Hazel Dawn is very much agi-
tated over the predi2ament of the
unemployed. In her twelve
years or the stage, Miss Dawn
declares, she has never seen so
many Chorines idle. She is at
present sponsoring two at her
home in Amityville, N. Y, who
have been out of work since last
December.
sources and, necessarily then,
from high confidential authori-
ties, say that S5 per cent of all
girls engaged in the lighter moods
Of the art that Aeschylus or.
dained, are anxious. to let by
cones be as they were and carry
their lunches in yesterdays Eve.
|, ming Journal If some kindly wet
wash magnate will let them man
gle the customers goods.
X \
Raymond T. Baker, who used
to be director of the United
States mint, and blonde Joseph
Patrick TumuIty. both rated
among the nations greatest 30.
litical minds, are not so much at
mystery plays. In fact, Ray and
Joe were far afieId when ii came
to guessing the arch william of
"The Cat and the Canary" Mt the
BelaScO Tuesday night. All they
were certain about was that such
aIIp Infamous character must be a
Republican in politics.
n
The first woman ever to be
photographed by a motion picture
camera, so far as any reasonable
amount Of research discloses, can
be seen at Crandall's Metropolitan
and Ambassador theaters begin.
ming Sunday afternoon in Flow.
ing Gold" She is Cissy Fitz,
gerald. known in the early COS
as '"The Gaiety Girl" and creator
OF the Cissy Fitzgerald hat which,
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LADY DAUBER,
OTHER WISE
MISS BUELL.

High up on her paint bridge in
the flies at the Academy Of
Music, New York, Mabel A.
Buell. is at work on the scenes
for plain Jane" an expensive
production that is being made for
Walter Brooks and Louis l.
Isquith md which is to be given
its premiere at the National
May 4.
In the dim recesses of the
back.stage an interviewer, CROP
ing about for the stairway, found
it necessary to call out:
Miss Buell?"
Present" came the answer.
"Ill come down and lead you up"
And so the man with the pen
ell enjoyed the proud distinction
Of being guided by the hand up
a tortuous series of iron stair
ways to the workshop Of the
only woman scenic artist In
America, Miss Buell., likewise the
only woman who belongs to the
Scene Painters Union, an organi-
zatior Of 500 or 900 members.
But that is a mere formality. !.
She got out her scene sketches
and showed what she was doing.
"'Plain Jane will open up with
a double-decker attic scene," said
Miss Buell.. Here is a little
crooked stairway and a little girl,
who has climbed up there, is
found sitting on the floor beside
an old trunk trying to select ma
terials for the making OF rag
doll.
Then there Is a quick change
to a studio on the roof of a New
York building. am also paint
ing three life size portraits OF
ancestors that will be seen hang.
ing on the walls of the studio.
These portraits have to be care
fully done.
1.-THE second act shows a b.
hemian garden in Greenwich VII
lage. It will be a moonlight eff
feet. An enormous full moon.
Tables here and there with little
fountain. An italian exterior at
LH6 right SHOWuuB uOoE@ Slcp
leading into the ball room.
1.-THE second scene of the second
act is prize ring in, Madison
Square Garden. 1t is a little
tableau effect showing an actual
prize fight on the stage-dim
lighting on the ring. Then the
story moves into a third scene,
the office of the Plain Jane Doll
Company. This will have a little,
lighted cove running around the
top of the set showing dolls. A
window in the center shows a
view Of the Bohemian Garden.
This scene also will have three
portraits of ancestors-life size
and done in semi-grotesque man.
ner."
So there you have the five
scenes of a new spring produc-
ton which must be finished by
April "a, and after one weeks en-.
gagement at the National here,
beginning Sunday, May 4, will
go direct to New York.
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POLI'S-E. Fl. Sothern and
Julia Marlowe will present five
Shakespearean plays of contrast
ing mood and manner at Polls bel
ginning next Monday, with a
matinee on Saturday only. Twelfth
Night" will be acted on Monday
night; Hamlet on Tuesday night;
Romeo and Juliet" on Wednes-
day night: "The Tanning of the
Shrew" on Thursday and Satrr-
day nights, and 1.-THE Merchant Of
Venice" on Friday night. Romeo
and Juliet" will be the matinee
play Saturday. Playgoers are
urged to note that the plays be-
gin sharply at o'clock at night,
and 2 O'Clock at the Saturday
matinee. After the curtain rises
no one will be seated until the
internlission.
Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe
are the only players on the Eng
disappearing stage who have for
such an extended period devoted
themselves entirely to the presen-
tation Of Shakespeare. During their
association as co-stars, they have
produced ten plays by Shakespeare,
while Julia Marlowe in other years
has acted other of his dramas.
For many years these stars
have been able to keep together
the nucleus of a permanent or
ganization, which has added ma
terially to the pleasure of their
pany are Frederick Lewis, Lenore
Chippendale, France Bendtsen, AL
bert s. Howson, v. l.. Granville.
=. G. Bailey Thomas Holding,
Vincent Sternroyd, Frank Peters,
Florence Fair, Frederick Kauf-
man. Milano Tilden, H. Fisher
White, Eugene Webb, Forbes
Dawson, Milton Stiefel, J. Ramon
Abrams, Sarah Fishman, Christina
Affeld, Verne Collins, Maurice
Robinson, Constantine Zazzan,
Loretta Healy, Lillian Gray, Leone
Wood, and Lillian Walker.
BELASCO - 1.-THE Cat and the
Canary" which has the reputa-
ton of furnishing more spinal
chills than any play ever written,
will be held for a second week at
the Shubert- Belasco Theater, COM
mencing Monday night.
While the chills are abundant,
there is a 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
spooky West Indian negress
voices voodoo superstitions, and
an escaped maniac with homicidal
tendencies is at large. Here a
ecary party Of people gather to
hear an eccentric will read, the
episodes following being exciting
In the extreme. 1.-The Cat and the
Canary" is being presented here
with practically the same company
that was seen during it's long run
in New York City.
y \
KEITH'S-Ted Lewis, the popu.
lar jazz hero, is the headliner at
Keith's for the week commencing
April IA. He brings with him his
musical clowns known for their
Interpretation of syncopation.
Sybil Vane, the little WEIGH prima
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COLUMBIA-Jackie Coogan in
"A Boy of Flanders" at lilo
a. M, 1:1O, 3:20, 5:25, 1875 and 9:4O
p. m.
PALACE-"The Shooting of
Dan McGrew," at 1925 a. M,
1:25, 1926, 5:S5, 1885 and 9:45 p. m.
AMBASSADOR-"The Song of
Love-" at SIS, 8 and $40 p. m.
,CENTRAL-"The Marriage Cir.
Gle" and comedy, "Runnin' Wild"
at 1885 a. M, 1885. 1895, 5:35. 1885
and 9:40 p. m.
CRANDALL'S-"William Des.
mond in "Breathless Moments
and comedy, IL a. M, 1890, Q,
2:SO, 5, $50, 8 and 9:4O D. m.
5 SAVOY-Irene Rich in "Iu-
cretia Lombard and a comedy.
AVENUE GRAND-Irene Rich
In "Lucretia Lombard" and a
comedy.
APOLLO-"The Man from Brod.
neys" and a comedy.
YORK-John Gilbert I'm "at.
Elmo" and comedy.
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GOINGS-ON
At the TheGters

POLPS-Bertha Kalich in 1.-THE
Kreutzer Sonata" at 500 p m
Matinee today.
BELASCO-"The Cat and the
Canary" at 500 p. m.
NATIONAL-"The Covered
Wagon" at 2;20 and S:20 D. m.
daily.
KEITH'S-singer's Midgets
vaudeville, at 2:15 and S:15 D. m.
RIALTO-"The Great White
Way" at 11:05 a. m, 1.05, 3:O5,
sos, 7:05 and 9:10 p. m.
TIVOLI-C eileen Moore in
painted People," continuous show
3rom 2 to IL p. m.
PRESIDENT-"The Holy City"
at $3.50 p. m. Matinee today.
STRAND-"In and out of the
Movies" vaudeville and pictures,
at 2:45. $50 and $40 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tai.
madge in THE Song of Love-" at
HIPS a. M, 1.25, 1926, 5:25, 1886
and 1856 p. m.
GAYETY-"Brevities of 1929"
burles0ue at 2:15 and s:15 p. m.
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the productions Of Cecil B. De
Mile.
Mr.. DeMille announced yester-
day that he had signed Miss Tay-
lor on long-term contract to re-
place Leatrtce Joy as the principal
feminine featured player in his
forthcoming productions.
Miss Joy was raised to Para
mount stardom as a result of her
Ten commandments" and "Tri-
umph." Other leading women
who have been made stars by the
paramount director general are
Gloria Swanson, Agnes Ayres and
Bebe Daniels.