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Evening star., 1924-05-25

sian folk songs as we'll as to the
more fiery Tartar movements. All
instruments used are string, includ-
ing the balalaika- national instru-
ment of Russia, with a delightful
tone, best described, perhaps, as be
tw cen IA mandolin and i harp. The
personnel of the orchestra is en-
tirely Slavic and native costumes are
worn. The staging will be appro-
priately pictur rescue.
In The Dangerous Blonde Miss
La Plante finds herself in a congenial
role-that if a young woman who, in
attempting to rescue her henpecked
father from the clutches of a design
ing vamp, almost ruins her own TO
nance. Everything would have been
all right If the rescue party had not
been followed to the gayeSt cabaret
in town just in time to permit the
irate fiance to see his sweetheart
hustled into a patrol wagon and
hauled away to the station house.
The intrepid youth effects daring
rescue on his own account that al
most wrecks. the police department
Edward Hearn appears in the role
opposite the star, and other members
of the cast include Philo Mccullough,
Margaret Campbell and Dick Suther-
land
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Teapot Dome Play.

nAILY rehearsals are in progress
for the Twentieth Century Cubs
satirical play on the oil lease troubles
which have held the center Of the
congres ssional stage in Washfn gton
for some time. The play, which will
be given at the Belasco Theater Mon
day night, May 26, is called winters
Tale of Washington. or the Tempest
in the Teapot Dome" and was writ
ten by Mrs. Frederic E. harrington,
president of the Twentieth Century
Club, with Shakespeare's assistance
and with help from other members of
the club.
The modern and vexing Teapot
Dome trouble will have an ancient
and an appealing setting. There will
be scenes from the witches incanta-
ton episode, representation of Ro-
man senate committee room meet
ings with the give and take brought
up to date, while the grave diggers'
scene from Hamlet, the pleadings of
Portia and the antics of the two
Dromios will "fUre where they fit"
Miss Marjorie Webster and her pu-
pills will give the Teapot Dome bal
let" betw cen the acts
The play will be given for the bene-
fit Of the juvenile Protective Axo-
citation.
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Rialto "Broadway After
Dark"

Adolphe Menjou, Anna Q. Nilsson,
Carmel Myers and Willard Louis head
the cast in broadway After Dark" "
the screen feature at Moore's Rialto
Theater beginning today.
The picture is an adaptafion OF
owen Davis melodrama, which has
its setting in that febrile atmosphere
of the white lights, where night is
turned into day and people live riot
ousIy in the effort to jazz up their
sensations to the same pitch as the
incandescents.
Monta Bell. former Washington
newspaper man, directed the picture
and. in addition to the regular cast
scenes from the recent actors equity
ball, attended by leading Broadway
stars, are shown.
The picture cast includes Norma
Shearer, Edward Burns, Vera Lewis,
Meryyn Leroy, Jimmy Quinn. Edgar
Norton, Gladys Tennyson and Ethel
Miller.
Added attractions announced on the
bill are Our Gang mirthmakers. in
a comedy entitled Derby Day." with
Farina and Micky assuming the stel-
lar roles; the Rialto Magazine and
musical numbers from Poppy" by
SiecZynski, with a violin solo by Ar
sino Ralon as an added feature.
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'Cyrano" Performance
Memorial to Rostand

WALTER HAMPDEN will honor the
memory of Edmond Rostand on
the occasion of his 2ooth performance
Of the French poets heroic comedy,
''Cyrano de Bergerac," at the Nation
al Theater May 10 by donating the
net proceeds of the evening to the
Rostand memorial fund, which is to
pay for the erection of a monument
to the author in his native city, Mar
seilles.
Mr.. Hampden made arrangements
for this Rostand night with NJ Emile
Ripert, president of the memorial
committee, through the Alliance Fran
caise of New York. M. Ripert, who
is professor of provencale literature
in the University of Marseilles, is
now in this country as official lee
turer of the alliance. He is raising
funds among the French residents of
America for the Rostand monument.
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Pupils In Rose Time

TOMORROW night at the National
L Theater Miss Cora B. Shreve will
present a miniature musical comedy
entitled Rose Time introducing
the vocal and dancing talents of a
host of Washington children.
Many popular songs and novel fea-
lures from the most successful mu-
sical revues of the present season
have been introduced into Rose
Time" and will be Interpreted by
the cast, which is made up entirely
of the younger generation.
Cecilia Cochran, who will be re-
membered for her Jazz and other
clever numbers in Miss Shreve's for
mer productions. will this season as
sumo the lead" and among other
numbers will give Gilda Gray's song
hit Everything is Getting Darker
on Old Broadway" Wanda Cora
Shreve, Ruth Krieter and other
youthful favorites are in the all
star cast of Rose Time"
Morgan A. Sherwood and Walter
Burke are responsible for the stage
settings
The curtain will rise promptly at
7:45 pm.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

THE dramatic committee of the
L Arts Club of Washington, which
has carried out uninterruptedly for
several years past a series of monthly
productions of plays, is inaugurating
an important new departure. An
annual competition for original plays
Is henceforth to be feature OF Arts
Club policy. The initial competition
has Just been held, and the winning
plays will be produced by the Arts
club Players at the clubhouse, 2017
I street. Tuesday evening.
The judges in this play contest were
Dr De Witt Croissant, DR.. Paul kauff-
man. Harriet Hawley Locher, Frances
Parkinson Keys and j. L. Yeagle.
The first prize has been awarded to
False Value" by Mrs. Alice Barney; !;
second prize to 'The Scorpion" by Mrs.
Edith ogden Heidel, and third prize
to -The Gentleman in Waiting" by
Anna G. LAWS
The plays viii be produced under
the general direction of the dramatic
COMMITTEES Of the Arts Club, Of which
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith Is chairman,
and the players in the casts of the
three .Hays comprise such well known
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politan-" Abraham
Linloln.'

Abraham Lincoln will be present
ed for the first time before the Wash
ington public at Crandalrs Metro
this afternoon at o'clock. Doors
will open at o'clock.
Produced on the west coast by Al
and Ray Rocket, Abraham Lincoln"
has not as yet been released for ma
tional distribution by Associated
First National Pictures, Inc, the Ma
tional Capital being the only city in
which this subject will be shown
before next fall. After months of
research on the part of the Rocket
executives, wealth of material was
turned over to Frances Marion, see
narist, who fashioned drama from
the most important incidents in the
life of one of the worlds towering
figures.
The action begins with Lincoln's
birth in a snowbound cabin during
a raging blizzard, February II. 1909,
Then follow the boyhood, his devotion
to his mother and the gradual de-
velopment of the mind that was to
be called upon to grapple with the
most tremendous problems any man
ever faced. Much that is romantic is
disclosed in the life of Lincoln dur
ing his courtship of Anne Rutledge,
following his service on the Mississ-
ippi, where he caught his first glimpse
of the traffic in slaves. Next follow
the entrance of the young lawyer into
politics, his debates with stephen
A. Douglas, election to the legisla-
ture. nomination for the presidency,
election. and then the mighty strug-
gle through four years, victory and
finally the tragedy at Ford's Theater.
abraham Lincoln" is not in any
sense a film version OF the Drink
water play, which had its premiere in
Washington, but a new and original
work. produced not to teach history
lesson or serve as propaganda but
to supply the highest type OF dramatic
interest, predicated on fact instead
of fiction.
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T'iivoli-Stage. Screen ane
Musical Features.

Paul Tisen and his Russian orches-
ira, from Moscow; the extension of
the engagement of the National Male
Quartet of New York City. Laura La
Plante on the screen in THE Dan
gerous Blonde" and special reel de-
picting the intricacies of mah-jong
comprise the high spots of the bill
announced for the current week at
Crandalrs Tivoli Theater. beginning
this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The National Male Quartet Will he
heard in an entirely new group OF
numbers, which has been designated
.The Songs of the Countryside.
Paul Tisen's Russian Orchestra OF
fers an unusual instrumentation. Pc
cuIiariy adapted to the plaint1ve Rus
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Central" -"4O-Horse Haw-
kins.

Hoot Gibson will be the star of the
bill arranged for the first four days
of this week at Crandalfs Central
Theater, in 40 Horse Hawkins"
new Universal production in which
he is cast as a small town youth who
does everything but act as mayor
Bus driver, clerk, porter. waiter and
cook in the only hotel in the place.
he also serves in every known capac.
ity about the opera house." Finally
he falls in love with the itinerant
star of East Lynne" follows her t.
New York and gets job as super
in her company. The comedy for ths
first four days of the week will h
new Hal Roach vehicle for "ouI
gang" bearing the totally misleading
title Of Sunday Calm"
"The Huncnhack of Notre Dame
will be shown Thursday; Friday ant
Saturday in its original twe1ve-red
form. Lon Chaney, Patsy Futh MIMex
Ernest Terrence Tully MAxchall
Gladys 'Brockwell, Eufalie Jen1su
CONTINUED on Third PaEn1
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Children to Dance
In Colorful Revue

Hoffman -Hoskins Annual Children's
Revue will be produced at the Ma
tional Theater Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
The show will be in two parts and
six scenes. Many new songs and
dances of every description will be
introduced in a program which has
been arranged to be short and inter-
esting.
One big scene will be bit of Cali
fornia, introducing the dancing we'd
ding, a bower of flowers, and a spec
tacular rhythmic ballet will be one
of the outstanding feature. The Land
of Fantasy, a big bubble number, will
close the first part
The second part opens on an In
dian scene. A garden of roses, where
many speciality dances are introduced,
will be the next number. The last two
features will be black and tan
buck and wing finale.
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HOOT GIBSON
Central
Dancing Class
To Give Revue

The dancing class of the Smithson-
Hodgson School will present Saturday
night, at the National Theater, their
annual spring revue.
There will be exhibitions of dane
ing by we'll trained and talented
children from this rapidly growing
institution. including toe solos and
ballet ensembles.
Some of the features will be "The
Miniature Dancing Class" by the tiny
tots of the school, THE Studio Frol-
ic,'' THE Moonlight Ballet" and Jew
els of the Orient"
A pleasing stage seding has been
built for the "Revuette."
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Predicts Success for Color
/ Films.

.sTHE time is rapidly coming" ac-
cording to Irwin Willat, When
there will be a public demand for
colored films They will be classified
in the minds of picture patrons as
the art product of the industry, and
the resulting competition will bring
about their widespread use."
Many prejudices have retarded the
development of colored pictures" Mr..
Willat admits There has been the
impression that they were firing on
the eyes, that they detracted from
the interest in the story, that the
colors were not true to life, and that
there were expensive technical diff
culties in the actual handling Of the
film in exchanges and theaters- These
are due largely to the early troubles
OF handling the first experimental
color films. / am convinced that the
process has now been developed to
a point where it might be said that
it has arrived.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
News andComment
By Ph;Eb c.. Kaufman.

FTER one or two last gasps the Washington
quietly fades and becomes performance Midsummer
thearcaly and
Wgonan depend entirely the for their theatrical
photoa the Strand and the To With
light weather farce the ShuberBelasco closed its doors
Polls
finishing the with big productions
President and have long drawn the curtain
the last the past season. and even the Iyey has given
of allure the tired business through the coming
Washington than other cities of the
practically clear field from the competition
h E w ti than before as there will be no stock companies
playing light comedies entice seekers At
there indication that stock
pany will be treadng the city during
where stock have
definitely closed doors until Septem
The actors strike undoubtedly has bearing this situation
of the other cities throughout the east have closed
carly likely to be else
THROUGH organizations from the Long
the of the soldiers bonus bill by
Congress President Coolidge taken somewhat
Oh h. @ ] h and and ,a, have t,ken rv active interest in some
tickets worked trenuousy for
hf m an d M hen at nt
it wa fully admissions
Sonus and s
5 sSfs '9
to s % the w w ns tasH On M I @
for veterans repeal of such taxes will Be- seriously impeded
FOLLOWING heels of the achieved by "The Hune
Nre Dame Universal that another of Hugs
Th Man Who laughed be filmed this summer in Cali
have the leading character The Man Who
I1ugo book the who laughed gained that title
waking his face had the
inflicted him by French
Chaneys of
extremely The
one gives There
ample opportunity the
effects mob
horrible incidents the tale will
havet % omitted o sugar-coated
Play" has reached America, and will
"A probably showing fall The made
Bav) Players it Chrisus played
v Adolph Sassmach inherited the
the general belief abroad that the
rburg much better
directed by Dnitr
this country to direct Poa Neg
WHAT claimed of motion made
w recently of the Fox
motion organization and New York The film shows
Bismarck and believed date back to 1890 Max
the
projection machine brought
N 1888 .t|t.l
the f classic,
l. of picture
companies U win brought this country next month by its
president produced by Fritz Lang and
the first Siegried and the second kr1em
hId's Revenge.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

Mike DonIin. once a Broadway
celebrity and former member of the
New YeEk Giants base ball team, is
making a screen comback in Truart's
perturbation of The Unknown Pur-
ple." Mike was very much in the
public eye ten years ago, both as
base ball player and actor, but since
that time he has been In COMPARE
tive obScurity.
which George M Cohen made one OF
tho hits Of Z season or 50 ago on
Broadway, was presented fni stock
last spring at the President Theater,
shortly after the close of the run at
..-. i .,.L,is.A q, -AhiS'H Irish ROSe.' =
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Strand-'Seminary Scandals

The Strand Theater, for the week
beginning today. will oher synco-
pated musical farce. Seminary Scan
daIs." with Miss Tommie Allen head
ing the company. as chief ATTRACTION.
Others will include William G. LIE
cnair and Billy Sampson, in amusing
pantomimic travesties; the popular
sam E. Mann. otherwise known IA as
Rather Joys Boy; Miss NADIA Nor
rain. in .'Double Voice Melodies" and
Evelyn Earle and Harry Mathews: in
"a round the World in Danceland.
The screen version of The Shadow
of the East" adapted from the book
of E. NJ. Hull. will be the picture fea-
ture, which is a story OF the orient,
with its strange destinations, its loves
and mystery.
The cast includes Frank Mayo. Mil
dred Harris, Norman Kerry. Bertram m
Grassby, Evelyn Brent. Edythe Chap
man. Joseph Swickard and Lorimer
Johnson.
Short films, including a comedy sub
iect. and orchestral music will con-
clude the program.
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Current Attractions
At the Theaters This Week

KEITHS-Marjore Rambeau. vaudeville. New show with
tomorrow afternoon.
TVOPhotopay vaudeville music Performances this after
and
STRAND-Semnary Scandals vaudeville. Performances this
afternoon and evening.
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Photoplays This Week
At the Photoplay Houses This Week

At the Photoplay Houses This Week
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lincoln" Shown this afternoon and
RIALTO broadway After Dark" Shown this afternoon and
evening.
COLUMBAThe Unknown Purple Shown this afternoon and
evening.
PAACE-The Man in the World" Shown this afternoon
and
AMBASSADOR-"Let Not Man Put Asunder Shown this after
and evening
CENTRAI<-t40-I1orse Hawkins Shown this afternoon and
evening.
CRANDALLSThe Yankee Consul" Shown this afternoon and
LINCOLN (Colored-The White Way Shown this after
and evening.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24

he knew the sun was shining Granny
WIS shaking MN
There you are aginf Coin to bed
with your shoes oni My gracious
don't know what ye're comm to. Now
We get up. an fetch me something to
burn. Look round in the. alley. For
the lands sake. what ails ye?" For
the Kid was out of the room and tear
ing down the cold old hall, and she
heard him yelling and calling for her
to come quick.
Size obeyed as fast as her old feet
would take her, and they crumpled
under her so that she sat down on the
first thing, which proved to be sled.
the newest, reddest, shiniest sled
either she or the Kid had ever seen.
Then she came to. The ashes of a
burnt-out fire lay on tile hearth; the
old room had comfortable lived-in
feeling. for all Of its chill; the sun
came in the old windows bright with
the dazzle of the snow. But she did
net notice all this, nor did the Kid
They were spellbound before Christ
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24

something family resembling STOCK
ing.
IF anything was put in 'em, DO ye
reckon they would hold it?"
well, we won't take no chances"
and the other boy took some string
from his pockets and tied up the foot
holes, making long sacks Of the legs.
Then he fumbled a tack from pocket
and fastened one to the mantel, with
the other above 1t.
Now we'd better be skallyhootin'
to give old Sandy a chance" and the
other boy pulled closer his apology for
a coat and started to trudge off. then
paused.
Gould I go out thisaway?" he be-
gan, as he opened the front door.
Then he shut 1t. But 1 guess I'd
ruther go out through the kitchen, for
I'd orter fix the chairs an lamp back
like before we played. Your grand
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24

human beings, all of those fellows
were
Their voices rose higher.
"Oh, of counsel Nothing could be
simple and sweet and nice. Always
men had to be talking about women.
about their charms, about their capa-
bilities, their powers, their beautiful
lines"
Here they were; all discussing what
beautiful lines" "she" had, Boosting,
each taking so proprietary an interest
In her. And she had them all dangling
after herl
Oh, yes; human nature was the
same, no matter where you went. Al
ways men were thinking Of women or
talking of them, or longing for their
society. The interesting little China
man and his clean kitchen and his
eager willingness to serve and the
newspapers he had about to amuse
his guests-he wasn't so interesting
any more. Doubtless he, too, was
thinking of some Chinese she"
Couldn't one get away from 1t for a
little while-'way off here, for ex-
ample?
Couldn't we feel the beautiful, pure
spirit Of Christmas for sustained
length Of time?
And there we sat-mortified.
1t was our human nature that was
the same no matter where we went.
II was because we thought people
were all the same.
We had thought "she" was woman.
"She" was a new engine, and they
called her their Christmas love. For
the trainmen loved her and her power
and her beautiful lines and her at
Effectiveness and her speed
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24
A Period of Good Will

Christmas as period of good will,
rejoicing and the interchange of pres
ents is readily traced to the Roman
Saturnalia, which was celebrated at
about the same relative time of the
wear as Is our modern Christmas
During the Saturnalia there was uni
versal mirth, friends Toasted together
and exchanged presents; gifts were
made to the poor; no war was de-
clared; no capital executions were
permitted to take place and even the
slaves were granted the right to
speak, although usually speech was
denied them.-George Newell Moran.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24

otONhAA6o hoASAb6 AVN Liz OAo
above the old fireplace.
At last, when all the things lay
about them, with papers and =
all over the floor, with the Kid lng
on a new warm cap with hands el-lnsy
In new red mittens, she, stroktng a
black and checkered shawl that could
be meant for no one but herself, like
the shoes and groceries lying around,
said TREMENDOUSLY: Now who In the
world done it, 1 want to know. Do
you reckon it might "a been the Relief
corps, or the Salvation Army, or the
Ladies' Aid?"
Jaw, 1 should say not. 1t WANT
none O. them old things. They never
done it; you bet they didn't 1t was
Sandy Claus-hey, Stumpy?"
The other boy had Joined them, look
ing askance at Granny, but siding
toward the far stocking. suddenly
shouting. "Hopplal Chock full
Course it's Sandy Why, 1 asst big
man on the sidewalk, last night when
| went outline man with a money
bank overcoat, an armful o. bundles
an he said. Yes, of course. hope
you haven't been losin' faith An I
said he'd never left me anything, nor
for the Kid, nor for-for Granny, so
I want quite sure. Then he stopped an
asked questions, an laughed. an said
Sandy was a mighty busy man about
now, an had missed US somehow. But
If we never quit faith he'd sure find US
out. Now know there's Sandy" grab
bling his stocking and dropping on
the floor. "Don't-don't you know, too,
Granny?" looking at her doubtfully.
81 guess so,' still dazedly; "but
never got nothin' before. Yes, guess
there Is a Sandy Claus"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24

mad jump me II
she found I'd been
b ere, a n { b a t
stockin' hung up.
She don't believe
in no Sandy Claus
nor nuthin'. If l
was you 1 wouldn't
say nothin' bout
my bein' here"
And the other
boy d o d g e d out
AMI q great whifl
of wind and snow
swallowed him up.
Kid. too sleepy
to undress, crawled
under a pile Of
t h | n G S n til e
humpy old lounge,
and the next thing
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24
BRASSEUR

and the lung has developed to &elp
them breathe.
In several countries of South Amer
lea there are fish of the same family
with two lungs as well as gills; the
rivers in which they live dry up en-
tirely in the summer. and the gills, the
prime function of which is to breathe
in water, are then useless to the fish,
so they burrow in the mud and breathe
through their lungs until the wet sea-
son comes and the rivers fill
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24

ings. We were In
the Christmas spir-
it. We were joyous
and happy a n d
filled with good
cheer. The world
was a lovely place,
and people SO nice
even In its tucked
away corners, and
even the people we
had never both
cred to know well
enough before to
appreciate them.
At the other side
the r e S t a u r a n t
were many train
men. We liked
their looks, too.
Sensible, genuine
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24
PLAYING Futures
better y

A newly rich man. buying a piano.
was concerned over the size of the in
strument. He impressed upon the
salesman that it must he full-sized-
fhe largest. in fact. they manufac-
fured- Its fer u young and { wing
girl" he explained. .and | don't want
TO have 10 buy her another in year
or two"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-24
School for Explorers

For explorers, experience always has
been not only the best. but the only
teacher. No college offered course
in exploration until recently, when the
American Geographical society estab-
lished a school for explorers in New
York city, says Popular Science
Monthly. The scheme of instruction
is entirely practical and based on the
experience of noted explorers