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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12

SHREVEPORT. La, March 11.--The Standard oil company of Louisiana to- day posted an advance of 15 cents a barrel on all grades of crude oil in North Louisiana and Arkansas except on Smackover and Bellevue crude, which remains unchanged in price. With today's increase added, ton price for Caddo, Homer, Fl Dorado and De- Soto is $1.S5, while Haynesville brings SIS; Bull Bayou, $1.sO, and CrIchton, $1.65. Smackover remains at S1.S5 and Bellevue at $1.65. Today's advance is the first since February C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12

NEW YORK, March 11-T. J, Ma loney, president of P. Lorrillard com pany, will retire shortly, owing to faiI- ing health, it was learned today. R l.,
 Bell will succeed him. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12
GRAIN.

Ie!aI oales of hoNds today Wore s9.275:009. eoIl year ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12

BAR SILVER NEW YoI;h, March 11.--Bar silver 64c; Mexican dollars, 4S7sc.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
GLEN ECHO
Outdoor Fun.

The warm weather and the long
evenings are doing much TO pro-
motto the popularity of Glen Echo
Park and Neutrality-suspicious. are
hocking there. The fast electric
car service, operating every few
minutes, carries the excursfonists
through one If the most pic.
turesque rides about the Capftai.
There are many recreations OF
fered by the park itself, among
which are the shooter" fool
proof electric car; which can be
driven by either adult or child.
The Derby Dancer, the Coaster
Dip, the Carrousel, the Old Mil,
the Whip and the Midway, where
there are q score or more OF
amusement devices for the young
and old. Dancing In the large
open air ballroom Is another big
attraction, and nightly, from s 10
11:50 Andy's Rythemicers are rem
dering Jazz tunes galore from their
thirty-two different instruments.
Today the 7yattsville Baptist
Sunday school Is holding its annual
picnic; and tomorrow the joint ex-
cursion Of The Arlington M. e.
Sunday school and Trinity Episco-
pal Sunday school will be held at
Glen Echo Park.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
CENTRAL
''HO!d Your Breath

Dorothy Devore, Walter HERS
and Tully Marshall have lead
ing roles in Al Christie's fea-
ture-length comedy. :tHold Your
Breath" to be shown at CrandaIl's
Central Theater the first three
days Of next week. The young
woman impersonated by Miss De.
wore attempts to take her broth
er's place as wage-earner for the
family. During the action there
is introduced much that is as har-
rowing and apparently ais danger.
Gus as the human fly sequence
in Harold Lloyd's Safety Last. /"
Ben Turpin in Yukon Jake" will
supply further cause for laughter.
Short reels and pipe organ re-
citals by Miss Irene June and w.
=. Thompson will supplement.
Broadway After Dark Monta
Bells perturbation Of the melo-
drama by Owen Davis, will be tho
Centralh major attraction Wednes-
day and Thursday OF next week.
The supplementary offering win
De Hal Roach's Help One Ans
other"
Lucille Ricksen viii BE- seen Il
the Central Friday ana Saturday
In Universars production Of ssBe.
hind the Curtain" q love drama
with an element Of mystery. Neal
Burns and Vera Steadman will be
shown in Christie's "Tootie Woot.
sic, which also features q Re.
markable baby.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
POLLS.
ssPirates Of Penzance. 2

Wang" at Polls this week,
again shows the versatility Of the
De Wolf Hopper Comic Opera
Company. This Is the sixth week
! Of the engagement. with Hopper
and his company apparently grow
ing in popularity. The production
Of Wang gives every member
Of the organization an opportunity.
For the seventh week OF the
Hopper stay, at Polls, another
Gilbert and Sullivan opera will be
presented. Pirates Of Penzance.'
AT every performance Mr.. Hopper
receives requests to recite, Casey
at the Bat" and HIS daily mail Is
also filled with such requests.
While he does not care to repeat
Casey" having done 1t Ia Pima
fore" he feels that he should ac.
cede to the public demands, and
therefore will give us the famous
poem between the first and Sec
ond acts Of the Pirates"
Pirates Of Penzance" Is con-
sidered one of the best OF the
Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and
we win again have an opportunity
Of hearing In this opera the spien-
did voices of the principals in
the Hopper organization.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
RRYMORE AND DALE
CHAT IIN / LONDON

people IN town. Not at al. These
people have not patronized the
shows. and the result has been
trying. No. I don't want to do
Hamlet here this season. Some
other time. Besides, I'm hay-
Ing such q gloriousIy lazy time
here, fishing ana loafing. and
browsing, that It IS good ex-
clse Tor me. I'm naturally lazy 2,
MT Barrymore smiled and looked
the part Of the landed proprietor
though I'm moi. sure how that
does look. He went on:
Also don't like going to the
theater In daylight. What with
the daylight saving business and
the fact that 1t gets dark at
about 10 o'clock, shouldn't feel
comfortable and so--that's that
Mr barrymore unused and said
niodcstly:
4 never thought that my Ham.
let was essentially good. loved
playing 1t. adore the piay-it
might have been written yester-
day-and never play the part
without marveling. All think 1
0Ad was 20 make q proper Ham
lett just wanted to be proper.
I think I was that at any rate.
4 improve after. the first per-
fcrnance. ! tried to avoid what
they call Barrymore tricks. There
were no tricks In my Hamlet.
4 read the play. loved it, and at
tempted to do with it what 1 felt
should be done minus tradition. /"
There was no pose In this.
John Barrymore was in earnest.
He talked about Hamlet most
eiltertainingly. about his ''sani-
ty," tribulations, sis weird out.
look on life. Occasionally he
stopped and asked me IL he were
boring me. He was not.
Lionel Barrymore IS also on
this side Of the pond, but was
out Of London at this writing.
This was the first time 1 had ever
talked with John Barrymore. I
sincerely trust that It won't be
the last. The sincerity and charm
Of the young actor impressed me
greatly.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
.=--.s@s=.=In EOsvybodys confidsnes =:
THE GATE-.POST

Some years ago aDick" Carrie
made one Of the greatest hits Of
his career with a song based on
the line, "Will someone kindly
tell me I" Borrowing this line,
we rise to ask IL someone viii
kindly tell Dis why q theatrical
man or q newspaper critic is con-
sidered by many, including him
self, q wizard" and q wise
cracker" If he always talks bad
business in the theaters ?
ssThis or that show cant last.
That manager is crazy. The
public won't stand for that
stuff"
These are typical stock phrases
Of the "wisecrackers.
New York has just passed
through six humid days and the
Democratic convention, yet lot
Of good plays did q good BUSH
ness last week and several at
'sell out" business. When
George White and FIOrenz Zieg-
field both announce for their new
productions Scandals" and the
ssFolliesy-the largest advance
sale in the history Of their an
nual productions, it's time that
some of the aforesaid "wise-
crackers" adopted a new line Of
veneer in their strolls around
New YorIk's Rialto.
Following on the heels Of
Mr.. Whites and Mr.. Ziegfeld's
cheering announcements comes
the delightful news that Billie
Burke IS coming back to the
New York stage. The appeal
Of Billie Burke is unquestion-
ably unique and decidedly dis
tinctive. She cannot be COM
pared to any other type Of
actress because she created
type Of stage work all her own.
The announcement Of her re-
turn to the stage probably
means slightly more to the
feminine than to the male thea
tergoers. Billie Burke can
wear clothes and all women are
mad about clothes. At that,
what man hasn't q weakness
for q pretty woman In pretty
clothes? Many believe Billie
Burke is an English girl be-
cause she was for years the
most popular girl on the Lon
don stage. She was born in
Washington, D. G., and went
to London as q child and all Of
her school days were spent in
London.
The late and shrewd Charles
FrOhman finally induced her to
desert the London stage when
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
TTVOLI-
Vaudeville Films.

another variegated hin I. -
nounced Tor next week at Gran.
uaH's Tivoli Theater. Tot1rfeanfI,
street and Park road northwast
neien York, cOloratura aonra -
WIN pc heard In q cycle AZ ra,s
and Cleo Ga1larini will contrih,st ?,
instrumental music On bofh a.
violin and the o,ann.acco,.aa1.e 2
Dalhart and SnnaIley. VIM 49,.
songs. SecAay
The Tivoli symphony, conducted
5y BAILEY r. Alart, with Elias
6reeskln In the concert masters
cnair, VIII be heard in its us,IaI
overture number as well as IN
lnlerpretative accompaniment Of
the pictured subjects. Arthur
Flagel viii give a recital on the
triple-manual organ, and there
WI pc the usual news and travel
The photodramatic feature Of
the bill viii be Forgive And
Forget, modern romantic
drama in which the stellar char.
acters are portrayed by EstelIa
Taylor, Pauline Garon, Philo Me-
Cullough, Josef Swickard, WIND.
ham Standing, Raymond Mckee.
Vernon Steele and Lionel RelrnoIe'
The story is laid largely in
the fashionable summer home az
its pivotal figure young wife
who makes one mistake that en-.
tails much that is unpleasant but
"a the long rum proves bene-
" AACAelAa
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
AMBASSADOR
"A SeIf-Made Failure.

Ben Alexander, Patsy Ruth NH.
Ter, Matt Moore, Lloyd Hamilfon.
Mary Carr, Sam De Grasse.
Chuck" Reisner, Victor P0tel'
Dan Mason, Alta Allen. Doris
Duane and Cameo one AZ the
cleyerest dogs in pictures. VIII
be seen in "A Self-Made FsaiI.
ure," the first two days OF next
week at CrandaIPs Ambaasa dor
Theater. Comedy win Be eiin.
Piled BY Cliff Bowes in Turn
On Tuesday ana Wednesday,
the Ambassador viii offer Mont
Bells Broadway After Darly. n
Mack Sennett's two.reel comedy.
Scarem Much" win be the aIix.
larry attraction.
Johnny Hines will be shown
Thursday and Friday of naxt
week In Conductor 1892" ! Pea
ture-length comedy. kathleen
clifford will be screened a. staT
OF All Christie's ''Grandpa's Girl >
On Saturday, Charles (''BuoIS'1
Jones will be pictured In "West.
ern Luck" Our Gang win sun.
ply the merrinent in Hal Roachsa
Tire Trouble" The scenic "Stoclr.
holm" also win be shown.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
.KEIT.H,S
smiley and SaWyer.

Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer
win headline the bill at b. III.
Keith's Theater next week with d
pretentious revue Of several cpl.
sodes. among which will be 1.-THE
Hnnchb OF Neutr0dyne. \,
The White sisters, ;.Broadway's
big little girls. viii be a featured
attraction.
Tom Smith, expert chuckle pro.
Queer, billed as an artist. d gen
tleman and q scholar, holds
prominent position on the advanc-
ling program.
"a potpourri Of unique speciaities
will be offered by Emmett Gil
foyle and elsie LANCE.
Harry ANGER and Meta Packer
will present 1.-THE Old Fool, b
skit in four scenes, which are
titled Mash, Smash, Flash and
Splash.
Marguerite Padula, she Of the
smiling personality, will present
her Song Study Of Boys. !"
Bensonand MassiIno, with Kath-
ryn Mclaughlin, win appear In
pantOmirnic il1terpretati
The usual screen features win
frame the program.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
GOINGS-ON
AT che The0ters.

POLIS-DsWol Hopper in
wang"
BELASCO-"The Deep!Tangled
Wildwood"
KEITH'E-Adelaide and Hughes,
Amelia Bingham and other acts.
TIVOLT-Films. music and
vaudeville novelties.
RIALTO--Mo Blue in being
Respectable"
PALACE-Monty Banks in
Racing Luck"
COLUMBIA--I1lla Lee in "Wan.
dering Husbands"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. La
MARI. "The White Moth"
AMBASSADOR - John Barry
more in Beau Brummel."
CENTRAL--AIrna Rubens IN
"The Rejected Woman"
CRANDALL'S-Rod LaRocdue
in The Code Of the Sea-
SAVOY--Agnes Ayres in ''The
Guilty One"
AVENUE GRAND-"The Guilty
One"
APOLLO-Lou Tellegen in BE.
tween Friends
YORK-"The Moral Sinner"
GLEN ECHO Fun devices and
dancing.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH out
door amusements.
STEAMER ST. JOHNS-Moon-
light excursions. Colonial Beach
trips.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
RIALTO--
''Her Own Free win"

When a girl marries for money
she has to be prepared to stick to
her bargain. because il she 10 not
trouble is bound to ensue. There
by hangs the tale Of Helene Chad.
wtck's new starring vehicle, Her
Own Free WILL" the perturbation
Of Ethel NJ. DelI's popular novel
OF the same title which Is due to
open a weeks engagement at the
Rialto Theater beginning Sunday
next. The picture, from all re-
ports, Is an excellent revelation OF
how q girl who has always had her
own way and who values her
independence above everything re-
acts to marriage.
Holmes Herbert has the leading
masculine role, with Allan Sfmp-
son, Violet Mersereau and George
Backus comprising the remainder
Of the supporting cast.
Short film features will include
one OF VIII Rogers latest chucl11e
producers; the Rialto Magazine
and other unique and exclusive
screen offerings. Director Claude
Burrows promises special orches-
ira score that will be among hi1
best to date.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
'Dcesll't e icolx lovely. M.

Doesn't it lcok lovely, MI,
John Barrymore put 4 little BIT
Of Ice III q very big glass, and q
rbig drop cf whislkey over the little
BIT of Ice, ana seething soda over
It all.
,'Doesn't It seem quaint % Be-
able TO do all this without Ii
sheriff entering end spelling the
game7"
We sat In John Barrynorc'a
wonderful house at No. 36 Tita
street, Chelsea--t1e house for
merly belonging to Whistler, and
! built BY Whistlar--the house with
the priceless SURROUNDINGS. Near
here Carlyle used to dole out HIS
verbose philosophy; Sargent dwells
''round the corner; Wilde. Ros-
setti and numberless names gils-
ten here.
John Barrymore had taken pcs
session. Outside I noticed that
domestic bit Of furniture known
as the baby carriage. The large.
Uttered Whistler room seeraed
strangely unlike that. / had come
to London firmly expecting 10
hear news uf John Barrynaore,a
appearance ii the British me
tropOlis In his famous Hamlet
But In the chawder Of Shakes.
pearean productions there was no
account of our John. SO prithe0d
4 him 10 tell me Ebout It.
Said Mr.. Barrymore as we looked
fondIy into the iced beverages:
Looking over the ground, ! de-
cided that this was q bad time
for yours truly to try his Ham
let IN this burg. I wasn't quite
certain anyway that I'd 40 II.
Otherwise my manager would have
come over with me. But this
Is bad season, ana ! can't
imagine that the denizens OF
Bernondsey would feel any par
hcularly salient desire to see me
as the melancholy Dane. Why
should they? There Ii Wembley.''
Yes, there was Wembly, but
"Wembly has hurt theatrical
London. It was at first Thought
that the exhibition would help the
tleaters with the thousands OF
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
OFFER
OUT-OF- DOOR
SPORTS
CHESAPEAKE BEACH
Shore RecreatiOns.

Chesapeake Beach Is laughing
right Ii the face Of hot city
weather. The bayside resort IL
delightfully."- cool, and thousands 81
hot and weary neutrality-suspicious.
are going there to seek cool and
quiet.
Situated on cliff overlooking
the bay, the beach Is constantly
famed by refreshing zephyrs. All
Of the anusements are out over
the water, where the breezes Ill
ways blow. The new dancing
pavilion, likewise over the waves,
Il open on three sides, and no
electric fans are necessary. 1t
is possible to dance all day with.
out as much as perspiring
drop.
The bathing beach offers q de-
lightful time for those who want
TO cool off for fair. And those
who seek a cool place for the
lunch or supper viii find their
hearts content In the shady bic.
mic grove, where great trees, green
slopes, and flower gardens beckon.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
# AXE YOUR PICK NOW
FOR SHOWS HERE
NEXT WEEK

fond family, he organizes ana
finances his own company IN
which he, Of course, assumes the
loading role In q series Of the
great masters plays. One Of the
most amusing scenes from sRol-
los wild Oats, shows the young
hopeful presenting q scene from
.'Othelio,6 In which the audiences
present Ii really his audience.
Donald Gaileher and Lotus
Robb, the latter Of whom played
the leading woman In the original
production Of this play on Broad
way, win head the cast, the
Others will include Calvin Thomas,
Elizabeth Patterson and zita
Johann.
Everett Butterfield will stage
and direct ''Rollo's Wild Oats.
as he has the other plays Of the
Belasco Company which have
been 50 well received here.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17

Of q beautiful gold digger.go a.
ventures on Broadway. Al
novel, 1t achieved d Tremendous
vogue. Its author win be re-
called as the writer OF "The
Sixty-first Second, I, THE Tennes-
see Shad, The Varmint,' and
other semiclassics OF modern
American fiction, while James
Cruze Is famous for his direc-
ton Of The Covered Wagon"
Betty Compson has the part
Of "Dodo" Baxter, the girl fresh
from Main Street, who comes "a
New York bent on 4 career ana
finds it easier to capitalize her
attractiveness for men. She sets
powerful financial and iournal.
istic interests Of Manhattan ~
war with each other. imarines
herself in love with q Judge, only
70 discover he is married. and
finds her real romance with a
reckless young man whom she
rescues from the effects Of tiia-
sipatiQn and night life.
Other attractions win beiAeaoI,,a
Fables, Topics OF the Day. the
international News pictures and
special music by the Columbia
Symphony Orchestra, under leon
BruSilOf.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
BELASCO
s.Rnllo's Wild Oats. =

For the third bill In their sea.
son Of summer stock, the Belasco
Theater Players win offer "RoIio's
Wild Oats" by Glare Hummer,
one Of the most successful com.
edies produced in recent years.
It had long run In New York
two seasons ago, and has never
before been presented in Wash
ington, thus keeping up with the
policy Of the manager which is
to provide Washington with a
new drama treat each week.
The story Is about a young boy,
the son Of wealthy family, who
believes he viii be the worlds
greatest success as Shakes
peArean actor. INDUCED by
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
METROPO LITAN--
"a Self Made Failure

"A Seif.Made Failure" a now
cOnnedy-dran1a produced BY j. *.
Mcdonald, maker OF ''Penrod ana
Sam" and Boy Of Mine, win be
; the feature at Crandall's Metro
poIitan Theater next week. The
comedy will be supplied by Al
st. John In 'sFIis First Car. !"
The Metropolitan Survey and the
Metropolitan Symphony, under
Daniel Breeslkin, win round out
the program.
!. Al lf.Made Failure Is said
to be rich In fun, sprinkled with
romance and Astounding In homely
interest and heart appeal. Three
vagabonds, one an adult. one q
juvenile and one q dog, arrive
In the resort town Of Sulphur
Springs riding the rods. The
eldest OF the trio IL mistaken for
q Iliasseur who is expected to
take charge Of the hotel baths
and thus the three find tempo
rary lodging. The hotel proprietor
is skinflint who has dAfraud-
ed helpless widow, rightful
owner Of the property which he
occupies. The manner In which
the tramp ana his small ward
bring about restitution forms the
crllx Of the story.
Ben Alexander, Matt Moore.
Mary Carr, Lloyd Hamilton, Patsy
Ruth Miller, Sam De Grasse.
Chuck Reisner, Victor Potel,
Dan Mason. Alta Allen. Doris
Duane and Cameo, one Of the
smartest trick dogs In silent
drama, have important roles. Al
group Of stunning bathing girls
In the Sulphur Springs hotel
swimming pool Is q feature.
The Washington times., 1924-07-17

she was at the height Of her
popularity there.
The present and equally
shreWd Florenz Kiegfeld in
duced her to marry him and
stay in this country.
The new play that she is to
DO i q Clare Hummer comedy
with music. Edward Royce
viii stage It. Florenz Zfeg-
field win produce IL and Billie
Burke will act and sing in il.
The rehearsals start August /.
Not so many seasons ago our
theaters housed q goodly, IL not
predonlinating, number of PLAYS
transferred here from the stages
Of London and the Continent.
Today all this is changed. The
American dramatist has come
into his own.
Says Roland Young:
No other nation in the world
possesses such sturdy and tai
ented band Of dramatists as
America. The American play
wright has made vast strides
during the last decade. Our
theater is no longer dependent
on England or any other nation
for its entertainments. We
have authors who can give us
every sort Of fare, and of quail
ity not to be excelled anywhere.
England today has five or six
first-rate dramatists -- Shaw.
Drinkwater, Jones, Pinero and
one or two others-but that
about lets them out.
"Our playwrights Of real
achievement are almost too nn-
nnerous to mention. To name
only q few we have Thomas,
Kaufman and Connolly, Forbes,
Knoblauch, Peple, Broadhurst,
MARGIN, Winchell Smith, "A. e.
Thomas, Rupert Hughes, O'NeiI,
Carpenter, Royle and q host Of
others.
"In fact, today conditions are
reversed. London, Of course,
still sends us few Of its best
successes, but American plays
are now sent abroad for British
consumption as freely as London
successes were previously inn
ported here. All this means
much for the advancement of
our own theater and the build
ing up Of 3 strong, virile native
drama.
Perhaps our playwrights here
have. always excelled in plays
smacking of romance and the
good things Of life; in days past
they wrote more for the theater
than from life itself. Even that
is now different. Our authors
now delye below the surface in
an earnest endeavor to interpret
this complex modern life Of ours.
We have O'Neill's searching
commentaries on human charac-
ter. We have Kauffman's and
Connelly's biting satires. such
as "Dulcy" and "Beggar on
Horseback Pa field Of express
sion previously almost neglected
by our own writers. We have
assumed daring and confidence
and are making fast progress.
ssNo more-dO we hear it said
that a native playwright cannot
secure q hearing.
When the Selwyns present
"The Rue de Ia Paix" at the
Empire Theater, Paris, October
/, 1t will represent the first
time that an American producer
has given the premier of q
revue intended for the American
stage in that city. The Paris
opening is just one Of the many
unique features Of the inter-
national entertainment, which
will feature RaqueI Meller,
Crock, the Swiss clown; Jean
Nash, Ratoucheff's Russian lilli-
putians, and the great sartorial
show which Jean Patton, the IA
nous French designer, will in
ject into the revue, with costly
Paris gowns for Mrs. Nash, and
as many more for his own mani
kins, whom he will personally
conduct to America.
Compared with his brother
Of old thA Y,nodavu ,,,,,.a>Is..
The Washington times., 1924-07-17
PALACE
Changing Husbands. =

Loew's Palace win formally in.
augurate its 1o24.26 photopYay
season by presenting Sunday. Tor
an engagement Of one. week.
Changing Husbands" with Leaf.
rice Joy and q notable cast.
THIS is one OF the first Of Para.
mounts list Of forty screen pro-
auctions announced for the new
season and is a comedy romance
Of New York society and tleater
life IN which Miss Joy assumes
q dual role.
Cecil B. DeMiIle personallv
supervised the production az
Changing Husbands" which was
Jointly directed by Frank UrsOn
and Paul Tribe from an adapta-
ton Of Roles q story by Eiiza.
Deth Alexander. Victor Varconi
the brilliant young Hunearian
who made his American debut
IN Triumph" has q prominent
part in the picture a. $50 have
raymond Griffith. Julia Fave.
zaSu Tits, Helen Dunbar, VIII
nam Boyd and others.
changing Husbands'' tells fl,a
story OF 9 rich young society
matron, eager for stage career.
who finds beautiful woman ~
the stage her exact phyeical
double, with whom she secretIv
cnanEes places. The actress Ioses
ner heart to the society girlss
husband and the society girl he
comes the devoted slave 81 the
actress sweetheart. Compltca.
lions comedy ana real dram
ensue. leading to q cllmax , sa;d
g be Of appealing Romantic fis
"A new Mack Sennett cor,.,,,,
Inc Lion and tho Souse.'' the
Usual news views and Mr.. Can
non symphonic offerings win
complete the program.