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Writes in Her Own Name.

MARION CONSTANCE BIAA,'k.
TON used her full name for the
first time In writing the scenario fnr
"IIell-Bent Fer Heaven" from tie
Hatcher Hughes Pulitzer prize pl.,t.
which was produced by her father.
j. Stuart BlacktOn. All her uthrr
screen adaptations were relca sol
under the name of Marion Constance.
because she wanted 10 win success
through her own merits. and not "n
her fathers name.
j. stuart BiacktOn had been mak.
ing pictures for more than 81 wears
when Miss Constance wrote her first
scenario, in 1923. She had been stud
ing for a stage career and had alrcad
met with considerab bile success in stock
and on Broadway when Com,nodrl q
Blackton moved back To California -
make pictures for the Nitagraph 60
Of which he was one "f the founders
Prior Ia their coming West Mis-
Blackton had acted in an ADVISOR
capacity on her fathers stories
The commodOre's first script was al
adaptation of Robert Chambers H."
tween Friends" written by a trainel
scena rst Commodore Biackton fe1
that the scenario did not do the story
Justice. but there was not sufficient
time To send il back 10 he rewritteA,
tide AT it's flow. rode on To- victory
She recognized this As her cha nee r.,
show what she could do. and in fout
days prepared a complete adaptatiC
and scenario which proved so sati.
factory that both commodore BlaCt
ton and the Nitaeraph co. accepted 1
without "A single alteration.
AIisssBlaCkton then was immediate.
ly engaged 10 write all the scenarios
e.. fa.tf in, In
and a half years has adapted ; stories
for the screen
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American Screen Drama.
STAND u, and knock 'em dow

4 STAND up and knock EN- down
"A battle between Dorothy Mackaill
and William collier, jr.. III which
broom was Miss MaCkaills weapon OF
offense. and which ended with Miss
Mackaill's being deposited in any but
d gentle way on the floor. took place
last week AT First Nationals New
York studios.
The row started when Miss Mackaill
slapped Collier with a wet dishrag,
but appeared to blow over in a few
minutes. Then Miss Mackaill sudden
" gave Collier a shove that nearly
sent him through a window. Collier
came back with {; broom which Miss
Mackaill succeeded in wrestling from
him and using as a fail. But Collier.
very much on the defensive. grabbed
the young lady and in the scuff1e she
finally landed keI flop on the floor,
and at that point Louise Brooks
rushed in and ended the affair.
However. none need lose any sleep
over the battle. for it was only "a
scene for The Charleston Kid" the
screen drama which Alfred Santell is
directing in New York. Miss Mackaill
and Jack Mulhall have the featured
roles, with Miss Brooks and Collier
in the second leads.
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CONCERTS
L.. g. NAVY BAND.

The program for tomorrow at ) pm.
at the Capitol by the United States
Navy Band. Charles Benter, leader:
Charles Wise. second leader; is as fol
lows:
March Brazilian. "Cansao do soldado.
Comet solo "mnamma,uis; from ..s,sPs,
'Banam.s,er G. de Gior9iio. N'''''''
+. mus music drama The Rhinesoid Warner
Grand scenes from the opera levels Of the
Suite.
~, In,er"fszo Al FTssss k aesssr,
Fox e 'r"; 'f 2'er f? Say 41 I'm Sorry ff
star spangled Banner
Tuesdays program at $50 pm. at
Judiciary Park, Fifth and r streets.
will be:
March, The Gres, Conques," Woods
Duet for. cornet and baritone. "A Nigh. in
,Bandmasters G. de GEORGIA and j, Man
Selection. on Harry LADDERS songs , AUD
waltz di concert. Die Hydropaten'' .Gungl
Spsna scene: from ihs opera A'a sin
S Msrch II : Fed artillery soHsa
Star Spangled Banner.
Wednesday the following program
will be given at 80 pm at the band
stand, navy yard:
March. The Rife Regiment ...... Sousa
Overture. "Sclian Vespers .....: Verdi
Solo for alto saxophone, "Nalse Nanite
Wedoeft
,Banimastc G.. W. Brit fey,
Suite: -
IA Prelude to Parsifal'' wa :r
10, Walters Prize Song from The
MeistersInger " agnier
Third movement from Scheherazade, The
Rimsky- Korsakow
A musical travesty The warblers ; Sere.
"Reminiscences Of scotland 800, Godfrey
Valse Night of Love .......-.....L Incke
Fox trot Selected"
Star Spangled Banner.
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MUSIGRAP

Gregor will play several of his latest
piano compositions, including the
"Norrland Scherzo.' He will be on
the air tonight between $40 and 10
o'clock,
Emma Louise Thompson, organist
of Trinity NJ. r.. Church is returning
in Atlantic City. y. j.. and Albany.
y. Y. While in Albany she was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. clyde X.
Greasy. formerly of Washington. with
whom she will motor back to the city
via the Storm King highway. The
organ position was filled during her
absence by Miss Florence Reynolds
and Miss Elizabeth Hyde
The music for the low mass at
St Patrick's Church at II o'clock and
the evening service at 1:4o for the
Sundays in September will be sung
by the solo quartet. as follows: So
prano, Edna IIillyard Howard; con
tralto,, Caroline Manning; tenor. Roy
don J. Dixon. and bass. James No
Ian. under the direction of Jennie
Glennan.
Rehearsals for the Winter schedule,
starting on the first Sunday of Octo-
Der. will be resumed on the evening
OF Friday, September 8, at 7:30. Miss
Glennan will hear the voices of APP
plicants for admission into st. Pat
rick's Choir at these rehearsals.
Estelle Wentworth and Albert Pari'
left the city Thursday by motor to
visit friends at Hackensack. n. j.,
and to spend few days in New York
City prior to sailing September for
Bermuda, where they will spend the
month Of September. Miss Went
worth's mother and her aunt, Miss
Anne Hurdle, are with them. Miss
Wentworth and Mr.. Parr will reopen
their studios on October and are
planning on g. very busy season.
Mary Helen Howe. coloratura SO
rano. has filled successful engage
ments at Highland Park and Piscat
away. Md. during August. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Henry Hunt Nc
kee
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Travels 9.1OO Miles
To Study Music in
Cincinnati School

The distance from the Philippine
Islands TO Cincinnati. Ohio. is 400
miles. but ii was not too far for
Miss Cecilia Vidal. a. native Of the
islands 10 travel for her education.
Miss Vidal. whose home Is in Din
eras. a town in northern Luzon, is
now a student at the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music. There she
is studying voice and piano. after
a quest which took her from Din
gras TO Manila. TO the Hawaiian Is
lands. to San Francisco and. final
ly. TO Cincinnati. She was vel
coined al the school by Miss Ruth
Barnhill Of Kentucky.
Miss Vidal is not the only stu
dent at the conservatory who tray
eled for a musical education. Last
year there were two students from
china. one from Scotland, one from
Hawaii. two from Germany and
one from Russia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
St. Louis Municipal
Opera Ends Season
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. August aS.--St.
Louis civically produced Municipal
Opera. with the presentation of Victor
Herbert's Babes in Toyland last
Sunday night. ended its eighth sea
son. during which all records Tor at
tendance and receipts were broken
i'm spite Of cold and threatening
weather throughout the Summer that
jeopardizes the success of open'alr
light opera.
For the second time in it's history
the Municipal Thester Association
presented a season of II weeks. with
81 performa noes being given in all,
three being abandoned because of
rain. The attenda nee on. these 81
nights reached total Of 539,150 per-
sons. against 1929 who attended
the 12.week season in 1925. while the
receipts aggregated $34S.996. compared
to S317,7Sl75 in 1925. The attendance
figures include persons who every
night filled the 500 seats for which
no admission is charged.
The production of Ferdi's I'll Tro-
Vatore" for which the Municipal
Theater Association engaged special
cast of artists that included Frances
Peralta. Marion Telva and James
Wolfe of the metropolitan Opera CO..
attracted the largest attendance of
the year with 53.135 persons, while
the receipts reached the high mark
Of $35,620.75.
The I'll Trovatore' record would
have been seriously threatened in
popularity by Babes in Toyland" had
not rain cut short one of the per-
formances of the final work in 1925.
for at each of the final four per-
formances 1900 persons viewed the
extravaganza and fully 5000 were
turned away because there was Meth
err standing room nor seats left. Every
one of the 7,613 seats had been sold
each night in advance and all the
1000 free seats were occupied nightly
long before the eXtraSavanZa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

Basil Toutorsky. who was familiar
10 Neutrality-suspicious. last Winter as
leader of lis Russian ensemble, has
returned. He will remain here dur
Ing the present week. appearing with
La. Toricella. noted Spanish dancer.
He is known for his unusual arrange
ments and interpretations Of Russian
folk and Gypsy music. which com
posed the larger part of concert and
radio programs given here last
Winter.
Toutorslly. who recently arrived in
the United states. is a member of one
Of Russia $ oldest titled families and
IL q graduate of the Imperial LyCee
Eikolai OF Moscow.
During TIE World War he was an
offlcer of tho imperial Russian navy.
serving as flag lieutenant on the staff
of the commander-in-chef of the
Black Sea fleet and later was asso-
ciated with the procurator general OF
the army and navy.
Gertrude Lyons, lyric soprano. who
has Just returned from Chautauqua,
=. T.. where she gave a very sue
cesSful recital In the ChautauQua In
stitution Ampitheater. will sing the
solo Let the Words of My Mouth"
by Charles r. Ferry written in
memory OF and dedicated to his
mother. ut the services of the First
Congregational Church in the Metro
politan Theater today.
John Russell Mason presided at the
Green memorial organ at All Souls
Unitarian Church Wednesday evening
during the Gregory-Wheeler wedding.
Mrs. Ruth Johnson Manning has
returned from a motor trip through
out Virginia. She visited many his
tOrical places OF interest as we'll as
the caverns, Natural Bridge and other
places.
Henry Smidt-GreSor. Washington
concert pianist and composer, was in
Nited by the management of the
vesper hour OF the Emerson Drug
Co. in Baltimore. broadcasting
through WRC, to appear on tonight's
vesper-hour program. Mr.. Smidt'
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Flea Photograph

MICROSCOPIC slow-motion photog
A'A raphy of heas in action. magni-
fed 5000 times, was achieved by
George Weber. Miss Swanson's
cameraman, in preparing an unusual
scene for Fine Manners"
The flea scene occurs in the story
at point when Miss Swanson, in the
role of a slangy. vivacious chorus girl.
meets quite informally a young up
town patrician, and carries him off
to a side show as one of the diver
sions of their little evening lark
together. The magnifed flea photog-
raphy was to graphically reveal wha,
the two saw when they gaZed through
a magnifyinG glass at the antics Of 81
flea circus.
One flea is shown obeying the com
mand Of its owner and trainer to jug
gle white ball one eighth of an inch
in diameter. The entire scene. il is
said. represents triumph Of studio
mechanics which deserves a special
showing rather than it's inclusion as a
merely incidental scene OF . photo
play,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
New Light in Burlesque.

4 MONG the noteworthy players re-
"a Gently added to the Columbia
burlesque circles is kaa Hamilton Of
the Wine. Woman and Song" COM
pany.
Miss Hamilton will be recalled as
the leading woman in motion pictures
for stars like Francis y. Bushman
and the late "Wally" Reid. She has
been in dramatic stock with Harold
Lock- wood and under the direction Of
Oliver Morosco. Her last picture en-
gagement vas with Frank Farnum in
Los Angeles.
In the present attraction Miss Ham
ilton appears as Il protean artist In
blanche an intensely dramatic
sketch Of her own writing. This tai
ented young woman is also scenarist
and at the present time is magazine
writer on psychology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
The Yankee Clipper.

WALTER LONG, who has one of
w the featured roles in The
Yankee Clipper" which Rupert Julian
is directing for De Mile, Is wearing
makeup which requires a bright and
shining pate. absolutely devoid of all
hair. Hence Walters entire head is
treated TO the strokes OF a safety
each morning.
Long. who plays the role Of Portu'
suese Joe. a hard .boiled windjammer
sailorman, is seen In support OF VIII
liam Boyd and Elinor Fair. who are
nlayinS together aKaln for the first
time since The Nolga Boatman.
The Yankee Clipper is an original
by Denison Gift. prepared for the
screen by Garrett Fort and Garnett
Weston. II is woven around a his
toric race between TWO clipper ships.
one American. the other British from
Foo Chow, China. TO boston HarboF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
Outdoor Amusements
GLEN ECHO PARK.

The season for Glen Echo Park is
drawing to a close and its patrons
are getting In just as many trips to
Glen Echo as possible.
The attractions. too numerous to
mention in detail, include dancing
in the beautiful ballroom every week
night from $50 to closing time TO
music by Happy Walkers Orches-
ira. with different program OF dance
music every evening, including orig
inal compositions and latest jazz hits:
the new hummislc bird. which offers
1000 feet of thrills. with frequent
SO-foot drops: the derby racer. the
whip, old mill. big midway. carrousel
duck pond and shooting gallery.
Glen Echo Park is reached by a
delightful ride on the open cars OF
the Washington Railway and Flee
trio Co along the bank OF the Po-
tomac direct to the park entrance.
For motorists. the Conduit road offers
a drive TO Glen Echo. with ample
parking space at the park.
Admission to the park is always
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Follies Girls in Film.

DOROTHY MACKAlLL, who is fea,
- tured in THE Charleston Kid,
and Louise Brooks, who has the sec
ond lead. are both former ''Ziegfeld
F'ollies" dancers.
Miss Mackail secured her first
American engagement with the Fol.
lies soon after she came to America
from England several years ago.
Miss Brooks started her career with
the school of Ruth st. Denis dancers
and toured the United States with
them for two years. She then danced
in George Whites Scandals and at
the Cafe de Paris i'm London. Later
she turned to Ziegfeld and became A
sensational dancing success in Louie
the Fourteenth" and the ''Foliies."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
COLONIAL BEACH.

Saltwater ba thing. fishing, crab
binS. dancing. boating and canoeing
are among the many attractions Of
fered at Colonial Beach a water re-
sort reached by 70-mile daylight
ride on the historic Potomac on the
steamer st. Johns. which leaves the
Seventh street wharf every Saturday
at 2:30 pm. and every Sunday at
2 am. a special feature Of every
trip TO and from the beach Is free
dancing on the dance deck rain or
shine. to music by Sokolov's Band
Every evening at 7:l5, except Sat
urdays and Sundays. the steamer st.
Johns makes it's 40-mile moonlight
trip on the Potomac, returning 10 the
city about IL pm
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NJ u S &c
b. Helen Fetter.
LUCERNE. Switzerland. August !, 1926.


l. through ohard Pass. with nights in
OF those lovely places for which the phrase
itself and the
OF the old buildings the buildings that
erected with gogcou painted facad in 1850 add much to the charm
popular Alps During the childhood nearly
m ,, 800. w hh ~ switzerland The oy becomes The reality
Gothic find harmony and perfect
his beautiful In
Hugo inspired what he
poems Richard Wagner "Segtried and Goe
da.mm.rune The great composer lived lucernc or rather
OF land that guarded with
to 1872 '' '" '0' ~
T II s ss .2 s he S1a"i S ss P9 s
especially favored M sold The tall glass are serNd on the
and the 1s ee, erG %o5
the average reception American
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ropam Barr has big v0 and Mr. bar Barr is said et to
years probably make their debuts
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entitled Chinese Meher Goose Rhsme e also has written
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under own Pied Momis horso
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tia" In as "s S "a or Modern " pess% following
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to make u wh @ :n ss tse %s SO many attempts
SPE.KNG OF mechanical the SYM
Mcchnque OF Georges Anhe Although personally have
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couple o. the oung dancers who are "roPe this year with that am
shoso's sxeh.nssd
s hamp N ssE 'aa heard Mr. newest work
dH T "t Isi er
have & "a that line M had his wSi % osd for [,, snd
those s he ae. rs sn m so st o M F
hall that sd n @ and nb % have a" idea back
the will be Mr. Damrosc brings the work
Ths the which Miss Mash1de took vsqi s
M OF having found se "ns ideas and soor Shs"e and
nave nev a"e r IN @ "r q"'r and very
1ns Ike the aoncT great p i N n Wi lime 0p 5r
1e her the only dassr the world VIII" Like PavGw but being
that S9w o. r, the sse OF hs %G star a sd
Chinese opera to be presented in Kew York this season
especially pleasant this definite home link Italy and
Washington found here especially receptive
in ssbSrs nSt week. they @i dance Pei Rens OF oa
a ssa .droa Fran" Schaf the director and iec koer
director.
FINAL glimpse OF Iucene. Switzerland moment
nHezzo from cs1alea Ruseana by the well balanced and
trees ben, over the gay chairs tables typical
nee in S rer snd rous hd
listened with apparent appreciation to the music .
1. 7. cr,.;ns T,.,,,cIe O. 100 N;Ios
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CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

C'hesapeake Beach claims 10 he the
first saltwater resort in this section
Of the country to rid itself of the
sea nettle. The joy Of late Summer
bathing heretofore has been blighted
by the sting OF these jelly-like crea
lures. To conquer the pest a new
net with meshes only an inch square
has been devised and 1000 feet Of this
netting have been placed around the
entire bathing area at Chesapeake
Beach, excluding the sea nettles en-
tirely Each day an attendant in a
boat makes the rounds Of the net
on the outside and dips from the
water those nettles that have accumu-
lated nd that might in the course
of time squeeze through the net. The
nettles always disappear in wet
weather il is said
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CHEVY CHASE LAKE.

Songs of Yesterday will hover over
the lower dance pavilion at Chevy
Chase Lake all This week. when
Meyer Davis Band led by Tommy
Thompson will present programs OF
dance music. which will include all
of the big hits from the day of the
oldtime cakewalk until the war
period. including the comparatively
new "Dardanella." with "AleXanders
Ragtime Band" Bill Bailey, Won't
You Please Come Home. "Bedelia'
and Those Goo-Goo Eyes.
Vaudeville specialtles by Leader
Ben Levine and Ray kendrick will
supplement the dancemuSic pro-
gram of the pand holding forth on
the upper pavilion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

sicians into that of entertainers.
seem to have struck just the right
note of frothy frivolity that helps
folks to forget the dog days are
here.
The Chateau lie Paradis Band
under Phil de Williams is presenting
a diversity of the newest dance
music that shuffles up seething. sim
mering jazz with dreamy. swinging
WaltXeS
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MARSHALL HALL.

Marshall Hall. with shady picnic
groves, tables, benches and a play
ground for the kiddies. is an ideal
spot for an all day and evening out
ing. Free dancing in a large pa
vilion to music by McWilliams' Band
and score OF more diversified fun
features that include the aeroplane
swings, roller coaster. carrousel. kiss
ing bug. whip. shooting gallery and
bowling alleys attract both young
and old.
The steamer Charles Manchester
makes three round trips daily and
Sundays. leaving the Seventh street
wharf daily at 10 am. 2:30 and
b:4o pm. and Sundays at 1890 am,
$50 and 6:43 pm. On week DAYS the
steamer stops at Mount Vernon on
the 10 am. and 40 pm. trips. Mount
Vernon is closed SUNDAYS.
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CHATEAU LIE PARADlS.

The carvings -on of Freddy Slazor
and Cy Adelman are causing the fun
barometer TO run high at the Chateau
I.e raradis as The summer wanes.
This pair of bright Young comics. In
stepping out of their roles az mu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

The eminent Yiddish poet. composer
and singer, Solomon Small tSmule
WITH. whose numerous Jewish folk
songs. such as "A Brievele der Nam
en- and Dos Talisel," are we'll known
in every Yiddish home the world over
will present q program Of dramatic.
poetic and singing performance at the
Jewish Community Center Sunday
September 5.
Mr.. Small will he accompa MED by
his l4-year-old highly talented daugtN
ter. Miss Dorothy Small
The program 10 he presented here
consists OF Is selected numbers. in
Guiding a musical comedy named IF
| Only Had Luck" and n cne-act dra
matte sketch entitled. The Home for
the Aged" with young Dorothy skill
fully fmporoonating the old man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
Interest Is Growing
In D. G.. Song Contest

Interest In the District of Columbia
Official song contest is becoming
Nation wide as inquiries and poems
aye being recei, ed from California.
Colorado. Illinois. Ohio. New York
PENNSYLVANIA. Maryland and other
States. This contest is being launched
nv the local Federation Of Music
clubs and is Endorsed by the Comnns-
sioners Of the District OF COLUMBIA
The poem contest closes Septefnper
IS, to he followed by contest Tor
musical setting for the winning poem.
4 committee OF five prominent men
and women have consented TO serve
as Judges for the poem. Three Judges
are local and two are from out or
town. Three are literary people and
Two are musicians. the latter TO asslsl
w. deciding IL the poem can be set to
music.
The Judge. are Carl EnSel. director
81 the Music Division of the Library
Of Congress: Harold Randolph. direc
tor Pea body institute. Baltimore Nd.
Mrs. Faith Villas, poet. OF New YORK
state: Mrs. William Wolff smith
r,esiden, Of the local Pen Women's
League, and Mrs. Gideon 4: Lyon; rep
~esenting the literary section OF the
Arts Club.
There is still time for local people
10 enter the contest Poems must
have two verses. with or without
chorus. The poem hest typifyinS the
shirt Of Washington and having a
popular appeal will he the one chosen.
Poems should be sent with sealed en-
Nelope Enclosed containing name ana
address Of contestant. Return post
ace must he included Poems should
he mailed 70 Miss Beatrice $. Good
win. chairman. : West LenoN street
CheN y chase. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29

Nearly lo0 plays have heen sus-
rested thus far ny National Theater
stock patrons 'or the farewell play
81 the season Romantic comedy stu
has the lead with farce second. the
closing date will be the week or Sep
tember Is.