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OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON
THEATERS.

on the Ratios screen this week. But
the plot Of The Midnight Sun" Is not
a strong one. Viewing the opening
scenes, one can anticipate the rest,
even to the hating of the firing squad
just as they are about to send the hero
into eternity.
Raymond Keane, the hero in ques-
ton. proves to be bright spot in the
production, with his magnetic per-
sonality and his easy acting. The
story centers around the success of
an American dancer, portrayed by
Laura La Plante, in the Imperial
Russian Ballet prior to the World
War, her chance for success being
offered her by an unknown friend. The
mysterious one proves to be q financial
power behind the Russian govern
ment and a stage villain in the bar
gain. The Grand Duke becomes en-
amored Of the dancer and the plot
thickens. The two men vie for favor,
which the girl has no intention Of
beStowing upon either because of her
love for a young officer of the Grand
Dukes guards. The villain is frus-
trated in his attempt to kidnap the
girl by the Grand Duke. who has sem
fenced her lover to death. A mad race
enSues, which ends up with the Duke
checking the execution at the critical
moment, and further showing his
altruism by releasing the dancer from
her agreement and extending his
blessing to the reunited pair.
A newlywed comedy, 'Snookums'
Outing; news reels and an overture
of Russian airs rounds out the pro-
gram.
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town, forsake his sweetheart and go
to Paris to satisfy the whim of his
mother, under the intriguing persua-
sion of a willy second husband. War
separates Gideon from his mother,
who in the meantime is reduced to
poverty through the trickery of her
husband and broken in health by dis
sipation. The war over and his mother
destitute, Gideon becomes a night-club
habitue and turns to the position of
"Gigolo" for income. Here is deyel
oped the real character and color of
the picture "Gigolos'' are male dane
ing partners furnished for cafe pa
irons. In the role of one of these
sleek, polished entertainers, La ROGUE
does some best acting. 1t Is his
heaviest part to date, and certainly
his most colorful. Featuring him in
several graceful dancing bits, the part
has much of the lure of the sheik
type.
Sharing honors with the photoplay,
and deserving no less praise. Is the
delightful playing of Art Landry and
his orchestra of twelve: The boys
make a distinct hit in their first APP
pearance here. displaying unusual
skill and q respect for melody seldom
found in syncopating orchestras. They
may well claim the asset of being diff
ferent." Enhancing harmony in soft,
subdued tones is the keynote of their
playing. Gypsy Sweetheart and an
arrangment of ION the Road to Man.
dalay" were their most engaging num-
bers.
The features are supplemented by
Pathe news reel and an Aesop Fable
comedy
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EARI4E-The -Four Mortons.

The Four Mortons. famous family
of funmakers, supply the headline
attraction at the Earle this week.
This family-Sam, Kitty, Clara and
Paul-is recognized as one Of the fea-
ture families in vaudeville, and it
seems to have lost mono of its popu.
larity. They present a humorous
logue by the two oldest members OF
the family and dancing and music by
the younger couple. Their experience
has taught them what an audience
prefers.
The added attraction is furnished
by Gene Collins and Bill Brown. as
sisted by the O'Connor Sisters, Alice
Kasper and Nina Bradon. The act is
entitled 1.-The Matinee Idol" and is a
sprightly musical revue, featuring
singing and eccentric dancing. The
Sheiks Of Araby present IAN Arabian
Fantasy" in which they open with
an impressive scene and then quickly
change to a jazz orchestra. They are
a gifted lot, and the youngest gives a
good brand of tumbling.
Harry Morrisey and George Muir
ray have a mirth provoker In their
skit, Bundles" One Of the team is
James Mack. booked as the Big Boys,
entertain with comedy, singing and
dancing.
The photopIay attraction, 'The
Great Deception" is one Of those pop
ular plays Of the secret service during
the war. The story deals with the code
to q secret treaty and keeps passing
from one operative to another until
the audience wonders just where 1t
belongs. Cyril Mansfield ben Lyon. a
young English boy who has been edu-
Id I~uV ~ sY
countrymen as a German spy. Lois
Mather (Aileen Pringle) is his sweet
heart and helps him to escape. Action
and thrills are large part Of the
story, and in the final few feet there
is a thrilling airplane race.
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STRAND-"Danceland."

Fairy dances, pastorales and Dutch
folk scenes make a delightful pano.
rama Of "Danceland," a vaudeville
bit headlining the new Loew bill at
the Strand. The several feature
dances are exceptionally done by
Gomez and Winona, especially the In
dian love scene. The greatest charm
about the presentation is the romantic,
unreal quality which makes the audi
ence forget the present and go into
past Of pixies. forest dells and
Spring mornings in Holland.
Calling their skit, Don't Handle
the Goods" Kay La Velle and Frank
Browne put forth a blithe turn Of
fresh fun with bits Of xylophOning for
garnish. The Herberts bound high
from a rubber-slung platform and do
midair stunts. Mildred Feeley sings
and the house doesn't need to be made
to like it, while Marty White takes
what laughs are left with q rather
foolish but amusing monologue.
Mr. Manvell's orchestra's efforts are
fruitful Of harmony, and Barney"
the film, is a featured attraction.
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Coming not so many weeks after an
other Ibanez picture, 1.-THE Temptress.' q
which opened yesterday at the Palace,
suffers the handicap Of being a little
too reminiscent of Mare Nostrum. "
Ibanez seems further to have exploit
ed one of his favorite themes, and
even the director-Fred NiblO this
time-has copied some of the short
comings Of the director of that other
picture, Rex Ingram.
It may be unfair to blame the direc-
tor when the action drags. It may be
opinion, lends himself poorly to the
screen. But apparently the action is
laid on a little too heavily in the early
stages to prevent the story from NOV.
ing along slowly in spots. Despite
this one fault, THE Temptress'
stands far above the ordinary run of
movies. It has the advantages of
splendid acting on the part Of An
tonic Moreno and Marc MacDermott,
another veteran of the early days.
Greta Carlo approaches excellence In
spots.
The story opens in Paris at a
masked ball. with all the conventional
confetti. The heroine quickly be-
comes misunderstood. and one man
commits suicide. The second act is
in the Argentine, with a couple of
killings, fight and a dam explosion
as high spots. In the last act the
Temptress goes Off into the night,
and the dam is rebuilt.
Rubinoff, with his violin, and Will
liam Robyn provide the musical trim
mings, and a magazine film completes
the bill.
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stantly it stops aching; then shortly
that old bothersome corn comes
right off. A few cents buys a bottle
at any drug store.
Stop cutting corns! Don't risk
lockjaw!
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WARDMAN PARK-"WiIliam Tell"

William Tell, sharpshooter extraor-
binary, arrowed an apple from his
little sons head at the Wardman
Park Theater last night. knights.
wearing odd headgear something sim
liar to inverted water buckets fought
duels; maidens in distress were res
cued from burning castles-and other
wise 1t was a quiet evening. The
action Is a part Of the Motion Pic
ture Guilds production of William
TELL adapted from sSchiller's drama
and Rossini's opera, and the picture
was filmed in Switzerland. This last
fact gives exceptional backgrounds for
the various scenes. The beauty OF the
mountains and the valleys, as record
ed by the camera, alone makes the
photoplay worth while.
But the apple incident is only tiny
part Of the film drama. 1t is really
the story Of Switzerland's fight against
oppressors and the birth of the re-
public. There Is long series of bat
ties, with a love story interviewer
through the picture. and the details
are supposed to be historically cor
rect. The blacksmith's daughter and
her lover, a brave knight, are united
in the last fade,out, and the story
ends happily.
The part Of William Tell is played
by Felix Orell, Friedel Seller is
Marie, Carl CAM Is Knight Huenen-
berg, and Emil Harder, jr., is the
younger Tell. Appropriate music for
the picture is supplied by the Rema-
phone.
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kEITH'S-,yean Acker.

Jean Acker, who is heading a strong
bill at Keith's this week, need not
be billed as the first wife Of Valen-
tino or as screen luminary, for she
Is a real actress. She goes about
her work in a natural and convincing
way, demonstrating her artistic sense.
The fact that Miss Acker was on the
stage before going into filmdom is
evident. Her little play. called
Smoke carries many clever lines.
The plot hangs on the fact that a
playwright has turned out a play with
a weak third act. His wife makes
suggestions without avail and then
she springs surprise to gain her
point and makes her husband go
through a warm 10 minutes before she
divulgeS the fact that she has been
acting. George Thorpe plays the
writer exceptionally well.
The laughing hit of the bill Is fur
nished by Russ Brown and Jean
Whitaker. who put forth a sidewalk
conversation act that is a scream
those easy takers, with a pleasing
personality. and the greatest part Of
his material Is fresh and original. Miss
Whitaker is a good foil and the lights
had to be lowered at the end to get
the pair off the stage.
Quite a pretentious act is that OF
c. +. Maddox, under the title Of
Tramp, Tramp. Tramp" the COM
pany Of eight being made up as hoboes,
who sing and dance in clever style.
koeh!er and Edith open the show
with roller skating act. Then Helena
Russo comes on, dressed as Nine.
Pompadour, and sings several grand
opera and popular airs, her high notes
creating no end Of enthusiasm. War
rem and O'Brien follow with dancing
and athletic burlesQue turn which was
we'll received. Herman Berrens and
Mile. Fiji scored in a singing act.
Duncan's collies close the show. Aesop
Fables, Pathe and Current Topics fill
in the vacant spaces.
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Observation-Disclosures"

A new issue of the news reel and
added camera subjects Of abbreviated
length comprise the supplementary
features Of the bill being offered at
the Ambassador Theater the first two
DAYS Of the current week. Pipe organ
accompa niment and solo interiudeS
by Mirabel j. Lindsey and Gertrude
Kreiselman add to the effectiveness
Of the screen features.
The major attraction Is Producers
perturbation Of Edna Ferber's story
Of "Gigolo," in which Rod La ROGUE.
Louise Dresser. Jobyna Ralston, Cyril
Chadwick and George Nichols appear
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rare skill by Ralph Ince. who both
directed the picture and poTtrays the
character role of the hraSGstl't Of the
circus lot. George O'Hara. renem
bered as the Younger brother with
John barrymore in The Sea beast"
has an important part. and the role
of the heroine is intrusted to Viola
Dana.
The short-reel comedy for the first
bill of the week is Excess Baggage"
q Juvenile release. which in turn is
augmented by a new Pathe Review
and the latest compilation Of the
newsreel. The bill is completed by
tuneful pipe organ accom- animent
and solo intervals
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"

Rod La ROGUE, in Producers Dis
tributing Corporations screen version
of Edna Ferber's novel. "Gigolo," and
Art Landry and his Victor Recording
Orchestra on the stage, are the fea-
ture attractions at the Metropolitan
this week.
"Gigolo" relates a story Of youthful
romance having its inception in a
small Wisconsin town and developed
through the atmosphere Of Partisan
night club life and the World War.
Rod La ROGUE, as Gideon Cory, is
forced to leave his American home
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CENTRAI-"The Passionate Quest"

"The Passionate Quest warner
Bros camera drama based on the
novel Of the same name by E. Phillips
Oppenheim. offered as chief attrac-
ton Of an excellent bill at the Cen
trail Theater the first two days of this
week, sets forth the adventures OF
three wards of f1inty-hearted guard
ian who betook themselves to London
and Paris, there each to work out his
or her own destiny. Rosina Vonet
longed for a stage career, Phillip
Garth aspired to become a great poet
and Matthew Garner, hard as the
money he loved, had dreams Of becom-
ing a financial wizard. The pursuit
of these aims results in a photoplay
that abounds in speedy action, ad-
venture, fighting, romance and much
hilarious fun.
May McAvoy. Willard Louis and
Gardner James are cast in the three
stellar roles and the supporting cast
includes Louise FaZenda, Holmes Her
bert, De Witt Jennings, Vera Lewis
and numerous others of the first rank.
The auxiliary Offering through to.
day Is Mack Sennett's new two-reel
comedy, "Spanking Breezes," and the
bill Is rounded out by added short
reels and melodious pipe organ &C.
compartment and solo periods.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"

Mary Pickford In "SpaITows," now
r,1nning.for It's second week at the Co
lunbia, exhibits pathos Of q rare or
der. Washington movie fans are CIV
ing special attention to this photo
play, through which runs a strong re-
ligious sentiment, balanced against
human greed and harshness. The tear
and the smile blend in the story. ana
Mary herself, in the role Of Mama"
Molie protecting desolate tots on
farm edging on Southern swamp.
puts plenty of dash into the action
particularly when she wards Off the
miser with pitchfOrk.
The tale, reminiscent of some or
those from the pen Of Charles DICK
ems, concerns itself with portray1ng
the upward fight of a group OF or
phans. There are several tense mo
ments i'm the picture, climaXed Win
the adventures Of Mollie and the little
ones in traversing the swamp. with
hungry alligators ready to whet their
teeth on them In the end the swamp,
which had proved the prison OF the
unfortunates, shapes retr1oution 1or
them, with the death OF their TASK
master In its depths.
An Our Gang comedy, called Ine
Fourth Alarm" in which the versatile
crowd turns itself into q fire-f1ght1nS
aggregation; the Pathe news reel. Top
les Of the Day and the musical fear
lures round out a worthwhile bill.
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in the pivotal roles. and a complete
story of the photoplay will be found
in the review of the Metropolitan
Theater's attraction for the week.
TIVOLT-"Bigger Than Barnums."
In Bigger Than Barnum's" at the
Tivoli the first two days of this week
is presented ono of the thoroughly
engrossinG circus pictures. The story
has been compounded intelligently,
working gradually through scenes Of
great suspense to climax that is
genuinely staggering. The circus
background and the atmosphere of
the sawdust ring and the big tops
has been caught and sustained with
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. | F|NAL
GAR[lED

washington and old Baltimore
will fight 1t out on the courts q
the Chevy Chase Club ct 2 o'clock
in the finals Of the Hotchkiss Cup
matches,
The Districts deIegation Of racket
swingers slipped one over on Nor.
folks team, winning every match,
and the Baltimore netmen swampec
Richmond almost as bad, the latter
winning only one match.
Both Washington and Baltimore
seem pretty evenly matched ana
the meeting seems destined to
hiring out some fine tennis.
SINGLES
Tom MenEan tW:1 defeated r,ls
W. SvEJ defeated 4. q. Reed lN:l. SIS,
S--S: Ciarencs II. Charest (W.l de-
fsated ., 4, Pen1old tN:l, st, 81
s Soa5 T e. !. Diver SIssss tN.S. ss,
ell; w. Carter Baum (W.1 defeated
W. Reed (d.l 6--3, e--4
EdMard Jacobs ca dsfeated Her
s sns,., n,sl1ls as }, s.,sa1.a s. pIant1a
IR.l, 6---1, d.; Phil Goidborough tB.)
defeated Pollard (R.l, sz s-s; John
Magee q. d defeated csrrlnstsgrn ~ ~
featsd Lewis tR.l. as. 81; BufOrd
iii Dictated Crawford (B.l. So. So
DOUBLES
Charest and king (W.l defsated
Bundy and Reed M. 1-5. Is;
BAUM and Gore (W.) defeated Jones
ana Howenstein CW.J defeated Reed
Hobienias, and TurnbulI tB.l dc.
feAted Buford and BiclIe (R.l. 60
e---E Crawford and Goldb0rouGh tB.1
defeated Carrington and Hobaon GIL
e--3. al: Magea and Magruder ~.
def4ated Blanton and Lewis (R.li
6-2. e..
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BIG CROWD TO WATCH
TYPOS AND MT. RAINIER

A capacity throng is expected to
see the second cash of the three
game series between the Mt. Rainier
and Union Printer teams tomorrow
on the Mt. Rainier field at o'clock.
The Printers won the. first. 10
to 8. With the return of Frank
Corkins, Manager Holcer has with
Irving Batson and Dick Hugses a
pitching staff that Is unAxcellsd TN
the sandlots. With Cabbage"
end. any one of this triumverate
should make trouble for the type
settlers.
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Babe Ruth jailed
By Game
Warden

DETROIT, June 12s-BAbe
Ruth languished in the local
bastile for q half hour yester-
day for tossing 3 wicked but
illegal line.
A game warden, prowling
along the banks Of the Detroit
river shortly after dawn came
upon the Babe struggling with
the father Of all the white fish
in the Great Lakes.
He didn't recognize Babe but
he did recognize his duty to
pinch the bulky stranger for
fishing out of season.
A Judge who spends an occa-
sional Afternoon st Nayin Park
gave Babe q preliminary hear.
ing, and he was allowed to 90
his way for the once. The next
time the Yanks play in Detroit.
Babe will have to answer the
charge.
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Hour Is Shifted
For Regatta
June Is

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, June
12.-After a survey of water
conditions by William A. Meik-
leham, of New York city, vet
eran referee, Yale and Harvard
have changed the starting times
for all races in their regatta
June Is. The varsity encounter
will get under way over the
four-mile route upstream at 3
p. M, standard time, half an
hour later than originally sched-
uled, while both morning races
have been pushed up 4 quarter
of an hour, with the freshman
Fights starting their struggle
over the two-mile course down.
stream at $50 and the junior
varsities at 10.
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SWEE. SER
S|l;KN|A|V

NEW YORK, June 12.-Jess
sweetser, star golfer who was
stricken with bronchitis while re.
turning to this country on the
Aauitania after winning the Brit.
ish amateur championship, will not
.piay in any champs nships the
rest Of the year and may never
play in another important match.
SWeetser will be given thor.
ough examination, including an
X.ray study, today at the Law
renee Hospital. where his illness
was said to be combination OF
grippe, influenza and bronchitis.
Physicians on the Aquitania
said that the champion suffered
several hemOrrlIages on the liner
and I'M England, and intimated
that his breakdown resulted ln
part from the nervous strain Of
playing in the British classic
and the Walked cup matches.
sweetser's friends said he was
suffering from a cold when he
sailed for England. and that the
fog and cold on the golf courses
there had further weakened his
condition. On the day before the
amateur matches began at Muir
field, they said, he collapsed and
had to be carried from the course.
Before returning to the United
States the American star was
treated by physicians in London
and on the Aquitania he was
placed in the care of the ships
surgeon, DR.. B. Sydney Jones. He
was not allowed on deck.
Upon reaching New York Sweet.
ser's condition was so serious that
he was taken off the liner on a
coast guard cutter and rushed to
the hospital, where physicians told
him he would have to rest for
many months.
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lit TIE Phoebe
PULLS UPSET
By "Jerry" Martin

IL
Phoebe Moorhead and Mary Hal
may be very quiet when they're OH
the tennis courts. but when the
Moorhead-Hall match was PLAYED
yesterday, neither one Of them
missed raising plainly Of racquet
The first upset Of District Women
Tennis League singles occurred
when Miss Moorhead defeated MISS
Hall In straight sets by . score OF
6-3, S-6 The diminutive Phoebe
has an amazing amount OF strength
in that little arm of hers, and she
knows how to use It to advantage
on her serve.
4 She sends 'em over sizzling, but
Mary Hall nut 3 surprising num-
Der Of them on ice. It was q good
match, the steadiesf that has been
played yet.
Frances Krucoff. easily defeated
Virginia Olmstead, 81, 81. Fran
ces Walker triumphed over Dorothy
Kingsbury, SIS, rs. 81.
In the doubles. the Ryan sisters
checked out with q bill Of 6--S, S--6i
which was collected by the Curran-
Wooden team.
Today's schedule: Singles third
Iroundl-P. Moorhead vs.. r. CurranI
81 o'clock Seni-finals-F. Krucofi
VS.. G. Taylor, 2 o'clock: F. Walker
vs.. the winner Of the Moorhead-Cur
ran match.
Doubles, first round-Martinez and
Petrie vs.. Jansen and Jansen II
a. M; Poston and C1indenst vs.
Shepley and BeaIer. lao O'clock
second round-Curran and Wooder
VS.. winner of the Martinez and
Petrie-Jansen and Jansen match.
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MUD inks
ATH.E. TES

CHICAGO. June 12.-Although
fairer weather prevailed today, the
sorgv. ud-laden condition Of
soldiers field made it highly i'm
probable that any sensational per.
formances In the final events of the
national intercollegiate field and
track meet would be recorded when
the qualifying athletes go into com
petition here this afternoon.
A conspiracy of the elements
rain. wind thunder and lightning
yesterday made it tough going for
the 200 or more temperamental
track stars who sought to qualify
In the preliminary events. As q
result of this conspiracy, the marks
of the lucky few were nothing to
write home about.
In spite Of the handicaps . few
turned I'm very cFeditable per-
fOrmances. Fred Alderman Of
Michigan State, set . new ma.
tiOnaI collegiate record when he
won the 220-yard dash in Eli.
This mark is tenth of = second
faster than the former record
held by Paulu, Of GrinneH.
Roland Locke, the Nebraska
flash who held the spotlight re-
Gently by his attack on the A. A.
u, won his feats in both dash
events without extending himself.
His time for the century was :1O.S
and :21.S for the 22O. The latter
mark equalled Paulu's former re-
cord.
Southern California, national
champion, qualified five men and
led the parade in this respect.
Illinois was second with four, and
Michigan and Ohio tied for third
with three.
Because of the condition of the
field. the preliminaries in the field
events, excelled in by California
and Michigan. were postponed until
today. Much improvement In the
condition Of the field, however, Il
doubtful.
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FIGHT DECISIONS
AT New York

At New York
frankie Genaro. New York, out
pointed Joe McKeon, Scotland, ten
rounds.
Icy Schwartz, New York. out.
pointed Wee Willie Woods, Scot
land ten rounds.
Benny Hall. st. Louis Bantam,
defeated Sam Sanchez, Mexico. ten
rounds.
Sam Marco, Detroit lightweight,
scored a technical knockout over
Hyman Stroom, Palestine. in the
first round.
Harry Foley, Boston, won from
Roy Taylor, New Orleans, four
rounds,
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Petite Poker Face
Home From
Hospital

PARIS, June 12.-Helen Wills,
American tennis star, was "at
home" this morning. She re-
turned to the Hotel Cecilia,
which is her home in Paris,
last evening.
1--WE were all surprised" Mrs.
Wills, Helen's mother said,
when the doctor, after exam
lining her, said she could leave
at once"
The tennis star was slightly
tired this morning, but other.
wise in fine physical condition.