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with Ada Reeve, world famous CO.
Medicine. Mr.. Sicily will be seen and
heard in a short and snappy musical
playlet called. The Chump." written
by Howard Emmett Rogers, supported
by Peggy Hope and Eunice Sauvain.
Miss Reeve, back again after
world tour. will make merry. and
perhaps serious, with her lifting
melodies, Songs, Grave and Gay"
Ota Gygi. former court violinist to
the King of Spain, and Margaret
Severn will appear in a. new artistic
offering, Music and Dance assisted
by Rae Bonstine at the piano and W.
Rolston Aubut, tenor.
j. W. Jackson will present his 12
royal English dancers, graceful girls
gorgeously gowned and magnificently
trained.
Others will include Bert Levy. the
artist and entertainer. well known to
followers of the old Hippodrome, car
toonist, whistler and story teller.
Lang and Haley in songs. patter, etc,
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STRAND-Kikuta Japs

The bill at the Strand Theater next
week will be headlned by the Kikuta
Japs, Japanese jugglers, magicians
and equilibrfsts in an exhibition of
their skill entitled Oriental Wonder
Workers" The added feature is a
black-face comedy act featuring Sam
L.aZar and Josh Dale entitled 1.-The
Bagooma Hunters" Others include
Stellar Tracy and j. Elwood in a
musical comedy called Bits of Broad
way; the Anita Diaz Monkeys in a
series of capers; and Eddie Rey,
Miriam Conway and Yves Thomas in
Two Fellows and a Girl"
The photoplay will present Elsie
Ferguson in a dramatic story of love,
business and career, THE Unknown
Lover" with supporting cast includ-
ing Frank Mayo. Peggy Kelly, Mildred
Harris and Leslie Austin.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Make the
Pirate"

Leon Enrol, famous comedian and
recent star of the "Follies" and
Sally and with Louie the Four
teenth,' will make his debut an n
screen star at Crandall's Metropolitan
Theater next week, beginning SUNDAY
afternoon, in First Nationals produc.
ton of Clothes Make the Pirate" a
whimsical comedy adapted from the
story by Holman Day and directed by
Maurice Tourneur.
Notable auxiliary features are prom
ised
1t was inevitable after his splendid
work opposite Colleen Moore in the
film version Of sally" that Leon Err
roI should be snapped up as a unique
inquire among screen comics. His col
lapsible legs, facial expressions and
original comedy devices stamp him as
one of the most eligible of funmakers
FOR screen honors. His supporting
cast will include Dorothy Gish, James
Rennie. Nita Naldi, Tully Marshall
and George Marion-all artists Of the
highest rank. Edna Murphy, one of
the younger screen beauties, also is
consDlcuously cast.
The first Washington presentation
will he embellished with an atmos-
Continued on Seventeenth Page)
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PAIACE-'"The Masked Bride >

Mae Murray, butterfly of the screen
is the star of n glamourous romance
OF the Partisan underworld, THE
Masked Bride" the featured attrac.
ton at Loew's Palace announced for
next week.
1t is based on story by Leon
Abrams and WAS directed for Metro.
Goldwyn by Christy Cabanne, with
a cast that includes Francis X Bush
man, Roy Darcy, Basil Rathbone
and Chester Conklin.
1t concerns a Montmartre dancer
who conspires with her Apache part
ncr To victimiZe an aristocrat by mar.
rying him, only to find herself cap.
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MUTUAL-"Speed Girls

Fast, clean fun, deliberately and
picturesquely presented with spark
hing cast Of principals, is promised
at the Mutual Therter next week in
The Speed. Girls" which is declared
TO be one of the best shows on the
Mutual circuit.
Ray Read, an eccentric character
comedian and Nellie Nice, gifted
comedienne, head the large company
Others in the cast are Helen Man.
ming. the vest pocket soubrette";
Harry Seyon, Bee Bell. Edward
Douglas. Ruth Garner and Date Cur
It's, with a chorus Of pretty girls who
can sing and dance
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color views and motion pictures coun-
tries of idyllic grandeur will be pre-
scented. In Norway and Sweden
there are pleasurable anticipations
that draw its devotees to the mag
netic north year after year with ir-
risistible force. At Dalarna the peas
ants still wear costumes that are I'M
excelled for picturesqueness and
beauY.
While this traveltalk will include
the cities of Stockholm. Oslo, Bergen,
Gothenburg and Trondhjem. Mr.
Newman promises also the most in
innate side of Swedish and Norwegian
life.
This group of pictures includes in
teresting scenes from the land of the
Laps.
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Thrills and Spills; the Diehl Sisters
and Macdonald in comedy sprinkled
with a little bit Of everything enjoy
able; the Jack Powell Sextet, versatile
entertainers. and Jane Barber and Je.
rome jackson in Nothing serious
just mirth and melody"
The film play will be first-run pro-
duction Of the highest rank.
Meyer Golden's Masterpieces are
presented by a cast of nine selected
players and combine song, dance and
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GAYETY-"HapDy HnoIican. -

Singing, dancing, yodeling and sax
ophonning are a few of the attractive
features presented in Irens and
Clamage's Happy Hooligan" next
week s attraction at the Gayety
Theater, with Superior stage settings
and modfsh costumes and a capable
cast OF entertainers against a back
ground of hippant fappers. Andy
Martini plays the role of Happy
Hooligan and heads the list of enter.
tainers, which includes Mabel White,
Sid Gold. Leila Pierce and Joe Yule.
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No Concert Tomorrow.

T. Arthur Smith is sending out an
nOuncements to Ten Star Series sub
scriberS to the effect that tickets for
The Marriage of Figaro" originally
listed for tomorrow. will be good on
January IA. and tickets for Wilhelm
Bachaus will hold good for January
%. No concert will he given tomor-
row, January !, a change in routing
making this necessary
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ADJUSTMENTS
NATIONAL-"CIose Quarters. !"

At the National next week Elsie
Ferguson, Margaret Lawrence, Wal
lace Eddinger, Ellie Shannon, Bruce
McRae, Godfrey Kerr and Frederick
Worlock will head the all-star cast
which George G. Tyler will present
I'm \. E. Thomas modern play, Close
Quarters" Mr.. Tyler proved himself
an adept in the assemblage of all
star caste for THE Rivals and "She
Stops to Conquer" AS notable as
were the organizations engaged for
both rivals. neither could boast Of a
collection superior to. that which he
will present in the Thomas play.
Close Quarters" written by one
of the most successful of American
payrights, Is described as a play OF
today, with its scenes laid in the homes
of rank and fashion. Its characters.
are those of social importance and
those of the fringe of society. While
Mr.. Thomas admits that he has made
Use of the famous French classic
lie Demi Monde" by Alexander Du-
mas. fills, as the basis for his play, it
is stated that Close Quarters is in
no sense a literal adaptation of the
play which is annually one of the
features of the Coincide Franchise
Iepertoirer, and which was presented
in this country a quarter of cen
fury ago under the title of The Crust
of Society"
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dialogue. The settings are beautiful
and the pictorial effects lovely.
Kate Smith, the Capitals Sophie
Tucker. Is almost as well known to
the local theater patron as to the
radio fan who has heard her only
through the air. Her charleston" is
declared the wow of the bill
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under the heading, who Is Your
Boss; Burns and Burchill with,
Tunes, TickleS and Taps: Ed and
Lee Traver, paragons of physical
strength, and the B. +. Keith screen
features.
EARLE-Meyer Golden Masterpieces.
The Earle Tneater for next week
announces one of the finest bills it has
ever put upon the boards. The top
line act is Meyer Golden's Master.
pieces and the added attraction Kate
Smith. favorite of the 'Crandall Sat
urday Nighters." a vocalist who is
equally proficient in ballads and popu-
lar numbers.
The usual house features will in.
clude an organ recital by Alexander
Arons. featuring the Pilgrims Che.
rus from "Tannhauser," by Wagner
and the orchestral overture will be
"Belleclaire," by Kessler.
Among the vaudeville attractions
are Bill and Genevieve in "Frills
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PembertOn Dancers Tonight.

The Stafford Pemberton Dancers,
who created q sensation at the Cafe
L'Aiglon New Year eve, have been
engaged by the management to APP
pear there every Wednesday evening
indefinitely. in an entirely new pro-
gram each week.
This happy group of dancers who
have delighted Washington on 50
many occasions will be seen in a mod
ern musical revue, featuring all that
is new in the popular field of songs
and dances
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TrayeltaIker Sunday.

4. NJ. Newman, traveltalker. begins
his annual season at the National
this afternoon and evening, with
Norway and Sweden" as the first
tourney" of a series of five 10 be
given here.
In new group Of magnificent still
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Roxy" and Gang" Saturday.

Thousands who have listened eager
ly for more than three years to Roxy's
Hello, everybody" by radio Will
have four opportunities 10 see him and
his famous gang" of 80 entertainers
at the Washington Auditorium. matt
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kEITHS-HaI Sicily.

B. F. keith's Theater next week
will present Hal Sicily, the happy.
snappy, popular comedian of musical
ComedN fame. to share TOD line honnrS
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Sans FolIies.'

Uncle Sans Fories of 1926" a
better show than last years, accord
ing to many theater goers who have
already been to the President Theater
10 greet the Government thespians
in their latest effort, promises to hold
its own for the remainder of this
week, including Il Saturday matinee.
and its popularity already has caused
the management to take into con-
sideration the staging of the show
through next week. a definite deci-
sion will be made in the next day
or so.
The beauty of the girls and the
originality of the costumes and scenic
effects has been n subject of general
discussion, especially the handsome
costumes worn in the Charleston
number. The Bowery number also is
an outstanding feature.
Mulroe, keuhling and Bishop, a
popular dance trio; Dick Nash, who
last year made his debut as the local
will Rogers; Ripp and Marinelli
leading delightful tango; Everett
Hardell, Goldie Granger, the attrac-
tive prima donna; Margaret Little,
Tereta Sheaffer, Harlan Randall,
Helen Dulin, Blanche Lehman. Ruth
McClelland, Ida Belt, Bernard Bailey,
Louise Cotton and Olga Posey are
principals in the snappy local show
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WARDMAN PARK-"Tarnish."

The privilege of showing "Tarnish"
for the first time to Washington has
been given to the Thomas Herbert
Stock Co. of Wardman Park Theater.
which is this week giving a produc-
ton of Go Easy Mabel"
"Tarnish" a play in three acts by
Gilbert Emery was an outstanding
success of the theater. with long runs
in New York and London to its credit.
The story deals with the double
standard of morals for the sexes and
is replete with dramatic situations and
tense action.
The role of "L.etitia." made farrous
by Anne Harding will be played by
Ruth Harrison and the leading male
character around whose furnished past
the threads of the drama are enter
tainingly woven will be played by
Parker Fennelly. Thomas Herbert
will play the second leading role and
q number of new names in the roles
of character parts will be added to the
'TarniSh' cast
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BETTER THAN SODA

For fifty years genuine phillips
Milk OF Magnesia' has been pre-
scribed by physicians because it over
comes three times as much acid in
the stomach as a saturated solution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-06
Cur ~ Stomach $t!;,t..:!!
w. Philips Milk
~ Of Ma8nesia

Hereafter instead OF soda take a
little phillips Milk of Magnesia" in
water any time for Indigestion or
sour, acid, gassy stomach, and relief
VIII come Iustantly
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tivated and unable to complete the
criminal venture
The Glenn Tryon comedy, Cuckoo.
Love- also will be shown.
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of hicarbonatc OF soda, leaving the
stomach sweet and free from all
gases. Besides, il neutraiizes acid
lamentations in the bowels and
gently urges this souring waste from
the system without purging 1t is
lar more pleasant to take than soda
TRY A 25c BOTTLE
Insist upon Phillips" Twenty-Five
cent and titty-cent bottles, any drug.
store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-04
GREB SAID TO HAVE
LEARNED HIS LESSON

BY The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. Pa. March A.
Harry Greh, eX-middleweieht title
holder. will train in earnest for his re-
turn bout May 81 with the new king
of the division. Tiger Flowers.
Greb and his manager, James
cRed') Mason are back In Pittsburgh
until next week, when they will go to
Hot Springs. Ark, where Greb will
take baths and treatments for nearly
a month. This will be the first step
in a long. gradual campaign of con-
ditioninE Mason said. In April the
former champion will go to ConncHut
Lake. Pa, and establish training
quarters.
Speaking of last Fridays fight,
Mason declared the "windmillN re-
ceived beneficial shock and learned
a valuable lesson in his defeat.
Harry has reached the age where
he must take better care of himself
than has been his custom in the past. ="
Mason said. Training has always
been distasteful to him. especially
long periods of it. and 1t has only been
his wonderful body and fighting heart
that have combined to carry him
through to the top. Now. | think. he
realizes that he must deprive him
self of a great deal if he wishes to
stage a comeback.
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a catch. got down to take the ball on
the short bound. but instead of hop
ping into his cupped hands the ball
shot over his shoulder and before it
could be recovered and relayed back
to the infield it had become home
run, four men scoring.
Costs Van Haltren His job.
Van Haltren had not taken into
consideration the condition OF the
ground 1t was almost as hard as
brick. due to "a long drought. That
attempt cost Van iialtren his job for
soon after Baltimore traded him to
Pittsburgh for Joe Kelley, d grand
swap for Baltimore, as Kelley later
proved.
one Of the queereSt home runs on
record was made several years ago.
John McGraW was taking a team to
cuba for a series of exhibition games.
Some Of his players had preceded the
regular squad and were already In
talha awaiting McGraw and the
others. McGraw decided to play
few games in the far south. Tie had
only eight men with him and SO he
would pick up local celebrity and
fill his lineup. In Key West they
advised him to get certain player
and McGraw hired him for the day.
one look showed that he knew moth
ing about base ball, but the game was
scheduled. nine men must be on the
field and McGraw had to use the extra
man. He placed him in right field.
In one inning the Key West team
filled bases. The batter hit an easy
fly to right. The home boy circled
under the fly and finally tried to duck.
lie started ducking too late. The
hall struck him on the head and
bounded over the short right field
fence for a four-bagger, cleaning the
bases.
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N0RTHERNS To PLAN
FOR DIAMOND WORK

Members of the Northern Athletic
Club base ball nine will meet tonight
at 8 O'Clock at 1904 Park place TO
plan for the season and To give "A
Sendoff to Earl clark. Earl MattinglN
and r. Brown. who are leaving for
minor league training camps.
Mount Rainier base ballers, cham
pions Of the Prince George County
League last season. elected J. Enos
Ray. ir. president Of their club team
when the team was reorganized at "a
meeting in the Mount Rainier town
hall. George II. Rakersmith was
named vice president and business
manager. Earnest Green secretary.
john Middleton treasurer and Ralph
HolCer manager Plans for improving
the diamond on Bladenshurg road were
discussed.
Reorganization of the Liberty Ath-
letic Club team for a campaign in the
unlimited division will be completed
Monday night at the home of Manager
Kremh. us Taylor street Players
wishing to join the club are requested
to he present Liberty veterans who
reported at the last meeting were
Clyde Taylor. first baseman: lIeinie
johnson. second haseman: Frank
RinEEold. center fielder; George Cor
dova left fielder. and George Oliver
catcher. Frank ENanter. Jack Jaspar
and Barney Canter are new additions
to the roster. The team will begin
practice on March II at Plaza
diamond.
Candidates for places on the Moose
Junior nine will meet tonight with
Mana ger Nalley at 1884 Eleventh
street southeast. Buck Wood was
elected president of the Moose Midgets
last night.
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Jack Wheat, in his eighteenth sea
son, is the oldest National Lacquer
in point of consecutive service, yet he
has received the highest salary of
any Brooklyn player for 1926. Max
Carey, captain of the Pirates, starts
his sixteenth campaign, as does Grover
Cleveland of the Cubs
Brooklyn acquired Rabbit Maran-
vile to plug an infield gap. Washing
ton has obtained Joe Bush, now in
his fifteenth season, to reinforce a
pitching staff already well supplied
with veterans. Wally Pipp, waived
out of the American League, is count
ed upon to fill cincinnatis first base
hole if he comes to terms.
Babe Ruth has whipped himself into
condition for a banner campaing. He
is 81 now and expects to stick TO the
big show until he is 40. Speaker,
cobb, Collins and Johnson average 40.
The most notable of the 'old guard
follow:
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The center fielder had dropped into
"A tunnel. He saw light ahead. fol-
lowed ii and soon reached the other
opening In the days OF the Orioles
the clubhouse on the Baltimore
grounds was located just outside the
right field foul line and about 20 feet
behind first base. Tommy Murphy.
fresh from Ireland and speaking with
distinct broeue, was our ground
keeper and was just getting wise to
the ways of base ball. but he knew
enough as the following incident will
show.
Ball Goes Into House.
During games Tommy used to sit
on the steps in front Of the clubhouse.
In Il game with Pittsburgh Fred Ely,
playing short for the Pirates. made Il
wild throw To first. The ball went
high and made straight for the club
house 1t took Il bound just in front
of the steps, passed by Murphy and
into the building. Murphy jumped To
his feet, bounded through the door
way. slammed the door shut and
locked it, He refused To open the
door until two Orioles that were ON
the bases and the batter had all
scored. Then he permitted the Pitts
hlrEh first baSeman to come inside
and recover the ball.
Frank Shugart, who played short
stop for Washington, made one OF the
record freak throws of base ball. Ii
happened with bases filled and none
out The intield was pulled in TO
make Il play at the plate and cut of
the run. The batter hit a sharp
grounder TO Shusart. Seeing chance
for II double play. Shugart grabbed
the bah and fired in the direction of
the plate. but he was UveranXlous and
hurried the throw too much. The re-
suit was q wild heave. The ball
passed over the catcher's head and
struck in the erandstand behind the
plate. The ball passed through this
hole. Before il could be recovered
four runs crossed the plate.
1t was Tommy Mccarthy, a famous
outtieder with Boston. who developed
the art OF trapping short fly with
runners on first and second or with
bases filled, and making double play.
instead of catching the ball off the
ground and retiring one man. Ii is
the same play that Ty Cobb and other
outfielders have used in modern base
ball.
George Van lialtren. playing cen
ter field for Baltimore, tried to imi
tate Mccarthy. Van Haltren tried
the play with bases filled and none
out. The batter hit the ball to short
center, and Van Haltren. after taking
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All of McCarthy's workouts are ball
games. though he gives his men field
| ing practice, too. i've got IL bunch
who can get all the work they need
playing ball games" he said to the
writer. 'and the only way | am going
to get them to play ball is to keep
them at games and not bother my
Uranium about technique. Some of
! them need to know the game
Pitchers Put ON Steam.
The other afternoon they played an
extra.inning game during which two
pitchers were putting real curve juice
into their throwing. One of them was
Root, with los Angeles last year. and
| the other Percy. with Salt Lake City.
They We're fighting over an old grudge
Of the 1925 Pacific Coast season.
With recollections Of last season, they
pitched base ball that would have
fitted into July in the East.
They had been pitching off and on
all Winter out here, where base ball
can go on the year around.
Percy seems to he a better pitcher
than when he was East. He wants
to get back In the ma jors, believing
he can convince managers who have
kissed him goodbye that he is as good
as he seems to be when he plays ball
on the coast.
But the boy of the Cubs pitching
staff who catches the eye except for
Alexander and Cooper. who have had
eyes fixed on them for n long time. Is
Kaufman, a versatile and ambitious
yOunGSter. lie stood in the Outfeld
and threw the ball home with his
pitching arm, and then he threw it
home with his left wing. A Chicago
man visiting out here rubbed his eyes
and took a second look. (Which Is
fore and which is aft in that felow?"
he asked. Hes got me twisted
Kaufman May Star.
If Mccarthy succeeds in building up
club that can defend for Kaufman,
the Cubs will he starring him one of
these days as the marvellous Tony,
bringing back to mind another Tony.
a great pitcher in his day and equally
right or left handed. That other mar.
velous one, Tony Mullane. has been a
policeman in Chicago these many
DAYS
Percy Jones has lot of future in
him when he is able to control the
ball. The time may come when he
will be one of the leading leftha nded
pitchers of the ma jor leagues. Young
Alilstead has bit of Il bend to his
southpaw slants and looks progress
sive. No one knows what Alexander
and Cooper may do.
They are moSeNing along in their
own way, as all old pitchers do and
Alex looks fit to make a seasons rec
ord on Il parity with his other records.
Joe Mccarthy won't tell what his
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ENOUGH Speed in Nationals Termed Too Old and So,U by Critics
u. S. COLLEGE MINES
TO PLAY IN JAPAN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. March 4.-Base ball teams
of Stanford University and Univer-
sity of Washington will tour Japan
this year. and schedule Of games
with several colleges has been ar
ranged. In announcing this. Director
|. Abe of the Waseda University ath-
letic department said the Stanford
team was expected to arrive in June
and Washington in September.
Opening games will he played in
Toxic. In addition to Waseda, the
visitors will he opposed by keio and
Meiji universities. Afterward the
teams will go to Osaka for q series.
travelling from there to Dairen instead
of Seoul. as did the University of
Chicago team last Year
Preparations are being made to han
die enormous crowds. az college base
ball in Japan draws greater than any
other sport.