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The Washington times., 1926-09-11

impressive C1aEacEeE
classified, and Nile. Modistess
have proved concIusiVely that
Miss Griffith IS an excellent come
edienne, but II remains for Into
Her Kingdom, at Crandallss Net
rOpoIitan and Ambassador thea-
ters, beginning tomorrow. to
prove that she IS one Of the
screens great emotional stars.
The superiority 0f the Russian
theaker has never been questioned
by authorities OF the drama Into
Her Kingdom brings to the
screen rare dupltea ton Of this
art. and the story has II addition
10 its touches Of Tolstoi and
Corky, the romance and daring
Of Dumas and of Victor Hugo
AS the story was ii itself i
word picture of d great era and
q great sacrifice with compelI-
ling appeal. SO has the pEotoplay
version been transformed into 4
lifetime Of adventure entertain-
ingly condensed into an actual
hour and half of visual lizat tion os
many unwritten pages Of Russian
history
Miss Griffith as Grand Duchess
Tatiana at 2 and at s. IS more.
beautiful than ever Her gowns
beggar description.
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'sGLOR ~ Is
PRESIDENT
OPENER

Al new competitor In the ranks
of the .'Iegit, field, locally,
makes itself known on Monday
night. September 90. when the.
newly improved President Thea
ter opens fall and winter sea-
son OF stock at popular prices
with the famous war play. WHAT
Price Glory. This likely VIII
be the first time that any city
has seen Americas outstanding
war play at 81 prices and less.
Within the last year s75, 900
has been spent In improving
the President Theater both iil-
side and out. InteriorIy It looks
like q new theater, being richly
carpeted and draped and other
wise freshened to modern stand
ards.
The President Players are un-
der the management of Clar-
ence J Harris, long identified
with the theater here. alter
i. SchofieId IS director. and
Charles Squires is scenic artist.
The cast Is headed by Leona
Powers. titian.locked favorite
In stock from coast to coast. and
Alexis b. Luce. Russell ELL
more will be the juvenile. Lor-
raine Bernard, second lead, and
Betty Utmore, ingenue. Other
members of the cast are Francis
Fraunie, J. Arthur Young, Gil
berta Faust and Frank Peck.
The second play Of the President
season. "A Kiss IN q Taxi. =
win give all the members Of
the cast an appearance.
What Price Glory" narrates
the experiences OF q company
OF Marines in France. They are
seen In the thick OF battle in
their bonb-proof shelter and in
repose behind the lines. The
piece has comedy, drama and
much atmosphere in supporting
the recital of the battle of two
men for the affections OF Char
maine. daughter of village
rum-seller. The story is quick
ened to dramatic heights by
framing the duel between a cap
tain Of Marines and his first
sergeant.
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who has made dozens of ac-
quaintances and friends. Here,
then, are the immediate des-
tinies OF the individuals:
Director Clifford Brooke WIN at
once begin rehearsals for HoWdy,
King. for Anne Nichols. following
that with The Dumb Bunny.
also for Miss Nichols, and THE
Shanghai Rose, Tor Isad0re whit
mark, the latter musical show.
Rnea DiveIy Is not looking at
contracts for the moment She
win spend two weeks at the SesQui,
III Philadelphia, and VIII then 90
to her home In Colorado Springs,
Colo, for g brief rest before re-
turning the second week in Octo-
Der to begin rehearsals for a pro-
duction.
Romaine Calender win spend a
week calling on friends In Wash
ington, win then go to the Cats
kills for a. rest and later IN the
season viii enter a Broadway pro-
duction.
Dorothy Tierney goes to Cali
fornia to visit friends, returning to
begin rehearsaIs In q new Anne
Nichols production.
Alexis 3. Luce and Russell Fill
more, new leading men and juve-
nile, respectively, for the National
Players the last three weeks of
the season, have been weaned to
contracts for the President Players
here, who open September 20.
Both will be seen in What Price
Glory
Adelaide HIbbard goes to her old
home In Boston Tor visit and
rest, the length of both depending
on the eagerness of managers to
attach themselves to her services.
Percy Winter goes to his own
cottage in the CatskiIls for a rest,
returning in October to. appear in
q new John Golden production.
Karl Nielsen begins rehearsals
September 90 in "Howdy, King,
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
Marx Bros.-Fine

At the National on Sunday, Sep.
tember 10, Washington win get its
first glimpse of 1.-THE Cocoanuts."
This musical comedy, in which the
Marx brothers are featured, is a
timely one and has a story of Flor.
ida and the real estate boom there
as its basis. George S. Kaufman.
who wrote the book, is one of our
leading literary hunorists. The
music and lyrics are by irving
Berlin. Sam Fl. Harris has spent
a fortune on the rich and tasteful
equipment of "The Cocoanuts."
Prominent in the company OF
100 besides the Marx brothers, are
Janet Velie, Henry Wittemore,
Margaret Dupont, the Brox sis.
ters, the sensational De Marcos,
Basil Ruysdael, the Breens, Jack
Barker, Bernice Speer, the eight
Primrose dancing girls; a chorus
OF so, Spanish String Orchestra
and a novelty Jazz band.
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b, By, Boardwalk
Beach Calls
a Season

This il Calvert County Day
at Chesapeake Beach. And
Bargain Day thrown ii, too.
All Of the boardwalk aniuse-
Inents have been cut III lialf
In price nickel Instead 0H 3
dime. The pretffest girl III
Calvert County win be present
ed 3 gold medal.
An immense thrOng Is ex-
pected at the Beach tomorrow
20 wave by-by to the hoard
walk amusement season. Every
thing win run full tilt until
the last train to0ts at 10
o'clock tomorrow night.
But although the an1use-
n1ents close tomorrow night,
the resort viii remain open
until cold weather sets in,
catering particularly to fisher
men.
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
IT'S PANTOMlME
THE LAUGHING
KIND

A classic in comedy pantc.
mime has reached the Keit.l-Al-
bee circuit via London and this
Continent. In an act entitled,
.sThe House Builders = Willis
West, McGinty and Company, q
trio of Lancashire comics, have
attained international fame al
entertainers. Their act Is q bur-.
lesque upon house builders, anG
is undoubtedly the most hilarious
act OF It's kind.
And the reagon for It's univei sal
appeal. why Il Is just as funny 10
d Spaniard as to South African,
d Frenchn1a11 as an Autralian, IS.
according to Mr.. West, because II
Is based upon human nature,
which IS the same the entire
world over
Everywhere we 60" says Mr.,
West, we make special study
Of the characters we portray, the
working man. We wander around
lots where houses are going up,
studying the little eccentricities OF
the various builders for material
for our act. Then we exaggerdt.
and burlesque actions which have
comedy possibility.
Human nature is entertaining.
no matter what anyone may say.
Most of our biggest laughs have
been the results OF an accident. It
Is impossible to rehearse for 4
laugh, ii must be spontaneous at
first, and then very carefully IN
corporated in the act to retain
the appearance Of spontaneity.
I'm England our act is well
known. In Chatham during one
of our appearances, a well known
contractor bought up $50 front
seats for his workmen. After
ward he came backstage to say
that our act was the finest init
tation of his workmen that he
had ever seen; that it was worth
the price of admission just to
watch the expression on the faces
OF his men"
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
''TlIie, The ToIer =
Movie VIII Star
MarionDavies

Marion Davies s. to be
starred By Metro GoIdwyn-
Mayer In Cosmopolitan Pro
ductiOn based upon the we'll
known comic strip, TilIfe, the
TOfler, Russ WestOVer.
ssTiIlie, the ToiIer," has been
I'm demand for several years by
motion picture producers, be-
cause Of comic opportunities Of
fered By the title role. IL was
selected for Miss Davies By
Louise B. Mayer and Irving
ThaIberg as q result Of her
work as 3 c0medienna in Bev-
erIy Of Graustark'' and Lights
OF Old Broadway.
Agnes Christine Jol1nstOne
has been selected to write the
story for 'sTiIIie, the ToiIer. "
The production win be made
on an elaborate scale.
Miss Davies is now cOInpIet-
ing her latest Cosmopolitan
Production. "The Red Mill, "
adapted from the famous musi-
cal play Of the same name by
Victor Herbert and Henry
Blossom.
The Washington times., 1926-09-11

from 4 wasting disease that kept
him in bed for many years. And
it was in bed that the master
painted his greatest works. A
photograph Of Miss Dove having
come into his possession. he felt
such adnira ton for 1t that he de-
sired the privilege Of painting the.
subject in person. Unable to
leave his native land, he paid Miss
Dove the honor OF sending her
the tickets, for herself and hus-
band, all expenses to be paid.
Unfortunately, prior motion pir-
ture contracts prevented Miss
Dove from taking advantage Of
this unique offer.
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
Mirror to Nature

Playing a hunch that by dupli-
eating the appearance and ex-
preston of a man he had seen
in train while touring the West
he could make people laugh, gave
Harry Savoy the idea for his
boob makeup.
He Is coming to the Strand
Theater next week with Ruth
Mann in comedy, singing and
talking act.
The Washington times., 1926-09-11

daring a production as was the
plain-clothes garbing of the
story of the Prince of Den
mark, in that it presents the
story of negro rising from a
lowly place to a seat among the
mighty. He becomes heavy
weight champion of the world.
In this another play, as weak
and as strong as the Shake
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On the other hand, stars have
been known to be the recipients
of baby alligators from admir-
ers from Florida; Hoot Gibson
once received fox cub, and
other celebrities have had their
fans 'tsay it with" snakes,
lizards, cats and other live gifts.
But the strangest communica
ton OF alls was the receipt of
two round-trip steamship tickets
to Budapest, by Billie Dove, one
OF the screens most beautiful
women. The sender was the ia
NOUS Hungarian painter, FeIencz
Czardos, better known by his nom
de plume, Larry.
Before his death he suffered
The Washington times., 1926-09-11

pearian, comes to grips with
life. Being neither clever nor
wise nor fearful like Hamlet,
the sable hero has fewer weap-
ons with which to fight.
Paul Robeson. who is the star
of "Black Boy" received unani.
nous praise of all critics when
he played the name part In Eu.
gene O'Neills 1.-THE Emperor
Jones" in London
The Washington times., 1926-09-11

frame and with the magic of
his brush during the week, de-
livers it on Saturday in the form
O. mountain scene, quiet,
sombre library or a gaudy ball
room or exterior of an upper
class home. Two is the average
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
SQUIRES TO PRESIDENT
AS SCENE ARTIST

The gifted brush manpuator who made the settings at the
Theater this the subject of much
praise will pigments the city when
the National Players leave next Saturday.
Charlie Sque drafted for the winter by the President
Theater signing contract this last week. Thus he
begins third Washington having joined the
Players organization the
of
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
DYING ARTIST PlNED
FOR BILLIE DOVE

picture strange aggIomeraon mall
All Of objects animate and inaniate through the
dunn of Uncle Sans graycoaed messengers Fruit cake candy
homemade sweaters books photographs those most often
gratefully
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
CON VACA TON
LURE NAT PLAYERS

Where you going and what you going to do?
These questions have been fired at members of the depart
ing National Players troupe this last fortnight oener than
others Interest naturally attaches to organization that has
q in
The Washington times., 1926-09-11

as will also Kathryn Giyney, for
mer member of the troupe.
With John Warner playing stock
in st. Louis, Billy Phelps the
same in Cincinnati and Leneta
Lane in a new dramatic play.
Kept" this accounts for the inn
mediate future whereabouts OF a
company that has afforded Wash
ington the very best in repertoire
entertainment.
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
TIC PLAY ON
JACK JOHNSON

Liverght will present Paul Robson in
"Black Boy by Jim Tuy and Frank Dazey early
this this his first production for the
offers contrast to his production of last Hamlet
in Modern Dress Yet in it is interesting and
The Washington times., 1926-09-11
CORINNES LATEST IS
RATED Her FINEST

Russaquaint, mysterious, The
background for Cornne Grths First National pictures
no Her Kingdom Ruth Comfort Mitchell the authores
Carey Wilson, the scenari and Svend Gad the director have
tn
The Washington times., 1926-09-11

Charlie Squires is one OF those
invisible back-stage bodies, with
out whom there would be no pro-
duction. He Is the gentleman
who, on Monday morning, at
taches great areas of coated
bank muslin to a huge paint
The Washington times., 1926-08-04
ARE AMERICANS VULGAR?

falsify facts in the interest Of
our personal success or our per-
sonall prejudice, we are vulgar.
But half of our most glaring
Mistakes are made in the pur-
suit of an ideal originally re.
spectacle. 1t is supposed to be
unflattering to call man well
mentioned because the term is
held to imply intentions unful-
filled or controVerted.
well-intentioned than ill.inten.
toned; and l believe no one can
deny that the average American
has in his heart genuine aspira-
tons, in many fields, to what is
lovely and of good report. We
carry / believe, fewer of the
seeds of vulgarity in us than
many other peoples. Taking us
in the mass, we are more con
scious of the claims of beauty
than we were some decades ago
and if We would bur
once realize that the golden calf
was made las in EXodus) out of
our own earring. with no validity
beyond his mere substance, we
should find ourselves making
more accurate equations of every
sort. A great source of dishonest
thinking would at once be re-
moved. If, in addition, we could
learn to judge both traditions
and innovations on their own
merits. without prejudice either
way--but by that time we should
be nearly perfect"
The Washington times., 1926-08-04
HOu Factories Can Promote Health

to select the proper person to run
the dispensary. "A doctor was
considered too expensive, but the
management felt that 4 capable
nnurse. was necessary wlie could
attend to minor injuries herself
and change dressings which q
doctor had ordered in the first
place. They decided to employ q
graduate nurse on account Of her
superiority to d first-aid worker.
TO save expense they chose one
who had just graduated from
course which should give her
knowledge Of the common all
ments and skill in surgical
dressings
This dispepsafy was soon treat
ing an averAge Of Is cases q day,
of which approximately 10 were
new surgical cases, six redress.
ings and two simple medical all
ments. For only about two cases
a week was it necessary to sum-
mon a doctor. Supplies. salary,
light and heat worked out at
about AZ cents per patient.
The expense of this "hunani.
tartan" proposition was more
than balanced by the money
saved. To begin with, there was
a large rebate on the insurance.
Secondly, the efficient nurse had
saved doctors bills, for the EN-
ployes, who always expected
skillfuI treatment when they got
hurt, would have demanded a
doctor many times If Qualified
help had not been at hand. I'M
mediate attention must also, have
saved very much time. not only
the same day but also in prevent
ing sepsis and prolonged absence
from work. The management de-
clares I'VE don't complain at all
because the State requires first.
aid room! We know now that
we couldn't afford to be without
one.'
The Washington times., 1926-08-04
Do YOU KNOW
THAT


The Government Of Netherlands
India Is considering the granting Of
q 1O.year exclusive radio broadca st.
ing concession to private interests.
Suspended from 4 ceiling in such
4 way that it can be used at any
angle q motor driven saw has been
invented for cutting either metals
or wood.
Nearly one half Of the 10000 telo
phones in the Australian city Of
sydney are connected to automatic
exchanges and the number is being
increased.
Al French scientist has advanced
the theory that the sky gets its blue
color from a layer Of frozen nitro
gen surrounding the atmosphere Of
the earth.
a searchlisht that a Californian
has invented to penetrate fogs uses
d reflector to concentrate the full
power of its rays at q distant focal
point.
The world now is making about
$500, 900 tons Of newsprint annual
". the United Estates and Canada
last year producing about 55 per
cent Of that total.
The Washington times., 1926-08-04

GIT may sound like rank
L Rotarianism; yet cannot
help believing that the American
average is nearer gentility, finds
real gentility easier TO achieve
than most national averages"
This is the opinion of Kath-
arine Fullerton Gerould, one OF
the most penetrating critics Of
American manners. Mrs. Gerould
takes issue with those who be-
wall our national vulgarity, and,
in Harper's Magazine, explains
why we have earned a false rep
utation as a vulgar nation.
mo doubt the average Ameri-
can is in some ways vulgar, as
the average citizen of any ma
ton is in some ways vulgar; blIt
his vulgarity has, perhaps, OF
late, been overemphasized," Mrs.
Gerould writes.
: 1--WE are not preyailingly al
aesthetic breed-the stock we
came from is not prevailingly
aesthetic. Yet sometimes WON
der II justice is done by the
critics to the thousands upon
thousands of lovely houses, love-
ly rooms, lovely gardens scattered
through the land from Maine to
California, l think, too, of the
spontaneous kindness of man 20
man in America. ~
In so far as We are material.
lists, content to see In anything
only it's cash value, we are, OF
course vulgar. In so Tar q we
The Washington times., 1926-08-04
HOME TRAINING
WHICH EVERY
GIRL NEEDS
By j. Lamar Matthews

BY i. Lamar Matthews
nA1NTY MARIE sat on ! ross
~ silk pillow IN . corner Of
the window seat and strummed
her small guitar. Her mother
was washing the luncheon dishes
while she prepared dinner at the
sarne time. Then, IN re midst
of the early evening rush, IN
came Mr.. Roberts the alleged
head Of the house.
s.Dauglltes. why don't you help
your rnother?H he asked
s.I'lI get my dress eciled," the
Now. Ralph, don't start that
old argument all over again in
ferposed the mother. I'm not
going to have Marie washing
dishes ana sweeping floors not
while I'm able to do mental tasks
myself.
better than you are, answered
Mr.. Roberts. determined e h&ye
his say.
.sWelI, if you must know the
truth, / think / am too good,
myself, to do servants work:
but it seems that there is no help
for it 7, she said In an injured tone.
Then she continued:
When 4 girl does housework
II leaves its mark upon her. II
shows in her hands, in her attire,
In her manner IT simply stamps
her as & member OF the laboring
class.
1T hasn't hurt your looks any, "
declared Mr.. Roberts In ~ effort
I to restore peace. And HE did
And SO Marie grew upa per.
fectIy groomed. beautiful, idIe
girl, with an exalted idea or her
own Importance and q. firm con-
viction that housework Is degrad.
ing.
Then, before she rea .ised the
age Of 20, she lost her head and
married q boy who barely earned
enough for the necessities Of life.
He took her to live thousand
miles away from her mother ana
found q room in a boarding
house.
al year after, the baby came
y ana IL WAS necessary 10 441AAE -
nest OF their own. But a. b nest
maker Marie is 4 total loss Now
she and the boy are both utterly
wretched and neither of them
know what to do. II Marie only
knew how to manage they could
live comfortably on his sras z
salary but she doesn't, C0zss-
quenfly they feel poverty ken,
and life Is bleak and comfort
less.
II that silly mother OF he's had
taught the girl how to keep mouse
with the pride and dignity which
home-making deserves. Marie
would know what to do with .
tWo-room apartment.
Despite all the modern ideas
about feminine freedom, women
are women, right on. They have
always been tho makers Of home
and the angels Of home comfort
and they always win be. II il
more than second nature. II -
Unborn, innate inherited Il you
will.
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Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
by A. Z. Wilbert. NJ. A.

lying at anchor in Havana Har-
Dor, on February Is, 1898, pre-
cipitated the Spanlsh-American
war.
4 3. GEOGRAPHY. Trinidad, one
of the islands Of the British West
Indies, has the largest deposit Of
natural asphalt. in the world.
f. BUSINESS The principal
argument against 'truth-in-fab-
ric' legislation Is, that once the
wool is made into cloth. there is
no way or telling whether new
or reworked wool has been used.
s.. MANKIND. Mrs. Sarojini
Naidu, a Hindu poetess, who re-
ceived her education in England,
was recently elected president of
the Indian National Congress, a
place formerly held by Gandhi.
G. HUMAN NATURE. A per-
son is called a round peg in a
square hole, when he is out of
time with his surroundings. espe.
cially with his work.
4. GENERAL SCIENCE. The
king cobra is the largest End
most poisonous snake in the
world.
8. LAW. Protest Is the act OF
a notary, establishing and certi-
flying to due presentment and
dishonor Of "a negotiable instru.
ment.
8. CIVICS. Congress has the
sole spower to declare war.
10. ART. Ralph Adams Cram,
architect of the Cathedral of st.
John the Divine, New York city,
Is the greatest exponent of the
Gothic style Of architecture in
America
IL. MUSIC. Georg Friedrich
Handel (1685-1759), the celebrated
German composer, wrote the de-
lightful piano composition called
1.-THE Harmonious Blacksmith.
IL. HEALTH, Lack of outdoor
physical exercise is the most fire.
quent cause of the tired feel.
ing"
The Washington times., 1926-08-04
NEW PRISON
WARDEN

WHERE do prison wardens
w come from? Do they adj
vance from posts as prison
guards?
As a rule, no. One of the best.
known wardens, whose systems
have been more or less widely
copied in the penitentiaries OF Tor
tY States or. more was 35 years
old before he ever. held any job
in any way connected With
prison.
Instead he went into business
life% becoming associated with A.
F.. Sheldon. OF the Sheldon School
IN Chicago, in the book publishing
business. which he followed for a
number Of years.
Then he tried out the meat
business for a while, becoming
house manager for the Armour or.
ganizaticE in Pueblo.
Later he severed this connec-
ton and became travelling rep
resentative of the Morey Mercan.
tile Company of Denver.
He was in fact, a travelling
salesman when he was made wal :
den of the Coronado State Peni-
Tertiary.
He is most widely known for
the system of convict labor on
road work which he worked out
there, a system which built 1000
miles in Is years at about 90 per
cent less cost than could be oh.
tanned from contractors, and which
enabled the prisoners. by diligent
work and good behavior to lower
their sentences in ratio.
His name is Thomas J. lyman.
The Washington times., 1926-08-04

/. LITERATURE. Which cele.
brated Russian playwright was
also one of the worlds greatest
short-story writer's?
q. HISTORY. Which two beau.
tiful cities were destroyed by
an eruption of Vesuvius in A. p.
79?
3. GEOGRAPHY. Which two
bodies Of water wash the shores
of Cornwall, England?
4. BUSINESS. Which organiza-
ton is the most outstanding sue
cess in agricultural cooperation
in the United States?
S. MANKIND. What percent
age of our population is living
In rural communities?
6. HUMAN NATURE. To which
great American inventor Is this
oft.quoted Saying generally at
tributed: Genius lis not inspira:
ton, but perspiration."
Z, GENERAL SCIENCE. How
many planets are contained in
our solar system7
8. Law. When is the common
Ia w dRPkAGA " q @SAoNs
9. CIVICS. How many prisons
are there in the United States2
10. ART. Who was Americas
first great architect2
II. MUSIC. Which instrument
in the orchestra sounds like a
shepherds pipe?
IL. HEALTH. why are disease
and poverty called inseparable
twins?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
1. LITERATURE. Had John
Milton never written Paradise
Lost" his four beautiful poems,
IL Allegro" I'll Penseroso,
"Comus' and "Lycfdas,'" would
entitle him to rank among the
great poets of England.
Q. HISTORY. The blowing up
of the American battleship Maine.