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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
What Women Know
and Do
sT-HEY may bob their hair

"T'HEY may bob their hair
"They may shave their necks--
They may wear petticoats, says
Nancy Smith, Larry Semon's publicity
lady, but they draw pay checks equal
to those of the President of the United
States. Ask Gertrude Orr, Fox see
narist, about her own and other wom-
an writer's salaries in Hollywood.
"Why? Because women understand
human nature better than men. They
are becoming more and more success
full in the scenario field. Woman ap-
preciates another woman's angle bet
ter. She is more patient and under
standing of frailties. more in sympa-
thy with mother love and wifely devo-
ton. Only the pen of a woman can
really picture these problems on the
screen.
Men are quaking in their writer's
chairs in Hollywood" says Nancy.
..Women know how to make them
laugh; how to make them cry; how to
get that money in the box Office.
Some of our most prominent writer's
are Gertrude Orr, now adapting
"Carmen* Jeanne Macpherson of
King ofSKings," Frances Marion at
Metro olawyn- Mayer. Agnes Chris
tine Johnson and June Mathis"
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GAYETY-"Big Sensation"

Big Sensation" comedy, variety
and Columbia burlesque melange
which will be offered at the Gayety
Theater this week. in an all-new show
and 1t is said each of the scenes
have been arranged with an eye to
something novel and bright
Eddie Dale is the principal come
dian and Lew Rice, the second
comic: Gertrude Beck. soubrette: Jim
McCauley. character man; Robert
Lorenzo. in a stright role; Emma
May prima donna. Speed" Easburn
and Marie Breen complete the roster
of principals.
All will he seen in specialties. The
chorus girls. chosen for their ability
to sing and dance. will present l.
costume changes during their en-
sembles. Special lighting effects will
be used. Ruby Cowan wrote the
music and lyrics and T. b. Hamp the
book
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

YUST a decade ago Helen Hayes
the. Washington girl y no ha,
reached theatrical stardom, wa
~ playing the leads in Minni'
Hawkes. annual Spring revue by
her dancing class. Filled with confidence
and Importance. Little Helen danced
sang and made announcements in thu
manner of veteran actress. bowling
to her applause to indicate that sh'
knew it was her due. Many wht
watched her then We're confident tina
she would find her place as an actress
From that time on Helen Haye!
started up the ladder of stage fame
In about three seasons of the ter
she may have been in plays thai
missed fire, but struck solid ground
and is now conceded to be one of oul
very best actresses.
The act of Nick Altrock and A
Schacht at the Earle last week went
over big, although they had little
new to offer-a single joke when Al
remarks to Nick that he always pre-
fers girls with red hair and blue eyes
There's nothing new about that" re
plies Nick. "Now if you had said you
like girls with blue hair and red eyes
you would be saying something" And
for 1t laughed heartily.
Wilma Banky is on the wave crest
of popularity, but the directors of her
pictures are making a mistake when
they cast her for characters like
Barbara Worth. Miss Banky's beauty
belongs to the indoors, although she
demonstrated in Barbara Worth that
she is an expert horsewoman. There
was much comment by the audiences
at the Columbia last week. all agreeing
that Wilma seemed out of place trav-
ersing and living on the sun-kissed
desert One old lady sitting in box
remarked: Il wonder how long that
beautiful complexion would last under
the sun as 1t beats down on the big
desert? Roland Colman can look
tough and also like gentleman with
out much effort, but Wilma certainly
shines in low neck dress with Shout
der straps"
Nan Halperin, who toplined at
keiths last week, is an ambitious
young lady, but she carries a big
handicap in trying to do something
new and original each season in the
face of protests from the house man.
ayers all over the Keith circuit. Catch
ing her in the parlor of her hotel one
morning last week, First Nighter per-
suaded her to tell the public just
why she persisted in going through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

laughable skit. "My Daddy; Joe
Smalls Seven Stylish Shoppers. a
group of gay goddesses. gorgeOusly
gowned. and the Gold Medal Quartet
singing organization worthy of its
name.
The screen feature will be Bertha 3"
a modernized version of the old pla V
remembered as one OF the few OF the
better melodramas of score of years
ago. The title role is portrayed by
Madge Bellamy. and she is supported
by Allan Simpson. Sally Phipps. j
Farrell Macdonald. Arthur Houseman
and Paul Nicholson.
The auxiliary features will include
short camera subjects of varied inter
est, accompanied by Alexander Arons
on the triple-manual organ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT-To.
morrow.

Political effects of the farm relief
legislative program and of the wet"
candidate prophecy for 1928 by Mich.
olas Murray Butler will be among
the topics discussed tomorrow morn
ing by William Rufus Scott in his
current events lecture at Raucher's
at II o'clock.
The developments in the Chinese
and other foreign situations also will
be covered among other subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
STRAND-"In Finland"

The Strand Theater, starting next
Saturday. will present Irwin B. Hamp
supported by Lew Lewis. Earl Root,
Kathleen Butler, Florence Drake,
Paul Rush. Bilee LaMonte, Rene
Vincent and fast stepping chorus,
in a musical revue entitled I'm Fun
land The screen attraction viii be
Douglas Fairbanks in THE Black
Pirate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
De Miles Film Eternal

4 DDED to the usual two mega
tives from which release prints
are made. one American, one foreign.
will be third of 1.-The King of
Kings" Cecil B. de Miles pictorial
story of the Christ, said to be the first
of it's kind ever made.
This third will not have a single
print made from it beyond its test"
print. 1t will be sealed and placed
in bank vault. where it will remain
untouched for 80. 40, perhaps more
years. 1t will not be used until the
existing negatives are worn out.
1t Is in this manner that the pro-
Queer and those religious advisers
who have advised him during the
making of the picture are expressing
their belief that here is a film Offering
which will be ageless, which will be
revived from year to year indefinitely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
CLARA w. McQUOWN-Friday

The Philippine controversy and the
present coal situation in the United
States will be the special subjects OF
Miss McQuown's weekly talk on Cur
rent History" Friday morning at II
O'Clock at the Washington Club.
Seventeenth and X streets.
She will also review briefly recent
developments at home and abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

AT the Gayety Theater next week
John G. Jermon will offer his sport
ing Widows" as the coming attrac-
ton.
George Shelton. star of Monkey
Shines" for two seasons, and Solly
Hite and. Mable Refiow, last year with
Harry Stepps show. on the Columbia
wheel, will be the featured entertain
ers and others will be Harry Martini.
Warren Boyd, Thelma Leonard, Irene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
NATIONAI-"Beau Geste."

Beau Geste." the Herbert Brenon
production based on Maj. Percival c.
Nren's absorbing story of the French
Foreign Legion, will open a limited
engagement at the National Theater
tonight at $3.50 O'Clock
Incredible as it may seem to those
who have read the book or seen the
picture, the episode in which dead men
guard the embrasures of a desert fort
Is taken from an actual happening In
the annals of the Foreign Legion.
Maj Wren, in the preface of Beau
Sabreur, his new story of the legion.
states, Il know only it is true" and
in this he is borne out by Edward La
Roche of New York, a veteran of the
Foreign Legion.
Happenings strange and terrible are
but part of the story of three broth
ers whose love for each other proved
stronger than their fear of death.
The picture opens in this manner,
and after the troops coming to the
assistance of the besieged fort find
every man of its garrison dead. they
leave, camp in a nearby oasis and de-
eide to occupy the fort in the morn.
ing. Before they have encamped the
evacuated fort goes up in flames.
Who killed the commandant? Who
fired the fort, and why? A thread of
mystery runs entirely through the
play, which flashes back to Is years
before the opening scene and recon
structs the mystery back again to that
scene.
Herbert Brenon has cleverly woven
the mystery throughout the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Attractions In Washington
Playhouses This Week
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

NAIlONAL-"Beau Geste." photopay, This evening
bkLASCO-Dckens "Pnkwick.' drama. Tomorrow evening.
POI s. hcaeo Opera Co-Wednesday night, Masked Ball.
thursday matinee Resurrection"
and Peggy vaudeville This
EARlE-A&P Gypsiesccn MacKeler vaudeville afternoon
and
SlANDIhe Pleasure Seekers musical This
ernoon and
GAYETY-Big Sensation burlesoue This afternoon and evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
EARLE-"Flashe of Yesterday.

Next week, beginning Sunday after
noon, will bring to the Earle Theater
as featured entertainer Harry Jolson,
Washington's own singing comedian
and "A brother of the more famous Al
Jolson. The most elaborate act will
be "Flash of Yesterday" a special
production with Il large cast of play
ers, and Jerome and Ryan also will
have an important place on the bill
The photoplay will be Nobody s
Widow" directed by Donald Crisp
and starring Leatrice JOY, Charles
Ray, Phyllis Haver, David Butler, Dot
Farley and F'ritZie RidgeWay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
EARLE-The A&P Gypsies-Helen
M8CkeIlar

The Earle Theater will present two
attractions of unusual merit this week
beginning this afternoon.
The original APP Gypsies, the IA
nous string orchestra of radio and
record fame, will be seen in native
costume, and promise a pleasing bill.
Helen MacKellar will appear in a con-
densed version of THE Mud Turtle, -
written by Elliott Lester.
Other vaudeville offerings will be
'Broomstick" Elliott and Babe La
Tour, artists of classic hokum, in q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Returns to Modern
Fashions

DOLA NEGRT returns to the screen
in the height of modern fashion
in her Paramount picture, to be
known as THE Woman on Trial" fol
lowing two productions in which She
wore European costumes, Hotel I'M
periaT' and "Barbed Wire" both war
stories.
Her next characterization will be
that of woman of wealth and social
position in Il screen adaptation of the
play by Ernest Fajda, which has been
tentatively titled THE Woman on
Trial" Maurice Stller, who made
Hotel Imperial" will direct, with
Ricardo CorteZ as the stars leading
man.
.
Bruce McRae will ppear with Grace
George in her forthcoming revival of
THE Legend of Leoncra.'
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Coming Attractions.

Collette. Rosa Ray and Billy Schiller.
Seventeen episodes will feature the
scenic display and there will be
large chorus of singing and dancing
girls to people dozen ensembles of
musical folly.
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kEITHS--"High Art"

George Choos will present as the
headline attraction at 3. r. keith's
Theater next week Miss Hastoura
in High Art" an exquisite cameo.
with Walter and Elizabeth Reddick,
Alice Hayward and Gordon Bennett,
and featuring six Adelaide and
Hughes girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

1.-THE Crown Prince" adapted by
Zoe Atkins from the Hungarian of
Ernest Vajda. will have its opening
in Atlantic City the latter part of
this week. Basil Sydney and Mary
Ellis will head the cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
STRAND-"The Pleasure Seekers"

AT the Strand Theater Leo Stevens
gang is presenting a fast-moving mu
steal revue, 1.-The Pleasure Seekers"
with Irwin b. Hamp heading the com.
pany, which includes Lew Lewis. Earl
Root, Paul Rush, Billee LaMonte,
Florence Drake, Rene Vincent and a
new Equity Chorus.
On the screen for the first four days
Will be seen Curwood's THE Flaming
Forest, with Renee Adoree and An
tonic Moreno, and for the last three
days Tiffany Productions THE First
Night" with Bert Lytell and Dorothy
Devore. News reels, comedies and or
chestral music will round out the pro-
gram. Announcement is also made of
a reduction in prices beginning next
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
KEITH'S-Cortez and Peggy.

Valentine week will be celebrated
at b. f. Keith's Theater with two
top liners. The first, Cortez and
Peggy, international dancers, in an
elaborate offering including Carlos
Cobian's Argentine Orchestra. with
Jose Moriche and Tom Burke, known
as the international Tenor"
Ralph Greenleaf, famous pocket
billiard champion, also will be
featured
Others include Fred Berrens, violin
list, assisted by Miss Ampico. i'm "A
Modern Musical Fantasy; Joe Wes-
ton and Harriet Hutchins, character
interpretations; DOllie and Billie. two
American girls. who offer comedy.
singing, dancing and talking, i'm
ported from the English music halls:
Beatrice HEREFORD In an original mono
logue, and the Arena Brothers, eccen-
trio acrobats, with their bounding
canine.
The screen features will he Aesop's
Fables. Topics of the Day and the
Pathe News Pictorial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

In offering a mystery play there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-02
Wall Street Increases Hold Upon the Argentine

Saturday the converbity into gold OF the Argen-
tine national currency officially established thus placing that
country gold basis 1t that the public and private
debts of that nation be measured by the gold standard
Wall Street by it's mastery of the world gold supply forces
all those clutches to pay in its currency On
the same official decree establishing the gold standard
was proclaimed preparations also made by the Chase Secur
tiles Corporation Blair Co. float 4000000O bond issue
of the Argentine government This issue to be applied to the
funding floating debt of the Argentine state railroads 1t
will of course by the properties of the railroads What
portion the surplus wealth produced by the working class of
the Argentine forever until the bonds recalled trans
ferred to forms.
This issue only the elimination of series OF
inroads made by bank capital the Argentine In
june 1926 the of Morgan and the National City (he
Standard Oil ban S45000000 issue for that country
Since that date banking houses have oated five Ar
gentne loans ranging S17O00000 30000000 in round
figures.
These figures why the CoodgeKeoggH Hoover
government Street constantly somewhere
Central and South After the workers of this
try produced such surplus that cannot be dis
posed of within confines of the United States it invested
in other countries the capitalists have the audacy to
their right exploit workers of other countries with the
vesmen capital they obtained through exploitation of
The next time we patriots ravng about atrocities in
any of the IatnAmercan countries should remember the
investments and demand that American forces not
only defend their interests but that the gunner Of
Imperialism get of those countries and stay out.
AS for the workers of Latin America they should do every
thing power powerful anmperialist
en against the Wall punderes and join hands with the
advanced the United States in drive challenge the
power of the arrogant ruling class of America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-02
American imperialism in Conspiracy Against Soviet Union

IF there was any doubt regarding the maeVoent designs OF
Wall Street against Union of Socialist Soviet Republics that
doubt now dsped by the action of the state department at
Washington in refusing permit the shipment of 100000 rifles
to Russia department does not place embagoes
cay or unofficiay-as this arms to country
unless it views that nation enemy and preparing for war
against it.
There is one other country which Wall Street has the arms
embargo list and that In the of Mexico the Wash
ngon government the interests Of dollar imperialism
is doing everything its power to concoct case for nerVen
o so that the Wall Street bandits page that rich country
Of its resources.
In the the Soviet Union the United States government
participates in the conspaces against the workers and peas
ants government that long Russia remains
The formidable proearan power that the conflicts between
the mpea powers redvson OF the world must pc
held in allegiance.
In shipments of it is noteworthy that no
embargo placed upon weapons those European nations that
have become vassa Imperialism and that comprise the reac
tonary bloc being created against the Russian revolution
arbitrary by the state department must be the signal
new activity the of labor favor OF recognition OF the
Soviet Union against the worldwide conspiracy that is on
foot to again make capitalism turnout the world
By their power the workers of the United States must
show the mperasts that fight effectively against the
attacks on Union that will offset thou the
effect of the embargo upon rifles
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-02
Curious Form Of Censorship"

So notorious and worldwide is the fragrant despotism of
American imperialism brazeny do the diplomatic agents
of defend the interests of the capitalist thieves
that any held anywhere without
of its atrocities coming light.
While discussing the effects of censorship the press at
Press Conference at Geneva the editor of the
"mparca Guatemala NJ Asturias asserted that very
censorship exists in South American countries
carried by diplomatic representatives of the United States
representatives according to the Guatemala editor
censorship American every time the
national interests of the countries contrary to the North
American concerns established in these countries
the editor of the Impartial is very innocent he
magnes the diplomatic funkys of Wall Street appointed by
Washington in South America for human
purposes for other than defend the
terests of yankee Imperialism
Such exposures will make it difficult for the pen Wallets
American capitalism convince the people of this country
that the United States government is held in contempt in Latin
America because of those Southern republics
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-02

; Miners Unity Committee. Smith
stipulated that if any barriers were
set up, or existing barriers allowed
to remain which prevented the Rus
sian miners from affiliating, then
the question of such a committee
should receive further consideration.
THE affiliation of the Communist
Party to the Labor Party was re-
jected on card vote by $4,000 to
100000 votes. The South Wales
Delegation remained neutral, although
inundated by its district conference
to vote in favor of affiliation, thus
reducing the vote in favor by 100000.
This act exposed in all it's nakedness
the trickery of the right-wingers.
The plea for remaining neutral adj
vanced by the reactionary officials,
who formed preponderance of the
delegation, was that the resolution
discussed and carried at the South
Wales Conference contained a clause
in which the following was stipulated
= con condition that the Communist
Party accepts the constitution of the
Labor Party" The resolution before
the annual conference did not con-
tain this reservation.
THIS reveals the fact that although
inundated by their own confer
ence to vote in favor of affiliation.
the reactionaries were prepared to
risk censure at future conference,
rather than cast their vote in favor
of the resolution.
The loophole through which they
escaped actually does not exist, since
the Communist Party in its press and
official applications to the Labor Par
ty has stated its readiness to accept
the constitution. Comrades Homer
and S. 0. Davies fought courage
ously to cast the vote in accordance
with their mandate, but were out
numbered by the opposition. This
episode will surely be raised at the
next conference, and steps taken
previous to such conference to repudi-
ate the action of the delegation.
N summing up, although the con-
ference and its decisions were re-
Progressive in form, the militants
are to be credited with splendid pro-
gress in the districts, although this
was not reflected at the annual CON
ference owing to the system of elect
ing delegates, and the domination of
the federation bureaucracy.
The immediate tasks before the
Miners Minority Movement are. to
demand
L. Special lodge meetings to discuss
the conference decisions.
z. Vigorous reputation of the un-
warranted attacks of S. Smith,
Sullivan and Duncan Graham, etc,
upon the Minority Movement,
the Communist Party and Soviet
Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-02

Following the engagement of
"Chang" at the Cameo, the Film
Arts Guild will present Emil jan
nings, in "Tartuffe, The Glide
Hypocrite," which is based on Mol
iere's comedy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-02

Georges Bizet and His Tuneful
Opera Carmen"

GEORGES BIZET and his opera
" Carmen" has rather unique
HISTORIAN an interesting one. TO
the enthusiast who has seen and
heard the opera time and again, and
can hum many passages of the melo-
dious score, it may seem strange to
hear that the opera was a dismal fail
ure when first produced in Paris
fifty-two years ago. In view of its
worldwide popularity, that failure is
historic. Bizet, depressed and dis
couraged, died three months after the
first production. There is no doubt
the first failure of the opera was
partly responsible for his hasty
death. In Vienna, four months fol-
lowing his death, the opera had it's
first triumph. Brussels, London and
New York acclaimed the production
soon thereafter. In 1883 when the
opera was reintroduced in Paris it
created a sensation. But Bizet,
mortally hurt in his pride as an
artist, died disconsolate.
The Libretto of Carmen" is the
work of Henri Meilhac and Ludovic
Halevys and is based on the novel by
Prosper Merimee. The Opera had its
first hearing at the Opera Comiuue.
Paris, March 3, 1875, the title role
being sung by Galli-Marie-a famous
singer of that time. Minnie Hanck
created the role in London and later
sang the part here at the Academy
of Music on Fourteenth Street, Oc-
tober %, 1879.
Since then Carmen" has become
very popular with the masses. Not
a single opera company can afford to
keep it from its repertoire. At the
Metropolitan the tuneful score is
heard again and again during the
season. And Bizet died before he had
an mixing of the success his master
piece was to obtain.
Carmen" is one of the very few
operas which has story dealing with
the people. There is not an aristo-
crat in it. Perhaps that is one of the
reasons the opera is so popular
among the workers. Next Saturday
night, at the big Stadium in Starlight
Park, the workers of this city will
have an opportunity to hear the
beautiful and tuneful opera which
arlstocratic Paris of the Seventies
turned down and thereby sent Bizet to
an early grave.
The production is being given for
the benefit of the Joint Defense Com
mittee. Tickets are one dollar, which
also includes the Jamboree and dane
ing at the park, and are on sale at
The DAILY WORKER, the Freiheit
and Joint Defense office. Al Union
Square.