The Washington times., 1927-12-08

the partition was made by the
treaty of st. German.
Next Thursday afternoon-"The
Heart of Italy'i-fifth and final
lecture in the current series.
STRAIN D. Stolen Sweets"
brings a gathering of mixed enter
tainers to the. stage of the Strand
Theater next week. Heading the
comedians is Charles (Bimbo) Davis,
Bee Belle leads the feminine forces
in song and dance affairs. Other
principals include Gus FLAG. Belle
Miller, Thelma Lewis, Airline
Winks and Billy and Artie Lewis.
"Sharli." sensational dancer. is
booked for appearance at every
performance. Twenty energetic
girls will flash their looks. pep and
ability here and there during the
course of the program.
NATIONAT-The premiere Of
a Charles Dillingham; show may
be regarded as something of an
event. That event takes on
added import when such a gifted
person as Beatrice Lille heads
the cast. Miss Lille. who is
Lady Peel off stage. is the bright
comedienne of two of Charlot's
Revues and on Monday she
opens at the National in the
first showing of She's My
Baby" Edward Royce staged
the production. Guy Bolton, Harry
Ruby and Bert Kalnar are re-
sponsible for the book. while
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
did the music. Supporting Miss
Lille are Clifton Webb. Harry
Watson, jr.; Jack Whiting. Ula
Sharon, Irene Dunno, Frank
Doane, Bailey and Barnum, Nick
Long, jr.; Pearl Eaton, Joan
Clement, Phyllis Rae. w. J.
Mccarthy. Tiller's Cocktail dane
ers, Gene Salzer's Band and
a chorus Of beauties.
POLI'S-Three different operas
will be presented at Polls the
first three nights Of next week,
beginning Monday. by the Amer.
lean Opera Company-Gounod's
Faust" Puccini's Madame But.
terfly' and Mozart's Marriage
of Figaro" comprise the roper.
toire. Vladimir RosinR is the
director, Frank st. Leger is mu.
steal, director and Robert Ed
mund Jones is designer.
PALACE-Loew's Palace offers
for the new week the second
new policy" presentation of
greater entertainment programs.
The screen will feature Richard
Dix in his latest Paramount ve-
hicle, 1.-THE Gay Defender"
tale OF stirring days in Cali
fornia, when ''forty-niners" ruled
with iron fists.
On the stage the Palace Synco-
pators will again be heard in
Specht. The Palace Rockets, a
hot stepping ensemble of merry
maidens. will also entertain with
new dance routines; Lyndon and
Farman, funniest Apache dam
GERS in America" Bert Darrell,
premier exponent Of tap dan.
cling: DePace. wizard Of the man.
dolin; Wesley Eddy, new master
or ceremonies, and others will
keep the proceedings moving
along at fast pace. Additional
features include an overture pro.
duction, "A Drama Tone" "The
Birth OF Music" translated into
color and played by the Palace
Concert Orchestra, M.-G.-M. News
and J. Virgil Huffman's organ
music round out.
COLUMBIA--"Sorrell and SON."
current at Loew's Columbia, is
announced as a holdover attrac-
ton and will begin the second
week of its local engagement
next Saturday. It is a story of
father and son devotion, a. story
Of England during the postwar
period. when heroes came home,
only to find their peacetime jobs
appropriated by stay-at homes, and
facing the necessity of working
in the most mental tasks to sup.
port themselves and their families.
Captain Stephen Sorrell" was
one OF these heroes: not only was
his job gone when he returned