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Evening star., 1927-11-06

WIN there is not much chance OF
any for the Funny Face" librettist
n + y
Two bold invasions into the
rough and wicked side of life were
made by The Barker" and The
Racket"
One class OF plays seek to throw
new light on phases Of life with
which people inclined TO PHILOSOPHERS,
serious or frivolous, are more or less
familiar.
Another, like the imp Asmodeus,
who, to entertain a benefactor, made
walls transparent, introduced the
spectator attention to phases Of life
of which the ordinary law-abiding
person knows absolutely nothing.
Viewing the lights and banners of
the roadside carnival from a dis
tance, it is customary to make some
trite remark to the effect that the
real life OF the nomads who give the
shows is doubtless a hard one.
y
1t remains for The Barker" to
give an intimate picture of Just how
hard and reducing the life may be
what human passions may battle in
the group of strolling inhabitants of
a make-bclieve world and what no.
bilities of forgiveness are possible.
r n 4
There are no attempts 10 con-
ciliate literary tastes. so far as words
are concerned. in The Barker" 1t
has its own stock in trade of plot
and emotions and delivers its spiel
IN the way that comes natural. It
decorates its program with some
lumpy rhythms, worthy to compete
for prize as the worlds worst
poetry The dialogue is faithful to
the types that speak it. Its rugged
quaintness sometimes threatens TO
bring laugh where only pathos is
intended. The devotion of a father
TO son gives the note OF dignity to
the drama and lifts il above most
attempts 10 depict the wayside lie
OF social sponsibilitv.
1t is far beyond The Wild Man
Of Borneo" and much more artistic
than The Medicine Man"
IT provides fine acting points for
the various members Of a large cast.
1t would still be a great plav if it
did little more than offer Walter
huston the opportunity he so bril-
l1antly improves.
Another glimpse into the world
about us OF which we read so much
and know SO little is afforded by
lhe Racket which portravs the
relations, more or less hostile, be-
tween capitalists of illicit liquor and
the police authorities in a metropo-
lis. This play also is a step forward
! beyond others of its kind. Much
better than One Of the Finest" and
ranking III consistency and proper
ton almost with Charles Klein's old
pay The Third Degree"
| II Il u
1t attempts something that is rare
, ly done well. the discu,sio OF some
incidents that have developed cur
rently in police affairs. Many a play
has been rushed into the theater
with scant preparation in hope OF
! iil1me date money Won ON the
Evening star., 1927-11-06

The Paramount Production Co. Is
releasing POT pictures during the cur
rent year. This Is the largest produc-
ton schedule in the history Of the
company.
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ters, on the lines of the one she now
heads, will be found in most Of the
important towns of the country.

| terS, on the lines OF the one she now
heads, will be found in most of the
important towns of the country.
| The aviation complex Is now invad.
| ing the speaking stage, and last week
Vincent Youmans announced that his
next musical comedy would be Hands
Across the Sea" and that he was at.
tempting to secure Ruth Elder for the
leading part. Whether Miss Elder
takes the role or not, the plot of the
piece will be woven around her adven-
lures in flying to the Azores and her
reception in Paris.
George Arliss arrived in New York
yesterday from England, bringing with
him a script, and Winthrop Ames has
another waiting in his office, but if
neither of them are agreed upon Arliss
will most likely revive 1.-THE Green
Goddess" and will tour it in the South
and West over territory not covered in
his previous tour.
Nance O'Neil, with the closing of
1.-The House of Women" will return
to vaudeville in 1.-The Lily" Mabel
| Taliaferro is returning to vaudeville in
sketch and Harry Green will begin
a tour this week in a revival of "The
| Cherry Tree"
|
/ Lew Fields, the well known comedi-
an and manager, recently ran across
| Fay Templeton on the boardwalk at
Atlantic City and after a brief chat
persuaded her to sign contract to ap-
| pear in his forthcoming musical COM
edy. Miss Templeton years ago was
a star at the old Weber & Fields Music
Hail..
| Reports from Detroit and Cleveland
are that Gene Bucks new musical
| show, Take the Air." has been we'll
| received. 1t is possible that the at
| traction will play an extra week in
| the latter city. The principals include
| Will Mahoney, Trini, Dorothy Dilley,
Chick York, Rose King and Kitty
O'Connor.
| The season for tearing up scripts
seems we'll under way. The other day
Bayard Veiller reported that he had
torn w. his adaptation of ELMER
Gantry." Now comes the news that
| Maxwell Anderson has done away with
the book he had written for 1.-THE
Maidens Prayer
The chorus being featured by the
| President Theater Light Opera Co.,
, which opens the season with 1.-The
Black Hussar" tomorrow night. has
been recruited from the choruses of
the various light opera organizations
| throughout the United States. The
,horus numbers 40 voices.
Following, the production Of rThe
Black Hussar," which will inaugu-
rate the light opera season in Wash
ington at the President Theater to-
morrow night. the company will pre-
sent Offenbach's Grand Duchess"
The Paramount Production Co. Is
| releasing 297 pictures during the cur
rent year. This Is the largest produc-
ton schedule in the history of the
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NATIONAL-"The Marauise." ;"

Billie Burke will return to the Wash.
ington stage after an absence of sew.
eral seasons in 'The Marquise," which
begins a weeks engagement at the
National Theater tomorrow evening.
THE Marquise," by Noel Coward, au-
thor of 1.-The Vortex" in which he
himself appeared, and Easy Virtue -
a starring vehicle for Jane Cowl, has
been played in England, where the role
to be portrayed by Miss Burke was
acted by Marie Tempest.
Eighteenth century France is the
time and locale of the new play, which
is said to afford Miss Burke ample
opportunity for the clever bits of char
acterization and delicate comedy for
which she is best known. Her charac-
ter is that of gay lady with a past
returning to an old admirer, now an
austere nobleman, hoping to make him
a bit gayer in his later years by re-.
calling their days in Paris together.
Arthur Byron is the featured mem
Der of the company, which includes
Reginald Owen, Rex O'Malley, Theo-
dore st. John, William Kershaw,
Madge Evans. Harry Lillford, Dorothy
Tree and Charles Ashley. The play
has been staged by David Burton, set
tings are by 10 Mielziner and costumes
designed by Ben Ali Haggin.
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MICARgME COMpANy- RieE+o
Dramatic Studies
Of the Underworld
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

w YHEN the title Funny Face"
M haunted from the bill
Wv boards in appropriate ac-
compartment to the spirit
of Mardi Gras which Halloween has
taken unto itself. little idle specu-
1ation as TO the possible significance
of SO grotesque title became per-
missible.
1t might have related to a BALI
room episode in romance--to the
clown who capers with a breaking
heart-or, going straight to the
classics, to the hero of Victor Hugo's
great story of man who was mutt
lated. by order of the king" so that
his facial muscles wore a perpetual
grin. The title claimed no kinship
with any kind of thought. Even
with so enterprising and confident
music writer as George Gershwin
to conduct an experiment in futuris-
tic jazz, it turned itself into dane
ing contest. 1t became a prolonged
St. Vitusian spasm
An important position was as
signed to Mr.. Gershwin in circles
fhat like TO conduct guessing con-
tests as TO what the artistic future
holds.
In music he was selected as the
man of the futuristic.
He was TO make Jazz into ma
tionai form Of music. 1t was TO be-
come not only as distinctively Amer
lean as. for instance. the bolero Of
Spain. but eventually no less re-
spected.
There are several pretty themes
in Funny Face" which are smoth-
cred by rhythmic distortions leading
ZIP TO cacaphonous outburst, chiefly
from the believing brass. At GER
tain moments it sounded as ii Joshua
had assumed the trumpet in an Ell
fort TO bring down the walls OF con-
ventional theory and practice around
musical Jericho.
One OF the wonders OF the per-
formance is the asscmblage OF so
manv who. like the accomplished
.Astaires. can go on dancing inccs-
sanity for hours without losing
breath to a degree that would pre-
vent them from singing or dropping
An occasional remark by way OF
libretto.
1t is music TO be seen but not
heard
1t is the historic fate of genius TO
be attacked ine its earlier demon
strations. II usually feels itself
compelled in its normal eNertion TO
attack certain established ideas per-
tanning 10 taste and custom Many
technical students of the Gcrshwin
music have discovered in it a mar
veIous capacity for unique effects
attained without violation OF scien-
tihc laws
The ears OF the laity will not be
satisfied speedily. Those inclined TO
rescntfnl protest should remember
their Wagner when he was consid-
cred an audacious exponent OF mas
sive discord, but Wagner wrote his
own poems and plots. Whatever
E!orihcaticn may arrive for Gefsh-
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NORMA TERRIS- -Na+ionaI-GmnqA6u%
Attractions In Washington
Playhouses This Week
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

NATONAL-The Marquise comedy drama Tomorrow evening
BEIASCOm"Tia Juana drama Tomorrow evening
POLPSThe King Can Do No Wrong drama. This evening
by Shakespeare Association OF America
Tomorrow evening.
PRESIDENT"The Black Huar light opera evening
kEITHSFanny Brice vaudeville This afternoon evening
EARLERitzy Revue vaudeville This afternoon evening
GAYETY-Nohng But Girls burlesque This afternoon and
sTRAND-"Parisan Flappers burque This
Evening star., 1927-11-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"

The Shakespeare Association of
America will open weeks engage
ment at the Auditorium tomorrow
night in the plays of Shakespeare,
with the great play of Hamlet"
The organization, which includes
among its members so heads of
prominent educational institutions,
was formed primarily to bring about
"a continuous production of good
Shakespearean performances, at prices
that would permit all lovers of Shake
speare to witness the plays of the
great dramatist well presented by the
most capable actors that were obtain
able. With this end in view they Sc.
cured the well known Shakespearean
star Fritz Leiber to head the COM
pany. and as stage director Henry
Herbert, who for the past 20 years
has directed performances of Shake.
speare in England. In the supporting
cast are Irby Marshal. Louis Leon
Hall. Leonard Wiley, Ethel Taylor,
John Burke, Robert Strauss, Philip
Quin. Edmund Forde, Virginia Bron.
son. John Osgood. Allan Wiley,
Evening star., 1927-11-06

1t attempts something that is rare
~ done well. the discus sion Of some
incidents that have developed cur
rently in police affairs. Many play
has been rushed into the theater
with scant preparation in hope of
immediate money Won ON the
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Lillian Albertson will produce "The
Desert Song" in Los Angeles this
Fall by arrangement with Schwab
and Mandel. Rehearsals started last
week.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30
"Casey jones'

who worked as engine wIpers in the
roundhouse.
If all the facts about the Negro
origin of things came to light as this
one has the face of history would be
changed. And sooner or later they
will come to light, despite all at
tempts to hide them. Many white
scientists and historians even now
know things that they do not dare
tell the white public. Murder will
out and so will the Negro.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

The Negro seems to have had his
finger in the origin Of everything.
If there is anything that ought,to be
100 per cent Caucasian it is the song
casey JONES'" the epic of the Am
erican railroad. Now a correspond
ent of The Daily News, interviewing
"Casey's" widow, has discovered that
the song originally was composed by
Wallace Saunders and HE Went
worth, two Negro friends of Casey, F"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

An Had For
Young Negroes

"Frederick. Douglass? Who is hep
asked the 20-year-old daughter of a
prominent Negro. $500,
,Shc, was a grown woman, a high
school graduate. She could sneak
French and tell you about Caesar,
cicero, Napoleon, Washington and
Shakespeare yet the name of Doug
lass. which should be- household
word among Negroes, was strange to
her. And here is no isolated case.
Negro children all too often are
brought up in ignorance of the lives
and works of great Negroes. Many
OF them accept the Caucasian taunt
that the Negro never has achieved
anything. And the schools don't
teach them better! st
The geography textbooks used in
public schools tell something of the
history of each country described.
If it is Canada they speak of Wolfe
OF his DIoou' nave uune great JnTngs:
1t is,in, such books as "For Free
dom," by Arthur Huff Fauset. This,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-30

book ought to be in every Negro fam
Ily, especially where there are chill
,dren. Indeed, it is written especially
for children, in clear, simple style.
1t tells the life stories of distinguish
ed Negroes from the Revolutionary
War to the present day. 1t begins
with Philips Wheatley and Crispus
Attucks and treats on Peter Salem,
Salem Poor, Benjamin Banneker, So
journer Truth, Hiram Revels, Fred
erick Douglass, Blanche X. Bruce,
Booker T. Washington, George w:
Carver, Paul Laurence Dunbar and
w. +. B. Dubois. 1t dwells upon Ne
groes in the arts, James Weldon and
Rosamond Johnson, Henry o. Tan
ner,. Roland Hayes, Paul Robson,
Charles Gilpin, Harry T. Burleigh,
Meta Warrick, Countee Cullen, Lang
ston Hughes, Jessie Fauset, Walter
s white Al lai9 bbSske and .atbess...,.
medicine to expel his inferiority conf
RICK nryZ rTrFr.Te
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
BOXING NOTES

Putnam sporting Club promo tef Ha4a Hse d8te for the next haH as Frid Veuing November ith.
 4 number ty officials wore seen Bt the-tIH Friday evening.
 The board tmen was also re- presented
 A#te2 uamea heeamIHeHatr7nz uf fhe game
 NJ hem I4faa would have liked lI lad anr 1t tNa more ro8rd- with P pempsky This denotes chat lesfr Me8sgp boy Wae n8f as tltg Ha= looked
 W heard @ seal near the press tab tbaf nenlpsky eauld never gt #ecision in Putnam. ac certainly he doesn't earn if.
 The press 5Ie arrived 1ittle late but t arr and that is better than sitting on piano.
 A slap maks lot of noise and some think it s4mething te gel eN- cited about. bdt is taa punch that lands with q tat that does the dam- age
 l. was natiee #E#e that very feW anna teurs aim thef blows for the body Of course a punch that lands ou the chin or jaw is Gore spectacular but they are harder fu hand. Body blows are effective it wearing down the op= ponent
 The champ af the 18th artillery looked good to#as He knows his box ing gloves.
 The fat boy with the voice was aot selling cracker aek and peanuts.
 w believe that little Johnny Vi. la can put ap pretty three rounds as seen in d 4ae time Rene Pele- cum. if he wats return match mould be gie- he opportunity as the boys gave good performance.
 NJ daa't ff.e2 how the promoters feh about th. size af the rate hni as thrE srr putting dn another how Naerpb ber 4t# they must have btet Htette .EeH sa=i4esi#
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Grenier would attemp, a few punches but most of them went wild. That straight left of the Providence boy cut Gren.cr's lip and several taliies throughout tho fight Billing reached The sore sfat The three rounds were Billings alI the waE, Greaier mol haF- ing a la0k ia aud mt making a favor able Hmpre with hi. tactics.
 ln his boat vtt 4rlQ jael son. a ralorad hos fram p leacH Billie
 sfuire of W1re,s Ger bad be best of every round IF aa zsad= ing aHd Wa- -5a as
 ute in the second Il. # down and gat un =Eaaa A5 te hold on ufti the bt
 rescue fie was hanging sH the tb.rd round hut 9az game ae crowd gae him share of & l ulause when fha tBIrd fadf rHl4esI
 Johnny Sii.a af Worcester #ffasz.s 5 nifty Httle boxer and got 2 Aell arm eF sIee .=f5H over Rene PeIoWn, the clever Dareison hny | Wa 2 pret tv Geht both boys willing and elev= er E#lia Wun the tirzt Ea1Ha h5 q shade the second Ns- eeeH art ir fhe thuI PeloauH wa down tor 8 5ouat If nine with eYe gas hea cleared mp as the referet taiis..i l'H I me secauds=aasI Peieqar WEI far from af5 iH when he gat ta a teet A Ei5a tf8eft aIs rl Hua sflHH what tte judges decision would be Eeloquit was given Iittle s taaH an ovation as he left the ring
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
PoMFRET LOSES HARD FOUGHT
 GAME TO TUFTS SECONDS

Battling through a well played game aaUi tae last period Tufts Sec ond football team won from Pomfret Saturday ty safety. winning the game 10 c. While Pomfret was greatly outWeighed they made up the weight in fighting spirit and the game ended with the local schaol on fuft's one ward line with pomfret in posses sion of the bali after gain If thirty yards.
 Denny, Whiting and Piunkett made long runs for Pomfret and Gear play ed we'll in the line. Captain Chaae played good game for Tufts. + was one If the best and most exciting game played on the Pamfret field in a long time.
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
Round One

at faasas tH terrar from Je@e'r
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
\ Little Surprise

fhe nesi aaat brought a. lrnrIse af ibe eHeajHa 3a#5FH BF 9f Aal eeztef clearly 5a1aaistd Bea Rap #et If teaftt eifV in tbe f faHaH and fh fan. had aIreasl4 .e,.5dsi she was eoIna ta win his bout
 eaaa fHWd heth boys rHs r= and heHH wiling to miN it5 EHs
 aul eIH4 had nat gone far er shal aH5 a terrific naiH
 el tlu uh ef Boris f4V aHa 5l ee@tef= ba5 iay iiat on his =t1== 7H thr car15ls. He uHed te rHt #H5 count of eight but Was beyond re
 r4ndiH and was counted out
 t5earasa Bef5arest Sas faeaeifs over Benny Seletzkl af JeRetl tatz hut Geasee da4nt make good 9l though irving tiz best Def4fesi. I fautam weight recently Wan | knock eni from Bobby Gall1me for the champion hip of Tab4hanna. Pa srmy pa-t Galiume Wa- tlaare5 three times before HcForcsl Hut eVef the finishing WalIop hard right to the jaw following well directed left
 The first round was WIZ and was even. The second round was repeti-
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20

ton Of the first. In the third the Jewett City boy rushed twice and in both rushes landed lefts and right fi, was the aggressor throughout and had blood flowing from the Daniel son boys nose They were swapping punches at the final bell
 l. was announced from the ring that the next meet wli be carly m November
 The evening entertainment was handled iu Pa.1am Sporting Club
 4le \ hich -tn and snappN. AL liH Jarvis Wa @ taa man 4n tHe ring Fzrepf IE ta9 anal BHtsh when he Was rel fiv Nagnan The sae= were Whitman aud Lambert keeper. Aantaaa William Jarvis
 announce I-abeau.
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
Open County Handicap Golf Tournament Oct. 22

The Pomfret Golf Club ess5H8. 4 cordial invitation to the amateur members and all residents of the 78un- ty 10 take part in it's annual haadican competition for the challenge cup to be held on the Pomfret links on Sat urday, October 22nd. al 10 o'clock 4 m. the winner being the player who returns the lowest net score for eight cen holes. All cards must be eomplet- ed the same day. No entrance fec re- quired
 l. is requested that those desiring to compete send their names and club handicap to the secretary not later than October goth.
 JOHN r. GROSVFNOR
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
Round Two

h the second round nempstss= again started his mad rushing and fighting and had Toarain stepping into clinches with head down and face covered But agaIn DemRsky slowed up after min utc of this fierce onslaught and again IHHraia began 10 show his masterfHl boxing landing ah uppereat which he followed with a right ta the face and q ieft tn the body. \ the last few seconds of the round tieked away Tour am backed pempsky into his Four ans own corner and landed sueee=- sion of ineffective rights and lefts to the side If Dempsky's head. Denlp sky appeared t6 be in danger al this point and the crowd gat the majm thrill of the evening The rineaidt called for faufain to finish i but the game little Noosup boz didn't have the strength and thai was all there was to fl The bell saved ] peHP-ky further punishment + Was Touraiu's round on points
 The final round was repetition q tht -eeaud Bempsks dropped hiz auarl and aean T0maa as shower
 ng te fighting K 0 bas from lev GitF ia fHe iHst 56l0HdS ef fht ruHl aIth tha-a steam lacking bai
 saH paHeha aHd Hhs ThI reae.
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Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20

Round One
 Eea af5sHan. a hIt feat atd pros H rnH looking. was introduced as q ~ Hh8 Rauid reteHae the fszi When the beii rang for the
 eaWe tH center
 E4H Haa kept 4zHHe Ta7raH. who went lnta a
 H5 UHf DtHPs au
 Thur a- afet clean Et atH est8 and ihmns zg
 falHa worked D f.#a a#7 9e landed fight ea Bz began aN uH bit aH there u .iza.f 1f1s5 fGe e,ares flowing from lr1 ft bdz .HE tHat Had aa sHnefeas HTt -e a tae head and Demf bleed Already TaufaeH stIaisE ett ect af tbe pace nothing dangerous iu the power of sl puuehr. t was faet round and honor were even
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
The Curtain Raiser

The curtain rtistf= was T eu between Young Greaier of GfesEtuniaiaie aad Manuel Billings of Providence. The Gfaseeuardaie hoy lid Het maEe 5 very favorable impression az he play ed prekahaa from betWeeH fIz elut5= with which he was constantly guard
 ing his head Billings Was constantly sticking cut straight left that con sistently found its mark Occasionally
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
OVER THE TOP TEAM
 GIVEN BANQUET
Baseball Season Officially Clos ed By Big Eats Al Twin
 Eims
Batting Averages Show Six Hit For
 Over 300

The =.6gFF Iau hase isl teams Beial tHarfFeF. cap fIn. aaFefs. gale tender- and q I17rr aaazHzF 8f 8srd in 1he WeeI faas attsa5ad= che annual banquet held 8t T4H hluz lHzi Thursday, and Whieh mafsea the closing If he l924 baseball Ths hig eats were followed hy he presentation af sou venirs tH fife piayvrz captain. and manager af the team and a short program winch entertained in good nnnnur
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Batting Average. For Season

SiA regulars have mfted for BOO and better The following tigures just compiled by the Over he Top management for the season. gives the team averaee as=..it.s winch tiisrioses the batting power of the baker team during the year. or the regulars to his over inc 300 mark art Johnson Bates. Aaea.l. II. RaTeae|ie. H. Co. dcrrc and t.afontalnc A't o. ha4es collected a tota
 which - better than haa abe made during the year by
 if Is td hi considered th4' t
 ets did nat take part Hf al
 played A.atal If thirty seven n5eH appear ou fhe list. which is.the lafe est Hanhai= af any year Among th5 rbuess a4d during the season were the rHalzH 5uls of George Bate field =aatf and H. RayeHeile cap. anl If interest to che men# brfz If cam are tHe ersti iH proVeHzaHe- Ted Johnson and II Codorre heir hitting over pas -aasous Bates. II Ra9enelle and Lafouta5He f4ve held 10 their good average af ether years, while Mande- vile usu3y 800 hitter fell far be low that mark. For the few games played Aue in and R Ravenelle established eaod marks. l.. Goderre and "Edgie Hart have also had q good season with the willow, consider ing the battery work they have done
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20
BOWLING
pery's Providence St, Alleys

October 10th 1927.
 MARRIED MEN
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-20

JOHN r. GROSVENoR.