Evening star., 1928-10-31
NATTONAL-"Hit the Deck"


"Hit the Deck" with Queenie Smith
and Charles Purcell featured, comes to
the National Theater next week, open
ing Monday night.
THE engagement of this noted muSi-
cal comedy will be anticipated by the
theater patrons with more than ordl-
nary interest. It has a score of excep-
tional brilliancy and two of its num-
bers. "Hallelujah' and Sometimes I'm
Happy" have achieved especial favor
over two continents It ran for whole
year in New York and half as long IN
Chicago.
The story from a magazine tale by
Hubert Osborne, later made into the
comedy Shore Leave" concerns
United States battleship's crew and an
elfish aapper who owns coi1ee Snop
on the naval dock at Newport, Il. /.
Thence the plot takes all the charac-
tiers to a port in China during the
period of the recent revolution In that
country. Some beautiful exterior ana
interior scenes are there disclosed.
A lively love interest is developed out
of the affinity between the little cot1ee
house girl and "Bilge" Smith, one OF
Uncle Sans 'gobs," which does not run
smoothly.
Mr.. Youmans is both the composer
of the score and the producer OF Hit
the Deck"
STRAND-"Girls of the U. S. A."
At the Strand Theater next week
"Girls of the u. S. A." will be the fea-
tured attraction. This is said to be a
snappy presentation, starring Red Hot
Norma Noel, we'll known dancer, sup
ported by George Carroll, tramp come
TaENH -. ole aOY1aaGf0n
Bryan Wolf, the juvenile lead; George
Caiame, straight man; Flo Rich, dane
ing ingenue, and the chorus OF 16
Youthful misses, who are said to be able
singers and dancers. The scenery and
lighting effects are said to present a
colorful background for the show.
The MANAGEMENT announces that a
special midnight performance will be
given election night. November 6. when
The returns will be announced from the
stage.
DIR. RICHARD BURTON TODAY.
Z Dr. Richard Burton, member of the
National Institute and professor Of
literature at the University Of Minne-
sofa, will lecture tonight at Central
Community Center, Thirteenth and
Clifton streets, on THE younger
CIeneIAGkOu Op6dkS.
DIR. Burton is said to rank with
Brander Matthews, George P. Baker
and William Lyon Phelps as belonging
to the vanguard of those who have
done much to educate the public to the
higher mission of the theater. His
recent series of lectures on the drama
At the University of California was
notable for the fact that he treats of
the drama as a vital issue in the life OF
the community instead of assuming an
ossiied academic attitude. He is a
scholar treating his subject in a vital
manner as a part Of human life and
experience.
Dr. Burton's appearance will for
\ nlally open the second season OF the
; Community Institute Of Washington.
The lecture is at 8:15 pm. Tickets
may be obtained at the door, which
will be open at 1880 o'clock.
LOWELL THOMAS NOVEMBER 9.
Lowell Thomas is to lecture in this
city on the afternoon of November 8
at the National Theater for the benefit
of local charities, under the sponsor
shin of a committee of three, composed
of Lady Isabella Howard, Countess
Scherr-Thoss and Mrs. Walter r
Tuckerman. Mr.. Thomas has been an
explorer in Alaska and the Arctic, a
gold miner, a reporter on metropolitan
dailies, literary free lance and both
professor and a student at a college
of law. During the war he went on
special mission, with credentials from
the Presidents cabinet, from Flanders
to the Argonne and the Alps, from the
Piave to Egypt, then to Arabia and
Palestine.
In all his adventures, however
nothing is said to surpass the story he
tells of his experiences with Col. Law
renee in Arabia and with Gen. Allenby
in Palestine during the World War
1t is OF these he will speak in his lee
ture, accompanying his talk with the
showing of vivid motion picture re-
cords of the events he describes.
Tickets may be obtained at the Ma
.ional Theater. the Willard Hotel socia'
bureau and the Willard Hotel news
stand.
ALL-AMERICAN MUSIC-November II
A program of all-American music
appropriate to Armistice day, will be
offered by the directors of the Wash.
ington Cooperative Vesper Concert
Course at the first event of the artist
series OF the yeSper concerts, Sunday
afternoon, November IL, at $3.50 o'clock
at the Washington Auditorium.
\ The artists, who come from New York
ACity for the event, include Louise Lerch
Young American soprano of the Metro
politan Opera Co.. Henry F. Seibert
nationally known organist and radio
star, and Sigmund Speeth, America
musical humorist par excellence.
Course tickets for the artists series