Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-11

the roles of Mr. and Mrs. Bird make
up the remainder of the cast The young
lovers first look upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Bird as concrete examples of the ideal
married life and happiness. This IL
1usian. however, soon explodes, as Mr..
and Mrs. Bird get mixed up in various
ways with the two young lovers, with
Mr.. Bird being the greatest sinner.
DRAMATIC READINGS.
A program of dramatic readings was
offered Sunday afternoon by Jessie
Imogene Chipley at 1921 Connecticut
avenue. The readings were marked by
assurance and sincerity, and heartily
applauded by the audience.
Miss Chipley was introduced by Violet
Pierson, under whom she had studied in
Washington. Mrs. Lyons having been
another of her local teachers. Gradu-
ating from the Curry School of Express
sion in Boston, where she took both
readers and teachers diplomas, Miss
Chipley did eight months postgraduate
work with Florence Lutz, former dean
at Curry. For the past year she has
studied with Richard Cough of the
Washington Square Players in New
York.
The first number given was "The
Orange Blossom Girl" narrative poem
by Mr.. Cough. This was followed by
the Little Theater favorite. Lonesome
Like" a one-act play by Harold Brig
house. The four characters were por-
trsyed with we'll varied expression.
Louis N. Parker's sketch, "A Minuet,"
dealing with an incident when the
guillotine in the Place de la Concorde
was depriving French ariStocrats OF
their heads. was the third reading, fol-
lowed by an Irish fairy story, 1.-THE
Heartbreak of Nora O'Hara."
Alfred Noyes' 1.-THE Barrel-Organ'
concluded the program. The numbers
were sufficiently varied in emotional
content to give the reader an excellent
opportunity for divers interpretations.
& STRAND-aSpecd Girls Of 1929"
b Fred Binder, whose middle name in
quotations, rails" perhaps describes
his neculiar characteristic best, with
Nellie Nice, well known and apparently
much admired by the burlesque patron,
head the speed Girls" company at the
Strand this week in a burleSque snow
/ that will rank among the leaders ana
that certainly won warm approval from
the audiences yesterday. Like the other
attractions of the Mutual Circuit, IT has
a merit and novelties of its own. Nellie
Nice has, among other talents. the art
of the wfirlwind dancer, and In that
line probably leads them all.
Fred Binder Is a good comedian VINO
knows how to interest and mold the au-
dience with an eccentric type OF fun
! that spneals. Mile Kennedy is one of
the sweet singers of the company and
holds her own, ,ghile Joan Tanya both
sings and dances pleasingly. Dolly
white. GUY Post, Pat MCCARTHY and
Jim Pearl also contribute their snare
to the success of the show along dif1er.
emf lines and the chorus ranks up wen
with the Others on the Mutual Circuit.
A change Of management brings VIII
! liam Hexler Of New York TO replace
Howard Burkhart THURSDAY evening q
wrestling match is promised in addition
J to the regular SHOW
FOx-aThe Greyhound Limited"
4 Monte Blue seems very much at
home in the cab Of the locomotive OF
big line Of cars pulling into little
( Western town or whirling around q
mountain curve In 1.-The Greyhound
Iimited." But there is q reason, for
It is said that the star was once real
railroad engineer. No less like reality
is the changing of the train bells and
the whistle of the engine as 1t ap-
breaches crossing. Monte Is cast as
q railroad engineer, whose irresponsible
. and pleasure-loving companion, Bill
williams, is fireman on the same train.
In spite of Monte's admonitions and
his mothers entreaties, Bill continues
to fiirt with some girl, married or sim
!, gle, at each station, and, worse still,
! gets in with a bunch of crooks and is
convicted and sentenced to be hanged
I for the murder Of a German saloon
Il keeper.
/ Monte's grief when his train carries
Bill to the penitentiary is touching,
with no suggestion of mawkishness, and
| his hazardous efforts to prove Bills in
nocence claim ones interest until the
end Of the picture. Excellent support
is given the star by Grant Withers, as
| Bill Williams; Lucy Beaumont, as Mrs.
Williams, and Edna Murphy, as the girl
friend
A two-reel movietone comedy with
dialogue, featuring Clarke & McCul-
Tough, is screamingly funny "Synco-
patton Revels' stage revue is preceded
by brilliant rendition of Nara" by
/, Delibes. Bert Frohman, master OF
! ceremonies, In addition to singing Hap
i Ply Days, Lonely Nights" introduces the
Foxettes, who donate melody and
Ahy tAuii. OGlACIo AcdbulcO III Tic EACeIlcilL
program are Frank & Foreman, tan
dancers; Muriel La France, coloratura
! soprano; Yvonne Davis, Oriental dancer:
! Charles Brugge, eccentric acrobatic
dancer, who slightly resembles Charlie
Chaplin, and Mabel Alperson, who gave
representations of Gertrude Lawrence
and Fannie Brice. Movietone News
give world events in picture and sound
PALACE-"The Rescue"
The reactions of Sunday evening.
audience to THE Rescue" SHOWING
this week at the Palace, were unusually
interesting. They showed this collec.
tive group of human beings, ordinarily
known as '.the public" to be a gooe
deal more acute in its Judgment thar
the critic, scornful of mass enthusi.
asms, ordinarily acknowledges it to be
In those few scenes where the gentlel
love motif crept into Conrad's story
where Mrs. Travers sought to beguilt
the hard-pressed Lingard with tn,
standard movie love formulas, the pub
lie sympathized with King Toms re
serve against the woman's eagerness.
This skepticism of the audience!
visited itself upon the only weak not,
in the picture and, by reflection, threw
high compliment to the appropriately
prevailing masculinity of the work. I
may have been essentially the fault 0
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