The Washington times., 1929-03-08
'GLEANINGS
AND
SCREENINGS
ny ANDREW R. RMA.EY

Burkhardt.
The stirring march, sour
President" dedicated to--you'd
never guess who-played by
the Fox grand orchestra this
week was written especially
for the occasion by Conductor
Leon BFusilOff and the clarinet.
ist Of his band, Elwood Wilson.
Il has q real swing and when
the brasses interpolate "Califor-
mia, Here i Come" It makes n
roNsing finale.
Joe Cook at Polls this week,
with his fellow comedian, Tom
Howard and more Of the high
salaried actors, made the WASH
ington visit the occasion for
necessary business rs well as
sightseeing. To be exact they
filled out their income tax re-
turns for 1928 with the assist
ance Of William Mack, who iS
Uncle Sans gift to the actor
when each March rs approaches.
Jessie Mac Bride will pinch
hit for Gatti CasagEa IN prepar-
ing Washington for the coming
Of the Metropolitan opera song
birds. As director Of publicity
for the divas and baritOnes due
here in mi6.April, Miss Mac
Bride has already begun to heat
the typewriter.
The Savoy Musical Comedy
Company will closs At Keith's
Saturday night. The expected
increase in gross receipts did
not materialiEe with the change
in location. Tonight at 1880
benefit performance will be
given for tbs chorus. Rev.
Francis ]. Hueney will be treas
urer, with ali participating in
the Performance contributing
services. Performers from all
the other Washington theaters
will help out by attending and
offering specialties. The re-
ceipts will be used to purchase
return tickets to their homes
for the young singers and
dancers.
The inauguration fireworks
Wednesday night gave the thea
ters some Fourth Of July oppo-
sition and hurt business. In ad-
dition to creating traffic jam
that cost many playgoeFs most
. of the first act. The William
Hartman Rapleys had the right
system. They viewed the pyrO-
technic display from the Poll
fire escape until the sounds of
the overture summoned them
inside.
Incidentally the inaugural
committee got a. fireworks bar
gain. The $4,000 display cost
$4,000, the successful bidder fig
uring the advertising was worth
the difference. Isaac Cans, who
digs up the money for the Dis.
trict's independence Day dis.
play, is already on the trail for
the same bargain. Mr.. Cans
will raise his fund this year
through National Theater
benefit performance.
They do say--and / hope it
is true--that Mr.. Coolidge's
personal secretary, Edward T.
Clark, was on the right side Of
the market for many months
and leaves the White House and
Government tasks with a COM
Portable fortune.
Terry Duffy Jo.sed over 81
plays on Broadway and went
back to the coast announcing
he will produce his own dramas
or else revive olts sUeaesses.
They were all reported too
dirty for California audiences.
WashingtOn's favorite theat.
rical bootlegger has raised the
Price of alcohol from $I2 to
500 a gallon and bottled goods
accordingly. The Volstead act
used to be the heAdliner. Now
it's the Jones law.
Vaudeville has begun to blow
it's horn about business. This
was entirely taboo in the f. F.
Albee regime. The first finan-
cial announcement is that the
Palace on Broadway, ace two.
a.day house, did $32, ,067.75 last
week. This is a gross to crow
about and is cited as an indiCa.
ton that vaudeville is coming
back strong. In the good old
days, Keith's Washington re-
turned from $4,000 to $4,000
right along. Paramount Pie
lures is the latest mentioned as
dickering for the Fifteenth and
G Street playhouse.
Mary Newton, leading woman
of the National Players will play
a Sarah BernhaFdt role next
week. It is Madame K" and
Miss Newton has q srap book
filled with clippings praising
her Interpretation of the char
acter, which, as you may know,
calls for heavy eTHioting. 1t
marks the third time she has
played the part. In anticipa'
tion Of big business an extra
Friday matinee : has already
been announced.
Helen Lackaye, well.knOwn
Broadway actress who still pre-
fers to be known as a Wash
ingtonian, has been taking in