Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

In the ever popular Switzerland all
the thrills in the Alps have been COM
bined with a picture story of intense
interest, including not only magnificent
scenery but life, hard, hazardous at
times, struggling against nature and
again in complete harmony with the
mighty forces concentrated in the val
leys and on the heights
In La Vie de Paris" the French
Capital will be presented in a new
manner Life in the great city in many
phases will show the difference between
what is obvious to the casual stranger
and the other side, often hidden from
the visitor by a rigid code of social
traditions. No city has been less I'M
derstood and no metropolis has met
with greater favor. There are two
sides to life in Paris and Mr.. Newman
has made an effort in this Traveltalk
to present both.
ARTS CLUB, BAL BOHEME.
THE Executive Committee for the 1881
Bal Boheme of the Arts Club of
Washington has announced that tickets
and boxes for this outstanding art event
of the season, to be held at the Willard,
Monday evening, February 2, are now
available at the Arts Club, 2015 Eye
street.
This years colorful event will have as
its locale, the Court of King Looney,
XIII, on the Noon" with a wealth of
imaginative possibilities as to costumes
and settings and the "Masque of the
Planets as the feature of the occasion
Fancy dress is required at the Bal
Boheme, but not for ths Bal theme
Prizes will be awarded, as is the
custom of the Arts Club.
JIMMY LAKES SHOW"
Jimmy LAKE in person heads the
y cast at the Gayety Theater, where
he is also the manager, in the show
next week, called Jimmy Lakes Own
Show" Lillian Dixon, the feminine
lead, is a beauty who sings and dances.
The chorus group is good-looking con-
tingent of young women, whose numer-
Gus appearances during the action are
made in bewitching costuming of the
latest bizarre mode. The fans will
count on Jimmy Lake for the fun. He
is one of the "old school" who has kept
little bit ahead of the times in his art
DOWNING RECITAL, January Is.
DATRICIA DOWNING, director of
dramatics at the Washington Col
lege of Music, will give a dramatic re-
cital at the college Sunday, January
Is, at pm.
Miss Downing is reader and imper-
senator of ability and was for a num-
Der of years on the professional stage
when she turned her talents to the
writing and producing of radio plays
along with her directing.
Appearing with Miss Downing will be
Frederic Angelo Behart, French pianist,
and Mrs. Gideon A. Lyon, who will give
short talk on 1.-THE Importance of
the Speaking Voice."
RUTH DRAPER, January as.
DUTH DRAPER returns to Washing
N ton after an absence of several
years to present her original character
sketches for one week at the Shubert-
Belasco Theater January 26. Miss
Draper will play six evening perform
anceS and two matinees, on Thursday
and Saturday.
Her programs will contain several
sketches new to Washington, which
have been acclaimed both here and
abroad as some of her finest mono
logues, the most important of which
being the now famous Three Women
and Mr.. Clifford" trilogy which takes
at least one hour to perform.
Miss Draper is at present playing at
the Comedy Theater in New York prior
to her engagement here.
"a WONDERFUL NIGHT"
/" 4 WONDERFUL NIGHT" an Eng
- lish version of Johann Strauss
celebrated operetta die F1edermaus,"
never previously done In this country,
will be presented here by the Messrs.
Shubert at the Belasco Theater for one
week beginning March 8.
This famous German opera is from
the great Waltz King, who wrote,
among 500 other compositions, the
Blue Danube Waltz" It was produced
abroad in popular form last year by
Max Reinhardt. More recently the
Shuberts presented it in lavish style in
New York and Chicago.
1t was necessary to build huge cleo
trically-driven revolving stage to pre-
sent the IA elaborate scenes without
causing long delays for scene changes.
The action on the revolving stage now
passes from one scene to another before
the eyes of the audience without the
lowering Of the curtain nor the inter-
ruption of the play This same stu
pendous production is promised here.
In the large cast will be Archie Leach,
Clifford Newdahl, Joseph Lertora,
Robert Pitkin, Bernard Corey, Harold
Conkling, Gladys Baxter, Greta Alpeter,
Sallie Stembler, Mary wilkins and a
Chester Hale ballet.