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f\_ l M TONIGHT AT 820 Jt 1 Popular Matinee Thurs. ^kSHUBERT attractions!^^ Best Seats, $1 SENSATIONAL HIT A \EW COMEDV-DRAMA BY PAUL DICKEY AND CHARLES W. GODDARD DIRECTION OF SARGENT ABORN CAST OP ? Most Striking IINI'SI'AT AMU SOLID YEAR IN Crashing UMSIAL ypit, NEW YORK Swashing Play in DISTINCTION I America Today Portraying a Gripping Love Story That Thrills You, Makes You Feel Happy, and Holds You Breathless to Us Big Last-Minute Surprise NOTE PRE-WAR PRICES Evenings and Saturday Matinee, 80c to $2.00 Thnwidnv Poat Coats ftf NEXT WEEK. Beginning Suiar Eft. Oct. Mk. Mata., Thuraw aai Sat. The Vauderbllt Protaclag Company Preaeat a New Maaleal Comedy CHICKENS By the Aatkon et 111 RENE" Book hy Jaaaea Msatianery Harry Tteraey ? ? ? by J?U" UUAM UeCarth, Helea Ford, Mabel Ferry, Helea Groody, Laara Arnold, Marlon Lord, Charlea Dow Clark. Joba Junior, Robert Rlaalaa, Hebart Cavaaaaik, John Cherry, Robert O'Connor and tbe Incomparable VANDERBILT THEATER BEAUTY CHORUS APIIIIA % H m JfcBH VI LUtn a rALAUt II | ^ TODAY AND ALL WEEK= VIOLA- 1 double comedy bill] ~ -KE I The winsome and captivating photoplay , ^ star brings a veritable wealth of heart- '* '*?' inimifc interest to the screen m the alluring If."0? 1 comedy-romance of a professional breaker hilarious in t of hearts! find3 a" role in? 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" BfeB mm A ^ ; i ITT ALtAAIWHt UURIM ' ?' rXATUKB TBB uavAL BVB8IDIAR' i r ? . . / Concerts : (Continued from First Page.) popular singer thaji John McCormack; Mme. <\lda, soprano of the Metropolitan Oprca Company, is one of the operatic stars who appears with equal brilliance on the concert stage; Mabel Garrison, also o$ the Metropolitan Opera Company, is one of the great coloratura sopranos of the time, while Helfets. violinist,' is probably one of the most finished technicians before the public. Since the retirement of Fadcrewskt from the concert field, the personality and art of Rachmaninoff have advanced Public Sale of Tickets?7th Series J TEN STAR CONCERTS 10 FHilayw-*r|U$0?Natlonnl Theater With ANNA CASE?PABLO CASALS. LEGINSKA? HANS KINDLER. > MARGUERITE NAMAR A?Soprano. Motropolit&n Opera. BERNADO OLSHANSKY?Baritone. MME. D'ALVAREZ?The famous Peruvian Contralto. PAUL REIMER8?Tenor. MAGDELEINE DUCARP?Eminent French Pianist. LENORA SPARKES?Soprano. Met. Opera. NICOLA ZERULA?Tenor. PAUL KOCHANSKI ? The Master Yiolinist. And a Notable Attraction To Ba Announced Later. Season Tickets, $10, $7.50, $5 Ofttor of T. Arthur Smith, lac., tana G St. \.W. Philadelphia Orchestra | Leopold Stokovrskit Conductor. Five Toesdays?4:30 Eminent Soloimt*. Subscribers' Tickets How Resdy. | NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SERIES Walter Damronch, Conductor Albert Coaten, Gneat Conductor Soloists MME. DALVAREZ ALEXANDER SOLOTI PAUL KOCH AN SKI Ticketms 912. 910. 97.50. 94.3?. 93.75. T. Arthur Smith. Inc., 1300 G St. HEATER I I BUSTER I A TONible comedian tohose humor || oily original hut absolutely E|1 ta effect on an atiAienr* H unusually side-splitting II = ST COMEDY PICTURE I | E GOAT" f | m at m mrnmT n II IBIA =: I II 1HHW1M *= II I . . m production, Loew s m screen comedian in s , now being shown H m prices? pf "All for one 3 One for all" J fPiftk l! fES WILL BE QUITTED ^ lim to the rank of the world's prt nier pianist. "La Boheme." The Artists' Course of five concert o be presented at the Nationt ^heater by Mrs. Wilson-lJfeene, wi te opened with a performance of th icotti Grand Opera Company in "L loheme," at 2:30 p.m.. October 3 ["he company will carry 150 artfst horisters and musicians, under tli ersonal direction and supervision t dr. Antonio Scotti, the world-famot aritone. Four famous' artists are announce or the same course?Hulda Lashai ka. soprano, who created a furor --- ' 4 ' " O.-Kii.hiinv < ii-r-hnut r vim me uuBtun ... p. ast season; Mine. Louise Homer, tli rreat American contralto; Josef Hoi nann, whose piano art is know hrouRhout the world, and Pril vrcisler. violinist, whose hold upo he public has never been surpassei Ernst Lubitsch. director of "Pas don" and "Deception," is now ma* a picture called "In the Land c Pharaoh." y-WE PLAY LOEW STR NINTH AT D Continuous Daily I BEGINNING TODAY, CC M. GOLDEN PRESENTS A SIT "POT POURRI WITH A SEPTETTE OF THE POPULAR SCE: FRANK Appearing In Person In HI? Mi HERMAN AINU LAU ENGEL G In Eccentric Novelti? Mehxilet. Premiere Photodramntie Pre* SESSUE IN A DRAMATIC STORY OF "WHERE LIG ^AMedAltrwtjoiMj^ IT NOTE?PREWAR P / tMj/ / '* / A J [ 26 Weeks at A ps I II Da Starling SuncL John Corf O A BACHEL (By Arrangement By Wil SEE MARIE WEINTRAl the moit divinely formed Ba <U Beauty In the world, w uer of the recent Manhatt Beach Bathlnn Beauty Coutt with .tSL H BOTH M BATI II in n ,ome' / / Of Beach 1 / Wf \ Marie Stra 1W V ^B'ta ^'af . . > ? # ;.: -" ;.:' -i_\. '.'Vv v Obti NEXT WEEK'S PHOTOPLAYS. i V Eialto. s. Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yanil koe in Kingr Arthur's Court/' made 11 into a motion picture by William e Fox. a i ; ' I "M afvnnnlifa n ^ j iu-vuvjivunnui "e I "Serenade," First National's film >f j version of "Spanish Love." is I d Knickerbocker. i- : First National's "Serenade," a film e j version of "Spanish Love," and Mary a Miles Minter, in a Heal art release, ic "Her Winning Way." r " Crandall's. n Norma Talmadge, in "The Sign on j. the Door." s_ Palace. Thomas Meighan. supported by >f Ai?nes Ayres In "Cappy Ricks." Peter B. Kyne's magazine story. S POPULAR VAUDEVILLE AN Q STREET X. W. ^rom 12 o'clock IVooa itoPLETE CHANCE OF BILL KRB TKRPSICHOREASi CARMVAI. DANCE REVUE" ' ARTISTIC DANCE ARTISTS varist and dramatist L TERRY MterrleeM, "Mr. Boone" and "Bllai" 4G AND VAN & CARRIE REEN AVERY Patt and Pretont In "Madam Sirloin. Madimn" entntlon All Perforaaacc?Ollerlif HAYAKAWA a prince: from the far east HTS ARE LOW" Rffl Comedy aaj_!Vfwg_WeekI^ RICES PREVAIL?NOTE -mm With 30,000 Players enacting the rise and fall of Imperial Rome under the reign of mighty Nero SEE : The battle of the I The Christians devoured by lions. The burning of kstor Theater, N. Y. J if TODAY 3 P.M. I 1 /lL TONIGHT 8:20 I ily Matinees, 50c 9 lc to $1.00. Few at $1.50 9 ay, Seats Thursday fffer* n New Faroe OR'S NIGHT With Alex Anronnohn) son Collison > J??d *< Ny/' Monday and IWELL BROWNE'S HIND KIKLS Jk what different ranentity. by a bevy /2rafHHI Beanttes, led by nb. Bee Allard, Jr and Marie v of Frolics ances Inch /> I A- , ruuruon ?*. Billy Augustine, Jura Milo Trio, Special comedy, "Bungalow Matinee Feature, "Passing FASHION C NIn? Marlon Bent wore a charming: fringed evening: frock In "Love Birds." BY. ELENORB V& WITT EBY. m kkf OVE BIRDS," at Poll's last week, tan JLj afforded Pat Rooney and Marion *Q? Hon? o anlnnilid octf inc t n rlifl- I >lay their talents. The scenes were wal laborate, and yet in good taste, and grJ? ncluded an effective illusion of the Sidi leek of on ocean liner, Persia bound, Fel .nd a beautiful Persian garden framed fjtri n oriental mosques and minarets. The lasl I costumes were deserving of their sur- ten, ? roundings, and those of pheasant-col- can ored chiffons with huge feathered due head-dresses were especially striking. Earlier in the play a ballroom scene trj( furnished a background for an amaz- as ing array of colorful wraps and even- j fro ing gowns, and among them was the era dainty frock worn by Miss Bent, which j cos Is sketched. The bodice was made' hei { with a brilliant silver-cloth founda- lsi< tlon, lightly veiled by rose georgette j lor which tapered into points held to- j an< gether over the shoulders. The skirt illu flared out decidedly and was wide i a o enough to give a modified crinoline ef- luz feet. Successive tiers of rose silk i trii fringe trimmed the lower part of it, | ten while a few sprays of roses trel- at lised on greei\ foliage twined their' fin: Photo Plays This Week (Continued from First Page.) ^ also "Snooky's Blue Monday." Frank Pjc Mayo, in Universal* "The Fighting j Lover," will be featured the last two Cui days of the week, with the Christie pro comedy, "Nothing Lane iu nra Apoiio- r: Today ami tomorrow, "The Old Nest"; Tuesday and Wednesday. Maurice Tourneur"s "FoolishMatrons"; Sal Thursday. Justine Johnston, In "A cot Heart to Let": Friday, Bebe Daniels, , , IB "One Wild Week": Saturday. "Sal- . ration Nell," and Eddie Boland, in j The Chink." ? on* pre Avenue Grand. to Today and tomorrow. "The Child nol Thou Gavest Me," and Larry Semon, _ in 'The Fall-Guy": Tuesday and f ' Wednesday. William S. Hart, in "The ,h Whistle," and Eddie Boland. in "The t Ch'nk"; Thursday. Alice Brady. In neI The I .and of Hope"; Friday, Justine rfcc Johnston, in "A Heart to Let." and on Charlie Chaplin, in "Shoulder Arms": , Saturday, Bebe Daniels, in "One WJld , Week." no, wi! Circle. wh Tomorrow. Alice Brady, in "The ins Land of Hope," also "Our Navy in | Action"; Tuesday, Eugene O'Brien, in _ "Is Life Worth Living?" Wednesday, William A."Brady production, "Life"; bg Thursday. Will Rogers, in "Guile of j.. . Women"; Friday. Dorothy Dalton. in I "Behind the Masks," and Saturday, I Si? Ethel Clayton, in "Wealth," aJso j tioi Harold Lloyd comedy. ' "Over the j Fence." ln j Be' Eepublic. Today, tomorrow and Tuesday, a William Christy Cabanne production, [ T -fLive and Let Live." and the Hall- i Xe .loom Beys, in "After the Dough"; 1 , Wednesday and Thursday. "If Worn: en Only Knew" and "Snookv's Twin Troubles"; FrJday and Saturday. Jo? Alice Joyce, in Tl.e Inner Chamber," Ed , and Jim Aubrey, in a comedv. "The Sa Tourist." Do Savoy. Today and_ tomorrow, Maurice Tour I neurs ~ r oonan Aiatrons, aim niuuie zzmbmwmmbbb i fa AH^ ^^ _ I hou rereanircs YMOND c The HUls fl I j , Etc. ||t W| I irTroubles" . .ML m I * ; Through" i|j? jj , i7 "' 7 ' '-f: - . v , -i:h> *i; 7.7-7 * /- " '" : - 7- " IREATIONS OF THE v" ?? 11, [ln? Sylvia Field** amart frock pic- s rd win off navy trlcotlne with J Irrel trlmmlnpr* J \ i here and there to lend colorful a ce to the "ensemble." r< lie aiiiusuig ai iia ii j u* vicviftv u ney, aided by the beauty of Sylvia x d. together with the real interest s the play itself, made "Welcome, a singer," which came to the National t L week, a play not quickly forgot- r , and one which we would enjoy ng a second time, something which " not be said of many modern pro- a tions. v s the scenes were laid in a tiny I w England village, where elec- ? c :ity and all its improvements were i i yet uftknown. and where one's I t cks were purchased at the "gen- r 1 store," there were no startling * tumei. However, Miss Field, in t role of Mary, stenographer to I 3ore Solomon, wore several tai- i ed frocks which were both effective a I becoming. The one selected for i istration was her last-act costume, t ne-piece navy tricotine dress, with 1 urious squirrel collar and cuffs as r mming. Large black buttons ex- c ded the entire length of the gown c the front, and a narrow tassel- c ished belt tied in a bow at one % Washington a Photopl, WASHINGTON seems likely to get e into the limelight as a motion J ture producing center. 5 nformation comes thay Cathrine c rtis, an Arizona girl of a socially e minent New York family, whose j it venture in motion pictures was t th "The Shepherd of the Hills." ? i wnuee mosi successiui recent pro- ^ ction was Ralph Connor's "The i r Pilot," directed by King Vidor, is f ning to Washington at the soliciion of some prominent business h of the District. diss Curtis, who, by the way. is ; of the very few woman picture >ducers, has purchased the rights several best sellers, and has chosen her next production a famous rel by Kngland's foremost authorrcho!ogist. She plans to enter upon mediate production, for release ough Associated irst National Pic- j eSj Inc. It is said that a promi- : it New York society woman who ently made her professional debut the screen will appear in the lead: feminine role. V representative of Miss Curtis is iv in Washington in conference Lh a number of Washingtonians o have been especially interested in nging a permanent cinema produc; unit to the District, diss Curtis is one of the few wom I land, in "The Chink"; Tuesday and j dnesday. Norma Talmadge, in "The ' ;n on the Door"; Thursday. "Salva11 Nell"; rtday, Justine Johnston. : "A Heart to Let," and Saturday, | be Daniels., in "One Wild Week." v..u 1V1&. 'oday and tomorrow. "The Old ' st"; Tuesday. "The Star Rover"; i *dnesdav, "Rife"; Thursday, "The ild Thou Gavest Me"; Friday, Alice ' , roe. in "The Inner Chamber," and ! \ die Boland. in "The Chink." and [ turday, Alice Calhoun. in "Closed , ?rB/" . i ] Hie Modern D'Artagnan. S D'Artagnan, the hero of Alexander Dumas' famous story, Douglas irbanks found himself in a role that led for long: hair, knee pants, high )ts and a long swoid. The daily k of climbing into this parapher- 1 ia has had its effect on Fairbanks, i [ honestly don't see how they did | year in and year out," said Fair- j Iks. ?ow any mail couia waste i 3 valuable hours a day dressing I J lself up like Mr. Astor's pet horse ' :oo deep for me. Why. it took an I ' ir alone to comb a wig!" I Special Filr ?RAPHAEL?,' Bth at O Street *.?. | POLA NEGRI, in "GYPSY BLOOD." B Also 2-re*'l I otm'iiy. "CALL A COP." B j IEVERE THEATER G^rVn"i GEORGE AKLISS. in "THE DEVIL." IflMF ISM C Street N.E. j lUlYlEi PAULINE FREDERICK. in j SALVAGE.*' , piNrircQ 1119 H st. N.K. IVUlvLiJiJ The Greatest James Oliver Garwood Story ever told. "KAZAN." * A Love Story of the Wilds. . A DAI INI nth * N. C. Ave. S.ls. ' AnULllin CHARLES RAY. in ( "A MIDNIGHT BELL." VDir 14th ul Irvlajc St.. Jf.W. iIIYIV. TODAY AND TOMORROW? EUGENE O'BRIEN. In "18 LIKE WORTH LIVING.'* Also Comedy. Sunday?Mat- j Inee Only?"THE WHITE HORSEMAN" ' Ndi a FW QTAVfTnN ?* * c st?It?? i/UYI VlVoatintioua from 3 P#I0. JAGK LONDON'S EAMOl'S STORY. "THE MUTINY OF THE ELSINORE." , With a' Selected Cast. Including MITCHELL LEWI8. HELEN FERGUSON. NOAH BEERY. Jr. I rrt 14th Street aai ti. I. Are. 11-1 Iai WANDA HAWIJ5Y. in "A KISS IN TIME." IDfl r TYPHOON COOLED 1RLLL 2106 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 036. THOMAS MEIGHAN. in I jnr* i.u.'Vi'noi w va>iaa.?. iMPfflTAN' lBt s<- "< R. I. Are. UHCIUtAH WANDA HAWLEY. in "THE HOUSE THAT JAZZ BUILT." HBVTV W5SEE Capital iii P 1ST : tlDblml S GLORIA 8WANSOY, la ' "THE GREAT MOMENT." wimtoh "nss r "PXCHABTBD BBAg." < STAGE. v *. N? '! l! Mian Doris Sbeerla appeared fla lark georgette la the playlet **Hrrrfter** at Keith's. ide to define the waist line. Miss rield's hat was a chic model of light ?lue duvetyn delicately embroidered n c.nntrflRt intr r.nlor* and trimmed /ith a blue ribbon bow placed low it one side. Miss Field also appeared in a frock >f golden brown moroccan crepe, vlth panels at each side faced in the ame shade of satin, and in the third ict she wore a tailored Poiret dress rimmed with black braid and white deated collar and cults. The sketch at Keith's entitled 'Hereafter" was unique, interesting: md surprising. We are all endowed vith more or less curiosity regardng the future, and a decidedly novel ronception of it is submitted to us n this playlet. Miss Doris Sheerin. he leading lady, instead of being obed In white, with the conventional vings and harp as accessories, wore he gown pictured, which was of )lack georgetee. and probably a Paris mportation. since she could have inything desired, merely for the askng. The bodice included kimono ileeveiets, and at the back three ong tasseled cords served as trimning. The skirt was slashed in points iver a plain foundation, and the tas>els which finished each point gav^ i fringed edge to the skirt hem vhich was particularly effective. ly Producing Center. n in the history of the moving pic-** ure industry who has actively diected a picture producing company. >tars and other women own their -ompanies. but their connection with executive affairs is seldom as intinate as that of Miss Curtis. "The Sky Pilot" is still remembered by hose who gasped at the thrilling catle stampede on the screen at Cranlall's Metropolitan last spring. It trew out of the whim of this New fork society girl, who became inter sted, while ranching in Arizona, in he picture business. So fond of it las she become, and so convinced is ?he that it offers an unlimited field for the professional woman, that she expresses a serious doubt that she jvill ever desert it. "Cathrine Curtis." says a cotem>orary writer, "impresses one's adnirations deeply. She is the ideal nodern business woman?fresh and >reezy of personality, thoroughly engaging and Interesting, practical and dncere. She is wholesome and genline. and a direct challenge to those vho would bar women from business, 'apabllity is written all over her atiractive. smartly gowned self, and ;he comfortable feeling with which >ne is made to approach her remains is one talk3 with lior. She is said to profoundly impressed with the advance of the picture industry within :he last few years, and avers that tin screen is 'the biggest thing in Amorca today.' " ruining Attractions NATIONAL?"A Bachelor's Night." John Cort will present the attraction at the National Theater next week in the form of "A Bachelor's Nigrht," a new and. it is said, .very amusing farce, with an exceptional ?ast headed by Isabelle Irving and Herbert Yost. GARRICK?"Miss Lulu Bett." Beginning next Sunday. Brock Pemberton will present at the Shubertdarrick. for a single week, Zona dale's comedy, "Miss Lulu Bett," which ran for twenty-five weeks in New York last season. The production. it is announced, will he identi- ' cal in every respect with that seen at the Belmont Theater, and the various parts will be played by their ariginal creators. The company includes Carroll McComas. 'as Lulu; Louise Closser Hale, as Grandma Bett; Catherine Calhoun Doucet. as ina. and Lois Shore, as the terrible (Continued on Seventh Page.) n Feature? HIPPODROME X.'T ?TVP UiUUrUGTL'IV in _ ' 'M? K V?F* MANHATTAN." CRANDALL'S THIS WEEK?HELENE CHADWICK and RICHARD DIX. in RUPERT HUGHES' "DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD." HAIt OLD LLOYD, in "I IK>." And SPECIAL MUSICAL FEATURES CRANDALL'S TODAY AND TOMORROW?HELENE CHADWICK and RICHARD DIX. in RUPERT HUGHES* "DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD." HAROLD LI A) Yl). in "I Do." And SPECIAL MUSICAL FEATURES. iHniV V 'C Theater.?th 41 E Stt. ^IVAllDALL ?J TODAY AND TOMORUOW--GLORIA SWANSON. in "THE GREAT MOMENT." And BRA Y-GOLDWYN'8 **A SAFE COMBINATION." nDANnil I Theater mm* LftAnUALL tfGar4ei.14thACoi.Rl rODAY AND TOMORROW--HORART BOS WORTH and DORIS MAY. in "FOOflUH MATRONS." And EDDIE BOLAND. in "THE CHINK." CRANDALL'S MATS. 2 P.M. DAILY; 3 P.M SUNDAY. J rODAY AND TOMORROW?FOUR POPULAR STARS, in "THE CHILD THOU GAYEST ME." And LARRY SEMON. In "THE FALL GUY." Performances Sun dar at 3:00, 4;40, fl:3t?. ?:?*?. t*:4U. .Mooday at 1:45. 3:0u. 4:40. 6:20. 8:00. 9:40. PDANHAH'C A|N?IIo Theater umm IJlAmJALL d gnrdea. ?24 H njs. j TODAY AND TOMORROW?STAR CAST. In RUPERT HUGHES' "THE OLD NEST." Performances Sunday at 3:00, 4:45, 6:30. 8:10. 9:50. Monday at 6:80. 8:10. 9:50. CRANDAlX'S Ga.ATe.A Qaebec St. I TODAY AND TOMORBOW?STAR CAST, in RUPERT HUGHES' "THE OLD NEST." Performances Sunday at 8:00, 4:45, 6:80, 8:10. 9:58. Monday at 6:80, 8:10. 9:10. f ; ?S : i