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DRAMA, DRAMA EVERYWHERE EXCEPT AT POLI'S THIS WEEK (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) duction of farces that he has decided to commit himself heavily to that species of producing next season. Woods has already scored no little success in his own experimentations with farce. For instance, those intimate disclosures labeled "Up in Mabel's Room," "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath," and "The Woman in Room 13," all bear the Woods' trademark. Woods has announced that next season he will disclose a chaste performance entitled "Breakfast in Bed." Florence Moore, now appearing in "ftirlor. Bedroom and Bath," will play the leading role.

Incidentally, the word has gone out that Woods has placed under contract John Cumberland to appear in another farce next season to be known as "Betty in Bed." JtVilson Colison, the co-author of "Up in Mabel's Room," wrote it. Walter Wilson, who cornea to the Shubert-Garrick this evening in the Shubert revival of Edward Locke famous comedy. "The Climax, leading man with the Belasco and the Columbia Stock companies in Washington ten years ago. and is still, remembered by many theatergoers for his character acting. Manager Edwards, of the ShubertOarrlck advises that Marjors Rambeau may be an early booking for that theater.

Mis? Marie Carroll, who Is the demute grand duchess of Orly in Kiss Burglar." la a former Washington girl, and made her stage debut in this city. She was a popular successor to Ann Orr in Boy. the musical comedy which had such a successful engagement here lost season. She afterwards toured tho country with "Oh Boy" In that role. She was also seen here in "Roll- lng Stones." "The Mimic World of 1918" has be-, come famous in the cantonments and liberty theaters throughout the country for its "chicken chorus," an unusual aggregation of pretty young girls, all of them clever mimics, headed by Alice Morley, the girl prima dona and musical comedienne, who is to be starred next year on Broadway.

Craving adventure and actuated by 1 a keen desire to record the manners and customs prevalent in the last stronghold of cannibalism. Martin Johnson traveled 18.000 miles among the Solomon group and the New Hebrides Islands and in the fourteen months of his wandering, secured some of the most sensational pictures of savage life that have ever been filmed. These have been assembled Into "'Cannibals of the South Seas." an amazingly Intimate study of the habits of the wildest aborigines in the obscure places of the Antipodes, which wTTl be shown as one-half of a remarkable double-feature bill at Moore's Rialto Theater this week. I Mr. Johnson set out from San Francisco in 1917 accompanied by his wife and.

after stops at Honolulu and i Samoa, arrived at Sydney. He had accompanied Jack London on his fa- rr.ous cruise of the Southern Seas in the "Snark" and waV as a result, more or less acquainted with the bet- ter known tribes of the South Pacific 1 Islands After two weeks aboard a trading schooner, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson landed amont; the Solomon Islands and from there made their way by schooner, whale boats and! native canoes 1S.OOO miles uncharted islands inhabited by the lowest and most savage types of murder- ous cannibals. They saw and photo- graphed the most unusual people on earth, and many unbelievable of them of a nature that Civilization on this of the globe finds It hard to appreciate.

Their meeting with Chief Negapate. Ihe treacherous king of the "Big Numbers," almost resulted fatally for the intrepid explorer and his wife. They were saved from the King's din- ner table only by the opportune arrival of a British brig. "He's all right as a husband, but when it comes to acting in motion pictude with thank you!" This Is the reply of Mildred Harris, dainty star of Lois Weber's latest Jewel Production, "When a i Girl to a query as to whether it was true that she would co-star with her husband. Charlie Chaplin, on the screen.

The report was current sopn after their recent marriage. "We are altogether different types and of different she explained. "I do not rare to appear in comedies of the kind in which Charlie is popular." In "When a Girl Loves." at h' Strand. Mrs. Chaplin is appearing in her first six-reel Western drama.

It is a thrilling story of an atheist reformation by a beautiful girl. She is support'd by an excellent cast. The dramatic committee the I Washington Arts Club will present two plays this evening. "A Child Oi Belgium." which is a tableau play with six characters, Josephine Houston. Flora Ellis, Vivian Wallace.

Dora Matthews. Dorothy Metz. and Louise Deuterman, and "The Little Girl ho Was Afraid." with Madge Tucker and Robert Bell as the girl, and the man. Both plays are by Caleb W. O'Connor, this being their third presentation.

Mr Kins-Smith will play the incidental music in the first play. Announcement is made by Mr. Daniel Frohman, president of the Actors' Fund of America, that a special benefit matinee for the fund will be given in Washington on the afternoon of Friday. February 21. in the National Theater.

The total proceeds of the single performance will be devoted AMUSEMENTS. National, Friday, 4:30 of All Women Pianists $1.30. $1.00. Office T. ARTHUR SMITH.

ARCADE 14di aid Park Road DANCING Ljrfest floor truth of New York. Superb Music? Strict Censor. Popular I'ncei. TONIGHT 8:30 BrMllfal Private UtllrHai f.r Re.t to the replenishment of the fund from which there is annually d.abursed approximately 180.000 for the amelioration of suffering among members of the theatrical profession, either temporarily or permanently disabled or otherwise prevented from earning a livelihood. For the aged and infirm, the fund maintains a home, where every convenience and comfort is afforded.

The program for the matinee, while not at this time complete, will embrace musical, dramatic or all of the companies appearing the week of February 16, in Baltimore, as well as all playing Washington, and will be further fortified by an imposing list of special attractions especially brought from New York for this par- ticular event. The Actors' Fund I Benefit will afford Washingtonlans an opportunity to repay, at least in part, the wonderful aid rendered during the period of the war to a multitude of charities by the members of the profession. The Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises will have charge of the concert to be given at 3.30 o'clock today, at the Shubert-Belasco Theater. Mme.

Helen Stanley and M. Jacques Thibaud will cooperate in giving a program of widely varying interest, which will afford both artists an opportunity of present- ing their art from many different I angles. CURRENT ATTRACTIONS CONTINUED FBOM PAGE TWO. rized as that of an outlaw who be- lieved in neither God nor man until a frail young girl from the East I developed the better side of his na- i ture. The settings are wonderfully picturesque and the direction, need- I less to say.

beyond criticism. Beginning Thursday, and continu- i ing through the remaining days of, the week, the Strand will offer as' its foremost film attraction. "The i Spender," a wonderfully human comedv-drania. which attains the rare distinction among cinema of-1 ferings of really reflecting with con- i vincing fidelity a recognizable phase I of contemporary American life. The pleading roles are impersonated with' complete effectiveness by Thomas Jefferson and Bert Lytell.

The plot! development is absorbingly interest- ing and the photography of ex- I tremely high quality. Each daily bill at the Strand will' be supplemented by abbreviated pic- I ture subjects and completed by sym- phonic accompaniment by an augu- I mented orchestra and special solo! numbers. tare Dill Beginning today and continuing throughout the current week. Moore's I Rialto Theater will present its first double-feature bill and one of the most extraordinary photoplay entertain- ments ever announced in the Capital. I One of the distinctive camera subjects to be offered will be the film version of Somerset Maugham's brilliant comedy of high society and Monte Carlo.

"Lady Frederick." adapted to the screen under the title of "The Divorcee," in which the stellar role is portrayed with consummate art by I Ethel Barrymore; the other an as- toundingly Intimate study of the life I and customs of the savage tribes of the South Seas, filmed by Martin Johnson and screened under the title of "Cannibals of the South Seas." Miss Barrymore has never, either upon the or upon the silver I sheet, afforded a more delightful revelation of her incomparable artistry than in the role of the vivacious Lady rederick. who brought to his senses a youthful suitor whose infatuation could only be dulled by heroic measures on the pari of the charming object of his affection. The sprightly situations of Mr. Maugham's celebrated play have been retained in the camera version, as has much Of the humor of the lines. The cast picj tured In the star's support is one of admirable balance and conspicuous ability and the production is one of unusual completeness and finish.

In Martin Johnson's "Cannibals of the South Seas" are combined scenes matchless natural beauty with epiAMUSEMENTS. sodca of These pictures were taken during a fourteen months' cruise among races in th? South Seas who look upon cannibalism as nothing out of the ordinary at a constant risk of life on the part of both Mr. Johnson and his wife, who accompanied him throughout the Journey. Some of the incidents are of hair-raising character and all aYe Intensely interesting in the fidelity with which they reflect the savagery of a little-known part of the Antipodes The major features will he supplemented by shorter reefc and the customary musical Intervals for which the Hialto is noted. Loevt's Her When Mr.

and Mrs. Sidney Drew went back to the legitimate stage and scored a smashing success in their comedy. "Keep Her Smiling thousands of film patrons, throughout the world, were saddened it was believed that the Drews would not return to pictures for a long time. The Drews, however, have returned to the pictures and tlu-ir first photoplay since they scored on the legitimate photoplay called "Romance and Rings." will have its first Washington showing at Loew's Palace tpday. The Palace attraction today will be William S.

Hart the middle initial stands for Screen in a brand-new Western film called "Breed of Men." Both these films, featuring three famous will dominate the Palace screen from today until next Wednesday. Beginning Thursday and running through to Saturday, the Palace will altord Washington its first view of Lina Cavalier! in her Paramount production "The Two Brides." It is unnecessary to recite the achievements of Mme. Cavalieri as an operatic star and screen favorite. "The Two Brides" brings her to the screen as the beautiful daughter of 5 an impoverished Italian sculptor. I The story concerns the desire of an Italian prince for a piece of sta- tuary for which the sculptor's daughter posed.

When the prince learns the model of the work, his desire for the statuary is changed to love for the model. Then fol- I lows a beautiful love story with the blue Mediterranean for a background. Loew'a Boiled." In a role which is said to stamp her as a comedienne second to no other actress in the silent drama. Dorothy Dalton, one of the famous: Thomas H. Ince stars, appears at Loew's Columbia Theater today In i "Hard Boiled," a new film story writ- ten by John Lynch and produced by I Paramount.

Miss Dalton will hold thej Columbia screen for four days, be- ginning this afternoon at 3 o'clock. "Hard Boiled" is the love story of a prima donna stranded in a country town. Miss Dalton assumes the role, of the stranded opera singer who heeds the call of love, forsakes theroad and settles down in a one-horse town to realize her dream of happNj ness. When Wallace Irwin wrote "Venus' In the East" for the Saturday Even- lng Post, it was immediately hailed as one of the great magazine serials of 1918. It was promptly adapted to, the screen and "Venus In the East," 1 in celluloid form, will have its first Washington showing at Loew's Co-1 lumbia beginning next Thursday and running through to Sunday.

"Venus In the East" "will bring) Bryant Washburn to the screen as! the star. Mr. Washburn will piny the part of Buddy McNair, a Westerner. I who believes Venus is his luck star. He finally-finds his Venus in New York, but his adventures by the way form a story that is almost unrivalled for gripping interest.

Hanonlc carman The Newman Traveltalks on' "Wartime Europe-" will be' brought to a close with! "Wartime England." which will be given at the Masonic Temple Audi- torium Thursday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock and again Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. In picture and story Mr. Newman will give his audience a wide view of conditions existing in the England of today and how it n.et the great problems, labor, food and others, which were forced upon it by the war. Leeds. Bradford.

I York, and even Glasgow and Edinburgh will be pictured with colored I views and motion pictures in their I various activities and points of in- I terest. It is a wonderful story, this tale of the tight little isie across the sea in its battle for the right against the awful menace that I threatened to engulf the libertyloving wot Id. Tickets may be had at T. Arthur Smiths office, 1306 strei-t. A party of over 200 soldier boys from Walter Reed and their dancing partners were the guests of the management of the Arcade Auditorium last week, and enjoyed the perfect floor and the catchy music of the large orchestra.

The beautiful dancing au- ditorium. which is thronged nightly, I will be made especially attractive to the dancing public on Lincoln's Birth- day and on St. Valentine's anniver- sary. on which occasions'a distinctive program will be rendered and novel souvenirs will be distributed. AMUSEMENTS.

TODAY-MONDAY- do a lt You All Know Of Sunshine with Smilinpr Billy Mason Who Settles Down "Hard boheti And You Have Seen Dorothy Dnlton In Many a Hit But If You'd Rather Hut That's Not All So Come See Why to K. C. B. 1 Thank You. Feature Is Always Supplemented by Mutt Jeff Cartoon Strand Comedy Up-to-date News and Synchronized Music.

Thursday. Friday, Saturday. BRYANT WASHBURN in "Venus in The East." "Bill" Hart Wins "Six-Shooter" Championship "William S. Hart, who has demonstrated hf? "six-shooter" talents so i often, has been declared the "champ" of the West Recently he de- feated Lambert Hilhar in the finals of a contest, the aTompanymg scene being taken while the final rounds were being flred. "Dill" hud but one miss.

Lucile Watson, Type Lucile Watson, one of the featured principals in the farce production, "A Sleepless Night," which comes to the Shubert-Belasco Theater tonight, typifies a certain kind of character, and although she turned aside occasionally in the past to play parts somewhat different, her present commitment to this type seems to be definite. It is interesting to note, in view ot what appears to be a recent fashion of singling out Miss Watson from the middle of any cast in which she to appear, that her work drew forth similar attention as long ago as 1901', when, as a member of the senior class of a dramatic school, she acted at a special matinee on the stage of the Umpire Theater in New York. Her fiair for the kind of humor commonly called dry, coupled with a certain assurance and sophistication, has since then gained for her a long succession of roles requiring these qualities for their proper enactment and by her earnest attention to this sort of part, she hOA gradually achieved almost a unique position on the American stage. Miss Watson is Canadian, having been born in Quebec and raised in Ottawa. She came to New York to enter a dramatic school more or less against the wishes of her father, an English army officer, but he became reconciled when it began to become evident that the stage was her field.

Her first engagement, after the usual haunting of dramatic agencies, was 111 "Hearts Aflame," produced by Walter Lawrence in the fall of 1902. In the cast was Arnold Daly, who became interested in Miss Watson and who spoke to Clyde Fitch concerning her. The result was an engagement in "The Girl With the Green Eyes." In the role of a servant. Miss Watson, still in her teens and in her first year upon the etage, achieved her first consid- I erable success. her work being generally regarded as superior to that of I Clara Blood good, who was beins starred In the production.

Fitch was so delighted that he at once wrote i for her a large part in "Glad of It." which was subsequently produced with dire A subsequent engagement in sup- port of William Collier in "The Die- tator" was interrupted by Miss Wat- son's marriage to Kockcliffe Fellowes, well known as an actor, and for more than a year she was from the stage. Upon her return. Fitch hid nothing for her, although he was anx- ious for a lien on her services. Miss Watson. In the interim, played in Margaret Anglin's support in "Zira," a drama by Hartley Manners.

The return to Fitch was made in Ethel Barrymore's support in "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines." ami 'JJer I Sister," and after playing in tnesc for two years. Miss Watson appeared in the last of the Fitch plays, "The City." A postcard from Fitc telling her something about the part was re- 1 ceived by her on the same morning which brought tfie news of Fitch's death. When "The City" was produced. Miss Watson shared the tri- umph that was the lot of Tully Marshall. Walter Hampton, Mary Nash and the othern.

There followed for Miss Watson a succession of plays which inclu led i "The Truth Wagon." "Just to Get Married," "The Best Best Peo- pie" and "The Point of View More recently. Miss Watson registered a pronoHnced success in "The Eternal Magdalene." Cyril Maude and the Army In his now comedy, "The Saving i Grace." is from the pen of C. Haddon Chambers, Mr. Cyril Maude! appears as a pood-humored. irrespon-1 slble, happy-go-lucky ex-officer of thel British army, whose one serious thought is to retrrn to tho service.

I from which he is debarred on ac-j count of his age. There is a shadej of similarity between Mr. Maude's! own position and that of tho character in the Mr. Maude would have been a soldier had not circumstances of ill health in his youth urevented him from entering: upon ai military career. Mr.

Maude comes of a family of soldiers, his father having been Gen. Maude and his uncle an officer who won the V. C. in India. Indeed, no fewer than four of Mr.

Maude's immediate relations have won that coveted decoration. Maj. Gen. Sir Francis Maude, who commanded the British operations in Mesopotamia, was a cousin of the distinguished actor. Mr.

Maude was educated at Combridge University and it was his intention to enter the profession of arms upon his graduation. Hut his health at that time was so delicate that he was unable to enter the service and took up instead the study AMUSEMENTS. of the dramatic art under the tutelage of Charles Cart wright and Roma LaThiere in London. Continued ill health interrupted his training and he was sent by his physician to Colo- rado. There he regained his strength rapidly and presently joined Daniel Bandmann's company, with which 01ganization he made his first appear-, a nee at Denver in 1SS4.

Naturally Air. Maude has beer, ox-j fremely interested luring all his life ir. military affairs and since the be-j ginning of the war hasl done splendid service bv on i the British cause. He was appointed by the British government to do prop-i apanda work in America and in an unofficial manner he has made numberless addresses in cities and towns I of the United States and Australia on AMUSEMENTS. subject or the work of British' in war time.

Mr. Maude'. hahTrted PatriotIsm has been appreciated by high offlWn'g h. KnB'rd "nd The Jving ha, made to ciKar CMe with 1 KlnKs monogram surmounted by '57? diamonds, nnd receptions or hv Wtre his henMayors of Sydney an mn Urn'- vlew ''tfry 'iCllnaUon and his fine Mr MaUl5c delivers the in "The Sav-I of the mail rather than the art of the actor. film Wtrons throughout acclaim the' rtn drama of Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew, the reappearshoud in motion pictures feres? of additional Washington screen lovers.

min.7 only a few Mr. and Drew the Premiere performance of which H'r Smiling." of the of the sensations legitimate theater. Presented "Keep Her at s' one I summer. It Im, SCOTed wlth Washington I a hit became mire? or l'e 1 their. the Drews were pleased at shaded bv" 'helr P'easure wan conviction that the for r0'Urn thc mm-' Jnhse had no Inten1, deserting the Alms.

Thev wanted a change or work, and of stage desinld Th" lure of the films, howHme leav" a short time ago arrangements were com-1 pitted with Paramount to be-i the I production of a series of short comedy fheJ7 made I film In thej mm world ago "Romance and Rings." the current I of theTm or these now comedies. J. Shubert some exceptional Theater i. 1ts fifth week. Following "The Which eon.es to the drawing room Playhouse for the week' beginning next Sunday, the man-I announces Ihe following! att.actions earlv rr 1 of Production I or The Scandal." with Charles' hetrv and Frances I-attimore; I Altermath," sponsored by Secretarv of the Navy Daniels and Surgeon general Blue: "She Walked in Her' hleep and other plays of diamatie worth.

Richard Walton Tally, together with his Wife, nnd their daughter Maya, are spending the winter in California, where he is writing at new play. Incidentally hasi taken up golf, and according to San rancisca. he received a silver' cup recently for winning third place; in a tournament at Del Monte. Mr. and Mrs.

Sidney Drew have en-i tered upon the third of a markably successful engagement in I Her smiling" at Vhe Woods' eater. addition to their appearances on the stage, th Drews in making motion pictures in Chicago Their lale-t picture. "Romance nnd Rings. ill be shown at Uew's Palace Theater, today. riuv Hates Post has entered upon a lengthy run at the studebaker Theater.

Chicago, ill "The Masyu. raJer." Although this play is three seasons old. it has never before been as fur West as Chicago, where from pres. nt Indications it bids fair to remain i for the rest of the season. Despite the vicissitudes of the pres.1 ent theatrical season, two companies 1 In "The li.rd of Paradise" are con- i tiaiuing to "Clean up" on the road, it not unlikely that an all-star revival of tiiis play will be made on Rroadwa.v this spring.

an Interesting "The (lid Ifonu-stend" of the present theatrical generation isiting Washington Is a reminder of three important things to U-n l'ierce. the principal eoinedwn of the "Hip. Hip. Hooray. Oirls." appearing at the Oayety Theater this These three things, according IV are the most imporCnt things that ever happened to him In They are getting married, joining the Klks.

and buying a ig i They be so important to Pierce excepting the getting marlied year while playing a. Washington. Pierce was married and as he says, he has been married ever since. Paris bread is better quality: quantity has been increased 33 per I cent. AMUSEMENTS.

FORD-NEWBERRY ROW HALTS U. S. BUSINESS Contest Over Seat- Causes Four-1 Day Delay in Senate. The Ford-Newberry election contest is slowing up the nation's business in the Senate. An indirect filibuster auMnst consideration of the Pomerrne resolution for investigation of tlie rival claims of Ford and Newberry to a Senate seat has already strung out debate on the Poatofllce Appropriation bill for lour days.

Republicans so far have prevented action. They frankly declare they will filibuster openly until the end of the session, if Democrats try to rs the "solution. The contest is to determine whether Ford, who ran as a Democrat. or Newberry, elected as a Hepublican. shall be seated.

Republicans will liave a majority two. with Newberry in. With Ford in, the Senate would be a tie. Reformer Buys Pool Room. Columbia City.

Feb. rooms didn't with George Shefs religion. He bought the only pool room in town, smashed the tables, and locked the doors. King Alexander, of Greece, and certain of his guards been bitten by a dog. AMUSEMENTS.

Stillwater. Ftb. body wanting: to a ft tence in the Minnesota Stete prison will do official! a favor by applying? Prison industries are handicapped by a labor shortage. Auxtrahan who French girls are being allowed tw tak- them home on the same transport; AMUSEMENTS At the Public Request Cm I. H.

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C- D. F. C. The World's Greatest Ace will repeat his marvelous story of his thrilling air of them feet above the earth, POLI'S THEATER Monday Afternoon, February 17, at 4:30 Secure your tickets early. Seats may be reserved on application to the BRITISH AND CANADIAN PATRIOTIC SOCIETY 703 Fifteentb Street N.

W. GAYETY THEATER One Week, Matinee Daily, Starting Today liEOHfJE F. BGLPRAGR THE HIP, KIP, HOORAY GIRLS! WITH Blfi ST II CAST HEADED BV BEN PIERCE AND HELEN MCLAIN Xmtwrr'm I'urr lood. Prima Donu. AKD ItK.

KKATTRE, THK 6-DJVENG BELLES-6 SPECIAL NiCHTS AMATEUR DIVING CONTESTS TIIIHS. NK.IIT I'OK MEX AMI MI.IIT FOR VOMEX" HAXHSOME PRIZES COXTEST OPGX TO AWARDED TO THE WIXXERS. l.rate ol oSIk. XEVT WEEK THE WITH fRAXK FIXXEV. PW "TheMimic World of 1918 Featuring George Gifford, Alice Morley A Company of Broadway Principals 20 Beautiful Girls Under 20 A Array of Kir.

WHEELER WILSON SOLLY CUTNER And the Dancing Dolls. Of "Yip, Yip, ALMA "CUPID'S DAY OFF' And the Merriman Sisters. Sennftt Comedy Spccial Matinee Feature Shown Only at 1:15 end 4:45 Wm.Fcrnum 'ForFreedom' TODAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY ARE WEDNESDAY kJTioj' oePresents SHjM-t in His LatestAi't G'aft'Picfure of Men" Again he's a different be'? a lover, as gallant, as faithful, as brave as Romeo, the greatest of lovers. Mr. Mrs.

SidnevDrew Thty J(eep YouJmilincf in I This is the first new picture Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Drew havj made since they went back to the ago, LINA CAVALIERI "Two FRIr ANOTHER- double-. jh bill FATTY ARBUCKLE rv 'Camping.