THE EVENING STAB. WASHINGTON. P. C.. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1020. 21 Valley Forge was visualized, accom- ] panted by a carillon of bells on the OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON Washington Memorial Church pealing | forth “Adeste Fidelis." Edison, facing j jj THEATERS a barrage of cameras on his eighty- second birthday, describes the new proj-1 Special! ect he Is about to undertake, sponsored, A New Product That Is A “Sunshine” Cake — I IQW WHERE J|j ? H POLES George White's Scandals. j ties, and what could be presented was 5 by his friend, Henry Ford. There Is \ T,c is a ”, The search for something new, so done so with an undampened ardor. also a glimpse of the ambulance carry- ?« Wonderfully Good! pr]C£ re woni1erf opportunity QUALITY § . t j forcefully pursued and diligently im- 1 Ruth Hamilton especially put overr ing King George from foggy London to } t J l plied skit with a real pep and an the seashore, and other interesting in the old term “variety,” her comedy l M to is eye for the humor the situation afford- • | news. w ifers buy Loose-Wiles “Son- | ,®J suggested with equal emphasis in the n 119 0 I leaders! Office and WareHou.e ninth edition of George White's Scan- ed. and with Buddy Paige, as a master r | /k £% T~ shine" Cresme Wafers and Brown dals. ceremonies, stage honors. I* Sc amJaS avt' s/fifk which opened a week’s engage- of carried off COLUMBIA—“The Trail of '98." 4thst. it a special low price. ment at Poli's last night. Marian Lax. late of the "Princess Fla- The spectacular n.e. »«| film version of the ** oearasiev 1 cast, sang remarkably and a s Thrtf Price* Prerail in Wa.hinaton «n< Suburban Store* Indeed, pulchritudinous at | J a chorus via" well Klondike gold rush, according J ||J Jj the very outset speaks a little piece, in : clever dancing team avoided the wet l to Robert which it quaintly intimates that the spots with no little skill. W. Service’s original story, which Clar- i audience itself may not be new. In • Blindfold.” the feature picture, stars j once Brown directed for Metro- j other words, it may not be so good as Lois Moran and George O'Brien and I Goldwyn-Mayer, under the title “The j it was last year. Like some individuals gives the rest of a well chosen cast a i Trail of ’98,” is playing its second week ! Brown Edge in quest of rejuvenation, the Scandals' I chance to make it a “good crime story" at Columbia, with Dolores del Rio and i I PIGGLY WIGGLY plot. cleverly FISH Is I may overstepped Ralph FILLET outfit have the bounds lof unusual twists. The ’ j Forbes in the chief dramatic j i presents I? « J_ of caution and adopted remedies which worked out and the amnesia j roles. :! Beardsley's Fish Fillet is the meatiest | jJ have than is usually i jj MT (fj3 increased the ache of tired joints theme with more logic ' ilt doesn't really matter a great deal !:] part of the finest Haddock, caught in the | failed produce a of transformation plays JJ and to real revival done. Miss Moran's who these roles—they are obvi- ! 44 cold waters, immediately dressed, p ( O drooping spirits. the a enough girl to a I I ously simply good Maine I anr*V V*V*/YIC k, inr h W W GL& V/l O fC2 At any rate, show from sweet, pretty i cinema names. The j then delicately cooked and carefully hast- seems somewhat mechanical this year. fascinating, reckless foil for a gang of11 real appeal in “The Trail of ’9B” is in | ?J ] * *<*• »« died paper lined tins he- , u a **» m It is perhaps suffering from overstimu- crooks is reasonably accounted for in i Brown's handling of his crowds on the i! and packed into rp» ’ ip 53 lant. There are some good songs, already the opening sequences and gives her long trail and his choice of Incident j M fore any of the richness and freshness of KIDC 1 OlTiatOeS IDC CreSlTie WafeiTS t j become familiar, and the usual line of later actions the stamp of plausibility and detail to drive home ti)e spirit of 1 }{ the fish is loss. j , K patter and stage tricks, which, at times, George O'Brien, representing the “ j the story, the hardship, the madness, 1 Hcad 3 are decidedly suggestive. There are a strong arm of the law. is given a chance ’ the frustration. Forbes has done much »C Beardsley’s Fish Fillet is good either Iceberg Lettuce 10c You may buy either Cresme or Ip" strong jj number of pretty scenic pictures. emphasize the arm. films, . __ Tom as usual to | better in some of his earlier and hot or cold in sandwiches, ala Xrwburg _.. - .. Brown Edge W aters j__ * > separatelv or as- |jJ3 ratricola. Ann Pennington, Eugene and Th? O'Brien status as a real actor was ; i one need mention only “Resurrection” J* any way fresh might Harry M and other fish he ; sorted this entire at spe- Willie Howard. Frances Williams, raised high in "Sunrise" and this pic- ; in Miss del Rio's case for a comparison • IMoiTOlk K.ale 4 ZSC week this * -44 served. _:_i 7 Richman, et al„ with their usual sing- ture does little to alter it one way or •of what she is capable of doing with U Lb‘* ing and dancing numbers, interspersed the other. His work is thoroughly satis- what she does in “The Trail of ’98." If * jj ~ with tableaux, reflect principally those factory. ! it is sufficient to say that Miss del Rio , p. Fresh Spinach 3 25c 11 phases of modern life produced bv syn- A new “crook" type is splendidly done is consistently lovely and that Mr. fact, thetic gin. In the bit which pro- by Frit.?, Feld, and Earle Foxe wears | Forbes is infallibly handsome, even in * ° voked most applause last night was a his b ard with real effect. Marie Alba ! the roughest of clothes and under the Tin We tem B Xed APP IeS 3 25c scene in which home brewing and gin do, even then proves II FUh FiUeV has little to but ] most unfavorable of circumstances, then V7 drinking furnished the principal motif. for. ™ C 11 was worth sending to Spain | both of these players may be said to I#C she Wynn’s Mary." a slap- Lb. Ed “Manhattan which The picture ends in somewhat jbe entirely adequate. For those of us II Fresh Peas 15c contained plenty of advertising matter vein, should please those -- -~ 11 stick but it who would like a semblance of realism m - - --•- - - for the Scandals, had apparently ab- who like to see their two-fisted heroes j in our acting, to match the uncompro- -1 53 sorbed the best features of the current given a chance. I raising realism of most of the trail George White productions, leaving little A very interesting Movietone news- ! sequences in “The Trail of ’98.” the star that does not belong in the category of reel features the “back-home” folks of ! leads might have been truer to their stereotyped musical revues. President-elect Hoover, and it includes first accomplishments on the screen. On the other side of the matter be it everything from the signing of the pa- The background in the film is its chief I'¦ said that parts of the production are pal pact to a looming ring champ’s and final recommendation. decidedly entertaining. “Pickin' Cotton." GREEN BAG 3-year-old program offers, Our Famous COFFEE | his son. The Columbia in addi- i 39c movement with i «,« ebly sung and danced by Frances Wil- tion to the big feature, movietone —— chorus, clever, a liams and the is a catchy j PALACE—“The Case of Lena Smith.” novelty built about Johnny Marvin’s I number. “Where You Carved Your virtuosity on the steel guitar, a special Name.” Perfect, Esther Ralston is featured in "The with Rase was another Paramount pic- talkie reel on the opening of Mr. Loew’s offering unusual merit, and the show- Case of Lena Smith." London, of ture, This new Empirp Theater in the Fox strikes a popular chord in a sort of at Loew's Palace this week. News, was under the direction Movietone M-G-M News and an for the lato Victor film produced memorial number of Josef von Sternberg, well known i ochesiral overture under Claude Bur- Herbert, featuring his song. “Kiss Me ! rows. Again." as the director of "Underworld” and TRUSTY FRIEND Products! I Tins "The Last Command.” As usual, the costumes are attractive the LITTLE THEATER—“Behind the Ger- and daring and the stage settings elab- In the chronological beginning of 25cl picture Miss Ralston appears as a man Lines." 1 an unusually orate. The show drew Hungarian country lassie, who. An official German pictorial rec- large and friendly first-night audience. winsome with two girl friends, leaves the simple i ord of the chief battles and campaigns War, II FOODS! Chipso 9 of the World under the title of Are GOOD Large pleasures village and stolid i of life a I pkgs Lines," if BELASCO—Savoy Musical Comedy but adoring peasant sweetheart to seek “Behind the German occupies Proctor & ® ( ... j A verv popular brand of Gam- 4.1 r [LJ Entertaining good the place of honor on this week's pro- J! > jjj j A JL lines and several excitement and fortune in Vienna. In »« a line good at a 21c. 1 All Piggly Wiggly and Sanitary stores carry full of the ble's soap flakes special price. Pkg., S fiances are offered in "The Blushing of the gayety of a Viennese gram at the Little Theater, celebrating j j the midst * 3 Bride,” presented by Savoy charming peasant its reopening under new management, of _ __ _ the Musical carnival our finds it m j Trusty Friend Brand vegetables. j W # jK9 Comedians in the Belasco Theater this impossible to escape the attentions of ! with an augmented musical section. 1 The film, produced by UFA and re- week. Although presented before a a swaggering, unprepossessing Austrian The Trusty Friend line imlmlos beets, corn, hominy, mixed rtgt- large audience which was liberal with student officer, Franz Hofratz. Next we leased in this country under the Para- Pl,rf f|/» * o 0 » (la/RoVal Gelatine applause, the play showed need of more see her employed in the home of the j mount banner, is an unsentimentalized ll ( tables, peas, Inna beans, stringless beans, sweet potatoes and tomatoes, A Q f¦ ¦¦ (j(llfJgjj actually unprejudiced J B A ® rehearsals parents of the said officer as a servant, 1 and documenta- m our who have anv have «; A special low price on fruit gelatine; five fray. and patrons ' of these items found tj ' |53 * ! tion of the German side of the j those of used Clever lin»s and some good singing where the son in one brief visit to his 1 * Pk * fc* mainly \\ value. tas W lavors were offered by Cecil Lean and Cleo parents accepts her ministrations with The subtitles consist of quota- | them a real | - • jlt Mayfield, as well as some good singing no sign of recognition. The existence j tions from official communiques; there 3 by the pair. of her small son is discovered, her; | is no mistaking the German point of view (the words “we” did this, or “our" The play could hardly be said to have father-in-law and employer, who inci- | - j army victorious, may try very pop & Morrill’s Sunsweet a real plot, as plots are usually con- dentally is chief of the bureau of morals, ! was and mention of j That you three of these Jj Burnham entry ll sidered. everything leading up to the discharges her. and the boy Is torn from , ! America’s into the war as “that celebration of the tw enty-fifth wedding her arms and placed in a gloomy orphan j j fateful day”), but that point of view r ; is naturally taken and contains none anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Pottinger, asylum. Notwithstanding ! • • her possession *4 - ) played by Robert Capron and Beatrice of a marriage certificate to the father : of the essence of propaganda or hero- l *1 f• Baked Beans PRUNEIS 11l respectively. ism. Technically, .the epic unfolds a Lee The latter was the of her son. her efforts to regain the special combination price— . po „u, B„r„. «*. *. *.«. :13 , through the media of actual pictures ti T h«. A P o» •'blushing bride." custodv of her child result in arrest i Beans in the prunes packed under the favorably Paul, the proprietor of the restaurant, and sentence to the workhouse. and the use of diagrams illustrating JJ j jj 1 1 bant and Morrill's Baked j IJJJI She kno "" or Bohemian night club, played by Al- escapes, steals the son from the asylum the ever-changing allied and German :: ,arg ' bert Gloria, performed well and did a home, j battle fronts. There is no story in _ S|| and returns to her old where a : Trusty Friend , il number of dances with Adelaide Gloria welcome from the still faithful Stefan the sense that “The Big Parade” had in a pleasing manner. Also, Robert awaits them. Just as the boy grows a story. The picture borrows no drama Capron is especially deserving of men- j into manhood in 1914 he drafted ! from plot or acting. There are mo- p | is into realism; | and terrible |lf last, least, ments of startling s 19c although S!: 25c ticn. And but not ! the Hungarian Army, Jwu'fc* and the broken- negUiany, un, X «JC J having longer lines than ethers in the ;; hearted mothef Is left alone again, ; perhaps few pictures could have shown M aging from twenty to thirty in j (53 more clearly the inanity and crime each tin. ij performances he did not have to be j Miss Ralston in her role embodies : I I # T ] record. JJ j ,| ’ ¦Ja prompted as many did throughout the i j grace, charm and refinement with a of war than thLs unaffected i strong suggestion Some of the photography, all from 10 S S hetti ’ 0 first act. I of Ingenuity and high blurred, amp eU a« Tul Frank Gallagher, taking the part of mentality, while James Hall character-! j to 15 years old, is but on ||l Trusty Friend ! £ P ; Is it M** Dl Mr. Potting’r’s nephew, and Virginia izes well the unsympathetic role of the j the whole the camera work out- fe 2 Pkgs., 25cJJ ?if Marvin mode a cute team in song and dissolute officer, who evinces so much ; standing. | Navy Beans j|| j ! A subfeature presses Shoe Pee Corn M Gance pumbers. incompetence and such an utter lack remarkable of Re *ular, t,n - 19t gave good “Behind the German Lines” for laurels. r- « « A number of others indi- moral sensibility that it seems incredible ll jj Shoe Peg L. the name applied Bulk HomUiy 3 Lbs., IOC j! || It is the filming of a duel between vidual performances, but much of their that the most snobbisl\ could fail to JJ i'iV when the full kernels are can- / /I !!! ;p / ji K3 cobra. It must cer- Rctir.g lose its force through a lack of j recognize the a mongoose and a thus ) ! reversal of the expected tainly rank of the most vivid ned differing from ordl- A ¦ co-ordination with other members of order. ‘ i as one JJ ( ¦ 11 1 RJJ! But, upon reflection, it appears tary crushed corn. 1 _ frequent prompting. | bits of animal photography yet achieved. ll j H |C3 the cast and that this inconsistency often occurs in on Time, however, I A ridiculous and amusing satire should serve to smooth real life. Gustave von Seyferffitz gives comedy, out the rough spots, and the play should a splendid impersonation i ’ the early style of movie and of the bigoted | a Tragedy prove consistently entertaining. old chief of the morals, film entitled “Ruined—or the bureau of and of Morphine Fiend,” originally piSw Fred Kohler, in a few brief appearances, a SSJg—-**¦>»• tragedy years Peaches projected as a some 15 Bel Monte 1 STRAND—“Ginger Girls." such a noble impersonation of the of antiquated j ago. but today, because Its | gyesithful and indignant peasant that he I,44 Another popular item are / voti to K The word “ginger" in the burlesque methods, presented as a comedy. jj j Here is an item that we would like each of trv—because •ense is not at all wicked, but conveys makes the aristocratic Holfratz’s look qua,l,y cut £trln?,esa / put 3 like a shamefully misbranded piece of x beans. Regularly 48c j;j there is nothing finer in our stores. Whole sweet pickled peaches K in away the idea of dash and vivacity, merchandise. you Jlf(!) 9 and these, coupled with pretty girls, m : up in rich syrup just like your mother (probably) put up when | i “Cooling Off,” Loew-Publix stage pro- ! < J ICJJJ good voices and graceful dancers, not! “I were a child. Irt one tin, then only will to forget duetion. proves that “there L' something M The above combination is a real value at our regular prices and an amazing j Jp3 the frequent interpolation of new under the 44 ccmedy, eccentric and otherwise, will sun" after all. It seems SERIAL value at this special price. j vou realize the goodness of this product. IgC«S | Irg that Wesley Eddy and the Palace Synco- ENTERPRISE UU convey an idea of the entertainment pators provided by have sailed to the Antarctic; corabin,,ion for u“- “Ginger Girls" —this regions, where BUILDING ASSOCIATION Otin, I== week's attraction at the Strand Theater. an Eskimo and his seal c„ Pickard and Pal, give an entertaining 7th St. &. La. Ave. N. W. j All in all—again in the burlesque sense m^.sMu b^r program. George Moeser, acrobatic 61st Issue of Stock Now Open | j is would | —it what the perennial patron dancer, a demonstrates how the feet are for Subscription call "corking good show." kept warm down at the South Pole, Harry Clexx, an uncommon name, by George Givot the Fritzie White gives ’em a lot of nonsense Money to way, and are the s.ars. which certainly made a big hit with Loaned Members Clexx is a comedian of the eccentric Sunday afternoon’s a one. audience, the Wal- on Monthly Payments type and good Fritzie is all lace Sisters display a great deal of Easy that a burlesque star should be, with a . graceful agility in their dance j Jamn Z. Connelly James P. Rhea LbS few accessories of her own that count numbers, Secretary Helen Anderson sings as the Gamby- President | Loffler’s Sausage 2 65c way Freddy Meat much in the of attraction. Hale 1 Girls execute a Walker, an agreeable and humorous dance representing icicles in movement. As the sun goes singer; Winnie Phillips, who adequate- down, the ship ly meets the demands for syncopation starts back to the United Lb T States with the band playing a well Keep a Supply on Hand Land O’Lakes Butter “It’sDecidedly Better!” in its most attractive form; Tom Clark- jknown American jj 62c son and A1 Barker are other principal' air. Fox Movietone and M.-G.-M. News at AllTimes. in a cast that is wonderfully backed up completes the bill. Lb by a chorus of dash and terpsichorean Sanitary carton Butter 57c A vivacity. METROPOLITAN—"My Man.” :i 11 As if this were not enough, the man- ; Fanny Brice, the popular comedienne, n°” agement is announcing as an added at- , has strung together a number traction wrestling of her Sanitary Fresh Eggs 53c a match for Thursday stage gems into a ______night, story featuring "My Clicquot between ill Joe Turner and Charles Man," which II Club Griffith. remains a second week at the Metropolitan Theater to enter- Qt tain appreciative audiences. Chestnut Farms MUk 15c EARLE—"Strange Cargo.” Fanny Brand, as little mother to a "Strange Earle, younger brother (Edna »« fl Cargo," COFFEE current at the and sister Mur- riNrFP AT F phy and Billy VjllNvjtllv seems most commendable most Seay), also has ambition ALL •• • *"» £S and Vireen IVICttQOMrMoadnuz IVlllKMilk IV less per cup.” because of the great strength worth your attention by the fact that to become a singer and has a natural JJ “Use JJ aptitude an co coffee. for mimicry. *-* • > • our it is among the pioneers in all-dialogue The girls at the Keep a few bottles on ice and a dozen or more n* _ a «u ne costuming shop beg JJ i JJ mystery pictures, and by the fact that j where she works for the unexpected need. M it attains no mean success in recording ! her to do her stunts during the lunch JJ on the pantry shelf First Pl*lZe MargaiWC 25C jPeriod. 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