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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1921

Page

2

The Emperor Jones at Garrick and Met shows

Review of The Emperor Jones at Garrick Theatre by Provincetown Players and a slate of vaudeville and film programs. Gilpin stars as a fear haunted porter emperor in a stark study of panic and superstition, while the bill includes Suppressed Desires burlesque and multiple attractions at the Metropolitan and Rialto theatres.

Garrick Charles $. Gupln Emperor Jones Garrick Theater Provincetown Flayers Eugene G. O'Neill Themperor Jones Washington Quward Janes Hharmles Jonea Mr. O'Neill Charles S. Gilpin Critics New York Cecil Clovelly Freud Provincetown

People’s Drug Stores Sells Bitre-Phosphate Health Cure

Thin and nervous individuals gain healthier flesh and grow sturdy and ambitious after taking Bitre-Phosphate as claimed by Peoples Drug Stores for a few weeks.

Peoples Drug Stores

Knickerbocker Presents MacDonald Lloyd Features

The Crandall's Knickerbocker theater staged a Rosini Barber of Seville overture by the symphony under Signor Ernesto Natiello with strong applause. Katherine MacDonald’s Her Social Value and Harold Lloyd’s Never Weaken headline the double bill, first national previews and Washington screenings noted along with Pathe News and Topics of the Day.

Metropolitan Katherine MacDonald Harold Lloyd Marian Hoyte West Miss MacDonald Roy Stewart Bertram Grassby Winter Hall Lloyd Crandall Knickerbocker Theater Signor Ernesto Natiello Pathe News Knickerbocker First National Metropolitan Theater

Sennett burlesque and Greenwich Village Review at local theaters

The week’s program features Mack Sennett’s Home Talent at Crandall’s theater with Ben Turpin James Finlayson Phyllis Haver Charlie Murray and Eddie Gribbon. The Northern Trail stars Lewis S. Stone as a royal northwest mounted sergeant. The Greenwich Village Review at the Gayety showcases Harcourt Senna Bernard and Joe Hurtiz with lavish costumes and a Floradora gag. Burton Holmes Abroad at Home gives Florida Mount Vernon Niagara and Grand Canyon travel slides with color photography. Capitol presents Jack Reid and Record Breakers with a beauty contest.

Mack Sennett Washington Crandall’s Sennett Ben Turpin James Finlayson Phyllis Haver Charlie Murray Eddie Gribbon Greenwich Village Review Greenwich Village Nuts Frank Harcourt Tom Senna Murray Bernard Sam Lee Gertrude Webber Kittie Glasco Libbie Hart Joe Hurtiz Harcourt and Lee Senna Shaw Labrels Capitol Theater Jack Reid Reid Patrick Daley Dope Information Kid Burton Holmes The National Florida Ponce de Leon Thomas Jefferson Mount Vernon Capitol Mr. Holmes Niagara Fally Great Southwest Grand Canyon Yellowstone National Park

Prominent Society Notes From Washington Holiday Season

Miss Betty Fleming arrives from Wellesley to spend Christmas with grandmother Mrs. Margaret Grimes at the Marlborough. Mrs. M. B. Waller of Front Royal visits the Waller home on Wyoming avenue. Mr. Frederick C. Stevens and Mrs. Stevens stay at the Cairo for the winter. Mrs. Frances M. Savage hosts the Smith College club at 2400 Sixteenth Street with Eleanor Franklin Eagan as guest of honor. Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn spends holidays in Washington, Dr. Bloedorn in Minnesota for Mayo clinic. British delegation’s naval, military and air section hosts an informal reception at the Racquet Club. Miss Janet Richards reviews Open Sessions of the arms conference at Knickerbocker theater, outlining the Four-Power Pact and the Irish Agreement and President’s message to Congress.

Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson Elliett Dexter Sam Wood Lorna Moon Washington Loew Columbia Mr. Reid Elliott Dexter Himeslf Miss Moon Stutz Louise Fazenda Chester Conklin John Henry, Jr Teddy Rialto Destiny Elias Breeskin Moore Rialto Theater Anita Stewart Elias Bree Miss Stewart Herbert Rawlinson Walter McGrail Nitile Richard Headrick Tom Moore Breeskin Elias Vreeskin Betty Fleming Col R. J. Fleming Wellesley College Margaret McA. Grimes Marlborough Frances M. Savage Smith College Club Sixteenth Street Eleanor Franklin Eagan Racquet Club Janet Richards Knickerbocker Theater Congress

Paris Society: Birth for Capt and Mrs Henry Allen

A son was born to Capt. and Mrs. Henry T. Allen, son of Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, who commands American forces on the Rhine. John Lewis, VP of Guaranty Trust, returned from Brussels. J. W. Winkler, American artist, ill with typhoid at Neuilly American hospital. Howard Prime Stevenson canceled social engagements in Paris due to illness and left for Florence.

Paris Henry T. Allen Allen Rhine John Lewis Guaranty Trust Company Brussels J. W. Winkler Neuilly Howard Prime Stevenson Florence New York Herald

New York Social News: Becktans, Pratt and Weddings

New York society circles report Mr and Mrs Beckman Winthrop back from Westbury as guests of Mrs Winthrop. Mr John T Pratt heads home from the West for the holidays. Ogden Mills hosts a dinner for his son-in-law and daughter Lord and Lady Granard. Miss Helen Cameron to wed Reginald Bishop Lanier at St. John the Divine Cathedral tomorrow. Mrs Whitelaw Ferd to return to New York tomorrow.

New York Society Washington Post New York Beckman Winthrop Westbury Robert Winthrop John T. Pratt Ogden Mills Lord Lady Granard Helen Cameron Reginald Bishop Lanier Cathedral of St. John the Divine Whitelaw Ferd Washington

Federation urges Near East relief aid for hospitals

Mrs John W Frizzell president of the Federation of Women s Clubs sends notes to 31 federated clubs endorsing another year of Near East relief work Resolutions urge clubs to help establish hospitals to treat trachoma among Levant children and support continuance of relief efforts for the region

Federation of Women's Clubs The Near East Relief John W. Frizzell Federation Levant

Paris Hotels Register December 4 to 10 Guests

Registered at Paris Hotels December 4 to 10 include Mrs. B D Hawking J Wilson Stone Lieut Col and Mrs Edward A Sturgess Mrs F Cc Dollard T Dollard J N Neff Mrs William F Kelley Mr and Mrs M Davison Miss Josephine McClellen William F Callander Mrs Margaret Brooke and Miss Gertrude Brooke of Washington Also note a travelogue on Alaska and the American midnight sun to be repeated this afternoon at 4 50.

Paris B.D. Hawking J.wilson Stone Edward A. Sturgess F. Cc. Dollard T. Dollard J. N. Neff William F. Kelley M. Davison Josephine McClellen William F. Callander Margaret Brooke Gertrude Brooke Washington the Public Ledger Co Alaska

Rites for Mr Flood Virginia Representative Funeral

Funeral services for Representative J. D. Flood of Virginia will be held at 11 o clock this morning at the Church of the Covenant. The Rev Dr Charles Wood will officiate assisted by the Rev Dr Robert Nelson of Winchester. Interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery with the body placed in a vault. In the spring the body will be moved to Appomattox. More than 100 Virginians are expected to attend, along with members of Congress and government officials. Friends of Mr Flood are invited to be present.

J. D. Flood Virginia Church of the Covenant Charles Wood Robert Nelson Winchester Rock Creek Cemetery Appatomax Congress Flood

Birth Rate Rising in United States Census Report

The census bureau reports the 1920 birth rate rose 1.4 percent versus 1919, at 25.7 per 1000. White rates peaked in North Carolina at 31.7 percent and fell to 18.3 percent in California, while colored rates reached 39.5 percent in Washington and 39.3 percent in California. Data cover 23 states and the District of Columbia.

Census Bureau Bureau United States North Carolina California Washington District of Columbia

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