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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
8
An advertised tonic from Peoples Drug and other outlets claims to ease dyspepsia and stomach upset within minutes. It touts pepsin combined with corrective agents to reduce gas heaviness acidity and nervousness, promising improved digestion appetite and sleep after use.
General Pershing urged religious matters be part of military life during a War Department conference with church leaders and welfare workers. He said religion aids clean living and moral training, stressing a true, nonsectarian spiritual program to keep soldiers steady and true.
New Bureau of Statistics figures show U S meat packing growth with 1213 establishments in 1931 up from 88 percent lacking in 1899. In 1919 there were 810 packing concerns each worth over a million dollars. Local packers report rising numbers, Armour & Co notes the Armour Morris combine commanded 22.04 percent of Federal inspected business, but only 14.37 percent of the packing house share.
In Takoma Park the mayor and council are named defendants in a $6,008 damages suit filed in circuit court by Perry Warfield of 232 Spruce Avenue. Warfield alleges that changes to Spruce Avenue and Bark Street alters surface water flow, flooding his cellar. Separate notices report county and local actions, weddings in Rockville and Hyattsville events, and civic announcements including farm supper invitations near Chevy Chase Lake.
Douglas Fairbanks epic Robin Hood returns to Cosmos theater as the major feature next week with an enhanced score by the Rialto Orchestra. The program includes The Neer Do Well at Crandall's theater, Everywoman, The Mouse Catcher, and Racing Hearts with Agnes Ayres and Richard Dix leading a slate of notable stars.
Gayety Theater adds three performances due to strong attendance for the current run. Manager Harry Jarboe keeps “The Talk of the Town” running Sunday as a benefit show features “The Dance of the Sacred Tok” by Maja a Bedouin beauty and a burlesque with Lisa and her dancing “foola” as added attractions.
Glen Echo Park draws visitors with free admission and colorful lights as Shrinéra and friends visit. The park showcases a new shooter car ride and enhanced coaster, plus a grand four car ride, a lively ballroom, and the renowned Glen Echo Orchestra led by A. H. Oechtmann performing nightly from 8:30 to 11:30.
The St Johns steamer sails from Seventh Street Wharf every Saturday at 2 30 P M and Sunday at 9 A M returning about 11 P M. Enjoy salt water bathing fishing and crabbing with seafood dinners at hotels and cottages. A large pavilion over the water hosts Solokov orchestra with free dancing and moonlight trips at 7 15 PM on most evenings. The voyage runs to Indian Head with historic sights along the Potomac, ideal for Washinton visitors before dawn.
Bebe Daniels headlines a two part program at Loew's Columbia Theatre Washington next week with The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse replaced by Theaters a film by Martin Brown featuring Daniels and Moreno. The Exciters with Tallulah Bankhead recalls its Broadway debut at Garrick. The program includes Borrowed Trouble with Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven and a slate of supplemental features.
Enemies of Women starring Lionel Barrymore and Alma Rubens opens at Moore’s Rialto for a week starting Sunday. Scenes shot on location in Monte Carlo Nice and Paris depict RS themes amid a dramatic tale of regeneration in a Roman society backdrop with lavish settings and a praised production quality.
Anna Nilsson and Sills star in Maurice Tourneur’s That National of Crittenden Marriott’s tale Isle of Lost Ships at Crandall’s Metropolitan. Dorothy Fairfax, a New York detective and shipwreck survivors form a settlement with a 24 hour mate choice rule.
Mammy and her renowned Gold Dust Twins headline a Strand Theater program next week starting Sunday with a lively syncopation act. Also featured are Holden and Graham in Versatile Originalities Charles Martin in The Sentimental Cowboy Baritone the Fay Rush Trio in At the Race Track and Wilson and Jerome in Ords and Ends A big photodrama What Wives Want stars Ethel Grey Terry Margaret Landis Vernon Steele Niles Welch and Ramsey Wallace. The present day marital plot promises strong drama while avoiding a typical triangle setup. Short features include a humorous comedy a newsreel and an educational short followed by orchestral numbers by Manuel and directed by Arthur id for a two hour show.
Keith's stage lineup features famed impersonator Kary Norman in Something Different with Irving Elbo and Leo Woods conducting Norman, hailed as a premier feminine impersonator. The bill includes Victor Moore in Forty Five Minutes from Broadway and Emma Littlefield in Change Your Act or Back to the Woods, plus Maude Powers, Vernon Wallee, Helen Stover, Marjorie Thomas, Lillian Acker, Phil Sheppard, Fred Fenton, Satiny Fields, Leo Donnelly, Marjorie Dalton, Jay Zaufman, and a Far Eastern novelty act.
Abie's Irish Rose extends its Washington run for a second week at the President theater beginning Sunday at 8 20 PM. The Broadway comedy by Anne Nichols drew Shrine week audiences with its tale of a Jewish boy and Irish girl whose clandestine marriage sparks family conflict.
Shriners at Chesapeake Beach gather for pleasure trips as trains run to handle crowds. Thousands travel via smooth roads, enjoying free dancing on the over water pavilion and saltwater fishing. Amusements include a boardwalk, midway stalls, and seaside restaurants with reasonable menus.
The Loew's Palace theater adds Sixty Cents: an Hour starring Welter Hiers and Miss Logan after existing offerings. The comedy features Ricardo Cortez, Charles Ogle, Lucille Ward and others, with a suburban soda jerker as hero who helps a bank owner, tangling with a banker’s daughter and a bank robbery. A Snub Pollard short Where Ach i? and Shrine parade clips accompany the program.
Westerners visiting for the Shrine convention praised the Union Station Plaza rodeo. Noted show business figures like Pawnee Bill, Richard Ringling, Lorenz Hagenback, and John T Bennon attended and lauded the performances. District residents and visitors were thrilled by cowboy and cowgirl riding, Indian dances, and exhilarating acts. the rodeo and Indian exposition run through week’s end.
Railroad melodrama booked for Crendall's Central theater features Buckley and Lewis in a tale of villainy against an innocent woman. Claire McDowell and Johnny Harlan co star with Ella Hall and others in a vivid ensemble. Organ accompaniment and recitals by W E Thompson supplement the program. On Thursday to Saturday Herbert Rawlinson headlines silent drama duties.
A fragment from a vintage ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for feminine functional disorders. Testimony by Mrs Lula Rteau claims health improvement after four bottles. It promotes tablets or liquid, urges sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo for a trial package and offers free medical advice.
An elderly physician recalls long practice since 1875 and endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild vegetable remedy for constipation that does not gripe, noting widespread use and safety.
The program features the star in Nobody’s Bride with a romantic, stylish role backed by a carefully chosen cast led by George Marshall and including Margalo Gillmore Luella Gear Fred Raymond Jr Anne Sutherland Wallie Clark John Daly Murphy and Mildred Le Gue. Poli’s presents D W Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation whose epic drama and operatic score tour replaces prior records and marks a triumph in American theater with long runs in major cities.
Lowell Sherman headlines at the Belasco and Shubert theaters next Sunday night with Samuel Kipman’s melodramatic comedy Lawton Larceny. The play, a Republic Theater staple in New York, is billed as Broadway’s latest and among the greatest.
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