TTTE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 11, 1921
Gild CLUB HAS
NOTABLESATFEASTi
Great World Figures Guests
at Annual Dinner.
CONFERENCE IS LAUDED
After Imposing Tribute to Arms
Delegates, Newspaper Men
"Josu" Celebrities.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10. The
Gridiron club, oldest organization of
Washington correspondents, tonight
a-ave what probably will be acknowl
edged it most notable dinner.
About the table were brought to
gether all the great world figures at
the arms conference and almost as
many world notables as were gath
ered at th.e conference of Versailles.
President Harding, Vice-President
Coolldge. the cabinet, practically all
the resident diplomatic corps, the
principal delegates attending the
irmi conference, memoers 01 ran
frees, captatne of finance and Indus
try and newspaper men from all over
the -world were guests.
Cloned Session In Held.
Someone described the dinner as a
plenary session of theSsen who really
hold in their hands the forces and
powers which are actuating the chief
nations at the Washington conference.
But, unlike a plenary session of the
arms conference, this one was strictly
closed, rather than opea, for it is the
rule that reporters never are present
at a Gridiron club'dinner. Under this
pledge of confidence the national fig
ures present delivered notably frank
and Informal speeches.
The entertainment was attuned to
the International character of the
fathering. In treating the arms con
ference the club for once abandoned
lta usual method of satire, wit and
humor and dealt with the subject in
a thoroughly dignified and respectful
fashion.
The keynote of the proceedings was
aounded when the guests and mem
bers were addressed at the opening
as follows:
"Five great powers, meeting here In
Washington, have achieved in a
month's time more than ail the world
achieved for disarmament in a quar
ter of a century of aspiration and
effort. To these five powers the
Gridiron club tonight pays homage.
We feel that it is fitting for us to
look upon five symbols which repre
sent those powers, banded in common
cause, whose work here is translating
the great vision into fact. The sym
bols we shall show you are not those
of war, but of peace. Tonight they
stand together as closely bound by
ties of brotherhood as they were in
the day of the world tragedy. We
ask you, gentlemen, to look upon
them."
One by one, the silken banners of
Japan, Italy, France, Great Britain
and the United States were borne Into
the room, each by. a bearer attired In
the military uniform of the coun 'y
represented and each heralded by the
national anthem of that country,
played by the Marine band. Every
flag was received with all present
standing.
Gridiron Club Salutea I'Iiik.
When the five had been grouped it
was announced:
"To these five flags, united in the
task that a barrier aga'nst war shall
be built high and strong and imper
ishable, the Gridiron cluboffere its
salute."
To the music of "The Star-Spang!ed
Banner" the flags were marched off
and the gayety of the evening began.
From that point, however, the en
tertainment was of the usual Grid
Iron brand, w'th "take-offs" on cur
rent situations and subjects.
A wireless apparatus ticked off
messages from "the good ship Nor
malcy," giving a variety of reports.
"No bars" were reported from around
il'lwaukee and St. Louis; "Ethiopian
no equlnox'al storms" were report
ed in the vicinity of Birmingham; at
one time "Chief Engineer George Har
rey" was rocking the boat.
Wells and Tumulty "Joshed."
At a book stall in the dining room
was offered, among others, H. G.
Wells' "Outline of History." The au
thor, one of the guests, was described
as "the only man who ever wrote a
historic account of prehistoric times."
Joseph P. Tumulty's literary efforts
did not escape, and he was described
as knowing his business better than
Boswell. Mr. Wells, Mr. Tumulty and
H. Wickham Steed of the London
Times were called to their feet to
make acknowledgments as their
works were referred to.
Federal taxation furnished Its
share of Jokes. It was remarked
that the house and senate had de
clined to "apply the tax on gas wells"
to themselves.
A take-off on the Ku Klux Klan
was presented when several hooded,
white-robed figures mounted on
hobby horses galloped in and initiat
ed Robert McGlnter, Washington cor
respondent of the Pittsburg Garette
Tlmes as a member.
League Key In Discovered.
At one stage a large key was found
In the dining room, having a large tag
attached, bearing this Inscription:
"Key to the back door of the League
of Nations. To be slipped in the.
pocket of Secretary Hughes when he
Is not looking. (Signed) Lloyd
George."
A messenger who conferred with
Secretary Hughes as to whether he
wished to accept the key announced
that Mr. Hughes "declines the key
and gives notice that he has all his
pockets sewed up."
Chief Justice Taft, always a favor
ite with the club, got a demonstra
tion all his own when he was sung
to his feet with a ditty from the
Gridiron club's singers, entitled,
"Look for the Silver Lining."
The only toast ever drunk at a
Gridiron club dinner is to the presi
dent of the United States. The din
ner closed with Mr. Harding's speech,
which, of course, was not reported.
BLACK CAT PASSENGER
40-Foot Gasoline Launch Starts on
Year's Cruise Along West Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO. Adventure Is
being sought by five San Franciscans
and a black cat, who left here re
oently for a year's cruise in the 40
foot ketch Los Amigos along the west
coast of South Amer'ca.
Jacob Goldberg is the captain of the
craft and head of the party. Sails
will be depended upon to propel the
boat, although there Is an auxiliary
engine aboard.
During the cruise tests will be made
Of the craft's unusually strong wire
leas set, which, It is claimed, has
wider range than instruments gener
ally used.
Los Amigos will touch at southern
California ports and then head for
Ocos, Guatemala, and Callao, Peru
wnere me ooai win turn back toward
the states. I
GRACE GEORGE IS APPEARING
IN PLAY OF REGAL SPLENDOR
Movement in New York for Better Plays for Children Indorsed by
E. H. Sothera and Soon Will Be Launched.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (Special.) MBP' 1PHH
The return of Grace George Ugp Jm
to the stage every season or IraJfe JBt JjHH
two is always a great event. This WSS- Nsav jjMH
yar she appears in a version of Ht'' IfFV? S 1
"Marie Antoinette," a version, by the K' 'Ib
way, which is authorless. Later on flfik 3JS
the playwright may come forward; By. ,r rj
Just now he tor she) is a person of f&f Ir JH
mystery. Miss George fives much By
charm to the story of the unhappy W 6 ' $ , v .
BT EliZABETH LONERGAN.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. (Special.)
The return of Grace George
to the stage every season or
two is always a great event. This
year she appears in a version of
"Marie Antoinette," a version, by the
way, which is authorless. Later on
the playwright may come forward;
just now he (or she) is a person of
mystery. Miss George gives much
charm to the story of the unhappy
queen, making her a creature of love-
lineFS, yet sadness. It tells how the
queen, deserted by Louis, tries to for
get her loneliness i In extravagance
and forced gayety. She gambles in
the gardens of the Trianon, first for
the love of the attractive Ferscn
(played by Pedro de Cordoba); then
later with the Due d'Orieans, losing
millions of francs and paving the
way to the final settlement which
came because her extravagances
drove the common people to revolt.
She is shown, too, in prison and on
the guillotine, a pathetic figure In
spite of all her weakness. Fred Eric
is cast for the king, Douglas Wood
the Due d'Orieans. and others in the
cast include Florence Edeney, Lorna
Valarc, Jack Grattan (the last two
as the royal children), Bettie Wales,
John Cromwell and Herbert Ashton.
The play is beautifully staged by
Mr. Brady.
"The Dream Maker," with William
Gillette In the dual role of star and
author, followed "Blood and Sand" at
the Empire. Very cleverly. Mr. Gil
lette has staged a return of Sherlock
Holmes Old theatergoers will recall
that he was the original star to play
the role of the famous detective on
the stage and that the number of
his appearances In the role ran Into
the thousands. This new play brings
in Dr. Paul Clement, a friend of the
great detective, and he solves a num
ber of mysteries in his reincarnation,
just as cleverly as in the old days.
The heroine In the play is a young
married woman, Mrs. Bruce, wife of
an oil man who has recently acquired
much money. During the absence of
Mr. Bruce, she Is entertained by a
number of guests at the hotel who
turn out to be dyed-in-the-wool
crooks. They decide to blackmail her,
just at the psychological moment Dr.
Clement comes along and succeeds
in foiling them at every step.
Miriam Sears is the heroine with a
number of well-known players sup
porting. Mr. Gillette Myrtle Tanna
hill. Willlm Morris, Marie Haynes,
Frank Morgan and Charles Laite.
The principal setting is a hand
some Interior with one of those stair
cases of which Mr. Gillette Is so fond,
and ia balcony that is used many
times during the evening. Mr. Gil
lette' has lost none of his "pep" and
makes the new character very enter
taining. The story is based upon one
written by Howard E. Morgan, re
vised by Mr. Gillette.
At the Princess theater the Suzzette
Producing company presented "Suz
zette." which had a number of well
known players, but little else to rec
ommend it. Frank Lalor, Victor
Motley, James Marshall, John Cherry,
Marjorle Booth and Carola Parsons
had parts In the musical production,
which doubtless will Join the list of
failures of the season.
And now comes a new movement
for better plays for children. Some
how the kiddies have been so busy
taking in picture shows that no one
has bothered about elevating them
via the stage. E. H. Sothern, who,
with Miss Marlowe, has been appear
ing in a revival of Shakespearean
plays at the Century, in an interview
the other day, bewailed the fact that
this phase of education has been so
sadly neglected. After commenting
on the salacious plays that have been
produced this season, contrasting
their success with the season at the
Century, which has been one of the
beet the famous stars have known,
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he suggests that public taste might
be educated to regard nastiness as
bad manners, and says, regarding the
children's theater:
"Might not the children's theater in
time solve this problem of taste and
good manners? If young people were
brought up to know only what Is
beautiful and noble in the playhouse
they would recoil from what is vul
gar and degrading, as they now shun
what they have learned is disgusting
in personal behavior. May I suggest
some propaganda for a children's
theater and suggest that the city of
Washrlngton is the place to start
such a healthful movement? Failing
the establishment of the children's
theater, might not matinee perform
ances of admirable plays be put on
for the benefit of children? There Is
no dearth of plays for a children's
theater nor need one fear to present
the best to them. Three thousand
children sat enthralled at "Hamlet"
the other day, a play rated as obscure
by many who call themselves grown
up. The theater owes much to the
community. If merely in self-defense
does not the community owe
somehting to the theater?"
Actress Gets Best Criticisms
From Smaller Cities.
Judgment of Rural Citizens Tal
lies With Successes of Pictures.
UK NY actress can learn much
from her 'fan' mail If she will
take the trouble to analyze It," says
Edith Roberts, popular star.
"And," adds Miss Roberts, "I be
lieve picture producers and exhibitors
could with profit borrow these letters
Willi
rwin
FamuuM Journalist and
Correaponden t
Third Number
Lyceum Course
AUDITORIUM
Monday Evening
December 12
Lectures on
"The Next War"
Scats on Sale
Meier A Frank's, Dec. 9-10-12
Prices 50c, 75c, 91.00
Direction Ulliaon-White '
I coming from all parts of the country
i and study them. I have found, for
'fans' who are truly enthusiastic pa
instance, that the great majority of
trons of films and take the trouble
are from communities outside the
to express their likes and dislikes
great cities.
"I have found, by checking up, that
their Judgment tallies with the rela
tlve commercial success of my p'c
tures; those that have brought the
best returns, to the producers are the
ones liked best In the moderate-sized
cities and smaller towns and not
those with strongest appeal to metro
politan tastes.
"The people of the smaller towns
are more numerous in the aggregate;
they are natural, clean-minded, tol
erant, not Jailed with artificial
amusements, and haven't lost their
sense of the true values in life. They
are more ardent picture fans because,
for one reason, they are not overfed
with the diversions to be found in
so many guises in big-city life.
"I live in a big city myself," con
tinued Miss Roberts, "but I regret
to see the supercilious attitude In
the largest communities toward the
smaller ones. 'Main streeters' they
are called, with ill-concealed pride
in our sophistication. But the sweet
est and sincerest letters I get are
from the small towns, and when I
learn that a certain picture of mine
has given special pleasure tc them
I feel that I have done something In
which I can honestly feel a satisfac
tion." Miss DuPont, a comparatively new
face in motion pictures. Is to be seen
opposite Von Stroheim In "Foolish
Wives," which Is promised for New
Year exhibition. Miss DuPont is from
Wilmington, but whether she is of the
famous money-making family of the
same name she refuses to divulge.
DIET WILL TAKE OFF FflT
CITY HEALTH COMMISSIONER
COPEDAND AUTHORITY.
Three Hundred Heavyweights, Both
Men and Women, in New York
Shrinking on Food Regime.
NEW TORK. A 'gTeat many fat
people in the United States and Can
ada' avowedly want to become thin,
but don't know how. By the hun
dreds they have neen confessing this
desire In letters to City Health Com
missioner Copeland. Their selection
of him as the person who might take
a great weight off their shoulders
was suggested by accounts of his re
cent mobilization of a reducing squad
of 50 fat men and 50 fat women In
New York.
These hundred heavyweights have
been shrinking daily and the letters
from outside New York inquire how
Dr. Copeland does it. It's simple he
says. Proper diet, regular exercise
and proper living habits are all that
is necessary.
"You cannot be happy unless your
stomach is full," the doctor tells the
fat folks. Then he explains what
foods they should eat to keep happy,
eliminating all those which produce
fat. Some of the foods they may eat
in abundance are celer-y, buttermilk,
radishes, endive, lettuce, tomatoes,
watercress, clams, whites of eggs,
chicken without the skin, shad, white
meat of lobster, codfish, pears, apples,
grapefruit, lemons, oranges, rhubarb,
lean meat and skimmed milk.
"The greatest mistake people make
Is In the selection of their food." Dr.
Copeland contends. "The average
meal Is poorly balanced. This is par
ticularly so of breakfast. Imagine
wanting to get thin on a breakfast
like this: Cereal and cream, hot muf
fins with butter and honey, sausage
and possibly some fruit covered with
sugar. This entire meal is made up
of starches and sugar, which adds
flesh and very often as an added
offense it is washed down st-ith tea,
coffee or cocoa saturated with sugar."
Dr. Copeland lets his squad eat
fruit for breakfast, except bananas.
He bars sugar, prohibits white bread,
and opposes Uie drinking of water
with meals because that makes the
room and inclination fpr more food.
Cereals are all right, he says, if a
tablespoon of bran is added Instead
of sugar.
He recommends Swedish exercises.
But If the ambitious heavy insists on
his calisthenics being 100 per cent
American, the United States army
setting up exercises are just as good
as any other. These can be practiced
within the privacy of the home pro
vided the home is of sound construc
tion and the neighbors pleasant. One
of Dr. Copeland's squad confided that
every time she began bendfng and
Jumping there came complaints from
the occupant of the apartment below.
LAVA CHECKS UP HISTORY
Imprint of Spanish Shoe Belieevd
Made In 11th Century.
HILiO. Island of Hawaii, T. H. The
riscovery of what is described as the
imprint of "a practically perfect
Spanish shoe, with narrow toe, waist
of the foot and heel being clearly de
fined" In the surface on an ancient
lava flow on the west coast of Hawaii
near the ancient city of refuge known
at. Honaunau, has aroused great com
ment and speculation throughout the
territory.
The first Spaniards to touch the
island were said to have come in
1576. when tradition said that a Span-
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An Ace Fran the Pack of New York Uramatlc Carda.
"Silk" Wax a Criminal, but You Will Admire Ilia Methods
If You Think Roy Gardner Ia Clever, You Should
See "Silk."
Theater-Party-Night, Tuesday, December 13
Auspices Monday
ish vessel was wrecked on the south
east coast of the Island. But the city
of refuge was built In the 11th cen
tury and there is no evidence that
any lava flow came down the moun
tainside of the volcano .Ma una Loa,
which rises 14,000 feet above the city ,
or refuge, since the city was built. .
Consequently, it is presumed that the
lava flow containing the shoe im
print Is of a much more ancient day .
than 1100. Indicating that Spaniards
visited the Island long before 175.
The seashore at the base of Manna
Loa, near Honaunau is one of the
few remaining sections of the Ha
waiian territory in which life pro
ceeds along much the same lines as
t did a century ago. Like many of
the other strange things contained
on the 4000 square mile volcano island
pt Hawaii, the problem of the "Span-
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Present
BELINDA AN APRIL FOLLY
By A. A. Milne
CHARCOAL One-Act Play
By George O'Neal
Monday Evening,
December 12, 1921
Lincoln High School Auditorium
8:20 P. M.
Tickets on Sale at
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lard's foot" probably will never be
solved.
Special Photoplay and Vaudeville
Bill
TODAY
FK.ATIIUNG
BERT
LYTELL
In the Original and Powerful Pic
ture Drama
Alias
Ladyfingers
The Story of n Crook Who Took
the Love Cure.
M0LERA REVUE
A Superb Mualcal Melange.
GLE'. AM RICHARDS.
Futurist Musical Air Flight.
KKXXKDV AND MARTIN,
"A Study In Blackology."
ROSS AND PLYSN,
A Dainty Song Treat.
AKRIAL MACKS,
Frolics in Midair.
Contlnuoua ShoMi Saturdaya, Sun
days antl on All Ilulldaya.
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