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JOHN HYMERIO TOPNEWBILLAT B. F. KEITH’S ‘Dance Carnival’ to Be at Lyric and Circus at Palace. mOHNT B. HYMER with a supporting company will offer a fantastic comedy novelty. "Tom Walker in Dixie.” as the coheadline act on the bill that will be offered at B. P. Keith’s next week. Hymer Is a famous exponent of negro characters and is at his best in the role of the old negro, Tom Walker, who falls asleep after reading "Faust." and that he has sold his soul to the devil in exhange for immunity from punishment. Bill includes: TERA LAVROVA (Baroness Royce C.arrett) —An internationally famous coloratura prima donna. She will offer songs from her own repertory with piano accompaniment by Mark •Smolzmnn. Miss Lavrova will share topline honors with Mr. Hymer. ED HEALY AND ALLAN CROSS —Style their act as showing the smartest styles in songs. Their line is a wide variety and their samples include everything from opera to jazz. •TESSIE MAKER AND WILLIAM REDFORD—Present a comedy skit, "Rolling Stones.” The playlet tells in a humorous way of the ambitions of a boy and a girl who leave their homes to seek fame and fortune In the city and country. Some excellent singing and dancing is included in the act. EDDIE KANE AND JAY HER MAN—Offer a routine of eccentric dancing under the title of "The Midnight Sons." DAN BOUDIN I AND A DELE BERNARD Bill themselves as “Ultra Accordianists.” They offer jazz, harmony and classical music. THE LAXOFF SISTERS—Make - their first local how In an elaborate dancing act. They will be assisted at piano by Wallace Clark. FRANK WlLSON—Cycling scientist, rides a bicycle every conceiv- < able way without the use of his I hands. Two performances will be given ‘ on election ight when full and Com- j plete returns will be road from a special wire that will be Installed in the . theater. -I- -!- In.VXCE CARNIVAL TO BE SEEN AT LYRIC The Lyric will have "Dance j Carnival of 1924,” with Charles Root, Peggy Pausin and the Root Steppers topping next week's bill. **■ They are a fast steppers presenting a novel program of terpsichorean creations of their own design. They will share the headline honors with the Four Hamel Girls and Richard Stross. musical artists, in a frolic entitled "Showing Off.” The Hamel j girls are singers, and dancers as well as Instrumentalists. Stress was formerly featured comet soloist with Sousa’s band. The bill will include: VALENTINE COX Celebrated ventriloquist, and comedian, assisted by Florence Talbot In anew fun divertisment called "Relaxtion.” BALMUS. IRMA AND MILO — Three exponents of art. grace and beauty In an unusual and orginal style of posing, balancing and dancing. NORTH AND SOUTH—Comedians, SEARCH FILMDOM FOR IN CAPABLE PLAYING ‘CHRIST Movie Director Faces Difficult Task of Getting Cast. By .TACK JUNC METER NEA Service Writer H’ ’ JOLLVWOOD, Nov. IV-The most momentous casting problem in the motion picture realm today is selection of the man to play the title roie In Papini's "Life of Christ.” soon to be screened by First National. It involved finding the man who is capable of adding profound spiritual overtones to the letter of the role. One aiso who may so disassociate himself from past screen Identifications as to sustain reverent illuion. • One. furthermore, who is willing to risk, for the sake of memorable performance. dubious favor for a considerable following period in lesser representations. This last factor, which has oautio.ned hesitancy in previous portrayals of the Christ on the stage and screen, is worrying some of the candidates for First National's production. Who among picture players can you think of in the screen guise of the Man of Nazareth? Who to make the role at once majestically reverent and humanly imminent to the modern mind, as Fapini set out to do? “We will transfer this story of the Nazarene to the screen,” says John McCormick, western represenitlve of First National, "In a manner without precedent in earlier treatments of the same theme. Just as the book gave thousands of readers anew conception of the warm humanity of Christ’s teachings, so it is believed a picture done in the same key of truth will strike rnanon<y_: whose ■-•rors restricted by

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No. I—Agnes Ayres in "A Story Without a Name" at the Ohio, beginning Sunday. No. 2 —Florence Vidor end Lewis Stone in a scene from

who enjoy wide popularity with vaudeville patrons, introducing their new laugh Skit, "Friendly Enemies.” EASTMAN AND MOORE—WeII known team of merry makers in a new and breezy assortment of humor entitled ’’Bargains." LEW COOPER —Famous blackface star known as “A Knight in the Temple of Fun.” ON THE SCREEN—Jack Dempsey in "Fight and Win," Kinograms and

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I ELECTION RETURNS TUESDAY EVENING WED. BEST *1 (*r INC. BALCONY SEATS MAT. SEATS* I.OJ TAX 50c. sl.lO NOW A. L. Jones and Morris Green. Producers of The Greenwich Village Folltes, Announce | BELLE of aUAKERTOWN | EDDIE ' MUM BUZZELL FORD I and The Entire Original N. Y. Cast and Production Intact Including That Real Singing and Dancing Chorus Direct from Brilliant Engagement at Morosco Theater, N. Y. PRICES—Eves., 50c, sl.lO, $1.65. $2.20, $2.75. Popular Mat., 50c, sl.lO, $1.65. Seats Now Selling.

COMING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY I NOVEMBER 10, 11, 12. EVE. 8:15. ONLY MATINEE WEDNESDAY, 2:20 Seats 9 a. m. Thursday—2 Box Offices NOIFteSIIp Every Nite 1000 Best Seats- 22Q.Q Wed. Mat. 1000 Best Seats-IQ!2 WINTWftOP AMW oztzlQUTVlftlE: M-CLINTIC • _ c-pustrL flbst Skillful, of cJlJmmlcmi Dramas v^IMTHE* NEXT ROOM By &£ancK(fabsona^VxLixLeb c ]cid DIRECT FROM A SEASON'S RUN AT THE VANDERBILT THEATRE,NEW YORK -4 and, Staged* oral 6oc£pbxnralL/ 'Weil MJbedS’ I MAIL Prices—Eve., Orchestra, $2.20. Balcony, 50c, sl.lO, I ORDERS $1.65; No Higher, Inc. Tax I NOW Wed. Mat., Best Seat sl.lO. Balcony, 25c, 50c, 83c.

Annual Musical Event s nig d ht y Nov. 16 Mail Orders Now Received. Seats Monday, Nov. 10, 9A. M. One Performance Only.

Coming at Last 1 Week ’ fMats. Wed an--of it at * Mail OrI I d ers Now. Seats ThuritNov. 13.

j "Husbands and Lovers” at the I Circle. i No. 3.—Paulino Starke and | Theodore Von Eltz in “Hearts of ! Oak” at Smith's all next week.

Imperial monkey comedy, "Westward -Whoa.” T -!- -ICIRCUS BURLESQUE BOOKED AT PALACE Ringside seats are offered Palace Theater patrons the first half of next week to see Dan Sherman and company in a burlesque circus performance. Bill includes: FRED SOS MAN—lnsists 'l’m Sure There Could Bo No Objection to That," which should prove a clever

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No. 4—Larry Semon and Claire Adams in “The Girl In the Limousine,” first half of the week at the Palace. No. 6 —Bebe Daniels in "Dan-

monologue for It was written by Aaron Hoffman the producer of "Friendly Enemies.” BILLIE HALL AND COMPANY —Engage in a vaudeville plum "Hilda” which is a skit full of Swedish humor. PHILLIPS AND ELLSWORTH— Hail each other with "Hello Mack’’ in their laughter sketch. Performing sensational feats on the swinging rope "The Wonder jrjirl,” will be on view Thursday. Eight girls who have been starred

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NOVEMBER 6. 7, 8. _ cAll Last Season in cN.Y Sbirect from 12 Capacity Jf&hs in Chicago ’ A.,', (SELLINGS TREDRIC MARCH - .. SUSANNEWTLLA anai cl S'upc^&tcellent Qc/vparjr B ’P P C —Eve., 50c, sl.lO, $1.65, $2.20, $2.75, I KIU Lu Including Tax. Saturday Matinee—50c, sl.lO, $1.65, $2.20 Seats 9 A. M. Monday, Theater Box Office and Merchants Heat ar,d Light Company.

3 NIGHTS, STARTING THURSDAY, NOV. 13 ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY, 2:20 P. M. THE MOST-DISCUSSED HAY AT THE WORLD*. THE SUBJECT OF A THOUSAND SERMONS, A THOUSAND LECTURES AND TEN THOUSAND LETTERS | 9fie PlQy Ybu y/UUfever Forget CHANNING POLLOCtCS SOUL-STIRzUNG g U 7! Ijyg AMD EPOCH NUK.IN6 OOAMA | Itljli by a PRODUCED HERE WITH A COMPANY OF 50 PEOPLE 8 EXACTLY AS 400 TIMES IN NEW YORJC AND 150 TIMES IN BOSTON ASLSSIfI^HEIHtRIifOOL] Yotfll never Fordet the play if you see it | You'll never Forgive yourself If youdont | - . I, Seats Ready 9 a. m. Monday. Nov. 10, IVI/Vll-. Prices—Eve., Orchestra, $2.75, $2.20. Balcony, 50c, rl ORDERS 51.10. *1.65, Inc. Tax. Mrkixr SAT - best -j -r balcony, 50c. sl.lO. H INUW MAT. SEAT i.OtJ Including Tax.

gerous Money” at the Apollo, beginning Sunday. No. 6—Fred Thompson in "Thundering Hoofs” at the Isis the first half of the week.

in musical organizations have been brought together under the direction of Harry Walman. Cliff Clark is a delineator of the many types of men that are mot every day. Irish stories and songs serve to compose his act. On the screen: Larry fternon. famous comedian, in ’’The Girl in the Limousine,” the ! first, half and "The Right, of the i Strongest,” with E. K. Lincoln. Tom Santschi, and Helen Ferguson the I sit hnlf

THURSDAY, FRIDAY SATURDAY Matinee Saturday, 2:20 P

Prices: Evening, 50c, sl.lO, $1.65, $2.20, $2.75. Wed. and Sat. Mat., Best Seat, $1.65. Balcony, 50c, sl.lO, Including Tax.

Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises Announcements BE A SUBSCRIBER NOW TO MUSIC Greatest Artists Before the World Today o’.r.’k sl, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, Plus 10% Tax i I SUNDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 16th, 3 O’CLOCK f RACHMANINOFF FARRAR in Opera “Carmen” Dec. 7 KREfSLER FEB. 1 PAVLOWA Jan. s—McCormack Feb. 22

"Orchestral Scries Announcement'

QFO 22 CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FRITZ REINER, rnnrinrtnr; RAFAKLO r>IAZ. Soloiat, Mon. Lve. ksslutrd by thn Mendelssohn Choir In a t'hriatma* Celebration; ELMER STEFFEN, Choir Conduetor. FF3 0 _ MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HI MU TKBRRITiGHRR, Conduetor; Solotata. Mon. Eve. i,oi is Richards. HarpUrhord ; gfstav tin--I,ot, Violinist, and A. HOEMPNER. Flutist. MAR 16 ST ’ LOUtS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA mm rm RFDOI.I’H GAXZ, Conduetor and Soloist; Assisting Mon. Lve. Artist. HELEN TBAt'BKL, Dramatic Soprano. Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope for Return of Tickets \I.L SEATS NOW SELLING—Ona B. Talbot Office. t>l6 Hume-Mansnr Bldg.

| 8J sMI fledgiJ IThe whimsical, romantic, entertaining story of a poor I girl who inherited a million dollars and the dangers H &U that go with it. I I SUNSHINE "ELKITRIC ELOPEMENT^^

CHOIR 10 818 NOTED BARITONE FBI! CONCERT John Charles Thomas to Sing With Big Choir Here. Elmer Andrew Steffen, conductor of the Mendelssohn Choir of Indianapolis,* today announced that John Charles Thomas, baritone, will be assisting artist in recital wdth the choir at Caleb Mills Hall on Monday night, Dec. 1. On Monday night. Dec. 22, the Mendelssohn Choir will appear with the Cincinnati Symphony, under direction of Ona B. Talbot, at the Murat. About 150 prominent singers of this city are now members of the choir, according to Steffen. The active members of the choir I include: Sopranos—Miss Ellsanora Atkinson, I Mrs. C. A. Carlisle. Mrs. Jessie Thiebaud j Clapp, Miss Mildred E. Clark. Mrs Paul E. Crosier. Mrs. T. William Engle, Mrs. 3. E. I Fenstermaker. Miss Justine M. Fogarty. Miss Margaret Gallagher. Mies Lillian M. ; Garde, Mrs. C. A. Helm. Miss Matilda j Heuser Miss Madaline Hind, Miss Regina ! Hope. Miss Louise N. Huff. Miss Matilda I Isenflam. Mrs E C. Johnson. Miss Frances ' Kelly. Miss Pearl F. Kiefer. Mrs. Rutli G. iKreipk*. Miss Mildred J. Leonard. Mrs. I James H. Lowry. Mrs. Charles C. Martin, I Mrs. TANARUS, R. Mead Miss Edith E. Measick. | Miss Raffaela Montani. Mrs. John P. 1 Owens. Mrs. Wilson B. Psrker. Mrs. Harry

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Fulton Parr. Miss Margaret B. Pierson. Mrs. Charles N. Porter. Miss Dorothy E. A. Rouse.. Mrs. Dunbar D. Scott, Mrs. Edna Short. Miss Hazel Dell Silvey. Mrs. Mabel Carroll Stanley, Miss Florence .4 Staub, Miss Lucile Stewart, Mrs. Asel Spellman Stitt, Mrs. Estal Taylor. Miss Cyrilla A. Tube, Mrs. Paul L. Walters, M-ss Betty Jane Watson. Miss Marie Wilson, Miss Alice T. Young. Altos—Miss Giaclys Alwes. Miss Gertrude Am Rhein, Mrs. George O. Chambers. Mr3. Bertram Day, Mrs. Charles B. Davis. Miss Emma J. Doeppers. Miss Norma France. Mrs. Glenn O. Friermood. ■ Mrs. Susan B. Hintze, Miss Helen Hollingsworth. Mrs. O. M. Jones, Miss Martha J. MacDougall. Miss Louise E. Martin. Mrs. Fred N. Morris. Miss Isabelle Mossman. Mrs. J. F. Moyer. Miss Norma Mueller. Mrs. Ora C. Pierson. Mrs. Frances Porter, Mrs. Nola B. Seeder, Mrs. Jack H. Rhoades. Miss Helen M. Riker. Miss Willa M. Sammis. Miss Helen Thoms, Mrs. C. E. White. Mrs. Clyde E. Young. „ . Tenors—H. E. Calland. Floyd Chafee, Raymond A. Edie. William R. Fogarty. Raymond B. Gregg. Rost A. Halter. Edward Hamp, James Hatton. F. L. Heselton. Clarence C. Hogue. Fred Hummel. J. C. Kendall II S. Kistler. Thomas Knox. P. T. Macdonald. J. F. Moyer. Frank Nusbaum, Francis T. O'Brien. William T. Pearcy, Jack H. Rhoades. George A. Smith. W. M. Stapelkemper. Hubert T. Vitz. Bernard Q. Zimmer. Baritones and Basses —Henry R. Alburger L G. Blazer, Harold W. Brady. Joseph B Brand. T. V. Broadstreet. W. J. Conroy. V'. L. Cornish, FrankE. Cramer. Earl E. Crooke Arthur I. Franklin. Alfred Halliday. Ernest Theo. Heberlein. William Penn Huff, Fred L. lake, Fred Jefry. Grant A. Earns, Edward La Shells, David Lennox, Ralph W Leonard. John A. McConnell. Fred N. Morris Dwight. A. Murphy. Ned B. Nelson. George A. Newton. Humbert P. Paganl. Wilson P. Pagani, Wilson B. Parker Dunbar D. Scott. Paul J. Smith. E. W. Stoekdale. Estal L. Taylor. L. B Van Paul L. Walters. J. Franklin Wright.

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ISIS First Half Next Week Fred rrea AII seats Thompson Hoofs” A " lh ° Tlm * Bobby Dunn Comedy “The Dumb Waiter”

Mr. Smith's THEATRE 39 N. Illinois St HOBART ROSWORTH PAULINE STARKE In JAMES A. HERNE’S Melodrama of New England and the Frozen North “Hearts of Gak 7 * 20c Admission —2O c