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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
Deaths.

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ELOTIsE. CLARK Beloved mother of the
tin Clark and Cornelia johnson and grand
mot mothe5 Of Pearl Paterson Funeral sun,
:, s Hughes viii otHciate. Rel RELATIVES and
friends invited to attend
FRIEDRICH. Friday December II. 1925. at
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sister q Harry Il: LanEiey, in her 9ad
bTother sss Morton piace ne M OF ssI
a. to attend P5ends and
Congressional Cemetery.
Before our eyes she faded
Growing weaker day by day:
Patiently bearing her suffering.
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THEW. husband Of Margaret Morrissey
am. REQUIEM mass At the Church Of the
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The Washington times., 1925-04-25
She Got the Job!

who are the reigning three great
est stage figures?
What were you before going on
the stage?
you leave the stage?
The girl was the only one of
several hundred applicants who
did not fill in the quiz list. In
stead she wrote the comedian a
note. Here it is:
THE funniest thing in the
way of a show l ever saw was
The Perfect Fool The funniest
man | ever saw on the stage or
off is Ed. Wynn. The funniest
thing | ever read in my life is
your QUESTIONABLE. Ill fill yours
in if you'll answer mine: How
can you make people laugh just
walking on and off the stage
without ever studying a line. as
I've known you to do, when
every other laugh star l know
of has to think, and study and
rehearse and drill? Are you a
perfect fool in real life? Is
that the answer to that one?
What have you got against com
posers of music that you roll
YOUR own If chorus girl
couldn't maintain herself on the
salary you pay her would Santa
Claus give her the balance? Is
asking me whether I'm married
or engaged a proposalP"
oddly. hhe press agent forgot
to tell us the young lady's name.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

sour principal concern now is
to eliminate the tendency to-
ward misleading advertising and
toward the use Of titles, which
indicate that the picture is
something which in reality it is
not. There have been, and still
are, a few ill-advised titles at
tached to pictures which them
selves are entirely wholesome
and meritorious. Such a ten
dency may be the result partly
of the same causes which have
brought into existence the OBJ
jectionable plays and books.
Misleading advertising and the
misuse of titles, however, are
thoroughly reprehensible and
must be eliminated"
Discussing the most recent
break of Rudolph Valentino
with his producers, James r.
Quirk, editor of Photoplay, sug-
gests to Valentino that he cease
trying to be a business man
and that it is inconsistent with
the career of screen sheik and
a devil-may-care Latin lover
to have a wife manager. He
recalls that Valentino has
fought with his directors, his
producers, with the courts, with
his own lawyers, with his dane
ing tour managers, and ques-
tons whether they were always
wrong and Mr.. and Mrs. VaIen-
tino always right, saying:
valentino has been badly
advised. He has been swayed
by absurd and silly influences.
He was a screen sensation
rather than an established sue
cess.
"The public stood by him
Loyalty during his first break
with Paramount, but his first
two pictures since his return to
the screen, Monsieur Beau
caire' and The Sainted Devil
have not proved sensationally
successful, although Mr.. and
Mrs. Valentino had entire SUI
pervision of them"
Some of our leading movie
enthusiasts Question: What
makes a movie enthusiast lead
ing?) are awaiting, with what
might be called avid anticipa-
ton, but isn't all of that, two
foreign-made spectacles now
playing in New York.
"The Miracle of the Wolves"
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

Among the half hundred at
tractive figurantes, lyrical auXil-
iarles and terpsichorean compli-
ments of Comedian Ed, Wynn's
newest laff foI.derol, THE Grab
Bag" which comes to the Ma
tional tomorrow night is one
young woman who at a single
stroke forged her way to top
place through quick wit. Wynn,
critical in selection of his sup
porting company, devised ques-
tionnaire as an efficiency time
saver in the selection of his
chorus girls. The compilation of
queries was designed to give the
comedian at a glance the salients
necessary for him by a glance at
the filled in catechism to decide
whether the applicant was ultra
desirable, desirable, possible, or
impossible. Below is a slice of
the question block girls had to
face and get around.
Why did you go on the stage?
do You believe yOm have stage tai
emit?
Are you self supportInRP
What !: your notion Of a chorus
which do you regard your chief
asset: Beauty. symmetry. Vivacity.
What IL your vocal range?
Are you ambitious to rise in your
Who Is your ideal among feminine
Who Is your ideal among male
stars2
The Washington times., 1925-04-25
Many Iron Men
If You're Clever

In conjunction with The
sixth program put into the
air by the "Crandall Satur-
day Nighters," last week,
and to be repeated tonight,
announcement was broad
casted that Harry M. Gran
dali, owner of the theaters
bearing his name in and
about Washington, would
award 500 to the person
suggesting the most suitable
name for a new residential
playhouse to be erected in
the near future at the cor
ner of Georgia avenue and
Farragut street, northwest.
The suggested names must
be mailed to reach the Gran
dali executive offices not
later than May Is. Com
munications should be ad-
addressed to 934 F street,
northwest. Each contestant
may offer as many names as
desired, but in case the win
ming name is submitted by
more than one person the
award will be equally divided
among the successful con-
testants.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

Z another group easily distinguished
by brightly striped awnings
housed the principals of the cast;
a central mess tent covered the
stoves, tables, chairs, kitchen and
dining room combined-where the
entire company was served meals
cafeteria style-breakfast at Z,
lunch at IL, dinner at $50; an
other series of tent houses we're
occupied by the technical staff.
who required q Waterman and
two separate tents to protect the
cameras, lights, ref1ectors, de-
Electors and equipment generally.
The cowboys insisted on building
their own quarters to suit them
selves and these turned out TO be
entirely true to type, one huge
canvas covering Their hunks, with
a slit through the middle of the
roof to allow the smoke of
great wood fire to escape, while
their horses were tethered to the
vegetation nearby, many of the
cowboys refusing to sleep under
the tent, preferring to roll up
in blankets under the stars.
1t was with sincere regret that
with the desert scenes finished
the company prepared to break
camp and depart for Los An
geles. The three weeks spent in
the Mojave secured results, for
in a panorama of gorgeous mag
nificence and beauty the action
and plot were filmed against
changing mountains, glorious sun
sets and the shining desert. and
the hard-riding cowboys furnish
ing an unusual atmosphere of
realism and detail.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25
TWINKLING RHYMES AND
TWINKLING TOES

From verse writing to dancing
is no mean hurdle. yet Margot
Lester, the charming young
Englishwoman who is to be seen
at the Belasco Theater the COM
ing week, as Stock, in Oliver
Morosco's new production,
Queen Nab" by John Hastings
Turner, has accomplished this
feat with attendant success.
Miss Lester, who is now less
than twenty years old, began
writing verses at ten, and they
were so original that her teachers
published her contributions in the
school magazine. This won her
high commentator from the
principal, with the result that
Miss Testers parents planned
a literary career for her.
But while she was writing
'jingling verse, she could almost
visualize herself dancing to its
alluring rhythm, and soon
brought her soulful poetry into
the dance she executed while
nobody was watching. 1t was
distinct shock to her parents
when, instead of reciting some
of her verses at charitable
function some few years later,
she danced instead, and the sue
cess she scored was so instan-
taneous, that she was forced to
give encore after encore.
Miss Lester took seriously to
dancing after that. and while
she still dabbled In twinkling
rhymes. her heart lay in her
twinkling toes. Dancing led to
desire first to sing, and then to
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

y
Motor cars, buses, trucks and
a fleet of Fords were utilized
in transporting the people and
supplies to this location, about
It's miles from Los Angeles,
the base Of the company's pro-
duction unit.
Arrived at the locale decided
upon, the peace and silence of
the desert was Immediately as
saulted by a roaring chaos of
sounds and shouts. "Zander
Town." arising as if by magic
around the huge mess tent,
which provided the nucleus for
the tent city.
Inside Of twelve hours, "Zan-
der Town" had been christened,
an electric generator supplied
lights for each individual tent
and for the street lamps; the
town, laid out according to
complete plan, boasting such
famous streets as Davies Boule-
ward, Blinn avenue, Bosworth
street, Myers alley, Watson road,
Siegmann drive, Ford lane, with
the mess tent known as the
lander block, the names of the
various streets being in honor
of the players, including Hol-
brook Blinn, Harrison Ford,
Hobart Bosworth, Harry Myers,
Harry Watson, jr.; George Sieg-
mann 8 I Miss Marion Davies.
A group of tents provided for
the director and his assistants;
The Washington times., 1925-04-25
: b Ru.Zxbe6y,s confilensC=
THE G ATE-POST
By HarOld Phillip,

sefensorhip policy invoked by Will Hays in the
Motion Picture Producers Association 100 books and plays ncud
ing of the best sellers and have been kept
fran the because Of Objectionable themes.
organization comprised Of twenty organizations
who produce eghyve of all the movies shown in this
country The aim of the policy agreed by the producers
among themselves twofo purge the of aacious
the industry from the yappng of Off
cial and volunteer
In effect the producers have pledged themselves to:
Prevent the type of book play from becoming
the prevalent of pictures exercise possible that
only books plays which of the right used for
presntstion avoid perturbation books which
produced after changes the subject
charge of dececn avoid using titles which indicative Of
kind Of picture which could not be produced their
gestvene seek obtain attendance by deception thing equally
reprehnsle and misleading salacious dshonst
adv
The Washington times., 1925-04-25
Realism.

One of the most interesting
features in 1.-THE Last Hour"
which is the photoplay attraction
at the Strand Theater for the
week beginning tomorrow, Is q
clever escape managed by sew.
eral law violators who have Just
been caught by the police. Sew
eral prominent police officials,
who have seen THE Last Hour"
in New York, where it held its
world premier, claimed that the
escape in the picture was not
only very ingeniously managed
but actually possible and cited
several instances where criminals
had secured freedom by ruses
that amounted almost to sheer
genius.
Milton Stills, Carmel Myers and
Alec Francis compose the little
group among whom the police
suddenly burst in upon.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25
All Aboard!

The first excursion aboard the
steamer st. Johns will be the
Board of Trade outing to Guam
tico on May 23 The regular sum-
mer season will begin Friday.
May 90. The steamer ST. Johns
Is practically new boat this
season, for during the winter
months extensive improvements
were made. New decks have
been laid over the entire boat.
and the engine has been COM
pletely overhauled, which will in.
crease her speed, while the vessel
has been reprinted and redecor-
ated throughout.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

is French, and has a pack Of
wolves in it. "Quo Vadis" is
Italian, and is, briefly, Emil
Jannings as Nero, completely
surrounded by Christian martyrs
and burning timbers.
Inasmuch as it is extremely
difficult to judge a spectacle,
which is a good deal like a cir
Gus, on it's dramatic merits, the
New York critics have somewhat
muddled and divided in opinion
on each of these productions.
Well, we all know in time. as
one might say.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25
DESERT VILLAGE, REARS
FOR LANDER

the Great Marion Davies Cosmopolitan production
through Metro Godwn which the Columbia
Sunday May contains the true atmosphere Of the
great West
Against purple mountains of dark and
Mojave DESERT the
the story is staged with all the grandeur and
scenic beauty of the Far West as background
section of the Mojave
desert small village chosen
which the Cosmopolitan transported about
including Marion Davies; her leading
Ford eight of the principal players in the cast the
property all
management Of the director George William HILL and
his associates who built thriving little tent city the middle Of
the doaaH
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

OF the success of this scheme,
Mr.. Hays says:
During the year just passed
the plan I have described has
resulted in more than 100 books
and plays-including some of
the "best sellers" and stage
successes-being kept from the
screen because our members be-
lieved them unsuitable for pic
turization. There have not been
more than half a dozen disputed
instances.
"Some pictures have been
made which might very well
have been omitted. A few have
been made which should not
have been made at all. But, as
] have said, more than 100 ques-
tionable books and plays have
been kept from the screen volun-
tarily by our members by. this
reasonable method which is not
censorship in any case No
censorship could bring these re-
suits.
Neither does this formula,
by any possible construction or
application, limit the production
of vital or artistic pictures. Any
method doing that would fail
absolutely.
"Of course, this is good bust
ness as well as good morals.
am mighty certain it is good
business so far as motion pic
lures are concerned. / know the
American public is sound, and in
the last analysis there is no
doubt about such a course be-
ing profitable. You have been
p up and down your stairway at
home a hundred thousand times,
but you don't know the number
of steps in the stairway. You
can send any boy there once to
count the steps and he is a bet
ter witness in any court as to
the number of steps than you
are. Well, I've been counting
the steps for a long time and
] know that this course will pay.
at must always be remem-
bered that there is much which
may be shown on the legitimate
stage and printed in books
which cannot be shown on the
screen at all if the screen is to
remain the democracy of enter
tainment. A screen production
Is Aren by vastly greater and
more diversified number of
people than a novel or a stage
play reaches.
The Washington times., 1925-04-25

appear on the acting stage. with
the result that she approached
the famous London producer OK re-
vues, Andre Chariot, who gave
her a small part in one OF his
current organizations, her earn
estness and dynamic personality
taking Mr.. Chariot off his feet.
Last winter Miss Lester came to
America, and her first appear
ance in this country is in Queen
Nah"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-03-26
MRS. MYRTLE WRIGHT DIES
HOME WAS IN Los ANGELES

Mrs. Agnes McVeigh who is at
present in Wheeling, W. Va, re-
ceived news of the death of Mrs.
Myrtle E. Wright which occurred re-
Gently at Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs.
Wright was daughter Of the late
Geo w. McVeigh of McConnelsville.
She was born in Windsor township,
this county She is survived by
sister, Mrs F. c. Ewart of Hamilton,
N. Y; half brother, G. II. McVeigh
of Wheeling, W. Va, and a step
mother, Mrs. Agnes McVeigh, above
mentioned She was 7 years Of age
at the time of her death, and was
woman Of fine Christian character.
Her death was the result of cancer.
The deceased was the wife of Rev.
Geo c. Wright, a well known Baptist
minister, and who was for II years
pastor of the Baptist church at Santa
Barbara, Cal. Four years ago they
moved to Los Angeles. Besides her
husband, Mrs. Wright leaves
daughter, Mrs. w. c. Troyer of Pasa
dena, Cal, two daughters, Maybelle
and Dorothy Wright, Of Los Angeles,
and a son Harold d. Wright of Oak
land, Cal.
Funeral services were held at Los
Angeles, and interment made there.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-03-26
Never Silent Club

The N. S. c. met at the home of
Mrs. Mary o. Mccormick, March 10,
with an all day meeting and pot luck
dinner, with brick ice cream served
by hostess. There were 13 members
and 10 visitors present. A fine time
was enjoyed. The meeting was call
ed to order by the president Mrs.
Celesta Glenn, and the program was
carried out as previously announced.
The April meeting will be held at
Mrs. Ella Parmiters. Program,
furnished by the lecturer Mrs. Amel-
ia Leland will be: Song by club; roll
call, answered by naming favorite
spring dish with recipe; reading.
Roxie Whitehouse; song, Florence
Strong and Jessie Harman; house
cleaning short cuts, Iva Ham; grab
bag consisting of flower bulbs. seeds
or cuttings
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-03-26
Volume 55
McCONNETSVH4LE STUDENTS
WIN RECOGNITION AT o. w. U.

The following interesting news
has been received from the news
service director of the O. w. u:
McConnelsville students have step
ped to the front in recent student ac-
tiyities at Ohio Wesleyan university
here. Augusta Button was unani-
mously elected president OF the uni
versity Y. w. G. A. recently and
Bernhard Mercer is included in the
list of freshmen debaters who Will
argue with Allegheny college fresh
men at Meadyille, Pa, Thursday,
March 26.
Presidency of the Y. w. c. A. is
one of the. two highest and most COW
eted elective Offices which an Ohio
Wesleyan coed may attain. Miss
Button will be installed as the head
of the Y. w. G.. A. in the near future
and will direct the activities of the
organization until this time next
spring.
The debate in which Mr. Mercer
will take part will be on the subject
of capital punishment, with the Ohio
Wesleyan team taking the negative
side. Out of freshman class Of
some 800 men, but six have made
places on the first year debating
teams.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-03-26
BOARD APPROVES SPECIAL
ELECTION PROPOSITION

The election board met Monday of
this week, and approved the propo-
sitions of the councils of the two
towns asking for special emergen-
cy election to pay off the debts which
have been contracted for, a large
part of which is for lighting, and
salary of the marshal in McConnels-
vlllo. As has been stated, this cleo
ton is in the signing of petitions,
and enough names must be signed to
equal a majority of all the votes
cast at the last general election,
otherwise the proposition will be
lost.
In Malta there will be found pc
titions at the Harris pharmacy, the
bank, Carr-Parsons' grocery and
Gliddens grocery. In McConnels-
Vile at Geo. B. Kenney's grocery,
Sears, Stanbery. and Danford phar-
macies. The elections Of the two
towns are entirely separate and dis
tinct. The signing of the petitions
must be finished by May /, and if a
majority of voters have signed,
then the board certifies the result to
the county auditor, who will put the
full amount on the coming June
taxes, and there will be no further
levy made, without another similar
election. The amount Malta seeks
to raise to taFe care of it's indebted
ness is $1,400; McConnelsvilIe, $4,-
7QO
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-03-26
w. r. Williams Funeral

The funeral of VIM. f. Williams
who died last Wednesday night at
his home near Durant, was held at
the family home Saturday at u
O'Clock, and was very largely attend
ed. The services were conducted by
Rev. Nuzum, following which the
body was brought here to the Miller
undertaking parlor, where the cas-
ket was opened, and where quite a
number of friends viewed the re-
mains. Interment was made in the
McConnelsville cemetery Among
those from a distance to attend the
funeral were Mr.. Thomas Fletcher
of Burnside, w. Va; Messrs. Perry
and Hiram Lynch, Salem, w. Va:
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Erwin of New
VIM. and Lena Chapman,
Pete Riley, Ethel Zinsmeister, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Williams, all
of GAINESVILLE; Hayward Williams
and wife of Springfield, ILL.,; Clar-
ence Williams and wife, Chicago.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-03-26
Number 80
MRS. NANCY MILLER, AGED
NINETY, DIES IN MALTA

Mrs. Nancy Miller who had reach
ed the advanced age of so years,
last November, died Saturday at
$3.50 p. m, at her home in upp0
Malta. Some years ago Mrs. Miller
sustained a broken hip, and this
combined with other infirmities, had
caused her to be in an invalid cona-
tion for some time.
The deceased was a. native and
lifelong resident of Morgan county,
her maiden name being Wright. Her
husband John DIETER known as Des-
com Miller, died in 1898 Mrs. Mil
Ter is survived by a son Emmett Mil
Ter of the home, and a daughter Mrs
Blanche Reed of Morgan townshis,
this county. Two sons, He'll and
Harry Miller, are deceased Mrs.
Kate Stanbery of McConnelsville,
who is spending the winter in Flori-
da, is her step-daughter. For many
years Mrs. Miller had been a mem
Der Of the Malta Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 2 p. M, at the residence, con
Quoted by Rev. B. F. w Pitman OF
the Main Street Church of Christ,
and interment was made at the Nal
ia cemetery.