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The Washington times., 1925-11-14
SING SING BOYS
TURN FILM
CRITICS

Fifteen hundred men, locked In
the quiet of their cells at Sing
Sing prison, are today writing
motion picture reviews.
Back Of the great gray walls OF
this famous penal institution, the
convict population, except the
sick and the doomed, has turned
film critic en- masse.
Moving pictures are not a
novelty at Sing Sing. But film
reviewing by the prisoners Is.
Warden Lewis E.. Lawes is
staunch believer in good movies.
He is convinced they are a ire
menduos influence for good on
the morale of convicts. Motion
pictures, he says, have become a
most important mental food 10
men in prison who must be given
something to think about besides
themselves and their condition.
He believes that the creation OF
a who esome brain activity among
. prisoners is highly desirable. and
80 he heartily encouraged the idea
of having the men under his
charge review picture.
To make i stu more inter
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
Readers Should
Use Their Own
Judgment

Minnie bud" Harrison,
prima donna Of Hollywood
Scandals at the Mutual The
alter this week, is an energetic
collector Of good dogs and at
her home, which is quite far
up the Hudson, she has a ken
mel Of pedigreed barkers that
has come to be q constant ex-
hibitiOn point for passers-by.
One OF her favOrites, in this
great Babel of bites and barks,
is a setter whose perspicacity
well nigh befuddles average
credulity. It does ours.
The story goes that for three
nights this settler was found
parked afrOnt the door Of q
house near Miss Harrison's,
into which a new family had
moved. Upon someone's eInerg-
ing from this house, Rumple-
stiitskin-that's the settlers
name-wOuld set as though
sporting grouse Or prairie
chickens.
"And, believe it or not"
saws Miss Harrison. 1--WE found
later that the faanily's name
was Partridge 4
The Washington times., 1925-11-14

edy. Irene" on which she 10
now at work.
That's the way it goes in the
movies. If a star makes good
on one brand of stuff, he or she
is kept eternally at it, forever
after, without respite. We can
expect Colleen to come along
with Princess April" The Pur-
pie Cow and other immortal
gems of the stage, movie rights
for. which may be bought very.
very reasonably.
\ *
George Walsh, whom we re.
member as the young star sent
out by William Fox some years
ago to steal some of Douglas
Fairbanks laurels by acrobatic
comedy and good looks, is NOV
ing slowly into the limelight
again.
When Walsh got his premature
starring start, he had looks. agil-
ity and could do anything that
Fairbanks can-but he lacked
screen personality.
So for some time past he has
been roaming the studies, getting
q job here and there, acquiring
new skill and learning. learning,
learning to project his Individual
ity into the film,
His run of hard luck almost
parallels the famous losing streak,
now happily ended, Of Herbert
Brenon. Walsh was cast for q
major part in ben Hur," and
was in Rome, when reorganiza-
ton Of the whole affair was or
dered, and he found himself out
of job.
On his return to the States, the
new Chadwick Pictures Corpora
ton picked him up, and now 1t
10 announced that Walsh will star
again In ''1'he Count of Luxen1-
hourg,.' described by the press
agent as "a rah-ran film Of col
lege life, a picture in which
Walsh will shine as the gradir0a
star and all-around athlete. =
The Washington times., 1925-11-14

Walter Pritchard Eaton who
holds in the Tyler organization
a position similar to that of the
lady elegant on a milk-white
street who rides ahead Of the
circus pageant, planting the
promise Of grandeurs to come,
is dubious in minor key Of the
future Of such revivals.
: The petty larceny proclivities
of Percy Hammond allows US
all to peek in Mr.. Tyler's
mailbag and read the follow
ing:
Among the more informative
of the notes on Mr.. Tyler's desk
was one from Walter Richard
Eaton, the best of the mission
airy critics. Mr.. Eaton is pre-
pairing the way for Mr.. Tyler's
revival of ''The School for Scan
daI," giving good lectures upon
it, two weeks in advance. His
letter, which / stole and hid in
my pOrtmanteau or brief case, is
as follows:
"Dedr Ge0rgeZ sGW The
School last night IN PhilGdeL-
phiG, and found 1t far GaUGy
the best performance of the old
piece / eUer had "a chance to
aOitness. 1t IS done 1Oith a silkem
grace and gag sparkle aud an
incessGmt beauty 1OEich the
American theGter ought to be
proud of. / certainly cOngTdtu-
late yOu. But as I matched
that grace and beauty unfold,
qCithout the opportunities for
the loud guffG1U aOhich oar
NOVEL, fed public haze come to
demand land (which THE RiVGIs'
does supply them With), I
couldn't help wondering If there
are enough of as left to gtVe
this production the support it so
richly deserves. They told me
at the theater that business had
been Grand Ia bad night for it
this eVe, hO1oeUer, dTGt it: even
Washington is snosOed Mnder)
and pray 1t may remain so.
/ qCiH surely do all in nny DOaOe~.
/ haze had better audiences
here than in Philadelphia and
found rather more apparent in
terest. BroGdcGsted tonight,
and tomorrow / go to Boston,
Uhere / shall be at the Belle
que, on Beacon street. Naturally
/ am eager to knO1O hotU bust
ness Keeps up. If high
comedy, produced Nth so much
subtle beauty, goes Over big and
holds up, there is hope for as
yet. / thought Nay Collins WGs
delightful.
"WALTER EATON,
| "ShorehGms Hotel, Washington" "
The Washington times., 1925-11-14

The simple truth is that the
British are not producing first
rate pictures, or we'd be seeing
some of them in American thea
tiers. From time to time, some
daring soul imports-an Eng
lish movie, only to have the
public find it inferior in almost
every way to our own brand.
The British public, fed largely
on the United States product, is
setting up no clamor for Eng
lish pictures. Nevertheless, an
agreement has been reached
whereby all exhibitors, begin
ming next January, will be COM
PEELED to run q minimum OF
10 per cent of British films, this
use rising progressively to 20
per cent during the third quar-
ter of 1929.
Odd, wot?
Watch and see the big sticks
of American producers in ac-
ton! 1t looks like a great
battle. More later.
X X
A great movie week lies ahead
of Washington. If you don't be-
lieve it, juggle the following
names, all of which are connected
with offerings at downtown thea
tiers: Marion Davies. Monta he'll.
Eric Won Stroheim. Corinne GrlI-
fifth, Mae Murray, Conrad Nage:,
Edna Ferber, and John Gilbert:
Looks like a Who's Who" OF
neonle who mean something. And,
from all advance reports, the va
worthy, of the names.
X X
Colleen Moore. having made
hit in "Sallg is following up
with q film adanfation a. that
equally auccessful musical COM
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
THIS GREAT MOVIE
GAME OF OURS
By JIM RING

There probably important motion picture producer IN
restlessy his mean pallet IN rear
of foreign film, competition. III -.
the American rs the
decision of picture manufacturers Of their own
product and cut down on imported Yankee films.
This action pretty little hulabaloon sent up
recently bv the Britain nveghng against the
evil influences films stamped made in the U. s. A.
What the English producers seeking larger market
among countryen who shilling after shilling
hold reception
visiting King or queen celluIoid, also American.
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x
It is one thing to produce on
a heavy scale when, that pro-
duction is tailored for a long
New York run. 1t is another
thing, as you won't be long in
neglecting to suspect, to dis
patch a production such as this
on a cross-country hike.
There are two things in its
favor. One is the precedent
for success set by 1.-THE Rivals"
The other is that Sheridan talks
a language understood wherever
there is a school.
"The School for Scandal"
has the greater cast of the two,
but, on the other hand, it has
no Mrs. Fiske. Out of this
wonderful assembly of talent,
there are but two people whom
the folk on the lantern circuit
can identify-Henrietta Cross
man and jefferson de Angels.
Attribute it to ignorance or a
distrust Of all authors, there is
no evading the truth that the
country at large will not take
its shows without a name"
It viii be interesting TO watch
the comparative records of the
productions. The piece now de-
parting is infinitely the better
in every department one can
think of. In its very excelling
of its vagrant companion lies
danger. There are too many
. good actors in the cast. And
there is nothing in the history
II the theater to show that
many good actors under one
tent ever got along very cor
daily.
This observation seems like an
uncalled-for impudence, a n d
would be, save that it's made to
further emphasize the valor of
the experiment Mr.. Tyler finds
himself in the midst of.
-
Business at the National this
week is ahead of "The Rivals"
though the bulk of patronage is
what is known as balcony
trade" meaning school teachers,
students, amateur tn a he r
groups and others popularity
supposed to be as rich mentally
Is they are scant, financially.
The Washington times., 1925-11-14
HELENE
AzN2NAL
THE GATE-P0ST
BIZ Harold PhiIlips

The week has offered but problem in existence due to
Tyle production Of THE School tOr
Scandal" Tonight of players to Boston or
Pittsburgh or Cleveland third week Of itinerary that viii
more than support quota dressing basnand
pitcher hotels early risng town hall tonight
audiences drive into the underbrush
make David Belssco achevaler OF the legion
American honors being what they
are the schools of the country shouldn't
league make Mr. Tyler at least vice president IN
the Band of Audobons something For there's
your Of and ideals Mr. Tyers
pae should though they be alphabetically
The Washington times., 1925-11-14

esting, cash prizes, totaling 500,
were offered for the best reviews,
the first prize being $50. the Sec
ond $25, the third sis, and 81
each for the ten next best
criticisms.
The prizes were put up by
First National Pictures, and the
picture reviewed this week was
Richard Barthelmess' "The Beau.
tiful City.2 in which New York'a
East Side, from which many Of
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sing Sings inmates came. Is the
locale. The judges who will pass
ON the reviews are Warden Lawes,
Richard Barthelmess, and Richard
A. Rowland, general manager OF
First National.
The prize. money isn't a fortune,
as fortunes go nowadays, but for
men who receive the uniform
wage OF cent and a half day
from the State-the price OF .
cigarot-it is great deal and
worth striving for.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
NORTH PRAIRIE

Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Bennett ana
daughter, Gladys Of. Belvidere, URs
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l. O..
Bennett. -
The w. F. NJ. S. will meet Thurs
day afternoon in the club room Of the
church
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Gould, daughter
Elsie May, Mr.. and Mrs Alfred VII
lerton and daughter jamie, motPEed
to Waukegan Sunday.
The young people are practicing for
play, at Looks Like RAIN" to be
given in the near future.
Rev. Raymond Sanger has been ex-
tended unanimous invitation to re-
turn. to North Prairie as pastor for
another year. The stewards of the
church madeAa thorough canvass OF
the community last Sunday and OBJ
tanned pledges sufficient to carry on
the budget for the coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
Fourier Plans to
Retire from Game
Says Treatment by Fans Has Been Of
Such Abusive Character to
Cause His Action.

New York City - Special
dispatches from Pittsburgh to the New
York Evening World says that First
Baseman Jacques Fournier of the
Brooklyn Nationals, now playing here,
has announced that he will not play
another season in a Brooklyn uniform.
Fournier says his treatment by the
fans has been of such abusive charac-
ter as to make him wish to withdraw
from baseball, He has contract for
next year at $12,500.
81 have been sixteen years in base
ball and am accustomed to the fickle-
ness of crowds, but the roasting have
received in Brooklyn has been so saw
age that | cannot play in a Brooklyn
uniform and retain my self-respect.
Every vile name has been hurled at me
over and over again because l made
the ordinary run of errors.
II have become ashamed in Brook
lyn of a profession to which was
once proud to belong"
Other members of the Brooklyn
squad are known to have taken the
abuse by the fans almost as muchto
heart as has Fournier.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
SENATOR LENROOT s
MAKES NO STATEMENT
Senator Declines to Make Any Com.
.ment on the Victory of Little
Bob in the Primary.

Washington, D. C. O-Senator
Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, who
opposed the nomination of Robert M.
LaFollette as a senatorial candidate,
declined today to discuss the lat
ter's victory in yesterdays primary
in that state.
Senator Lenroot supported Roy P.
Wilcox of Eau Claire, who already
has filed to run as an independent
candidate in the general election
September 20. The senator declined
to make an announcement as to his
position in that contest.
Administration leaders in the Sem
ate, among them Senator Butler of
Massachusetts,, and Senator Smoot,
of Utah, -have made it clear that
while LaFollette ran in the Republi-
can primary they do not regard him
as Republican.
Should LaFollette be successful in
the general election it is regarded as
certain that he will be excluded from
Republican senate councils as was his
late father and other of the LaFollette
supporters from the western states
and that he will be given separate
places on the standing committees of
the senate as have Senators Brookhart
of Iowa, and Frazier of North Dakota.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

week. after spending the past four
weeks at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. with
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tennessen and
son, Matthias and Miss Catherine Profit
of Kenosha, spent Sunday at Union
Grove and Burlington, Wis.
Mrs. w. ]. Gross, Jr., is suffering
from q nervous breakdown. Her con-
dition is quite serious.
Little Louise Crew, who recently
was operated upon for appendicitis,
was able to return home again today.
Leon R. Stanton is spending a few
days with his family at Chicago.
Richard Francis returned from New
York City where he was called on i'm
portant business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Dyk and family
of Elkhorp, Wis, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schnuck of Lake
Shore Road
Peter Mann of Maukato, Mimi,
spent q few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. F. Gross, qSr., last week.
Leslie Wood has returned to Chi
cago after spending the summer at
his cottage on the lake shore.
Mrs. Paul Foster accompanied her
father, Winfield Pengra, to his home
at Broadhead, Wis, last Thursday.
Mr.. Pengra visited in Berryyille for
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Niederkorn of
Berryville, were called to Milwaukee
last Tuesday due to the accident of
Mr. Niederkorn's brother, who fell
from an aeroplane at Port Washing
ton, Wis, Labor Day He died Wednes-
day evening and was buried at Port
Washington, Friday morning.
The school board of the Berryville
district will give reception this eve
g-Thursday-for the new teachers,
Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Moss principal. A
program will be furnished by students
of the Congdon School of Music.
The Misses Rosina Francis and
Louise Hahn spent Sunday at Pad
docks Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Carpenter
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. ]. Gross, Jr.
Earl Dunn Of Berryville died very
suddenly today, in hospital at Iron
Mountain, Mich, following an opera
ton for appendicitis. He left no i'm
mediate family having been preceded
in death by his wife less than year
ago. During the time Mr.. Dunn lived
in this community he formed g large
circle of friends who are shocked by
the news Of his sudden death.
Mr.. S. G. Joseph, who has been
spending week with his family, re-
turned to Cincinnati, Ohio, to re-
sumo his work there.
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photographers to
Hold a Convention

Fond du Lac, Wise. Prize
photographs will be displayed at the
annual convention of the Photo
graphers' Association of Wisconsin
here September %, % and "a. The
exhibit will include pictures which
were on display at the national con-
yention at Cleveland this summer.
Prizes will be offered for the best
exhibits shown by members of the
association. A trophy will be awarded
for the best pictures in the commercial
class, one for the best three pictures
in the commercial class, and one in
the salon group.
Henry S. Miller, Fond du Lac, presi-
dent of the association, will be chair
man of the convention. Other Of
fcers are Gust Maine, Racine, first
vice president; Robert Kohler, Mil
waukee, second vice president; Ben
Johannes, Milwaukee, treasurer, and
John A. Chandler, Manitowoc, secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
COLLEGE WOMEN
OPEN NEW SEASON
Give Reception to Pro
spective Members at
WOman's Club.
A MUSICAL PROGRAM

Hospitality expressed with music
and friendly interest was extended to
new teachers and other prospective
members of the Kenosha College club
at reception. held in the lounge Of
the Woman's club. The meeting OPP
ened the College club activities for
the year which will be of an interest
ing variety.
Mrs. Anne Maddox, new president
of the club presided graciously for
the first time, giving the guests of the
evening an outline of the work, being
done by the American Association of
University Women and in particular
by the local club.
She announced the chaipman of vari-
Gus committees, in whose hands the
details of the work will be accom-
plished, as follows: Program, Miss
Marie Heating; publicity, Miss Matilda
Hansen; international relations, Miss
Florence Clark; membership, Miss
Beth Harrington; drama circle, Miss
Myrtle Bangsburg; social, Mrs. Co
rinne Livingston; suggestions, Miss
June Gray; civics, Mrs. Warren Lewis;
hospitality, Mrs. Walter Hammond;
education, Mrs. David Fogwell fine
arts, Miss Edna Hood.
The officers assisting Mrs. Maddox
for the coming season are: Vice
president, Miss Mary Louise Williams;
recording secretary, Miss Phyllis Mel
lencamp; corresponding secretary,
Miss Bernice Rhode; treasurer, Miss
Henrietta Graybill.
Artists Entertain.
The entertainment Of the evening
was worthy of the occasion, which
called for the best the city could af-
ford Raimundo Llada, the young
Spaniard who captivated Kenosha last
year with his winning personality and
ability as a pianist, gave two groups
of numbers in his finest style. Es-
pecially pleasing in his first group
was the finale from Etudes Symptom
iques by Schumann. He played the
selection with unusual skill, particu-
larly in the passages requiring rapid
finger-work and elaborate phrasing.
Others of the group were Variations
in F major, by Beethoven; and Gigue,
by Scarlatti. Three Chopin. numbers
comprised MS SGCOHQ RIOupJ bhC Ia
lade in G minor, the Mazurka in A
minor, and the Polonaise in A fiat.
Miss Marion Bullamore, soprano, de-
lighted her audience with four we'll
chosen selections which brought out
the qualities of her voice to splendid
advantage Perhaps the most popular
was the first, "The Ships, by Louis
v. Saar, to which she gave a remark
ably sympathetic Interpretation. $50
Not, Happy Day., by Grant Bridge,
was sung with rollicking good humor
that was contagious. In Memory, by
Rudolph CAM, she displayed a deeper
emotion, with charming graciousness,
closing her group with my True
Love-, by Henry Hadley.
Following the program a social hour
and refreshments were enjoyed. Host
esses for the evening were: Mrs. Wal,
ter Hammond, chairman; Florence
Clark, Phyllis Symmonds and Frances
Gugenheim.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
NeighbOrhOOd NelUs

and family were Sunday guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. A. Bloss
Miss Elsie StreuH visited friends
here before resuming her studies at
Whitewater normal.
Rev. and Mrs. Glenn James called
on Salem friends Monday, en- route to
Evanston. They will locate at Water
loo, Wis.
The ladies of the community will
serve a chicken dinner Sept. 30 fo-
the Kenosha Boosters. for the benefit
of the NJ. E. church.
The Priscillas will meet with Mrs.
Geo. Huntoon Thursday afternoon Of
this week. A full attendance is desired
as plans will be made for the Booster
dinner.
Rev. o. Holt has returned from the
conference held at Milwaukee and will
have charge of the services as usual
Sunday.
: The Epworth League will meet at
s7:30 Sunday evening Leader, Miss
Lucia MINIS. Topic, can Evening
With Hymns"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
HOWARD SERSHON
JOINS WHIT STAFF
Popular Kenosha Singer
Signed by Station As
Member of Staff.
SINGS ON THURSDAY

Announcement has just been made
from the Office Of the studio manager
of radio station WHIT, the Wrigley
building, Chicago, of the appointment
of Howard Sershon, Kenoshan, as a
regular member of the stations en-
tertaining staff.
The announcement while it does
not come as a complete surprise to
the singers many friends in Kenosha,
brings to Sershon considerable dis
tinction. He has been engaged by
several radio stations recently to aug
ment their staffs and has found con-
siderable favor at each. During the
past. few weeks several stations have
been dickering with Sershon for his
services and the contract for his APP
pear nee has just been signed by
WHIT.
Sings Every Thursday Night.
The schedule which will bring the
Kenosha lyric to Chicago calls for APP
pearances before the WHIT micro
phone every Thursday evening from
$3.50 o'clock (Kenosha time) on
through the rest of the evening. 1t
is believed that shortly as the winter
and radio season sets in his services
will be required throughout the week.
Pat Barnes, announcer for that sta
tion, speaks of Sershon's voice in
glowing terms and points to the num-
Der of kilograms and messages for re-
quest numbers for the Kenoshan as an
indication of his popularity over the
air
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
GENOA CITY

A reception was held Saturday even
ing at the Gospel church for Rev.
Weber and his bride. A pleasant
social evening was spent and dainty
refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Birch and
family have returned to their homo
in Bismarck, N. D., after visiting rela-
tives here.
Joe Schuren spent one day last week
in Kenosha. a- *
Mr.. and Mrs. L. I. Price were Elk
horn callers Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Elliott motored
to Monroe, Sunday
Ed. Smith left Sunday for Ames,
Iowa, where he will enter vet
erinarian's college.
Miss Ethel Krumper of Elg4n, was
home over the weekend.
Harry Rumpel left Monday to take
up his duties as teacher near Hud-
son, Wis.
Mrs. Bert Becker and. daughter Of
Kenosha, spent the past week in the
Geo. Krohn home.
Mrs. Grace Mohr is spending a few
days at Hebron with relatives.
c. B. Covcll of Richmond, was q
caller in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maroney, Misses
Elizabeth and Carrie Keisel and Carl
Meisei Of Chicago, wera home over
Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Kuhn and Mrs. Allen Of
Richmond, were callers at the Frank
Peacock home one day last week.
Mrs. Herman Rauen of Lake Geneva,
called on Mrs. Bertha Rasch, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Waiter westpahl and
son of Elgin, and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Buchert of Richmond, were guests Of
Mrs. Anna Stop, Sunday.
Miss Violet Spencer entertained
friends from Waukegan, last week.
Miss Norma Hermance and friend
of Chicago, spent the weekend in the
Geo. Hermance home.
Miss Ruth Krumper was "a Rich
mond caller, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Toynton en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Beck
and two sons and Mrs. s. Tryon OF
Delaire, Texas, Tuesday.
C. G. Ford transacted business in
Delavan, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hart and baby,
Miss Mildred Bjerning and girl friend
of Chicago, spent Sunday in the r.
H. Bjerning home.
Mrs. Louise Brown and two daugh-
ters visited relatives near Elkhorn,
last week.
Mrs Gertrude Ross of Waukegan,
is visiting relatives here tits week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Anderson and
family of Elgin, spent SATURDAY, after
noon with Mrs. Kate Clapsattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Lent and daugh-
ter motored to Burlington, Tuesday |
evening