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Evening star., 1925-11-08
BARRIERS BObbing Up.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Five years ago there were 5000
hair dressing shops in the United
States, now there are $4,000. And it
is no mystery how they bobbed up.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Rate by MaiI-PayabIe in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
70 the use for republication of all news DIS
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred
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published herein. All rights OF publication
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Evening star., 1925-11-08

The promise of a return to America
will be kept by Caillaux. France is
not quite sure that his return will be
in an official capacity.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

If the Prince Of Wales falls of a
horse few more times he may be
tempted TO adopt an American custom
and get himself an electric exerciser.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Same Policy Followed Elsewhere.


The present general manager of the
! Metropolitan is a foreigner, Giulio
Gatti-CasaZza, but Mr.. Kahn says that
| the same policy was adhered to in the
past when the manager was an Amer
| lean, that 1t was followed by the Bos-
| ton Grand Opera Company, which was
organized and administered by board
| of New England Americans and that
| it is being followed by the Chicago
| Grand Opera under the management
| of Illinois Americans.
Also a similar policy, he says, is
| being followed by all of the great or
chestral organizations of the country
| the Philharmonic and the Symphony
Society of New York, and the or
chestras in Boston, Philadelphia,
Rochester, Cincinnati, Cleveland. De-
troit, Minneapolis and San Fran
| cisco-all of which engage foreign
| singers and virtuosi, according to
| their qualifications, side by side with
| Americans.
| AS to the salary a singer receives,
| that does not depend upon his ma
| tionality or name, or even reputation,
but upon his qualifications and the
! degree of favor and interest which
| the public indicates toward him. Mr..
Kahn does not discuss the salaries
| paid artists, whether foreign or Amer
lean, now appearing at the Metro
politan, but he says that when Ger
| aldine Farrar was there she received
a higher salary than was paid any
other woman singer, and that Mime.
| Nordica and Nine. Eames, Americans
both, headed the salary lists in their
| day.
| 1t is also pointed out that as COM
pared to seven American singers who
| were engaged at the Metropolitan un-
der the management of the American,
! Grau, there are now under the
Italian, Gatti-Casazza, more than 80
| American singers, and, in addition, a
| considerable proportion of the chorus
and most Of the ballet are Americans.
Gatti-Casazza has thus far produced
| nine operas and one ballet by Ameri
| can composers.
1T is no fault of the Metropolitan"
adds Mr.. Kahn, that no opera by an
American composer, though no pains
| were spared in the rehearsal and pro-
| duction of such works, has yet sue
ceeded in holding the interest of the
public sufficiently to be included in
| the permanent repertoire. 1t is neither
publicists nor managers, but the audi
| ence, with whom the verdict rests in
| the final analysis, and whose judg-
| ment is controlling"
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Minds and Voices,

From the Flint Sunday Journal.
The less of it they have, the more
people seem obsessed with the incli-
nation to speak their mind.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Sense of Gratitude

You never catch any tish?'
II don't want to. I'm grateful to
them for giving me the pretext of a
fishing trip for holiday"
Evening star., 1925-11-08
ChicagO's Second Story.

From the Indianapolis Sunday Star.
Chicago may provide an upper
deck street for use of its numerous
second-story workers.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Navy officials regard Col. Billy
as an ace who is trying to
play the deuce.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
FRAGILE.

From the Greensboro Daily Record.
Theoretically It ought not to be
difficult to smash an egg corner in
the market or elsewhere.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
The American Throne.
From the Boston Traveller

Thrones aren't worth much these
times, but it's different with seat
on the Stock Exchange.
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The following paragraph in The Star
Of November ], 1875, reads oddly now
in respect to the con-
New YORK cluding sentence when
Sub,povc one thinks of the nu-
Inerous subwayS that
have been bored through the Man
haitian rocks since that time:
New York City is certain TO have
rapid transit at last. The subscription
to the stock of the Manhattan Rail
way Co. was all taken within an
hour after the books were opened.
This is 10 be an elevated road of two
or more tracks on the plan of the
present Greenwich street line, and is
to be completed from the City Hall
to Fifty-ninth street in two years.
An underground road below Forty
seventh street, on the plan of the one
in London, has been found imprac-
ticable, owing to the beds of rock ly-
ing under the heart of the city"
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Not an Opera Language.

In explaining the policy of having
operas sung in the language to which
they are composed Mr.. Kahn de-
clares that every opera loses by hav-
Evening star., 1925-11-08

In question came home from Europe
not so long ago bringing with him
a wonderful Minerva roadster, mads
in Belgium, and costing about SIG, 900
on the hoof. Naturally proud OF his
purchase, the young autois. went for
trial spin down in Long Island
lie had not progressed far into the
country when at a cross-road no be
held Il hand turned against him. As
he approached the owner of the hand
threw back his coat and displayed
with no small degree OF pride, star
BE you the owner OF this ma
chine|' the minion Of the law de
manded.
II am" replied the somewhat
startled driver.
Lets see your papers"
AS is always the case at such time
the papers" were darned hard to
find, but at last they were produced
and thoroughly examined by the con
stable. Meantime the owner became
more and more puzzled and Just d
wee bit peeved.
II say" he CALCULATED at last
what is all this about anyway"
well, young fellow" said the cor
stable, I'VE be looking for Il stolen
car, that's what"
What kind OF car was it?" asked
tIe lHOlOIlSl, llllllhILS Thereby 10 eS
tabliSh q quick allbi, TO say the lea ST
Ford coop" snapped tho con
stable, with absolutely no lessentng
Of his martial dignity.
New York and New Jersey have
voted wet" once more, thoroughly
and decisiveiy. OF course, il doesn't
mean anything. The old eighteenth
amendment has been written so hard
and fast into the Constitution of the
| United States that il probably never
will come out. 1t took a hundred
years TO get it there and Will takT
twice as long 10 get it out, according
to the most optimistic calculations.
But the New York vets and the
| New Jersey vets get d lot of salts
| faction out of going TO the polls ind
! voting for the men who say thew
are as damp as the Atlantic Ocean
and would make the whole country
| that way il only they could put II
| over. Probably what the vets really
| are hoping for Is d nullification uS
| tho amendment and the Eolstead act
| through some form Of non-enforCe-
ment. Representative John Philip
! Hill Of Maryland, champion wine ana
| beer maker of the all-AmeriCan Cei-
| lar League, virtually has come out
| for nullificatiOn as the best means
| of attacking Il dry United States.
Mr.. Hill is out on the Pacific Coast
| trying to cheer up the downcast vets
| of that far territory, and at last re
| ports was meeting with considerable
| success.
Copyright l925)
Evening star., 1925-11-08
The SnOWbird. .

The snowbird is a happy elf.
In Winter he enjoys himself.
He never frets his little soul
About the rising cost Of coal.
The snowbird is a festive fowl.
Through figures he need never prowl,
While man, biped most abject,
Exclaims, What good is intellect"
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Advanced Ideals.

What has become OF the old.time
lobbyist"
I'VE don't need him any more" an
swered Senator Sorghum. "a lobbyist
was a comparatively low-salaried man.
1 wouldn't think Of associating with
anybody less distinguished and i'm.
portant than a propagandist"
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Oar ain no Sanity Claus" said
Uncle Eben, which makes it more
obligatory foh you to git busy an not
let his absence be noticed"
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Half Il century ago The Post Office
Department was having trouble with
y,,,, careless letter writers just
1lleSlple as it has today and as it
Letters. will probably always have
take pen in hand hastily or ignorantly.
In The Star of November 2, 1875, is
the following:
''The astonishing number of 3,64o,-
1877 letters found their way to the dead
letter office during the last fiscal year,
and the total amount of drafts,
checks and money contained in them
amounted to about So, 100000. All but
about 100000 of this amount was re-
turned to the parties to whom it be
longed. There is a lesson conveyed
in this statement which letter writer's
would do we'll to heed. Many letters
go astray because they are misdirected
and the parties to whom they are ad-
dressed cannot be found. 1t fire.
quently happens that the envelope is
destroyed, in which case if the name
and address of the party for whom the
letter is intended are not given in the
letter itself, the letter will never reach
its destination. Hence the Importance
Of always giving this address either
at the beginning or the close of the
letter. The envelope should also be
SQpCISCElDSQ III al leSlDlc IldIlU ana 10
bear not only the name of the party
addressed and his post office, but the
county and State as well. There are,
for instance, no less than A post
offices in the United States bearing the
name of Washington or Washing
ton Corners etc, and it therefore
follows that should any one sending "a
letter to Washington omit the name
Of the State or the District, it would
be likely to travel about for months
before reaching its destination. Care
less persons would save themselves
a great deal of loss and veXation by
observing these simple rules"
These rules are just as applicable
today as they were half a century ago.
The germ theory of disease causa-
ton and transmission was not far
Foul Waters and eenanceu Century ago, nan but
Public Health. ter;an there We're stim, nm
truth. Some strange views were en-
tertained, however, especially in regard
to the nature and means OF the COM
munication of malaria. In The Star
Of November S, 1876, is the following:
"The theory that many diseases are
communicated by germs floating in
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Jud Tunkins says "a friend in need
instead of handing out advice reaches
for his check book and says, How
much?'
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Criticism has been directed at the
producers of grand opera in this coun-
try, notably at the Metropolitan Opera
Co of New York, to the effect that
American singers and composers are
Disseminated against and foreign ar
lists and art favored, that American
artists who do break in are paid small
er salaries than are paid foreigners,
and that grand opera is usually sung
in a foreign language when 1t could
and should be translated into English.
Otto II. Kahn, president of the Me
tropolitan Co, has answered these
criticisms in a brochure just made
public by the organization which he
heads. In substance he says they are
preposterous, and that the American
public gets the kind of opera and a
personnel of artists that it wants and
will support.
This is, in effect, the answer that is
made to critics of the movies and the
legitimate stage-the cash customer
determines what is produced for him,
for art, which Is long, is as fleeting as
time If it is not supported at the box
office.
What possible motive could there be,
asks Mr.. Kahn, for an organization
founded by Americans, situated in
America, dependent for its existence
upon the patronage of the American
public, administered by a board OF
directors. all of whom are Americans,
to serve foreign art rather than Amer
lean art?
THE policy of the Metropolitan
Opera Co. and the way in which 1t
conceives its functions and its duty
are quite plain and clear" continues
Mr.. Kahn. They are: First, to
make every effort to give opera in
the best possible manner, according
to its judgment and ability; second,
in order to accomplish that purpose.
to bring here the best available talent
from everywhere, and, third, other
things being equal, to give preference
TO American art and American artists
over foreign art and foreign artists.
The Metropolitan Opera does not be-
lieve itself called upon to lower it's
standards for the sake of proving its
Americanism, nor does it feel that by
doing so It would best serve the
cause Of art in America. or please
it's patrons, or even be able to retain
their patronage"
Evening star., 1925-11-08
Nervy Consul
at Tangier.


their position. The
pasha at Tangier. Morocco. recently
impressed all the camels there to con-
vey some goods for the Sultan to Fez.
Among these were animals belonging
to Italians, Englishmen and Ameri-
cans. The Italian consul protested
and the camels of his countrymen
were returned. The American and
British consuls made similar applica-
tions, but the pasha refused them,
saying: Why, you Consuls are like 50
many monkeys. Whatever one does
all the rest must do The American
consul general at once called upon
the British consul to ask if he would
join him in resenting the language
used, but he declined to do so, when
the former at once demanded a full
apology, telling the Sultan's minister
for foreign affairs If it was not made
by a certain hour he would haul down
his flag and cross over to Gibraltar
to await the order of his Government.
The apology was forthcoming. and to
avoid further trouble the pasha re-
leased all the camels he had i'm
pressed"
Evening star., 1925-11-08
New York
CuL1ro-e

American consuls abroad" says
The Star of November 2, 1875, "are
Evening star., 1925-11-08

The following paragraph in The Star
Of November ], 1875, reads oddly now
Evening star., 1925-11-08

The germ theory of disease caust
ton and transmission was not ia
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Copyright. 1925 J
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UtSIIIlIITS 10 dpplSCI-
aAe the responsible.
ity and dignity OF
their position. The
Evening star., 1925-11-08

lereu young Post an appointment as
judge in a Western Territory, which
the youth promptly refused because
of his high respect for the judiciary
| and his feeling that he would be a
nisfit on the job. He said: III quit
| politics, go home, practice law, possi.
bly,, or enter business, and see If l
| cannot make a career for myself in
which / shall not be dependent upon
patronage or pull"
He did succeed in this determine.
! ton. He was president of the Rail-
| way Business Association of the Unit
| ed States from 1909 to 1918, and held
| other important posts, including the
| chairmanship of the American rail-
| road appliance exhibition in connec-
ton with the international railroad
| congress in Washington in 1905. He
was also national counselor of the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
X x X
DIR. William NJ. Jardine. Secretary
| of Agriculture, is much pleased with
| the first big flower show given under
his administration, and Mrs. Jardine
| has done much to populariZe the an
nual chrysanthemum exhibition by
| naming some Of the new seedlings in
| ington society.
DR.. Jardine is also proud Of the
progress made by his department In
showing the food producers of this
country how to beat the Old World
| producers at their own game, in their
own specialties. AS an illustration, he
| points out that much superior "Swiss
cheese is now MADE in America,
and that the famous ''Roquefort
cheese" formerly made only from the
milk of sheep in the dank natural
Is . h. Of JFrn,, Jr-
now made from cows milk in sani-
| tary, up-to-date American dairy estab-
| liShmentS.
Moving pictures are being made of
these achievements of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, by direction Of
Or. Jardine. as part OF the new edu-
lcational drive.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

CCopyright. N25.)
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Half Il century ago The Post Office
Department was having trouble with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
FATE PLAYS PRANK
ON BETTY BRONSON

Again tho long arm Of coincidence
has reached out and played a
strange prank upon Betty Compsonl
III Are Parents Peopleg tho
story calls ror Betty 10 DC pupil
m 90 exclusive Eirlf boarding
school in Pasadena For This 70.
quonee .n The picture. an actual
boarding school IN Pasadena was
chosen as the location.
When the company arrived NJ tie
building, u was discovered that the
school was tho same one Betty
Bronson had attended while bio vac
In California seven years before.
co.fealurod with Miss Bronson iu
Are Parents Peopley are Florence
NiIor and AdolpAe AienJou. Tie
story was socnnHzed By Frances
AEnew from Alice Duor Alillers Sat.
urday Evening Post story u the
came name.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
ASCOT lMPERS0NATES
GAL SWORTHYS MONKEY

Charles Ascot. famous clown and
animal imperhonAtor. has been added
20 tho cast Of THE White MONKEY
now being filmed AZ Fort Lee under
the direction OF Phil Ronen with
barbara In Mari IN The leading
role
Mr. Ascot lmpeTsgnhies the sym.
bollc white monkey used BY John
Galsworthy In hia best selling novel
ana appears IN several scenes that
hhye been added 20 the script 20 su~
tain Tho aleEory between modern
youth and the unusual painting ~
the monkey around which the story
fuyolves.
Sir AAcotvs experience Ia portray
ing animal roles includes the bear
ia latte rcd Riding Hood" tho
dog In "Old Mother Hubbard" tho
cat Ia ',Dlok Wilmington and the
mule Ia Jack md tho Beaua'alk"
on the screen 10 appeared as tie
prehistoric ANIMAL In This Won.
an" rnd the monkey in "AilHiakss
WIN Happen"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
Corinne Startles Cinema World;
Demands Fewer Screen CIose-Up S

Cornns Grlfnth has boldly an.
nouncsd her intentions n demand.
nE fowA. olose.upf IN her forthcofn.
ng piCturcl
~ am firmly convinced" says
Mlsg Griffith. THAT too many close.
upa arc not good for my picture. !
think closeup should mean more
tbun showing tAo fun face in a soft
focus manner TbA has been more
than oytrdone IN tho past and ! ain
going on record against s.
"a closeup or star or player
should have SGT meaning az oil
times. Just because a player has
pretty face o. no reason why d..
reoior- must constantly demand The
camera lens 10 be placed q fow inches
from hereor him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25

II think q story should be- tod iu
action hnd wbat action can one
really obtain in % huge closeup that
occupies dozsns n film footugs md
the enire Dimensions n the screen
on which O. " flafhed
"CloseurF N ooufs are essential.
Certain ci0ssups mean much 10 "a
production. but ! am tired or seeing
10 many injected into one picture.
Yes. I'm against them
Which means that f0r TIE first
time "a star comes ont ana announce
she Is ready % submit 10 fewer
clofs'ups u herself aOmethlng that
heretofore has been one Of the most
coveted desires or anybody putting
on a motion picture makeup.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
Great Outdoors
Is Latest Setting
for Suaue Monte

Thusa who want 20 choose the
stranger than fiction" axiom arc
perfectly welcome 90 Il. but stark
up and up reality holds the palm.
according 60 Monte Hue, who las
just returned from location IN tho
Royal Gorge. Colorado, FOR sceneA
In Tho Limited Mail"
THIS is the first outdoor picture
Monte has made In aome time, IN
fact for several years. and Il seems
that ho IS being Initiated and making
Il up an az tho same time, In chool'
Ing the Royal Gorge George Inn, the
director, had the rugged background
aud beautiful scenery ~ well as tho
story itself in mind. but he unwit
tingly chose a pretty hard locale for
Montos scenes. For instance, one
OF them requires him 90 drive his
engine Monte Is an engineer Ia this
pieturcl around some OF the bending
curves In tho Gorge AZ about 20 miles
an hour and then get going about
30 per on tho straight,aways. Also
the cameras were SO arranged that
he must DO the aciuG' driving and
at that speed. In order 10 get the
proper effect
This doesn't sound as hard as it
might be. for Monte before he en-.
tered pictures. was railroad firo'
man and knew something ~ Tie
workings q steam engines so that
with little practice and coaching
from the real engineer ho was able
60 get away with IL Ia great style.
Even az that 10 was a strain. not
oniy 90 him. but % tho camera crew,
with many lives dependent on him
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
Mar Accedest to Popular Demand;
Will Produce Three New Pictures

Mary Pickford expects 70 make
three pictures this year--breaklng
all records for her since she was
with Famous Players some years
ago.
Her present vehicle Little Annie
Rooney" Is well under way and the
schedule calls for It's completion early
In June.
w'inlfred Dunn. of the PIckford
scenario department. Is working on
a second story for Miss Plckford. as
vet unnamed The nature OF this
story has not been disclosed. but II
is understood TO afford Mary an.
other 1o-year.old role. And yet
third story is contemplated by Miss
Pickford for the present year. II Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
BLUE MOUSE MUSIC

William winder and his orchestra
ct the Blue Mouse win play FOR one
OF It's big numbers this week Down
the Old Church Aisle" In which a
musical marriage VIII be performed
by Ed Benson with Frank MeMinn
and Kelly Holden as the unlncky
bride and groom.
The orchestra will sing and play
big Bad Bill. another favorlte Of.
fering. They viii have pretty
number in by the Light Of the
stars" william winder has de-
voted much time to framing next
weeks concert. Jean Anthony Greif.
organist, will have beautiful mum.
Der in The Song OF the Rose" as
his offering on the organ.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25

T,HE farce, "charley's Aunt" now
4 the Liberty attraction. was origi
naliy produced in England % years
ago and in almost every known
Language ever since. As a screen
farce. however. it far surpasses the
stage version partly because the
screen permits greater latitude in set
tings. and largely because sgd Chap.
lin Is BY far the greatest comedy
actor who ever assumed tho title role.
sgd Chaplin has the soul Of true
comedian. Every gesture. every lit
Of the eyebrows. evokes a humorous
reaction from his audiences yet hs
himself seldom so much as smiles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25

now under discussion with Ernst
Lubitsch. who viii direct Il.
II tho famous star goes thru with
her program and u not persuaded TO
so abroad this fall. as her equally
famous husband urges, shn viii
bring 10y to the United Artist book.
ing offices, for Mary pickford in
ragged roles" IL more In demand
today than az any time in history
Evidence OF this r. shown In the
fact that her old pictures never die e
This Is true in Miss pickford's caSo
more than In that OF any other star.
''Pollyanna, Tess" Through tho
Back Door" and similar pictures OF
Miss Pickford are playing thruou,
this and other countries today al,ho
made several years ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25
LIBERTY SONGFEST

These five song choruses will be
sung NJ the Liberty tomorrow after.
noon by competitors IN the cong con.
test. which viii begin at that play.
house promptly az 1890 o'clock. NO.
No. Nora" Coin South" Tho
wearin' Of tho Green" eat Dawn.
ing and let the Rest OF the World
Go BY" The winners OK tho songs
win bo aelected by tho audience and
they viii be awarded cash prizes.
Oliver Wallace viii add 10 the bril-.
lance Of this Sunday afternoon en-.
tertainmnnt with a concert on the
giant WurItzes. His numbers win
be the overture to Mariana" ana
strauss concert waltz, Voices OF
Spring"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-25

cVEsTERpAYs WIFE Is the
l. suggestive title q the Winter
Garden attraction which s'ar'a sun
dny. 10 run until "wednesday night
trcno Rich and Eileen Percy arc
the featured feminine players Lewh
DAYTON huB The masculine lead The
nleturr u Fald 10 BE- an ebaofhlhE
drama Of marital complications,