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Evening star., 1925-02-15
JAy-WALK|NG BAN
RESULTS PRAISED
Los Angeles Officials Hail
Law as Panacea for
Traffic Troubles.
BY Consolidated Press.

Press.
Los ANGELES, February 14.-Cities
with more than half a million popu-
lation and with acute traffic problems
in their downtown districts can go a
long way toward solving such prob
lens by putting ban on Jay walk
ing"
The facts are being proved here in
Los Angeles, where, with probably
the narrowest streets of any large
city in the country and with more
automobiles than any city in the
world, except possibly New York.
vehicular congestion in its busiest
tirely eliminated
Los Angeles enacted it's anti-jay-
walking ordinance six weeks ago. The
penalty for violators is a fine of IS
or five days in Jail. Except for Fort
Worth, Tex, Los Angeles is said to
be the only large city in the country
with an anti-jay-walking law that car
ries teeth"
Results Are Cited.
BY coupling the jay-walking ban
with an automatic central control
system directing all downtown traf-
flc-the same master signal" system
already in vogue in many large
cities-Los Angeles in six weeks is
claimed to have accomplished the fol-
lowing startling traffic results:
Speeded up vehicular traffic 40 per
cent.
Facilitated pedestrian traffic 50. per
cent.
Speeded up street car movement 25
per cent.
Cut down accidents to pedestrians
from automobiles 95 per cent.
Enabled fire apparatus and ambu-
lances to move through crowded
downtown streets at more than
double their former speed.
In their campaign of educating
pedestrians against jay-walking, Los
Angeles police have had to arrest
more than 200 persons during the six
week. Each day. however, as the new
ordinance continues in effect, the
number of arrests decreases. Fines of
IS have been imposed on the great
majority of those arrested. About the
only offenders freed have been per-
sons who had just arrived in Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
INSURANCE MEN PROFIT
BY REPORT ON CHURCH
Seek Business in Vicinity of Cathe-
dral When Dome Is De-
clared Dangerous.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 14.-There are
plenty Of "go getters'' in the British
business world, no matter how slow
the majority may seem to those &C :
customed to the hurry Of America
A few days ago the city surveyor
said St Pauls towering dome was
dangerous and intimated that It might
come crashing down some day. The
very next morning shopkeepers in the
streets and lanes around the great
cathedral received letters from insur-
ance statesmen advising them to take
out policies against catastrophe. Some
of the property owners actually did
take such insurance.
Meanwhile the controversy over the
safety of the cathedral continues to
fill columns in the newspapers The
surveyor is credited with the desire
to have the cathedral closed on
grounds of safety. Hundreds Of peo-
pie. however, still wander around
under the huge dome seeing the
sights and other hundreds gather
regularly for the services. The dean
and other authorities assert that the
place Is absolutely safe. More than
100000 has been raised by contribu-
tion for the work of.repair
Evening star., 1925-02-15
D. c. LIBRARY FUND
FAR BELOW NEEDS
BoWerman Tells Women's
Club City Is 66 Cents Per
Capita Below Standard.

The District of Columbia is spend
ing only "a cents per capita year
on it's library service, while the
standard set by the American Library
Association is 81 per capita, DR..
George F. Bowerman, librarian, told
the Women's City Club at q luncheon
yesterday.
Washington will have to make
rapid strides if it wants to catch
up with cities of comparable size in
the development of public Libraries
as educational institutions, DR..
Bowerman said. After outlining the
various needs of the Free Public
Library service, DIR. Bowerman con-
tinued:
1.-THE carrying out of these plans
means money. In the District of CO.
lumbia we are spending "a cents
per capita per year on our public
library system. The standard set
by the American Library Association
is 81 per capita. Now, this by no
means provides for this educational
side of the work. but only for the
most fundamental day-by-day serv-
ice. The city of Cleveland, which has
one of the finest library systems in
the country, now pay $1.30 per
capita.
Not Certain of Budget.
"Our very modest budget for this
year asked for SO cents per capita
We do not know that we will even
get that. If we made our budget on
the standard we ought to have over
100000 today. Very modestly we
have asked for $4,000. If we fol-
lowed the Cleveland standard we
would have 100000"
DR.. Bowerman asked the club to
continue the work 1t has already done
as one of the 20 organization that
have endorsed the present library
budget.
In beginning his talk, DR.. Bower
man suggested that the modern pub
lie library is no longer regarded SIM
ply as a storehouse for books. His
ideal for the libraries of Washing
ton, he said, is not to make them a
series of long counters over which
books are handed out by attendants.
His conception of the ideal public
library, he said, is to make it a
community intelligence service, an
agency that will prepare it's subscrib-
erS for better citizenship by present
Ing them with education for earning
q better livelihood and for the clearer
understanding of all public questions
I'VE are all interested in the devel-
opment of the city schools" said DR.
Bowerman, but relatively the Public
Library is far behind the public
schools
Washington, with q studious and
reading population, has two branch
libraries and a third about to be
opened, he explained, while Indian
apolis, with a smaller population, has
19 branch libraries.
DR.. Bowerman said he hoped to see
q library branch within accessible
distance Of every home in the Dis
trict.
And in each library" he continued,
Il want to see real library service
given. Each person should be dealt
with as an individual. While num-
bers of people come with a knowledge
of what they want, others founder,
often thirsting for something better
than they eventually select, but with
out the knowledge of how to obtain
it."
Mrs. George A. Kicker presided. One
of the members Of the board Of trus-
tees of the Public Library. Mrs. Her
man Gasch, read a short story.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
so CONGRESSMEN
TO ATTEND COMEDY
Accept Invitations to Be Present
at "School for Scandal" at
Central High.


Acceptances have been received
from more than so members of Con-
gress to attend the community recep-
tion and presentation of Richard
Brinsley Sheridan's comedy, ''The
School for Scandal" at the Central
High School Community Center the
evening of Thursday, February Is.
The play is to be given under the
direction of the Community Center
Department of the Public Schools, of
which Mrs. Cecil Norton Sisson is
the director. Many members of the
committees on the District of Co.
lunbia in the Senate and House, who
have been in touch with the work of
the public school system here, will
attend the presentation.
Senators who have accepted the in
vitation to attend include 7. H. Car
away of Arkansas, Robert B. Howell
of Nebraska, w. L. Jones of Wash
ington, William H. King of Utah
George z. Mclean of Connecticut
Lee S. Overman of North Carolina
and o. e. Weller Of Maryland.
Members Of the House who have
accepted are: Representatives w. j.
Driver of Arkansas, A. M. Free of
California, John E. Raker of Cali
Evening star., 1925-02-15
TRY TO STIR ITALY
over ALBANIAN OIL
Tirana Government Officials
Accused of Seeking to
Involve England.
By the Associated Press.

ROME, February 14.-Discussing
the reported concession to Anglo
Persian Oil Co. to work oil fields
in Albania, the Giornale dItalia says:
1.-THE Anglo-Persian company OBJ
tanned confirmation from Ahmed
Zogu (president, of Albania) of a
letter the company possessed since
1921 whereby it was entitled to ex-
ploit certain zone considered to con-
tain oil. The Italian governme ent
reminded the government at Tirana
of previous Italian rights on the Al
banian oil fields when they were
tested by the Italian army and navy
during the war. The British Am
bassador and Premier Mussolini had
| a conversation on the subject, and the
Ambassador presented a memorandum
which was submitted to the Italian
government Office handling such mat
ters.
1.-THE question is considered unim-
! portant, but some significance at
taches to it because it shows the at
titude of the Zogu government,
which, considering that the Italian
Fascist cabinet was favorable to for
| mer Premier Fan S. Noli, the moment
| it seized power hastened to make a
concession to the Anglo-Persian COM
pany, trusting that this would cause
Anglo-Italian troubles.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Packer Jailed in Rum Case,

LOS ANGELES, February 14.-Alex-
ander B. Stewart, head of the Curtis
Packing Corporation of Long Beach,
and eight others, recently convicted
in Federal Court of liquor smuggling,
were fined and sentenced to varying
terms in jails and prisons today.
Stewart was sentenced to four months
in jail and fined $500. Jack Miller
of Vancouver, B. c., received a SEN
tence of two years in prison and a
fine Of $4,000.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
HELD IN NARCOTIC CASES.
Two Taken In Connection Will
New York $4,000 Seizure.

NEW YORK, February 14-De-
tectives today arrested two alleged
narcotic peddlers and seized drugs
on West Ninety-ninth street.
One Of the prisoners was thought
by the authorities to be the man
known as William Williams, whose
arrest on a similar charge two years
ago uncovered a drug scandal among
Hollywood movie stars. This man,
however, said he was David Mat
thews of Newark, n. ].
Code letters and kilograms. most
Of which were from drug addicts in
the South, were seized in the shop
the police said. The men had handled
a mail order trade, detectives reported.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

A Paris contractor has left all of
his fortune of 100000 to found an
orphanage.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Pineapple Yield Higher.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
HONOLULU, January 22.-Records
of production in both quality and
quantity were established by the
pineapple industry of Hawaii during
1924, according to the annual report
of the Association of Hawaiian Pine
apple Gamers, which showed a total
production of 6,S25,904 cases.
This yield exceeded by 83s,922
cases the output of 1920, the previous
high record year, and was 920.157
cases more than the 1923 production.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
CALIFORNIA FARMERS
COOK BY ELECTRICITY
More Than 10000 Houses in In
terror Valleys Equipped
With Panges.
BY the Associated Press.

by AssOClated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February IL
More than 10000 farmers wives in,
California cook by electricity, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the
largest power distributing company
in the State.
In the interior valleys. where wood,
coal or oil is not readily available,
cooking is done to a large extent by
electricity.
The statistics indicate that there
are in the State 167,504 rural light,
and power consumers, and they are
served by 1858 miles of distribution
lines. Practically all the farms are.
lighted electrically.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Tug Crowds to View Blimp,

HAMILTON, Bermuda, February
1.-THE Patoka, tender ship for the
American Navy dirigible Los Angeles,
arrived here this afternoon and an
chored in the Great Sound to await
the coming of the dirigible. Owners
of ocean-going tugs have announced
excursions to witness the arrival of
the Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Some Who Dare and Do.

AS young as the motion picture in
"A dustry is, it has acquired, never
theless, string of traditions that
newcomers find mighty hard to break
down.
For instance, Mary Pickfords
earlier methods have lndelibly
stamped the screen with certain
fixed standards of how to play tn"
mart of a sweet young girl. The
madcap heroine who would attemp
to depart from the style of Mae
Murray is courting screen destruc-
tion. And for many years the pro-
fessional adventures-they call them
"vamps" in Hollywood-who tried tC
depart from the style of Theda Bara
was taking her professional life in
her hands.
Aileen Pringle, however. is one who
has managed to break entirely away
from the old standards and to give
the screen a new "yamp' technique
that Is not only making Miss Pringle
famous and sought-after as an act
ress, but which has set a new fash
ion for actresses engaged in the in
depreciation OF these somewhat du-
bious but alluring roles
Thanks to a. director who was not
tradition bound, Miss Pringle got her
big chance to reveal her idea OF
screen "vamping" in Elinor Glyn's
Three Weeks" with Conrad Nagel
The cordial reception given her style
by the cash customers clinched Miss
Pringle's claim TO the title OF being
a different sort of temptress. Then
came two more successive triumphs
in True as Steel" and His Hour
and by that time Aileen's standing
in Hollywood was unimpeachable.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

/ TO California to look into this motion
picture game, see how II was done.
Well, anyway, they took this eX-
perienced Broadway person to be their
expert out there. She was then less
than 20 years old, weighed less than
100 pounds and measured less than 5
feet tall. Emerson literally looked
down upon her and probably Won
dered way within himself what such
child could teach him. The diminu-
tive person, likewise. wondered-well
you know the line about tricks.
To cut out the part of this story
which would make what the movies
call the love interest," teacher and
pupil soon became collaborators and
then famous and all that. And then
they married, but because they're both
members Of the Lucy Stone League
they remained Anita Loos and John
Emerson.
And then, though still married, they
began to write comedies for the stage
THE Whole Towns Talking" In
which Grant Mitchell played for two
seasons, is theirs.
According to the official statement
'the male members of the firm directs
the rehearsals and the female designs
the clothes" but 1t has been observed
that the female member of the firm
frequently has a thing or two 10 say
at rehearsals and, be 1t said, is always
listened to with something more thar
respect.
And that's why this play about THE
Fall of Eve" is said TO take q really
serious subject and treat it with dis
arminC iauntineSs
Evening star., 1925-05-03

few years ago? Handsome college
youths putting beautiful briars on the
back page of magazine covers filled
every mans heart with an ambition
to catch the same swanky air. DO
you recall that firm of collar makers
who discarded the photographs of a
Beau Brummel for pictures of plain
business men, strong faces, full OF
character, but not a whit of charm or
beauty in them? How many of these
advertisements do you see now? Not
one! Men admire character, but
when choosing a collar or hat they
would rather think they were going to
look like Douglas Fairbanks or Ru
dolph Valentino than Henry Ford.
when / discovered that audiences
would laugh at me at the plainest God
and man could make me, I didn't hesi
tate long. II they like to see my hair
tied in a whisp on the top Of my head
my complexion white and my lips pale
then 1 am right with them with the
makeup box to remedy what nature
didn't prepare in advance.
However, don't think ] am a vain
less woman. Notice the frocks I wear
in the second act. Without boasting.
think 1 make a pretty good comebac elk
once the morning bath Is over"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Emerson-Loos Comedy.

THE Fall of Eve" John Emerson
and Anita Loos' latest dramatic con.
tribution, which will shortly appear at
The Shubert Belasco, is described as
what you might term q carefree tor
almost a devil-take-care) comedy, in
spite of the fact that this year Mr..
emerson, as president of the Actors
Equity Association. has sailed his or
ganiZation through troublesomely
rough II not actually stormy seas. /"
And then, too. as president he's had
% sit In On all the exciting sessions
tbout whether or not Broadway
Ihould have censor and attend
countless meetings when they dis
cussed the citizens play jury.
A little personal history may be
interesting at this point. Not SO very
many years ago girl II years old
.ent a scenario called THE New York
Hat" to d. w. Griffith. He bought
{ and made a picture of 1t, with
lionel Barrymore and Mary Pickford
n the cast. Very soon after ne sent
or the girl and installed her on his
'taf as scenarion writer. She quickly
became recognized as an expert.
When Douglas Fairbanks began pro-
1ucing his comedies he sent for this
girl, and so Anita Loos began writing
screen comedies for Fairbanks Mean
time, John Emerson, who had acted
with distinction. who had been par
ticularly identified with the Clyde
Fitch comedies and who had been as
5ociated with Charles Frohman as di-
-ector and after that had written a
)lay or two himself, decided he'd go
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Next Week s Photoplays

RIALTO Douglas MacLean,
in Introduce Ne"
COLUMBIA-"A Kiss in the
Dark" adapted from aren't
We ALL" featuring Adolphe
Menjou, Agnes Ayres and
Ricardo Cortez.
METROPOLITAN-"One
Year to Live" featuring
Aileen Pringlc, Antonio Mo-
reno and Dorothy Mackaill.
PALACE-"Confessions of a
Queen" adapted from AL
phonse Daudet's Kings in
Exile" with Lewis Stone and
Alice Terry.
TIVOLI-Jackie Coogan, in
"The Rag Man; Norma
Shearer, in Lady of the
Night; Lon Clancy, in "The
Monster" and "The Beauty
Prize"
AMBASSADOR-"One Year
to Live" Griffith's Isn't Life
Wonderful" Percy Mar
mont, in THE Clean Heart"
and Price of Pleasure"
CENTRAL-Harry Carey, in
Soft Shoes; Mrs. Wallace
Reid, in Broken Laws;
Charlie Chaplin and Jackie
Coogan, in The Kid" and
Margaret Livingston, in The
Chorus Lady"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
A Woman Without Vanity.

4 WOMAN without vanity Is like an
: egg without salt--or would be II
such a creature existed, said the old
cynfc. but Charlotte Greenwood of
Hassard Shorts Ritz Revue is said to
stand the test that few of her sex
would care to undergo.
Like Lady Frederick of W. Somerset
Maugham's delightful comedy. in
which Ethel Barrymore used to charm
US, Miss Greenwood reveals herself
in the Ritz Revue las she Is" before
breakfast. Being something Of an ar.
tist, Charlotte even makes 1t worse
than 1t is.
In the sketch Her Morning Bath"
the comedienne is seen trying to take
a plunge with such counter demands
on her attention as telephone and door
bells, ice men and callers. Surely a
vain woman would not permit an au.
dience to see her under such circum-
stances, but Miss Greenwood has an
other kind of vanity. that of the the
ater, which ranks a good laugh as
more precious than a powdered nose
and lipsticked Cupid's bow.
But" says the actress, "men are
much vainer than women. Look at
the advertisements of mems apparel.
What made pipe.smoking the rage a
Evening star., 1925-05-03
DUNIBARTON.

Today, Norma Shearer and Conrad
Nagel. in Excuse Me-; tomorrow,
Eileen Percy, in Turmoil; Tuesday,
Johnny Hines, in THE Early Bird;
Wednesday, Pauline Starke, Claire
Adams and Wallace Beery, in The
Devils Cargo; Thursday. Rod La
Rocque, in The Golden Bed; Friday,
Bebe Daniels, in Miss Bluebeard"
Saturday, Billie Dove, Warren Baxter
and Douglas Fairbanks, jr., in THE
Air Mail"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
CIRCLE.

Today and tomorrow. Virginia Falli
and Percy Marmont, in N, the I'm
known; Tuesday. Baby Peggy, Gladys
Hulette and Edward Earle, in The
Family Secret; Wednesday, Adolph
Menjou, Conrad Nagel and Eleanor
Boardman, in Sinners in SILK; Thurs
day, Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, in
Coming Through" showings. and
9 pm; Friday, Anna Q. Nilsson and
James Kirkwood, in THE Top Of the
World; Saturday. Hoot Gibson, in
1.-THE Hurricane Kid"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
EMPIRE.

Today and tomorrow, Douglas Fair
banks, jr., in THE Air Mail" and
comedy, Getting Trimmed; Topics of
the Day Sunday only; Tuesday and
Wednesday, Vera Reynolds, in The
Golden Bed" and comedy, Horse
Play; Thursday and Friday, Johnny
Hines, in The Early Bird" and COM
edy, "Spooks and Spasms''; Saturday,
Lois Wilson, in "ConUaband," and
comedy, Head over Heels Fox News
and kiddies' surprise matinee.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
PARK

Today, tomorrow and Tuesday, Alice
Terry, in ''Sackcloth and Scarlet
Larry Semon, in Sports and
Splashes," and Pathe News events
Wednesday and Thursday, Lois vii.
son. Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton
and Raymond Mckee, in Contra
band" and Ben Turpin, in wild
Goose Chaser; Friday, a double fea
ture show, Baby Peggy. in THE Fam
lily Secret" and Hoot Gibson, in Hit
and Run" Shows at Z and 81; Satur-
day, Douglas Fairbanks, in ''The Nut
juvenile comedy, wild Cat Willie, y
specially selected novelty reel, The
Chase" and chapter 8, THE Riddle
Rider" Saturday, continuous from
p.m.).
Evening star., 1925-05-03
CHEVY CHASE.

Meighan and Lila Lee, in Coming
Through; News and Aesops Fables:
Tuesday, Bebe Daniels, in Miss Blue,
beard; the human monkeys West
ward Whoa; E9ucation Scenics, "Th'
Perfect View; Wednesday and Thurs
day. Douglas Fairbanks, in Robin
Hood; Newspaper Fun and News
Events; Friday. House Peters, in THE
Tornado; Chapter Of Idaho; Sat
urday, Patsy Ruth Miller, in The
Girl on the Stairs: Universal come
dy and chapter of "Galloping Hoofs. ="
Evening star., 1925-05-03
CAROLINA.

Today and tomorrow, Norma Tai
nadge, in The Only Woman; Tues
day, William Fox's 1T Is the Law"
Wednesday, Husbands and Lovers
with Lewis Stone, Lew Cody, Florenc
Nidor; Thursday, THE Silent Watch
er," with Glenn Hunter, Bessie Love
Friday. The Air Mail" with Bill,
Dove. Douglas Fairbanks. jr.; Satur
day, Tom Mix, in "Dick Turpin."
Evening star., 1925-05-03
LEADER.

The Leader Theater will show Doug
as Fairbanks in The Thief of Bag
dad" today and tomorrow. 1t is
a fantastical story of love and
adventure abounding with amazing
happenings. A winged horse flies
through the clouds, a magic carpet
soars over the housetops, and other
wonders are revealed in abundance.
Added features will be comedy and
.'Gallonirlg HOofS"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Photoplays This Week

in THE Dare Devil';;;; Wednesday
Margaret de la Motto and Conrad
Nagel, in Cheaper to Marry; COM
edy. "Papa's Pet" also Surprise Night;
thursday, Shirley Mason in MY Hus-
bands Wives; Mack Sennett comedy,
"Lizzies of the Fields; Friday, 1.-THE
Cyclone Rider: the Spat Family. in
Bottle Babies; Saturday, William
Desmond, in THE Measure of a Man.;
Our Gang comedy, Tire Trouble;
"Galloping Hoofs," No. 3.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
RAPHAEL.

To-day and tomorrow. Constance Tai
madge. in Learning to Love-; COM
edy, Riders of the Purple Cows;
Tuesday. Mary Philbin, in The Rose
of Paris; Col. Heeza Liar, in Horse
play" also amateur contest at s
o'clock; Wednesday, Helene Chadwick,
in "Trouping with Ellen; Ralph
Graves, in Wages Of Tin; Thursday
and Friday. Conrad Nagel and Mar
garet de la Motto, in Cheaper to
Marry; comedy, Thursday, "Papa's
Pet; Friday. THE Go-Getters,"
Playing with Fire; Saturday. Hoot
Gibson, in 1.-The Riding Kid; Our
Gang Comedy. Every Man for Him.
SELF; "Galloping HoQfs," No. 8.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
HOME.

Today, Corinne Griffith and Milton
Sills, in Single Wives" and Aesop
Fable; tomorrow, Evelyn Brent, in
Midnight Molly" and Ben Turpin, in
The Wild Goose Chaser: Tuesday,
elaine Hammerstein, in "One Glori-
)us Night" and Bobby Vernon, in
High Gear; Wednesday, Barbara La
Marr and Bert Lytell, in "Sandra, 4"
and Charlie Chase, in big Red Riding
Hood; Thursday, Norma Talmadge.
in THE Only Woman" and Art Lake,
in "Alone at Last; Friday, Reckless
Romance and Harry Langdon, in
The Hanson Cabman"; Saturday
Harry Carey, in The Lightning
Rider" and Lloyd Hamilton, in
Hooked"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Continued from Third Page)

Riding Hood; Thursday, Booth Tark-
ington's "Pampered Youth" and Mack
Eennett's Water Wagons; Friday,
Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan,
in The Kid "Sportlight" and Pathe
Review; Saturday, William Russell
End Marguerite de la Motto, in The
Beloved Brute" Cliff Bowes, in ''Wel-
come Danger" and Idaho" No. 8.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

Plains; International News reel.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Eric Won
Stroheim's Greed" Mack Sennett
comedy, "Lizzies of the Field; CTues-
day only surprise night. Thursday,
Patsy Ruth Miller, "The Girl on the
Stairs; Aesop's Fables, comedy, "Sir
Walter Releigh." Friday. Lefty Flynn,
THE No-gun Man; Go Getters, THE
Sleeping Cutie; Hodge-Podge Scenic.
Saturday, Tom Mix, THE Stage Coach
Driver; episode 8. 1.-THE Great Circus
Mystery; Billy West, THE Fly Cop"