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The Washington times., 1925-08-29
THE BUSINESS SIDE OF A
SOUSA TOUR

son of thirty-five weeks, $437, 500.
The second greatest item Of ex-
pense is the 100000 which will be
paid the railroads for $4,000 miles
of transportation at the rate OF
$50 cents q mile. To this will be
added, during the season. about
$4,000 for sleeping car accommO-
dations and special trains to en-
able the band to make some of its
longest Jumps Transfer men
who haul the Sousa Band from
railway train to concert hall and
back to the railway train will re-
ceive about $4,000 in Sousa
money, while the weekly average
for newspaper and billboard adj
vertising is about $5,000-$175, 900
for the season. These figures
total $772, 900 and no allowance
yet has been made for rehearsal
expenses, library, insurance
against loss of instruments or
music by wreck or fire, prelimin.
airy expense. booking fees and in
cidentals.
In spite Of his enormous
operating expense, Sousa has
been able to keep his prices we'll
below those of anyother touring
attraction, musical or theatrical.
.Sousa attracts a wide public. AS.
many as 10000 persons have paid
admission to single concert,
and as many as 10000 have heard
two concerts in single day, and
according to the Sousa cost sheet,
the expense of the average per-
Torrance is not met until the
attendance is more than 1000
persons.
He will appear at the Audi
forum in early winter.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

The American music lover has
learned, long ago, that music
costs money, whether he takes it
free over a. radio set costing 500
to $500, through talking machine
records costing a dollar or more
each and played on machines
costing $50 to 5000 or at first
hand at concert and opera. He
also has learned that the pre-
sentation of music is not 100 per
cent profit, generally from read
ing in his local newspaper that
the opera company" or Symphony
orchestra of his city again has
not been able to meet operating
expenses from gate receipts and
therefore is obliged once more
to call upon it's guarantors. But
because Lieutenant Commander
John Philip Sousa has learned
from Henry Ford that mass pro-
duction is the most economical
production, and because Sousa
for a third of century has been
standing on his own financial
feet, even the Sousa fan does
not always realize that a tour
such as that to be undertaken
this season must attract box
office receipts in excess of
81 ,000. 900 in order TO finish upon
the right side of the ledger.
Salaries of course form the
greatest item of expense in the
Sousa budget. The Sousa bands
men are the finest instrumental
lists to be had. and, with the solo
lists, the average wage for the
ono hundred men is well over
$125 a week. That is $12,500
week in salaries and for the sea-
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

Fighting progress and the adj
vance Of scientific development
is just about as profitable as try
ing to knock down Gibraltar with
your fist. Several of the more
cafIny minds in the motion pic
ture industry have discerned this
as it relates to the utilization of
the radio. Producers and exhibit
tors both have perceived that
what cannot be successfully OPP
posed might perhaps be benefici-
ally harneSsed.
Everyone knows what Samuel
L. Rothafel Croker achieved at
the Capitol Theater in New York
broadcasting his "gang." In Chi
cago, Ba1aban and KatZ occupy n
similar position. In Washington
it is Harry NJ. Crandall and his
Saturday Nighters" who have
taken the air IS a means of
promoting interest in legitimate
amusement purP''its. at the same
time providing entertainment that
ranks high in the estimation of
the listeners-in.
The thing has even gone further
than that.
Australia had new thrill re-
Gently.
AT 9 o'clock on a Saturday
night Australian radio fans heard
the voice of Constance Talmadge
Speaking at 3 o'clock on the same
dsy-Saturday morning.
1t was First National-Los An
geIes Examiner tIe-up worked IN
connection with Miss Talmadge's
new picture, Her Sister From
Paris" then in production at the
United Studios in Hollywood.
1t was a. M, Pacific time,
when Miss Talmadge took her
place in front of the microphone
Of, Radio XII. 1t was then y
O'clock that night in Australia:
The star spoke not only to RADIO
fans who remained at home, but
to thousands who were gathered
in front Of theaters, where LOUD
speakers were hooked up to pow
erful receiving sets. Within eight
hours the first messages were re-
ceiyed from Australia. bringing
word of the success Of the expert
ment.
Miss Talmadge's voice was
central feature of the dedication
of Sydney's newest and finest Gin
ema temple, which, incidentally,
opened with the stars latest COM
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
ADUAL-V VOICED
SINGER OF
BLUES"

Petite Dixie Renault is a
French girl born in the South, as
her cobmination OF names may
suggest. She is blues singer
with Joe Wilton's Girl Club" at
traction at the Gayety next week.
Miss Renault is one Of these
gifted young misses with Il double
voice. and before the current
craze for syncopated songs swept
the land, she was content to sing
in just her usual pleasing so
prano. But the nanny songs
and the "raggety" compositions
became the vogue and this versa
tile Southern girl dropped her
voice a few ranges and became
'blues" vocalist
The combination of two voices
makes her specially unusually
interesting, for in almost every
indigo-hued song Of today, few
deep tones are required, and Miss
Renault accomplishes them with
ease and dizziness. This is her
first -season in Columbia Bur
lesque. Miss Renault has had
some vaudeville experience and
spent one season with a municipal
opera company in the West.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
STEEL IS THOROUGHLY
SOLD ON VODVu

John Steel, who appears at B.
r. Keith's Theater next week, is
well known to Washington and
the country at large, through his
sensational success in the Zieg-
field Follies and his popularity on
the Victrola records.
His beautiful singing of "Tulip
Time" Tell Ne Little Gypsy"
The Girls of My Dreams" and
other FolIies hits win be remem-
bered by those who heard him in
musical comedy and the phono-
graph fans will all be delighted
To see that personality whose
name is so well known to them
and whose voice they have heard
day after day in their parlor and
music rooms.
When asked how he liked the
"two-a-day" in comparison to
musical comedy, Mr.. Steel ex.
claimed:
Vaudeville for mine. I enjoyed
my work in the Follies, but not
like / do in vaudeville. In a pro-
duction one must sing the songs
allotted to the part, whether or
not they satisfy one personally.
In vaudeville 1t is different-I
choose my own songs and can
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
Back to Work

The symphony orchestra at
Crandalls Metropolitan Theater
tomorrow will resume it's normal
personnel which has been consid-
erably distributed during the an
nual vacation period. Daniel
Breeskin, conductor, will return
to the directors stand; Alexander
Podnos, assistant conductor, will
resume a place in the first string
section, and James Araro. first
flutist; Preston Shelly, solo cell
list; Emile Smith, pianist, and
William jacob, percussionist,
again will be seen in their accus-
toned places. Which. of course,
goes for the radio programs put
in the air through broadcasting
station WRC by the Crandall
Saturday nighters every Satur-
day from 1890 p. m. to midnight.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
TALENTS GALORE
HAS THIS
DOLORES

Concert singer, pianist, expert
fencer, mistress of five languages
these are a few of the accom-
plishments of Dolores Cassinelli,
who plays. an important role In
1.-The Unguarded Hour" which
is now in production with Lam
bert Hillyer. directing.
For years Miss CassinelH has
been studying under Fucito, Caru-
SOS famous teacher. Last May
she. made her concert debut in
Baltimore with Martfnelli, the
Metropolitan Opera tenor.
Next to the last step in my
dreams had been achieved when
I made my successful debut" SAYS
Miss Cassine1lf. MY great ;ob-
jective is to become member of
. the. Metropolitan +, Opera Com
pany. shall not stop until
reach that pinnacle" ga,
Miss Cassinelli has a lyric So
prano voice. Sometimes between
scnes in tho studio she sits at the
piano. plays her own acconlpani-
ments and sings. Picture filming
is forgotten during these mo-
ments.
A year ago she competed
against group of expert fencers
from all parts of the world In n
big fencing meet in New York;.
Miss Cassineln defeated them all.
winning as nearly as can be
gauged the feminine fencing
championship Of the world. She
speaks English, French, Spanish,
italian and Portuguese.
In "'The Unguarded Hour" in
which Milton Stills has the stellar
role with Doris Kenyon the fea-
tured feminine player, Miss Cas-
SMELL plays the part of an Italian
duchess.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
Let's Hope This
Is Not a Rum0r

II is rumOred that when the
big radio show is held in the
Washington Auditorium the
last week in September, the
CrandalI Saturday Nighters
with their full personnel, audi.
+. BILE both i'm the Auditorium
and on the air, will play an
important part i'm the Satur-
day nights entertainment.
This local unit, with ROXie
off the air and his gang"
suffering somewhat by reason
Of his absence from the micro
phone, Is fast taking its place
at the top of the radio game
by virtue of consistently good
performances and painstaking
arrangement Of programs. The
CrandaII and their programs
are sponsored by Harry NJ.
Crandall and thei rprOgrams
arranged by Joseph p.
Morgan, general manager Of
thu CrandaII Theaters: Daniel
Breeskin, musical conductor,
and Nelson B. Bell, i'm charge
of advertising and publicity,
who also presides at the
mike"
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
STRANDS SCREEN
HAS BARRYMORE
FILM

We in the so-called civilized
world point with disgust and
loathing to other peoples who
have not yet reached the modern
social development that is the
structure of our lives. We call
them savages and deplore their
traditions, that have, been the
basis of their happy, healthful
lives through countless genera
tions. And we fail to see-or re-
fuse to .Eecognize-the greater
savagery that exists around US.
A picture. of marriage as it act
ually exists today in some circles
provides much of the tense drama
that has provided Lionel Barry.
more's newest screen vehicle with
a true social significance. "A
Man of Iron,". to be seen at the
Strand for one week commenc-
ing Sunday, has treated this inn
portant theme with a commend
able fearlessness.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
HE'S WOOED AND WON
BY THE SCREEN

ton of several Of Shipman's stage
hits to the screen medium how
ever, is believed to have aroused
the writer's interest in the films,
and his first appearance as 8
screen dramatist in "A Slave Of
Fashion will be closely watched
by students Of the drama.
Miss Shearer also attains in
this picture the long-coveted star
dom that was predicted for her
after her big success in Monta
Bells production OF Broadway
After Dark Bell also directed
her in two subsequent pictures,
1.-THE Snob and Ladies Of the
Evening"" while her work under
other directors in HE Who Gets
Slapped" and Excuse Mel" all for
Metro oldwyn release. confirmed
the impression she gave in Bells
first picture
The Washington times., 1925-08-29


To one who has seen a purple
COW, a pint of real gin and an
cid man in a nightgown, there
can be few surprises this side
of the grave. A run, therefore,
of sixteen weeks-whether it be
of a stock company or a fugitive
should elicit but a calm and
passive interest. Being a re-
porter, and required to chart
such happenings as may miss
the casual eye, it should be re-
corded that season as old as
this one must have beneath it
certain elements that are un-
usual; and therefore, news. The
news is all in a nutshell.
The people behind the Ma
tional Players showed a dis
position from the outset to do
the best job possible. An honest
effort that did not contemplate
expense was made to recruit
each department with the best
talent available. The acting
talent was fine and plant to
the dixecting abilities Of Clifford
Brooke; the popularity OF a
play, and not the royalty de-
manded for IL. determined the
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

The appearance at Loew's Pal
ace for the week beginning to-
morrow of Miss Norma Shearer
in a new starring production
called "A Slave of Fashion, by
Samuel Shipman, the Broadway
playwright, not only marks Miss
Shearer's final arrival at stardom,
but it also marks Shipman's first
recorded effort as writer di-
reotly for the screen.
Despite Shipman's position as
dramatist, first in vaudeville
and then in the legitimate foot
light medium, and his success as
the author of such hits as
Friendly Enemies" East Is
West" and Lawful Larceny"
the screen has not been able, up
to recently. to WOO him away
from the footlights. The adapta-
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

TODAY
NATI0NALS-NatIona Players in XII
XII matinee and night.
KETTH'S - Florence ODenisshawn,
dancer; Meistersingers; others.
EARLE-Ben Meroffs Band; other
acts and films.
GAYETY-BIack and white, Karin
to Co. burlesque.
MUTUAL - Naughty Mites" bur-
PALACEmLon CLANCY. in THE I'm
COLUMBIA-Betty Bronson in MOT
So Long Ago"
METROPOLITAN - Doris Kenyon in
R1ALTO-Virginia Vall in ''Siege" !
TivOLI-TOm Mix in THE Rainbow
AMBAssADOR-"steele of the Royal
CENTRAL Agnes Ayres in Her
Market Value.
NEXT WEEK
NATIONAL National Players In
Why Men Leave Home"
KEITH'S-John Steel. Foliies' tenor;
others.
sARLE-Jimmis Gildea in The Great
sTRASI - Harry waiman's Debs:
other acts and films.
GAYETY-Joe wilton's Girl Club
MUTUAL-EveIyn Cunningham and
Her Gang" burIesque.
RIALTO-Aiiee Joyce in THE Home
Maker; Scenes from the Bowery."
PALACE-Sorma Shearer in "A Slave
of Fashion"
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson in THE
Coast of Polly
METROPOLITAN Constance Tai
nadge in Her Sister from Paris"
TIYOLI-"The Marriage WhirI"
AMBASSADOR Her Sister from
Paris"
CENTRAL-'Fighting Youth"
COMING SEPT. O.
NATTONAL-NoeI Coward and English
cast in THE Vortex"
POLPS-MabsI NormAnd in THE Lit
tie Mouse"
EARLE--Meyer Davis Swanee Band |;
other acts and films.
STRAND-MIle Deliric and Argentine
band other acts and films.
GAYETY-Bozo Snyder in "FOllies Of
The Day.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
HER ART FULL BLOWN,
SAYS DWAN

in this picture I'd say that she'd
already reached the halfway
point to the top. Gloria Swan
sons greatest triumphs are to
come or I'm one terrible. awful
prophet. and l believe that the
screen world is not going to be
slow to realize that a new and
wonderful Gloria came back from
France"
THE Coast Of Folly" opens a
weeks engagement at Loew'S
Columbia tomorrow
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
M. VALENTINES
LEADING
LADY

Wilma .Banky. the Hungarian
beauty who makes her American
screen debut opposite Ronald Col
man in THE Dark Angel" a
George FitZmaurice production
which Samuel Goldwyn will pre-
sent through First National is
causing much talk in Hollywood,
which indicates she is one of the
most promising cinema dis
coveries" of recent years.
Many celebrities see, in her "A
remarkable personality and pre-
dict a great film future for. this
young woman from Budapest.
About this new find Charlie
Chaplin says:
Miss Banky has unusual quail
ties for the screen-4a dramatic
power with refinement of feeling
an actress Of rare beauty and
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
THE PLAY CALENDAR

MUTUAL-"Hurry Up burlesque.
METROPOLITAN - Richard BartheI-
mess in "Shore Leave"
.RIALTO-'"The Iron Horse"
COLUMBIA The Ten Command
mepts."
PALACE--Lucille LaVerne in "Sun
Up"
TIVOLI-Jack Holt in wild Horse
Mesa"
AMBASSADOR-"Shore Leave"
CENTRAL~"Bad Lands"
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
Souvenirs

For the final week Of the Ma
tional Theater Players run. which
begins Monday, attractive SOU
venir programs have been pub
lished, containing among other in.
teresting data, autographed pic
lures of all members Of the cast.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

magnetism and an unusual finesse
in her technique which should
establish her as one OF the great
stars of the screen
So much does Rudolph Valentino
think of the talented Miss Banky
that he has, through the courtesy
of Mr.. Goldwyn,- engaged her to
be his leading lady in his next
picture,
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
Screen Veteran

Victor Potel, who is now playing
the heavy role in Warner
Brothers "A Lost Lady" has
been in moving picturesa fifteen
years. He has worked with every
big star of the screen. Potel re-
Gently directed a two-rel comedy
for Hal Roach and expects to pro
duce another when his present
contract with Warner Brothers
is finished
Irene Rich has the starring role
in this classic of the screen, which
Harry Beaumont directed. It is
coming next week to the Earle
as the feature film attraction.
>Others in the cast are Matt
Moore, George Faucet. John
Roche. June Marlowe. Orville Nc
Gregor and Eva Gordon.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
CARESS COMP ETITION
AND BEAT IT!

pleted Production, Learning to
Love-
Her Sister From Paris" will be
First Nationals next offering at
Crandalls Metropolitan and Am
massador theaters, beginning to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1925-08-29
Shed Tear,
Pardner,6r
theOM-T
"The moUing finger

ne ~ VbH& I'm ~
Writes-"
And often it writes in
scr0uUling letters the tragic
tale Of fate reckless and un-
kind. Especially in this
naerry-gO-rOund Of motion
pictures, GOheve fame syringe
up like a n1ushrO0m and
dies like a cut rose.
An OId-eimeP on First Ma
fionaPs "Viennese Medley
set this week, noticed Flor
ence Laurence among the
"GfnOsphere." Florence
Laurence, the first motion
picture star. Florence LGtO-
renee, once queen Of them
all. NoW dressed in the
doIDdy clothes befitting the
Viennese beer garden. Still
young. Look! She is doing
her daily dozen betWeen
scenes. Going to keep
young. NOw she is talking
10 an extra man. She smiles
nearly all the tinle-G fixed,
tragic smile.
Who is the man she's
talking to? He must be
somebody. He always reads
big books as he sits about
wGiting for the camera and
he looks like somebody. Oh,
yes. that's Henry. Miller, jr.,
son of the famous actor.
Looks just like his father.
Wonder why he's an extra
man? Dunno. That's Holly
Uood.
The little lady with the
script4-who may she be?
That is June Mathis, the
noted Writer, WhO is super
Uising the production of this
big picture! Her fame had
not budded when Florence
Laurence WGs there but
1.-THE Four HOrsemen" and
-weN, you know!
And the little IOonGn OVer
there in the corner Wdtch-
. ing the action on the dance
floor. Who is she? That
Is Harold LockwOOds widOuU,
also in the atmosphere.
"The moving finger Urites
and having Urit, moves on"
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

"The moving finger Drites
and having lOrit, moves on"
The Washington times., 1925-08-29

And the little uUon10n OVer
there in the corner v0tch-
. ing the action on the dance
floor. Who is she? That
Is Harold LockWOOds widOO,
also in the atmosphere.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-05-01
BERRIES GETTING RIPE

Several growers around White
Bluffs have told the Spokesman, of
having had ripe strawberi les from
their beds this week and Earl Stan
lake says he will begin making
commercial shipments next Mon
day. Generally speaking, the beds
in this valley are heavily loaded
with the luscious fruit and the
yield promises to be from fair to
good. There was practically no
damage by frost to the berries in
this district and while there was
some winter injury the percentage,
on the whole, was small. Mr..
Stanlake says that the damage to
his bed from this cause will not
exceed 10 per cent and this is prob
ably fair average for the whole
valley. for whila it will exceed this
in some of the beds, others appear
TO have escaped the winter injury
altogether.
Because of the severe winter in
jury to the fields in the Richland-
Kennewick- Pasco district. the Col.
umbia river strawberry crop will
be considerably under an average
crop and the price promises to be
unusually good.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-05-01
RICHLAND CAPTURES
HECTIC GAME, p TO IA

It was advertised as a base ball
game, that affair at the ball grounds
last Sunday and it was anything
else but. All things considered it
was probably the widest and most
weird exhibition of the national pas
time ever staged in these parts. Both
pitchers were hit hard, extra base
blows followed glaring errors in
rapid succession and the runs filter
ing across the plate at times assumed
the appearance of parade. The
final score was 20 to IA in Richland's
favor, enough runs ordinarily for a
whole season. Richland made almost
as many errors as White Bluffs but
the visitors were able to hit more
consistently and thereby piled up the
greater number of scores. Charles
English led the local team in hitting,
contributing two three baggers and
one two Dagger as his part of the
days work.
Richland got the jump by scoring
four in the first inning. Swanson
walked the first two men to face him
The next batter got on through an
infeld error and the Richland first
baseman cleared the bases by
home run to deep left. The local
club kept plugging away but were
never able to overcome this lead
which kept piling up as the game
progressed. In spite of the comedy of
errors there were "a few bright spots
in the game. One was the hitting of
Charles English, the high school
boy who is playing his first season
on the town team. Another was the
one-handed catch of towering fly
by Franklin Beyers lin right field,
who was probobly as much surprized
as anybody to find the ball had
stuck in his gloved hand. And still
another was a perfect throw from
left field to the plate by Harry Cole
man to cut down Ricl1iand runner
who was trying to score from second
on single over short. The ball
came on line and Montgomery
took it standing up, tagging the
runner 10 feet from the plate.
One encouraging thing labout the
local club is the way they are pick
ing up in their hitting. 1t is true
that the Richland pitcher was let
ting down little in the latter part
OF the game, but even when he
frightened up the boys were frequent
ly singing the ball for solid raps.
The local club on Sunday elected
r. S. Dimond as captain and they
plan on doing a lot of practising
this week Dale Atwood, who has
not done any playing since his col
lege days, is working out with the
boys this week and if he shows
enough stuff may be put in to pitch
against Pasco next Sunday. White
Bluffs plays in the lower river town
on that day and is expecting hard
game as Pasco has not lost a game
this season.
Pasco shut out Hanford Sunday,
winning by score of II to. o. ~
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-05-01
ROAD BOOSTERS MEET

D S Wilkinson and F.. A. Eng
lish Of White Bluffs attended
meeting at Benton City Thursday
evening. called for the purpose of
working cut sone read program on
which all>sections Of Benton county
could get together. Every district
in Benton county was represented
at the meeting as we'll as a delega-
tion from Pasco. Mr.. Wilkinson
and Mr.. English said the meeting
was both harmonious and interest
ing.
Mr.. Miller. spokesman for the
Prcsser delegation. said that the
Commercial club Of that place, at
a we'll attended meeting last week,
had waived any attempt to secure
the North and South highway
through Prosser. and had agreed to
get behind the movement for the
route that goes through White
Bluffs, Ranford. Richland and Ken
newick, to the Plymouth. Umatilla
ferry. This gracious and broad
minded attitude on the part of the
county seat folks eliminated all
possibilities for disagreements and
was thoroughly appreciated by the
other delegations.
The organization was made per.
manent at the meeting and hence.
for tn the county will work as a
unit in the promotion and building
Of needed highways in the county
and will cooperate with adjoining
counties on inter county end state
highways passing through this part
of the state.
While the work of the crganiza-
tion will be general, the two i'm
mediate objects of attention will be
the North and South highway as
outlined above. and the paving of
the Yellowstone Trail from Kenne-
wick to Grandview, the first link
being between Kennewick and
Richland; the second between
Grandview and Prosser and finally
the link between Richland and
Prosser.