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, 1925-02-28
NURM| STARTS
DISTANCE FAD
American Runners AL
ready Showing I'M
provement.
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL

~ - 10
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S Omitted
Press)-Paavo Nurmi's visit to the
United States proved the contention
oc veteran coaches that America
could haye some good middle dis.
lance and long distance runners II
the athletes would only get interest
ed in events over n quarter mile.
It is n generally accepted fact
that the United States was turning
into n nation OF sprlnters before
Nurmi came from Finland to
show the greatest pair OF running
legs in the world. High school
coaches said that every candidate
for their track teams wanted TO be
n Paddock. Distance running re-
quired more training and entailed
moro labor.
Ted Meredith. the quarter-mile and
half-mile record holder, made n re-
mark during the OIympic games in
Paris last summer that represented
the attitude OF most OF the Young
sters who had gone into track ath-
letics.
1t was on the day Of the memoir
able cross-country race that was run
in an oven The heat was so intense
and the course so hard that ambu.
lances trailed the field to pick UP
those who collapsed. Several of the
Swedish runners. including the great
Wide. were in such n condition that
they were in a danger OF death
and did not regain consciousness
until near midnight.
When the few stragglers which
trailed in three or four minutes be-.
hind Nurmi had staggered TO the
dressing rooms, Meredith said:
distance runners are all saps, or
they wouldn't be running distances"
Various reasons were given as the
Il Of the decline Of running in
the United States. Coaches said that
the automobile was one ause. They
said that American youngsters were
losing themselves because they
wanted to ride too much and didn't
have the desire to use their legs.
Others said that the American
youngsters were just naturally be-.
coming weaker and less sturdy and
they pointed to the statistics OF the
~selective service draft.
Ernie Hjertsberg. who coached
the Swedish olympic teams in 1912
and 1920. and who trained the Hol.
land team for the Olympics last year.
was the first authority who disputed
this theory.
There are I'm the United States"
he said recently. some boys who
could be developed into runners lust
as fast and as durable as Nurmi.
There is nothing wrong with Amer.
i-an boys. Get them Interested in
distance running and train them
properly. and YOU will have some
distance winners in the next olym-
pic games"
Since the great Finn came TO this
country. American runners. while
they have been made 10 look
lad in competition against him. have
performed better than they ever did
before. Joie Ray and Jimmy Con.
molly have done their fastest miles
and Lloyd Hahn turned in the as.
founding time Of 4;l3 2.5, a new
worlds record for n mile.
Perhaps it was the idea Of the A.
a. u. officials. In bringing Nurmi to
this country, to encourage distance
running and set youngsters inter.
ested In running more than a quar-.
ter mile. II 1t was their purpose
{ was done wisely and it has been
very successful.
, 1925-02-28
WOMEN WHO Give NOW
SHOWING ON SCREEN At
RIALT0i IS BIG REEL

Women Who Give is thoroughly
worth while. Those who saw it last
evening at the Rialto Theater were
enthusiastic in their praise Of the
photodrama. Everyone who appre.
ciates the best in the way Of enter.
tainment should find time to witness
a screening OF this truly excellent
motion picture.
Women Who Give" is a Louis B.
Mayer-Metro presentation Of Regl-
nald Barker's production. It is an
adaptation Of Sarah p. Mclean
Green's story Cape Cod Folks.'
adapted by Bernard McConville and
j. C. Hawks with scenario by A. p
Younger and photographed by Percy
Hilhurn
, 1925-02-28
MEAL HART FEATURE TO
CLOSE At IRIS TODAY

The feature closing at the Iris
today is Table Top Ranch" fea-
turing Neal Hart. a melodrama of
mountain and plain. There is also
n comedy: "Grandpa's Girl" Jack
Hoxie in Western Wallop" plays
tomorrow.
, 1925-02-28
AN(SEMENk

a surprising extent. the plot Is UNI
folded In a mastery manner and not
without ample comedy relief. From
a scenic standpoint, it is superb and
especially brilliant has been the pho
tographing of a real forest fire in
which Director J. G. Blystone has
projected Mr.. Mix and his support
Ing cast to do their acting in the
midst Of real dangers. unmistake-
ably obvious on the screen.
, 1925-02-28

WASHINGToN-The senate ap.
proved house measures providing
for the consolidation of additions to
the Navajo reservations In Arizona;
and tho Withdrawing of 40 acres in
New @exico for the 5 OF the Nay
ajo tribe.
, 1925-02-28

Observation-Disclosures even ex-
planatory debate the senate APPROX
ed the Kendrick Reclamation bill
proving that the market bill pro-
viding for aided and directed set.
tlement on government land in ir-
rigation projects"
, 1925-02-28

WAsHINGToN .-Ambassador
Frank B. Kellogg. secretary of state
designate, has given President Cool
idee a most optimistic view of mat
ters abroad.
, 1925-02-28

GENEVA.-The latest note OF the
German government against the
maintenance Of French troops in
the Saar valley. protested against
adjo????? OF the question.
, 1925-02-28

The seed OF some tobacco is to tiny
that a single tablespoonful will pro-
duce plants enough TO cover ten
acres.
, 1925-02-28
SUMMARY OF
night News

PARASITIC action Of the French
chamber OF deputies in voting spe-
clal taxes on foreigners has caused
confusion in French official circles.
, 1925-02-28

SEDGWICK. Colo.-Probable con-
~struction OF a 100000 sugar fac
tory here this year was announced
by the Great Western Sugar com
pany.
, 1925-02-28
CASPER GETTING READY
FOR NEW Squirt AHEAD,
SALESMAN BELIEVES

Casper is a keen town with a trc-
mendous, never falling power OF
comeback.
, 1925-02-28

That's what l.. ]. Kankcr, repre-.
sentative Of the Detroit Stove work,
says. Several times before Mr.. Kan.
ker has, on his trips here to call on
e. P. Brennan, noticed luis.
'This is the kind of a city that -
almost in n class by itself. i nav
have hsNtemporary d~epressions but
after each one l have noticed Cas-
per take a great suprt forward. I
can sec Just such a period Of rapid
progress Immediately ahead"
, 1925-02-28

Animals are very sensitive TO
earthquakes.
, 1925-02-28
He's Ice Skating Champ

EoLF is regarded
W as one sport
where past per.
formances count for
but little.
Champions come
and 80 in golf with
almost monotonous
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
THE PLAY CALENDAR

STRAND-Glorfa Gordon; vaude-
Vile. r.
RIALTO-"Drusilla with a Mil
AMBAssADOR-"The Desert
Flower"
CENTRAL-R'ee Howes in
youths Gambol."
TIVOLI-"Her Husbands Secret"
GAYETY--Burlesq -
Embellishments.
Week After
NATIONAL-Nat Players. in
"Quinney's."
EARLE-Ben Meroff's Band;
vaudeville.
EARLE ROOF-Films; dancing.
KEITH'SvFlorenCe O'Denishawn;
vaudeville.
PAI.ACE-Lon CLANCY in THE
Unholy Three"
METROPOLITAN--Doris Kenyon
in 1.-THE Half Way Girl"
COLUAIBIA-Betty Bronson in
mot So Long Ago"
&RIALTO--Feature film.
MISUNDERSTANDING and pic
AMBAssADOR-"The Halfway
TIVOi.I-Milton sills in "The
Making of O'MalIey."
CENTRAL--Bert Lytell in Steele
of the Royal, Mounted"
GAYEYY-Burlesqu
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Washington times., 1925-08-15

Swim and grow fat, or swim
and grow thin, but swim!
That's the advice of Odiva,
the aquatic wonder who is head
lining at Keith's next week with
her performing sea lions after
a six years tour of the globe.
Swimming" says Odiva, lis
an exercise for everyone.
strengthens the muscles of the
back, straightens the body, keeps
superfluous fat away, aids the
development of grace and poise
in carriage; in fact, is generally
beneficial"
Odiva is certainly an exempli-
fication Of the soundness of her
argument. This young woman
with her Annette Kellermarln
figure fairly radiates good health.
She has a vivid, winning person
atty upon the stage, and is
equally charming away from the
footlights.
y she learned to swim in Samoa,
the South Sea island where chill
dren learn to swim almost before
they learn to. walk. She swims
with the ease and effortlessness
which marks the performance
of her amphibious vaudeville
partners, eight big sea lions. In
a big glass tank, Odiya and the
sea lions put on an aquatic act
which is internationally famous.
People wonder at her daring to
trust herself in a small tank with
a school of roaring sea lions.
The Washington times., 1925-08-15

The forthcoming appearance to-
morrow and all week at I.oew's
Columbia of Miss Lillian Gish,
the Duse of the screen, in
Metro-Goldwyn.'s made : in Italy
production of George Eliot's clas-
sic, "Romola," has served to re-
mind the literary and the photo
play worlds that Joseph Herges-
heimer, the famous American
novelist, has not yet written for
the Gish he adores that famous
dream picture he once pro1nised
her in terms that are now memoir.
able.
Mr.. Hergesheimer admitted re-
Gently, in the columns of the
American Mercury, that he had
been trying for years to get the
quality. of Miss Gish's acting on
paper. Before that. in an inter
2 view with Miss Gish en- route from
!, West Chester Pa, his home, to
New York, Mr.. Hergesheimer had
paid the girl actress wonderful
compliment, indeed. - for a mar
ried man.
II have. thought said MI
Hergesheimer. along witt james
Branch Cabell. that you ] have
the magic of a. Helen; Of Troy.
I mean that you have the $quality
which, in the Golden Age Weuld
have held an army about tile.
walls of a cityF for seven years.
Helen might he different. from
you in every particular, from the
ground gold in her hair TO her
dyed feet but Won are a, Helen
at. heart, 80 ~ - ass "
1.-THE stories sfor YOU. are end,
less: we can choose ANY z period
in the worlds history, any place
in the world: and there you'll be,
perpetuallys young and always
old, as eternal, almost eaa the ice.
Timeless. All men have ID long
ing for perfection and beauty;
they never. possess it. and !. so
their dream is uninterrupted. ): -.
And, you, dear Lillian: are the
fragrant April moon of mems
hopes. I will make picture for
you that. hundred years from
now. will send young men away
from. 1t, forever dissatisfied with
reality No one, seeing you will
ever. again be deeply interested
In other girls
Up to the present time, no evi.
dence has accrued to show that
Mr.. Hergesheimer has yet writ
T ten such a story for Miss Gisl1.
but the ~novelist's enthusiasm
aroused something of a critical
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
FRAGRANT APRIL MOON
OF MEMS HOPES

chAckle from George Jean Nathan,
tlIefs critic and editor who per-
suaded gesheimer to write MS
piece fol- the Mercury.
! aThe girl is superior to her
medium, pathetically so" said
Mr., Nathan. in commenting on
the Hergesheimer story. "She
may. for ought 4 know. be per.
sohallv the. April moon. and
sDiana's silver horn of Joe
Hergesheimer's fancy, or girl
beyond thu reach of apy man.
inSentivenass, in the fancy ,f
James Cabell, or even, for that
ever fastidious Theodore Dries
ersa pacr--of such things, alas,
my. monast;c soll worts rot :
tut. she IL. professionally... tie
cnty actress in the unspeakltle
drama who Enows her business
thoroughly, and who. knowing 1t,
has in her The, glory. of convert
lug it INTO Something verX alive.
veEy impressive and very beaIti-.
flN."
In tho last few months. i APP
pes Mr.. NatLanss soul. once
So flAonastic. ilas expended volubty
to sthe Gisl il f:uence, for now he
: is ,frt,:Ilently, ein Miss '';ish s
company fE.,Ht New; 3Ya'K and
there have been very broad IN
tiYlaations that Georges bachelor
hood, a thing once thought ms
firmly five,l. no. t'ae fount4ti-sa- az
thsS W'c6 wcrth - Wer,s is rars!g
drawing 20 H. lrse. =
The Washington times., 1925-08-15

true, Of an enormous backgr olind.
in Paris and London before Bel
asco adapted 1t and produced it in
America. A play that has run
for two years in New York can.
not fail in casting a shadow over
the country and tt is true that
Xix" was known Of AMI highly
estimated in countless cities, be-
fore its arrival.
Aside from giving entertain
ment to countless millions over
the globe, Xxi" made a fortune
for Andre Picard, it's author; for
David Belasco its adapter and
American producer and it cincbei
the hold on. fame that Lenore Ul-.
ric. achieved in, Yrhe Bird Of Para
disc" and other plays.
The show game is fullMof pro-
ducers who would retire ans live
on their profits il. such hit as
''Kiki" fell to their. lot. Yet, Bel.
asco makes no secret of the fact
that he Is broke, and has even.
been put to the expedient of selling
his art collection to replenish COT
fers emptied by his lavish taste IN
production. On the other hand
the average producer would
shrink from spending on two or
more productions what David Bel.
asco spends upon one.
Due to the splendid capacities
of the National Theater players
for scene production, assurance is
given that the forthcoming weeks
presentation will be replica OF
the original -
The Washington times., 1925-08-15

banks picture. which is being
praised by the possessors Of New
York's very highest brows; a
remarkable perturbation of the
German legend OF "Siegfried."
a magnificent film based on
Rider Haggard's She which
you ought to read right away,
If you never have, q great Ben
Hur." and Chaplin's 'Gold Rush"
There are but a few. They won't
come all at once, but they'll SON
be arriving.
Now let US take look at.
yesterday-tlle dim, dark yester-
day that saw the beginnings of
films. We are on a second.class
commercial street, where horses
clatter by and loafers meet. In
this old, neglected building, on
the first floor, we find a moving
picture theater.
Inside it is a bare. badly
lighted auditorium. with a sin
gle aisle separating the two long
rows Of rough wooden chairs.
The picture blfnks and jerks and
goes off the reel. An emergency
+; SllQe requests, OHe IuIuutet
please"
Five minutes pass.
The dowsy girl at the piano
is playing "A Little Boy Called
Taps"
The film begins once more. The
shadows of the actors are heavy,
and fall on the painted noun
tains which form the backdrop
of the movie scene. Round about
are men doing and children
cracking peanuts, and strong
smell Of humans
y 4
Tomorrow you will enter "A
lobby of cleaning marble and
FURNISHED metal bright with
costly ornaments and golden
lights. You will pass into a
huge, palatiaI theater, with wide,
deep-carpeted aisles between the
sectors of comfortable chairs.
Up front, in an attractive box.
an orchestra Of trained musi-
clans is playing. The picture on
the screen is clear and smooth.
It's background is Italy. or Can
ada, or China, and is an au-
thentic scene, taken in the
country to which it belongs.
Your companions are men and
woI.Ien whom you wouldn't hest
tate to invite into your home.
The air is cool and fresh.
Tnere is difference, isn't
there?
Aud there's going to be a big
ger difference bigger, better
difference in the coming months.
That why 1T is called the
, Greater Movie Season.
Jus. wait and see!
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
MONTA BELL SET
FOR MENJOU
PICTURE

Monta Bell, one Of Hollywood 8
sensational young directors. has
come to New York. where he will
complete arrangements for filming
for Paramount of THE King on
Main Street. with Adolphe Men
1ou.
When Menjnu steps before the
camera and Bell stands beside 1t
in the Paramount Long Island
studio Monday morning, August
"a, they both will begin realiza-
ton of a dream which was con-
ceived when they were associated
with "a Woman of Paris"
Menjou and Bell want to trans
fer Leo Deitrichstein's great stage
success to screen more than any
other production in their motion,
picture careers to date and more
than any production looming in
future. They haYe. planned ITS
making for three YEARS.
THE King on Main Street Is
the finest picture have ever at
tempted" Bell says. II want to
make it more than have wanted
10 make any other. and, OF course.
there is Just one man for the role
Of king. Alolphe Menjou.
The stage play, The King" was
written by De Caillavet and De
Flers. the famous :, Frenchmen.
Arenne Douglas u. Doty Is pre-
paring the screen adaptation.
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
HIGH HATTERS TIC
TIP EN- AT
; EARLE

Ben Meroff and his High Hat
tiers, a band that has been q
feature of the vaudeville the
aires and restaurants of New
York. is taking a delve into
the cities outside of the metrop-
oils, and their first stop is to
be at the lA,aI Earle for the coming
week. opening with a matinee
on Sunday, August %.
Other acts will include Frank
Hunter in Moving Day" and
Rose Perfect. an American pfima
donna, as well as several other
standard vaudeville attractions.
The second week of the Great
err Movie Season" will find the
Earle presenting The screen adapta-
ton of Ina Claire's latest stage
success. THE Awful Truth.
Miss Agnes Ayres portrays the
Claire role upon the screen. This
will be the first presentation of
the film in Washington.
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
HULETTE
HATES SCREEN
LADIES

An actress who finds playing
fhe heroine drab and uninteress.
inn-and stiil she won't play
vamnI These are the professional
contradictions which assert them
selves when Gladys Hulette
chooses 4 screen role. This dainty
little nIayer Is now holding the
center OF interest In Trio's prcduc.
tinn Of ssGo Straight Ewnrt
Adamson's story, which Frank
, OlConnor directed and which is the
feature picture at the Strand Ine.
alter all next week.
According to Miss Hulette the
most satisfactory aracter1za ton
she has vet been called upon 10,
portrav Il that Of Gilda Hart. the
ache minded girl, who makes hee-
self rIng-Ieader of desperate
criminal band.
Most actresses long 70 play
the heroine, says Gladys Huletfe.
"btIt the conventional screen hero
inc Is to me most iTlhu1nap Per
son. IN the first reel YOU are
told that she Is model Of maid
enly department and as the story
,infoIds she improves even beyond
! her original perfection. When II
have been forced into such = role,
II have invariably gone Through
I with II with the uncomfortable
feeling that the audience viii Ee
waiting for the villain to entsr
to pep things up b bit.
.'If 1 were tall and stately,
would choose vampire parts. They
Give one an opportunity Tor hi
man interpretatio But as long
as it would be quite ridiculous Tor
30 petite AN actress TO accept A
role Of this kind, I keep my eyes.
omen for heroines who are not
devoid Of all faults. In Go
Straight found the truly ideal
Characterization GiIda Hart, my
screen self In this crook melp
drama, Is mot an insipid non.
nY1fffsz-
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
ACTRESS SHES AT
POPULAR
"JINX"

Constance Bennett, WHO has an
important role in MY Wife and
T." is super superstitieus. even
70 the point of not taking chances
with anything that might cause a
ink
In one Of the scenes during
the filming. Of the above Warner
Bros. Classic Of the Screen"
the script called for. some salt
TO be spilled, and then to allay
the weil-known jinx such an act
causes. a pinch of it was to be
thrown over the left shoulder.
That, last act should satisfy any
one, but not Miss Bennett. She
refused to go even through with
the scene until sugar had been
substituted for salt. This sounds
kind of unreasonable to most
people. but let these people con-
slider that they, a hundred to
one, nourish some pet supersti-
ton. all their own.
MY Wife and /" win be seen
on the Earle Roof on Wednesday
and Thursday nights of nsxt
week. Irene Rich heads the cast
which includes, in addition to
Miss Bennett, John Roche. John
Harron, Tom Ricketts, and Claire
de Lorez.
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
Back and Away!

Harry Nj Crandall, owner Of the.
fifteen theaters bearing his name
in Washington and vicinity, re-
turned from Lake Hopatcong last
Friday in advance Of the rest Of
the party vacationing al the New
Jersey resort. His earlier depar.
ture was occasioned by the ne-
cessfty Of his being present at the
convention OF First National
regional franchise holders which
viii be opened IN Indianapolis on,
Tuesday,. Mr.. CrandalI is First
National franchise holder for the
Washington territory. comprised
Of the District OF Colunabia, Della
ware and Maryland. He will
leave for the Ho0sier capital
Monday.
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
COMEDY MAR TYRDOMp
READ ON, DEARSl

: showing tomorrow at Crandall.s
Metropolitan and Ambassador
theater sto inaugurate tbs Gran
dali. Greater Movie Season.
Jose, souIful-eyed Mexican, In
zterpreted by Gene CorradO, whose
Election for littla- Maggie For
tune, played BY. Miss Moore, II
dog like and undyjng, Etrums his.
Euitar under the heroine's win
dow. Maggie, hearing the sere.
made. "opens the window and
tosses the vocalist an onion as
token Of her complete disap.
acceptine the vegetable with
much delight as IL 1t were an
American Beauty rose, Jose
gazes with eestatic joy at the girl
and proceeds to eat the onion
as il it were sweet, juicy apple.
And all the while he smiles and.
smiles.
That smile was nothing but.
sheer acting. One vegetable that.
Corrado detests and which inyars
iably fills him with nausea is
the onion.
Colleen herself, experiences IN.
this form OF nnartyrdom when
she appeared in a comedy scene
depicting her taking an impro-
vised shower bath in her box
car home. In place of the tar
paulin, rough burlap cloth
sheathes her.. exposing only the
shoulders and head. Just as the
cameras begin to grind, one of
those icy winter winds of the
desert, where. the scene was
taken, sprang up. ShiverlnglE,
Miss Moore suffered until the
scene was completed.
That's comedy 'Inartyrdom,
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
COMING
IN "UNHOLY
THREE"

The attraction scheduled for
presentation at Loew's Palace for.
the week beginning next Sunday
week of Washfngton's Greater
afternoon, August 23-the second
Movie Season-will be Lon CLANCY.
the never-to.be.forgotten star of
THE Hunchback of Notre Dame"
and other great productions OF past
seasons, in the principal role of
Tod Browning's production for
Metro Goldwyn of THE Unhply
Three with Mae Busch, Matt
Moore and others in his. support
1t is described as perfect Lon
CLANCY picture, in which three
men of a sideshow-a giant, "a
dwarf and ventriloauist, band
together to commit a fantastic
crime Mr.. Clancy contributes a
sort Of COMPOSITE of his mys
@terious characters in THE Miracle
Man, = THE Penalty and "The,
Hunchback.' Splendid added hits
will" supplement this featured at
traction.
Betty Bronson, the dainty sew
enteen-year old star of Peter
Pan" and "Are Parents People?"
will be presented as the star of
Loew's Columbia next week in
washington when she appears In
Sidney -Olcott's production for
Paramount OF Arthur Richnan's
well.known and delightful stage
play. Not So Long Ago" a cap.
tivating. comedy, romance of the
Manhattan of a generation or so.
ago that lends itself to a luxuri-.
Gus and alluring species of treat
ment.
Miss Bronson has never ap.
reared to- more charming advan
tage than in the role she assumes
in this delightful offering, which
will be suitably, supp1eInentedv with
q fine group or acted hits. 4
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
All Ready for Splash!

"The Greater. Movie Season"
being launched tomorrow through
out the National Capital repre-,
sents a bona fide effort on the
part of producers. distributors
and exhibitors of motion pictares
to make available to their patrons
the best pictures to be had a
month and half earlier than.
they have ever heretofore been
upon the screens of the country,
The houses in Washington: be-
ginning tomorrow will present
bills that were specially prepared
with this event in mind.
All of the houses are decorated
appropriately and in many of
them elaborate and distinctly IN
teresting lobby displays have
been installed The admission
charges will remain the same.
but; the entertainments will be of.
infinitely higher quality.
The Washington times., 1925-08-15
XXI IS BELASCO,S
FINEST COMEDY

Few shows that David BeIasco
has produced have associated his
name more fndelfbIy with the pub
lie than "Kil1i.' the comedy from
the French which the National
Theater Players will offer for the
new week beginning Monday
night.
Probably il one were to ask
the casual passer-by the titles Of
the outstanding Belasco SUCCESSES,
that passer-by would remember
but two: "Kiki," and 1.-The. Girl
of the Golden West" Yet, Bel
asco, in his day, which is yet far
from seeing it's setting, has pro-
duced- well over 200 plays.
"Kiki" had the advantage, it %