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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
LOST TITLES

The year 1925 is ripening fast
with bumper crop of lost titles.
However, what is one mans
gloss is an0thers stain. so Tun-
rey gets the cham pionship belt
to have and to hold and 10 polish
for spell while Dempsey must
part with a part of his q Of
million TO buy pair of sus-
penders.
Tildeu and Bobby Jones. too, 20
into the discards, but it is a large
game and since deck of cards
never charges style, the discards
must be included in the next
shuttle, so watch the cut IN the
gate receipts TO see which way
the winner blows.
Well anyway. why should men
lose their titles so ErudginEly
when every single woman who
gets married loses hers so will
ingly? On bet somebody Mrs.
this).
'"rrudy" Just won a swimming
title, but I'll bet before she is in
the social swim very long she,
too. will miss her Miss"
Titles are just gossipiike things
after all. for what good is a title
when you can't pay the back
taxes on the old castle?
Books and songs have titles just
10 give the printers something to
do. And some titles arc so
meaningless. like when the sar-
dine-voiced tenor says, Il will now
sing you a beautiful little ditty
entitled All Applesauce Isn't
murders q nanny song. guess
titles, like little children, should
be seen and> not heard.
SILICUS.
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NEW D. c. TAX
BURDEN SEEN

One Of the most severe struggles
over conduct Of District business In
many years. due when Congress
convenes December Z. may lead 10
legislation reforming the tax as
sessment system and imposing q
heavier burden on property owners.
The struggle will come over legis.
lation inserted in the last appropri-
alton bill. This restricts officials
to a purchase price not to exceed
25 per cent above assessed value
of land acquired for school sites,
Fairgrounds and parks.
Under the law. effective sine
July I, the Commissioners have
been unable to purchase a single
piece of land.
Members of the House Appropria-
tons Committee, who wrote the
provision as a result of charges
that District taxpayers are being
victimized by profiteering in prices
for land, have indicated that they
will stand squarely bchind the law.
Representative Ross A. Collins of
Mississippi probably will lead the
fight for retention of the law.
Representative Martin B. Madden
Of Illinois, chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations. and of
other members of the District sub
committee. are expected to support
him.
Collins declared that If it is i'm
possible to purchase land under the
% per cent limitation 1t indicates
either that the value of the land Il
underassessed or that there ID
profiteering.
He holds the opinion that the Dis
trict tax assessor is responsible
for the difficulty through under
assessments.
He points out that his theory OF
Embarrassment is borne out when
land is condemned the juries who
almost invariably award a price in
excess of 20 per cent above the
assessed value.
The District Commissioners have
indicated they viii attempt to have
the law repealed Collins declares
that II they do, they win run into
a stonewall Of opposition.
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Undivorced Couple
Decide To Be
ReWed

Marriages" according to
Miles B. Miller, of East Lans-
downe, Pa, "is like vaccination,
it doesn't always take the first
time" and he applied for
license today at the District
Supreme Court, to rewed his
wife, Mrs. Anna C. Miller, 697
Keefe Pl., of this city.
Mr.. Miller told Assistant
Clerk w. w. Mackall that he
and his wife had had a mis-
understanding; divorce proceed
ings had been started but were
never finished. Although not
divorced from his wife, Miller
thought it best to get remar-
ried "and start all over again."
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MAN DIES
IN TRAFFIC

An aged man is dead after being
struck by street car, and two
other persons are injured. having
been hit by automobiles yesterday.
The dead man is Charles s..
Keller, 70, of Bethesda. Nd, who
was struck Thursday night, near
his home. He was taken to George
town Hospital by a Maryland po-
liceman.
Robert Arlington, A, 1916 D st.
8. E., suffered a broken leg when
struck and knocked down at Penn.
sylvania Avenue and Thirteenth
Street Southeast by an automobile
operated by Suse Wynn, 1899
Michigan Ave. s. e. He was taken
to Emergency Hospital in the Fifth
precinct patrol.
While crossing Nichols Avenue
Southeast, near w Street, Frances
Graham, 6 years old, 2124 Thir-
teenth st. s. f., was struck and
knocked down by an automobile
operated by Charles r. Goldsmith,
%, 2701 Connecticut Ave. n. w.
The child was taken to st. Eliza
beth's Hospital and treated for cuts
over the eye.
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FROM CAR
IS DENIED

Lying In Casualty Hospital, Mrs.
Helen Spencer today denied that
she had leaped from speeding
automobile near College Park, Md.
at twilight last evening. thus dis
locating her left hip-as reported
by persons In that vicinity.
The first thing she asked, upon
being rushed to the hospital in an
ambulance, was to summon her hus-
band, Ray Spencer, from their
home at 1924 S st. N. w. Spencer,
who, earlier In the day, had been
playing golf with his 24-year-old
wife, visited her and warned her
not to make any statements con-
corning the accident.
Accident, She Says
The husband also refused to COM
ment concerning the leap. He said
he would visit Mrs. Spencer again
today. In the meantime, she re-
fused to talk to nurses or doctors.
The explanation she gave, how
ever, is that she visited the Laurel
races yesterday with three girl
friends and the husband of one of
them. On the way back to Wash
ington, they stopped the car on a
dark, rough road away from the
main highway near Calvert Street
in College Park. Then, Mrs. Spen-
GER says, she got out of the car and
walked back into the shadows alone.
Stumbled In Dark
She stumbled and dislocated her
hip, and remained where she fell,
screaming, until help came. She
says she fell over the tongue of
tar wagon.
The girl was removed to the
roadside where DR.. Griffith, of the
University of Maryland, called for
the Casualty Hospital ambulance
At the hospital, DR.. Joseph D.
Rogers and DIR. A. Magruder Mac
Donald set the hip
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
COMMITTEE STUDIES
MAGISTRATE SYSTEM

Preliminary plans for study of
the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing the
magistrate system in Washington
in order to relieve Police Court Of
the congestion Of minor cases have
been made by the committee ap-
pointed by the District Commits
siOners to study the situation.
Odell S. Smith, Of the Washington
Board Of Trade, has been selected
chairman OF the committee and
Mrs. Grace Hays Riley. of the Wo-
mems City Club, is secretary.
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EFFICIENCY
REASON
GIVEN.

The Internal Revenue Bureau will
undergo it's biggest shake-up since
the war week from today.
The posts of several executive
officials will be abolished. two en-
tire sections will be wiped out and
others will be completely reorganized.
Between 40 and so employees In
the Washington office will be as
signed to the field. No dismissals
will be made.
The personal audit divisions and
the corporation audit division will
feel the reorganization most keenly.
One of the two sections of the per-
sonal division will be abolished and
the other split into four units. SINH
lar reorganization of the corpora
ton division has been ordered.
The text of the reorganization
order, issued today, follows:
"Based on a reduction In the
work and to provide for cOncentra-
ton and more even distribution,
number of changes will he made in
the organization of the income tax
unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
effective October 16, 1926. 1t is
planned to assign between 40 and
so employees to the field. No imme-
date separations from the service
will result.
Personal Audit Division
"E. A. Cook. at present chief Of
the review section, will be desig-
mated assistant head of the division.
and will continue in immediate
charge of the review section. c. r.
Culligan will remain assistant chief
Of the review section.
"The general conference unit will
be under the immediate super
vision Of the head of division.
Personal section No. will be
abolished and it's personnel and
functions transferred to personal
section No. l.
The position of assistant in
charge of production will be abol-
ished and it's present incumbent,
c. M. Johnson, will be designated
chief of personal section No. l.
Personal section No. 1 will be
reorganized to consist of four
units as follows: Unit No. l in
charge of w. B. Swafford; unit No.
2, in charge of w. S. Lines; unit
No. 8, in charge of J. H. Johnson;
unit No. 4, in charge Of F. S. Lyons.
"a. r. MacMannis will continue
in charge of the prior year audit
and Charles T. Nash in charge of
the 60-day conference unit.
Under this change the organiza-
ton of the personal audit division
will consist of the review section,
section No. 1. with the four section
units indicated above, the prior year
audit, the 60-day conference unit
and the general conference unit.
Section No. % will be abolished
and it's personnel and functions
transferred to sections Nos. 81
and 25.
d. w. Bell, at present chief Of
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A. A. A. SEES MENACE TO
SCHOOL CHILDREN

The American Automobile Asso.
citation has launched a nationwide
drive to end the dangerous prac-
tice" of giving rides to school chill
dren.
Thousands Of accidents are
caused annually because children
do not realize that this practice con-
stitutes one of the gravest of high
way hazards and parents and mo-
florists should concentrate their
energies in discouraging this habit
which seems to be manifesting it.
self on a constantly larger SCALE y
a statement from the A. A. A. de-
clareS.
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SILENT TRIBUTETO BE PAID
D. c. DEAD ARMISTICE DAY

Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph
today indicated that a proclamation
would be issued before the end Of
the month ordering the observance
Of Armistice Day, November IL,
with two-minute period of silence
The proclamation will be issued
in accordance with a request re-
ceived today from the League of
Remembrance.
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C. l. SchofieId Speaks

The dramatic society OF the jew
ish Community Center last night
heard Charles I. Schofield, director
of the President Players. at the
initial meeting of the organization.
Mr.. Myer Fichman, OF the center,
presided.
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He ARD.
ss|ANrG'
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bvRAII PRlcE
GREET THE SPARE TIRE
byBluPRlcE
RIG ux.PN OFFICE

GREET THE SPARE TIRE"
Monday the good old "Spare
Tire" of this column 10ilL con-
duct things, GUhile your regular
cOmrnde starts his vacation.
Who is hee Well, he's J. S.
EDGERTON, long a trusted
and Ualuable member of The
Times staff, and the kind of a
good felloaV all contributors and
readers will like. With him
leading and contributors, old
and neW, sending IN 1Oise and
happy "stuff," the column is
going to be doM6ly interesting.
The literary field is a0ide open.
The office Goat wiU be absent,
ito. Get aboard while eVery-
thing is steamed up. You'll en-
joy this daily round trip to the
Land of Sunshine, Happiness
and Fun.
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No1C that "PedcheS" and
her hubby are separated
isn't it about time that Harry
ThdtU and Evelyn Nesbit
made up again2 They hoVen't
eaten in public together for
several months.
AUNT DEDA.
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GAL o. MINE

Cheer up, cheer up, o. gal of mine;
The sun will really truly shine
Into your life and mine the same
II we but grin and play the game.
NJ we but know bad luck can't last
And soon must go adr0pping past,
Why, soon we'll be Affecting fine,
And really laughing. gal O mine.
GENE BLOSSOM.
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CLEARLY EXPLAINED

CLEARLY EXPLAINED
An EngIishman said to q U. 8.
farmer one day:
''HOw do you use your great tomato
crops any way?"
And the answer came In manner
rather equivOcal
And seemingly, also, q bit para
dOxiCaI:
Eve eat what we can, and what we
can not, we can,
And, as there is plenty for every
woman and Taan,
They try eating as much as they can
And know that the balance they
really can cam"
II. SMITH.
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THE PARTING.

Maid of Athens, ere a0e part,
You'll feel this sting:
Ice made only t10o payments
On your engagement ring.
When the jeqOeIer calls on you
I'm sure yo1fU be grim,
But there's nothing else to do
But give 1T back to HIM.
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

She said she had no curiosity
But it would always fret her
If she didn't get chance to cad
Somebody eISe's private letter
AUNT DEDA.
ElWood Loos meanders around
in Los Angeles and Ruth A.
Tear has a good time in De-
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DIsPARAGEMENT

If brains qUere ink that guy
Uouldn't haze enough to make
q blot. LEAPING LENA.
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MRS. DOROTHY W. HALBACH
THE WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF MUSIC
CLUBS has selected Mrs Dorothy Wilson Halbach the
Districts representative contrato singer go to Nor
gantown W. Va, for the finals in the music contest
when pianiss volinsts, organiss and singers will be
chosen to represent Maryland, Virginia. West Virginia.
ana the District at the Sesqucentennal Exposition in
philadelphia 500 - " -
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BELASCO OFFERS
SOTHERN HERE
NOV. %

David Belasco's presentation Of
q. IN. Sothern In What Never
Dies q comedy by Alexander
Engel. translated by Ernest Boyd
occurs at the Belasco the week OF
November 20.
The success which attended the
opening here last season Of Mr..
SOthern, fin Mr.. Belasco's pro-
duction of Accused" led to the
selection Of Washington for Mr..
Sothern's first appearance in this
new play.
The presentation by Mr.. Belasco
of Mr.. Sothern in What Never
Dies" continues the association
of these two celebrated figures in
the American theater, friends since
the days Of the Lyceunn Stock
Company in New York. which be
gan anew last season with "Ac
cused.''
Mr.. Sothern's appearance in u
new play is always eagerly
awaited by theatergoers and the
fact that what Never Dies,
which achieved notable Euro
pean success, was secured by Mr..
Belaasco especially for him. adds
even more interest to the engage
ment.
The leading character affords
Mr.. Sothern a totally different
role from the one he played last
season in Accused" and promises
to add another to his notable
gallery OF stage portraits.
Mr.. Belasco, has engaged {
distinguished company for sup.
port including Haidea Wright.
Rosalind Fuller, Moffat Johnston,
Guido Nadzo, Ernest Cossart, AL
bert G. Andrews. Campbell Gull
Ian, Hilda Spong. Frances Bandit
sen, Carolyn Ferriday. Katherine
B. Standing. Myrrha Alhambra.
Betty Brenska. Margaret Knapp
Waller, Santos Ortega. Rose Far.
rell. Eleanor Shaw.
The play will he produced under
the personal direction of mir. Bel
asco, who will be here for the
premiere and all the subsequent
performances.
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beauty. But it does more than
that to the screen actress. It
can make or mar her character
ization.
THE first impression that an
audience receives from a char.
acter is usually the most lasting
one. that is why l pay more at
tention. to the hair than to any.
thing else.
I'm each picture / have worn
my hair differently. In The
Devils Circus l played the role
OF country girl. Ny hair was
worn long, parted in the center
and caught up on top of the
head with a bow. In The Wan.
ing Sex l was a woman attor.
ney. l wanted to give the i'm.
preston of severity without being
absolutely homely. so / wore my
hair combed away from the fore.
head and ears with a roll at the
back OF the head. A loose mar
eel made 1T less severe and
achieved the effect / wanted.
I'm 'Upstage' / was a vaude.
Vile actress. ! cut my hair
shoulder length and had 1t curled
tight all over my head to create
the impression that the girl was
frivolous and gay.
1.-THE eyes. the mouth and the
eyebrows are all important, but
they arc not as vital to the char
acterization as is the ha1T.'
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AOGW 1d16GGs Is one, Uy StOE1A
The basic idea of "Jazz
Week" is the carnival spirit
frothy, frivolous, captivating
ensemble of entertainment fea-
ures, in which seriousness is
cast to the winds and the motif
and spirit of the jazz era is
glorified and sublimated.
To select an appropriate group
of attractions for jazz week. is
ever a difficult task but the selec-
ton of the program to be pre-
scented at Loew's Palace is said to
have been an exceptionally diff.
cult one because of the introduce
tory nature Of the bill and the de.
sire of the management to make
the Jazz week" program consist
emily that.
Particularly appropriate to such
a bill Is the Norma Shearer star.
ring production, "UpStage," which
will feature the photoplay end of
the program.
It is in the stage portion Of the
bill, however, that the jazz spirit
reigns supreme for not content
Win Su|h ACFOICGS VA SJdIOP0AtOh
as Charles Strickland's LAKELAND
Orchestra. Jack North and his
banjo-uke, and Cy Landry. dancer
and jazz comedian grotesque, the
Palace management has turned
Dick Leibert's popular Organ
logue" and the Palace Concert
Orchestra along with the rest of
the bill will devote itself to music
of highly popular type. including
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| What Ais the|
Modern Stage?|
BY Stephen Fegan
OF the st. Patrick's Players

What. no spinach, said the
Queen.
No, your majesty, replied Mary
PickfOrd. YOu see it's the climate.
l object. said Mr.. McCarter,
chief Of the billion dollar defense.
But you see We will have a rs
per cent reduction in the 1927
income taxes, said Secretary
Mellon IaughingIy.
Army had q great team, but
we beat them. said Knute ROclxne,
OF the Four KIansmen.
Another pOrterhOuse steak, said
Dya De Putti. ] must keep thick
for my public.
He was greats radio man un.
til he took the air, Aimee replied.
For myself, l care nothing. 7
shall join WiIbert RObinson's
Dodgers. MusSOIini said sadly
What is the correct time to
change into your red fIannels.
asked the Marques de FaIaise?
That night. shall I ever forget
1t. said CIemenceau. the old Cir.
affe.
Well, December 25 is Christ
mas, and the next world series
will go to seven games. Good
might, ladies and gentlemen OF
the radio audience.
Correct answers to all these
foolish questions on page 236.
Turn over: you're snoring.
BY the way, the new st, Pat
rick Players musical comedy at
Carroll Hall. Monday night, No
Vember 20 and all week. It's
called. "What No Prince" and is
our best show.
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SECOND PHiLA
CONCERT ON.
TUESDAY

The program for the second
Philadelphia Orchestra concert at
the Auditorium, on Tuesday after
noon. has variety for its keynote.
The soloist is Hans Kinder. violin-
ceIlist. a favorite with music-lovers
here, and the four COMPOSERS. rep
resented on the program are
Ernest Bloch. Lord Berners, Rich.
ard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
Mr.. Kinder will play twice, In
the opening number, ;he "Sche-
lomo" of Bloch, and in Don
Quixote" of Strauss. rhe purely
orchestral numbers are the Fan
taisle Espagnole". of Lord Fer.
ners and the prelude and love-
death from Wagner's immortal
love-drama. Tristan and Isolde. >
"Schelomo" is rhapsody for
solo violoncello with orchestra, IN
which the composer has painted
tone picture of the founder Of
the Great Temple. reincarnating
the glory of Solomon, surrounded
by his wealth and gorgeousness
and reflecting in establishment
upon the vanity of the world.
Kinder has made this work par
ticularly his own. and his per-
Torrance is one Of great ,brilliance
and power.
Don Quixote" Of Strauss. in
which Kinder portrays the knight.
while the faithful Saucho PanZa
is impersonateed by the solo viola.
Samuel Lifschey. of the orchestra,
is considered by some critics the
greatest work that Strauss has
written. The work Is Ii connected
series of tone pictures setting
forth famous episodes in the his
tory of Don Qrixote.
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Frances Comstock, OTl0 ~
viewer, said. Harry IlangdOn dc
serves the crown of crowns. be q
d battered brown derby or his oNa
irIimitab1e felt.
sFor the first time il the nIs
tory of the movies. Chaplin has q
real rival In creating comedy las
Is artistic as well as funny. This
Langdon is a genius. After seeing
The Strong Man wondered III.
indeed. he had not outstripped the
best work Of the cai1e-twirlinE
Charles.
Certainly Langdon has dlscos
cred that secret OF great comedy
humor mixed with pathos. When
1 wasn't weeping with laughter
at his absurd antics In. this fast
moving feature. found my eyes
moistening at the subtle bits n
sorrow in the excellent evolve
story
'The Strong Man is the droi,
tale OF a Belgian ex-sO!dier wste
comes to America to find the gtfI
whose Buddy letters cheeret
him In the black hours OF battl,
The brief war scenes make an ex
cellent opening for the film.
After screamingly funny Sc
quence at Ellis Island. Langdon
arrives in New York. looking losi
and lonely as only this genius u
mimicry could act.
His escapdes as the assistant
to a German weight litter taxi
him through a WhirI Of hilarious
scenes which draw just about 2.22'
laughs In the six reels.
Priscilla Bonner. Gertrude As
tor, Arthur Thalasso, Robert IS
Kim and William ". Mong make
up the support cast which was
directed by Frank Capra from ar
original story by Langdon himself
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!. America on account If his .prevt.
ous novels. so shortly after his
latest work appeared in France
Il was translated into English ana
brought out in London and the
United States. q. Munro, who
published Il in 1877 in America,
found the sale OF the work so
enormous that he brought out
other editions In 1881 and 1887.
Scribner'a also published Mich
ael Strogoff' in 1877 and have
been printing it ever since,
There Is no way Of discovering
exactly how many copies of the
book have been sold. At the time
II was written there were no
copyright relations bet we en-
America and England. or between
America and any other country,
and so every publisher of any
consequence in the United States
took advantage OF the great de-
mand for Jules Verne's work and
realized immense profits without
paying royalties. And in addi-
ton to these there was number
Of English editions distributed IN
large numbers in America.
Michael Strogoff'' has been in
constant demand since fits first
publication. 4 survey Of. the
public libraries of this country
show that 1t is still one Of the
most popular books on the
shelves. It never remains to
gather dust as do many of its
companions of much later dates.
At the same time that the
book has been fascinating read
ers the play has been thrilling
theater audiences. In 1880
Adolphe d'Ennery dranIat'zed
Michael Strogoff," and it was
produced at the Theater de
Chaletet. Paris. with Marais in
the leading role.
So popular did the play pro e
that H. ]. Byron made an Eng
fish adaptation which opened at
the Adelphi Theater, London, in
March. 1881. It was brought TO