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The Washington times., 1926-03-15
] TIVOLI-
Charlie Chaplin.

Charlie Chaplin appears on the
screen Of Crandali's TivoIi The
ater through today in THE Gold
Rush, held by a majority OF the
critics and the public to be- the
greatest Of all his cinema achieve.
ments
Abandoning, at least during
the making Of this picture. the
Sdea OF producing an all-comedy
subject, the premier screen buf.
foon mixed with the laughs q
generous amount of pathos and
a bit Of real drama The COM
posite is feature unlike any in
which Chaplin has heretofore
been seen,~ but not on that &C.
count, one. that in any degree
lessons the hold which his
genius has upon the responsive
ness OF the fans"
The story Of 1.-THE Gold Rush.
deals with the adventures and
fniSddyentures Of pathetic lit
tie Yagabond trying to lead the
rough and rugged life of the
Alaskan gold country without
any provision for combating the
elements and the natural hazards
of the Chilkoot Pass and the
Klondike. The peak of his i'll
luck is reached when stormbound
In leaky little cabin. he and
bis pal are forced 10 subsist on
a shoe stew.
The supplementary attractions
at the Tivoli through today cm.
brace a new Aesop Fable and a
new release of the Pathe News,
both of which embody much to
engage the attention.
The Washington times., 1926-03-15
A LAUREL WREATH FOR
DIRECTOR HILL

; girl and q son of Virginia, against
a background OF hidden identity
and revenge. The action at times
Is tense. and the reality of an
Alaskan storm and sailing vessel
with the heroine aboard caught in
the teeth OF terrible ice JAM has
been surpassed by few pictures.
Gfimness seems to take such q hold
of the whole production that there
is no room Tor the sentiment of the
indian kids or the great love Of
Poleon for Necia. and the fate Of
the girls father has now taken the
form of cold -blooded crushing,
instead OF the millions OF mosqui
toes.
Lionel Barrymore and Henry b.
Walthall are the characters around
whose destinies center the major
portion of the plot.
A short Juvenile comedy, Aesop
Fables and the International News
Reel finish the bill in top-notch
fashion.-E. l.. p.
The Washington times., 1926-03-15

Were hIr. Rex Beach to be called
in to view the perturbation Of his
famous novel of Alaska in the gold
rush days, he would no doubt do
one of two things. Either he would
gasp with horror and sue the pro-
.ducers for libel on the grounds of
desecratfon of the text. or he would
place wreath of triumph upon the
brow of Director George Hill for q
superbly artistic production. The
Barrier is now being presented at
Loew,s columbia Theater.
To those who have read the book
or seen previous photOprodnction
OF it, this most modern version may
prove bit of disappointment
from a story standpoint But as
a picture ofsthe day. it may take its
place with the best. 1t is purely
the story of romance and thrill,
love affair between half-caste
The Washington times., 1926-03-15

Amid and adding TO the din
were the three big numbers OF
the unit-various principals COM
Ing on at different times with
the same chorus and with differ.
ent scenery, the changing cos
TUNES OF the chorines being part
Of the scenery.
They're a likely looking lot OF
gals. those chorisfers, although
their dance numbers, with the
exception of the Charleston, be-
came more or less antiquated
after the graduation Of the first
Tiller class The scenery and the
chatter also lack originality,
which the multiplicity of cos
tunes in the three numbers
doesn't make one forget. But,
with it all. it's an innovation on
the Keith big-time circuit (al-
though it has been known for
some time on the Orpheum wheel
in the Vest that, with the injec-
tion Of ideas, promises good
entertainment. It's good as 1t is,
but not nearly so good as It
might be.
The best feature of it-and, for
that matter, OF the whole bill
is the act of the Chinese syn
copators, who. amid the best set
ting of the unit. perform with
the assistance Of eight very Oc-
cidental girls.
John Monroe and Tom Grant.
In q good spring-net acrobatic
act, open the show with the
first number of the unit, and
Johnny Berkes and Sheila
Terry in an un-plotted skit,
Easy Sailing bring on the
second number just before inter.
mission. The Chinese jazz artists
are on the last half of the bill.
Irene Ricardo brings her Whoa
Pagliaccir to the stage to the
accompaniment of roars from her
audience. Irene can do a lot of
things with her face. and many
more with her voice. They're
al good.
Charles o'Donnel and Ethel
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NEAT AND NIFTY
STUFF AT THE
STRAAID

The booking agencies have been
kind to the patrons Of the strand
Theater this week There are
several smart vaudeville offerings.
an excellent feature picture. and
one or two amusing shorter reels.
The vaudeville portion Of the bill
includes little Of everything with
comedy and song winning out ass
the most attractive features.
Franklin dAnlore, Mickey I.o-
pell and Ethel T'rusdale have a
delightful little creation entitled.
"A Vaudeville Surprise The act
serves as Z medium for some fine
singing and dancing with bit
of clever hand balancing intro
duced there and there. Bobby
O'NeiI Fay Tuniss May Burke.
Gertrude Marchine and Rita WOr-
den appear ii, song and dance
revne. labeled -Four Queens and a
Joker The queens are good To
look upon and know how to sing
and dance Ia the most appro
style The joker hands us solIla
naive comedy and scores q laugh.
ing success
Larry Rich aand Cherie offer.
something excellent hi the vocal
line and demonstrate graceful
dahcing ability Zelda Sanity Is
presented in d number 0f cles'er
impersonatio and her moments
on the stage were ENJOYABLE ones
The Mcdonald Trio offers j Iioss-8
city bicycle riding act that fsa
lures some daring and unusual
stunts
a feature picture, Time the
Comedian z contains d sWift mos n
ing plot, dealing with the sslIa-
shine and shadows of life II
presents Lew Cody and Mae Busch
in the leading roles There Is
short reel of laughs. a news re-
lease and some entertaining snusi
cal features By the Strand Theatef
Orchestra under the direction Of
Arthur ManviIle.-H. S..
The Washington times., 1926-03-15

oh How Miss You Tonight. 4
and had half the females weep
ing silently when she put It on.
The Metropolitan is presenting
to our gaze most exceptional
program this week. Everything
Is interesting and well-chOsen,
even the newsreel.
InnovatiOn' scarcely describes
Lewis Stones part In Too
Much Money It's as unusual
an a. elephant playing the piano.
When he first comes on ~ the
weary, love,starved millionaire,
We recognize him at once, but
when he francticalIy deals out
picked herring to crowd Of
frenzied bargain hunters. he Is
exqufsiteIy funny, and entirely
different. And as the janitor who
uses an AK to fix stuck door,
he's a nonpareil Contrary to ex-
pectations, Stone il an olitstand-
ing success in an utterly unex
pected role, handling it with al
The Washington times., 1926-03-15

Blair have the noisiest act in
vaudeville. Only the best of
ears can stand it. They knock
down. houses, porclaes and many
other things. and wind up by
throwing paper bricks at the
audience. Real bricks wouldn't
matter, because the audience is
Du Gallon, the 'loquacious
laddie' on the ladder. has a
good ladder but q poor mono
Iogue. Davis and Pelle, equili-
brfsts, give fine exhibition OF
strength and balancing. Frank
jerome and Evelyn will pass
with their acrobatic dancing.
The movie fables. topics and
news complete the bill. Is. G.
The Washington times., 1926-03-15
AMBASSADOR
TOO Much Money" :"

One of Paul Terrys most divert.
ing Aesop Fable cartoon comedies
supplies the subsidiary feature of
an excellent bill at Crandoll,s Am
bassador Theater the first three
days of the current week. Added
short-reel subjects and pipe orgar
accompaniment and solo intervals
by Harold T. Pease and Gertrude
Kreiselman round out.
A complete review of TOO Much
Money" will be found in conjunc.
tion with Crandall's Metropolitan
Theater. where this ,tehicle also
was accorded first Washington
presentations.
The Washington times., 1926-03-15

shirley with large and hearable
voice Warner Gat1It the elastic
LeGrolls, Brenda Bond and a bat
TALON Or others
Recommended from the bottom
of my heart as eIlterta tafnmlent
that is entertainments
The Washington times., 1926-03-15

phases Of the production.
Though it is apparent that this
tornado was dragged in for the
sole purpose of giving the pic
ture its "punch scene, it is new
ertheless an aWesome spectacle
The Washington times., 1926-03-15
HUSKY PIECE WITH REL
CORPUSCLES

Love forms the that odd movl around which
the story Horses the featured picture at the Palace
Stirring episodes of adventure give
it thrilling setting
cOneu0lng
The Washington times., 1926-03-15
KEITH UNIT SHOW IS
DIVERT'ING

Mess Abee brought Washington yesterday their
much headed unit show and the introduction at keth was
noiiest sambang boom
BOOM bills that the Street house has witnessed
The Washington times., 1926-03-15
L OOMIS TWINS GRAB
MET PLAUDI'TS

grasshopper and twice
active Loom Twins Maxine and Virginia took every
thing the audience to applause the
Metropolitan afternoor The girls have personality pep
Virginia. She gives twist
The Washington times., 1926-03-15
THE SEASON HASN' I
BEEN IN VAIN
By HAROLD PHILLIPS

The is the kind Of show that
and other regulars always back to second time
National night with that
Of satisfaction that left feeling the hasn't been
ninp after Al
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
ADULT EDUCATION IN STATE
Shows a Gain Since Movement Was
Started-Trips Offered Men and
Women Making Greatest Gains

Delaware is swinging into line in
the adult school movement. Since Jan
uary 5, 1926, 738 adult citizens have
enrolled in schools in the rural dis
tricts of the state, for the work IN
elementary subjects. According to a
statement issued Monday by Miss
Marguerite Burnett, state director of
adult education, AZ evening schools
have been opened, 18 in Sussex, Is
in Kent, and IA in New Castle county.
Workers in these schools include 80
paid and Is volunteer teachers. "a
splendid spirit prevails in the schools
everywhere" Miss Burnett declared
Monday morning, when discussing the
subject. Work is offered not only for
beginners but for men and women,
who, having had limited school oppor-
tunity in their youth, feel in the need
of brushing up on school work. "Any
effort that is made toward self-im-
provement wins the respect of every
one" is the prevailing idea in every
school room. cit is as dignified an
undertaking to master the three Rs
as to study in a learned profession" "
The work in the schools has been
planned to meet the immediate needs
of men and women. Each night in an
Opportunity School, proves its own
value. A materially increased enroll
ment by the end of the first month is
/ expected. The schools are in session
/ in most districts from to 9 p. m. on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sci
byville, in Sussex county, which start
ed late, is planning to cover the work
of the twenty-sesSion term by hold
ing school three nights a week. The
Jewish societies of Wilmington have
offered to pay the expenses Of trips
to Washington for the students in
both white and colored schools in each
county, showing the greatest progress
in the twenty-sessiOn term. In addi-
tion the American Legion has offere,
a banner to be awarded on July 4
1926, the one hundred and fiftietl
birthday of American independence
TO the county, showing the greates
Proportionate number Of men and wo
men transferred since January 1, 1922
from the "illiterate' to the "literate
class of citizens. The Colonial Dame
and the Daughters of the American
Revolution are con tributing bot
time and money to the movement an,
the Parent-Teacher Association
throwing the full force of its organi
zation into the success of the work.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
DIR. BUDD TO LEAVE ACADEMY
Wesley Collegiate Institute Head at
Dover, Desires Pastoral Work Again

Rev Henry G.. Budd, who has been
principal of Wesley Collegiate Inst
ute, formerly Wilmington Conference
Academy at Dover, for fifteen years,
has presented mis- resignation TO the
president of the Board Of Trustees,
John G. Townsend, and VIII ask for an
appointment at the coming session Of
Wilmington VI. +. Conference, to he
held in Dover beginning March 24.
Former Governor Townsend, IS in
Florida, and the res gnation was re-
ferred formally to Pev. R. K Steph-
enSon, Of Smyrna, vice-preS;delt OF
the Board Of Trustees, and THAI at a
meeting Of the board of executive
committee soon to be held. action viii
be taken on the resignation. Dr. Budd
since assuming charge of The institute
has seen many important changes
take place in which he has been a fac
tor, including the raising Of the stand
ard of studies; also the inst;tuting of
a junior college course. During his
incumbency an addition has been built
TO lne institute, tnat OF q modern
and up-to-date gymnasium and SWIM
ming pool. Also, within the past two
years an innovation has been started
by placing memorials to the classes
of 1924 and 1925, of brick gate posts
at the State street entrance of the
campus. During his Is years asso-
citation with the Institute there has
been a $250,000 endowment fund vais-
ed and many changes made looking
toward the increasing Of the efficient
OF the Institute. DR.. Budd successor
has not been named.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
YOUNG WOMEN STATE Christian
ASSOCIATION Meets At DOVER
MRS. HARRY SMITH, SMYRNA, A
MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs. w. Harman Reynolds, Townsend
and Townsend Girl Reserves Take
An Important Part in Program


The annual business meeting and
birthday party Of the Young Women's
Christian Association of Delaware
was held in the dining room of PeO-
ple's Christian Church Friday. After
the dinner Mrs. w. w. Harrington,
wife of Judge Harrington, of Kent
county, who is president of the Y. w.
c. A., introduced Mrs. w. D. Burton
and Miss Mary Hardcastle, who gave
musical selections A recognition
service was given by the Junior Girl
Reserves of the freshman class of Do
yer High School, after which reports
from the various clubs in the North
ern district gave reports of the years
activities, including reports from
Claymont, New Castle, Marshallton,
Newark, Niddletown, Townsend,
Caesar Rodney, Dover. A report Of
| Camp Sandy Landing in Sussex coun-
ty was given by Mrs. Harmon Reyn-
| olds, of Townsend, in which she told
of the struggles the association had
encountered in the erection of build
/ ing at the camp, but obligations had
] been met when payments were due on
/ the building. She announced indebt-
4 edness still standing on the building.
Miss Martha Good, director of the Y
w. c. A, gave an outline Of the years
work and the contemplated work dur
ing this year. The Townsend Girl
Reserves sang the Girl Reserves song
after which Miss Good took Up the
cloing exercises of the evening, that
of a Forward Look, in which a tall
lighted candle was placed on a table
near the president, Mrs. Harrington
and smaller candles We're distributed
to all present, and at a given timg
Mrs. Harrington, from the lare,
candiS. lighted a smaller one and eacl
one present lighted their candle from
that of their neghbOr sitting clos
by, illustrating the forward look il
lighting up and radiating out from
the meeting into the future Officer
and members of the board of direc
tors elected for the ensuing year wer
as follows: President, Mrs. w. W
Harrington, Dover; vice president
Mrs. Clarence Pool, McDonough; sec
retary, Mrs. James H. Hughes, Dov
er; treasurer, Mrs. d. w. Steven,
NIiddletown; board of directors, Nh.
George Townsend, Newark; Mrs. F. l
Barker, Delmar; Mrs. Davis Grie1
f Milford; Mrs. w. W. Harrington, Mr.
r Henry Ridgely, Dover; Mrs. T. Town
/ send, Wyoming; Mrs. H. C. Hitchen
e Wyoming; Mrs. Paul King, Claymont
\ Mrs. George Mullen, Marshalltor
r Dean Robinson, Newark; Mrs. HaT
d Smith, Smyrna; Mrs. w. Halmo
Y Reynolds, Townsend.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
AsBURY NJ. f. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. r. X. Stephenson, Pastor, An
nOunce Services for Week and Sunday


ROunce Services for Week and Sunday
Rev. r. X. Stephenson, pastor of
Asbury VI. Z. Church, makes these
announcements for Sunday next, Feb
ruary 7th: Morning service at Il
o'clock, the Communion Of the Lords
Supper; opportunity for persons to
unite with the church. In the after
noon at o'clock, Baptismal Service
in auditorium. At 6.45 p. M, the Ep-
worth League will hold their service
and at 7.30 in the evening a sermon
for young people, especially boys, will
be given by the pastor. Parents are
invited. In the musical program Civ
en- in connection with the evening ser
vice, Miss Helen Hall and Miss Nena
Kurtz, two well-known ChautauQUa
entertainers, will give three numbers
atleast one of which is to be on a new
musical instrument known as the
musical saw" AAnother feature viii
( ne several selections by the Smyrna
Male Quartette. At the prayer meet
+ ing service this evening reports from
. several who attended the Church
/ Training School for Christian Work
ers will be made The school closed
a five weeks term at Dover Monday
night and Rev. r. x. Stephenson and
number from Smyrna attended.
The Smyrna Male Quatette went
down and rendered several delightful
numbers. A social followed the meet
ing. The membership Of the Train
ing School was about 200. Of this
number fully fifty per cent were from
Smyrna and Middletown District.
Sixty per cent of those enrolled took
the course and received credits. From
Smyrna alone there were 20 in the
class of whom u or more received
credits for their course. The Train
ing School at Dover was the most
successful held in Wilmington Confer
ence and promises much for the fu-
ture.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
TAX RETURN BLANKS READY
Simplified State Forms Are Result
of Much Acturial Work

New forms of Income Tax return
blanks have been prepared and will
shortly be sent out to 100000 ad-
dresses Of taXables, according to pres
ent plans of the Delaware State Tax
Collectors office, ? East Ninth street.
A new addressograph machine with
a capacity of about 1900 per hour
will enable this work to be done with
rapidity heretofore unattainable.
The forms have been carefully revis-
ed, with a view to simplifying the
filing out so far as is consistent with
the legal requirements. Form 100 is
the annual Information Return" and
101 the slip for individual names of
persons to whom employers pay sal
aries, wages, rent, interest or other
gains, profits and income. Blank 200
is for taXables other than those re-
ceiving income from wages, salaries,
dividends or interest. Form POI is
for taXables whose entire income con-
sists of salaries, wage, commissions,
interest or dividends Form 300 is
for partnership returns, No. 400 for
fiduciary returns and 500 for returns
of corporations having capital invest
ed in the state
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
WHOLE NO. 1928
MISS LECARPENTIER TO WE'D
Miss Eleanor Lecarpentier, Whining
ton, Frequent Visitor to Smyrna,
To Marry II. L. BOngaardt

At a delightful bridge luncheon Civ
en- last Saturday afternoon, Mr.. and
Mrs.John F. Lecarpentier of Whining
ton announced the engagement Of
their daughter to Mr.. H. Lindner Bon
gaardt, of Philadelphia, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Bongaardt Of 4914
Walton avenue, Philadelphia Miss
Lecarpenter is well-known in Smyrna
where she has been a frequent guest
Of Miss Grace Tucker. The party
was given at the Lecarpentier home,
1904 Wawaset avenue, Wilmington,
and the guests included members Of
Miss Lecarpentier's class at Friends
School. The color scheme of the dec
orations was pink and white and each
guest received as a favor an old
fashioned colonial bouquet Of tiny
pink and white buds in which was
concealed a small heart on which We're
written the names Of the newly en-
gagged couple. Bridge was played and
the winners were: Miss Margaret
Christian of Philadelphia, Miss
Elizabeth Boyd, Miss Elizabeth Hill,
Miss Mary Eliason of New Castle and
Miss Helen Black. The out-of-town
guests at the affair were: Mrs. Joseph
Kenworthy, Miss Christian, Miss En-
ma Eisele, Miss Elsa Eisele, Mrs.
Hans Stole and daughter Miss Helen
Stolze, and John Bongaardt, all of
Philadelphia; Miss Catherine Cook,
Brookline, Pa; Miss Lula Sherwin,
Mrs. Howard L. Townsend, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bongaardt and Mr.. Ken
worthy, Philadelphia; Miss Olga Nc
Vey of New York; Miss Grace Tuck
er of Smyrna; Miss Bertha Jones,
Chester. Miss Lecarpentier attended
Friends School in Wilmington and
was graduated from the School of
Design for Noomen in Philadelphia.
Mr. Bongaardt IS a graduate of the
West Philadelphia High School and
now is associated with his father n
/ the real estate business in Camden, y
J. No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
LOCAL MUSERAT TRAPPERS HIT
BY THE NEW YORK FUR STRIKE
DELAWARE BAY SHORE TRAP
PERS AND OTHERS, ANXIOUS
Labor Troubles in Garment Factories
in New York City Hold Down the
Price of FUr-BrOkers in Quandary

IN new / OTk lily nOlu DOWH tIc
Price of Fur-BrOkers in Quandary
Trappers along the Delaware River
and Bay meadows from Delaware
City on by Woodland Beach are eag-
erly waiting final word on the out
come of the strike among one of the
branches in the fur industry in New
York City. Delaware and Jersey
trappers have many thousands of
dollars involved, as the musHat-trap-
ping season is now at its height. Any
prolonged strike, they say, might in
terfere seriously with the fur market
Just at period when most of the
pelts are being taken. This uncer-
tainty over the strike has unsettled
the market Big trappers who handle
large quantities of pelts during the
season believe that even better prices
would have prevailed this winter if it
had not been for this uncertainty in
the industry. Buyers from the metro
politan districts have been through
lower New Castle and Kent counties
regularly, but have been cautious of
late overlooking on pelts, which they
would have to carry over should a
strike tie up the industry. In such
an event the trappers themselves
would have to hold their pelts or sac
rifce them at low prices. Prices have
been running around $3.50 for peltS
and with good fur. The demand fOl
fur in the cities for women's fash
ions has continued so brisk that some
trappers had hoped for another s.
market. Estimates have been made
from year to year which fix the ap
proximate annual catch Of muskrat
at $4,000 pelts. A few other fur
bearing animals also are taken. Man!
trap lines were frozen up during tn
latter part of last week because of Uh'
intense cold weather. The trapper
expect this to improve the fur, a
they say the best pelts are alway
taken in midwinter. The rats ar
taken to the trappers' shacks or [
the farms, promptly skinned and til
pelts stretched over thin shingles t
cure. Natives for years have bee
eating the muskrat meat as "mars
rabbit" and the high price Of othe
meats and poultry has made thi
more or less of a deliacy. The littl
fur-bearers are exceptionally clean a
to their food and their flesh is pre-
nounced sweet and toothsome by thos
who have tasted It.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-03
SMYRNA NJ. P. CHURCH NOTES

Rev. o. +. BettOn, Pastor, Will Conf
mence Revival Services February IA
Rev. OF. Betton, pastor of Smyrna
MP. Church, announces the following
services for this week and Sunday:
Tomorrow, 7.3O p. m, prayer meet
ing; Sunday, February 7, class meet
ing, $50 a. m; morning worship, II
a. m; Sunday school, p. m; evening
worship, 7.30 p. m. Revival services
will begin on Sunday night February
IA, and continue through the month
Of February, every night except Sat
urday night. Old gospel hymns, in
spring messages and the challenge Of
a life. The Sunday school will be en-
tertained at a Valentine Party at the
home Of Mrs. Palmer on Saturday af-
telnoon, February 13, at 2 p. m.