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Smyrna times., 1926-02-24
STATE LED IN AUTOS OWNED
Indications This Year Look to Over
10000 Cars, One for Each Persons

10000 Cars, One for Each Persons
Delaware led the nation last year in
the number of pleasure cars per cap
ita, according to figures made public.
Nebraska last year claimed the great
est number of pleasure cars, the ratio
being one car to every six persons,
but Delaware went them one better.
During 1925 there were automobile
licenses issued for 39,84O pleasure
cars and for 375 motorcycles, making
a total of 40,215. This would have
meant one car to six if they had only
been 39,1O3 licenses issued, but there
were more, so that this state, with
234,72O persons, although one of the
smallest in population, leads the ma
tion in the number of pleasure cars
per person owned here.
Officials Of the Titling Department
of the State Highway Department, be-
heve that this year will see a much
heavier registration of pleasure cars.
81 believe there will be from ten to
twenty per cent increase in the num-
Der of automobiles used for pleasure"
said 5. d. Prouse, head of the Titling
Department. ''I am basing this pre-
dlction on conversation l have had
with many dealers aid from other in
formation coming to me. The dealers
tell me that they have excellent pros
poets. By that, persons have come to
them and have looked cars over and
have volunteered the information that
they are going to buy a car. These
are not owners of cars seeking a new
one, but citizens who have never yet
owned an automobile"
Up to Saturday, licenses had been
issued for 25,928 pleasure cars. That
this is only about half of what will be
issued during the remainder of the
year is indicated in many ways. Many
persons either spent too much money
on Christmas gifts, or else are using
1T for other purposes now and this
class always waits until April or May
when the weather mOderates before
they obtain their car license. That is
the method used every year. Up to
this date driving permits have been
issued to $1,000 persons. This latter
item seems to forecast more paid
chauffeurs this year. The number of
persons taking the examination for
paid chauffeur jobs is larger this year
than last.
Watching for Violations
Regarding the alleged dealers who
in the past have benefited by the
privileges allowed dealers in altomo-
bles, while the number has been cut
down considerably from last year, il
is believed that there are still some
persons who have obtained such priv
ileges this year who are not entitled
to them. But not until they have
been shown to have misrepresenteC
conditions can any action be taken.
81 believe" said Titling Officer
PrOuse, that one or two have Slipped
it over on US, but that's something
they may be sorry for The State
highway police have the numbers anC
information regarding dealers abou
whom there is any suspicion and i
they find them violating the privilege.
granted them by this department
they will be called upon to take thu
consequences"
Smyrna times., 1926-02-24
Those Dear Girls

Madge-Beauty is but skin deep,
you know.
Marie-Then don't despair, dear,
yours may come to the surface in
course of time.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-24

Residents of lowed New Castle
County and the northern part of Kent
County Thursday afternoon beheld
rainbow following a shower. 1t was
visible for many minutes and was un-
usually outstanding.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Early Alaskans.

WHAT has become of the famous
figures of the Klondike gold
fieldS-the chara acters that Rex Beach
and Robert w. Service immortalized
in story and song?
The answer. in one word. is said to
be Hollywood.
And so it would to Clarence Brown.
the motion picture producer director:
for since 1t became known that he was
planning to film THE Trail of 9S.'
Robert W. Services epic of the his
tOric gold rush, he has been literally
besieged by an army Of applicants for
parts by men and women who claim
to have been in Ala ska and the Klon-
dixie during the Eoldrush days.
One claimed to be Malamute Mike.
a spectacular figure of the Ala sksn
trail; one was a United States mar
shall during the rush another took the
census of the territory in 1899: an
other became a millionaire in a month
and lost all his gold In a week at the
faro tables--in fact, all the types of
the famous stampede were included
in the line of applicants. and every
one, according to his own story, had
once lived the part.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
'JHOMA9 |
HERBERT \
COtrector) y
Wardman Park Jheaterf
Spanish Plays in New York.

WHEN Maria Guerrero and Fer.
nando Maria DiaZ de Mendoza
and, their celebrated Princess Theatei
company in Madrid come To the Man
/ haitian Opera House, New York City.
| for the week beginning May II. the
opening play will be "Dona Maria La
| Brava" t'The Valiant Lady Maria y.
| by k,douardo Marquina.
LA Malquerida." which will he the
| play for Tuesday night. May IS. Is
| the masterpiece of Jose Benevente.
| and was played in this country by
! Nance O'Neill under the title of The
| Passion Flower" 1t will be followed,
| Wednesday night, by 'Locura de
| Amor C'The Love Madness. by
| night by Don Juan Tenorio.' by
Jose Gorilla. which is said to he the
most sparkling of all the Don Juan
dramas and a great favorite of the
Span speaking people; Friday night
by "Cancionera" C'The Folk song
Singer'D by S. and ]. Alvarez Quin-
tero, two of the most popular Span
ish writer's of the day; Saturday matt.
nees by La CUndesa Maria" c'The
Countess Maria'D. a comedy by Juan
lSnacio Luca de Tena. and Saturday Y
night by "El Caudai de Los Hijos. +"
which means the heredity or inner
itance of children, written by Jose
Lopez Pinillos
In this varied repertoire, ii is said
these celebrated artists will be seen
at their best
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Looking After Road Shows.

A ENCOURAGEMENT by A. L. Err
LANCER that his projected new
Buffalo, n. Y, theater Is only the first
Of an extensive chain to be built by
himself and f. NJ. statler, the hotel
man, rather weakens the cry Of the
alarmists that theatrical road shows
are passing out Of existence.
Mr.. Erlanger, who IL responsible for
most of the road-show bookings at
the National Theater here, Is one of
the widest known veteran producers
and bookers in the show business. He
declares the contemplated new chain
| of thea tiers will be one of the most
extensive ever attempted and that
eventually the Erlanger-Statlerc chain
will be represented in every fair sized
city in the country which is in need
of a modern playhouse.
These theaters will be modelled,
generally, after the Buffalo play
house now under construction. They
will be built to house any sort of an
attraction from films to stage spec
tacles. The seating capacity of the
Buffalo house is 1900. with orchestra
and one balcony. Large lounging
rooms and parlors are included for
patrons, while back-stage the most
modern equipment, including dress
ing rooms and mechanical properties.
will he installed.
The Buffalo theater will he kept
open the year round, Mr.. Erlanger
booking his Broadway attractions
there during the Winter season and
housing repertoire during the Sum-
mer months.
E. NJ. Statler is president of the
famous chain Of Statler Hotels.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Three Star Comebacks.

THREE years ago Harry Carr wrote
an article about three girls who
had come back"-Blanche Sweet,
Dorothy Gish and Bessie Love.
They had dropped from the screen
after reaching the star ranks. either
on account of illness or poor pictures
Each, after making a heroic effort
had accomplished what is considered
almost impossible by making a re-
turn which brought them more ac-
claim than they had previously had.
To win success twice is indeed
rare achievement and Mr.. Carr wrote
at length of each of these players
who had battled so valiantly for
successful return.
''At that time" says Blanche Sweet.
II knew Dorothy Gish slightly and
Bessie Love even more casually.
'Since that time" she continues.
1--WE have become the very best of
friends. In fact. / consider Dorothy
Gish and Bessie Love my closest
comrades"
Perhaps the knowledge that they
were kindred souls brought these
three close together. Anyway, 1t is
one of the interesting facts in Holly
wood that three girls came back"
each going through the same trying
experience of winning back a fan
public they had been away from for
pore than two years, and today thoy
are fast friends
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Those Midweek Matinees.

THE theater naturally is a palce for
surprises, but Washington. since
| the National Theater Players have
come into being, has sprung a new
one that Is attracting attention even
/ in the great metropolis.
| Midweek matinees are as common
to the theater. both during the regu-
lar sea son and when stock compa nies
furnish the entertainment. as Sunday
morning services in the churches. But
never before has there ever been such
thing as the current Wednesday
matinees at the National Theater.
To begin with. few. If any, seats at
all are for sale for the midweek per-
formances al the National because the
seats have been reserved for the en-
tire season by scores of gossip parties.
| to whom the chance to chatter during
| the intermissions is quite as impOr
| tant as the performance itself. Reser.
vations for other performances have
been made, of course, by those who
| wish to occupy the same seats each
week for one becomes used to a,
given location after a while, and it is
always known in advance who are
likely to be your neighbors.
But WIN the w WeUneSOaE InallneeS
it is quite different. In every part
of the spacious theater are groups
upon groups of neighbors, chums, pals,
| call them what you will, but they are
all talk cronies, and when the curtain
falls the pent up conversation breaks
loose like the crack of a rifle and con-
tinues like big nest of machine guns
| until the curtain rises again, when
dead silence falls upon. the buzzing
bees until the neXt~intermission.
There are grandmothers and grand
daughters. young and old. big and
little, fiashy and subdued coteries of
chatterers who chatter, chatter, chat
ter, on this subject and that. inces-
sanity and unrestrained. until the
footlights flare up and the curtain
rises again.
Waits between the acts tiresome?
Whoever heard of such an absurdity
at the National midweek matinees?
They are far too short. Indeed, 1t is
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Skirts No Shorter.

lnESPITE all reports to the contrary,
there will be high visibility in
skirts for at least nine months more
according to Howard Greer, film fash
ion designer for Paramount
I I'm other words, long dresses are
not coming back this season. A mum
ber of gown makers, trying to antici
pate the styles, have announced that
long skirts are the coming thing. But
to wear long skirts for a least nine
months more will be an eccentricity
A style has to be adopted after it is
set. To be too far ahead of the
styles is to be freakish, rather than
smart or chic" says Mr.. Greer.
Il have just returned from a consul.
tation with many, of the most famous
Partisan style experts. Some of them
think there is a trend toward longer
dresses. Others do not believe that
the woman. once having been edu.
Gated to short skirts, can be induced
to go back to long ones.
"At any rate, the style is not vet de-
termined. 1t is all guesswork. My
own impression is that next winter
will see skirts gradually becoming
longer. But it will not be a sudden
transition, and at most l do not
think we shall find gowns more than
6 inches longer. But for the present
season dresses will remain about the
same length"
Evening star., 1926-04-25

BEAUTIFUL tropical shots, made
- by Maurice Tourneur for "Aloma
of the South Seas were secured in
various sections of Porto Rico. Some
were made near San Juan, about 155
miles away by road at MayagueZ
others at Old Lula in a cave, and
the remainder at Vega Baja and Point
Lula To get beach and swimming
scenes, Samoans were taken to the
island at o'clock in the morning.
at MayagueZ.
At Old Lula. in a cave. some of
the islanders it is said, refused to
work with the technical staff be-
cause of an old Indian legend that
pirates had killed the sweetheart Of
an Indian princess. whose ghost was
believed to haunt the spot.
On one occasion it was necessary
to transport two huge iron gates and
stone pillars to which they were at
tached half way across the island,
where they were photographed as the
entrance to a tavern at San Juan.
To get another view of them with
tropical verdure in the background
they were taken down and set up the
next day more than 50 nSles away.
Evening star., 1926-04-25

story at intervals with jokes and
/ gyrationS. In this revival Of the
Prisoner of Zenda" that melancholy
task falls to Frank Lalor.
! 4 x
And after ALL the play is the
Prisoner of Zenda' rather than the
Princess Flavia." and in its real in
trinSic appeal depends on the orig
| inal authors delineation OF dash
ing chivalrous hero, brave to defend
a lady in distress and too honorable
to claim her gratitude when her duty
commands her to a state marriage.
In spite of all the decorative splen-
dor and display of personalities in
gorgeous procession, the 1nterpreta- =
tion depends on the actor who can
convincingly depict so rare and fasci-
mating a hero and it becomes again
a two-man show. author and star
sustaining the main possibilities.
Anthony Hope finds gallant inter
prefer in Harry Welchman. who
rises to the standards of the Russian
Music Drama Theater. asserting
himself not as a singer who must try
to act. but as an actor who can sing
The evening clothes will be re-
stored to fleeting prominence i'll the
theater lobby when the revival OF
the Two Orphans" is placed on dis
play. A fine old play will enlist the
talents of fine old group of actors
in conjunction with players compe-
tent to contribute the element OF
youthful appeal. The play has en-
joyed abundant approval in the films
and should find welcome with a cast
that reads like chapter from one
of the most reverential of "palmy
days" scrap books. Two Orphans"
is no "actorproof' drama The cast
OF characters promises proficiency
which leaves the familiar announce
ment. "All Star Cast fully war
ranted. 1t is in no sense modern
drama-but how eagerly the public
has shown its interest in anything
that savors Of the antique!
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Mammoth Screen Sets.
THE two largest sets of the currel

THE two largest sets of the current
motion-picture year are for Erich
Won .Stroheim's forthcoming produc-
ton, 1.-The Wedding March," 1t is an
nounced.
The first of these. a city block in
length and of nearly the same depth.
is Viennese wine garden surrounded
by an apple orchard in bloom, and
with hundreds of apple trees. clothed
with millions of pink and white bios
SONS, around the tavern set. The
other is the great st. Stephan's Cathe-
dral of Vienna. which will rise to
a height of rs feet and will be sur
rounded by buildings-replicas Of
those that surround the original in
the Austrian capital. Against this i'm
pressive background much of the
glory of the former Austrian court
life viii be relieved with hundreds Of
1soSls taking pas6
Evening star., 1926-04-25

EIGHTEEN principals of Albert de
tourville's forthcoming revue,
Hello. London" arrived in New York
from London last week.
John Murray Anderson will present
The Bughouse Cabaret" at the
Champs Elysee Thester in Paris in
July.
Bean Strings" is now the title of
&C. X. MunroS comedy. formerly
known as storm" which opens in
New York tomorrow night.
Arthur Hammerstein, accompanied
by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart. .
returned last week from a month :
visit to the Pacific Coast. and will
start plans for his next seasons pro
duction.
Roslyn Bernard, 1s-year.old daugh
ter of Sam Bernard, the German co
median. will make her first stage ap-
pearance in We Americans" which
Sam H. Harris is producing.
Edgar Selwyn's production Gentle
men Prefer Blondes" had successful
opening in Detroit last week.
AHA Nazimova has secured the
American rights to "Katerina. by
LeOnid AndreVeV. now current in Lon
don. Herman Bernstein made the
translation.
Warren Williams and John Crom-
we'll Will support Fannie Brice in
Fanny" her first play under the
management of David BelascO.
Jed Harris has purchased for Fall
production a play by Dana Burnett
and Samuel Ornitz called The Pris-
oner.'
Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"
opened in New York last week as Win
throp Ames' production of the season.
Lois Bennett. Ernest Lawford and
William Williams are in the com
pany
F. II. Sothern ended his tour in
Accused" fortnight ago. and will
soon sail for Europe. He will return
IN August and probably will he seen
under the Belasco management.
Fast Side" by Frederic and Fanny
Hatton. will he placed in rehearsal
by Richard Herndon, with Genevieve
Tobin in the leading role.
Service for Two" a comedy by
Martin F1avin, will he produced by
A. y. Erlanger in the new season,
with Hugh Wakefield leading the
cast Iden Payne will stage the play.
The Straw Hat" announced for
production by the American Iabora-
tory Theater. New York, will be held
over until October.
Hazel Dawn has been engaged for
THE Great Temptation" revue ex-
pected to run in New York all Sum-
mer.
Irving Strous has accepted a col
lege play called Campus" from Day
Tuttle, Yale graduate. 1t will prob
Evening star., 1926-04-25
In the Spotlight.

ably he prese nted this Spring. Strous
also has a play for Fan production
called Fifth Avenue" by Billy Rose,
the song writer.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby Jane Cowl will make her
first appearance ON the London stage
June S, in Easy Virtue" by Noel
Coward, the English playwright, and
with cast largely English.
Johann Strauss operetta, die
Fliedermaus." book by Lawrence
Langner, will he produced in New
York in August by new firm. the
Deltho Corporation. Miss Raymonde
Delaunois will have the principal
role.
Luther Adler. son of the late Jacob
F. Adler. has been engaged for we
Americans" which Sam H. Harris
will soon give q tryout.
Nora Bayes. in play without
music. is possibility for next sea
son. Willard Mack is now working nn
the manuscript for the A. II. Woods
office. Miss Bayes will play the role
of night club hostess.
"The good old days" are libelled now
as SLOW" but the early DAYS Of New
York afforded considerably more va
riety of entertainment than is offered
in this day of the night-club. There
were prize fights galore. cock-fghts
that were the real thing" for the
Young blades, tallyho rides to and
from the wassail bowls. and many.
other wild and daring diversions that
youth might have its fling according
to Rida Johnson Young. author OF
Little Old New York"
Several New York papers considered
II something of a record for the Ma
uonal stock company to create the de-
mand for an extra matinee the first
week of its Summer stock season. No
matter how popular a play. 1t is sell
dom that two matinees n week will
not satisfy the public appetite. Inter
est in the returning players is as
signed as one rea son why a third
matinee was dema anded Of the National
Players in their opening attraction.
weeks in Los Angeles last Saturday.
before approached.
The Two Orphans" Is scheduled
for one week in Washington in NAV.
In Its array of talent are Fay
BANTER, Mary Nash. May Robson.
Henrietta Crossman. Florence Nash,
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Robert Lo-
raine, Robert Warwick. Jose Ruben.
Henry f. DiXey. Wilton I4ackaye and
William Seymour.
Their present tour OF the Ioew
theaters will make the last vaude-
Vile appearance for the next five
years of James c. Morton and his
family. Mr.. Morton is returning TO
his first love. burleque. i'm Come
Along brand-new show starring
him and featuring his wife and their
two children. Edna and Alfred.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Press Agent Heralds
New Play

THE lure of the African veldt is
not half so irresistible as the
twinkling lights of Broadway.
Chester DeNonde. co-arthor with
kilbourn Gordon of ''Kongo." Il color
full melodra ma of the Belgian Jungle
knows. for he has tasted the thrills
of both. and now after a dip into the
mystic Veldt he is back on Broa dway.
DeNonde has been not only an
actor, bat pla wright. director and
producer of his own shows. 1t is said
that one season he owned no less than
g. compa> les. all of them playing in
his dramas in the hinterlands. for
once he was the ten-twenty-thirty
idol of the nation. with such thrillers
TO his credit as The Old Willow
Farm The Great Medicine Secret"
and The Ten Ton Door" all of which
brought applause over stretch of
many years.
Nine years ago DeNonde emerged
from the nowhere and for a sea son
played in Bought and Paid For, J."
but he retired from the stage with
fortune two decades ago. His en-
tranc into the cast of Bought and
Paid For" was merely to see how he
compared with the modern actor.
lie found he Still could hold his own.
and once again he went into retire
ment.
In the mea ntime. however. secret
mission carried him To the Belgian
Congo. There he found more in the
way of thrills than he bargained for.
King .Jamsokis. head of powerful
tribe. learned that an intrepid white
man had invaded the sacred precincts
of his domain. He was at war with
neighboring tribes at the time and
Immediately sent savaCes to capture
the guileless DeNonde. An inter
prefer used by the ivory and rubber
traders helped clear DeNonde of any
i'll Intentions. hut for Is months he
was forced To stay within the confines
of the state.
Now he bohs MP with new African
play-only the press agent tells of II
in endless ragraphs of narrowing
details.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Launches Funny Fix"
Contest

HARRY LANGDON, screen come
- dian, is offering cash prizes for
the funniest funny fixes" people
have found themselves in
I.angdon, in his series .of feature
length comedies for First National, is
turning a real life for his gags" He
believes that truth is funnier than fic.
ton. In order to get the truth he has
launched a funny tx contest with a
total of $500 offered in prizes.
You must write out the details of
your funny fix in no more than $50
words-short and nappylike-and
send it to the Harry Langdon Funny
Fix Contest" care of Station WIZ, of
New York, or WRC, of Washington.
d. c. The contest closes at midnight
on May Is, so you will have to get
your letter in to the station before
that hour.
The prize for the funniest funny fix
will be 5000; second prize, 500; third
prize, $50; fourth prize. $25; fifth prize,
SIS, and II other prizes of $40 each.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Screen Actors and Religion.
YES, screen stars have religion.
A Syracuse newspaper man says

YES, screen stars have religion.
Nearly every we'll known creed is
represented on the Culver City lot
They are said to he not only the big
gest body of church-goers in Holly
wood and its vicinities. but also the
church's best supporters.
Unbelievable as this revela alton, for
which Chester b. Balm. of the Syra-
cuse Herald, is responsible. may ap-
pear, it is true. And just al true Is
still another revelation that the stars
tolerate each others beliefs and are
in sympathy with them even though
they cling tenaciously to their own.
That may be the supreme rea son why
religion fourishes in dhis place where
people have been wont to least sus-
pect 1t.
But, as Mr.. Balm guessed, COM
plete concord of religious belief Is
too much to be expected. Though the
stars are willing to put up with each
others form of worship, even en-
courage it, they are not SO magnani-
nous when it comes to choice of
hymns Each thinks his or her selec-
ton of a favorite hymn is the best
and will champion no other.
AS a consequence there is quite
diversity of favorite hymns. and the
surest way of assassinating the angel
of peace that hovers over them all
is to announce that somebody else 3
hymnic preference is better.
Mr.. Bahn's discovery as to the IA
vorite hymns of some of the stars
Is as follows:
Norma Shearer, How Lovely Are
the Messengers"
Pauline Starke, Lead, Kindly
Light"
Charles Ray, Nearer, My God, to
Thee"
Ramon Novarro, Mexican national
anthem.
Eleanor Boardman, Flee as a
Bird
John Gilbert, Come All Ye Faith
full"
Claire Windsor, Silent Night"
Conrad Nagel, Shepherd, Show Me
How to Co.