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Evening star., 1927-11-15

FUTURE.
Lincoln Pd will meet tomorrow,
n m at Ga. r. Hall.
Tho Lions ub will meet tomorrow,
1o.3O n M fl luncheon at the May
flower Uote Col. John L. AXton.
chief chapla, L. S. A, will make an
address.
The Warrington Advertising Club
will meet |; luncheon tomorrow at
tho Mems tity Club. Aaron Sapiro
will sneak "Co-operative Selling and
Advertisin''
A homtooked luncheon will be
served tobrrow, noon to pm. in
the churd parlors Of the First Pres
byterian hurch.
Mount 'leasant w. G. T. u. will
serve atincheon tomorrow. l pm.
at COLTS Inn, Eighteenth street
and Conlbia road. Mrs Mabel Walk
or Wilprandt will speak. Music in
charged Mrs. Chester Adair and Mrs.
Raymh Dickey.
The Order of Scions of Colonial
Cavalys will hold its annual cele-
bratioi November 81 at the Wash
! ingtoElub.
Thfed Triangle Outing Club will
mectOmOrrow. 8 pm. at Fourteenth
stred and Colorado avenue for a
nloofGht hike to Rock Creek Park
and Aons bride paths. Bill Greenley,
| leaf.
Ie Northeast Associated Charities
cnfrence will he held tomorrow. $3.50
pf. al SIG / street northeast.
ne Board Of Education will meet
| tdorTow. 3:30 pm, at Franklin Ad-
nbistration Building.
| rhe Optimist Club will meet tomor.
| lN. 1890 pm. for luncheon at the
| Hmilton Hotel.
| The Radcliffe Club of Washington
| jill have for its opening meeting, Fri.
! iy. a dinner at the clubhouse of the
I!merican Association of University
Eomen, 1884 l street. Election of Of
icers.
The thirty-sixth annual banquet of
the kinnear class of young men will
be held tomorrow. G:30 pm. at the
Hotel. William Knowles
Cooper will speak. and an entertaining
mas been arranged.
A card party will he given tomor'
row by Golden Rule. d. of A.. at oys-
ter's Auditorium. Twenty-sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
The Illinois State Society will hold
n special meeting tomorrow, pm,
al Willard Hotel. room 127.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Grace
Reformed Church will serve turkey
dinner Thursday from 4:30 pm.
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Semmes Motor Co. Sued.

Joseph Gentilucci, a minor, !S r.
street. filed suit yesterday in Circuit
Court against the Semmes Motor co;
to recover $25 900 damages for alleged
personal injuries. Through Attorney
Donovan & Aquino the plaintiff says
that on February 25. while employed
by the defendant concern, his eyes
were seriously injured by acid from
an automobile battery.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
R. B. SLEIGHT BURIAL
TO BE IN MICHIGAN
Difficulties Encountered in Re
moving Body of Hoovers Aide
Because of Vermont Floods.

The body of Reuben B. Sleisht,
engineering aide to Secretary of Com
merce Hoover. who was killed in an
eirplane crash i'm Vermont yesterday.
will be sent to I.ainsburg Mich.
S'eights birthplace. for irterment.
Difficulty has been found in arranging
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be repeated tomorrow.
Catholic Daughters of America will
give social preceded by short
business meeting. s o'clock, at Col L
street.
Echoes of Paris" will feature the
meeting of the Vincent b. Costello
Post. No Is, American Legion, at
hea aduuarters of the George Washing
ton Post at its clubhouse, 1899 |
street. Costello Post Drum and Fife
Corps will assemble at District Build
ing at 1880 o'clock to march to G. w.
Post quarters.
Mrs. Blanche Povelson will give an
illustrated lecture on THE Apprecia
ton Of Art and Literature" at Health
Studio. 1923 X street, o'clock.
The annual bazaar for 1lamline Nj.
f. Church will open today and TO-
morrow at Sixteenth and Allison
streets.
Columbia Historical Society will
meet. SIS o'clock. in assembly hall of
the Cosmos Club. Allen c. Clark will
present on the screen THE Old
Mills"
The Business Womens Council will
meet in the lecture room of the
Church of the Covenant. Rev. VII
liam A. Eisenherger of the chulch
will lead the Bible class from 6:45 to
7:15 o'clock and Miss Mary Wright
of the Y. w. G. A. will speak of the
campaign. Eastman Kodak Co. VIII
present america Goes Over"
Phil Sheridan Woman's Relief
Corps, No. l.. will have inspection
and meeting, 8 o'clock, at Grand
Army Hall
st. Marks parish will give bazaar
afternoons and evenings in the parish
hall today. tomorrow and Thursday.
beginning each day with dinner at
) O'Clock in the parish house. Third
and streets southeast. Dancing.
A card party for the benefit of st.
Gahriel's Church will be given, $50
O'Clock. at the church.
A lecture on "Christian Science:
The christianity of the Bible will
he delivered by Robert Stanley Ross.
8 O'Clock. in First Church of Christ
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Ammaducci Not Proprietor.

Leon Ammaducci, sued for SIS, 900
in connection with an automobile ac.
cident. is not the proprietor of jim
my's Barber Shop. 1914 Fourteenth
street. as stated in The Star yester-
day. Ammaducci is employed at the
shop as barber.
Evening star., 1927-11-15

Sir Robert sBaden-Powell, founder of
the Boy Scout movement, is being
mentioned as n possible recipient of
the Nobel Peace Prize next year.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
FOUND.

DOG. part Spitz. Call lincoln 402s.
PIN. cameo: IL st. near North Capitol. sun
day. Nov. g. return on proof of ownership
and costs Col. 6:IS. 16s
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GarnS Of ThankS.

JONES. | wish to express my thanks TO
many friends and relatives for the kind
ness and sympathy shown me at the death
of my brother. WILLIAM JONES; also
for the beautiful solo sung by Mrs. Sarah
II. Bailey Of 1916 5th 81, NV. 49,
MARY JONES. Berwyn. Md.
PALMER. We wish to thank our many
friends and relatives for expressions OF
sympathy at the illness and death OF our
beloved husband and son. CHARLES f.
His WIFE AND MOTHER. 16'
STEPHENS We the family. gratefully ac-
knowledge and thank the pastor and pas
tors aid OF Peoples 5. ID. Baptist Church,
Welfare Service. Public Buildings and
Park. Otest Inhabitants, tcoloredl
friends of Government Printing ONCE. ~
we'll as friends and neighbors for their
kind expressions of sympathy at the n
ness and death of our father. ALFRED II.
STEPHENS. -
EMMA S. ROSE SAUNDERS.
WHITEMAN. We wish to express many
thanks to our dear friends for their sym:
pathy and floral tributes at the death ut
our beloved sister and daughter, FRAN.
CES WHTfEMAN FAMILY.
Evening star., 1927-11-15

Catholic Daughters of America will
give social preceded by short
business meeting. o'clock, at COL Z
=
Evening star., 1927-11-15

Columbia Chapter, u. A. r., will
hold a bazaar today and evening from
10 to 6 o'clock at 1905 F street. To
be repeated tomorrow.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF,

The Speech Reading Club of 2515
place will meet o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-11-15

The KaloramC Citizens Association
will hold its alual meeting for the
election Of offrs, 8 o'clock, in st.
Marcaret's Pafh Hall.
Evening star., 1927-11-15

There will bazaar at Calvary
NJ. F.. ChmcI Columbia road and
Fifteenth strtt, this afternoon and
evening. TO repeated tomorrow,
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Scientist, Colunh road ana Euchd

The womafis.ome Club Of North
Beach. Md. wiimeet. s o'clock. at
the Thomas Cir Club. 1926 Massa-
chusetts avenue
Evening star., 1927-11-15

Mrs. Blanche Povelson will give an
illustrated lecture on THE Apprecia
ton Of Art and Literature" at Health
Studio. 1923 X street, o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
LOST,

BEAGLE HOUNDS tD.. on Nov. o.. from
collars with name and address, S35 reward
for information that will lead to their re-
covery Address Ingram Marks TIT ith
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The present season in the Ma
tional Capital has been pretty
barren of real musical comedy,
and so a rather eager and ap.
preciative Halloween audience
greeted these aristocrats of the
dance and the generous sized
company with which Aarons and
Freddy have endowed their new
production.
Melodies tricked by George
Gershwin, a book supplied by
Fred Thompson and Robert
Benchley and lyrics provided by
Ira Gershwin. Here is a comb
nation of names and talent from
which could logically come the
best in eye and ear entertainment,
but Funny Face" still needs
their strict attention before it
can get an AL rating in its class.
The magic rhythm of the
Gershwin pen creeps out in such
numbers as "S'Wonderful," "How
Long Has This Been Going On?"
and Tell the Doc" and the melo-
dies are accentuated by some
skiilful piano scoring interpreted
on two instruments by those
masters of the keyboard, Victor
Arden and Phil Gilman. Close
to the final curtain comes a male
chorus to revive and repeat these
tuneful strains in the best must.
cal moments of the evening,
But Funny Face" is, after all.
dancing show. It's stars are
an unbeatable pair and backed
up by such nimble steppers as
William Kent. Stanley Ridges,
Betty Compton. Gertrude Nc
Donald and a chorus of youth
and pep there are numbers galore
which are riot of graceful mo-
ton and thoroughly eye-filling.
For this a croix-de.merit to Bobby
Connolly.
Both Fred and Adele Astaire
work with the ease and assur.
ance that makes Watching them
a delight, and coupled with the
ability to carry a part they are
the ideal musical comedy dancing
couple. William Kent carries
the comedy burden-not such a
weighty burden, after all, for
Benchley has been sparing with
his laughs. The dramatic critic
of Life" can be discerned at
his best in the sentimental tale
Of the pet goldfish, but for the
most part his lines are trivial and
the book itself inconsequential and
frothy.
The staturesque Katheryn Ray,
once-and maybe now-called the
most beautiful girl in the world,
has a tiny part with lines
'n'everything, but she has plenty
of rivals in the chorus line, for
the ensemble has been selected
by someone with a real eve for
beauty. They can pass inspection
with the best of the glorified, in
Guiding the cute Japanese flapper
who frolics as though she enjoyed
it,
Funny Face" is Handsomely
and tastefully dressed and Miss
Astaire assured us, via the pro-
gram. that her frocks are all the
way from Jenny's place on the
Champs Elysees.-A. R. K.
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In Arizona

Tom Mix took his Fox Film
Company to Phoenix, Ariz, this
week to begin work on his new
production, adapted from Harry
Sinclair's Drago's story, "Horse.
men of the Plains" Much of the
thrilling action will be taken on
the actual plains of Arizona with
which the story deals. Benjamin
Stoloff is to direct. In Mix's
supporting cast are Heinie Con-
kiln, Sally Blaine, Charles Byers
and Lew Harvey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01

That's a sample of the spiel
with which Walter Huston opens
Kenyon Nicholson's play of Amer
lean carnival life, 1.-THE Barker"
at the National Theater. It's the
keynote speech. 1t stamps the
painted environment with a brand
OF Verisimilitude. Little time is
consumed in introducing the char
acters-first and foremost, Huston
himself as Nifty Miller, the barker;
Al Roberts, as Hap Spissel; Flea.
nor Winslow williams as Carrie,
the barker's girl. and George w.
Barber. as Colonel GOwdy, the
owner of Gowdy's Big City Shows.
To tell it briefly, the barker's
young son scomes to join the car.
nival during his summer vacation
from law school: and Carrie, jeal-
Gus of her lovers affection for his
son, brides Colonel Gowry's girl,
Lou. to Vamp the kid. Lou does
a good job. but falls in love with
young Chris to boot. and marries
him. The barker knows Louis
reputation. Figure the rest out
for yourself until you see the play.
THO PAAJ "AAShLB IL 10 uHuSTbtOOut
Travelled with a carnival to get
local color for his opus. 1t bears
striking similarity, on point of
character portrayal. to Jim Tully's
horrendous and realistic "CircuE
Parade" The mean and sordid
business. the vicious hatreds. the
strong loves Of men and women
under the canvas tops are laid
completely bare.
Disregarding the smoothly
running story and it's excellent
climax, 1.-THE Barker would be
noteworthy il only for the wealth
of character work. One of the
outstanding speeches is the story
OF Sailor West John Irwin,
who tells how he staked a girl
to full job Of tattooing, and
how she sent him $40 every
week of her season, while she
worked as a. walking picture gal
lery.
Owen Davis, jr.. the son Of
the weIl-known playwright, does
very well in the role of Chris,
and Gertrude Waxel Ii per.
fectly cast as his sweetheart,
Lou. There are many other peo-
pie whom you will like to meet
in 1.-THE Barker" and they
deserve more than a listing here.
So we advise you to repair to
the National before the week is
out and see for yourself if this
account is not as veracious,
at least, as Mr.. Illusions de-
Scription Of the gIories Of
GoWdy's Midway. r.
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THE DISCOVERY
OF BANkY.
WILMA

Samuel Goldwyn, producer of
the Ronald Colman.Vilma Banky
film, THE Magic Flame" at
Loew's Columbia for a second
week. was christened recently
as "the star maker" by q Los
Angeles newspaper man.
The writer said: Samuel Gold
wyn has made more stars than
there are in heaven. There is
no surer way for any actor or
actress to attract immediate in
ternational attention than to play
a part in a Samuel Goldwyn
picture. The list of his discov-
cries is so long that he himself
and women he offered oppor.
tunity Among this list we find
the names Of Ronald Colman,
Wilma Banky. Belle Bennett, Lois
Moran. Rod LaRocque, Gary
Cooper, the new Paramount star,
and many. many others"
The story Of the discovery of
Wilma Banky is interesting. Mr..
Goldwyn had been touring the
continent with his bride, the for.
mer Frances Howard. In Buda.
pest, he noticed the photograph
of a beautiful girl in a shop
window. Her name, as the cap
ton told him, was Banky Wilma
and she was playing roles for
the big German company, UFA.
Mr.. Goldwyn was much inter-
ested by the beauty of the girls
face and, learning that she was
in Budapest. he sent note
to her studio inviting her to
call on him at his hotel. Time
went by and she didn't appear.
Mr.. Goldwyn was eager to re-
turn to America and decided that
he couldn't wait. His bags
were packed and put aboard the
Paris Express. The train was
about to start.
Then a beautiful girl came
running down the platform and
into Mr.. GOldwyn's compartment.
A torrent of Hungarian words
descended from her lips, among
which he caught only the name,
Banky Wilma. 1t was enough.
Mr.. Goldwyn and his wife left
the train and went back to the
hotel.
A contract was signed that
very night, and Miss Banky
followed thn Goldwyns to Amer.
lea three weeks later,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01

"A 1ull, and enthusiastic house
saw the result last night at the
Shubert-Belasco, a melodrama of
the type now much in vogue,
by name 1.-THE Racket"
1.-THE Racket" Is an eye picture
of politics as practiced with the
aid of the smoking gun and the
topheavy bank roll. 1t is a faith
full portrayal of the game as
practiced in Chicago if one is to
believe the almost daily stories
of murder, corruption and vice
that appear in the papers under
the dateline Of that enterprising
100 per cent American city.
Captain McQuigg is a copper
who can't be handled by the
powers that be and is therefore
shunted to an outlying precinct
just in advance of election time.
Nick Scarsi, alcohol king, killer
and boss of the river front wards,
is McQuigg's particular anathema
and it's war to the finish.
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town. It's too much like work
ing in a butcher shop"
1.-THE Racket" is excellently
cast. Edward G. Robinson as
Nick Scarsi Is superb. He fairly
oozes the ratty, staggering self
assurance Of the gangster who
believes himself to be above the
law. Alphonze Either has returned
form the movies lots to give
fine presentation of Captain
McQuigg. Marion Coakley handles
the only feminine role, hard
boiled Irene Hayes from the night
clubs. to perfection. Our old
friend Romaine Calender, as
usual, makes much of the As.
sistant States Attorney part.
Ralph Adams makes a minor
part be remembered, as do G.
Pat Collins and Edward Eliscu
A special word must be said for
Willard Robertson, Hugh O'Con-
mel and Norman Foster, re-
spectivelyN Pratt, of the Tribune,
Miller, of the Hearld- Examiner,
and Ames. Of the City Press.
They play an important part in
the proceedings and they handle
their parts excellently. 1t Is a
relief to see three stage reporters
who don't carry huge note books
and who know the language of
the city room.
1t is too large cast to mention
everyone, but they all acquitted
themselves nobly. When some OF
the rough spots are taken out and
there have been a few more re-
hersals, it probably will be found
Mr.. Cormack has done quite well
by himself.
by himself. G. E. D.
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The captain sees his chance
when Nick's young brother is
brought in charged with stealing
an automobile and carrying con-
cealed weapons. Nick springs
him with a writ Of habeas corpus
of which he has an unlimited
supply apparently. but not UNI
till the kids girl has squealed on
him.
Nick is worried about this and
makes a personal call at the
station house. The cop who made
the arrest can't be bought off, SO
Nick bumps him off. The gang
ster kicks over cub reporter
for the City Press in making his
getaway, and that lad later identi.
flies him.
A murder charge is nothing
new to Ccarsi, however. and he
sends for the assistant States at
torney, who is running for judge
in the approaching election. The
machinery of the whole town is
set into action to obtain Scarsis
release. Another murder settles
everything in approved fashion
to say more would be unfair.
AS the kid reporter said, I'm
going to get out Of this damn
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BAD PEOPLE AND
GOOD TENANT
"TIA JUANA"

Kilbourn Gordon, who produced
1.-THE Cat and the Canary" THE
Green Beetle" "Kongo," "Out OF
the Seven Seas" and other ex-
citing plays, has good reason for
pinning his faith to melodrama.
With melodrama Gordon has al
ways been a success and he be-
lieves there is a large and eager
public waiting for such theatric
fare. With Chester DeVonde he
has now devised another thriller.
This time it is called Tia
Juana" and the scenes are laid
in that we'll advertised town just
beyond the border south OF San
Diego. Mr.. Gordon will present
Tia Juana" at the Shubert.
Belasco the week Of November z.
Tia Juana" has, in It's char
acters. the typical men who rule
the unruly Mexican place. They
are Jail birds. gamblers and gen.
eral ne'er do wells who have
found refuge in that out-ofthe-
way place. They also are, to a
great extent foreigners.
To Tia Juana has come one
Sprutt, escaped convict, who has
sworn vengeance against the
judge who sentenced him. At
Tia Juana he links his fortune
with the chief Of police, INDUCES
in Chinese smuggling and booze
running and operates hotel and
cabaret for the delectation of
visitors. He plots to lure there
the son Of his enemy judge and
does it by means OF a dancer
with whom the boy is infatuated.
But there are other forces at
work for law and order. The con-
flict between the two Is constant
and adept. The plot mounts with
steadily maintained interest to q
final curtain which is said to be
oXnont innaIIxy oPfoofiua
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01
SIGMUND, AETH,
SONG MAESTRO.
THURSDAY

Sigmund Spaeth. a Irrational in
stitution in the American world
of music" will open the seasons
course of ten events arranged and
presented by the Community In
Stitute of Washington, on Thurs
day evening. November 3. at
S:15 o'clock in thte Central Com
munity Center, Thirteenth and
Clifton Streets Northwest. DR..
Spaeth will give his most recent
and by far his most popular piano
talk, known as "Jazzmania," a
Musical Analysis" common
sense, highly entertaining exposi.
ton of today's music, full of wit
and human appeal.
Spaeth is a many-sided Ameri.
can artistic Is song leader, con-
ductor. and composer: he has
written for leading magazines and
newspapers all over the country.
Four books are already accredited
sellers" The Common Sense of
Music" and "Songs You Forgot
to Remember" He is perhaps
one OF inc outstanding radio ar
lists in the country. and ia inter-
national chairman of music for
kiwanis. Incidentally he is a
splendid athlete, playing and
coaching football, soccer, cricket,
tennis, as we'll as a magnificent
swimmer, and is leading figure
in both athletics and music at
Princeton University. As an en-
tertainer, he has an easy intimate
style. bubbling over with humor,
and full Of the broad understand
ing of human nature.
In addition to the season sub.
scription tickets for the Commu.
nifty Institute course Of ten events,
single tickets may be had for the
Spaeth evening, at the Franklin
School Building. and at the viii.
lard Newsstand.
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Believe It?

The screens smallest actor
donned grease paint for an i'm
portant role in Douglas Mac.
Leans unusual comedy soft
Cushions" current at Loew's
Palace.
He's an inch-long cricket. cap
tured in the wilds of California
and he actually wears makeup
in Paramount's new comedy,
His part in the picture is to
race a brother cricket as part
of a novel bunco game staged
by MacI4ean, an enterprising
rogue who introduces modern
technique into the ancient art
of living by ones wits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01
Cri1ne-Ridden Chicago
In TIngling Drama

Bartlett COrmack, late of the Chicago Herald Examiner
and gentleman who knows his police headquarters and
his Chicago politics. recently decided the time had
to quit trying to make editions the hahour and de-
vote himself rather to the moulding of melodrama around
his experiences the gentle city Mayor Bill Thompson is
now Wrestling from the grip of King George.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01
.SHAKESPEARIAN
REPERTOIRE
NOV. 7

A special feature of the produc.
tons now being presented by the
Shakespeare Association of Amer.
1cas under the management of
George Ford. Is the novel and in.
genius construction of the scenery,
which renders it possible to make
an immediate change of scene and
to eliminate the long and tiresome
waits that so frequently interrupt
the progress of the play ana cause
the audience to lose the thread Of
the story.
The plays Of Shakespeare, which
are laid in so many different coun.
tries. lend themselves readily to
elaboration in costuming and mic.
turesque scenic investiture, espe.
cially as they cover so manv dif.
Ierent periods, with constant
change of locality,
The plays selected for presenta.
tlon during the engagement at the
washington Auditorium for one
week only, beginning Monday, No.
vember z, are Hamlet" "The
Merchant of Venice" Romeo and
Juliet Julius Caesar" "Tbe
Tanning of the Shrew," Twelfth
Night" Macbeth" and "Othello."
-Four thousand choice seats will
De available at each performance
at IL, plus the tax.
Have YOU aVaIIed yourself NJ III.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01
Composer Here

George Gershwin, composer of
the famous Rhapsody in Blue"
has Cancelled concerts in Boston
and Providence in order that he
might spend next week in Wash
inGton with his new musical hit,
Funny Face"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01
Lois and George

Lois Moran has started work
on her second picture for Fox
in which she plays opposite stall
wart George O'Brien. 1t is THE
Girl Downstairs" and is being
directed by j. G. Blystone. viii
liam Demarest and Nancy Car
roll are in the cast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-01
Wen See About This

Just when you had about de-
cided that ordinary dance music
was pretty much all alike, along
comes Ted Weems and his en-.
gaging crew of horn.tooters, who
show a brand of shivery syno.
capation that will put new pen
into the most jaded person, )"
says Larry Beatus. managing di.
rector of Loew's Palace.