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pills OF Miss Powell, teacher Of the
second and third grades, sang sever
al n for the enjoyment of those
present.
In observance Of Safety Week,
Rev. Z. W. Marshall Of Brownsville
had been asked to deliver an adj
dress. His talk was Safety First"
The library committee was instruct
ed to order more books for class
work during the business session.
RETURN FROM CANADA
Mr.. and Mrs George +. Walker re-
turned Friday from a three months
trip in Canada with headquarters at
Fort Stanley in Ontario. They took
side trips TO the Toronto Exhibition
while they were there and went by
boat down the St. Lawrence as far as
Montreal and Quebec and up the
river to Cape Trinity. They went
among the Thousand Islands and en-
joyed the numerous rapids Of the
river and tributary streams.
PERSONALS
Mrs. G. w. Jones and daughter,
Joan, are expected to return to
Brownsville Sunday morning after
a summer spent in Winnipeg, Cana
da.
Word has been received from Mrs.
]. L. Rentfro, who is in New York
City, that she is enjoying her visit
there. DR.. Rentfro is there engaged
in research work connected with his
profession.
Mrs. w. o. Williams of San Benito
was a visitor in Brownsville one day
the latter part Of the week.
Mrs. II. B. Broaddus of Colorado
City, Tex, who has been here visit
ing in the home of Mrs. Harbert
Davenport, left recently with her
daughter, Mary. for McAllen to visit.
Mrs. Broaddus leaves there for San
Antonio Sunday evening where she
will attend the State Biennial con-
ference. She is president of the
sixth district Of the Federation Of
Women's clubs in Texas.
Mrs. ID. A. O'Brien and grandson,
Julian, have returned from Houston
where they have been for some time.
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Valley Society NeWS
and EDentS

entertained at her home in Valenci
park for members OF the Philethia
Sunday school class Of the First
Presbyterian church. After many en-
tertaining features, a tempting lun-
cheon was served 10 members and
guests.
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MRS. FORD

call was appropriately an
by quotations from Shake
on at the meeting
Z Learners club which was held
J Baptist church Tuesday. Mrs.
Ford, who has been away for
time, was welcomed back into
club by the president, Mrs.
rye Stell.
pine special features Of the pro-
IN were based on the observance
fire prevention week with a talk
Mrs. s. G. Tucker on that subject.
other roll call was answered by
members, each giving some eff
tive way of stopping fire under
ferent conditions.
4 club guest, Mrs. II. b. Broaddus
Colorado City, Tex, president Of
sixth district Of woman's clubs
Texas, was present. She spent a
wv days in Brownsville at the home
Mrs. Harbert Davenport, accom-
hnied by her daughter, Mary. Mrs.
|roaddus took a few minutes TO tell
he club members of her Shakespeare
Tub Of which she has been a mem
for twenty-five years and which
as been organized forty-three years.
the entire time the main
tudy subject for every lesson was
ONE phase of the works of Shake
peare. Such long study Of one mans
meant that every view
'oint and different aspects Of the
FORKS had to be studied to prevent
epetition at some of the meetings,
FRS. Broaddus said. She closed her
ak with an invitation TO the men,
ers to attend the state convention
4 the Federation of Women's clubs
Fhich will be held in FL Paso during
he first part Of November.
Other numbers on the program
we're given, one being a paper by
fiss Florence Bell entitled, Twelfth
light as Typical of Sh~akespeare's
lest Work on Comedy" Mrs. Henry
Jay spoke on feminine Disguise in
iha~kespeare's Plays" Another talk
v Mrs. r. b. Creager was given
the subject. "The Romantic Com
dy as Shakespeare Conceived II.
The weekly lesson was conducted
y Miss Rose Sharp Brewer, in
barge Of the English department
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Miss Janette Gilmour, above.
American dancer, has broken her
engagement to G. c. Wrightman-
Smith, Cambridge, England. uni
versity hurdler. because she says
she doesn't want to take advan-
tage of a soft ocean moons eff
feet or a mans heart. The couple
met in mid-Atlantic. Weightman-
Smith says: "I'm still engaged"
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Report Good
Fall Attendance

; coming Of cold weather,
ms fancies turn enthusi-
to thoughts Of winter
be done. In Brownsville
wide variety of goals to-
various clubs are striv-
bming season. The church
re already at work on their
programs and activities;
clubs have resumed their
for the fall Ga few remain
throughout the summer
and the study clubs have
begun work on their lesson
for the year. Each organ
Yeems to have a definite pur-
tnind at the beginning Of this
Ind attendance has been I'M
good, according TO many
ms reports.
Evening star., 1927-10-25
OPENING ATTRACTIONS In WASHINGTON
THEATERS
THEATERS

be relied on to uphold interest when
meanings, great when understood, be-
come Intricate and hard to trace as
they are overwhelmed by emotional
stress.
Next to the role played with con
summate art by Pauline Lord, that OF
the husband, a sort of modern protO
type Of King Candaules, proud to pos
sess yet incapable of a sentimental
jealousy, is most important.
Last night it was played by the
author of the drama. Tonight
Mr.. Sidney Gullan will assume the
role. Mr.. Gullan is not only an actor
but stage director, whose claims to q
large share in the success of Pick
wick" are unchallenged. The re
hearsals in which Mr.. Gullan has par
ticipated indicate a brilliant and dis
tinctive Characterization, likely to ri
val in subtle significance the perform
ance of the star herself.
o. P. Heggie, a cherished friend OF
many seasons, has one of those roles
in which he excels. He triumphs
again in what seems a gentle but
happily Intellectual effort at self-efface
ment.
NH. 1egSle is credlted with having
staged the play. A curtain call reveal
ing the company, not bowling in a
straight line, but in tableau appar
emily carrying on bit of action in the
piece, earns him gratitude for getting
away from wooden conventionality.
The sponsorship inspires confidence
The producer George Tyler. says il
is truly great play.
And George Tyler. always artistic
regardless of the smiles of fortune, is
the best dramatic critic in America.
PHILANDER JOHNSON.
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BELAsCO-Holbrook Blinn.

Sander Turai, playwright of some
renown whose productions were noted
for their happy endings, was more
than a little perturbed seeking pleas
ant finale for an unhappy situation
that had developed in the midst of
his home circle and encompassed a
protege in whose future he was deep
ly interested.
The protege had fallen desperately
in love with a beautiful young lady
of the opera and wedding ceremony
was in the offing. But, alas and alack!
at a house party the Rivera butter
f1v and her fiance and his two author
friends were given adjoining suites,
while neither was aware that the
other had arrived. Whereupon the
young lady hazards chance and per-
mits an old flame to burn for a few
warm moments in her boudoir.
The girls suite is off-stage, while
the husbandto-be and his friends are
within the view of the audience. To-
gether, the latter hear the converse
ton between the man and woman
through what is a shamefully thin
wall What the listeners hear Is de-
cidedly delicious to all-except the
young man, whose boyish heart just
about cracks under the strain.
So, it is upon this conversation
that Sander Turai. author, writes a
play, not, this time, to test the con-
science of the king, but to be enacted
to shame the young woman, ridicule
her lover and deceive and make happy
his protege.
To tell of the unexpected turn given
the boudoir conversation in the play.
let written for the edification of the
young fiance, would be to deprive fu.
ture audiences at the Belasco of much
which, together with novel begin.
ming, kept last nights large audience
in continuous high good humor.
Holbrook Blinn, beloved rogue of
other theatrical days, played Sander
Turai and made his little white fibs
and friendly rascality most lovable.
Easy, graceful, sophisticated, Mr..
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NATIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." !"
Mysterious titles have been frequent

Mysterious titles have been frequent.
"Surmise" Frank Vosper, a play
wright gifted with analytic intelli.
gence that enables him to bring new
idea even into the eternal triangle, ="
leaves his audiences to guess what
the meaning of "Surmise' may be in
connection with so extraordinary and
yet so simple story.
Where one guess Is as good as an
other the uncanny ability of hus-
band of low grade mentality and lower
grade morality to "surmise" the reac.
tions of a sensitive woman even before
she is conscious of her own impulses.
would seem as proper an explanation
as any. 1t Is a study of an unscrupu-
lous mans power over a high-strung
woman; man who knows her better
than she knows herself.
A story limiting at that Of Trilby
and Svengali Is reduced with remorse-
less vivisection to the terms of mod
ern psycho-analysis. The weird po-
tency of hypnotic power is discussed
without the patter of the conventional
Snowman.
There are two great roles in. the
play, that Of the husband who has fas-
tened himself on the soul of woman;
Ltidt VI bIlC WlS WltO SCShS Ill Vail "
Iiberate herself from the thralldom of
a brutally dominant nature.
The old eternal triangle is tilted
over to a new point which makes the
lover the respected figure and the hus-
band the intruder.
Pauline Lord has the part which de-
fines the basic interest of this remark
able play, play which does not as
sumo to be brilliant in the laughing
sense; play which strives to explain
what is going on back in the brain of
a passion.swayed woman.
Care is displayed in defining the role
which Pauline Lord keenly WHITES.
At the outset, even, as one who must
earn wage, she is being of impulse.
The world to her is creation of her
own imagination and the man who, by
trading on her vacillating emotions,
has married her has contrived in an
almost mathematical dullness to antici-
pate every thought of which she is ca
pable. 1t is a great role which Paul
inc Lord has undertaken, one in which
the personality of star must often
Evening star., 1927-10-25

Quincy place northwest, Friday eve.
ming. The company were Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. ID. Sill, Mrs. Harry Mauger,
Miss Helen Mauger, Miss Vera Maui
ger. Miss Agnes Roach, Mrs. l.. w.
Neloy, Miss Marian Fox, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin A. Mess, Miss Marie Kelly,
Miss Katherine Nieram and Mrs. L..
Dennis.
Miss Ethel Norwood will be hostess
at a Halloween dance given in honor
of her birthday anniversary, October
90, at the Hotel Gordon.
Miss Leila Angleberger, formerly a
yeomanette in the United States Navy.
who sailed for Europe on the s. s.
Pennland, September 8, to attend the
American Legion convention in Paris,
arrived home this week on the S. s.
Cedrick, after visit to the continent.
Her itinerary included Antwerp. Brus-
sells, Paris and its envirOns, Bou-
logne, Folkestone, London and Liver
pool.
A tea was given Sunday at the
studio and residence, 1852 Harvard
street northwest, of Mr.. Dorsey Doni-
pHdH All VA NAaSo - AoA SASC LUZ
Ter, daughter of former Senator Ma
rion Butler of North Carolina, whose
portrait Mr.. Doniphan recently COM
pleted. Mrs. Emma Norris Martin
presided at the tables, assisted by
Mrs. Albert Rudes and Mrs. Ellis
Logan. Miss Myrtle Seidler and Miss
Fay Lambert rendered a number OF
musical selections.
DIR. and Mrs. Charles E. Ferguson
have as their house guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Merle Sidener of Indianapolis,
Ind.
The Elmira College Club will be en-.
tertained Thursday evening at the
home of Miss Mary McNair, 900 East
Capitol street.
The lambda Chapter Of the Alpha
Delta Theta Sorority will give the
last dance Of the rush season at the
Carlton Hotel this evening. They will
have as their guests Miss Virginia
Barrett, Miss Elizabeth White. Miss
Mary Childrey, Miss Catherine Todd,
Miss Carolyn Snyder, Miss Martha
Stevens, Miss Ailleen MacDaniel, Miss
Barbara Sinclair, Miss Beatrice Thorn,
Miss Frances May, Miss Rose Love,
Miss India Bell Corea, Miss Louise
Wenchel, Miss Ruth Butler, Miss Ella
Louise Lindsay. Miss Margaret Hicks,
Miss Florence Brookhart and Miss
Virginia Wise. 49,.
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Blinn contributes another bit of splen-
did acting to his long list of successes.
and in this particular production does
much to cause the wit of Messrs.
Ferenc Molnar and p. G. Wodehouse.
author and adapter, respectively. flow
bubblingly to the audience.
The cast of 'The Plays the Thing
Is a small one, and one set suff1ces
for the three acts. The action takes
place between the hours Of 2 am. and
1880 pm. Of one day, and it moves
without dull moment.
Martha Lorber, reminiscent of col
orful nights on the Amsterdam roof,
when she was one of Ziegfeld's chief
exhibits in the matter of glorifying
the American girl, has the sole female
role Of the play-that Of Ilona Szabo,
prima donna and heart-snarer ex.
traordinary. Miss Lorber plays her
part well and is good to look upon.
Hubert Druce as Mansky, Turai's
Evening star., 1927-10-25


The Utah state Society is opening
its social season with a Halloween
ball ut the Washington Hotel on Sat-
urday night.
The society il a splendid organiza-
ton which provides social contact for
more than 500 Western people who
enthusiastically support the society in
the activities it undertakes.
The permanent organization of
Utahans in the Capital was first ef-
fected in 1919. Mr.. Benjamin Sum-
merhays served as the first president
and made the society function so sue
cessfully that he was later elected as
its permanent honorary president.
Since the society was first organized
Utah people have shown great inter-
est and care in the annual selection
of ofiicers. For the current year Mr..
Junius Romney is serving as presi-
dent, with Miss Marguerite Maughn
Cotton, Mr.. w. H. Wiley and Mr..
Weston Vernon as vice president,
treasurer and secretary, respectively.
Senator Reed Smoot is chairman of
the executive committee, which also
includes Senator William Fl. King,
Representative Don B. Cotton and
Mr.. e. o. Leatherwood, Tariff Com.
missioner E. B. Brossard, Mrs. Amy
Lyman Merrill and Mr.. Orval Hafen.
The society's tentative program for
the current seoson calls for a Hal
loween ball, a Christmas ball, the an.
nuaI banquet in February, a Spring
festival and celebration on July
"a. commemorating the entrance Of
the pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley.
Dancing at the Halloween ball Sat.
urday IL scheduled for to IL o'clock
at the Washington, and Mrs. Clare
Thomas Murdock, contralto, of Salt
Lake City, is to entertain the mem.
bers and guests with a vocal solo dur
ing q short intermission.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin M. Mess enter
tained dinner part at their home on
Evening star., 1927-10-25
SLAIN MAN IDENTIFIED.
Alanson Russell Assumed to Be
Man Killed in Chile.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
In the absence of any official
advices. State Department authorities
assumed that the "Mr. RUSSELL" men.
toned in dispatches from Santiago,
Chile, as reported killed in Tocopilla,
Chile, was Alanson Russell, an Amer
lean business man in that place. He
was considered for appointment as
American consular agent, but was
said to have been unable to take time
from his private business for that
work. The consular agent at TOGO
pilla is c., r. Urbutt.
Evening star., 1927-10-25

collaborater, and Charles Millward as
Almady, the gentlemen whose per-
sistent attentions to Ilona started all
the trouble, both drew generous ap-
plause from the audience for their fine
characterizations in difficult parts.
Gavin Muir as heartbrOken young
Albert Adam. and Claude Allister in
last act bit both gave satisfactory
performances.
This concluding paragraph is re-
served for the lingering memory of
| Ralph Nairn as Dwornitschek, serv-
ant. Here was one of the most ap-
pealing bits of acting in the entire
play. a delightful impersonation that
won rounds of appreciation from those
| out in front and placed Mr.. Nairn
very close to the star for popularity
with the audience.
| ficf in Do vi I,or
Evening star., 1927-10-25

A woman artist in Paris makes
statues Of absorbent cotton.
Evening star., 1927-10-25

Miss Ethel Norwood will be hostess
at a Halloween dance given in honor
of her birthday anniversary, October
90, at the Hotel Gordon.
Evening star., 1927-10-25

The marriage of Miss Frances Gill
key, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Pyam
Loring Gillxey of Germantown, Pa, to
Mr.. Richard Stevens Cross of German.
town, SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman
Cross of Chevy Chase, will take place
saturday evening at $50 o'clock, the
Rev. Roger s. Forbes Of the Unitarian
Church OF Germantown officiating.
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MARINE CORPS NOTES

Mai. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com
mandant, l.. S. NJ c., has returned to
headquarters, having had a Summer
vacation at Harmony Villa. James
town, r. |. 1t is understood that Gen.
Lejeune will be busy for some weeks
to come in compiling data anent the
requirements of the corps. which will
be submitted to the Secretary of the
Navy for approval and later trans
mitted to Congress.
The naval transport Chaumont is
scheduled to leave San Diego, Calf.
September 10 for China, and will carry
500 enlisted mon for duty with the
eXpeditionary forces serving under the
command of Brig. Gen. Smedley d.
Butler. These men are not additional
forces, but are simply requirements
in exchange for those who have been
heretofore returned in small detach-
ments for discharge owing to eXpra-
ton Of enlistments, etc.
According to headquarters, several
warrant officers heretofore attached
to the East Coast eXpedtionary base
at Quantico will he included in the
roster which will proceed to China via
the Chaumont.
The Marine Corps rifle team will
leave Wakefield, Mass. August 81 and
will proceed TO Camp Perry, Ohio. in
time for the opening of the national
rifle meet, September /. Twelve COM
missioned officers and 45 enlisted men
will represent the corps.
Mai. Marion +. Humphrey, who has
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New England coast. If they do not
find 1t possible 10 return TO New York
City for liberty.
Lieut.. Comdr. F'inney Bascom
Smith. commanding the local bat
talon. did not accompany the divi-
sion, but boarded the United States
cruiser Trenton for his period of sea
duty. The reserve fleet division which
is making this cruise is commanded
by Lieut.. Harold {. Richardson. The
vessel, however, Is commanded by
Lieut.. Comdr. A. S. Wolfe, u. s. y.
During the absence of the division
on the cruise and IN the absence of
the reserve commander, Lieut.. Harry
J. Nichols, executive officer of the Or
ganization, will be in command.
One of the first things to be ar
ranged will be a big athletic night,
August 20. 1t will be in the nature
of a celebration of the success of the
cruises taken by the three feet divi-
sions composing the local battalion.
There will be music and other enter
tainment. in addition to a number of
boxing bouts between members Of the
command.
Under the scheme as laid down for
the year, Lieut.. Nichols said that 1t Is
planned to give part of the time each
night to drills, such as infantry. and
the remainder to theoretical instruc.
ton. He said the local battalion will
follow methodicaly the plan of in
struction which has been laid down by
the Navy Department as the best
means of increasing the efficiency of
the reserve battalions.
so as to keep up the interest of the
men, he said. following the general
drill of the battalion as unit, the
men will be split uD according to rat
ings, so that they will receive instruc-
ton in accordance with their advance
ment This will relieve the monotony
of the cid men going over subjects
which are being studied by the newer
men Of the battalion.
For some weeks workmen have
been engaged in constructing rifle
range under the armOry at the Wash
ington Navy Yard, and it is expected
that this will be completed by the
first of September. at which time
squads of men will be selected each
drill night to report to the ordnance
officer for craftsmanship instruction
with small arms.
Every effort is to be made to keep
up the interest of the men which they
attained in the naval service during
their cruises, and to that end the in
struction periods are to be made at
tractive, according to Lieut.. Nichols.
In a short time a board of officers
will be appointed to examine for pro-
motion to the next higher grade of
men who performed good work dur
ing the cruise. 1t Is expected that
there will be a number of promotions,
as Lieut.. Nichols said that the re-
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ports from each cruise indicated that
all of the men worked wholeheartedly
in an effort to win promotion. The
men will be examined in subjects of
their particular ratings. and in fixing
the final mark there will be taken into
consideration the practical perform.
ance of duty performed by these men
during the cruise period.
There will be little opportunity dur
ing the year for recruits to get into
the battalion. Every division now is
at the limit fixed by the Navy Depart
ment. and enlistments will not be made
until there are separations from one
cause or another, such as men leav-
ing the jurisdiction and going to other
naval districts. This, it was said,
permits the battalion officers to make
careful selection of the men who
make application for enlistments.
Those who apply for admission now
are placed on an eligible list, If they
are found otherwise qualified, and are
taken in as vacancies occur. This Is
the first time in the history OF the
local battalion. it was said. that it
has been found possible to do this.
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gained wide experience through &C.
tive service as shooting member or
executive officer of national match
teams. has been selected as team cap
tain. Maj. Humphrey was a shooting
member with Lieut.. Col. Holcomb and
Mai. r. S. keyser of the famous rifle
team that captured the first victory
for the Marine Corps. in 1911. He was
team captain of the 1928 Marine Corps
team that rolled up score Of 1885
and won over the Cavalry team, with
So points to the good.
Mai J. G. Fegan is inspecting re-
cruiting districts of Buffalo and Pitts
burgh.
Mai. Leon w. 1Ioyt. who has been
under instruction at the famous Ecole
de Guerre, Paris, France, will upon
completion of his course return to the
United States and will be assigned to
Marine Barracks. Quantico. Va.
The designations of Second Lieuts.
G.. II. Arnold and X. n. Johnson have
been accepted, to take effect August
20 and September Is, respectively.
Chief Quartermaster Clerk II. II.
Rethman has been ordered to duty in
China.
II. T. Carleson, NJ. A. Cramer and
r. f. Luckey have been appointed
second lieutenantS.
Second Lieut.. NJ. l.. Dawson. jr.,
was ordered August 10 relieved from
special temporary aviation duty at
the Naval Academy and authorized to
delay until August 81 reporting to
Marine ia tracks. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Marine Corps Reserves camp
at Quantico, Va, for 1927 is now a
matter of history. The S01st. 3o2d,
303d. 3o5th, 306th. 3o7th and 309th
Companies, respectively. have all re-
ceived their courses of intensive train
ing and have returned to civil life.
1t is understood that Maj. Gen. Le-
ieune. accompanied by several men,
bers Of his staff. will attend on one of
the days of the national meet at
Camp Perry, Ohio, during September.