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CHAPTER CIV.

CHAPTER CIV
OF all the many interesting char
acters Of France. none 10 more inter
esting than the "marchand de peau
de lapin." Partly, this 10 due to the
stature Of his business; further, ia
the pronunciation of his name: :,
A s'marchand' de Peau de lePin
10 buyer Of the skins Of rabbits
His name is beautifully elided'
Phonetically perfect. He's "march-
and epodelapin"-say 1t fast
neutrality-suspicious."
In every French village. behind
every stone maison, there are cages
which. house the rabbits 30 dear to
the gustatory Jennings Of the peas
ants. Not every day, but ct least
once q week. the woman Of the house
hold picks up .. struggling, kicking
bunny and kills It. With . knife
That's all there is to the ceremony
Subsequently, that rabbit sdorns .
festive board, being converted into
an excellent piece de resistance, and
the only step that remains to be
taken is to sell the hide.
Thus does the ''marchand de pcau
lapin" enter on the scene. He c7mcs
W. on bicycle. Behind the seat
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an alarm clock. reaching their roost
by dawn the following morning.
Bait will be placed In the old build
ing to lure visiting bats to make
their homes here.
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Editors Note: This is chapter
1l5 Of the series 81 articles ~
Paul Adams, The Tribune core
spondent, who 10 revisiting
France as . scout for the Amer
lean Legion convention in Sep
TENDER.
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CAPITOL THEATRE

Those who cherish memories Of the
New York Of 1900 will have them
visualised in the Fox screen version
OF the Belasco- w rfield triumph,
"The Music Master" which will have
"a early presentation at the Capitol
Theatre.
The story harks back to the time
when horses had equal rights .ASA
Broadway. when women had no rights
on Election Day. when men had BE-.
gun to shed side whiskers and before
ladies had even thought Of eliminat-
ing petticoats. Heavy-hoofed Per-
cherons champed down the street
drawing vulgar vehicles known as
brewery wagons, in contrast to the
more dainty footed saddle horses ~
glimpse in the park nowadays when
the weather 10 favorable.
Those who. recall such popular
songs % after the Ball." ''Goodbye,
Dolly Gray" "Bedelia'' and "Hiawa-
thu" will welcome many familiar
sights that have been relocated to
the picturesque past.
The title role Of sThe Music Mas
ter" 10 portrayed by Alec Francis,
with Lois Moran, Helen Chandler
and Neil Hamilton playing prominent
parts. Bill Tilden, the tennis star.
tried his cannon ball service ip the
role Of butle..
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ELTINCE THEATRE

Buster Keaton will be seen 1t the
Eltinge tonight and Thursday in 1.-THE
General" The story is built around
certain chapters Of The civil war and
is enacted on the silver sheet with
every degree Of historical accuracy.
Keaton has taken . stirring page
from the sixties-thc famous An
drews railroad raid and locomotive
chase-and made it into several
thousand feet Of screen entertain
ment,of,,
SSysref locomotives and scores Of
railroad :, ears were bought outright
by the Keaton organisation and con-
verted into civil war period equip
ment; m1Aeums Of the country were
combed for battle relics; q number Of
towns were built - replicas OF the
Tennessee. !. and Georgia communities
which figure In the story, entire COM
panies and troops Of the national
guard were recruited to serve as I'm
ion and Confederate soldiers.
General" has the mirth.provoking
role OF . young southern patriot who
plumbers his way into fame and the
affections Of the girl when q band
Of Federal raiders swoop down Upon
|. the ConfedeFates, steal q train and
! play havoc with the south's military
Iplans. The frosen-faced farceur pilots
the Woodworking engines, figures in
wrecks, helps the generals win their
battles and finally convinces the con-
fedcrates e is . hero instead Of a
Stacker.
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TOMORROW: A Dining Car.
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JExT: Faith talks to Cherry.
The Washington times., 1927-08-27
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
''Turn to the Right
Turn to the Right" the IA
NOUS comedy that had run of
fourteen months on Broadway,
lengthy road tours and q con.
slant revival in stock since it
was produced in 1917, win be the
offering of the National Theater
Players for the coming week.
Turn to the Right" has often
been termed the ideal box office
picture, for its dialogue alternates
between tears and laughter.
The story concerns two young
prison graduates who fall under
the sanity influence of their
, pals mother. Through the exer-
else Of their professional talents
they rescue her from the clutches
of an old skinflint. One Of the
boys Is a pickpocket, the other a
burglar. Between the two OF
them they manage to not only
abash the village money shark,
but, in perfectly honest way,
they manage small fortune for
''the dear old lady" Running
through the story are three dis
tinct romances and some at.
tractive settings, particularly that
one Of the peach orchard in full
bloom. John Warner, leading man
Of last season, rejoins the cast for
the final two weeks.
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COLUMBIA
Emil Jannlngs.

COLUMBIA
Emil Jannings.
'The naasterpiece Of the motion.
picture makers art. An epic Of
q common man that combines the
delicacy OF q Rembrandt, the
sweep Of yelasquez. the power
Of q Wagner ana the dramatic
touch Of q Victor Hugo"
These are the words spoken In
praise Of .'The Way Of All Flesh, /"
entering its second week at
Loew's Columbia Theater today.
To be sure, we can't quote any Of
the authorities who waxed 20
Gervid.
Critics have declared that the
thing most impressive about The
Way OF All Flesh" is It's human.
ness, its dramatic simplicity and
the vividness OF its central char.
acter AZ played by the man who
made 1.-THE Last Laugh and
Variety what they were.
Jannings himself considers It
the finest effort Of his life.
support worthy of his talents
was given him by Paramount
Famous Lasl1y. Belle Bennett.
the wife, heads the featured cast.
Others who, gave up her starring
rights for the Jannings picture
Is Phyllis Haver, sconsidered by
many the most beautiful blonde
in America Others in the cast
are Of equal importance and
ability, notably Donald Keith ana
Fred Kohler.
The Washington times., 1927-08-27
CHESAPEAKE BEACH

Un-the-Bay
Bathing, Boating, Fishing Grabbing
Dancing and An Amusements
Round Trip: Adults soc, Children $50
Sundays Adults 81, Children 500
Trains leave District Line station:-
Friday q. 1850. $3.50, $40. 3.
Saturday, ., 10. 1850, $3.50, $40, 9
Sunday. $3.50, 1880. 1880. $3.50 4:4S, 9
Free Parking Space at District Line
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F. B. 0. TROUPES
WANDERING
AFFAIR

All the world may be a stage,
but the entire United States ap-
pears to be one huge motion pic
ture studio as q result Of the
summer production activities of
the +. b. O. studios, This or.
ganization's schedule calls. for To-
cation trips as widely separated.
as the glittering lights of Coney
Island and the snow.capped peaks
OF California's high Sierras. .
Bringing with him several reels
Of scenes shot in the worlds
greatest amusement park, Ralph
lnce has just returned from New
York, where he has been work.
ing on "Coney Island" a story
from the pen of Joseph Jeffer-
son O'Neill. He will complete
this at the studio.
While Ince has been working in
New York, Jerome Storm has
been directing an F. B. o. pic
ture, Ranger of the North"
with Ranger the remarkable dog
star. in the mountain Businesses
OF the Mammoth Lake region, To-
Gated deep in the High Sierras,
many miles from civilization. AT
the same time f. B. O's three
western stars. Tom Tyler, Bob
Steele and Buzz Barton, have
been working at various points
throughout the Mojave and Cali.
3ornia Deserts.
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GOINGS-ON
At the TheGtMs

Comedian Kennedy has an ex-
cellent assistant in his droll fool.
cries and these two make q team
: Of funmakers of the first order.
Margie Wilson has been chosen
prima donna. Mile. Hill win be
seen in a series Of dances. Alice
Richey does a surprise act with
Roy e. Butler. George Ayers Is
seen in his own conceptions of
song, story and comedy. And to
round out the vaudeville num-
bers George and Bee Paige ap.
pear in soft shoe dances, songs
and patter.
STRAND
Snapshots"
Snapshots OF 1927" presenting
comedy and song, will open :he
season at the Strand Theater with
a matinee performance Sunday
afternoon, Harry Jarboe, new
manager Of the Playhouse, an
nounces the attraction as a snappy
musical revue carrying a company
of eight principals and 20 pretty
singers and dancers.
1uS pEO6Idh ttSO VIII l1Ciuu0
Lon Clancy in THE Unknown"
to hold the screen for the first
four days of the engagement.
Snapshots OF 1927" will be
headed by Harry Stratton, the
clever character comedian; Edith
Palmer. Reene DeMarse, the
dancer, and Etna Moore, the sweet
singer. Supporting the stars will
be found q host of funsters,
dancers and vocalists. The pro-
grams have been arranged with a
special regard to the entertain
ment OF women and children.
The shows will run continuously
each day from 1890 to IL p. m.
Popular prices will be the rule at
all performances.
PALACE
Tom Meighan
Thomas Meighan in Were All
Gamblers" a James Cruze pro.
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STILL
ON CATALINA
ISLAND

Gloria. Swanson. and her direc-
tor. Raoul Walsh. are keeping
their Sadie Thompson" company
on Catalina Island for another
week IN order to include ship
scenes in Miss Swanson's next
United Artists Picture. based on
w Somerset Maugham's short
story. Miss Thompson.
The Swanson company has char
tered tramp steamer, s. s.
Chiapas. and two sailing schoon-
ers for the occasion. After three
days Of camera work aboard the
Chiapas. the ships VIII be used
N wharf scenes showing the ar.
rival Of Sadie Thompson at Page
Pago.
Upon completion Of the loca-
ton work, Miss Swanson and her
company viii return to the United
Artists studio for three weeks Of
camera work which win make the
picture ready for cutting and
NAIAnks ,5
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sure the comedy Is derived in
part from an exaggerated de-
piction Of q musical comedy pro.
Queer, but apart from this slight
dalliance with actually Ten
Modern Commandments reflects
an aspect Of Broadway life that
never has been found lacking ii
interest to Iaymen.
In Row. Sailor, Row" Billy
Dooley has one OF his best ac-
quatic farces produced BY Christie
and released through Paramount.
The supplementary features also
win embrace q new issue Of the
Metropolitan World Survey and
added short reels Of distinctive
quality.
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EARLE
Vaudeville

One OF the surprise novelties Of
the season is announced for next
week at the Earle Theater when
the headline attraction of the
vaudeville portion Of the entertain
ment will be Daily ,Paskman's
Radio Minstrels, famous as one of
the features broadcast through
Station WGBS in New York. This
organization of radio and stage
stars will appear on the Earle
stage in its entirety. Patrons of
the Earle next week will see as
well as hear the end man with
the operatic voice, the comedy end
man, the dignified interlocutor,
the diamond-studded male quartet,
the Savannah Shutters and mum.
erous others, not overlooking
complete jazz band. This entire
production was conceived and
staged by Mr.. Paskman, announcer
and master of ceremonies Of Sta.
ton WGBS, who has as his chief
technician Edgar Wallace.
Another inclusion ia next weeks
bill win be that OF Frank Sinclair
and Company, featuring the Vain
wright Sisters, with Louise Miller
in Find En- and Fool EN-" a
musical comedy skit written by
Harry Charles Green and music
by Charles Maxwell Smith. Other
acts include Mr.. Reed and Miss
Lucy in piano capers: Fred and
Daisy Rial in Something for q
Rainy Day"
The photoplay feature for the
new week is "The Rejuvenation
of Aunt Mary" with Phyllis Haver,
Harrison Ford and others.
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family fan IN love with her. She
succeeds beyond the hopes Of her
: companions. for she falls IN love
with him.
The stage attraction win be COM
prised Of five visiting beauties,
who will compete at the Atlantic
City pageant. Shorter films round
out.
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METROPOLmAN

NIEIWUFULIIa
40 Modern CommandmentsD
Ten Modern Commandments. =
the Paramount production an.
nounced as the chief feature Of
next weeks bin at CrandaIl's Met.
ropolitan Theater, beginning Sun.
day afternoon. win be recognized
az an engrossing comedy 70.
nance Of back.stage life. Jack
Lait, one OF BroadWay's smart
writer's, originated this story as 4
stellar vehicle for Esther Raj.
ston and Nell Hamilton. The pro.
duction Is one which reflects IA.
sight into life behind the scenes
as e actually g lived. 10 be
The Washington times., 1927-08-27
KEITHS
Florence O'DenisIlaWn


Florence O'Denishawn and Mel.
son Snow and Charles Columbus,
dancing stars, have reunited for
a limited engagement and win
share headline honors at B. F.
Keith's Theater next week with
Blossom Seeley, the jazz queen.
Miss Seeley has been held over
for another week by popular de-
mand. Miss O'Denishawn is a re-
cent Ziegfeld star, and the team
of Snow and Columbus have been
big hits in 1.-THE Music Box Re-
vues." Featured for the week
win be the team of Healy and
Cross, singers. Frank Hurst and
Eddie Vogt will be seen in a COM
edy skit.
ARMS and the Girl" is the
title Of the presentation to be
given by William Sully and
Genevieve Houghton. They will
be supported by Robt. Pitkin.
Roger Williams, 1.-THE Boy
From Dixie" will be seen featur-
ing THE Organ" Cooke, Morton
and Harvey play basketball on
bicycles.
The charming Zellia Sisters
will thrill with daring feats Of
aerialism.
The usual screen features will
complete the bill with the addition
Of other acts to be announced
later.
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GAYETY
BurIesque

Around the World'' starts its
run at the Gayety Theater to.
day. This revue gives to the
stage something new in the way
of musical extravaganza, for in
stead of a hodge podge OF fri.
volty. it has thread Of a story
running through its sequence Of
scenes (ten in alb, which takes
its audiences to the four corners
Of the earth and introduces TOP.
ical turns, dialogue and action
therefrom. Harold Kennedy and
Howard Blair head the cast.
Kennedy is a comic, Is a master
Of hoolun1 and a past master in
the arts Of comedy. Blair, female
impersonator. plays the piano,
dances and sings in three tones
High c lyric, tenor and low
baritone. In !. Randall o'Neil,
The Washington times., 1927-08-27

duction for Paramount pictures
will have its first local showing at
Loew's Palace Theater- for the
week beginning today as the prin-
cipal screen attraction with the
stage featuring two acts Of I'M
usual merit.
Twenty-Five bewitching Chester
Hale Girls coming direct to Wash.
ington from the Capitol Theater,
New York city, and featuring
Joyce Coles, premier danseuse,
will be presented in an elaborate
revue Of color, beauty and enter
tainment. Phil Spitaln1 and his
boys will supply the enhancing
melodies. This II Pills third
week and IL the appause IL any
criterion the end is not yet In
sight.
Were. All Gamblers is said to
be an appealing story. 1t shows
the star as a youngster at the
start--a wait on a New York East
River dock who is picked up by
policeman and taken in by a kindly
woman as her son. By the time
he reaches manhood he Is q con.
tender for the heavyweight cham
pionship, celebrity who stirs the
interest Of an aristocratic woman.
An automobile injury prevents MIN
from winning the title and he
eventually becomes the proprietor
of night club. Another film fea-
ture will be the newly established
and enterprising M-G.M news reel.
RIALTO-
Cheating Cheaters"
Cheating Cheaters," a plcturiza-
ton Of Max MARGINS stage play Of
the same name. which kept Broad.
way in the throes of gooseflesh
and laughter for long run, will
be shown at the Rialto beginning
today with Betty Compson and
Kenneth Harlan heading the cast.
Cheating Cheaters" Is the story
OF a beautiful shoplifter who il re.
leased from jail through the ef-
forts Of a shyster lawyer. Through
the same legal parasite she is I'M
troduced to a gang of safecrackers
whose admiration and respect she
wins by her. cleverness Of her
pocket-picking fingers.
A wealthy family on the sea-
shore which BOASTS rare coIlec-
tionN Of jewels is selected for fleece
ing. The beautiful pickpocket IL
The Washington times., 1927-08-27

assigned to the work of gaining
the freedom Of the seaside man
sion by making the son OF the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-28
Ed. E. Spafford OfNev York
Named Legion Commander

struction of hospital in Chicago, Hot
Springs, Louisville, additions at st.
Cloud, Mimi, and Fort Smelling, and
also in New England, North and
South Carolina, and Virginia where
there is an insufficiency of beds.
A resolution asking transfer of the
national soldiers home to the GEN.
trail national veterans bureau and
another removing all time limits for
compensation were adopted.
Count de Jean or the French for
eign office, who arranged for the
reception of the legionnaires and
their families in France, was award
ed the Distinguished Service medal OF
the legion by unanimous vote amid
applause.
Jay Ward, a 5-year old of Penn
sylvania, chosen as mascot for his
state from among a thousand candl-
dates, was presented to the conven-
ton by Commander Savage as "a
typical American boy" He was
dressed in pure white with blue
cap and had the Distinguished Ser
vice cross on his breast. He was
chosen national mascot of the legion
on motion of the New York delega-
ton, seconded by Alabama.
A resolution recommending that
the President be authorized to sus'
pend immigration from any country
when circumstances warrant and thai
foreigners who illegally enter the
United States be liable to immediate
deportation caused furry in the
convention. Finally it was referred
back to committee.
A Pennsylvania delegate shouted
"Don't forget that the legion mum
bers among its members sons d
Italy, Poland and many other coun
tries providing immigration to Am
erica who fought side by side witt
u.s."
The aeronautic committee present
ed a resolution favoring a separate
department of aviation with a cabi
net secretary as it's head. The com
mittee declaring that the situation
now warranted a separate aviation
department, it also proposed that thu
national guard have the same avia
ton equipment as the regular army
The American Legion's 1927 ma
tional convention is termed here tn
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greatest manifestation Of friendship
between two peoples in modern
times.
It would be hard to say which side
is the more sorry on the closing day
of the convention-the DICTIONARIES
to go or the French to see them
leave, judging from tn. comments OF
legion spokesman and of the editor
ial commentators in the French press.
Even the heavens have conspired
to make the parting harder. The de-
pressing drizzle which had persisted
since the legionnaires' arrival has
given place to blue skies and warm
autumn sunshine, showing the capl-
tai to it's best advantage.
The legionnaires' thoughts are
turning toward the pilgrimages TO
the battlefields which formed one OF
thep rincipal motives of their coming
to France.
More and more caravans are leav-
ing Paris by auto bus and train Tor
the regions where they fought and
where many of their comrades VINO
answered the last roll call rest.
One party is making an extended
tour of the battlefields in the Lille
region, guided by French veterans.
Guides are needed, for France has
done the work of clearing the battle
fields so we'll that it is hard for the
Americans, unaided, to find where
the trenches used to be.
Of all the long list of brilliant fes-
tivities into which the DICTIONARIES
have entered with such zest and high
spirits, the auxiliary's Estates din
ner" was one of the most successful.
A dinner given by women is a nov
city here, and the auxiliary members
were determined to show that they
were quite as perfect hosts as men,
Out of compliment to their French
guests they selected list of luscious
vintages, comparing well with those
served at the other banquets. There
are plenty of connoisseurs among the
auxiliaries and they slipped the am
Der and rudy beverages appreclatlVe-
ly, in manner which impressed and
flattered the French guests.
Many, however, following the ex-
ample of their national president,
Mrs. Adalin Wright Macauley, in
the style set by Lindbergh, contented
themselves with merely touching
their lips to the champagne glasses
in honoring the toasts.
/ There is one name-one that was
on the worlds lips when the legion
veterans left the. still smoking battle
Continued on page eight
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His nomination made, seconded and
unanimously confirmed within five
minutes, Edward E. Spafford of New
York Thursday of last week took a
place apart in the election of national
commanders of the American Legion.
The New York candidate was elect
ed without opposition, a procedure
hitherto unknown in elections of the
organization of American World war
soldiers.
The election of Mr.. Spafford set
another record. 1t was the first time
the purple mantle of the highest Of
flee in the gift of the legion had fall
en- on the shoulders of New York
man. Surrounded by the convention,
Commander Spafford received an
ovation greater than that rendered
even such popular heroes and appeal
ing figures as General Perishng,
Marshal Foch, President Doumergue,
Premier Poincare and the many 9TH
er distinguished men and women
who have graced the legion conven-
ton rostrum with their presence.
Everyone was on his feet yelling
at the top of his voice as the New
York banner was carried to the plat
form. The Erie county fife and
drum corps marched down the aisle
to the stage, seeming to create more
poise than the IA bands that blared
forth in last Mondays parade. Spaf-
ford, with the new national mascot,
Jay Ward, in his arms mounted the
platform and was introduced by Ma
tional Commander Howard P. Saw
age.
"No honor has ever come to any
one greater than that you have CIV
en- me-" he told the legionnaires,
as they cheered again.
81 promise you that I will try to
equal the great record made by my
predecessor, Commander Savage"
Turning from English to French
the new commander then set mes
sage to the French people through
the loud speaker, the burden OF his
remarks to the legion's hosts being
''You have been most magnificent in
your WelCOIlc W US anu VIC WV PSOP'~
love one another"
James Raftis of Washington, Paul
r. Younts of North Carolina, Ralph
T. O'Neill of Kansas, Don Spurlock
of Louisiana and j. M. McHenry OF
Winona, Mimi, were elected vice
commanders. Mr.. Henry had taken
a leading part in legion affairs ever
since the organization of the former
servicemen's outfit. He has served
two years as national committeeman
and is a past district commander
and has been commander of his post,
Leon M. Welzel post of Winona.
The Rev. Gill Robb Wilson of New
Jersey, who fought with the Lafayet-
tie flying corps before the United
States entered the war and then with
the A. E. F., was elected chaplain.
Colonel Doherty, chairman of the
rehabilitation committee, advocated
further hospital construction.
"The law should assure every vet
eran all the needed succor, including
disqualification" he said.
He represented resolution, which
was adopted, calling for the con