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The Washington times., 1927-11-28
Big NAMES BUT
INDIFFERENT
MERRIMENT

Remember Lester Allen? Late
of the Scandals" and later of
lie Mares Affairs and Cliff
Edwards, he Of ukulele fame?
They're both at the Fox this
week. and. lest we forget. there
Is real worthwhile adagio team
labeled Natalie D'Arnen Revue,
fhe revue part being thrown in,
supposedly, for the reason that
four harpists furnish the music.
The picture. High School
Hero is a continuance Of the
vain attempt to lake a movie
hero out Of Charlie Paddock, in
face of the fact that 80 per cent
of Fox's contributors do not know
who or why he Is The rest Of
the cast are people selected pri-
marily for their good looks" and
we'll grant them that. The pic
ture has to do with winning the
basketball game. a Ia Dick Mer-
rlwell, and losing the sweetheart.
Nothing more.
Perhaps when Roxy ordained
this ornate temple of fun he as.
sumed that the subscribing public
would worship at it's altar for it's
own sake, regardless of what else
it had to offer.
More musicians than the Army
band can boast of. and goose
stepping ushers galore and what
else? A picture below the aver
age and just few-oh. so few
minutes of Lester Allen and fewer
Of Edwards. If they 90 not choose
to work harder. they should at
least work with greater realiza-
ton of the fact that they are
entertainers-not ornaments.
Well, the MISUNDERSTANDING
newsreel pictures--is a feature and
the adagio team is good
r. c. Nice,
The Washington times., 1927-11-28
Survey Of the Week S Goings- On
THAT MIRTHFUL
QUACK, DOC"
ROCKWELL

Doc Rockwell, with his her
morrhage of hokum," is here
again and if you are suffering
from the blues. falling arches,
dandruff. halitosis. arterioscle-
rosis, liver and onions, pyorrhea,
hangnails, corns, pop corn, bun.
ions. long. lashes or CheVrolets,
go over to Roland Robbins palace
of delight at B. F. Keith's and
be cured at once-and howl
There may be funnier physi-
cians-but where are they to be
found? There surely are no more
successful anywhere. Doc Rock
we'll is a 100 per cent go-getter
when 1t comes to extracting aches
and pains from long-suffering
audience.
Way down on the schedule of
one of the best bills seen at
Keith's in many day comes the
eminent physician and, once
under way, he had entire COM
mand of things. Indeed. nobody
wanted to go home. OF course
he had to finish in box, calling
attention to the nice things in
the Meredith act and, lest any
body leave. blowing loudly on his
famous police whistle. No, il
YOU value your health, don't miss
Doc Rockwell's lecture this week.
John L. Murray and Vivian Oak
land, assisted by Ernest P. Young,
were a screaming success in their
three burlesques of a mystery play.
a duet as offered in 1882 and Rus
STA of today.
The Wright Dancers were most
generous with their half dozen
specially numbers, the minuet and
the Oriental dance featuring. They
are old favorites in the two.a-day
and as good as ever.
Hoffman and Lambert have a
nifty juggling act to start things.
Miss Bobby Adams puts over some
personality" songs with bang.
Frank Stafford's bird limitations
are excellent and were we'll re-
ceived.
The Gala RIMS charmed with
their music, the brother playing an
even dozen instruments. with his
sister using three perfectly.
Last, but not least, came the
MereGiths, chaperoned by Doc
Rockwell from box. They are
clean. sweet entertainers possess
Ing all the fresh bloom of youth,
two little wonders from danceland.
Member noW-if you're grouchy
or sick or facing bankruptcy or
suffering from any ills whatever,
don't miss Doc Rockwell. He'll
help you: he helped me.-B. ]. 7.
The Washington times., 1927-11-28
Twenty Stories

william LeBaron, vice president
In charge of production at the
r. 3. o. studios. has returned to
hollywood after a three weeks
stay in New York, where he Sc.
lected 20 stories to be filmed by the
company next year.
The Washington times., 1927-11-28
Personalities !.

w. c. Fields, co-starred with
Chester Conklin in Two Flaming
Youths" has recovered from in.
juries sustained in a recent COLI.
sion between his bicycle and a
mOtor-truck and has returned to
the studio. Herman J. Mankiewicz
is writing the subtitles for THE
Gay Defender" Victor Schert-
ringer, director assigned to
George Bancroft's new starring
picture. "Honky Tonk," expects
to start camera work in two
weeks. Philip Strange. an Eng.
lish actor. has been cast as a so.
ciety man in Richard Dix's next
Paramount picture. THE Travel.
ing Salesman"
The Washington times., 1927-11-28
A Lovely Amateur
Ruth Is

Ruth Elder probably the only American stage
VINO can tumble her lines badly and make hit thereby It's no
secret that she's Lows Palace week npraanO herself
thousands daily She probably the biggest stage
no means skmped because of Ruths check The
The Washington times., 1927-11-28
HERE'S ONE THAT
WILL PROVOKE
YOUR MIRTH

The Metropolitan crashes through
this week with bill that Is eye.
appealing and mirth provoking.
Those who go to the theater to
enjoy a few lighter moments will
be duly pleased with this menu
"a light romantic comedy and a
wnale OF good slap stick
comedy.
Figures Don't Lie" the fea.
tured affection, stars Ford Ster-
ling. supplying the comedy. and
Esther Ralston, right there with
the beauty. And how? Why all
over!
Esther reveals rather more of
her figure than We have been
treated to in her former films and
after looking her curves over
carefully one cannot keep from
wondering why she has hidden
them so long. Oh well.
The piece moves long with a
bang. Good story. good suspense.
good comedy and cast born for
their parts. What else could one
ask?
Miss Ralston is not the only
pretty twist and twirl in this
opus either. There are others. i'm.
GLIDING Natalie Kingston.
Billy Dooley, still in the Navy
by the way. has some wondrous
experiences in rented Ford and
atop a flag pole, flag pole sitting
being one of the newer American
arts.
There is very satisfactory
newsreel and tho Metropolitan
concert orchestra renders Dance
OF the Hours" as an overture. A
rare, treat in itself.
The Metropolitan. If you ask
us-which you haven't-is a very
nice spot to spend one of these
gray fall evenings.
The Washington times., 1927-11-28

Guy Robertson-whom Wash
ington accepted as the peer of
singing juveniles after triumphs
in "Wildflower," Rose Marie"
and other super musicals-was
slightly indisposed last night and
his vocal efforts accordingly
lacked the customary verve, al
though his songs wen frequent
applause.
The circus atmosphere is ad.
mirab!y preserved by the antics
of "Poodles" Hanneford on the
broad back of a fleet of percheons.
Poodles is the greatest of eques-
trian clowns and with his be.
tween moments made interesting
by the remainder Of the Hanne-
ford family. it gives a real touch
of novelty to a song and dance
show.
The comedy. incidentally, is of
a slapstick kind with the old
timer, George Bickel annexing
the honors for most of the laughs.
William DanforthA aids immeasur-
ably in the lighter moments.
Gloria Foy is Mabel Gibson"
a real charmer no less-more at.
home when the action calls for
dancing than in singing but &C.
ceptable always. Desiree Tabor
is the Princess" and most eff.
fective in voice and courtIy man.
ners.
The piece has been pretentiously
set by the Messrs. Shubert and
wins by merit high place in
the ranks of eye and ear must
Gals. 1t has romance and melody
an da touch of unique story that
makes for real interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25

to buy the steam shovel. And then
every investor" would be q million
aire In a few minutes. When the au-
tomobile age came in. many persons
turned from gold mines to oil wells.
Any piece of land within ten or
twenty miles OF n flowing well was
good enough prospect on which to
organize an oil company. A very
considerable number of Investors
failed to make money.
The production of cheap gasoline
from garbage is a bright idea. There
is originality in It and perhaps some
body will make money from it. 1t
seems from the New York Injunction
that the author OF the scheme has al.
ready made something out of It.
There is q saying among n certain
type of investors who want to get
something for their money that 'it is
better to put your money in a COM
pany' that is than in n company that
Is going to be-" Which means that It
Is better to buy stock In a going con.
Germ that Is making money than in a
coming concern that has never made
a cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25

Either that or the plane was too un
safe for 1t ever to have been taken
into the air.
Inasmuch as air experience enables
an aviator to tell instantly when there
is anything wrong with his ship. 1t
must be assumed that the two acct
dents were due solely to improper
training in the handling of aircraft.
Lambert Is one of the few young men
of the country who have the means
and the desire to use their own air
planes for travelling purposes. 1t
should. therefore, have been a matter
of especial pride to him to become
thoroughly efficient in the new art. But
with two accidents in such a short
time there appears to be no basis for
believing that he had any right to
risk his own life and menace the lives
of others by inexpert flying.
There is no question but that air.
plane travel will gain in popularity.
This being so. Congress should begin
work at the earliest opportunity on
laying the groundwork for strict set
of regulations, so that the mistakes that
were made in the infancy OF motoring
may be avoided. Jay pilots should be
excluded from the air now and for
all time. 1t is the lack Of such regu.
lations in so far as motoring is con.
cerned that sends the accident toll
to new records year after
year. Now is the time. therefore, to
regulate aviation so that in the future
no reckless.drivin charges will be
lodged against those who travel by air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
Inexpert Plotting.

Now that young G.. L. Lambert Of
ct. Louis has accounted for the death
OF one person and the serious injury
OF another through his apparent in
experiences in the handling Of an air
plane he should make arrangements
as soon as he is able to leave the hos
pital to sell what is left OF his ma
chine. Yesterday Lambert and his
cousin, J. T. Walker, scions Of wealthy
families, started out from Princeton
University following graduation exer-
cises, to fly home by easy stages in
Lambert's newly acquired plane. Near
Pottsville, Pa, they crashed in a
swamp. Walker was killed and Lam
bert is suffering from undetermined
injuries.
This Ii not the first tragic episode
in Lambert's short flying career. On
June 8 last. while flying from New
Brunswick, n. j., to Curtiss Field
Long Island, he ran out OF gasoline
and was forced to land in a vacant
lot In Brooklyn. After procuring the
necessary fuel he and friend started
of again, but q faulty take.of In
jured a young girl dangerously and
carrowly missed other children who
had been drawn to the scene.
lambert, it seems, bought his air
plane when automobiles were barred
- Princeton. The two accidents <r
which he has figured lead inevitably
to the conclusion that his flying ex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
Gasoline From Garbage +?

A New Yorker has been temporarily
enjoined from selling stock in a COM
pany organized to extract gasoline
for four cents a gallon from garbage.
Something is also said in the injunc.
ton about a plan to make synthetic
gold from garbage. 1t is said that
investors" have exchanged $250,00O
for stock in the miracle company.
The value of garbage has been proved.
For one thing a considerable quantity
Of grease is recovered from it. 1t has
not been widely known that table
refuse was a source of gasoline and
that synthetic gold-whatever syn
thetic gold may be--could be obtained
from it. Those were brilliant discov-
cries.
The recovery of gold from sea
water has interested a large number
of persons and investors" have
bought securities" in sea water gold
mining companies. So far as known
none Of those Investors is living on
the dividends. There was time when
hordes Of persons bought stock in gold
mines that were SO rich in the precious
element that only a steam shovel was
needed to scoop 1t up. The only pur.
pose the promoters of those companies
had for Offering q few shares of stock
to friends and letting them 'in on the
n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25

/ NUNS strike bolder colors in the
horizon.
Everything looks hot and dry.
| A good rain" Is just what Is
needed--and here 1t comes now!
Do you remember the old melo-
dramas at the Academy of Music?
| Il haven't seen Nellie for 10 years" y
said the villain, "but here she comes
now
And, sure enough, she did.
Just as dark was coming down,
obscuring the clear outlines Of ga
RACES and houses, the rain began to
fall.
First there were few big drops,
| in the approved fashion. Just why
so many rains begin with huge drops
we have never discovered. but no
doubt the reason Is well known to
meteorologists.
| During this interlude fancy chairs
were hurried in from lawns.
| Cats looked aloft, in an alarmed
fashion, then made for doors. where
| they stood looking up at the handles
of screen doors.
Handles on doors. they know, In
some manner unknown to them,
| influence the too solid doors to open
and to permit ingress of cat per-
| sonalities.
Wherefore, to cats. the handles are
the most important parts of doors.
X \ II
There she is!
With swish and a rush, the rain
slaps concrete walks in the face,
driving their Wilderness away as If
with a magic brush, making them
shiny black.
After the matter Of the windows
has been attended to, 1T is pleasant
to sit at an open door, If there is
no lightning, and watch the onrush-
ing water.
the earth! Water from a hose would
have smashed that carefully made
mulch" in few minutes. But the
rain, gallons upon gallons Of 1t, scarce
.ly puddle the earth for IS minutes so
beneficial is it's action.
After awhile, however, the results
of cloud full of water become appar-
ent. The lowest of four small flower
beds appears to be miniature lake,
in which Zinnia plants upgrow stu-.
Oily, like little trees in a marshland.
This seems to be a fine season for
Zinnias. or we drew unusually good
seed. The plants are perfect speci-
mems, and buds are forming, although
the seed was planted very late in the
somewhat backward season.
** ~ ,Ss5
Now the wind rises.
There goes the prize hibiscus, a per-
feet specimen, bent over by the weight
Of the water!
This is the greatest fault of this
plant. Even when staked, wind and
water are likely to bowl 1t over. If
the stems are not broken, it may be
pulled upright the next morning, after
which it will do as we'll as ever.
Unwary gardeners who do not take
the trouble to stake their hibiscus will
lose them, in all probability. So many
plants need stalking, however, that this
cannot be held against the hibiscus in
particular.
The rain settles down faithfully.
patter, patter, patter on the roofs, and
rap, rap. rap on the windows. Let us
hope that 1t continues all night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

the equivalent. roughly, Of 100, 900
ampereS for Dol second, or 900
amperes for 1 second. Probably the
average discharge is of the order Of
one-fiftieth Of this amount.
@. How do soldiers compare with
civilians as readers?-S. NJ.
A. According to surveys made by
post libraries, every enlisted man read
between eight and ten books last year.
The survey found that in 40 libraries
in as many large towns the average
civilian was reading only three and a
half books per year. In isolated
posts the figures per man greatly in
crease. The United States Army
forces at Tientsin, China, read 1880
books during the 12-month period.
with less than 900 men doing the
reading.
@. Is II true that man appears
three times his natural size to O.
horse?-W. p. c.
A. The Biological Survey says that
the crystalline lens varies somewhat
in the eyes Of different mammals.
Magnification of the object may some
times result, but 1t is impossible to
tell the comparative impression on
man appear three times his normal
size to a horse. all other objects would
also be magnif1ed three times.
@. Who suggested to Betsy Ross
that stars with five points be used?-
w. 3.
A. Tradition says that 1t was
Betsy Ross herself who suggested
that the five-pointed star be substi-
tuted I'm the flag for the star OF six
points, which was at that time being
used by the French.
@. have to work outdoors in the
Summer. Is 1t cooler to wear under
wear or Just trousers and Shirt
@. r.
A. There Is layer Of air between
our bodies and the clothes we wear,
which acts as an insulator, prevent
i. ing the heat from being conducted
away from the body. 1t would be
cooler. therefore, not to wear under
clothes.
@. Are dandelion greens suitable as
food for rabbits?-G. s. D.
A. Dandelion tops and roots are
both good food and good medicine for
rabbits.
The resources of our free Infor-
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reau. Frederic j. Hdskip, Director,
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Give Half of Lindy's
Plane to France
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor of The Star:
The question Of what is to be done
with Lindy's plane will soon arise,
having to do with the manner Of it's
preservation as a record of the stage
Of development of the airplane at this
time. and paramountly as the first
plane to make the nonstop trip to
Paris across the Atlantic, and the first
In which one man has made a trans.
oceanic flight.
AS to the best museum or the one
most entitled to the custody of such
a record, the Smithsonian, Of course,
to me appears the outstanding place
to deposit; but my present purpose
does not have to do with the selection
Of the particular institution.
What I suggest is that, for the
promotion of the brotherly spirit be-
tween the two peoples most concerned
in this flight, and as a means for
doubly securing preservation, cut the
plane in half longitudinally, and let
France have one-half while we take
the other.
This is not an impractical method,
or one that will detract from the value
Of the exhibit as an example Of the
construction of the craft. The two
sides Of the craft are duplicates, aside
from the engine, and If a complete
showing is desired, let duplicate
motor be installed in one half, as we'll
as duplicate instruments Incorporated
where necessary to show the full
equipment. BY hanging such a half
upon a wall before mirrors a realistic
effect Stimulating a complete plane
would be produced.
HORACE l.. WOODWARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
A Spartan Plan.

Premier Mussolini is nothing II not
optimistic. His latest plan, according
to dispatches from Rome, involves the
education of 100000 women to take
the place of men engaged in horticul-
tural pursuits.
The accounts do not specifically
state that the men are to be released
for more manly occupations, such as
war, but probably that would not be
far from the truth of the matter.
The Duce may have forgotten that
the original inhabitants OF America
had something Of the same idea. And
in ancient Sparta similar plan was
in force. And during recent years a
great world power seemed to proceed,
for a time, at least, upon the an
nounced assumption that IMAM is for
war and woman is for the warrior"
And now the Indians and the Spar
tans, and-but it is hardly necessary
to continue. The dismal history Of
peoples who have lived too belligerent-
ly is a matter of record. which any
one who reads may understand.
One may view with suspicion, from
this distance across the sea, the
roles" assigned to women by II Duce,
as the dictator Of Italy is called:
"Propagandistic, sanitary, agricultural,
scholastic, protection of home labor
and moral tutelage Of labor
This smacks too much of the school
room. 1t is too inelastic. Women, the
mothers Of men, should not be Jumped
off in such a manner. The United
States, as a Nation, cannot look with
favor upon a plan ito relieve men Of
such work as animal breeding, truck
gardening, fruit farming and horticul-
ture of all types"
The procedure Of this country has
been exactly opposite. as witness the
multitude Of labor saving devices
which have sprung up to aid the
American housewife. Between the
worship Of women and the subjuga-
ton Of them the United States un.
stands for the former, in
its best aspects, and progresses
further and further each year from
the ideas of the Indians and the Spar
tans to the modern ideal of woman as
the helper, friend and comrade Of man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

American liner beats off U-boat in
night attack off Irish coast, torpedo
missing its mark by less than 20 feet.
American naval officers in
clined to favor Winston Churchill's de-
mand for aggressive allied, fleet action.
Report made public shows that
United States exports to Russia in
past three years, mostly sinews OF
war, total nearly a billion dollars, or
twice the total exported in the pre-.
Vious 50-year period. Federal
grand jury in Illinois indicts 134
slackers who refused to register for
the draft on June S. Elihu Root
tells Russia that war may end in 1918
If all allied armies do their utmost
and populations back them up.
Senators face dilemma in fight over
prohibition inasmuch as 80 of them
hail from bone dry" States, yet doubt
the wisdom Of drastic action.
President announces creation OF Ex'
ports Council to consist of Herbert
Hoover and Secretaries Lansing, Hous-
ton and Redfeld, merely advisory TO
the President" and that there would
be no prohibition of exports"
Double censorship upon news from
American front in France being plan
ned, censor at Pershing's headquarters
and another at Washington.
Irisl1 ENJOYS begin conferences on
home rule with New England leaders.
Russian mission in Washing
toni states that 1000 locomotives are
badly needed in Russia % insure NIL.