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Evening star., 1927-05-30
Ghost Train"

There seems TO be something IN the
human makeup that dearly loves con
tact with mystery and terror ana Is
never more happy than when the coid
shiyers are chasing each other up and
down the spine. Arnold Ridley. TAX.
ing advantage of this fact, construct
ed a shivery melodramatic mystery
which he called The Ghost Train,
and which the National Players this
week are proscnting~laSt night to
more than capacity audience,
It appears that down in Maine,
at a railway station called Clear Vale
Junction at some remote time in the
past there WAS a railroad smash,up
in which six people were killed, and
the man who might have caused il
was found dead on the station plat.
form with his signal lantern still
burning in his hand. II that was not
the fact. the people of the vicinity be-
lieyed il was, and SO they stunned
the station at night, especially around
the witching hour of midnight. Drug
smugglers, knowing of this. were run,
ming phantom train" at intervals
TO SmuGcle in their wares. by some
miSchanCe six travellers, bound for
the terminal of the line, were let off
at this station and were compelled to
SlltllI Il tiSlllfI iut tACllil- UiSHl
there, for the drug smusglcrs. in the
effort 10 safeguard their phantom
train" saw to it that things hap
pcncd-and the most uncarthIy, blood
curdling things at that
To tell what did happen and how
the laWbrcakers were caught would
spoil the pleasure of those who intend
to see the play. But il may truth.
fully be said that the local stock com
pany fills its part of the business to
the entire satisfaction of the audi
ence. which it keeps alternately
laughing and shivering
Perhaps the outstanding character.
cations of n Wcll-played performance
in detail are those of Romaine Cal
lender. as the station agent,
who has to manufacture the atmos-
phere for what is 10 follow, and Mrs.
Adelaide Hibbard, as teetotaler
spinster, who had her chances in
youth but who nervously disposed
of flask of remedy produced to sol.
ace her in way To put herself en-
tlrely ont of commission during the
pig events. Director Clifford Brooke
played the part of an English detec.
i've, VINO masquerade. as a silly
ass and he did it with characteristic
aplomb. John McFarlane and I,eona
Powers also were excellent in roles
or limited opportunities, while Billy
Phelps and Dorothy Tierney made a |
perfectly natural young married
couple who were stranded in the sta |
tion on their wedding night. Charles |
Hampden, Karl Nelson and Arthur
Rhodes, subhing for Percy Winter
VINO was lndisposed, round out a salts. |
factory cast.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
MAKES OWN RING.
Engaged Girl Also Manufactures
Own Betrothal Pledge.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclal DlSpatch to The Star.
BELFAST, Me-, May 30.-Miss Kath-
crime Cushman Brown. elder daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion T.. Brown OF
High street, whose engagement to
Conrad Newton of Brockton, Mass,
was announced some months ago, and
who has the distinction of designing
and making her own engagement ring,
has also made her platinum wedding
ring, which will be used at her wedding
in Belfast in July.
Miss Brown, since graduating from
tho Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
where she met Mr.. Newton, also a stu
dent there, has been employed as a
designer for Bloomfield rect jeweler
in Boston, and it was at her bench
there that she made her own rings.
Both are of exquisite design and work
manship and the former, set with n
handsome solitaire and smaller stones,
ha. been much admired by her friends.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
EXHAUST PEEVES PARIS.
Remedy Is Sought for Gas from
Passing Autos.

PARIS, May 80 (R).-Parisians are
being gassed by the exhaust from
automobiles and city authorities are
seeking a remedy
Eminent authorities have been called
into conference and given the job of
meeting the problem. One section Of
the big committee has been assigned
the less dangerous but much older
smoke nuisance. The other section
is to study the motor exhaust.
Sulphurous acid, experts say, en-
anates from the increasing traffic jams
and some factory chimneys and the
frequently high humidity here is said
to transform this into suiphuric acid.
Trees along Paris avenues are be-
Ing killed by smoke gases. Hand
some stone buildings also show their
ravaGes. These two principal dam.
ages are the more intense here be-
cause streets are narrow, the air often
heavy and traffic concentrated.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
TINOLI--"Casey at the Bat"

The holiday attraction ut Crandalls
Tlvoli Thcater is Paramount's pro-
duction of Casey at the Bat" a base
ban story adapted from the famous
poem. The role of Casey is played
by Wallace Beery. The companion at
traction of the bill for the first two
days of the week is Mack Sennett's
tWo-reel comedy. Masked Mamas."
which, in turn. is supplemented by
new issue of the Pathe Review. The
bill is rounded out by the pipe organ
recitals Of Otto f. Beck, the Tivoli's
concert pipe orEaniSt
Evening star., 1927-05-30
LITTLE THEATER-"All for a
Woman"

Some months ago Emil Jannings
appeared in a picture at the Ward
man Park that, up to yesterday. was
the finest historical sketch shown
here in years. 1t was Peter the
Great" and was true to historical
fact and at the same time told an
interesting love story and carried out
an engrossing plot "All for a Wom-
an" with the same stars, is far be-
yond Peter the Great" 1t is the story
Of Danton, the leader of the French
Revolution, probably the most roman
tic parsonage of that romantic
period. It, too, is true to fact and
in addition is as fine an expose of
Evening star., 1927-05-30
OPENING ATTRACTIONS In WASHINGTON
THEATERS

splendid comedy, while Crawford Kent
is cast as Roger Whitney. tinancier.
In addition to Van and Schenk,
Nitaphone presents Charles HaCkett
Chicago Opera Go. star. in two songs.
The remainder of the program is com.
posed of news reel showing the ad.
vance of aviation from the time The
Wright brothers flew the tiist plane
until Lindberchs s fight to Paris The
first of series of travcloGucs with
VIII Rogers, unofficial Ambassador. -
as guide, is presented. An ACSop's
Fable and Daniel Brceskin'S music
complete the program,
Evening star., 1927-05-30
CE\TKtI-"StO!cn Pleasures"

Three highly entertaining subj jccts
occupy the screen as foremost features
of the program being offered through
todaN's holiday at Crandalrs Central
Theatcr. The principal attraction is
stolen Pleasures, an engrosSinG
film play in which Dorothy Rcvier is
starred. The companion Offering is a
tWo-recl comedy which introduces
trained animal actors under the title
of The Lynn Tanner" The third fca-
ture is the reel depictinG the ACTIVITIES
at the citizens military training camps.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
AMBAsSADOR-"see You in Jail"

Jack Mulhall and Alice Day in first
Nationals feature comedy, See You
in Jail and VIII Rogers, "Unofficial
Ambassador" in Berlin. comprise the
major attractions at Crandalls Am
bassador Theater through Tuesday of
this holiday week. Complete reviews
of these subjects will be found in con-
junction with Crandall's Metropolitan
Theater, where they were also pre-
sented yesterday.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
EARLE THEATER-"Withers'
Op'ry."

"Withers' Op'ry," a comic travesty
on vaudeville, Charles Withers' pro-
duction, is the attraction at the Earle
Theater this week. The most outland-
ish contraptions ever seen on any
stage, are used as musical instruments.
The act is a good one, far above the
average. and Mr.. Withers supplies a
brand of comedy which cannot fail to
bring roars from the audience.
Shirley Dahl, supported by Sherry
Mattison, the Anders Sisters and Ben
Goldie's Symphonic Syncopators pre-
sent "A Vaudeville Carnival of 1927"
a unique song-and dance revue The
act is entitled to its high place on the
bill.
Lady Oden Pearce, the royal violin
ist, who has appeared before many a
crowned head in Europe, plays some
old Southern melodies. She is accom-
panied on the piano by Carl Brunner.
Lloyd Nevada and company present
''The House of Mystery" Ghostly
figures fly, chairs walk. tables dance
and lamps do aCrobatic stuntS--un.
usual vaudeville proceedings.
Betty and Jerry Brown, an added at
traction give varied song and dance
act which runs the bill overtime. Ed
Warren and Charles O'Brien imper.
senate two clowning maniacs.
The photoplay Offering is Tip Toes, u
adapted from a Broadway musical
comedy of the same name. Dorothy
Gish and VIII Rogers head the fine
cast.
Evening star., 1927-05-30
METROPOLITAN--"See You i'm jail"

A good bill is awaiting the photo
play fan at the Metropolitan this
week, a bill which will bring many
smiles and laughs. The feature, "See
You in JAIL is just about as funny q
farce as one would want TO see and
the Eitaphone also contributes to the
merriment with Van and Schenk.
''See You in JAIL concerns Jerry
Marsden, son of a wealthy head OF a
milk firm, whose escapades cause him
to have trouble with his father. The
lad leaves his fathers roof and while
working as clerk in hotel meets
Ruth Whitney. Due to a wild ride in
an elevator with Ruth he loses his
job. His next meeting with her is in
a shoe store. Ruth accuses him of
stealing $3.50 from her. After he
leaves they find the money, but can.
not find the boy. Jerry gets the
chance to pose as Roger Whitney
financier, by serving his time in Jail
for speeding and getting $40 for every
day in Jail. In the Jail he meets
other millionaires and is forced TO be
come president of a concern to pro
mote milking machines or reveal his
true identity. This enrages the true
Roger Whitney and he determines to
reveal the imposter. But instead of
putting him in Jail Whitney finds that
Jerry is marrying his sister. Just as
things are all tied up Jerry receives
a telegram from his father offering
him $1,000, 900 for the milking ma
chine and everything turns out well
for all parties concerned.
Jack Mulhall gives an amusing IN.
depreciation of Jerry Marsden. the
hero. and Alice Day. graduate of SEN
eett comedies, is good as Ruth Whit.
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
Government Employees Busy
Filling In QuestiOnnaires

The withdrawal Of offensive questionnare circulated
among employees of branch Of the War Department should
result in fewer queonnares among Government workers
This particular QUESTIONABLE sought facts to the banking
habits of they deposited their pay checks
how long money remained in banks etc. all touching the
personal affairs workers and having nothing TO do with
their official records duties
The regreable truth that Government workers In Wash
ngon probably elsewhere quesonnaired to the limit
being compelled to questions many OF which have
been answered times before and STILL to
questions that border too closely their pr
Vate lives and histories.
departments and bureaus are fully within their
employees including dates Of entrance into service kind Of
done in the of that service salaries received
ages and other details but in recent years. of these
quesonnaes gone far beyond the rights of the Govern
and have extent become nqustions into the
private and family lives of workers.
The attitude of contempt for Government workers fire.
queny exhibited by Congress and minor executive heads must
undergo q change These people hghcass and
women, and not slaves.
Thinking Congress and responsible positions in the
executive departments do not this cOntempuous at
tude but small statesmen Congress often find po
calIy useful to vfy and abuse civil service employees
Little officials In bureaus and departments the
ho assume the dictatoria attitudes toward those under
them In trying to make records for themselves they become
overbearing just like the old slave drivers and make
unjust but positively shameful They those under
little better than slaves and gs away with the game
cause Of the fear workers Of losing their positions
The economy program, well intended by the President and
his Cabinet heads is used In petty annoy and
harass Government workers The results anything but
helpful the Government they discomfort
and dissatisfaction.
Fortunately this saYedrng process is not widespread in
Government bureaus divisions but there M nevertheless
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH OF IT.
The Washington times., 1927-07-21

L This is the that will fight Dempsey tonight, his
Jack Sharkey and recently he knocked out with dis
patch, and pleasant smile, Mr.. Jim Maloney
you ask expert in hOrseracing, dog fighting cock
fighting, fighting which animal he thinks will win
the expert will reply Show him to and I'll tell you''
Here have the pleasure Of showing Mr. Sharkey to you
He is in the ring exercising getting ready for his fight with
Mr. Dempsey quite convinced you by his expires
sion that fight after that will be with
Mr.. Tunney.
Here he pauses for refreshment to take drink of milk
hurry get back to his work and the trainer pours
the milk down his throat.
That's very good sign You remember in the Bible how
the great leader selected for his fighters the that when
they were thirsty and to brook lay flat on their
somachs and drank from the stream wasting time tax
ing water up in their hands Sharkey does better he has
his trainer POUR the drink inside of him.
Many would get collie trying that for drinking lot
of cold milk suddenly lump may form in the stomach and
give you pains.
Sharkey hasn't that kind of stomach He looks as
though he could digest almost anything except caboc acid
Some Of young readers that might be foolish enough
BET prizefghts entitled to advice from their
family newspaper.
We offer them for their information this picture of Mr.
Shakey and to them that if they bet AGAINST that
1t will not help to make them richer for unless this fight
10 fixed many prizeghs fixed without of course
EMEEM 1Contiraed ia Last Nuno Columnsl - \
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
NEW MONEY
Copyright. 1927. New York
Evening Journal Inc.
Registered U. s. Patent Olnea.k.
BY DR.. Frank Crane

ND NOW the Treasury States announces that we
~ going to have smaller and better paper money.
From 7716 by 3B the currency will be 61s by 2k
inches "
The problem with most of is not how smaller bills,
but how to get of them
Still shorter and narrower bills Improvement. They
will be public and the making
will be reduced They will fit into the poketbooks without folding
and folding and creasing hasten deterioration.
Mr. Mellon that each note will
and ink and its shipping weight will
Besides notes will be produced by printing
operation"
THE change will be saving on paper and
printing
Every little helps and this is small step in the way of
economy.
1t has always been the cry that should only
have They claim that all good for as
medium of exchange and good anything
else The notion however is that
real value in some way and only legitimate when
exchangeab for gold This be that
held by most economists
AS matter Of fact the of money bank notes in
business has largely been superseded by the
behind them. - -
Still there is kind of feeling of satisfaction one has
from handling the "ong green desirable com
modify handy will probably receive the approval the
people. -
We may not be able to money by having
shorter and not wide and what not be 20
bulky, but, the whole bills and
they will probably last longer ~
Copyright 1921 by Mcclure syndcste,.
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Yes, Lem IS very, very sure that
he is free. One hundred per cent
free. So it may interest you to
cast your eye over LENS pro-
gram.
Take this matter of automobile
riding. Being a free" man Lem
can do lot of automobile riding.
But he wants TO do that riding
in a certain way. He can't pos
sibly enjoy an automobile ride I'M
less he sits in the front seat, and
even there he's miserable unless
he's driving.
Barbering is another problem,
Lem has gone to the same barber
for the last ten years. Lem has
figured out to hair exactly how
his pate should be cut. He directs
all the operations personally and
roars his head off if there's one
clip too many. Sometimes Lem
is away from home for several
weeks. He has a frightful time
trying to find reliable barber
then. 1t almost spoils travelling
for him.
Food-that's another thing LENS
fussy about. The dinner is Abso.
lutely Ruined for Lem if the steak
isn't cooked exactly as he likes it.
The Washington times., 1927-07-21

yer or the waiter or something!
Other matters also make life
pretty tiresome for Lem. He's one
of the 100 per cent Americans who
get red-eyed at foreigners" When
you start to tell him about some
big stunt someone has pulled he
can't rest easy until he knows the
hero's nationality. Foreigners GER
tainly get LENS goat.
And modern education-there'
another thing. And the traffic
laws--and the income tax-and
womens clothes-and--well, there
are simply hundreds of things that
take the joy out of life for
Lem.
And yet Lem thinks he's free!
He's absolutely sure that he
isn't spending his life behind
bars!
He would be both amazed and
furious if you told him that he's
living in a Jail and that he is
bound with shackles which he him.
self has forged.
Are YOU free" like Lem?
Or are you fettered with a thou.
sand thongs of prejudice and self.
ishness, business and fear?
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

National enthusiasm is the
great nursery of genius.-Tucker
man.
Light griefs are plaintiff, but
great ones are dumb.-Seneca.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Gladstone.
Just as you are pleased at find
ing fGult, You are displeased at
finding observation-disclosures.
Stiff in opinion, always wrong
Dryden.
Every man has just as much
vanity as he wants understanding.
Pope.
The musician who always plays
on the same string is laughed at.
--HoraGA
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
DR.. G. A. L. Reed

RE you aware that you have
A hidden away In your body
four little structures, called
glands, weighing altogether less
than a domino sugar, without
which it would be impossible for
you to live more than a few
hours? Two of these glands are
located in your neck, near the
thyroids. and the other two are
located in your back near your
kidneys.
These two sets of glands with
some other glands comprise what
is called the endocrine system,
all of them being essential to
your life.
The endocrine glands are tiny
organs that produce substances
called hormones, which enter the
blood and exercise a profound eff.
feet upon orr physical and men,
tai lives by their chemical action
upon the nervous system.
The most important and the
most familiar of these is the thy
roid, which is situated in the
lower part of the throat and the
enlargement of which by disease
is called goitre. In the process of
evolution the thyroid was the
gland that had to develop in order
TO allow primitive creatures to
leave the water and live on LAND.
and the more entirely an animal
or bird lives on land the more
important to it is the thyroid. 1t
is a curious thing that persons
with an inadequate thyroid gland
tend to be good swimmers and
are at home in the water, and
that nearly all good swimmers
tend TO be sub-thyroidic. The
thyroid also controls our meta
bolism, the process by which food
is used in the body, but, most i'm
portant at all, it controls our
creative function. A subthyroidic
mother cannot produce a really
adequate child. The vast amount
of mental observation-disclosures
infants of every class and char
acter-are the result of sub-thyroi-
die mothers, and il these mothers
could have been fed during their
.
they might have produced entire
ly different children.
Since the thyroid controls crea-
ton, all art, which is the product
of the creative function, depends
on an active thyroid. IL an art
lists thyroid efficiency fails below
a certain level he cannot pro-
duce real creative work. There
never has been real sub-thyroid
artist.
The thyroid Is also an import
ant factor in that chain of
causes which controls the rate of
the hearDbeat, and consequently
the speed at which the body is
over active thyroid suffers from
a general speeding-up of the
whole rate of combustion. His
body is being treated like gaso-
line motor that the owner hab.
itually allows to "race." When
a person is badly frightened, his
heart beats fast because the thy
roid has been accelerated into
oVer-function.
Fright, however, does not slim.
ulate the thyroid gland directly,
but acts on the adrenalin glands,
causing them to flood the blood
with adrenalin.. This is a power.
full stimulant to the thyroid, as
it is to the whole body.
The adrenaT glands, situated on
top Of the kidneys, are the auto
matte acoaerators- of the body
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
SIP TIME
WORK

IN an effort to make some
L money while she was out of
a job, Eleanor n. Knowles ex-
plains in an article in this weeks
Liberty that she hit on the idea
of makingS silk underwear at
home and found that it paid her
well. She made the garments by
hand and never did any on spec.
ulation.
After calling on many women,
especially mattresses and chorus
girls, Miss Knowles says, 81 had
more orders than 1 could handle.
hired a machine. ard started
turning out silk underwear, neg
ligees. slips, and brassieres in
wholesale quantities. l figured
out the best places to buy ma.
terials how much time to spend
soliciting. and soon had the bust.
ness on paying basis Of 81 an
hour for working time"
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
ONCE-OVERS
Can May and December Agree7

How about old you feeling pretty well satisfied
yourself you think good looking girl finds
interesting?
For some time have thought she always enjoyed talking
YOU and somehow believe she has forgotten old
to be her father
Don't mislead yourself.
You may be interesting her you her.
The apparent interest her her conviction
she has fooled be the fun she is getting your
Streaked hair like yours
age do not appeal to youth
Inc girls you have In mind may be the goddigger kind.
They associate with because buy them things
that younger cannot afford and often they really feel that
they are paying dearly for the amusement.
with so should
tive girl be genuinely interested in you?
Don't Halter Yourself that you dfferentore attractive
Net Ea OIL that idea May and December don't well together
The Washington times., 1927-07-21

Kindness in ourselves is the
money that blunts the sting of
unk1ndness in another.-Landor.
He is great enough that is his
own master.-Bishop Hall,
--Plutarch.
To be doing good is mans most
glorious task.-Sophoclea
Hunger is the best seasoning for
meat Young.
Ana II you mean to profit, learn
to praise. -Ch;lrcbbiII
Guilt is the very nerve of sor-
row.--Horace Bushnell.
Where children are there II the
golden age --NoEalis.
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
LISTEN, WORLD!

He wants a Ger.
tain proportion
of sizzling hot
outside and "a W,
juicy inside-no
more, no less.
And he is just
as part i C Il ! a +
about the rest of
the food. He
often SAYS that
peas should be
cooked with a
StOp-Watch. And
salads--Lem al
ways insists on
mixing his own
3 a | a d s. Lem
likes to eat, but
it's queer how
some t h n & al
ways happens to
spoil the meal.
If it isn't the
beefsteak or the
peas, it's the
linen nr fhA sill.
The Washington times., 1927-07-21
Take a Look at This Man
Continued from First Two Columns)

CONTINUED from First Two Columns)
the knowledge of the highly intellectual and chivaIroux
fighters and promoters improbable that Mr. sharkey
will lose the fight that is approaching.
But don't bet Sharkey either Supposng the right odds
three that sharkey would win and that the frht
were fixed without the knowledge of the fighters of
what would happen you bet Sharkey? Think about
that Put your pennies in the savings bank where thew
belong '