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The American association is TWEEN
ty-five years old.
Harvard and Yale rowing crews
have met each other for the last 70
years.
Crossed bats In front Of the bench
is considered the worst Of all jinxes
by ball players.
Joe Stecher developed his wonderful
scissors hold In wrestling by practic-
ing ON bag Of meal.
Billy Grimes is the holder of three
pugilistic titles of Australia, feather,
light and welterweight.
Nashville has sent Outflelder How
ard Camp to the Charlotte club of the
South Atlantic league.
AL Watt of the Reading (Pa.) club
will take up the managership of the
Richmond club this season.
"Gavvy" Cravath, former Phillies'
manager and star, now Is a justice Of
the peace at Laguna Beach, Calf.
Hockey was first introduced In the
United States In 1895 by Frederick
]. Goodrich. sophomore at Harvard.
Harry Salte, former Springfield
(Mass.) high school pitcher, has been
signed by Albany Of the Eastern
league.
All FIVE of the Espinosa brothers
play golf and Al and Abe, two of
them, can hold their own in any COM
pany.
Robert A. Gardner Of Chicago is
racquet champion as we'll as the
holder OF two golf titles and pole
vault record
Jam ACuuH "a tuc CA-CuduiQIOu Dali
timore team Of the International
league has 20 pitchers among his play
ers this season.
Freddy Mcclure, second baseman,
has been purchased by the Toledo
American association club from the
New York Giants
Pitcher Bill Gould, who was with
Waco of the Texas league last sum-
mer, has been signed by Nashville OF
the Southern league.
Bernie Frieberg of the Philadelphia
king in the league in 1925. He famed
n times In IA games.
Fred A. Conner skipped the rope
1000 times In succession without
miss or stop in II minutes 20 seconds
at OH City. Pa. in 1895
The worlds record for the javelin
throw by women is 10S feet s inches.
The mark is held by Miss Pauline
Hacup of Paterson, N. ].
Marvex, the race horse that won the
Grand National race in England, the
French derby and the French Grand
Prix, has arrived In this country from
London.
Wisconsin boy. twelve years old,
has passed the entrance examinations
for the state university. but is be-
iieved to be bit light for the back
field.
John McGraw, while still member
OF the famous Baltimore Orioles, once
fouled Off II balls while facing Cy
Young and finally received the free
| pass he was after.
]. A. House Of Yale swan $50 yards
backstroke in minute 40 3-5 seconds.
lowering his own Intercholastic rec
ord and tying the world record held
by Walter Laufer.
Football will need Eve more timers
and bookkeeper to enforce rule
compelling two-sccond stop on shift
plays, Knute Rockne. Notrs Dame
coach. told Northwestern alumni.
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a9EAHlNE z
tse). 1897, Wsstern newspaper Anion.j
He Is happiest who hath power
To gather wisdom from every
flower,
And wake his heart in every hour
To pleasant gratitude.
William Wordsworth
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Rainy days are good
days to do the odd
things which we have
put off for a more con-
venlent season. as on
such days We are less
likely TO be interrupted
or there Is less desire to
go outside.
Looking over boxes,
rearranging draw ers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-05
JUST ABOUT THE
DEALFORM OF
ARBITRATION

Twelve thousand five hundred
and sixty-six claims, involving 81,
712, 1852 were disposed Of by
the 80 boards of arbitration in
the United States during 1925,
according to figures made public
by the film boards of trade. OF
these, 5,01S We're settled before
the date of the actual hearing
because filing of the claims
brought the parties together.
Four thousand four hundred and
seventy.s.x awards were
and S12 claims were withdl. y.il
Four hundred and forty four were
dismissed for want of jurisdic-
ton, incomplete filing, etc. Sew
enty-one claims were litigated
after submission, and only one
claim was litigated before subnis.
sion to arbitration.
Each board of arbitration is
composed of three exhibitors of
motion pictures and three repre-.
septatives of distributors. In case
of a tie vote a seventh arbiter is
elected by the board. During the
year only 25 such cases arose.
In the last three years during
which the motion picture indus.
try has settled its disputes out
of court through arbitration, &C..
$50 claims. involving more than
$7,000,000 have been disposed of.
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VITAPHONE THE
SCREENS NEW
MARVEL
vitaphone is vindicated.


Prior to the first public presenta-
ton of this marvel, a majority OF
the critics, as well ais q large pro-
portion OF the lay public, were
frankly skeptical OF perfect syn.
chronization OF sound with action
pictured on the screen. No sooner
had Will II. Hays uttered the first
sentence of his brief address well
coming Vitaphone as a new factor
in the presentation of motion pic
lures from the screen of Crandall's
Metropolitan Theater than convic,
ton came into the minds and
hearts of all present that Vita.
phone had made good.
Never before in the history of
silent drama has there been such
perfect accord between action and
sound as the current bill at Gran
dall's Metropolitan demonstrates.
Not only are the Vitaphone pres
entations, including the overture
selection by the I07 concert TnJi-
sicians comprising the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra under the
conductorship OF Henry Hadleg
and MartineIli. premier tenor of
the New York Metropolitan Grand
Opera Company. in themselves
marvellous in reproduction OF vocal
and instrumental music, perfectly
synchronized with the picture. but
the two-hour accompaniment of
Don Juan played by the New
York Philharmonic il not for an
instant throughout the length of
the picture one iota out of time
with the action on the screen
which 1t musically interpfets. A
rap on the door, where the knock
ing hand is clearly visible, emits
it's sound as naturally as though
the action and noise were produced
by real life instead Of by a scien-
tific development of synchronized
record and projection machine.
This minute experimentation con-
stitutes the chief marvel of Vita
phone as applied to the pres
entation of modern pictures.
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mentS. And by the time they
were old enough and affluent
enough for discord the cement
had hardened.
So today, as then, the Warner
brothers-Harry, AL, Sam and
Jack-set business example in
how to get along though related.
The Warner brothers. as YOU
doubtless know, are among the
biggest of the film producers
but when each of the four had
reached the age of 10 he learned
to get out and work to maintain
the household.
This experience, they will tell
you, was the basis of success
that can put its signature to
million-dollar productions-and
does,
Their parents had come from
Russia and in the new world
the youngsters had no choice of
occupation.
Harry went to work for a pack
Ing house: Sam went firing on
the Erie railroad: Jack sang, in a
movie house, and Albert trucked.
They were not the sort that stuck
to q job long-though this is
frequently given as a recipe for
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success. But they were perpetu-
ally dissatisfied.
In 1903, in New Castle, Pa,
they opened tiny movie theater.
The business grew. Soon they
began distributing films. They
opened an exchange and then,
alas, the dozen producing outfits
they had handled combined and
the Warmers couldn't get films
for distribution. They had to sell
out at terrific loss.
Their next venture was another
failure. They found themselves
stuck with an assortment of UNI
salable films. A couple of fail.
ures will make any business man
think. Why were they failures?
The answer was that they
couldn'ts get the pictures they
wanted. Very well, they would
make the pictures they wanted.
Their first films were immediate
boxoffice hits.
Today they have half a dozen
Barrymore releases, the boxoffice
cash boxes tinkle merrily and, fl
nally, there is Vitaphone. which.
with John Barrymore4 in Don
Juan begins its second sensa
, tlonal week at Crandall's Metro.
politan tomorrow.
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In EOerybOdys Confidence
THE GATE-POST
~ By Harold Phillips !

Gda Gray whose ubrces Of hip shoulder made her
wealthy and famous and unpoed child of fortune signs five
film contract with Samuel Godwyn and what live and
breathe, will be her first role?
That of in marie Ode adapted from Edward Knobocks
stage play.
Further i disclosed by her and husband Gil Boag
that when Morris Gest first contemplated he Miracle" for New
York presentation the undang little lady considered for the
in that production.
Fortunate it that da Of those buffers who feels
that part TO be acted must be lived with that fidelity
affected by gentleman who played Oteo and BACKED himself
all that other ody who played Lincoln always
shawl and plug hat offstag eng the observation that he
wouldn't be satisfied until he assassinaed. ;
What shock the shimmy queen coming out of Tex
Guinans in front of the raiders with salt
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favorably reported out of COM
mittee.
The Shubert press department
sends out the following under
the caption, Chorus men prove
their right to wear West Point
uniforms:
You seldom can tell from
where you sit in a theater what
sort Of background lies behind
the human masks of a play.
For instance, the other night
the chief of Army recruiting
attended a performance of 'sThe
Nightingale" at Jolson's Thea
ter. in New York, in which a
chorus of so men appears in
one scene as a company of West
Point cadets. When asked how
he liked the play, the officer
said that, as a whole, It was
splendid" but that he revolted
at the sight of "painted-faeed
chorus men incorporating as
West Pointers" EFF there are
airy 'he-men' in this world" he
added, "they are the cadets of
the United States Military Acad-
emy."
This last remark was over
heard by Ed Rowland, manager
OF the theater. 1t started him
on q little investigation of his
own. Here is what he found:
Of the so chorus men, SO are
veterans Of the world war, all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-05
WASHINGTON IS
INCLUDED
TOO

The .alI.star cast in "Trelawny
of the Wells at the New Am
sterdam Theater in New York
will end it's New York run in
three weeks and go on a whirl.
wind tour of the principal cities,
The advent of Lucky" the new
Dillingham; musical in which
Mary Eaton is starred, planned
many weeks ago to the Forty
second Street playhouse on
March 81. necessitates the move.
No other theater of sufficient
seating capacity being available,
George c. Tyler prefers to take
the revival on tour rather than
place it in a smaller or less de.
sirable theater.
Every record for a similar ven
ture was surpassed when Mr..
Tyler assembled, his imposing
-cast-John Drew, Pauline Lord,
Helen Gahagan, Estelle Winwood.
Mrs. Thomas Whimmen. o. P.
Heggie. Otto Kruger, Rollo
Peters and a dozen others. Since
the opening performance on Janu.
airy 81. all attendance records
and box office crosses for such
an undertaking have been broken
The last performances of the re-
vival. to be given on March 10
will be the fifty.sixth-i a run
in which the total gross will
probably exceed 100000.
A special train of five Pull.
man sleepers. equipped with
showers. will carry the company
on tour. A special diner and
two parlor cars will be included
for the exclusive use OF the cast.
Because of the enormous ex-
pense Of taking the company and
production on tour, only Phila.
delphia. Boston and Chicago will
be full week stands. the other
principal cities being limited TO
one, two and three days. The
tour will be a circular one, be-
ginning either in Boston or
Chicago, and will probably be of
seven weeks duration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-05
. PHYSIOLOGICAL
SLANT AT THE
TWINS

People have wondered about
the San Antonio "Siamese Twins"
appearing at the Earle next week
in regard to such matters as sick
ness, i'll humor, gladness, and ex-
element, Is there a connection
of mind as well as of matter that
makes every alien influence on
one body communicate itself to
the other?
In practically all things that
concern bodily effects, Daisy and
Violet Hilton are as distinct as
any other two people. The nerv.
Gus connections in the strip be-
tween them are not immediate
hut casual: there is no absolute
juncture of their spinal cords or
central nervous systems.
For instance, IL you prick your
hand the stimulus of pain in
stantly travels to the brain. If
Daisy Hilton pricks her hand the
stimulus travels to her brain, but
Violet may be totally unaware
that anything has happened. This
same rule applies to all the senses,
seeing, hearing. tasting. smelling,
and, with some exceptions, to
feeling
The exceptions are in very I'M
usual cases. 1t must not be for.
gotten that in the connecting link
there are some nerves. And it
seems that IL one of the girls
has very prolonged nervous
stimulus, such as a steady head.
ache for hours and hours, this
is gradually communicated to the
other. Perhaps, the headache is
not communicated through the
nerves at all, but may be due to
prolonged Inactivity lying beside
the sufferer or to suggestion.
While certainty cannot be ex.
pressed as to this. the evidence
seems TO indicate that there is
some nervous connection between
the twins. but that it is not
very immediate one.
That is why one can have
tooth extracted and the other not
be concerned; one can have In.
digestion, and the other who ate
less for dinner will feel all right.
In ordinary matters any mental
or physical condition of one will
not be communicated to the
other.
However. it must be remem.
bered that there is a major artery
In the strip joining the two girls,
and blood circulates freely be.
tween them. Consequently any
contagious disease. or one which
is caused by heterogeneous in
the blood is practically certain to
affect both of the twins. This
would include such diseases as
the various fevers, typhoid, ma
laria, etc, severe blood poisoning,
diphtheria. etc. So far the twins
have never had any serious sick.
ness. so it cannot be said posi-.
lively that a severe illness would
be mutual. But their physiologi-
cal makeup seems to indicate that
this would be the case.
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general department of mountain
lions, variously known as cou-
gars and panthers, has a reali-
zation of the difficulties Of
meeting such a requirement.
Max MARGIN and Fred Myton,
who wrote the screen play from
the novel. thought of all sorts
of interesting business for the
lion. For instance, in one case
he was to leap playfulIy from
a crag onto Hollis shoulders,
remembering that 1t was ell in
play and that he should fall al
lightly as possible. At another
point he was to engage in hand.
to-hand, or rather paw-to-hand,
struggle with Tom Kennedy, the
mountaineer sheriff. Police dogs
can do this without hurting
anyone seriously, and q lion
finally was. trained to the same
proficiency.
The animal also had to dis.
perse gang Of outlaws, the ap.
pearance of which might cause
glow of righteous indignation
in the breast of any lion. For.
this scene, the actors required
much more training and encour.
agement than the lion.
How about suit OF. aluminium
underwear" asked Holt when
he was introduced to the lion
and had noticed its claws, which
were slightly shorter than ice
picks. and its teeth. something
the size and color of piano
keys. However, they soon be-
came quite friendly.
But I don't think I'll take
him on permanently" said Jack.
1T would mean giving up my
horse, because lions are much
too fond of horses
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LIE Paradis

A brand new tabloid revue,
School Days" will be presented
by star members of the LIE Para.
dis Band Tuesday evening. This
frothy bit of entertainment has
been written and planned by Dick
Himber. featured violinist of the
LIE Paradis Band, and a former
member of Gus Edwards School
Days" company. Director Jack
Golden, Felix Solari, Himber and
other band members will imper.
senate Nthe kids The ten
minute egg" of the class is to be
done by Felix Solari. Souvenir
Night" will be a regular Tuesday
feature and Theatrical Night" on
Thursday invariably draws a
capacity 'crowd. Lucky Number
Night" on Friday is another star
event,
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the theater lay in his author
ship Of the @much-discussed
Pulitzer Prize Play of a season
ago, "Hell Bent for Heaven"
Mr.. Hughes is a Carolinian. and
In his Prize Play and again in
that mordant little drama called
stRuint," which the Provincetown
Players presented recently, he
studied the hill folk of his native
State with serious purpose. He
did show fine comedy gifts. OF
course. in his Wake Up, Jona
than played with such success
by Mrs. Fiske, but farce-espa-
cially of the fortnight sort that
is "Honeymooning on High
seemed not at all within his dras
maturgic horizon.
But it would seem, from the
reception accorded "Honeymooning
on High" in Boston the past fort
night, that Mr.. Hughes is a
farceur of as fine abilities as he
is a serious dramaT1st. He him.
self makes no pretensions for this
latest effort. calling it in his own
Ca ption.line, "A silly play for
silly people" But that does not
mean that the piece is not to be
taken wholeheartedly for its comic
values. 1t merely indicates the
mood which Mr.. Hughes hopes
will be that of the audience
mood of relaxed sort. in which
the individual seeks only gay and
frivolous entertainment.
incidentally, Mr.. Hughes, for
all his remarkable success as
practicing dramatist. is at the
head of the department of dra-
matte literature and playwriting
At Columbia IIniYersifv
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chap whom our officer friend
seemed to dislike most, is Rob-
ert Harper, Sergt. Robert Har-
per, of the Third Division, A.
E. F., who has little piece of
paper signed by Woodrow Viii.
son, stating that in recognition
Of gallantry and bravery far be-
yond the line of duty, wherein
Sergt. Robert Harper saved
battalion of infantry and the
life of Colonel Butts, acting
divisional commander, he was
awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor.
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A terrific tropical storm, with
wind approaching tornado pro-
portions and rain in cloudbursts,
was filmed in the midst of
tropical jungle. in which with
logged determination the Marine
Corps pitches its camp in one of
the most vivid scenes ever photo.
graphed.
Regular Marines, pitched the
camp, with Lon Clancy, William
Haines, Eddie Gribbon and
Maurice Kains. film actors work
ing shoulder to shoulder with the
Government men. The picture
was filmed with the sanction and
cooperation of the Government,
the actors accompanying the
Marines on battleships in fleet
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maneuvers. in action in the field,
and in a gigantic sham battle,
staged partly for the picture and
partly as practice maneuver, in
which the Marines capture q
Chinese village from bandits and
rescue mission.
Lon CLANCY plays a veteran
sergeant in the new picture, with
William Haines in the leading
romantic male role as a recruit
in the service and Eleanor Board.
man as the heroine. The cast
includes Carmel Myers, Eddie
Gribbon. Frank Currier, Mitchell
Lewis. Maurice Kains and other
well-known players.
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Congress adjourns and the
Sunday closing bill for the Dis
trict is disposed of for another
year at least. It's too bad
Upshaw and Swope will not
return next session, for in tenn
permanent and talent, their han
ding of the issue makes them
actually friends at court.
Representative Langford will
come back and will certainly be
found sponsoring a closed Dis
trict with his bill which. was
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with overseas service. OF the
remaining IL, Is were not old
enough in 1918 to go to war.
The other two were invaded
and rejected because of physical
defects. One of these two, Wal
ter Lunt, was once a Texas
Ranger and is officially accred-
tied with the lives of two BAN
dit outlaws.
Of the 33 war veterans, II
were decorated for bravery in
action. One, and peculiarly the
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Helen at Ease

Louise Fazenda has finished the
feature role of the lead in Cradle
Snatchers" for Fox and will follow
this with q picture on the First
National program, to be announced
later,
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THIS BOY DOES WRITE
GOOD ONES

"Honeymoonng High" the National Theater
Monday evening will present opportunity observe the
work of outstanding American dramait in field hitherto
by him. For the author of this farce
HUGHES Mr. Hughes claim
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-05
A COUGAR CO-STAR
FOR MIR. HOLT

lion with police dog training That's what was
needed for making motion picture Of Zane Greys novel, Man
Of the Forest which begins weeks showing at the TODAY
with Jack Holt in the title role Anyone who anything
all faings
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A TYPHOON
EARN IT'S WAY

Filming typhoon, terrible tropic storms was the
huge achievement carried in the spectacle
"Te 1t to the Marines troGodwyn Mayors of the
Corps which starts its third
Columbia 4
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AN ODYSSEY THIS, TO
DILIGENCE

Once upon time there four brothers who got along
together.
Now if this incredible please consider the
their lives They fighting
that they didn't have time the
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Fit is the result Of exhaustive
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/ i UNFORTUNATELY J, one rarely
~ knows when one offends.
Careful as you are, aren't there
times when you feel q little uneasy
lest this objectionable fault NAV
mar your charml
Precipitation odor is q serious
problem for al Of Us. Even when
we do not seem TO perspire at all,
the ontinually give of odor~
causing moisture.
Why, then, risk embarrassment
when it's now so easy to keep safel
Simply change to LifebAoyl So refresh.
Ing that millions battle with it
every day. Itpuri6es pores gives
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to have already raised $1,000 900,
and to have purchased the large
estate of r. =. olds. automobile
magnate. at Crosse Island. In the.
Detroit River. Club members ex-
pect TIE club to become one Of the
most important aviation centers in
the country.