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The Washington times., 1927-01-07
COlOred Actor Killed
In Row Over Woman

The comic capers of the Nehigh
Review. colored theatrical
production, appearing at the Forak.
er Theater, Twenty.sixth Street,
near NJ Street Northwest, were
stilled today because James Sturdi.
want, colored, Is years old, one Of
the actors, vas shot and killed in
his room by Johnnie Virgins JEFF
ferson. colored. rs. another actor.
Jefferson. who went to the Sec.
ond precinct station house and gave
himself up following the shooting,
says he discovered his wife in
Sturdtvant's room at the Summit
Hotel. Seventh and N Streets
Northwest, where all were stopping.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Board Of Trade to Act
Mrs. A. C. StOneburner
Hurt When Hit by Auto

A severe laceration of the head
was sustained today by Mrs. Ada
constance Stoneburner, Sc years
old. 400 Twelfth st. s W., when
she was struck and knocked down
at Fourteenth st. and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest by an automo
bile.
Mrs. Stoneburner was running for
q street car when she was knocked
down by an automobile operated
by James Jackson, colored, rs,
2629s Virginia Ave. N. w. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Rep. ZihIman to Lead
Fight on Gas Tax Raise

The proposed Maryland gasoline
tax increase, from 2 to Az cents
gallon, will be opposed by Repre-
sentative Frederick N Zihlman, of
that State. in an address at pub
lie meeting tonight at Silver Spring.
Md.
He holds that the increased tax
would be ruinous to gasoline sta
tons near the District line.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
LIGHTS DAZZLE,
MAN HURT

Dazzling lights on an automobile
on the Baltimore boulevard last
night caused the serious injury of
Albert Gold, New. York furrier.
VINO was driving to this city with
Sioney L. katz. Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
stopping at the Raleigh Hotel here.
Gold was brought to Casualty Hos.
pltal with a fractured skull. He
was still unconscious today.
katz told police that they were
driving a moderate rate Of speed
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
MAUD MULLER-1927

Maud Muller on winters morn,
Behind the barn dlstilling corn.
Singing. she brewed in . copper can.
a drink that would X. o. many man.
The sheriff rode slowly down the lane,
Shifting susplciOusly as he came.
@Ah. ha - quOth he, what smell here
As IL preVOlstead, or only beer?"
SsFair sir, !" said Maud, 'y0u think me I'll :
just then the sheriff spled the still.
The court was packed from near and far,
When they hailed fair Maud before
the bar.
In Dicture hat, and Iow-cut gown,
And flashing ankles, silken brown.
I'm defendants box. Maud then did
Like q poster advertising hose.
IN vain did the prosecutor plead;
The verdict Came-falr Maud was freed.
And now behind the barn each morn,
The jury helps Maud with her corn.
LESTRANGE.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

when an automobiles lights blind.
ed him. His machine struck a
telephone pole and then went over
a small embankment. The acct.
dent occurred about miles beyond.
Laurel and Gold were brought hers
by John Dietrich, Of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
A BOX OF AMERICAN
BEAUTIES"

If the Average flapper could
make heaven to Suit herself
eVery block Would be COM
posed of soda fountains, moVie
Shows, dance halls. bargain
aUindoaVs, candy stores, and
each girl Would haze sport
model car of her OWn.
GENEVIEVE.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
WATCH RESULTS

The helGhth Of my ambition
IL to write "a great 'pOIne''
About SprlnxtiIne or Passion
Or the glory of old Rome.
But tho ] keep awritln'
And aJOttin' ideas down.
j do not seem 70 write the stuff
That brings guy renOwn.
But like the mighty oak that from
A little acorn came
J mean to write u pome some day
That's gOin' to bring me fame.
EDITH BUTLEF
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
When fat men fight they
reach the parting of the
tOeighs. Abe.
The CRUEL, CRUEL ENDING

The CRUEL, CRUEL ENDING
All love stories should end happily
But in this little verse
The fair maiden and her "sweetie"
Suffered just the reverse.
It was evening In the parlOr.
And the lamp was low and dim;
@arOld on the sofa sat
And ROsalle cat by him.
A. the seconds and the minutes
Slowly licked upon their way,
Rose and Harold moved up closer
Till they sat there inthisway.
Rose, you see.-was fond of Harold,
And he was q wise young chap,
10 before they knew twas happening
She was sitting on
his
lap.
Here, alas. must end the story
Papa spied them unawares.
And he grabbed our fair young hero
And he threw him down
the
stairs.
AUNT DEDA.
w.
A BOX OF AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

The work of the United States
Patent Office now is $50 times as
great as when it was established
more than a century ago.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Times Staff Photo
POLICEMAN JESSE BARNHART

PROBABLY THE most worried
member Of the Police Department
Is Jesse Barnhart. who is to he
tried by the Police Trial Board on
a charge Of conduct unbecOtling
an officer" His wife complained
against him. Appearing before the
trial board yesterday with Mrs.
Jane America. named in COM
plant, Rarnllart learned that his
case had been continued.
the trade body's biggest socla! eve1t
of the year: will meet with 'subcom
mittees of the function tomorrow
to perfect plans. Robert Gottrell
acting secretary, announced.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Board Of Trade Members
Are Notified of BANQUET

Notices of the annual mid.wInter
dinner of the Washington Board of
Trade. February S. at the Willard
i1otel, were sent to members today
Dr.. Frank E. Gibson, arranging
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

You can stick hat pins IN
indian fGkirs without hurting
them, but Washington street
car conductors, judging from
recent incidents, are more
sensitive. KATYDID.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
:
Of
NJ N|AHI)N
RULING

If the higher courts uphold
the decision Of Police Cour9
Judge John P. Mcmahon, that
the Traffic Director. has no au
thority to prohibit parking al
shipping entrances, a ban
against all parking within the
congested area Of the city viii
be necessary, Traffic Director
M. O. Eldridge declared today
Eldridge Gets Data
After Judge McMahon's decision
Eldridge wired to nearly score
Of the largest cities in the country
from New York to San Francisco.
asking whether parking at "ship-
ping entrances" had been upheld in
the courts.
Banned in Philadelphia
Replies received today revealed
that such spaces are reserved in
every city except Philadelphia,
where they have recently been
ruled out by the courts.
The Philadelphia courts ruled
that regulations discriminating
against pleasure vehicles could not
be enforced.
As a result of this decision the
Philadelphia city council is con.
sidering a regulation prohibiting
all parking in the downtown sec.
ton. Under this regulation cars,
both commercial and pleasure
would be permitted to stop at the
curb long enough to load and dis
charge passengers or merchandise.
Board Of Trade to Act
Traffic problems confronting the
District will be discussed next week
by members of the Washington
Board Of Trade with the aim of TAX
ing a stand regarding the recent
volding of shipping entrance signs.
The secretary of the board today
announced the members probably
Will form a special committee to deal
with the parking situation in the
Capital.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Hate"

Honeymoon Hate" is the featured
photoplay at Crandalls MetrOpoli-
tan Theater this week, to be shown
through Saturday. Florence NidOr is
the star and the picture is an adapta-
Venice with it's watery boulevards
and white palaces.
The story concerns a true Yankee
spirited girl and a wise Italian prince
who refuses to be inundated by her
fierce temper How he tames her,
cures her of vanity and teaches her
good manners, but not without COM
plicat tons, thrills and romance, forms
the basis of an amusing comedy.
Miss VidOr has the role of Gail Grant,
the daughter of A millionaire Yankee
steel king his products being famed
for their power of resistance and his
daughter fulfilling the same quail
ficatiOns. William Austin has the
comedy role Of a rejected sutton, and
Tullio Carminati, European actor, is
cast as the prince.
The remainder Of the bill includes a
Jimmie Adams comedy. Meet the
Folks; the Metropolitan World Sur
vey and a Grandland Rice sport
light"
The Metropolitan Symphony, under
Daniel Breeskin will offer the over
venetian Airs" arranged by the
conductor; the theme number will he
''Cheerie Beerie Be" The exit march
will be THE Five-Step," from the mu-
steal comedy, Manhattan Mary"
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FOX-"HOnOr First. "

With John Gilbert as the screen
star and another of Victor Herbert 8
opcrettas as the stage attraction, the
Fox Theater. beginning today, COM
mences the second week Of its new
entertainment policy.
The stage attraction will be sweet
hearts" and the same company of 40
will interpret the Herbert operetta
with Grace Yeager and Bonnie Imbrle
singing the leading roles. It will be
presented IN three colorful scenic cpl
sodes, for which John Wenger, de-
signer and artist, has created the back
ground, while Charles Sinclair. Alex
inder Oumansky and Edward Lebegott
have supervised the staging.
a feature will be Dance OF the
Hours" the ballet from the opera
LA Gioconda, presented in special
setting by the Fox Ballet under the
supervision of Alexa nder Oumansky.
The Fox Theater Symphony OrChes-
ira will provide the musical settings
for each of these stage numbers be-
sides an overture of classic and jazz
music. Muriel La France. protege
Of Gali-Curci, will sing, and Samuel
Norman will offer a violin solo,
''Valse Bluette.'
Honor First" starring Gilbert and
Miss Adoree. is a revival of one of
the earlier pictures that brought these
two stars popularity. 1t is a comb.
nation of mystery and romance of
wartime and presents Gilbert in one
Of his most heroic parts.
An additional feature will he the
Fox Movietone News, with the world
| events OF the week
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COLUMBIA-"Becky."

Becky" the Cosmopolitan picture
now being shown at LOew's Columbia
Theater. is film adaptation of Ray
nor Seligs newspaper serial The
picture. which was filmed by Metro
Goldwyn Mayer. with Sally O'Neil in
the title role, is one of the interesting
stories of the American stage.
Miss O'Neil plays the title role OF 9
shop girl with an ambition to become
a grand opera singer. Discharged
from the department store by an irate
f1oorwalker, she meets young man
Of doubtful character. Through his
love for the girl. he is regenerated
and it is not until after the heroine s
adventures on the stage and in society
that she spurns the hand Of a rich
man TO we'd the pickpocket.
Owen Moore has the leading male
role.
The supporting cast includes Ger
trude Olmsted, Mack Swain, Aggie
Herring, Harry Crocker and Claude
King. M.-G.-M. News, comedy pres
entation and the Columbia Orchestra
under Claude Burroughs, round out
the program.
RTALTO-"The Irresistible Lover"
The Irresistible Lover" a comedy
romance. co-starring Norman Kerry
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PALACE-"The Woman on Trial"

Pola Negri in her latest picture for
Paramount, The Woman on Trial"
described IS a heart-stirring story of
mother love, is the principal screen
attraction at Loews Palace Theater
this week, with the stage featuring
Anatole Friedland' Night Club Revue
and the Palace Syncopators.
For ten years a vaudeville headliner
and famous for his girl revues, Ana
tole Friedland, composer, producer and
night club impresario is offering a
dazzling array or feminine beauty in
treating theatergoers to an intimate
glimpse Of "A Night at the Club Ana
tole." The revue features A galaxy of
stars, including the Parisienne dane.
ing team. lie Blanc and Du Charm:
Rena Parker. Lucille Hays and AL
lockers. AnatOle Friedland acts as
master Of ceremonies.
The Palace Syncopators will be seen
and heard in new orchestral melodies.
with Wesley Eddy as guest conductor.
The theme of The Woman on
Trial is taken from Confession" a
stage play by Ernest Va ida, Hun
garian dramatist. II concerns the sac
rifices woman, who. caring deeply for
one man who is deathly i'll, weds
another TO obtain money to restore the
first to health. When her child by
the lOveless marriage is taken from
her through a scheme she runs true TO
the instincts of woman and mother
hood to regain the happiness Of which
she has been cheated.
The picture backgrounds are the
Latin Quarter of Paris. The cast in.
cludes Einar Hanson, Arnold Kent
and Andre Sarti. Short reels and the
Palace Concert Orchestra complete the
pTOgran I'M,
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LITTLE THEATER-"M Monsieur
Beaucaire."

Popular demand determined the re-
NiYal at the Little Theater this week
of ParamOunt's picturizati ton of Booth
Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucatre, >"
in which Rudolph Valentino plays the
title role, and by special arrangement
it will he shown for one week, until
next Friday.
Valentino appears as the haughtest
noble of France. the Duo de Charities,
during the reign of Louis XIV. Char
tres, mourning the displeasure of the
King, hides away in England under
the alias of Monsieur Beaucaire, be-
ginning series of adventures
among the high and low of England
that eliminate in his denunciation as
a social upstart by the famous Beau
Nash, arbiter of Britain's fashionable
watering place at Bath. The identity
of the royal Due being established,
Charities returns to France for fresh
adventures. The customs, events and
life of eighteenth century court and
country life are said to be beautifully
depicted in this film
Lowell Sherman, Doris Kenyon and
Bebe Daniels appear in the leading
roles of the production, which was di.
rected by Sidney Olcott. A program
of short subjects arranged by the Mo-
ton Picture Guild and music are add
ed features.
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and Lois Moran, is the screen feature
at the RialtO this week,
Kerry is seen as Harrison Grey, q
wealthy young bachelor, who has love
affairs galore with all sorts Of women,
until, as is always the case, he finds
one girl different from all the others.
This girl is Betty, daughter Of a
police sergeant, and their course Of
true love runs along smoothly until
the girls father sees a picture Of
Grey on the front page Of a news
paper and story saying that he is
to marry Dolly, a Follies girl. He
is ordered from the house, and goes,
leaving Betty in tears But her
young brother, being at a romantic
age, goes after Grey, and at the point
Of a gun forces him to return to
Betty. This is just what the lovers
want, and the exciting climax, in
which Grey eIudes the Follies girl,
brings the story 10 a happy conclu-
sion.
The supporting cast includes Ger.
trude Aston. Myrtle Steadman, Lee
Moran, Arthur Lake and Phillips
Smalley.
The stage presentation features
MacElrOy and Minch. harmony sing.
ers, in popular selections. The Rialto
Orchestra, Rex Rommell conducting,
offers for the overture "Sari," and a
Collegians comedy, Empty Socks"
and International Newsreel complete
the bill.
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Long-Run Play Records.

THERE are said to be eight plays in
the history Of the worlds theater
which have established long run rec
ords, not including the works Of
Shakespeare. whose dramas are still
being played.
Away back in 1892. December 81. to
be exact, there opened in New York
a show called "Charley's Aunt" This
production was played for / ,466 con-
secutive performances, a mark un-
heard of at that time. And in stock
companies throughout the country
nowadays, YOU will find 'Carley's
Aunt" still on the boards. "Charley's
Aunt" was an old English comedy
when it came to New York.
But even before that there was a
production that is not so well known
now. It was titled Our Boys" and
on 1862 occasions audiences, stage
hands and others witnessed It, That
was in 1875.
During the World War, London
was in constant fear of Zeppelin
raids, but that did not prevent "A
Little Bit of Fluff" from being staged,
and it ran for 1.241 performances.
The London theatrical records were
shattered by "Chu Chin Chow" how
ever, The Morris Gest musical ex.
travaganza, which ran 2,238 times,
starting August 81, 1915, and CON
tinuing for four-and-a-h years.
Frank Bacon, an unknown Califor-
MIA stock player. took a show East,
his own work. which he called Light
MIN it being the story of Bill Jones,
vocal exaggerator. Bacon found that
managers were skeptical. However,
John Golden gave 'Lightnin' the
chance, and it ran and ran in New
York City until A total of ! ,291 show.
ings were given. Then it moved to
Chicago. Frank Bacon died, but a
great comedy still ran on.
Los Angeles theater marks were
torn to shreds with a play called
white Collars" which the late Frank
Egan produced in the West.
Before any of these successes were
known. THE Bacchae," written by
Euripides, was put on in Athens and
ran for 500 years. OF course. there
were occasional breaks, owing TO
deaths from old age in the cast and
the necessary rehearsals resulting, but
it ran on and on like the proverbial
brook. The Bacchae" was Socrates
pet show, by the way
On May %, 1922. there opened in
New York a production that seemsd
destined to failure. The work of an
erstwhile leading woman in mo
ton pictures. vaudeville and or
the legitimate stage, this show
was denounced by critics and
certain Of the public during the
! five and a half years of it's engage
ment. "Abie's Irish Rose" was its
name, and il was written and produc.
| ed by Anne Nichols.
When "Abie" came all the old marks
in the history of the thsater began to
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heroic deeds Of this mad group we're
the "a ). of the front and of the world.
The members of The Legion of the
Condemned came from all parts of
the world, from Texas to the Argen.
tine. And from each one we demand
ed the greatest amount of characteri-
zation. Gary Cooper, as the young
newspaper man: Francis Mcdonald, as
the Argentinian; Lane Chandler, as
the dangerous but carefree Texan, and
Barry Norton, as the young English
man.
Other examples of fine characteri-
cations which added materially to
screen stories are the cases of Emil
Jannings in The Last Laugh The
Way of All Flesh" and George Ban
croft in Underworld. Such perform.
ances are bound to pull stories from
fair TO superb. Again, a good director
will strive to bring out such distinct
portrayals.
Fay Wray, leading woman in The
Legion Of the Condemned gives a
most convincing performance in the
role of spy
First the story. yes, and then keep
an eve on the development of the char
acter,"
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"BECkY~- Columbia
The Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD.

the screen rights to all the Shaw
plays.
I'm afraid we can't come to terms,
Mr.. Goldwyn." said G. 3. s. The
trouble isl think about nothing but
money, and YOU think about nothing
but art
In the main, Mr.. Shaw has regarded
the cinema as a stepchild on Olympus,
and has seemed to avoid it assiduous-
ly. The screen rights to his works
remain unsold although it is probable
that they would bring in a consider
able fortune if placed on the market
A short time ago. however, Mr..
Shaw attended a private showing of
picture called Secrets of Nature" "
and was even persuaded to mount the
platform and deliver the prologue in
his own words. His speech betrays
the fact that he knows a great deal
more about the so-called film game
than one would suspect He even un-
derstands that most ineXplicable guam
tity-the eXhibitOr-the mlddleman
who buys the pictures from the pro-
ducers and sells them to the ultimate
consumers.
Speaking of exhibitors, Mr.. Shaw
had this to say:
Their heads are full of the most
amazing things. They believe that
the public are entirely occupied either
with wild adventures of the most
extravasant kind. or-and this is at
least nine-tenths of the whole assump-
tion-with something that they call
sex appeal. They are fun OF sex
appeal You may take the greatest
trouble to make the most beautiful
films, the most artistic films, the most
interesting films of one kind and an
other; and they say, Where is the sex
appeal?' and if there is not what
they call the sex appeal, they simply
won't believe that the public will go
and see that film.
You can't do anything with them.
You bring them and YOU show them
the most interesting things; no, unless
there is what they call sex appeal
thew won't be converted. And yet the
whole experience of the movies, If /
might put it that way, shows that sex
appeal is the thing that you may
neglect almost altogether.
You will find that Miss Mary Pick
ford is Just as popular, If not more
popular, with women than with men,
which completely disposes of the idea
that the attraction is what is called
sex appeal There is the attraction
there of beauty and grace and insight,
and so on, but it is not sex appeal
On the contrary, the one painful part
in these films, the part that either
makes us pass it off with a laughter
because we are used TO it or makes
us feel slightly indicate because we
are looking on at it, is the thing that
always has to be put in at the enc
of the film to satisfy the exhibitor.
The film may he very dramatic, il
NAV be entertaining. it may be a won
derful sketch of character, like tho
Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin
films; but, no: the exhibitors care
nothing about that. You must compel
Miss Mary Pickford at the very end
of the screen to exhibit herself being
passionatsly kissed by a gentleman"
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MARTHA OSTENSO.
Author Of wild Geese. -

| 4 FEW DAYS ago l sat in a darkened
"A projection room and viewed the
| screen version of my first novel, wild
| Geese" 1t was an extraordinary eN
| perienCe, the kind of thing that nap
pens only once in lifetime.
Among other things | decided that
7 can never again take myself serl-
ously as a writer. Every writer L nave
ever spoken to or read about has been
seized of A noble artistic rage upon
beholding products of his Imagination
served up for him on the screen. HAD
| been a writer in the best tradition,
l should have risen anGrily from my
chair, choking with humiliation ana
chagrin. and disclaimed all relation
ship with this thing 1 had fondly
thought of as my own. And then L
should have stalked majestically out
of the room. vowing that never. never
again should a brain-child of mine
suffer the blighting touch of the pro-
ducer's hand.
The truth is, I left in no such mood.
It may be that my critical faculties
failed me because of the childish eX-
element | felt at the moment.
doubt that. | am prepared to admit.
too, that there have been authors
whose blind fury may have been fully
justified. But | am bound to say that
| experienced nothing Of the kind. |
had no desire to rise hauGhtly ana
stalk out into the light and air.
AS matter of fact, ] sat utterly
speechless as the scenes followed one
another before my eyes. Without
knowing it, I was back again in the
North country, living over again that
neriod in nv seventeenth year which
was to determine the form and color of
my whole future.
Belle Bennett. as Amelia Care, look
ed anXiouslY from the window or a
farmhouse kitchen, and l was instant
w TRANSPORTED to that wild land where
the story first took hold of my imagi-
nation. l drove again through tn
"bush" with the ancient mall carrier
who had grown taciturn from the
silence of the seasons in that fiat
world wheeling away forever under an
empty sky. l slept over night in the
decent home of an Indian family. and
smeIt the spruce timbers of the wall
against which my bed stood. And at
last, after another half day of Journey
ing over prairie and uncertain swamp
land where the trail was only grassy
rut in some places, | stood before the
crude little schoolhouse where / was
to know loneliness and terror of life.
Eva Sothern, as Judith Care, look
ed with sullen, slantins eyes down at
her ragged overalls, or struggled with
Donald Keith, an engaging Sven
Sandbo, in a wrestling match. which
Is one of the most genuine bits ! have
ever seen on the screen-and | was
back again five years to a certain mid
night. when these two characters pos
sessed my imagination utterly, and
nourAd themselves out of it upon a