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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-14
I'm O u r
VALLEY Y

THE LADIES AT Harlingcn who
sponsored the movement that
brought about the planting of the
muiti-colored phlox along the ourhs
Of block after block in the south
eastern part Of that city. deserve
congratulations.
The phlox are in full bloom. Not
lot was missed. And riding
through those phlox-bordcrcd streets
one completely forgcts that there
are houses along the street. The
eyes never leave the brilliantly-col-
ored curbs.
In the same nciRhhoThood there is
an attractive square. II s crossed
diaRonally by aravclcd walks which
are also lined with the phlox A
beautiful sight. truly.
Presumably when these flowers
have lived their lives and are gone,
the ladies Of Harlingcn will pro-
mote the planting of some other
beautiful flower.
II II possible FOR the towns 81 me
Lower Rio Grnnde Valley 20 be
beautiful with flowers ut almost all
seasons ~ the year.
Let's give more attention 20 this
thing of Identification.
And II you are not already lined up
with the Identification movement ~
the various towns. line up now.
PROBABLY DIDN'T frost any
where in the Lower Rio Crandc Val
ley. but the snappy atmosphere indi-
Gated We were dangerously near the
point.
II was night right FOR frost
There was moon. The atmosphere
Was quiet and cool. Right snappy az
an early hour this morning. And,
~ course, unusual "a this time ~
the year.
II you spent worthwhile after
noon Sunday, YOU visited the out
lying farm sections. Beautiful fields
Of potatoes and beans everywhere.
Dirt roams smooth and dry not
dusty and comfortable FOR travel
And corn-it's way up and looks
right for another crop Of roasting
ears IN the latter days Of April. or
early N May
In this crop growing season it's u
real inspiration 20 take one Of these
trips through the districts where
crops are nearing the harvest time.
No cabbage visible anywhere. And
absence Of the smell Of decaying cab
bagc indicated the crop is being
shipped inslsad of rottiEg IN the
field hecaa:, Of overproduction.
THERE III A TRAFFIC officer IN
Cameron county who is very oblig-
ing.
lie carries very large sign on
his car announcing the title OF the
office whish he holds.
The sign "a on the spart tire cover
at the hack Of the ear
THAT TOTAL Of two and a quar-
ter million dollars, Rivch IN The
Herald sunday AZ the building rec.
ord, including building completed
since January u. buildings underway
and constructed. and buildings CON
templatcd for the near future. was
Impressive.
Indicates that Rrownsyllc is NOV
ing ahead more rapidly than some ot
us think
There "a hardly a type ~ construc.
tlon that s. not Represented. There
nrc school buildings. churches. l.is-
mess buildings. bridges. residences
etc. and the total does not include
that million dollar paving program
on which bids will be opened next
Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-14
RrCNrrrRE CoNVIlrs

JOLIET. m. March i4.-tlH- p~
the heels Of three fell, ~ eonv.,ts
who escaped IN sensational Jal
hreak here Saturday. two prisoners
kicked several boards from the hich
fence surs aunding the state penitcn-
tiarv stone quarry today md made .
break for libcrty. They were cap
cured however. before they had gone
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-14
READY TO START
FLOODWAY WORK

First dirt on the north floodway
section of the Cameron county flood
contrul works will he turned tomor-
row morning. according TO an an.
nounrrmcnf mad, today hy the CON
tractors. The entire commissioner
rouit will hr present, and work on
the north channel viii ~ lnauguratcd
with due ceremony.
The huge drrdEcs which viii he
used IN this construction work were
received az Sebastian .ast month. spd
crews az workmcn kl M@ksgn engaged
IN setting tAs.axrp. Ahntract Tor tho
conslmsesff&o of llif floodway WAS
- vufded .t"'A~shc Trinity
lNF~E8zk k8nsttuction Company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-14
PASSPORTS ISSUED

SundAy--T2H tourists, repre-
stnIing 70 states. a.
Total since Drr. 2l-35.il
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-14
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Fair and warm
cr tonight; Tuesday increasing
clouliupss.
For Last Texas; Fair and warmer
tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudi-
ness. Light a. fresh casterly TO
southerly winds cn the coast
Daily River Bulletin
Flood Present - Hr. 70 Hr.
STAGE Stage ChnE. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-14

River Forecast
There will be no material change
IN the river
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29

Stage No. 10 and got out the
famous car for another whirl at
celluloid romance, which will be
seen at. Loew's Palace next week.
This same car was used for
Excuse Me-" through which Con-
rad Nagel and Norma Shearer
romped on q cinematic honey.
moon. The same car saw Sally
o.NefIl make her hilarious escape
with John Patrick in Rupert
Hughes other comedy, Don't"
When John Gilbert departed for
the war in 1.-THE Big Parade" the
Pullman on Stage No. 10 carried
him for a couple of hundred feet
of film and this same car as the
first meeting place OF John Gill
bert and Eleanor Boardman in
The Wife of the Centaur." In
Proud Flesh, that same Eleanor
Boardman apparently travelled
from New York to San Francisco
in the Pullman on Stage 10, the
same journey It makes, in a
cinema sense. in "a Little Jour
ney."
Those who happen to remember
the train scene between Norma
Shearer and Conrad Nagel in
The Waning Sex" didn't know
It at the time but that scene, too,
was taken aboard the Pullman on
Stage 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
JULIA THEY SAY
DOES A NEAT
JOB

II you're a julia Faye ian,
you'll be interested in her re.
markabIe representation Of a
dancer In the American canteens
on the fighting line in France. in
support Of Vera Reynolds In her
new picture, Corporal Kate" on
the Earle screen for the new
week.
/. Miss Faye is said to portray
her role of Becky with remark.
able artistry. She falls in love
with jackson. a wealthy young
chap dragged into the war and
portrayed by Kenneth Thomson,
who plays opposite Miss Rey-
nolds. OF course, Jackson loves
Kate, the heroine, and he resents
Recky's love. The ending of
Becky is tragic and the incident
Of the fatal air raid affords her
opportunities for effective work
Of which she makes the most.
That Miss Faye is equally good
in the portrayal Of tragic as well
as comic roles. she abundantly
proves in this remarkable epic Of
the World War in which the
women's side Of the conflict is
SO effectively shown.
The story of Corporal Kate
was written by Zelda Sears, au-
thor of 1.-THE Clinging Vine" and
other successes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
~ In EUeRyb0dys CenfIdence
THE GATE-POST
7|..Isl;|'''|..g By Harold Philips

John Barrymore ought to copyright himself and collect royalties
from of the mportations who being hailed
effgies of the rakish Jack
There Uncle Lars Hanson, for instance supporting Lillian
Gish IN The Scarlet Letter" Columbia billed
@the John Barrymore Of Sweden"
Cousin Enar Hanson who will his public in Mnneapo
h Corinne Griffith the Metropolitan for the week
in "The Lady He pressaggnted 1.-THE John
Barrymore Of Sweden"
Nephew BeFeg Hungarian actor, win help
TaImadge in Camille includes the Scandinavian by identifying
himself as "the John Barrymore Of Europe"
An ncorgble gaming instinct tells the question viii
be settled until learn who is he best damn Barrymore all
Mexicano."
in Cleveland group Torchbeaers
offering the Little Playhouse "Juno and the Payco and
playing with the fvor of Princeton back dnHdng Harvard
end Of his shnhone shower Of and fungi hit the stage,
luck Of the leading lady Ruth Feather, be struck
by what Mcintyre and Heath would call cowardly
Miss the wife Cleveland publisher who at the
probably tending his presses the
the world and right In imagining that he stroked
her condoed the sobbng little M Feather
ehue and beayed SLIGHT CLEAN Of gratude?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
College PrOfs Are
Edging on
Broadway

Two college professors have
plays on Broadway current
ly, one an unquestiOned sue
CESS The Barker" Its au-
thor il Kenyon Nicholson, &C
Columbia University faculty,
INSTRUCTORS IN dramatic lifera-
ture and for long a moving
spirit in the little theater
field, as well as author of
b00ks on the little theater
and allied dramatic fields.
Formerly he was a press
agent.
The ether is Charlton An
drews, adapter Of Anne Mich
ols' Sam AbramOvich," from
Francois PeFehe's original,
the latter the husband Of
Nine. Sim0ne, whom Miss
Nichols brought over last sea-
season, eliminating in a legal
imbrogliO for theatrical ac-
cOuntings. POrche II a French
poet. and Andrews has pre-
served the blank verse form
Of the original in his adapta-
ton.
There is also John Erskine,
of Columbia, whose ''HeIen
Of Troy" will see the boards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29

me the opportunity to learn a
diversity OF things about acting,
as stock work always doek, and
the work In the Alcazar, whtere we
played the same piece for seven
or eight weeks. gave me the op-
portunity Of putting q finish, a
luEter, on my work.
:, I'VE had wonderful times IN
that company. There was perfect
team work-jugt like q baseball
team working for the pennant.
! Nobody thought Of personal adj
vancement; everyone worked to
make the Alcazar the best the
atrical company in the world. and
naturally everybody improved his
{ or her own work by 20 doing.
There ought to be more com.
ponies like that"
Mr.. LytelPs vehicle in his brief
;, vaudeville tour IL 1.-THE Valiant"
splendid character study. first
given at a Lambs Gambol in New
York last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
PICTURE MAKING
HIS SPECIAL
OYSTER

Directorial talent knows no ar
bitrary preparatory school. One
of Hollywo0d's most successful
directors was once a barber.
George Archainbaud was a civil
engineer Clarence Brown, an au-
toEmobile salesman.
From almost every trade and
profession, Hollywood has drafted
its men behind the cameras on
whose shoulders fall the respon-
sfhIe task Of "bossing" the pic
ture while In production.
A rare case indeed is the 6i-
rector of whom it can be truth
fully said: He rose from the
ranks.+
But such is true of James
FIOod, the youthful and most eff
cient director Of S"The Lady in
Ernine, the Corinne Griffith
starring film laid in the Austrian
Italian war of 1910, which opens
at CrandalYs Metropolitan and
Ambassador Theaters tomorrow.
Floods preparatory school was
the finest of all from which to
graduate to the position to-
which 80 out Of every 100 men
I'm Hollywood aspire. His ele-
rileFtary training was in and
around studios where pictures are
made.
And If there is any phase OF
picture work, from carrying cam
eras to acting. that Jimmy Flood
has not been in, the, young df-
rector would like to hear OF it.
For he would like to take a little
time off from his present d.rec>
torfaT duties to get experience in
that lire, too!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
THE FACETIOUS
HINES LOOKS
BACKSTAH

When Johnny Zines filmed the
elaborate theater sequence which
is a feature Of his new picture,
Stepping Along" he went 30 far
into realism as to hire a brigade
Nof beauties from George Whites
Scandals to strut their stuff before
the cameras at the Selwyn Theater
Inf New York. During the filming
Of these scenes, the comedian had
the opportunity to observe back
stage business" Of folks on the
speaking stage, after which he I'M
medately tabulated his obserya.
lions:
Politicians nnger in the lobby.
Prize fighters prefer the boxes.
"Seccnd-story men prefer the
balcony
"Chiropodists are attracted by
the foothgshts.
Chinese actors never miss their
cues.
''AviatoEs keep in the flies.
Fat actors are responsible for
stage weights.
"Gypsies make good scene
Shutters.
"A realtor; makes a good prop
''Palmists ane interested in the
stage hands. And angels hover
in the wings"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
MARY PICKFORD
A CHAUTAU0UA
FIND

When Mary Pickford w.
known as -The Biograpt Grip in
the infant days of pictures. she
became discouraged with the IN.
dustry and her chances of gain.
ing recognition and decided to be.
come an interior decorator.
a new contract changed her
plans and the artistic world lost
an interior decorator. But she.
never lost interest in the work
and the other day Miss Pickford
had the pleasure Of addressing
close to 1908 women in the first
lecture Of q course on Better
Homes IN Los Angeles.
Il don't know why should be
chosen as an expert ia this line"
she told her hearers, for have
refinished my house four times
in almost as many years. and am
Just finding out how little really
know about the subject.
However, Miss Picldord had
some interesting ideas on the
subject and among other things
asserted that the home should be
q. background or a frame for the
personality Of the lady OF the
house.
I'm Europe this is carried so
Tar that the hostess even deco
rates the roona with flowers to
match her gowns" she said
As q lecturer, Miss Pickford
proved So successful. that 1t 10
reported several cf1autauqua
managers are nigting for her
services. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29

Mr.. Lytell, whose tour Of yaude-
vile win. last only six weeks.
owing to q movie contract. has
been On the seage since his six.
teenth year. Long before that
however he was familiar with the
smell Of grease-patnt and the
sound Of applause. Both his
parents were wen known On the
stage.
After his graduation from Upper
Canada College. q prep school in
Toronto. where incidentally
Stephen Leacock was his mathe-
matics instructor, Mr.. Lytell's
stage career began. His first
really important work came when,
he Joined the Alcazar Stock COM
pany in San Francisco. as leading
juvenile. Among the now famous
players who were in that COM
pany at the time are Marjorie
Rambeau, Charles Ruggles. Walter
Catlett and Ernest Glendenning.
THAT was the best training in
the world" Mr.. Lytall said. Be
fore joined the Alcazar, which
was really more like a repertory
theater than anything else, ] had
played for several years in regular
stock, where there is a change Of
play every week. That had given
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29

1t was called Potash & Perl
mutter,' and it took but one night
to make Barney Bernard. Alexan-
der Carr. Montague Glass and Abe
and Mawruss nationally famous
and not much longer to make the
play known the world over.
Before the partners we're trans
planted to the theater, they nad Of
course, become known to millions
OF readers through Mr.. Glass
stories in the Saturday Evening
Post. Various managers had
flirted with their dramatic posi-
btlities and had concluded that they
were not stage material, before
A. III. Woods entered the field.
Among the managers who had
actually secured options on the
stories were William A. Brady, the
Selwyns and the Shuberts. II is
an interesting coincidence to lsno~s
that Jules EcSert Goodman, who
has collaborated with Mr.. Glass IN
the last four Potash and Perlmut-
ter comedies, made the first Stage
version for Mr.. Brady.
When A. III. Woods finally Sc
cured the story, he encountered
unexpected difficulties In getting a
stage version. Charles Klein, to
whom Mr.. Woods submitted the
tales, couldn't see a play In them.
Mr.. Woods was lngiatent on having
Mr.. Klein do It. To end discussion
about 1t, Mr.. Klein asked for SIS 900
advance royalty. an advance Day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
THE GISH FLAIR
FOR HISTORIC
ROLES

The current appearance of Miss
Lillian Gish in THE Scarlet Let
ter" Nathaniel HAWTHORNE
famous classic Of Puritan New
England. which starts. it's second
week at Loew's Columbia tolnor-
row. FORCES another link in the
chain of evidence showing Miss
Gish's apparent desire to appear
as the heroine of most of the
great love stories of history.
Since leaving the management
of Mr.. Griffith and launching out
on a photoplay career of her own.
Miss Gish has appeared success
siveIy in 'The White Sister," La
Boheme,' 1.-THE Scarlet Letter"
and is said to be preparing. at the
present time. as the heroine of
fannie Laurie"
Just when and how Miss Gish
came to decide on such a course
IS not at all clear from the data
at hand. but it is possible that
Griffith gave her the original idea.
when he cast her for the heroine
Of his screen version OF THE Two
Orphans" Indeed. it is held IN
some quarters that Griffith him
self planned ~ launch Miss Gfsh
successfully in roles of historical
background.
Whatever prompted Miss Gish's
decision to appear successfully as
famous heroines of literary his
tory is not known. but there are.
few who decline to admire the
simplicity and the brilliance of
the idea at a time when two
thirds of the screen stars in
Christendom are languishing for
lack of suitable stories.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
FOUR RS IN THE
CANUCK'S
GIRRIC

school always used to mean
three things, '.re.IdI1 ritin and
rithmetic." In the rural sections
Of Canada there's fourth, '.ridfn. ;.
When school let's out q rodeo
starts. Most Of the pupils ride
I'd, class and park their horses in
sheds. At the close OF the DAVIS
session, high class riding. both
bareback and with saddles, Is dis
played.
Thomas Meighan made this dis
euvery while working about 20
miles from Calgary during the
filming Of his latest Paramount
picture, ''Tile Canadian" now
showing at the RiaItn..
During the late afternoon Direc.
tor Baudtne was watching Tom
NEeighan and Mona Palma leave
the office Of q iuztice OF peace
where their screen wedding had
taken place.
Suddenly there was q shout. Al
br0adrbrimmed hat followed by q
fHeekled boy and q coWpouy
dashed over q hilltop. He was
followed by abaut 90 others. There
were two riders on same Of the
horses. Many didn't even use
brides. HaIters were sa1fElefent.
In the course OF q few moments
they gathered behind the cameras.
Some Of the plotognaplIers grew
nervous fearing the youthfi11 rid
ers would lose Central Of their
steeda during TIE shooting Of the
scene and caiIas gTeat havoc.
Their fears were groun5Iess for It
was soon discovered that the
equestrfanfsn Of the youngsters
was almost uucanny.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
Chicago First Hit
From Bakers
PIayworks

MauFine Watkins, a former
Chicago newspaper woman,
is the auth0Vess of the new
est Nit in New York-a play
called Chicago" which Sam
HI. Harris is presenting at
the Music Box Revue Thea
ter there. Miss Watkins Cow
cred the Leopold case
fer the Chicago Tribune, and
it was while doing this that
/ she gained the idea for the
play. II was only when, two,
years later, as a student of
Professor Bakers workshop
at Yale, she wrote the play
for her terms rating. Chi
cago" is the first play to
come out of the new Yale
workshop and Miss Watkins
received a mark of SO per
cent for it, the highest grade
ever given by Professor
Baker to any Of his pupils.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29
THE SLAUGHTER
is SUMPIN
TERRIFIC!

AIbert Lewis, producer Of "The
Jazz Singer a last season hit.
viii present his newest play,
The Donovan Affair" Owen Da-
Wis mystery thriller which has
been playing at the Fulton Thea
ter In New York for the last
sir months at the National Thea.
ter. February I. This is Owen
Davis forth play. and it is
hair-raising melodTana OF the
mystery tyne with q story that
Is not solved until the curtain
comes down at the finish Of the
play.
The story concerns itself with
Q lecl1erous young man named
Donovan. who regards every
woman as his lawful prey and
vino is murdered at . dinner party
&C the RanlEins. The police
come in, close the doors and
allow no one to depart while
they try to solve the amazing
mystery. Donovan was stabbed
to death as he sat in the dark.
while displaying q eat's-eye ring
which was luminous when the
@NtFA4NSe aNGAG b0EMGlL QLls GhNGE&s
enc Is suspected.
In the first act. when the
AglIts are turned Off again to
dlgpiay the ring, q second man,
HoEace Carter Is stabbed to
death a. he IL about to give the
ualfca important facts. In the
second act Peter Rankin shoots
dgwn Neil Linsey. who has
robbed him and seduced his wife.
There is murder for every
act and more thrills than ena
would care to encounter on .
darkish night.
The naystey play comes here
with the same cast, which In
cludes Paul Harvey, Miriam
Doyle. Niles WEIGH, EIeanor
Woodruff. Dodson Mitchell Phoebe
Foster. Charles c.. Wilson. Ray
Collins. Renita Randolph. Merle
Stanton. jefferson Hall and
others
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29

ment so apparently absurd that he
was startled into accepting when
Mr.. Woods gave IL to him.
Mr.. Woods salvaged Barney
Bernard from the Winter Garden
and Alexander Carr from vaude.
vile for Potash and Perlmutter,
respectively. Never has a man
ager shown more genius in the
selection OF a cast. Up to the
time Of his untimely death. Mr.,
Bernard had played Potash more
than 1000 times and had estab.
hshed reputation in connection
with the role as memorable az
Jefferson's Rip Van Wrinkle.
Strangely enough, promising as
the play looked, something about
1t on the day Of the dress re
hearsal must have made Mr..
Woods uncertain because he
offered rs per cent to another
prominent manager for 81 900.
This astute entrepreneur Of the
drama refused it. thereby losing
$225, 900 to date as his share.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-29


The fortnight on the verge of
impending at the Belasco, mean
ing the two weeks after next,
promise diversion of an unusual,
at least, sort.
First comes one of three dram
atizations from "Pickwick Pa
pers" ever offered or the stage.
Irving once did Jingle in London
with success, while three men,
bers of the company coming here
were members Of u cast present
ing a tableau series in London
at a benefit. The producers en-
phasize that this new adaptation
will be a revival only in the lit
erary sense; the funniest, o1lys
Of the Pickwickidn episodes be-
ing arranged with continuity as
to story.
Heart-throbbing novelty No. 2
will be Ernest Vadja's "The
Crown Prince" with q cast that
smacks of The Tnfanys and
Carriers of showdom. Basil
Sydney and Mary Ellis VIII play
the leads in this courageous
depletion Of personal Incidents
and intrigues which caused the
catastrophe known as the great
war"
The play looks promising de-
spite the first announcement,
reading:
"a theatrical event of inter-
national significance will take
place in Washington February
Fl when L. Lawrence Weber
will present The Grown Prince
at the Shubert- Belasco before
distinguished audience which
will include the President and
Mrs. Coolidge"
The super-elort1s girl has
been found on the Mutual bur-
lesque Circuit. Her name is B.
Jerry LaVere, the first initial
standing for Bobby. No doubt,
the least she graduated from
were three converts and an ex-
elusive finishing school. {.
This department is uIlae-
quainted with Jerry, but it is
quite sure that when her
parents wanted her to study art.
in Paris, she rebelled; went to
New York; endured countless
hardships and rebuffs at man.
ayers outer-offiees. That one
day while lunehing at whatever
is the distaff equivalent of the
Mills Hotel, she was spied by
prominent, manager and given
a job and that, today, what
ever stray lndos may have,
accrued to her, she owes
to constant struggle and study
aid religious devotion to her
art. She is fond of swimming,
golfing, tennis, cantering in the
park, boating, fishing, bowling,
curling and all animals except
Australian Emus.
II intend to go in seriously
for concert work." Jerry would
say, if asked, but, alas, no, one
ever asks.