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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
DIFFERENCES between Colleen

DIFFERENCES between Colleen
Moore and First National Pic
lures have been micably adjusted
and the star will continue making pro-
auctions for that company, ac' riding
to her present contract. as soon as she
has taken a needed rest. John Nc
CORN. *, her husband, will devote his
exclusive time to supervising her pro-
auctions.
synthetic Sim" from the play by
Frederic and Fanny Hatton, will he
the first of Miss Moore's pictures for
the new season. to be followed by
Lilac Time" by Jane Cowl and Jane
Murfin, George FitZmaurice produc-
ton adapted from the play of the
same title. Lilac Time" is scheduled
to be one of First Nationals biggest
specials during the coming year.
Following these other pictures will
be made as planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

Continued from First Page.)
with Rox Rommell at the piano. The
overture by the Rialto Orchestra
Rommell conducting, will be selections
from Victor Herbert's 1.-THE Fortune
Teller. A comedy, THE DisorderIv
Orderly" and International Newsreel
round out the bill.
PALACE-"The Galatians and the
Murphys"-Isham Jones' Orchestra.
THE Galatians and the Murphys"
and Isham Jones and his Brunswick
Recording Orchestra are the novelties
announced for Loew's Palace Theater
this week, beginning today.
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran
are teamed in series of comical in.
cidents on the screen, and are CO.
featured with Sally O'Neil and Law.
renee Gray.
The picture is a new comedy of
Irish life from Kathleen Norris
story. A series of hilarious comedy
| episodes, with fights, feuds, an Irish
| picnic and other comic trials and
tribulations among two New York
| Irish families, form the background
for tender little romance. The pro-
duction was deliberately staged.
| Additional features will include the
International Newsreel, Aesop's Fa.
| bles, Tom Gannon's music and stage
creation lighted and produced by
| Colby Hartman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
Dog Jealousy.

BULLET, the dog that has been in
~ practically every Leo Maioncy
picture during the past six years,
showed his first streak of tempera-
ment during production of Two Guns
of the Tumbleweed," a new Pathe
Western feature.
Candidly, Bullet is jealous OF his
own son. Flash, now ! year old and
commencing to work in the Maloney
films. 1t has already been discovered
that the best plan is to keep Bullet off
the set when Flash is working. other
wise Bullet sulks when asked to work
and snarls at Flash when they have
to work together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
LITTLE Observation-Disclosures

This week, at the Little Theater, a
rare film, the first Of the great Rus
sian pictures. Count Leo Tolstoy's
famous story "Polikushka," selected
some years ago by the Moscow Art
Theater to form the basis for their
initial attempt at movie making, will
be shown.
1t is one of the few films listed as
exceptional by the National Board
of Review. The title role is in the cap
able hands of Ivan Moskine, one Of Eu-
ropes finest actors, who impersonates
a delightfully."- humorous and thieving
peasant. The complications in the
plot arise when he is entrusted with a
sum of money by his mistress, noble
woman. and gets himself into many
difficulties.
Another of the bills of short subjects
selected by the Motion Picture Guild
will accompany it. with the Little
Theater Trio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

Miss Irma Won Lackey, dramatic
soprano, assisted by Mrs. Hugh Ar
thur Allen. lyric soprano, entertained
during the luncheon hour at the
Y. w. c. A. last Monday with a
series Of songs and duets from the
ODeras
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

The blonde beauty. Vivien Oakland,
who appear in wedding BillS." the
Paramount picture. in private life rs
deville partner She left the stage for
pictures to be able to devote more time
to the rearing of her young daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

nounced from the Tivoli stage, but for
those who prefer there will be loud
speaker report in the promenade
lounge overlooking the Park road
lobby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

HARRY K. THAW is now full
i L Aedged motion picture producer
heading the Wentworth company.
One of the curious things is that
Thaw attempted to keep his movie
activities under cnvcr-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

II L. MENCKEN, the blues
i L. singer" of Critics Row, has
broadcast his opinion of the movies,
causing more or less comment among
producers and cash customers. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

and Spurs" The picture will be put
into production within the next 10
DAYS. Edwin King, however, is no re-
lation to the King brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
Photoplays This Week.

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

Stephen Eilbacher, manager of Gran.
dalfs Tivoli Theater, has arranged for
the reception of the complete round
by-round radio report OF the Dempsey
SharlSey fight to be held in the Yankee
Stadium In New York Thursday night.
The result Of each round viii ba IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

HOW IluCTl SdidI y Is d HlOflG star
j i worth? And what is the limit
for the jazz artist? These questions
are difficult to answer. but Paul
Whiteman, leader of orcheStras, has
lust signed a contract with Publix
for $4,000 a week. The rotund
Whiteman signed on the dotted line
for his appearance in 30 Publix the
aters during the next season, and the
entire salary will amount to a half
million dollars. Performances will
total a maximum of four week days
and FIVE week ends, and Whiteman
is also allowed to play for the pho
nograph people and the radio.
T OBS WEBER, who is not the only
IL woman director, but who is the
first woman to have attained success
in this particular line, has been
signed by the De Mile Studio to
direct Leatrice Joy in The Angel
OF Broadway" The story deals with
New York's East Side and presents
in a dramatic manner the activities
OF the Salvation Army.
Miss Webber retired from the mo-
ton picture field several months ago,
her last picture being The Marriage
Clause" The offer from the De
Mile Studio was, however, too
tempting to refuse.
WILLIAM BOYD is to star in
w The West Pointer" which will
be made around the United States
Military Academy. Donald Crisp
will direct for De Mile. Boyd. il
will be remembered. was featured in
"The Volga Boatman," making de-
cided hit with audiences and with
the keepers of box Offices. The War
Department has agreed to aid Ill the
making of the picture.
HARRY K. THAW is now full
j l. Aedged motion picture producer
heading the Wentworth company
One of the curious things IS thai
Thaw attempted to keep his MOVE
activities under cover.
Il x
II l.. MENCkEN. the blue:
i L. singer" of Critics Row, ha:
broadcast his opinion of the movies
causing more or less comment amons
producers and cash customers. lie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

Shephen Eilbacher, manager of
CrandalFs Tovili Theater, calls special
attention to the musical novelties pre-
sented each week by Otto F. Beck, con.
cert organist, and Ida v. Clark. asso-
clate. Last week a cleverly arranged
organ-piano dialogue utilized the pop.
ular song hit IF You See Sally" The
lyrics were presented on slides as q
tWo-act drama. with novel lighting
effects.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
Big Journeys By Animals

Tigers are great travellers. especial
" those Of China, Mongolia and Man
churia, which have been known to
cover go and 20 miles in the course
Of a single nights slouching trot
along the game trails on the sparsely
timbered hills. Sea lions, it has been
proved, make 10000 mile journeys,
and seals from the breeding isles off
Alaska have been found On Antarctic
beaches: AT harvest time, and in bad
droughs, enormous armies Of mice
have been encountered on the move
on the plains of Hungary and else
where in eastern Europe. In winter.
all along the Arctic coast from Lap
land to far northeast Siberia, armies
Of little Jennings are necessarily on
trek; they must run thousands OF
miles in the course Of a FEW months.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
Lurch of Avalanche
Stopped BY Concrete

The lurch of the Rocher de la Gu
sette, in the Jura, near Neuchatel.
Switzerland. some twenty years ago.
was one Of the rare cases where man
has been able to avert a threatened
avalanche. Engineers were SO lavish
with concrete that they managed to
prop up the mountain and save the
valley Of the Arouse. and its electrical
pOwer-generating torrent, from block
age
Britain has sliding mountain-the
TrOedrhiwfuwch peak. near Bargoed
Glamorganshire, whose restlessness Of
late years has broken the Rhymney
valley water mains. which supply more
than 100000 persons, twisted railway
lines. cracked wallis. houses and roads
and opened great assures. Alarm was
caused and damage done by the slid
ing Of Oaker hill. just north Of the
Matlock. in May. 1925; and a hill
above the Mole. near Dorking, was
slipping recently.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02

year, to meet the expense of estab-
fishing the fund. 1t also would ap-
propriate $500 the first year, and
$17,186 the second year as a guaran-
tee to the beneficiaries of the system
of the annuities accruing to them un-
der the act. The bill also provides
for an appropriation of $4,000 for
the year 1927-1928, and $76,875 for
the year 1928-1929, to enable the
Board of Education of Wilmington to
make the contribution to the fund re-
quired of them under the bill. 1t
would be optional with the present
teachers as to whether or not they
join the system. New teachers would
be compelled to join after teaching
five years.
The bill provides that a teacher
could retire at the age of 60, but at
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
MERGER OF IDEAS
IN AMERICAN FLAG2
Evidence Seems to SholD
Such Was the Case.

Who suggested the idea of inco.~
porating stripe and star for each
of the thirteen Colonies in the first
American flag remains a mystery.
The commonly accepted story tha.
Betsy Ross, Philadelphia flag maker,
was the author of the idea, is dis
counted by evidence displayed this
year by the Navy department at the
Philadelphia exposition, though it Is
quite probable that she was the MAX
er of the first American flag, as her
shop was only few doors from the
meeting place of the Continental con-
gress when the design was authorized.
The navy exhibit, however, shows
that flags with. thirteen stripes had
been used on land and sea by the
Colonists more than a year and a half
earlier, and that a flag with thirteen
stars in the Union had been hoisted
two years earlier by the schooner
Lee" and the Rhode Island Colonial
troops. The Lee flag with its five
pointed stars groupe14 on blue union,
bore an anchor surmounted by the
word Hope" 1t marked the first
known use of stars in an American
flag, and was unfurled soon after the
battle of Concord, in 1775, according
to an assertion made by a writer in
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
December 3 of the same year the
newly formed American navy gath
cred off Philadelphia and raised a flag
with thirteen red and white stripes,
but retaining the union of the British
jack. January 1, 1776, six months be-
fore the Declaration of Independence,
the same flag was unfurIed over the
Continental army at Cambridge A
year and half later the main fea-
lures Of the two flags were combined
In the original Stars and Stripes-the
union Of the Lee" flag replacing the
British union.
The original idea of using stripes
possibly goes back to the familiarity
Of the ColonistS with several flags en-
ploying the same device. The British
East India cOmpanys flag of 1904 had
thirteen red-and-white stripes, and was
a common sight in the ports of the
Colonies, while the Colonists who
came over from Holland were accus-
toned to the flag Of the United States
Of Netherlands, with its stripes of red.
white and blue. In fact. the flag Of
New Netherlands, as New York was
known while still a Dutch possession,
had the same stripes and coIors
During 1775-1776, while the navy
flew the grand union flag, with its
thirteen stripes and the British union.
at the stern, the ships also displayed
jack In the bows which featured
thirteen red-and-white stripes crossed
by an uncoiled serpent, and, in the
bottom white stripe, the legend, "Don't
Tread on Me-"
From May Il, 1895, until 1918 the
Stars and Stripes had fifteen stripes
two having been added for new states
In 1918, the law establishing the pres
ent flag, designed by Capt. S. G. Reid
United States navy, was passed, pro
viding that thereafter the stripes
should be limited to thirteen for tn
original Colonies and one star added
for each new state.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
Doctor GaUe Old Man
Bit the Best of Ii

There were no less than eight pa
ients that morning at the country doc
tors Office before he could finish his
breakfast. One was pitiful old man,
dreadfully poor and nearly blind. The
trouble was in his ear-which ear he
did not indicate at first He seemed
apprehensive about taking the doctor
into his confidence until a certain
doubt had been cleared up.
"Will your charge for an office
visit?' he inquired, with a kind of
stealthy approach to the subject on
his mind. 'pay for the examination of
two ears?"
"Oh. yes" was the doctors prompt
answer. He was a little impatient
with the old mans hesitancy and
wanted him to come to the point with
out loss of time. "Oh, yesl The fee
will pay for both ears"
"Well. in that case," the patient con-
tinued, lone ear will be only half
price, won't it?'
That was a clever piece of bargain
ing the doctor had to recognize, when
he recovered from his surprise. The
old fellow had put up a case for half
price treatment that was difficult to
overcome. So the doctor, said half
price for one ear would do.
The afflicted ear was examined and
properly treated. The patient offered
the half price, but that was where
the country doctor scored.
mo. keep your money. Half price
IS no price this morning"
The old man tottered feebly out of
the door and the doctor. while plying
him, laughed Springfield Re
publican.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
'galsss to Resist
Sweep Of Avalanche

ls we're several destructive
Hlches IN the st. GOthard region
? When the railway was dam
a several points, and many
ns and workmen were killed.
Z rainy Sunday in September,
He years ago, $50 persons per
EAen large portion Of the
aoeFgkOpf split off and slid
% The village Of Elm.
10 the day great boulders
. come crashing down with
-g frequency, and quite a
q men were out watching
suddenly they saw a whole
wy and topple over. Seven
allIes later another cliff fell,
nelr horror, the doomed VII
4 1W that the mountain had
81 Undermined, and was poised
~ air far above them. -Four
aver Il fell, shattered into
u fragments, and came slid
m. Al terrific speed. Through
| went the avalanche, across
/, .H meadows Of the valley,
H. ~' opposite mOuntain-side for
y y. " hundred feet. when it d.
r.'. u' and left, like the wash
Tsu' wave, for many hundred
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02

A donation of 100000 was made
last week by Pierre S. dupont for the
erection of an addition to the Union
vile Joint Consolidated and Vocca-
tional School at Uniontown, Pa, about
four miles west of Kennett Square on
the road to CoatesviIle According to
authorities interested in the project
the school when completed will be the
largest of its type in the country
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
sIa' Fir Entirely
Distinct Tree Species

,.,' gas fir, a native of the
h., - 4 0ut now being planted ex-
1, y N y the East, is becoming a
l...l Christmas tree, according to
r.saS iSan Forestry association.
NJ ~ = was named for a Scotch
NJ ~ -C ,ood discovered it on an ex-
b. 100 but its scientific name
'uga' meaning false hem
|s : matter of fact, it is
a.. nemlock nor a fir. and.
sts.. = sometimes called a spruce,
.,,,l ~sl either. The tree belongs
| ~ 4Iely distinct species. The
| |tss' : ,ssOnmonly used for Christ
b..'nla 7 a real fir the balsam. SO
/ d, 'ase use, Its blister-llke pockets
b S,IDs. I'sslnous liquid known as
aIr,a' ','.n' |. which is used among
::,.sa... y ior attaching cover plates
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
TEACHERS RETIREMENT PLAN
Senator Steele Offers Bill To Pension
Them at so Years

A bill to establish State Teach
ers' Retirement System for the bene-
fit of the public school teachers of
the State was introduced in the SEN
ate Thursday afternoon by Senator
Steele. The bill provides that the
teachers pay 5 per cent of their sal
ary into the fund and that the various
districts of the State match this
amount, which would mean the ap-
preparation from The State school
fund of the money to match the sal
ary fund raised by the teachers.
Senator Steele's bill would appro-
pirate $5460 for the school year 1927
1928, and $416O for the next school
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
Gina Lighthouse

Engineers arc 80
'aasd i snlnouse which will be
tsOO NJ ~ Etna, at an aiti-
asylga,,a Il Is meant for
'lgbtboU TOT It is well known
aould ~ Ior maritime navi-
q hlgh ~. ~, oe more than 100
b vsv s.nough ~ intended to
|ShIs u. ~ dlrigibles and air
acb u yet certain whether
eieVation viii be IA
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02

20 would have to retire without op-
tion. The fund would be administer
ed by board of seven members, con-
sisting of the State Treasurer, State
Auditor, two appointed by the State
Superintendent of Schools and three
elected by the membership of the
system.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
Proof Enough

"The wicked stand in slippery
places"
How do you know they are
wickedr
"By the language they use wher
they slip"
Smyrna times., 1927-03-02
ID FRAME NJ AET f,,S $CHo0l HoIIar
FIN KILLED IN IHt HOOSt
.oywELPS RESOLUTION
\ w. }; TO I, WEDNESDAY
,,ro Declares That Un-
N Of h.'S Svstem State Is In
PTesel. = Statute Scored

n .xfoasure Declares Ahdt C
GD.l.sUt q system State Is Un-
,,.ratic rls,r : Statute Scored
;olt to opponents of the
Dry y 100000 school building
~ Eas sa,' handed out in the House
'n ~ "' afternoon when a joint
! '.'aa' g. introduced by Representa-
.non ..T to appoint a joint legis-
'nSsn n''rittee to arrange for the
",' u . substitute for the pres
= law. to be presented at the
sloa '.ion l'of Of the General Assembly
% 's,o+sd by a vote of % to z.
Di~tion which had been report
,ommittee on its merits
p .,rs rs appropriated $4,000 for
.,,rs nj in preparing the bill. l..
| ...sr+ative Duncan and Virden
',sirst the resolution.
s.rtatiye Cubbage, Hastings,
n navis. Ellis and Tinsman
= : favor Of the resolution. Rep
...4rss Ford and Bell were alb.
| i representative Burton was
| 4. chamber when the vote was
r,demOcratic Says COnwell
sentative Conwell who was
|e.r ] school teacher and pro-
n, delaware College in advo-
IL massage Of the resolution
nm IN his attack on the pres
,sool law which he termed as
4 udemocratic.
4 4, not been long" said Mr..
IA since we took part in a
M 70 make the world safe for
[y,r. But it seems that demo-
4 rot safe right here in Della
4 1 Fautocracy i allowed to rule
|sm affairs, why not in all af-
|Arpg TO the present school
ii Nj. Conwell said: tit is not
|gae system. The people Of
H. never voted on it. The bill
4 rged it was introduced in the
assembly, at the very last Of
IN and railroaded through.
! hut a single member had as
rsRn read the bill. a bill of
/ / Importance should have
|szA the paramount issue of the
re campaign that proceeded
ntuctiOn.
n imposed upon Us from
= BY persons who thought they
Enore about Delaware than Del
Eas know. They loved our chill
Insre than we loved them. 1t is
-cratic system. It does away
Leal self-govemment the foun-
. IF American democracy. Ac-
lg 70 it, the people have not
enough to manage their own
lS.'
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05

Drs. B. L. and H. Protass, dentists Strand theater bldg. Tel. 241.-advt
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05
Q Take Boat Trip

Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Goodwin and daughter, Virginia, of kensington and Mir. and Mrs. Harry Bamforth and family took a weekend trip over the Fourth in a boat owned by Mir. Bamforth. The party crused down the Connecticut river and along Long Island sound. Dr. Good win reported today that he was suc- cessful in turing the finny beauties from their habitat in the deep. The | party returned last evening
 Attend Family Reunion Members of the Skinner family in 1 Berlin attended a family reunion yesterday at Higgins Grove. Avon. It is reported that there was large attendance and that pleasant time was had.
 Items of Interest
 MT. and Mrs. A. J. Barrett of Ber- lin returned yesterday from their cottage at Saybrook, where they spent the week
 Mrs. Charles Warner of Kensing- ton returned last evening from a weekend trip at Point O Woods.
 Miss Grace Smith returned yes- terday from the Sunday school con- ference held at the Connecticut Agricultural college. storrs. | Son is Born
 l A son was born Saturday at the New Britain General hospital to Mir. and Mrs. l.. C. Loiselle of Berlin. | The Summer Roundup During the spring, committees all through Connecticut have been busy making plans for summer round up which aims to send the pre- school child into school healthy. This summer roundup campaign started a few years ago by the National l Congress of Mothers and Is now be- ing stimulated by them through | their state and local organizations. The work is under their state chair man of the summer roundup who is the director of the Bureau of | Child Hygiene of the State Depart ment of Health. The procedure calls l for a registration of preschool chil- dren in each town, the establishing l VI e' iiipoi Hi llVGiAil NNiltNi 'sI which these children are brought to be thoroughly examined by the local and state physician; a follow-up system by which the mothers are urged to have the defects found cor rected during the summer months, and in the late summer reeXamlna- tion to see how the children's health has been improved. This Is a won derful plan and should result in a stronger set of children entering Connecticut schools in the fall. In the towns where We'll Child Confer ences are held, the 4-s year old children may be brought for ex- animation on the regular conference day. The next conference in Ken sington will be held on Friday after noon, July Sth, in T. A. B. hall, from 2 to 4 o'clock.
 Traffic Exceedingly Heavy | Traffic last night was heavier than at any time so far this season. | (Continued on Page ID
New Britain herald., 1927-07-05
Automobile Stolen

A sedan owned by Leo GargAno Of All Myrtle street. New Britain, was stolen from it's parking place at Rockwell Park last evening. The car bore Connecticut registration No. l09,455.
 Quiet Fourth
 The Fourth of July proved to oe a real quiet one in the city, no ar rests being made for premature cele- brations. Extra officers were placed on duty throughout the city on the night of the third but there were very few people on the streets after midnight.
 The band concert given Sunday evening under the auspices of the Maple End Athletic club was largely attended. as were the concerts given during Sunday afternoon and Fourth Of July afternoon at Lake Com bounce.
 The New Departure baseball team scored a double win on the holiday over the Manchester team. The morning game was won by the local outfit by a score of to ?. Big Mike" Murray allowing the visitors but three hits. In the afternoon game. which was played in Manches- ter, the New Departures won an easy victory by the score of q to 9. The Bristol team amassed . to- tai of 24 hits, Goodridge starring al bat with five out of five.
 f,f {x>
 Automobiles operated by Frank Milbrandt of 121 Curtiss street and John Lundblad Of School street col lided yesterday afternoon at tho cor her of Terryville avenue and Mat thews street. The lenders of both cars were damaged and a woman passenger in Lundblad's car was slightly injured.
 Both drivers appeared before Prosecuting Attorney James r. Mather this morning and agreed 10 settle the damages.
 Fireworks Start Fire
 Squad A and Engine company No. 1 were called out at o'clock yes terday afternoon for a roof Ire al 2S Hull street. The blaze. which was started by fireworks, was e1- tnguished with chemicals.