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THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
Pride I'm Workmanship.

The individual who is At for in.
dustrial leadership is free to give
credit where credit is due.
The real executive viii be Ioath
to unload blame on a subordinate,
but quick to pass on credit for merl,
toriouS work.
Unfortunately, od-fashioned bosses
hesitated to commend workers, re.
naming silent unless they had adj
verse criticism to make. Such a
policy is short sighted. Praise stimu-
lates creative energies, and Is force
that heightens efficiency.
Under existing conditions workers
are of course primarily interested In
monetary rewards. Fine words should
never be regarded as a substitute for
good wages, but given high wages,
the bestowal of figurative blue rib
bons helps to stir competitive impulses
and to make work interesting
Psychological Benefits.
Armies and governments, especially
abroad, have long understood the
psychological benefits of recognizing
distinguished services with special
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medals and awards. Recently the idea
has been adopted by industry. A build
ing guild in New York admits to its
order artisans who do conspicuously
faithful and efficient work. A 1ar-
riman medal is awarded each year to
the American railroad which does the
most conspicuous work In the field
of heightening safety. The National
Cash Register Go. entertains with sea
and land cruises statesmen who attain
extraordinary results.
These tendencies are wholly admf-
rable, and should be extended.
The Worthington Pump and Ma
chinery Co. has an unusual way of
developing pride in workmanship, The
company is more eager to pass along
to workingmen letters of praise from
customers than letters of complaint.
In the plant at Holyoke, Mass, the
company selects the most interesting
of the laudatory letters, and passes
them along to the workingmen
through their shop paper. The com
pany reports that the page devoted to
these letters is the one most eagerly
read by the workmen, who feel proud
of the machinery built by them, which
is giving good service in various
places.
Sense of Major Detectives.
The way TO convert employees from
hands into men is to give them a sense
of the major detectives and problems
of the business enterprise as a whole.
If they can visualize the part that
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they play in the general scheme their
work will he more stimulating than
if they continue to regard 1t as simply
turning screws and lifting weights.
The story is told about three work
men, doing the same jobs, who visual
lied their work differently.
A stranger asked them what they
were doing.
The first answered: II am carrying
stones"
struct the foundation"
The third declared II am building
a cathadraI y
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par of $3.50 1928 ,954 and with the com
pany's book investment figure of
$491 ,52s.660 The accounting covers
5000 miles of line which the Northern
Pacific operates In the Northwest gnu
its extensive land ownings and ter
minal property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
N. P. VALUATION.

A tentative valuation of S417,212,965
on the Northern Pacific Railroad as
of June, 1917, was fixed today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The figures compare with the cor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11

should progressively mean decreased
costs to users and higher rewards to
workers.
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ARE GREAT
AID TO PITTSBURGH
Steel Industry in That Area
Picking Up-"BackIog"
Not So Significant.
BY j. C. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURGH, February 11.-So
long as the rivers that pass her door
step run Pittsburgh is sure Of a prom
inent place in American industry. The
water transportation which enabled
the Pittsburgh steel plants to bring
their coal in cheaply and which made
Pittsburgh a great steel center Is
giving this district an equal adNah-
fage in finished product distribution.
Production throughout the dlsttict
Is on the increase in most inauslFiai
lines. Some makers of steel products
are disappointed that improvement
has not come faster, but pracucaliy
all of them anticipate a big improve
ment inside the next three weeks
Backlog Less Significant.
THE steel industry is changing ana
the old standards and language OF 1ne
business are changing with II. Saeh
log has ceased TO have its FORMED
Significance. A couple OF years aso
the untitled orders of a steel company
"a ere regarded as an unfailiDg baron
efer of the company aHalTS. i"q"s
buyers do not anticipate theif re9uils
ments They can get steer Wtiele,
ana WtfG0 IfeN WISH tC'oNN7~
roads and boat lines can ger II ~
destination promptly. Consequently;
although Just as much or more slse'
is made and bought as before bach
log of untitled orders is no loHSei
a prime factor. AZ. dc
1t is for this reason that tls We
crease of 1922 tons il. unified oIuels :.
in United States Stee! CofpoeeIdt'oit,
just announced. had so llttie ehe1t %
sentiment among those eoiiNef ''D'ii'
with the industry.
II has heen customary for years TO
say that a company or the industry as
a whole was working at a certain per
centage of normal capacity. Ihat no
longer means anything. Improvements
have been made in machinery ana
methods which have altered capacity
of plants without charging the minis
themselves. For example, three years
ago the Carnegie Steel 60. haa %
blast furnaces Today they can anu
do make as much pig IRON IA 90 lul,
naces as formerly would be turned
out in the SO.
Making as Much Iron.
With SO furnaces working. Carnegie
Steel is operating On b1 per cent
OF capacity basis, yet is making JUST
as much pig iron as on 100 per GEM
basis three years ago. SiInnaf I'M
provements have been made by other
concerns Consequently, although
this district as whole is said to be on
about a IS per cent basis, il is q far
different and far better situation than
would have been the case two years
ago.
The tinplate manufacturers are
working night and day, and the
makers of railroad equipment, such as
brakes, signal equipment and other
railroad supplies, are well engaged.
The freight car builders are not doing
so we'll This is due to the fact that |
there are a large number of them |
and to the tendency of many roads |
to build and repair their own cars,
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POULTRY MARKET WEAK.

CHICAGO, February II (R.-Poul-
try-Alive weak receipts, six cars;
fowls, 22a25; springs, 30; turkeys, 20;
ROSTERS, 20; ducks, 20a32; geese, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11

Sheep pastured on hillsides are
nearly always shortsighted in one eye.
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Harry LADDERS Rival.

THE Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit
has finally arranged an appear
ance of the Scottish character come
dian, Will Fyffe, an artist claimed to
be on par with the great Sir Harry
Lauder.
The genial Fyffe's character studies
are said to be drawn with rare humor
and precision. and with sympathy,
too. He puts over his comedy with
delft and subtle touches, a nicely bal
anced judgment between comedy and
pathos giving just the right touch
to the artistic success of his charac-
ters.
One delineation, dramatic portrait
of a daft village lad, has been de
scribed by a leading London critic as
masterpiece Of tragi-comedy."
Will Fyffe has spent his entire life
upon the stage, but not always with
favorable results enjoyed of late. He
was born in Dundee. his parents were
wandering Thespians, peddling the
drama to the countryside in portable
theater.
As a child Fyffe played the tradi-
tional roles, Little Willie in East
Lynne" both Little Eva" and
Topsy in ''Unclue Toms Cabin" and
all the rest of them.
Half a dozen years or so ago he
went to London. At q royal command
performance he was sensational
success. and from that time on the
world has been his.
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PALACE-''The Sh0w"-"Carniyal
Week"

Carnival week." the second of the
cycle of four elaborate and special
unit-show presentations, will be ush-
cred in at Loew's Palace Theater this
afternoon.
The feature photoplay will be the
latest Metro-Goldwyn-Ma produc-
ton starring John Gilbert, 1.-THE
Show" in which he is supported by
Renee Adoree and Lionel Barrymore
in thrilling mystery romance of con-
tinental circus life that is said to re-
semble closely the theme of Ferenc
Molnar's "Liliom." 1t concerns Cock
Robin, an actor and announcer in a
Budapest sideshow, called the palace
of Illusion" who is arrogant, selfish
and preys on the women of his class
and who is in constant conflict with a
sinister underworld character who
loves the sideshow beauty
The stage attractions will be headed
by Jack Sidney, Cameo record star, in
series of character songs, with
funny manners and funnier remarks,
as master of ceremonies.
Other attractions will be Tommy
Christians 'Melodyphiends," an or
chestral ensemble: Drena Beach, aero
batic dancer from Texas Guinan's
1900 Club" and the overture by the
Palace Orchestra, under Thomas ]
Cannon. with house features.
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Cast In The King of Kings
WHAT is said to be one of the most

WHAT is said to be one of the most
impressive arrays of cinema tai
ent ever gathered together for a mo
ton picture was gathered by Cecil b.
de Mile in the production Of THE
King of Kings" which is to be shown
in New York at the Gaiety Theater,
April Is. 1t includes leading or fea-
tured players who have established
regulations, as follows; III. 3. Warner,
Dorothy Cumming. Ernest Terrence,
Rudolph Schildkraut, Joseph Schild-
kraut, James Neill Joseph Striker.
Robert Edeson, Sydney D'Albrook.
David Imboden, Charles Belcher. Clay
ton Packard. Robert Ellsworth. Charles
Requa, John T. Prince, Nickel Moore,
Sam de Grasse. Theodore Kosloff, Alan
Brooks, Jacqueline Logan, Kenneth
Thomson. Julia Faye, Josephine Nor
man. Victor Varconi, Majel Coleman,
Montagu Love, George Siegmann, VIII.
liam Boyd. James Mason, Clarence
Burton. Jetta Goudal, May Robson,
Bryant Washburn. Sally Rand, Joseph
Swickard. Robert Ober, Edward Piel.
Helen Jerome Eddy.
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National Plays Coming

THE National Theater, which has
not been closed for three seasons
O. record unsurpassed, 1t is said, by
any legitimate theater in the coun
try, announces its complete bookings
for the remainder of the season.
Following the current engagement
of "Trelawny of the Wells" the week
beginning Sunday, April 3, win bring
a new musical comedy, Lady Do,
with Karyl Norman and an impressive
cast.
For two weeks, beginning Sunday
April 10, the colossal film spectacle
Ben ur" will hold forth, to be fol-
lowed the week of April 25 with the
sensational New York success, 1.-THE
Night Hawk"
Eva LIE Gallienne in a repertoire OF
plays the week of May 2 will close
the regular season, but on May
Clifford Brooke's National Theater
Players will begin their third annual
Summer engagement with. the de-
lightful farce, ''Laff That or" seen
earlier this year at another local play.
house.
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Hollywood's Influence.

A BOTTLE of perfume casually
placed by a property" man on
Gloria Swanson's dressing table
brought a fortune to the maunfac-
turers.
Rudolph Valentines sleek black
hair brought hair oil back popular
demand.
A set of publicity pictures showing
Rudolph Valentino wearing suspend
ers gave the suspender business a new
lease on life.
Cecil De Miles exotic bathrooms
changed the plain, white tiled bath
room into a colorful and Oriental af-
fair Mr.. DE Mile also made the
French doll telephone cover an Ameri-
can commonplace.
Irene Castle started the bob and
Anna @. Nilsson, in "Ponjola," started
the extreme boyish clip.
Mack Sennett made the one-piece
bathing suit possible for women.
Wally Reds motor pictures helped
the sale of racing automobiles, even
in far-off South Africa.
The little flower pinned on the
shoulder started in Hollywood and re-
habilitated the artificial flower indus
,ery.--Photoplay Magazine.
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Cat and Canary on Screen

THE spookiest Of all the mystery
plays ever presented on the stage
in Washington perhaps will eventually
be seen here on the screen. 1.-The Cat
and the Canary" is just now being fin
ished at Universal City, with Laura La
Plante featured and supported by a
cast including Creighton Hale, Forrest
Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude As.
tor, Flora Finch, Arthur Edmund Ca
rewe, Martha Mattox, George Sieg.
mann, Lucien Littlefield, Joe Murphy
and Billy Engle.
1t is promised that those who saw
IL on the stage during its run in Wash.
ington will be gripped. shaken and
mystified all over again when the mo-
ton picture is shown, for the story
has been given a new twist that is
said to make the picture even more
sensational and battling than the stage
version.
Perhaps the most interesting fact
about the screen production Of "The
Cat and the Canary" is that Paul LEM
directed it. LEM was formerly direc-
tor for the German UFA Co A great
deal of sudden interest centered about
him when his uFA production, THE
Three Wax Works" was shown.
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Rise of William Haines.

WHEN a young actor like William
w Haines, 81 Metro-GoldwynM Mayer
featured player, can romp to success
in three first-run i street roles in a
little over a month, it would appear
that he is subject of more than
passing interest to the public.
Curiously enough, Haines started
out In life with no designs on the
movies, but, as 1t transpired, -the
movies had designs on Haines. He Is
Staunton, Va, boy. who, after fin.
fishing his college course, went to New
York to engage in the game Of stock
broker
Bijou Fernandez. scouting for types
for the old Goldwyn Company. saw
Haines on the street in New York
This was back i'm 1921 and she stopped
the young fellow and inquired about
his attitude toward movie work
Haines told her his brokerage ambi
lions. but admitted that the moties
might interest him, so they made a
screen test in New York and then she
sent him to the West Coast
Haines' first part was a small role
in Three Wise Fools" and his work
failed to set the West Coast af1rc
He stuck to 1t, however. and five years
later, he began 10 move toward the
top in "Lovey Mary and i'm sally
Irene and Mary" Mike" and Brown
of Harvard"
The lastsnamed picture made
Haines, and he was almost immedi
ately classified as one of the big bets
of the Metro-Goldwya Mayer studio
"A Little Journey" and Tell II TO the
| Marines" confirmed his position in the
! movie armament.
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ton every human emotion described
in Tolstoy's immortal classic Of love
lost and regained is depicted In pan
tomime. The joyous, carefree spirit
of youth is found in the opening Sc
quences, wherein the prince falls in
love with the peasant ward of his
aunts, hut before the first reel Is over
the tragic develops. Then in rapid
fire succession come despair, abandon
ment, buoyant humor and indulgence.
life. death. spiritual rebirth following
degradation, imprisonment, exile, bit
terness and yearning sacrifice to
resurrection" itself.
The gamut of emotions through
which Blanche Walsh on the stage
and Mary Garden in opera have swept
the part of Katusha Maslova is now
the course of Dolores del Rio. while
Rod Lo ROGUE loves and leaves and
loves again in the dramatic role OF
| Dmitri, the part which Sir Herbert
Beerbohm-Tree created I'm London in
| 1903
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Murnau Goes to Fox

poignant, powerful dramatic sequence
of his career, and with the artistry for
which he is known he also has blended
natural. logical comedy. There are
pictorial achievements, it IS said, that
are nothing short of marvellous.
Three of the largest sets ever built
for pictures were used in Sunrise.
One represents a section of Il great
metropolis that was erected at a cost
of $3.50 900. Another is complete
rural village, and third is an enor.
nous amusement park. Thousands OF
extras were employed on these sets.
Sunrise is from an original theme
by Herman Sudermann, the German
novelist. 1t was adapted by Carl
MaVer
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What Directing Does.

Ian HALE has returned to the
4 screen in support of Leatrice JOY
in Vanity" after two years in the di
rector's chair.
He declares that during his work
with the megaphone he learned more
about acting that he ever did before
the cameras.
My sense of spacing and my feel
for the proper tempo and pitch of a
scene have been developed remarkably
by directing" said Hale, whose work
as the heavy in 1.-THE Covered
Wagon" and 1.-THE -Four Horsemen'
stamped him as the supervillain of the
screen. 1.-THE director must consider
the scene as a whole, while the player
is entirely absorbed by his own part
in il -
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Rare Old Manuscript.

IN staging "rrelawny of the Wells
William Seymour, the veteran d.
rector, found that a hand-written
manuscript of play would be needed
in it's business.
OF course, a typewriter one might
have sufficed, but obviously 1t would
have been slightly out of place. since
the action of the play takes place In
the 60s, long before typewiters came
into vogue.
After an extended search Mr.. Sey-
mour finally found such a manuscript
In the office of Samuel French, the
play broker.
On examining 1t he found that 1t was
the identical copy from which he had
directed Joseph jefferson in Arthur
Halliday's dranatization of Nicholas
Nickelby', at the old Union Square
Theater in 1877.
This ancient manuscript It now used
by Role Peters In .'Trelawny."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

e w. MURNAU, who has signed a
five-year contract to direct pic
lures exclusively for FOX Films, will
return to the Fox studio in Hollywood
next October. after IA visit to Europe.
Eight months ago Murnau went to
Hollywood to make his first picture
with American actors and the superior
facilities of an American studio.
From the West Coast reports say that
Sunrise" made at the Fox studio,
will mark a new era in the cinema in
dustry, just as THE Birth of Ma,
ton" did IL years ago IT lis declared
the production is the biggest thing
dramatically and physically that the
corporation has ever produced, cost
ing twice as much as What Price
Glory?" and three times as much as
1.-The Iron Horse"
Murnau made his reputation in
America by his accomplishments in
"The Last Laugh" and Faust" Hol-
lywood says that Sunrise" win far
surpass these In Photographic innoVa.
tons, dramatic intensity and enter
tainment value.
Sunrise" was previewed in three
California cities recently and the re-
actions of the audiences have con
WINGED Fox Films officials, 1t Is re.
pOrLeut IflaL lfley nave the OuLSLdnu'
ing picture of all time.
Because of his past achievements,
the motion picture public looks to
Murnau for brilliant new effects in his
pictures. In Sunrise he has done
more than just furnish effects. While
1.-THE Last Laugh" and Faust" were
made with European audiences in
view, Sunrise" is declared to be q
picture of worldwide appeal, with
drama, suspense, comedy, plot and
the most impressive background 1t was
possible for technical ingenuity to
achieve.
The value of Sunrise" however,
does not lie alone in les size, accord
ing to report Murnau. whose previous
efforts have furnished the screen with
its most astounding dramatic and pic
torial effects, is claimed to have in
| jected into this picture the most
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Pinero Gables Greetings

WHEN George Tyler first assembled
w his imposing cast, which comes
to the National Theater next Monday.
in "Trelawny Of the Wells he re-
cefved the following cable from Sir
Arthur Wing Pinero, its author.
Accept my hearty thanks, dear Mr..
Tyler. for your great enterprise in
giving Trelawney such a fine cast.
Please convey my warm greetings 10
nv old friend John Drew and to every
member of your splendid company.
ARTHUR PINERO."
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COLUMBIA-"sIide, Kelly. Slide. :"

A romance of the nationel game.
now playing in New York at 81
prices, and which enlists the talents of
a spectacular list of screen and dia-
mond celebrities, will be shown in it's
first Washington engagement at
Loew's Columbia this afternoon. in
Metro Goldwyn Mayors production,
Slide, Kelly. Slide" directed by Ed
ward Sedgwick from a story by A. p
Younger.
William Haines, star of Brown of
Harvard" is the hero, while Sally
O'Neil, Dorothy Sebastian, Harry
Carey, Karl Dane, Warner Richmond,
Irish and Bob Meusel, Tony Lazzeri
and Red Oldham have prominent parts.
The picture is said to include thrill
ling scenes from the world series
games of 1926 in New York. 1t also
glimpses Spring training camp activi
ties in the Southland, and offers q
dainty romance of a bush-leaguer'S
love for ball players daughter
The management also announces a
Lupino Lane comedy. "Howdy, Duke
| the Pathe newsreel and an overture
under the direction of Leon Brusilof
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Sa-
tan'i-VitaDhone


At Crandalrs Metropolitan Theater
this week, beginning this. afternoon.
the screen feature will be d. w. Grit
fith's Paramount production of Marie
Corelli's story of THE Sorrows of
Satan" with Adolphe Menjou in the
role of Satan and Carol Dempster,
Ricardo Cortez and Lya de Putt con
spicuously cast. New Vitaphone sub
jects will present Nine. Ernestine
Schumann-Heink, the great contralto.
and Roy Smeck, young instrumental
list, who does remarkable things with
the Hawaiian guitar. ukulele and
banjo. Other attractions will include
the Metropolitan World Survey and a
| concert petite by the Metropolitan
| Symphony Orchestra under Daniel
| Breeskin. This feature of the bin
| will be in observance of the Bee
| thoven centennial.
| In THE Sorrows OF Satan" Griffith
| has brought to the screen further
demonstrations of his uncanny ability
| in Photographic effects. Nothing more
| striking, ii is said, has been projected
| upon the silver sheet than the scene
| in which Lucifer is banished from
| heaven. The character of Satan as
| portrayed by Adolphe Menjou is
| not the familiar Mephistopheles of
| Faust" but a modern mystic of
| immense power, magnetic personality
| and brooding nature. Ricardo Cor
| tez and Carol Dempster are seen as
! two struggling young writers, whose
| poverty compels them to live in the
| garrets of London. Lya de Putt is
| Princess Olga, a sirenic creature with
whom Godfrey Tempest falls in love
| to the intense anguish Of Mavis
| Claire. his betrothed The sudden
l elevation of TeuneSt To Tremendous
wealth through the instrumentallity
| of the prince enables Griffith to intro
duce scenes of revelry which are said
| to be frank, but still within the
| bounds of propriety.
| THE Sorrows of Satan" takes rank
with the finest Of Griffith's produc
| tons.
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RIALTO-"ResurrectiOn"-SecOnd
Week.

Resurrection" will be held over for
second week at the Rialto.
Fey pictures In recent years have
been accorded greater popularity and
patronage than this perturbation of
Tolstoy's famous novel, starring Rod
La ROGUE and Dolores del Rio. The
patronage the past week is said to
have been SO great that the capacity
of the Rialto has been overtaxed and
many We're turned away.
In the film version of 'ReSurrec-
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Photoplays This Week
SILENT DRAMA ATTRACTIONS

METROPOLITAN-D W. Grihs Satan This alter
and evening.
COLUMBIA-"sGde Kelly This afternoon and evening
PALACE-"The Show"Carnva Week This afternoon and
Second week. This afternoon and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
OLIVE BORDEN
Earle
Next Weeks Photoplays

METROPOLITAN - Colleen
Moore in Orchids and Err
mine"
COLUMBIA--John Barrymore
in THE Beloved Rogue"
PALACE-Buster Keaton in
THE General
RIALTO-"The Love Thrill"
with Laura La Plante.