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Evening star., 1928-11-19
STRAND-"Bare Facts.

Manager Howard Burkhart is celebrat-
ing his initial week in his new charge.
the Strand Theater, with an aggrega-
ton of burlesque talent labeled, Bare
Facts" which rather fairly describes
the entertainment, although this is
supplemented with good comedy by Joe
Yule, assisted by Charlie Cole, and a
program of songs and dances that is
likely to appeal to the burlesque
patrons.
The feminine contingent includes
Ollie Nelson, Jeanne Stelle, Patricia
Burns and Ruth Posen, each contribute
ing to the breezy and attractive action
of the aggregation, which, however,
makes its chief hit with choral en-
semble that lacks neither In good voices
nor the quality known to the profess
sion as ginger to make it an outStand-
ing feature.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
FoX-"Napoleon,s Barber

While other big producers were rush.
ing in to make all-talking pictures, Will
liam Fox held back, viewed the situa-
ton, realized revolutionary potentiali-
ties and finally produced a spoken film
drama which has the virtue of being
the first to actually say something. He
took the excellent short story of Arthur
Caeser, called "Napoleon's Barber"
peopled it not with big names but with
capable players, had John Ford direct
it, and what was accomplished Is being
shown at his Washington Theater prior
to its New York opening at Roxys.
1t is approximately only half as long
as the usual feature picture, but what
it lackes in quantity 1t counters with in
quality, combining good acting, syn
chronization and photography. There
are, of course, no subtitles or musical
accompaniment, the effectiveness de-
pending on dramatic dialogue and natu-
ri\ sounds.
Napoleon is portrayed by Otto Mat
tieson, who bears striking resemblance
to the Little Corporal" and his char
acterization is commercially subtle,
smooth and restrained. The name role
is handled by Frank Reicher. who is
Evening star., 1928-11-19
POLPs-"The Silent House. "


i Every one knows, or by this time
should know, that If beastly butler,
few Chinese, salvo Of revolver shots
and about a tablespoonful of trapdoors
or sliding panels are mixed well and
shaken thoroughly in dark room there
will result first rate mystery play.
And if the concoction is seasoned to taste
with cleaning knives, piercing screams,
lethal chambers, poisonous reptiles and
torture cabinets, garnished with at
least million dollars worth of miss
ing securities, valuable papers and a
jewel stolen from an Oriental idol
thought at the theater. This formula
has been used to advantage in dishing
up the mystery thriller, 1.-THE Silent
House" a melodrama in four acts,
showing this week at Polls Theater
The play is written by John G. Brandon
and George Pickett, staged by Carl
Hunt and presented to the palpitating
public by Lee Shubert.
Now every good mystery play should
have at least one good mystery. THE
Silent House" provides several. One
that is outstanding is why nobody
thought to call Scotland Yard to the
assistance of the troubled souls con-
cerned. AT least two husky policemen
first act, to maintain law and order.
There should have been one bungling
sergeant Of detectives, and possibly a
very stupid patrolman. But the police
in this play are conspicuous by their
absence. and it Is not until the final
curtain is lowered that the audience
Is aSsured-though the thing is never
definitely proved-that some of the mis-
creants have been apprehended and
placed behind the bars, where they as
suredly belong.
But if the police had been called
in there might not have been so many
other nice mysteries for the audience
to fail to solve. And it is great fun
trying to solve them. Just as one
reaches the point of a discerning soIu-
tion somebody gets killed or shot at or
poisoned or something, and one forgets
all about the mystery. Its mo fair"
telling what these mysteries are all
about. Suffice 1t to say that they are
deep and wicked enough to enable any,
body to pass a pleasant hair-raising
evening.
The cast is small and knows its busi-
ness. Stanley Harrison as Benson the
butler (the inevitable butler) succeeds
in being a very bad egg indeed, and
John Nicholson as DR.. Chan-Fu is tre-
mendouSly convincing as a Chinese
mystic worthy of higher things. Ver-
non kelso and Arthur Treacher as the
two traditional Englishmen, one of them
hero and the other very dumb, are
good and Kathleen Robinson is charm
ing as a combination of Ophelia and
a lady in distress. Allen Atwell sue
ceeds in saving the reputation of the
Chinese race by making himself a very
likable Ho Fang.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
SHUBERT BELASCO-"The Trial Of
Mary Dugan0

The gripping interest of the criminal
court Is second to none In "The Trial
Of Mary Dugan," which opened last
night at the Shubert Belasco Theater
for the week, the author, Bayard Veil
ler, has capitalized to the full on the
avidity with which the public attends
and reads murder trials, particularly
those involving women. The audience
becomes at once the spectators and the
jury before which this dramatic fight
for the life of woman is wagedS
BY clever device the continuity of
the feeling that the auditors are at
tending real trial is maintained. On
the stage is the courtroom setting, with
the judges bench, the witness chair,
the cage from which the prisoners are
brought to trial, the seats and desks
for court attendants and the attorneys,
the press and, beyond the usual court
room rail, the spectators who from
time to time make audible comment,
only to be raped to order and threat
ened by the court. The curtain never
falls on this setting. In the bricf in
termissions between the acts the court
room is constantly on view. Court at
tendants, policemen and the like wan
der back and forth on the stage. The
actors enter silently or with whispered
begins naturally and as it would In AZ
actual court, with the entry OF the
judge.
A millionaire has been found in the
apartment of his mistress, stabbed to
death. Mary Dugan, who was with
the dead man, is on trial for her life
"The people versus Mary Dugan," as
the district attorney explains. The
witnesses for the prosecution are put on
the stand one by one. The district at
torney holds the woman up to scorn,
a woman who has lived as the mistress
of married man. There is the clash
of attorneys, with both sides scoring In
this life and death game. Finally the
wife of the murdered man takes the
witness stand, witness for the pros
ecution. Counsel for the defense waves
cross-examination. At that point
things begin to happen. They come
with a rush that holds the audience
the jury in effect-sitting on the edge
of its chairs. There Is not the slight
est doubt that THE Trial of Mary
Dugan" appeals to the emotions of the
crowd. A sordid story, but a gripping
one, with redeeming feature, which
turns the sympathies to the woman on
trial for her life.
The author has taken a chorus beau
ty for his principal character. Other
ladies of the chorus appear as witnesses.
Finger-print experts, photographs Of
the murder scene and all the other
| usual factors in a modern crime inves-
tigation are laid before the audience.
The entire trial Is concentrated within
the three acts.
The play is admirably cast. It has
| its moments of comedy relief. But al
ifuyoxy 10 A~fA "a
death sentence. Mary Dugan is
played by Ethel Intropidi, quite natur-
ally and with good sense of dramatic
values. King Calder, who is cast as
Jimmy, Mary's young brother, and,
| who conducts the defense, stands out
with a compelling Characterization. So
| does Majorie Dalton, who plays Mrs
Edgard Rice, widow of the murdered
man.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
OLD VEHICLES ADDED
TO F0RD'S COLLECTION
Russian Sleigh More Than 100
Years Old and Other Smart
Equipages Purchased.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, November 49,
Henry Ford. antique collector extraord-
mary, yesterday was the owne- Of an
unusual collection of vehicles, part Of
the estate of the late Miss Anna Corn
ing.
1t includes a Russian sleigh more
than 100 years old. a coach, cab,
brougham and other smart equipageS
as fashionable in the halcyon days of
the pioneer ariStocracy as the SmarteSt
limousine today. The largest vehicle
of the collection. the Corning family
coach. designed for six passengers, is
elaborately finished.
According to Mr.. Ford's repres- 1ta-
tive. who consummated the sale. IL will
be placed with other antiquated We
hfcl in the Dearborn Museum.
Evening star., 1928-11-19

whose white shadow of civilization Lloyd
had sought in vain to turn from his
adopted home.
So much for the love theme running
through the picture, with Monte Blue as
the derelict beach comber and Raquel
Torres as an alluring princess of the
tropics. This story is secondary to the
wonderful beauty of the nature story.
Seldom has the screen shown such ex-
quisite scenes, or so interesting and in
Innate view of the life, and habits of
the lost tribes" of the Southern Pacific.
M-G-M news featuring pictures of the
survivors of the Vestris, several Fox
Movietone features. the best of which is
Fuzzy Knight singer whose eccentrici-
ties are highly entertaining and a mag
azine reel, Our World Today" from
the Educational Film Exchange, round
out the program This last feature is a
newcomer and we'll worth while. Inter-
esting views of New York City and of
a picturesque old-world celebration
wherein armored knights do battle for
the smiles Of fair ladies are included in
this weeks offering Flower of Love-"
the theme song of white Shadows" is
played as an orchestral prelude.
Evening star., 1928-11-19

gives an excellent idea of where seal
coats come from. The news reel Is
excellent and in the interlude H. Cher
kassky fiddles beautifully.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
OPENING ATTRACTIONS in WASHINGTON
THEATERS

typically French and convincing, while
Helen Ware and Philippe De Lacy are
cast as the BARRIERS wife and son. All
of them speak unaffectedly and with
clear enunciation. This film is probably
the most significant yet made as far as
influencing future screen productions,
and for that reason alone bears watch
ing.
The stage presentation, Jazz Revels,"
lavishly set with playing fountain
majestic columns, blue sky and white
clouds, offers among others trio, Ayres,
Malinof and Rasche, in some of the
best adagio seen in Washington recent
ly. The Fox Tillerettes continue to up
hold the tradition behind their name
for fine precision dancing. Dorothy
Neville sings with an exceptional colora-
tura soprano, Estelle Fraters sings
little and tap dances the rest of the
time, Tyler Mason, blackface singing
comedian, jokes along between songs;
Johnny Special makes his harmonica
do tricks and the Stanley-Burns team
goes in for some fast and unusual taD
dancing.
Clark and Mccullough are more
hilarious than ever in their talking
short, 1.-THE Bath Between" Carmel
Myers assists them. The Fox Orchestra
pays tribute to the memory IF Franz
Schubert by playing an original ar
rangement of several of his compost
tionS, including the "Erlking" and por-
tions of the Unfinished SYMPHONY"
Samuel Norman, concert master, adds
immsasurably to the musical par5 of
the bill with solo of one of Hubays
brilliant works. A Movietone news reel
shows King George and Queen Mary
on their way through typical English
fog TO open Parliament and shots from
the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
CoLUMBIA-"White Shadows"

OOLUMDKh- WNIGt OIIIuUNS.
white Shadows" the sloerbly filmed
stosy of the introduction of so-called
civilization into the tropics, is held ovei
a second week at Loew's Columbia.
Wild natural beauty and the Utopian
happiness of the native Marquesas are
marred by white mans stores and
shattered by his greed and lusts with
the coming of pearl traders to one of
havoc wrought by his brother white
man on this island, DOC" Lloyd, dere-
lict who has learned to understand and
love the natives, tries to protect another
colony into whose midst he is thrown
literally from the sea, from suffering
the same fate The reward of his efforts
is brief span of happiness in his new
found paradise with native bride
and then death at the hands of thL man
Evening star., 1928-11-19
A Raw. Sore Throat

eases quickly when you apply a
little MuSterole. It penetrateS to
the sore spot with gentle tingle,
loosenS the congestion and draws
out the soreness and pain.
MuSterole brings quick relief
from sore throat, bronchitis, ton
silitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma,
neuralgia, headache, congestion,
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
pains and aches of the back or
joints, Sprains sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet,
colds on the chest.
To Mothers: Musterole is. also
made in milder form for
babies and small children.
Ask for Children's Musterole.
Jars & Tubes
||!iE|'|lIa'!jil|'!l y! j j ] ! 'ji|'
Better than a mustard plaster
Evening star., 1928-11-19

ally finds herself in the palace and in
the presence of the prince He imme-
her from arrest until he Is arrested for
harboring a bolshevik. Then. as the
scenes shift, it is her turn tn save him
from the wrath of the Dolsheviks, who
have won the upper hand IN the revolt.
This she does in the con entional way.
and we last see them nappy in for
eign country.
The stage presentation anu the Vita
phon production are added attractions
Newsreel and very interesting Pathe
color picture added much to the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
PLEASANT
RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION

Shoulders droop under weight
Of years. Young, yet beauty has
fed. Cheeks are sallow and
drawn. Unsightly pimoles. Keep
your system clean and you keep
the beauty of youth. Its energy.
Its irresistible charm. Then life
is not a failure.
Clogeed bowels and inactive
liver cause poisons to seep through
the system. Health vanishes and
with it beauty and energy. DIR.
Edwards Olive Tablets will save
you from this dark hour. For 20
years they have been prescribed
in place of calomel to men and
women seeking health and free
dom from constipation. They act
easily and smoothly. No DANGER
Gus gripping. Take nightly before
retiring. Results will amaze you.
Thousands of men and women
would never be without DIR. Ed
wards Olive Tablets, vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil
Know them by their olive color.
l5c, 30c and 60c.
Evening star., 1928-11-19
RIALTO-"The Scarlet Lady"

1.-THE Scarlet Lady," featuring Lya
de Putti Don Alvarado and Warner
GLAND, at the Rialto this week, is the
typical Russian story. Against the mob
scenes of the Russian revolution of 1917
is unfolded the love of Iya. the boil
shevik, and Prince Nicholas of the
Romanoffs. Once the handsome prince
and the vivacious woman of the people
were brought accidentally together.
there was no doubt as to the outcome
of the story, and in the traditional
manner the lives of these two were
brought to the final climax. Little
originality has been added to the story.
Unexpected turns and bits of color, to-
gether with the ability oe the actors,
would have made really big picture
Lya. according to formula. accident
Evening star., 1928-11-19
LITTLE-"The Kreutzer Sonata" !"

LII ILE- ne hFcutztF SOnata.
There is feature picture at the
Little Theater this week which, while
it is commendable, in many respects,
falls short of what might be expected
of a film based on such a work as
Tolstoi's novel Of the same nar.c.
The picture follows the trend Of tEa
Evening star., 1928-11-19

PALACE-"The Battle of the Sexes" ("
Jean Hersholt, Belle Bennett, PHYLLIS
Haver, Don Alvarado and Sally O'Neill
with this combination of cinemic
talent one naturally expects much, and
the applause indicates that expecta-
tions are fulfilled AT first a happy
family celebrates mothers (Belle
Bennet) birthday with gifts and merry
making. Father tJean Hersholt) can
well afford to be lavish with his gifts
for he has just made a quarter of a
million dollars in business deal.
Mother makes a wish the future will
be like the present, but the refusal of
the birthday candles to blow out FORE
tell the denial of her wish But near
by a comely blonde, part admirably
played by Phyllis Haver, establishes
her campaign headquarters and with
the aid of her lieutenant, Ion Alvarado,
she Skillfully plans to besiege the
heart and pocketbook of the wealthy
husband and father Her attack is
worked out in fine detail on the screen,
and as the invisible orchestra plays
That's My Weakness Now" Phyllis
preys first upon Judson's manly desire
to protect all womankind and then
upon his unmanly appetite for flattery
until he shames his children, breakeS
his wife's heart and makes a
ludicrously pathetic clown of himself
Here Mr.. Hersholt displays his usual
ability for high-class comedy, and
| although Miss Bennett does not have
the same opportunity to demonstrate
her versatility of talent as in some
of her other pictures, she easily enlists
the sympathies of her audience in her
Evening star., 1928-11-19
Slibs and Short PetticOatS
BoudOir Caps

Fashioned of crepe de chine and plenty OF
1aces and net; colors to match bed
sacques ...........$ 81, $l.50 and $l.95
Evening star., 1928-11-19
Crepe de Chine
Gowns
$2.95

Lovely gowns in rainbow col
ors, with square fagotted yokes,
hemstitched Wee necks and strap
styles with fancy lace yokes.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
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Thomas +, She3ard. 76. Home for Incur
ahlos
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Martha Z. Blackman -. 1924 10Th ST.
Thomas {. Seger Il. EmerEency Hospital.
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Jpha F waysOn. 20. St Elizabeth Hos
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w,lhan.i 2. Payne as;T.. g g; Sla- s 8, 3,
Elmer NJ Webster. 90 >iblcy Hospital
Annie Fiuk Gn. $685. o st
William e Hlii 60. 1880 W, ST.
Rosa c wech. IS. 6iS Rock Greek Church
Russell Kidd 5s. Gall!rger Hosp,tal
Pssquilna Tatrafllo -. Providence Hos
rital
. Josenh Tedcre. so United States Soldiers
Horie Hosnital.
Rachel Srsvock 50. Emergency Hospital
Nolle !. Jones a.. 1912 Morse st. ne.
Ida 3 Sanimver "A $50 Goth ~.
Charles BrauninTer as. GallinEer Hosritai.
Rhoda 3. Manning. -. Walter Reed Hos
MAJ Ellen Eowser a3 i5s Bruce ave Sc,
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Hannah Spanker. So Freedmen's Hos
nitai.
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Sarah White. IS. Gall,nEer Hosntsl
Edna Banks. 80 Galhnger Hospital.
william Brown 81 Fr"etiulen's Hospital
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Evening star., 1928-03-18
Turn Hair Dark
With Sage Tea
By JEAN MACON

The old
III i X Xturc OF
Sage Tea and
Suip l1ur Tor
tlarkcnlng gray.
strea ked and
faded hair is
andnotl,cr $
recipe. and
folks are again
,iSifl q II to
Evening star., 1928-03-18
SAYS FLYERS MUST
LEARN WEATHER
Professor Predicts Aviation
vii! Find Out 1t Cannot
Conquer Nature.
oi the Associated rrcs..

correypondence ot the Associated rrcss.
NEW YORK The aviator must
take tip from the sailor and be
content to cooperate With the weather,
In the opinion Of Or. J, f, Woodman,
professor of geology at New York Uni-
VerSity. Or. Wcodman is directing a
course in aeronautical metcorology.
The scientist believes the airinan OF
the future will tack his way tlroush
the sky as Goes the seaman taroush
tAe waves. making servants al hostile
Uinds and air currents.
".ivia;lon. being a young science. is
rslher apt to think 1t can conquer the
weather" says Prof Woodman. We
had some examples Of this spirit Of
defiance last year in the flyers who
fought the Atlantic gales and lost
Using Winds.
The sailor knows better Centuries
Of experience have taught him that
he must take what comes and make
the best as we'll as tbs most oi II.
H canaot tame the winds. but he
can and does use them.
The aviator will Go likewise when
ne is given an engine with such low
not have 10 worry about his gasoline
supply. OF course the weather Will
a.vays be his worst enemy. but he
will learn to work with it"
Prof. Woodran believes a knowledge
Of the air and its vagarieS will be an
essential part of the future flyers
equipment.
Should BE forecaster.
For safe flying" he points out, "a
ciiot should be able 70 understand and
forecast atmospheric conditions through
his ability to read weather maps use
barcmeters and thermometers, teet
the nature ot the atmosphere through
which he Is flying and tell from the
cloud formations the nature Of the dis
turbance forming them. He can tell
then whether it is eXpedient and pos
sible 10 80 under. over, around or
through the disturbances which he
knows he will meet.
In other words. the aviator Of the
future will be something Of meteorol-
ozist, able to interpret weather eondi-
ticns as they arise. Flying VIII mus
become more scientific and therefore
safer. for the airrnan can gauge the
chances he is taking
Evening star., 1928-03-18

keep their hair a good. even color,
which IS quite sensible, as we arc
living in an age when a youthful
appearance is OF the greatest adj
vantage
/ Nowadays, though. We don't
have the troublesome task OF
gathering the sage and the mussy
mixing at home All drug stores
sell the ready-to-usc product for
only Is cents, improved by the ad-
dition OF other ingredients, called
"Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" II is very popular be-
cause nobody can discover it has
been applied, Simply moisten
your comb or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair,
taking ono small strand at time.
BY morning the gray hair disap.
pears. but what delights the ladies
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound is that. besides beau
,ifully darkeniug the hair after a
/ few applications. il also produces
that soft lustrc aud appearance of
abundance which is so attractive.
advertisement.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
TnE SUNDAY STAR wAsH1Nerox D G. MARCH, PART

In modern life, III paper made pubic
by the American Chemical Society. ME-.
Holmes asserts that conditions cstab-
lished In glacial times were responsible
for heavy property losses In the food
It Cavendish, VT
When the Black River ovcrflowed It's
banks 1t washed out the main street of
the village, leaving in place of the
thoroughfare yawning rhasm 40 to
100 feet deep and 200 :.nt wide ~ the
lotion An inspection Of This thasm
by a gcologist showed TINT the street
Evening star., 1928-03-18

You don't lraye
10 pay all cash
HERE. We make
terms easy for you.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
pRE-GLAC|AL RIVER
BED IS REVEALED
Flood, Washing Out City Main
Street, Leaves ChaSm
Exposed.

Correspondence ot the Associated Press.
NEW YORK-Thc New England
foods uf last November ofrerci ct least
ono demonstration that the glacier
mich covered parts of the United States
thousands OF years ago still eXtrtS an
influence on tho pnope dwelling in
those districts. says Arthu" d Holmes.
director Of research for the L. /. Patch
Co. of Stonch1m. Mass.
Discussing the importance of water
Evening star., 1928-03-18

had been directly above the channel ot
pre-elacial river, Holmes says. and
that this channel had hrcn filled with
material deposited by the reccding Ice
sheet
1t Is claimed by gcolcgisis." he con-
tinucd. That the land now occupied
By the city of Boston was cuc" ailh-
merged b" thr ic2 sheet $50 feet below
It's present level The glacier slowly
movrd southwGrd until " reached th"
locality now marked kv the l"rmnnl
mornincS which extend ocross rennavi-
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Desert Rain DELAYS Mail.

During the recent rainy season in
Mesopotamia, Irak Desert. famed fol
its dryness and It's many Legends. trap
ped automobiles relentlessly. TIE uss
ert became sea of mud, and n..-..:,
motor cars running between Beirut.
Syria, and Bagdad Mesopotamia. we're
frequently trapped" In the wet sand.
Natives were kept busy digging out the
cars
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Peers Son and Bride Act.

After an absence of several months,
following their marriage, Ryoichi TAX
euchi, the first peers son in Japan to
become an actor and his bride have
resumed appearances on the stage. The
bride was formerly Miss Yoshiko Okada,
m actress, and the two we're married
while the film Of La Traviata." in
which they we're taking the leading
parts. was being filmed The actor has
b"cn disoWnedf by his father.