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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
THEFT Of KISS
COSTS $4,000

A stolen kiss is worth $4,000, a
jury in circuit court decided yester-
day in returning a verdict for that
amount against Vasilios /. Chebi.
thes, president of the Ahepa Society,
national Greek organization. The
jury. was out two hours.
Mrs. Madeline McNamee Price, at
present the wife of a Florida real
tor, brought the suit for SIS 900, al
leging that the defendant, in his
room in a Chicago hotel, forcibly
kissed her while making advances
toward her.
At the time she was secretary to
Chebithes. Both were attending a
national convention of the Ahepa
Society.
The defendant denied on the stand
that he saw the plaintiff at all on
the day of the alleged attack in
September, 1925.
A suit for $50, 900, brought by Che
bithes against Mrs. Price for libel,
growing out of report made gof
the hotel affair to the Ahepa So
ciety, is at present pending in the
courts.
Mrs. Price was represented by
Lambert, Yeatman and Schwartz,
and Chebithes by. Mcneil, MaI1er
and Nicholson. Justice Wendell p.
Stafford presided at the six days Of
trial. 49, sss,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Bathing BeautsP Pep
Activities at the
Gayety

'Rube" Bernstein is presenting
his Bathing Beauties" to Gayety
fans this week and these scantily
clad girls caught the fancy of last
nights house. Erin jackson, her
coal black hair boyishly bobbed,
as Miss Atlantic City, led the ag.
gregation and demonstrated the
fact that she is one of the out.
standing figures in burlesque as
1t Is now presented. Evelyn MUIR
ray. endowed with a considerable
amount of physical charm, goes
through her song and dance num-
bers with lots of grace and scored
a decided hit. Anna Lang was
also accorded warm welcome.
The slapstick comedy of Lew
Lewis and Murray WEIGH was
just rough enough to be funny.
Tommy Moran and Mack White
are two other principals who keep
the fun moving fast. The latter
is whistler of no mean ability.
A little skit, Broken Hearted"
with Miss Jackoon singing the
popular song of that title, was
one of the pleasing features,
while the scene i'll the governors
office was a riot. H, w,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Thanks, Mr.. Ames,
For Incompatible
';MikadO"
By HAROLD PHILLIPS

Gilded with those strokes Of
distinguished taste in voice and
direction which identify Win
throp Ames as a Brahmin
among the better and fewer
producers, pleasant week of
Gilbert and Sullivan opera be-
gan at the Belasco last night
with one Of the most melodious
and picturesque "Mikados"
ever staged. It is spry and
coltish reincarnation of what
some cultureless skeptics began
long ago to view as a spawned
War-horse. Let them blush and
plead forgiveness before such
irrefutable evidence it is our
pleasure to now hear from the
dock.
The tradition abounds that Gill
bert and Sullivan were of a
cultish clan who appealed only
to certain intellects, moods. That
intangible colony known as
Savoyardians may have been a
harmful tribute to these amiable
weavers of lyric and tune, for the
askance viewers are ever alert to
dodge any warping influence on
those tastes not held by the
majority. AS a matter Of truth
Gilbert and Sullivan are as uni
versal as Joe Cook and it only
requires such an intuitive mis-
sionary as Mr.. -Ames to teach as
that. People who will not take
to these operas as Mr.. Ames
interprets them. must surely be
people who do not like the theater
anyway.
We have here a ''Mikado" that
has dignity, yet no restraint. It's
tempo is that of a tuneful rill,
bubbling along, getting somewhere
but without Niagara-like roar and
confusion. The voices are ex-
ceptional. with noteworthy praise
for William Williams as Nanki.
Poo, who is handsome in the
bargain; William C. Gordon as
Pooh-Bah; Lois Bennett as YUM
Yum, and exceptionally so, Vera
Ross, as Katisha. The imperish-
able Tit-WilloW went ever so we'll
as did the Mikado's intent to
make the punishment fit the
crime, this latter a number en-
HANGED by some becoming clown
ing from his umbrella bearers.
Tonight the finely vocal ad-
venture of the Peer and the Peri;
in other words, "Iolanthe."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
A Promise

Winthrop Ames may send
John Galsworthy's Escape" now
in the Booth Theater, New York
City, on a brief spring tour this
season. Escape passed its
15Oth New York performance on
: February and gives indications Of
continuing through the season,
but Ames is anxious to see how
this play will interest :'the road"
and may present it in such cities
as Boston, Philadelphia, Washing.
ton. Baltimore. Toronto and
Montreal in late April and May.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
~" Minstrel to Finance
Easter Trim for Bows

The minstrel show 20 be given BY
the Gee Club of the Y. M. e. Al,
tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock in
Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard
Streets Northwest will be for the
purpose Of financing ten members
Of the boys department in a. trip
to Niagara Falls at Easter. The
boys are selected as being those
who showed the best all-around de.
yelopment during the year.
Louis b. Thompson, director OF
the Glee Club, Is directing the show,
r.. e. Myers Is general manager.
Mrs. Grace Stanley Stevens will be
accompanied. William Crentz viii
be interlocutor and Dan Abbott
Ira Krfder; Theodore Morgan and
Marbury Seaman will be end-men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
n EOerybOdys COnfdencs sssssessss
THE GATE POST
! ~ Harold Phillips

convalescent his legs myopicaly
whir Of life him. The
but feeling fine now thank you, one and all.
fragment what healthy
vaeent do only he has nguisive strong
will relatives wonder Wherever he be- and here's
the dinner getting coldw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Stalled Trolley Makes
Early Rush Crowd Walk

Pulling Of ploW on q car Of, the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company at Fifth and g Streets
Northwest, at the peak Of the rush
hour, at $40 a. m. today, tied up
traffic at that point for about
fifteen minutes.
Company officials explained that
probably the cold weather had con.
tracted the slot in which the plow
travels, causing the pillow to be.
come caught, and that it awas one
of those things that sometimes
happen and are unavoidable. I"
Hundreds of persons hurried to
their jobs on foot or walked down
block and took other street cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Mrs. Carolyn III. Votaw
Brings Suit on Note

Mrs. Carolyn II. Votaw, Of lis
Carroll Ave-, Takoma Park. Nd,
sister of former President Harding,
has filed suit in the District Su-
preme Court to recover $4,000 she
alleges is due her on promissory
note.
with offices in the Investment
Building, the defendant in the suit
executed the note May 10. 1926,
Mrs. Votaw states. Wilton j. Lam
bert represents the plaintiff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Mt. Rainier Man Files
AS Candidate for Drvs

John William Elemm, OF Mt.
Rainier, Nd, in q communication to
The Washington Times announced
today his candidacy as q DRY" for
Representative in Congress for the
Fifth Maryland District.
Mr.. Klemm said he has filed the
necessary papers in the various
counties composing the Fifth Dis
trict, and stnads for 100 per cent
enforcement OF the Eighteenth
Amendment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Works Again

Joseph Schildkraut, who is seen
as Judas" in 1.-THE King of
Kings" and Victor Varconi, who
plays the Roman governor in this
Cecil B. DeMille production, are
now working in the Pathe.De-
Mile screen version Of the New
York melodrama Tenth Avenue"
William DeNille is directing this
picture in which Robert Edeson
and Casson Ferguson, also fea-
tured players in 1.-THE King OF
Kings" will have important roles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Itching
- Don't let your
skin torture or
embarrass you
another d VI

Lasting relief is yours If you will
use the remedy that works two
ways at once. The sulphur in
Rowles Mentho Sulphur clears the
skin, while the menthol heals the
sore, red and broken tissue. All
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up and your skin is in a fine.
healthy state. This is the combina-
ton you have been, looking for.
Rowles Mentho Sulphur is inexpen.
sive and all druggists supply it in
jars ready to use. Be sure It's Rowles,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
Acting Family

Fred Wright, comedian of
Winthrop .Anles' Gilbert and Sui.
Ivan Opera Company, now in
Washington on its first trans
continental tour, is the second
Fred Wright to appear on the
stage. His sister, Haidee Wright,
is acting in "The Royal Family
in New York, and his brother,
Huntley Wright. is prominent on
the London stage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28
ROGER ROBB HONORED

Roger Robb, son Of Associate JUS
tice Charles III. Robb, of the District
Court of Appeals, and Isaac Newton
OF the Washington Cathedral. were
among the So Yale men elected to
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary fra.
ternity. according to word received
here today.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

Speaking Of sesquicentennials,
though nobody is. this year marks the
one hundred and fftieth anniversary
Of George Bryan Brummell. whose
name has come down to posterity as
the ne plus ultra Of fashion IN dress.
A titled Englishwoman visiting our
shores recently decried our lack OF
distinction in mems apparel, asking,
"Where are your BrummellsP"
The term Beau Brummell" is fire.
quently misused nowadays. being ap-
plied to aashy or unusual clothes.
AS q matter Of fact. the original Beau
Brummell was never dressed in other
than the very best Of taste.
His clothes never were marked oy
their popularity. They were select
ed, we are told in Captain Jesse's
biography Of Brummell. with exer-
else Of the most correct taste. OF q
form and color harmonious with all
the rest, for the purpose Of produc-
ing a perfectly elegant general Ell
feet"
Brummell was perhaps the father
of the starched collar. Captain Jesse
saws: collars were then worn with
out any stiffening Of any kind. and
baggcd out in front. rucking up to
the cN,n In "a roll: to remedy this
oDvic < awkwardness and inconveni
ence.' lie used 70 Rave his slightly
''arched."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

for the assistance OF
70
xvb7f win fhe Ten million GoIored People,
v;fh fy,e;r tor,e Representative On the Republican
National Committee do about 10
Convention his his seat and cog-
representatives other States
Upon the demand that a9u CuIatagW George Sheldon Ex-Governor fNa h'H1u
be sacrificed in lie GuGta he Republican Party
LET the Comd People and their organizations give Inc answer H Id rs '
aHms NAV be heard Nov 1928 from the Atlantic the Pahc rom CANADA l s
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

Brummellisrn. in America. Is side
line, not an occupation. True. Amer
lea has many well-dressed men. but
our more prominent citizens prefer
: to be known by activities other than
their fastidiousness in apparel.
In the public eye. however, there
are many who achieve incidental fame
or recognition through their metz
culous personal adornment. Promi-
nent among these is Mayor Jimmy
walker, of New York City, a dresser
OF the more conspicuous type. The
Mayors clothes are nearly always OF
conservative material. but the cuts OF
his coats and trousers and waistcoats
and overeoats are usually one lap In
advance Of the latest announced
styles.
In Washington. Speaker Nicholas
Longworth stands out as conspicuous
example Of the successful man who
is not too busy to be careful In hi
dress.
The members Of President Coof1dget
Cabinet are all we'll Eoomed. Per-
haps the most carefully dressed Of
these is Secretary Of Agriculture Jar
dine. His suits are always aoe'Ir~hslJ
tailored, his linen always ssr's'1~. I'H
unwrinkled SecretA:: y IL f.el'
logg frequently api--, ~ ms ctt
1870 49, 49, - so1r<'- cn>
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

9, The United States was APPRECIATED
by Perry w. Towards white COL
leagues. who often proudly men
toned him as a living example Oh
What the much abused Sta'e hac
done for this class and type Oh
Negroes. who knew how to appreciate
Southern rules and Justoms and TO
accord credit to the liberal-minded
wnite elements in this section OF the
ocuntry. who had made such an
achievement possible.
AS a result when the carpet
Dagger" Hon. George l.. Sheldon
went up against Perry W. Howard
AID his southern white Republican
friends in the Courts of Mississippi
Howard and his friends won out.
This was later confirmed by the ~
publican National Committee and
later still by the Committee on Gre
dentials and finally by tho Republic
can National Convention itself, This
would logically have ended The con-
troversy. But Sheldon was not sat
isfied. He had whispered into the
ear of the distinguished Californian,
Hen. Herbert Hoover and he in turn
left the matter to one Of his mana
gers, It being understood that Shell
don was "a friend Of the family"
Perry W. Howard was entered up
on the roster of the Republican Ma
tjcnal Committee. This gave him
control of the campaign IN Missts-
s,rpi. People from this State. botA
white and black, know how to tight
aid Howard was no exception. E1-
Governor Sheldon, not being able to
win by fair means proceeded to ap-
peal to the court Of unfair means.
Tie blow was aimed, 50 to speak,
below the belt". A hasty decision
was not wanted despite the positive
command Of Article vi Of the Con-
stitution Of the United States.
Another carpet Dagger" for Q fsw
days was imported in the person OF
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01
THAT PLEA OF INNOCENCE.

"The more you NOW US down, the
more thicklv we grow; the blood OF
Christians is fresh seed. "-Tertullian
Il has been a common saying among
white southerners that whenever
norrherners attempt to deal with
the Negro question in the Southland,
thew almost invariably make mess
of it. This seems to have been ver'-
fled in the case Of Hon. george l..
Sheldon, former Governor Of Ne
traska. who seems to have tired or
residing within the State, which had
rewarded him with high Office He
preferred to occupy the southern
designation of "carpet-bagger' and
he moved into Perry W. Howard 3
STATE of Mississippi to make trouble
for him and the rest Of the able col
cred men of that far Southern State.
As rule with the exception or
the poor whites, thousands OK
southerners, who are against tho
Negroes are against the other fel-
lows Negroes and he IS 'gloriously"
in favor of his own Negroes, those
who possess family ties coming down
tho line from slavery. many Of whom
rcv trace their lineage to the black
mammies of other days and to the
"big house" Negroes, who wero
buffers, hostlers Wallets and the like.
This class of southerners have a
bitter antipathy to Negroes from the
North.
They dislike that nasal twang and
they despise everything pertaining
% this class of the brothers In
black who aspire to civil rights and
social privileges. The Hon. George
L. Sheldon evidently did not know
thic when he went up against that
Negro Mississtppian, who hailod from
the State of Hon. John Sharp vii
Hams and whose appointment as
Special Assistant Attorney General
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

trousers Of the fastidious dresser. w@3
wing collar and black bow De. O!
ordinary occasions. he weo-s . dseqf
at special functions high D.
topper.
John Barrymore, stage aud mfI
idol Of millions. is said to have -
ally hundreds Of shirts ard eE&c-
He Is especially partial 70 blues.
Adolphe Menjou. screen SsoH r.
one Of the most extanstve vss3.oeS~
In Hollywood. Much Of his pc7eA
ia said to be due to hts ah4nlvss -
lection In dress. tfls re- 49,
without exception pessSus "a . ~
perfectly atttred man - safee&t.
eroomed from BIS immaculate 1890
ed collar 70 .ae toss Of bis ammo
boots.
Gene Tunpey. logical success@os to
Corbett's site Of "geutlemac lighter
il one Of sportdom's best dyessed. hi'
approved photographs always snos
him, wbao not In fShtina tss>.
immaculate sssb. ode a ~ q
WIDELY DISTRIBUTED pbotos plee0fee :
10 e;ansr lseke. AID cleaning w
shirt with o black cusTae - eSsf
adjusted to TIC ~htss seotet,cd co.,
az could Fave see d5ne ~ ire heAU
himself.
Is enc Of thssa us ~. R"hHTeu
OF the tweut,..u eS..:.rg' Al ~
who is2
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01
fsSfi<
and harmony together.

and harmony together.
This indictment business NIGHT
well be considered in The nature OF
a joke were it not for the serious
consequences to follow Perry W.
Towards persecution. Powerful Ne
gro organizations throughout the
country should resent it. More than
ten million Negroes have this lone.
honest, able Negro leader to re-
present them on the Republican Ma
tional Committee and they will see
Is it at the ballot boxes in the
States of the North and West
that the blow aimed at them from
this source shall be resented at the
polls.
Whether it will result in landing
h vote get ing Hon. Alfred E.
smith OF New York or the ate sta
t.stical Hon. Herbert Hoover Of
California in the White House Of
the Nation will be an after consid
era;ion. Mrs. Mabel Walker WILLIE
brandt may be fine on a whiskey
scent in the tracing of bootleggers,
hut she has shown absolutely no
bloodhound ability in the trailing Of
Southern Negroes. She is wholly
unable 10 tell the difference between
ali .unocen; Negro and guilty one.
We would suggest that Attorney
General Sargent call her off and send
her 70 the Canadian border or TO the
Florida shore line, where she may
be able to tell the difference be-
tween a whisKey shark and Q pro
hib.tion blue fish. Selah.
Every step of progress the world
has made has been from scaiold 10
scaffold, and from stake to stake.
/ Il would hardly be exaggeration to
say, that all the great truths re-
lating % society and government have
been first head in the solemn pro-
tests of martyred patriotism or the
loud cries of crushed and starving
labor wendell Phillips.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01
PERRY w. HOWARD'S
PLEA Or INNOCENCE.

reference to 1noloVment
the daily papers H
martyr to Representatives. leadership
Prison walls to martyrs are
be offere
greater
than politically and in the
political TO nave me
in
charge it is, tina
righteous cause ana
temporarily or
enlisted the aid of power
otherwise sur
prised at what happened been the most
bounded and investigated tho United States.
public Offices
TO give
no conside kind fer the office
administration and prior to
filling affidavits
that Comptroller General
Judiciary Committee the records
consideration for their appoint
7 have been merely
public life is
until
have been proven guilty
grand W. Howard associates, post
ndict
Howard and his associates virtually Interested
delays Constitution of the
United States Article vi:
shall enjoy the
public trial impartial Of
against him. to compulsory
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Assistant Attorney General Of the
r;ted States. She assisted IN hay
ing Perry W. Howard indicted for
conspiracy; set the hearing TO:
November 5, 1928 when she and
Sheldon knew that the election was
Tuesday. November 6, 1928. N the
meantime an order was secured from
Attorney General Sargent suspending
Perry W. Howard from office and
r..y, pending this hearing, presum-
ing him guilty until he proves him
self innocent, thus upsetting a fun
oamental principle of criminal law,
which is as old as English jurispru'
dence itself.
In the meantime the Chairman Of
IS in the embarrassing pre,lcament
the Republican National Committee
Of trying not 10 deal with the off cial
Republican National Committeeman
from Mississippi, and who occupies
that pos ton until he has been found
guilty Of crime before vacancy can
exist in the office held by him. In
the meantime, Perry W. Howard
announces to the world to use his
exact language: u
"I have done no wrong. I have
been merely accused as result OF
an e1parte hearing. No one in public
life is safe from accusations BY his
political enemies and all fairminded
Americans will throw around me the
presumption of innocence until ]
have been proven guilty. have no
fear Of the outcome Of . trial In
Mississippi.
We agree with him. 1t Ii IN issue
between a black native Mississippian
and a carpet Dagger" Nebrsska1 Z.
In such a contest, Justice WIN b'
enthroned and a proper judgment be
reached in short order. We would
suggest that Hon. George L. Shell
don of Nebraska 90 on back home
and permit the black and white
Mississlppisns to get along In peace
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01
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Guaranteed.
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

"The more you NOW US down, the
more thickly we grow; the blood OF
Christians is fresh seed. "-Tertullian
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

Order the Planet sent to you by the
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Moon Ctose-Ut!

The moon posed for this remark
able closeup of the Southern portion
of its surface. taken with the aid of
a lOO-inch reflector at Pasadena, Cs'.
The surface is dotted with hundreds
OF crater. some of which arc over
50 mi!cs :. liamctcr. Shadows are
caused by the suns reflection.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-09-01

Photo shows Televox, the FAM
Gus automatic mans brother of the.
police service of Berkeley, Cal, as
he appeared on duty. The little iron.
policepan is equipped with bells
and faces in position to stop traffic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-26
Playground of Nation l.
Broad ExpanSe North
From Indiana Line.

North from the Indiana line to
the Straits of Mackinac, famed IN
the annals of hostiry and of travel.
stretches the chosen playground Of
the nation, 300 miles in length by
direct route of the wild geese and
the hosts of migrating birds that
are among Michigans most con-
sistent and faithful tourists and
reSorters.
Six hundred miles or more It
measures by the irregular line of
the coast. In width it varies from
twenty to 10 0mileS according to the
vagaries of this same jutted ana
indented coast.
Lakes. thousands of them. gem
the entire eXpanSe of Western
Michigan. They are in the pockets
of the highlands, in the hollows OF
the rolling country, in the basins
the flats Seen from an airplane
cruising far above they appear as
countless sparkling jewels, some III
clusters, some in strings, some in
single settings Of their own.
Western Michigan's lakes range in
size from twinkling dots in the
landscape to silvery sheets so broac
that the eye can scarcely reach the
opposite. shore.
In types of beauty and of charm
they are infinite. Travellers who
have roamed afar exclaim with
delight when they behold Glen
Lake. Yet Glen Lake. in its own
western Michigan, has rivals by the
hundreds. each possessing distinc-
ton in its appeal.