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Evening star., 1928-05-20

THE furry and fury which followed
Charles Dickens published remarks
about the United States after his visit
to this country is perhaps more or less
forgotten, but readers of Martin
Chuzzlewitt" still may find their tenn
perature reaching the boiling point
over the famous novelist's impressions
of this land.
Almost every English author who has
visited America since Dickens time has
written a cook or a pamphlet about
us. the outstanding exception being
John Galsworthy.
The author of Escape" first came
to New York in 1912 to attend the
American premiere of his play, The
Pigeon" which inaugurated Winthrop
Ames' Little Theater in New York.
Being the shy person he is. the play
wright witnessed the preliminary invi-
tation dress rehearsal of his drama
made a brief speech of THANK you"
and then disappeared. Later it was dis
covered he had spent the evening
walking about Central Park.
II am not thinking Of writing book
on the American people as result OF
two months stay in the United States, :"
Galsworthy told the reporters at that
time II have come here to take a
rest. the first in several years"
Since 1919 he has been here several
times. But he has never sought 10
attract favor or publicity to himself by
criticizing the country and its citizens
or by unduly praising them. One may
comb his works and find few references
to his visits.
In the Winter of 1886 he stayed
in Palm Springs. Calf. where he wrote
Escape" He might as well have been
in Cheapside. as far as this country is
concerned. save for brief reference to
Americans and the phrase moral
turpitude," which found echo in that
play. being current catchword Of the
time owing 10 the visit OF Lady Cathcart
TO our shores.
In THE F'orsyte Saga" may be found
some of Galsworthys impressions Of the
United States, however Expressed
through the character Of Soames For
syte In well guarded. temperate way
the English author has something 10
say about the life we lead and the
way we lead II.
Washington. D. c.. In particular
comes in for description and analysis.
for 1t is here that Soames comes at the
near-end Of his round-the-world tour,
on which he took his daughter Fleur.
after her trying year in London ('The
Silver Spoon"t In the recently pub
lished two interludes. Soames in Wash
ington sees again his first wife, Irene.
though not 10 speak to her or to be
Evening star., 1928-05-20
BIZ EDWARD KENNEDY.

Judging by this seasons crop OF
movie press a9entry. the film publicity
man is wholly immune from that per-
niciols nalady Spring fever, which
makes the daily stint so oneTous TO most
folks Au contraire. the Spring bree2es,
laden with the scent of blossoms. seem
but to stimulate him TO greater things
TO the concoction Of more fabulous
stories, to the invention OF more eiaoo-
rate stunts.
The current vogue in movie hokum
seems TO run 10 animals. Priscilla
Deans competent agcat started 1t, ap-
parentiy, when he sent out picture
showing that actress coyly holding two
rabbits and made known to the world
that Miss Dean was just crazy over
rabbits.
The press man of another film
celebrity. evidently determined 10 go
one better. issued a picture of his star
oGIt walking with pet turkey on a
leash. And the waiting world was told
all about the cinema artists affection
for gobblers.
Both stunts were successful in gain
ing q measurable amount Of free adVer-
t.sing for the dari1ngs Of the screen
and the result was that all Hollywood
seemed TO 20 goofy over animals.
PnvIlis Hayer's trlIsty knight of the pen
came next He took big step forward.
He presented the readers Of the Nation
with a picture Of Phyllis and per pet
lion. La Haveg was shown caTessing
the brute after having wrapped robe
about him for fear the little dear would
catch cold.
One might think that the story OF a
lion for a pet was the ultimate. But
no. Hollywood press agents know no
limits. The next specimen for our
collection OF fauna was q photo show
ing another movie star drinking tea at
table beside her pet elephant.
What the next stunt along this line
viii be only time viii tell Perhaps
even az this minute some press agent is
tearing his hair as he strives TO invent
some new piece Of bunk more extrava-
CANT than any that has yet been TIN
loaded
Speaking Of the exploitation Of ami
fnais for the glory Of actresses recalls
2 publicity stunt which was pulled of
In New York a few years ago by the
energetic public relations counsel for a
French prsna donna.
When the ship news reporters went
down 10 the liner at Quarantine 10 in
tery1ew tie singer they found she had
brought two dozen Grated chickens
along with her luggage.
Why CO bring zee chiekers?" she
replied when queried on this point
"Als because like zee eggs"
Evening star., 1928-05-20

ing the course of active preparations
for a production valuable suggestions
for changes which he feels increases
the dramatic purport of his work.
II look upon the stage" he says,
simply as vehicle for art. but one
has to remember that there are two
ways Of looking at art. There are two
audiences-one that doesn't require TO
have its brains stirred at all to get
pleasure, and, on the other hand. the
one that does require to have its think
ing power moved before 1t can feel the
vibration of emotion. I don't believe
in direct preaching on the stage. but
/ do believe that art must be inspired
by sincerity of mood; one must really
say something and not merely throw
out that which may serve to satisfy
q momentary taste. The author must
have feelings and must express them;
otherwise his art is worth nothing.
we have the tired business man In
London also. / do not say that all
.he stage food served to him Is not a
perfectly legitimate form of art, but
such plays. though intended for pure
amusement, must be in themselves per-
feet in form. original and have some
kind of life of their own. An author
when he writes should not think of his
public at all. 1t is quite impossible to
tell beforehand what the public Is 60
ing to think of a play
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Working the Animals.

We'll, couldn't you get eggs in
American" persisted the reporters
"What-eggs in America? You have
eggs in American"
The reporters told her that eggs were
quite common in America.
Il have been joked with" cried the
prima donna, her eyes flashing angrily
Some one told me there were no eggs
in America, so ! brought zee chickens
along. / see now was zee victim Of
un blague."
The incident was sufficient to land
madame and her chickens on page one
of every New York paper and il was
not until a few days later that 1t was
learned that the chickens had been sent
along and the singer coached In her
act BY a thoughtful press agent.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

A NY one who has looked at a cal
~ cndar lately will be able to tell
a that Summer is imminent.
4 i Mothers day and Straw Hat
6ay have come and gone; the
veterans have sent their uniforms TO the
cleaners in preparation for Memorial
day: several hundred unknown avia-
tors are tuning up their whirlwind mo-
tors for transoceanic flights, The next
thing we know 1t viii be June.
Summer is said to be pleasant time
of year for the human race In general,
but il is a period of dismal depression
for those members of the race who are
devoted TO the task Of selling moving
pictures.
Every year at this time, as the base
ball parks the bathing beaches, the
Summer hotels and golf courses become
more crowded, the film parlorS become
less so. In spite of elaborate refrigera-
tion nlantS which are placed in opera
ton. in spite of the artificial icicleS that
are displayed in front of every theater.
the public appears to be reluctant to
support any indoor forms Of entertain
nlent in Summer.
Thus the months Of June. July and
August represent the dead period" in
the fiscal year of the films and. as a
result. the producers are not anxious
to release their best pictures before kau
There's no particular point IN exhibit
Ing a Superfine photopiay TO house fulI
of empty seats.
The movie situation. therefore, is a
dull one, in SO far as the theaterS are
concerned. But it is very different In
HOLLYWOOD. where a state OF feVerlSh
activity exists. The boys and girls along
the s,in-kissed boulevards of Celluioid
City are hard az work making pictures
for the Fail and Winter trade,
= =
Casting our eyes toward the western
horizon. we see evidences or the fol-
lowing feature pictures;
Red Terpest" starring John Bar
rvmore. supported by the young Ger
man actress Camilla Horn. TINS one
has lust opened at the Embassy The
ater In New York. but will not be gem
erallv released for several months.
..Noah's Ark'--a colossal BIBLICAL
spectacle which is in process of prepa-
ration AT the Warner Bros. studio un-
der the direction of Michael Curtiz.
This production has been on the War
ner lists for long time. Indeed, about
three wears ago, Cecil B. De Mile PLAN
ned to make a picture Of "Noah'S
ARK" but the MeSSrs Warner estab-
lished a prior claim TO the story:
The Wind" "a Metro-Gol0wyil-
Nayer product, starring Lillian GlSh
and directed by Victor SeaStron. This
is Miss GiSh's last appearance under
the Metro management
THE Racket"-a highly promising
melodrama bearing the Paramount
trade mark. Thomas Meighan. Louis
wolheim and Marie Provost are IN it.
and Louis Milestone is the director.
This of course. is an adaptation Of the
fine play by Bartlett Cormack which
has been seen this season IN New YORK,
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Continued from First Page.)


derson appears as the sympathetic but
henpecked father.
On the stage Is Frank Cambria's lat
est production, "Bowery Follies," fea-
turing Wesley Eddy and his Palace Syn
copators: Mario and Lazarin, East Side
Harmonists; the Ross Sisters, Bellies OF
the Bowery; Johnny Special, the har-
monica kid; Nanny King, the "CAoi-
tol" tenor; the Edgecomb Four, side
walk strutters; Paul Remos and his
Midgets, and pletny OF dancing girls.
The Palace Concert Orchestra under
Harry Borkes, the M. @. M. Newsreel
and short subjects round out the pro-
gram.
OLITAN-"TenderIoin
Dolores Costello in s'Tenderloin," the
Warner Bros talking picture, continues
for a second week at Crandalls Metro
politan Theater
Vitaphone is employed in this drama
to bring out the human voice in dia-
logue throughout several clirnaXes. Miss
Costello appears as a dancing girl, who
fails into the hands of band of crooks
and wins 'one of them in this nelo-
drama of the New York underworld
which was adapted from a Melville
Crosman story by E. T. Lowe, jr.
Several pictures Of this type have been
shown recently. among them THE Third
Degree" THE Girl From Chicago,
Underworld" Chicago" and Dressed
to Kill" Stark realism is given tc
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Wallace Beery in Hobo Film.

w M 4O'N1A "
dralnatic Characterization in
"Beggars OF Life" the hobo story which
Paramount is to make from Jim Tully's
personal narrative of the same name
]. viii have cast including Richard
Arlen and Louise Brooks.
Jim Tully has been working with
Benjamin Glazer on the adaptation ot
the book. and the script is reported
TO be virtually complete Maxwell An
earson, co-author OF What Price
Glory2" used the book as the basis for
a stage play few years ago, calling 1t
Outside Looking In"
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Prefers Song to Writing.

John GRIFFIN. one Of the stars in
y Frank Cambria's 'Swanee Moon. I"
has been singing I'm motion picture
theaters for two years. His brother
Gerald. is an operate star In London
with the Covent Garden Opera Co.
Il sacrificed good income. leaving
newspaper work TO go on the stage, -
that I'm sure some day I'll more than
make up for the loss
All the musical numbers in "Swanee
Moon" were written by Dave Stamper,
who wrote the music for the Ziegfeld
Follies for nearly IL years.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

''Hells Highroad" was the title Of the
original novel by Ernest Pascal from
which 'Man-Made Women" was
adanted
Evening star., 1928-04-21
BUS LINE CONTROL
ASKEDBY |. c. c.
Congress Gets Recommended
ton for Joint u. S. State
Regulation.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
Federal legislation setting up q CO
operative system Of State and national
regulation over motor bus operations
On highways wag recommended 70 Con-
gress to-day b. the Interstate Commerce
Commission
At tie end u prolonged tnvestsga-
ton t&ae commission adopted q report
presented bY Commissioner E5cl, which
declared that motor transportation had
became q well established and useful
factor ot the Nations transportation
system" and that the development. mad
been sufficient % require a regulatory
system n the public interest.
At the SAME isI3e the commission
held tfls transportation of property by
motor truck a the present time should
10 oe made the gQbgect Ct interstate
regulation The control proposed was
recommended almost exclusively - pas
geEgeF transport bg motor bus lines.
Unoer tae system proposed, State
regulatory bodies would assume primary
jurisdiction over the lines acting Ia
coa Junction with each other through
s0iyt boards on which &iIe Interstate
Cotamesce Comm DzssaQu would be rep
resented r. any Etate Where State
authority failed 10 appear, tAe IGyer-
state Commerce Commission would as
sumo power
Railroads sl1oUlG b. authorized ~ un-
6ertake motor operation. and al 0per-
atoFE intending 70 undertake service
shouic Bs required 70 obtain certificates
from E9e regulating authorities to the
effect taat guglic convenience and NJ
cassIty required lne3r service
Tiie report also 9uRgested That 5CfDt
rates 0etNeeu ral'g1zI and motor l.ras
sh0gic be permitted and that rates tox
highway sp9flzllon should ye eaoe
$40 yee1 - regulation. #.4se tree trans
pzrat1on Jy passes eag1sd b. forbid
oea - BUS aaeE as ts.ey ere nov for
b4cCea 20 .z4.r1zC&
Evening star., 1928-04-21
MARKET DEBATE
DUE NEXT WEEK
Glass win Answer TydingS on
Southwest Site in Senate
Discussion.

The problem Of relocating the Farm
ers' Market in the District. which vas
debated in the Senate for more than
an hour yesterday without decision. is
expected to be taken up again early next
week.
The time allotted to the measure yes
terdsy was marked by spirited exchange
Of views between Senator Glass. Deufo-
crat. OF Virginia. supporting the bill
passed by the House for purchase of TIE
Southwest site. and Senator TyclngS
Democrat, OF Maryland. who is leading
the fight against = Southwest rivsCfroni
site.
FavorS North Site.
Senator TydiagS believes the market
should be somewhere north OF Pen0Sy2-
vania avenue. Under an amendment
which he has pending. the exact }ocs-
tion would be picked ont by the District
Commissioners the Secretary az Agrs-
culture and the director Of public build
ingS and parks.
The Maryland Senator stressed the
argument that the civic organisatsanS
are opposed 20 the Southwest site and
that If the question were left 70 thS
people, the market site would Be placed
elsewhere.
Senator Glass declared that when the
bin is taken up later ne would answer
IN detail the objections raised by thc
Aarylsnder
Senator Copeland said that II the
question was the relocation og the Cen
ser Retail Market he would Join SSna-
tor Iy6ingS in advocating q northern
site, He declared. however, thar tns
Farmers Market IS principally Whole
sale
Opposed TO Wholesale.
Senator King of Utah. ranking Delnc-
eras ON the District committee. an
nounced that II the Farmers MagSe'
largely IS wholesale ne is opposed g.
District taSpaSeTS providing the hgnS>
for IT,
Chairman capper og the nsStrse.
who voted in cOmmigtec
against the Southwest site, explained
that the superintendent og markets
testified the market was both wAN,eSsa,y
and retail, that about 20 per cent of the
business Is retal and that the retail
phase should be encouraged, Senator
Glass said some og tas eSsGSnce W3S
that oaly \ per cent og the business 5,
retail IN nature
Evening star., 1928-04-21
FRIEDA HEMPEL ASKS
TO QUIZ HECKSCHER
Opera Singer Seeks Order to Take
Deposition in Suit for
$4s,000 Annually.
BY tho Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 2l.~--Frieda Hem
pei. opera and concert singer, yesterday
asked the Supreme Court for an order
to take a deposition of August Heck
scher, philanthropiSt. on the ground
that he Is SO aged and intirm he is likely
to die before her suit 10 enforce an
agreement to pay her $4,000 annually
for life comes to trial.
She said HeckScher's death before
trial would bar her from testifytug iii
the trial. since they were the only two
witnesses to the agreement, which she
said was an oral one. The trial. she
indicated viii not come up for is
months,
In her atfidavit Miss Hempol says she
is suing for Sa8,000 only rs slight
recompense" for the average income of
100000 year she gave up when she
retired In April. 1896. to keep her part
of the agreement to sing only for char
ity. She also asserts that no part ot
her suit Is based on any offer of matri-
mony or breach OF contract
A bank credit of So 900 was the only
inAtalment she received, SHE contends.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Visitors Tread Where Bats Decline
To Stay, Says Keeper of Carlsbad Cave

Bats with tails like mice shun the
portion OF Carlsbad Cave, national
monument In southeast New Mexico
that is open 10 the public. while the
number OF visitors 10 that natural
wonder this Spring has been double
that Of 1927, Thomas Boles. custodian
of the cave, said on his annual visit 10
the Interior Department. which he has
just completed. Carlsbad Cave returns
"A profit to the Government. Mr. Boles
explained, and better stairways and
trails are being constructed into 1t and
It's darkness Is being dispelled by eec-
tric light.
The uncanny host Of bats sWarms at
twilight like a column Of smoke from Il
chimney out Of special entrance TO
the cave, the custodian pointed out
and then ut dawn it returns 10 plunge
again into the depths of the earth
Evening star., 1928-04-21

During the day, he said each bat hangs
head downward OH his particular perch,
These animals are breed peculiar to
the Southwest
Mr. Boles recalled that the man who
ahhors radio can find n safe retreat in
Carlsbad Cave for It Is one of the few
places in the world where radio will
not penetrate he said Subterranean
streams through the ages have dis
solved thick gypsum and rock salt beds
from the shale the custodian asserted,
leaving vast chambers.
Two chambers have been explored in
which the Capitol could be placed, MFR
Bolcs said. and lime water seeping into
the chambers has lined them with
crystal and hung them with fantastic
decorations.
Thirty thousand persons visited this
wonder last year. although It IL In an
Isolated portion of the State
Evening star., 1928-04-21
EX- MIL LLI0NAlRE FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
John w. Gilliland Won Fortune
Through oil Operations Eight
Years Ago in Oklahoma.
BY the Ataoelnlad Iraaa.

Eg the Associated Press,
TULSA, Okla April 2l--John w.
0illlland, who eight years ago became
millionaire through oil operations.
fied petition In bankruptcy IN Federal
Court here yesterday listing liabilities
IN excess OF $4,000 900 and nsaeta at
approximately S26 900 OF the claims
against him 81 900 600 were secured
Gililiand was reported IA have sus~
tanned severe financial loss Ia the 1921
period Of detiatlon when oil dropped
from $3.50 barrel 10 ST. His losses
included S7i 1913 which he owed To IA
New York broker for gtocka he had
purchased
Evening star., 1928-04-21
NURSE, e, KILLED
AS AUTOS COLLIDE
Three Others Hurt-DriverS
Released to Appear at
Inquest Today.

Miss Thelma Duncan, % years old. q
nurse at Columbia Hospital. was in
stantly killed last night in an automo-
Three other nurses were injured. but
are expected to recover Miss Duncan
wa the second woman killed in traffic
here within nine hours,
Miss Duncan and three nurses from
the same institution were in an auto
mobile operated BY James II. jenkins,
1905 F street. when it collided with an
other car operated by d. S. Hoffman,
Thirty-ninth street and Woodland ave-
nue.. Philadelphia. The former car
overturned and Miss Duncan'S skull
was crushed. She was pronounced dead
on the arrival of DIR. Edward GraSSs
from Emergency Hospital
Taken to Hospital
Miss Lucy James. 35. Miss Ruth
Kagey. IS, and Miss Blanche Hepford.
-. were taken 10 Emergency and treat
ed for cuts. bruises and shock and
later removed 60 Columbia Hospital
Miss James was the most painfully in
jured. but her condition is not regarded
as alarming.
According to the story told third
precinct police. the nurses were on
their way To party with jenkins,
Allen NJ, Morgan. 1883 California street,
and another man. whose name the
police did NOT learn,
Hoffman, who WAS accompanied ny
his Wife, said he was crossing the street
at moderate rate of speed when he
was struck by jenkins car. Both Jen-
kinS and Hoffman were taken 10 the
third precinct station house. where they
were held until ordered released by the
coroner. 70 appear at an inquest Sched-
uled for today.
Miss Duncan was a native OF Waite
vile, w. Va. and had been at the hos
pital for the past eight months. A sis
.er living in Charloftesyille. VA. Is ex~
oected to arrive here today 20 take
charge ot the body, Burial VIII prob
ably be In Vaudeville,
Miss Duncan was In charge of the
third-floor nursery Of Columbia,
Jury Is Sworn In.
A eoroner'S jury was sworn yesterday
afternoon over the body OF Mrs Mamie
Cooper. 40 years old. i2OA Rhode Island
avenue northeast who was instantly
killed yesterday morning when the an.
omobile In which she was riding
crashed into steel support - :hs rail-
road viaduot at Rhode Island avenue
md Fifth street northeast The inquest
stll be DELAYED until Carroll pevton
NuekoiS of the National Hotel. driver
II the car. Is released from Sihlev Hos
lital,
Frances Yates. 5 years old. lis0 First
treet southeast. was treated at provi.
ience Hospital last might for bruises on
he head and legS after she was Knocked
Town on NJ street southeast by an au-
omohile operated by Vincent L. Thomp.
on, l7aa w street southeast Her con-
lltion Is not serious.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
POLICE BOARD REFUSES
TO RETIRE INSPECTOR

Tho application n InsE@ctgr william
8 Ghegg. assistant s3GefDteuoest "
D. sce for retirement @ah turned aG#H
go 5e.5ag ztfffbgsfs by tbe Yet,FlHa al4c
TrIrf blafd - fae Po lee Department
1ae an@fc &efsG ox e. report 1E Dnyal-
cans #l.s ezamluaG ta@ aepestCF a3a
feygst@s fgaE fls rggclttGD 9.a# H.lfH
11GgG4<ec Case - treatment ~ q stsc.at-
81 @rc j.al #.fn proper care aa& HF-
~. n+ 8p4sG 1e ase ~ D~fleG tus
e<.'e. & Als as .Iua nt sgs maDg years
get
Jgsy~otqf hHe.oy agiGlac fof feI.6s~
meGg aJJ1t a MaHiH aRD to49a. .ua
saug aD0 aeHtI lsD5&6.e Ilf G - grafa
cd. emo n.s Daes4 lgAGecEeG @.14 ille
eg!.ce Department tgI ~ yfats.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Divorce Suit Dismissed.

On the plea ot uuStave A, wetzel,
einpioye Of the Interstate Cenlmarce
Commission. that he Is a resident Nf
Philadelphia and not anenahle Ia the
local court In a divorce preceeding,
Justice tIltz dismissed a suit tor
limited divorce brought hy che wife.
araca A Wetzel Attorney David A.
Hart, representing the wife. noted an
appeal from the decision of the court
Evening star., 1928-04-21
TWIsrEH HITS ARKANSAS.
One Woman May die From Injuries
Near IeKatkana

JE%hHKAHA, Ayk, hpril n I'M A
number ~ persons were injured. one
pEpDagiy fatally, and d8lrn6 ~ build
irg@ were Geslgoyed when a tornado
#aDs through Index and Ogdeu Ark..
abof 10 u3iles n0Fth gf heTc at IN.
Iga8y
Mrs " E. Johnson abglt 45. suffered
injuries which probably VIII result in
ceafn when lhe tWistef hurried a tfee
aeaHa} hef horne at Ogden
Many houses. barns snd trees were
blown down A plantation owner st In
deE gepD3bea 10 ~ his teAgnta were
Hpmeieas sud he feared lives had been
lDst
The storm swept aefo8s I.eary and
H3ghs west ~ 1eAfkaBa. before strik
RyF tHs Arkansas communities A
chnfsh. business buildings and houses
NeGe Unf f03ied at HoDkg. Diit no loss of
ilfe Was reported.