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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
American Parks

America has long way to go be-
fore it obtains all it should have in
the way of public parks and recrea-
ton grounds, but 1t has done rather
well as far as it has gone. A survey
by the Playground and Recreation As
sociation Of America shows that the
parks in the United States represent
an outlay of one billion dollars and
cover an area of 250O0O acres in 1851
municipalities. In mere space. New
York claims to lead the country, but
Philadelphia still holds its supreme
position in possessing the largest per
capita park area. Paramount was orig
inally bought and laid out as a means
of protecting the city's water supply,
but its great expansion and the addi-
ton of park areas in many other parts
of the city have been in direct obedi-
ence to the universal recognition of q
public need.--Philadelphia Public Led
ger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
Pipes and Cutters of
Copper Always Best

The most vulnerable points in every
roof and consequently the places.
where trouble most frequently appears
are the rain pipes and cutters. They
bear the brunt of every storm and il
made Of cheap metal rust will destroy
them.
The one unfailing protection against
the ravages of rust and. decay is the
use Of pure copper at these points,
where corrodible metals ordinarily
cause trouble within a few years Of
their installation.
For most homes, rain pipes and
cutters Of noncorrodible copper can
be installed for from $50 to 500
more than the cost of installing in
ferior materials of questionable en-
durance.
Many years from the time of in
stallation, copper as the material in
these usually troublesome locations
will be rendering the same effective
service in protecting the home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
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House Color Scheme
of High Importance

There is, perhaps, no greater influ-
ence for good in c0mmunity-in
nation, even-than the solid, substan-
tial, beautiful home, preaching its 81
lent but eloquent gospel of culture
and good taste. Nothing can prob
ably more simply or more effectively
modernlze the older house than can
change Of color scheme. The appiica-
ton of three good coats of white lead>
paint in well-selected hues will work.
q wonderful transformation.
The landscape colors-brown, green,
creamy-yelIow or white--are there
fore the best colors to use in painting
the body Of the house, if it is Of wood.
Equally harmonious is the brown
and green color scheme, with the body
Of the house painted dull, wood
brown, and the roof and trimmings
quiet shade of green. Or one may
prefer a house painted a light buff
color, with white. trimmings and a
brown roof: or brown house, with
cream trimmings and the roof stained
terre Gotta or Pompeiian red.
For, while red, is not dominant
note among landscape colors, it does
occur in occasional spIashes in ma
ture. Nor is the dull red of the brick
house discordant if relieved with
white trim.
The house of colonial yellow, with
trim of white or light ivory and roof
of golden brown, offers another effec-
tive combination. A charming color
scheme for the small house is light
brown, with white trimmings and
green room.
The house painted or trimmed with
blue is bit too startling. But
cheerful sky-blue makes an ideal cell
ing for the porch, giving an effect Of
height in it's stimulation of the heavens.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27

Washington. - Discarded American
automobile tires that once we're dis
patched to rubber salvaging plants
now are being made into shoes for
peasants Of Saloniki, Greece. It Is
reported that $4,000 castings are i'm.
ported annually to meet the demand,
Each tire makes three shoes,
"SaIoniki Isl famous as a city Of
vefuge," says bulletin from the
Washington Cd. c. headquarters Of
the National Geographic society. "That
fact accounts for its enormous pens
ant population to whom the new foot
gear is luxury.
1.-THE original .Salonikans' are lost
in the shuttle of nationalities repre-
sented among the inhabitants." con-
tinues the bulletin. ION any busy cor.
ner one will see nearly as many DIFF.
ferent races AS sit in session Of
the League of Nations. There are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
Consider the Drive,Day

Although walks and driyeways may
be made decorative, the builder should
not lose sight of the fact that both
should be strong, sound and provide a
level, clean surface.
This thickness is the same that is
used for driveways, of which several
types have been developed. Where the
driveway is to be subjected to hard
service, or is to be used by several
cars, pavement covering the entire
width of the drive area will give best
satisfaction. Where the driveway is
to be used only occasionally, narrow,
parallel strip of concrete will pro-
vide satisfactory approach. These
strips should be grooved to keep the
wheels of the car from running on
and digging into the adjoining lawn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27

San Francisco. Growth of a super
wheat that reached maturity in 10
weeks with neither soil nor sunlight
was. announced here by the University
of California. Wheat, under field con.
ditions, often requires Eve months to
mature.
The announcement follows compile
ton OF lengthy research in a labora-
tory son the university campus by
Prof. a.. n. Davis of the division
Of agriculture chemistry and Prof
b. r. Roagiand of the division of
plant nutrition.
The experiment is recognized by
these scientists as of the widest pos
sibIe import.
The wheat was grown, It was re-
vealed, in a greenhouse laboratory,
where artificial light was furnished
by means of IL argon-filled lamps Of
800 candlepower each and where Jars
of water containing the chemical ele.
ments necessary for plant growth re-
placed the soil which ordinarily con-
tains them.
The quality of the wheat at ma
turity, the professors declare, was
much higher than that raised under
field conditions and could be classi-
lied as being of 'supernature."
The fact that the wheat was grown
to maturity in IS weeks, a previously
unheard-of achievement, demonstrates,
according to the investigators. that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
Paint Wooden Shutters

Painted or stained wooden shutters
offer one of the most convenient
means of effectively balancing or en-
HANGING the effect Of the exterior dec
orative scheme. Their original pur-
pose of protection against marauders
and against excessive heat and cold
has been somewhat submerged of late
years in their almost entire utilization
for decorative purposes. but W y
again being recognized that SIN rs
can serve n practical as we'll as al or
namental function.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
present in the electric light rays, even
to the longer ultraviolet rays.
Some Vision

Philadelphia, Pa.-Eddie Ricken,
hacker foresees three-day trips to
Europe within three years, six SUPER
highways 400 feet wide from the At
lantic to the Pacific coast and air.
plane fields on decks above railway
yards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
Warns Against Buying
Seed Corn Carelessly

Washington, - Unless the buy
err knows that the seller is re-
liable and can supply the kind
of seed he offers, extreme care
should be exercised in purchas-
ing seed corn, the Department
of Agriculture warns.
Unfortunately" it says. there
are likely to be many individ.
uals who will offer to sell
crossed seed at a high price
when the seed is little more pro-
ductive, If any, than ordinary
seed corn"
The supply of superior crossed
seed, the department advises, is
comparatively small.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
= COLLEGE
FRIENDSHIP
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean Of Men, University Of
Illinois. II,

>3''SH6sTTTVETTTBT - y ~
THE fraternity was celebrating the
= fortieth anniversary of its found
ing and they had come back, these
three old boys, to take part In the
celebration. One was banker and
one was a lawyer and the third was
physician, high up In scientific ac-
complishment. / was simply an on
locker, a grand officer Of the organi-
cation. IL would be introduced at the
banquet with the aoid familiar phrase,
I'VE are very fortunate TO have with
us this evening" etc, but really
didn't count. 1t was the three men
who counted. Past sixty they were,
and charter members, and friends
through more than forty years.
There are no friendships, 1t seems
to me, quite like college friendships.
Boys come together at most impress
sionable time Of life. They are away
from home probably for-the first time.
very often they know no- one, and pos
sibly they are desperately liomesick.
There is the community Of interest i'm
mediateIy, a boEd of sympathy, q ma
tual understanding and mutual help
fulness. 1t was thus these three had
met.
They came into the chapter house,
gray haired, the slenderness of youth
gone, as was the spriteliness of youth.
The active men-boys, might better
say-receiyed them with some cere-
mony as befitted their age. They ex-
pected dignity and a certain reserve,
but the old men greeted each other
as In the old days.
''HelIo. Ed
swell, you old buzzard, Lige."
"And here's our little Willie boy"
They sat with their arms around
leach other; they told old tales of half
forgotten escapades, of tricks they had
played upon each other, of the clever
ways in which they had kept the wolf
from the door, for none of them had
Jan easy life In college. Each man
had succeeded in his own way, but It
was not of this, that they talked; it
was of the old days. of the ole, friends,
the old tasks. and as they taiked they
seemed to grow closer together. They
were inseparable. They wandered over
the old college grounds; they sought
out the places where they, had lived,
they strOlled down the old walks as
they had done when their sweethearts
were with them forty years before.
They said, nothing serious; they gave
no wise advice. to the young fellows.
There was no regretting lnisnsed hours
while in college. They were simply
getting all the joy and happiness out
Of the reunion that il was possible to
get.
Their speeches at the banquet were
all humorous speeches, only at the last
moment there was a little ceremony,
and the doctor was presented with a
jeweled pin In recognition uf some
service he had rendered to the chap
ter. and some very tender words we're
said. aI'he judge pinned the emblem
on, and there were tears In his eyes,
aud there were tears In eyeryone's
eyes, and they had their arms about
each other, these old men, and then
they smiled and wiped the tears out
Of their eyes.
Aren't we fools2" they said to each
other.
College friendshipsl There's moth.
Ing like them.
ia. 1929. western Newspaper union.3
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
Spread Of City ZaAing

Thirty million people or more than
IS per cent of the urban population o.
the United States now live I'M zoned
cities. The thirty million people live
in 553 cities, towns or villages scat
tered throughout the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27

Washington When the Calusa In
dams, who dominated southern Flor
Ida when the Spaniards landed, and
who were reported to have grown rich
on the shipwrecked gold of the Con-
qnistadores, became extinct. they left
behind them as almost their sole mon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
Whirlpools

A whirlpool Is created by the
coming together of two strong
currents of water. The greatest
whirlpool In the world Il
Charybdis In the Strait of Mes
sina, which has been In exist.
ence thousands of years. The
largest one In the United States
and one of the most famous is
Just below Niagara falls.
q. 1928. Western Newspaper sH,,,e
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-27

Miss Edna Steiger. the only Amer
lean nurse employed by the Near-East
relief in Beirut, Syria, where l05 cases
of smallpox and % deaths have just
been reported by cable. Miss Steiger
was in charge of medical work among
10000 Greek refugees in Samsoun on
the Black sea during the Christian
excavations from Turkey when cpl.
denies of smallpox. scarlet fever,
typhus and mumps were raging. For
this work she was awarded the high
est civil decoration In the gift of the
Greek government. the Cross of the
Order of George |.
Evening star., 1928-03-18

The latest portrait of
the Empress of Japan
in the full court dress
which she will wear at
the coronation ext
November at Kioto,
Japan's ancient capital.
q Underwood & Underwood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

weird and doleful sp.rituals that
work up to wild. frenzy. Here
the silhOuettes of the mourners
are notified against the white
washed walls.
The direction of this intricate
drama is little short of masterful
and for this Reuben MamouIian
must take a bow. The role Of
"Porgy,' trusted to Frank Wilson,
was a happy piece of casting,
for here is an actor spledidly
equipped in voice and talents for
a difficult chore. No less effective
was the "Bess' of Evelyn Ellis,
which called for emotional stress
that was exacting. l ratify the
audience approval for Georgette
Harvey and the honesty with
which she endowed the character
of Maria keeper of the cook
shop, and nothing could have
been more realistic in poignant
pathos than the rending sobs of
Rose MacLendon as Serena"
Jack Carter as Grown" and
Hayes Prior as Peter the honey
man were other incidental
characters delightfully."- competent.
Cleon Throcl1morton designed
the Catfish Row setting. This is
an achievement that aided nightly
in carrying up North the atmos-
phere of old Charleston
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Letter Carrier Actor

Frank Wilson, who plays the
title role in "Porgy" IL a New
York letter carrier. He has taken
a vacation from the service to
play in ''Porgy." He previously
appeared in I'm Abraham's
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|WHENFEKTUREIS|
|SHOWN0NSCREEN|

RIALTO-Belle Bennett. Anita
Stewart in Martha Ostenso's film
version of her prize novel, wild
Geese" At HAS, 1:40, $40, 5:S5,
1885, $40 p. m.
POLIS-Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Johnson's wild animal adventures
filmed in thrill picture, "Simba.
Twice daily, and $40 p. m.
KEITH'S-Vaude at 2:15
and Sis D. m. alias the Lone
Wolf" with Bert Lytell. At l, 4,
Z and 10 p. m.
PALACE-Bebe Daniels in Feel
My Pulse" At lilo, las, 4:O0,
$50, 7:45 and 1905 p. m.
COLUMBIA-D. w. Griffith's
Drums of Love-" At 11:O6. 1905,
S:11, $40, 7:15 500 p. m.
EARLE-Chester Conklin in
1.-THE Big Noise" At 1855 a. M,
12:4S, 2:53, 500. TAB, 9:53 p. m.
FOX-Clara Bow in The Prim-
rose Path" At 1910, ESQ, 4:5O,
SIT. 1917 p. m.
INTERCOLLEGIATE r d
Lloyd in Speedy" At IL, 12:45,
2:3O, AIS. 6, 7:45, $50 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
SHOW
ON GAYETY
PROGRAM

Down at Harry Jarboe's Gayety
Theater this week is one of the
liveliest burlesque shows that has
come this way in some weeks.
1t bears the alluring title of
Might Life in Paris,'' and while
there is little to remind one of
that festive burg. it is filled with
nonsensical oddities intermingled
with musical numbers and dances.
Upon the capable shoulders of
Charles CTramp) Mentally falls
most of the work of winning the
laughs. Mentally is new to Gay
etv audiences and is a refreshing
change. In the broadcasting
scene, aided by the CENTRE
strength of the company" he was
a riot.
Pretty la Villa Maye burst
forth in a series of dances that
won unstinted praise. She does
a mean shimmy and the custom
ers kept calling for more until
she fairly had to beg off. Marie
Tomlinson, julie Paulson, Pa
tricia Butler and Gladys Maenard
displayed grace in songs and
dances. George Selden and Larry
Bryson proved clever foils for
McNally's wise cracks.
The chorus is much above the
average in looks and singing and
dancing talent.-H. w.
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2X2--5, S A Y
ACTORS OF
e. W. u.

George Washington University
Dramatic Club presents "2x2=5,"
at Wardman Park Theater. The
comedy is an adaptation from
Danish satire by Gustav Wied, d.
o, rected by Denis Connell and man.
aged by Edward Moulton.
The college folk have clever
play to display their talents, which
they do we'll. No doubt another
evening things will move along a
little more rapidly and the too long
intermissions will be noticeably
shortened. Music by the school
orchestra helps in bridging these
gaps.
The cast of characters is ad-
mirably chosen. Frank Westbrook
as Freda, the younger brother; M.
Melville Tender, as Gerhard
konik, a happily married man, and
Paul Abel as the central figure in
the performance, all do exception
ally well. Betty Clark, as Lena,
a contented wife; Mary X. Craw-
ley, as Esther. Paul's wife who is
not so satisfied. and Nell Childs as
Otella Lustig. the vamp, success
fully carry the leading feminine
roles. The Widow tTruelson. a
character part, is capably han.
died by Roberta Harrison. John
Shorey, r. l.. Sawyer, Abner
Frank, c. Oscar, Kennith Yearns.
Robert Parsons, w. L. Briggs,
Perm Hennings, Claudia Sutton
and Margaret Maize complete the
characterizatiOns
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unlimited courage. He was con.
tinually scribbling during the long
convalescence. iii hit it yet" he
told me smilingly. Not once but
often. Surely he was a prophet.
What Price Glory?" gave him
his motion picture opportunity.
When the play, OF which he was
co-author, was enjoying success he
opened his mail one day to find
proposal from Metro-Goldwyn. 1t
was that he accept $4,000 and two
round.trip tickets to California
and personally determine II his
gifted pen could be adapted TO
film stories. 1t seemed like fine
opportunity to see the California
studios and he accepted. The idea
Of THE Big Parade" was born
then. 1t was never much more
than a well-planned story idea.
Up to that time the average war
story had been the innocent but
good girl trapped by the drunken
enemy soldiers and about to lose
all-when hooray, our boys ar
rive. Stallings wanted realism.
The real smell of the trenches.
And a great love.
1.-THE Big Parade" he told me,
was talked out more than COM
mitted to the printed page. King
Vidor was a wonderful aid and
an experienced scenario writer
listened to the outline and drafted
the script. Many ideas and bits
were injected after the actual
camera work had started. Its
success is. of course, a matter of
film history,
stallings took $4,000 for "The
Big Parade" and has regretted 1t
ever since. 1t was the greatest
bargain Marcus Loew made in a
distinguished film career. Then
came many offers. He got more
from Fox for What Price Glory?"
than for his first epic. "Old
Ironsides" was written after his
film reputation was established
and Paramount paid accordingly.
Now he gets a sum in six Figures
for his annual film output.
The moral of all this is not
that everybody has the undiscov-
cred genius of a Laurence Stall
ings. 1t is that the run of the
mine movie story being what 1T
is, the germ for bigger and bet
ter film drama may be slumber-
ing in some of our Washington
manuscripts. Who can tell?
49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
.KEITH'S FINAL
BILL RATED
VERY GOOD

Keith's Theater this week is
passing into history. The lobby
display pictures none of the COM
ing weeks attractions. The usual
screen trailer is absent, with It's
news of impending events in the
theater. Ushers are saying good
bye, cheerfully, to the STEADY
customers, and the old-time
warmth and gayety is painfully
absent.
But the house is carrying
bravely on, dying like gentie-
man and not permitting the
atmosphere of cast a pail over
the stage and screen. keltn
bill is very good. EVERYBODY
ought to see it, il just for the
historical value of such VISIT:
First mention belongs to Odal
Careno, the far-famed grand opera
singer. who is pleasing both 10
the eye and ear. And that goes
for Marjorie Scott. her accompan'
list, too. The audience liked the
rich. full notes of the singer: ana
called her back for seVeral en-
cores. ,.,,
A surprise act, entitled THE
Monologist," certainly deserves
second place. It's worth seeing
but it can't be written about
that would spoil the fun.
Nance O'Neil. by an arrange
ment with David Belasco, appears
in a condensed version of THE
Lily adapted by Alfred Hlck-
man. The act is antiquated. and
submerges Miss O'NeiI's talents.
Why they should have picked
this for vaudeville or any other
purpose is just one of those mys-
teries.
Grace Elder and four charming
dancers were well received. So
were Payne and billiard, song
ambulance team, with an unusual
act. Jim Jam Jems, tumblers,
opened the stage program.
Bert Lytell and Lois Wilson
are starred in the feature pic
ture, alias the Lone Wolf.
Anyone who has ever read Louis
Joseph Vance's stories of Michael
Lanyard will want to see this
film. Lytell is fault1essly cast,
and apparently enjoys the role.
The usual house features COM
pleted the BILL. r.
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Washington has apparently
answered that the apprehension
was much a mental hazard. A
generous segment of the best
play.going populace in the Ma
tional Capital accepted the Guild
effort as an exciting new exper-
fence in the theater and the ap-
plause for the finished pertor-
nance of a fine group of actors
was at times, hearty to the point
of enthusiasm.
"Porgy" is a pulse lifting, vivid
and l suspect, thruthful portrayal
of life as it is lived by an element
of primitive negro in Catfish
Row, Charleston, South Carolina.
One follows in a series or ire
quently thrilling and dramatic
stage pictures, the sordid 70.
nance of "Porgy," q crippled
beggar. He lives on the aims OF
the white folks, a pathetic and
lonely mendicant. A murderous
and blasphemous stevedore, Crown
by name, is obliged to flee the
laws wrath and his temporarily
forSaken woman, Bess, develops
an ~infa tuation for Porgy. Bess
is a drugs and moonshine addict
but between the beggar and the
first woman who sees something
redeeming in this crawling dere-
lict, strange and strong affec.
ton Is born
The fugitive Crown returns for
his woman in the heighth of a
terrific seasonal storm which finds
all the Catfish Row inhabitants
gathered in a dingY howell sing
ing their traditional dirges and I'M
hackneyed spirituals. ''Porgy"
kills Crown but his love victory
is fleeing for Bess returns to
her happy dust" and flees with
a dope peddler. The curtain falls
with "Porgy" setting out in his
goat cart for New York on 4
quest for his Bess.
This is a rather feeble skeleton
izing of a story that grips by
authoritative treatment of Incl
dental characters and customs.
The craps game in 'Porgy" is an
amusing and realistic sequence.
The unalloyed joy and masquerade
spirit of the negro runs riot IN
scene made more picturesque by
the introduction of a native
orphanage band. Perhaps its
most memorable display are those
mournfully beautiful moments
when the group of friends at the
bier of the slain Robbins pour
out their grief in succession of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24
HOnOrs Famous

Frank Wilson, who created the
part of "Porgy" aud still plays
the role, has named his small
son Emmett Barrymore Wilson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-24

A small cash payment followed by
monthly payments will enableN yOu to
drive home one of the used ears listed
for sale in today's Times and Herald
classified columns.