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The Washington times., 1928-03-31
EASTER BRINGS
RIO RIT A"
TO TOWN

F1orenz ziegfeld sends his orig
inal Rio Rita organization TO
the National Theater, Easter week.
commencing Monday, April 8. 1T
comes direct from New York
where it has drawn more than
three million dollars TO the box
offices of the Ziegfeld, Lyric and
Majestic Theafers within the past
year, 1t comes intact.
ziegfeld has produced five
smashing hits during the past
? months all commanding music
show record breakers in receipts,
projections, and expenditures.
This Is something never before
approached by any other indi-
viduaI producer of musicals. He
has conceived. realized and con-
trolls them all.
This is ID record breaking
! achievement in itself. They are
All contemporaries. staged with
Rio Rita as the senior, closely
followed BY Show Boat, the
rnusicalization OF Edna F'erber's
great American novel: Resale.
musical comedy starring efferves-
cent Marilyn Miller, with Jack
Donohue featured, and newest,
the operetta version of The
Three Musketeers, starring Dem
mis- King and surprising the vocal
Elories OF the famous Bostonians.
In Rio Rita" is embodied the
spirit, and magnificsnce OF the
present period. Its story is that OF
republics, separated only by the
narrow Rio Grande. Its plottings
are the never dying conflict of
love for fair lady. Its beauties
are glorified Senoritas and Grinsos.
Its melodies are exquisite.
The haunting beauty OF the
title ballad that runs through It
Is resistIess. And in spirit it is
intensely American. 1t is in
every detail an entertainment
that appeals to all with romance
IN their hearts and love of beauty
In their souls.
The preservation OF the original
cast has been scrupulous. Among
the principals are: Ethelind Terry,
Harold Murray. Bert Wheeler,
Walter Catlett, Vincent Serrano.
Helen Give, Helen Brown. Noel
Francis. also Ada May. sixteen
Albertina Rasch Dancers and one
hundred glorified American beau.
ties.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Inn Season But Theater Fare Is Of the Best
LATEST NEWS
|. OF NEW YORK
STAGE

George Abbott and Miss Ann
Preston Bridges, co-authors OF
''Couuette," will each receive
gold medal, the annual prize Of
the Theater Club, Inc. for the
most pleasing and worthy play
hv an American author or the
season OF 1928.
The choice is announced To-Day
by Mrs. Albert A. SnoWden, pres
ident of the club, whose 625 mem
hers balIoted for a decision AFTER
q most careful study Of all the
seasons offerings in New YORK
CITY. Mrs. Edwin Dowzard, CHAIR
man of the prize medal award
committee. states that the second
largest number of votes went 10
George Kely's play, Behold, the
BRIDEGROOM, Strange Interlude
and "Porgy" were tied for thifd
place.
Margaret Anglin will head an
all.star cast in q. new productlon
Of Shakespeare s Macbeth a.
George c. Tyier's first classic
revival of next season.
Iyyn Harding will play the role
Of Macbeth. The remaining play
ers will not be announced until
the fall. when rehearsals begin
for an opening early in the new
season.
Another newspaper play which
will seek to capture Broadway s
gold and laurels in THE Front
Page 4 comedy by Charles Mac
: Arthur and Ben Hecht, which
Jed Harris will produce. Prom
inent roles will be taken by Lee
Tracy, who created the hoofer
role in Broadway" and Osgood
Perkins, who appeared in several
dramas. The play will be trled
out May IA at the Apollo Theater
in Atlantic City. and will be
staged by George s. Kaufman.
co-author of THE Royal Family.
Carl Reed, who hasn't had
much luck of late, will present
musical version of Love in
Mist" in conjunction with Eliza
beth Marbury, well-known play
This will be done for the sum
mer season and casting should
begin shortly. This play was
written by Alice Duer Miller
originally, and had Madgc Ken
nedy starred, with Sidney Black
mer featured, when 1t played at
the Gaiety.
Richard Bennett is to have dis
tinguished support when ne
essays the leading role in Sit
Vara's Playing With Love, for
the Theater Guild.
Among those who are already
rehearsing important parts are
CathIeen Nesbitt. last seen as
the siren in Diversion Janet
Beecher. who has not appeared
on Broadway this season, Claude
Rain. recently of And So te
Bed" and Robert Montgomery
who has been a member of Edwin
H. Knopf's stock organization II
Baltimore this season.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
WHEN FRIGHT
GRIPPED
JOLSON
By AL JOLSON

The first time / stood before .
camera I was so nervous that !
shook from head to foot. ! was
afraid to move, believing that !
was in front OF Now, smile, ready.
one, two, three" photographers and
and that the moment / blinked an
eyelash the picture would be
ruined. The result was that !
stood absolutely rigid and every
time the director reminded me that
/ was in moving pictures, would
let one arm go at a time and then
let it drop like lead weight to
my side. / thought it necessary
to remain rigid in every piece of
action, as we did when we were
youngsters and used to play
statues. Such precision seemed to
indicate to me was obcying the
directors instructions.
Alan CrosIand. the director, and
] had luncheon together and Alan
surprised me with the information
that we hadn't taken any pictures
all forenoon--the cameras were not
Ioaded-and he let me so through
the scenes under the impression
that my actions were being photo
graphed.
In the afternoon We went
through the same scenes but this
time the cameras were loaded and
registered every moment. had
thought over the matter during
luncheon time and laughed to my
self at my stilted work, so when !
stood before the filled cameras !
corrected my error and played
naturally as would before an au-
dience. THE Jazz Singer" has
made such a favorable impression
that I intend to continue in pic
lures. The next will be .Pag-
Iiacci'' / shall never do a
straight" picture: it will have to
include singing.
JoIson's "The Jdss singer" II
plauinO its third return engagement
at CrdndGIP8 Metropolitan.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31

"Criss Cross, coming to the Ma.
tional Monday night, is the eighth
production of series of musical
extravaganzas starring Fred Stone,
who was raised on the plains OF
Kansas. and as a boy became *
pert at both horseback riding,
broncho busting and lariat throw
ing.
Later as q wire walker with the
circus and an expert in all ath-
Ietic stunts of circus life he be-
came so agile and accomplished
in all athletic tricks and feats
that it is no wonder he later on
achieved such decided success
on the stage. But to find that his
three lovely daughters have either
inherited his acrobatic talents or
else initiated him to marvellous
degree is something that can only
be learned by visiting the Stone
family ait their country estate.
Daughter Dorothy acts as In.
structor to Sister Paula and Sister
Carol when she is not on the road.
and they spend hours going
through the steps after her.
learning breaks ana kHuiLlcs
and tap dancing and how to
play the drum" with their feet.
They do ballet work under her.
too. assimilating pirouettes and
toe dancing as well as the more
popular and syncopated routine.
Big Sister Dorothy went on the
stage when she was II and made
an instantaneous hit as co-star
with her father. Both Paula and
Carol will be broken-hearted ii
they don't do what Dorothy did.
Only one youth has ever danced
with Dorothy Stone on the stage.
He is Roy Hoyer. who plays the
role of Captain Carleton, of the
Foreign Legion. in ''Criss Cross :"
Professionally he is almost one
of the Stone family. He joined
Fred Stone back In Jack o.
Lantern" days, when Dorothy was
still pretty little child with long
braids dangling down behind.
When she grew up and turned
to the stage he taught her some
of her dance steps.
YOu can rent a completely furnishe
h0uee i'm the hest residential sections a
WashlngtOn-cOnsult tOday's Times An
nn-ald al GsfftaA PAatAl enInmna
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
What's Just
Ahead In
Theaters

Al motion picture for a few
minutes, a big-time vaudeville
show, a magician's seance, crime,
farce, comedy and melodrama--
but always approximating a near
riot-that just about describes
the novelty, chills and thrills con
tanned in The Spider" which
comes to the Shubert- Belasco for
the week beginning Sunday, April
s, with John Halliday starred as
just reward for his splendid work
during the plays record breaking
run In New York and the entire
New York Music Box Theater
cast and production intact.
TITLES Punctured Romance"
with Louise Fazenda. w. c.
Fields and Chester Conklin, will
be the screen attraction at Loew's
Palace starting Saturday. the
week of April I. There will also
be the usual stage presentation.
The next attraction at Loew's
Columbia will be King Vidor' 3
production. The Crowd with
Eleanor Boardman and james
Murray.
Manager Robbins, of keith's.
announces for the week of April
9, that he has secured the latest
First National Picture. Amer
lean Beauty" starring Billie Dove.
A special presentation will be
offered from the stage az pro-
logue TO the picture, in the form
of a fashion snow.
Thrills and roma nee vie with
each other in The Lovelorn.' the
Cosmopolitan production featur.
ing Sally O'Neil, which comes to
Continued on Page 81
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Likes His MegaphOne

Allan Dwan, veteran director,
who made French DRESSING" the
delightful comedy-drama which Il
the photoplay attraction at the
Earle Theater this week, is one
who still clings to the megaphone.
Many directors have discarded il.
and either use nothing at all Tor
close action, or radio for directing
big scenes.
Dwan has used megaphone for
90 years. and sees no reason for
changing, although he no longer
employs large ones. And he uses
it more for talking to electricians,
prop men and assistants, than 10
actors.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Fred's 3 Daughters

Many, very many regrets have
been expressed by friends OF
Fred Stone, now appearing in
"Criss Cross" at the National
Theater. that he had no son to
carry on his name. In the Stone
family now there are three girls.
For in addition to Dorothy there
are two risky younger girls,
Paula and Carol who are able
to do all their fathers stunts. IL
there were a boy there probably
would never be any peace around
the Stone household.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Real Boy Athlete

Bobby Gordon, the boy actor,
supporting Al JoIson in The Jazz
Singer is a pitcher for his
school baseball team. He swims
for the Ambassador Boys Club.
He is halfback on the lightweight
football team. boxes. wrestles, tum-
bles and plays the drum in a juveTl-
lie band. He is to be seen and
heard through the medium of Vita
phone at the Metropolitan The
alter this week.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
FaWcett Reunion

George Fawcett. who palys the
millionaire in Lillian Gish's Met
ro-GoIdwyn- Mayer vehicle, THE
Enemy" now in the second week
her in her first success, The
Birth of a Nation" Fawcett was
a well-known player and man
ager before he entered the movies.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
A Stone Veteran

Oscar RagIand, appearing in the.
role of Hphrahim Bcnani, the vii
famous and scheming Algerian
with the Fred Stone Company has
been with Mr.. Stone from the first
production Of Chin Chin"
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Stone s 3 Daughters
Inherit His Talents

In 1906 just % years ago. Montgomery and Stone signed
up under the wings of Charles Dillingham; appearing IN
THE Red Mill, playing to total business OF $6OOOoo
furnishing the necessary for the building OF the
Globe Theaer New York City, the present home and otces
of the Charles DILLINGHAM; enterprises.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
New One For Dix

George Marion. jr., has been as
signed by Paramount TO write the
titles for Easy Come. Easy Go.
Richard Dix's new picture.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Doris PLAYS Polo

Milton Stills and his beautiful
wife, Doris kenyon. have become
POLO experts. playing each week at
3 famous polo field near their
santa Monica home.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31
Ziegfeld to Visit

.Florenz Ziegfeld, who IL In Palm
Beach will visit Washington Easter
Monday. when his pet musical
comedy Rio Rita" will be pre-
sentcd in the National Theater,
Monday, April 8.
The Washington times., 1928-03-31

YOu can rent a completely furnished
h0uee in the hest residential sections OF
washing tOn--cOnsult tOday's Times and
Herald classified rental columns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08

airy have no recognized place In
the congress of medicine?"
Urging team work on the part of
psychiatrists, DR.. Chapman pro
posed that the American Psychia-
trio Association should establish a
permanent headquarters and publish
a weekly or bi-monthly bulletin to
keep specialists informed as to news
and progress in their field of med
icine and to give them e. medium
for exchange of ideas. THE central
headquarters would also keep in
contact with every State hospital
for mental diseases in the coun-
try and could thus help one hos
pital to solve problem by putting
it in touch with another hospital
that had already met that problem
successfully.
Psychiatrists should organize
financially, also Dr. Chapman
urged.
"Psychiatric research should be
endowed" he said. "Fellowships
should be provided for young men
and women. with proper education
and experience, who seek to enter
the field of clinical research. Psy-
chiatry must let it be known
through more effective and force
fulN behavior that it is a field of
interest and opportunity unequaled
today in medicine"
A strongly organized body of
psychiatrists would also be able in
Scme degree to combat proposed
foolish legislation, and assist local
medical societies in their efforts to
prevent charlatans from preying
upon the public, DR.. Chapman
pointed out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08
STUDY new MALADY
Emotional Illnesses Draw
Medical Attention.
Bp Science serUice

BIZ Science SerDtce
MINNEAPOLIS, June 8. - A
patients emotions are as much a
part of him as his heart or stomach,
and doctors should take this inner
life of the patient into careful con-
sideration, DR.. Lloyd H. ziegler, of
the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, de-
clared, speaking today before the
American PSychiatric Association, in
session here.
Many Of the milder types of
emotional disorders are seen by
general practitioners of medicine
who diagnose them as nervous
dyspepsia, gastric neuroses, and
similar maladies," DR.. ,Ziegler said.
IF such diagnoses cause ply
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08
COOPERATION TO
BATTLE MENTAL
SICKNESS URGED
Rsychopathic Cases Equal
Physical in Number,
Says Specialist.
5g Science SerUice

5B Science Serrice
MINNEAPOLIS, June 8.-Mental
patients occupy as many beds in
American hospitals as all the pa
tents with physical diseases put to-
gether, and it is high time that
specialists in mental and nervous
diseases should organize for strength
in shouldering the growing burdens
that the public is putting on their
shoulders. This situation was pre-
scented to the American Psychiatric
Association this morning by DR.. Ross
McC. Chapman, superintendent Of
the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hos
pital in Maryland.
why are there too few PSYCHE
atrists?" DIR. Chapman asked. why
are courses of study in our medical
colleges so arranged that psychiatry
is not presented to the student in
way to attract him? Surely we
who are working in the field know
that there is no branch of medicine
more interesting. Why does PSYCHE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08

sicians to confine their treatment to
individual organs, rather than to
sick personalities, patients may con-
tinue to search for relief from the
emotional distress, and may go far
and wide out of the medical pro-
fession.'
DR.. ziegler reported cases in
which emotional distress was as
ISOLATED with maladies of the heart,
lungs, stomach and other organs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08
HAPPY, SHOOTS WIFE

Spouse wouldn't Help CeIeJrate,
Husband Complains.
NEW YORK, June 8.-Lester
Lester Collins was feeling good. He
was boisterous and joyful. All be-
cause he was celebrating his twenty
third birthday. But when his wife
paid no attention to him and
wouldn't celebrate with him, he
shot her twice. Il just felt good,
that's all" Collins explained to
police
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08

An exquisite Mayer creation,
The 1Skt. solid white gold
mounting is daintily carved and
handsomely filigreed. The beau
tifully cut diamond fairly dazzles
you with its fiery brilliancy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
SICMANITES BEAT
WOMAN IN QUAKER
CITY POLL STEAL
Right Wing Gags Rank
and File at election"
(By a Worker Correspondent,

by Worker Correspondent,
PHILADELPHIA (By mail) The
Sigman clique now in control of the
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union has taken away from all
members in any way connected with
or friendly to the left wing the right
to speak at meetings for one year.
Distribute Statement.
The particular crime which called
for such severe punishment was the
distribution of the statement of the
New York Joint Board on Thursday,
March %, when elections for delegates
to the national convention took place.
Clara Yampolsky came up to the
union hall and attempted to distribute
the Statement. She was beaten up
and thrown out of the hall by the
right wing Sigmanite heroes.
Later, charges were brought against
her to the Executive Board.
The decision of the Executive Board
was brought to the membership meet
ing March 20. The majority of the
membership protested against the de-
cision, but despite the fact that the
meeting was in an uproar, the Sig
man clique succeeded in polling
vote. The counters of the vote were
selected by the ruling clique and con-
sisted of so-called reliable" members
of the Union. Thru these methods
the vote given was 81 for the decision
and 80 against.
Off Ballot.
At the same meeting the result of
the election of delegates to the Ma
tional Convention was brought for
ward for approval. This election had
been a farce, for every member re-
fusing to sign the yellow dog contract
had her name taken off the ballot.
Also any member who was a member
of the Workers Party, Trade Union
Educational League or was even sus-
pected of sympathy with any left
wing organization had her name
stricken from the ballot.
The Sigman machine now rules the
Philadelphia local with an iron fist
and will not under any circumstances
permit the voice of the membership
to be heard. C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07

in day or evening schools, these kids
look for the job and are sadly dis
appointed. Some turn to the Art Al
lance Agency where they'll probably
get you at novelty painting or lamp
shade painting or stenciling greeting
cards. From there on the girl drifts
from one job to another, working in
the filthiest places imaginable, espe-
cially in lamp-shade and novelty fac
tories where that horrible smelling
thinner is used and the filthy floors
are seldom swept.
The salaries they pay are outrag-
Gus. I've seen girls turn away in dis
gust when offered SIS or $18 for ex-
perienced lamp-shade artists. Or if a
girl gets $50 per week they rush her
like fury. These jobs do not last as
a rule more than couple of months
at time.
Eyes Grow Dizzy.
The novelty places where compacts,
etc. are decorated are even worse. 1t
used to make me quite dizzy having
to move my eye from one flower GU
to another all day long.
Working on greeting cards is much
cleaner, being water color instead of
oils. There is one place, especially,
that all girls dislike, that is Nor
cross" One sits down at $3.50 A. M,
rises at II, is seated again at 1915
and at $50 leaves her seat for the
day. Not word is to be said thru
out the day, only what is absolutely
necessary. The girls, however, let
loose whenever the head of the color
department leaves the room.
Their rules are the most childish of
any place I've ever heen in. You're
not to talk, you're not to speak to
anyone about your salary, you're to
be in on time, you're to help out
when it's very busy and you're not
to ask for a raise since "they will adj
vance you if you so deserve"
Most of the girls working in these
places have studied in Pratts Academy
of Design, The School of Applied De-
sign and the Art League. The ma
jority of them are dissatisfied. Their
only way out is to get married or to
look for different work altogether
CHATS their idea).
"NOVELTY PAINTER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
HUGE IN LAND
WHERE MASSES .STARVE

over the Union Pacific from Los
Angeles to New York.
''The crop amounted to 285,000
tons, enough raisins to load tc
capacity $500 freight cars, which
would make ia ordinary sized trains
or one train 81 miles in length"
10000 JobIess.
Now since all that foodstuff is here
in plenty why are there more than
100000" Official figure) unemployed
in this state on the point of starva-
ton? Why are so many in bread
lines over this "oasis of abundance ?"
Why are not the poor permitted to
feast on raisin pies instead of being
forced to eat out of garbage cans the
year around at the San Pedro St. and
Central Avenue market places in Los
Angeles?
In the San Fernando Valley, within
the confines of this city, B. Uneda, a
Japanese, has sty of 1000 garbage
fed hogs on 40 acre tract of land.
But since the unemployment situa-
ton became SO acute the hogs seem
to have lost rather than gained in
weight. Too much competition be-
tween hogs and men on the point of
starvation.
The unemployed army of Los An
geles is estimated at 10000 by the
chamber of commerce. The Central
Labor Council says 10000. Well, if
this army doesn't decrease pretty soon
the Uneda hog family will be starved
out. There are no legal technicalities
about that.
L. P. RINDAL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
SOCIALISTS LOSE
GROUND IN WEST
Milwaukee S. P. Fails to
Hold Veto Power

MILWAUKEE,, (FP) April g.
Though reelected mayor of Milwau-
kee for 4th 4-year term by over IT,
600 majority, Daniel w. Hoan failed
to carry the socialist candidates for
treasurer, controller and city attorney
with him.
The socialist minority in the COM
mon council was cut down from 10
aldermen to s, and possibly when
recounts have been made. 1t requires
9 votes to sustain the mayors veto
against the anti-Socialist majority.
According to unofficial returns the
socialists retained their 7 seats out
of 20 on the county board of super
visors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
Latest Militarist Publicity Hop

From Fairbanks
IN Alaska, the
rentOtest North
American pos
session of the U.
S. jm1periGISts,
Capt. G eOrg e
Wilkins is pre-
pairing to fly
0Ver the North
P e. H e is
SbO1On at right
GboVe 2Oith t1Oo
mechanics Who
are inspecting
t h 6 p ! a n e .
Flights of this
kind are a COM
mon method By
a0hicb the I'M
perjGIists hope
to he e p the
masses "Gir-con-
Scious."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07

them better fighters in the labor movement The In
ternatonal Labor Defense is taking of the ship
ment of these books because prison regulations prevent
direct shipment from individuals 1t has arranged with
number of publishers to ship books requested by la
Dor prisoners. Remember your comrades in prison.
Send your donation today on the book blank below
April the Deenderthe only labor
pctorial-for letters from Tom Mooney, Billings,
Joe Neil and others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
Whipping Post Praised

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-Judge
Joseph Burlington of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals yes
terday suggested return nationally
to the whipping post as means of
breaking up the crime wave. 81 am
not" he declared, $50 interested in
what causes the crime wave as in
steps that may be taken to stop it."
He praised the effect Of the Della
ware whipping post.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07

by Worker Correspondent
CHESTER, Pa, (By MaiD. -
The militant workers of Chester
are DESTROYS that The DAILY
WORKER, their paper, should
continue to be printed.
At a meeting held yesterday,
March 25th, voluntary collection
of fifty dollars was raised to be
added to the already growing fund
to defend the workers paper.
$.