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Evening star., 1928-05-06

Of the house at the foot OF the short
flieht of dirty steps that led To the side
walk. The boys of the district Swarmeo
the street, playing base ball in the mid
ole of the road, roller skating, smoking,
committing ali manner Of devilment.
Base balls whizzed around the infants
6cfenSeleSS head Her eyes grew quick
ana wary She developed a genius for
lodging an oncoming bail. as sea-
Soned soldier senses the approach of
she'll
In this environment too. she learned
10 talk surprisingly early. She had a
fluent. il somewhat mintellicihe. vo-
carularv that. had one been able TO
translate Il. would have been found TO
hs made m OF odds and ends Of gutter
iavqcu, the language of base ball and
The street gossip bstveeu SlatiernlY
women in SimonoS snd rundown slip
pcrS
S,rh had h>en the carly environment
vi Bobby Comet and Of BeSs. her older
SISTER. now married and Of Mart, her
brother By the time Of Din's bclated
arrival tn Comets had moved by slow
degrees from the West Side near the
river to the West Side near the park
This West Sixtv-SiXth street fiat repre-
Sente6 climax in dNcent comfort. That
Is. lGF HStIN GpFtlEI SIiu Mis-, S1tAfS"e
Bobnv designated il as dump, The
rental paid was $40 a month. Henry
Comet. foreman in a factory. earned
81. 500 year Mart the SON who at %
earned more than his father at 81, paid
his weekly board and made no COM
m>nt. being silent Young man who
went his own way BeSS, now married
ana the mother Of two livcd in New
Jersey III Bobbv's eyes her married
sister represented failure.
BeSs had liked pretty clothes had
owned them before her marriage. Yet
now she regarded Bobby'S finery with a
sort of wonder, as though she had for
gotten that money could freely be spent
for Such things. Strangely enough, there
was little OF envy in her face and voice
IS Bobby Haunted some wiSp OF 2eor-
grtte or satin. a new hat. an absurd
pair Of slippers. My" she would say.
iuSJ shade Of wistfulness tineeins her
tone "r'n bet that took a bite out Of
your paw. all right" Sometimes Bobby,
i'll burst Of generosity, would thrust
some piece Of finery into her hand.
Here. take this 1t don't look very good
OH me. anyway l liked if when
bought il. butt don't now"
Me- Where'd / wear it? Cooking"
"Lookit her!" Miss Bobby Comet
would say Scornfully TO her mother after
one of BeSs rare and hurried visits tn
ihe parental fat Two sQualling kids
and not ~ yet And did you see that
dress! don't see how she can let her
self 20 like that"
AN expression saddened Mrs. Comets
plump face. she did look pretty
fierce. poor kid. She used TO be so
dressy. too, Bess did Wasn't girl in
the block could touch her for style.
time We lived over in Sixty-ninth.
don't know suppose"
Bobhy's mouth drew itself into hard
line. mo sense in letting herself 60
like that just because she's married.
Fred earns good money. She looked
sketch"
Al which Mrs Comet riqht-about-
faced in quick defense o! her frst-born.
is that SO? Lookit the way shes
bringing UP those kids Her money
goes into good spinach and broth for
them. instead of everything on her back.
You have a fat to take care Of and two
YOUNG ones and you'd soon see how
much time you'd have for style"
Evening star., 1928-05-06

class drabness, ehiI1-bearins, penny
counting
Eos that Mrs. Henry Comet vas
Ayz1e9e Not she. True. she vas
morning glattern. careless ~ 10 hair
ard apron and shoes But in the after
y,oor YOU we're likely 70 see her on her
sgav to The Il" station and her shop
ming in the gsyer shades of beaded
srepe ard In taffeta hat and strapped
pumps and beige stockings discarded
ss TOO faded by her daughter.
There vas nothing pathetic about
Mra. Henry Comet seen from me sur
face
between the two-~B4other and daugi7-
tey--.ezisteS unknown - either. = GER
tain ennlity. Neither would have feeog-
rived ~ Acknowledged IL. But 10 Bobby
ssls middle aged. uni0yely woman rep
resented the thing she must not Of
senns And bo the middle aged, un-
ls,veiy aouszn Bobby Was the creature
she would never again ~. ~ wnen
pc,ytyv ssic. almost YeB0niolAsly. Believe
me. they'll never get nnf toat way"
there spfsng up IN MA Comet a re"
sentiment mingled with protective
maternal fer .,-
yn3u wake 10 some dsH. young lady,
g."
There wa another phrase ~ &hifh
MIA E<ykyl,y Comet NsE f0nG ~ ran
sskf care os n1yssli 4 D0fky saying
- ti1is giri uttered T.. snd one ti1st NeY1'
fstho1as deeper than rs mere surface
meaning would suggest.
TO comprehend its tut igrifcsnce
ore should De allowed glimpse OF Mias
p0kl9v Comet between the ages of ~
na0ntlls ard 10 years. A. 10 months she
gs6 peer known a. Barbara. name
80 lsteY regarded ~ lacking m chle.
and for Nnich she had sHoetltu90 lpe
g1nTs dssblnz y4cknanle Wnen EG1si'y
vas Esrosgs stga is months 90 she isd
g4a12n " take care Of herself A. inst
time tGe Comets haf lived on West
siltv-nlnin street near the riHff Their
pfetent abode On Wegl Sixty sixth Nas
ors Of slegsnes and sf1Denee compared
t0 tglst
.
MRS COMET hso no oplf ~ iaks
1F' tns infant olit for sn airing in ne
Ealnkhsekle olc peFsmbglsIo1 thsi mad
RisAsdv Fnnf fegnje 6gfy Eo EsFbafE
Evening star., 1928-05-06

Me? Not 2 chance lady. They'll
never get me that way"
Going 10 marry millionaire, sup
pose soons you get time
Il might, at that
Il heard they're tearing each others
coats of trying 10 get beauties like you
TO take EN-
"Yeh7 Well. marriage isn't every
thing. you know"
A steely look narrowed Mrs Comets
fine eyes 'L0oka here. young lady
Don't you go trying 10 pull any OF that
smart stuff or I'll have your father give
you the whaling ot your life, old as you
are. and don't you forget 1T And Martll
have something 10 say, too don't
want no Tiernan talk around this flat,
and Just get thst into your head. viii.
you7-~if tbeFe's any room In II for any
thing besides clothes and paint and
powder and dates
BY Tietnan talk MRS. Comet referred
~ the widow. Mrs Tiernsn. Who lived
In The fiat ned door Her daughter
came IN see hfr every week or two A
strangely luxurious figure she made As
she flashed INTO this block of chesp
fats laundries. bootblsck establish.
BaeniK garages. riding STABLES deIiestes.
sens basement groceries. She came IN a
arest. silent motor car From heels ~
chin she was ewsthed In mink Cut.
steel buckles glitlered A. her lnsieps a
tiny, besdy-eyef doa p0ked llk quivernq
nose just outside the furFeo curve ~ hel
elbop Even Bobby could never hope
successfully 70 initiate such apparel ss
this 0ne wore,
she sure married something elegant.
Mrs Tifrnan would explsin after these
visits Hes big hug IN Wall Street
and makes money hand over fai and
gives her anything she lays an rye on
Married grand my Ellen EleanGrs
To si1lA statement Mrs Comet did noi
even pay the doubtful compliment Of a
c0utemptuCuE reply.
Evening star., 1928-05-06

THERE @ss about the WIDOW Tier
mans mouth loose look that ae-
counted largely. perhaps. f0r Ellen
ElesB0res befaffed state no such lo9k
D1sned The feat,nes 0f Mrs Henry
Comet Whjen NsE. doubtless one rha~
ron why Bobby sent n1inklesk Rot thst
Miss Febby Comfi was 4 Puritan miss
She perhsns. kneN eAsatlv ahaf she
n0esnt shfn she SAID 4 ran take care
~ myself Certainly MFs Comet ard
Evening star., 1928-05-06

iives. One could Just catch the plain"
rive interrogation Of the feminine voice
st the other end Of the wire, Always
the rising infection. The pleading note.
II was met by MArts frm negation:
Mo. can't tonight no I'm
pretty busy this week. NO, you
better not. I'll give YOU ring.
maybe Iater'n in the week. : No,
I tell you amt Wen, can
help that. . No. ! might go QUA
town Sunday Hun? No,
Sometimes there was wruns from Ma
Comet, out Of sheer sympathy for inc
unseen feminine pleaders. an Objection
IN behalf Of her sex.
Mart Comet don't see how you can
talk 30 10 those girls over the phone
I've good notion To tell 'em. next time
they call you that they're fools 10 waste
Their time over bum Ike You
'Wiaht you would.
Time ! was girl they didn't go
chasing the feilas like that. Telephon-
ing ell the time. the silly things.
Time you were a girl, you never
heard Of Il telephone
Well. and If we had Of Mr. smarty,
We wouldn't of used 1t crying ana slop~
ping over no felia~-least of al. no fella
like you"
VET she admired this son nf hers,
and loved him and was secretly
afstiiIed ~ his indifference 20 feminine
/ Wiles. She knew that he would marry
4 some day. suddenly and without prelim-
mary announcement She dreaded that
day yet l0naed for H. never spoke of
( II Mart was never h0ms In the eve-
( ming None of the family knew where
{ he went
Mihs Bobby Comet. too, mysterionsly
disappeared almost every evening She
/ rarely was called for. though sometimes
. yellow taxi waited. painting for her
/ ia the street Its occupant, having fllne
/ The bell did not come mp n Was unbc-
iieyable that Mrs Comet, lower middle
class American mother, thus allowed
( her daughter nightly 10 fare forth
That she should do 80 was typical of
her ciahk
Bobby, like Mart. ale and slept ai
home But unlike him. she sometimes
STAYED home evenings ON thsse syev
ninRs she Wss given IN washing her
haif inaHiclfing doing odds and ends
of septnR and refufbishing ~ hnerg,
Evening star., 1928-05-06

MRS cONET hso no t'naf " iaks
AFa M infant out for 80 airing in me
EaEalKhsekje olc peFsinDglsp01 thsi nae
already Gene 6cgnle duty ~ EsFbafk
n ker h8gep nac beer risted IN ffont
Evening star., 1928-05-06

VUST as wild animals on land who
have never seen man are easT
to approach. SO the Ash down
u on the oceans floor are not ths
- -. Il
Evening star., 1928-05-06
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
LORETTAMADE
LONG TRIP
FOR GOWN

Womankind is supposed to be
chiefly interested in trying on new
gowns, but somehow tbs doesn't
seem to work. For instance, Lor.
eta Young, newest discovery" of
the SCR en-. holds that the hardest
work about screen acting is the
interminable trying on and fitting
of costumes.
Mss YOUNG Travelled more than
200 miles just to have gown fit
ted during tho making of Laugh,
Clown, Laugh !" Lon Chaney's SEN
sational new starring vehicle, in
which she pays the heroine, and
which is now playing it's second
week at Loew's Columbia.
The actress was on a days va
cation during the filming of the
big Herbert Brenon production,
and drove to La Jolla, a hundred
miles away from the Metro-Gold-
wyn- Maye studios, for a rest.
That day Director Brenon decided
that he wanted to see a costume
which had not yet been fitted, and
so Miss Young had to drive back,
a 200.mile trip just for fitting.
The new picture Is a vivid film.
ization of the famous stage play
of David BeIasco and has we'll
known cast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
HOPPER BEGAN
ACTING In
1878

lnost fifty years Of acting and
gtill amusing people. De WolIa
Hopper played his first role IN
1878 in an amateur performances
81 conscience. and became
nfar il 1890. In "Castles in the
ARR and since that time he has
played In countless number oI
plays and has become national
Institution. He comes TO Poll =
Tileater Monday. May n; with
his comic opera company for
limited season of light opera.
The opening attraction will be
ssThe Mikado.
Mr.. Hooper was born in New
York, March so. 1858. His family,
both the Hoppers and Devious,
were famous and wealthy resi-
dents Of the State Of Rhode Island
long before the Revolution and
though Young DeWolf was to
have studied law like his father,
he managed to become an actor
Instead. He has never regretted
his choice
Fifty years OF acting is a long
time. and Mr.. Hooper looks back
over a long and honorable list OF
plays undecided which role he
loved the best, though Ko-Ko In
The MikadOs has first call on
his affections.
Some Of his favorites We're:
.sCastIes in the Air. Z Wang,
PaniandruTr1. . DIR. Syntax" and
ssEl CAPTAIN If you are under
thirty you had better ask your
father about these plays. he'll re-
member. and tell you those were
the days when they had plays
that were plays, and comedians
like DeWo1f Hopper Then you
Can remind him that DeWOh
Hopper Is still the foremost come
dian
III was before this century that
Mr.. Hooper. upon the occasion
Of his farewell to the McCaull
Company. first introduced the
entr acte speech to the audience.
feature of his first land most Of
his following stellar appearances
which has now become regular
part or most performances OF
musical farce. The establishment
Of pleasant intimacy between the
stage and the audience. upon
which the success of an i'm.
promptu address depends, Is the
reason for Mr.. Hooper's projac-
ton of his personality into the
abstract atmosphere of what
comedians call their art. But the
audience liked it and Mr.. Hopper
has continued it all these years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
IRENE WRITES
MOST OF HER
SONGS

Irene Franklin. 1.-THE American
Coincidence, who has recently
returned from a triumphant Lon.
don engagement, and who VIII
appear at the Fox this week In
cycEe of some of her own IA
vorites and a batch of new melo-
dies is the only actress on the
American vaudeville stage who
actually writes all her songs.
Her husband, Jerry Jarnagin.
who is appearing with her in this
extraordinary engagement ana
who accompanies ner on the
piano provides the lifting tunes.
II have tried to make each
song tell a story that is human,
a happening that might well come
into the life OF anyone OF US, 9
story that is human without ex-
aggeration and one that is hu-
morous," said Miss Franklin re-
Gently. Il don't try to sing
them ! try to act them, endeav-
oring to make of each a character
that you know"
America turns out the best
popular melodies and the worst
lyrics. My greatest hit during
the London engagement was u
burlesque OF You Took Me
From the Gutter But You Put
Me Back Again." and was an
earnest effort on my part 70
make some people see the crude
ness and bad taste Of the average
ballad that we bear nowadays.
In her local Fox engagement,
Miss Franklin will present this
and some new songs, including
some of her OId.tine favorites.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
JAPDIN LIDO
OPENS LATE
TN MAY

Outdoor amusem int lovers are
anxiously awaiting the opening
Of Jardin Lido. the Arlington Ho-
tel roof garden, scheduled on or
about May rs.
The same popular priced policy
which prevailed last season, the
same enticing dance music and
tempting food se-ved efficiently
and courteously. are in Jardin
Lido's amusement deck.
There will be numerous spe-
cialty nights. as before, with the
atrical night--the big. entertain
n1ent for visiting stage stars-the
fun peak for the week
A Lido band furnished music
for the senior and Junior German
prom at the University of Mary
land last night. The jacob So
ciety ball in the National Press
Club ballroom toT.ight also is a
Lido band affair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12

Galsworthy has VRgitten many
fine plays. Eighteen kof the rs
have been produced in America.
Winthrop Ames presented four
OF thexe, which included "old
English" in which George Arliss
starred for three years. Loyal
ties, . Justice, Strife, and
,.The Skin Came are among
6Salsworthy's best known dramas,
while his novel. The Forsythe
Saga" ranks as one OF the great
stories in the English language.
The story of Escape" tells of
the exciting and absorbing adj
ventures Of Matt Denant. who,
having been sent to prison for a
muir icr of which he is not di-
rectly guilty. chafes under his
confinement and makes an at
tempt to escape. He is traced.
bounded and almost caught when
he evades his pursuers and hides
in village church. Here. in one
of the strongest scenes in mod
ern drama, the parson Is faced
with the problem of where his
duty lies.
Leslie Howard was born In
London. but like other English
actors of note, has made the
greater part of his career in
America. He first came here to
play in Just Suppose" and has
been seen in many productions.
including THE Green Hat" with
Katherine Cornell: Her Card
board Lover" with Jeanne Eagels
and his own play. Murray HILL"
Frieda Inescort. the leading wom-
an. has played important roles
in such plays as Philip Barry's
you and l." "Simon Called
Peter" Galsworthy's "Founda-
tons" and the all-star revival OF
.Trelawny of the Well.
Winthrop Ames probably has
produced more notable plays than
any other producer in America.
From Bernard Shaw to- Shakes
peare. from Galsworthy to Gilbert
and Sullivan runs his range.
This season he staged 1.-THE Mer'
chant of Venice" in which George
= Arliss is starring.
Escape" viii be acted here by
all the players who impressed
New York. including Henrietta
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12

YOH can locate the rooms you want
furnished ar nFnished-thF0nGh the
classified rental columns In tOday's
Times and Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
Gilda on Nautch

Is the nautch naughty dance?
Or is the nautch rhythmic move
ment of the body. artistically
done. and therefore classed as
an art? The answer, according
to Gilda Gray. who does the
dance in The Devil Dancer
now at Loew's Palace, is that it
is an art and not Il wanton wriS
gle, as some who have not seen
it may he inclined to believe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
Ions Fan Mail

Lon Clancy gets more ian
mail than any two other actors
on the screen. Strange as it may
seem most of it comes from
women. Flappers say they adore
him and older women say he is
the most interesting man on the
screen. He is now in Laugh,
Clown. Laugh at Loew's Column
bia.
Toto" the last Of the great
clowns. visited the lot when Lon
Chaney's latest production,
Laugh, Clown, Laugh" was be-
ing made. The picture is now
playing the second week at Loew's
Columbia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
TENDERLOIN IS
BOTH HEARD
AND SEEN

Eighteen months ago a prophecy
was made BY an audience as
sembied in this thsAter to hear the
initial presentation Of the Vita,
phone, that yitaphone would
thrill the world. How well that
prophecy has been fulfilled is in
dicated by its subsequent success.
For the first time in motion pic
ture history Vitaphone brought to
the screen the strains of synt
pilony orchestra Of l07 concert
musicians under the leadership of
a celebrated conductor-conlpose
TO accompany a feature picture
Vitaphone also brought 10 the
screen for the first time the voices
of the foremost artists of the
grand opera. concert. vaudeville
and musical comedy stages.
And now. after only Is brief
months from the first inception If
the talking picture, comes Warner
Bros. latest development IF the
audio- vision drama. Dolores Cos
tello in "Tenderloin' with Conrad
Nagel.
"Tenderloin, which is this
weeks screen attraction at the
Metropolitan. inaugurates he in
PRODUCTION of dialogue OH the
screen& During the action Of the
story when the emotional inten-
sity of the scenes cry for vocal
expression. the artists will now
for the first time in the history of
the screen be able to give v,ice to
their emotions.
When Dolores Costello admits
her affection for Conrad NaGsl
during the story. the audience will
hear as well as see her sentiments.
Dialogue is also used in ali other
scenes where the desired effect
may be enhanced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12

Goodwin. Ruth Vivian, Lois
Heatherley. Viva Tattersan. Cy-
rene Smith. Geraldine Kay. Law
renee Hanray, Austin Trevor.
Alan Trotter, Edgar IS. Kent.
ST. Clair Bayfield,. r. Cecil But.
Ter, and J. r. Wilson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
Youthful Conner"

Loretta Young. 1c-year.old dis
covery1 plays her first important
screen role in Lon chaney's
Laugh, Clown. Laugh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
London Actor Makes
Big Hit In America

Following its year in London and its season IN New ork
CITY Winthrop Ames production Of John Galsworthy
Escape with Leslie Howard in the leading role VIII be
seen in Belasco Theater the week beginning
Monday nioht No one will seated during the prologue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-12
Elephant In Cast

Ruth" a ten-ton elephant, IL
the largest member OF the cast
in Lon Chaney's Laugh, Clown.
Laugh" now playing the second
week at Loew's Columbia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-20
The Insanity Plea.
(New York Times )

In making public the report of the subcom- mittee the medical aspects of crime MT New ton D.. Baker Chairman of the National Crime Commission calls attention to the high stand ing Of the members, who have been working under the direction of Dr. Frankwood Williams, and to the fact that the report was submitted before publication to two jurists well quallhed to pass it, Judge Oscar Hallam and Dean Justin Miller of the Law School Of the unl- versity of Southern California. It was important to have the approval of legal experts, for the recommendation of the committee involves dras- tic changes in legal procedure.
 The facts which dealt with have not been altogether unconsidered, either by the public CT by State Legislatures It has happened so often that an accused person has been acquitted by jury on plea of insanity that general indignation has been aroused. The committee refers to the trial of George Remus in Cincin- natl as a recent example To entrust the decision as to a persons mental state to jury is to make the question of insanity the main issue of trial. Mental experts often give conflict ing opinions, and the twelve laymen who must determine the matter unable to distinguish between them If they sympathetic with the accused swayed by an eloquent plea, or re- luctant to bring in verdict that means death or long sentence they lean back on the con- tradetory statements of two specialists and give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt by an ac- quittal.
 The resentment at such acquittals when the evidence seems to warrant conviction has had practical form in two States Colorado and Massachusetts have taken the decision in- sanity from the jury and placed it in the hands of disinterested experts. The results appear to bear out the contention of the committee that the question of mental responsibility should be disposed of before the is submitted to a jury. Since 1921 when the change was made in Massachusetts, there has been average of less than year in which the defense of person accused of capital crime has em- ployed alienists The insanity plea as last re- sort is impossible when the accused is examined before the trial by the State Department of Mental Diseases and its report is admitted as evidence of his mental condition
 It is reasonable to suppose that under the committees plan the public would receive greater protection from the crminally insane than it now does. If the findings of disinterested experts | indicate that prisoner is incurably anti-socia
 he should be cared for permanently in suitable institution Instead of releasing prisoners ac- quilted by jury admittedly unqualified to pass lon questions of mental responsibility, it would
 be possible to attempt their rehabilitation and either release them parole keep them where
 they could no longer injure the community.