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The Washington times., 1928-06-01

Holbrook Blinn has been elected
president Of the Actors Fidelity
League On 4 regular ticket Other
officers named were George ~.
Conan and Louis Mann. first and
second vice presidents Howard
Kyle. secretary; Edward
Mackay. treasurer. They WIN
hold offices for one year. Those
elected directors for three years
are Margaret Anglin. Alma Clay.
burgh, Mrs. Cobu1.n, William Col. {
Iier, Charles Hopkins. Eileen
Huban. Wilson Reynolds. Thomas
e. Shea Otis Skinner, Blanche
Talbot. Charlotte Titteli Munroe.
Miss Judith Anderson will re-
place Lynn Fontanne as Nina
Leeds In Strange Interlude' July
.. This means that Miss Fon.
tame has another month Of play.
ing the role. after which she will
take short European vacation
with her husband. Alfred Isunt
They will sail July and return
late Iii August for rehearsals in
The Guardsman" and Arms and
the Man. in which they will APP
pear on tour the early part OF
next season. When Miss Fontanne
relinquishes the role In Strange
Interlude" she will have played
1t solid six months.
Casting for ''Tampico.' Bart.
lett Cormack's dramatization OF
Joseph Hergesheimer's novel OF
the same name begins today. the
office of A. L. Jones and Morris
Green announces. The producers
will hold the piece in reserve until
August for q try-out. II its re-
ception out of town warrants 1t
the play will be brought to
Broadway in September.
Present plans call for A. H.
Woods production of "A Man
With Red Hair" the dramatiza-
ton of Hugh Walpole's novel. to
open In Chicago on June 10, at
the Adelphi. It's first perform
ance takes place at Great Neck
on the 7th.
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
3 LEADERS FOR
PHIL ABEL HIA
CONCERTS

r. Arthur Smith, washington
manager for the Philadelphia Or
chestra, announces the dates OF
the 1928-29 washington season OF
the orchestra AZ follows: Novenl-
Der 10, December IL. January %,
February IL and March 26--five
Tuesday afternoons, at the Wash
ington Auditorium.
The announcement also Is made
that the conductors for these five
concerts win be Leopold Stokow-
ski, Ossip Gabrilowitsc and sir
Thomas Beechanl.
In. view OF the condition of his
health. Mr. Stokowslxi and HIS,
physician feel that it would be
unwise for. him to conduct
throughout the entire season, as
has heretofore been his practice.
In the circumstance, the associa-
ton has arranged with Mr.. Eto-
kOwski to conduct the first Wash
ington concert on November 10.
Mr.. Gabrilowitsch will conduct
the concerts of December IL and
January %. and Sir Thomas
Beecham returns to the city for
the concerts Of February IL and
March rs.
The Washington times., 1928-06-01

The mail to this desk from
Australia was heavy yesterday.
Two letters with photographic in
closures from DIR. Suffers talented
dan ghter, Ann. She has just con-
quered Australia and is now on
the way for appearances in the
music halls of Africa. These con-
tracts fulfilled, she will have APP
peared before all the English
speaking audiences in the theater
orld.
/ like the enterprise OF this
little Washington girl. whom, I
have never met although | have
admired her since the days when
she started bright career at Mr..
Frylawski's Cosmos Theater, on
Pennsylvania Avenue. Ann keeps
the dramatic desks supplied with
information of her triumphs and,
to tell the truth. does a much
better job oH 1t than most of the
professional press agents. Her
pictures l am saving for doting
uncle, who happens to work in an
other department OF The Washing
ton Times.
Also in the mail from ST. Louis
a letter from Betty Grace Tucker,
a Washington girl, who has signed
up as principal for a musical stock
season with the Garden Theater
Players in that city. Leon Enrol
is the star of the troupe and the
first show will be a revival of the
erstwhiIe Ziegfeld production.
sally" Summer over, Miss
Tucker joins the new Eddie BOWL
ing show, "Springtime." also as
principal. Emphasis on the word
principal" because Betty Grace
began her stage career as a hum
BILE chorister with Earl Carroll.
This word "whoopee" is begin
ming to deluge the miniature
mountain of publicity matter
which this department scans now
and then for a stray item of in
terest. o. o. Mcintyre also uses
it so it must be respectable. Re-
search discloses it comes from
the Walter Winchell Broadway
dictionary. 1t Is slang for what
they call on the Main Stem any
kind of a gala occasion from 81
night club orgy with, giggle water
to an apartment rendezvous.
hope 1t is shorter lived than And
How"
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
Pc nj BE r TON S
DANCERS IN
RECITAL

stafford Pemberton and the
pemherton Dancers will present
their seventh annual dance re-.
rital at the Wardman Park Thea
ter. Tuesday June They viii
Sc seen ii 4 program Of what =
claimed TO be the very last word
ii dancing, Among the features
to be presented will be min;
nette ballet. 4 dasl1ing and color.
ful number entitled A Night In
spain, and an exquisite work Of
terpsichore considered BY Mr..
Pemberton to be one 81 the finest
things he has created to date.
entitled. Love and ssprfngtine
ME-. Penberton will be assisted
III this BY group Of his. most
beautiful and talented pupils Solo
dances viii be given By the vari.
0tis members Of the school The
costumes and settings promise a
revelation Of color and beauty.
Seeks Magnolia
FL spite Of two weeks intensive
$50 ,ss,f. ~ g1s4<t4, + esyo = .sf1S1r1fc
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
SHOWDOWN IS
WELL OILED
FILM

. Special oil-drilling machinery.
from one Of the most extensively
operated oil fields in California.
was purchased and transported.
piece by piece to the Paramount
ranch. 80 miles from Hollywood
for scenes in George Bancroft's
first starring picture. '"The Show
down" now showing at the Metro.
pOlitan Theater.
A derrick which had been used
in drilling a well that afterwards
flowed several thousand barrels
day was part of the equipment.
The entire apparatus was erected
on the ranch of $500 acres and
drilling actually carried on under
the supervision of engineers.
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
|NHENFE,A T'OREIS|
|SHOWN0NSCREEN

PALACE Ramon Navarro in
Across TO Singapore. At 11:25
q. nj. 3. 4:05. 5:45. 7:50 and 9:56
n m.
RILATO- Charles Ray and
James Gleason III THE Count Of
Ten. AT Il:4O i. M. 1886 $40.
s:s5, TAO and 9:46 p m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ban.
croft and Evelyn Brent in The
Showdown, AT I1:45 a. M, 1855.
s:35 5:35. Tbs ana $40 b. m.
COLUMRlA--Dolore Del Rio
In Ramona. At 1870 a. M. r..
Q. 1. 5:45. 7:45 and 9:4s p. m
EARl.E-BiIlie Dove III The
yellow Lily. AT 1000 81. M.
1888. 2:4S. 4:49 TAG ana 9s5S p. m.
FDX---May McAvoy and Conrad
Nagel III IF Were Single. AZ
1880. z:45. 4:45, and 10 p. m.
: g ~
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
SUMMER seal E
OF PRICES
AT RIAL TO

Manager Frank steffy, Of the
Rialto Theatcrs announces that
beginning Saturday new summer
prices WIN prevail At the box u.
flee. From Il a. m. until s p. n.
the charge for any seat II the
theater win be rs cents, After :
B. n. IS cents Is the top charge.
mr.. steffy states that HI offer
ing popular prices during the sums
rler months will In no way mean
I curtailment iii the standard of
presenting the highest class Of oh.
tainahle first.run pictures and
other features.
The Washington times., 1928-06-01

y
Izetta Jewell IA name she win
always retain in the theater col
umns) has had distinguished ca.
reer since she left the stage after
hek marriage to Congressman
Brown Of West Virginia. His
death left her with a comfortable
fortune and vast estate In West
Virginia, and she became active
as a suffragist. and then as
practical Democratic politician. 1t
was her privilege to make the sec.
onding speech when John w
Davis was nominated TO carry the
standard in the 1924 Presidential
race. Later she was named the
Democratic candidate for the
United States Senate In West Vir-
ginia, and made creditable show
ing in the election.
Last year she married d former
dean of the George Washington
University department Of engineer
ing. OF late she has manifested
d continued interest in affairs Of
the fIleater by directing q series
OF radio plays presented in one Of
the big wireless hook-ups. Her
interest in Christian Science be.
gan some years ago. and has re-
suited IN her present appointment.
She brings as great asset to the
lecture stage, speaking voice
which charmed theater-goers Of
another day.
M
One OF Washington's venerable
greybeards. STEPPED in the tradi-
tons and snperstitions OF the
show world was wagging his head
orninously yesterday. IT seems
that the Fox Theater marquee
was undergoing change from
white lights to green ones. Green
Is an unluclxy color in the thea
ter. quoth he, and then pro-
ceeded 10 tell why must rely.
upon Managing Director =. u.
stebbins To tell me whether he IS.
right.
Matinee girls are hereby advised
that Mr.. Glenn Hunter has made
reservations for a Saturday party
at the National performance of
The Poor Nut" Glenn is the
original Merton Of the Movies
and his mere presence - said to
make certain juvenile hearts pit
ter.patter little faster,
IL
The Washington times., 1928-06-01

caharets. night clubs and -ocial
gatherings, Harry Pollard, the
director. ii still undecided who
/ viii play Magnolia and Ravenar
/ ii, UniversaI's screen production
Of show Boat Over 50 tests
have already been made.
The Washington times., 1928-06-01

There yet many heaterwise folks who contend
Izeta Jewell was the most popular leading that
trod the stage of Washington Theater has been
since she the repertoire Polls
Theater Of company sponsored by James Thatcher a.
III. Van Buren, was the leading man.
More than ordinarily interesting then is the
that Mrs Izea Jewell Miller appointed to the board
Of lectureshp of the Christian Science (Paren1 Church
will her first tour here Sunday with lecture at
Masonic Temple It is the former actress high in the
councils of important branch Of Mary Baker Eddy's
follcwerS
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
New Star Begins

vonceil Viking, the courageous
young blonde. who established a
record by being the first woman
to cross the continent on horse
back, will start her first picture
at Universal City week. Picture
patrons will recall her personal
appearance on the Rialto stage
when she passed through this city
on her hazardous ride.
The Washington times., 1928-06-01
Erie Canal Picture

Mary Philbin will play the title
role in 1.-THE Girl on the Barge"
by Rupert Hughes. Edward Slo.
man. who made I'VE Americans"
will direct. and the director and
his star will make many of the
scenes of this Universal picture
on the Erie Canal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
EMPTY NORTH
BY Dr. Frank Crane

the striking passages Of that ancient collection
Of literature the Bible is HE hangeth the North
empty place" It is found IN the Book OF job
queer part that automatically the North Is
somewhat place Tor yourself
that there not many stars in that direction.
flight the Pole short time He discovered again what
had already discovered that when to the North
Pole you find nothing there-just frozen emptiness
Think all these that have dreamed of getting
the North Pole and ven for it and died for it What does
it to- after all?
simply make, impossible line to
toe but all those ancfu dreams Of Sm Hole and the ike
shout there being undiscovered country there are pure
fiction.
and IN the tropics.
The will probably in the future when the route
North will be found the direct and the
aircraft America but it is doubtful
whether the polar regions ever be made suitable for human
habitation.
The requisite any kind. it.
heat polar regions
keep although there to be plenty of fish in the way
Of diet.
General Mobiles discoveries we'll Others reveal
North added the the
the mountain deal of the universe
in the habitabe
We cannot live in the and life difficult the high
mountain ranges
Considering how the universe many Of the
stars simply blazing balls Of fire utterly uninhabtabe by
any form Of fe and how gigantic the between
stellar bodies and what planet
habtsb philosophy of life uncousciousy
Importance Of mankind and adds meaning the exclama
ton:
consider Thy heavens the moon and the stars which
Thou hast ordained what that Thou of him
and the of that Thou visitest him -
Copyright Mcclure
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
SE rs OF
HI TH

by lgEs ~ A ~ kAeeu~ i
xyouR precautions with respect
to the house nv should sm.
brace not only the measures aug
gested III my article Of yester.
day. but others based upon facts
and measures as follows:
Human excrefa sometimes con
tains living germs of disease or
the EGGS 81 parasitic worms.
1ouss flies are attracted to
human faeces II they are exposed
and swallow disease. germs or
eggs of worms
The flies are also attracted to
Ill forms Of human food, espa-
cialiy bread. cheese, milk and
sugar. and may pass direct from
faces 10 food. Disease germs
and eggs may pass through the
ny unchanged, and the fly all.
ways reeurgitates its liquid ex-.
erenaent directly upon food on
upon eating and drinking vessels.
Therefore the house fly can be
4 carrier of diseases and d grave
menace 70 health: Among other
diseases that the fly may carry
terry, smallpox, swine fever. an
tI1rax. summer diarrhoaa OF babies
and parasitic worms. Large num-
from drinking fly-contaminated
milk.
House flies can be killed with
for.malin BY putting down saucers
containing milk and water to-
which Il little f0rmaIin, one part
Ii twenty, has been added. The
saucerH should stand on b high
shelf. and the flies will die as
soon an they drink Ill
Leather. wire, horsehair or
palm leaf whislxs, Or wire screen
material mounted on a handle.
should be freely used by the
energetic ais fly swatters.,
a good sunlight trap" is made
by shutting and darkening all
the windows and doors except
one The flies flock to the one
light window and IL It is freely
busted with any OF several pow.
ders they will die.
Plenty of sticky fly papers and
tapes are on sale. A baited wire
may be prepared at home by
painting the following mixture on,
wires about g yard long with =
hand hold implanted at one end
and hook ait the other: Castor
oil, four liquid ounces: crushed
resin, nine and half ounces,
Another effective mixture is: Lin
seed oil, four liquid ounces;
crushed resin. seven and 4 half
ounces. The oil Is first heated
and then the resin stirred in. The
wire is hung from the hooked
top. When ii Ii covered with
flies It IS passed through q flame
to clear 1t Of the mixture and
corpses. 1t can then be reprinted.
The improved formalin trap is
a necked glass bottle-the ordi
nary milk bottle is best-fitted
with a perforated cap of blotting
paper, Two strips OF the plotting
paper are first immersed in a
LIQUID mixture made with half a
pint OF lime water, q tablespoonful
Of formalin and q dessertsp spoonful
Of sugar. made up with q pint Of
water. They are then hung down
inside the bottle. The formalin
AAlegs bIlG. Aly a. SUUIl kS ~ $50
In the hottie. The japanese clock
work flytraps are also good.
IL you will observe these pre-
cautions and tell your neighbore
about IL. get them 10 do 1t, and
then get them To do the same
with their neighbors on the other
side, and % on, you will pretty
nearly eliminate the NY inenAee
from your locality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17

y it
IT'S terrible shock to wake
up every other morning, these
days, and discover that what
you've been priding yourself on
az virtue was nothing but the
hangover from q mid Victorian
complex.
All modern men seem TO be
divided into two classes alahads
and Don Juans. Great lovers,
like Lancelot, Abelard and Marc
Antony. who were neither woman
haters nor won1an.chasers are to
be found only IN history and the
movies.
These smalI.time lovers don't
park on any one woman's door
step long enough to set q ticket.
It's kiss as you 60 and 20 last.
In the average mans imagiaa-
ton, wcnan's chief indoor sport II
sitting at home, waiting to for.
give him.
Al woman seldom has time to
join Don't Worry Club, unless
she has a Woodworking husband
somewhere downtown to do the
worrying for her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17

Most Of these ideally happy old
couples who have lived to cele-
brate their golden weddings never
borrowed each others cigarettes,
took turns driving the car or
were partners in d bridge game.
Nothing so quickly gives man
that siclxish feeling" As to dis
cover that a girl is waiting TO be
kissed when he has spent hours
trying to find the most effective
way to win her"
Now that women have gotten
used to the blast of a motor horn
as ''the call Of love" 1t won't be
long before Wen be listening
eagerly for the explosion Of
bomb from an airplane as the
tender signal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
Some One Must Pay
Dor I Nag ths LittIs FsIlow

CEAToR CAPpER u Kansas thinks ho RspubIiuan party
- should spend sas than sSoOOOoO nobody b allowed 70
give more than 81 600
The campaign funds must Be Big enough both sides
pay legitimate campaign expenses and $3OO00O0 won't do ii
To tell that he cant contribute than thou
sand dollars to what he believes good government
whether Democratic Republican unnecessary
big contributing $4,000 apiece more would not feel IT.
Why badger Of thousands little men, including Govern
ment employees, TO get few dollars out Of them7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
By Elsie Robinson

human hands are apt to be. But
Il il real. And through u beats
the hot and restless tides Of our
common life,
Here, II you will have u, = 9
mart Of the pap>s which you will
not forget when you have read
the stock quotations and the fun.
MES. Here is q part that VIII
watch with you through the dark.
ness and work with you IA sns
light. Will you take tt2 VIII
w 10 read this column, not az Won
read 4 printed handful, but az
YOU read the lips OF = frlenas
and, having read It. will you ie.
It's iumanness warm the rest oL
the paper into humanness Tor you
will you see through all these
printed films the comrades VINO
march with you. sharing your
life?
win you give yourself back to
me as give myself to you--teli.
ing me Of your weakness ana
YOUR wrongs. your confidence ana
YOUR confusion, as ! tell YOU OF
mine? Yes. will answer you
always. In a private letter, e
YOU will send your address. And
each talk between us will be held
sacred IL you wish. Just as
though you were my kin. FOR
YOU ARE MY KIN. And there
il between you and this paper
something more than a bond of
trade. There is the blood band Of
brothers. For we are all com.
rades on one trail--we are all
soldiers in one great battle. And
this thin sheet of paper which
makes a little darkness between
rs. will not. cannot, separate us
n YOU will put out your hand and
grasp mine. WILL YOU?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
Rep. RathbOnes Death

TTfzEs q washington deeply depIOre The sudden death
", of Representative Rathbons, Of Illinois
Tie Illinois Statesman born il this city Hiz faher
had been al intimate friend Of President Lincoln.
when Representative Rathbons first entered Congress be
sought assignment on the District COMMITTEES Of the House
There he had been an unring valuable worker il behalf Of
washington and its people he fair and Just and uni
foly fought for the upbuldng Of this Capital City on
that would not impose undue taxation burdens upon
local taxpayers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
.By Temple Manning

One Of the most important OF
the Mohammedan festivals is
Ramadan. Occurring during the
ninth month OF their calendar, it
may well be called the Mohamme-
dan Lent.
During this time every day,
from sunrise to sunset, Is d period
Of strenuous fasting for the True
Believer Not q drop OF water
may pass his lips, not q, nnorsel
Of food. Tobacco IN every form
n eschewed.
But the instant Of sunset III the
signal for change. Restaurants
ana cafsa threw open their doors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17

papers In that way. have YOU?
Never thought of them as having
q living part. And, generally
speaking. they haven't had liv.
ing part. Newspapers have been
something you could buy. Like
pickles. Or tar paper. Or cold
cream. Or corn piasters. some
thing you held for a little while
IN your hand. read, laughed at.
scoWled over, tossed away, forgot
Something that only touched the
outside Of your hand. the outside
OF your life something that
couldn't possibly touch the IN.
SIDE THINGS, your hidden lone
illness and hunger. wonder and
tenderness.
A lifeless, printed sheet--that
was a newspaper.
Yet all the while, on the other
side of that printed sheet. life
was going on in a warm. rest
less tide-the life of the men
and women who made that paper
life which was filled with the
same loneliness and hunger which
You felt. the same wonder and
tenderness.
You couldn't see those other
lives or feel them
1 They couldn't see you or feel
YOU
That printed sheet stood like 4
walt between you
But, at last. little piece OF
the wall has gone down. Life
has grown more free, more brave
in every way. 1t has grown
brave enough to break through
even e newspaper sheet. So q
little piece Of the wall has gone
down IN this column. And through
the rent there comes. not news
which you can buy inch by inch,
but that human warmth which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
The knowledge Test for
Readers Of The Times

Match correctly
4 Anna Karenna Novel BY VoItaire
Damoces Character n Lambs ESSAYS
s. Sarah Battle Sword of King Arthur
4 Excaibur Novel by Tolstoy
s. Candide Flatterer in court Of Dionysus
you
s. What explorer reached the South Pole in 1911?
a What is the capital of Virginia?
81 What obsolete words2
What by Shelley commentaries the
To- What is dryad?.
What did the Israeltes call Canaan
H. What the first Prohibition State?
Complete these questions:
13 shall believe, be obliged to policy of
watch --."-Wilson.
IA '"There is not in the wide world d --- 81 sweet
AS that vale in whose bosom the bright waters
L aWhsre your ii there your heart b also
Bible.
lAnswers On Fiction cagsl
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An Example for Railroads
And the Airplane r Coming.

automobile has beaten III for automobiles 81
railroad trains from the Atlantic the Pacific and back
6602s miles 157 hours minutes OF six and onehaf days
the round trip.
Achieved long stretches Of bad roads, this record
induce railroad companies to reduce the time
They could it ought do it regardless agreements
not to hurt each others feelings BY competition.
The Pullman arplane route will be good start
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

We learn wisdom from failure
much more than from success
Without doubt it is a delightful
harmony when doing and saying
90 together. -M ontaigne.
re y the freeman whom the
truth makes free. Cowper.
Each man makes his own ship
wreck. Lucanus.
Every man has a bag .hanvinr
before him In which he ms hls
nslghpor ? faults and another be.
nInu MN IN which he slows his
sWn. Shakespeare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17

Merrymakers tnrong the streets,
and a veritabIe carnival starts.
Feasting and dancing are the
order OF the night.
or course. the mosques are open
all the time during this month.
and are always Jammed to the
doors.
On the 18th day of the Rama
dan, the Sultan himself appears.
IN q splendid procession, he
leaves the Yildiz Palace In Para,
crosses the Bosphorus to STAN.
boul, to kiss the Coat Of Mo-
manned This is the only time
IN the year that the Sultan shows
himself Ia STEAMBOAT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-17

You should forgive many things
In others, but nothing In yourself.
--Ausonius,
a docile disposition will, with
application. surmount every diff
Guilty. Maniius.
No friends friend till he shall
proye friend.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
no make another person hold
his tongue, be you first silent.
Seneca.
Genius speaks only TO genius.
-stainlaux.