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Evening star., 1928-12-27
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December a.
When King vidor said he wanted to
make an all-negro picture he provided
himself with the most interesting
cinema opportunity Hollywood affords.
When he let me come in on the stage
where these children OF emotion were
registering a story for the fearful micro
phones to pick UP he gave me a treat.
Ard to give columnist in Hollywood
treat Is not so easy. Q
Several of these players are well
known to the theatergoing public.
None Of them had ever appeared before
the cameras. Yet an intensely dra-
matte scene had two short rehearsals,
then was made in sound.
Hammering went on all about us in
the great soundstage. During the re-
ground of metal ringing out on metal,
the buzZing of saws, the whine OF the
plane. The stages are being operated
night and day, so carpentry cannot be
left for an off moment. There just
isn't any.
When the actual scene is to be made
King Vidor, cries out, "Quiet, pleased"
Aid the grinning carpenters lay down
their tools and light cigarettes. It's
their idea of soft snap.
I saw a scene Of the interior of a
box car with negro nanny beating
the young siren who had 1ured the
woman's son from the ways Of religion.
You heard the clackety-clack of the
train, the singing of the negro nanny
before she opened the door, her hoarse
cry of wrath, the ominous swish Of the
blacksnake that descended to curl about
the body of the girl, the girls sharp
cries Of pain, the sons pleading,
NANNY. nanny. please don'tl" the
fierce invective Of the furious old
woman.
Here was emotion; here was q release
of actuality that the silent screen can
not afford. Seeing 1t, even the most
hardened disbeliever in sound effects
and talkies realizes that something must
come Of a medium which can give you
SO much atmosphere in picture making.
mo iiear-beer nowl" cries vidor.
"Give Us some Atraight Scptchl"
- Ard 9hia 2peRgb aagHrS throw them.
Evening star., 1928-12-27

selves into the scene with fury which
makes the first rendering seem pallid.
When the last bit of the sequence is
done there Is general run for the room
where the run-off of the sound is made.
The players hear the dialogue of the
work they have just made. They Judge
where their voices need more sharpness,
where level tone would be Of value
The director goes into conference, and
coming out into the great felt-lined
barn the work goes on again.
It Is q thousand miles from the old
process in point of interest and in point
of result. 1t Is a whole world and years
OF experiment removed from picture
making as it used to be.
William De Mile said perhaps the
most interesting thing about talkies
when he explained that "ta1kies are like
a deaf and dumb child--you have moth
ing but love and pity for the child II
you are certain 1t will never talk. But
let it once start In and you'll never be
satisfied with 1t unless it talks, and
talks WELL"
Several of the older members of the
industry are openly against talkies.
The majority of the youth of the indus
try are for them. Harold Lloyd 10 one
of the few young men not sold entirely
on the idea. An analysis of the towns
in which Harold Lloyd's greatest circu-
lation lies proves them to be small
centers where theaters are not yet wired
to talking pictures.
(Copyright, 1928, By North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1928-12-27

walnut, although most of them are
made in maple or pine. The table made
the incest kind of low and informal
reading stand. 1t held her lamp and
work. At tea or lunch time she put up
the other leaf and ate leisurely in front
of the fireplace in her living room.
The second gift was delightfully."-
different" Pullman robe. She and
Peter we're contemplating trip within
the next few weeks and her travelling
things were quite out of date. She really
had used them but little since she and
Peter returned from their honeymoon
two years before.
She chose a robe in black and green
satin. The collar-revers were faced
with green, as were the wide, capelike
sleeves. The big button which held the
robe in place was black. She could have
bought this robe in other combinations
of color, but she thought this one swas
inconspicuous and still rich in color.
And it was quite different from the
usual Pullman robe.
When one plans to travel one scans the
advancement" heading in ones budget. IL
YOU are interested in budgets write to Nancy
Page in care Of this paper inclosing a
stamped, self-addressed envelope. asking for
her leafet, Budgets Are Fun"
(Copyright, 1928)
Evening star., 1928-12-27
CONTRACT CARD NO. 4.
Contract Bridge Score.
Trick Values.

CONTRACT CARD NO. 4. I
Contract Bridge Score.
Trick Values.
No trumps, IS; spades and
hearts, 30; diamonds and clubs,
20. !
A game Is won when one side
makes a trick-score Of 100 or
more points. OF the tricks made.
only those contracted for are
scored in the trick score. All /
extra tricks (tricks made over /
and above those contracted for) /
are scored in the honor-score.
Vulnerable.
After q side wins one game II (
becomes Vulnerable" Until O
side wins game 1t Is mot vul- |.
nerable." :
Hon0rs. r
In one hand count 100.
honors in one hand, $50.
aces in one hand, $50.
Final game of rubber (if two
61AAAC 0OCCkJs tOUs
Final game of rubber (f O
three-game rubber), 500. .
Making Contract.
If undoubled, nothing.
If doubled when not vulner-
able), so.
If doubled (when vlnerable),
100.
Extra Trick, Per Trick.
If undoubled (when vuIner-
able or not vulnerable), so.
If doubled when not vulner-
able), 100.
If doubled (when vulnerable),
Slams, Bid -.
Little slam:
When lot vulners : ;. 500.
When vulnerable, 750.
Grand slam:
When not vulnerable, 1000.
When vulnerable, 1900.
Penalties Under Tricks).
If undoubled (not vulnerable),
each trick, so.
If undoubled (when vulner-
able):
First trick, 100.
Each subsequent trick, 200.
If doubled mot vlllnerable):
First and second tricks, each,
100.
Third and fourth tricks, each,
200.
Subsequent tricks, each, 400.
If doubled when vulnerable):
First trick, 200.
Each subsequent, 400.
Revoke.
Loss of two tricks for first re-
woke; 100 points for each ad-
ditional.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

December 27, 1S5S.-Many persons
.. in Washington are disturbed on this
/ Monday over the unfortunate after
math of Christmas, which was cele-
brated Saturday by large number of
men and women in Washington In
such riotous manner that the jails
and warehouses are still crowded with
them. Many are charged or have been
convicted of serious offenses resulting
from their celebration of Christmas by
imbibing too heavily Of Christmas
spirits.
The rioting and general disorder in
Washington at this Christmas season
seemed to be worse than usual. Many
of the men and women who imbibed
too freely at the pot houses and low
grog shops on Christmas day were
merely mischievous in their pranks,
even though they did disturb many
peace-loving individuals. Others, how
ever, SO seriously disturbed the COM
munity that they and the city Off
cials will not soon forget this Christ
mas of 1853. Bloody heads are the
result in many cases, and these and
other injuries made the day memoir
able to not a few.
The cause of temperance in this
ClLy is BeIlGTdily U6ltEFGQ VI nave SdlIleQ
greater impetus as result of what
the police. and editors of the local
newspapers refer to as the "disgraceful"
Christmas occurrences here this year.
The chief of police took every pre-
caution, ordering out his entire force
Christmas eve. They were kept on
active service all night and the next
day. The magistrate of the guard
house, Justice Dom, shared the Serv-
ice with Capt. Goddard and also
Lieuts. McHenry and Thomas. They
remained at the station all night and
the next day, disposing of cases which
rapidly appeared. Scarcely 10 minutes
| elapsed at any time when they were
not registering or trying case.
| A short visit to the trial room show
ed that the Office of a policeman. es-
pecially at this season of the year, is
no sinecure. The place was thronged
with spirits" of every race and nation
ality. Men and women-young and old
made up the disorderly crowd.
| While the physical results of their
| Christmas exurberance will not soon
be forgotten, the most lasting i'm
preston made upon many of these
| Christmas celebrators will doubtless be
| the fines and costs which are their
only ransoms from the workhouse.
Young men and old should learn
to enjoy the holiday season reasonably
says The Evening Star today in Its
account of these occurrences.
Evening star., 1928-12-27

Over in the corner the Christmas
tree sparkled. Beneath its ornamented
branches lay every conceivable gift cal
culated to fire the heart of small boy
or girl. Diminutive automobile, fire
apparatus electric stove, moving pic
ture protector, railroad train and scores
of other elaborate reproductions of OBJ
jects that fairly dazzled the eye. Moo-
ern boyhood sophisticatlon mas con-
demned the jack-or1-a-Stick to OBLIVION
If not utter extinction.
The head of the house (well, anyway
he was the husband) sat in large arm
chair and waited the assault on tne
presents. He was man OF generous
girth and purse. He had enough
money to afford a chauffeur. He had
stocks and bonds, owned a few first
trusts ana several pieces OF real estate,
SO YOU can quite understand that aside
from an occasional bilious attack he
had little to fret about. From the sec
end floor there came the sound OF pat
tering feet and Juvenile squealing. Then
into the room there burst three or
four grandchildren Each inSt1nctlvely
dashed toward his own gifts as II he Or
she knew just what st. Nick had left.
The man in the armchair heaved
deep sigh and murmured, Il wish was
a kid like that again"
A middle -aged member OF the family
replied, "I wonder If you really do.
Your parents had not the money nor
manufacturers the ingenuity to PROVIDE
such contraptions when you were
young. Even had you been so fortunate
would you like to live your life over
again9 Every age has its compensating
woes and pleasures.
knowing what you do Of life. would
you deliberately choose to retrace your
footsteps? Would you actually do diff
ferently than you did in your struggle
to make the grade?
Evening star., 1928-12-27
How to Play Contract Bridge
BY MRS. FORTEsQUE

The scoring Of contract bridge Is
more complicated than In auction.
This IS chiefly on account of the
added feature-being vulnerable. The
side that wins the first game becomes
vulnerable-that Is, their losses are
more than doubled. When both sides
have a game both are vulnerable. This
was added in order to prevent the side
winning the first game from taking
losses sooner than allow the opponents
to also score a game. 1t is always
preferable to sustain small loss sooner
than to allow the opponents to make a
game.
Realizing this, the early players of
contract took loss after loss and, their
losses being small, they could we'll
afford to do so. Today the additional
penalties for losses when vulnerable
have prohibited this strategy. For ex-
ample, when I was playing yesterday
afternoon I was vulnerable. My part
ner and had won the first game and
were well on our way to rubber. Un-
fortunately, on my next bid-three no
trumpS-our hands did not fit. We
were doubled and instead Of making
the three odd bid, We made but one
over our book--down two. Doubled
and vulnerable-600 points for the op-
posing side. But my partner was an
optimist. Lucky we weren't down
three, that would have given them
1000 points"
Next hand we defeated our oppo-
nents-doubled they also went down
two tricks. But as they had not al
ready made game, they were not vul-
nerable, and their loss of two tricks
only cost them 200 points
One point in which contract Is
SIMPLER than auction Is that there are
no honors scored unless four or five in
one hand. This eliminated the ever
recurring question, What honors, part
ner?" That man who always claimed
the 10 and thereby made mythical
hundreds is out of luck in contract.
Evening star., 1928-12-27

THE SANDWICHES ARE CUT BELL
SHAPED. AS SEEN IN THE DISH.
special feature. since it is the playing
of chimes and the pealing of bells
that send out the tidings that the
New Year has arrived. Whatever else
is featured, the idea of something new
is always present. And so for the
game we suggest quiz. For the re-
freshments the menu will include bells,
some of which will not ring, but they
will look attractive and appeal to the
taste.
Players are supplied with pencils
and cards or paper, on which the ques-
tions are written and numbered. The
hostess gives signal when the guess
ing must cease, and then no one can
write another word. A prize is given
the person guessing the most answers
that are correct. A calendar is Sug-
gested. The questions are given today
the answers will follow tomorrow. The
word new is used in each word OF
answer. Although it may not be SPELL
ed with the three usual letters, it will
be pronounced the same For instance
pneumatic" is pronounced new
matte" The quiz is test of pronun-
citation and spelling as well as defini-
Evening star., 1928-12-27
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HE slRSE SoUhD Of

seen the genesis of hundreds OF others.
Perhaps some day q genius may COM
municate with Mars, but doupt II
that will provide greater thrill than
the sight of the first motor car, the
flight Of the pioneer plane or the SOUND
of your first radio. This is the age OF
sophistication. To a certain extent the
small boy has outgrown his desire 10
have q dozen marbles given to MIN 1or
Christmas. It
"He is too familiar with the family
automobile and other expensive pos
sessions of his father and mother. he
doesn't have to carry wood ana coal
from the cellar to the base burner In
the dining room. He does not, in
manner of speaking, earn his found any
longer. You we're inculcated with the
theory that all play and no work was
inimical to soundneSs OF character
and thrift was a quality to be devel-
oped. Today you are rich in the sense
that YOU possess a comforting philoso-
phy. a broad outlook, fine discrimtna-
tion and the ability to evaluate those
things that we say make lie. Let
these kids enjoy their high-priced toys.
You have no regrets. Your generation
struggled that they might nave tnem'
And the giving is always more pleaSur-
able than the receiving"
X 4 X X
Why is 1t that little female VIII
return to her rag doll even though she
receives a glorious yellow-haired crea-
ture in the laciest Of attire? A few
days after Christmas many youngsters
whose eyes glowed at the sight OF fresh
presents seek their old toys. On Christ
mas day, when new bicycles were being
propelled through the streets by their
Youthful owners, we saw small boys
dashing alongside them in battered and
worn Juvenile vehicles. Perhaps-but
we do not like to think that they had
no better ones.
There is something intensely friendly
about the lighted trees on the lawns
during the holiday week. The custom
has become exceedingly popular In the
past few years. A sparkling tree on
the lawn seems to announce to the
world that It's owners wish you well
and that within Is warm hospitality.
Il =
In the space of 30 minutes we saw
four badly damaged cars In the streets.
One of them had been turned over on
It's side. A few minutes later q fire
-siyen proelair That eouae ones Ghxist-
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Spanish Cheese.

Melt one tablespoonful of butter In a
saucepan and add one tablespoonful of
grated onion and one tablespoonful Of
minced red pepper or a'dash Of cayenne
and seasoning. Cook for five minutes,
then add one cupful OF tomato pulp or
tomato soup. Mix well and when bub-
bling stir In one pound of American
cheese cut in small pieces. Cook over
a slow fire, stirring constantly. Beat
two eggs and add one and one-half cup
fuls Of milk and then add to the mix
ture. Cook for two minutes. SerVRrAt
once On toast or krisn iaRAf Afzes
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Game and Menu for New Year
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

tions, although it is judged solely on
the last.
The Puzzling News.
1. Who discovered the law Of gray
itation?
2. What city is famous for its coal?
8. Name a kind of molasseS.
A. A variety of macaroni that gives
name to a soup.
5. Where are the Yale-Harvard boat
races held?
6. A variety of salamander.
Z. An antelope of South Africa.
g. A disease of the nerves.
9. A gender found in many Ian
guages.
10. The post of a winding stairway.
II. A pulmonary disease.
IL. The largest city of America.
New Years Menu.
A Salad-New Years Chimes.
Sailed Nuts Bell Sandwiches.
Hot Chocolate.
Stuffed Olives.
Ice Cream. Bell Cookies.
Bonbons.
Recipes.
Any meat salad can be used. From
pimento cut wee bell shapes and one
irregular long silver. Lay this on top
of the salad Individual serving) and
where the low curves come place bells.
Have them at angles, as if pealing.
Cut buttered sandwiches of brown and
of white bread into bell-s1ape (see
ilustration) and arrange alternately
on platter. The bell cakes are cup
cakes frosted each having a bell out
lined on the top, using candy mites"
or other colored frosting.
Copyright, 19281
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Lessons in English
By W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say,
There is left exactly five pieces" Say,
There are left"
Often mispronounced Incense. Ac-
cent the noun (perfume) on first syl-
liable, the verb Ito madden) on last
syllable.
often misspelled: Sapphire; note the
double p and the h.
Synonyms: Decency, decorum. dig
nifty, seemliness, fitness, propriety.
Word study: "Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us increase
our vocabulary by mastering one word
each day. Today's word: Indulgent:
compliant; yielding. "One must be in
dulgent under the circumstances"
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Hot SlaW.

Melt two tablesnoonfuls of butter and
add two tablespoonfuls of chopped
onion. Cook for three minutes, then
add one head of sliced cabbage. Cook
slowly for five minutes. Add about one
inch of water in a stewing kettle and
let simmer until tender. Add salt and
pepper. Add one cupful of cream to
which has been added one we'll beaten
egg and one-third cupful of vinegar.
Bring to the boiling point.
Evening star., 1928-12-27

teenth street was a mud road and
farms and orchards occupied the sites
on which imposing structures now
stand; when knighthood lowered in
the city and carriages and sleighs pro-
vided luxurious transportation about
the young town. We also learned that
1t required eight days by coach to make
the journey between Boston and Wash
ington. And just the other day we
heard a man complain that his train
was a few minutes late arriving from
New York, trip which takes about
five hours to make. Age is under
standing and uncomplaining.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
BRAIN TESTS

This is Yes-No test which re-
quires careful discrimination. I'm
agine that you have a lump of sugar
from which you have cut away a small
part. Now allowing yourself two min
utes answer yes or no to the following
questions regarding the remaining part
of the sugar lump.
U) Is the remainder less heavy
than the original lump? }
(2) Is the remainder less white than
than the original lump? { }
(0 Is the remainder less real than
than the original lump? { y
(4) Is the remainder less In size
than the original lump? )
(5) Is the remainder less sweet than
the original lump? y
(6) Is the remainder less alive than
the original lump? { }
I'd Is the remainder less massive
than the original lump? }
60 Is the remainder less dense than
the original lump? { )
(9) Is the remainder less soluble
than the original lump? { >
(10) Is the remainder less shiny
than the original lump? { ,
Q) Yes. (6) No.
(2) No. (7) Yes.
(3) No. (6) No.
a. Yes. (9) No.
(5) No. Q0) No.
In experimenting with the speed of
light, Prof. Nicholson, University OF
Chicago, has estimated that 1t travels
at approximately 186.284 miles a second.
Evening star., 1928-12-27

- N(@@1 ~ W.
are. They may not
know the snappiest
night club in town
or what the latest
dance fashion Il,
but a side from
these absurd non
essentials they are
informative, living
volumes. Age greet
ed us twice on
G hris { m as day.
One was an old
lady of about SO
years. The other
was a man near
ing fourscore.
They both knew
Washington when
Evening star., 1928-12-27

Time is usually featured in one way
or another at New Year party. 1t
may be in singing when the New Year
enters, by swapping bonbons, or some
such thing that accents the minute
when the date changes one figure. this
year from 8 to 9. Or bells may be the
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DR.. JESSE W. sPRewLs.
Unconscious Pictures.

Suppose you possessed the ability to
look down into your unconscious! What
would you see? AS Edgar Allen Poe
puts it, you would see "vast forms that
move Enthusiastically" All sorts of pic
lures, all sorts of psychic combinations
Of past experiences.
You do have this strange ability-at
times, at nighttime. When you sleep
the veil of consciousness loses its deep
coloration so that shadows of the un-
conscious pictures show through.
II you were to rely entirely on your
dreams for information about the un-
conscious movies" you would not know
the whole truth. Fortunately, about
one person out of fourteen is able to
take seat in this picture gallery with
out having to go to sleep. Now what
do they see?
One of these fortunate self-observers
tells me that the figures from to 100
are stretched out in long row just
as you would write them on a big
blackboard. But the multiples of 10
appear to be written in bold type: /,
2, 3, 4, S, s, z, 8, 9, -, IL, IL, 13, IA,
Is. Is. IT, 18, 10, -, 81, etc.
Another reports that all the numbers
up to 36 are punched close together.
while those beyond SO are scattered
wide apart.
Another discloses that the days of the
week always appear to be arranged as
follows: Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Some people have colored pictures of
the months of the year. One reports
that the IL months are grouped ac-
cording to the four seasons as follows:
January, February, March are long
gray line. April, May, June are pink
square. July, August. September are
a green circle october, November, De-
cember are triangle, one corner yell
low (October), one blue (November)
one black (December).
If you have any such pictures, please
write out an account and mail it to the
al1thnr through this DaDer
Evening star., 1928-12-27

w AAAN4AAS
I don't believe it.
The course you
plotted may not
have b e e n like
that of others on
the road to ma
terial success, but
you accomplished
your design. Dur
ing the past so
years you have oc-
cupied e grand
stand seat before
which science has
paraded its stuff.
You ave wit
messed the evolu-
ton of mans most
important COM
moditieS and have
Evening star., 1928-12-27

You can see today, 500 miles inland,
sand dunes that were originally on the
shore OF the Gulf of Mexico. The lower
Mississippi Valley Is slowly being tipped
upward like q washboard.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Copyright, 1929

Al. Island In River Nile:
48. Ogles.
40. Thin plate cut out for marking.
SO. Fashion differently.
Sc. Strong affection.
81. Sounded from musical pipe.
SO. Unoccupied.
81. Town in New York State.
g. Wharf.
g. Saucy.
"a. Religious denominations.
65. Restrain.
/. Expert airmen.
2. Wan.
8. Famous Persian.
4. Contradictions.
5. More lofty
6. To humble.
7. Exclamation of contempt.
8. Meteoric stone containing no iron.
8. Make new.
10. Runs at full speed.
IL. Persia.
| IL. Learning.
| 13. Lyric poems.
81. Beverages.
90. Chinese pieces.
| 26. Odor.
| 27. Mistake.
| 90. Let.
20. Move smoothly.
| 80. Slur over.
| 81. Estimates.
| 32 Diversion.
| 81. OF helical form.
| 81. Diligent.
40. Purposeful.
AZ. Deer
43. Throws overheard.
45 Feudal lords power e. 'lrt
49, Wolf-like carnivora.
48. Upright.
40. Spill.
| so. Sound.
81. At any time.
SO. Entrance to a mine.
54. Urgent entreaty.
SIS. Weird
: 69xN NEascQlar ,saasEa. -
Evening star., 1928-12-27
NANCY PAGE
Gift Certificates Are Trans
lated in Presents
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.

Among Nancy's Christmas gifts were
two gift certificates. And fortunate
person that she was, they came from
two different kinds of shops. With her
first certificate she chose a little table
Evening star., 1928-12-27

The highest price ever paid at public
auction for a piece of Colonial furni
ture was $4,000 for "Savery" lowboy
It was acquired in New York couple
of years ago by an anonymous pur.
chaser.