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sue Carol. is starred, and quite
wortlfily so. She Is one screen fiapper
who has combined a certain sympathy
with all her exterior Stiffness and man
ages to be anything but exasperating
to Jagged nerves. as are others of our
screen ''moderns." Richard Walling
has plenty. to do as the reckless but
heroic Smoke" Thatcher. and does 1t
well. Robert Edscn is convincing
irate father who makes the startling
discovery that the modern generation
has the right stuff" OF the three
"hold-up" men, Ivan Lebeleff gives a
striking Characterization.
For those who like stories OF the
Jazz age this picture Is worth while
for those who like stories of thrills and
action we nod decided ditto.
A mildly amusing "Our Gang" COM
edy, featuring I'VE moderns" of slight
ly younger set, 90 through somewhat
elder brothers and sisters but their
technique is little different There
Is a new member of the gang, a cum
ming rascal, who saves a rather below
standard" attempt. There also is an
Oswald" animated, very interesting
news reel and "Revulette of Popular
Melodies" by the orchestra. which, Of
course. includes the sentimental II
slightly overworked Ramona"
COLUMBIA-"A Night of Mystery"
A character study better suited to
the suave elegance of Adolphe Meniou
scarcely could have been selected than
the adaptation of Victorien Sardou's
play, Captain Fcrreol," which is being
shown at Loew's Columbia Theater this
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OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON
THEATERS

which took place on Christmas eve, 1898
at the Patterson home in Baltimore. bu
credit is due Dolores Costello and Con
rad Nagei for their fine Interpretation
of the charming, willful Southern belle
and the fascinating cavalier. Jerome
Bonaparte. travelling incognito as Jerome
La Verne, stopping at Sweet Springs
Hotel. provokes duel with the best
swordsnnan of the South over minia-
ture of Glorious Betsy, and surprises
the company with his superior skill
He wins the heart Of his pupil. even
against her better Judgment. for she
knows him only as a French teacher
and is wonderfully surprised and thrilled
nj the reception In her home when Capt
Bonaparte, whose visit has been eagerly
anticipated, is announced, to see her
lover looking at her tenderly, posseSSive-
~ and proudly announcing their be-
trothsl to the gathered asSemblage. The
Young couple are ideally happy on their
HONEYMOON, but fate in the person OF
Emperor Napoleon contrives to separate
them, meeting the young wife's plea
with love that cannot endure sacrifice
is not worthy the name" So she re-
signs herself to await tomorrow" The
negro melodies including Darling Nellie
Gray" add a characteristic pathetic
chord.
A clever Vitaphone comedy. "Misin-
formation, featuring Lois Wilson and
Edward Everett, creates amusing situ-
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wedding to emuse tine guests and meet
there the girls former lover, baron
and the father Of her unborn child.
They take the opportunity to accuse
the baron publicly Of perfidy and find
themselves thrown out In the street.
Very much upset over the affair,
the tugeier turns to drugs and then
comes the high light Of the picture.
fantasy based upon his narcotic
dreams. He imagincx himself on voy-
age through heaven. Upon awakening
he learns that the girl has given birth
to a child and decides to force the
baron to make reparations. AS re-
ward he Is fatally wounded and stag
gers home TO die In the arms OF the
geisha girl She thereafter earns her
living by juggling on the street and
teaches the child to become her as
Sistant.
The remainder Of the program is
revival of "Nanook of the North"
always good on q hot day. and short
comedy. Knee Deep In Love"
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Fox--"Ne Other wema n. .

There Is entertainment indeed at the
Fox Theater this week, with Dolores Del
Rio in mo Other Woman" presenting
an absorbing society story on the screen.
and the IA welsh Giee Singers and
other artists on the stage offering song
and acrobatic talent.
The photoplay revolves around the
love affair of a beautiful and wealthy
Cuban orphan, whose intended mar
| rage TO q young diplomat OF Paris Ia
rudely thWarted by the intrigue OF his
| false friend. After the friend has stolen
| the young woman's love and married
her and FILTERED away q goodly portion
of her inheritance, she Is brought TO her
senses, and her erstwhiie lover sees her.
years afterward, at the Longchamps
| races. Then comes the dramatic part
| Of the production. with the husband
and the lover gambling for the woman.
but In the end love trfumphs. a. does
| retributIon, with the death OF the UNI
worthy husband.
| Rare melody and rich voices are fea-
! lures of the Welsh singers, who are DE-
/ scribed as being all miners from Wales,
making their first appearance In Wash
| ingt0n. They intone Irish and other
| songs. much To the delight OF the audi
ence. and the proper atmosphere" II
| suggested by the scenery OF the depths
Of mine and the miners lamps that
| each singer wears
Prosper and Merritt present an out
OF the ordinary acrobatic offering, In
which brain and Drawn play vital parts
| This unusual production gets q well de-
served hand. The Three Recorders,
| billed ss being OF stage, radio and rec
! ORD fame, present flne harmony. with
the mike" giving the studio effect.
Joe Cook, the comedian. appears In
| Fox Moyietone Offering, which features
this star at base ball game and evokes
| many laughs. The Fox M0yietone news
gives current happenings TO please eye
and ear
Leon Brusllon conducts the Fox
grand orchestra through Suppes Poet
and Peasant" rendering that classic
with outstanding merit, ana then there
IL a cornet solo. my Little Gray Home
In the West" TO please n1Lsic lovers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Betsy"
Enthusiastic audiences still attest To
the popularity OF Glorious Betsy" con
tinuing on It's second week Al the Metro
poiitan TheateT. The interest Ia partly
due 10 ths historical and romantic as
peot OF this first INTERNATIONAL marriage.
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ations owing to misunderstanding, which
finally develops happily.
The fine tenor voice of Giovanni Mar
tinelli Is heard through the Vitaphone
A bevy of Hollywood beauties are
shown sending messages to President
Coolidge via pigeon air route. Ronald
Coleman, Luke Velez, Jacqueline Logan
ct al. also make their appearance
Through the international News reel
we see President Coolidge IN l0sRallon
hat and Mackinaw. proudly displaying
his morning catch of speckled trout;
Sunny John, greyhound victor In q
rabbit race In Mexico: the Prince OF
Wales reviewing the Oldest regiment In
the kingdom, which has been in eX-
istence 400 years; the flight from Rome
to Brazil and the welcome home given
to Amelia Earhart in New York City.
RIALTO-"Walking Back"
Modern youth is thrillingly vindi-
Gated In walking Back" at the
another of those walking home" jokes,
but q picture Of gay and furious mo-
ments, with an unexpected twist a
startling climax and a moral If per-
haps sentimental conclusion.
Jazz and the Jazz age is the domi-
nant theme The film opens with, a
kaleidoscope whirl of mad syncopation
There Is some excellent work In trick
photography in which vivid II some
what lumbled impression is given OF
a "jazz mad" cosmos and final set
Ting down to what is more than a
typical flaming youth story, though
it has It's roadhouses its gin and Its
fiappers aplenty.
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Pirnples
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own life. He is prevented, and, through
an unexpected confession from the real
murderer. he Is released from his obliga-
tions. With the shadow of tragedy
of affairs. Should he allow his fancee's
lifted. the lovers are united.
Menjou is Ferreol More could not
be said for him. Apparently, he is
not playing part, but living his
life. William Collier. IT., as the brother,
rises to heights In his courtroom and
prison: scenes. Evelyn Brent, as the
lovely Therese: Nora Lane. Frank Leigh,
Claude King and Raoul Paoii also give
excellent support
An aerial comedy. "Us." a Hal Roach
film, featuring Charley Chase and Mar
garet Quimby, adds laugh M. q. M.
news and the usual orchestral features
complete the bill.
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LITTLE THEATER-"Romance Of
Japan"

"A Romance OF Japan" the first
Japanese made feature picture to be
exhibited In this country, Is the princi-
pal attraction at the Little Theater
this week
With all the adroitness one would
expect of japanese direction, the pic
ture presents the fluctuations Of a
beautiful geisha gir. sinned against by
one man and loved by another. The
Japanese. however, are not noted for
originality, so 1t is no surprise to find
a juggler playing the hero role. No
Japanese entertainment would be COM
plete. apparently, without something
in the line of acrobatics.
The juggler buys the geisha girls
freedom. The two 60 to a society
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

Japan claims that with cats in 30 OF
every 100 homes, the country's rat
problem has been solved.
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Since pola Negri left Paramount to
return for an indefinite period to her
native Europe, that organization has
been searching for her successor to play
heavy. dramatic roles. In the work OF
Clara Bow in Ladies of the Mob now
showing at the Earle with the Stanley
Co. Revue as tn, stage feature. may be
taken as q criterion. the problem IS par
italy If not fully solved
Ladies Of the Mob" an unusual I'M
derworld story. giving the wonlan's side
OF the hectic maneuvers of that sect
known as gangsters, is powerful We
hicle wherein Miss Bow excellently
proves her versatility. She has hereto
fore been cast with few exceptions
such as wings" and Children of d.
vorce," as q pretty though empty-head-
ed fiapper:: roles which called for lit
tie or no histrionic ability r
In her latest effort she plays with
thorough understanding . part that
calls for intellectual interpretation and
depth of emotion. Even with an ex-
cellent performance however. Miss Bow
does not take all the acting laurels, for
port gives O naturalneSs and sincerity
to his characterization that Is highly
gratifying A word must be said in
praise. also. of Mary Alden. erstwhile
portrayer OF sympathetic mother" roles.
who surprises with some exceedingly
fine work as Soft Annie, worldly
woman OF the mob.
The picture is well directed, and fire.
quently interpreted with clever touches
from its psychological beginning to its
gripping climax and fade-out.
1T May Happen" the stage show, is
| q lively and novel offering in which
Joe Bonbrest cheerfully pinch-hits as
master of ceremonies for Jack Pepper,
who is forced by illness TO discontinue.
| temporarily. Mr.. Bonbrest and his or
chestra, incidentally. score the indiyid-
uai hit OF the program with an origi-
| nal symphonization of the popular
waltz song. Little Log Cabin OF
| Dreams" the refrain Of which Is sung
| by Joe.
Grace johnson. tall and beautiful
with her songs, Amt Saying a Word"
and You Have No I-dee-ah," Is well
received. Billy Rolls, agile and aero
batic, and Dolores gayly tapping along.
take care Of the dancing portion of the
bill ably assisted by the eight Ada Kauf-
man girls. Reckless Rocco with his
slap-stick antics and the team Of Co
CERT and Motto. the human Jazz band ="
so-called, furnish the laughs.
/ Daniel Rreeskin's concert orchestra
gives an enjoyable rendition of the must
cal score accompanying the feature pic
ture. A news reel and q Grantland
! Rice Spotlight all about golf, COM
plete the bill
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william C. Fields and Chester Conk
lin are co-starred in the hilarious
screen comedy Fools for Luck" and
| Wesley Eddy, master of ceremonies,
presents Chinese Nights in San Fran
| CISCO on the stage at Loews Palace
| Theater this week. In addition to the
| features are a ripping Hal Roach Our
| Gang" comedy and news reel Of un-
usual merit.
n you like comedy that makes you
forget the heat. your PHYSICAL infirmi-
you limp from laughter. don't miss this
| picture. And II you like the smell Of
burning incense, enjoy Oriental art and
| the soft glow of Chinese lanterns, to say
nothing OF good singing and masterful
| representations, you can't afford to miss
| the stage performance.
w. c. Fields Is cast as a tricky oil
| promoter who unioads a lot Of worth
| less oil stock on the inhabitants of a
| sleepy little town In Kentucky: and
Chester Conklin appears as funny
looking restaurant and poolroom keep
er. who is incidentally the leading citi-
zen Of Huntersville. Jack Luden as a
young man In Fields employ and Sally
Blame as Hunters pretty daughter sup
ply the necessary romantic touch to the
picture.
Fields arrives in Huntersville with
that unfortunate combination, an empty
pocketbook and an empty stomach. He
walks into Hunters restaurant and or
ders a So meal. After several I'M
successful attempts to evade payment
of his bill he engages Hunter in game
of pool with his meal check as the
stake. He wins the game by strategy
and then calls on Mrs. Hunter. who is
so pleased with the smooth spoken
stranger that she invites him TO stay at
discovers Fields dishonesty and when
he comes home he discovers Fields in
his bed fast asleep. Domestic compile
cations arise. are adjusted. nearly every
one in town buys oil stock, and the
Ladies Welfare League give ball in
Fields honor. But after the guests have
arrived for the wedding Of Hunters
daughter. indignant citizens who have
learned that the we'll is a swindle. APP
pear and demand the return Of their
money Fields is tricked into buying
back his stock. and after all the ex-
element new developments arise and
everything turns out better than any
one had expected.
On the stage Hip Lee. with his sing
ing would have stopped the show. but
4Uf IiIS ui SoIRy, AuuW Ao hioAC
American songs and the next act is
very good one" Mr.. Wus limitations OF
American vaudeville favorites, ukulele
selections by Nee Wong and That's
My Baby" Ia American and also -
la Chinee," were received with great en-
thusiasm. Moreover, the American
fiapper has not completely monopolized
old Mother Natures bountiful supply
of feminine pulchritude-the Chinese
girls in the ballet will convince you of
that. One couple displayed complete
mastery OF grace and rhythm in an ex-
hfbition of ballroom dancing. An or
ganologue we'll executed by Charles
Cage and an excellent news reel COM
plete a very good program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

THE Packard Motor Car Company has just
advised us by telegram that effective July 9
prices of all models of the Packard Six have been
reduced $500. The new prices are as follows:
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Flowers of Pith.
yTHE ARTIFICIAL flower trade, in whicl

THE artificial flower trade. in which
thousands of persons are engaged,
has within the last few years been COM
pletely revolutionized, both here and
abroad For a long time the petals
we're made of muslin. silk satin and
even of velvet. colored after nature and
successfully manipulated into the SEM
blance of blossoms.
OF late years, however, there has been
employed a substance that puts the
most delicate textile materials ever
manufactured completely in the back
ground. It consists of the thinnest Of
thin 5havin9s from the inner pith of an
Oriental palm that grows in Formosa.
and can be compared to nothing so
we'll as the almost transparent petal OF
white poppy or delicate tea rose.
A lily petal is heavy in comparison with
this substance, which has all the sheen
and translucence and even the slightly
frosted appearance seen in some white
flowers.
It can be tinted far better than silk
or muslin and is virtually indestructible.
In wet weather IL gives and becomes
a little limp, just as real flowers do,
but when the sun comes out 1t crisps.
reasserts itself and takes on a new
lease of life and beauty.
The Japanese artificial-fower max
ers than whom there are no more skill
full m:SE;pulatorS. Save of late years
been sending to this country extraordi-
nary limitations of such flowers as occi-
dentals most affect. The particular
species that the japanese are now send
ing are the American beauty, the brides
maid and La France. An exquisite
white species called the Empress is also
initiated by them.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
ateWh Ltmdao Development Un
of fArmyAr rConsPnn Form oSn Product Still Applied

checked as soon as the chute opened.
Whereupon the plane swerved crazily
from side to side for few minutes.
but fortunately increased in steadineSs
as 1t neared the earth.
- ~
OUCH application of the parachute
to the support of the plane was the
Joint invention of Harry B. Doucett,
chief aviation machinist's mate at the
San Diego Naval Air Station, and Of H.
r. Russell. maker of the so-called Rus
sell parachute, the Army Air Corps
records show. In the experiment de-
scribed above plane, pilot and equip
ment weighed in the neighborhood of
/ 300 pounds. The parachute is de-
scribed variously as weighing IS to go
pounds and being between so and 81
feet in diameter.
Doucett's invention was placed in a
small container, somewhat more than
feet long. in the tail of the fuselage
in front of the rudder. The chute was
long, which Is onerated by lever in
the cockpit that works substantially the
same as does the standard lever in the
we'll known individual type of chute.
When the parachute finally reaches the
earth the pilot is still in the planes
cockpit.
The secord. and what is believed to
be the most recent. test of this kind
was made last Summer at Tracy, Calf,
the hero of the occasion being E. j.
McKeon, San Francisco pilot of many
years experience. McKeon had thrills
a-plenty. Using an old biplane. he at
tached a parachute weighing around so
pounds to the top of the wings by means
of steel cables in such fashion that the
pull of the cables is centered so that
the plane lands in an upright position.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
tn of Aerial Lfeboats Discoses Astonishing Capacity

Of the test. and a group of other ex-
perienced airmen.
Not a whit fused" by the extreme
danger to his life. McKeon flew the
plane into the heavens as high as 1000
feet. Whereupon he shut OF his en-
gine. released the controls and pulled
the parachute cord At terrific speed
the plane fell 1000 feet. while mean
time the pilot parachute fluttered open.
Down again for more than 500 feet
went the plane, McKeon wondering why
the big parachute failed to open. SO
he prepared to leap for his life from
his individual parachute. But finally
the folds of the giant chute caught
the wind and the plane righted itself,
continuing downward at materially de-
creased speed until it neared the sarth.
whence, in graceful fashion, it glidsd
to safety.
Varney straightway announced that
hereafter the planes in his flying school
would all be equipped with the new de-
vice. He expressed the belief that with
few trifling improvements the Brod-
erick chute would be in perfect con-
dition for use in any type Of plane,
being particularly desirable in the big
kind of passenger carrying plane. where
it is extremely dificult for passengers
to make jumps with individual para
chutes.
Naturally enough. those early expert
mentS by private enterprise gave great
impetus to the American Governments
long felt intention of devising a plane
parachute, though Mai. Hoffman had
been investigating the matter In his
characteristically quiet fashion for
probably some years. During the Win
ter and early Spring months he is fur
ther developing his Sampson of the
air by working with tiny model para
chutes. carefully designed as to scale
and placed in an experimental wind
tunnel for observation purposes. The
Wright Field wind tunnels are capable
of creating artificial hurricanes of their
own with speed of from 100 to 500
miles an hour, 80 that the tiny models
can be watched under all conditions ex-
perienced under actual flights.
United States Department Of COM
merce authorities are understood to be
planning to equip a tri-motored plane
with basket device attached to the
new parachute, into which an entire
passenger load could jump at an order
to abandon ship, and thereby fall cle7r
of the. disabled plane within five to t.,
seconds.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

serving his term in office. He could
afford to accept only the most i'm
portant clients, which were sometimes
foreign countries, and earned annually
for his services as much as $150.000,
then considered huge sum. 1t would
have been unfortunate for him II his
own suggestion for the quiet and expc.
ditious disposal of eX-PreSidents had
been taken seriously.
X X X
OTHERS were less fortunate. Two
~ men not only did not derive any
finsncial advantage from the prosi-
drncy, but actually went bankrupt in
later years Thomas jefferson, lawyer
and farmer, retired from office so i'm
poverished that he was not sure his
creditors would allow him to leave
Washington. The embargo act, which
was largely his own work, prohibited
the expectation of tobacco and cut off
his greatest source of income.
In 1914 he had to sell his library
to Congress for quarter of its value
and sums of money were raised in the
large cities by popular subscription to
help him out of the red" Upon his
Evening star., 1928-11-25
xPresdents May Be Commanding Figures in Private Life

almost destitute. They we're provided
for by gifts from the States of Vir-
ginia and South Carolina.
Gen. Grant was fairly well-to-do
man after serving his two terms, and
he spent his first three years Of leisure
in touring the world. Upon his return
to America he re-entered politics and
his friends almost succeeded in NOM
mating him a third time for the presi-
dency Retiring from public life, he
invested his fortune in a New York
banking house. which took the name
of Grant & Ward
But the general was no more for
tunate with his employees than he had
been with his presidential appointees.
Business troubles increased to such an
extent that he became bankrupt. He
was forced to earn money by writing
for magazines and he provided for the
future of his family by writing his
memoirs. He persevered on his book
despite grievous illness and finished the
wort, only four days before his death.
Although most of our Presidents
attempted to keep out of politics
after retirement. a few resumed active
public life. Grant, as has been men,