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Evening star., 1928-12-27
Capitalist Returns
Gifts Worth Over ST.
With Thrift Sermon
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, December
27.-ChristmaS presents which
cost more than 81 were being re-
turned yesterday by Morit2 Thom-
sen, wealthy Seattle man, whose
interests employ more than 1000
persons.
Thomson declared thrift made
it possible for him to be listed
in the capitalist class and he be-
lieves that the best kind of Christ
mas present is inculcating the
idea of thrift.
ct have a standing rule that I
won't accept gifts from employees
or relatives costing over ST." he
explained. I'D rather see them
putting that money into savings
accounts to take care of their
own families
With each gift returned Thon1-
sen sends a sermonette on thrift.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
MEMORIAL PLAN STUDIED,
Grant Considers Having Lincoln
Structure Open at Night.

Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant. Sd, director
Of the ONCE of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, has under consideration
plan to have the Lincoln Memorial
open at night. With his assistants, he
is studying the question whether the
steps are sufficiently lighted to insure
the safety Of the public.
Col Grant plans to inspect the Lin
coin Memorial tonight and expects to
be in position to make a final an
nouncement on the plan Saturday.
found in the ditch alongside the rail-
Evening star., 1928-12-27

Examining Board and Board of Medical
Examiners at Washington, serving
from September, 1918, to June, 1921.
In March, 1923, Capt. Riggs was given
command of the Naval Hospital at
Newport, r. T., and during that tour of
duty he received special commendation
for his action in assisting the civilian
authorities in caring for the victims
of the S. S. Mackinac which suffered a
boiler explosion In August, 1925, result
ing in the death and injury OF many
of the passengers. Capt. Riggs imme-
diately utilized all the facilities of the
Naval Hospital in this emergency, and
his prompt assistance saved the lives
of many Of the injured.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Underwear

WOmen's II Heavy
eight Underwear,
f1eeced, shirts with
Dutch neck and elbow
sleeves. high neck and
long sleeves; knee or
ankle length E0C
pants, 75c value. OO(
Women's Part-Wool
Union Suits, with rayon
stripes; sleeveless and
k n re length;
15S 7ss value al Fri 40C
Kaufman's-First Floor
Evening star., 1928-12-27

" yNdl D
roc White MILDLY BIouses,
bleached jean. sizes AOr
to 18 years. ...... f1~
Boys Navy Blue Admiral
Coats. emblem on sleeve;
red lining; sizes 3 to 8 years.
Sold formerly at c9 40
+ $500. Friday at. P%.T1
81 Cinderella Brand Waist
Suits, for boys and girls:
knee and ankle length; 2
to IL years. Friday 6OC
at ......... Wv
Girls Sweaters, rayon and
wool or all wool; slip-over
style; plain and Jacquard
designs; sizes s to IA years.
Sold formerly at O. 90
$500. Friday at. p1s1O
SOC and soc Outing Fian-
mel Underwear, s ers,
boomers, gertrudes, gowns,
etc. Sizes Q to 8. Fri 1Oc
day at.. t............... ~
81 Jersey Leggins. heavy
fleece; white only; all E0o
sizes WV
SIS Silk Dresses, handmade
and embroidered: light pas
tel shades; sizes 2 to s years.
Formerly $500. NN no
Friday at. ...... Q%sIC
Children's Hats, felt and
velvet; assorted style
and shades. Friday O.
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. |A
Little Boys Suits. plaid
tops, heather jersey or cor
duroy button on pants;
various sizes. Friday O0~
at .............. wv
Northumberland Floor
Evening star., 1928-12-27

Girls Leatherette Rain
coats, flannel lined; all coll
ors; hats to match. 2 to IA
years. Sold forIne erl y
at $500. Friday O. O2
at PAs/O
Girls Fur Collar Velour
Goats, nicely lined; sizes 2
to IA years. Sold formerly
at $500. Friday O. -
at .............. PA']O
Evening star., 1928-12-27
So Rayon
Robes, $1.79

Women's Rayon Robes,
two-tone effects, with
silk cord; all sizes; vari-
Gus desirable shades.
Kaufman's-Second Floor
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Toys to Be Closed Out at COST
Tots Sc to So Goats
S308 t"

60 All Wool Chincha Coats, tan, powder,
white and rust sizes to years.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
800 Towels 23c

Famed Cannon Mills
Bleached Turkish Towels.
size 22x44 inches; double
thread quality.
1896 Fancy Border
Huck Towels, neatly hem
stitched; assorted colors.
Regularly 29c each 1O~
Friday ..........
Kaufman's-First Floor
Evening star., 1928-12-27
Women's $40 Furred Goats
$40
Double.bed
Sheets, 60c

Made of good sturdy
grade bleached cotton,
with wide hens; per-
feet quality: only a
limited quantity.
SOC White Star Pillow
Cases, sizes 42x36 and
45x36 in h es, 2S~
each ............
So RayOn Bed Spreads.
size 81x105; seamless
and scalloped ends; blue
a n d G o / d CT 30
only ..........
So Krinkle Bed Spreads,
size slx1o5; S1.40
gold color only. %A'>
81x99 Bleached Sheets.
plain and hemstitched
ru n o + t h e OOc
mill ............
Evening star., 1928-12-27

WomenS n a y o n
Boomers, plain and
fancy styles, in all
wanted colorS. Made with
fiat lock seams. Slight
irregulars.
Porto Rican Night
gowns, pink, peach, or
child and white; others of
figured crepe. Fri 6Or
day at ......... Wv
Costume Slips, Of rayon
and sateen; assort- TO-
ed colors ........ Nv
Extra size BlOomers, of
striped sateen; as EO~
sorted shades -. w
Odd lot of Rayon I'm
derwear, bloomers, chem
ise and vests; various
light shades. FRI AO~
day at .........
Kaufman's-second Floor
Evening star., 1928-12-30

One of the beau
ties of the holiday
tire at of the
President and Mrs.
c ooli d 6 e. The
Venetian ind oor
swimming pool of
t h e Howard E.
Coffin mansion on
Sapelo Island, off
t he CO oaSt of
Georgia. Q F0l'H.
Evening star., 1928-12-30

What future skies
may hold. The strange
autogiro, or windmill
plane" invention of
the Spaniard, Juan de
la Cievra, flying over
the country near Phila-
delphia on it's first test
in America. The huge
horizontally revolving
blades permit the plane
to rise and descend al
most perpendicularly.
9 Wide World Photos.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Has New Color Process.

The evolution and application OF the
Pathechrome process has been encour-
aged and furthered by Terry Ramsaye,
editor in chief of Pathe's non-dramatic
production, who has long been in touch
with the problems of color on the screen
from prior associations with the once
famous Prizrna and Charles Urban's
Kinechrome, successor to the basic
Kinemacolor method. Ramsaye was an
editorial technical consultant in both
projects.
In this connection 1t Is interesting
to note that the first color on the
screen appeared in the first year OF the
motion picture, 1895, with the showing
of hand-colored Edison pictures pro-
jected by Armat's Vitascope at Roster
and Bial's Music Hall In Herald Square,
New York.
The first colored subject was a ser
pentine dance by Annabelle Whlttord
Moore, who a generation ago was the
toast of Broadway and later one OF the
earliest darlings of Florenz ziegfelo
Follies. The picture was tediously coll
ored frame by frame, with tiny water
color brushes by Mrs Edward Kuhn,
the artistic wife of an employe at the
Edison works. The showing OF the
picture confounded the critics, with the
result that the press widely announced
that Thomas A. Edison had brought
not only the motion of life but COM
plete natural color to the Screen--and
this IA years before Kinemacolor first
made the assertion even an approxl-
mate fact.
Mrs. Kuhn's method Of applying
color to positive film may be called the
true ancestor of the new Pathechrome
process. which goes through the same
general operation, but with retine-
ment and accuracy possible only with
the perfected machinery and technique
of today.
So-called natural color Photographic
processes are limited by what the
camera can record. Pathechrome Is
limited only by what the colorist can
think of. One of the first demonstra-
tions of what 1t can do will be "Mr.
Pathe," the rooster selected for the
first animated and vocal trade mark:
| AS "Mr. Pathe" boasts Of II different
colors in his plumage, when ne ap-
pears on the screen with all II, poultry
fanciers may well despair.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

1NE of the largest transactions in
story material ever reported in the
;otion picture industry has just been
'fnpleted between General Talking
ctures Corporation and the Sanger
I'd Jordan Division of the Anglo In
irrational Play Bureau.
General Talking Pictures Corpora
IN, which controls the De Forest
lonofilm system, has taken an option
100 musical comedies and stage plays
ON which a selection of so Will De
ade and purchased for the use OF the
oducing companies licensed under the
1onofllm patents.
The 100 subjects which have been
: aside on the option agreement IN
lde full length dramatic pieces,
rces, comedies, modern melodramas.
ID mystery plays as well as musical
n1edies. They were selected by wal
c. Jordan, general manager IN
nerica of Anglo international Play
lreau, from the vast number OF sue
sses he had handled on the legitimate
lge as being story properties well
apted to talking picture production.
All the plays on which an option was
ken were selected from the library OF
niger and Jordan. They include some
the greatest successes of the Ameri-
n stage. Until the final selection OF
is made the titles included in the
ton will not be announced. but the
ality of them may be judged at as
planned by the fact that the firm OF
Inger & Jordan during its 40 years
activity as international agents;
presented the owners and authors oi
eh successes as "Floradora, THE Chi
,se Honeymoon" "The Chocolate
,ldier," Havana" 1.-The Merry Wild
=" "The Quaker Girl" The Area
ans" THE Sunshine Girl" The Sill
r Slipper" Experience" "Chu Chlr
low" and others. Included in the
It also are many plays which have
Evening star., 1928-12-09

TN the early days of the stage it was
a tradition that one could not be
really great actor until past the stage
where rehearsal was necessary in stand
ard parts. The great Edwin Booth for
instance. was never known to do any
thing more than to walk through
part with his cast in the dress rehears-
al, not even hothering to put on cos
tune or makeup. He knew his Inns
and business; 1t was up to the cast 10
know theirs.
Mrs. Fiske still retains this tradition
to a large extent. 1t was once quite
the usual thing, whereas nowadays, when
there is no longer standard repertory
of Shakespeare and Knowles and Sheri-
dan, the star rehearses even more
earnestly than any one else IN the cast.
This triumph of the old system prob
ably came on one occasion in the late
eighties when Jim the Pennan," the
famous old crook play which George T..
TYLER has revived this season, was being
played for high charity in Newark with
an all-star cast"
There was a certain prominent actor
(who, being still alive. shall remain
nameless) universally acknowledged to
be made to order for the leading role
of James Ralston, the man who sup
ported a family in aristocratic affluence
| by forgery. He was persuaded to accept
| the part. professed himself honored and
promised to turn UP at rehearsal. In
stead he disappeared and all the better
and even the worst of his usual haunts
in New York we're searched in vain.
The cast rehearsed without him, and
Agnes Booth, the leading lady. grew
more and more indignant as the days
went by and no leading man appeared.
The part might have been filled in
with some one else, but management
had counted on the attraction of the
missing actors name. Clear down to
the final rehearsal he was absent with
out leave. Then he was discovered back
in his own apartment, full of stories
about the grand, IL somewhat hazy. time
he had been having. and hustled of to
Newark to work with the cast.
But. arriving on the ground, this was
just what he refused to do. He knew
the lines, suggested that the cast walk
through it and said he'd turn up for
the matinee next day and everything
would be all right. Director and stage
manager tore their hair, but he was
adamant. Miss Booth grew white with
rage, but he pacified her with the flower
from his buttonhole and went somewhat
unsteadily back to New York.
Next day. at curtain time, he had
not been seen. The audience applauded
madly. but the curtain stayed down
while another frantic search was made
for the leading man. The stage mana
ger was preparing to take hand at the
part himself, when the great man ap-
| peared, cheerful. and easy, with a mum
bled apology for being bit late and
scoffed at the idea of making up.
| Audience was waiting-cast was wait
| ing-his fault-so he went on anc
Evening star., 1928-12-09
A Press Agents Delight.

arrived more than two centuries later
in 1874. Every descendant of both fam
lilies during six generations has been
born in Socorro, N. Mex. Sedillo Is the
oldest in his family, and his father was
the Oldest in his family.
During Sedillo's final year at George
town University he. served as private
secretary to United States Senator H.
D. Bursum, which may account for
Juan's having tried to win a seat in
Congress two years ago. His maternal
great-grandfather was the last Mexi-
can governor of New Mexico when the
United States took the State over in
1848.
Two years ago overtures were made
to Sedillo by film company to come
to Hollywood for motion picture test,
but he refused. A short time ago Fox
executives discovered in the young law
yer-polo player potential screen mate
rial and made an offer so tempting that
he came to Hollywood for the first time
in his life.
Sedillo is captain of the United States
Army Reserve Corps in Santa Fe, a
member of polo team in that historic
old city and is interested in National
Guard work, being assistant adjutant
general of the 11lth Cavalry, New Mex
leo National Guard.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Six Roads to Movie Fame.

CTX main highways, it is now figured
lead to Hollywood's pot Of gold
motion picture success.
Romantic stardom is at the end Of
the first. Comedy fame is the destina-
ton of the second The third leads to
renown as a character actor. Success
as a menace type may be found by
following the fourth. The fifth leads
to the adulation given the Western hero.
At the end of the sixth is a SIRENS
popularity.
So established are these highways,
said to have become that the seeker
for film glory practically has to choose
one of them, for once embarked, 1t is
extremely difficult to change routes.
The players find themselves classi-
fed. If they are not careful they will
be forever after selected for roles upon
the basis of that alignment. In casting
directories they are listed as leading
men and women" second leads. in
csnues" Juveniles" or comedians"
"character men and women" western
types" and "heavies."
The road to romance is the one most
travelled. Youth and beauty throng
this way to success. Clara Bow, Charles
Buddy" Rogers, Baclanova, John Gil
bert, Esther Ralston. Richard Dix, Vii
ma Banky, Mary Brian, Richard Arlen,
Fay Wray, Nancy Carroll and Gary
Cooper are examples of those who have
found the going over that road profit
able.
Comedy has been a sure highway to
fame for Charles Chaplin and Harold
LLOYD. Chester Conklin is another one
who has followed this boulevard to sue
cess.
Because their route is less spectacu-
lar than that followed by the romantic
types, the character actors find the
going to stardom much rougher, but
Emil Jannings. George Bancroft. Lon
CLANCY and Wallace Beery are among
those who have reached the goal.
The number travelling the menace"
boulevard are legion. Practically every
picture has its heavy" William Pow
ell. Noah Beery and Fred Kohler are
typical of those who have found fame
this way.
Jack Holt and Tom Mix have ridden
hard down the western highway as has
"Hoot" Gibson. William S. Hart once
Travelled that way Gary Cooper made
his start on the western road a couple
If years ago, but soon hung up his chaps
and took to romancing.
Theda Bara posted the signposts
nlong the sirens highway. Numerous
feminine players have followed 1t to
more than ordinary success. Margaret
livingston is one Of the modern type
# vampires.
In spite of the difficulties of chang
Evening star., 1928-12-09

7HMS have reached out and taken a
leading man born of family that
allied America home" nearly a CEN
Try before the Pilgrims landed at
lymouth Rock!
In other words, Winfield Sheehan,
/, ice president Of Fox Films, has just
< ut under contract for the lead in a
1rtheoming production young man
flo never faced a motion picture CAM
"a in his life until he made his initial
ip to California for a test, yet who
as a background that probably is more
: Smantic and colorful than any other
! eember of the film colony.
The new leading man is Juan An
f3lnio Sedillo, lawyer by profession.
n graduate of the University OF New
Iexico and of the Law School at
georgetown University.
/, Sedillo is said to be the sixth first
Urn direct descendant" of a Spanish
smily that came to what is now So
lrrow, N. Mex, in 1924. This means
! lat he is the heir to the 90,000-acre
nd grant from the King of Spain to
le paternal side of his family for long
7rvice in the Spanish army.
Sedillo traces his mothers ancestors
lck to Count de Vaca, who came to
2 alerica in 1924. His fathers forbears
Evening star., 1928-12-09

ing routes after a start has been made
on one of the highways some players
do it to their own benefit. Gary
Coopers switch has already been noted.
Wallace Beery started out on the
comedy highway. He switched to the
menace road, angled off from that to
the character acting boulevard. detoured
back to comedy and has now returned to
characters. Furthermore, he has gone
all the way to success on each of them,
He has not yet tried the romance or
western highways.
George Bancroft started on the road
to renown as a menace. He reached
the top and was known everywhere as
"the smiling william" when he found
that highway too cramped for his capa-
bilities and so detoured to the char
acter acting boulevard. Bancroft also
had a brief sojourn on the comedy road
but did not like it. He wisely switched
off in short order. Chester Conklin is
one who has recently switched of the
comedy highway to journey on the road
leading to character acting fame.
These two highways run closely paral-
lei at nearly all times and at some points
almost converge, so the step from one
to the other is often not such a tre-
mendous undertaking. Chaplin has long
threatened to take it.
Having followed the highway of silky
suave villainy to unusual success, Will
liam Powell is switching highways. In
the part of Detective Philo Vance, in
THE Canary Murder Case"
Jesse L. Lasky, pioneer motion picture
producer, said recently that "the stars
of today should make the great char
acter actors of tomorrow" With the
experience they have gained in forcing
their way down the romance highway
TO success, the youthful celebrities OF
today should find the travelling in char
acter acting easy.
There are no hard and fast guide
posts to the six main highways. The
topnotchers with the initiative have
practically all gotten out of the traffic
bv exploring side trails Of their own.
In the end, however, these little inter-
secting roads lead back to the prin-
cipal boulevards.
Once in a great while there exists a
player who refuses to travel one OF the
six roads. In nine cases out OF ten
this pioneer soon sinks to oblivion.
There is no short cut to fame.
Now that sound has added another
element to pictures, there is much con-
lecture about what effect the new force
will have on the six main highways.
II remains for the future to show
whether or not new roadways to the
prize of success will be opened. In the
meantime the players are still classi-
fed as to types and get their calls from
casting directories, largely on the basis
of that classification.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Judge Lindsey Again Wires.
JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY, the famous

JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY, the famous
a. Denver Judge, now appears to be
waxing enthusiastic over the film ver-
sion of his book, "Companionate Mar
riage." He is said recently to have
wired First National Pictures, distribu-
tors of the production, the following
telegram:
This widely discussed subject con-
corning the most vital problems of life,
such as love, marriage and divorce,
home and family. has been done into
marvellous photoplay by Sam Sax of
Gotham Productions. in cooperation
with Asher, Small and Rogers. This
picture, with Betty Bronson, Alec B.
Francis and others in a magnificent
well as education
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Strange Interlude.'

"STRANGE 1NTERLUDE" is the
longest drama ever produced in
America. 1t is in nine acts with an in
termission of / hour and IS minutes
between acts and 6. The perform
ance begins promptly at $50 pm;
gives an interlude for dinner at 7:45,
and begins again at 8 o'clock sharp, so
that your motor car can await you at
IL o'clock.
The play has the longest woman part
of any drama yet written in any Ian
guage. 1t is that of Nina Leeds, and
outdoes Shakespeare's Hamlet" which
has held the record of character parts
to memorize and enact in drama.
There are many other strange and
exotic features of artistry in Strange
Interlude."
Eugene O'Neill. the American author
of Strange Interlude," the most
notable production of the Theater
Guild of New York, has thrice won the
Pulitzer prize play award. He stands
alone in this distinction. The plays
by O'Neill winning this coveted niche
are Beyond the Horizon Anna
Christie" and Strange Interlude," to
be seen here with Pauline Lord in the
role of Nina Leeds the last week in
December.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Was the" American Beauty.


AVA Uncle Toms Cabin" now at the
Metropolitan Theater. as child star,
made her stage debut as the infant
Adrienne in "The Celebrated Case"
Her father was the noted minstrel
John Fischer. who saw the possibilities
In his daughter and formed the Mar
garita Fischer Stock Co, which toured
the West Coast for many years. On the
stage Miss Fischer met Harry Pollard.
director of Uncle Toms Cabin" and
their friendship ripened into love, cul-
minating in their marriage.
Miss Fischer also won fame as the
American Beauty" of the screen. her
features, in the heert of rose, having
been the trademark of the old American
Film Co. She is remembered also for
a remarkable portrayal in *. the Un-
known" which marked her return to
the screen after several years of retire
y1icnt
Evening star., 1928-12-09
A Changed Dolores.

ONE of the marked characteristics OF
Dolores Del Rio will be missing
when the star is seen in Revenge" her
new United Artists picture, now at the
Earle Theater.
The stars close-fitting hairdress has
always been evident on the screen she
has always worn her long hair combed
closely to her head and done up in little
knots on each side. or in one large
braided knot in back. .
In Revenge" she appears in the fiery
role of a gypsy beartamer, and her hair
will be seen blowing to the four winds
Her hairdresser does his best to make it
stand as far out from her head as
possible, and the change from the slick.
ose-f1tting styles she has used so long
is striking.
Revenge" is Finis Fox's screen story
based on Konrad Bercovici's THE Bear
Tanners Daughter"
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Old Fashioned? Maybe.

making life miserable for her. Where
a nineteenth century heroine would
merely have pined away, Mrs. Sullen
gets easily out of her difficulties by
gaining her husbands consent to dis
solution of the marriage, in much the
same manner that Judge Ben Lindsey
would recommend for people in such a
case today. The husband, moreover,
is as good natured about 1t as is pos
sible for him, recognizing, as some mod
ern young men might, that if he could
not make his wife happy 1t was not
for him to stand in the way Of those
who might.
There is almost the prototype OF the
modern gangster also in the highway
men of "The Beallx' Stratagem" who
make the country inn their rendezvous,
terrorize their confederate, the land
lord, and levy toll on passengers and
natives with equal profit. And the for
eign nobleman who works his way into
the good graces Of the best families is
no new sight to either Americans or
Englishmen.
That "Beaux' Stratagem" had stay
ing power is evidenced by the fact that
it retained its popularity for more than
100 years after 1t was first written, sur
viving through all the social and po-
litical changes Of the early nineteenth
century.