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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13

Y OLLAND, host to the worlds
II athletes during the Olympic
games. has contributed three
4 4 popular sports to civilization,
says a bulletin from the Ma
tonal Geographic Society.
Two Of the three sports yachting and
skating, have been incorporated into
the Olympic games. but golf has not
yet been added.
All three Of the sport terms are direct
irnportations from the Dutch language
golf comes from "kof. meaning a club.
yacht from jacht." which originally re-
ferred to hunting or the chase, from
"scaaat." meaning skate
Although the Scotch receive credit
for shaping golf into the game now
played. the Dutch are held responsible
for lis origin. Certain etchings have
been ferreted out Of the art treasures
% the nation which picture the ancient
k0lf players on the links" So We know
that in 1875 the well equipped Dutch
golfer went forth swarthed in mantle
like Roman toga that he carried
n1uF sno wore skates, because kolf
was an ice game.
Carries a Sword.
IN place Of = golf bag ne carried
tiTeiy an unfamiliar figure as he stands
boldly In typical yisoyed cap the same
ba2gY plus tours, the gold socks and
even the identical snappy knee taSsels
which decorate the fastidious golfer
today
one stick was enough for the old
Dutch player 81 vas large and like
hockey stick The golf balls were large,
100. and i has been found that al
though the Dutch earned the reputa-
ton Of making The pest golf balls the
Scotch even N those days, were pro-
ducing clubs Of such quality that the
Eetnerianoers sent across the North
Sea for them
The chief divergence between kolf
end golf Is that IN koif the player
aimed 70 AIT q STAKE set IN the ice IN
Etc2o ~ trying 10 sink a putt IN cup.
Other pictures nave been found. how
ever. which sro2 tnaf the Dutch them
seiyes transferred the game ~ land and
substituted cup f0f stake.
Tne sport q Yachting originated, au-
tnor.tJes consider on the Zuider IRE
that shallow salt arm Of the ocean
which qujte appropriately. viii be the
scene ~ the Olympic yacht races The
Epon was started Dy certain old sea-
dogs VINO tried 10 retire and couldn't
veteran captains grown 50 rich on thf
s~a trade 2lt7 the Indies and America
mat they lived Al case In Amsterdam
compromised with The call ~ the sea
by sailing To meet the incoming mer.
chant feet
Wien word came that the ships were
IN he Texei roads the retired captains
WOULD sail out 10 meet them IN small
luxurious ships designed like miniature
aa.leonS Sauln2s 10 meet the fee
soor became races 50 the old captains
gradually adapted their little galleon
to get greater speed One of thesf
Yachts was presented By Holland u
Charles II n England Who raced !
en- the Thames End thus the spor
became implanted IN Britain
Develop Skating.
While 1t is true that no man cal
ssv who started skating the Dutch yer
esrlg developed the art Probably the
verr among the first 10 substitute iro
for Bone skates. and with this lnnoya
tior the zeal history Of skating. begins
re 6 NetheylsGder pair OIL skate
vas and. In q great measure, SUI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13

MERICA'S kid" athletes are
u threatening 10 take the play
II away from the gTownupS.
1 4 Juvenile performers from
years up have repeatedly
flashed across the sports horizon Of
late In the fields Of tennis. run
ming, swimming and golf these mere
children have scintillated, and re-
Gently there WIS the remarkable
feat of an American girl outsprint-
ing the worlds best woman run
ners in the 100-meter Olympic
finals to set new world record.
Little Elizabeth Robinson OF Chi
cago. who has seen just l6 summers,
stepped out at Amsterdam when
Americas best athletes were falling
all around her and ran the 100
meters in the fast time of Il is
seconds.
But this is just one Of many OK
amples of the things Uncle Sans
child athletes have done to distin-
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MARSHALL IN CHESS DRAW.

BAD KIasINdEN, Germany, August
10 tAol The first round OF the inter
national chess tournament was con-
tested yesterday by IL masters from 10
countries Jose r. Capablnnca of Cuba,
A. Rubinstein Of Poland and u, D, Bngol-
tllbow of Germany were the winners.
Three games were drawn, including one
between r, j. Marshall, the United
States champion, and Or. o. Tarraseh,
Germany,
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MRS. HERTZ BUYS HORSE.

SARATOGA. Springs, n y. August
- (TA.--Mrs, John d Hertz Of Chi
cage has bought the 2-year-old
nilly Nettie Stone from John E. Mad
den for S25,000, Mrs. Hertz owns
Reign Count, Kentucky Derby winner.
and Anita Peabody.
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France Has No National Game
But Outdoor Sports Flourish

here they do not relish fighting for
francs.
As for golf, there are now about so
courses in France, but II is still con-
Sidered 70 be an ariStocratic game, eX-
pensive and UNIT for the bourgeois,
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U. s. HURLERs DEFEATED.

DUBLIN. Ireland. August 10 ND
Treisnds hurting team. defeated inc
United States IN an International match
that featured the Taillteann games The
score was Ireland goals, . points. n
4 goals points.
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SHIELDS BEATS PARE.

COVIN0TON. Ky. August IL To-,
Frank II Shields Of New York, national
Junior tennis champion, defeated En-
met Pare Of Chicago for the Ohio VAL
ley tennis championship here, 6~~2,
6~~l, as. 2~e. Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13

KANSAS CITY, August 13-Howard
A. Colby. 81 years old, vino was said
% have given John D. Rockefeller ST,
his first instructions in golf. is dead
He was a former resident of New York
and Brooklyn. where he was prominent
in many branches of athletics.
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SWIMMING MEET DELAYED.

The annual exhibition OF the Milton
Swimming and Life-Saving Club. which
was 10 have been held at Chesapeake
Beach. Md. yesterday was postponed
on account of the storm until next
Sunday morning August 10.
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARpEFg PERRY. w Va, August
S.-Ths Potomac and Shenandoah
Rivers both were very muddy this morn
ing.
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Develop Skating

While IT is true that no man can
ssv Who started skating The Dutch very
esrlg developed the arr Probably they
wefr among the first 10 substitute iron
for Bone skates. and with this lnnoYs-
tfor inc real history Of skating begins
re g Netheylsoder pair oil skates
vas and. In d great measure. SUI 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

~ Y EW YORK. August I3.--TaIk
N and il is not weather talk,
e;tfer-is going the rounds
4 that in 1880 tho Army and
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The Washington times., 1928-10-19
Here What I Think
OF the Mouies
BY AL JoLsoN

You know, never thought I'd be converted.
Even in my widest flights Of fancy, able to
visualize myself motion picture star. could hardly
myself extra In fact was thoroughly
WINGED that there place IN the world where did
not belong in front Of the business end Of
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
CITIZENS @. K.
TIVOLI'S
PROGRAM

In bringing TO the Tivoli Theatef,
Fourteenth Street and Park Road
the two leading sound devices oil
the screen, Vitaphone and Movie.
tone. the management of the TlVoii
TheAer. which is owned and ope'
rated by the Stanley Crandal Com
pany Of Washington, feel that they
are offering to the people OF the
rapidly growing Columbia Heights
section. the latest in modern enter
tainment, that of sight and sound
pictures.
The Columbia Heights Business
Mems. Association, an organization
composed of the leading merchants
on the hill" have heartily Endorsed
the new program for the Tivoli The
alter and are backing the celebration
of the opening on Sunday, October
81, 100 per cent strong.
It is not only in the synchroniza-
ton of sound and motion in feature
pictures that Vitaphone has estab-
lished itself as the greatest inven-
ton of the age. In the field of short
subjects, Vitaphone has reached a
perfection that Is unsurpassed BILE.
Each program at the Tivoli Theater,
whether a sound picture or a silent
drama, will be accompanied by sew
eral Nitaphone short reel subjects,
stars of the operate stage, the leziti-
mate theater, the vaudeville stage
and other famous artists.
The Washington times., 1928-10-19

at the studio making the picture,
had been filled with doubts and
fears, but the verdict of the pub
lie was. unmistakable. The talk
ing picture had arrived.
1t was not so hard to induce
me to make my second produc-
ton. THE Singing FOOL" which
has just been completed. Warner
Brothers had supplied medium
which proved to combine action
and sound in a manner which
seemed little short of perfect.
And so / was converted.
| have no thought of giving up
the stage permanently-the thea
ter is too much part of my life
but l am happy to know that
/ shall appear in other Vitaphone
productions. nave recently
signed a long-term contract
with Warner Brothers, and hope
to make at least one talking pic.
ture each year. and thus keep
pace with the constantly ircpeas.-
ing development OF this wonder
full invention.
And at last ] realize what 1t is
to have "my public" When l
was appearing only on the stage.
| had many friends in just a
few OF the larger cities. Now no
matter where l go in small town
or large everybody knows me!
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
How Talking Movies Shown
At TivOli Are Made

b vibrations which reacted on the
diaphragm of the n1icrophone-are
recorded on disk of soft wax by
means of stylus made of sapphire
and shaped oval-fashion like the
end of spoon.
BY means OF mechanical filters all
extraneous vibrations are eliminated
and the movements OF the stylus are
so governed that all tones are reg
istered with fidelity.
In order to syncEronize the picture
and the music perfectly, the camera
and the turntable on which the
master disk reVoives lin another
part of the studio buildingl secure
their motive power from two aiternat L
ing current motors of the synchron-
Gus type made 10 run at uniform
speed. To record. the motors are
started and gain full speed together
and continue to run together. Con-
nected to the recording arm Is a
suction tube which draws the cut
wax particles up and away from
the disk.
The operation OF the reproducing
apparatus is comparatively simple.
The average moving picture operator
ran be- taught to handle the Vita.
phone show In a week or less,
while the average theater electri-
clans can easily be taught to>repiace
a bad vacuum tube or make minor
adjustments In the apparatus. The
turn.table is located Immediately
adjacent to the picture protector,
beth OF which are driven by the
same motor. the speed OF which is
controlled by speeG-control mechan.
hi hn n
slant. The gnetic pickup
mocha nism is attached to the turn
table. The ampllfier panels are
compact and require hut very lit
tie amount of floor space. These
are also installed in the projection
booth and near enough to the pro-
pectin1 apparatus so that the
operator can also handle the volume.
control mechanism.
For the ordinary theater two to
four horns are sufficient. These
horns are Of the folded type. and IL
spread out would be IL or more feet
in length.
The electric motor can be run from
the usual power supply. A battery
room, however, near the projection
room Is needed for the vacuum tubes.
The. actual operation Is simple.
The record is placed on the turn
table, the needle set on the starting
mark, the film threaded into the pro
lection machine with the starting
frame opposite the projection open.
ing. The motor Is then started ana
the film and record are mechanically
run off" in sycbronism. The me-
chanical vibrations Of the needle are
transformed into electrical current
fIuctua lions which are, In turn. am
plified and transformed into sound vi
brations from the horns. The horns
are so placed that the sound reaches
the audience as though coming either
from the persons depicted on the
screen or. when the music Is used
only to accompany the cinema story
from the orchestra pit.
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
.JANNINGS WILL
MAKE FL M
OF CIRCUS
By REGINA .CREWE

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 1S.-A
change in plans at Paramount
substitutes an entirely new pic.
ture as Emil Jannings next.
He was to journey to New York
for Ellis Island" but now Ellis
Island" has been put in the
discard for an original yarn titled
The Feeder which has the
great star cast in the role OF a
circus and ''Vode" Performer.
The picture will be directed by
Lewis Milestone, and no leading
lady has been selected. Perha DIS
Evelyn Brent will play opposite
him before she makes Tahiti
Nights"
Meantime Lya de Putt il bound
for Hollywood from New York
where she has been resting.
Wouldn't it be great to re.unite
the Variety" team in another
circus story? In stage parIance
feeder" is a straight man"
which In turn means more or
less Of dub who asks the
dumb questions while the other
fellow gives the smart answers
and gets the applause. Plenty
of opportunity for typical jam
inss Characterization.
Murder will out, the cririlnol.
ogists say, and the motion picture
magnates add that the solving
of mystery killings from the fas-
cinating foundation for good box
office thrillers. Director Rupert
Julian, for instance, has been
searching high and low for q
good murder yarn to be woven
into a celluloid special for Metro.
rAnd at last he has found 1t.
Metro has purchased Ben Hecht's
story, THE Doomed Regiment"
and Dorothy Farnum Is already
busy making movie adaptation.
With a yarn written by the color
full pen that gave us Under.
world, and the directorial genius
that produced THE Phantom of
the Opera" this should be
Especial" In every sense of the
word.
The story is about dozen
youthful officers who save one
of their pals from a court martial.
When he dies, the grateful com
rade leaves fabulous wealth to
the one of the twelve who shall
survive the rest. Then, with the
grim darkness of London fog
an a locale. some unknown force
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
FEW FACTS ON
NEW KEITH
MANAGER

Charles 3. Mcdonald, the new
manager of B. F.. Keith'a Theater,
has been mixed up in the motion
picture business since 1911. He
Travelled all over the Orient max
ing the first colored travel pic
lures for Pathe. He also covered
Alaska from Sitka to Fort st.
Michael for the same company.
In 1914, while In Shanghai.
China. he entered into an agree
ment to photograph and distribute
motion pictures of the entire
phase of tea growing from the
plantations to the tea tables OF the
world
War being declared and Japan
entering the conflict. found Nc.
Donald in the midst Of the festivl-
ties, being staged by the Japa'
nese and Germans at Tsing-Tao.
He finally reached Shanghai once
more and decided that the Orient
would not be fertile field for
the time being. BY means of a Brit.
sish torpedo boat he reached
Shimoneski, Japan. overland to
Nagasaki, then by an American
transport he landed in Seattle
with 500 in gold and no place to
go.
Mcdonald then enlisted at the
British Consulate at Seattle for
service with the Canadians and
was shipped to Victoria. B. G.
More turmoil ensued and the
Canadians insisted on enrolling
Mcdonald In Higfland regiment
The Washington times., 1928-10-19

Stays one after another of the
young soldiers. And if you want
to know the rest go see Rupert
Julian's picture. No cast yet Sc
lected
Columbia is getting great names
for 1.-THE New Generation.
George Sidney was first mem
toned for the leading role, but
now no Less celebrity than Jean.
Hersholt has been signed for the
part. Hersholt has been borrowed
from Columbia for the picture.
John Roche will provide his share
of the romantic interest and If
Carmel Myers completes her work
in Badges" over on the Fox lot,
she will portray the girl in the
case. incidentally. the title.
Badges" has been changed to
THE Ghost Talks"
After his work ia IAN Office
Scandal" Raymond Hatton will
be able to say II used to be a
newspaper man myself" for Ray
has been signed for the part OF
the city editor in the Pathe pic
ture. Phyllis Haver il the star,
and they're still looking for 4
leading man.
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
Tivoli, First Neighborhood
"Talkie,' Presents Fine Bill

D street. houses 10 charming two-story
French shops, with office suites on
the thru floor and studio apart
ments on the fourth floor. wnefe
are also located several of the dress
ing rooms for the use of the theatei.
II was the Tivoli Theater that
first started the vogue of hlgner
class stage presentations Win MN
features. Under the supervision OF
ON of the greatest producers Oh
stage: reVues in this country. AM
other innovation for neighborhood
theater was that of using large
symphony orchestra to furnish the
musical accompaniment ana orches,
trail overtures for the plceufeu
screen subjects. And still announcer
novelty i'm motion picture theater
was the use of elevated lift which
kept the orchestra out OF sight Oh
the patron while tuning up ana
making ready and then being
brought. into sight by the elevation
of the complete orchestra pit. This
was also used for the organ con-
sole. These innovations were later
adopted by other local theaters.
The Tivoli offered this form OF
new entertainment with their fea-
t,Ired film subjects until other
theaters in Washington sensing
the public desire, followed in the
Tivoli's footsteps. The policy at
the Tivoli Theater was then changed
to straight pictures. presenting the
outstanding hits of the leading pro-
ducers of the country. Now with
the advent of sight and sound pic
lures, the Tivoli again offers to
49, flipntpIn the latest
development in the motion picture
world. The same entertainment AS
found in the downtown theaterS will
he offered and will be augmented
by the sho ter Vitaphone and Movie.
tone features, which are also avail
able.
For the first week. program
there will be for your approval the
following eutsta nding hits OF the
current season and pictures which
have only recently enjoyed first
run downtown: Sunday and Monday.
AL Jolson will be the featured star
in a return by popular request of
1.-The Jazz Singer" the Vitaphors
picture which startled the nation
and made the name of Jolson famous
in the screen world as well as in
the sphere of the legitimate stage.
1.-THE Jazz Singer" is the story e
the rise of the son of Jewish
cantor. who deserted his home 10
become a jazz singer and at last IL
torn between the desire OF his
father that he succeed him in the
syna gogue and his own desire 10
shine on Broadway. For Tuesday
and Wednesday, Emil Jannings viii
be the pictured star in a Para
mount quality sound picture of
awe-inspiring power. The Patriot.
On Thursday and Friday, Lights
of New York" Warner Brothers
first 100 per cent ali-talking picture
which created sensation at lis
first Washington showings at the
Earle Theater. will be presented.
The plot of Lights OF New York" is
unfolded through the voices OF its
The cast includes Cu1-
len Lands. Helene Costello, Mary
Carr. Eugene Palette and many
others.
Each change Of program whether
silent picture or sound picture
is presented will be accompanied
by several Vitaphone or Movietone
short reels subjects
The Washington times., 1928-10-19

"A lew years ago ~. w. GriLLlLn
assured me that j would be q
success on the screen. His argIl.
nlemts were so sound and pla1ai
BILE that 1t would have been I'm.
Kind to doubt them. And so. a.
a preliminary step. ! d0nned my
makeup one fine morning and
underwent what Is known as a
camera test.
And the next day ! saw the
result on the screen. was
shocked and agitated beyond ex-
preston ~ so much so. indeed,
that / promptly went away from
that place and took the first boat
for Europe. / felt that there was
not enough room In this country
for botn me and my shadow.
Then, year or so ago, the
Warner Brothers surrounded me
and told me about the great pos
sibilities of the Vitaphore. and
the opportunity 1t gave for in
GLIDING some of my songs in a
picture. was interested from
the start. / listened to some
recordings that had already been
made. and when my enthusiasm
had been aroused to high pitch
there came the suggestion of d
screen test.
Well, i did it. and somehow
didn't think was so awful as
had before. In fact, / thought
| was pretty good. But little did
l realize how much ] would have
10 uniearn before the unfeeling
camera would agree with me. l
found myself in entirely new sur.
roundings. and there was nothing
TO do but start at the foot of
the class.
We made ''rhe Jazz Singer"
the first Vitaphone production to
include singing and dialogue, and
when 1t was at last released l
was the happiest mortal on earth.
The picture was success!
Throughout the months we spent
The Washington times., 1928-10-19

On Sunday. October 81, the TivoIi
heater screen will speak. On that
Gay the installation of Vitaphone
Iha Movietone. the screens two
Iedolng sound devices, will be fully
ohipieted. In two short years Vita
nnone and Movietone have revolu-
sonlzed an industry and has trans
Lormed the worlds most popular
medium OF entertainment. 1t re-
CURED courage. foresight and i'm.
sglnation to undertake the public
introduction of yitaphone which
was to give a voice TO the silent
drama. In the face of opposition
9no skepticism Warner Brothers
Jared when their competitors hest
.aled. Today as the entire. picture
BUSINESS is accepting the arrival of
enls new era in screen history, The
!lVoli Theater is the first neigh
borhood house in Washington to in
stan this costly apparatus The
cost of installing Vitaphone and
Movietone is approximately in the
neighborhood of SIS 900 Vitaphone
and Movietone in the Tivoli Theater
assures the Columbia Heights Sec
tlpn the same form of entertain
first-run theater. 1t is not the pur-
pose of the Tivoli Theater manage
ment to deluge the patrons with
sound" pictures. but to present
only the outstanding "talkies" of
the season. The leading screen pro-
auctions of the foremost producers,
including those of Warner Brothers,
First National. Fox. Paramount,
Film Booking Offices, Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer. Universal and Pathe
will be. used in both silent and syn
chronized form;
The TivOli Theater. ut Fourteenth
st. and Park Rd. N w. was dedi-
Gated in April %. 1924. as the
temple of the arts The structure
represents an investment of over
$fs259 900 The Fourteenth Street
frontage. extending almost the en-
tire block from Park Road to Monroe
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
Alabama Athlete

Johnny Mack Brown who has
an important role In the M-G-M
sound production "Our Dancing
Daughters" playing its second
week at Loew's Columbia was
born in Alabama. where he won
fame as a university football play
err, He came to California twice
with the Alabama football team
and decided to. try his luck with
the pictures the second time.
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
Candy Actress

Carol Chappell, a beautiful bru-
nette with Mcintyre and Heath.
at Polls Theater in "Headin
South" whose figure aroused the
wrath of the censors in Cleveland,
is said to be a former resident OF
Philadelphia. Miss Chappell saved
her money last season and has
bought half interest in a candy
shop in Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1928-10-19
Gleason's PLAYS

James Gleason. author of THE
Shannons of Broadway" coming
to the Shubert- Belasco Theater for
one week commencing Sunday
night, October. %, is responsible
for us Eat SOP" and THE Fall
Guy" Mr.. Gleason appeared in
the role OF Hap Hurley, when
the fistic comedy was presented in
New York, London, and San
Fra nciSco.
The Washington times., 1928-10-19

in spite of his protest that he
was of Irish extraction and did
not lean to clad skirts.
A combination of old tropic
fever and inflammatory rheu-
naatism gave him a disability dis
charge so he came back to the
States to his first love the motion
picture. He was with the Fox
Film Corporation from 1915 until
1920, and joined the 3. r. Keith
Circuit In 1920. being employed
by them as supervising manager
ever since.