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Gently she rolled down. easing her
lee bow into the wash. then just as
gently rolling up out of it and easing
the windwaTd bow in. She waltzed along
so smoothly that the gang playing cards
below. seated on bait boxes in the open
spaces OF the cabin floor, did not even
have 10 brace their feet to hold their
seats
The poetry of motion, speed. beauty
and stiffness-all these were hers that
day. She vas delight and torment
to me-a torment because hailing out of
Gloucester at that time was the Henry
Ford. / had sailed trial trip on the
Foro and came baek ashore deep in love
with her, and here was this one now,
she not yet two days at sea. and already
making me almost forget the Ford girl
Rolling up 10 Sambro Lightship she
took squall. She had everything on
at the time and down TO her rail we
saw her roll for the first time. Down
TO the waters edge she laid her fiat
rail and then? Then she went swi-i-sh!
swi-i-sh! swi-i-sh! That was the sound
OF her rail sitting through the white
water. How fast she went while that
squall held we could only guess, and /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

TINE most popular young lady in all
England Is the Princess Eliza
beth. She has now reached the
i mature age OF 2 and some day
she may be the second Queen
Elizabeth of England 1t all depends.
Her favorite uncle the Prince OF Wales,
Is still unmarried and still riding to
hounds.
The princess made her first bow to
the public when she was only six weeks
old. She Is the only child of the Duke
and Duchess of York--so. of course her
christening had to take place in the pri-
vate chapel at Buckingham Palace. On
this day huge crowd gathered outside
the house OF her maternal grandmother,
the Countess OF Stratmore, to catch
their first glimpse of the fourth lady
OF the land The Duchess OF York. with
that understanding which has so en-
deared her to the English people. took
the baby from the nurse and held the
child high over her head so that every
one could see the tiny princess. At once
the people broke into cheers The Eng
lish took her to their hearts And from
that moment she has been the popular
Idol. rivaled only by the Prince of Wales.
Her royal highness began to assume
some of the prerogatives of her position
when she was only year and a half
old. AT that time the reigning favorite
was the "bobbie" on her block who
gravely Saluted her each day when she
went out for her airing He was the
first person outside OF her little family
circle that she noticed and she always
returned his military salute with the
most gracious of royal bows.
The home of the Duke and Duchess
is in the heart OF London in Piccadilly
close to Hyde Park corner 1t is a
white stone house much grayed by Lon
don fogS. Here almost any afternoon
you can find crowd gathered hoping
TO catch glimpse OF the little princess
/ when she goes for her afternoon drive
The Duchess of York appreciates the
great interest that the English people
take in her daughter; so every pleasant
day the baby drives out to a different
park with her nurse in an open victoria.
and so the people of every part of Lon
don have a chance Of seeing their
princess.
However. though it is very easy to be
one OF the crowd that watches for
these afternoon appearances. 1t Is
almost the hardest thing in the world
to hope really to make the princess
acquaintance and to learn of her sur
roundings and life.
Two years Ola Is CONSIDERED rather
young to give interviews, and the
duchess quite rightly feels that there
Is no reason to admit visitors 10 the
nurseries. All the diplomatic letters
and prayers that you may offer at the
English foreign Office come to no avail.
Every one you meet tells you the little
anecdotes that show you the princess
popularity and make you mere and
more eager to write about her, but
though you have telegraphed your
friends that you will be In London only
three days. IL have passed and still
you don't know II the nurseries are
decorated in pink or bue
Finally, though. the morning came
when / did Gee the princess She was
dressed In little pink coat and bon
net trimmed with brown fur. Like all
the British royal family she is very
fair skinned. has light, curly hair and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
A Precious Draft.

IN the archives OF Barclays Bank In
London Is a draft for pounds ster-
ling drawn October Q, 1720, on James
Barclay banker. Of Lombard street"
and RENTED for the account OF one
Patrick Barclay In Jamaica. II bears
on Its back the signature OF George
Washington as part Of an Endorsement.
The draft Is in fairly good state of
preservation. Was Il the Father of
His Country who put that Endorsement
there?
Not long ago Robert l.. Barclay made
inquiries In the United States from
which 1t appeared that the great George
Washingtor's signature when he was
IN years old this age to the date of the
draft) was not materially different
from this one, IT Is not improbable
that the draft was sent 10 Virginia or
Carolina, which IN those days were In
close commercial touch with Jamaica
Barclays Bank was not aware until
year or so ago of It's precious posses :
sion. The draft was discovered by two
girl students from Philadelphia when
inspecting some old portfolios In the
bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
Conversations [ Can Do Without

TOO grandl Why, my dear, think
your house Is just charming, and that
little sun room-I mean that sun room
lis too cute for anything especially IL
you put sbme flowers. My dear. / saw
some OF the loveliest early wild flowers
today when we were out In the country
in the car. / simply must drive you
out there (Telepathic chorus. as
before, Yes take her: take her now
Drive her clear to Mexico.D
And then, just at this moment. by
Heavens special providence, a butler or
a maid or some one says politely:
Your taxi's waiting. madame"
And the woman gives one wild leap
toward the door Women will talk for
ever when it's only a matter of the
mems time, but when It comes TO the
moving finger OF taxi meter they
wouldn't buy cents worth OF talk from
Shakespeare himself.
After all, these modern inventions are
not wholly without advantage.
tCopyTight. 1923
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am recording no guesses here. Like great
boasts they would seem to persons who
never knew her.
So far 1t had been all fair wind with
her, but inside OF Sambro the wind
made and hauled ahead. and soon she
found herself beating her way TO Hall
fax Harbor against hard gale, She
stood in toward the rocks at Chebucto
Head and tackled
Her salt skipper. Alden Geele, had
said TO her owners: Something wrong
with her tackin' against a strong head
wind Better overhaul her steering
gear" They hadn't overhauled her, and
now she was Slow--oh. so siow-to tack
In thick weather and blowing as 1t was
that night. she could very we'll have
lost herself on the rocks OF Chebucto
Head. but 1t was a dry gale. the night
was clear, and no harm came to her
No fault of hers that she was so slow
in stays. What vessel ever launched
could be expected to answer her wheel
properly and she with her rudder post
split wide open? 1t was weeks. however,
before we learned exactly what was
wrong with her. and so. crippled and
all, she sailed for the International Cup
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TIM lhe plnnt labnratnrlea nt ihe

N The plant laboratories at the Uni
Versity OF Minnesota experiments
have been made TO prove that grain
crops can be brought To maturity under
artificial illumination Electricity was
the artificial light used TO suppiant sun.
light In the growth, ripening and ger.
mination OF the seeds Ct wheat barley
oats, rye lettuce, peas. beans, radishes
and other plants.
The experiments were conducted In
unheated basement rooms of the col
Iege, Tungsten filament nitrogen lamps
burning "a hours day were used
Spring wheats were made to produce
ripe seeds In 90 days OF continued light
Ing In this first test of the sort where
electricity replaced sunlight.
The experts OF the university believe
that under this artificial method plant
breeders may be able TO produce three
generations VI Nsda " Q yssD ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

v this table for 1914 min
uteS--"
Tim sorry. sir----''
When / came in, ii was exactly half
o minute 10 and now it's a quarter
past. For Is minutes and half
I'm sorry. sir"
'AIl ] ordered was Just some bacon
and eggs with French fried potatoes and
toast and coffee. You couldn't take a
quarter Of an hour 10 cook that IL you
tried! ! could go out there TO the
Mitchell
I'm sorry, sir. but"
You can just tell the head waiter
or the chef. or whoever it Is. that |
don't propose 10 stand for It, Just az
soon"
Well, sir. f"
Just as soon as I'm through ] shall
report the whole thing 10 the manage
nent And you can 20 10 the head
waiter right now and tell him that If
that order is not on this table in one
Binite--by this-~watcfl
I'm sorry, sir but If you viii kindly
look on the table, it's there now. !
think YOU covered it up sir with part
of your paper You we're reading, sir.
when ] put IL down a."
"Eh. what: That! Well. what the
what! What! ." And the rest is
silence.
II. THE CONVERSATION IN THE
SMOKING END OF THE PULL
MAN.
AS matter of fact, all ! have N
90 Is lust cell up mg bootlegger and
tel him what ] want and II comes right
70 the door"
Same with me. ! just say u this
ieiier mat want case ri rye or a
case Of Scotch, and he fetcheg il right
10 the house"
"Of course, won't touch Il unless /
know it's al right"
Me, too. / don't believe in taking
chances GA H. Last week a Teller mad
some stun al his house moonghine--
something he'd picked 40 out IN the
country. But / said No. thanks. moi
Tor nle. 1t may be all right or it mas
not. But 1 don't want it"
no, mats the way / am, too All
this stun ! get sent up to the house il
labeleo~~aH ot IL case goods, you under.
stand, right from Scotland "
SOS mine. won't drink IL unles,
IT'S the real thing tried some lssI
week, fierce stuff. could hardly drink
s."
LOT course it's hard ~ get the res.
Old prews stun any longer"
No. you just can't get it."
"A little pause and then In lower
voices
"ssy, I've got a flask u STUFF here
in my bag. I'm 10, Just 80 sure whsi
n is But the bell boy said IL was eli
right. II you rare 10 take a little touch
Of IT, ! haven't tried II out yet
oh, lets Try It. apyYay. / guess II
scat I'LL u" L.. .........
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can get her to write down the recipe
and I'll send tt"
ffelepathic chorus of the men all
thinking the same thing Yes, yes,
iof heavens sake, let her send IL, let
her write 1t out. let her print it~~only
let IDS beat it,
will your That's SO kind Well.
good-by, again and thank you for
huth lovely party, and | liked your
Iiirfd 40 much The gentleman who
LEFT early thought I'd Just die laugh
ing III some OF his funny stories at
dinner"
"Oh. but really he wasn't half as
funny a. lie generally Isl | was just
thinking at dinner thai / wished you
colild have heard him some night when
he's really funny
But | thought him ever SO funny
tonight ] thought I'd die"
The teiepathie chorus OF the men
Wei, then beat 1t and beat IL right
now nr perhaps youii die right here
Wei. good-by II you SEE Annette
and John, tell them was asking about
them ~.~----''
oh, we just never see them now,
since they built their big mansion.
They're far too grand for W In this
AAVNSFl u eFFssFs'1e u '@k Il i. saMeW
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

Giving away time at every tack
though she was she won the cup: that
is, she was awarded it by the Halifax
Judges. but because OF dispute over a
point OF sailing, her racing captain, Ben
Pine. handed back the cup Gloucester
men have never had much reverence
for cups, anyway. not even as symbols
A broom dashed to the masthead Is their
idea OF a championship trophy She
preferred another race to judges de-
ciSion but her opponent had no stom-
ach for another race, and SO she came
home diSconsolate.
She resumed her bank fishing After
all that was her work in life--hshing
and yet she was never quite content.
She wanted TO settle that racing dis
pute, so that no loose ends of it would
be left lying around deck, and SO. in the
Spring she challenged for another race.
She could get no race, and to the
Winter Banks she sailed again. Next
year she challenged once more. Offering
TO sail at home or abroad, under al
most any conditions. so that a race
might come OF 1t, but no race came
of IT,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
III OPENING HALF OF CONVERSE.
TION IN THE CLUB.

III. OPENING HALF OF cONVERsA-
TfON IN THE CLUB.
Il held the KING and the jack. but
couldn't tell where the ace was
Dummy had only two low spots and
all the irlmDs were out OF course
my problem Vas"
But / never stay 10 hear what it
was I've heard others like 1t TOO
oftent
w CONVERSATION HELD BY TWO
WONEE AT THE CLOSE OF A
DINNER PARTY WHILE / STAND
WAITING WITH THE OTHER
MEN
Well, good night, dear, your party
has been perfectly lovely"
Wen It's been Just lovely 10 have
yoti-~---"
tTelepathic thought OF the group Of
men Yes, yes. lovely but now beat
it,
And really such wonderful din
ner. You know, suppose us rude
10 Talk about the things YOU are given
~ eat, but that flsh souffie was SIM
ply wonderful How ever is II made ?
! must get you 10 give me the recipe 4"
Why, my dear Ber,ka jlIst makes
II " 6sr own Wag. III III ksE u !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
BY STEPHEN LEACoCK.

j. WHEN THE MAN AT THE NEXT
TABLE is REPROVIEG THE
WAITER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
Gre a t Gloucester
Craft. Fishermen $
Pride Which Van
ished at Sea, Now
R e m embered. as
the Henry F o r d,
Recent Els h e r.
men S Contender,
Passes From Scene.
BY JAMES n. CONNOLLY,

N THE fishing port of Gloucester
men talk vessels as men elsewhere
talk OF human beingS-ta!k of them
as having their hopes and ambi-
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WAITER.
Ky YATTERi Waiter. Psgt!l
n Waiter! Look here, wait
Wv er, I've been sitting at
this table for 1914 min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
Daughter of Duke
and Due h ess Of
York Reiens as
Popular Idol of
the People, Ri
vailed Only by Her
Favorite Uncle,
Prince of Wales.
BY MADELINE SNYDER.

BY MADELINE SNYDER.
~ HE most popular young lady in all
England Is the Princess Eliza
beth. She has now reached the
4 mature age OF 2 and some day
Oh ha he cnnnnd nIlppn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

. EYOND the flicker of a doubt,
starvation is the motion picture
luminary's most constant friend
- and companion. In fact. in
Vulnerable must be the comfort
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
BERT 1 Y ELL
WINS LONG
CONTRACT
By Regina Crewe

Copyright 1928, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26.--"on
Trial" as the title of one of War
ner Brothers latest all.talking pic.
lures appears to take on unusual
significance. With two members
of this ION Trial cast awarded
long term contracts as a reward
Of their stellar performances In
the film. third was similarly re-.
warded today. This one is Bert
Lytell. The others, Pauline Fred
erick and Lois Wilson.
Lytell was induced to give up
an Eastern stage engagement to
play one of the sbig roles. War
ners took an option on his future
services, and now the valiant
brothers have determined to ex-
ercise their option by having Bert
make at least three all-talking
Vitaphone photoplays. The first
of these win be made q few
months hence when Lytell com
pletes theatrical engagement.
Meantime, lines blocks long con-
tinue to line up before the War
ner Brothers Hollywood theater
to see the latest Vitaphone film
to be shown there. State Street
Sadie"
Jean Hersholt, finest actor of
the silver screen, has still some
is months to fillin for Universal
under the terms Of his present
contract. However, 1t is under
stood that negotiations are under
way with Paramount which may
result in Jean being farmed out to
the Lasky lot for a series of
three photoplays. The first of
these il reported to be Victory"
All hands are hopeful that the
various details essential to such
a transaction may be worked out
80 that Jeans name and talent
may head the cast OF some Para
mount productions.
On the best possible authority
/ believe that Phyllis Haver and
Eddie QuilIan will soon be work
ing on the Metro lot. It seems
that Cecil b. De Mile, now pro-
ducing for that organization. re-
tanned the right when he left
Pathe to take two of the Pathe
player with him. This much
has been known and 1t was gem
orally expected that Phyllis would
be one of the two. The other,
hOuavar vunr aYnoetad Tn he Bill
Boyd, long considered Pathe's
box-office ace. Apparently Eddie
OUTLAWS performance in The
Goddess Girl turned the scales
in his favor.
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
When Feature Is
Shown On Screen

NATIONAL-"wings." the Par.
amount epic of the air. At 2:20
and $40 D. m.
KE1TH'S-Leatrice Joy and H.
B. Warner in "Man-Made Won.
an" At l and 7 .. m. and at
close of vaudeville program.
COLUMBIA-Emil Jannings in
'"The Patriot" AT II a. M, 100,
$40, sos, 7:12 and 9:15 D. m.
Earle-Conrad Veidt in "The
Man Who Laughs" Syncrhonized
score. At 1859 "A. M, 1903, 3:OS.
5:14, 7:21 and 9:2S p. m.
PALACE-Jack Holt and Nancy
Carroll in Zane Crews The
Water Hole" At 11:13 a. M. 1859,
Ala, 5:31, 7:49 and 1914 o. m.
METROPOLITAN warner
Brothers all talkie Lights of New
York" AT 1l:05 a. M, 1855. 2:4O,
4:3o, 6:15. sos and 9:55 D. m.
FOX-A John Ford production
-Four Sons with Movietone
score. At 1880 a. M, 1:34, S:34.
$50, 1880 and $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
NEW S
OF NEW YORK
STAGE

If you want to dance for Flo
Ziegfeld this season you'll have
to watch your steps when Sey.
mour Felix is around. Seymour
may not be the biggest chap in
the world. physically, but he'll be
the main works SO far as the en-.
sembles of the Ziegfeld shows are
concerned.
Seymour signed yesterday as
Ziegfeld's general stage director
and he will begin work next week
with "Whoopee" the new Eddie
Cantor show which Bill Mcclure
better have ready next Monday or
this department won't be respon-
sible for his state of health. Show
Girl" the musicalized version Of
the J. p. MeAvoy novel, probably
will be Felix's second concern.
Then will follow the rest of the
multitudinous list of shows which
Flo has dedicated himself to pro-
.duce or never make another trip
to Quebec.
Only one piece outside the fold
will Seymour be permitted to lay
dancing pumps to. And that is
THE Dagger and the Rose" now
in the t6foes of revision and
which Horace ,Liveright is to send
out again later in the season.
Since Felix staged the original
production of that opus. he has
obtained Mr.. Ziegfeld's consent to
see it through, in spite of his new
contract.
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
'GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS
AND
BY Andrew r. Kelley

"What a nerve you've got to
criticize the great motion pic
ture directors. I'll bet you
haven't even been to Holly
wood" postcards a reader who
signs this whitening blast
r. E. E. 80,
In the assumption that this
commentator on screen topics
has never been in the village
of platinum lined bungalows,
r. e. E. wins his wager. Why
90 to Hollywood when the prod
net of the studios is brought
right to your doorstep by the
Washington film palaces and
changed every seven days. Not
even the laundryman gives bet
ter or as regular a service.
Z The idea that one must be a
director or have a complete
knowledge of the business of
staging camera scenes before
voicing or writing an opinion on
the finished picture product is
hardly sound. To revive an
ancient argument, must we all
have the peculiar talent of a
Rhode Island red hen to tell
whether the egg is good or bad?
Directors have their good and
their bad days. King Vidor, in
the "Big Parade" had an in
spired moment when he directed
Melisande t. seize the tailboard
of an army truck and then the
hanging chain to be dragged as
a pitiful gesture Of anguish for
her departing swain. 1t was one
of the surging moments of
great drama in the picture and
has been universally praised.
But that doesn't imply that
every megaphone wielder who
happened along afterward to
copy and slightly revise this
basic idea must be listed with
the industry's greatest directors.
Some of them made poor car
bon copies and frequent whiffs
of California air would not
change the opinion.
Joseph Won Sternberg directed
Underworld" first of the full
length feature films to spot
light the modern racketeers and
postgraduate criminals. He
made a highly entertaining pic
ture, which won the Paramount
$4,000 award as the best box
office program product of 1927,
pushed George Bancroft to the
front of the platform, made
Evelyn Brent much in de-
mand actress, and pyramided
profits for his producers.
Have all the limitations been
as good? / should say not.
Some have taken the under
world activities and injected
their own ideas without creating
a new popularity wave. Others
have been just plain copies. One
or two which Incorporated origi-
nal motifs and some intelligent
thought have caught the public
fancy since underworld"
Eric Won Stroheim, a great
director and better actor, was
the first to play a German Off
GER with shaved head, monocle,
autocratic m Hilary manner,
The Washington times., 1928-09-27

Turn tn today's Classified rental col
umns II YOU would he guided to many
desirable apartment vaca ncies,
The Washington times., 1928-09-27

DreaCnleSSly~.c cruel. nave seen
a dozen copies of the character
and none as good. One is on
view here this week. Can't we
say they are not as satisfying
as the original.
J think the average motion
picture plays to thousands of
critics every week. They are
the regular patrons of the the
aters and the ones who make
business either good or bad.
Of course. thc don't all write
their opinions for a newspaper
public, but they broadcast within
the limited circle of their ac-
quaintance and their combined
verdict spells success or failure
for the particular screen offer
ing. =,
They criticize directors, and
actors, too, and if they were de-
MED this privilege and told they
must go to the Gold Coast be-
fore they would be competent
to express an opinion | suspect
there would be many empty
seats along F Street. For in
stance. young Master Madigan,
an astute copy boy for The
Washington Times. tells any and
all within a limited range that
wings" is the greatest war pic
ture ever made. He harbors
no. exceptions. And R cd dy
Thomas, golf expert, who writes
at a neighboring desk, will, if
properly urged, declaim upon the
merits of -Four Sons"
The same free opinion and
criticism applies to the Holly
wood authors. II can write
better story than that myself"
say thousands who see celluloid
fiction they consider empty and
unconvincing. And they try to
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
Part Linen Crash
TOWeling
1Oc I'd.

Remnant lengths, but a good
weight, and q very absorbent
quality, with blue striped bor-
ders, a regular I5c quality.
Kann 's-Street Floor
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
Big Fishing Excursion
Sunday at Chesapeake

The largest public fishing ex-
cursion OF the season will be
held Sunday at Chesapeake Beach
under auspices OF the Potomac
Anglers Association. Prizes will
be awarded. Women are espe
cially invited. A special train will
leave District Line at $50 d. M.
returning from the resort at
6 p. m.
All night fishing Is growing in
popularity at the Beach. scores
The Washington times., 1928-09-27
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