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The Washington times., 1929-08-24
SCREENINGS
=AND
GLEANINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

~ EAANASAe2NN ave AAANAAA4A@
They tell me-strictly on the
Q. T. so I'll pass it along that
Al Evans, new master Of cere-
monies at the Palace Theater
Is more than q stick waver when
he stands in front Of the Syn
eopators.
Again-just among ourselves
few of the M. C.'s are really
conductors. oh, ! know they
wave the baton and look profes-
sional, bend their nicely creased
pants at the knees for the jazz
motif and know when to stop
the band. But when it comes
TO the sharps and flats and
eighth notes the majority Of the
stage bosses are as perplexed as
Minnie trying to make sense
out of her first algebra lesson.
AL Evans happens to be a
very fine musician, an exceed
ingly competent arranger and
composer, q master at stroking
q Steinway keyboard. He has
had two rehearsals with the
Palace band and the boys
stopped looking out the window
and moping because they picked
the wrong one in the seventh
race. They paid attention to
teacher because Mr.. Evans is
that kind of leader. I'll give
him a trial any day on the
strength of his organizing and
directing the California Ramb-
lers. That, my dear Watson,
was a real jazz band and no
fcolin'.
/ had just finished writing
this when-of all things--who
walks into the office but AL.
A breezy, affable boy from the
shores of Lake Michigan. Just
q little proud of staying year
ct the Michigan Theater, q Pub
A. house IN Detroit. I could
tell you more but maybe it
would be better to hold off un-
till Mr.. Evans makes his debut
today. Good luck, AL. The Pal
ace bunch is easy to get and,
man, boy or girl, they're gener-
Gus with the applause when they
like you. Go to 'em.
The stage and the screen 60
a little slow on how they use
President Hoover for joke pur.
poses. But you can't stop q
comic strip artist. The heighth
of impertinence or is it nerve
seems to be taking the Chief
Executive and making him the
central figure of comic strip.
In case you didn't notice, ! mean.
Bud Fisher.
Jane Cowl has a long story
In the current Pictorial Review
moaning over the fact that the
speaking stage is in the dol
drums and that the prospect is
for turning up it's toes unless
somebody rushes up q financial
pulmotor.
I think the lovely Miss Cowl
Is suffering from the Jealous
Moon" blues. Or perhaps it's
too much Paolo and Francesca.
The distinguished actress is suf-
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
MR.. BARRYMORE
DISCUSSES
ACTING

= One Of the queries most fire.
quently put to him since his ex-
perience with talking pictures,
declared Lionel Barrymore. who
directed the all.talking Madame
X" a Metro. Goldwyn.Mayer pro-
duction now at Loew's Columbia,
is the question of camera fright"
compared to stage fright. His
questioners want to know the
relative difficulties Of expressing
emotion in front Of q theater
audience and with = microphone
as listener.
1t Is Barrymores belief that
the speaking screen is q more
difficult htstronic medium than
the stage, the reason being that
in q sound studio there il no,
audience stimulation, and no re-
action by which one may gauge
the manner in which q play is
taking hold" The n1icrophone
IL an unsympathetic tasknastsr,
while picture fright" II 1t oc-
ours, Ia likely to be more notice
able than its theatrical counter
part because of the alert way In
which a cinema closeup registers
every detail of facial expression.
"The responsibility resting on
the screen player iS greater than
that shouldered by stage actor"
said Barrymore. Motion pic.
ture players haven't the advan-
tags Of being able to develop
that facility and ease Of move.
ment which usually comes with
the continued presentation Of q
character role on the stage. They
must gather all their resources
together for one big initial ef-
fort. One little mistake, an awk-
ward gesture or q limping line
Of dialogue throws everything off
balance.
'tof course, it's possible to make
re-takes, but they're trying as
we'll as costly, and it's not so
easy to capture the spirit of !, a
scene when once the proper tempo
has been shattered. Straining too
hard to gain a certain effect Is
apt to be az dangerous as missing
a cue, so the sound stage actors
lot is not so simple.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24

fering from an overdose of art
and a keen desire to keep on
doing deep dish drama which,
at best, has only. a limited audi
ence. There was nothing the
matter with business when Miss
Cowl had the Road to Rome"
and another, play like Mr.. Sher-
woods would start the box
office statements that managers,
producers and even stars, love to
read.
Away out in Hollywood
where it must have six bathtubs
or it's tenement-W Wilford C.
Beaton publishes an interesting
little semi-monthly called The
Film Spectator. / read it regu-
larly, mostly because / can occa-
sionally filch a paragraph from
it pages, but more often be-
cause / like his comment on the
movies. Editor Beaton happens
to be the original die-hard 50
far as the talking pictures are
concerned. He can't see them
except through the long end of
a telescope. By next February
he predicts the industry win be
breaking its neck getting back
to the production of all silent
pictures.
My own belief is that Editor
Beaton has guessed wrong and
dislikes to turn back. Out in
Hollywood they say Mr.. Beaton
ID . patron Of a favorite fortune
taller and is merely . man who
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
RoOtbeer on Tap

Walter Peters employed back
stage at Loew's Palace announces
the fact that he has just turned
out q fine batch Of root beer.
Samples win be on hand in
several days.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
Billie Dove Takes a
Flier Despite
Contract

Are contracts made to be
broken?
Billie Dove, First National star,
has q clause in her contract to
the effect that she cannot indulge
in aviation. The producing com.
pany does not want its most beau
tiful star TO be injured in a crash.
But when Miss Dove made THE
Man and the Moment" the First
National vitaphone picture now
at the Earle Theater, this clause
was disregarded, for Miss Dove
had to fly in the picture.
For the time being she indulged
in the prohibited pastime. and
enjoyed it. When the picture
closed, Miss Doves awaiting was
over. She was back on the ground
to stay.
kell, prima donna extraordinary;
Buddie Nichols, the restless
blonde soubrette number leader,
Bobby Faye, who comes to Mu.
tual heralded as an exceptionally
talented juvenile lead, and Vic
Gesele, an ingenue, who is in evil
dence throughout the proceed
ings. The attractive chorus con.
sists of young girls personally Sc
lected by Miss Corio..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01

Hecht Month Sale of TOiletries
No Mail Phone or C. o. d. Orders

Gillette Blades, package Of l0..........57c
Palmolive Shaving Cream. ............ 23c
Squibb's Shaving Cream. ............. 42c
Mennen's Shaving Cream. .......... SOC
Mennen's Mentholated Cream. ........ .39c
Marathon Razor Blades. ............ .42c
Pinaud's Vegetal ''Lilas" .75c
Pinaud's eau de Quinine. ............ 99c
Pinaud's eau de Quinine. ............ .58c
Pebeco Tooth Paste. .29c
Pepsodent Tooth Paste. .29c
Ipana Tooth Paste. ................2o c
Forhan's Tooth Paste. ................32 SIC
Squibb's Tooth Paste. sac
Listerine Tooth Paste. lie
Golden Peacock Busting Powder. :. .7oc
LaVOrls .............. .......... .O4c
Kinds Honey and Almond Cream. .33c
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01

Ponds Cold Cream. .................6s Csc
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Ponds Vanishing Cream. .......... Csc
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Dagget and Ramsdells Cream. .,.34c
imported Atomlzers. ............. $1OO
imported Powder Jars. soc
Imported Perfume Lamps. .$l.OO
Cuticura Soap, 8 for. .................5 Soc
Resinol Soap, for. .................5 SOC
Woodbury. Soap, 3 for. SOC
Lux Soap. 3 for. pic
Jergens' Bath Tablets, for. ........ SOC
Imported Bath Soap, IL for. csc
Palmolive or Lifebuoy Soap, limit. one
package to a customer) IL cakes for csc
ddain Floor. The Hecht co..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
Sale of WOnen's an
Misses $3.50 tOsl9
Dresses
$1,000

Not much to pay for a really goodlooking frock.
Fabrics and the workmanship like those in higher.
priced merchandise All portray the new silhouette
in jacket frocks with tuckin or overblouse) and
in one-piece frocks Authentic modes the longer
skirt, subtly placed flares, shirrings and lingerie
touches Developed in Canton crepe Canton and vel.
vet satin travel tweed and veveteen In black, Ora.
NADIA and Basque brown, sapphire and Arabian night
blue prairie grass dahlia hunters green vintage and
the very new blackberry. Womens and misses sizes:
II sto-46. .a; +.s-
81 isa moderate prs.d rasa asas ca
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
MELLON SHOWN
CENTER PLANS

An architects drawing of the pro-
posed District Municipal Center as
it will appear when completed, was
studied yesterday by Secretary of
the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, Prog
tor l.. Doughtery, president of the
Board Of District Commissioners,
and Municipal Architect A. l.. Har-
riS
The drawing shows four new
municipal Buildings, surrounding
center court, leading from Penn
sylvania Avenue to the present Dis
trict Supreme Court. Secretary Mel
lon expressed approval of the plans,
which have already been i1dorsed
by the Fine Arts Commission aud
the National Capita! Park and
Planning Commission.
The bill authorizing purchase of
land on which the center will be
erected has already passed the
House and is now pending in the
Senate.
Designed not only to emphasize
the beauty of the present court
house. the new District buildings
will harmonic with proposed Fed
eral buildings on the south side of
the Avenue.
A broad flight of steps will be
added to- the present courthouse,
which will be at the head Of the
court. where a fountain and pool
will be built. The new buildings
will extend from the courthouse
along the sides of the court.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
AYESTESS
A
HAVECOLOR IN CHEEKS

IL your skin is yellow-complex.
Son pallid-tongue coated-appetite
poor-you have bad taste in your
mouth-a lazy, no-good feeling
you should take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
substitute for calomel-were pre-
pared by DIR. Edwards after 20
years Of study.
Olive Tablets are a purely vege-
table compound mixed with olive
oil. Know them by their olive color.
To have clear. pink skin, bright
eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoy.
ancy like childhood days you must
get at the cause.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like. calomel-
yet have no dangerous after effects
They start the bile and overcome
constipation. Take nightly and note
the pleasing results. Millions of
boxes, sold yearly. 15c. soc, SOC.
All Druggists.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
Heals Eczema
In Days orLess
Or Your Money Back

Here is a surgeons wonderful
prescription now dispensed by phar-
macists at ,trifling cost, that will
do most towards helping you get
rid of unsightly spots ana skin dis
eases than anything you've ever
used.
Not only does this great healing
antiseptic oil promote rapid and
healthy healing in open sores and
wounds, but boils, assesses and
Nllcers that are discharging are al
most Immediately relieved and
cleanly healed.
In skin diseases it's action is little
less than magical The itching of
eczema is Instantly stopped; the
eruptions dry up and scale off in a
very few days. The same is true
of BARRIERS itch, salt rheum and
other irritating, and .unsightly skin
troubles.
You can obtain M0One's Emerald
Oil in the original bottle at any
modern drug store. 1t is safe to
use. and failure in any of the all
Ar1ents noted above is next to i'm
possible. Any druggist can. supply
you at any time.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
P D WE R TRUST
CLAIMS HELD
FALSE
BY NJ. l.. RAMSAY
Universal Service

American manufacturers and busi'
ness men are paying from two to
five times as much for electric cur.
rent as the same classes Of con!
sumers are charged in Ontario,
Judson King, director OF the Ma
tional Popular Government League,
declared yesterday.
In an open letter to Samuel
Ferguson, president of the Hart
ford Electric Light Company, King
attacked as False. the claims Of
the power lobby and the National
Electric Light Association that
power and commercial customers ct
Ontario's publicly owned plant are
overcharged to provide low rates
for householders.
ReprOduces Bill
King reproduced a bill of thR
largest industrial power user" in
st. Catharine's Ontario who paid
$2.210 last December for 4S2.5GO
kllowatt hours OF electricity. The
same Quantity in Hartford, Conn.,.
King said, would cost approximately
$4,SS1. .
A tool company In st. Catharine's.
paid $15.36 for 1900 kil0watt hours,
which King said would have cost
in Hartford, on the lowest basis,
$g1.86.
A department stores $54.S7 bill
in st. Catharine's, in Hartford would
have been $233.94, according to
King.
The actual bill of a Hartford
householder showed a $3.50 charge
sumer's bill in st: Catharine's would
have been $1.03. according to King.
Rates Much Lower
The women OF st. Catharine's
could have paid the entire cost. OF
the coriImunity's electricity in 1927,
furnishing free service to manufac'
tufers, stores and the street light.
ing system. and the cost to them
would have been only 2.6 cents per
kilowatt hour, King said. The
average rate in this country il
about seven and d half cents.
The rate st. Catharlne's women
actually paid, for their domestic
service, was IL cents.
If the industrial power users had
paid the entire st. Catharine's bill.
their current cost still would have
been lower than that paid by power
users in the United States, he addsd.
Instead of losses" or domestic
service, the st. Catharine's plant
earned on this service 80 per cent
of an SS2 900 surplus it accumulated
during a four-year period, King de-
clared.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
Josiah Kirby Parole
DisapprOved by Sargent

The Recommendation Of the At.
lantic prison parole board that
Josiah Kirby, Of Cleveland, con.
victed of using the mails to de-
fraud and conspiracy to influence
Jurors. be paroIed. was disapproved
by Attorney General Sargent yes
tefday.
Kirby was sentenced to seven
and cne-half years ana fined $4,000
by the Federal court at Cleveland,
in 1926. He would have been eligi-
Bile for parole January IL. In view
Of the ,disapproval of the parole
Kirby will be released in January.
1882.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
Mayflower Hotel Heads
Guests at Celebration

Daniel J. o'Brien, president and
general manager Of the Hotel May.
flower, was host to 40 department
heads of the hostelry at dinner
dance last night. The celebration
marked the fourth anniversary of
the Mayflower opening. Out.of.town
representatives attended.
Arthur j. Harnett, formerly of
the Mayflower and now manager
of the Park CeAtral in New York
city, was an honor guest. Fred
Weisinger, maitre d'hotel, presided
as toastmaster. Several entertain.
ment acts were offered.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
Air Joy Riders Become
Best REGULAR Patrons

CHICAGO, Feb. 1g QN.S).-Air
passengers who take their first
trip as JOY riders became steady
patrons. according to a survey Of
the American Air Transport Asso-
citation.
Sixty per cent of the passengers
of the various lines in the country
at the outset were joy riders and
40 per cent were those who Travelled
by plane to save time. the associa-
tion estimates. At present the sit
uation is reversed with IS per cent
of passengers flying to save time
and the othtr 25 per cent thrill
seekers.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19
When YOW
Children Cry
for It

Mothers. who take one simple pre-.
caution, are seldom worried. With
d bottle OF Fletcher's Castoria in
the house they can do what their
, doctor would tell them to do, when
baby Is fretful, feverish. collcky,
constipated or stuffed-up with cold
give a few drops of this pure
vegetable. pleasant.tasting prepara-
ton. 1t comforts Baby and soothes
him to sleep in a jiffy. It's per-
fectly safe for the youngest in.
fant. Use 1t freely--and as often as
needed, specialists advise. A more
liberal dose is all it takes to COM
fort and relieve older children,
when feverishness, bad breath, no
appetite. colds, ETC., show they need
a good purging. The mark Of
genuine Castoria is the Fletcher sig
nature on the wrapper. Look for
1T to avoid limitations.
The Washington times., 1929-02-19

Births, Engagements, Marriages,
on the last inside page last two colunanas
New Britain herald., 1929-11-07

lawyers and property owners took part, the question simmered down to whether there had been legal aban- donment. This being determined negatively, the board then voted on the question of whether new building should be permitted or Andrews be restricted to the old, and the vote was recorded in favor of the latter proposition.
 Salvatore Scappelatti was givch permission to place an enlarged store at 16l6 Corbin avenue, when no owners Of property in the local ity objected.
 stephen Balnsky appeared in person to explain his proposal 10 tear down a barn and erect 3 gar age on his Glen street property. Tho zone law prohibits construc- ton of garages on vacant lot. cN- cepting under permits Of tho adjust mcnt board. Balinsky plans to erect a dwelling at a later date. Thor" being no objectors, the board votol l favora bly,.
 1 Permission was given Alfred J. l Talbot to extend his gasoline filling station and build garage at East and Kelsey streets. None of his rciShbors objected.
 Reject Church Petition | The argument advanced by Judge IF. B. Huneerford that % of the city's 3t churches arc now located | in districts not strictly residential paved the way for defeat Of a peti- ton by the Holy Cross ConGrcga- i ton 10 make tho zone in the local ity of that church on Pennington avenue, a residence area.
 This petition was brought to~ thC board by Attorney E. J. McnkiowicL He represented that tho conEreGl. tion now controls most of the pro. pcrty involved and that plans arc being made for a school, convent and paroChial residence. He stress cd the fact that the area has bee! developed as district of homes and asked that the march of husi, ness hc halted before it is too late The hazards Of buildings such a. arc permitted in tho business zona, were argued against the campaiGt wagod hv lone obiector. Josopl Cantino. who has q store partially constructed. Cantino vas stoppo, when the petition was filed with tn adiustm board.
 'iore than @5 property owner were present 10 make known tbei objections, but the case was docid ed on the arguments mad" by tn two lawyers.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-07
Woman Says Sneeze Gas
 Would End AsphyXiatiOn

South Hadley, Mass, Nov. ' (UP) Tho danger of asphyXiation by il- luminating gas would be virtually eliminated through the use of d "sneezc" gas which she has invented, Miss Mary l.. Shcrrill of Mount Hol- yoke college faculty believes.
 The new gas. when mixed with illuminating gas, produces fumes which would arouse a sleeper and bring from him an involuntary cry Of alarm, according to the inventor.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-07
Turkish Police Discover
 Ancient Effigv of Christ

Constantinoplo, Nov. ! lPl-Turk. ish police yesterday discovered in the Garret of an old Armenian vom- he one of tho oldest effigies Of Christ in existence. She said her great grandfather found the statuc in the environs of bibliCally famous Ephesus.
 Smyrna Museum authorities be- levc the statue to be at least 1900 years old. but are awaiting the dic- 1 tum of Constantinople authorities who have left for that city.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-07
Andrews Wins Point In Row Over
 Store;.ls Granted Permission to
 Resume Business In Old "Shanty'

that he has submitted the proposal 10 clients in the immediate neigh borhood and that they are oppos- cd. They feel, he said, additional stores will appreciate the value of their properties, will hamper the expansion Of the district and will not serve any beneficial purpose since, in their opinion as conveyed 10 the board by the lawyer, there IS already sufficient number Of stores there.
 Commissioner $. NJ. Davidson in quired and brought ouS the .infor- nation that the lawyer had dis cusscd the amended plan with only about 20 of the . signcrs of the petition. He professcd to have blanket authority, however, to oh- jcct to any stores.
 Judge Traceski recorded Mr. Com stock as favoring the present shan | tE in preference to q new building. 1 MT. Comstock, the judge said, will suffer greater property depreciation than anyone else in the ncighbor- hood if Andrews is permitted tc proceed. He pointed out that other stores now serve the ncighborhood and there is not a necessity for new ! places of business.
 ! Albert C. Record. John F. Nor. | an. Carl J. Johnson. Arthur ] 1 Kallborg and Daniel Clark appca", 1 cd personally to object, and Mrs i William O. Putncy was rcprcSente> | by her son as opposed.
 1 Commissioner kimball raised tn, question whether tenant who ha, | tho premises under lease for th' past five years, but who had no used them for more than yea although ho paid rent, coull by his abandonment prejudice the right, Of the owner.
 Attorney Gordon answered tha | Andrews had tho right to sarure ; CcrtifiCate of occupancy 10 guaran tee his rights. and that. under cor tract laws. he could have canCclc' | the lease if it was not being usof
 
 leased. Tn liquor cases, he argue further. building may he paddock cd if q tenant sells intoNicanls even though the owner is not party to the deal.
 Mfr. Kimball, corporation presi dent who is also a lawyer. said h had searched court decisions 10 three nights but could not find on in which 3 tenant. acting lawfully could hind an owner.
 IndefensibIc," Says McDonough
 Stiff opposition 10 the new pll> was voiced by Attorney P. F. Nc ponough, board member. "l would be the most indefensibl thing for us to do in the face 2 this opposition, 10 permit encroaCh ment another inch on this beauti full residential district,' Mir. NJ" Donough declared. "Before zonin was thought of, this was a one-fam ily house district I say let hir open the old shack if he wants f T would, But do not permit
 new building. Ultimately this pro perty will be taken over by th State of Connecticut, anyway. Wh cause waste 2"
 Citing No. ' fire house, a sho, distance from the plot in question Mir. Davidson argued the point thI a new building can be erected to b an ornament to q district, eve though it is not dwelling.
 After long discussion in whic members Of the board, opposin
New Britain herald., 1929-11-07

tral portions of the belt. Much cot ton is still in the fields of North Carolina and on the lowlands in tho nos hcrn Mississippi valley sections. Killing frosts occurred over the northwestern belt as far south as the northern half of Arkansas and rather generally over Oklahoma with some light deposits well south- ward over eastern Texas.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-07

chccrcd up tremendously.
 He could only whisper his strange story For nine years, he said, he had been chauffeur to a prominent family at West Orange. x. j.. and in the winters toured with the fam ily in Florida.
 Asked why hr disappeared he whispered that il was because Of q bad business doaL
 Mrs. Norton said she had consd- cred herself a widow and had Hd- mnistcrcd her husbands estate, finding all business in a sound con diriou.
 Norton was operated on ycslcr- day and Dr EItchic said he lad better than an average chance 10 recover, and this WAS increased hl