Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-11

becomes a battle Of wits, resulting in
Doyle acknowledging a puzzled defeat.
A harder test, however, comes a few
minutes later when Rose frantically
rushes in crying that little sister Is
locked in the big vault. Only his nimble
fingers can save the child. He does not
hesitate, although his identity is re-
vealed, but Detective Doyle rises nobly
to the occasion and Jimmy's chance for
happiness is assured. The conversa-
ton is clever and full Of double mean
ings. Loves Dream" played by the
orchestra is continued throughout the
picture as the theme song.
Flying gets big hand this week
Elinor Smith, 17-year-old aviatrix, Is
greeted by her mother after Is hours in
the air, and admits that she is tired and
glad to reach terra firma again. Lady
Drummond Hays, passenger on the
Graf Zeppelin, gives an interesting ac-
count of the famous flve-day voyage
from Berlin to Washington, showing
pictures of the cabins and passengers
during the flight and places they passed
over. DIR. Eckener also gives talk
expressing a desire to cooperate with
all nations interested in air traffic to
promote technical and cultural progress.
Next glimpse of our own air hero,
Lindbergh, and the course of his flight
from Miami to Cristobal, South Amer
lea. Other interesting news deals with
a new invention demonstrated by Lieut.
Charles B. Momsen, whereby crews in
a sunken submarine may reach the sur
face safely. also a workout of the pos
sible coming champion Of the prize
ring.
Observation-Disclosures Slave Traffic"
The President Theater opened yester-
day under new management, it was an
nounced, with picture film devoted to
efforts that have been made to suppress
The vicious white slave traffic, that seems
to have been more recently carried on,
judged by the scenes, in Athens, Con-
stantinople, Rome and Berlin. The pic
ture, which is of German origin, is said
to be based upon League of Nations
report, and its exhibition is accompanied
with talk by George Figg.
The main picture is supplemented
with comedy and news reels to round
out the program and supply a light
ening effect to the grewsome theme of
the feature picture.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Traveltalk Lon
DON"
A novel bus ride through London was
enjoyed by Mr.. NeWman's audience at
the National Theater yesterday after
noon-novel at least to Americans, for
what with motorists, drivers Of hacks,
dog carts and what not all hugging the
left-hand side of the road, one was in
constant state of aStoniShment that
the whole tangled mass Of traffic did not
pile UP in the center of the streets in a
grand melee.
But it never did. When a London
Bobby" raises that white-gloved hand
of his every Englishman knows what's
expected Of him, 1t seems, and does 1t,
with most gratifying results from a
traffic directors point of view.
On the top of an omnibus Mr. New
man conducted his party through the
fashionable and financial districts, the
shopping centers and the quaint out-of-
the-way corners of old London town.
He paused for glimpes of the Old
Curiosity Shop, the Tower of London, the
Bank of England, the graves Of British
rulers, heroes and poets in Westminster
Abbey, across London Bridge and
through the fashionable shopping dis
trict, where the women Of the party
would like to have fingered for second
glance at some of the smart shop win
dows. but had to forego this pleasure
for the greater pleasure of visit to the
Houses of Parliament
Mr.. Newman's photographs of the
interior of the houses of Parliament
were of unusual interest. After some
little difficulty he was able to obtain
magnificent views of the House of Lords
and the House of Commons. st.
Stephens and Westminster Halls also
were revealed and the party was per-
mitted close inspection of the famous
coronation chair, with the stone of
Scone beneath its seat, on which rulers