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Coming Attractions
BELASCO--"Oh, Boy"

ooh. Boy" another famous musical
comedy hit, will be offered by Mr.
Cooks Savoy stars and beauty chorus
at the Belasco Theater beginning Sun
day evening, February 3.
"Oh, Boy" is an outstanding Com
stock 81 GeSt success from the pen OF
that trio of musical comedy favorites-
P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton and
Jerome Kern. The book and lyrics are
extremely humorous and witty and pos
sesS light-hearted sophistication and
verve, with youthful dash that Belasco
patrons should find delightful. Mr.
kern's fame as a composer is well
established, the music of "Oh, Boy"
needs no Endorsement save his name
Renee Hamilton will appear in the
famous role of Jackie, Thelma Parker
will be the little wife, Robert Capron
and Lee Deley will appear in comedy
roles, while Rosa SnoWden, Jack Clos
son, Edward Metcalfe and the gorgeous
garden of girls and the male octet will
have special opportunity in ensemble
singing and dancing.
Dillingham's Good Morning, Dearie,"
will follow 'Oh, Boy"
| STRAND-"Jazztime Revue"
| Next weeks attraction at the Strand
| Theater will be "JaZztime Revue" a
fast-moving, colorful presentation that
J brings Kitty Madison and Harry Evan
son, as featured players, together with
the most talented chorus the popular
Kitty" has ever had to accentuate her
| talent.
"Jazztime Revue" is described as c
show full of surprises and delights, not
| the least of which are the spirited
scenes, lighting effects and jazz-likc
[ costume creations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
What Price Beauty?

A THOUGH his face is his fortune on
the stage and screen, Louis VOL
helm. who plays the father of Junior
Coghlan in Pathe's Square Shoulders"
has decided on several occasions to
change it. On one of these occasions
the attempt received flrst-page atten-
ton of the press throughout the United
States.
Wolheim, who Is under contract TO
Howard Hughes. consulted a plastic
surgeon and arranged to have his faCI
altered. Hughes wanted the face lels
as 1t was, in all its picturesque rough
ness. The issue was taken to court and
Wolheim was restrained legally from
making himself handsome.
The Misunderstanding nose was first
broken when Wolheim was playing foot
ball on the Cornell University foot ball
team. The busted beak" has been
worth many thousands Of dollars to him
since.
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almost sinful not to make use of such
evident talent So they began to
memoriZe declarations and to practice
songs, and when the material at hand
didn't please them they gave their crea-
tive faculties a loose rein and rear
ranged the words and tunes to suit
themselves. They created several tab
leauX and composed a soul-stirring dro-
matte sketch which was later to be
known from coast to coast as The
Gypsy's Warming" Equipped with this
highly diversified repertoire and a set
of homemade costumes, the Cherry
Sisters made their debut in the village
of Marion They engaged a small hail,
charged modest admission fee and
offered their entertainment to the
public
For two nights the good townspeople
filled the hall and vociferously ap-
plauded the great art that had grown
up unobserved in their midst. But the
audience on the third and last night
OF the scheduled appearance somehow
didn't seem to be as appreciative as it's
predecessors. When the most touching
point in one of the recitations was
reached some one in the house was
rude enough to whistle. This the sis
tiers We're quite willing to ignore as an
accident. But when, at the most pa
thetlc passage in THE Gypsys Warm
ing" a plump, soft tomato found its
way to the stage and this in turn was
followed, of all things! by good-sized
nunk OF liver, the sisters concluded
their performance in anger and vowed
never to waste their art on such an
auaience again. Had they been gifted
with the clairvoyant powers of the old
Roman augurS they would have seen
IN this piece of liver clear prophecy
OF future events.
After their first season on the stage
the Cherry Sisters had no trouble
financing themselves through pleasant
visit of several weeks at the Chicago
Exposition After that they returned
TO their farm, tended the crops. added
to their repertoire and again went forth
10 appease an art-hungry public. For
three years they played to full, if fire.
quently boisterous, houses in Iowa. Illi-
nois and Kansas.
In some towns it seems that the
tneater managers, possibly to protect
tne sisters, but more probably to protect
the scenery, stretched fine wire screen
across the stage to intercept the flight
OF vegetables, which occasionally greeted
their offerings. Although contemporary
newspaper accounts dwell on the subject
al length, the sisters today Indignantly
deny that they were ever forced to PLAY
benlnd a protective screen.
such malicious reports notwithstand-
ing, the Cherry Sisters were in great
demand and f1ourished nightly. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
BY ARTHUR STRAWN.

DA AN HUN oAHh"ANs
TINE Cherry Sisters are coming
back. The famous theatrical
team which in the late '90s
4 gained fame, wealth and an
unprecedented. collection of an
tique eggs is coming out of retirement.
Recently the gifted sisters broke long
silence by appearing before an Iowa
! convention of Legionnaires in the
Municipal Coliseum of their own Cedar
Rapids This was followed by other
performances. Soon the pathos of their
"Gypsys Warning" will melt the hearts
and exercise the arms of audiences in
Chicago and points East, and younger
generation will witness a performance
which in the good old days never failed
to fill box Offices with cash and thea
tiers with sounds of convulsed laughter
and flying food.
To the present generation of play
goers their name has no mirth-proyok-
ing charm. but few of the oldtiners
have forgotten them, and practically
none has forgiven. For the Cherry
Sisters are the only company of TRACE
dianS who grew to fame because the
critics and the public were unanimously
agreed that their acting was atrocious.
There was nothing in the early years
of the Cherry Sisters to make any one
suspect that they were destined to rock
a sober world with laughter. They
first saw the light of day on a farm
amid the bluffs of Indian Creek, three
miles east of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There
were four of them-Jessie, Addie, Lizzie
and Effie-and they shared the labors
Of their small farm because their father
was an invalid
But for the Chicago World Fair of
1893 the sisters might have continued
their Arcadian existence indefinitely.
Alluring stories of the marvellous expo
sition penetrated the fastness of their
rural retreat and filled the sisters with
vague longing to see the great world
beyond. IF the crop of 90 had been
abundant, the girls would have used
the surplus and gone to Chicago. But
the crop that year was unusually short,
and although the sisters bewailed the
fact that accident was really the means
of starting them on the road to fame
For it was then that the Cherry Sis
tiers decided to become actresses and to
make their art provide them with
means for visit to the fair The fact
that they had never seen the inside Of
playhouse didn't daunt them in the
least. They had at various times taken
part in exercises and exhibitions at the
schoolhouse, and their recitations and
songs had been hailed with enthusiasm
The sisters agreed that it would be
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Up--Then Down!

JOINING down from the sky, where
she has been aeroplaning for he-
present picture. The Man and the Mo-
ment." Billie Dove is now spending ner
hours at the other extreme-beneath
the waves" at an underwater party.
The stage Is fitted up to represent the
floor Of the ocean, with beautiful mer-
ships, sea shells, anchor chains ann
starfish on the Sanded floor.
THE Man and the Moment" is
adapted from Elinor Gyms modern TO.
nance of the same title. George Fitz.
maurice is directing and Rod La ROGUE
play opposite the star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Current Attractions.

February 5 at Carroll Hall. when they
stage Father Hurney's Players Guild
In the three-act musical comedy, THE
Jonah" This presentation also marks
the seasons final appearance of the
popular G street troupe.
The proceeds of the performance will
go to veterans relief work-for the
needy veterans. their widows and
orphans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Continued From First Page.)

ter room. 1t Is declared to be similar
to Max Reinhardt's famous play, THE
Miracle"
Two other plays also will be given,
Saved" a comedy drama by John w.
Rogers, and "A Leap Year Bride" a
comedy by Leslie Hickson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
CURRENT HIsTORY-Friday.

Miss Clara w. McQuown will give her
weekly review of important public ques-
tlons Friday morning at IL o'clock in
1910 Seventeenth street.
Her principal subject will be Dictator
ship in Europe, but she will also discuss
legislation before Congress and other
matters of public interest, both national
and International.
These talks are non-partisan interpre-
tative summaries and are open to the
public.
SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY. February 4.
Shakespeare's play, 1.-TWO Gentlemen
of Verona" which has never before been
produced in Washington, and which has
been produced only twice in America
in New York shortly after 184l by
Charles Kean and in 1895 by AguStin
DAILY with Ada Rehan as Julia and John
Craig as Valentine-will be presented in
condensed form by the Shakespeare
Society of Washington in the Auditorium
Of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Monday.
February 4, at 8:15 pm.
This Is the latest addition to a large
repertoire of Shakespearean plays pro-
duced by the society and the cast will
include players Of professional expert
ence and amateurs long trained in the
rendition of Shakespeare.
The first part of the evenings program
will be an address by Dr. Earle Wiley
on Compensation and Retribution in
Shakespeare.
Those who are interested In Shake
speare are invited to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Photoplays This Week


lin FIlO1OFLA1 lila ENO lid WEEN
FOx-"In Old Arizona" This afternoon evening
EARLE-"Naughty Boy" This afternoon and evening
PALACEA Lady of Chance This afternoon and evening
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Irish Rose" This afternoon and
evening.
COLUMB1A"Wings" (synchronized). This afternoon and
evening.
LITTLE THEATER-"Peter the Great" This afternoon
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Flashes F rom the Screen
BY G. E. Nelson.

and death takes place in rarified
atmosphere which does not require
gestures. This is understood by
Carl Dreyer, the director, who has
concentrated on the faces the
whole action of this sacred drama.
Human faces now appear to us for
| the first time like landscapes,
either fiat or uneven; under the
castigation of the judges words,
JoanS tears are so full and so
rapid that to call them torrents
is not a fiction. The nightmare Of
stone cardboard towns of Carcass
some is now ended; the scenery of
Joan of Arc is that of Rouen, but
as new as a clinic"
X x X *
THERE will be no more F. O. B.
pictures. as the name will be
changed to Acknowledgment
Corporation, Inc. The action fol-
lows closely upon the announce
ment of the merger of the film
producing and distributing COM
pany and the Keith lbee- Or
pheum, controlled by the Radio
Corporation of America. And this
affiliation, at one stroke, forms one
of the largest organizations in the
theatrical field Broadcasting,
vaudeville and picture production
are joined into one company, and
the new organization has sched-
uled 30 new productions for the
1929 1880 program. The directors
are lining up an array of acting,
writing and directorial talent for
the production of sound and .dia-
logue motion pictures. Naturally,
the headquarters of the big COM
pany will be in Hollywood, where
the studios will be located.
* * * X
Emil JANNINGs is about the
only star who has not "f1iv-
vered" in a single picture. His
THE Sins of the Fathers" while
considered not quite up to his
best work, is nevertheless a good
picture-the sort of entertainment
desired by the motion picture fans
And, just glance over this list of
pictures in which Jannings has
appeared: Variety" THE Last
Laugh" Faust" Green" "The
Last Command" THE Way of All
Flesh" and, last, 1.-THE Sins of the
Fathers" Jannings should go on
forever.
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Short Flashes.

ISuOFt FLASHES.
SEVEN stages are being used for
- the filming of sound pictures
at the First National studios in
Hollywood and elsewhere.
Paul Leni, who recently COM
pleted THE Last Warming" for
Universal, will direct THE Bar
gain in the Kremlin," a story by
Sir Philip Gibbs. Joseph Schild-
kraut will be starred.
Lois Moran has been selected to
play with Nick Stuart in Joy
Street" Raymond Cannon will
direct.
Gus Edwards newest talking
and singing Technicolor produc-
ton, ''MeSicano," will be started
on the Pacific Coast this week.
Xavier Cugat, well known as vio-
linist and orchestra leader, has
been signed for part, and Amida,
Spanish dancer, is featured.
THE Cob" will be the next star
ring vehicle of William Haines. 1t
is described as a comedy drama on
the order of "Slide, Kelly, Slide"
and west Point"
Raymond Hackett, who was
taken from the Broadway cast for
the film version of "The Trial of
Mary Dugan," has been given the
role of the son in Madame X" a
new Metro Goldwyn Mayer talk
ing picture which Lionel Barry
more will direct. Ruth Chatter
ton, whose first photoplay work
came with Emil Jannings in 1.-THE
Sins of the Fathers" will have the
leading role.
Marceline, Day and Donald Crisp
have been cast to play important
roles in a mystery drama tenta-
lively titled, Murder Will Out"
Howard Hawks will direct.
THE Betrayal" is announced by
Paramount as the definite title of
the Emil Jannings picture which
has been referred to as "An Alpine
Tale" Lewis Milestone is direct
ing and Esther Ralston and Gary
Cooper have important parts.
Colleen MoOre'S next picture for
First National will be called Early
to Bed" story of college and So
rOrity life. Production starts at
Hollywood this month.
After a weeks run in a Los An
geleS theater, "Noah's Ark" the
big production of Warner Broth
erS, was cut 5000 feet. That is, the
| picture was too long, being about
$4,000 feet of film. However, 5000
feet remain, and it is said to be a
better picture than ever.
The new Wampas baby stars
selected at this time each year, are
Jean Arthur, Paramount; Betty
Boyd, Educational; Sally Bline
F. B. o.; Ethlyne Clair, Pathe;
Doris Dawson, First National; Jo-
sephine Dunn, Metro GoldWyn-
Mayer; Helen Foster, free lance;
Doris Hill, Paramount; Caryl Lin
coin, a free lance; Anita Page
Metro GoldWyn Mayer; Mona
Rico, United Artists; Heller
TWelvetreeS, Fox, and Loretta
Young, First National. All these
baby stars will be introduced for
mally at the Wampas Frolic in Los
Angeles, February IL,
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FATHER HURNEY'S GUILD IN THE
JONAH"

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (Front
Line Post. No. 1401) will make their
bow in the local theatrical field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Irish Rose"
''Abie's Irish Rose" Anne Nichols
famous stage play which has been made
into Paramount sound production,
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moved from this and the remaining
serum diluted and placed in test tube
containing one of the fatty fractions of
the tubercule germ, known as phos-
phatide. If the patient has tubercu-
l0Sis, there will be a precipitate, but If
the disease Is not present, nothing will
happen. This new test will also be
used in distinguishing between cases of
meningitis which are tuberculous and
those which are not, something which
science has been unable to do in the
early stages Of the disease.
The scientific, as distinguished from
the more practical. Importance of both
these discoveries is due to the not gen.
orally understood fact that germs actu-
ally breathe. Like all other living
things, these microscopic organisms
must breathe to live, and If the ele-
ment in which they are adapted to
secure suitable supply of the breath
OF life could be so changed, without
corresponding injuries In other direc-
lions, to make it impossible for them
to breathe, science might be close to
reliable cure for one of the most dread
ed OF human diseases. This still in
wolves much bio-chemical research.
THE bacillus of tuberculosis" says
DR.. White, must enter a certain cell
in the body known as the monocyte
or 1t is harmless. It must continue to
live there. Not all tuberculosis germs
succeed in doing that. Just why some
are able to establish this alliance for
the destruction of man while others
fail is the pivotal question which has
not yet been fully answered. The re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
EX-WIFE OF PRINCE
TO WE'D ARMY FLYER
Sid Writ Spreckles Tells Friends
Ceremony Is to Take Place
in Washington.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December THE
Examiner today said that Sidi Wiri
Spreckles, former wife of Prince SuaC
Chakir Of Turkey, has become engaged
to marry Lieut. Rogers Alan Gardner
young Army aviator, in spite of oppo-
sition on the part of the officer's family
The newspaper asserted that opposi-
ton to the match because of the dis
parity in age and because of Mrs
Spreckles' previous marriages had
caused the transfer of Gardner from
CriSsy Field here to Langley Field, Va.
Gardner Is ~ years old, raving been
graduated from West Point in 1925. San
Francisco Is his home.
Mrs. SpreckleS was reported to have
left here soon after Gardner's transfer,
informing friends that she was going
to marry the lieutenant in Washing
ton, d. G. The newspaper said Mrs.
Spreckles checked out of her apartment
here 10 days ago and that her mother
had said she was out of the city and
would not return until after Christmas.
Sidi Writ, a native of Kansas, first
married Harry Williams, an advertising
man. This marriage ended in a divorce.
Later she became the wife of John d.
Spreckles, jr., San Francisco millionaire,
who was killed in an automobile acci-
dent several years ago. She met Prince
Suad during visit to the Near East
and they were married In 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
NEAR WINNING WAR
ON WHITE PLAGUE
Publication of Test Sub
stance and Finer Mechan-
ism Lead Toward Conquest.

Steady, step-by-Step progress is be-
ing made toward the eventual conquest
of tuberculosis.
With little expectation of q sudden,
sensational discovery of a specific for
this dreaded malady, the research COM
mittee of the National tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION, working quietly and labor
iously on some of the obscure factors
OF disease, have made two important
advances during the year, according to
DR.. William Charles White.
DR.. White, former chairman of the
medical division of the National Re-
search Council, Is chairman Of this
committee composed of medical Scient-
lists connected with various universities
and research laboratories throughout the
country. The committee is attacking the
problem at its roots, convinced that
the only practical procedure is to I'M
cover every possible fact concerning the
disease and then to correlate these
facts. This has led them to delve
deeply into the obscure chemistry of the
human body.
The first of the two discoveries an
nounced officially by DR.. White is that
tuberculin, the substance used in the
test for detecting tuberculosis in human
beings as well as cattle, has been re-
duced to absolute purity. 1t now can
be supplied wholly free from other SUBJ
stances which effect the accuracy of the
tests. This publication process, DR..
White reports, was worked out by DR..
ESmond r. Long and DR.. Florence B.
Seibert Of the University of Chicago.
It will make the possibility of exact
diagnosis of tuberculosis much more
exact than heretofore, especially In the
examination of children.
New Testing Mechanism.
The second achievement was the dis
covery of wholly new mechanism for
testing for the presence of tuberculosis.
This renders the detection possible
within three or four days after infec-
ton instead of an average of two
months afterward, as has been the case
in the past. This was accomplished by
Drs. Florence r. Sabin, c. A. Doan and
G. E. Forkner of the Rockefeller InSti-
tute for Medical Research.
This new test, says DR.. White, util-
ICES small quantity of the blood of the
patient. The red corpuscles are re-
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search workers are accommodating a null
titude of detailed facts in their labora-
tories out of which that answer NAV be
expected to come.
Same Respiration Rate.
1--WE know that germs Of the same
strain have the same respiration rate
and are uniform in their affinity for. or
repugnance to, certain monocytes. But
germs of different strains, having diff
ferent respiration rates, may differ un-
der like conditions. So research in
vestigations are trying to upset the I'M
happy marriage of some germs and
some monocytes by altering their res
piration rates and so rendering them in
compatible"
Frequent cures are announced for
tuberculosis but in nearly every case
these have fallen down under rigid SCI
entific tests, forcing research workers
to go deeper and deeper into the OBJ
scure, fundamental mechanism of the
disease. Different leads are followed
to their ultimate conclusions. This ex-
tensive laboratory work is financed by
the annual sale of Christmas seals
throughout the country.
DR.. White will report on the advances
made toward the conquest of tubercu-
loSis at the annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science at Des Moines next
month.
The so-called chemical jury" of the
research committee which established
the base line for these studies includes
DR.. Allen X. Krause of Johns Hopkins
Hospital, DR.. Esmond r. Long, Univer-
sity OF Chicago: Drs. Eugene L. Opie,
H. r. M. Lands and Charles ]. Hat
field Of Henry Phipps Institute, Prof.
Treat B. johnson, Yale University;
Prof. Hans Zinseer of Harvard Medical
School, Prof. John j. Abel, Johns Hop
kins Medical School; Prof. A. N. Rich
ards, University of Pennsylvania; DR..
Linsly r. Williams of the National
tuberculosis Association and DR.. White.