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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Dwight Elmendorf

THOSE who have often delighted in
the travelogues of Burton Holmes,
E. M. Newman and others who have
brought the scenes of other and dis
tant lands to the National Capital with
their lectures doubtless will feel a
pang of regret at the news of the death,
in Roosevelt Hospital, New York, last
Monday. of Dwight Lathrop Elmendorf,
who used to be a frequent visitor to
Washington as an artist entertainer in
the field of travelogueS.
Mr. Elmendorf was a graduate of
Princeton and in 1897 he became a
war correspondent, later taking up
travel as a hobby and soon becoming
well known for his lectures on and pic
lures of foreign countries. Besides be-
ing writer and lecturer of ability, he
was an artist and photographer of I'M
usual accomplishments. He was among
the first of the travel lecturers to show
views of India and Japan and it is
said that his trips to the Far East cost
him $4,000 each.
Mr.. Elmendorf retired as a lecturer
several years ago because of the loss
of his voice, and his death Mordag
followed long illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
JOSEPH ScHILDkRAUTa and LAURA LAPLANTE
RialtO
Traditional Shakespeare

THERE are various ways of teach
ing Shakespeare" according to
Prof. Will Hutchins, who directs dra-
MATES out at the American University
campus, land the best way of all is to
act him."
That college students can do this in
a manner worthy of the high demands
Of this most eXacting form of drama his
pupils have already demonstrated.
Their appearance in scenes from King
Lear" before the Shakespeare Society
But how to do it? Among conflicting
traditions which one shall be followed?
ITO this" says the professor, 1.-The
answer is simple. Every play in the
world is written in the conventions of
the period which gave it birth. To
impose upon it the conventions of any
other period may not kill it; there are
not only actor-proof plays, but plays
which will survive even ignorant stage
management-which they often get
but to get the most out of any play, do
it as nearly as possible in the manner
the author Intended.
THE great qualities which are writ
ten into the dramas of Shakespeare are :
First, poetry, intentional and un-
ashamed, and, second. a-rapidly NOV
ing story, in which speed and flexi-
bility make up the continuous fabric.
which must not be broken. To impose
upon the free fancy of Shakespeare the
barren conventions of modern scenery
is to kill him. If had all the scenery
in the world says the ardent exponent
of Elizabethan traditions, I would not
use stitch of it, much as love to do
fine scenic production where it belongs
Thus the production of The Mer-
chant of Venice which marks the
elimination of the years work, next
Friday night will present the entire
text, without cuts and with every part
in the hands of students, who are en-
Enthusiastically sold on this method of
studying the greatest dramatist of them
ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Identification Complete.

Jimmy GLEASON, the wise-cracking
actor and playwright, now engaged
in making talking pictures, was more
impressed with the prevalence of plus
fours in Hollywood than any other
thing, report has it, Though every
man in the place seemed to go around
in the college-boy toys, Jimmie Stunned
them as he would a plague.
Recently New York producer re-
ceived a letter from Gleason in which
he wrote: IF you get out this way, drop
around and see me. You'll have no
trouble finding me; I'm the guy with
the long pantS!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

~ ROPHETS Of Ill tell the news
papers of still another peru
confronting the drama. To the
clustered mischiefs that already
harass its well-being they add
The horrid prospect of famine In
actors. The greedy moviephones, they
saw. are gorging themselves with Broad
way artists, and even now the cupboard
shows signs of being bare. Earnest pro-
ducers desiring to hire a particular
plaver for an especial role find that he
has gone to Hollywood, there to lead
the lucrative lens life As the talking
pictures mature from an art in its IN
fancy they will, it is predicted, consume
the entire worlds output of players,
leaving none available Tor the old-1asn-
toned Broadway shows.
Similar portents have been expressed
for many years about the drama, and
all have proved TO be but the mutterin5S
of pale-eyed pessimistS. ITO mark the
onens of coming evil is their great de-
light" and they revel in foretelling dis
asters that never come to pass. De-
spondency is a characteristic OF New
York managers as type. Sometimes
gay but seldom merry they regard Hope
as a foolish mirage and see only the
bitter visions Of despair. I do not re-
call at the moment happy Broadway
impresario excepting possibly Al II.
Woods and the Theater Guild. Hop
kins, White, Dillingham;, Sam Harris
and Dwight Deere Wiman do their Suf-
fering in secret. but in their silence are
echoes of the beating of heavy hearts.
William A. Brady also was once that
way. I remember an interview with
him some 20 years ago, when he fright
ened me. then a boy reviewer, with
awful premonitionS that moving pic
lures were about to put drama loving
out of business. These, said he, beating
his breast. are the last moments of the
stage. In an hour or two the cinema
will have usurped its place as the
most popular of the indoor entertain
ments. Our occupations gone, he
quoted sorroWfully. The play is done,
the curtain drops" It was in 1908 or
thereabouts that Mr.. Brady thus
gloomed me with his cypress whisper
ingS and led me to the churchyard OF
our faVorite art. as he tolled, sepul-
chral bells over the dramas tomb l
bowed my head, thinking that all was
over Look at him now as his play
Street Scene" marches him back from
the cemetery, more lively than usual.
The suspicion that the stage viii ever
suffer from a dearth of actors is ridicu-
lous. The u. S. A. is a swarm of poten-
tial histrions, anxious to exhibit them
selves before the public. There are, I
estimate, a hundred thousand students
in the many universities of New York
prepared to carry the so-called torch,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
COLLEEN MOORE Earle
Attractions in Washington
Playhouses This Week

NATIONAL PLAYERS-"The Thief"
Henri Bernstein's highly seasoned
dramatic work, THE Thief" which
served as a starring vehicle for Kyrle
Bellew, will be revived in all its original
glory by the National Theater Players
tomorrow night. A companion piece
to "Raffles," it was first played in
Washington exactly 20 years ago, and
associated with Mr.. Bellew at that time
were Eff1e Shannon as the distraught
wife, Herbert Kelley as the detective
and Eugene O'Brien, who afterward be-
came a popular player in motion pic
lures. Charles Frohman was the pro-
ducer.
The theme of "The Thief" is woven
through the story of a woman morally
weakened because of her great love for
her husband. That sounds like a
strange concept Of love, and it is. Yet
this daring character study wrought
by Henri Bernstein reaches real dra-
matte heights and makes an intensely
interesting play, dealing with psychology
that depends upon dynamic action,
drama that moves with the steady on
slaught of troops marching into battle.
Since there are but four outstanding
character creations in 1.-The Thief" the
two leading players, Miss Edith King
and Roger Pryor, will be seen in in
tensely interesting roles. 1.-THE Thief"
serves also to bring back Edward Ar
mold, one of the most popular players
ever to appear here in repertoire. He
will have the role of the detective. and
Charles Hampden, character actor of
unlimited ability, also will have an i'm
portant role.
Three interesting sets, designed at the
National Theater Players studio by
Charles Squires, have been completed
to show different rooms in the famous
French chateau where the action takes
place.
ST. PETERS PLAYERS-Tomorrow
The st. Peters's Players will present,
as their final play this season, THE
Parish Priest" three-act play by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

Steve isn't celebrating his first hundred
yeaIs-nothlng like it. He is going to
make the first hundredth week of his
stock company operation the occasion
for a centennial celebration" and he
is making preparations to do it up
brown.
Way back in the Spring of 1925,
with Leneta Lane as its bright par
ticular feminine charm and Minor
Watson as a much overweight leading
man, the National Theater Playels
burst forth upon an astonished world
in never-t o-be-forgotten comedy,
THE Nervous Wreck" And immmedi-
ately they leaped into local fame that
has never waned nor developed o
tarnish since. The theme of the play
may have affected the organization,
for Minor Watson, after riveting the
favor, of capacity houses, soon after
broke away for the emoluments, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

MANAGER STEVE COCHRAN is
AFA going to have "a hundredth ami
versary," and he is going to celebrate
it the week of June 10 Of this year in
a memorable way.
Some patient optinist whose name
isn't frequently encountered in the
annals of today has said, THE first
hundred years is the hardest" But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
New Master of Ceremonies

HERBERT RAWLINSON, a product
l. L of Hollywood and well known pic
ture actor, is to be the new master of
ceremonies and guest conductor at
Loew's Palace. Rawlinson has appeared
in many pictures, among them: ''The
Millionaire" One Wonderful Night.
'Nobodys Bride" Million to Burn, "
High Speed" My Neighbours Wife, -
THE Millionaire Policeman" Men of
the Night" and Belle Of Broadway"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
PALACE-"The Trial of Mary Dugan."

PALACE-"The Trial of Mary Dugan.
1.-THE Trial of Mary Dugan," Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer's talking production,
adapted from the famous play of Bay
ard WELLER, is the feature screen attrac-
ton at Loew's Palace this week. Norma
Shearer, in her first talking picture,
plays the title role, and is surrounded
by a cast which includes Lewis Stone,
H. B. Warner, Raymond Hackett and
Lilyan TaShman.
The plot concerns Mary Dugan, a
chorus beauty, on trial for the murder
of her sugar daddy" Edgar Rice. The
State produces evidence that her night
robe was bloodstained and that her
flngerprintS were on the knife with
which West was stabbed. Her attorney
is interrupted by the arrival of the
young brother of the accused girl. His
sister has sent him through law school,
and he is dissatisfied with the manner
in which his sisters case is being
handled. He becomes her counsel, and
puts her on the stand only to learn
that his sister accepted large sums of
money from men to help defray his
college expenses. At the last moment
the brother casts a bombshell into the
case by placing his sisters former de-
u, QcNelODS
testimony to prove that this lawyer was
the lover of the slain mans widow and
the real murderer.
On the stage Herbert Rawlinson,
'Hollywood'S Ambassador of JOY" will
appear as the new master of ceremonies
in the G. A. Niggemeyer production
Bright Lights featuring the Palace
Syncopators. Bankhoff and Cannon.
Fiji D'Orsay. Carroll and German, Cal
way and Gray, the Candy Hale Girls
and the Dave Gould Male Dancing Sex
Movietone News, short subjects, Charles
Gaige at the organ, the Palace Orches-
ira and usual house features will COM
plete the program.
METROPOLITAN" Desert Song"
Screen operetta is now fact.
Through the magic of the talking pic
tlIre The Desert Song" one of the
most tuneful and most popular musical
plays ever shown on the stage, has been
brought to the screen, and will be
the screen feature at Crandall's Metro
politan this week Sigmund Romberg's
score of magnificent choruSes and the
charmingly beautiful solo numbers have
the cast of the picture is one of I'M
usual excellence, including John Boles,
Louise Fazenda, Carlotta King, Johnny
Arthur, John MILAN. Marie Wells, Jack
Pratt, Edward Martindel, Otto Hoff-
man, Robert E. Guzrnan and Myrna
10y.
The scenes throughout the picture
are beautiful, ranging from an extern
Sive French military post in Morocco
to encampments of the Red Shadow
and his band of native Riffs in rocky
passes of the mountains, and far-f1ung
vistas of the rolling sands of the great
African desert, with the Riffs, singing
rs they go, riding their magnificent
h9rses at breakneck speed into the set
: ng sun.
Roy Del Ruth directed, and the
cperetta was adapted for the screen
by Harvey H. Gates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

Colleen Moore. typifying the 1929
version of the American girl, is seen in
the picture feature at the Earle Theater
this week, her First National picture.
why Be Good?"
Always fayorite with Washinetcn
theatergoers, Colleen Moore should
draw more than her cljssonla.v throng
of followers, for Why Be Good" is re-
Continued on Second Page1
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Photoplays This Week


PALACE"The Trial of Mary Dugan" This afternoon
evening.
METROPOLITAN Desert Song" This afternoon and
evening.
FOX-"One Stolen Night" This afternoon and evening
COLUMBIA-"The Letter" This afternoon and evening
EARLE-"Why Be Good?" This afternoon and evening
RIALTO-"Show Beat" This afternoon and evening
LITTLE THEATER-"Shraz." This afternoon and evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

Richard Hart, tomorrow and Tuesday
evenings in the parish hall. Second
and c streets southeast. MIR. Hart is
mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and it is
announced that this will be the first
time the play has been presented in
Washington. Rev. j. G. Murphy, SUI
pervisor of the players, says that the
play has had unusual success else
where and he has seen the show pro-
duced several times while in foreign
countries
There is said to be an abundance
of comedy in the play, with appealing
situations.
The cast will include Agnes Nolan,
Margaret Tappan. Bernice Keiser, Rob-
ert Dillon, Howard Smith. Francis
McGarraghy, Thomas O'Donnel and
Norman Sims.
The st. Peters Orchestra. under the
direction of Agnes Mccarthy, has pre-
pared a musical program, including late
hits as we'll as appropriate music for
the play, and Charles Richter and Chris
san Fellipo have arranged especially
attractive stage settings.
A. u. DRAMATIC CLUB-Friday.
The American University Dramatic
Club will continue the Shakespearean
tradition at the school by presenting
next Friday night at the gymnasium
auditorium on the campus The Mer-
chant of Venice" under direction OF
VIII Hitchins, professor of art at the
university.
Leading roles will be taken by w:
Willis Delaplain as Shylock, Orrel
Belle Claflin as Portia, Laura Barrett
as Nerissa, Helen Tucker as Jesslca,
James Swan as Bassanio, Milton Crist
as Gratiano. S. Carlton Ayers as Lo-
reno and Sarah Martz as Launcelot
Gobbo.
The famous old drama will be given
in its entirety with simple Shakespear-
can background, eliminating waits Tor
scenic changes and speeding up produc--
ton. The curtain will rise at BID
o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
FOX-"One Stolen Night.n

An English fort in the Sudan, sandy
wastes of the desert stretching away in
the moonlight lines of sleeping soldiers
in the midnight. A soldier,
fully dressed, slips stealthily out of one
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EASTMAN KODAKS AND PHO. TOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. SchalIer- er's Alaska Shop
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OF LOW GRADE
 LEAD CARBONATE ORES

A study of methods of treat ment of the low-grade lead-car- bonate ores found in many west ern mining districts which have hitherto not been amendable to profitable development has been conducted by the Department of Commerce. A method or roasting such ores preliminary to gravity concentration has been developed by the United States Bureau of Mines at it's Intermountain Experi- ment Station, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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SIX DIE ASLEEP SUFFOCATED FIRE
 KITCHEN STOVE
FEATURES COMPOSED TNDICAT- ING THEY DIED WHILE
 ASLEEP

SOUTHBEND, Indiana, April 19, f(P-An aged woman and five children were suffocated as they slept when a defective kitchen stove set fire to the home of Har- vey Purucker, on the outskirts of the city.
 A neighbor saw red glow thru the windows of the house, two- story frame building, shortly be- fore 11o'clock. He tried to enter by breaking a window but the smoke was too dense so he called firemen.
 The blaze was soon under con- trol and the firemen found the bodies in the sleeping rooms on an upper floor. Their features were composed indicating they had died as they slept.
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SAVINGS IF F|L|PINOs
 TAKE CLIMB IN 1928

MANILA, April 19, (P)-Savings accounts in most banks in the Philippines showed a good increase in 1928. The Postal Savings Bank reported at the close of the year 289,OOo accounts carrying $7,85O,- 900, an increase of more than ST. 100000 during the year.
 Large gains were recorded in both demand and time deposits in banks, as well as in total resources, and in reserve of the Philippine
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COMMITS SUICIDE

A threat which he has uttered frequently over a period of three years was fulfilled in Fairbanks when August R. Utberg committed suicide by taking poison. He end- ed his life in Jack Crooks home and his choice of cyanide as the lethal agent made unavailing the efforts of the several persons who were in the house at the time to revive him.
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HIGH HONOR

A movement has been started to make Lieutenant Ben Eielson, vet eran Alaskan flier, the next na- tlonal commander of the Ameri- cen Legion by the executive com mittee of the Legion post at Grand Forks, North Dakota. The na- tlonal commander will be chosen next summer.
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RESTRICTIVE SYSTEM

Sweden, where a restrictive li- quor system holds, claims the number of arrests for drunkenness is decreasing. In 1913, when the restrictive system went into effect the arrests were twice as numer- ouS as at present.
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LAST THREE CARDS

ST. LOUIS, April 20, R,-only three of the 1925 Cardinals are on the present roster. They are Bot tomley, Haines and Sherdel. The rest have gone far, far away.
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WHAT FOR?

WASHINGTON, April 20, R- Delegate Houston of Hawaii in troduced a bill in Congress to ex- empt officers and employees of AL aska and Hawaii from payment of the federal income tax.
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R. D. Ingraham, who is mining on Golden Gate Creek, II miles west of Nome, reports a good cleanup in the spring is looked for.
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General Tailoring ana Hats Blocked for Ladies and Gentlemen Phone Adams 91. Peyser's Tailor Shop.
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The new auto srrop fa1ofs and blades are here. SCHALLERER 5 ALASKA SHOP.
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Mir. Finn Bruun and Miss Edith McCustion were joined in the bonds of matrimony at Nome.
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Seattle ice cream and fresh candies at Sylyia's.

Eastman KOdaks anu supplies fer the professional or amateur photo srapher. SCHALLERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
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Don't fail to try our brick ice cream. It's the only kind for parties. Candy Cottage.

Brunswick Phonograpns and Re Ords. SCITALLERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
FaVorS Present Tax Law

1t is fundamental that hen gov
ernmental costs reach excessive pro-
portions you create an unrest and
dissatisfaction in the minds and
hearts of the people, which always
has been and will continue to be
ininical to the welfare of such gov
ernmental unit, whether it be ma
tional, state or local, and always in
terfereS with the legitimate prog
ress of such unit of government.
I recommend that you enforce
and practice every reasonable econ
omy in providing for state require
ments of funds consistent with pru-
dence, good business practices and
efficient government, avoiding at all
zines parsimony and false economy.
Taxation universally is recognized
as our greatest economic problem,
and as such should receive your
serious consideration. The budget
and right of appeal by taxpayers
sections of the Indiana tax law have
been the means of saving many
millions of dollars to the taxpayers
of Indiana, when the exercise of
this right has been invoked by
them, where in many instances
needless and extravaganza experdi-
lures were proposed and avoideO. I,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Road Revenue Hike Urged

AS constitutionality Of the amend
ment to the workmen'S compensa-
ton law as passed by the 1927 legis-
lature is being attacked and is In
doubt and it's validity is being ques-
toned in case now pending in our
supreme court, I recommend that
the entire act be revised in such
manner as time and experience
have proven to be practicable, just,
and equitable, with the purpose in
view that all questions affecting its
constitutionality and it's validity in
all respects may be removed.
In response to general and almost
universal sentiment in support OF
an enlarged and increased program
of state highway construction, l
would look with favor upon some
provision through legislative enact
ment by you for increasing revenues
for this purpose in the sum OF i've
to six million dollars annually.
I suggest that the amount so pro-
yided should not exceed the last
named figure. Ways and means to
be employed by you in providing
this increased revenue / submit to
your wisdom and best judgment.
The constant and most alarming
increase in crime within our state
in the last few years has been such
as to command some affirmative
and intensive reform in our Grim
inal procedure by this body, proper
ly to more protect and safeguard
society,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

In his first message to the legis-
lature, Governor Harry G. Leslie to-
day said:
Ladies and gentlemen Of the SEM
ate and house of representatives,
members of the seventy-sixth gen.
eral assembly of the state of Indi-
ana: 1t is the theory of constitu-
tional government that intimate re-
lations should exist between the ex-
ecutvie and legislative departments.
Consonant with that custom and in
harmony with our constitution, I
regard it my duty as Governor to
communicate with you at this time
and at any other time during this
session when in my opinion public
welfare warrants such action.
You are to be congratulated on
account of the confidence reposed in
you by the electorate of your vari-
Gus legislative districts because of
your having been selected as their
representative in this audy. You
should not be unmindful, however,
Of the great responsibility imposed
upon you as well as the confidence
reposed in you.
AS a result of this responsibility,
it becomes your duty to reflect credit
upon your constituency, your COM
munity, and our beloved state by
enactment of only such laws as are
constructive, wholesome, and benef1-
cial to society in general and oppose
such proposed legislation as is
prompted by mercenary motives ana
will reflect discredit upon the state.
I, therefore, recommend that you
scrutinize carefully and consider
fully all bills submitted for your &C
ton. I further recommend that all
legislation involving the expend1-
ture Of public funds be considered as
thoroughly and carefully as you
would the expenditure of your own
personal funds, and employ the
same standards of prudence and
GOOD business practices that you en-
pioy in the consideration Of matters
per tanning to your most important
personal economic welfare.
1t is an inexorable law from which
there is no escape that money ap-
propriated by this body and ex-
pended for public purposes must be
paid from the private funds OF the
citizens of this commonwealth
through some system of taxation.
Therefore great care should be ex-
ercised in this respect that'you do
not appropriate for public expendi-
lures any amount for any purposes
in excess of the actual needs for
such purposes.