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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-11
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard McGuin-
Miss OF IS smalley street have an
nounced the engagement or their
niece, Alma DeMore. to George Bur-
dick, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Burdick OF Walpole, Mass. The we'd
ding will take place next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

factory benches or other early labors,
thus making way for younger talent.
The idea is to produce rotation in
industry analogous to the rolling stone
that gathers no moss.
A first detachment of officials readily
volunteered to resign their positions in
favor of younger men and return to
their former occupations. Examination
of this list reveals, for example, that
the chief of the Moscow municipal de-
partment for roads was a common la
borer on the streets before he climbed
to his titled job. Several Judges were,
formerly carpenters, locksmiths or tall
lors. The director OF the rubber trust.
was tinsmith and member of the.
collegiate of the Peoples Conmissariat
for Trade was once eompositor.
Supporters of the decree argue that
it has many advantages. They say that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
count 10 years q future prOgress II one

count 10 years Of future progress in one
month";
Newspapers, !" said Mr.. Houston, who
now is president of New York Life
Insurance Co., 'can perform q real
service II they make 1t clear that IL
Is men and women all over the country,
not those on Wall Street alone, who
are responsible for this furore. and that
they are the ones who are going to get
hurt II they don't get out.
Business is good and I think It Is
going to get better, but. it is not ex-
panding at the rate that stocks have
gone up, You can't discount 10 years
of future progress In one month as the
spectators have been doing. My adj
vice TO the tens of thousands of men
and women over this country who are
specializing Is to STOP
Mr.. Houston blamed the advance on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

interests on call on Tom, Dick and
Harry in every State and every town
Of the country.
III this thing does not STOP" he said,
there viii be panic on the Stock Ex-
change. Business can get all the money
it wants for legitimate purposes at d
fair rate OF interest" He expressed con-
fidence, however. that forces now oper-
ating" would check speculation, cause
stocks which have skyrocketed to drop
and release. money into legitimate
l.annels."
Mr.. Houston and his family are va
cationing IN the Caroiinas and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
HoLSTEIN PAYS PROFIT.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. CP.-Re-
turning her owner So for each 81 in
feed consumed in 1928, pure bred Hol-
stein cow Of the Joseph H. Brewer
herd was worth more in gross receipts
than many whole herds in Michigan
and other States.
In 365 days she produced 27.7o7.5
pounds OF milk containing 1910 pounds
Of butter. The output, sold as certi-
fed milk at IS cents gallon, brought
Brewer S2.597.58. Her feed cost S322.30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
EyENINa STAR. wAsHINaToN ID c TUESDAY PRIE 1925

the experienced manager, who goes back
to the work bench, win be ii position To
aid other workers In meeting technical
problems, thus speeding up and improv-
ing factory output.
They also assert that the system will
give the laborers better perspective of
the relations to the party and Of what
that organization is trying to do. It also
would further demolish the remnants
of the barriers between leaders and
masses that still exist. a ,@s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
WOMAN DIES IN WRECK.
Car Plunges Down Embankment
] When Driver Goes to Sleep.

HENDERsoNvILLE. N. G., April 2
.(R.-Mrs. Ben Lee Walton, 80, Of Toe
Goa, Ca, was killed Sunday night in an
automobile accident on the Greenville-
Henderson Highway, when @. M. WEIGH
81 Ashevisie, according to his version of
the accident. went to sleep at the steer
ing wheel of his automobile and 0roye
the machine over 4 5O-foot embank-
fnent
WEIGH was brought to hospital here
suffering from broken Shoulder. cuts
and bruises. He was said to be In a
serious condition today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

II New York public school teachers have
been requested to contribute 81 to $l2
to $4,000 fee to be awarded to the
lawyer who was their representative in
the campaign which Melted an increase
in salaries Of So 200, 900 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
SOVIET SENDS BOSSES
BACK TO EARLY TOLL
Men in High Positions Removed to
Make Way for Young
Talent.

MOSCOW GP)-Carrying out Lenisi's
idea that every cook should know how
to govern" the Moscow committee of
the Russian Communist party has or
dered former manual workers, now hold
ing high positions. to return to their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02
HOUSTON PREDICTS
MARKET COLLAPSE
Crash in "Riot Of Stock specula.
ton Is Seen by Former
Treasury Secretary.

By the Associated Press
RALEIGH. N. c., April 1.-THE coli
lapse Of this riot Of stock speculation
was forecast here by David p. Houston,
former Secretary of the Treasury, who
said spectators are attempting To dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

Edith Walton, 5-year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Walton. was also in the car and
escaped uninjured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-02

A $4,000 900 home for the Presbyte-
rian Theological Seminary Is to be
erected on a 20-acre site near Louis
vile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
The Dire Results of
Having a Double

HMasquerade the picture at the Fox, is rather be-
widerng variation the personal resemblance theme, in
which good and bad man look so much alike that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
Mississippi Romance
On Palace Screen

left home. disgraced in the eyes
OF all save one Lucy, played by
Mary Brian. Lucy believed in him
to the disgust Of the family.
Away from home, however, Tom
learned to be a bad man" Of the
river, and became the fear OF
gamblers who failed to pay their
!. o. us. Disguised, he gambled
with the brother Of Elvira's hus-
band, who had foolishly wasted
away some of the generals money
entrusted to him, Then Tom re-
turned home to attend Lucy's
coming out" party, he uncovered
the deception in his fathers house
hold and once more became the
generals idol.
A Niggemeyer production. with
Herbert Rawlinson as ceremonial
master, is featured by the Five
Brachs in a Aumbling act of the
first order: Al and Gussie Blum
are seen singly and together in
two numbers, while Heller and
Riley offer two dancing sketches.
The Dave Gould girls dance their
way to much applause
An M-G-M newsreel Is a valu-
able trimminnm-C. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
MRS. MARY LANGLEY AND DAUGHTER

relief after other5 treatments had
failed and today, thanks to it alone.
| can truthfully say am in better
health than / have been for years.
l no logger suffer with my stomach
all pains and aches have left, and
since l began using Miller's Herb
Extract ! have not had one of those
nervous dizzy attacks. Another
thing ] want to mention is that as
a regulator for the bowels. it is
simply wonderful, in fact, / was so
we'll pleased with it and the way it
acted, I gave it to my daughter and
find 1t to be Just the thing for her,
as she was troubled more or less
with constipation." This statement
was given a few days ago by Mrs.
Mary Langley, who resides at 6S1
Raleigh Place.
If you feel In need Of this medi.
cine don't experiment with some.
thing supposed to be just as good,
go to the Peoples Drug Store, sos
18th Street N. W., talk to the man
who Is there for the sole purpose IT
explaining MiIIer's Herb Extract
formerly called Herb Juice) and
learn why il Il the choice Of hun
dreds Of thousands. His hours are
9 A. NJ. 20 $50 p. NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29

rifled his apartment, although
nothing Is missing. Police suspect
the apartment was entered by g
mysterious criminal named Annes.
tey. Maitland's picture in the
papers discloses to Annestey that
he and Maitland are doubles.
There then ensues a series OF
perplexing developments in which
Maitland and Annestey prove their
resourcefulness in coping with one
another. The double exposure
shots are great. In the end, OF
course, Maitland discovers the girl
he loves is not real burglar after
all, but was just trying to help her
poor father out OF a critical di-
lemma.
The stage program, directed by
John Irving Fisher, is climaxed
by fur coat parade, with Pro-
lessor Fisher in some stunning re-
suits OF the trapper's art. The
Fox cooling system is the only
thing to which Fisher owes his life
this week. Brusiloff's Jazzmanians
are in their best form. The Movie
tone News is up to the mark. and
the bill, on the whole, Is good,
light summer fare.-J. r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29

The Paramount River of Ro-
nance" from Tarkington's Mag
noiia," now playing at the Pal
ace. is perfect perturbation of
some of the sham and false pride
that followed the old South into
the present century, there TO let
it Wither under the feet of mod
erns" as a decadent aristocracy.
For, IL River OF Romance" is
anything, it is a didactic treatise
to men who would die by saber
or gun over uncouth and co.
quettish girls who are wooed by
men of false honor.
But Tom Rumford, played by
Charles Rogers, SON of a planta-
ton general" Henry B. Wal
thalD, was not one of the society
of men who find uncouth girls
worth dying for, maybe because he
had been educated as Yankee.
Returning to his Southern home
from a Northern school, Tom was
challenged to duel by mer-
cenary lover whom his fiancee,
Elvira, had Tilted. He refused to
ieopardize his life for the girl and
she broke the engagement because
Tom was accused of cowardice.
Disowned by his father, Tom
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
DICK TURNS
OUT FINE
FILM

Comfortably ensconced in de-
llghtfully cooled theater, to view
an exceptionally good picture. Is
one very desirable way to spend.
ing a few Of these hot hours. The
Metropolitan is hereby recon.
mended. The F Street house now
has its new refrigeration system
in first-cIass order and a perfect
temperature may be- enjoyed.
The current picture il Richard
Barthelmess' latest tallking.singing
success, Drag" which Is certain
to be thoroughly enjoyed by those
who find finesse and perfection Of
enactment, worthwhile. Probably
the popular appeal OF Weary
River" had earlier production,
may be lacking to some. but the
subtler, deeper appeal Of an or.
binary human life story must, at
tract many who find in the movie,
not only amusement but satisfac-
ton in an artistic performance.
Barthelmess, ever a favorite,
p0rtrays one David Carroll, q
hustling and capable newspaper
youth, who buys a small town
paper and settles down. He mar
ries a mouse type Of girl (Alice
Day. daughter IN the family with
whom he boards and he finds him
self with q wife plus her whole
family, all OF whom promptly quit
work while he pays the bills.
Meanwhile a flapper Uila Lee)
finding herself hopelessly in love
with David. goes to New York
where she becomes a successful
designer of theatrical costumes.
Young Carroll, driven to financial
ruin, in desperation, shakes the
ties Of too many relations and
goes TO the big city to attempt
the sale OF his operetta. His wife
refuses to 70 until she is certain
of his success.
Lila Lee contributes q splendid
Interpretation Of the girl who
loves and is loved, showing a re-
straint and an ability in handling
a difficult role, which Is to be
commended. It Is she who gets
Carroll his chance with a pro-
Queer.
Barthe1mess has opportunity to
SlHS anu play anu Tic l1tCAlO oOhSB
MY Song of the Nile" a haunt
lngIy melodious refrain may well
prove another outstanding musi-
cal hit. TOO Young to Be Care.
full" is also featured.
The denouement has the added
attraction of being true to life
rather than a ''made.to-order" end
ing. Drag" is characterized by
frequent realistic scenes and in
cidents Of family life, perfectly
portrayed. Margaret Fielding,
Katherine Ward, Tom Dugan and
Lucien LittIefieId, are priceless
in these character roles. Frank
Lloyd has indeed contributed a
splendid show for First National.
A short film. Familiar Face"
Is a gem and another. Book
lovers" is a fantastic bit, both
we'll above the average compli-
mentary acts. The news release
pictures the recent peace negotia-
tions in the East Room of the
White House. President Hoover's
delivery OF the peace declaration
is worthy the attention and In
terest Of every American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29

words can hardly describe the
wonderful relief Miller's Herb Elk
tract has given me. The two bottles
I used relieved me of chronic all
ments that other medicines had failed
to have any effect on, and am
only too glad to recommend such
wonderful remedy. Before l used
the Herb Extract there were days
when 1 was hardly able to do my
homework, everything seemed to be
wrong with me, and l was in so
much misery that could not rest
day or night. The least little thing
/ ate caused gas to form, stomach
seemed swollen, gas pressed up
around the heart and l was con-
tinually belching up sour bile. Spots
seemed to float before my eyes,
nervous, dizzy spells would come on
and would have dull pains across
the back Of the neck. Then, too,
nv feet would swell and pain so
/ could hardly stand on them. Also
had what j thought was rheumatic
or neuritis pains in the arms and
limbs. So many people praised the
medicine that I made up my mind
to try II also. and I will say to
every one that II is the most won
derfuI thinE I ever used. brought me
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
Organists Picnic AT
Beach; Pease
Breaks Toe
ThA Canltal CIV Theater Organ-

The Capital City Theater Organ
nsts Club held picnic at Herald
Harbor last Tuesday.
Thirty decorated cars assembled
en- b street and proceeded through
the city at . a. m.
Irene Juno, In charge OF trans
portation, saw that all the organ
lists and their families and friends
had q car, and Harold Pease, in
charge of traffic, had the entire
block on e between Ninth and
Tenth Northwest, cleared for the
parade.
Harry Manville. PRECEDENT. won
first prize in the bathing suit
race, and Blanche Leninson was
voted the most attractive girl in.
the bathing girls contest.
Pease, organist at the Ambas-
aador Theater, fractured the little
toe on his left foot while playing
baseball at the picnic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29

MARION DAVIES leading coincidence of the screen,
should win many fans by her voice, which
supplements her beauty in her first featureengh talk
ing picture, Marianne" which has just been COM
pleted by Cosmopolitan Productions She is here
in appealing scene with Lawrence Gray, her lead
ing man. Laurence Stallngs and Gladys Unger wrote
the dialogue, and Robert z. Leonard directed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
BOO TT E
GROWETH
WINGS

At last the bootlagger gets
break This important factor in
modern American life finally is
given a pair of wings in Broad
way Babies" the feature at the
Earle, starring Alice White.
Not that Alice plays bootleg
ger herself. Oh. no, no no! That
rich part falls to the lot Of big
Fred Kohler, who tucks the
honors under his arm and walks
away with them. There's no
doubt about who stole this pic
ture.
Sweet Alice, with Sally Eilecs
and Marion Myron are cast as
three little Musketeers' of Broad
way-reVue dancers, 1ice girls
and all that sort of thing.
Alic is in love with an Inn
pecunious stage manager, played
by Charles Delaney. Her girl
friends and everybody else con.
stantly berate her for not using
her charms to attract bigger
matrimonial game.
A sQuabble with Charlie leads
Alice to accept an invitation to
go out with Mr.. Kohler, de-
scribed as q big importer "of
perfumes, and other things in
bottles" from the wilds of De-
troit. Two Broadway slickers are
showing Fred the sights and
planning to fleece him.
He falls in love with Alice, and
she Is actually on the verge OF
marrying him when he rocks his
false playboys and they wound
him In return. By this time, how
ever, the big, honest bootlegger
has found out that Alice doesn't
love him, but Charlie. So he
makes them wedding present OF
$4,000, his winnings in a crooked
poker game. and decides to go
back to Detroit, where people are
not as dumb as Broadway thinks.
The picture is interSpersed with
stage and night club scenes. bril-
liantly staged. Miss White does
a trio of songs, well received.
The dialogue. for the greater part,
is sophisticated, packed full of
wisecracking and thoroughly
amusing.
In the pit Charlie Hampden con-
ducts the orchestra with eclat,
aplonab and joie de vivre. He
tells stories in his inimitable
manner and displays fine, rich
voice In his songs. The usual
house features supplement the
program.--J. r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
CLARA SCORES
AS CIRCUS
RIDER

c'Dangerous Curves" this weeks
feature presentation at the coIum.
bia, brings Clara Bow to the
screen in a role that is basically,
much the same as those afforded
by her proceeding vehicles.
She Is cast as q circus bare.
back rider and although 1t is the
first time she has been seen in
the fluffy skirt and spIangles, the
part Is one OF unrequitted love (un-
til the final scene, naturally, and
self-sacrifice.
The story is OF Pat Delaney,
member of a troupe of bareback
riders, who aspires to be a wire
artist in order to attract the at.
tention OF Larry Lee, the head.
liner, who she loves. Larry's
attitude toward the girl is one of
amused tolerance, but the love
that Pat hopes for Is given to
lara, the girl Of the trio that
makes the stars act. 1t Ia only
after Larry Is Tilted by lara
wrecked professionally by indiffer.
ence and drink-and finally saved
from disgrace by a desperate
move by Pat, that he realizes his
love for her.
Richard Arlen as Larry Lee,
the star Of the troupe, gives .
nicely tempered portrayal OF a
difficult part; and Kay Francis
does the female heavy" cara,
In the approved manner.
scenes that test her mettle as q
dramatic actress and she comes
through these with flying colors.
The bill il augmented by Fox
Movietone News, M. q. M. News,
Charley Chase comedy, Vita
phone act featuring Irving Aaron
son and his Commanders, and the
Columbia Orchestral S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29

one actor may play both par
The actor in this case is Alan
Birmingham. an importation from
the stage. He Is a new face, a
new personality, and youll have
to see him In action to decide
whether you like him or not.
This reviewer found Birmingham
more to his liking as the crook,
rather than the gentleman.
There Is no use in shrieking
''improbable" and impossible" at
Masquerade. 1t was made
from Louis Joseph Vance's Brass
Bowl" and is nothing more or
less than the widest of wild-eyed
melodrama.
Unfortunately, somebody In Mr..
Fox's scenario department thought
1t smart to give Masquerade" a
high comedy touch, which so
disturbed the tempo of the pic.
ture that persons in the audience
were heard to utter that they
couldn't make anything out Of
the plot.
But there must have been many
more who felt, like the writer of
this mastery treatise, that
Masquerade" was q good story
suffering from an oblique treat
ment. Certainly, whether one
likes Birmingham or not, 1t must
be conceded that the man can
act. And surely Leila Hyams
proves even more attractive now
that Old Man Movietone has
given her pretty voice. Clyde
Cook, too, as a cockney valet,
furnishes a fine comic touch.
The story's about one Daniel
Maitland, a wealthy young man.
who, on returning from a trip
abroad, finds pretty girl has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
About Struggles

Married life as experienced by
3 young man; his struggle to raise
himself by his bootstraps; his fam.
lly Of in.laws who live upon him
these are treated dramatically in.
''Drag," the new First National
Vitaphone feature. starring Rich.
ard Barthelmess and now at the
Metropolitan Theater. The screen
story Is based on the novel by
William Dudley Policy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
Add Weird Stories

Myrtle Faulkner, who for sew
eral years has presided over the
ticket selling booth at the Glen
Echo soda fountain was startled
the other night by one of the
ticket beverage purchasers COM
menting upon the weather. by
stating to her after buying 9
check for a Coca Cola, ut looks
like rain"
With her usual affable and
gracious smile. Miss Faulkner
said, II hope 1t doesn't taste
like It."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
Great Teamwork

The team of DrisselI and Vogel
are running things at Loew's Co
lumbia now. Drissell is the man.
ager and Vogel assistant. Al.
though they are in the early
twenties the boys are showing the
Loew home office some remark.
aba raq,Ilfa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-29
Circus HELPS Clara

Two hundred performers of the
Al. w. Copeland circus unit take
part in the latest Clara Bow all
talking production, Dangerous
Curves" now playing a. Loew's
Cclunahaa.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-17
MOXI Z: S
AkR,esss, Asssssaassls,lSs..xaaa1csA-

Love intrigucs of Europcan no
bility form tao background for
..'Lady Of the PavemcntS, the ID.
W Griffith production which comes
to Fox Imperial Theatre tonight.
Presented by Joseph NJ. ScAenck,
head of United Artists, the film has
notable east including William
Boyd, Jctta Goudal. I.upc Nalcz,
George Fawcctt and Albert Cont.
The role of a song girl in 4
cabaret, is assigned to Lupc NaleZ,
who has rapidly risen to stardom
since first appearing in "Thc Gau
cho,' with Douglas Fairbanks. She
is used as q pawn in a game Of love
involving a member of the Prus-
sian legation and Il French noble
women, only to win the man for
herself after she learns that she has
been trickcd.
Ia addition to the film uotablcs
already mentioned, irving Berlin,
the nations leading song writer,
plays a leading part in the picture
having written two songs for it
which are sung by Miss Luprz.
Whore Is the Song of Songs For
Me- and at the Danco,' are
certain to be popular with those
who see the picture.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-17
old TIMERS
GREATLY ENJOY
CLARK REUNION

Old time friends Of r. II. ClarI,
Of Los Angeles, formerly a pioneer
resident Of the Imperial Valley, were
entertained at stag party last
evening at the home Of his SON, RoI.
lie Clark, south Of town
An informal evening was pleasant
Iy spent renewing old acquaintanccs
and swapping yarns about the good
old days. Rollic Clark, accompan-
led by Miss Louise Albright, sang
several enjoyable songs, and Rollic
Clark Jr. gave two readings.
Later in the evening Mrs. Clarl,
served 4 delicious and Dountiful sup
per.
Invited guests were Mcssrs. Ar
thur Edgar, Ray Edgar, Burt Edgar,
Clarence Conant, Leroy Holt, :. f.
Allen, j. l.. House, +. G. Weir, Wal
ter CAREY, W. t. Carey, Walter
Paine, l.. f.. FORESTER, Mont j. Reid,
Wiley Weaver, Lewis Cooley, +. +.
Lewis, \. II. Keller, Pitts Hamilton,
IIoldam Stuart, Ira Aten, NJ. j.
DoWd, G. T.. Childcrs. \. y. PrcbIc,
j. +. Nuffcr, Roy Rumsey. Il. -. Ne
Pherrin, 4. &. Rath, s. T. Marshall,
Judge l. Mayficld, H. II. lIoppin,
George Austin.