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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-07
REVUE" IS
A GLITTERING GEM
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Not yet will subscribe to the belief that Hollywood has
Mr. Zegfed shoulders pinned to the mat, but in Holly
wood Revue" MetroGodwyn has assembled about fine
two hours entertainment of tune, dimple darling
hot STEP laugha minute eyelng and novel CONNECTION
has ever been shipped from the Gold Coast.
The very fact that MGM has been able to round its
gallery of hghsalared stars and put them to work eff
fectvely at the very tasks which Broadway alIots
speciav trained musical comedy royalty is powerful
trbte TO talent hitherto considered impressive when
silent Hollywood Revue" is 100karat screen gem-a
oorl,i mo movie show if saw
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Ukelele Ike

Ukelele Ike. who is none other
than Cliff Edwards, who APP
pears in The Hollywood Revue"
now playing at Loew's Columbia.
claims he has memotiZsd the
words and music for over 1924
songs. Believe II or not that's
some cadenza,
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This iS firSt ana ldSt u revue
show. projected in stage tech.
niaue, and scOrning such a thing
as story. 1t has some Is num-
bers which collectively comprise
a happy blending of laughs. gor-
geous scenic display and soothing
melody. Stars flash on and off
with the rapidity OF three
ring circus. Color adds to the
magnificence OF its splendidly
staged optic spectacle. Let us
take some of the treasured mo-
ents which skinned by, leaving
a wake of satisfied customers:
/. Norma Shearer and Jack Gill
bert in the balcony scene from
Romeo and Juliet" First as the
immortal bard wrote it and then
paraphrased in the not SO nice
language OF the modern sheik
and his girl friend, called "The
Neckers." Lionel Barrymore wins
a laugh in his dignified protest
over such sacriIegiOus literary
distortion.
.. Marion Davies looking fetch
ing enough in tailored military
trousers being cartwheeled about
by a chorus OF SiXfOot males,
winding up with a tap dance
atop a bass drum.
8. Marie Dressler singing I'm
the Queen" lyric stuffed with
laughs and aided immensely by
heavyweight Glowing.
4. Conrad Nagel and Anita
Page showing Charlie King and
Bessie Love they can not only
make screen love silently, but
that they can also put it in song,
using You Were Meant For Me"
as an exhibit.
5. William Haines stroling in
front of the curtain for some glib
patter and some of his fresh tricks
with Master OF Ceremonies Jack
Benny as his victim.
6. Joan Craford, uncovering a
heavy grooming singing voice and
getting over nicely.
Z. Bessie Love emerging from
Jack Benny's coat pocket, taking
part in the comedy, and being
thrown around and bounced high
in the air by sturdy male choris-
tiers.
8. "Singin' In the Rain" whis-
thy tune. utilizing Hollywood &c.
MUS in the staging of a pitter pat
ter number. moist and refreshing.
9. Orange Blossom Time"
pretentious interlude served in
color with rejecting scenes and
stunning photography which ma kes
It a precious contribution.
10. Gus Edwards singing
Lon CLANCY Will Get You. II
You Don't Watch Out" aided by
some grotesque masks and cos
tunes.
IL. Charlie King singing "Yonr
Mother and Mine" and joining
with Ukelele Ike Edwards and Gus
ing Charlie and Gus and Ike"
IL. Polly Moran. Marie Dressler
and Bessie Love in a comical copy
Of the number listed above.
IS. The Albertina Rasch Ballet
in an artistic dancing spectacle
done in the mood of Ziegfeld at
his best.
IA. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
in a ourlesaue magic act and
Buster keaton is satire on
Oriental dancing.
Is. Chorus work which Is con-
slant delight, staging which is
superb and effective lighting.
IS. Recording, in which every
thing from first to last was dis.
tinct on Saturday afternoon.
To recapitulate. the sum total
Is so engaging 1t makes you
want to take off your hat to
Hollywood and bend low. The
first 100 per cent screen revue,
and by all the gods and muses..
a winner. 1t is currently to be
seen at Loew's Columbia Theater.
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Baseball Yarn

The first all-talking moving pic
ture of the baseball diamond,
Paramount's Fast Company is
this weeks attraction at the Earle
Theater. Through 1t all is sus-
nAnse.filled plot based upon a
famous story of the You Know
Me Al" series written ~ Ring
LArdner. America foremost hu.
uaorist.
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80 Girls in Scene

Eighty girls appear in the Tech.
nicolor sequences Of "The Dance
of Life" adapted from the stage
play "Burlesque," and which is
now playing at Loew's Columbia.
They do tap dance routine in
"Follies" sequence,
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was skeptical at first about Millers
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the Revolution It was used az the
Colonial Treasury.
Mounted on the lawn in front of
the state House Is a small cannon,
rusted with age. It was one Of the
five guns constituting the arma-
ment Of the two small ships-the
Ark and the Dove. which brought
colonists from England to Maryland
in 1884.
On Maryland Avenue, stands one
OF the finest examples Of Georgian
architecture in this countryside
Hammond aarwood House which
was built in ITO.
1t is an expression Of the wealth
and exquisite taste prevalent in
Annapolis in pre.Revolutionary times.
But it would require volume to
tell of all the old and historic
places in Annapolis. Almost every
street has some place Of interest
| and the visitor can spend hours
Just wandering through the city
without becoming bored.
In winding through the crooked
narrow. little streets of Annapolis,
the motorist may become confused,
but no matter where he drives ii
seems he always returns again to
the State House. From there the
tour route to Plum Point goes out
School Street and around Church
Circle to West Street. West Street
stretches straight out Of the citv
and connects with the Defense High.
| way.
Resort Road Of Maryland
This is the road to almost all OF
the South River, West River and
Severn River and Chesapeake Pav
resorts. But to reach Bay RIDE
and Arundel on the Bay, favorife
Fairgrounds of residents of Annano,
lis, drive from Church Circle IN
Duke Of Gloucester Street across
the Spa Creek Bridge to Eastnort
and then south on Severn Street.
These beaches, however. are o4t
the paths Of our tour, so we return
to Parole and turn left into the
Solomons Island Road.
This thoroughfare also leads n
Edgewater and South River heacbes
on the South River. GalesviIla and
Shady Side on the West River Ra,,'
erly Beach ana CloverIea Reach ~,
the Bay: Nutwell, Leitch and Fair'
haven, on Herring Bay, and the non.
ular North and Chesapeake beaches
Edgewater and South Rivav.
beaches are the first to be reached
BY the motcrist driving from An
napolis, Both stretch along tha
river near the West River bridge.
There are diving floats, boats. fish.
ing tackles ana delightful sandy
beaches and the river bottom IL ~
hard, packed sand.
Francis Xavier Stonestreet genial
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another left turn will place the
motorist on the road to Galesville
and Shady Side. Galesville is a
summer colony and offers good
fishing, boating and swimming.
Grouped right together along the
sandy beach Of Herring Bay are
Nutwell, Leitch and Fairhaven. The
roads leading to each beach are
about half a mile apart and plainly
marked with large signs which can
be seen just after passing Tracy's
Landing.
Beyond Tracy's Landing the road
begins to curve like q, snake and,
although It Is of nice even macadam
and fairly wide, the motorist must
hold down the speed of his car to
avoid accident on the sharp turns.
The State plans to have new
road stretching from Upper Marl-
borO to Sunderland, completed by
next year. This win relieve the
present road OF great deal Of traf-
fic.
Road Straight Ahead
At Mt. Harmony are the cross
roads where the route to Chesa.
peake and North Beaches branches
off. The road to Plum Point keeps
straight ahead,
Highway marker signs ''No. 3"
are along the roadside at frequent
intervals and whenever the motorist
is in doubt he need only look for
one Of these reassuring signs to
place his mind at rest.
whenever the "No. 2" signs are
placed at cross roads with an IT,
lust under or beside them. the mo.
torist should turn to the left or to
the fright" at an ''R" marker.
Just after leaving Mt. Harmony
the macadam surfaced road to Plum
Point has been overlaid with tar
and gravel. TO the left q macadam
road sweeps back into the country.
There Is an old weather-beaten gen.
eral store at the cross roads.
To reach Plum Point keep straight
ahead over the gravel surfaced
roadway.
Rises to Hilltop
Three miles from Mt. Harmony
and Just beyond the Huntingtown,
or Hunting Creek, the Plum Point
road sweeps broad to the left. The
road straight ahead ends a. Lower
Marlboro.
Seven miles farther on the road
again turns left as the rnotorist
leaves the main road and starts
down the hard, wide gravel road to
Plum Point. @
Four miles more and another left
turn takes the motorist away from
the gravel road and places him on
a graded earth road.
Plum Point is three miles away.
The graded earth road iS rather
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stood upon the same site. The
foundation Of the first State House
was laid April 30, 1895. shortly after
the capital was moved from st,
Mary's city.
Robert Eden, the last colonial
governor of Maryland laid the cor
ner stone Of the present building in
1772 and, az he struck the corner
store with a mallet, according to an
old tradition, there came q severe
clap Of thunder.
It was thought to have been an
omen of impending revolution.
Two years later when the build
ing was completed a revolutionary
body was the first group to as
themselves 1.-THE Association Of
Freemen," 81 deputies passed reso'
lutions denying the right of the
British Parliament to tax the Ameri.
can colonies without representation,
demanding the repeal of the duty
laid on tea, and offering assistance
to the blockaded port Of Boston.
Admired for Style
The old building is greatly. admired
for its architectural proportions, It's
commanding site and its lofty dome,
but It's principal attractions are its
historic associations.
In the old senate chamber, George
Washington resigned his commission
as commander.in-chief Of the Ameri-
can armies to the Continental Con-
gress.
In the same chamber III 1884 the
treaty of peace with Great Britain
was ratified and signed and sealed
in the presence Of Congress.
Here, too, in 1855, a commercial
. convention Of six States met to con.
slider their interstate trade relations.
This led to the convention Of 1887 in
Philadelphia which framed the Con
stitution Of the United States.
Within the circle enclosing the
State House stands q quaint old
colonial one story brick building.
It was built In 1894 and Is believed
to be one of the oldest buildings
now standing in Annapolis.
It was originally designed as q
council chamber for the Provincial
Governor and his council. During
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Plum, Point Waters Appeal to Summer SUinl
Colonial Qualities of
Annapolis Abound
Maryland Capital Dates Family Tree
From 1894 Once Known
as Providence
as Providence

rough ii spots and dusty. Also
there are several sharp turns in the
road.
A mile from Plum Point the road
rises to the top Of q hill and
through the trees can be seen a
striking view Of the broad expanse
OF the beautiful blue Chesapeake.
No 6ns knows how Plum Point
happened to ret its name. There
are no plum trees anywhere near
II and probably never were.
A washington syndicate opened
the resort last year and are going
ahead with elaborate plans this
year to make 1t Washington 3
Atlantic CITY,"
Gentle sloping hills rise up from
the wide sandy beach and from
them one can look seven miles
across the bay to and make out
the dim outline Of the eastern shore
Of Maryland.
Unusual Swimming
The swimming at Plum Point Is
as fine as can be found anywhere
near Washington. The bottom Of
the bay IL packed hard by the
constant pounding Of the surf and
there are no stones or shells to
bruise the tepderest feet.
Hidden among giant cedar trees
within sound of the soothing waves
is a delightful picnic grove with
tables and benches laid out for the
convenience. of motorists. The bath
house Mt the beach viii accomo-
date several thousand pergons.
Fishing parties from lies up and
down the bay come to fish off
Plum Point. There is large oyster
bed q half mile out from the beach
and schools of fish can always be
found In the vicinity.
But the most enjoyable feature Of
the resort Is the opportunity for a
swim In the soothing, salt waters
Of the bay.
Fifty feet from shore the water is
deep enough for swimming and then
mile. Within $50 feet Of the beach
the water is up to the shoulders
of an average sized person.
Highway No. 4"
Returning home the traveller
traverses the same route as he
passed en- route to the resort as far
as Mt. Zion. Then he turns left
onto the road TO Upper Marlboro.
This road Is outlined with United
States highway markers "No. 4"
all the way to Washington,
It is 55 miles from the lighthouses
at Plum Point to the heart of
Washington, and the road is in good
condition all of the way. Beyond
Upper Marlboro, IS miles from
Plum Point. the road has been
widened and graded and the 20-mile
drive from there to Washington is
delightful.
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FERRY SPEEDS
MOTORISTS
Pope's Creek Boat Saves
Hour and 90 Miles on Trip
to Colonial Beach

The ferry between Pope's Creek.
Nd. and Colonial Beach. Va, has
proved popular the past two weeks
with Washington visitors who do
not fancy the long driYe through
Virginia to the beach.
Using the ferry, which is operated
on q fast schedule by Capt. j. @.
Adams. motorists cut off more than
40 @niles of road, some Of Il very
dusty. A saving of more than an
hour IL made by the ferry.
Service on the line was speeded
up recently when, Captain Adams
put on a third boat. A fast sched-
uIe Is provided weekdays and added
trips are made Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays. The ferry Is reached
by taking the road through LaPlata
and turning Off just before reaching
the spot where the Pope's Creek
railroad crosses the highway. About
a mile Of dirt road leads off to the
left to the ferry.
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Here" wrote Capt. John Smith
the first white man to navigate
and explore Chesapeake Bay. "Hers
are mountaines. hills, PLANES, val
leyes, rivers and brooks, all run
ming most pleasantly into a faire
Bay. compassed with q fruitful and
delightsome Land: heaven and
earth never agreed better to frame
. place for human habitation."
The scenic beauties that held the
rowing eye Of Captain Smith as he
shifted his gaze warily for lurking
savages, still remain to charm the
motorists who drive with us to
historic, sleepy, old Annapolis and
from there parallel with the bay
to lovely Plum Point.
Many Charming Resorts
The tour covers 130 miles but
there are many charming little
summer resorts along its route
that can motorists away from the
main route for a refreshing swim
or bask In the cooling breezes from
the bay.
Stone in back Of the White House
Avenue, then north to Rhode
Isiand Avenue. Turning right on
Rhode Island the motorist keeps
straight ahead on the highway
across the city until he reaches the
washington Baltimore Boulevard.
Turn left and continue down the
road TO the Bladenbllrg Memorial
Peace Cross at the intersection Of
the Defense Highway.
The Defense Highway, branching
of to the right from the Baltimore
road, leads almost straight to An
napolis. There are only two sharp
turns along the route and 1t would
be impossible to miss the straight
ribbon Of concrete at either Of them.
Woods Border Road
Although the road narrows in
heavy traffic 1t IL excellently paved
and tho motorist can drive for miles
and miles along it without seeing
lurid advertising signs or roadside
gasoline stations and barbecue
stands.
Tail trees and beautiful woodlands
form an aisle through which the
road passes almost all the way, but
vistas Of farm houses and Of at
&ractive old residences open through
the trees at intervals.
The road turns sharply to the
left where It joins the Crane High
way near the Patuxent River and
again to the right half mile
further. on where it turns back to-
ward Annapolis.
Highway marker signs "No. 80"
are placed ct frequent intervals
along the route and it would be i'm
possible for the motorist to lose
his way.
Nears Old Capital
Two and q half miles from An.
Napolis is the little community Of
Parole where the road to Epping
and Sherwood Forests and Herald
Harhor branch OFF to the left and
the road to be followed on this t3ur
leads of to the right.
But no tour coming within two
ana half miles Of Annapolis
would be complete without q visit
TO the historic old capital Of Macy
and.
The history Of the picturesque
little city dates back to 1649 when
ten families of Puritans from
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Nansemond county, Va, fled to
rhe peninsula on which Annapolis
row stands to escape religious
persecution. A short time before
the famous federation Act had bean
passed by the General Assembly OF
the Province OF Maryland at st.
Mary's. promising religious liberty
to all.
The Pilgrims called their settle.
ment Providence and sent delegates
to the General Assembly. A few
years later, however the Maryland
Puritans yielded obedience to Crom-
well and renounced allegiance to
Lord Baltimore.
40 Dwelling Houses"
In 1894 when the dispute was set
tied the capital Of Maryland was
moved from st. Mary's to Prov
idence which was then given the
name Of Annapolis. Then the
city" consisted Of about 40
dwelling houses, q State house and
free school built Of brick.
The free school was King WEI
liams' School completed in 1701.
st. Johns College, one Of the show
places Of Annapolis. was the out
growth Of this school
In l70S Annapolis was granted a
charter as q city by Queen Anne
for whom the town had been
named when she was Princess
Between this period and the Revo-
luton, Annapolis became the social
center Of the Colonies and was so
noted for its gaiety and intelligence
that Il was called "The Athens of
America"
There are quarters in the old city
where apparently little has been
changed since the days when the
fiery Cavaliers made merry and
dreamed dreams of freedom not far
off.
Old state House
Perhaps the most imposing Of the
historic spots in Annapolis is the old
State House. the dome Of which at
tracts the visitor making his way
to the heart Of the city.
The present State house, where
the government of Maryland is Gen.
tered, Is the third one that has
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Man ON Horseback
Killed by Automobile

CULPEPER, Va, July 3.-Porter
Franklin, colored, was killed when
he was struck by q car while he
was riding horseback to Stanards-
vile, county seat Of Greene County.
Coroner e. B. Davis found that
the death was due to an unavoidable
accident, 30 the driver Of the car
was released. Franklin was riding
on the left side Of the road, but
when the car approached, him from
the rear he attempted TO pull his
horse to the right, He did not get
over quite far enough. He was
thrown from the horse and bl d to
death,
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Riverdale Fire Official
Gets State Group Post

COTTAGE CITY, July 13.-Chiet
Vincent Simmel Of the Cottage City
Volunteer Fire Department and
president of the Maryland State
Eiremen's ASSOCIATION, has named a
Riverdale Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. chairman of the executive
board Of the State association.
Frank Bond, chief Of the Earleigh
Heights, Anne Arundel county. fire
department, has been named chair
man of the legislative committee.
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manager Of the Casa Del Rio Inn
at Edgewater Beach, says he knows
$4,000 people in Washington.
Fishing In the South River 10 sx.
ceptionally good now, Stonestreet
said. and many motorists stop off
there for q few hours to fish and
swim.
Fishing and Boating
Just a mile beyond South River
Beach the road branches off to
the left to Beverly Beach and
CIoverlea. After leaving the main
road there Is about two miles Of
gravel road and four Of graded
dirt.
On down the road to Owensviile
the tour continues. At Owensville
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Times Three AS Tour
Filled With Beauty
Land That Greeted John Smith Still Has
Magic for District of Columbia
Motor Addicts

Three hundred and wenyone years ago adventurous
bearded aboriousy pnned with crude utensils his i'm
preston Of the country through which The mesA a. A.
art win de HE & IA