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The Washington times., 1929-02-04
NEW SPRING
FASHION
TIPS

Bronze Buckles on Brown Boots
bespeak one of the latest modes
In daytime footwear. Square. and
wrought in open filigree work,
these buckles are placed on brown
suede shoes, for suede il consid'
cred very smart for street wear.
A twice told tale is the embroid-
cred motif displayed in a two
piece wooden costume for sumner
wear. The colorful design first
shows itself In an expansive man
ner on the jumper blouse. and
then Is repeated in miniature
way on the accompanying white
linen slippers.
COssack caps cap the skating
and skiing mode, and are regarded
with high favor by the devotees.
These caps have a deep fur cuff,
and are topped with a high crown
OF soft felt. Gray. hazel brown
and white are the colors most t-e-
quently seen.
Flowers are ali in bloom, though
we still shiyer at the wintry
breezes Colorful flower turbans
are extremely chic with fur coats.
as well as with Palm Beach cos
tunes, One cap is covered with
poppies in combination of burnt
orange. green and blue with
natural color green leaves.
Wen hand it to handbags. for
each new season brings more
charming variety than the. last.
Among the latest newcomers was
an envelope purse of natural col
ored Panama straw. bound and
trimmed in navy blue kid. Don't
forget the straw slippers!
The Washington times., 1929-02-04
Advice to a Young Man Who
Asks Much of Love
By Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on Problems of Love and Marriag,

An Authority on FTODIFms OF Love ana NdTElage'
MTISUNDERSTANDINGS-h easily they occur And
Av1 how fatally they may affect budding romance!
Some time ago a letter printed in this column in
which young who signed himself Twenty-three
told Of very pretty girl whom he much admired But he
objected her attitude toward him. which he described
patonc because she did not encourage him to pet and
to all appearances satisfied with her good position and
did not give thought to love marriage
The Washington times., 1929-02-04

enchanced by the banded hiplne which falls into
soft flares now so essential. A soft ripple of
the material falls from the left shoulder to the
hem
Worn with this is a close-fitting satin and
satin visca hat in shades of green, matching
the dress.
On the right is one of the popular jacket cos
tunes of green. The jacket is edged with
knife-pleated ruffles, as are the sleeves The
hip yoke is of wide tucks and the skirt is knife
pleated. A soft flower of the georgette finishes
the jacket
Green by the way, is one of the most popular
from sports to evening, displays the little jacket
The Washington times., 1929-02-04
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earth is flat and of its members has started walking
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Death Dealing Robots

DISCUSSIONS incidental to the fu-
ture use of the submarine that de-
veloped in connection with the recent
visit of Premier Macdonald are sug-
gested as making timely significance Of
the melodrama, "R. u. r." which the
Theater Guild of New York will present
at the National Theater tomorrow night.
Some of the characters of this play,
called Robots" word to be found in
recent dictionaries, and which was
originated by Karl Capek, the Czecho-
slovakian prophet of the Machine
Age" pictured in "R. u. r." are en-
dowed by the acknowledgements with
marvellous human efficiency.
Scientists are reported as predicting
that by means of the robot, which is
actually functioning in industry today,
submarines IN time of war may one day
be launched under the sea straight into
the heart of an attacking battle fleet.
Already, it is pointed out, aviation fields
are equipped with robots that direct q
beam Of light on target containing a
photo-electric cell, thus enabling air
planes to make their descent at night.
1t Is, therefore, easy to conceive that
land warfare of the future with photo
electric robots dealing death at the
command of some scientist 500 or O
thousand miles from the field of battle
might make war more CHASTITY than war
has ever been
Robots, such as appear in the play,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

IF any lady of the silver screen has
caused more disturbance in the
male adolescent heart (even the older
hearts, than that Nordic siren, Greta
Carlo, some careless press agent has
failed to reveal her name. Miss Carlos
press agent, on the contrary, is right
on the jump. trying not only to keep
his client in the public eye, but to have
her appear in the proper light. Miss
Carlo, it must be clear by now, Is q
misunderstood girl He feels that she
is more often maligned than in
terpreted."
70 aid In this process of interpre-
tation the aforesaid scribe calls to his
mimeographed pages the paean OF q
certain sophomore may his name re-
main charitably unknown, since he has
no comeback to the present drollery)
writing in the Brown University Daily
Herald. He had read an interview with
La Carlo and was moved to approve
it IN a lengthy screed in the campus
journal. Not only to approve 1t, but
TO improve it as well, for here Is wha'
he says:
Her writing admirers have come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

will direct bombing planes through
photo electric impulses, and great cities
will be destroyed without a mans lift
ing a hand. "R. U. r." suggests the
possibility of such a war in the grand
climatic scene when the robots of the
world unite in a revolt against human
society. The sky is afiame with the
blaze of destruction. A warship arriv-
ing to give succor to the embattled SCI
entists Of the robot factory is captured
and manned by machine men. The
creators OF the robot are inescapably,
helplessly, hopelessly surrounded by
vicious soulless automatoms.
What may be said in favor of the
machine, the author, Karel Capek,
makes his scientists and business men
say with eloquent force, and the dam
gers that lie ahead for the machine
age" he incorporates in the exciting
situations that make the theater culver
with suspense.
In imagining the robot of the play,
Capek foretold what now is an actu-
atty, for MIR. Televox, an exact embodi-
ment of a robot, is being sold by the
Westinghouse Co. to take the place of
human beings in industry. And already
robots in the form of all manner OF
devices bring human life into constant
contact with machines that exhibit al
most human intelligence. The robot
which determines our hour of rising in
the morning is, Of course, called an
alarm clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

merely as box Office play. 1t is
not so abruptly contradictory of
established playmaking methods
as was Strange Interlude," but it
goes its way with a splendid
obstinacy of genius and frankly
warns any who are not willing to
follow to remain absent and not
assert pitiful and hopeless en-
deavor to lead.
Marco" to one reared in strict
Sectarian faith, would seem highly
irreligiouS. In fact, its religious
spirit is so intense that it conquers
philosophy and seeks to embrace
all humanity.
y Il \
AS the successor of such a play
the selection of "Volpone" did not
seem at superficial glance very
propitiouS. Rare Ben JonSon has
been warm in attention since
Elizabethan days as the pet of
critics and poetasters. 1t re-
manned for the guild to contem-
plate his work as rivaling in pos
sibilities the modern play which
has from time to time been under
the necessity of bowling, cap In
hand, to such productions as the
''Beggar's Opera" and $50 to Bed"
In manner of construction 1t re-
fleets the plot craftsman rather
than the delicate lyricist which
seals the name JonSon in grateful
memory.
It laboriously utilities the idea of
indicating the type and tempera-
name as listed in persons of the
drama, as Shakespeare did so un-
compromisingly in such instances
as "Sir Andrew Aguecheek" or "Sir
Toby Belch." The practice was
carried on by Sheridan even TO
the point of mentioning an objec-
tionable type of femininity as
Lady Sneerwell." The device was
conSpicuouSly revived by Charles
Hoyt in introducing names like
Maverick Brander" to denote a
cattle king or "Mr. Welland
Strong" in ironical delineation of
the hypochondriac.
"Volpone" takes a classic stride
1 III AOO LCACDL dO1OIl VI Vic 4dNOAAOC
valet of continental comedy. It
discards any idea of virtue re-
warded and satisfies the magma
ton with a big, whole-hearted
retribution. The Marco" of the
week previous displays marvellous
versatility, as Mr.. Larimore con-
veys to the role of the valet a
spirited and delicate grotesquerie
that makes it more an influence
of subtle suggestion than physi-
cal identity. He makes his Cad
fly" with all his immense talent
for trickery, beyond and apart
from the scene and like a harle-
quin. who by a touch of some
magic Saber, works swift and
startling transformations.
The attachments of the guild
organization command such conf
dence that even so extraordinary
an experiment as a robot play as
next scheduled will be enthusiast
tically awaited.
Lionel Atwill's play, stripped"
has everything in its favor that
an excellent actor can beStow, to-
gether with complications Of
sentiment and mechanical mys-
teries which may make it a good
piece of workable machinery for
Broadway purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Rhapsody for Carlo

so far from touching the hem of her
garment, so to speak. in any success
of understanding her that she has
only been farther removed than ever
What is this inner nostalgia (of
which the first interviewer spoke) If it
be not q tremendous longing for a
higher living and a greater beauty than
she knows? And what Is that 'turbu-
lent storm of inner discomfort If it be
not smoldering impatience with the
superficialities of people? . She
stands like a lonely column shining in
the darkness of our unseeing night.
And the winds that blow round her
and over her are not of earth. She
goes as one within whose ears there
Is strange music. Her eyes carry a
light that concentrates, while 1t is un-
aware, the surfaces and the falsities
of existence"
Miss Carlo, meanwhile, continues her
inscrutable seclusiveness, for she is, after
all, probably wise woman, perhaps a
very wise woman. If young America
worships at her shrine, why should she
not smile in sympathy-that Is, II q
lonely column In the unseeing night"
can smile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Gloria Swanson's Voice.
WHEN Gloria Swanson is heard sin

WHEN Gloria Swanson is heard sing
w ing from the screen in 1.-The Tres
pssser," her first all-talking picture, it
will mean the realization of an amhi-
ton to sing publicly-the ambition that
took her to Los Angeles in the first
place She wasn't movie-struck when
she. headed west from Chicago. after
having appeared In several Essanay film
comedies in the Midwest metropolis.
She migrated to CALIFORNIA; movie CEN
ter in order to take voice lessons from
noted instructor to whom she had
been recommended by Chicago i'm
presario.
Gloria Swanson aimed for the concert
stage; her singing voice was highly
commended by competent judges and
it was trained in Chicago at their sug-
gestion. Now. internationally famous
as a motion picture actress, she offers
that voice through the medium of talk
ing pictures, and instead of singing to
an audience in one concert hall, she
sings to the millions who I'LL moving
picture theaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Little Theater Closes.

Many Washington Inoviegoers will
be disappointed to know that the Little
Theater, on Ninth street, operated by
the Film Arts Guild. has closed its
doors. darkened its projection booth and
will no longer. for the present. at least,
present motion pictures, silent or other
wise
The closing of the Little Theater is
admitted by its management to be due
ito number of things, chief among
which are the lack of patronage on the
part Of the Washington public and the
dificulty of getting films from the
supervising New York office of sufficient
strength and appeal to keep the theater
popular. The last shrine of the silent
movie has gone from town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
The Clock Around.

AN all-day and all-night film pres
entation was inaugurated at the
Rialto Theater in New York following
the premiere of "Why Bring That Up?"
the initial talking picture of Moran and
Mack, better known perhaps as the
Two Black Crows.
The innovation in showmaushlp, hard
as 1t may be on the projectionists and
house staff, is said to have proved such
a success that the management of the
theater decided to give further 24-hour
showings of the picture, possibly making
it regular Saturday feature. Some
people think that midnight pre-views
are bad enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Yiddish Theater.
BALTIMORE is to lend its aid to the

BALTIMORE is to lend its aid to the
production of Yiddish theatricals,
a type of theater which, although mod
estly promoted in Washington in the
past, nevertheless has been abundantly
patrcnized because of the general ex-
cellence of the plays presented and of
the players engaged.
News comes that, beginning this eve
ming, at the Strand Theater, in Balti-
more, His Sixth Wife," written by Di-
rector Morris Scherr, and which has
been very successful in its New York
presentations, will mark the opening
of series of production at "the future
home of Jewish shows"
The story of His Sixth Wife" is de-
scribed as highly amusing, climaxing
with q wedding in which the substitu-
ton of another girl for the intended
bride is made. The playing company
will include Morris Brown, Celia Zuker-
berg. Alex. Amaisia, Julia Varady, Ida
Goldstein. Leon zukerberg and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week

NATIoNAL-"R r." fantastic melodrama Guild
production. Opens tomorrow evening.
BELASCODread drama by Owen Davis Opens this evening
POLTs-"The Demon" mystery play by Howard Thurson
Opens this evening.
GAYETY-Naughty Nfties" burlesque This afternoon
evening.
COLUNfBIA-Glora in Trespasser" talking
picture This afternoon and evening.
INTERCOLLEGIATE Four Feathers" sound picture
afternoon and evening.
RIALTo-Joseph schidkrau THE Mississippi Gambler
talking picture. This afternoon and evening
FOX"The Girl From Havana" talking picture with Lola
and Paul Page This afternoon and evening Second Jubi-
lee week.
PALACEThe Thirteenth Chair talking picture
and evening
EARLE-"The talking picture
and evening
LITTLE THEATER-Romance of Hine-Moa" silent picture
with Maori cast. This afternoon and evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
RICHARD ARLEN- III Jhe FourFee+hers
Me7~oooH4zu
Theatrical Defiance That
Succeeded.
BY pnILANDER JOHNSON.

The Capital City's theater sea-
son flung into high gear at an
earlier time than is the custom in
q community that waits obSe-
quiously on it's base ball before
arranging. to substitute more for
NAL and, perhaps, more intellec-
tual entertainment.
A peculiar situation has given
Washington, D. c., first call on &
number of new enterprises be-
cause of difficulties in other cities
arising from the discovery by
musicians and stage workers that
they can apply to art the advan-
by labor unions. It must be that
the District of Columbia, in spite
of much acrimonious colloquy
with reference to producing con-
ditions, is rather favored in its
theater, since the frank assertion
is made that SO early and so active
a season is possible because of the
necessity of housing attractions
which nearby cities could not
49, r
In the meantime, however, the
reliable elements of the theater
have asserted themselves more
prominently than the professional
explorations. It is reversal OF
tradition to refer to the Theater
Guild as a reliable rather than an
experimental enterprise, for its
initial procedure contradicted al
most every idea considered prac-
tical in the offices of managers
who had standardized show bust
ness to a point where every foot
of typography and every square
yard of billboarding was neatly
tabulated in advance.
x X X
BY defying all the hard and fast
customs of the theater, the Guild
accomplished splendid paradox
and has established itself as the
one great and conservative in
fiuence in the playhouse. BY pro-
ducing the plays Of Eugene O'Neill
it contradicted what would in
evitably. have been the judgment
Of every astute old-time manager,
and its policy of seeking subScrip-
tons for patronage in advance OF
production savored strongly Of
social amateurism such as has
often and again resulted in little
drama and much private bicker-
ing. The modern representative OF
the old-tinle chorus who appears
between acts to suggest the de-
STABILITY of assuring attendance
at further performances at a slight
reduction of cost, gains respect
full hearing among those who en-
joyed Marco Millions" so much
that they feared it must be the
organization last word in artistic
superiority. And then along comes
''Volpone," which repeats the i'm
preston that unusual plays are
erninently possible when sponsored
By unusual persons.
Both these productions are In
absolute defiance of the servilC
policy of giving the public what
it wants" Difference to estab-
lished opinion has no place
in Eugene O'Neill's method Of
thought, and in a play which dis
cusSes philosophy as Marco does
in terms of far-hung religion;
ethnology, no thought was giveT
to the marvellous response to "Ber
Hur" because of it's strong appea
to the sentiments of the Christian
faith. Marco" is not designed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Never Too Young.

THE much younger generation" In
cinema circles comes into its own
with the making of Paramount's THE
Marriage Playground" in which six
thespians Of tender years share dra-
bers of the complicated Wheater fam
lily, created by Edith Wharton in her
novel, The Children" the youngsters
in the film adaptation provide large
portion of the dialogue and appear In
practically every scene.
The oldest child is IL. the youngest
is nine months. Even as young as these
players are they have had sufficient ex-
perience on the screen or the stage to
monther made his debut two months
ago. Several of the juveniles have ap-
peared in two or three pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
In Base Ball Jarson.
"How can one break into the /

HHOW can one break into the mo-
ton picture game?"
Benjamin Stoloff. clever and success
full director. might well present a novel
answer to that ever-present question.
1t would be:
Keep your fast one in the groove,
work the corners and change pace.
Get hop on the apple and don't be
afraid of left-handers"
If the advice should happen to prove
a bit puzziing to the inquirer. Stoloff
might explain that he broke in" years
ago largely because he was a good
pitcher, with several seasons Of pro-
feSsional base ball as record.
Stoloff has just completed the film-
ing and recording of THE Girl From
Havana" with Lola Lane and Paul Page
in the leading roles. Much of the pic
ture was made in Havana, on a liner
at sea and passing through the Panama
Canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
NATIONAL-"R. U. R." (Rossum's
Universal Robots.


Thousands Search for Souls!" mo
Baby Born Today" THE Revolt of the
Robot! -such are the sensational
headlines that cover the exciting scene
OF the play "R. u. r." which the The
alter Guild of New York will present at
the National Theater tomorrow night
as the third Of Its Washington season.
"R. U. R." stands for Rossum's Univer-
sal Robots, Robots" being, In recent
dictionaries alluding to this play, de-
fined to be mechanical inventions that
act like human beings, but ever SO
much more efaciently.
This work Of Karel Capek was origi-
nally called fantastic; 1t may now
truly be called prophetic" for the
world OF the machine age" pictured by
this CZechoslovakian dramatist is fast
being realized. Mr.. Televox at the mo-
ment Is already an approximation of a
robot. Magazines and newspapers are
discussing these marvels of science
every day.
The distinction of the play arises
from the fact that it has turned these
ideas into a striking melodrama, the
like OF which has not before been seen
on the American stage. The play has
made the full round of European the
aters, and now is being revived by the
Theater Guild because of its timely ap-
peal to the alarms felt today on every
hand. OF course the story Is not ma
chine made, nor are the characters
contraptions of steel and iron. As a
matter OF fact. into their making have
gone miles and miles of nerves and
crates upon crates of knuckles, big toes
and vertebrate. They seem to the audi.
ence, as they do to Gloria, the heroine.
perfectly human creatures, but vet they
are sold at $3.50 head, fully dressed
and ready for service. Thousands Of
them are being turned out every day,
until there are more robots than human
beings, q fact that fills Gloria, the sci
entistS and the business men of Ros-
sums with alarm. Due to her solicit
tude for their condition, few robots
are endowed with human emotions, and
these as a result feel pain and pleasure
SUFFICIENT to rouse them to discomfort
and to marShaling the robots of the
world In revolt against human society.
The development of this thrilling
melodramatic story is handled so clev-
erly that the play seems at times a
mystery thriller and sometimes a dra-
matte disclosure of the world of tomor-
row. The qualities Of the play are
imaginative, weird, suspensive and ex-
citingly realistic.
The leap of the dramatist into the
forefront of the march of ideas in hu-
man life has affected both the scenic
designer, Lee Simonson, and the direc-
tor, Reuben Mamoulian. The former
has devised settings that are said to be
the last word In futurism and modern
ity. and the latter has pointed the
melodrama to significance, emotional
stimulation and theatrical enchantment.
The leading players are as follows:
Earle Lar1more, Sylvia Field, Henry
street, Helen Tilden, Albert Van Dek-
ker, Therese Guerini. Vincent Sherman,
Louis Veda. frederick Roland, Sanford
Meisner and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

Naughty Nifties," which, after five
consecutive seasons, continues in all its
glory. will pay its annual visit to the
Gayety Theater this week This show
has always been popular and this year
1t is claimed more than ever 1t blooms
forth with the best In comedy, dancing
and singing. Naughty Mites" It Is
claimed, has been q model In keeping up
with the order Of the day and this
time, 1t is declared, 1t comes trimmed