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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Margaret Kennedy's Story.

"THE CONSTANT NYMPH," Mar
garet Kennedy's novel, that Deems
Taylor called the best musical novel
since Roman Hollands Jean Christie
phe,'" as many will remember was
dramatized for the stage and ran full
year in New York. An English version
of the story was made by Gainsborough
Pictures. Inc, from scenario pre-
pared by the author in collaboration
with Basil Dean, and poll conducted
by the London Film Weekly voted 1t
one of the outstanding productions of
the English film industry, and stamped
the performance in it of Miss Mabel
Poulton as the best ever given by an
actress for the English screen.
Basil Dean, the we'll known British
producing manager, staged both the
play and the screen production. Miss
Poulton, who won fame in the picture
and was at one time a London stenog-
rapher plays the role of TeSsa, and won
a long-term contract for her work in
the picture, which was her first stellar
effort in the films New York critics
have declared the picture as even
greater than the play 1t was filmed at
the English scenes described In the
story
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

Of the actor to get the real psychology
of the thief. A thief is the most selfish
thing alive. He has absolutely no heart.
Everything he does is for himself. II
he wasn't built that way he'd probably
think of his mother and father and
others before he pulled Job that put
him in the pen and brought more grief
to others than to himself"
Hill follows with nifty compliment
to ThespianS, to the effect that 1t IS
natural that actors cannot get the crook
psychology because they 1.-THE actors)
have hearts the size Of mountains and
could not be selfish il they tried. Self
ishnesS is the last thing in an actor S
makeup, and selfishness is the biggest
trait of a thief" There you have it.
Why attempt to reconcile the impos-
sible? These movies might just as well
stop trying to make thieves out Of actors.
In the first place, as has been noted.
actors are too unselfish. and in the
second, they think of their mothers,
Don't all the movie magazines prove
that? OF course they do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

T LILLIAN GIsH. having put behind
II her the pathetic-romantic histri-
onics Of THE White Sister" THE Scar
let Letter" La Boheme" and other
silent roles, is now to debut in talkies
The Joseph Schenck organization, under
the banner of United Artists, states that
the new work will mark the stars aban-
donment of her old type Of role and
definite switch to modern characterize
lions as a dramatic actress.
The playP Well. 1t was selected "aS
the ideal vehicle for Miss Gish after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
"Kibitzing" the Ladies

to get married at all. She is certain to
find some kibitzer who will really agree
with her on that.
After she Is married, she really
learns what kibitzing is. for the worlds
most accomplished kibitzer Is the his-
band. Her children. in time, kibitz her
about being old.fashioned, and If she
lives long enough to be q grandmother,
she is scheduled to even more kihitzing
"The only way that o. woman can get
an even break Is to kibitz on her own
account, From being kibitzed so much
herself, a woman usually can, with
practice, acquire quite q professional
kibitzing touch"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

company which included diplomats,
generals, artists and musicians. One
could never grow tired Of the company
or conversation of such inspiring peo-
pie. But after my guests had gone
home ! frequently asked myself. what
are you accomplishing TO keep pace
with all these others?' And the an
Swer had to be Nothing
Now I am back al work, doing the
thing that I love. shall never try
idleness again. Work is the only sure
panacea have ever found for disap-
pointment or heartbreak"
And that's the end of the story, ex-
eept for a paragraph which notes that
Miss Benefits return to the screen is
IN the starring role of Rich People"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
GAYETY-"RurIesque Review"
Chesaneake Beach.

With fishing declared the best this
season, Chesapeake Beach is catering
to large numbers of anglers. Trout,
spot, bluefish, rock and hardheads are
being caught. lighthouses remain open
for the convenience of sportsmen.
Today the Potomac Anglers ASseeia-
ton viii hold its. annual outing at the
resort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Coming Attractions.

NATIONAL-"A Connecticut Yankee"
"A Connecticut Yankee" Is announced
for the week beginning Sunday evening
September 40, at the National Theater,
with matinees Wednesday and Satur-
day. 1t will be remembered as one of
last seasons alluring and all-satisfying
attractions.
Mark Twain wrote this comic
romance. first, to make the world laugh,
and second, 10 show up" King Arthur.
Twain had not very high opinion of
the knights of the Round Table. He
had heard too much about them. Rus
kin and William Morris had been feed
ing the public on the Middle Ages, and
it had become the fashion to believe
that everybody dead and gone was bet
ter than everybody alive.
"I'll show up King Arthur and his
well known knights" said Twain in
effect. So he wrote book describing
the adventures Of modern. smart.
clever young American at the Court of
King Arthur.
Mark Twain was not a humorist
alone; in each of his books. even the
funniest, he pleaded cause. In "A
Connecticut Yankee" he argues for the
modern ways of doing things and proves
that We are lucky to be living today and
not in the days of old when knights
were bold.
AS presented by the company headed
by Richard Lane and Mary Adams, it
abounds in good rollieking humor, with
delightful musical accompaniment, set
In a lavish frame.
GAYETY-"RurIesque Review"
"Burlesque Review" returns to the
Gayety Theater next week. 1t has
always enjoyed q reputation that any
burlesque show might be proud Of, 1t
comes with 9 good company of fun
makers, singers and dancers. Stress
is laid upon two deliberately staged
scenes, an American Rookie in France"
and THE Plays the Thing" both OF
which exemplify the funny side of
burlesque entertainment.
Harry pep" Pearee and Madlyn
Beatty are the featured players, sup
ported by q strong cast of principals
and an attractive chorus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Variety of Attractions IN
The Capital Playhouses
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.l
Columbia this week. Hal Sicily, Gre
ator of the stage role of Skid johnson
in the original play, has the leading
role, with Nancy Carroll featured os
the leading feminine player. f
The story concerns two troupers who
meet in q deserted railroad station and
secure, through the girls efforts, their
first real job. Skid Is a big hit. The
girl, however, Is his inspiration and
guiding star; without her he is lost.
His big opportunity comes when q New
York producer offers him job in O
Broadway production. He is satisfied
to stay In burlesque, but the girl, whom
ne has married, now urges him to go.
He Is an instantaneous success, but tine
success goes to his head, and he forgets
his wife. the girl who made it all pos
sible. She In turn Is pursued by a
wealthy and honorable gentleman who
wants to marry her. She refuses him.
however, to 60 back to Skid and save
him from the rut and apathy into whichs
he has fallen. The production is Law
ishly staged. The "Follies" sequences
pear in q huge stage setting in this Sc
ouence. A chorus whose average weight
Is over 1870 pounds appears as the beef
trust" chorus In the hurleSQue shots.
Short subjects, the NOM Interna-
tional News. the Fox Movietone News
and the Columbia Orchestra complete
the program.
PALACE-Jeanne EageIs in Jealousy"
Jeanne Eagels in the role of a Pari-
sienne in sophisticated French picture,
Jealousy" adapted from the stage sue
cess by Louis Verneuill Is the screen
attraction at Loew's Palace Theater
this week. Fredric March plays oppo-
site Miss Eagels. The story concerns a
woman whose past threatens to destroy
her present happiness. An elderly adj
mirer has backed the opening Of a FASH
ionable shop for her in, Paris. Then
she marrieS O young artist and tries to
convince him that the elderly lover has
acted simply as her guardian. Finally
the young man goes to the hnancier'S
home one night and kills him in At
of jealousy, little realizing that his wife
Is concealed there to bargain for her
freedom. The picture tells the remain
der of the story.
On the stage Al Evans and the Palace
SynCopatorS will be presented in c. A.
Niggemeyer's production of gorgeous
settings and catchy music, Romance
Isle" The cast is headed by the Hickey
brothers, comedians; Eileen and Mar
ers; Sylvia Field, formerly of Mai. Ed
ward BoweS' Capitol family OF radio
entertainers, and the Candy Hale Bal
let. The Fox Movietone News, the
Nom International News, short sub
jects, Charles Gaige at the organ and
the Palace Orchestra will complete the
program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
LITTLE THEATER-"The Constant
Nymph."

1.-THE Constant Nymph," Margaret
Kennedy's novel, adapted to the screen,
is the current attraction at the Little
Theater.
1t is the story of the Bohemian family
of Sangers and their odd friends and
was filmed in the actual locations OF
the story, in London, the Austrian Tyrol
and in Brussels. Mabel Poulton, erst-
while stenogTapher and newcomer to
the screen, plays Tessa, the tragic
heroine of the story, and Ivof Novelle,
popular English actor, is seen in the
role of Lewis Dodd, eccentric composer
and disciple of the famous Sanger.
The screen story, adapted by Miss Ken
needy and Basil Dean, is declared a
faithful transcription of the book, 1t
was directed by Basil Dean and pro-
duced by Gainshorough Pictures, Ltd,
of London.
Robert Florey's famous Suicide OF a
Hollywood Extra" the film that cost
only $a7 to make, is also on the bill.
Cardboard, ink, paste and q pair of
shears were used to make the mod
ernistic effects and at the same time
keen down production costs. The pro-
gram is completed with the UFA oddity,
"The Jewels of Venus" and Laurel and
Hardy in 1.-TWO TaTs."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
EARLE-Claudette Colbert In
"ThA Lady Lies"

c;audette Colbert. slender, brown
eyed beauty of stellar fame in a num-
Der of Broadway productions, and Wal
ter Huston, one Of the stars Of the
legitimate stage in the past five years,
appear in the leading roles in the
Paramount talking Aim, The Lady
Lies" which Is this weeks screen at
traction at the Earle Theater, Huston
as the handsome widower and Miss
Colbert as the woman unwittingly re-
sponsible for his social downfall.
They first appeared together in the
popular stage play, The Barker" by
George Abbott, which had long run
on Broadway Huston played the part
of Nifty Miller. the tough carnival
ballyhoo man, and Miss Colbert played
Lous, the equally hard-boiled side-show
performer. Charles Ruggles, a leading
Juvenile and elderly gentleman comic
Of 1.-The great white way" plays the
comedy relief role in "The Lady Lies"
He was first seen and heard in talking
pictures in Gentlemen of the Press"
Paramount's play of newspaper life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

hIALlO-- Inc DRAKE Ease.
A murder trial, courtroom picture, de-
scribed as different and a story new in
treatment, all are prnmeed In The
Drake Case" at the Rialto, 1t is talk
ing screen production. featuring a cast
including Gladys Rockwell, Forrest
Stanley, Robert Frazier, Barbara Leon
ard and James Crane.
The Drake Case" is.the trial Of The
People VS.. Lulu Marks. an intriguing
character, accused of the cold-blooded
murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs.
George Morgan Drake. The entire
story is practically enacted Through the
testimony of the witnesses, and is han
died In such manner that the audience
in the theater becomes the audience in
the courtroom, listening to q trial
marked with >drama, tears, laughter,
thrills and suspense. A woman is
charged with murder on almost irrefu-
table grounds, but refuses TO say word
in her own defense, although she pro-
tests her innocence and in the same
breath says she is glad that the victim
was slain.
Gladys Rockwell has the role of the
accused woman, with Forrest Stanley
as the district attorney and Robert
Frazier as the defense lawyer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
,THR BIGGEST TELESCOPE. AND A BIGGER NO COME

HTHIS picture shows what is at present. the most powerful
IL astronomical instrument in the world 100nch
Hector Mount Wilson. The dotted line around this
gigantic "eye" for looking out into space shows the
parave size of telescope that is to be built infinitely
greater in power.
The Mount Wilson telescope 100 inches in diameter The
new telescope which will cost several millions Of dollars,
will be 200 inches diameter The grinding of that
lens is long, tedious slow and uncertain process
But of all mechanical work done by men, the grinding
f such is the noblest most important enabling tiny
creatures this earth to look actually million Of light
Rears into space and the mysteries of creation
Mount Wilson instrument shown here reveals to the
eyes of the astronomer 900 stars each star great
Sun with its planets revolving around it.
It is hoped that the astronomical "eye" will enable
scientists look space the nconceabe distance Of
1,O0ooO00OO light years
What that distance it is utterly impossible for the
mind to conceive except mathematical expression
Light travels 10000 miles one second more than
times the distance around the world while your watch ticks
once
And billion light years would be the distance that
light going 10000 miles second could travel in billion
years
And in that terrific distance there other unverses
outside of own, other gigantic suns perhaps billion
times as large as the biggest know.
Size like distance in the universe is beyond our CON-
prehenson.
We know that our sun is million times as big as the
earth which live We see in the range of our
As to the outside universes of which know nothing it
conceivable that stars exist compared with which this
earth would be like grain of sand the shore of the
ocean.
However weak finite creatures that we are we can at
least dimy conceive the grandeur of creation And that
is glory enough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
HOW THE CHAINS DO IT
By Herbert Kaufman.

T.AnURE has already claimed the pharmacist a. <
IL Street and Avenue He cant last.
His premiums are too high he asks 7Ocadding 40 per
cent differentiation that the store around the
block furnishes Soc per quart and hadolar for brands
Of tooth paste sold all town at S5 cents.
His dime package Of boracic acid twothrds under Eze
and every proprietary his ticketed at top price
The chain. goblin will get him if he doesn't watch his
charges Economies won't tolerate superpros The value
Of merchandise the lowest at which can be regularly
sold.
The retailer can't determine his margins Competition
fixes em.
Trade follows the line Of least resistance and greatest
ings Consequently mail cataogs getting thicker
and rural sales continue to thin
And that's why vast concerns with massed purchasing
capacity and all the pennysaving tricks Of efficient manage
men shooting branches into every neghborhood and
capturing grocery and drug markets from Pensacola to Port
land
It's no part Of public duty to support maadminigtrston
and Incompetence.
Any system nficts needless burdens the family
purse innsica and headed for the boneyard
The aborer worth exactly his hire, and has ju1
grievance against the community when procres equivalent
service for less than he is willing to supply it.
Proeering under whatever plea u.s. in the last analysis
privately levied equivalent to paernac grant and IN
no wise different from substituting demand.
Merchandising methods that permit the most goods for the
same money will finally dominate the field. t
| The unfit neither survive in nature commerce.
Progress adopts the best instrument available and caousy
discards its predecessors
Combinations and consultations which simplify distribution
eliminated mddemen reduce overhead and pass resultant
salvage to the consumer of national benefit and prosper
accordingly
Small retailing faces hopeless future unless learns to
coordinate efforts organize cooperaves control inventories
and reform sloppy credit practice
II must get down to brass tachs or close shop.
To obtain rockbottom terms it combine resources
group individual and place them bloc increase
present keep capital the jump and train it to
grab every possible discount.
dU tho dent hair
dog that's biting him.
/ ana Herbert
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
LISTEN WORLD!
The Stars Are Very Kesr.
By Elsie Robinson

They are the real and radiant
things which have existed since
the beginning-which will never
be dimmed.
The lights of cities are q
feverish phosphorescence, but
the stars are real.
/ look at the stars, and the
reality OF life comes back to me.
In the enormous silence / hear
little sounds / have not heard
for a long time; healthy sounds
which are a part of life.
hear the sound Of the blood
In my own ears,
hear the dropping of pine
needles on the forest floor.
l hear the thin, quavering zap
of a coyote, four miles away.
And In the distance, the slow,
sleepy sounds of the village put
ting itself to bed.
And deep in my heart, where
for a long time there has been
such confusion that could not
hear anything at all. ] now
hear other voices.
/ hear the voice OF the Faith
which l had as a little child. 1t
is easy to have Faith here be-
meath the mysery and majesty
of the stars. II they can be,
all things are possible.
Il hear the voice of Hope.
Surely that SOURCE which made
and keeps this vast and teem-
ing beauty has the strength to
heal and help a tired soul.
/ hear the voice Of Love-that
gentle, generous love l knew be.
fore the cities poisoned me. That
love which is a part Of this
clean Consciousness which
spreads beneath the stars.
The stars are very close.
The little night sounds rise
and fall--then there is peace.
Such peace as lay upon the
world that Seventh day.
Each in its separate place, the
great stars stand on guard.
Now will rest. This Is my
Fathers home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
WISE SAYINGS

The reason is so easy to be-
lieve that other people have
faults is that 1t Is SO easy to be.
lieve what one wishes.
LA Rochefoucauld.
A man who dedicates his life
to knowledge becomes habituated
to pleasure which carries with 1t
no rsproach. Smith.
Despise not any man, and do
not spurn anything; for there is
no man that has not his hour, nor
Is there anything that has not its
place. -Azai.
Every school boy and girl who
has arrived at the age of reflec-
ton ought to know something
about the history Of the art of
printing. Mann.
To look fearlessly upon life; to
accept the laws of nature, not
with meek resignation, but as her
sons, who dare not search and
question, to have peace and con-
fidence within our souls-these
are the beliefs that make for hap
ptness. -Maeterlinck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
Injustices Of Life Sentences for
Some Fourth Offences
The Districts Criminal Code Badly in Need of Revision

CONGRESS will eventually for the District Of Column
~ ba law similar to the Baumes act of New York, i'm
posing life Imprisonment upon habual criminals convicted
for the fourth time but such law here will eliminate grave
injustices brought about by this type of laws.
These mandatory laws allow judges discretion in I'm
posing life sentences what the circumstances may
be-
The most conspicuous instance of this in Michigan
last year. That State passed law similar to that Of New
York. An old woman sold pint of liquor. It was her
fourth offence and she convicted She sentenced
under the law, to life imprisonment. 80
The Michigan legislature has amended the law, elm
mating 100 minor offenses from the list Of crimes which
bring life penalties upon fourth conviction.
The purpose of these comparatively drastic laws
to habtua and dangerous criminals and to
them from contact with society
New York's law claimed to have been remarkably ef-
fecve in aiding law officers and courts in getting rid Of
bad men Many of those who face life sentences
for eone leave the State Their fourth offences not
committed They go elsewhere to continue their crime
careers
Rigorous laws other States are keeping criminals
the move They naturally go where the laws not 80
and where legal oophOes advantageous to
traitors Of vicious deeds.
Washington has been getting share Of these ana
with black criminal records and Of them will
continue to come here.
That's the main reason why act Of the nature Of
that of New York and other States inevitable in the
District Neither Congress nor the people washington
will stand this city becoming satisfactory field G.
operations for professional criminals. a9
Baues is advisable here Revision Of our criminal
code is absolutely necessary to speed criminal trials The
worst thing here is the long delays in trials and the nher
Gus delays carrying out sentences of the law after con-
vicions.
These weaknesses in our criminal code are aided by
congested court calendars and excessive red tape"
distinguished lawyers all over the country, headed by
Chief Justice Taft of the United States Supreme Court
earnestly urging changes in the administration of the Grim
ina laws Of all the States to meet the epdemcs Of law
essness These changes are badly needed in this Federal
city.
Indictments and trials here should be prompter than they
are new trials should be denied except in Of real
inustce opportunities for delays should be restricted
Judges should have wider powers and jurors should be
Of unquestioned standing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
Papers Advocate:

!. An agreement of Enghsh-speakiag peoples to pre-
serue peace among themselves and to promote the
q peace of the pOorLd. @
2. Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate, no State to have less than tao Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionnaent IN the House of Representatives..
8. separate Department of the Army, Of the Navy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal poUers to
abolish dterdcytn the United States under Secre-
tGry Of Education.
5. Election of Congress IN November. Installation on
the LIST of January folloaOing. Inauguration of the
President LIST of January nert after November
election,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-11
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

AATEW GUINEA. which with
I IN the exception of Australia
t1s the largest island in the world,
is one of the few remaining out
posts of cannibalism. True, the
{ practice has been stamped out to
IA considerable extent, by the
IDutch, nominal rulers of about
ahalf Of the island, but that it
still EXISTS in the less accessible
regions and among the wilder
tribes is undisputed. Such an.
cient customs, surrounded as
they usually are by fetishistic
beliefs and social usage, do not
really become wholly extinct.
In this enormous island, great
tracts of which never have been
explored and perhaps will be the
last section of the earth ever to
be explored, there probably are
not more than 100000 inhabi-
tants in all. Both climate and
natural formation are ininnicaI
to mankind and only the sturdy
Papuan tribes seem able to with