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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
By AfOLLIE MERRTCK.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. October 8
(NA.N.A.).-Along this boulevard 1.-THE
idee IKE" Is not an unknown quantity.
One OF its most interesting manifes-
tations may be discovered by watching
the manner In which motion picture
producers register morality or the lack
Of it on the screen.
FOR years the cigarette between the
lady's lips told the shameful story.
Cigarettes became popular, SO pajamas
were called upon to hint the scarlet
letter. The pajama swept the country.
and that had to be abandoned as a
badge Of questionable virtue.
Today the screen has new formula
beads, busles and moderne furniture
for the vampire, few Victorian pieces
for the good little girl, and cluster OF
chiffon flowers on her evening frock.
II the idea Is to point moral, the
lady who lives In the unrelieved mod
erne setting Is getting her punishment
on this earth.
Marie DRESSER is one Of the bright
spots In the Rudy Vallee cast. It's a
depression Just here, but must assure
Vallee fans that their hero Is living up
to his high reputation as q charmer,
despite the village idea of putting him
in his place when he first arrived.
There was o general feeling Of Eve
discover our own heart-breakers" in
the air. But woman interviewers. it
would seem, have completely absorbed
the idols lunch hours, and sweet young
things from various studios are rather
eager to appear In his company at f1rst
nights.
This started out to be about Marie
Dressler. It occurred to me that Marie
Dressler In her first Hollywood appear
ances was supported by Charlie Chap
lin, Mable Normand, Ford Stirling and
some others who have since become
dominating names here in Hollywood.
After TITLES Punctured Romance
and q few like comedies, Marie Dressler
returned to the stage. Back to the stu
dios with the advent Of talk completes
an interesting cycle.
Marie was one Of the saving moments
Of the years largest revue. She seldom
fails to click where q spontaneous laugh
Is needed.
The technique Of laughs doesn't
change much. although the medium of
cinema strip has undergone sharp
vicissitudes.
Laurel and Hardy are introduced into
o musical comedy to heighten the hui
NOR. They appear as q couple Of Turks
That alone is good for a lengthy ripple
Of amusement. First day on the set
the director, Lionel Barrymore. says:
Nov, Babe; when this fellow runs
past you. have . big dagger in your belt,
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Everyday Psychology
sY Or. JESSE ". spRowIs.
Assumptions.

According TO Shakespeare. you should
assume virtue II you have 1t not"
According to modern psychology, this
10 not 90 much O. matter Of timely adj
vice as IL g q fact In the everyday
behavior Of the vast majority OF people.
Most people have :. shortcomings Of
various sorts. Sometimes they do not
know they have them. In that case
they have nothing to worry about: Z
And when they do they attempt to make
good these' deficiencies by assuming
somethins that viii compensate for
Expert poker players are experts be-
cause they know when to assume and
when to refrain from assuming. The
game Of poker 10 not altogether mat.
ter Of luck and chance. It takes o lot
OF knowledge Of human probabilities to
make good ct the time honored game,
Life 10 game. A playing with social
facts. every one Of which u preceded BY
and followed by some other social fact.
mined or controlled by our assump-
tions-that Il, our ways OF dealing with
facts. These assumptions in the course
Of time turn out to be character traits.
The vast majority Of our assumptions
get under way before we enter the
teens. We get our social knocks when
we begin to make our social contacts.
The period from 2 to IL u o period Of
intense socielization. After that we
practice the art Of social exploitation.
During the period Of Specialization,
then, we build up our stock Of assump-
tons, which, after all, are nothing but
ways Of avoiding pain. A perplexed
adult very easily falls back upon his
10-year-old tricks when some maladjust-
ment arrives. It's hard for any one
with an absorbing ambition to keep from
acting like q child when serious COM
petition puts in its appearance.
(Copyright, 1892
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cases narrow enough to leave a good
passsseWay between, when. set up
against opposing door frames. One long
shelf across the top extended the fun
width or the doorway, and this shelf
formed the top one for each eide.por.
ton Of the divided bookcase.
When those shelves were stacked with
books each room had its bookcase, for
the volumes were placed with the front
edges coming together. bringing the
backs facing the respective rooms. The
effect was decidedly interesting rom
a decorative viewpoint. From that Of
The unused doorway was 1itted In
O somewhat similar way although not
quite identical. The doorway was fitted
with shelves of SUFFICIENT width to hold
books placed Is described, thereby
fashioning q bookcase for each room.
The shelves were tribe wider than
the doorway but this width was divided
between the two rooms 50 that the
shelves did not protrude beyond the
jambs much in either room.
One of the cleverest ways OF huosng
books conveniently was thought out by
o writer who has large library dis
tributed In the rooms Of q comparatively
small apartment In New York. One Of
the rooms was once dining room In
an old and spacious mansion now
converted into apartments. Extending
ali the way around the room IS .
mahogany plate-ratl. On ran
books, not dishes, now add their oraA.
mental notes to the decorative scheme
The efiect = both coy ana ~, INTRIGUING sg t,is
books are temptingly. convenient for
those lovers Of books who frequently are
s,icitnrs II A amazing the number OF
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Today in
Washington History
sx DONALD a. cRAia.

October 8, 1Sel.-The Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad 90. IL now theoretically
adding improvements to its washington
branch road. IN three weeks or q
month ~ win treble It's transportation
capacity. here, and be ready 70 handle
the increased passenger and, freight
trafic resIltinR from the war.
The railroad company is constructing
sidingS, tiirnoutS, platforms, ETC., equiva.
lent TO Q miles Of new track, fully 2
miles OF which are about the depot
In this city. The company has 800
burden and stock cars on the line
These cars, with the loading, dischars-
constructed, viii enable the railroad 70
transport three times Is much freight
daily ~ 10 u now able 10 carry. Tho
ofnciAls OF the company say that these
additional facilities will make It pos.
sible to handle more freight than Of
any time comes TO Washington by raul
ana river together.
Many vessels with coal, wood, hay.
lumber. army stores. oysters, ETC., have
In the last few days. Some OF them
are at the western wharves. Others
are at Georgetown, or In the Eastern
Branch or the wharves near the Long
Bridge.
One Of the captains, whose schooner
was In the fleet which was fired on by
the Confederates from Potomac Greek,
Va, . day or two ago, says four shots
were fired, but all OF them fell fully
half o mile short although the scream
ing" OF the shot could be plainly heard.
Capt. McNamar of the schooner
Motive reports that four nights ago he
was at anchor in the vicinity of Aqua
Creek and that he could hear Con-
federate drums beating on the Virginia
shore all night long.
The captains Of nearly all the vessels
arriving here from the lower Potomac
River complain that there Is not one
United States vessel to be seen there.
They say that there II no Federal YES
sci ct Matthias Point, Vs., which Is
the place most dreaded by river skip
pers, because their vessels have to ap-
proach very close to the Virginia shore
The vessels Of the Potomac River
Federal Flotilla are reported to be
lowering near Indian Head, although
1t Is well known that the Confederate
field pieces on the opposite Virginia
shore at Freestone Point, which recently
annoyed vessels in that part of the
river. have been removed.
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tip-toe from table to table and inquire
how the fare was, with the result that
he had no appetite left. Even his de-
voted wife remarked one night that
she though there might be an i'm.
provement. Several members sug.
to a half dozen magazines not found
on the reading room table. The club
also needed couple extra bridge tables
and. q leg repaired on an old one.
A salesman for o "locker" company
called on him on one of. his busiest
days at the ONCE 10 interest him In
the purchase Of . new set of lockers
with trick devices. He wishes to. re-.
sign and pass the glory Of the Job TO
some soI1e else. - y =
into the life of every chairman some
rain must fall.
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see? Well, you draw your dagger from
your belt there and take after him."
"Oh, no." says Hardy, removing the
leather belt the costumer had given
him. "I don't want any belt for that.
want q piece Of rope. Then, when
draw my dagger it will cut the rope
and my trousers will fall down-that's
an A No. laugh"
And that, my children, is how A No.
laughs are cooked up.
BY the time. see it will have for
gotten this and will be found roaring
with the rest, suppose.
Street-corner boys are now in process
Of being converted into chorus men.
IT'S what they deserve. You can't
expect permanent wave and two
facials week to marry a. governors
daughter or be sent to the Legislature.
But it's an awful comedown for what
hoped to be the next generation Of
Valentines.
The only man in the village who truly
resembles Valentino is cutting vegetables
into little stars and roses and what-nots
in q boulevard booth, while plump
housewives stand admiringly about and
buy the l5-cent gadget he is peddling.
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LITTLE BENNY
NJ LEE PAPE.
The Weakly News.
Weather. Fairly bum.


Weather. Fairly bum.
SISSIETY.
Mr.. Pubs Simkins was entertaining
guests on his frunt steps Sattiday
morning and his mother looked out the
frunt window. ana started to chase them
on account of thinking they was having
fite, but they was ony having con-
test to see wich one would count UP
ent was Mr.. Benny Potts, MIR. Skinny
Martin. MIR. Sid Hunt and Mr.. Glasses
Magee.
JOKE PAGE.
Squints: Summer Is over but Its
still warm in spots"
Blinks: "Then don't wear % many
clothes on those spots"
BIzNEss AND FINANCIAL.
The fellows was argewing weather
there would ever be another war OF
not, some saying there would and some
saying there wouldent, and Shorty
Judge offered to bet anybody O nickel
that there will be another one In less
than q HUNDRED years, ony nobody
would take the bet.
PoME BY SKINNY MARTIN.
Justice.
7 don't like cats and never did,
There's ruthing I wouldent rather be,
But got to give them credit
For wawking fentses better than me.
|. EXTER!
Big Perradel
A big perrade of soldiers. sailers,
firemen and pleecemen q half a hour
long marched down Main Steeet with
4 bands Sattiday. followed in the reer
by Sam Cross. Benny Potts, Ed Wer-
nick, Shorty Judge and Sid Hunt and
his fox terrier Teddy.
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Round Shoulders.


Dear Miss Leeds: what exercise may
enc take to keep from getting round
shoulders? FRANCES.
Notwithstanding Il q splendid
exercise for the chest, back and Shout
der muscles. Swim the American crawl
and the racing backstroke. Practice
standing % tall as possible with Shout
ders wen back, abdomen fat and head
up. Learn TO. stand, sit and walk cor
rectly. The. round shouldered, SLOUGH
ing posture Is very often . bad habit
especially among desk workers. Many
Of ID spend large part Of the day In
q sitting position, whether Ia ONCE or
home. The usual mistake made Is
that Of not sitting far enough back In
the chair. The spine, with nothing to
shoulders rounded. The result 10 that
the chest u contracted and the alb
donfinai muscles relaxed. Always sit
as far back as possible in your chair,
hollow the back slightly and throw
the shoulders well back. You will find
that In this position the abdominal
muscles automatically contract, and the
chest II expanded. If you have to lean
forward to reach desk or table, bend
forward from the waist without relax
ing the correct posture Of the spine.
You Will flnd that this position can be
maintained for hours without fatigue,
once the habit has been acquired. A
daily walk out-of- doors is essential also
for those who work at sedentary occu-
patlons or indoor work, because 1t coun-
teracts the Ill effects Of cramped, stoop-
ing posture and gently stimulates the
internal organs. The fresh air COM
bined with the exercise of walking is
necessary to the preservation Of youth,
health, good looks and efficiency.
Walk with your head up, shoulders well
back, chest elevated and abdomen fiat,
with q swing from the hips, feet
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Who Pays?

One Of the greatest tests Of woman
hood is said to be that, OF living with
ones mother.in-law, or conversely, iv.
ing with ones daughter.in-law. Each
having an affection for the husband
and son respectively are likely to clash
In jealousy.
The dove of peace is still more difh-
cult to attract when the mother.in-law
lives on as well as with the newlyweds.
Naturally q question arises regarding
the mutual rights to the sons earnings.
# the daughter buys a new dress, IT
may seem extravagant to the mother
in-iaw. II the latter is the buyer. 1t
may seem an imposition to the wife.
Since they eat at common board,
the wife may think It an injustice that
she should have to serve three "out Of
an allowance for two" The extra room
occupied by the mother-in-law is some
times viewed as the reason why the
couple cannot afford q car or member
ship In clubs and things Of that sort.
It is very well to say an agreement
should be reached before marriage.
Sometimes the situation cannot be FORE
seen. The mother may lose her income
or money, she may become i'll and there
by dependent. or she may become in.
firm and 20 unable to care for herself.
Many arrangements must be reached
after marriage. A vile should insist
on the right to manage her own home.
She should then be tactful enough 70
invite her niother-in-law to assist and
advise. After all, more mothers-in-law
intend to help than hinder. Their one
dread Is not being wanted and their
chief foe Is he or she who nanifests
hostility In place Of hospitality.
II through force Of circumstances
ones mother in-law requires q home
with you, simply treat her as you would
In turn wish TO be treated were circum-
stances reversed. sst
Make it q steadfast rule 10 avoid any
discussions OF finance before your hus-
banda mother ~ .the saznsanae 90
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inets were built in. These were made
according to an early American design
and had the broken pedimept at the
top. The cabinets did not run straight
up to ceiling as is done in the more
cheaply designed homes. She planned
ON q sideboard buffet with gracious lines
and hoped to find q small buffet which
she would flank at each end with cab
met standing q little higher than the
buffet.
She had a serving table which
matched the dining table. Two arm
chairs and six straight chairs were in
cluded In the furnishings. She had q
round convex mirror with gold frame.
But nothing else hung on the walls,
since she planned to use q landscape
wall paper. This scenic paper comes in
o pattern planned for o whole room.
That is, the pattern does not repeat it
self endlessly, but as the paper is put
on the walls q panoramic view unfolds
itself. The paper is not cheap, but deco
rative and in good taste for dining
rooms. 'a,+'p .e"-t
Sometimes paper of this type Is used
In entrance halls where dignity is want
ed. It Is always lovely In tone and de-
sign.
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DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX

with child My husband
@ with for EIGHT ears and and
eRf
Nv s1s sd and Ry: :9
g my %8y sSs'
ss s.1 Vi.
Let them be saying?
Dsov fer s ys as. % s:n
@ o sa .e st Shas S R0 that long your own clear you
great wrong you gave them up for her
pendent na @ snd 6 Se ss she eS
Nobody living another maintain
Better a. a ana
1 s Toa 'i ss any @ her
me- she s,s "a. don't LIVE ~
occasonany. ~ "'A- ''"~A''A WYNN " ' DoRoTHY Blk.
YEAR .
time n @ a s@ n pp e n sSoa su Always s
a beioE. Ss Do oS E The as
Answer diagnose your in words-doey
and IN" anything
me tell child that nothing else the world
sss cam ne % On Bootleg liquor s s.
take advice will cut 1t out at once.
eyes
PUTTING hat and sSns out to suffering;
1Ss go back home ana get dow" on sS for
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have a wife and kiddies to provide for
but what's a little matter like tina,
when the boys are suffering for enter
tainment. I've tossed a half-dozer
rackets for the club until have run out
of entertainers. It's just too bad, bu'
no entertainer has appeared before Us
twice. There are two reasons for this;
the club and the entertainer.
after every show, I discover that
about the only thing that was any good
at all was the ice cream. One bozo says,
"Where did you pick up that alleged
talent. I've got grandmother who can
you had tonight. Is she q friend OF
yours" OF course, we don't pay any
Hollywood fees, but nobody thinks OF
that.
st don't dare repeat with the same
performers, and usually the performers
don't care to return. Some of the boys
are audible razzers. They usually sit
where they are not seen, as raZzers are
won't to do. It has always struck me
as curious that what guy gets fol-
nothing he is most critical Of. Make
'em pay for something and they like It,
but give them an Annie Oakley and
they beef for a week about 1t.
81 have had magicians, dancers, sing
srs, soft-shoe artists, quartets and even
boxers at our shows, but so far
haven't put on performance that has
clicked with the gang. Who Is blamed?
am. They expect a couple Of Demp-
seys and Tunneys for $40 q night
Sometimes I think If I got the Marine
Band to play in disguise the members
would demand to know where picked
up those hams. It's tough assign
eecsat, big lad" n.
A friend of ours until year ago. was
an obscure member of country club
All his life he had craved prominence
but the breaks never seemed to come
his way. He was finally appointed
chairman of the green's committee by
the newly elected president, who was q
friend Of his. His name was printed
in the club folder and overnight he
became well known, If not popular.
Until he assumed his duties he had
always. been under the impression that
the green's were excellent. Visitors from
out Of town had always enthused ovel
the velvet surfaces and the general con-
ditfon of the course. He awakened sud.
denly to the fact that the club course
was the nearest approach to a rough
COW pasture the members had evel
played. on. Instead Of q hearty welcome
In the locker room he became the target
for complaints. What was the matter
with the fourth green? The tenth fair
way was in atrocious condition
Strangely enough, he had never noticed
1t before. How come that certain
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

straight, not toed In or out. Breathe
deeply and evenly. LOIS LEEDS.
Reduce Thighs and Hips.
Dear Miss Leeds: VIII you kindly
publish an exercise or two for reducing
thighs and hips2 G. H. G.
r Answer-Do stationary running vigor.
ously and skipping for, several minutes
night and morning. The brisk exercise
muscles on hips and thighs. Here IS
another exercise that you may practice
regularly. Stand erect with right hand
on hip, left hand resting on the back Of
q chair. Kick forward as high rs pos
sible with the right leg, keeping your
trunk erect, with knees straight. Re-
backward and sideways. Rest right
hand on chair and repeat the kicking
with the left leg. Stand erect with feet
slightly apart and parallel. Holding the
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Straight Talks to Women About Money
BIZ MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

not brook criticism by offering It your
self. # more wives would show their
mothers-in-law the same courtesy and
hospitality they show. q guest there
would be less friction.
OF course. generalities are not always
applicable In human, affairs. There
are jealous mothers, selfish mothers and
quarrelsome mothers. They win test
the patience and the temper Of any
young wife. One cannot change char
acter, but zone can adopt measures to
cope with It.
II charity begins in your home with
your mother.tn-law. make your offerins
with good grace. After all. your moth
er-in-law was good enough to brine
the man you loved and married into the
world. Maybe she did o pretty good
Job In raising him. Maybe her life with
YOU Is the only happy or contented one
she has known: Maybe It is the "pay
or" And by the way, call her moth
er" once in o while, and you may and
yourself forgetting cold cash.
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viii be In great favor with the youngei
women-and the larger scarfs that give
considerable warmth to shoulders and
neck will be In demand. To weai
on cold, rainy or snowy days O wooden
scarf Is always desirable, since exposure
to moisture Is harmful to furs.
with the new tuck-in blouses and
separate skirt would you advise wearing
o gfrdle corset? For slender girl oi
Is would you suggest girdle with hose
supporters or ers?"-MARGIE 8.
Some sort Of girdle with hose sup.
porters gives . better adjustment. !
the 1 wrap STI Ss skirt portions The
model chosen for this weeks diagram
pattern Is very easy to make. and II
you win send stamped. self.addressed
envelope TO Mary Marshall, care OF
this paper, q copy. win be forwarded
to you.
Copyright. 1o2e)
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Lessons in English
N ". I. ooRDoN.

Words often misused: DO not confuse
minor" Zone under legal age) with
miner" Zone who works I'M mine). i
Often laispronounced: Itch. Pr
i,ounce rich," ! o. Ia 'it." not asI n
each"
Often misspelled: ouileless; mote the
two les" 80 4gs.,.,5..
synonyms: Affection. tends:ness.
fondnesS.
Word study: 'sUse word thrs. times
and 1t is yours" Let US incrf ase our
or course toward anything; Estimation.
.she has The tandenc2 BE- % gpxaeats."
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aid. in these. times ef. duplex uses for
rooms, however, the. methods deserve
consideration. 50 Z.
The 'fifst idea requires ., wide door
way that can serve equally well as
entrance and exit when It IL made
smaller. Or it can be applicable in
ordinary doorway not being needed at
all as an entrance.
A wide doorway was treated In the
following manner: Book shelves were
made to at In each side Of the double
doorway. The shelves were made wide
enoush foe tNo eets o. hooks aqA, Tho
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Treatment for Acne.

Skin eruptions come from such Diff
ferent causes that it may take you a
long time to find which particular one
has resulted In ugly skin eruptions.
One very common cause at this season
Of the year Is an overuse of cold cream,
causing the pores Of the skin to clog
and finally break out In irrttated little
marks. Obviously you stop using cold
cream, even cleansing cream. Instead,
wash the face in this way:
Wiring thick face cloth from hot
water and hold this over the skin, re-
newing 1t every. time the cloth cools
OF. Then rub q cake Of very fine cas-
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Hominy an Gratin.

Melt one tablespoonful of butter In
the top Of a double boiler. Add two e..
blespoonftlls Of -four and half q tea.
spoonful Of salt, then one cupful Of
scalded milk and one finely chopped on.
ion. Stir In two cupfuls Of boiled hons
my. Cook for six minutes. Turn into
o buttered baking dish, sprinkle the
grated cheese and bread crumbs oyer'
The top and set In tbs oven 70 brown,
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Wash half cupful of rice, place In
a buttered pan, add one quart of milk,
one teaspoonful Of vanilla, half q tea.
spoonful OF salt and one-third cupful
Of white sugar. Bake slowly for several
hours, stirring occasionally. Add half
Q cupful Of raisins when done.