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The Washington times., 1929-10-09
GLEANINGs & SCREENINGS
Rv ANDREW r. KELLEY

appearances with their latest
feature "Sunny Side Up"
Handsome Charlie will be in
Washington Sunday and make
at least two personal appear
ances at the Fox theater. The
time for these bows on the
local stage will be announced
later. -
Incidentally the jubilee week
feature will be Married in
Hollywood" a screen operetta
that was so good Roxy held it
over for a second week. g."
Philadelphia has had six weeks
without a legitimate theater
attraction, due to the musicians
strike, and Philadelphia is be-
ginning to cry loud for a set
tlement of the labor difficulties.
Which makes it appear that
those who are addicted to the
stage play and musical comedy
as entertainment are not COM
pletely satisfied to accept the
chattering films as something
just as good.
Ominous rumblings are heard
and the latest is that the stage
hands, allied with the musicians,
are threatening to strike every
Erlanger and Shubert house in
the United States unless .ne
controversy is adjusted within
short order. That would affect
Washington, but it would be
devastating for Broadway, with
it's numerous playhouses, at the
beginning of what looks like
very prosperous season. New
conferences are under way.
An interesting sidelight on
the Philadelphia trouble is that
the business of the motion pic
ture houses has not shown any
appreciable increase, although
nine legitimate theaters have
been closed. Managers attribute
it to the fact that patrons of
tne IeSltlm2te Ineatef are also
customers of the movies. They
haven't stopped going to the
cinema shrines any more than
they always did. They just
have been stopped from attend
ing the So and $4 shows by
closed doors.
Patrons Of the former Keith
vaudeville at Fifteenth and G
Streets, will be pleased to know
that when R.-KO. reopens the
theater on the night of October
Il with "Rio Rita c. Frederick
Clark will be the orchestra
leader.
Last fall Freddy shook the
dust of the D. C. from his OK
The Washington times., 1929-10-09
GREAT GABBO'
IS SOLD FOR
S675,OOO
BY DOROTHY HERZOG

Copyright, 1923. Premier Syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.-We were
talking about London. Hedda Hop
per wanted to know what was the
latest news from Evelyn Brent,
who has been visiting Mr.. John
Bull for several weeks. The latest
from Betty is London is as grand
as it was when she lived there
some six years ago. That to see
everything she wants to see she
has leased a Rolls Royce.
Whereupon Hedda recalled her
debut trip to London. The first
night, to be sure, was a show.
Hedda went alone. She dressed up
real elegant. Um, even confessed
to a diamond-studded tiara. After
the theater, she signalled for a cab.
"Drive me to the Embankment,"
directed the Hopper.
The driver looked at her tiara.
Then he looked unhappy. Sure
you want to go to the Embank-
ment, lady?"
"Of course" impatient. "I want
to see the Thames at night"
Whereupon the driver heaved
sigh of relief. Which sigh prompted
Hedda to investigate the strange
ness of cabling along the Embank-
ment at night. Imagine her amaze
to learn that that was the spot
most London folk selected for sui
eide. The driver evidently spspi.
cious of the tiara, wanted to be
sure he wasn't going to be suicided
out of his fare
Didst know that Jimmy Cruze
made "The Great Gabbo." with
Erich Won Stroheim and Betty
Compson, as an independent di-
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fords and hied to Boston and
the conductors desk in the big
Keith pop house in Boston. The
recent abandonment of two-a day
in the new Keith Memorial
Theater in the Hub necessitated
a shift in the musicians roster
and Mr.. Clark is transferred
back to a job which he always
liked. and where he is deservedly
popular.
When John l.. Balderston, of
London, wrote his play "Berke-
ley Square he hardly figured
that he would be able to be
present in America in person to
direct the publicity for it's pre-
miere on this side of the ocean.
Leslie Howard is due to open
in the play on October 81 at
the Belasco Theater. Yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Balderston walked
in on Manager L. Stoddard Tay-
lor and discussed plans for the
first performance. The play
wright is the London correspon-
dent of the New York World
and is in Washington at present
as one of the group of foreign
journalists who accompanied
Premier Ramsay Macdonald on
his naval parity mission.
Regular patrons of the bur-
lesque attractions at the Gayetv
have noted marked improve
ment in the quality of the Mu-
tual entertainment this season.
The higher average is attributed
to the merit prizes which l. H,
Herk. head of the Mutual cir
cult, has announced for bur-
lesque producers who check in
with what box-office records
prove are the best shows on
the wheel.
A prize of $4,000 has been
offered for the best show on the
circuit, $4,000 for the second
best, $4,000 for the third and
$500 for the fourth. In addi-
ton. the Old Howard Theater
in Boston has offered $1,000
additional to the best show and
$1,000 to the show that it Sc
lects as the best. regardless of
the circuits decision.
To make the plan even more
effective, the three shows voted
the worst on the circuit lose
their franchise and will not be
permitted to appear in the Mu-
tual theaters the following year
while managers of the shows
that win the prizes get an addi-
tlonal franchise so they can pro-
duce an extra show for the fol-
lowing season.
The judges have been selected
in very unique way. Herk has
had every show manager vote
for the leading house managers
that they consider best qualified
to judge the shows. The results
have been kept secret, and will
not be revealed until the end of
the season, so that even the
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Charlie Farrell is coming to
town for the Fox theater jubi-
lee. The good looking Cape Cod
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rector producer? And that Fox
has purchased the releasing rights
to it for a paltry sum said to be
1915, 900?
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Ants Who Like Their
Liquor And Get
Drunk, Filmed

Animals should be clever, dill
gent and free from vice. Most
Of them are but adventurous UFA
cameramen discovered a colony Of
ants that contract a liking for
liquor which they coax from the
aphids found on plants. They
go as far as keeping them in
their cities, doing nothing but
caring for them so that they may
yield quantities of the intoxicat.
ing fluid.
And when they become com.
pletely drunk they are apt to fall
off the plants or trees and fall
prey to the voracious appetite Of
hedgehogs, which is truly an i'm.
pressive lecture against intenper-
ance. They form an interesting
feature as screened in the Little
-Theater's novel program this
week.
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house managers who are to be
the Judges do not know of it
yet. At the end of the season
the three managers who receive
the most votes will be called in,
and with Herk, who will con-
tribute points on the amount of
gross business the shows have
done, thew will decide the three
best and the three worst shows
on the wheel"
The Hollywood Revue has been
packing the Columbia Theater
and an extra midnight show has
been arranged for Friday night.
Mrs. Michael ]. Cullen, (the
former prize beauty of Zieg-
fields Show Boat") and wife of
the managing director of the
Loew Theater, is definitely on
the road to recovery after
severe illness which confines
her to Columbia Hospital.
English whoopee and jolly
time for all at the hotel Carlton
on Monday night where the cast
of "The Middle Watch" was en-
tertained by Producers Selwyn
and Cochran, who are more than
ever convinced the imported
Picadilly farce has all the ear
marks of a Broadway hit.
Roland Robbins, former Keith
manager, becomes a big stock
and bond executive; today af-
filiating with a local firm.
"Four Feathers" will have a
special 1880 p. m. premiere at
the Metropolitan tonight.
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Didst know that Jimmy Cruze
made "The Great Gabbo." with
Erich Won Stroheim and Betty
Compson, as an independent d.
The Washington times., 1929-10-09
On the Fire

On the Fire
The presence of Tom Moore on
the M. G. M. lot has caused the
powers to-be to cogitate, so saith.
whispers. Tom is co-starring for
Sam Goldwyn on the same lot,
Tom made a picture yclept Hold
Your Horses" Twas one of his
best. Naomi Childers played the
lead; E. Mason Hopper mega
phoned. This bureau hears tell
that M. G. M. has dug the story
from its archives and is figuring
on re-making it as a talky. with
Tom in his old part. Listens like
natural to one sitting on the
outside peering in.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-11
william r. Castle, Jr.
Is Special ENJOY
During Conference

The Assistant Secretary Of
state and Mrs. william r.
castle, III, win leave Washing
ton Christmas Day for the West
Coast, sailing on December 81
from san Francisco for Japan,
where Mr.. Castle win act as
President Hoover's special am
bassador during the naval con-
ference In London.
Mr., and Mrs. Castle win stop
at Honolulu to visit the formers
father, arriving In Yokohama
January 20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-11
N E w EN- VOY
Is SPARED
HARD TASK
Ambassador to France
VIII Find Embassy
Ready for Family

When the American AInbas-
sador to France and Mrs. Edge,
now en- route with their family
to Paris, arrive In the French
capital they win 60 irnmedi-.
ateiy to the beautiful new EN-
bassy In the Avenue d'Iena.
The Edges will be the first
ambassadorial family to occupy
the embassy building. Decor
ators and workmen have been
busy for weeks putting the fin
ishing touches to the mansion.
The particular needs Of the
Edge family have been given
careful consideration and the
lasts Of the young chatalaine
Of the household has been the
guiding star In the arrange
ment 0f rooms and furnishings.
As no children - the Edges
have tl1reehave ever occu-
pied the mansion, II was neces-
sary to entirely remodel the top
floor into nurseries and bed
rooms for nurses and attend
ants.
Lunch Is Served"
The remainder Of the resi-
dcnce il In perfect condition
and when the Ambassador and
his family reach Paris about
noon Friday they win find
luncheon prepared by one Of
the best Of French chefs and
the entire corps Of servants
lined up to receive them.
A permanent embassy was
one Of the pet hobbies Of the
late Ambassador Herrick. One
OF his last official acts was to
add an additional reception
room TO the already existing
suite of salons.
Mrs. Edge, the youngest host
ess attached to any Of our
larger diplomatic missions, will
be spared the arduouS task of
house-hunting, heretofore the
first thought Of q new anbassa-
dress arriving in Paris.
A&N
Az Home
Mrs. Mabel Walker VILE
brandt and Miss Annabelle
Matthews will be at home to
their friends at their residence
In Georgetown, 3O18 Dunbar
ton Ave-, Sunday evening from
4:3O until z o'clock. No cards
have been sent out.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY In THE CAPITAL
Mrs. Brice Allen
win Be Guest
OF Honor Tonight

Mrs. Brice Allen, Of Boston,
has come to washington to
pass part Of the season here,
and has taken the house at
1877 Massachusetts, Ave.
This evening she win be the
guest Of honor at dinner Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter,
who will entertain additional
guests afterwards at q musicale.
49,
Midshipman Richard c. Drum
Hunt win arrive December a
to spend the Christmas holi-
days at his home in Sixteenth
Street.
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"Gyped in Egypt"

The Turkish Ambassador
heads the list Of sponsors for
the musical production, "Gyped
in Egypt" which is to be pre-
sented at Mckinley High Audi
forum, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings Of this week,
at $50 o'clock by the TrOllba-
dours Of George Washington
University.
!. Members Of the faculty Of
the university, as well as other
distinguished educators in the
city are also serving as EpoH1-
sors for this fifth annual all
student production In which
members of all branches Of the
university are taking part, I'M
der the direction Of Denis r.
Connell.
Among the sponsors are the
following members Of the fac
ulty: DR.. Robert Whitney Boil.
well, DR.. Earle G. Breeding,
Walter G. Clephane. Prof. Nor.
, ris I. Crandall, Dean Henry
Grafton Doyle and Mrs. Doyle,
Prof. John Paul Earnest, Dean
George Nelly Henning, DR.. VIII
liam Etull Holt, DR.. Lowell Jo-
seph Ragatz, DR.. Edward Henry
Sehrt and Dr.. William Allen
Wilbur.
Thursday night will be
known as Fraternity Night"
and the members Of all fra
ternities and sororities at the
university viii attend the play
as special honor guests Of
the troubadourS.
$50
Students
Mrs. w. r. Van Buren,, wife
Of Commander Van Buren,, u.
8. NJ, is giving q large tea ut
the willard, December II, In
honor Of her daughter, Miss
Nancy Elizabeth Van Buren,, q
student at Mt. Holyoke, and
her niece, Miss Betty Elan.
Mrs. Van Buren,. whose ancestral
home is In Hampton, Va, Is q
cousin Of 0overnor-elect John
Garland Pollard Of Virginia.
Miss Harriet II. Anderson, Of
Louisville, Ky, is ct the Dodge
Hotel.
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Second Morning
Musicale Takes
Place Today

Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
entertained at luncheon today.
according to her custom. In
honor Of Mile. Maria Olszeweka,
prima donna ccntralto Of the
Chicago Civic Opera Company.
and Jose Iturbi, the Spanish
pianist. who gave brilliant pro-
grams at the second of Mrs.
Townsend's musical mornings
this season at the Mayflower.
Other llostesses at luncheon
after the concert were Mrs.
James Couzens, Mrs. James 3.
Parker, Mrs. William Fitch
Kelley, Mrs. Mckee Dunn, Mrs.
Hamilton Fish. Mrs. Thomas Fl.
@. Reed, the Misses Cullen, Mrs.
joe Grail, Mrs. Sidney A. Clio
man, Mrs. Lindsay Morehead.
Mrs. Wilton Lambert, Mrs. Karl
Gartner, and Mrs. Harley Pey-
ton Wilson.
- 4
For Luncheon
Mr.. and Mrs. GroSvenor
Backus entertained at luncheon
yesterday at the Carlton. Their
guests were the Minister OF
Switzerland and Mrs. Marc
Peter, Mr.. and Mrs. Terrence
Shone, Mrs. Louise willard
Rogers, Col. and Mrs. 4. Corrin
Strong, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Floyd Cusby, Mr.. and Mrs. Law.
renee Poole, Mrs. Mabel Walker
WiIlebrandt, Mrs. Robert Locke,
Chauncey Parker, jr.. and Canon
William L. De Vries.
There will be q tea dance
at the Officers Club, Army
War College, Thursday, Decenl-
Der 26, from 4:3O to $3.50 p.
M, In honor Of the young
people Of the Army and Navy
residing In or near the District
OF Columbia, and the Cadets
and Midshipmen visiting tho
city on Christmas leave.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15
OUR RECLAMATION RECORD

The activities of the federal governments Reclamation
Bureau often attacked these days the ground
they cost far money than they worth It Is
charged that the arid lands reclaimed by cultivation
were not needed and, in many cases. are not used
Figures just issued by the Department Of the Interior
interesting in that connection.
They show that than 100000 people live : d.
eral reclamation projects Last year these people I'd
crops worth s135000oOO The local food products which
these districts supply have helped to open mining dis
tricts and keep mines in operation and have strength
encd the stock industry by providing winter feed
for stock In addition the crops grown these
have cheapencd railway freight rates by providing i'm
amount OF local business the transcontinenta
roads
Sue, figures indicate t.t The Reclamation Bureau
be rather proud of its record.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15

boy when Waterloo WIS fought, he had seen the map Of
Europe change half dozen times he had the world
turn from the cumbersome tools Of antiquity the light
nns-fat machines OF the twentieth century-but
Of had meant anything to him. Colonel Lindbergh
yet 90 has had ten times much real life this aged
Turk has had In a century.
How long YOU live doesn't greatly What matters
Is what put into the time you have II longevity Is
the best goal we're all licked before start If 1t isn't
what's the use worrying about 1t?
The Century and-a-Haf club is probably fine thing;
but ought to start club in which the aim would
be- not to live long but to live fully To die with any
your powers for experience expression Joy creation
unused is tragedy whether death comes at the age OF
10 100 The sergeant profanely urging his men
shellrven wheat field with the caustic do you
buns want to live forever" had the right idea.
Death can be STAYED off for only few years. at best
To make its postponement ones main Job in life Is to
miss the whole point Of living.
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more of a hang hold to the teeth.
Now that the flat WIENER is an actu-
atty, we wonder why its obvious need
wasn't felt long before. We humans
go on and on, taking for granted that
wieners must be round, until one day
the genius decides on the flat brand,
and the rest of us who see the dol
lars being minted wonder why we
never thought OF that ourselves.
Still, will flat WIENER take the
place of the round one, at that?
Traditional forms are rather hard to
part with.
\ \ X
MODERN HOPE
Little Margaret Brown, Z, of Perry.
Kansas. was kept alive for eleven
days by fircmen of Topeka, Kansas.
welding resuscitating machine
This is the sort of thing which makes
one wonder If 1.-The good old days"
were so infinitely superior to those of
the present. Even II resuscitating
machines had been known q genera
ton ago, one wonders If the attempt
to keep life would have gone on for
eleven days. Perhaps not because
human kindness was any less then,
50 much as that the possibility OF
success would have been too remote.
Today we believe In the possibility Of
anything: science has given us that
courage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15
TRAFFIC IN SPAIN

If you think the traffic cops of your city strict
offer devout thanks that you not driving in
Spanish city.
Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator, recently pronlul-
gated set OF rules designed to protect pedestrians. Any
motorst whose hits pedestrian gets SIX months in
prison. Any motorist whose kills pedestrian gets
II In each the motorst is assumed to be
fault It makes difference how he driving how
the pedestrian walking. II his hits man. the
driver goes to prison.
The Spanish dictator, If he enforces these laws prob
ably will save the lives Of pedestrians At the time
is quite likely that he will kill motoring in SPAIN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15
Daily Lenten
Thought
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY. D. d.


Editor Of The Congregationalists)
Nothing could better symbolic the
way In which Christianity seeks to
make all things new, and the trans
formations that Christ effects, than
the names associated with this holy
season.
Lent" and Easter" are not words
OF Christian, origin. They come to us
from Pagan Anglo-Saxon times. In
Old Englishc, lenten meant spring,
and Lent comes from the same root
as such words Is long" length"
etc. Lent was the time of lengthen-
Ing days, and in this time OF spring
festival was held in honor Of Oes-
tire, the goddess Of the season.
Instead Of abolishing old words
and old customs Christianity took
them over and gave them q new sig-
ntficance. The symbolism Of spring.
time with its lengthening and warm-
Ing days and It's revival OF life after
the coldness and gloom Of winter be-
came inevitably associated with the
redemptive mission OF Christ, and His
renewing power IN the individual life
and IN human society.
That power IT Christ Is as cterna,
as the spring. IT'S laws aud provisions
Of blessing for the soul are Is inmut-
able IS the revival Of nature that en-
sures Sustenance for the body. It Is
Christ that makes Lent, the spring
time, . holy season; the lengtheninx
deys are sonCtified by Ill that He
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15

DR.. McCoy's menus suggested for
the week beginning Sunday Feb. 18th:
Sunday
Breakfasts ounce glass OF orange
Juice thirty minutes before break
fast Of 2 coddled eggs and meiba
toast.
Lunch-Rice en- casserole, cooked
spinach, ripe olives.
Dinner-Baked chicken or roast
pork, string beans. cooked lettuce.
sliced tomatoes, baked apples a la
mode.
Monday
Breakfast-Crisp waffle with butter
and small amount Of maple syrup,
applesauce.
Lunch-Pint Of buttermilk, 10 or II
dates.
Dinner-vegetablc soup, Salisbury
steak, baked grated carrots. salad of
celery and lettuce, jello with cream.
Tuesday
Breakfast-Poached egg on melba
toast, stewed raisins.
UNDERSIGNED corn (canned)
cooked celery. cold sliced beets tno
vinegar.)
Dinner-Leg of mutton. baked
grated parsnips, asparagus, salad Of
chopped raw cabbage. prune whip.
Wednesday
-Wholewheat mullins.
with peanut butter, stewed figs.
Lunch-C Cooked oyster plant, nodded
vegetable salad (diced cooked car
rots, beets and peas.
Dinner-Vegetable soup, broiled
steak with mushrooms, string beans,
salad of shredded lettuce, pineapple
whip.
Thursday
BreakfaSt-French 0mclet, crisp
bacon, Melba toast, pear sauce.
Lunch-Baked potato, string beans,
celery.
Dinner-Tomato jelly in cubes, roast
veal, mclba toast dressing, baked
egg plant, spinach. salad Of small
grated carrots, baked apple.
Friday
Breakfast-Cotage cheese, melba
toast, dish of berries Canned.
Lunch-Baked squash. cooked kale,
salad of endtve and lettuce.
Dinner-Broiled filet Of sole, aspar-
agus, small green peas (canned)
sliced tomatoes, plain jello or jell-
we'll (no cream.
Saturday
BreakfaSt-Coddled eggs. whole
mullins with sweet but
ter.
Lunch-Glass of grape juice.
Dinner-vegetable soup, boiled lean
beef, steamed carrots, spinach, salad
Of diced celery and cucumbers, peach
whip.
Wholewheat-raisin mullins: To a
well beaten egg add one cupful of
sweet milk. Stir in one cupful of
real wholewheat flour and beat until
smooth, then add a half cupful of
wholewheat flour into which has been
sifted one level teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder. Next add q half cupful
OF seedless raisins which have been
slightly floured. Mix thoroughly and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-15
125-STORY BUILDINGS

The American Ceramic Society," preparing for an expo.
sition in Chicago reveals the invention of build
Ing material light and strong that skyscrapsrs 125
stories high be built of 1t.
The material it is said will reduce building costs
and at the Time will enable architects to plan
daring pnnacles than ever before
The next thing is for somebody survey the situation
and tell ought to allow the construction Of
such tall buildings Skyscrapers tend to increase city
congeston-a thing that is hampering every city in
America 1t is quite possible that the construction Of
many tall buildings would be drawback and not
a help.