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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
BOARD WILL GET
CITY SURVEY PLAN
Proposal to Be Explained at
Meeting Thursday of D. C.
Trade Body.

The exhaustive survey of Washing
tons present and potential activities,
planned by the Board of Trade as
means of informing the Nation OF the
possibilities of the District in all its
| phases as municipality. will be out
lined at the January meeting OF the
board at the Willard Hotel Thursday
evening.
Principal speaker of the occasion Will
be Merle Thorpe. editor of the Nations
Business. publication Of the Chamber OF
I Commerce of the United States. when
is cooperating with the Board OF Trace
in the survey plans. Mr.. Thorpe VIII
! explain the general purposes OF the
s,lrve, and outline its advantages TO
/ the District.
Ihlder Will Be Speaker.
| Another speaker will be John 1hlder,
formerly in charge Of the civic develop
ment department Of the United States
Chamber, and now, associated with the
| Pittsburgh Housing Bureau, who was
! instrumental in the drafting Of a model
community survey plan especially for
| its initial use in the Washington survey.
/ Mr.. Ihlder, who is widely known here,
will give an outline of the plan and of
similar surveys in other cities and their
| effect.
| Actual launching of the survey work,
which the trade body believes will prove
of value to Washington in making
known facts and figures regarding the
city'S activities and probable future
growth, is expected to be accomplished
shortly. Funds have been raised quietly
| for this project. Charles j. Bell, preSi-
| dent of the board of the American
Security & Trust Co., Is treasurer OF
the survey fund.
w. W. Everett, president Of the trade
body, heads the committee at work on
the survey other members include
Robert v. Fleming. w. w. Spaid, D. J.
! Callahan. Charles H. Tompkins. John
Joy Edison, John H. Hanna, John Saul.
Claude w Owen. E. G. Graham, Charles
j. Bell, Ben T. Webster. E. j. Murphy,
| Frank S. Hight. Herbert T., Shannon.
! George w. Offutt. George Pitt, w. G.
Galliher and Harry Blake.
Assures Balanced Development"
"The real value of survey is that 1t
| helps the community to know itself"
! the January issue of the trade body
| bulletin states. 1T tends to prevent
development of commercial growth out
of balance. with overdevelopment IN
some lines and underdevelopment in
others; It serves to prevent loss Of time,
energy and money in some directions,
and it provides basis for activities OF
many phases to build upon"
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in various enterprises He Is native
Virginian and has always stood ready
to aid his native State"
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GUSTAV R. KRAEMER DIES
AFTER FIVE-DAY ILLNESS
President of Hardware Firm Here
Succumbs to Attack of
Pneumonia.

Gustav r. Kraemer, president of the
hardware firm of Kraemer & Duehring.
Inc died at his home, 1440 Madison
street, yesterday from pneumonia. Mr..
Kraemer. who was a. years old, had
been i'll five days.
MIR. Kraemer had been in the hard
ware business here for the past % years.
He was the son of the late John and
Julia Kraemer He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Daisy H. Kraemer. son,
Carl R., and daughter, Miss Julia
Kraemer.
He was member of the Columbia
Country Club and the City Club, and
took an active part in local civic ac-
tivities.
Funeral services will be held at his
residence Tuesday morning at II O'Clock.
Rev. George M Diffenderfer, pastor of
the Luther Place Memorial Church. will
officiate. Interment will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
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FACES THIRD CHARGE.
Court Holds Defendant for Grand
Jury Under Dry Law.

Jury OHueI AIy Aa"'
Charged with third offense sale of
liquor, Silas Jefferson. was arraigned
before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police
Court yesterday, and bound over to the
grand jury under $4,000.
Jefferson, who lives in 900 block Of
Twenty-seventh street. was arrested
with Connie Mason of the same address
by Sergt. Letterman's squad Friday.
Mason was placed under 81 900 bond
for jury trial. Thirty-eight gallons
of alleged liquor were found in the pos
session of the two men when arrested
according to police.
The radio campaign. first extensive
use of broadcasting in an election, cost
$1,250,000 in the recent contest
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SPECIAL NOTICES

EIRTEDAY PARTY OF TEMPLE CHAPTER,
NO. Is, Q. Z 8, of January IA has been
postponed indefinitely. owing to death of
PAS Patron Charles L. Henry
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of A. S. Pratt Sons. Inc. will
be held at the Offices of the company.
wilkins Building. Washington, D. c., at
II clock am, on Tuesday. January Is,
1929 @. c. TRUE, Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE
holders Of the. Crawford Company will be
held az its Office. 1886 ST. NV. Wash
ington. D c.. a. II O'Clock m. on TUESDAY,
January IS. 1929, for the election Of officers
for the ensuing wear and the transaction
of such other business RS nav ronHe Fefore
the meeting. J H. CRAWFORD,
President.
H. L. CRAWFORD,
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BY the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla, January r.
Probably for the first time in history
American social registers today car
ried the names of bathing beauty con-
test winners.
About a dozen prominent women
members of this exclusive Winter col
ony. whose names are synonymous with
great wealth and social position, yes
terday entered a contest held at the
estate of Mr.. and Mrs. George A
Dobyns of Beverly Farms. Mass.
After the Judges had viewed the
parading beauties they decided that all
were equally beautiful and each was
declared a winner.
Unique procedure was observed In
that the judges were locked in cages
and judges and spectators alike had a
copy of rules governing conduct. Field
glasses were checked at the gates.
No one except invited guests was per-
mitted to enter the estate and details
were meager. It was known, however
that the hostess, dressed in a bathing
suit of the gay COS. fell In the pool
when her dog tripped her.
Among the contestants were Mrs. E
Leonard Beard, jr.; Mrs. James Emer-
son. better known as Anita Loos; Mrs
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Smiddy Sails for New Post.

NEW YORK, January II R-
Timothy Smiddy, for six years Irish
Free State Minister to the United
States, sailed last night on the liner
Mauritania for his new post as high
commissioner to England
Mr.. Smiddy, whose transfer to the
new post recently was announced, said
that he was well pleased with the re-
suits obtained by the establishment of
direct diplomatic relations between the
United States and the Irish Free State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

Slemp Of Virginia TO President-elect
Herbert. Hoover for a place in the Hoo
yer cabinet was unanimously passed
last night by the Alexandria Republican
Club at its meeting in the George Ma
SOL Hotel.
Edwin E. Carver. vice president of the
club. made the motion that the resolu-
ton be designed and presented to Pres
ident-elect Hoover and it was imr1e-
diatelv passed by the huge gathering
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Two Arrested in Raids.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
CLARENDON, Va, January 12.-
Raids by Deputy Sheriff Harry Wood
yard and County Policeman F.. B.
Cobean yesterday resulted in the ar
rest of two men and the seizure of an
alleged still and eight-and-a-half GAL
Ions of what the police said was mash.
The first raid resulted in the arrest
of w. Bremen at his home on Globe
road, in Potomac. Washington Towel.
colored, of East Arlington, was charged
with illegal possession Of half gallon
Of alleged whisky when the officers
raided his home.
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u.itho,,. one dissenting vote.

without one dissenting vote.
In speaking of Mr.. Slemp. Carver
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tor in the party and is doing wonderful
work. Because of his good work he is
entitled to such consideration as men,
Der of the cabinet. Mr.. Slemp has al
WAYS been ready to help and co-operates
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Socially-Elect Parade in Bathing Suits
As Judges, Gagged, Declare Each Winner

John Charles Thomas Mrs. Robert E.
Warren, Mrs Blaine Webb, Mrs. Theo-
dore Schaeffer, Mrs. Frederick W.
Proctor, Mrs Leon Brion and MRS.
Howard Major.
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SLEMP RECOMMENDED
FOR PLACE IN CABINE 7

Alexandria Republicans Unani-
nous in Passing Resolution to
Go to Hoover.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January IA
resolution recommending G. Bascom
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The electric light. power and heat
plants of Mexico represent an invest
ment of sos. 500 900, according to the
department. of national statistics
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GLEANINGs & SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

The zieg'e ld press department
sends out word that Hazel Jen-
nings. one Of the fairest Of the
glorified in "Show Girl" will re-
join that super musical when it
goes en- tour. But Michael ].
Cullen, of the Loew interests,
who wed Miss Jennings last
week, declares she has parked
her stage makeup box perma-
nently. And / prefer to believe
the bridegroom.
On the stage Of the Fox The
ater this week are the Eight
Jolly Jack Tars, mahogany-col-
ored steppers and blues blowers,
who are all of Washington. The
act was recruited in and around
the : mediat vicinity of Sew
enth and u Streets and has
established quite reputation
in the d. G Harlemania. John
Irving Fisher says the Jolly
Jack Tars will be looked over
by Ziegfeld. Maybe so. If
Ziggy likes them he will have to
do business with Production
Manager Joseph 4 Rose, of the
Fox forces, who has the act
under contract.
The first cancellation of the
new sea IN is waited in over the
telephone. 1Cross out Glenn
Hunter in Second Sight in the
National Theater's list of early
attractions" phones Maestro
Cochran. 1T won't be ready for
a September engagement
What's to be done about this
Washington weather? One of
my faithful Saturday reviewers
checks in with the sniffles, said
to have been contracted in one of
the supercooI F Street houses.
Another reports almost being
overcome by torrid blasts Sun
day afternoon. AS l write this,
gazing out over the treetops
of Adams Mill Road, the spec
tacle is of nude limbs and leaves
shriveled and dying waiting for
a good shower, which alas will
come too late. It's been the
toughest summer for the thea
ter since Jack Edwards opened
his stock company at the old
Garrick with two weeks. of the
most sizzling rays that ever
bounced off the F Street pave
ments. Mr.. Edwards packed
his bag and folded up his COM
pany and, so far as | know, has
never come back.
John Irving Fisher has been
here 20 weeks and it is one of
the faithful readers of this de-
partment who reminds very little
has been said about him in
these columns. "Yon said plenty
about Wesley Eddy. How about
giving John Irving Fisher
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WHY H0MELY
MEN APPEAL
TO WOMEN

winners In the $4,000 cash prize
contest for the best letters answer.
ing the intriguing question. "why
do alIurfng women love homely
mem" conducted throughout the
United States and Canada by Uni.
versal Pictures Corporation in con.
nection with THE Man who
Laughs" were announced today
by Carl Laemmle, jr.. general man
ager of the Universal west coast
studios at Los Angeles.
The first prize OF $1,000 was
awarded to Miss Louise Michel,
81 West Eighth St.. New York.
II was chosen by the judges, Carl
L.aemmle, president of Universal
Pictures Corporation; DR.. w. M.
Marston, head of the Universal
public relations department, and
Prof. w. B. Pitkin. noted short
story authority, now associated
with Universal. out of more than
10000 answers.
Second prize, OF $3.50. was
awarded Rebecca J. Gredwohl, Of
1899 Suffer St., San Francisco, and
the third prize. OF 500, was
awarded Prof. Kenneth X. Close
OF the University OF Miami, Coral
Gables, Fla.
Here is the winning essay:
Interest in the puzzling ques-
ton of the fascination OF the
homely man for the alluring
woman has led me to search psy.
chology for the answer, from the
Pragmatists to the Gestaltists--
and modern psychology does at
last yield plausible hypothesis.
There Is the theory that the
primary emotions are dominanns,
compliance, submission and in.
ducement. The latter two con.
stitute the love responses. Nor.
malIy, the woman induces &c.
lively and submits passively.
process called captivation. It's
masculine complement is passive
lnducement and active submission,
which we call passion.
THE beautiful woman finds It
much too easy to evoke a passive
inducement in the man. This
leaves her without the normal
qualification of her love responses.
She wants resistance to overcome
in order that her love responses
may have full scope. The homely
man. in competition with his at.
tractive brothers. cultivates domi.
nance. and as this is opposed 10
the love responses, she is COM
PEELED to increase her activity.
80 the ravishing Duchess JOSH.
ana wooed Gwynplaine Of the cru
ely distorted mouth; so the gro
tesque Richard III took the pro.
testing but yielding Anne So in
any drawing room, we see the
beauty's eyes brighten at the en-.
trance of the "fascinatingly ugly
man.
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When the Feature
Is Shown on Screen

EARLE--Jack MulhaIl and
Patsy Ruth Miller In erwin Beds. .
~ 1884. 1:37. 3:4O. 5:S4 1887 and
$40 p. m.
COLUMBIA--Ronald Colman in
Bulldog Drunimond. At 11:40
1;40. S:40, SOS, 7:35 and gas pm.
FOX-Janet Gaynor and Charles
Farrell in Lucky Star" At 1885,
2:22, AIS. 1877 and 9:55 D. m.
PALACEt-wallace Beery I'M
"Chinatown Nights. ]" AT 1850,
225, sos, 7:35 and $50 p. m.
METROPO N-sophie
Tucker in "Honky Tonk. . At
1857 12:45, 2:34, 4:24, 6:1s sea
and 9:55 p. m.
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ScreenaIities

Phyllis Haver, now Mrs. William
Seaman of New York and her hus-
band have returned from honey
moon jaunt abroad" Zasu Pitts
says she never did feel comfort
an old-fashioned, but one-piece
suit that reaches to her ankles in
scenes for Billie Doves Painted
Angel tallzie. Between shots. how.
ever. Zasu dons an apron over
the B. S. Howard Greer. style-ist
has returned from a two months
sojourn in Paris. Howard brings
sad news. The dresses this year
will he from four to five inches
longer.
Who'll be brave enough to be
old-fashioned and 1929? Football
stars may lend their Drawn to
fIicks once in a while, but they
don't take much interest in the
celIuloid game. 'TOther day Di.
rector Eddie Cline was telling EN-
what to do in the next forward
pass" "tlke." His voice con
flicted with a drone of plurals.
Whereupon he yelled. I'm talk.
ing and nobody's paying any at.
tention to me!' From the rear
chirped basso trying for a tenor
pitch: I'm paying attention,
Eddie" Vince! John Boles en-.
joying good luck. John Grabbed
off parking space on crowded
Boulevard Avenue and saved him.
self a coast around the block
Lois Wilson and Lila Lee are
amongst those who will be brides.
maids when Patsy Ruth Miller
marries Tay Garnett. the fifteenth
of next month and--that's all.
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JOHN IRVING FISHER

nifty will roll off his tongue in
the course of his glibisms, and
! he has carried not one but
several acts through to encores
and bows they would never
have gotten without his clown
ing and gestures.
Unlike his rival M. C. at the
Palace, it is Mr.. Fishers task
to conjure up a new line of smart
talk each week. Considering
the task, it seems to me his en-
tertainment average is fairly
high. He works in the intimate
style-that is, in soft-spoken
tones-and only those privileged
to be parked in the very front
rows can catch the Brusiloff
asides, which are sometimes
good. The surprise he feigns
when one of his bon mots fails
to score as a bullseye irritates
some of his audience, while
others find it among the most
amusing of the Fisher bag of
tricks. Some veteran performers
claim it is mistake to ever try
to intimate you are ahead of
your audience, or to hint that
the listeners are leather-heads.
However, it is one of the things
which makes Mr.. Fishers ap-
peal debatable.
At the Steinway there is no
disputing the Fisher talents.
He can surely WOO melody from
the instrument. Rudy Valee
can sing, Paul Ash can wave a.
stick, Jack Pepper can strum a
uke and tear into torch tune,
Herb Rawlinson knows his
Hollywood, Wesley Eddy can do
lot of things, but, oh boy, that
John Irving Fisher can play. On
that count the books are closed.
All of the successful masters
of ceremony are talked about.
Some like 'em hot. Some like
'em cold. Those who rate the
latest salary are those who
inspire discussion with the
boosts outweighing the raps.
In this respect | think John
Irving Fisher has clicked. He
is talked about and with his
army of fans outnumbering, |
think, those who favor Chicago
pineapple.
One at a time, please. This
is just my opinion and it's too
hot to fight much about it.
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Dwarf Furniture

Tables and chair legs have kept
pace with short skirts in getting
shorter.
1t is conspiracy to display
feminine pulchritude?
At any rate, both skirts and
furniture are modern and short in
Twin Beds" a riotous First Ma.
tional film version of the famous
stage play.
Jack Mulhall is starred in the
picture, which is now at the Earle
Theater. Supporting him are some
girls that are a riot with any
period of house furnishings from
the sort Noah used in the sitting
room OF the Ark to those of the
present day. Patsy Ruth Miller
plays opposite Jack, and Zazu
Pitts, Gertrude Aston, Alice Lake
and Eddie Gribbon lead the sup.
porting cast.
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TONG STRIFE is
FEATURED TN
MOVIES

This Chinatown is all fake;
nothing ever happens here"
Sightseers who penetrate the
Chinese underworlds Of the great
cities OF the United States on OBJ
servation busses see little beyond
the surface except the regular
staged and paid for performances
of the strange inhabitants.
But underneath the placid sur
face Is the great maze Of seething
life which, from time to time,
breaks loose to wreck its terror
and destruction in the open. It is
this awesome, undercover life that
Samuel Ornitz, famous author and
authority on Chinese tongs Of the
United States. has revealed in his
story. Tong War;" from which
Paramount has made the gripping
drama of Chinatown Nights"
Chinatown Nights" which Is
now playing at Loew's Palace, Is
the story of a white leader of
powerful Chinese tong, who cap
lures the love of a white society
woman and drags her with him
down into the depths, Seeing her
so reduced through love of him.
he realizes his love for her and
lifts her up again.
William Wellman, director of
the famous picture, Wings"
made this gripping picture which
shows intimately the exciting
drama going on behind the in.
scrutable mask of Chinatown.
Florence Vidor and Wallace Berry
head a distinguished cast and the
settings are excellent replicas of
noted places in the history of
American tong wars.
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break? He happens to be
among my favorites," is the
tenor of the suggestion.
| suppose the fact the master
OF ceremonies has captured the
Fox Theater long-distance rec
ord for continuous service is the
strongest recommendation to
prove a demonstrated success.
In the theater it is an axiom
or an old Spanish custom, If
you will, that only those who
make good hold over. When
Mr.. Fisher gets around to adj
vertising the achievements Of his
career in Variety, suspect that
he will include in display type
six Months at the Fox Thea
ter, Washington, and Booked
for a Return Engagement" To
the profession that will tell
story of the boy who made good.
Well, to get down to cases,
/ like the Fox master of cere-
monies best as a piano player,
but he is o. X. as an announcer.
The weekly task OF getting up
new line of chatter is no
sinecure in my judgment. 1t is
almost as tough as turning out
a column Of theater news when
there isn't any news. Occa-
sionally, like this week, he digs
an Irish story out Of the attic
and attempts the j. w. Kelly
brogue. But, as rule, fresh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-13
Warner Wins Bee

Rivalry among motion picture
producers to secure Beatrice Lii,
lies services ever since the fam.
Gus British actress arrived in
Hollywood recently, has resulted
in another Warner Brothers vic.
tory The brilliant Coincidence
whose work in "Charlot's Revue"
first took Broadway by storm two
seasons ago, will make her initial
film appearance in the Vitaphone
super-special. 'Show of Shows"
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Glen Echo Park Lures
ThrOngS Over Weekend

Mid-August finds enthusiasm
for Glen Echo amusements un.
abated, to Judge from attendance
records over the weekend.
The Airplane Swing, Old Mill,
Derby Racer, Dip, Carrousel and
others among the 50-odd divertise-
ments were well patronized by
those who thronged the park. Car
service was excellent, as usual.