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The pest office department, at ell times, has in
mind the quickest and ~spetdisst delivery ef air mail.
and ! believe that. in the near future, the volume Of
air mail win increase and become 50 important tina.
all the principal air mail fields Of the country will ts
connected with the post offices by pneumatic tubes
which will insure a delivery OF air mail at the office
within five minutes after landing on the field. In
many eases. this will mean q saving Of half an hour
and. in some cases in varioss cities cf the system, .
greater saving in time.
The expense will not be 50 great as one might ir,-
aginc and ] am sure there arc companies which would
he glad to begin the installation Of tube service be.
tween post offices and air mail fields. Can you PIC
turs the saving in time that il would mean for the air
mail Of New York City which will shortly be landed
IN Newark, N. J., IL some could be transported By tube
TO the Hudson terminal and there be distributed by
our present installed city tube SERVES 10 other pcs.
office stations Of the city,
Just at the moment there are several great national
sssenger-earryinE companies ready to announce the
inauguration Of psssenger-earrying lines from New
York 10 Los Angeles and ether distant points. How
long, after a passenger-earrying line is in successful
operation, say from New York to Los Angeles, is the
business man (where speed is the very essence Of tn.
noyenent) going to be content 10 aliew his business
mail to be carried by train with q journey OF five days
when there is a lire % passenger-csrryinT planes il
operation over the route covering the same distances
IN so hours: The answer Is simply this: that the pos.
office department, under the legislation which it rev
has to contract for the carrying Of first-class t~e-
cent mail in the air - a rate o. 50 cszts a pound. will
just be compelled Nv the demands made upon Il BY the
business people Of the country 10 carry this class Of
mail. whenever possible, In the air. And nv belief 70
that, within the next year. there viii be many such
lines put into opsrEticn. vhsre the carrying Of first
class mail in the air nail will prove : greet benefi
10 the mailing public.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

CHAPTER XXIlI
Andy Adsir came for Betty szair
on Tuesday night after the show
insisting that she 70 with him q
a night club for dancing and some
thing to cat. She enjoyed dancing
with Andy and protested only feehly
when he begged that they stay ill
the place closed at three o'clock. He
kissed her again as he left her at her
door.
Wednesday night the stage man.
aged said: Rehearsal at eleven t..
morrow morning, Brown. Next
weeks stuff"
Betty was pleased. but tried not Il
show how much. She felt that If she
acted a. though she we're a psrmansn-
cy 81 the thester he would also cen
slider her sc.
When they were all gathered en- the
stage Thursday morning Ne sprssrsd
Eith his script in his hand.
Comedy nert week" he an
ncuncsd. Brown. ever do Greek
Yea
Get . co,tume.'
Yes" Betty was frightened, fer
she did net care for Greek dancing
and had taken IL only because /. vsS
q part OF the days work at Selikcff's.
"Can yeu clown it,"
"fm afraid ! don't knew what yeu
mean" she said.
Eccentric hoefer coming here next
week who clowns Greek dancing.
Nut, yeu know. Chases June bugs
and all that. Wants q woman 70
work with him. She's got 20 know
Ii we'll enough % clown H."
"Oh, yes, l can do that" she
lsughed. getting his meaning.
That's all fer you. Meet him here
Sunday morning at ten. BE on time,
fer he will likely show at eleyen.T
He waved her eff the stage, and
Betty went home TO practice before
her mirror an exaggerated Greek
dance with the hope that she might
please the visiting dancer.
She was on hand before ten o'clock
on Sunday morning, more anxious
than she had ever been. She was
now to work as a dancing partner
for q profasionas.
At exactly ten . sad-faced young
man arrived on the stage and looked
around. She was the only wonan in
sight, 80 he came over TO her.
Il an Ted Hawkins, the dancer"
said he. "fcu going TO work for
me
"Yet, Mr.. Hawkins. i have heard
Of yen 70 often, nope ! can please
you"
asee me with TIE S~supiditses. I
certainly killed EN- with that show,
didn't l."
I'm sure you did, I know you
are wonderful" Betty saw he was
an egotist. and tried 20 please him.
In my next axt I use some or the
Feme sluff which made me famous
with The Stupidities. All yeu have
to do is just the regular Greek stuff,
not too coed. see! Stumble once in
. while. and when you pose, do It
~awkwardly. Dent try 10 be funny,
for I am the act. see. I dent want
their attention distracted from my
stuff
BETTY listened carefully ard did her
best He vas generous with her. and
told her she vas quite all right when
she added an unusually high leap.
enly to fall and sit swkvsrdly on the
floor-
They worked for two hours on the
dance. when they put a on at three
e'esoek the audience laughed heartily.
and they got an encure and o boz,
which pleased Hawkins immensely.
kid. ycu are good" he announced
when they left the stage. .Tet year
self 70 tire nsxt tine ne sre On. Al
lib sem- stuff of veur can and ~
will make a hit this week. Tn no
crab. I knew In rocd. see. ana Tn
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T'liH1el y Views
usr or PNEUMATIC TUBES r
PREDICTED
e. ". IRVING GLOVER

D W. IkNINd NLUNEh
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
Warren Irving Glover was born at Brooklyn.
Oct. ?. 1879. He was edcstsd in the public schools
and began as a boy in the employ Of a commission
merchant in New York City. continuing as a dis
tributcr IN the wcclen trade uatil 1905. In that
year he organized the Aften Holding corporation,
a real estate concern. lie served as a member Of
the New Jersey assembly from 1915 to 1921 and as
speaker in 1920. During the next four years he
was third assistant postmaster general and has
bcsn second assistant since 1895. His home Is ID
EuEleEood, ". JO
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

The resi- estate agent IL s~ndssvor-
ing to interest Q fair prospect in a
house Of her own. "why not ssys
he. purchase q home "
Homer saws she. "I1l say not.
Why I couldn't use one. was bern
in n hospitsl--educsted w n college
-courted IN nm sutomcbiie-msrrfea
in e~hurch-we live on d~slicstesssn
out Of a psrer baT-spend the
mornings on the golf iinks-the aft
ernoons over a bridge tsble-ths
nights in q jazE pslses or at the
movies. And when 7 die I'm goinr
20 be buried from the u~ndsrtsker's.
Say. al 7 need Is a Fsrsre, with
maybe "A bedroom above I'LL"
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A trsmp asked the proprietor Of
q circus fer . job. He vss inform.
ed that he could hseem. q lien
tanner ne rss assured that N was
essy-that the whole secret vss i'm
forrirS ths lions ~ believe ~ wssn't
afraid " them.
Ne" said the trsr-r, Fl reuldn't
bs q. ds.sitful.-
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ne You can't keep a fanily Of kids
In q trunk"
II guess lid better 70 home and
set ncue sleep" She arose.
You better 20 home and ret
some ssnssi" he snapped.
He made no meye 10 10 with her.
Betty walked the short distance to
her reomine house, Telling that this
man was little different from Jack
Parker she wondered IL dancers
were attractive TO men In only one
way.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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Passed ! 9 ) Up? II: II; i i ;:: ' II! 5;
2 By ROE F~uLkERsoN a1aaa y r.a, r.. ..a.u. n
BY ROE FULkERSON
Rad This FIRsT:

READ THIS FIRST:
Betty Brown takes up dancing to
make her more attractive TO men.
She has a small success in local en-
tertainments, and gets many men ad-
mirers as y result. Her parents die.
leaving her without money. She
takes up dancing professionally, and
gets work in a moving picture house.
During her trouble all her men
friends seem to forget her except
George Harris. a serious-minded boy
uho lived next door in the old days.
The first night she dances "a the
moving picture house Andy Adsir, a
rich mans son, renews their &C.
quaintance by waiting at the stage
entrance for her.
tNOH GO on WITH THE SToRY)
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
EMPLOYEES ARE
LET OUT BY
STUDIOS.
BY DOROTHY HERZOG

Copyright, 1929, Premier Syndicate. }
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 25.--
With Thanksgiving next Thurs
day and Christmas within bill
collectors distance, the Cellu-
loid lots are approaching Gus
tomary holiday gaiety.
Fox have let out some $50
men. Universal about equals
that number. The Warner
studio idles until the first of
the year, which means hun
dreds are jobless.
The holidays are a merry
time Of the year out here. Cut
yourself a slice Of crepe "
Today
John Mccormack took out
official movie citizenship papers
when he purchased a Cadillac
car for himself and one for
his family's use. He drives to
and from the Fox Westwood
plant, where his initial vocal
loid Is being produced. AS
they drive on the left hand side
Of the street in Ireland, Nc
Cormack forgets himself ever
so often in a right hand town.
Thus far, he had to sing him
self out Of two tickets ="
Yesterday
This same Mccormack, years
ago, as a youth departed Ire
land for London with a letter
Of introduction to a stage pro-
ducer. The S. p. offered the
youthful tenor a $l0-aweek job
in the chorus!
In his Who's Who" Clutch.
ins and Company, London, pub
NSherJ, Hannen SWaffer, w.-k.
English critic, says Of McCor-
mack:
Mccormack had a hard time
of it in Bloomsbury. When he
went to see The Vicar Of Wake
field in which he had lost
the part of Squire Thornhill
because Of his Irish accent, he
had no money with which to
buy a program! Yet, before
America discovered him, he be-
came one of the worst actors
ever known, even on the Covent
Garden stage, where he sang
leading parts.
"He used to stand with his
back to the audience and look
just funny, fat man. Then
America took his Irish smile to
her heart, and during the war
NJ Cormack made speeches
against England in the United
States and became an Ameri-
can as a protest against his
British citizenship.
MY article on Mccormack
stopped his first concert in
1920-he had already Cancelled
his Australian tour because the
audience sang God Save the
King'-but before his return,
four years later, we had all
relented. Ever since. McCor-
mack has been London idol,
paid as much as $3.50 (approXi-
mately $3,250 for a few songs
at the Mayfair Hotel, and be-
coming, with the exception of
Chaliapin, Paderewski ano
Kriesler, the only artist who
can fill the Albert Hall. In
America he has drawn over
$4,000 (about 100000 in a
night"
Verify, It's a far cry from an
offer of a $10-a-Week chorus
job to the making of a talk
film that is said will net John
Mccormack a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
Darn Shrewd
Jack Gilbert and Ina Claire
put over a Shrewd one when
they glibly called the press to
their hillside home and in
formed them that carpenters
were separating them for a
short while. Very shreWd, that.
And yet, the colony leaps at
the chance to take sides as to
whether this is the beginning
of the end or merely a matri-
monial hyphen. At that, six
months is a long time to be
married-in Hollywood.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
EARL CARROLL
"VANITIES"
HEREDEC. 8

After quietly accumulating
novelties, sensations and stars
to the staggering number of Is,
Earl Carroll will bring this
batch of wealth and material
to the National Theater next
Sunday night when he presents
the seventh edition Of "Vani-
ties" with a company of 100
people, starring w. C. Fields.
Heading the list of all the
talent is w. C. Fields. who for
the first time in the history of
"Vanities" is being billed over
that famous trademark. Fields
started his theatrical career in
a beer garden in Atlantic City.
His salary at that time was $25
a week and he felt very proud
of himself at the time. for he
thought he was on the road to
fame and fortune. He was
right. Today, as the star of
"Vanities." his salary is $4,000
weekly. Mr.. Fields can be re-
ferred to as a man who is get
ting along in the world.
In addition to Fields, the
leading lady of the revue is
Dorothy Britton. Miss Britton'S
first appearance on any stage
was under the guidance of Earl
Carroll. and today she is one
of his shining stars. Miss Brit
ton won the International
Beauty Contest held at Calves
ton, Tex, and in competition
with the foremost beauties of
this country and the countries
of Europe she was acclaimed
the most beautiful of all and
won the title of Miss Uni
verse"
The cast, which numbers 100
players, is as large in talent as
in magnitude and includes Ben
Blue, the Bennett Boys, Theo-
dore Enrica and NoVello. joey
Ray. Grace Wells, Paul Russell,
Patrick Henry. Dorothy Lull,
Elsie Connor and Vivian Wilson.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
De Ne1v Pictures Debut at First Run TheGters
Weight Melted Off
By Actors For
This Film

Their successful appearance
in Her Private Affair" a
Pathe all-dialogue picture star
ring Ann Harding, demanded
even more than the traditional
pound of flesh from Harry Ban
mister, John Loder and Frank
Reicher, who play important
parts.
During two summer days, the
hottest that Southern Califor-
mia has ever known, with the
mercury lowering about 100 de.
grees, their roles in the picture
demanded that Bannister, Loder
and Reicher wear: in addition
to their own complete attire,
the heavy judicial robes of an
Austrian court. The diScom-
fort Of such weighty costumes
may be imagined when it is re.
membered that the heat was in
tensified by the glare Of dozens
Of huge Kleig lights overhead
and about the set. In addition,
the necessity for absolute 81.
lence in making a talking pic
ture demanded that the stage
be tightly closed as to doors
and windows, and every electric
fan stilled during the taking of
the scenes.
Each Of the three players lost
several pounds as a result,
which were, literally, melted
away. Paul Stein directed Her
Private Affair which is now
playing the Rialto Theater.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30

the organ keys at the TiVoli,
at Fourteenth Street and Park
Road; at the great Warner
Brothers Theater in Atlantic
City, and at the Stanley Gran
dali Tivoli Theater in Freder-
ick, Nd, where Davis was an
opening attraction.
If we go back further, we
find Milton Davis beginning
his career at the Dixie Theater,
Eighth and H SITS. N. E. When
the Stanley Crandall Apollo
opened, Davis made many new
friends as director Of the first
motion picture theater orches-
ira in Washington.
But his liking for the pipes
and reeds was too strong, and
he forsook orchestra work to
play the first organ at the
Garden, now the Central The
atre.
Davis took another big step
upward when he moved to the
Metropolitan. Picture fans will
remember his famous musical
novelties on the Metropolitan
stage with that versatile pian-
list, Carl Hinnant. He also ap-
peared in some well-liked Two
piano numbers with Emile
Smith.
From the Metropolitan the
star organist went to the Earle,
whence he departed, as afore-
said. when the stage units ar
rived.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
TO
LEAD HERE
DEC. 10

The second concert Of the
season, to be given by the
Philadelphia Orchestra Tues
day afternoon December 10, at
4:30, at Constitution Hall. with
Leopold Stokowski conducting,
will present a program Of In.
teresting contrasts.
Anton Ivorak'S Symphony
No. S In E minor, From the
New World" with its remin'
iscences Of unrestrained Indian
and negro melodies Is con-
trasted in the second half OF
the program with the oh-world
music Of Gluck, Bach and
Handel in the first. Mr.. Sto-
kowski will open the program
with the "Ballart Suite" OF
Christoph Willibald Gluck.
This number consists of four
movements from Gluck's operas
put together by Felix ! Mottl
and published in 1900. The
first movement combines two
contrasting assages from
"Iphigenie en- Aulide" with an
Introductory passage taken from
Gluck's ballad-opera Don Juan,
oder das Steinerne Gastmahl."
The second part is from the
famous Dance of the Blessed
Spirits" from the second act
of "Orfeo ed Euridice" arranged
by Motif for strings, two
horns, two flutes and an Eng
liSh horn.
The Bach Prelude is a trans
cription for string orchestra Of
the Twenty-fourth Prelude
from Book I of the We'll TEN,
pered Clavier."
Handels Overture in D minor
contains some of the composers
most sovereign writings.
The New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra comes 10
Washington under the usual
management, T. Arthur Smith,
on January 7, January 28 and
March 4 at Constitution Hall
on Tuesday afternoons 4:30.
The first concert will be
under the leadership of Willeln
Mengelberg, the second, Ber-
nardino Molinari and the third
and last under the masterful
baton of Arturo Toscanini.
Tickets at T. Arthur Smiths
bureau, 1880 G ST. N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
LLOYD
IS EAGER FOR
BIG SCREEN

Harold Lloyd, who has just
completed his first all-talking
feature, Welcome Danger, >
now at the Metropolitan The
ater for a second week, is a
visionary person.
He has long hoped for the
new wide screen which is now
being perfected. For the wide
screen will give him more space
to put more comedy in his
pictures. That is the only way
left now, for in the silent
form he packed thrills and
laughs so tightly that audi
ences couldn't scream for
laughing.
Now, with the advent of
the talking pictures, Lloyd
laughs out loud" Perhaps in
the future he will use the wide
screen.
welcome Danger" is his
first picture in over a year
and a half. 1t is the story Of
a youthful botanist whose chief
aim and ambition in life is to
produce a new and distinctive
flower. Fate intervenes and de-
crees that he shall follow mis-
father, as a police officer, illus
trious beyond words. Harold IS
handed the job of settling sew
eral tong wars in the oriental
underworld and cleaning things
up in general.
He does it in his usual speedy
and funny manner, so that
every man. woman and child
can understand and laugh.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
'TROUBADORS
MUSICAL ON
DEC. 12-13-14

"Gyped in Egypt" the 1929
model" of musical comedy
shows, will be offered by the
Troubadours of George Wash
ington University at Mckinley
High School Auditorium, on the
evenings of Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, December IL, 13
and IA, under the direction of
WaShington's popular director,
Denis E. Connell.
TW0 outstanding students a.
6. W. u, Frank Westbrook and
Mildred Burnham. have written
:tne book, and two equally
prominent students, Bill Jemi-
son and Dan Beattie. are, re-
sponsible for the music of the
piece. The cast and chorus
will employ the biggest group
of girls and boys at the uni
verSity that have been seen in
the annual show for several
years.
For this is the Troubadours
fifth annual show. and a new
high-Water mark is expected to
be reached before the first
night" curtains falls. Special
settings and alluring costumes
are now in process of execution
under the able hands of John
Redmond and Kitty Boykin,
and the dancing directors,
Julia Denning and Ralph Ken
nedy, are hard at work whip
ping the big chorus into shape
for the opening night. Bill
JemiSon himself" is musical
director for the show this year,
and a number of excellent
voices are promised for the
solo numbers.
The cast will include Jane
Wilson, Midge Burnham, Will
helmina GUIDE. Caroline BraSch,
Jerry SiCkler. Frank WeStbrook,
Bert Bagranoff. Henry Nestor,
R7loh Kennedy, Quincy Lee
and others.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
GERMANOPERA
AT POLI'S in
JANUARY

Americas big revival OF Wag-
ner1s opera THE Flying Dutch
man" With which the German
Grand Opera Company opens
It's second American tour in
Washington on January 6, at
Polls Theater, promises to be
as notable. as that Of Europe
last summer, for Mr.. S. Hurok
has announced a cast that will
bring all the dramatic fire and
spirit into this epic OF the sea.
It is the first of four operas in
the German operas Wagner
Mozart series.
The title role Of the Dutch.
man will be sung by Richard
Gross, dramatic baritone, who
last season was heard as Wotan
in the ring" Marguerite
Baumer, new dramatic soprano
with the German Opera, will
sing Senta, and Mabel Ritch,
contralto, sings Mary, a role
made famous by Nine. Schu-
mann-Heink, though it is a
small role. Karl Jorn, tenor, is
Senta's lover Eric, while Alex
ander Larsen, tenor, is the
Steersrnan and Hans Mueller,
basso, is Daland, the Norwegian
captain.
The overture to the opera
Ernst Mehlich will conduct
tells the whole story. Above the
bowling of the gale is heard a
motive, or theme, which signal
ICES the Course" that has made
the Flying Dutchman sail the
seas throughout eternity, unless
released by the true love of some
woman. The balance motive is
that of redemption, theme of
rare beauty that foretells the
love-story of Senta for a legen-
Diary hero who becomes a reality.
Tickets for the four operas
are now on sale at the office of
T. Arthur Smith in the Kilt
Music Ctore, 1880 G st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-11-30
EARLE TO GIVE
GLAD HAND
TO DAVIS

They're killing the fatted
calf down at the Earle Theater
this week, to welcome home,
after an absence Of two years,
their favorite prodigal son..
Milton Davis.
Davis, ace organist of the
Stanley-Crandall !Theater cir.
cult for the past IL years,
moved away from the Earle in
1927, when the popular Thir-
teenth Street playhouse began
the use of stage shows.
In those two years his
magic touch has been felt on