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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-09
GARBO PLUSA
SWELL STAGE
\ FROLIC

Inc SplTlC OF TeaCJlOn Is SJlll
abroad in Hollywood, and the
chanting cry Of It's votaries is:
The old, reliable silent movie"
is not dead, is not dying, but
is only sleeping. 1t takes COM
mercial courage these days to
translate that spirit into action,
to thrust a picture into the
market made according to the
old and all but obsolete for
mula; but if one has a Greta
Carlo under contract and
under ones wings, perhaps the
element of courage in terms
of the box office is more ap-
parent than real.
This is no forum in which
to lock debating horns with
those who want to continue
the endless argument about
the respective merits of the
new and the old movie; in
fact, we have long considered
that matter a closed issue
both from the popular and the
artistic point Of view.
And after reviewing 1.-THE
Kiss" the latest vehicle for
exploiting the indisputable
Carlo talents, which is cur
rent&at the Palace this week
after viewing THE Kiss" with
all it's subtitles, its close-ups,
it's elisions and gaps of nara
tive, we are more convinced
than ever that the matter is
a closed issue.
Not for one moment do we
mean to imply that this photo
play is without allure and
without brilliance; as a matter
of fact, it is an excellent and
even outstanding example OF
what the "sex appeal type OF
movie was like before the
microphone permitted Holly
wood to scale the ramparts OF
real drama. It's central con-
trast is one of genuine dra-
matte force. In this we have
the senSuouS, sophisticated
eroticiS of Greta Carlo thrust
against the puppy love OF a
young Woodley," a Booth Tark-
ington adoleScent; the contrast,
however, is not in terms OF
character study, but merely as
a phase of a seXy melodrama
in which the old, dependable
court room scene is again IN
voked as a climax.
There is a white flame in
the cold, almost colorless Carlo
personality; volumes have been
written about this subject in
many languages, including the
Scandinavian; and we are not
furnishing any surprise for her
devoted following, doubtless,
when we say that the huge
crowds which Stormed the Pal
ace yesterday proved there is
no immediate need for this
strangely magnetic actress to
polish up her American accent
so she can plunge into a talkie
whenever an alarm from gen.
eral headquarters is sent out.
The stage show at the Palace
Is one of the best in months;
it is the annual fall festival
of the theater. The opening
musical number in our view is
one of the best pieces of satire
in terms of rhythym and mel
ody that we have ever seen.
In this The st. Louis Blues"
is sung and danced as Bizet,
Victor Herbert. and George
Gershwin would have written
it. The show winds up with a
tableau that is almost up to
the standard Of Ali Ben Hag-
gin-the Birth of a Gold Mug
get" with an amazing aero
batic exhibition at its close
A. M. J.
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GLEANINGS
:AND.
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

~ 49,
New York gave the Sam
Harris production of THE
Amorous Antic" (which closed
Saturday night) less than
$4,000 for eight performances.
Washington gave the same
show $4,000 for the same num-
Der of performances. Proving
something or other. You figure
It out.
You have to hand it to Irene
Bordoni for being a good sport
and playing the game fair inso-
far as Louise Closer Hale, her
chief comedy assistant in
"Paris" is concerned. 1t so hap
pens that Miss Hale is just
about the finest actress tread
ing the boards when it comes
to playing crotchety grandmas
or peevish and set" matrons.
AS far back as the play Miss
Lulu Bett," produced in the
war days, Louise Closer Hale
demonstrated that if given half
a chance she could put a star
in eclipse. .
When Paris" opened at
Polls it was Miss Hale who
shared the critical enconiumS
with La Bordoni. The same dl-
vision of praise resulted when
the musical comedy opened at
the Music Box in New York.
When First National signed
Miss Bordoni to do the musical
for pictures, it was the star
who suggested that Louise Clos
ser Hale be given the contract
for the Cora Sabot role. She
must have known that it
offered her a wonderful chance
and that a less competent
actress would mean more atten-
ton for Irene Bordoni. Yet
the star made no effort to
white down the. fat lines"
and action which accrued 10
the character role. So Louise
Closer Hale got a $3.50 break
with La Bordoni on the honors
of Paris" .....
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Great Kid Actor

David Durand, the youthful
screen player appearing with
Belle Baker at the Fox, is but
8 years old and has all the old
timers predicting great things
ahead for him. His natural
ness Is stated TO be uncanny.
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First Nighters

Observed at the opening Of
Earl CarrolTs VanitieS at the Ma
tiOnaI Theatpr: MIR. and Mrs.
Walter johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Holmes. Governor Lar
son of New Jersey. Frank +.
Morse, William Hassett. George
Perry Marshall. Mrs. Richard
SNOW, Russell Kelly. MIR. and
Mrs. Milton J. KrOnhPim MIR. and
Mrs, u. Goldsmith. EnOch John
son. Colonel Huston. Caleb Bragg.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Cochran. MIR. and
Mrs. Jim Ring. Mrs f. A.. Ma
lone. Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN
Hartig, MIR. and Mrs. Thomas +.
FJaherty. EIwOOd Hoover. carl
IsIe Devereaux. Dick Oden, ana
Norman IakPman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-09
RaIph Graves Story

Ralph Graves, who wrote
Flight" recently shown at the
Fox. also wrote the story of
Belle Bakers first talking pic
ture. Song Of Love-" also TOW
at the Fox. Mr.. Graves plays
the principal supporting role.
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LA BORDONI SHINES IN
MERRY "PARIS"
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Irene Bordon the backbanged musical comedy aperitf
from the Paris bouevards and Broadway, who likes to
promenade in the spotlight weighed down with ostrich
feather toques and gowns of peacock avhnss has been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-09

the catchieSt tunes.
AS for the beauties, they are
present in round numbers and
we'll rounded curves. Some
times they descend from ele-
waited platforms and at least
once a sextette is lowered from
aloft disguised as upholstery
taSSleS. Blondes and brunettes,
Shapely and fair, generally
weighted with less than half a
pound Of costume, but occasion
ally. for novelties sake, decked
in Silken furbelows.
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"show stealers" are coming
along with great regularity
Jack Oakie took the honors OF
"Sweetie' from such eXper-
fenced trouperS as Nancy Car
roll and Helen Kane. Before
that he grabbed quit a portion
of the honors in street Girl
though cast in a minor role.
Jean Arthur won more praise
than Clara Bow for her work
in Saturday Night Kid" and
it is 100 to l she never appears
again in a feature with Para
mounts flapper queen. Little
David Durand splits honorS
with Belle Baker in Song of
Love" at the Fox Theater this
week. John Gilbert wouldn't
take $5,00O,OO0 laid on the line
and appear with Greta Carlo
again. He is still sore over
being coaxed into Woman of
Affairs" Alice White put
thumbs down on Doris Dawson
a cutie whose beauty presented
a competition: the star deemed
undesirable. ..-
Washington still enjoys the
reputation in the theater world
of being the toughest city in the
world for fire prevention meas
ureS back stage. Productions
for movie houses and legitimate
stages must be 100 per cent fire
PROCEED before a curtain can be
raised.
Earl CAROLS "VanitieS" spent
a busy Sunday conforming to
the fire marshals rulings, but
eventually was able to ring up on
time with an official o. K. The
spectacular novelty which closes
the first act appeared to the
authorities to present peril
and was at first ruled out.
Finally a tissue paper test was
taken after an appeal had been
heard. When it was proven
that the stage fireworks were
as harmless as Fourth of July
Sparkler the mechanical effect
was sanctioned.
incidentally, "VanitieS" pre-
sents the first big production
of the ceaSon for the stage
hands. 1t takes 35 to handle
the Carroll show.
John Irving Fisher, the Fox
master of ceremonies, will
split billing with Senator Thad-
Gus H. Caraway of Arkansas at
a National Press Club smoker
Tuesday evening. Scion Cara
way will talk on "Laughable
Hobbies" and Prof. Fisher on.
Your Future, Present and
Past"
A canary bird flies out of a
Bolshevik'S whiskerS in CAROLS
VanitieS. thereby creating much
merriment for the antics of
w. C. Fields. When the feath-
cred surprise was first loosed
in New York the principals
were yanked to the hoOSegoW to
explain why the novelty did not
constitute cruelty to animals.
Mr.. Fields convinced His Honor
I that the bird was given the ten
dereSt care and suffered not a
particle by becoming a feature
of the revue. The court was
satisfied and let Mr.. Fields con-
tinue the fun But the little
bird in the cage died from
pneumonia contracted while it
was being taken to court as Ex-
hibit A.
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treated K1nuly Dy nOllyWQOu
Her First National production
of Paris" current at the
Metropolitan Theater, is mu-
steal film confection that is we'll
trimmed with laughs and from
the standpoint of spectacle has
been supplied with some of the
most gorgeous Technicolor dis
plays the studios have vet
released.
When Martin Browns must
cal comedy was viewed on the
Poll stage it was Louise Closer
Hale as the puritan mother
who captured attention and APP
plause by a Side-splitting
Characterization that only a
fine sense Of comedy values
kept from becoming burleSque.
In the screen version, the gen
erouS Bordoni has permitted
Miss Hale a camera and micro
phone prominence which makes
her commander-in-chief Of the
laughs. Only for the fact that
a fluff of a story transforms
the Mayfloweresque Cora Sabot
into a figure trifle groteSque
and silly in the final sequences,
it could be truthfully recorded
that Louise Closer Hale steals
the picture. AS it is the Hale
contribution is among the
memorable screen etchings OF
1929.
paris" tells the story Of
Andrew Sabot, a Newton Center
Mass boy who goes to the city
of ravishing romance to study
architecture and becomes
enamored of Vivienne ROLAND
of the music halls. His mother
is one of the Beacon Street
SabotS who speaks only to the
Lodges and the FrothinghamS
and obviously cannot counte-
nance an actress in the family.
So she hustles to Paris and
through contact with cognac
and gigoloS succeeds in having
Vivienne transfer her affections
to the more appropriate leading
man of her company. Frothy
fiction but highly amusing in
it's implauSibilities.
The melodious plums dropped
into this celluloid pudding are
savory and soothing as offered
by Bordoni and a capable COM
pany of associates. Beginning
with In the Land Of Going to
Be-" the star offers Il Wonder
What Is Really on His Mind"
(red-hot lyrics and no foolinD,
Don't Look at Me That Way"
a French chanSon singing
Among My Souvenirs" and
at All Depends on You" with
Jolsenque technique). With
Jack Buchanan, the English
light comedian she sings Some
body Like You" and Paris"
Buchanan's contribution is COM
pletely worthy whether it be
singing, dancing or cracking a
joke. Jason Robards makes
much of a purely synthetic
role and Zazu Pitts is, as usual,
first class in the few crumbs
that she is given to deliver.
Bordoni has several numbers
where her big black orbs are
rolled in the Ooh LaLa songs,
while a huge chorus CARRIED in
vivid rainbow hueS parades be-
fore magnificent and colorful
scenic backgrounds. Truly Holly
wood is giving Ziegfeld a 1un
for the money with it's Techni-
color pigments.
The supplemental program
includes a news reel that is
notable for fine shots of Mr..
Elders flying feet racing IS
yards with a pigSkin for the
glory and profit of Notre Dame.
And there is a short Vitaphone
singing reel by Yorke and John
SON which features "St Louis
Blues" in the operate motif.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
CLUB W|THDRAWS
PLEA FOR LICENSE
Former Green Gables Recon.
siders Application for
RoadhOuSe Permit.


UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June "a
Claiming that their volume OF busi-
ness did not justify holding dances
more than once O week. the manage
ment OF Green Gables, the roadhouse NJ
Suitland, Md. where Charles Wesley
Poutra was shot and fatally injured
last March. has withdrawn its .apph-
cation for q roadhouse license, 1t was
learned at the ONCE Of the Prince
Georges County commissioners today.
In order to comply with the new
law, effective June /, which requires
any restaurant, lunchroom, inn, club,
etc, operated for profit, where public
dancing is permitted more than once q
week, to obtain a special permit. cost
ing $100. by July /. the Green Gables
had filed an application for such q
permit.
Mrs. Ella Beech was the applicant
and off1cial notice of her application
was advertised In the county papers, ss
is required by the ordinance. Although
the application described the premises
as Green Gables, the name Little Club
has been used as substitute title since
the shooting ARRAY.
Only three other establishments have
filed application for licenses, and so far
none of these has withdrawn. They are
the Club Marlboro. the Chillum Manor
and the Lone Star Club. Persons OBJ
iecting to the licensing of these places
have been notified to make known their
protests to the county commissioners
on or before July 2.
The Prince Georges Inn, formerly the
Rams Horn Inn, scene of a more recent
shooting, has not filed application.
Evening star., 1929-06-22

ROCKVILLE. Nd. June 22.-Miss
Maude I. Cuddihy and Mr.. Charles M.
O'Brien, both of Washington, were
married in st. Martins Catholic
Church. Gaithersburg, this morning by
the pastor Rev. John Callahan.
A double wedding with sisters as the
brides was solemnized her by Rev.
Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist
Church.
The couples were Miss Ruth Monette
Wine and Henry T. English and Miss
Almedia M. Wine and Taylor N. Shell
ton. all of Stafford County, Va.
Bids for construction of something
over three miles of concrete highway on
the EtchiSon-DamacuS road will be re-
ceived until noon on July 2, the State
Roads Commission, under the supervi-
sion Of which the work will be done, has
given notice.
Harvey j. White, q member of the
House Of Delegates. was rendered un-
conscious several days ago. when light
ming struck his home, near PooleSville.
He quickly recovered, however. and his
injuries were not serious. Aside from
ripping some plastering from the room
where Mr.. White was sitting, the bolt
did very little damage to the building
Arrangements are In progress for the
annual lawn fete Of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Wisconsin avenue and Bradley
lane, Bethesda, to be held on the church
grounds Thursday evening. Mrs. Roy
Mcmillan is chairman of the general
committee of arrangements, which also
includes Mrs. Paul Ryon and Mrs. Han
son Weightman. A dance will be held
In the evening.
Montgomery County's two military
organizations-the Silver Spring Service
Company and the Howizter Company Of
Kensington-both units of the Ist Regi-
ment, Maryland National Guasd, will
attend the annual training camp Of the
Maryland National Guard to be Asld at
Camp Albert c. Ritchie, at Cascade,
Md. beginning July s, to continue two
weeks.
The Silver Spring company will be
represented by about so men and win
be commanded by Capt. Joseph C. Cis-
sci, while about 30 members of the
Kensington organization are expected
to 60.
Announcement has been made that
the annual convention of the Mont
gomery County Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held in the
Community House at Sandy Spring
next Thursday with the Sandy Spring
and Spencerville unions hostesses'
Morning and afternoon sessions will be
held. The speakers will include Mrs.
Mary r. Haslup, president Of the State
w. C. T. u, and Representative Robin
son of Kentucky.
A carrier pigeon wearing identifica-
ton bands is being cared for by Arthur
A. Brigham of the Ednor neighborhood
1t stopped at his farm in an exhausted
condition several days ago. One of the
bands is marked "A. C. A. 2644 Au 2S"
and the others are a plain brass band
on the right leg and a pink one on the
left leg.
Under auspices of the church school
of Grace Episcopal Church, Woodside,
a daily vacation Bible school will be
held at Woodside, July to 20, except
ing Saturdays and Sundays. Miss Mes
smith Malone Of Atlanta, Ga, will be
the superintendent. All children of the
community are urged to attend.
Rev. 8. j. Goode of the Christian
Church oficiated at the marriage here
yesterday afternoon of Moody L. Pounds
and Miss Marie Jenkins, both Of Wash
ington, at the home of the minister
Evening star., 1929-06-22

areas, the commission passed upon two
building applications. The first was for
the erection OF metal warehouse near
Relee Station, in South Washington.
by Edwin c. Worden. They approved
the erection of that building, but re-
fused to pass upon the remodeling of
another building, which was recently
burned. because the special building
ordinance does not cover remodeling
They also approved the application
Of Arthur Kidwell for the construction
of q hot dog" stand on the Lee high
way near Cherrydale. In approving the
application the commission recon-
mended that Kidwell take into con-
sideration the parking problem and set
his building far enough back from the
road to care for It.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
CLOTHES FURNISH
COUNTY MYSTERY
Montgomery Police Puzzled
by Finding of Woman's and
ChiId's Apparel.
b, a stan Correspondent of TIL. Star.

SILVER SPRING, Md, June a.
The finding of clothes of a woman and
child in a grove on the Four Corners
Sexes Corners road yesterday has pro-
vided the police of the northern dis
trict station here with q mystery. The
clothes were examined by Corpl D. l..
Snyder of the Montgomery County
Police, who searched the woods for
possible clues as to the owners No
one in the vicinity had been reported
missing.
The clothes had been neatly piled be-
hind q tree, only a few feet from the
roadside, and included a woman's dress
and underwear. The dress was Of red
fiowered material. There also was a
complete outfit for q child. as we'll as
toothbrush and small toy airplane.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
ARLINGTON zON|NG
BOARD TAKES FIELD
Makes Personal Study of
RossIyn and Clarendon
Sections.
By a stan Correspondent Of Tn. star.

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, June 22.--The Arlington Coun-
ty Zoning Commission did its first ac-
tual f1eld work yesterday when MEM
afternoon in q first-hand study of the
Rosslyn and Clarendon sections.
Following a study of the maps of
those two sections, the commission, ac-
companied by j. B. Shinn, assistant
zoning engineer. visited q number Of
sections to definitely determine the type
of areas there should be zoned. The
commission also partially completed the
tentative zoning of these two sections.
announcing, however, that they would
probably make a number Of changes be-
fore the ordinance goes into effect.
Before taking up the study of these
Evening star., 1929-06-22
Little Girl Adopts
Copperhead Snake;
Takes 1t in Home
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

speciAI Dlspatch 70 Jns StdT.
HAGERSTOWN. June 22.-Four-
year-oid Marie Lindsay adopted q
copperhead snake as plaything
yesterday and was proudly fondlins
the poisonous reptile. which she had
found in the yard, when her mother
saw her
The child had carried the snake
to the kitchen and called to her
mother. When Mrs. C. w. Lindsay
saw the wriggling snake she almost
tainted. A neighbor knocked the
snake from the child's grasp and
killed it, How the copperhead found
its way into this city is mystery.
The bite of a copperhead is con-
sidered by mountain people to be
more deadly than that of the rattle
snake. The child was unharmed.
Evening star., 1929-06-22

They had apparently been placed there
the night before, but the rains had
wiped out any evidence of footprints
which might have been made In the
soft ground In the approach or de-
parture of the individual who placed
them there.
Corpls. Snyder is making q further
investigation in an effort to ascertain
the owner of the property.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
]. B. BREWER BURIED.
Former Everett College Head Died
While on Visit.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, June 22.--Funeral
services were held yesterday at Wake
Forest for J. B. Brewer, former presi-
dent of Averett College Of Danville, who
died at Blowing Rock, N. C. He was
visiting a daughter and was automo-
billing at the time when he suddenly
succumbsd in the car. Doctors said
the altitude was too great for his heart.
He served as president OF the local
college from 1909 until 1919 and before
that served as president Of Franklin
Female Academy, also Wilson Collegiate
Institute. He was 50 and served in the
Civil War. His grandfather, DR.. Samuel
Wait. was one OF the founders and
president of Wake Forest College.
He leaves three daughters.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
RUNS AWAY AND BROWNS,
George Lewis, Aged 9, First wate,
Victim at Williamsport..

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, June 22.-George
Lewis, aged 9, ran away from home
yesterday. When his mother, Mrs.
William Lewis missed him. she insti-
tuted a search. His clothing was found
on the banks of a stream in the rear
of the Lewis home in Williamsport and
the boys body was found at the bot
tom of feet Of water.
1t was the first drowning of the
season in this section.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
FIRES ARE REDUCED.
Record for Spring Season Shows
Falling OF of Number.

With practically sll fires reported the
record of the Spring forest fire season
in Maryland this year will show a
marked improvement over last year, the
State Department of Forestry has an
nounced.
Aided by far more favorable fire-
control weather, forest wardens of the
State succeeded in reducing the num-
ber OF fires from 52S to 423, and the
average acreage per fire from 81 10
2912. In spite of the improvement. the
area burned this Spring Is over 10 times
the amount allowable under the State
standard Of adequate protection. which
is one-tenth of per cent per annum.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
SENTENCES IMPOSED.
Arlington Judge Sends to Jail Two
for Liquor Violations.

for Liquor Violations.
By Stsn Correspondent of The Star
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT.
HOUSE. Va. June 22.-Judge Howard
w. Smith in Circuit Court yesterda,
sentenced w. H. Bowen, who was in
dicted at this term OF court for drivins
while intoxicated. to pay q fine of $50
and costs and serve 80 days in Jail.
Christine Bolen, colored, charged with
third violation Of the prohibition law
received q fine of $50, was sentenced
TO serve 30 days in jail and placed under
$500 bond to not violate the prolli-
bition laws for period of one year. A
housebreaking charge against james
Powell was nolle pressed.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
HEALTH OFFICER TO END
TESTS OF CHILDREN

Exa nina tions of Those to Enter
School to Be Concluded in Airing
ton County Next Week.
BY g stan Correspondent of The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, June discrimination OF
children who are to enter school this
wear will be concluded next week, ac-
cording to DIR. P. M. Chichester. county
health offlcer. DR.. Chichester has been
trying to impress upon parents the I'm.
portance of having children examined
at this time so that any defects found
NAV be corrected before the beginning
of the next term.
Next weeks examinations will take
place at the following places:
Woodrow Wilson School, Fort Myer
Heights, Tuesday; Potomac Health Cen
ter, Wednesday. and Cherrvdale Health
Center. Thursday.
Evening star., 1929-06-22
HONORED AT WEST POINT
Takoma Park Youth Appointed
Sergeant in Cadet Corps.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md. June a.
George c. Duehring, son of Fred C.
Duehring, 1872 Chestnut avenue, has
been appointed q sergeant In the corps
Of cadets at the United States Military
Academy. West Point, according to word
received here.
Duehring's promotion. was based on
recommendations made by a board OF
officers headed by Lieut.. Col. r. c.
Richardson, jr., which considers the
record Of every cadet in the first class.