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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
On North Shore

r.
some time at the summer home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Ham.
mond. at Lookout Hill. Gloucester.
Mass.
Miss Ella Hoyle and Henry
Hoyle are visiting Mrs. Karl w.
Core, whose home is in Ford City,
near Pittsburgh.
Senator d. o. Hastings IL again
at the Wardman Park Hotel for 4
short time, having come from his
home In Wilmington.
Miss Betty Baldwin, daughter
of Col. and Mrs. Theodore A.
Baldwin, now stationed at Gov.
ernors Island, il leaving today
for Saratoga. with Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Forester. OF New York,
whose guest she win be until
Monday.
Kenneth N. Gilpin II In Sara
toga for the races. and is the
guest OF Major Algernon Daing-
erfield.
Miss Ada H. johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Stanley Payne, and Mr..
and Mrs. J. +. O'Donnell are
passing q short time at Virginia
Beach. where they are staying
at the Cavalier.
- 4 i
The Commercial Secretary OF the
British Embassy, A. j. Pack has
taken an apartment at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
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Made Western Trip
By Air to Be Guests
or oil Magnate

( N &
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Gulder,
the latter's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank J. Hogan and Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson r. Harrison. are
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
L. Doheny at their home Ia Bev.
erly Hills, Calf. They will be
guests of the Dohenys aboard
their yacht, Casiana. on a cruise
to Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guider and Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison made the trip
to California by air In the West
ern Express airship.
Mr.. and Mus, Blaine MalIan are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Smith at their cottage. In Cape
May, N. j., for short while.
Donald Woodward was host at
dinner last evening at the PLACE
Deauville.
Mrs. David s. Barry, jr.. wife
of Major Barry, u. s. M. c., was
an overnight guest at the May.
flower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Gravener
are at the st. Regis in New
York.
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ASSIGNED TO
MEXICO
Retiring Secretary Of Lee
CATION Of the Netherlands
Leaves Soon for South

= =
The retiring secretary Of the
Netherlands Legation, Baron Won
Boetzelaer van oosterhout. who
has just been appointed charge
d'affaIres Of the Netherlands III
Mexico, will san for his new post
the latter part Of this month ac-
companied BY Baroness van Beet.
zelaer. -
The retiring Secretary ana Baro-
ness van Boetzelaer have been
spending some time at York
Harbor. Me-, and are now In
New York en- route to Washing
ton.
Or. and Mrs. w. T. Gin, jr.,
are at Hotel Traymore. In At.
lantic City
Mr.. and Mrs. y, Jerome Light.
foot. OF Tenleytown. have re.
turned from an extended trip to
Cuba, the Panama Canal, and
the West Coast.
Mrs. Lightfoot viii go in Sep.
tember to attend the National
Grand Army Encampment at
Portland. Me-. representing Abra.
ham Lincoln Circle. Ladies' Of
the Grand Army of the District
OF Columbia. Of which she IL
president.
william M. Calder, former Sem
ator from New York, Il passing
a few days at the willard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
Postoffice Receipts
In so Cities Increase

Postal receipts at SO Industrial
cities during July showed an In.
crease OF 1888 per cent over those
the same month last year, the
totals being $S,fS9. O8S. 10 and 81.
956,041. OF, respectively. the Post.
office Department announced today.
The five leading cities in per-
centage OF increase were: Boise,
Idaho, 1882 per cent: Springfield,
Ohio, 34.7l per cent: Trenton. N. j..
25.47 per cent: Albany. N. T.. 1888
per cent: Bridgeport, Conn. 1850
per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
LonguOorths Will Go TO
JamestOuOn This Week
70 Occupy Their Cottage

The Speaker of the House and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and
their daughter. Paulina, will ar.
rive in jamestown this week to oc.
cupy the Parker cottage, which
they have leased for the rest Of
the season.
Their last visit to the fashions.
able Newport, just across the way,
was made two years ago, when
they were guests during the ten
mis- tournament Of Mr.. and MRS.
william r. Whitehouse at Stone
villa, fop the Longworths usually
/ pass the summer at their house.
in Cincinnati.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitehouse have
Herrick and her son, Parmely w.
Herrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rapley
are arriving in jamestown, r. l.,
today to pass seeral days there.
Later they win join Mr.. RapIey's
mother for q short visit in, Maine,
before returning to Washington.
Augusta Mendes LeaI. first
secretary of the Portuguese Lee
cation, liz spending this month at
the Chelsea. in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Paul n. BastedO. accom-.
panied by her son. Richard B.
Griffin. is at Hotel Traymore,
Atlantic City.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
Labor Policies Retard
South. Economist Saws

CE1ARLoTTEsVILLE. Va, Aug.
Development Of the South Il
being retarded BY It's labor policIes,
which violate humanitarian and re-.
liRluus standards. w Jett Lauck
charged before the Institute Of Pub
lIc Affairs at the University OK Vir.
ginia yesterday.
Chambers of c0nmerre and simi.
lar organizations Of Southern In
dustrial communities. IN their effort
to attract new commercial under
takings. have declared TO the world
that their working people are dccile
and content with low wages. he
Rald. \
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Mrs. Frazer VIII
Entertain Beach
Party Tomorrow

Among those VINO VIII entertain
at the Thursday evening beach
party at the Beach and Tennis
Club at Annapolis Roads. Is Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer. whose
guests win include the Swedish
Minister, Mr.. Bostrom; Col. and
Mrs. Arthur OsBrien; Miss Kath.
crime Judge; Mrs. Pendelton Mayo,
and John Dayidge.
The Minister OF Austria and
Nine. PrOchnik returned today
from Rehoboth Beach. Del, where
they had been passing several
days.
The charge d'affaires Of Ger.
many, DR.. Otto sKiep, returned to
New York yesterday on the
Olympic after passing some time
in Germany. He has gone to the
summer embassy at Manchester,
Mass.
Dinner Host
Il. G. van Horn, counselor of the
Netherlands legation, entertained
a company at dinner last evening
Mt the PLACE Deauville lat the
Wardnan Park Hotel.
NNA
Celebration
Mrs. George Edward Scott, of
Washington. who is spending the
summer on Bailey Island, Me-,
entertained there recently in cele-
bration of the seyenty.ninth birth.
day anniversary OF Mrs. G.. III.
Lubee and In compliment to Mrs.
Alnira j. Sinnott, the Oldest
woman on the island.
Among those who entertained
at luncheon yesterday on the vii.
lard roof were Nine. de Ia Barra,
wife of the secretary OF the, Boz
livian Legation; DR.. Cloyd Marvin.
president Of George Washington
University and Comdr. Joel r.
Boone. u. s. N. physician to
the President.
Mr.. and Mrs. William North
Sturtevant, are again in Haven.
Me. Mrs. Sturtevant returned
to town for . few days recently.
They will be in Maine until
after Labor Day.
HA -
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nelson
Little, Of Kobe, Japan, who have
been in the United States since
the first OF June. are at the
Mayflower for a brief visit be-
fore going to New York, where
they will board the steamship
California and return to the
Pacific Coast by way Of the
Panama Canal.
Mr.. Little Is an advising en-.
glneer with the Tobatta Foun.
dry Company, Ltd, He has lived
In Japan for the last 10 years.
Wedding
The marriage Of Miss Evelyn
Dorothy Bredekamp to Edward
Raymond Olive took place last
evening at o'clock in Epiphany
Church, the Rev. G. Harold
Douglas officiating.
The bride was given In marriage
by her uncle, Edward Keefer.
She wore white satin gown
made along princess lines, with a
tightly fitting bodice and long
side drapes touching the floor,
and carried an arm bouquet Of
bridal roses and lIlies-of.t he-valley.
Mrs. Charles b. Campbell, r.,
was matron Of honor. Her froclx
was pink taffeta, and she wore
pink picture hat. Ike bridesmaids
were Miss Marie McI.aren, Miss
Roberta Tucker. and Miss Edytha
Cumberland. They wore frocks
in the pastel shades Of yellow,
green and blue, with patching hats.
Charles B. Campbell, jr., was
hest man and the ushers included
william X. Olive. Richard Keefer,
and Max Ryan
Following the ceremony, = re-
cepticn was held at the home Of
Mr., and Mrs. Keefer. Altar
wedding trip, the couple VIII make
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But the old order changethl The
pleasant little club, however, still
carries on. And on its roster are
such well.known men as the
1ornner American Ambassador TO
italy, Henry r.. Fletcher; the
American Minister to the irish
Free State. Frederick Sterling;
the American Minister to Canada.
William Phillips and perhaps q
score Of others OF similar distinc-
ton,
General Mccoy, who played host
To Colonel and Mrs. Lindbsrgh.
was one OF the three bachelor
Army officers-then captains
who crsanized the club. But very
soon the clubs membership was
dominated numerically BY repre-
seAtation frcn the STATE Depart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
At Rehoboth

Mrs. Rawlins Hume and her
youngest daughter. Miss Mary Muir.
ray Hume, have CONS to Rehoboth
Beach, DEL. where they viii pass
several weeks. Mrs. DuWayne
Clarke, who was formerly Miss
Julie Hume, is staying with her
sisters, Miss Elizabeth Hume and
Miss Jeanette Hume, while Mr..
Clarke Is In Norfolk, Va. where
he il connected with the Depart.
ment Of Commences.
49,
Lieut.. u. B. Whitten, II. s. NJ.
who has been on duty in Homo.
lulu. has arrived, with Mrs. Whit.
ten, at the Martinique. ,Lieuten-
ant whittier is on duty In the OF
flee OF the chief OF the air service
Miss Margaret Freahurger and
Miss Pauline F'reeburger have gone
to Orkney Springs, Va, where
they will pass some time before
going to Atlantic City.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Victor Harris wal.
lace Win sail ees Europe "a Fri
- - III
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WINE OWNERS FINED

STAUNTON Va. Aug. 7.-For
having in their automobile about a
quart OF wine. O.. f. Cline and
Wallace Coffey, two Stanton youths,
were each fined $50 with costs OF
$3.50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
YOU TIL S
LACK ZEST FOR
POLITICS
Mrs. Mccormick Dis
agrees With Author Who
Says It Appeals to All

Now - the time Tor q reporter
to be assigned to interview Repre-
sentative Ruth Hanna Mccormick
OF Illinois on the article. "The
Poor Man in Politics." by Oliver
Mckee. jr.. in the current North
American Review.
IN this article. the author. q
washington correspondent, main.
taIns that public service now, a.
in the past. strongly appeals to
the college senior" but thatiit Is
easier for q poor man TO 80
through the eve OF needle than
to have successful political
career.
Suffers!
Mrs. Mccormick has found
and IL worries her considerably
that the youth OF today rather
s.t1rns up his nose" at d career
OF public service.
Probably every group she has
addressed in washington has
heard her tell about questioning
some college seniors summer or
two ago, when on ranch in
wyoming. about the careers they
intended to pursue when they had
put away their diplomas.
Not 0nel
To her queries. she relates sadly,
not one of these intelligent. prom
islng .oung men Of means and POI
sition made any reference 70 Q
career or public service. mrs. Me-
Corrnick prefers TO say public SER
vice rather than politics, because
the latter has grown to have an
unattractive connotation.l
And W en- she suggested this
field for their talents, all of them
shrank from such & possibility.
And when pinned down by the per.
sistent daughter of Mark Hanna
for the reason OF this attitude. II
seemed that the yeung men had
got the lea from their mothers
that politics was TO be avoided az
hardly fit profession for the sell.
respecting.
or course, Mrs, NJ Cormlck won't
be satisfied until the phrase in
politics sIOughed off the un.
pleasant Implications that have
developed during recent years.
Mr.. McKee's contention that 1t
Is well.nigh impossible for poor
man to go far in politics is un-
doubtedly true. And becoming
more demonstra lie every year.
Heavy Burden
IF his. public career lands a
man In Washington" says Mr..
Mckee, 1.-THE social life OF the Cap.
itai. unless he is q hopeless nom
confOrmist. places a heavy burden
upon the family exchequer OF one
who has no means 10 supplement
Uncle Sans pay check.
All OF the eight women In the
House have something more sub
stantial back OF them than the
expectancy Of the next months
check" says this author. -Four OF
them, he points out, are women
of wealth-namely, Mrs. McCor.
mick. Mrs. Ruth Pratt. Mrs. Edith
Nourse Rogers and Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen.
Then he draws the conclusion
that women are finding, too. that
natiOnAl pOutlcSs ike pOios ~
game for the rich"
MA
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Jones
OF Atlanta, Ca, who have been
guests at the Mayflower since
their arrival in Washington on
Monday from Virginia Beach, were
hosts at dinner last evening in the
hotel Their guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Junior Owens of Wash
ington, and III. Fl. Pike, jr., and
William IT. Baldwin OF New York.
HA%
Mrs. Grace C. Burr, of Boston,
has motored to Washington and
Is at the Grace Dodge Hotel. She
Is accompanied by Mrs. Fred B.
Dale and Miss E. C. Ellis, both
OF Orlando, Fla.
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BROTHER is DROWNED

MARTINSBJRG, w. Va. Aug. z.
Prosecuting Attorney H Z. Hannis
was called to New York by a mes.
sage apprising him Of the drowning
OF his brother. John Hannis, 49,
connected with New York con.
struction company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
WHO MADE YOU?

The picture may revive the cues
ton often put. since Underworld .
That Is. did Won Sternherg make
Bancroft 2 star. or did Bancroft.
the star give Won SternberF hts
reputation as director?
AS far as the two PRINCIPALS In
the discussion are concerned there
ISN'T any question. Each formally
has taken his modest bow, and with
2 gesture awarded the laurel TO
the other. Bancroft saws Won
Stsrnberg IS great no matter vhcm
ne directs. Ven Sternberg recipro-
Gates. vice versa.
Anyway. the AlphonSe ami Gas
ton act aside. "ThunderboIt" is =
tvpieal Bancroft role. Incidentalv
Q Sternberg's use ~ incidental
music and songs in his first sts;kft.
won praise because In no wav did
the music and song, seem i9-;-
dental. except when they were in
tended TO be Just that.
And not at all incidentallv. the
cast includes Richard Arlen ~ :
sympathetic role. and FAY wrav
who seems more OF an actress thar
she has been since "The Wedding
March"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
The Desert Song
Romantic Operetta,
Opens At Arcadia

Since the advent OF the audible
screen. there has been much talk
OF productions OF the New York
stage coming to every city and
town in the United States. BY that
motion picture producers inferred
that famous plays including the
more elaborate and costly operate
productions and equally well known
actors and actresses would soon be
seen and heard on the screen at
popular prices. During the past few
months this promise has come true
and many of BrOadway'S celebri-
ties and many OF its stage successes
have already been seen and heard
BY audiences everywhere.
And now, the latest Broadway
success. the colorful. romantic OPP
eretta. The Desert Song" comes to
the screen at the Arcadia. Harlin-
gen with all the charm. vigor and
beauty that distinguished it as one
Of the outstanding musical plays
seen on the stage in many seasons.
The story Of the young Frerchman,
Pierre Birabeau, son Of the com
mander Of a French garrison in
French Morocco. who unbeknown
10 his father. masks as The Red
shadow q notorious desert chief
tain. in order TO win the love Of a
beautiful French girl who thinks
he Is 4 pampered idlsr Is admirably
handled in the screen version Of
The Desert Song III Il the type
Of romance too little seen in these
days Of realism and analytical
thought.
In the role Of the Red Shadow.
John Boles. well known Broadway
favorite. acquits himself in splen-
did fashion. singing many Of his
songs IN a manner that Is sure to
win the approval Of audiences ev-
erywhere. MarCot. the girl whose
heart he attempts 10 win. is por-
trayFd by a youthful newcomer to
the screen. Carlotta King. popular
lyric soprano. Miss King possesses
a clear. well modulatcd singing
voice that is admirably suited to
the part originally played by Vivi-
enne Segal.
AS for the music. there Is little TO
be said. for most everyone Is &C
uuainted with the tuneful melodies
that Sigmund ROmberg wrote for
The Desert Song" Romberg. II
will he remembered. is the composer
Of many well known sCnrs includ-
ing the music from THE Student
Prime" "Maytimen and many 9TH
ers. Roy Del Ruth directed the
Warner Brothers production Of
THE Desert Song"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
TRY. TRY AGAIN

Ever since primitive movie DAYS
when colored slides were flashed
on the screen to illustrate the words
OF popular songs" movie exhibi-
tors have been irving 70 make
audiences forget self-consciousness
and sing in unison.
Organ "specialties." still with the
printed words in view. have since
been tried. without much more
success. Now the talkies make
their own contribution "a the
singing America" movement: from
an eastern studio comes an ami
mated cartoon. s~vnchronized. and
ending In a printed song: a white
ball hops about over the words.
pausing over each syllable to indi-
cate tempo.
For the second refrain. charac-
ters in the cartoon take the place
CT the white ball" and 20 through
hysterics-provoking antics. A clever
trick-but sti!l. viii an audience do
more than chuckle at the novelty?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
With 4 Brownsville = and = Valley Theaters
Hollywood Gossip
BY ROBBIN O

~HOLLYWOOD.-A small group OF
newspaper folk sat IN a studio pro-
lection room the other night and
saw and heard the first aIl-talking
picture directed by Josef Won Stern
berg.
1t Is "Thunderbolt." bringing TO-
gether again as director and star the
two who made Underworld" and
The Dragnet" memorable a year
or so ago-Von Sternberp and
George Bancroft.
After the show. those who saw
t were pretty vel agreed on =
thing: that Won 5terrberE in the
talking medium has lost none Of
his effectiveness. The picture reeks
with the SternbeTgian touches"
famous in days Of silence: homelv
things intruding impudentlv. AZ
they do in life. on moments talt
with dramatic suspense; patho5
and ironical humor. expressed pic
torially.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
Mary's Ability Is
Tested In Vividly
Dramatic Moments

Among the wildly realistic scenes
Of Mary Pickford's new picture.
"Coquette." which is coming to the
Capitol theater. Sunday for five
days. are two heated encounters Of
the little c~oquette's father and her
young lover.
When these two men. separated
by age and viewpoint. meeting only
on the common ground OF their love
for the little flirt clash, the sparks
fly fast and furiCu5lg.
John SainpOlis plays Or. Besant,
the father. a gentleman Of bygone
day who resentS and forbids the
attentions of his sheltered daughter
OF the young moUntaineer, Michael
Jeddery. portrayed BY John Mack
Brown. In both men boils tho hot
blood OF their southern country.
In the first dramatic meeting OF
these men. Michael accepts the YER
dict Of the little c~Oouette's father.
who orders him forever from his
home. just as he turns upon the
older man with hot words or retail
iation, the little cC1uette steps be-
tween her father and her lover. and
ends their battle at its moment Of
highest tenSity.
When they meet in their second
encounter, the singing words of
the father prove too bitter a dose.
Bleeding from the cruel lash Of DR..
Besant's tongue. Michael turns
upon the older men with a fury OF
burning words. lie ceases to be a
suppliant and becomes the agrees
sor. demanding the right TO love
and marry the daughter OF the
Besant family.
During these scenes the little co.
stands, q helpless witness,
terrified at the havoc she has cre-
ated. Torn between her devotion
for her father and her love for
Michael. her heart Is nevertheless
with the stranger from the hills.
She steels herself TO face her faith
er's anger and the scorn OF her
world for the sake Of this man
whom she loves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
Tom Mix Succurnbs
To Lure of Sahara
For Film Setting

Presenting the outstanding Tea-
ern star or the screen. Tom Mix, TT
the picturesque surroundings o. TIC
desert country inhabited by the HIff
tribesmen Of northern Africa king
Cowboy" his second special prudur-
ton under the FBO banners cones
to the Dittman theater now fora
STAY OF three days.
While the famous Tom does rot
exactly play q 'sheik' In his naTr
offering. he Is seen IN the robe odd
headdress Of an Arab I'm one No.
quence OF the picture. when he dH-
guises himself 70 outwit his Rt1fan
enemies. And without his big white
hat Mix Is said TO be Just as dasnsug
and reSourceful an actor O. Inc A.
IN scenes laid IN the great cpgr
spaces Of our OWN country.
The fast moving story concerns
the adventures Of a party OF AmeTi-
can cowboys who journey To the
Mediterranean country. ponies. guns.
big hats and oil. seeking TO rescse
the owner OF their Nevada ranch.
who has been made caDtive b. the
tribesmen. Dlshing Sally Elanh
has the leading feminine role. e.
the daughter OF the missing Ameri-
can leader OF the expedition. whlle
Mix portrays the hard-riding. dang
er-scorning ranch foreman who has
the boys IN charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
Greta Carlo Plays
Misunderstood Wife
In Wild Orchids

The eternal triangle, as Il has
been 50 often called. is with us
again mt the Texas theater in 3
new and unusual combination, c
volving about Greta Carlo In one
Of the most powerful roles Of the
year. wild Orchids" the picture,
bearing the Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer
imprint. in which Miss Carlo APP
pears TO such advantage, can
truly be described as one Of the
most fascinating films OF the sea-
son.
Miss Carlo plays with feeling
and distinction as the neglected
wife Of an American business mai
who unwittinglv drives her TO the
arms OF another and unloved man.
Lewis Stone. always a competent
PLAYER. handles the husbands part
with great skill. and Nils Asther.
who seems n Of the most promis-
ing or young leading men. does
splendid work in the part Of a
Javanese prince.
Sidney Franklin. the director OF
this picture. has succeeded not only
IN guiding the players through their
difficult INTERPRETATIONS with in
genuity, but has also created n
mood and background Of romance
for this tale AZ passion. The
scenes Of Javanese life r admir-
ably handled. AT the climax which
occurs during a tiger hunt in the
tunqies. he has brought his us
pense 70 such a point that The audi
ence grips the arms Of their chairs
in excitement.
Above all else. however. II q
Greta CARLOS fascinating beauty
and extraordinary playing which
makes this film one of those cine
matte offerings which one can not
afford to miss.