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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
NANCY Carroll and HAL SkELL>.
Columbia
THE DRAMA ON BROADWAY
By Percy Hammond.

In it the thrill-crime of the Chicagoan
Loeb and Leopold is reproduced
with oxford rimnlings-depicting the
mortuary pleasures of the shroud. the
knel1, the mattock and the morgue.
Mr.. Patrick Hamilton, the author Of 1t,
caters to our fondnesS for the macabre
by making all of his characters human
and bizarre. Brandon and Granillo kill
a boy and put his remains in a chest
upon which they serve dinner to the
father of the deceased. The piquancy
OF the situation is augmented by the
melodramatic suspicion of a poet, who,
though falsetto is voice and demeanor,
turns out to be a vengeful detective
with Sword-cane and police whistle.
Ropes End" is narrowing In its muir
derous way, the most adult of the
dramas treating of strangulation and
its results.
MIR, WHITES Scandals" is, as usual,
A'A bigger and better than usual, an
extensive and impudent vaudeville, en-
ploying numerous artists in its per.
Torrance, against extravagant and pic
turesque backgrounds. Mr.. Whites
chorus is more underdressed and
younger than ever and some of the
sections of the revue are appropriately
scandalous. Willie Howard is the chief
comedian, and Eugene Howard the
principal vocalist. Since Mr.. White.
himself. appears cordially in the revue.
this years Scandals may be reported
as successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
Dolores COSTELLO and GpANTWlTuERs
Earle
Sweet Words for Thespis.

"Too much has been said about the
disastrous situation in the Amer
lean theater," says Theresa Helburn
executive director of the New York The
alter Guild, which will present Eugene
O'Neill's Marco. Millions" at the Ma
ticnal Theater October Z.
cit is time for us to look on the other
side" continues Miss Helburn, land
ask What is right with the theater?
Paradoxical as it may sound, it seems
to me that what is right with the thea
ter today is also what is wrong with
the theater today. 1t is in process of be-
coming an art and ceasing to be bust
ness.
Half a century or so ago the thea
ter in America was, gather, for the
managers and the actor managers OF
that day, pleasant and sympathetic
way of earning living-that rare COM
bination of a job with an avocation
which results in an interesting life and
moderate profits.
Then along came the organization of
the theater into combinations on large
scale and the gesture behind produce
ton changed emphatically from pleas
ure to profit In the years that fol-
lowed the theater became frankly a
business, and a good business at that.
1.-THE first logical effect OF the mo-
ton picture was to displace the old
of legitimate theatrical entertainment
made way quite naturally for a still
cheaper form in the sense that ma
chinery, mass production and distri-
button made the cost for each individ-
ual playhouse proportionately less. The
entertainment substituted was quite as
good-and perhaps better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

THE second inevitable encroachment
Of the movie machine was in the prov
ince of the touring company-'the road.
We have heard much of how the mount
ing costs of railroading and salaries, the
star system, inadequate casting and
misleading billing moved in vicious
circle to cheaper the output and alien
ate road audiences. But these cheaper
efforts were inevitable to meet the COM
petition OF this new entertainment,
which had novelty, nominal running
costs Tor the theater owner and could
preserve uniform standard of produc-
ton in New York and Kamchatka.
The real artist in the theater, how
ever, Is never, I believe, going to find
full creative satisfaction in the movies.
In the case of the playwright, this is
obvious; he becomes merely an adjunct,
an adapter Sublimated caption writ
er. For the actor it is equally true.
While the art of acting seems to be
synthetic art, the actor digging grad
ually deeper and deeper into the play
wright's meaning and adding layer by
layer his terpretation-partly evolved
from within, partly suggested by the
actualities OF playing-at some time
must come into mastery of all the tech
nical elements, a merging of all details
into rhythmic whole which sweeps the
actor along and creates for the first
time the actual mood and tempo Of the
scene.
ANY one who has ever seen talkie
in production will realize how impos-
sible this smooth, curved line of in
spiration is in the studio. Though the
fine actor may be tempted by money to
forsake the theater for the pictures
temporarily, he will inevitably come
back to the old gods, and each time
he will come back to find the theater
becoming more satisfying place OF
refuge, clearer in its artistic motive,
less ciuttered by mediocritieS.
"Once we begin to look upon the the
alter as an art, the whole problem be-
comes simpler. What matter If there
are fewer theaters if those that are left
house better plays? What matter II
there are fewer actors If those that are
left are the finest? And the finest will
be needed, for the better the play the
more difficult the Interpretation. can
imagine no more alluring prospect than
that of the 80-odd theaterS in New
York 20 should be given over ta. 70 70 me the
movies and the talkieS, and that OF the
dozen or so left two or three should be
housing a repertory of great plays;
others, fine comedies of kind too
subtle or too sophisticated for motion
picture consumption; others, modern
plays too fearless or too full OF real
thought to make them popular with
the mentality that mass production
must attract. Then we would indeed
have golden age of the theater: The
ater-going would be q rarer but much
more real pleasure, and that vast au-
dience which mas of late deserted the
theatrical pasture for the safe paths OF
music ana literature may come BACK
into the fold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
Miracles to Order.

How Hollywood does impossible
things accounts in a measure for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

up man was assigned to Dennis King,
the star. "A hairdresser worked with
jeanette Macdonald. the leading woman,
at all times. 0. P. Heggie, as King Louis
XII; Warner Gland as the grand mar
shall, and Lillian Roth, second feminine
lead, also required special makeup at
tention throughout the picture. In adj
dition to these speciality tasks all Col
Inns and his force had to worry about
were the other 695 players.
When up on the Sacramento River
with 1.-THE Devils Cargo" company, Col
Inns got an order that would give any
man bad dreams. Three hundred extra
players, hired in the region, were
brought to the film river boat in big
BUSES.
| There they are, JIM" Collins was
told. MAKE them into forty-niners and
have them ready for work in two
hours" Boards sprouted in a manner
to give Nature Mysteries, but at the ap-
pointed time the gold hunters were
ready.
"Old Ironsides" gave the makeup
crew plenty more grief, with its wigs
and queues for the vast army of players
used. A rush order on boards caused
the most comn1otion. Fifty bearded ex-
tras were rushed to Catalina Island"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
. LAYGOERS are the most mali
y cious of arts patrons. and the
sorrier the plight they find their
heroes in, the greater their


sorrier the plight they find their
i heroes in, the greater their
satisfaction. We feed on the
woes of others, and our enjoyment is
fullest in those moments of the drama
when tribulations cluster around the
persons on the stage. The happy
ending" deemed in other days to be
essential to popularity, is now a handi-
cap resented by one and all. Give us
Spectacles of misery, relieved OCCASION
ally by theatrical wit and humor, and
we are content. With gorilla ferocity
we gloat on the faults and mishaps of
our fellow men as illustrated by the
dramatists and actors.
Especially are we savage in the pleas
ure we take in witnessing the downfall
of the heroine In Strictly Dishonor-
able" In this amusing play by Preston
Sturges we see a little Southern girl,
inexperienced. If not entirely innocent,
falling into the temptations and perils
that are said to enliven the visitor to
our metropolis. Fresh from the magnolia
district, fragrant with chastity and the
ideals of semi-tropical womanhood. she
succumbs to the wiles of New York life
and ends as the bride of an Italian
baritone, notorious for his heart-break-
ing escapades.
It is. perhaps, the super ingenuousness
of Miss Muriel Kirkland, as the be-
wildered belle from Dixie, that causes
us to exult more than usual when she
succumbs to evil We see her first as
she bashfully enters New York speak
easy accompanied by her swain, hard
boiled hick from New Jersey. Fascinat-
ed by the glamour of her surroundings,
she forgetS herself and drinks a creme
de menthe. The woman in her makes
her ambitious to put her foot on a
brass rail, and she goes to the bar and
orders Manhattan cocktail. These
actions while beguiling to the audience
are offensive to her fiance, and he in a
burst of suburban indignation de-
nounces her and gives her the air.
So she goes to the rooms of the
naughty Neapolitan thrush.
What a bang there is in the scene
that follows. Strictly Dishonorable"
ends on a note of tragic omens. She,
likeable ingenue from Kokum. Miss.
marries the suave. pretty and unstable
Italian star of the Metropolitan Opera
House, thereby predicting catastrophe.
\
WR oPE's END" imported from Lon
~ don,. Is rife with iterate horrors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

How Hollywood does impossible
things accounts in a measure for
the great success of the movies.
If the studio executives order life
sized volcano ready for eruption on a
certain sound stage at 9 O'Clock in the
morning, 1t is on hand at $3.50 with
birthstone trimmings. From the lowliest
errand boy to the most important de-
partment head, the film workers are &C
cuStomed to getting difficult assign
mentS, and what is more important,
they carry them out.
One Jim Collins, makeup chief at
Paramount's West Coast studios, APP
parently has had his share OF them.
One OF them that came his way was
the making up of some TOO players for
the musical romance 1.-THE Vagabond
King" starring Dennis King.
/ The players represented every degree
in society's scale from the rabble to
royalty. There were vagabondS, cour-
tiers, street beggars, ladies in waiting,
thieves and soldiers. There was a king
and his grand marshal and a princess.
There were court testers and court mu-
sicians, torchbearers and monks. Each
type required completely different
makeup. No machtne-like stamp o.
uniformity could be placed upon the
different types. Director Ludwig Berger
insisted that careful individual care be
given each makeup.
Secondly, be it remembered. the pro-
duction Is 100 per cent in technicolor.
That meant additional work, for COM
plete new technicolor make-ups had 20
be evolved for the picture.
The story period is 1863. In the fifteenth
century men and women both wore
long hair. That meant the making Of
more than 500 wigs, for even in Holly
wood long hair Is not abundant. Women
of the better classes at that time COW
cred their hair with elaborate head
dresses, but that burden slipped from
Collins shoulders and into the lap of
the already groaning wardrobe DEPART
ment. The vagabond women wore their
hair free, in tangled, matted masses.
The extras who did not require wigs had
to have their own hair carefully dressed
to simulate wild disorder, so it was
"ffty-fifty' as far as the makeup de-
partment's work was concerned.
The largest force of makeup artists
ever assembled at the studios, 1t Is
claimed, was used for. 1.-THE vagabond
King" For the bigger scenes Collins
had as many as IL makeup men, 8
makeup women and 10 hairdressers
working under his direction. One make
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Adolphe's Wife.
KATHRYN CARVER, the blonde seer

KATHRYN CARVER, the blonde seen
in support of Monte Blue and May
McAvoy in the Warner Bros produc-
ton mo Defense" was known to thou
sands of Americans by her features, AL
though not by name, several years be-
fore she became prominent in motion
pictures. She posed for Harrison Fisher,
the noted artist. for series of girls
heads which appeared on the covers of
the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Even before that she had posed for
commercial photographers in New York
for heads advertising toilet articles. She
was never en- the legitimate stage.
While she was visiting in Los Angeles
she was invited to take a screen test
for the role of Naomi in THE Wan
derer," and has since been in pictures.
She is married to Adolphe Menjou. She
is fond Of sports, notably golf and swim
ming.
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Stage and Screen Attractions This Week

Stage and Screen Attractions This Week.
NATIoNAL-"A Connecticut Yankee" comedy Opens
this evening.
BEIAsCo-Wilam Faversham Friend King" mod
comedy. Opens tomorrow evening.
POLrs"The Ghost Parade" mystery meodrama. Opens
evening a..-+.>
GAYETY-Burlesque Revue" buresque afternoon and
evening
EARLE-Doores Costello Hearts talking picture
This afternoon and evening
PALACE-The Live Ghosts talking picture. afternoon
and evening.
Fox-May McAvoy in "No Defense talking picture aft
ernoon and evening.
RILToTonght Twelve" talking picture afternoon
and evening:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dggers of Broadway picture
This afternoon and evening.
COLUMBIA-Nancy Carroll "The Life" sound pic
ture. This afternoon and evening.
LITTLE THEATER-Nana. silent picture This afternoon
evening
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
MILFORD GRANGE

The Grange picnic is past and
everyone enjoyed the day. On next
Saturday, August "a, the postponed
field meeting, in charge of the Lin
coin division, will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. G. Abb
bott. Come bring someone with you.
talk over plans for the Bazaar, and
for the fall meeting, and have gen
erl good time. Ice cream on sale,
and plenty of cake to go with it. The
directors of the parcel post sale to
be held by the Juveniles during the
Bazaar, ask everyone to bring one
or more packages for this and hand
to the Matron, or to one of the COM
mittee. The children take great in
terest in this booth, so let's see that
they have a good supply of packages
to sell.
The delegates to the conference at
State College last week, came home
bubbling over with enthusiasm, and
we expect to hear great things from
them. The debate between Della
ware and Maryland was won by
Delaware. Those debating from
this state were Mrs. A. e. Num- of
Milford, Mr.. Walter Carpenter of
Wilmington, and Mr.. Elwood Cru
well of FELTON,. Next year the Lee
turer's Conference will be held in
Newark in the college buildings, and
every Granger should begin right
now to plan on going. The registra-
tion was 5S1 this year, the largest
ever. Let us make it
more next year.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
BOUNDARY HINGES
ON COLONIA LDATA
TContinned from frst pGael

failed to agree on the territorial
suzerainty of the States and situa-
tion of dual supervision was set up.
Delaware lays claim to the entire
bed of the Delaware River lying
within a circumference of twelve
miles of the courthouse in New Cas-
tie including islands and marshes.
This would bring the State line to
the Jersey shore line at low tide.
New Jersey, in its long historical
document, points out that King
Charles II, on March II, 1864, grant
ed to the Duke of York all lands
from New England to the Delaware,
including islands off the coast which
are now in dispute. The duke re-
leased the land to Lord Berkeley and
Sir George Carteret, both of Jersey
Colonial fame, on June 23 of the
same year. The latter pair gave the
land to John Fenwick in trust for
Edward Byllynge, who, in turn, pass
ed it on to William Penn, Gawen
Laurie and Nicholas Lucas.
The bill of complaint maintained
that the same strip of land remained
intact through successive ownership
by proprietors of West Jersey and
later surrender to Queen Anne. By
the Treaty of Paris in 1888, which
insured the independence of the
colonies, it further stated, the land
east of the channel of the Delaware
was called New Jersey. The case, an
old one in Supreme Court records,
will come up again when the justices
meet in October.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23

At some time in our lives all OF
us have wished that we could post
pone the time for going home, be-
cause of the good time we were hav-
ing. Such was the case with the
little tots who were invited to help
celebrate Wallace F. McFall, Jr.'s
fifth birthday. The party was given
on Saturday, August 18th from three
to five and every minute OF the time
was enjoyed by the boys and girls
who were there. An onlooker said
that they were having such a good
time that the parents actually
caught the boys and gave them TO
their parents to take home. There
was space in a nearby yard Where
games were played, pictures were
taken and a general good time had.
Like all juveniles the real party
started when the time came Ior
"eats". There were baskets OF can
dy and paper caps for favors ana
the traditional birthday cake ana ice
cream. A gorgeous Indian suit,
gift of the parents, was enjoyed by
all, as we'll as the rest of the num-
erous and lovely gifts. The guests
kwere: David Herson, Jimmie NC
&Jevin, Hall Deakyne, George Stokes,
Robert Shilling, Billy Mitten, Billy
Denny, Billy Manlove, William
II Warren, Henry Latchum, Charles
8;eni. Elwood Zeni, Major Sockrider,
Harry Derrickson, Douglas Myers,
Gene Scott, william Johnson, Doug
las Lynch, and two little girls, Nan
cy McNevin and Betty Lou Andrews.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
OBITUARY
ABBOTT

ABBOII
James D. Abbott died at George
town on Tuesday afternoon, aged 81
years, 6 months and Is days. Fun
eral services were held at the M.
p. Church on Thursday afternoon
and interment was made at the Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford. He is
survived by a son, James d. Abbott,
Jr., of Milford, and a daughter, Mrs.
Lucy Irene Russell, of Bozeman,
Montana. Mr.. Abbott was born near
Millwood, Just north of Milford, but
in early manhood went to Montana
where he resided for a number Of
years. "a years ago he returned
to Milford where he made his home
for a number of years. Later he
entered a soldiers home and remain
ed there for several years, later re-
siding at Lewes and two years ago
moving to Georgetown.
DRAGOO
M. Hamilton Dragoo died at his
home near Ridgley, Md, on August
3rd. Born April 1, 1853 in Indiana,
he moved to Ridgley in 1907 and has
made his home there since that date
He was an active worker in the in
terest Of the Baptist Church and it
was through his efforts that mis-
sioners were established at CordoVa,
Easton, Ridgley, Jumptown and
Greensboro. He is survived by
widow, one son, and adopted daugh-
ter, and several brothers and sisters.
Mrs. Alexander Wilkins and Mrs.
Willard Clifton, of Milford, are sis
ters. Funeral services were held
in the Ridgley Baptist Church, on
Tuesday, August 9Th.
WORKMAN
Lawrence o. Workman died from
results of a motor accident three
ago, Wednesday night, Au-
gust IA. 1929, at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Work
man, at Ellendale. He was Is years,
1 month and 8 days old. Funeral SER
vices were held at the Ellendale M.
e. Church at 10:30 o'clock Sunday
morning. Interment in Red Mems
He was a member of the
Red Men of Ellendale. He leaves be-
sides his parents, one sister, three
brothers and host of relatives and
friends. Rev. Diehl officiating.
REED
Sumorset Reed died at his home
near Milton, Thursday, August Is,
1929, of general disability, aged rs
years, month and 10 days. Funeral
were held at his late resi-
lence at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Tnterment at Beaver Dam cemetery.
He leaves four sons and one daugh-
.er and a host of relatives and
friends to mourn his loss. Rev. Stur-
yis officiating.
SHOCKLEY
Hester A. Shockley, widow Of the
ate James Shockley, died at her
sisters home, Mrs. May Shockley on
August 10, 1929. Funeral services
we're held at Union Church, Freder-
ca, August 21, 1929. Interment at
Trederica.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
ARMY FLIERS VISIT
DEL-MAR-VA AIRPORT
[CssfiHse4 from fri Aeakl

flying Curtiss Falcons Oil and Con-
solidated O-17's.
This is the first visit of this group
of army aces to the Del-Mar-Va Air
port and they are free in expressing
approval of the field. Captain Dick
ems said that he believes the airport
equal to any which he has ever Wis
tied and that it will unquestionably
win the highest Government appro-
val.
Several visitors of prominence at
the airport this week included a
leading official in the Department Of
Commerce, who also added praise
for the field. He stated that in trips
abroad and throughout every section
of the United States he has not found
better located, laid out and gener-
ally constructed airport. 1t is ex-
pected that the attention of Govern
ment officials having been attracted
will result in it being given Govern
ment recognition.
Major Bayer, when questioned as
to the complimentary statements
made by his guests and visitors, said
that it has been the intention of the
Del-Mar-Va Flying School to con-
struct and equip an airport equal to
any in the country. He stated that
from the outset nothing has been left
undone to make this field not only
attractive, but to provide every con-
venience and service that goes with
flying. There are a number of the
finest type planes owned by the Air
port Company in service regularly
and their records include trips to
Philadelphia, New York and other
metropolitan centers.
Very recently the Del-Mar-Va Air
port was the scene of the first land
ing of a dirigible on the Peninsula
when one of the Goodyear Zeppelins
visited and was landed there, max
ing several trips from this point.
The visit of the army fiiers at the
Del-Mar-Va field is attracting many
visitors and wide attention as their
maneuvers in connection with the
Battery will mean
much in this branch of service.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
Concord

Mrs. Annie Wilkins and Mrs.
Gladys Parmar of Milton visited
Mrs. Wilkins sister, Mrs. Mary
Smith on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Tyndal and Mrs.
Mary Smith motored to Oak Orchard
and Carey's Camp on Sunday.
Martha Dukes has returned home
from the Salisbury Hospital where
she had her tonsils removed.
Mrs. Adron Gilbert and daughter
from Wilmington visited her brother
John Collins on Sunday. They mo-
tored to Oak Orchard.
Mrs. Mary E. Rogers and G. F..
Hurley spent Sunday at Bethany
Beach.
Harley Hitch and family attended
Carey's Camp on Sunday. We are
glad the old time religion is not out
of style at Carey's Camp; while the
storm was raging on the outside
they were singing and shouting in
side.
Mrs. Annie Reaps is visiting in
Chester and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Waller of Will
mington visited Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Jefferson on Sunday.
Someone went to Lee Messick's
house and carriedaway 40 of
his incest hens with them.