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The Washington times., 1929-08-30
Montgomery County
Firemen Will March

BETHESDA, Nd, Aug. So
Nearly all of the Montgomery
county volunteer fire departments
are expected to participate, in the
annual Labor Day parade Monday
under the auspices of the District
OF Columbia Fire Department.
Among those who have expressed
their intention of taking part in
the program are the heads OF the
Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Takoma
Park, Silver Spring and Rockville
companies. Kensington Is expected
to send its rescue equipment to vie
with the two District rescue squads.
Gaithersburg.W Washington Grove,
several times winner in the various
county hook-up contests, will also
join in the Labor Day parade.
Francis Thomas, president of the
Volunteer Firemen Of Montgomery
county and a resident of Sandy
Spring, last night declared that tho
Sandy Spring company will be in
line and that he had urged all of
the county fire departments to
participate in Mondays program
The volunteer firemen held their
quarterly meeting last night at
Bethesda.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
WORK ON PLANS
FOR new ROAD
To BRIDGE

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Aug. 80.
The State highway department is
now preparing construction plans
for the 2O0-foot Lee Boulevard
through Arlington county to the
new Arlington Memorial Bridge.
According to DIR. 8. M. johnson,
Chairman H. @. Shirley has stated
that he is preparing to advertise,
not later than January /, for bids
for the construction of the initial
40'foot pavement. 1t is planned
then to start grading and bridge
work Immediately, In order that the
Virginia clay may be allowed ample
IL poured early In 1881. Shirley
has promised a highway from Falls
Church to the bridge by the time
the Memorial Bridge is open to
traffic.
Latest developments incluoe re-
routing of the boulevard from Fort
Buffalo to the Lee Highway. The
original plan to use the right Of
way OF the Leesburg Pike, a State
road, and Fairfax Street, In the
town OF Falls Church, will probably
be abandoned, owing to the practi.
cal impossibility of obtaining a
wide enough right of way without
the destruction of considerable prop
erty and many shade trees. An
alternate route, surveyed by J. w.
Logan. Of the engineering division
of the State highway department,
calls for a straight line through
the Hoskins and Lichau properties,
$50 feet from the former route, join.
ing the Lee Highway at the An.
nendale Road. There are no build
ings here to interfere and a free
SO-foot right of way has been prom.
ised over two.thirds of the distance.
1t is felt that this spur connec-
| ton is only q temporary expedient,
however, as with the natural in
crease of traffic with the opening
OF the Arlington Memorial Bridge
at one end and the Shenandoah
National Park at the other, the
State will find itself compelled to
proceed with the construction of
the 200.foot boulevard through Fair.
fax county. at least as far as the
junction of the Lee Highway and
| Little River Turnpike one mile
west of Fairfax. Here the volume
of north and west traffic can be
| diverted into two streams.
Proceeding with the approval of
both Shirley and Governor Byrd,
DIR. johnson and his associates in
| the National Boulevard Association
are now undertaking to secure a
200-foot rigf1t.of.way across Fairfax
county between Fort Buffalo and
the Black Lantern Inn. This they
| propose to present to stha State as
a gift. The matter will be pre-.
sented to the members of the
Fairfax County Chamber OF Com.
merce at the September meeting
| in the F9oris High School
I This plan woald give q boulevard
with practically no curves or turns
from Fort Myer, In Arlington
county. to Buckland, in Prince wil.
liam county. 1t would call for an
overhead crossing Of the Lee High
| way northeast OF Fairfax. Plans
for the boulevard call for several
lanes of travel on the 200-foot right
of.way. The central 40 feet, the
first to be constructed, would in
time be set aside for fast through
traffic, with slow speed aisles on
either side for local use.
| Labor Day Used-car sspeclals"-eol-
arms OF them-in t0day's Classified
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
DAUGHTERS TO MEET

CLARENDON, Aug. 30.-The
Daughters Of Isabella of st. Charles
Catholic Church. Clarendon, will
meet Tuesday night at the home Of
Mrs. Ida Frank, regent, at Ballston.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30

wear now, as well as later on-Hats
that are up in the front, and down in
the back. In black, navy, purple.
brown, green and wine. And all head
sizes.
Kann's-Second Floor
The Washington times., 1929-08-30

Mechanical toys that will
delight every little boy--simple
to operate, instructive and in.
teresting. Each in an attrac-
tive box.
Other Models at 81. $1.49, $500
kann's-street and Fourth Floors
The Washington times., 1929-08-30

Labor Day Used-Car 'sspecials"-eol-
umns Of thenH-in f0day's Classified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Striking Novelty Contrasted
With Old FavOrites.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

with defiance into the red glare,
which to his imagination typif1es
eternal punishment by fire.
~ 4 4
1t has been the privilege OF
Phillip Merivale to write his name
large in the annals of the theater
by his performance of the role
Prince Sirki, the embodiment
assumed by Death himself in his
quest of mortal experience. Meri-
vale moves securely on terms OF
independent identity amid a
rather large cast of characters
who contribute good playing
Whether or not this Death"
drama grapples and holds public
fancy for long, it must establish
Merivale in the estimation OF
those who know theater, either as
patrons or promoters, as one OF
the great players Of this time.
+ 4 y
Again the impulse to compari-
son asserts itself. In discussing
the performance a man whose
outward observation had centered
largely on the American stage was
reminded of Richard Mansfield.
Another who had lived close to the
London theater was reminded of
Henry Irving. It may be reason
ably contended that where such
comparison is possible from indie
pendent angles the actor must be
regarded as having earned COM
pliment Of kind to which few
players could aspire.
4 X X
One of the most successful en-
gagements presented in Washing
ton was that of La Argentina, who,
with her accompaniSt featured in
intermisSionS as piano Soloist,
crowded the theater for one OF the
afternoon performances that have
proved so popular. La Argentina.
distinguished by a marvellous ia
cility with the castanetS, does not
step fully into the right to be re-
garded as an unchallenged sue
cessor of Carmencita, Otero,
Genee, Joan Sawyer, Irene Castle,
Loie Fuller or ISadora Duncan.
Argentina uses more costume than
did some of the others in the list
of great artists who demonstrated
that while clothes may make the
man they do not necessarily make
the dancer.
+ * X
AS turkey time draws near many
playhouse attaches have decided
to forego the famous fowl of the
feast and to proceed with the
slaughter of the goose that has
for SO many seasons been laying
golden eggs.
Manager Stoddard Taylor states
that his present prospect for book
ings includes only three more
weeks, with future policies relat-
ing to business relationships to be
taken under consideration at the
expiration of this time.
II y Il y
Bookings for the road include
some old-time favorites, conspicu-
Gus among them William Gilleti
in conan Doyle's "Sherlock
Holmes" and FRITZ Schef In
Mile. Modesto" role in which
, she originally appeared in Wash
ington at the Columbia Theater
; During that performance the late
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HAROLD LLOYD ana
BARBARA KENT IN
~We/come DaN9et 9
Metropolitan
Equity and the Players
By Percy Hammond.

verdict, is the way in which the de.
nance to the managers was worded.
There was cockinesS about the re-
fusal that was impressive both to
friends and foes Of Equity, as well as to
us neutrals in the matter. Then there
was the additional aspect that the reply
contained, amid its defiance, cl1al-
lenge to the producer that must keep
any one from suspecting that the play
ers' union Is lacsang IN forcefulness and
resource.
The challenge is presented at consid-
cradle length, but with its irony and its
vigor it probably deserves repetition rs
a sample Of one of the more construc-
tive documents in labor union annals.
In part, the proclamation Of the en-
battled actors reads:
Now, therefore, it resolves that II
and when the managers shall first
establish the invariahle custom of SELL
ing a substantial portion of the best
seats in all sections of the house to all
attractions at the box Office at box
office prices; and second, shall inaugu-
rate a system which shall insure the
public that the seats which are sold at
the agencies shall be sold at a fixed
premium, meaning plainly that the
manager shall do away completely with
the unconscionable 'gypping" ct present
practiced on Broadway, which has with
out doubt done more than any one
thing to ALLEVIATE the good win of the
public from the theater; and third, shall
revise the system of selling cut-rate
tickets so that all money from their
sale shall go to the theaters them
selves instead of large portion of it
going to q private concern: and fourth,
shall see to 1t that stop is put to the
diScourtesy and Supercilious insolence
praCticed in most of the tlleatefs hy
box once attendants and other ena-
ployes who come in contact with the
ing courtesy Of the employees OF the
picture houses. which are the chief
competitors complained Of by the man
ayers, then in that case il tt shah APP
pear that these remedies have not
solved the economic problems OF the
theater the Equity Association will very
seriously consider the question Of ale
lowing its members to play on Sunday
nights whenever such playing Is legal
or shall become legal, provided always
that in lieu Of Sunday night another
night in the week be given the actor
for rest and recuperation."
The worst possible charge that the
managers can bring against such a
document is that IL is Improbable
1t may, in addition. be bit more in
the key Of q campaign weapon than
constructive program. Anyway, IL Is
shrewd and calculating survey Of what
have been generally recognized as high
points In what's wrong with the Amer.
lean theater, stated hrightfully and hui
morously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

~ HE Actors Equity Association
has, with considerable justice,
gained the reputation of being
Il the most advanced and vigorous
Of the current labor unions.
With q membership made up of the
most sensitive, self-conscious and gen.
orally temperamental group OF convinc-
mere employees for the purposes Of or
ganization, the Equity band has con-
founded all the foes of unionisn1, by
substituting steadfaStness for instability,
shrewdness for sulking and the smart
ness of the Prussian drill yard for the
clumsy individualism of the thespian.
It has conquered the managers, en-
forced discipline within its ranks and
even dared to tackle Hollywood, and it
has managed to retain the respect, as
well as the fear, Of all practitioners OF
the theater.
1t was the attempted assault upon
the producing cars of Hollywood that
resulted in the one Equity debacle, but
Organized actors practically unsullied.
The California campaign was, tnforma-
ton from the West whispers, managed
with the sort of arrogant careleSsnesS
which suggests that its leaders were
oyerconfident of their prowess, but even
then there is every likelihood that they
would have been successful had they
not been shabbily treated in places
where sthey had reason to anticipate
loyalty. Their fellow unions went back
on them unexpectedly, but even that
would not have been enough to bring
about defeat had not some Of their
hitherto valued members suddenly
thought they were playing Brutus and
in the midst of the performance stabbed
them dramatically.
The intention of this survey, however,
Is not to issue an ardent and partisan
defense of the Equity management. 1t
is merely to suggest that during the
last week there has been convincing
evidence that no matter how severe the
motion picture setback may have been,
the vigor of the actors group has re-
manned unimpaired and its sagacity
and bite unchallenged. This was upon
the occasion of the recent request of
the managers for permission from the
actors for Sunday night performances.
The campaign for the Seven-night week
was carefully built up and there was
reason to believe that It would be sue
cessful, thereby infiicting on the players
q schedule so full that they wouldn't
even have time to appear In the usual
Christmas benefits.
The fact that Equity voted down the
proposition unanimously and with such
vefemence that even William A. Brady,
who is both actor and producer, was
pushed aboard the band wagon, Is by
now under the heading Of Old STUFF.
What gives the whole matter O certain
zest, even 80 long after the news Of the
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Victor Herbert, whose distinction
as a light opera composer has sur
vived with notable prominence
was heard to remark that FRITZ
Scheff sang his music better than
any one who had ever before
undertaken part in his scores.
v n X X
The Theater Guild, which has
earned a confidence seldom ex-
tended by Washington playgoerS
to a theater organization on tour,
returns with one Of its diStin-
guished successes, wings Over
Europe" Whether or not the
Theater Guild will arrange for an
other series Of presentations in
this city has not been definitely
announced. 1t would be rather
agreeable to many of its admirers
to find 1t taking the place to a
certain extent of the old-time
stock companies which permitted
an appreciation of versatilities as
well as high polish in some fire.
quently repeated delineation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

HObERI N1CHOISo, VINO, WIN
Maurice Browne. wrote wings Over
Europe" is an English poet while Mr..
Browne is best known to fame as a
cruSading actor and the founder and
moving spirit of the memorable Little
Theater Of Chicago. Wings Over Eu-
rope" is their first collaboration.
Once before Mr.. Nichols wrote a play,
Guilty Souls" but its fame does not
Browne, however, will shortly appear IN
London in his own play, THE Wife of
William Flavy."
known widely as a poet, Mr.. Nichols,
who comes of literary family, is the
author of "Ardours and Endeavors,"
"Aurelia," and of some gently philo-
sophical pieces, THE Smile of the
Sphinx" and "Fantastica." Until re-
Gently Mr.. Nichols held the chair of
English literature in the University OF
Toxic, Japan, being one OF the several
time accepted the invitation of the
regents of the imperial university to
come and teach in the Orient. On his
way back from Japan he stopped OF in
Hollywood, helped Douglas Fairbanks by
writing a picture for him, did some tilt
ing work and returned to England.
where he spends the greater part of his
time at MS nome IN WlncnelSea, SUSSEX.
He admits to sleeping as his greatest
recreation, and other details are that he
is handsome, married, personable and
much given to the habit Of conversing
with scientists on the future of the
aeroplane. This play might lead to the
belief that he Is busy thinking about
the future of something, or perhaps 1t
is better to say that he is busy thinking
about the future in general.
Mr.. Browns was graduated from Cam
bridge University, went to teach In the
University of Chicago, and achieved
fame one day by telling the ladies OF
Chicagos Drama Club that their taste
in drama was poor. They had, it seems,
Endorsed "Disraeli," and he deplored
this action, telling them it was PAD
play. They thought it was good, but
he went further and told them that
they laughed at the wrong places in
"The Dolls House." He went so far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Sources of Supply.

MOT all the talkies are based on
stays plays. Some of them are made
from original stories, written expressly
for talkie use; some are adapted from
novels and magazine stories: still others
are revamped from old silent movies.
With the emphasis in good talkies of
from the musical pictures) placed on
the story itself fresh plot material has
become increasingly valuable in Holly
wood. A good number of fiction writer's
are doing original stories for the talkie
people. At other times a staff of writer's
attached to the studios adapt novel or
short story which has been bought in
the open market to the requirements Of
particular star and to the require
ments of the talkies themselves.
Advance proofs of new books are sup
piled to producers by many publishers,
with an eye to selling the movie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
CHARLES FARRELL end
janet GANNOR- In
sunny Side Up" Fox
Raising a Kick.

FOOT BALL honors may have inclined
westward q bit last season, but
Broadway chorus girls, In Hollywood to
glorify themselves and the American
cinema, took away all honors In high
kicking recently.
The contest was held between the
u. S. @. foot ball team of last year,
which played in the gridiron film called
1.-THE Forward Pass" and 4S shapely
chorines on contract to the studio
The chorus girls kicked feet 2
inches above their heads on an aver
age.
The foot ball team, consisting of the
IL and substitutes as well as JEFF
Cravath, former All-American center
and now coach at Denver University,
kicked only foot 10 inches above the
head.
The highest chorus kick was feet
8 inches, accomplished by an acrobatic
dancer, Florine Dalzell The top kick
by q pigskin warrior was Jeff Cravath's
2 feet / inch.
A special measuring device used In
testing chorus kicking was utilized. 1t
registers the elevation Of head and toe
simultaneously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Poet and Actor Meet.

that ere long he had the backing of
several of Chicago's wealthiest citizens
in his Little Theater project, securing
for his auditorium space seating SO
in the Fine Arts Building, on Michigan
boulevard, a handsome structure, which
was then occupied not only by the
Studebaker and Playhouse theaters but
by his and some hundred musical stu
dios and Offices.
What he achieved in Chicago was very
important, however. for although his
project ultimately failed, its seed lived
and took root in many directions. Re-
Gently Mr.. Browne has been acting in
London, where he went in 1927 and has
remained since. His performances with
his wife, Ellen Van. Volkenburg, are
well remembered in Chicago and New
York. At present he is known as Maui
rice Browne, Inc, chief owner of Jour-
news End"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week.

NATIoNAIWings Over Europe" Theaer Guild production
Opens tomorrow evening.
BEIAsCo-The Amorous An sophisticated comedy Opens
tomorrow evening
GAYETY-"Wne, Women and Song" buresque This after
and evening
PALACEMarion Davies in Marianne" talking picture This
afternoon and evening.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lloyd welcome Danger talking
picture. This afternoon and evening.
FOXJanet Gaynor Farrell in Sunny Side Up"
talking picture Second week. This afternoon and evening
EARLEDougas Fairbanks r The Forward Pass talking
picture. This afternoon and evening.
RIALTOGlenn Tryon in Skinner Steps Out talking picture
This afternoon and evening
RKO KETTHS-Bebe Daniels and John Boes in "o Rita"
talking musical extravaganza. (Thrd week. This after
and evening
CoLUMBIA-"The Tanning of the shrew" Douglas
banks and Mary Pickord Second week. This afternoon
and evening
LITTLE THEATER-Conrad veid in 1.-THE Last Performance"
silent picture. This afternoon and evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

One of the striking weeks of a
season In which material for salts
flying memory has not been over
plentiful is the production Of q
play from the italian, adjusted to
the English-speaking stage by
Walter Ferris and given the title
of alluring phantasy, Death
Takes Holiday" In this drama
poetry, disregarding the music
characteriZing most efforts to deal
with death as fantaStical theme
arrangeS itself into a slow, stately
danSe macabre, mentally compell-
ing by vivid appeal to the imagi-
nation. It takes an idea of ire
mendous audacity and handles it
without a lapse of interest from
the first rise of curtain to the final
incident which rounds out the
story in solemn impreSsiveneSS, yet
without resort to the note of hu-
man tragedy.
In making Death the hero of the
play, His Majesty of Terrors is
represented as a translation into
human form of a mysterious de-
sire to cease destroying, to love
and to be loved; a desire extend
ing not only through all mortal
consciousness, but even into the
wish of the supernatural. Death s
brief holiday is marked by -four
ishing vitality and immunity to
danger. The girl he loves as, in a
princes disguise, he woes irresist-
IDLY, wishes to depart with him
and cast her fortune with his own
For a mortal voluntarily to en-
brace death would have been an
idea fraught with. poetical force,
yet inconsistent in an effort To
link mortal fate with an eternal
force. Perhaps the most ad-
Ynirable quality of the play is the
skill shown in avoiding pitfalls OF
inconsistency and preserving al
ways the spirit of the sublime
without fear of a lapse into the
commonplace.
In contemplating the theater II
is but natural to seek comparison
Deaths Holiday" lends itself tc
IlO COIIIpdIl oOll VII lCFC4 COAAlAo
Other plays have gone into discus
sions of existence beyond the
range Of hum a n experience
Glimpses across the border thai
separates material humanity from
the vast concourse of souls ano
spirits have been attempted most
often in a somewhat f1ippant
mood which made the task easier
but did not content auditors in.
clined to be serious minded
Slight hints might be discovered
of the grim determination to ere
ate an impulse of fear that ami.
mated "Dracula," which casts bu
a faint shadow as it stands IL
recollection near to so great {
work as this. Outward Bound
took shipload of passengers whi
had departed this earth across al
ocean in something the sam,
manner as Charon piled tn,
River Styx. The author who mos
closely approaches in holiness o
execution this extraordinary .worl
is Molnar when he represents tn
incorrigible rogue Liliom as h
plucks star from the sky as
hauble for his baby and marche
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
MARlAN House.
Fox SH7e)

rights" Plays, however, are usually
bought only after successful runs on
the legitimate. The national magazines
are scanned carefully for short story
material.
In addition to these various sources,
there are perhaps dozen directors in
Hollywood who write their own stories.
They have full knowledge Of the par
ticular talents or drawbacks of the stars
with whom they work. and they have
also an excellent technical knowledge
of the talkie form.
A writer who recently tabulated the
sources of talkie material noted that
more than so per cent of the material
is supplied by the studio scenarists who
observe the talkies from close range
Published novels take second place
stage plays are rated third, and the
minority fourth goes to magazine short
stories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Texas Triumphs.

TEXAS folk should like Radio Pic
= lures Rio Rita Two natives Of
their State play the leads.
Not only is Bebe Daniels native OF
the Lone Star State, but John Boles,
who plays opposite her, Is q Texas boy.
John Boles' fame in Greenville, Tex,
was for his ball playing. The Green
Vile High School had about the best
nine in the State the years when the
Boles boy was on the mound. When
John went on to the University OF
Texas he duplicated his success on the
college team.
It was at the University of Texas
that Boles began to cast an eye on the
stage, especially the musical COM
edy stage. His voice, In the glee club
and college musicales, had captured
plenty Of attention. When he left coll
lege it was to study for two years In
Paris and Rome.