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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
GEORGE OESSEL and LILA LEE
III ZONe, live 6wdZ0uqA~ Fox
Not Much Drama to Speak
Of-And Why.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

TIME closing weeks of the year
1929 disclose a period of
adjustment in which the
\ theater as well as more
accurately formulated phases of
business must participate. It
is in the Nations Capital, a
large city now on its own &C
count, with population not
dependent upon transitions OF
Government personnel. This pop
ulation is liberal on its own ac-
count, eager to patronize a thea
ter that can appeal to the COM
posite tastes which must prevail
in a community drawing its per-
sonnet from so many different
parts of the country. Occasional
~ an attraction has extended its
engagement into two weeks, but
1t remains for the CLOSED" sign
to announce a consistent policy
extending even beyond that limit.
The methods of the legitimate
theater have long been criticized
because of their tenacity of old
ideas, regardless of new forms of
entertainment which boldly take
the benefit of advertising pub
licity on the most lavish CONNER
cial lines, and which throw open
their doors to luxurious audito-
RUINS and varied programs at a
small percentage of the cost of a
regular theater ticket. Even the
amusement seeker whose loyalty
to tradition causes him to con-
tinue in protest that the films
cannot Supplant the acting stage
In his affections is likely to find
himself by this time susceptible
to the lure of entertainment COM
pactly given and with no mis-
understanding possible concern
ing reserved seats in advance.
The legitimate theater-and this
term has come to include the re-
vue as well as the drama, has
proceeded on Anticipated Sched-
ules, $50 much allowance for bill
boards" $50 much for window
hangers" so much for printing
and, until recently, 80 much for
overhead" It is this overhead
that has leaped into bewildering
1Il1luCL1OC 0AAACA AAAOoNAA SOAAA4-
tions relating to wage scales.
It is this closed" sign, accom-
panied by "for rent" announce.
ments, that indicates the source
from which a responsible theatel
may come to draw. It appeals tx
the local organizations prepared tt
play one day or several for sheel
love of the theater and not will
any speculative motive. The thea
ter which links itself professional
" to the ledger as well as to tn
prompt book has pursued a cours'
which, in modern mercantile life
would seem incomprehensible
The ordinary course is to NEE
a cut in prices by a correspond
ing cut in charges for the ware
thus affected. The method of tn
legitimate theater has been T.
meet competition. not by reduc
ing, but by raising prices unit
1t Is nothing unusual for a ticke
in reasonably good location t
cost $4.40, including tax. Thi
price, doubled for the sake Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Local Boy Arrives"

A MOTHER local boy has made good
IN the talking movies" according
to the Rialto Theater, where Laura La
Planta is appearing in her latest all
dialogue picture, Hold Your Man" The
local man playing opposite the blonde
star is Walter Scott, formerly of WASH
ington, but now resident of Holly
wood under contract as a Universal
feature player.
Scott was born at Baltimore. He was
educated at Thornton Heights Military
Academy. For some time he taught
dancing and later was master of cere-
monies with Meyer Davis dance or
chestra.
Not so very long ago he went to Paris
as drummer and master Of ceremonies
and it was over there that Marion Da-
vies discovered" him. Later he Jour-
neyed to Hollywood. where Miss Davies
found place for him in her last pic
ture, Marianne" and then came the
casting director at Universal City, who
put Walter under long-term contract.
With the "U" forces he has been ac-
complishing much and he is soon to be
slated for a prominent role In "All's
Quiet on the Western Front"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Went Broke" Only Once.

A GRADUATE from New York side
IA walks where he sold papers until he
was nearly 8 years old, George Jessel,
star of Love, Live and Laugh" at the
Fox, has been continuously before the
public on stage or screen for % years.
Gus Edwards is said to have picked
him up when he heard the youngster
singing illustrated songs In one Of
william Fox's first movie theaters in
New York. After six years with
Edwards he branched out on his own IN
vaudeville and has toured Europe and
America many times.
Once he aspired to become a big New
York producer; produced Helen of
Troy, N. Y" and went broke, and then
decided to let other people take the
risk Of future productions. He turned
his hand to playwrighting and made the
musical adaptation Of the short story,
THE Jazz Singer" playing in 1t with
success for three years and recoupine
his fortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

TN John Barrymore the screen may
have found star who accepts the
obligations of his popularity by Defend
ing his colors in frequent productions
more, say-than once a year.
No sooner has his first talking pic
ture, General Crack" been established
as a success than his studios begin talk
ing about future productions.
With General Crack" still unseen in
Washington theaters, new production
is already in process of cutting, accord
ing to word from his plant. This is
THE Man from Blankleys" which prob
ably will be seen here after General
Crack"
Further reports indicate that Barry
more has nearly decided to produce
Jew Suss." This play, adapted from
Lion Feuchtwanger's novel Power" Is
now being presented by the Ytddish
Art Theater Co. In New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

Ted Healy, "A Night in Venice" and
Clayton, jackson and Durante, SHOW
Girl
Comedienne-Inez Courtney, Polly"
Spring Is Here; Zelna O'Neal, Pol
low Thru" and Irene Franklin, Sweet
Adeline."
Troupe-Abbot's Speciality Dancers
Scandals; Chester Hale Girls, "a
Night in Venice" and Donahue-Boyle
Girls, Pleasure Bound"
The choices were decided by the Dance
staff observation and correspondence
with dance directors including Chester
Hale, Danny Dare, Russell Markert,
Seymour Felix, Busby Berkeley, Bobby
Connolly and Sammy Lee.
Omission of such outstanding musical
stars as Marilyn Miller, Mary Eaton,
Ann Pennington, Harland Dixon, Bobbe
Arnst and Jack Donahue was made,
says the Dance. because of the absence
of these players from Broadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Presents That Did Not Fit.
HOLLYWOOD chronicler recorc

a HOLLYWOOD chronicler records
the fact that Aim stars, along with
their fan mail, frequently get presents,
some of them from practical jokers.
Alice White, he writes, once got a
present of a seven-piece orchestra,
whose leader announced he had come
TO play at her party" She was hav-
ing no party.
Richard Barthelmess, Just as he had
embarked on a transatlantic liner for
a trip abroad, once received a present
OF bowl of goldfish. He had to send
the gift ashore by special carrier. Or
dinarily, 1t was said, presents to Bar
thickness are either books or statuary.
Jack Mulhall once received q Shet-
land pony, for which he had no possible
use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Seven Keys to Baldpate."

CHRISTMAS day will see the New
York premier in the Earl Carroll
Theater of the screen version of George
M. Cohan's famed Seven Keys to
5aldpate," in which Richard Dix stars
Supporting him are Miriam Seegar as
Mary Norton, Margaret Livingston as
Myra Thornhill, Crawford Kent as Hal
Bentley. Nella walker as. Mrs Rhodes,
Joseph Allen as Peters. Lucien Little
field as Thomas Hayden, De Witt Jen-
nings as James Cargan, Joseph Herbert
as Lou Max, Alan Roscoe as Bland
Carleton Macy as Police Chief Ken
nedy, Harvey Clark as Elijah Quimby
and Edith Yorke as Mrs. Quimby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week..

Stage and Screen Attractions This Week.
R-K-O KETTHs-"The Great Gabbo" This afternoon and
evening
METRoPoLrTAN1s Everybody Happy" This afternoon
evening
FOX-"Love Laugh" This afternoon evening
PALACE-The Paris" This evening
EARLE-Iaf Way to Heaven This afternoon and evening
COLUMBIA-"The Mysterious Island" This afternoon and
evening
R1ALTO-"Eold Your Man" This afternoon and evening.
STATE (Bethesda)-The CocoanutS' Tomorrow afternoon
and evening.
GAYETY-(B urlesque Flapper Foles This afternoon and
evening
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

college football hero, works for a
moderate salary.
The two meet during charm
ing winter vacation In Florida,
where interest In swimming and
dancing leads to constant compan-
ionship: After six weeks court
shin they become engaged. against
the advice of both families.
"Mary is the perfect girl"' Is
Max's answer to every effort 10
dissuade him from marrying
Mary.
Max is my hero-my football
hero" insists Mary.
Before the honeymoon Is over
these two strong-willed young
people begin to clash. Mary's re-
ligion means everything to her.
she wants to convert Max, who is
true.blue to the theology of his
childhood. Neither will compro'
mise.
Max insists that they live on
his salary: Mary wants to lavish
her wealth on her surroundings.
Mary is all for home in the
country; Max finds the city more
convenient.
Each Is determined to have his
own way. Both are hurt and
angry. OF late Reno has loomed
in the perspective. Failure to
agree has left these two embit.
tered against each other and mar.
riage. but they do not blame their
own haste and lack of good judg-
ment in marrying without waiting
to find out whether they were
companionable.
Even now. faced with the situa.
tion as it stands. If Mary and
Max would make good.humored
adjustments and not expect the
impossible of each other,> they
could salvage their marriage. But
adjustment and compromise are
unknown in the lexicon of those
who marry for infatuation., and
from loving madly too often pro.
ceed to dislike each other blindly.
Temper your emotion with wis
dom. Let your head guide your
heart. Keep your wits about you
and use your common sense IL you
would win and hold love.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
''MADLY IN LOVE"
TIMELY WORDS
ON PROPER
ETIQUETTE
Letter Paper and Cards
ran MpS pE,EcKMAN.

DEAR MRS. bEs1LOh MAN
Please comment on my personal
card, which / an inclosing. VIII
you please state the use Of a per-
sonal card?
2. 1 am II years of age. Is this
stationery correct2
3. Will you comment also on
my style of letter writing, and
will you pleaEe tell me Whether
it is correct to fold 1t as ! have
done, or should it be folded with
the heading inward. instead OF
foremost?
4. Is 1t correct to number the
pages as / usually do? Is this cor
rectly the second page?
5. Is blue ink better than black
ink for letter writing?
READER.
Your visiting carl Is done too
inexpensively. think that you
know my column well enough 10
realize that do not often indulge
in that word, for to me expense is
not the thing that counts in social
details--it is good taste that counts
and good taste usually can be ac-
complished, IL one is wise and
thoughtful, in an Inexpensive way.
But, when we are doing our visit
ing cards, we must realize that
they cannot be done in cheap
fashion and be correct. That is,
they cannot be printed, and they
cannot be done on cheap grade
of paper.
It is far better not to have any
visiting cards than to have cheap
ones, printed ones, on cheap
paper.
At the most, visiting cards are
not very expensive-the original
plate does not cost much, and the.
cards are each only one or two
cents apiece three cents, il they
are Of parchmenb.
So / recommend that you save
your pennies--it is really only q
question of pennies-and have a
correct card. Buy them from a
reputable stationer, who will show
you the type that is most used
nowadays-modified Roman (rather
than the Old English that you
have(-and tell you about the
plate, and furnish you with good
stock for the cards themselves.
Visiting cards are. first, used for
calls that we make, where we
leave our cards for registering
the visit. Too. we send them with
gifts, flowers for our sick friends.
for congratulations, for funerals,
for visits of sympathy paid to
people in mourning, for flowers to
the debutante,. for invitations to
tea, bridge parties, musicales, and
for many other uses that come
from day to day.
2. The letter-paper itself is good
looking, with the exception of the
too elaborate watermark in 1t. but
the lining of the envelope is not
very attractive, / think, for the
design and the coloring are over
done.
8. The spacing of your letter is
excellent. and the letter is espe-
cial1y good.iooking. But | advise
these changes: Do not abbreviate
words on the envelope or in the
heading of your letter: spell all
right in two words There Is no
such word as alright; do not write
Miss before your name in the
signature. except in parentheses,
and avoid postscripts. The sheet
is folded correctly.
4. 1t is not good form to num-
ber the pages. Write on the first
page. the last page. and then turn
the sheet so that you may write
on the two inner pages as one.
5. No. Black ink is always bet.
ter than blue ink.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
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FAsHIONABLE WRAP AROUND

FAS1AUCNhDLE w Whhf AItUOND
A charming silk crepe in light
navy blue with flattering pleated
frili outlining shawl collar and
forming cuff effect on sleeve. 1t
Is q one. piece affair with hip
line fitted with horizontal tucks.
A sash Is attached at right
underarm seam and to an ex.
tension on right front OF dress
to achieve youthful bow hipline
and chic one.sldedness. Style
No. S034 is designed in sizes Is
Is, 20 years, S6, sS, 40 and AZ
inches bust. and made with 3A
yards of 40.inch material with
X yard OF 36.inch contrasting.
In the 36.inch size. 1t is most
effective In printed silk crepe.
a sheer woolen In tiny check
pattern, and crepe moroccan. It's
surprisingly easy to make. and
an especially good model to wear
beneath the slender straightliIie
coat of silk crepe or wooden.
Pattern price. Is cents in stamps.
or coin wrapped carefully. The
new book of Fifth Avenue Fash
ions shows the most attractive
styles for spring and summer
wear Send Is cents for your
CODY,
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

As we grow older, we learn
through experience to restrain
our emotion and temper it with
wisdom We acquire a certain
technique. And love, like every
other fine art, is founded on tech
nique. which means intelligent ap-
plication of rules and plans. Then
our love Is more sound and tri-
umphant. 1t is doubtful whether
love is ever won by emotion
alone.
Caution? I should say not!
exclaims emotional Elise. Who
wants to be cautious about love!
Ill trust my heart every time"
The philosophy sounds attrac.
tive, but how does it work out?
Elise falls in love. let us say,
with Henry. She does not study
him or analyze her own feelings.
Nor does she proceed deliberately
TO charm him and interest him.
Blinded by her own emotion,
Henry's very faults fascinate
Elsie. When his name Is men
toned, her pulse quickens. She
stammers with uncontrolled feel.
ing when she chats with him.
Her eyes, her manner betray her.
And Henry, instead of being i'm
pressed with Elsie, is amused at
his own easy conquest and the
hopeless devotion expressed in
her eyes. Or perhaps he is sorry
for her. He finds Elsie, who ordi-
nariIy is a bright, entertaining
girl, dumb and dull. because she
is too wrapped up in her feelings
to use her wits.
Those who are madly in love in
nearly all cases defeat their own
ends by their own uninteresting
behavior. If, as rarely happens,
infatuation is mutual and leads to
marriage, it soon gives way to
safety. 1t is impossible to live
long on honey and chocolate
creams without being satiated.
And too many thrills, caresses.
kisses, turn attraction to repul-
sion.
Mary and Max are of different
religions, have entirely different
backgrounds of home and home
surroundings. Mary has wealth
In her own right. Max, a former
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
ADVENTURES
OF RITZY
ROSALIE

Rosalie is reading all about her
girl friends, who went to spend the
remainder of the winter in either
warmer or colder climates than
their own. Their pictures are
tiiafes too-Sylvia, who goes in for
winter sports abroad, wears one of
those little chenille caps with
chinstrap that is a cross between
an aviator's helmet and a rubber
diving cap in shane. Her comnan.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

Sac Paulo, Brazil, which claims
to be the greatest industrial city
south Of the Equator on any conti-
nent. has grown into a city Of
100000 under industrial expansion.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Nearly 100000 inhabitants Of
France are receiving pensions
from the government, due directly
to the world war.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

An autobus has been placed In
service from Dresden to Zinn-
wald, Germany, containing q
diner having a buffet, where cold
food Is served.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Let Sanity and Good Judgment
Guide Your Emotions, Noted
Authority Abuses Girls
BY Beatrice Fairfax
rity on the Probl ems Of Love and Marriage

=
TTAVE you ever been madly in love?
Most Of u.s. early in youth, go through ths phase Oh
magnificent, but hopeless love, which In the vast
majority Of cases is either nnrequed short lived
For outside the pages novels and short stories first love
icc nj
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

The national government of
China now has $3,000.000 mint
for the coinage of money. Their
dollar bears a likeness Of SUM- Vat.
Sen.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15

ions go in for bonnets Of lacquered
sheepskin, with the fleece inside
and ponyskin peeping out in a ruff
fle effect. appropriately trimmed
with ears. Then tNere's Dee, who
went where II was warm and where
she could wear the new sports
WoOlens and linQnR wnvnn. A aMiFnu-
le Dad sfs4 ttlsls ~ zlike
lcsssrisht. lsss. ~ Kl.s Pastures
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The Washington times., 1929-03-15
NEW SPRING
FASHION
TIPS

A we'll feathered bird is Ire
aviatrix who dons flying cos
tune Of deep pile camels hair.
In two pieces, the camel's hair
costume Is piped in brown
leather. The sides Of the trousers.
jackets and sleeves conceal pat
ented fasteners completely in.
visible on the outside.
GrOsgrain grows in Importance,
and becomes the favored medium
this year. Entire hats are male
OF grosgrain, formerly used only
as trimming, as in the case of
toque model whose plated sec
tions give the effect of a brim at
the side. A buckle Of azu is an
interesting detail.
Necessity Is the mother Of In.
ventiOn,. and so when gloves re-
fused. to cover milady's large
rings, gloves with holes were
resorted to. The eyelet holes are
worked on the fingers. and they
permit milady's diamonds TO
sparkle without Findrance, and
also do away with the unsight1y
bulge when large stone rings are
worn.
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
Wireless Watches the Baby

resident Caford, England, had wireless device
installed for keeping her baby upstairs horn loud
spoken used mophone connected with the wireless set
and the baby's cry is audible downstairs
The Washington times., 1929-03-15
The Electric Eye

An electric eye the pet what less happily called
the photo-electric CELL very little One that installed
the Optical Societys Exhibition the Imperial College Of
Science counted the passersby
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19

abandoned to give the crowds fIoer play during rush hours Meanwhile, rising property values have doomed the lower buildings to brief existence and one by one they are disappearing to make room for skyscrapers.
 Although not desirous of att taining height, the San Francisco Stock Exchange has added it's seven story home to the list of structures being razed. Temper ary headquarters across the street will be occupied until the new structure, built along more clas- sical lines, is completed.
 The newly organized San Fran cisco curb exchange occupies a building just off Montgomery Street, and the San Francisco Mining Exchange, is not far away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
BRAZIL SEES COFFEE
 CITADEL CRUMBLINC

$40 PAULO, Jan. 19.-Recent cabled reports from Berlin that a German organization planned to develop large coffee plantations in Dutch Guiana have caused a great deal of interest here in the heart of Brazil's coffee region. Cof- fee is, of course, the most import ant export of Brazil, and the last crop exports were valued at more than $500, 100000 and accounted for two-thirds of the total exports of the country.
 Observers here believe that the control exercised by the coffee in- stitute for the past four years is bound to have the same effect in stimulating the coffee production of other countries as did the Brit ish control of rubber. Although this rubber control allowed only certain amount of production on the market from British posses sions, 1t stimulated other plantings and the Dutch, in Java, reaped the profit of the high world price, for they were at liberty to sell when and where the market warranted. Coffee experts see the same process going on in the coffee growing countries and predict that Brazil win not control the world market in a few years. It is pointed out that Colombia has put more and more land under coffee in recent years, and now the news of the German undertaking in Gui- ana indicates the opening of an other field.
 While the bulk of Brazilian cof- fee goes to the United States, yet Germany is a considerable buyer, and her own plantations would naturally, supply her own market as well as other European buyers, However, it takes seven years for coffee to commence bearing, so the German competition is that far away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
By W. A. WELLS (Asscciated Press Feature

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.-- Finance, needing not the biblical advice about building houses on sand, has reared the Vests larg- est money and security mart along Montgomery Street, once the shifting shore line of San Francisco Bay.
 This Western Wall Street grew from a crooked lane, parts of which were lapped at high tide by the waters which poured in through the Golden Gate and, when the tide was, out, faced a bleak expanse of mud flats and sand. Derelict ships, old scows and the fiotsam and jetsam of the sea washed in upon it.. and none ever went to the trouble Of removing the debris.
 As the need for more room, due to building congestion, forced the water front back. block by block, the old wreckage was cov- cred over. Upon this old ships graveyard much of the city's financial district now stands, Elk cayators, going deeper and deep CT for foundations to support the eyer-increasing height of build ings encounter these old hulls and here and there plaque has been placed to designate the final resting place Of some famous ship.
 The business canyon of today bearing the name of John Der rien Montgomery, naval officer who during the war with Mexico permanently established the auth ority of the United States Navy at many points along the Cali fornia coast, is not the identical street which existed prior te 1906. Earthquake and fire that year demolished nearly all its buildings and it was strengthened during the rebuilding. Like tho old, however, the new Montgom. cry Street is narrow. and oRly re gently it's .street car line Wal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
Resurrection Lutheran
 Church

Corner of Tniro and Main Sts. REV HARRY R. ALLEN Pastor
 Sunday services:
 11:00 a. m.--Morning worship. Subject, "The Reception Jesus Found Among Men"
 12.15 p. II. Sunday School.
 S:00 D Evening worship Subject. Fellow Citizens in the Household of God"
 Remember the Sabbath Day and come to church. A hearty welcome awaits you. Come and bring your friends.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
First Cllrrch ot Christ,
 Scientist

sunday ssrv,ces W5si 10 naia 2, II !. m in tie First Church of Christ, Scientist, IHneaa, on Eicth and Main Streets. The sub icet VI. be, Life.
 Sunday School at 12. i5 p. m
 "Wednesday, 500 D. m.-Testi- morial meeting.
 Christian Science Reading Roog n oauGch building This room i. nsea to the public Wednesday afternoons frofn 2 90 to 4.
 The public Is cordially invited D attend these services and yisi. sae reading room.