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New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
J. E. Cecere Company
 Re.elects Its Officers

Directors for the ensuing year were elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the J. F.. Cecere Co. held last evening at S:s Main street. A majority of the stockholders were present. Presi- dent Cecere reported a large scale Of the preferred shares during the past year and also a marked progress in the affairs of the corporation.
 The following were elected direc- tors: J. E. Cecere. Faune Cecere, Camin Ravello. Jerry Reasio, Anton. io, Raffaela Ingenito and Frank P. Palangie.
 At a subsequent meeting. the dl- rectors elected the following officers: president, J. E. Cecere: vice presi- dent, Fauno Cecere; secretary, Jerry Deasio; treasurer. Canine Ravello: assistant treasurer, Frank P. Palan- gio and assistant secretary, Mary C.. Butera.
 The directors voted dividends as follows s2.50 on each share of common stock (at the rate of 10M per annum) and 50 cents on prefer. red stock. also at the rate of loca per annum.
 The J. F.. Cecere Go. was organ ized in 1922 by J. E. Cecere and at present has capital of $1o5,000. It deals in second mortgages, loans on small local properties.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
BERLIN 0FFlClCAL
 RESIGNS POSITION
Eaest Y. Mldrum Is Third to
 Quit School Board

Ernest w. Mildrum, a member Of the Berlin school board. has re- signed from that board. 1t was learned today. His resignation came as . surprise to the people of the town. as it was not known that he had contemplated any such action.
 Mir. Mildrum today had no state ment to make regarding his resig- nation and said he had maintained very pleasant connections with the board.
 It is not known who will be elect. cd to fill his place. Oscar Benson stated today thai he would consider being nominated for the vacancy. although no official action has been taken on the matter.
 AIr. Mildrum's resignation is the third to be accepted by the board since the town meeting at which the proposed new $l30,0O0 school was voted down by the citizens of the town. Robert Graham of Berlin handed in his resignation on the day following, stating at that time that he was not satisfied with the man. ner in which the voting was con- ducted. He said that there were many people who were unable to vote due to the size of the crowd at the meeting. Philip Pagan followed suit shortly after for apparently the same reason.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
Gotham Society Retreats to Old
 Casino to Revive Fading Glory

New York. May 14 UP)-New Yorks -four hundred" has retreat- cd to Central Park where it will barricade itself in the historic old Casino and attempt to conjure the glory that Delmonico's and the gran deur that was the Waldorf.
 One by one the landmarks of Ward McAllister's time have been sent down the chutes to the wreck CTS by progress and prohibition. Delmonico's is only a mellow mem- ory: even now they are laying sledse and hammer to the Waldorf to make way for higher, bigger building.
 With the passing of the Waldorf. society leaders had no place to go except home. and so Anthony J. Drexel Riddle, Jr.. took it upon him. self to find new gathering place. The Casino which had fallen on evil ways after enjoying flight of popu- iarity in the nineties. was chosen and the word went around that the finest restaurant in the world was to be built overlooking one of the most beautiful sites in Central Park. So- ciety became interested so much that it even got out its checkbooks and in less time than it takes to type if there was $50o,00O subscribed and a syndicate organized. Joseph Urban was lured away from designing scenery for the Ziegfeld Follies to take charge of the redecoration, and after a careful study of the structure he announced the following layout:
 The New Interior
 4 black glass ballroom; knotte1 pine breakfast room where the busi- ness man can take his bacon and eggs after a ride along the bridle paths: an orange terrace that will slant down to the copse of trees planted by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. on visit to this country; a slass-inclosed breakfast room that will be in line with the rising sun; a tulip pavilion ard a sil- yer conservatory.
 The sound of hammer and saw will startle many a ghost in the old Casino, for 1t will not be the first time that society has idled away it's days in that building. Back in the nineties, when the young bloods pinched clasps around their peg-top trousers and pedalled their bicycles through Central Park, you hadn't been anywhere at all unless you dropped into the Casino for tea or perhaps . glass Of the forgotten bev- craze that they topped off with a spring of mint. The famous Michaux club, members of which made the bicycle famous, had it's headquarters at the Casino.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

contributed toward national prosper ity. eliminated the saloon, cleaned mp politics and attracted 10 public life . higher type of politician.
 T have never smelled liquor on the breath Of congressman since prohibition" he said. Another roar greeted this remark and Wilson pleaded for a fair hearing.
 ''The reason Dr. Wilson has never smelled liquor on a congressman is because he has an off-track nose," said Darrow in answer to the state- ment.
 DarrOW's Sarcasm
 Pleading his side of the question with characteristic sarcasm, Darrow repeatedly referred to the Wilson's Washington headquarters as the Methodist Vatican" called Presi- dent Hoover that great civil en- gineer," and Senator Jones of Wash inston. author of the Jones law the five and ten cent senator"
 Prohibition is an unmitigated humbug." he shouted, "and these pronibitionists are plain. dishonest hyp0crites. They enjoy making everyone else miserable. They con- sider it sin to drink glass Of beer. They may be right but I'd rather go to hell free than to heaven bound"
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

The Riddle project throws a side light on the society that now domi- mates New York. The Vanderbilts, tho Stewards and the Huttons still grace the social register. but they have been joined by the Ziegfelds, the Schencks and the Zukors who have made their fortunes by glcri- flying girls and manufacturing mo- ton pictures. Besides Riddle. the members of the Casino syndicate are: w. K. Vanderbilt. Jr., William Rhinelander Stewart. James P. Don- ohue. A E. Lefcourt, Curtis Hutton. Franklyn l.. Hutton. Robert Leh- man. Jules s. Bsche. John Ran dolph Hearst. IAdolph Zukor. Joseph NJ. Schenck. Florenz Ziegfeld and Joseph X. Moore.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
Cdncerts' to Be Resumed
 By Music Association

At meeting of the directors of the Civic Music association at the New Britain club today it was tentatively decided to continue the discussion as to the policy to be adopted and other details will fol- low at another meeting to be called within week.
 Judge w. C. Hungerford. presi- dent of the association, presided. but in the. absence of Arthur C.. kimball, business manager. who was called to New York. all details re- garding next season could not be analysed.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

For the first time in more than 30 years, two negroes have been nom mated to Annapolis and, breaking a lapse of 10 years. one colored boy has been named for West Point. The three. all IS, were nominated by Representative Oscar De Priest of Chicago, only negro in Congress
 They are Claude Henson Burns, left. and .\lonzo g. Parham. right, above, and Laurence A. Whitfield, below. Farham was named to West Point.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

The land purchases of the United States since 1890 ranged from a price of two cents an acre for the 1909 Louisiana Purchase to $293.70 an acre for the Virgin Islands.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
WILSON HECKLEDIN
 BALTIMORE DEBATE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
A Little Lemon-Aid.

TN the days when Eve made whoopee
= with Adam in the Garden of Eden,
or on the nearest sandy beach, 1t Is al
most certain that the first lady of the
land would have blushed with modesty
had any one had the effrontery to tell
her that she must remove her coat OF
tan Immediately and without delay.
Such an order was given to Dorothy
Mackaill when the star became mod
ern Eve on a desert island, with Milton
Stills obliging as Adam and acquired a
healthy sunburn while filming scenes
almost in the altogether" on the
famous Black Beach at Hilo, one of the
Hawaiian Islands, for the forthcoming
picture, His Captive Woman"
Miss Mackaill was given 48 hours to
remove the tan, as the succeeding Sc
quences called for her to wear a num-
Der Of decolette evening gowns, and the
sunburn she had acquired would make
her normally fair skin appear too dark
when photographed.
The juice from seven crates of lemons
was prescribed by the beauty specialist;
this was calculated to fill the stars
bathtub and act as Sunburn remover.
IF you can't be the cream in some
body's coffee" Milton Stills is said to
have remarked, you can be the sugar
in the lemonade" Anyway before 48
hours were up Dorothy Mackaill gave
the announcement from her tub-Side
that the coat of tan vanished and she
was ready to face the cameras in her
evening gowns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Here s the Story.

BUDDY PAGE, the newly imported
master of ceremonies at the Fox
Theater, is youngster admitting 1905
as the year of his birth and, what Is
more, he admits that event took place
on a farm and that also he was once
Gus Edwards protege.
Through the migration of his family
young Buddy went to school in Plain
field, N. j., with most of the educating
process confined to music. At 16 he
had his own orchestra and became a
vaudeville headliner. This was broken
up when his parents put In an official
objection and sent Buddy back to
school. Sticking 1t out until grad
uating, young Page Immediately went
back to the stage, this time as an &C
companist for a well known singing
star. 1t was while on this engagement
he was selected to lead one of the pic
ture theater orchestras in Chicago
From Chicago he migrated to Phila-
delphia, where he remained six months
and then to the Fox Theater here In
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

WHEN you see the beautiful ladies
w of the films on the street or In
public places in Hollywood you are like
iy to be struck first by the disillusioning
fact that they are not SO beautiful after
all-at least not the things OF dazzling
perfection they seem on the screen, we
are told.
The fact is that they are not so per-
feet on the screen either, that Is, not TO
begin with. 1t is the cunning art of the
photographer, plus the deft fingers OF
the cutter who ships out the scenes
showing displeasing grimaces, awkward
poses and clumsy gestures, that makes
the finished film an idealized version OF
what really happened.
II YOU could see the first films taken,
as they are shown to the cast in the
studio projection room, you would APP
preciate the art that is applied before
the picture reaches the public, says a
writer explaining the process in the
current issue of Photoplay Magazine.
1t has been said that no woman, how
ever beautiful, is cameraproof. There is
always one angle of her face, one part
of her body, that Is not perfect, and
those items get into the first reels.
The public never sees these bad shots,
but the actress must see them when she
comes to the projection room after the
days work. A closeup leaps on the
screen. It is her face magnif1ed is or
20 times. Her heart sinks as she sees a
tiny line, almost unnoticeable in her
looking glass, heavily Swallowed in the
enlargement. 1t makes her look old and
hard.
She hears the directors voice asking
her in the darkness, Cant you do
something about that?" Then he speaks
to the cameraman: Watch that,
George: that's bad angle of her face. /"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Maybe "Colly Gully" Next.

WINDING along a timbered ridge, a
mountain road turns abruptly to
the left and surmounts a small ridge.
"Oh!" exclaims every one who
travels this road.
That is how "Ohl Ridge" in the
California high Sierras. got its name.
Sparkling and cleaning in the sun,
a turquoise lake sprawls just below.
From the waters edge rugged mountain
peaks rear upward to pierce the sky
with jagged, Uninterrupted minarets.
Giant pines sprawl themselves on the
steep sides of the peaks. Circling the
lake is fringe of aspens. On in the
distance another lake catches and re-
fleets the CLINT of the sun.
June Lake is the first body of water.
Gull Lake is the second. A little farther
on is Silver Lake.
For the first time the beauty that
gave "Ohl Ridge" its name is to be
placed before the world on the motion
picture screen, we are promised.
A unit from the Paramount studios
in Hollywood was on location in this
vicinity filming exterior scenes for
Harvey Fergusson's Wolf Song" The
troupe made headquarters at June
Lodge, picturesque mountain hosiery
located on the aspen and tule lined
shores of June Lake.
The film people remained in this
mountain fastness more than two weeks,
taking scenes which portray the pic
turesque beauty of the SierraS as a
background for the action which wrote
some of the most romantic pages into
the history of new civilizations
westward march
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Coming Attractions
NATIONAL PLAYERS-"LoOse
Ankles"


Loose Ankles" is scheduled for pres
entation by the National Theater
Players next week, beginning Sunday
evening, March 8.
Inauguration weeks attraction holds
bit of comedy suggestion in its title.
appropriate, perhaps, since there will
be lot of loose ankles on the Avenue
on parade March 4.
However, the play has nothing what
soever to do with inaugural process
sionS It is a comedy of humorous sit
uationS and promises to be one of the
most entertaining of the current repre-
toire season.
In brief the plot is this: A girl, Ann
Harper by name, is left a fortune, pro-
vided she marries somebody her rela-
tiveS approve. Naturally, Ann, being
the kind of girl she is, a rebel
lious f1apper, at once proceeds to win
the disapproval rather than the APP
prevail of her relatives. She gets into
all sorts of difficulties with four young
men who are vulgarly termed cake
eaters" professional dancers who loll
around bathrooms with fat old ladies
The comedy is by Sam Janney.
Mary Newton, leading lady; Wilfred
| Lytell, leading man; Nancy Baker, in
| genue: Freddy Sherman, Juvenile: Mrs
| Hubbard, Helen Wallace, Charles Hamp-
den and the other players will find ex-
cellent opportunities in their respective
roles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Terror Music, Please.

THE advent of sound in pictures has
resulted in many innovations in the
studios, due to the necessity for making
equipment conform to the newly indi-
Gated needs. For instance, at the
Pathe Sound Studio, where Josiah EURO,
musical director, synchronizes music
with pictures, there is now a music
library where thousands of sheets of
music are filed and classified according
to the purpose for which they will be
used. For example, love. terror, fire,
poultry, storm, Spanish dance, jazz
these are but a few of the subjects in
the index. Music to fit every imaginable
situation or emotion in picture is filed
or cross-indexed under its particular
heading. Thus Mr.. EURO has no diff
Guilty in finding the fitting music once
he has decided just what it should be.
Time is valuable factor in fitting
music to pictures. The. preliminary
work is arduous and the actual playing
before the microphone is ticklish, to say
the least. The slightest error becomes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

A Ii who delight in excellent dramatic
"A entertainment should find interest
in the announcement that the New
York Theater Guild Repertory Co. will
pay Washington a visit for six nights,
commencing Monday, March II, at
Polls Theater, sponsored locally by
Mrs. Wilson Greene.
The New York Theater Guild claims
list of 10000 subscribers in New
York-a list said to be larger by half
than that of the Metropolitan Opera.
That means 10000 people in New York
pay in advance for the privilege of at
tending each new production of the
Theater Guild.
With such large audience guaran-
teed, the price of their tickets being
paid in advance, the New York Thea
ter Guild is said to have reached the
point of reasonable assurance of break
ing even on any play it may decide to
produce. 1t can afford to take long
chances in artistic experimentation,
chances which are impossible to the
average producer.
The only test Of play with the gov
erning board of the Theater Guild is
truth, beauty and dramatic value. That
they possess fine and sure sense In
| IAASoS eAAhi6o ID pAOFC0 Ny b11C A1IBC dllN
ever increasing list of subscribers, which
has steadily grown in 10 years from a
mere 1875 to the 10000 of the current
season. The guild was compelled to
close its subscription books early in
June, and, 1t is said, returned prof
fered checks to thousands of disap-
pointed New Workers, for the saturatiou
point had been reached.
It owns its theater, the beautiful
Guild in West Fifty-second street, and
actively manages the John Golden and
the Martin Beck Theaters, as well as
offers attractions in other New York
houses In 10 years it has produced
IS Of the finest plays New York has
seen in that time, and this years pro-
gram calls for seven new productions
The guild has extended Its SUBJ
scription idea, and during the season
guild productions will play to subscrip-
ton audiences in six cities outside oil
New York. Experimenting last year
with repertory company touring as
far West as the Mississippi, SO success.
full was the undertaking that this yeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24

the city Yet, withal, a satisfactory
finale enSueS.
Johnny Marvin is presented in a
Metro movietone act in musical novel;
ties, special M-G-M newSreel of the
opening of the Empire Theater. Loew's
latest London theater, gives opportunity
to hear and see John Gilbert, Joan
Crawford, Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone,
George K. Arthur and Ernest Terrence,
and the Fox Movietone News, the M
GIN News, and the Columbia Orchestra,
under Claude Burrows, round out the
program.
LITTLE THEATER-"Behind the Ger
man Lines"
The UFA film Behind the German
Lines" has been secured by the Little
Thsater for showing this week under
the new management which allies it
with the Fifty-tifth Street Playhouse Of
New York City, the home of the Little
Thsater movement throughout the
country.
The filming of this epic is no after
math of the war, the actual assignment
having been given over to 100 men by
the imperial German government on the
day the great conflict was started. AS
the original cameramen were killed
tnelI machines were SalVageQ ana their
places taken by others. Over one-fourth
OF the men who made these pictures
are said to have been killed
This truly is the story as told by the
vanquished-every other nation has told
its story, and now, beaten, the war
ravished nation brings forth its own tale
OF hopefulneSs-taken when Germany
still felt sure of ultimate victory
Actual pictures showing some of the
combatS of Baron Manfred Won RIGHT
hofen, known to the American Expedi-
tionary Force as the Red Knight" are
replete with action and color. The Red
knight" was one of his country's great
est warriors. The famous race to the
sea-" which was the attempt of the
German army to outf1ank the British
and French armies in its attempt to
gain foothold on the English Channel,
is feature of the picture.
Some of the oldest pictures ever
taken are in the interesting first pro-
gram, including killing the Killer" the
vivid story of nongoose and a cobra,
together with what now is a comedy but
was stark tragedy Is years ago when
the picture was filmed This story is
under its original title. "Ruined-or the
Tragedy of Morphine Fiend," and also
the amusing satire on the moveleSs
movie, 1.-THE Great Gulch Mystery"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Fannie Makes Good.

TNHEATERGOERS acclaimed a new
i screen star at the Metropolitan
Theater when Fannie Brice, famous
singing Coincidence of the stage, made
her film debut in MY Man." last week
in a Vitaphone special produced by
Warner Bros. 1t is now playing for a
second week.
Miss Brice, heretofore regarded prin-
cipally as singer of comedy songs, re-
veals a dramatic talent that discloses
the star as a player of real emotional
depth. In the main, however, my
Man" gives to the famous Fannie an eX-
pansive opportunity to display her delic-
ious comedy and she takes advantage of
it to the fullest extent
But, after all, it is the voice record
ing which gives to this picture its out
standing appeal-that remarkable device
which makes the talking picture real
ity, and brings to us the songs which
have made Fannie Brice famous. The
effect Of the songs In relation to the
story Is notable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
This Explains It.

THE question as to where professional
4 base ball players go during the
Wintertime finds a partial answer at
the Pathe studios In Culver City, where
four of them are working.
The four are Archie Campbell, recent
recruit to the pitching staff of the New
York Yankees; Frank Marking, we'll
known catcher in the Western League;
Fred MoorehouSe, pitcher for the st.
Louis Cardinals, and Art Mclean of the
Washington Nationals.
All of which may account for the fact
that Pathe has won with its base ball
team the championship of the Studio
League
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Cosmetic Censorship.

And the bad angle comes out before the
picture is finished.
Another shot appears on the screen.
1t is a big scene, one on which her
heart is set. But why does the light
make her nose stand out like golf
ball? The dress isn't as smart as she
thought it was going to be-a beautiful
yellow itself, but it has photographed a
murky gray. and they made it too tight.
it makes her hips look enormous.
Another closeup. A bit of rouge she
has put under her chin to take down
an almost imperceptible little sag, has
photographed absolutely black, like a
dirty neck Instead of one little chin,
she has three. The director Is furious.
There is a sarcastic remark, then an
ominous silence. And so 1t goes, pro-
jecting, cutting. retaking. until the pic
ture, sans natures defects, Is ready for
the demanding public eye.