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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

The Booth Theater in New York,
which houses John Drinkwater's Bird
in Hand" offers dancing between the
acts in the lounge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

Al H. Woods has announced his in
tention Of building a theater in Paris
to house Broadway successes. Details
are lacking. but it is understood that
the theater will be completed before the
end of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

tween the leader and his men, but he
has refused to meet the French general,
Birabeau, in single combat, knowing
him to be his father. and the law Of
the tribe is memorable.
The story of THE Desert Song" is
full of throbs, many Of which are based
on the love Of the Red Shadow for
Margot, the French girl who is strangely
attracted by the masked bandit chief
tain, but has no eyes for his other self,
Pierre Bra beau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Boles' Voice Praised.

John BOLES, who has the singing
role of THE Red Shadow" has won
critical praise for his work. One of the
most affecting scenes in ''The Desert
Song" is the leave-taking between the
mysterious Red Shadow and his band
of Riff followers, by whom he has been
condemned to Punishment into the des--
ert, with neither food nor water and
no arms except his own broken sword.
There is a great bond of affection be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
STAGE NOTES.
From Here and There

THE Theater Guilds invasion OF
l. London with Percy and Caprice"
has started significant talk of its max
ing the English capital a subscription
city. Guild officials are silent. London
producers. it is limited. might be an
tagonized by too-early announcement.
Keen competition is reported. by the
way, for Percy in Scandinavia and
Germany and a Continental tour Is be-
ing arranged with Paris start.
Gordon Craig. modern stage designer
is to lecture in the United States next
Fall and may do the sets for several
productions. His only previous visit to
this country was ~ years ago, when ne
Dame Ellen Terry, and Sir Henry
Irving.
A new project for saving the road"
is understood to be under way in New
York. Including 10 of Broadway's
leading Independent producers. under
written by Wall Street to the extent of
something between $4,000, 900 and SlO,-
600 ,000 the plan embraces productions
in 20 cities. There will be central
casting Office. Each production will
open in New York, where two houses
will be taken by the holding company.
The following interesting estimate of
cotenmoprary German drama is part OF
an article translated by Courtney Bruer-
ton from the French of Rene Laurel in
lie Temps: "All these performances
leave the somewhat confused impression
of an art which is cropping its way
an art in which up to the present the
stage director and the actor dominate
the author by great deal, and an art
in which the new influences, those of
the cinema, the music halls, even of the
circus, are more strongly and generally
felt than in Paris. The choice of sub
jects also denotes a very different in
terest from ours (the FRENCH, not only
in the invasion of the theater by all
social problems but by the disdain for
love, most often treated as a brief and
occasionally brutal episode. There is
not the slightest interest in the delica-
cies of sentiment, nor even in the de-
piction of social life. The German
theater makes one think of people
made up entirely OF parVenus and pro-
letariat
IF it lacks creative power, it does
show curiosity, an interest in every as
pect of life and a search for new forms.
The strongest criticism one can make
of it is that it does not give an impor-
tant enough place to the comic. On
this point there is a sort OF divorce
between the authors ana the PUBIC.
The German people, in spite of their
serious character, enjoy laughing in the
theater much more than their drama
lists at present appear to suspect"
Sir James Barrie has made a gift of
all his rights in Peter Pan" to the
Children's Hospital in London. 1t is
estimated that the play will yield an
income of at least $4,000 year.
Al H. Woods has announced his in
tention of building theater in Paris
to house Broadway successes. Details
are lacking. but it is understood that
the theater will be completed before the
end of the year.
The Booth Theater in New York.
which houses John Drinkwater's Bird
in Hand" offers dancing between the
acts in the lounge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
Authentic Dialect

they should not be correctly reproduced
on the stage and in the talkies.
r. H. NewlandS, professor of English
literature at the University of Southern
California, is announced by Paramount
as the first technical dialoguer." He is
presently engaged in research on the
proper variations of speech to be used
in this company's adaptation of Booth
Tarkington'S Magnolia" a romance
giving ample opportunity for mistake
in the matter. May it be hoped that
other companies will follow this lead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

duction was supplied by William K.
Wells, who wrote Manhattan Mary"
and the book for George Whites Scan
dalS" The song music has been con-
tributed by Con Conrad, Sidney Mitch
ell and Archie Cottler. Fanchon and
Marco, experts in novelty vaudeville
dancing acts, will have charge of the
dance numbers. and Arthur May. prom
inent on the West Coast as composer
and conductor, will conduct the Fox
Movietone Symphony Orchestra.
The principals will include Sue Car
roll, Lola Lane, who has been recruited
from THE War Song; Sharon Lynn,
remembered from "SpeakeaSy"; Dixie
Lee, who won fame in Good News;
John Breeder and Stepin Fetchit, who
has been hailed as the successor of Bert
williams, and David Butler, one OF the
youngest of the Hollywood directors.
who is said to have the Harrington
touch. directed the production. 1t must
not be forgotten that Marcel Silver,
who made the first Fox Movietone pro-
duction in this country with Raquel
Miller, had a great deal to do with the
revue portion of the production.
Be that as it may, 1.-THE William Fox
Movieton Folliesa of 1929" is scheduled
for Washington at the Fox Theater the
week starting May rs, and doubtless
all movie fans will want to see 1t.
l. At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

Sir James Barrie has made a gift of
all his rights in Peter Pan" to the
Children's Hospital in London. 1t is
estimated that the play will yield an
income of at least $4,000 year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
A Bit of English Life.
~uER PRIVATE LIFE" new Bill,

UHER PRIVATE LIFE" new Billie
Dove picture. is story OF
English life adapted from play by
Zoe Atkins, which was originally called
The Lady Who Dared"
The first scenes for the picture were
made in one of the prettiest spots in
Southern California, where fox hunt
was staged with relocated hunters
riding thoroughbred horses across the
open fields and with hounds in
The Washington times., 1929-10-25

Flooring, made from sponge rub
Der, Is to be introduced in En-
gland soon. For durability,
comfort and hygiene, the new
type Of flooring is said to be far
superior to any other now made
from rubber or rubber substitute.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
Permanent Exhibition of States
in This City

THE civic spirit of Washington will be pleased and the
country at large will be interested in the appearance in
the Congressional Record of the recent radio address of Col
Robert Harper behalf of the proposition to establish in
this Capital of the Nation permanent exhibit Of all the
States .-
Long pet project Of Colonel Harper but widely favored
by Senator'S Representatives Governors and prominent people,
there has been action by Congress- which admits the far
reaching advantages Of such an exhibit
The value to every State of the Union of permanent
exhibit disputed Neither be its immense value
the whole nation through the information it would give
of the country's great to foreign nations
Americans here by hundreds of each year
their beloved National City Foreigners here by
thousands seek facts of this nations progress and to learn
the details Of business and industry.
The object permanent States exhibit would be to main
tain here an exposition Of the natural and Of the
manufacturing agricultural scientific and historical develop
ment Of each State
No other enterprise could possibly be inspiring to greater
national progress and Development so promising in its rivalry
among the States,
Congress should take initiative in the proposed project
to the inviting the States locate permanent build
ings and exhibits here and in doing what necessary to give
momentum to what would completed, be wonderfully
valuable affair.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
The Line Forms to the Right
Bu Herbert Kaufman
THOMAS ALvA EDISON would tell 20,
valuable thing on earth is radiun

HOMAS ALVA EDISON would tell you tnat the most
l. valuable thing on earth is radium
Madame Cue the dscoverer of radu would that the
most valuable thing earth Thomas Ava Edison head.
any other thinker tinker has supplied occupation for
more workeror bestowed and comforts upon
humanty-the Encyclopedia Britannica oms his mention
Archmede might have qualified for the distinction, had he
found fucrum Aristotle and Pythagoras neglected to
build anything concrete upon their premises.
Sir Newton and Roger Bacon left only theoretical
lamps burning above their tombs.
Harveys discovery of circulation tremendous
knowledge but the world physically the
same the day of his departure when he arrived.
Franklin revealed electricity but failed to provide solitary
chore for it.
Friend Gutenberg qualify the Chinese
printing movable type centuries before that esteemed
INuremberger went storkr1dlng.
Edisons performances and productions both original
land tangible.
Mr. Edison dropped copper wire into waterfall struck
glass bulb with carbon fament at the other end and
lighted the universe
Mr. Edison combined cockwork motor tin horn with
cylinder and captured music and laughter in the
Mr. Edison placed strip of celuloid within black box
and current history comedy and DRAMA forthwith began
dance synthetic moonbeams.
The clock owes him for a billion extra working hours
Progress owes the wizard den Schenectady Indus
trv him for every light plant from Manhattan
Ito Tmbucoo education entertainment and isolation him
for motion pictures and the talking machne ten million
and women him for their jobs
And he doesn't anybody including John G. Precedent
for suggestion, inspiration, penny.
The Wonders of Antiquity hrive to silly toys b
comparison with the evidence of his unaided genius
may breed Ttans in his image but the past fur
nshes prototype
Civilization will be an migrate to a supreme benefactor
the celebration which starts today confined to verbal
bouquets and printed backp pats.
laboratory is the least mark of eneraton
with which America might perpetuate his
Henry Ford and Harvey Frestone aspire to march
into Vahaa arm in arm with their fellow musketeer road
lies open through the campus of Edison University
That's the sort of niche to enshrne Thomas Alva Edison.
Incidentally there's why Samuel insult Gerard
swope and sundy Public Service Corporations htchng their
'metoo" advertising to the Edison bandwagon shouldn't
chip in on the endowment.
| Cheap hurrahs won't reach posterity.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
WISE SAYINGS

Politics Is perhaps the only
profession for which no prepara-
ton is thought necessary.
Stevenson.
Wisdom denotes the pursuing
of the best ends by the best means.
-Hutcheson.
The society exists for the bene-
fit of it's members; not the mem.
bers for the society.
Herbert Spencer.
Equal right for all, special
privileges for none.
jefferson.
That ghostliest of all unreali-
ties, the non-working man.
George B. Shaw.
Wise men may think what
hardly fools would dare to say.
-Swinebrune.
Whatever brawls disturb the
street.
There should be peace at home.
Watts.
Truth is eternal and the SON Of
heaven Swift.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
Atoms and Electricity
Bu Archibald Henderson

tricity. Indeed, he clearly recog-
nized the existence of an electrical
particle Or atom in these words:
The electrical matter consists of
particles extremely subtle, since 1t
can permeate common matter,
even the densest, with such free
dom and ease as not to receive any
appreciable resistance"
No real advance in the theory
of the atomic structure Of cleo
tricity was made until 1888. when
Faraday, in his famous expert
ments on the passage of electricity
through electrolytes, virtually
proved that electricity was atomic
in character and that the charges
carried by the individual ions or
electrically charged wandering
atoms were integral multiples of
fundamental unit of charge.
The trend of thought for the
next half.century and more, how
ever, was away from the concep-
ton of electricity as a substance.
concentrating rather upon a study
of the hypothetical ether as the
transmitter of electrical stresses
and strains. Although Clerk
Maxwell, in 1873. is willing, for
convenience" to call the constant
molecular charge revealed by
Faraday's experiments "one mole
cule of electricity" or. as we
would now say, one atom of cleo
tricity, he expressly disclaims any
belief in its physical significance.
In 1871, Wilhelm Weber defi-
nitely proposed the theory of the
atomic structure of electricity.
Three years later. G. Johnston
Stoney not only clearly stated the
atomic theory of electricity, but
suggested the name "electron"
for the fundamental unit of cleo
tricity, the value of which he
calculated. Iri 1881. HelmhoItz.
following Faraday, concluded that
electricity, positive as we'll as
negative, Is divided into definite
elementary portions which behave
like atoms of electricity. In 1888,
Lord Kelvin gave strong cumula-
tive evidence in favor of the atomic
structure of matter, and, in later
years, accepted Stoney's conclu-
sions regarding the atomic nature
of electricity.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
By Temple Manning

around to the west. The so
called Union Falls, with a drop
of 80 feet, are in the south.
Then to the west are the
Rivadavia and Belgrano cata-
racts, The waters from these
three go pouring through a deep
chasm, known as the Devils
Throat. which opens into the river
proper, Further to the west and
emptying into the river through
its western bank. is the famous
Three Musketeers cataract and
then come the other famous
falls. the San Martin Falls. Be.
tween this falls and the Three
Musketeers cataract Is San Mar
tin Island, resembling in its loca-
ton, Goat Island, Of our own
Niagara.
The beauty OF Iguazu lies
greatly in the vast number OF
different cataracts and falls.
Each is different, in some par
ticular, from the others. Each is
set in an exquisite frame of
verdure. From the Argentine
side of the river one Is afforded
one view, while from the Brazil.
ian side an entirely different pic
ture is seen.
Both san Martin and Union
Falls are broken. The waters
of both take a short drop then
plunge over their main preci-
pices. The cataracts tumble and
drop In utmost gorgeousness.
Words cat aanot express the beauty
OF these falls, among the most
noted and glorious In the world.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25

NNIE Atomic Theory Of matter,
l. once it was freely accepted
by scientists, naturally gave rise
to the conception that there must
be some fundamental unit out OF
which all the elements and the
chemical compounds are built.
The human mind revolts against
the notion that the universe must
be built up out of 80 or 100 or
a 1000 different things!
Shortly after Dalton developed
his atmoic theory, an Englishman.
Prout, advanced the hypothesis
a815), that hydrogen atoms were
the fundamental units, the
"bricks' out Of which the atoms
of the substances were built. This
was a reasonable hypothesis,
since, within the limits Of expert
mental error, many of the atomic
weights were multiples Of that of
hydrogen-12 for carbon, IA for
nitrogen, Is for oxygen, and so on.
Mere accurate determinations,
however, seemed to show that
Prout's hypothesis must be aban-
doned.
1t has been suggested that the
usual atomic weights which in
many instances vary from int 'Sral
values or whole numbers should
rather be called mixture weights"
The striking characteristic of ele-
nentary atmoic weights. that Of
being integral, once more restores
.Prout's hypothesis to it's position
OF honor-although new and fur.
ther complications have been in
,troduced by recent discoveries in
electricity.
by supervising upon the mole
cular and the atomic world of the
nineteenth century a third electric
world" says Millikan, "the twenti-
eth century has sought to reduce
the number Of primordial ele-
ments to not more than two, posi-
tive and negative electrical
charges"
1t was about 1747 that Benjamin
Franklin introduced the terms
~'posittve" and negative" to dis
,tinguish the two different kinds of
electrication. There can be little
doubt that Franklin believed in
the granular structure of cleo
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
Blease, Humanity's Friend

~ OLE BLEASE, South Carolina Senator, will be much in
- the limeght of Washington for time to by
reason of promoting Senatorial investigation into District
affairs little fellows of life may look to him their
friend.
Only the big chaps those in official life who may not have
done their full duty need expect trouble from the South
caronian who has publicly announced that he is dead set
against trivial arrests when there serious of
tenders against the city's and the nations laws.
For example Mr. Bea just hates cops who bother
and PETERS turning flashlights them arresting them
He the idea Of harmless noensve drunks being
rested instead of being aided to get to their homes He
like persistent pserng of citizens for overtime park
ing.
Mr. rather human sort of statesman and always
stands the underdog Knowing fe frates he doesn't
believe in legal punishment for minor weaknesses.
The Washington times., 1929-10-25

THERE is nothing which stirs
l. one quite so deeply as a gor-
geous waterfall. And throughout
the world there are many cata-
racts which have become veritable
shrines for those who love nat.
ural beauty. Among these, the
falls of the 1guazu River take
one of the foremost positions.
The Iguazu Falls are In the
heart of South America, where
Brazil and Argentina meet, with
Paraguay but a stones throw
distant. The waters Of the
Iguazu, after plunglng over the
precipice rush through a deep
narrow canyon until they join
with those of the Parana River
some twelve miles away.
The upper Iguazu, as it ap-
proaches the falls, is a broad
sheet of water. Just before the
PtSStP1S0 40 40aSl0u IAe SIASaAh
divides into two currents. One
deeper than the other flows
through gorge which marks
the boundary between Brazil and
Argentina. The other stream
dashes across the Argentine pla-
teau.
The Iguazu River. at this point.
flows practically north. The falls
divided into two main drops and
numeroA cataracts, form q semi
circle 81 ending from the south
The Washington times., 1929-10-25

you are sitting in. the car out
side your door, the houses on
your street, are all COPIES of
vision in someone's brain-the
RESULT Of someone's desire.
You can make CONDITIONS
as we'll ~ OBJECTS.
You can make SICK PAT
Terms and HEALTH PAT
Terms and PROSPERITY inside
your mind as we'll as HOUSE
PATTERNS and AUTOMOBILE
PATTERNS.
But no matter how we'll we
think, things are bound to hap
pen-OUTSIDE things" you
protest.
Sure, they are. But If you're
healthy INSIDE, outside unhappi-
ness or unhealthiness isn't going
to dent you very badly. It's the
disaster you EXPECT in your
own mind, the cussedness you
yourself IMAGINE that really
hurts your life.
Men put shackles on Socrates.
BUT SOCRATES NEVER PUT
SHACkLES ON HIMSELF. Men
called Socrates slave. But
Socrates never thought of him
self as a slave-never expected
nor ina gined slavery inside him
self -- and so. forever, Socrates
stands free and wise.
You are as free. as wise. as
healthy. as happy, as rich as
you, in the secret laboratory OF
your mind. will yourself to he.
You are as bound and sick and
unhappy as you expect to he.
KEEP THY HEART WITH
ALL DILIGENCE" cried Solo
mon, FOR OUT OF IT ARE
THE ISSUES OF LIFE.
AS A MAN THINKETH WITH
IN HIMSELF, so IS He"
The Washington times., 1929-10-25
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

TOSSIP may be pleasing
" pastime to many, neverthe-
less, it often becomes a pernicious
practice.
This is because it Is impossible
for gossip to tell the truth. Every
body knows that gossip carried by
word of mouth from one another
soon metamorphoses itself so
markedly that the original bit OF
news that started the talk de-
velops into something quite alien
to Its parent.
The beginning of gossip. It's
start, Is one thing-the end some
thing entirely different!
There Is no end to l9ssip. and
one never can foreteu what the
outcome will be.
One cannot deny that among
persons who are in the habit
of gossiping there is often de-
liberate and purposeful design to
distort the news they impart to
others. They calmly give the es-
sentials a plausible twist, which
is readily acceptable, but which,
however, is, nevertheless, a lie.
On the other hand, there s a
curious psychological principle
involved in gossip that makes 1t
impossible for gossip ever to tell
the truth. despite the very best
of intentions of those who indulge
in it.
What I refer to Is the principle
called Retrospective Falsification
of Memory" 1t Is absolutely i'm
possible for an individual to re-
peat anything he hears. word for
word.
1t is. likewise. impossible for
him to remember. with absolute
conversation.
The reason Is that nobody's
memory is perfect!
Nobody's recollection Is intal'
lible!
When a piece of news is re-
peated, the conscious mind fills
in the memory gaps, in order 10
make a logical story.
The larger the number OF items
that have faded from memory.
the greater becomes the ingenuity
of the mind in substituting ana
filling in.
Therefore, the poorer the
memory, the greater the distortion
of original facts.
We try to be logical, often to
be truthful. but we cannot. Inc
result is therefore q pretty story
that never existed, a piece OF gos'
sip that Is far from the truth!
An individual may very easily
develop the gossiping habit.
The reason for this Is that to
carry Or impart news gives the
ego kick! Gossip makes those
who indulge In 1t feel important!
Women are more prone to gos'
sin than men, although men are
given to gossip far more than
one might think. Men gossip
about business generally. Women
like best to gossip about person
alities.
Gossip usually tends to be de.
rogatory to the character OF the
person talked about. 1t never
seems as fascinating when 1t IN
dulges in praise. This also has
to do with the ego.
If we run down another or say
or report things that are destruc.
tive in nature it makes us feel
superior to the one talked about.
Gossip, of course, is bred of the
desire to exchange ideas and to
commune by language one with
the other.
Yet It tends to do more harm
than good almost always and
therefore the gossip streak In all
Of US sheuld be carefully guarded.