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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

From the Newark Evening News.
Slowly but ruthlessly the romance is
being taken out of everything. Steam
has made following the sea about as
prosaic as going to the factory when
the z o'clock whistle blows. Travel,
once an adventure, now is largely a
progress from one Main street to an
other. So with aviation, rapidly be-
coming a business of schedules and
routine. Now Newark's police and fire
surgeon wants to have the sliding poles
taken out of fire houses.
Perhaps the poles have taken their
places with other outdated things, as
archaic and inefficient. Records of in
juries to firemen in American cities,
sustained in sliding down those poles,
are pointed to. Statistics showing the
number of pole accidents, the total of
enforced days of idleness and the re-
sultant financial loss to cities are
quoted.
Very well, when statistics get in their
deadly work, something has got to go.
But a polelesS fire house will lose much
of its appeal to the imagination, and
the small boy will find the prospect Of
some day becoming fireman has shed
much of its glamour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Stalls and Stage.

While the legitimate theater in this
country is said by some Of its stead
fast devotees and its thespian opponents
to be going to the dogs-a complaint
that is stoutly challenged-the London
stage is looking up. That is to say, it
is Frightening up and adding to its
attractiveness. Strictly speaking, it is
the auditorium and not the stage that
is getting more sprightly, and 1t is pos
sible that the new scheme Of embellish-
ment just announced by one of the
leading London theaters Is an attempt
to stimulate patronage. This is the
idea: The seats are to be draped In
colors to match the frocks of woman
patrons. Every seat in the house has
been upholstered in individual tints,
ranging from yellow through pinks and
reds to golden browns. 1t would seem
that these tints shade gradually from
section to section, and it is stated that
the box office plans will be tinted to
show the exact color scheme of each
seat.
That is perfectly all right as regards
the feminine patrons of the theater
provided they buy their own seats. But
what about the color sense of the mere
male who does the booking? Must he
obtain from his wife-or other lady-a
sample" of the goods to be worn on
the festive night, or sample Of the
Complementary color of seat decoration
that must be selected unless the evening
is to be total loss? 1t is easy to see
that theater-going under the new dis
pensation will have its complications.
OF course, this is all far away from
the classic apothegm, THE plays the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

it had been started, set q new mark in
passenger carrying for any type Of
plane or dirigible. Lasting for nearly
an hour, this epic achievement ushers
in a new era in the development of
heavier than-air craft.
When the Do-X gracefully left the
waters of Lake Constance she carried
fuel enough for seven hundred and
fifty miles. Some idea of the feat can
be gained when it is realized that with
her twelve ndred-horsepower mo-
tors she lifted a total weight of fifty
two long tons, including seventeen long
tons of useful weight, in fifty seconds
from the time the throttles were
opened.
More than forty trial trips have now
been completed by the Do-x and each
trip of this revolutionary aircraft has
added to the triumph of DR.. Claudius
Dornier, the noted designer. Even
aeronautical experts, when DR.. Dornier
mentioned his desire to build a ship
of this size, were skeptical of Its Sue
cess, but have been forced TO revise
their opinions since the Do-X completed
flight after flight.
1t may well be that similar airplanes
will be used by future Atlantic trav-
elers. The Dornier is capable nor
mally of carrying one hundred passen-
gers and If the Armstrong Seadrome
project to scatter eight landing fields"
and fueling stations across the ocean
is carried through, it would easily be
possible to run these ships IN regular
schedule. Regardless Of future develop
ments, however, the Germans in the
ten years since the war have distinct
ly led the way in aviation progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

thing" True art in the theater-that
Is. on the stage-reQ1Bes no fancy set
ting for its fullest expression and en-
joyment. Shakespeare's own plays were
produced in conditions antipodally diff
ferent from yellow pink brown
spectrum in the auditorium. And they
were appreciated and loved by their
original hearers as they have been
through the centuries. But the faded
tastes of moderns seem to require fillips,
like costume cocktails. If the London
stage Is in need Of such extra added
attractions as chromatic chairs in the
stalls perhaps 1t, too, is in bad way
dramatically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

! according to the TRAFFIC Bureau: pen.
atty, arrest and fine and imprisonment.
| Maybe we'll hang 'em later.
Time will come when horses without
rubber shoes and wagons without rub
Der tires will be barred from asphalt
streets. Then we may sleep on.
4
| In his book, Psychology of Industrial
Efficiency" DR.. Harold E. Burt says:
! 1T would seem that noises might
! afford a sufficient distraction in many
cases to detract from the efficiency of
| industrial work. In laboratory studies
we do find that distraction, if sufficient
ly severe, will reduce performance In
almost any kind of work. We find also
cases in which, with rather constant
distraction, we overcome 1t and do just
as WELL The effect Of the noise
is not to be confused with our aware
ness OF 1t. 1t is possible to become
adapted to it, so that we are not con-
scious of it. We do not hear the clock
tick. We may even get accustomed to
| the passing trolley, so that 1t does not
enter our attention. The worker may
cease to notice the riveting machine
outside, or the conversation in the next
Office.
This does not mean necessarily that
these things have no effect We may
| overcome the unwillingneSs to work,
after long period. if sufficiently mott
| waited. In Europe factory group
of experienced workers assembling q
| lot of 80 temperature machines, pro-
duced some so imperfections.
1T developed that they were working
next to a boiler factory, with its pro-
verbal noise. They were then moved
to quiet place, and Immediately there
was an improvement. They did ITO
machines in the same time required for
the former 80 and had only imperfec-
| tionS.
I'm another room the poor product in
packing materials was suspected to be
| partially due to the noise of the fan.
When the fan was stopped, production
| Immediately jumped II per cent, in
spite of the poorer ventilation"
There is Prof. Fred A. Moss, M. D.,
PHI D., of the George Washington Uni
versity, who knows something worth
while about noise. In his book, recent
| ly published, is, in substance, the fol-
| lowing:
I'm test of typewriting, the use Of
sound-absorbing wall material in
creased the output 43 per cent"
Sometimes, he explains, the noise
| stimulates and drives" the worker, at
| the direct expense of physical energy,
as measured in calories. Energy Is
what an employer hires-not just good
! luChS-ditO IL Iie IOSCS SllcI sy Va IIAS CAt-
| ployes. without increased product, he Is
wasting money, just as truly as if he
neglected to oil his machinery. Here
is the result of such test, which indi-
Gates that while noise speeded up the
| operators to an increase of output, 8
per cent, yet the increased calories used
up was the difference between 81
. and II:
Per cent Of
increased calories Per cent of in
man when tYpinR. creased speed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Making Of q Genius.
I heard man of genius tell
His secret of success.
He said he was content to dwell
In patient loneliness
And toll at his appointed task
With honest hand and mind.
OF life he sought no more to ask
Than just the daily grind!
He made the world at last rejoice,
That once neglected him
Men loved him as they heard his voice
'Mongst lamps no longer dim.
They asked him why the path he led
To fame was thus inclined.
"It was because" he simply said,
81 liked that daily grind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
An Epic Feat.

with the highly successful round
the-world flight of the Graf Zeppelin
still wildly fresh in memory the
Germans have caused another gasp
of establishment with their feat recently
of carrying one hundred and seventy
passengers aloft in their superseaplane
the Do-X. This gigantic craft, the very
details Of which evoked surprise when
announcement was made that work on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

If health had permitted, the Tiger
Clemenceau might have Joined the
veteran president of Germany in con-
gratulations to their companion in
long-lived greatness. Mr. Edison is one
of the few men who have attained
immutable fame without commanding
any titles of political greatness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
London and the Senate.

The appointments Of Senator Joseph
David A. Reed of Pennsylvania as
members Of the American delegation
to the London naval limitation con-
ference assure the services of two force
full men. both members Of the SEN
ate foreign relations committee, both
qualified to deal with international
affairs and both believers in adequate
national defense. Senator Robinson is
the Democratic leader of the Senate.
In selecting Senator Robinson to go to
London, President Hoover has followed
the precedent established by the late
President Harding when he selected the
late Senator oscar w. Underwood of
Alabama, then Democratic leader, to be
q member of the American delegation to
the Washington conference on naval
limitation in 1922. Furthermore,
Senator Robinson is a member of the
naval affairs committee of the Senate
and has had to deal with legislation
for the Navy. He is familiar with its
needs.
Senator Reed is beginning his second
term In the Senate. A comparatively
young member of the Senate, he has
demonstrated his ability and his talent
for leadership already. During the
World War he served in the Army
overseas, and is now chairman Of the
committee on military affairs. A mem
Der of the American Legion, he is
devoted to the cause Of national de-
tense. Both Senator Reed and Sen
Rtor Robinson supported the fifteen
cruiser program in the last Congress,
and voted for the passage of the bill
carrying that program into effect.
Notwithstanding this fact both these
Senators feel that they can go to the
naval limitation conference with open
minds. It has been their contention, as
it has been that of Americans generally,
that the principle Of parity in naval
strength for the United States and
Great Britain must be established II
any agreement for naval limitation COW
ering all categories of ships is to be
entered into. When Ramsay Macdonald,
the British prime minister, standing in
the Senate, pledged his government to
the principle of parity in naval strength
as between the two nations, Senator
Robinson and Senator Reed both issued
statements expressing their approval and
their appreciation of the pronounce
ment Of the British premier.
President Hoover has been wise In de-
termining to send as members Of the
American delegation to the London con-
ference members of the United States
Senate. The Senate will be called upon
to ratify any treaty for naval limitation
growing out of the conference. The
Senate is entitled to first-hand informa-
ton regarding the negotiation of such
q treaty. The Senate will be in a posi-
ton to obtain it from Senator Robinson
and Senator Reed. The President has
been wise, also, in his selection Of a
Democratic leader as well as a strong
Republican. Politics, according to the
usually accepted pronouncement in the
Senate, stops at the waters edge. In
foreign affairs, American Senators are
first Of all Americans, and then Demo-
Gratis and Republicans That is as it
should be, although there have been
times in American history when politics
has seemed at least to play its part in
the consideration Of international ques-
fi0nS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

One of the remarkable enterprises
assisted by the electric light was the
facility afforded Einstein for working
overtime on his complicated and fas-
cinating theory. The tribute Of the
German scientist to the American in
ventor was timely and appropriate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

Another debt of gratitude due
Thomas A. Edison arises from the
manner in which he stepped out on
the front page and crowded off the
assaults and suicide theories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Playwright for Short PLAYS.

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A playwright states that he can see
no reason why q play should have more
than two acts. Probably he is making
progress in the right direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

The world does not seem as much
better as 1t ought to be since getting
rid of the lobbyists who were supposed
to be strictly convivial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

The police have produced an album
dance of theories, some of them as
hard to meet on terms Of precise COM
prehension as that announced by DR..
Einstein himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Shoemaker Goes Wrong.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
The Russian cobbler who has gone to
prison after performing for six years as
surgeon may now be of the opinion
that the shoemaker should stick to his
last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Demanding Difference.

Demanding Difference.
my wife pays no attention to any
thing I say" said Mr.. Chuggins. But
I think maybe I can Ak that"
"How?"
IN secure a place as traffic cop
Some day when she's driving her own
car I'll get q chance to hand her a
ticket"
"A man who regrets his past" said
HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, lis not
necessarily penitent. He may be only
disappointed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

Mergers once called for public
censure. Now they are expected to be
made only by popular request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Oklahoma Marks Time.

From the Richmond News Leader.
Ho, hum! Almost a year before Ok
lahoma selects another man to i'm
peach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

Thanks to Henry Ford, all roads
those of both earth and air-yesterday
led to Dearborn, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Dieters Poor Losers.

From the Seattle Daily Times.
In a manner of speaking those who
break the regimen of their reducing
diets are poor losers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
How Colonies Survive.

From the Richmond News Leader.
AS to Palestine's future no colony
endures unless it can lick the natives
without outside help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Why Mexicans Kill.

From the Terre Haute Star.
Having only few automobiles down
there, the Mexicans must depend on
political enthusiasm for their killings.
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70 the use for republication Of ell rews dis
patches credited TO It or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
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Many a sincere pacifist finds it i'm
possible to be personally peaceful for
long at a time.
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Overwhelming Greatness.
True greatness bids the smaller fry
Be satisfied to win
A corner where they can stand by
And humbly listen in"
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

nth SC. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: 10 East END St.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
Eurolean once: IA Regent St., London,
England.
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Sad Awakening.

The politician said, "I,l strike
Whatever pace you seem to like,
And then shed tears when Fate denies
The hope that SO truly prize"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
In the Course Of Nature.

In the Course OF Nature.
what do you think Of prohibition?"
"You don't have to think about it,"
answered Senator Sorghum. 1T is one
Of those things that simply happen"
Jud TunkinS says man who takes
himself too seriously is liable to wake up
and discover he is one Of the people who
worry about trifles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

Fer CENT OF
increased calories Per cent of in
per man when typing. creased speed
NNisV under dMiet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

"a man dat loves his enemies" said
Uncle Eben. lis one dat likes bosses so
much dat he keeps goin' to de track an
losin' his money"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19


ers were vacationirg in Europe and
Penelope thought that no harm
could come of the lark. But James
Bruce, related to the owners of the
fiat, returns and Penelope claims
that she is a cousin of the TrentS,
the rich owners of the fiat. OF
course, Mr.. Blaine plays the role OF
Bruce, and he falls in love with the
girl. Just as she is about to tell
him the truth, in walk the Trents.
Then, of course, it is discovered that
several thousand dollars worth of
jewels of the TrentS are missing.
To Jail goes Penelope. And just
when things get pretty serious for
our heroine, in walks a detective
with the guilty dame who stole the
family jewels. Presto CHI ngt. Hap
piness and our hero and heroine
start on their honeymoon. Oh, my!
The comedy is furnished by the
two colored maids in the story
Daisy Brooks and Rena Henry,
played by Miss Beatrice Sayelle and
Miss Nell Washburn. These two
really walk away with all the come
dy honors. If it was not for these
two characters, this play would be
much thinner than it is.
And so Wanted ads no great
problems to anybody in the cast.
It is just another stock bill and will
be remembered only ass one of the
also rams. 1t is better acted than
it deserves.
At English's all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
LOOKING OVER
NEW BILL AT LYRIC

Journeys Inn, IA a comedy Skit,
tells the story of a young man and
woman who are disappointed in
each other, and therefore decide to
make the best of it with some one
else. They all meet in Journeys
Inn where the two lovers make up,
and the others decide they were
wrong.
Jimmy Allard plays the part Of
the inn keeper, who has to stop his
customers with a lot of nails in a
board. 1t is very effective, especially
on cold winter night. There is a
lot of good clean comedy in this
piece, written by Billy House, a
comedian of some note.
There are several songs in this
skit that are srappy, and a good
novelty dance by two members OF
the company.
Fielder, Harriet and Harrison
call their comedy number, We're
in the Navy Now Two sailors are
on shore leave and want to see and
meet some girls. They finally meet
one that measures up TO their Ideas
and the little one makes love to the
girl while the big one eggs him on.
The comedy is mostly slap stick
stuff, but it gets its laugh.
Al Rome sure does draw on the
old-time moth eaten gags to get
over. He sings several songs, and
does it nicely. His dancing is nov
city stuff, but good. He and his
partner, Betty Woods, build up part
of the skit with a clarinet, it's Iegit-
innate stuff, but he never plays
anything beyond the scale.
Here are acrobatics dressed up a
bit. The two men who do the bal
ancing are both dressed as polar
bears, seemingly making the stunt
harder to do. polar pastimes" is
fairly good acrobatics.
Four women and two men make
up the Kinkaid Kilties troupe. They
sing and dance several Scotch num-
bers. One of the men does a char
acter bit of an old Scotch woman
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
AIMEE JUDGE
FIGHTS CUSTER
BEFORE SENATE
Courtroom Crowded With
Throng Curious to Hear
Scandal.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press staff Correspondent.

SACRAMENICp, Cal, Marcn w.
Entangled in the skein of circuin-
stances that have cast a shadow of
doubt on the kidnapping of Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, red-haired
evangelist of Los Angeles, Judge
Carlos S. Hardy fought impeach-
ment charges today before a state
senate court.
The Los Angeles judge, defended
by his son, is charged with having
accepted $4,000 love offering"
from Mrs. Mcpherson while he was
on the bench.
Attracted by possibility of the
Mcpherson kidnapping story being
aired again, the court room was
crowded, many bringing their
lunches in paSteboard boxes so
they could retain vantage seats.
Defense of Judge Hardy was to
be completed today and the state
was slated to comro ence its charges
that the judge accepted legal fees
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
TOY ELECTRIC TRAIN
OBEYS MASTERS VOICE
Orders Are Given Through Phone
Transmitter.


BIZ Science Serrtce
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, March
ia toy electric train that obeys
the spoken words of its master to
go, stop or back is one of the latest
achievements of the General Elec-
trio Company's Research Laboratory
here.
The locomotive is named Casey
Jones, and by saying GO Ahead,
Casey" the train starts. Stop
brings it to an immediate halt, while
Back Upp causes it to do just
that.
The secret of operation lies in a
special Selector, connected through
vacuum tube to an ordinary tele-
phone transmitter through which
the orders are given. This de-
ternaines the polarity of the rails
in the track, and the polarity in
turn determines whether the train
goes forward or backwards. Three
or more syllables operate the relay
and the Selector to provide forward
movement. A two syllable order re-
verses the polarity and the train
while one syllable breaks the circuit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19

who laments her husbands death
The other one does a Scotch tap
dance, if there is such a thing.
Vina Keppie is the champion bass
drummer and does her stuff along
with two snare drums and three
bagpipes. Not a bad act.
I have heard a lot of parrots, but
none of them ever did say anything
very intelligent. Paula's Polly talks
and sings with something approach
ing the human voice. Most of it is
understandable.
Blockade" starring Anna Q. Nils
son, is the feature picture this week.
At the Lyric. (By Observer.)
Other theaters today offer: Kitty
Madison and her "Jazztime Revue"
a. the Mutual; High Card Wins"
at the Colonial; Desert Nights" at
Loew's Palace; STARK Mad" at the
Apollo; 1.-THE Wolf of Wall Street
at the Ohio; "Cohens and the
KellyS in Atlantic City, at the
Circle; Chinatown Nights" at the
Indiana, and THE Bellamy Trial.
at the Ritz and Oriental.