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The Washington times., 1930-12-09
HELEN HAYES
SCORES IN
NEW PLAY
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Bys AND4&W Ass nGAGA
''Petticoat influence" the new
play by Neil Grant in which Gil.
bert Miller presented Helen Hayes
to her washington public at the
Belasco Theater last night, is po
lite drawing room farce which
becomes important because it Is
beautifully acted by cast which
a a delight to watch.
About everybody In Washing.
ton realizes that in our system OF
government founded upon politics
the right man does not always
get the job. but the fellow with
the most pull invariably sue
ceedS. Playwright Grant demon
strates that the same influences
motivate prime ministers and
lords in parcelling patronage as
iacite, say, our Senators. Upon
this theme he has predicated a
pretty clever play.
Helps Her Husband
This Peggy Chalfont, Of Lon
don (Helen Hayes, is no self
effacing and docile Maggie Wyl1e.
Hardly. She knows that her
husband, Dick Chalfont, is the
best man In all England for the
job Of governor-general OF the
Island of Arda. But Dick Is side
tracked by the Earl Of Darnaway,
who has the appointing power, In
favor of a silly awss Lord Ray
toun who needs a job. Dick Is
resigned to disappointment, but
not Peggy. She takes a hand in
the game Of politics.
Petticoat influence upsetS neat
1y the well-ordered cupboard OF
the Earl Of Darnaway. Through
women's intuition Peggy dis.
covers a scandal in the house of
Darnaway. BY ingenious hints
gather than direct accusation
she contrives to make it plain
that it would be well to give
her husband the post for which
he is SO well fitted. Unfortunate
", the Earl misconstrues the
innuendoes and right here The
play enters the realm of genteel
and polished farce.
Peggy Puts 1t Over
The final curtain can be sum.
married. in the p. s. He got the
job. Or as the Earl of Darn
away put it, "A husband who
suspects his wife is allowed one
guess. # he guess wrongly, the
rest is silence" And the earl
was a mighty poor guesser, al
though a fine round table
diplomat.
Playwright Grant tells his story
In pointed, smart and clever
dialogue but he may we'll thank
Gilbert Miller for assembling the
perfect cast to lend it emphasis
OF Helen Hayes women are wont
to say: "She's not pretty, she
hasn't a. good feature, but what
charm" Charm and personality
plus a fine knowledge Of acting
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
LURID DRAMA
OF CAPITAL
CRIME

One of the drab and frowsy
phases of the current metropoli-
tan scene-the morbid, all-de-
vouring public appetite for the
minutiae Of murder trials and
their sequels in the death house
Is satirized, lashed, and wildly
articulated In q loose jointed play
called In the Meantime" pro-
duced by the New York Theater
Guild at the National Theater
last evening.
From Front Pages
The play fairly rereks with
printers ink and Is as up-to-the-
minute as today's newspapers. It
has many facets, veering from
one to another in the course of
three acts. One of them seems
to be a scorching criticism Of mod
ern journalistic technique in
handling murder and sudden
death that has sex basis. An
other seems to be the playwright's
determination to give a closeup
psychological study Of a jury
foreman who is the moving factor
in imposing the death penalty on
murdreSs. But the main en-
phasis of the play Is reserved for
its denounment, when 1t reveals
it's propaganda character as
sharp invective against capital
punishment in all it's forms.
The basic plot is pure melo-
drama, but it has been embroid-
cred with penetrating obsarya-
ton Of New York types ID with
many original and unhackneyed
touches in Characterization and
story. The playwrights, Claire
and Paul Sifton, have themselves
been part Of the scene Of which
they write and know whereof they
speak.
SpIendidly Acted
They have seen in action the
cynical brood of reporters to
whose lot it falls to picture that
weird mixture OF twisted justice,
political wire-pulling. and dropsi-
cal journalism that is the mod
ern murder trial-the same theme
which was handled from another
angle in Maureen Watkins Chi
cago." Most of the acid satire
of I'm the Meantime" will not
be lost upon sophisticated audi
ences; where the play really fails
is to concentrate upon single
angle of the problem with which
it deals and to maintain dramatic
emphasis everlaStingly upon it.
The play, however, abounds
with the sort Of stuff which leaps
out Of streaming headlines at
you, white-hot stuff that is
revelatory of the modern sex
neurosis. It is splendidly acted
by a cast which includes Glenn
Anders as Bob Nolan, the police
reporter who acts as a sort Of
deus ex machina in the play,
Frederic Perry, as Edward Wei
don, the jury foreman who be-
lieved in the Mosaic code Of pun
ishment even when his own
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Wiu Rogers in Light
nin'," at 11:05 a. m, 1913, 3:41
5:19, 7:42 and 1905 p. m. Stage
shows at 12:43, 500, 7:07 and
$50 p. m.
Eddie Robinson In
"The Widow From Chicago" at
1915, 2:30, 4:40. 7:40 and 10 p
m. Stage shows at 1:15, $3.50, 6:45
and 8 p. m. -... .
EChester Morris In
'The Bat Whispers" at IL noon
2:16, 4:37, 1913 and 9:44 p. m
Stage shows at 1874, 1855, 6:4l
and 900 p. m. .
R-K-O KEITH'S-Eddie Quillan
in sBig Money" at 1928 a. m,
1881, 1888. 5:33, 1885 and 9:37
p. m.
RIALTO-Conrad Nagel in ITO
day." at 11:40 a. m, LAO, $40
$40, 7:40 and 9:40 p. m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pc
terson in Mothers Cry" at 11:15
a. m, /, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, 8 and
9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Harold Lloyd In
''Feet First" at II a. M, los
| $40, Sis, 7:20 and $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09

and telling expression are evident
in every concept Of Peggy Chal-
font with the Hayes treatment.
She was "squiffy" when neces-
sary, courageous and loyal to a
fault, an impulsive but honest
bungler, saucy and amusing.
Those in the considerable Hayes
following can point to this Peggy
with genuine pride.
Superior Cast
In the superior cast, worthy Of
special m ention, are Henry
Stephenson, Reginald Owen, John
Williams, Valerie Taylor and Eric
Cowley, all ais English as, tea
and muffins.
A garish and taWdry looking
opening set was blamed on the
District fire marshal, who in
sisted that elaborate hangings be
sprayed before they could orna
ment the scene. The second and
final act setting was rich and
impressive with paintings and
murals.
"Petticoat Influence" looks ready
to meet the Broadway challenge
for smart entertainment!
The Washington times., 1930-12-09

DIILS, PILLS, PILLS! One tonight: An
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two. Dosing dosing =: dosing! Soon it
is fixed habit that you cannot shake.
You don't have to go to doctor to realize
that you can't find health that way!
And yet hundreds of thousands today are
struggling under like burden of halfhealth.
They are not i'll yet neither are they well:
And it's so easy for them to be realIywell! If
people would only face the facts! Only listen!
For instancess: ~
Medical science has traced 9O% of ofcommon
Ills to the intestinal tract and stomach. Here,
where the body receives its daily fuel waste
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
JUNE COLLYER

daughter was involved in a love-
murder; Linda Watkins, as the
daughter, and a half-dozen others
who did character studies excel
lent1y.
The acting and the production
is up to the Theater Guild
standard, and gives the play a
distinction which may carry it
far.-A. M. j.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Here's food that will
really bring you health . . An addition to your
diet that gives permanent relief

matter is allowed to collect. Unbalanced diet
upsets the delicate functioning Of vital organs.
The alimentary canal becomes clogged. In-
testinal muscles grow weak.
Soon your body is flooded with poisons,
generated by putrefying waste matter. Skins
grow sallow. Appetites disappear. Colds
multiply. Headaches. Irregular habits.
Fortunately, there is way out :. simple
way. For IS years doctors have known the
The Washington times., 1930-12-09

beneficial effects of yeast: Today they are
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Used regularly, yeast attacks accumulated
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Stimulates the normal action of the intestines
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The Washington times., 1930-12-09

Miles of pleasant low cost travel can
be had through the purchase of one
of the recOnditiOned cars advertised for
sale In todayas Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
STAGE NEWS. FROM N. Y.

A London production of "Coi-
onel Satan" the new Booth Tark-
ington play which George Tyler
win produce, is announced for the
Haymarket Theater next month,
with Henry Ainley in the title
role, to be played here by Mckay
Morris.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Lloyd Has Fun With
MagicinvI's OL,ercOUt

Donning q magician's "frock-
tail" coat by mistake Is one Of
the peaks Of the laugh material
in Harold Lloyd's latest talkie,
Feet First" at Loew's columbia
Theater.
Too poor to get a dress suit
Of bis own, and forced to appear
at a ships entertainment for @
bluff, Harold "borrows" the ma
gician's garment only to find to
his diSmay that 1t is filled with
pigeons, rabbits, leaping- frogs and
all sorts Of embarrassing para
phernalia.
Used cars ...at economical prices
80. are advertised today In the cIassl.
lied automobile for Sale CoIumng
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Played 900 Roles

More than 900 different stage
roles are credited to Spencer
Charters who portrays a comedy
character role in '"The Bat
Whispers" Roland Vests startling
production for United Artists,
featuring Chester Morris.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
SEEK JOHNSON
AS HERO FOR
FRONT PAGE
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1880. Premier
9vudicafe TneN

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. s.-Hildy
Johnson, hero of The Front
Page" and the dramas most
famous reporter, probably will be
played on the screen by Norman
Foster, Broadway leading man.
Negotiations now are on for
Howard Hughes to borrow the
actor from Paramount, where he
is under contract. Foster Is best
known on the screen for his work
| in the title role of Young Man
of Manhattan" The actor Is the
husband of Claudette Colbert
also a Paramount star.
"The Front Page" most famous
of newspaper plays, has been in
Hughes possession for sometime
Since the stage version cut its
swath throughout the nation
dozens Of mutations have been
produced. Some Of them have
painted fairer picture Of the
press. For sheer intensity OF
melodrama and for boisterous
humor, none, however, has sur
passed 1.-THE Front Page"
Lewis Milestone, an Inspired
choice for director, will put the
play on the screen. Others in the
case are Louis Wolheim as the
managing editor and Matt Moore
as an inebriated reporter.
The Last Resort
Little Billy. the midget, says
that things are SO tough he is
trying to get into an orphans
asylum.
Never Saw Her
When Estelle Taylor was called
East by the serious illness Of her
grandfather, Charles Barrett
friends of the star revealed that
he had never seen a motion pic
ture. Years ago, in Wilmington,
he went into a theater and saw
a few feet Of a comedy. It dis
pleased him so much that he
never again re-entered q motion
picture house. The only time
he ever saw Estelle act was in
her stage venture, "The Big
Fight"
FreeIand to Fox
Having made a success of
"Whoopee," Thornton Freeland is
being loaned to Fox to direct a
talkie version Of "Six-Cylinder
Love-"
Play-goers will remember this
as an Ernest Traux stage vehicle
a number Of seasons ago.
In 1923, it was made into a
silent picture by Fox.
None of the cast has been
chosen for the talkie version.
Do You Know
That Harry Carey has a law
degree from New York University?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-28
RIGID ECONOMY
WATCHWORD OF
CITY OFFICIALS
Start Talk of Tax Rate
Slash in 1891; Expect
to Show Saving.

Rigid economy in all departments
vas urged today by City Controller
William L. Elder to enable the city
to operate within the 1880 budget"
We are beginning now to watch
expenditures rather than 10 walt
until next December" Elder de-
clared.
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan ex-
p all city departments to show
z wing at the close of the year
a is hopeful that the works board
a purchasing department will be
able to save the city several thou
sand dollars during the year.
Talk Tax Slash
Already there has been discussion
of reducing the tax rate for 1881.
City councilmen want to cut the
annual levy this fall when the bud
get is prepared.
With a city bonding margin of
s2,097 900, it is unlikely the Sulli-
van administration can undertake
any major projects requiring is
suance of bonds. The opinion has
been expressed that the bonded
debt of the city is as near the
margin as advisable in view of the
fact that it Is wise TO keep a reserve
In event OF emergency or disaster.
The $4,000 bond issue to pay re-
duced and suspended assessments
for sewer Improvements and court
judgments and the $1,000 for re-
pair of city prison, will be sold by
the controller April 10.
Consider Street Program
Council is considering issuance Of
100000 for resurfacing of nineteen
city streets, badly in need of repair.
The bonding limit fixed by law is
sl3,804,000. The annual retirement
of bonds averages about 100000 a
year, making necessary careful
handling Of city finances for the
next few years if Indianapolis is to
avoid financial tangleS. The health
board contemplates a 81 ,044000 ward
building as q part of city hospital
OuAAOlA46 HlOSA diAA NOnlCbAilS hAtAlAl
the next two years.
To Take Up Certificates
The controller plans to take up
certificates of indebtedness amount
ing to S247 900. Dec. 81, with funds
from the current tax levy, leaving
$4,000 in certificates outstanding.
The city pays per cent interest
on certificates of Indebtedness, while
the rate on bonds is AZ per cent.
The city has been stuck" with
heavy costs on several street and
sewer projects where the property
owners obtained reduction in court,
lacking the refund on to the city's
share of the cost.
E. Kirk Mckinney, works board
president, said the board is taking
every precaution against recurrence
OF such cases,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-28

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-28

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Evening star., 1930-11-30

these singers always composed Of graduates
Of Fisk University. They have sung in Paris,
"by command" before King George and Queen
Mary, at the White House. and in the Summer
Of 1929 were the first Negroes to appear in
the Hollywood Bowl Roland Hayes now pre-
eminent on the concert stage, was formerly q
member of this group.
A INVOLVEMENT has been made of a re-
cital to be given Tuesday evening, Decem-
ber 16, at the Jewish Community Center, by
Alexander Zlatoff- -Mirsky, Russian basso Mr..
zlatoff Mirsky, who has studied in Munich,
been soloist in various Russian choirs and won
a scholarship at the Curtis Institute in Phila-
delphia, is making his dsbut here in concert
recital He will be assisted at the piano by
Matte Sadie, and his program will include songs
in French, German, Russian, Italian and
English
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Beethoven Lecture by Philip Hale.

A N interesting program will be offered at the
Library Of Congress Thursday afternoon,
Philip Hale, one Of BostOn's noted critics in
the matter of music and the theater, through
the courtesy of the board of trustees of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra and DIR. Serge
Koussevitzky, delivering lecture on Beethoven.
He will be assisted by the Burgin String Quar-
tet playing the Beethoven String Quartet In
G Major" and the String Quartet in
Minor" The members of this organization in
clude Richard Burgin and Robert Gundersen,
violins; Jean Lefrank, viola, and Jean Bedetti,
violoncello.
A MOTHER recital Of interest to the public is
the one to be given by the Fiske Jubilee
Singers in the Andrew Rankin Chapel Of
Howard University Tuesday at 8:15 pm.
This group of singers composed of two wom-
en- and four men, lis the third generation of
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Sunday Concert

Music LOVERS are invited to attend the
Sunday evening concert of the Lowe-Nevins
Concert Orchestra, at the Shoreham Hotel this
evening between 7:30 and $780, The concert
Will II presented in the hotel lobby
The following program will be offered under
the direction of Raoul da Costa: william
Tel" by Rossini; Second Waltz" by GODDARD;
Countess Martha" by Kaman; "L'Arlesienue
First Suite" by Bizet; cello solos, "Andante~
Dy Giuck, and "Guitarre," by Moszkowsky:
"Lohengrin," by Wagner
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Mnsigraphs

Columbia. Chapter f the American Guild
of Organ:sts will be held Monday eve
ming at Epiphany Parish House. Fol-
lowing the business session Conrad BeInier
will speak on French Organs and Organists"
and Maud G. Sewell and Lyman S. McCrary
will contribute organ selections.
THE two-pianc arrangement of Edward Mac.
Dowells Indian Suite is having its first
public performance in N:w York today, being
played at the MacDowen Club by the Misses
Sutro Next Sunday night Washington win
have the opportunity to hear the composition OF
the great American composer, in its second pub
lie performance.
The Indian Suite" is to be the featured
number in the two-piano recital to be given
by the Misses Sutro next Sunday night at the
Mayhower.
The complete program follows: "DuOlogue
(GS)" (Lionel de Pachman), ride of the VAL
kyries,'' arranged by Humistcn (WagneD.
'Minuett" (Owst), "Feu Roulant" CDuvernoy).
"Etude Syncopique" (Algernon Ashton), 'Valse
Paraphrass" (SchuetO and the INDIAN Suite
Legend, Love Song, In War Time, Dirge, Village
Festival (MacDowelD.
Vittoria de Andreis dramatic soprano; Oscar
Levine, violinist, and Alexander zlatoh -Mnsky.
bass entertained at the last D. A. r. meeting
at the Villa Hotel.
Hurt Hetzel Mrs Ebert Tying, Mrs. John A.
Logan and Mrs Edwin Hahn presented q
Beethoven and Brahms program at the Novem-
ber musical tea of the music section Of the
Women's Club of Chevy Chase, Md, held last
Monday at the home of Mrs. Henry Brawnsr,
Alice Neal, contralto. contributed group Of
songs to the Victor Herbert program Of the
Wheels of Progress given last Monday in the
Washington Hotel Mrs Neal was accom-
panied by Dorothy Erglish
Percy s. Foster will continue this evening
the special scrg services which he has been
leading at the National Baptist Memorial since
the first of this month
M. Nelson recently gave piano recital at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Frost Mr.
Merson played selections by Bach, Brahms.
Beethoven, Schumarn,- Bartok, a composition
of his own and others He will be heard later
in the season in SIX pien0 recitals. Julia e.
Schelling will give short Introductory talk on
each composer befo.e the different recitals
Methodist Episcopal Church, under the Girec-
ton OF Guy Skinner, VIII give an evening Of
music tomorrow at pm, entitled Songs Of
Thanksgiving"
TIE soloist for the &c man service at Con-
cordia Lutheran Church today will be William
g. Naehle, tenor, who will sing "Troeste Dich"
from Handefs Messiah" At the evening
service Raymond Escherich, tenor. win sing
Come Unto Him. by Coenen.
Warren F. johnson will give an organ recital
at the Church of the Pilgrims at 1880 O'Clock
this evening. He will play "P elude and
Fughetta," by Rogers; "Scherzetto," by Vierue.
and Francis Nelson's "Melodie."
Evening star., 1930-11-30

EVENT without parallel in the musi-
" cal history of Washington will be given
n at Constitution Hall on Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Friday evenings at $3.50
O'Clock and on Saturday afternoon at o'clock
Of the current week, December 2, 3, and 6,
when the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge
Koussevitsky, conductor celebrates the fiftieth
anniversary of its founding by four perform
ance Beethoven festival.
Myra Hess and Josef Hofmann, pianists, and
Efren1 zimbaliSt, violnst, will appear as SOLO
lists, and the fourth and final performance will
be notable for its press ntation of a chorus of
200 voice. trained by DR.. Albert Harmed, with
four additional soloistS.
The program follows: First performance
Tuesday evening, December g. at $3.50 O'Clock:
Overture to Goethe's "Egmont," Opus "a. "Con-
certo for Pianforte No. in G Major" Opus So
-D Allegro moderate; CID Andante con
moto; Gid Rondo vivace; Myra Hess soloist.
Symphony No in Flat Major" "Eroica,"
Opus SD Allegro con brio; CID Marcia
funebre: Adagio assai; Gid Scherzo: Allegro
vivace, trio; (IV) Finale: Allegro motto.
Second performance-Wednesday evening,
December 3, at $3.50 o'clock: Overture to Leo
nore," No. 3, Opus 70. Concerto for Violin in
Major, Opus 61," Efrem Zimbalist seioist:
Gid Rondo. Symphony No. in Minor,
Opus 81: Cd Allegro con brio; CID Andante
con motto; Gid Allegro, trio; QV) Allegro.
Third performance-Friday evening, Decem-
ber 5, at $3.50 O'Clock: Overture to Collins trag-
edy, "Coriolanus," Opus 81. Concerto for
pianoforte No. in e Flat Major" Opus 73:
Cd Allegro; CID Adagio un pocomosso; Gid
Rondo: Andante ma non troppo Josef Hof-
mann, soloist. Symphony No z in A Major"
Opus 90: ID POGO sostenuto, vivace; CID Ale
gretto; Gid Presto, Assai memo presto: Tempo
primo; UV) Allegro con brio.
Fourth performance-Saturday afternoon,
December g. at o'clock: Symphony No in
Major" Opus 21: Cd Adagio motto. allegro
con brio; CID Andante cantabile con moto;
Gid Menuetto: Allegro motto vivace. trio;
QV) Finale: Adagio Allegro melto vivace"
Symphony No. in d Minor, with final chorus
on Schilers "Ode to JOY" Opus 125: Cd Al
legro, ma non troppo, POGO maestoso; CID
Evening star., 1930-11-30

Motto vivace presto; Gid Adagio motto
cantabile; (IV) Presto; Allegro assai; Presto,
baritone recitative; quartet and chorus: ale
gro assa; tenor solo and chorus: Allegro assai
vivace ALA marcia; chorus: alIs gro aSsai; cho-
rus: Andante maestoso, Adagio, ma non troppo,
ma divote, allegro energico, sempre ben mar
cato; quartet and chorus: allegro ma non tanto;
Prestissimo; solosts jeanette VTeeland, So
prano Nevada Van Der Veer, contralto; Dan
Gridley, tenor; Fraser Gange baSsOe chorus
of 200 by National Capital Oratorio Society,
Albert w. Harmed director
MRS. LAWRENCE TOWNSENB'S opening
morning musicale of the season, which
takes place Wednesday, at IL O'Clock, at the
MayfloWer will have Clare Clairbert who made
her local debut last Saturday night in Con-
stitution Hail. and Richard Crooks, tenor,
artists for the occasion.
Nine Clairbert, who is probably the most
sensational find" Of the music season. and of
whom reports from the West Coast, where she
made her first appearance indicate that
voice like hers Is one of those events that
happen only once in a hundred. or more years,
will sing a totally different program except
for her first number, from the one offered at
Constitution Hail.
Beginning with the Mozart achievement
au Serail," she will then sing "Voyon, Manon,"
from Massene.s opera, "Manon" and the
"Fabiau" from the same opera, which, incl
dentally, has never been sung in Washington
before. Nine. Clairbert will sing the duet from
the opera, "Traviata with Mr.. Crooks, and for
her last selection will do the Mad Scene" from
DoniAettis Lucia" assisted by flute obbligato
played by Eugene Lion.
Richard Crooks, who needs no introduction
to Washingtonians will begin the program with
three selections by Handel one from "Parthe-
nope" another from "Floridante" and the third
from "Atalanta." He will also sing the aria
from Rimsky -Korsakov's May Night" aria
from Verdis "Rigoletto" the "Traviata" duet
with Nine. Clairbert, and in his final group, the
"Zueignung" by Strauss, VOLTS "VerSchwiegene
Liebe" and the Brahms "SehnSucht"
Francis de Bourguignon, composer pianist,
will assist Mime. Clairbert at the piano, and
William Sektberg will accompany Mr.. Crooks.