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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
WHITE MOTHER WINS
Colored Couple Refused Permit to
Adopt Caucasian Baby.

CHICAGO. August 80 (Py.-The pc
eition of a colored couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Under, for adoption of
Joseph Julian. a white baby. was de-
MED yesterday by Judge John Biggs.
Since the petition was filed 10 days
ago the mother, Mrs. Rose Julian, has
appeared to claim the child. Counsel
for the Linders. however, asked Judge
Biggs for leave to reinstate the petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
AHEPAS HONOR MOSES.
Senator Given Membership in Hell
lenic Order at Boston Dinner.

lenic Order at Boston Dinner.
BOSTON, August 80 R.-United
States Senator George A. Moses Of New
Hampshire, was granted q mantle OF
membership in the Order OF Ahepa at
a dinner here last night.
In a speech after the ceremony, the
Senator who 20 years ago served as
United States Minister to Greece and
speaks Greek fluently, told of some Of
the experiences while there. Ahepa is
the American Hellenic Educational
Progressive Association. Its member
ships comprises thousands OF Americans
Of Greek descent.
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his landing, so that we shall be able to
start his prosecution soon and make
him feel the weight of justice. All the
politicians misusing funds will be pun
tshed severely and energetically. We
VIII not exempt any one from punish
ment."
The former President has been seri-
ously III of an uremic attack aboard
the Almirante Grau, and has been I'M
der medical attention there. He was
removed from the cruiser at pm. yes
terday and spent the night in tempo
rary detention quarters at the prison,
before being assigned a more perma-
nent location.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Executive Order Hits Newspaper.

MEXICO CITY, August 80 (P.--Dis-
patches from Vera Cruz said today that
Just resumed publication after being
closed more than two months by q
strike Of employees, had again been
closed nv crdeEA Of Gov Taaedas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
CHAIRS MADE FAST

juries in Prediction Disputes.
BIELFIELD, Germany. August 80 Up.
Police here, to be on the safe side for
prediction disputes, decreed today that
in halls where political meetings were
to be held tables must be removed and
chairs must be firmly connected with
each other or otherwise made station
airy to prevent their being raised from
the floor.
Also, serving of drinks during po-
litical meetings is prohibited, with an
eye to preventing use of bottles, glasses
or stems as weapons or missiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

"Oh, Sailor, Behave"
Naughty and Not Too Nice,
RYRoNICALLY speaking, "oh,
Sailor, Behave" the current
Aim at Warmers Metropolitan, is the
maddest and baddest ceiluloid frolic
visible in long time. It Is mad
through the clownings of Messrs.
Olsen and Johnson. and it is bad
through most everything else. in
Guiding a kind of indicate humor
that might have been written by the
Specialist
But the first part of H. is very
funny. If the crude humor Is prop
erly digested and if one likes such
salty wiSecracking as Olsen and
johnson tnterpolate throughout.
These two are, certainly, the craziest
couple on the screen and worth the
attention of any one who, for recrea-
ton purposes, likes travelling sales
man comedy.
The plot of this picture. SAYS a
caption, was culled from Elmer
Rice's short-lived play of last Win
ter, See Naples and Die" Not hav-
ing seen the play, 1t isn't, perhaps.
fair to say much about it, but if
oh, Sailor, Behave" is even re-
motely connected with it the latter
must have been pretty awful. What
there is of spice in the picture is
pure and simple Hollywood. and
obviously the idea of a fertile d.
rector, Archie Mayo. who hadn't
much use. for a plot.
Technically, the high mark of the
film occurs when Charlie King,
rooted to the middle of a NeapolitaIl
restaurant, sings two rapid-fire love
songs, one to a lady on a balcony
and the other to his teary-eyed
princess (Irene Delroy), who had
just stepped out of her carriage
having come all the way from Paris
to tell him that her marriage to the
prince didn't mean a thing, etc.
However, the assets of this hodge,
podge cinema are two moderately
good moo songs, one distinctly
nice Lott Loder and, as mentioned
above, two clowns of the earthly
kind. who are, of course, the sailors.
Other items include two amusing
shorts" and Graham MacNamee
doing well by The Evening Star
Universal Newsreel. Z. de s. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
CAPT. SPARKS SPEAKER

Radio Executive Says Industry rs
on Sound Basis.
Conditions in the radio industry were
outlined by Capt. William Sparks, presi-
dent of the Sparks Worthington Co.,
at a dinner of Sparton radio dealers Of
Washington and Baltimore last night
in the Southern Hotel in Baltimore.
More than $50 attended. N
Capt Sparks pointed out that the
radio industry is on a firmer and more
stable basis than ever before and pre-
dicted an unprecedented business for
the 1930-I931 season.
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ton seems not only to have induced
Mr.. Mccormack to sing a large
repertoire of his favorite songs, but
to have treated him with calmness
and unthespianism and refrained
from daubing him with sheik
mantle or a Hollywood accent.
What makes this film, of course,
is the singing. Other slices of It,
therefore, may be viewed with eyes
shut. But the plot is not as bad
as it might be- 1t sits neekly most
of the time in the corner--and is
only brought forth at indispensable
moments. Some of these moments,
: too. are quite believable, thanks 70
a delightful performance by Maurine
O'Sullivan. who is-according to our
way of thinking-one of cinems's
real assets.
There are fewer touches of .senti-
ment in this film than might be
supposed. True, Mr.. McCormack's
lady friend dies in the middle OF
one of his concerts and kind OF
Laugh, Clown. Laugh" is expected
during the next seconds. But moth
ing really fearful happens-the
camera is shut off at appropriate
places. One can't expect picture
that has ireland for a backdrop not
to be without its whlmsies, now
ever-and those to whom sentiment
of this kind is dear will find their
homes rewarded. Very pretty espe-
cially, is the pictorial accompani-
ment to Johns we'll known song,
Little Boy Blue"
Most pleasing is it to have tenor
sing with real dignity on the screen.
Not even for the 100000 that NC
Cormack is said to secure from tins
picture has he adopted the vauoe-
Vile manner. He sings just as ne
has always sung, as true artist,
and deserving enthusiastic congrat-
ulations.
The stage offering, Marbles"
seems little tepid coming after this
star, in spite of some comlnendable
entertainment on the banjo by
Eddie Peabody, the Bennett Brothers
and the Sunkist Girls doing an ex-
ceptionaIly good drill" number.
Bob West, the new maestro at the
Wurlitzer, had his audieace just
about where he wanted 1t, which
means that he was a hit. E. de 5. M.
Billie Dove at Earle
in Good Mel0drana.
MURDER, which is left entirely to
A the imagination, illuminates Bill
lie Doves motion picture, zone Night
at Susie's," which opened yesterday
at the Earle. A cast of exceptional
ability makes It unnecessary to enact
the scenes of violence which precede
the dramatic incidents surrounding
the prison sentence of young man.
who assumes the gilt Of girl. She
has killed in defense.
The preliminary story is wildly
told in the notable emotional acting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
BRYAN FACULTY FILLED
University Will Be Ready to Re-
ceive Freshmen September Is.

DAYTON, Tenn, August 80 CP)-The
entire faculty Of the William Jennings
Bryan University has now been Sc
lected. The doors of the university win
open for freshman classes September 10.
The personnel includes DR.. George e.
Guile, who has been elected president
of the university. DR.. Guile has been
connected with Moody Bible Institute
for more than Is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

BEGINNING Sept. End, the
~ Baltimore & Ohio further
enhances travel comfort by
the addition of a Bedroom
Open-Section Sleeping Car ID
Chicago on The Capitol Limited.
This new type of car pro-
vides from Washington to
Chicago your own Private
Bedrooml A real bed with
box springs and a thick mat
tress-a bed that is convertible
into q com Portable Sofa
Lounge by day. There is also
q full-length mirror, electric
fan, bed-lamp, rug, folding
table, your own lavatory and
toilet with hot and cold
running water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washinston's Theaters.

by the star, whose facility in express
sion is displayed with unusual skill.
Miss Dove and her associate players
attain a high mark in this film,
which approaches the goal of a talk
ing picture with the qualities of the
legitimate drama.
Choosing a plot of sustained inter-
est, which moves rapidly to the cli-
max and carries with 1t a group of
real, human characters, the producer
has shown Judgment in eliminating
unnecessary details and creating an
atmosphere of life itself, which is
rare in pure melodrama. Contribute
ing to this result is Douglas Fair
banks. jr., who plays opposite the
star, and appears consistently as a
refreshing example of outstanding
youth without resort to mannerisms.
He is also the finished actor in the
prison scene In which he proclains
his despair TO the girl.
With all due recognition Of the
work of these two, there is distinct
pleasure in a study OF the art Of
Helen Ware, MATCHMAKING figure IN
the profession, whose presentation Of
the character of Susie. 4 ranrland
mother" and the really Dominating
force in the play, is to be credited to
an experience which few actors have
enjoyed. 1t is suspected that Miss
Ware might have modified the in
tensity of some of her scenes. II the
movie director had permitted her to
do so. There is also Tully Marshall.
who ADDS another of his fine char
acteriZations as Buckeye Bill.
MIR. Breeskin conducts the Earle
Orchestra with customary skill in a
medley of modern and classical
music, while talking "Iooney Tune"
cartoon is a striking novelty. Short
subjects are The Yacht Club Bows"
and Charles Ruggles in The Hot Air
Merchant" d G. g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

This is the final story of a series of
six covering the field of feminine fashions
for this Fall and Winter. This story
deals with girdles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
AT THE COST OF ONLY 2 LOWER BERTHs

Yet the cost Of such a room
is not excessive: For one per.
son only one-quarter more
than the regular fare. plus the
cost of two lower berths. Even
less expensive. proportionately.
IF TWO PERSONS OCCUPY
THE SAME ROOM - TWO
REGULAR FARES AND THE
COST OF TWO LOWERS. A
room y. comfortable upper
berth folds back when not
in use.
Next time you're bound for
Chicago, try this moderate
cost ultra-modern way of real
travel comfort and convenience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
By Mary Day Winn.

may be realized when the facts in the case are
given. The young instructor was born and
lived as baby in New Rochelle, IA miles
from New York City. His mother was from
Bardstown, KY, % miles from Louisville, while
her father was from Maryland and her mother
from South Carolina. His father was from
California and his fathers father from Boston,
He had been taught French by his grandmother
when he was a very little boyi
But the foregoing illustrates only one of the
difficulties faced by the experimenters in their
efforts to round up representatives Of "pure"
dialect types. They were also hampered by
limited means and time. Just as they were
wondering how these problems could be met.
chance solved the riddle expeditiously. The
Columbia Summer School draws together each
year about $4,000 persons from every section
OF the United States. Profs Ayres and Greet
recalled that this fortutous collection of speech
samples Is then accidentally sorted out phoneti-
cally, by the director of the Summer session.
who assigns one tree on the campus to each
OF the States as place where students can
congregate in their leisure and meet and talk
with fellow countrymen.
To these tree gatherings the two collectors
OF speech therefore sent out scouts to listen
% the conversations. When the scouts heard
what sounded to them like good sample speci-
mems OF the speech Of a given State they would
corroborate or refute their judgment by asking
the other students from that locality us this
mans talk typical of South Carolina?"-or
Indiana, or Maine? If those who were uues-
toned agreed that the one singled out was a
representative speech specimen, and If his own
history corroborated it, he or she was offered
chance to earn $40 and immortality by max
ing a record
Even with the tremendous simplihcation Of
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TN the decade since the war America has
been outgrowing her past with the dis
concerning speed of an adolescent child.
In every direction she Is bursting the
buttons Of old traditions and discarding
manners and habits in which she once felt
comfortable, but for which she no longer has
any use.
These changes have been greatly accelerated
by our modern Inventions particularly the
taIkies and the radio, which are influencing
American life to an extent just beginning to
be realized. Especially are they giving us a
common, universal American speech in place
Of a medley Of local dialects.
While this Standardization, from most
points of view, would be desirable, students
of phonetics feel that 1t would be tragedy to
let our present speech variations, which cast
so much light on our history, pass out Of
existence without leaving any record.
For this reason Columbia University has
made during the last year a collection of
permanent photographic records OF the typical
speech of more than $50 representative Amer
ican communities, with a description of the
peculiar characteristics Of each. This work,
which is being carried on by Prof. Harry
Morgan Ayres and Prof. Caben Greet with
the technical assistance of Prof. S. L. Quinby
of the physics department was undertaken at
the suggestion of the Modern Language ASSo-
citation of America, and the first report on
1t will shortly be published.
Inc innings OF COIumDla WILL PROBABLY De
turned over later to a committee of the Amer
lean Council Of Learned Societies. This body,
in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of
America, held a conference last August at
Yale, to which scholars from all parts Of the
United States and Canada came to perfect
plans for making a complete dialect atlas Of
the United States and later, perhaps, of the
whole English-speakng world. The under
taking, toward which Prof. Ayres and DR..
Greet have done pioneer field work, will, it is
thought require 10 years to finish.
The business of collecting many sample
packages of speech which are really true to
the localities they supposed to represent
has its difficulties. 1t has been shown, for
instance, that even person born and brought
up in Virginia cannot be trusted to speak pure.
'Virginian" if his parents or any one else
with whom he was closely associated in child
hood came from another section of the coun-
try. The peculiarities Of the speech he hears
when he is learning to talk will stick to him,
to certain degree, all his life, becoming more
pronounced in moments of excitement This
discovery together with their detailed study
OF local idiosyncrasies, has given Prof. Ayres
and Prof. Greet an eerie knack Of sometimes
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spoken by EngIishmen.
the work by the chance arrangements Of TIE
Summer session the collecting Of speech
samples might still have progressed very slowly
had not another unexpected aid come in the
invention Of a new kind of photographic re-
cording machine. Up to that time the making
OF permanent record was an elaborate and
expensive business, costing about $50 per record
and requiring good many steps in the opera
ton. The new device permits recording by
variations in electrical current through a mi
crophone, directly onto an aluminium disc at
cost Of considerably less than q dollar per
record.
This device is the acme Of simplicity. The
speaker says one or two sample sentences into
mtcrophone, so that the proper adjustments
can be made. When this has been done he
starts making the record proper. The minute
he is through it is taken OF the machine COM
plete and ready to be played.
AS all students of the history Of the phono-
graph know, the first historic words spoken by
Edison into that instrument many years ago.
although world shaking in their significance
were as silly and inconsequential In their mean
ing as 1t would be possible to imagine The
hrst thing that 1t occurred to the great in
ventor to shout into his instrument and the
first words which the new electrical voice sent
back to him were the immortal adventures of
Mary and her little lamb Equally profound
are the words chosen for the permanent speech
records being made for the laboratory at Column
ola. They recount over and over again, IN
the drawl of the South and the nasal twang
OF New England, in the dialect of the coast
and the mountains, the cotton country and the
cattle plains and the sidewalks of New York,
the sad story of THE Rat Who Couldn't Make
Up His Mind"
ONCE there was a young rat who couldn't
make up his mind. Whenever the other
rats asked him II he would like to come out
with them he would answer, 81 don't know;
and when they said, would you like to stay at
homer" he wouldn't say Eyes" or mo" either
He would always shirk making a choice
One day his aunt said to him, Nov look
here! No one will ever care for you If you
carry on like this. You have no more mind
than blade Of grass. The young rat coughed
and looked wise, as usual, but said nothing.
Don't you think SOP" said his aunt stamping
with her foot, for she couldn't bear TO see the
young rat so cold-blooded. 81 don't know
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reading a subjects past after a few moments of
casual conversation.
The professors themselves modestly deplore a
tendency to credit them with any such gift
saying that it Is easy to exaggerate the results
OF little luck combined with little ex-
per1ence. They say that hotel clerk with
good ear and a good memory would be still
expert in Shaw'S "Pygmalion." But the writer
who is from Virginia and is q stranger to the
two, asked them If they could tell from what
State she had come, and was considerably
taken aback when they replied that although
her pronunciation showed a variety of in
huences it Smacked most strongly Of Georgia!
This seeming contradiction was cleared up
when she explained that her mother was a
Georgian.
THE experience Of one Of the instructors at
Columbia was even more remarkable. His
two fellow professors had been engaged in con-
versatton with him on a good many occasions
but knew practically nothing of his training or
background. He asked them to analyze his
speech. After listening to him attentively once
more, Dr. Greet said:
you were probably born or taken as an
infant to suburb of New York City. You
were closely associated, at that time, with some
one from the vicinity of Louisville, KY, but
who had ancestors from both Maryland and
South Carolina. Another person close to you
When you were a child, possibly your father,
mad lived IN or been Influenced by the speech
OF California and Boston. You studied Latin
or the Latin languages when you were quite
young
That this diagnosis macked Of black magic
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-06-27
Sales Training School

What has been termed the
greatest sales training school
in the history of the automo-
bile industry, a series of five
meetings conducted over a pc
riod of ten days in each of
$4,000 Chevrolet retail stores
in the United States, and at
tended by $4,000 statesmen, has
just been completed by the
Chevrolet Motor Company.
So successful were the meet
ings that Chevrolet central Of
flee officials are considering
making the school an annual
affair. The thought behind the
school was the belief that most
automobile statesmen possess
only the theory of selling and
usually are forced to undergo
long experince and overcome
many difficulties before they
are able to furnish prospec-
tive buyers with a fully salts
factory exposition of the cars
features. The school would
Immediately put the statesmen
in possession of the experien-
ces and methods of the most
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-06-27
HEALTH INTERESTS WOMEN:
COURSE CLASSES INCREASE
Recent Graduation of 761 Girls Brings Total to More Than
$500 in Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Companies Territory

land, Virginia, West Virginia and the
District Of Columbia have received
graduation certificates of this health
course from John G. Rooms, vice-presi-
dent. These classes bring the total
graduates in health course work to
more than $500 employees in this
area.
Employees taking the course re-
ceive training from competent instruc.
tors under the supervision of tele-
phone company medical advisors on
general rules for the maintenance of
good health, prevention of the more
common kinds Of illness, simple rules
OF nursing, what to do in case of &C.
cident, and how to render first aid.
The health course consists of les
sons OF one hour each, extending over
a period of fifteen weeks, the only
stipulation made by the company be-
Ing that the employee take the course
on her own time. Glass rooms are
provided convenient to the central of.
ices or other places of employment
and the hours are arranged suitable to
the working hours Of the young
women.
Graduating exercises are held at
the end of each course, at which the
graduates are given an opportunity to
display the knowledge obtained In
their class work. At each of the
graduation exercises plays are given
by members of the class emphasizing
the value of exercise as means Of
keeping well. and ths :.soper kinds of
food aud its preparation,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-06-27

Other telephone employees who
rendered an outstanding service as a
result Of the Cleveland Clinic disaster,
May Is, 1929, in which more than 100
people lost their lives, include Benja-
min G. Spaeth, district plant superin-
tendent; James J. Roonan, district in
stallation foreman, and Walton A..
Turner Jr., district outside mainte-
nance foreman, each of whom will re-
ceive silver medals and checks for
$3.50.
Silver medals and checks for $3.50
have also been awarded Miss lola D.
Gibbons, night chief operator, the New
Jersey Bell Telephone Company,
Woodbridge N. J.; Mrs. Myrtle d.
Dull, agency chief operator, South
western Bell Telephone Company,
Elmdale, Kan; Miss Vivian Harper,
operator, The Elba Telephone Com
pany, Elba, Ala; and Ephraim W..
Decker, repairman, New York Tele.
phone Company, Rosebank, N. Y.
Miss Gibbons maintained service at
her switchboard after an explosion
had wrecked the building adjoining
the telephone Office. Mrs. Dull and
Miss Harper each operated their
switchboards in the face of great per-
sonal danger and warned people Of
impending floods. Mrs. Dull also
probably averted the serious wreck Of
passenger train by notifying rail-
road officials of the derailment Of q
wreck train. Miss Harper warned
people in Geneva, nearby town, Of
the danger Of high water and fur
nished State authorities with infor-
nation on flood conditions. She near
ly lost her life by the wrecking of the
boat in which she was leaving the
central Office.
Repairman Decker saved the life of
boy who had fallen across the third
rail and tracks of an electric railroad.
Using artificial respiration methods
he was able to restore breathing to
the injured boy. He then took him inI
an ambulance to hospital where bel
later recovered.