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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

O''n "Chtas" and
"Lenas" let loose about the stage
along towards the final curtain that
Il was hardly .. surprise 70 hear
the audience Ynuttering into its coat
what Is 1t about?" and rs the
CHA woman CHA, after aIl7"
OF course, she. wasn't, as those
who wanted to think about 1t must
have realized nom the beginning.
But after q second verbose. act had
plodded by and q third had revealed,
only heated arguments over
star-shaped birthmark, there were
doubts springing up all over the
place, and . rather potent whis-
per-"After all, who cares?"
Mr.. Pirandello's idea is, how
ever, q logical one. A woman who
has tasted deeply Of the dregs Of
life would certainly want to get
herself up into the sun again, even
by such trickery - pretending that
abe was somebody else. And. too,
when she found that she couldn't
dtspel the mocking doubts in the
mind Of her husband" she would
just as easily 60 back 20 her former
habits and take up the champagne
and the dance hall orgies where she
mao leIC IneM1
Having assumed the accoutrements
of q woman, married TO an army
ofdcer who was at first reported 70
have been killed in the war, IL be-
came natural for, her to imagine
eventually that she was this other
woman, even to the point Of making
the husband believe it. Then, when
doubts and her former lover came
into the thing, All al1e could do wa
turn her back and walk out Of
there-back to. where she had come
from. 80. -.
Unfortunately, all this seemed to
get rather out Of hand during the
evening-not only by the players
but in the dialogue Judith Andef.
son, who was and wasn't the much
discussed CHA playing quite mag
nificently throughout, had q hard
time Of 1t, since the squalidness Of
the first act, in which she was the
principal actor, was hard to efface.
Others in the cast. too, seemed TO
be doubtful at times Just what it was
all about, except for Jose Ruber who,
a. the undoubting painter, dragged
the lovely Unknown One from her
den of iniquity and was thenceforth
responsible for the unwinding Of the
theme. Z. de q. M.
"A kiss of Importance"
Entertains at the National.
WHEN the sed Octave d. Corque- !
W Ton, .posseesor Of q snowy wife.
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.--11m1k,rM-nEtEHA6 -exruAe. Ter we :.
! amC6. Y ass 80 Sos ss5,ts ~. d .-..@
Mr.. Rathbone adds to his fame a.
an artist. while Montagu Love. pop
ular with local theatergoers, gives an
admirable picture Of Q vain but
charaeterless example Of artificial re-
spectability. Miss Ann Andrews, as
the wife, admirably pictures the
feigned Indifference that hides an
ardent personality: Frederick Kerr'S
impersonation Of the elderly husband
10 one Of the finest that the stage
could produce. Ivan Simpson as the
engineer Of the incident offers Q
distinctive piece Of spirited acting.
The settings are handled with fullest
. attention TO detail. d. G. q.
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tacu. Nexs wesk "81RAnshs" N1M- ~
presented. in. N.
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WILL DISCUSS CHARITY

ElwOod Street, director Of the Com
rnunity Chest, viii address Business
High School seniors on The History
and Significance Of Organized Charity"
at a special Thanksgiving day assem-
bly, tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Street will discuss the relation
between the old Puritan idea Of Thanks
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NNAAA W - ~
fla m e d auSpi-
ciously on foreign
boards, this play
instead Of being
six Characters
in search Of an
Author" turned
out to be q long.
winded discussion
on W neither
CHA" was "Clnia"
and II not whether
"Chia" was the
mad woman who
kept crying over
and over again
Lena"
There were. in-
A~~A 80 va A RW
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

; - SA4pW s8sS8A. - -.
Gets on 10 Coed Start.
A MODERNIzED and up-to-date
- show boat" last night opened
It's two-week stay at the Alexandria
docks ~ the foot Of Cameron street,
after experiencing diflculty In tying
uptAt the Seventh street wharves, as
was its original intention.
What one would imagine to be a
creaky, old fat-bottomed boat lost
some. Of the, romantic and melo-
dramatic atmosphere in being fully
equipped with steam heat, electric
lights and the utter absence of
gloan or creak. Even the play,
Gossip" the comedy drama in
three acts by, Robert J. Sherman,
which started at Sis, was brought
into the preserit-day dress, locations
and scenes, although still maintain
ing the theme Of yesteryear.
Az the scenes are laid In the home
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aAs You Desire Me"
Had the Critic Guessing.
T@HE new PirAndello play, "As
You Desire Me-" which was
offered last night at the
a Shubert -BelaSco under aN-
spices Of the Professional
Players, came as something Of O
shock on the theatrical horizon.
f'T 'STss - NSgaf4s ffgta-.1FNl -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

An automatically styled oil.
mahogany Governor Winthfop
desk at 4 new low E7R
price of "0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

giving 40 compared with the mc0aEm
concept a. q 70 reelected In eoclalise@
charity. TN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-25

Well constructed wood top
card tables Finished in colors,
&4.7S), finished in wash q
able fabfieoid, ~
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-12-19

more than anything he had thought
possible. He felt that he had sud-
denly lost all faith In human ma
ture, and that life among his old
associates would be intOlerable.
So he drew his wages. gathered up
his equipment, and trekked into
the foothill country to the very
farthest homestead on the map.
He found a place by a mountain
stream, cut down spruce logs. and
built himself a cabin. When win
ter set In he began cutting posts
and rails for fencing on his farm.
To keep from thinking he worked
feverishly. early and late. But
thoughts would come, In spite OF
all he could do to stop them. Par
ticularly as the Christmas season
drew near his mind would turn to
the old farm down on the plains.
What ample preparations would be
going on in his mothers Kitchen
What stacks of food! What happy
chatter. sobered a bit perhaps be-
cause of the boy who had left
home In a huff and never had writ
ten back! And Sylvia! Sylvia.
would be home now for the Christ
mas vacation. Perhaps this Full
ton fellow would he visiting with
her.
Dave turned with a shrug and
showed more wood into his rusty
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-12-19

stove. After all, he told himself,
he was not so badly off. He had a
cabin and plenty of fuel. He had
a dog, and a gun, a team of horses,
half a dozen yearline calves.
He was taking comfort in such
thoughts when suddenly his dog.
sprang up, barking. Dave was on
his feet in an instant, his gun in
his hand. Perhaps a deer or a bear
had wandered into his little clear
ing.
At that moment came "a knock,
something which never before had
happened on his cabin door. For
an instant Dave hesitated, then
swung the door open. The light
fell on the figure of a young man.
Are you Dave Holden?' the
stranger inquil ed. !.
yes. Come in"
The stranger entered. Dave
made him comfortable and gave
him supper, waiting TO hear his
mission.
When they ere seated on either
side of the hot stove the stranger
began. 81 am Jack Fulton," he
said. Perhaps you have heard Of
me-"
Dawes veins seemed to freeze.
"NVhat brings you here?' he de-
manded. Cant you leave me
alone?"
Fulton kept his temper. mo,
not under the circumstances. Let
me tell you'll will be brief. | am
the principal of the school where
Miss Palmer teaches. All through
the term | have seen she was wor-
ried. At last | asked her why.
Naturally she was difiident at first.
but finally told me. She is wearing
her heart out for you"
Dave faced him. us this true.
and why do you tell me? I
thought"
because | am to be married to
a little girl of my own at Easter,
and | think | know how both Of
you feel. So | got your location
from the homestead officials, and
took my Christmas vacation to
look you up. | hope you are not
annoyed by my INTEREST,""
Dave seized his hand. And I
thought all the time"
Never mind what you thought
I've walked in from the nearest
rancher's. If you have a team
that can travel you can make the
railway station by morning, and
eat your Christmas turkey at
Sylvia Palmer's. I'll stay and look
after your cattle. It will be a real
holiday for me-"
But Dave had both his hands In
his. MY friendl | don't know
what ! can say"
Say it to Sylvia! I'll give you
six days Il get back. And bring
her with you, or I'll charge you ror
my time!"
I'm bring her with me-or you
can keep the farm" said Dave,
who was already climbing into his
heavy o%yercOat.
t@ 1880. Western Newspaper Union
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could not have put your finger be-
tween the steeple and the sleigh.
Bitten glanced at Vixen and saw
that his hair was standing right up
straight.
"What Ho," beloved Santa, do
you want to upset the sleigh again,
you naughty deer?"
All over the world they went, not
skipping a place. Bitten was very
tired and as he could think of moth
ing better to do he snorted and
fused and counted stars. At last
just as Christmas morning dawned
they found their way home. Mrs.
Santa came running out to meet
them, and to help Santa unharness
the reindeer.
"Blitzen cannot have anything to
eat and he must go right into the
barn." said Santa rather sadly.
"And 1 fear he cannot go with me
next Christmas"
And now indeed was Bitten a
sadder and q wiser reindeer.
Now, my dear children 1 know
that you all love Bitten. You must,
for he is a lovable old fellow. When
you hear the deer on the roof
Christmas eve it is always Blitzen's
hoofs you hear, because he always
stamps harder than is necessary.
And when you hear the bells you
can always hear Blitzen's above the
rest, no one knows why. Just be-
cause he is Bitten, l suppose, and
likes to give an extra stamp and an
extra shake whenever possible. He
will be sadly missed next Christmas
eve unless-I have it! Let's all
write a note to Santa and ask him
to forgive poor mischievous Bitten
before next Christmas has a chance
to come around. If all the children
in all the world should write I'm
sure Santa would forgive him.
%. 1880. Western Newspaper Union.)
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EA N6A HOLDEN chose hi!
EANnH homestead high up the
H43%R foothill valley not only
AHNXNH for the shelter of sur
4@ rounding hills and prox
- unity to groves of spruce
and lodge-pole pine. He had an
other reason for retreating so far
from civilization. That reason was
Sylvia Palmer.
Dave and Sylvia had been pals
together down the plains where
both were born. They had attend
ed the same school, the same pic
MICS, dances. country concerts.
Many a starry night. with Sylvia
at his side, Dave had driven the
prairie trails, o too eager to
reach their destination. And Syl-
via, too, seemed quite content to
daily on the way.
1t was true there never had been
any formal engagement between
them. 1t hardly seemed necessary.
They had gone together" so long
that some time, Dave supposed,
when he was in a position to offer
her a home. he would tell her so.
and Sylvia would say: "AlI right,
Dave. Whenever you r ready"
Then she would turn her tempting
mouth to him, and he would kiss
her tenderly and a little different
ly, now that she was so soon TO be
his bride.
But Dave had not counted on a
woman's willard what comes of
it. At eighteen Sylvia, having So
cured her teachers certificate. APP
piled for and was accepted by a
town school some distance from
her home. She was all enthusiasm
and excitement over her plunge
into the great, self-supporting
world.
Dave may have shared her
element, but not her enthusiasm.
He told her so.
"Why. Dave Holden, I'm sur
prised at you!" Sylvia retorted.
81 thought you would be glad to
see me get a chance"
''Of course, | want you to have
your chance" he explained, but
I'm figuring on fixing a chance for
you, too. Dad is paying me a mans
wages now. In another year or two
I'll be all set TO take up land of
my own. and then"
She waited for him TO put ONE
thing definite into words, but a
certain shyness held him back.
anyway, she knew what he meant.
She gave his disengaged hand a
girlish squeeze.
THAT will be fine" she said.
You will make a good farmer.
Dave"
Maybe" he admitted. And
maybe by that time you'll have
taken up with one OF those town
sheiks, and | won't care then
whether l go farming or not
Don't you worry over that. I'm
NOT planning on taking up with any
town sheik-not with a big boy
like Dave Holden running around
loose"
But Dave worried. just the same.
and by the second term he knew
he had occasion for it. Sylvia'S
talk had turned from crops and
country picnics and all things OF
the land to sport and tennis and
particularly one Jack Fulton
whose name was often on her lips.
Dave had a feeling of being taken
at a disadvantage. Instead Of WOO
ing Sylvia for himself he bluntly
charged her with having trans
ferred her affections to Fulton.
81 amt blaming you he said,
sarcastically. mo doubt he is a
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they were mutually miserable,
sharing a. pride that forbade at
tempting reconciliation.
Lois put the things back in the
box, jiggled the candy TO hide hat
three pieces were gone, and retled
the tinsel bows. Then she carried
1t upstairs to Louis Smiths apart
ment. Knocked and ran back down,
where she locked her door and
flung herself across her bed to cry.
A knock at the door reused her.
She opened & to a handsome young
man. Lois, darling!" she cried.
"Wellf"
at was so wonderful of you"
"What wasp
"Oh, don't pretend. I was just
coming in and saw you running
down. And then of course, l found
the candy and the"
"But didn't you find the letter.
"What letter." He stopped down.
as this it2"
She nodded. II must have dropped
it,"
"oh," he said. my mistake.
Sorry
She watched him go and then RON
after him. at isn't your mistake,
Louis. I've made some canay, ano
-I-knitted you a tie long ago"
f6l 1880. weetera Newspaper Union,
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very fine fellow. But if | meet him
some day perhaps we'll e which
is the best man."
Hes pretty strong, Dave Syl-
via teased. Better be careful"
Whereupon Dave lost his temper
altogether. Maybe | should be
careful, and maybe you should be
careful, too. What I'm saying is,
either you give him up. or I'm
through!
That was too much for the spir
tied Sylvia. Whether or not she
cared for Jack Fulton. she wasn't
going TO take orders about 1t from
Dave. Dave never had actually
asked her to marry him. although
she had given him opportunity
enough.
"All right you're through! she
said, and whisked herself out OF
his presence.
Dave had not expected that re
suit. but he had gone too far TO
retreat. He had thought that Syi-
via would bow to his ultimatum.
Her curt rejection hurt his pride
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AA0A2 "a W." 80
floor to tear off the wrappings. In
side she found a store of gayly-
wrapped packages. The first con-
tanned a knitted tie.
"F'even's sake!" she said, and
opened the second one. 1t contained
homemade candy. "That," she
thought, lis more like it." The next
parcel contained handkerchiefs with
a neat 81. S." in the corner, only
they were mems ha~ndkerchiefs-
The other item, she could tell, was
fruit cake and under it she found
what she was looking fora letter.
"GIy Dear Son Louis" it began.
'F'even's sake" said Lois, "Of
counsel It's for Louis Smith,"
Now if all Lois Smith and Louis
Smith had had in common had been
their surname and their choice of
an apartment house, it would have
been relatively simple for Lois to
take the box upstairs and explain.
But they had also shared 81 full
moons and 40 other moons, some 80
odd shows, and several Sunday aft
ernoons in the park. They had
shared secrets and tea in Lois
apartment; a promise, several
kisses, and one quarrel. So now
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-12-19
Bows Christmas Feasting

Christmas Calculations That
the Christmas eating capacity Of
the average boy Is equal to all that
he eats without permission. and
then some more.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-12-19

package bearing a
holiday label with the in
scription "Lois Smith,
Argyle Apts.," signed for
and the eXpressman gone,
IniS cat down on the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-12-19

LITZEN had behaved very
well until the first of De
cember. Then all of a
sudden he decided to go
into Santa's workshop.
The first terrible thing he
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30
JAPAN DESTROYER
IS SEARCHING FOR
MISSING SAILORS
FREIGHTER APPARENTLY BEEN
LOOTED BY PIRATES: LOOK
ING FOR CREW OF 80

TOKYO, April 80. CPl-The Jap
anese destroyer Ume searched the
South China coast for 80 Japanese
sailors, whose ship, the Kamigoshi
Maru, was pirated. Whether the
sailors were captured by the pi-
rates or escaped in lifeboats was
not known.
The navy office learned that the
kamigoshi Maru, while carrying
coal from Keeling, Formosa, to
Hong Kong, went aground IS miles
south Of SWatow in northern
Kwanktung province, China. A
Chinese junk was seen alongside
the apparently wreck of the
Fighter which had been looted
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30
FRNTERHAL ORDERS

TIL ANIERECAN LEGION
SEWARD POST No. 5. So
Meeting on the first and
third Wednesdays of each s
month James Campbell, 4
Post Commander; Ben v. High,
Adjutant
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KILLS DAUGHTER

CHICAGO, April 80, Thomas
Cutler, 70 years old, confessed the
killing Of his daughter five years
ago, when She was 20, to put her
out Of her misery. She had been
i'll all her life, he said, and had no
money to provide her with medical
attention.
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STARR AT SEATTLE

The S. S. Starr, Capt. c. E. An
derson, San Juan Fishing & Pack
ing Company, arrived at Seattle
yesterday morning from the Port
Of Seward. The vessel is scheduled
to leave this port on it's first
voyage of the season to Bristol
Bay, May II.
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PORTLAND, April 20, (Py-Dr.
Willing, Portland's veteran golfing
dentist and Don Mae left for New
ork to join the other eight members
of the Walker Cup team which will
compete on English soil.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30

Benjamin S. Mcfarland, of Fair
banks, has been awarded feder-
al flying license as a limited COM
mercial pilot, by the department
Of commerce.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30

Fred William, native of Fort
Yukon, was arrested last week
on an assault charge and swelled
The treasury $500
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30

Walter Mcdonald, 80, a pioneer
Of Alaska and resident of Cleary
creek for many years, passed
away last week at Fairbanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30

Three dredges will operate this
season in the Ophir district, one
on Yankee, Gaines and Little
creeks.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-30

The Coast Guard Cutter Unalga
left port yesterday morning for
Attu.
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Al meat and nothing else in
the Frye Bruhn Meat Market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-03
BAR ASSOCIATION
ACTS ON JUDGES
Submits Five Names for Consid-
Grafton of Attorney General
to Fill Vacancy.

Anticipating a possible vacancy on
the bench of the District Supreme
Court by the promotion of Justice Will
liam Hitz or Justice Jennings Bailey
to one of the new positions on the bench
of the District Court of Appeals, the
District Bar Association at a special
meeting last evening agreed to submit
five names for the consideration of the
Attorney General.
The association renewed its recon-
mendation of Attorneys w w. MILAN
and John E. Laskey and added three
additional names James M. Proctor,
who was prominently named as a candi-
date for the Office of United States
attorney when Leo A. Rover was select
ed; George G. Gertman, secretary of
the Bar Association and a local practi-
toner for many years, and H. Winship
Wheatley, a resident of Hyattsville, Md,
who has been previously mentioned as
being under consideration for a local
judgeship, we're added TO the list of
candidates
Col J. Miller Kenyon, president of
the association, presided and the meet
ing was attended by more than 100
members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-03
PRATT PLACES BAN
ON STOOL PIGEONS
IN DRY LAW CASES
Police Superintendent Again
Orders Use of "Spies"
Discontinued.
ORDER SAYS VOUCHERS
WILL NO LONGER BE PAID
Action Is Taken in View of Att.
tude of Prosecution Of
fcials Here.

Another attempt to abolish the prac-
tice of the police of using stool pigeons
in enforcing the liquor laws was made
today by Mai. Henry G. Pratt, superin-
tendent, in a pre-emptory order which
declared that in the future vouchers to
pay the spies would not be honored.
Maj. Pratt, soon after he took Office
more than year ago, issued an order
1orbldd1ng the police to continue the
practice of using stool pigeons" to
make buys" at places suspected of
selling liquor. The practice was not
completely stopped, however, and the
new order is designed as a warning tt
the officers, as well as notice to the in
formers, that they are not to be paid.
My attention has been called" the
order read ito the fact that notwith-
standing orders to the contrary some
OF the precinct commanders have been
permitting the use of tips by their pro-
hibition enforcement officers, when the
attitude of the District attorneys Office
and the courts regarding prosecution OF
cases In which same are used is well
established.
The practice will be discontinued
at once and you will instruct all of
your officers that vouchers for such ex-
penses will not be paid"
The attitude Of the District attorney
referred to was eXemplified earlier in
the week by David A. Hart, assistant
United States attorney. in charge of
the prosecution of liquor cases at
Police Court, who declared publicly
that he would not prosecute liquor cases
on raids growing out Of buys" made
by stool pigeons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-03
FLYER THINKS HE CAN CROSS
COUNTRY FASTER ON BICYCLE
Patience Is a Virtue, He
Finds on Nine-Day Trip
in Training Plane.
Tail Winds Help to Push
Speed Up to 30, at Times,
Under BIistering Sun.

Flag-pole sitting is about the only
form of outdoor sports worse than fly
ing primary training plane across the
United States, in the opinion of Lieut.
Julian B. Haddon, Army Air Corps, who
after flying 75-mile-an-ho PIT from
San Diego to MiddletoWn, Pa. now is
thinking of making the trip by bicycle
for excitement.
Lieut. Haddon's experiences are de-
Scribed in the Air Corps news letter
under the quite appropriate heading
Inch by Inch, or Patience is a Vir-
tue" The title also might be MY
Impressions of Captive Ballooning," it
was suggested by the Air Corps officers
who edited the letter.
Lieut.. Haddon, who is on duty in the
Office Of the chief of Air Corps, re-
sponded to the call for a volunteer to
ferry an airplane across the country
mat. 1t is pointed out in the letter,
was his first grievouS error.
For all of his years in the Army
the letter says, there is one thing that
Haddon hadn't learned, and that is to
never volunteer. If certain PROPOSE
ton is a good thing, there will be a
long waiting line and that is what you
should bust into. However, when a
call went out for pilot to ferry plane
across the country, Haddon volun-
TERED"
When he found the type of plane he
had volunteered to fly it was too late
for him to back out. His own story of
his misfortune is pathetic.
Yes" he said, II went into this
with my eyes open. 1t was no extra