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The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Shakespeare on
Monument Lot

The glamour of q moonlit night
in June will play prominent
part in the open.air production OF
ShakeSpeare's immortal fantasy,
The Tempest" which the Com
munity Drama Guild of this city
will present for two performances
at the National Sylvan Theater in
the Monument Grounds. Thurs
day and Friday evenings, June 10
and 20.
The production, which marks
the close of the Drama Guilds
second successful season here, will
be offered with the finest Shakes
pearean cast that the city can
produce, under the joint direction
Of Marie Moore Forrest and VIII
Hutchins, with William F. Baker
in charge of stage managemement
on the nights of the play. and
Harold Snyder, in charge of light.
ing and setting of the scenes. for
which some now Fifteenth Gen.
tury stage effects have been de-
Vised by Mr.. Hutchins. we'll known
authority in Shakespearean pro-
duction at the American Univer-
sity.
Incidental music by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra,
conducted by Capt. Taylor Bran
son, will be an added feature of
the performance,
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Jardin Lido Is .
>
Luring Dancers

Jardin Lido. atop the Arlington
Hotel, the rendezvous of pleasure
seekers.
Eleven flights removed from the
city's heat, is the ideal place to
spend one of these hot June
nights.
The new Lido Band, directed oy
Les Sheriff., purveys a distinc-
tive type of dance rhythm.
Vocalizing in it's various forms is
left in the capable care of AL
Senior, Dick Crook and Al Yanar-
ella, all members of the orchestra.
Featured entertainers, novelties
and favors are added to the usual
Lido attractions on Fridays to
make this the gayest, most in
formal and zippiest night Of the
week.
When the elements force a tenn
porary abandonment of the roof
playground, festivities are merely
transferred to the Arlington ball
room and resumed with the slight
est of Interruptions.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Father To Get
Inning June 1920

At last. after all these years,
poor old Dad, the steady. sturdy
wheelhorse of the family. is about
to be given a long-deserved treat.
The Warner Bros. TheaterS of
Washington, in their city-wide
celebration of Family Month, have
set aside the week of June Is to
20 as Fathers Week.
During this period, any father
bringing two youngsters to any
Warner Bros. Theater between the
hours of 6 and 1880 p. m. will be
accorded free admission.
The object of Family Week is to
stimulate attendance at the
theater on the part of the entire
family. Especial care has been
exercised to select pictures of uni.
versal family appeal. Thus far the
month has been eminently sue
cessful, according to Manager
John j. Payette. A record-preak-
ing Fathers Week is anticipated.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
SEX MADNESS
AT LITTLE

Sex Madness" Is the new
photoplay which will open at the
Little Theater on Monday, featuf-
ing Corliss Palmer, the interna-
tlonally famous beauty-prize win
ner.
The story is of a young girl
born Of questionable parents but
raised in the most irreproachable
surroundings. Fate directs that
she take the same course that her
mother has taken in years gone
by and in most intensely dra-
matte scene the two meet after
the girl has grown to young wo-
manhood, and the mother is able
to wipe out all her shortcomings
of the past in one magnificent
defense of her daughter.
Men and women will be ad-
mitted together to see this film
production.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Nep MOuies and SnGppy Drama for Theater- GOerS
MARION LAUDS
GREAT TEAM
OF COMICS

"The next best thing TO having
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran
In your home Is to see them in
pictures"
The speaker was Marion Davies,
Cosmopolitan star for Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer, and her statement
was made following a studio pre-
view of the new Dressler-Moran
talking comedy, Caught Short,"
now at Loew's Columbia.
"It would be marvellous If every
body in the United States could
meet Marie and Polly personally,
as is our pleasure here" said Miss
Davies. They are so sincere
and so human. and so bubbling
with gags that they are the
life of any party they attend.
But, of course. they can't be
all over the world at once, and
to those who can't greet them
personally, their fun will come
over unimpaired in such picture
as Caught Short" Personally
! think it is the best thing they
ever did. The idea Of two board
ing house landladies playing Wall
Street has been beautifully
handled by Willard Mack, and
splendid directed by Chuck
RieSner.
Both Funny and Pathetic
"Pathos always hangs at the
skirt Of a laugh, so at the same
time Caught Short has one Of
the funniest and the most pathe-
tic scenes I have ever watched.
It is the sequence where Marie
things Polly is selling her furni-
ture because she has been wiped
out in the market takes her
into her own house, and tells
her she has a place to stay as
long as she lives. OF course, the
tag Of the scene is that Polly
is really selling because she has
grown rich through speculating,
and is retiring. The double mean
ing of the scene is beautifully
carried out"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
1.-THE Big House, Is Described
AS Unforgettab1e Film
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hand the resultant crime OF having
to put men capable Of coming
out good citizens, in the same
cell with men who never by any
stretch of the Imagination ever
could be anything but hardened
enemies of society.
UnfOrgettable Film
But, chances are that no one
who sees "The Big House" ever
will forget the hopeless prison
atmosphere, the horrors Of the
dungeon, and the tragic inAbility
of society even to give its erring
members a square deal.
Those who believe in capital
punishment and in severe SEN
tences, probably would be the last
to prescribe food unfit ito eat.
and close association with pro-
fessional outlaws for the 'one-time
offender.
This picture is entertainment
because it hasn't dull moment.
It is unusual entertainment in
that it contains far more than
the average number Of superla-
lively exciting moments, crammcd
into the authentic prison atmoS-
phere of suspense. No one can
tell what is going to happen next
in a prison. And in this picture,
all that one knows is that some
thing nerve-racking Is going TO
happen next.
Comedy is there and worked
in most naturally. And there is
strong love story. But it all
happens within, or within the
shadow of the towering. machine
gun-guarded walls, where a laugh
is snatched between curses.
Real All-Star Cast
Hill was given a cast which,
even in a day when most casts
are described by motion picture
makers as "all-star," might be
admitted by any observer to be
rather more than tair-tomiddllng
Chester Morris, as Morgan;
Wallace Beery, as Butch. and
Robert Montgomery, as Kent, are
the three convicts about whom
the story chiefly revolves. Lewis
Stone is the warden, and Leila
Hyams plays the role of Anne,
Kent's sister. who becomes the
sweetheart of Morgan.
Other players are Georg e
Marion, j. c. Nugent, Karl Dane,
De Witt Jennings, Matthew Betz'
Claire Mcdowell. Robert Emmett
O'Connor, Tom Kennedy, Tom
Wilson, Eddie Foyer, Eddie Ates
and Fletcher Norton.
Joe Farnham and Martin
Flavin are credited with having
done additional dialogue besides
that contributed by Miss Marion
THE Big House" is strong meat
in the entertainment line. The
probability is that those who go
to the theater purely for amuse'
ment would be unconscious Of the
sociological lesson in it. But it
wouldn't be anything to be sur
prised at if those same indi-
vidualS. might be inclined to use
their votes for our voteless con-
vict population, if ever the oppor.
tunity should arise.
No one has denied that "rhe
Big House" was brought out now
because of the unusual interest at
the present time in conditions in
the penal institutions throughout
the country. But Miss Marion
and Mr.. Hill have been ready for
i several years. They were await
ing the right moment.
"The Big House" is q film
that may cause some discussion.
This picture. made from the
story which ran Serially in The
Washington Times, will be shown
lat the Columbia Theater seem.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

Boxer rebellion, JEAN Ahlno"
swears vengeance-the toll, the
lives of the enemy leaders, even
unto the third generation. Sym
bolical of the wrongs avenged.
but one scale remains upon the
dragon before the obligation is
fulfilled and a young doctor is to
be the victim. This lad is the
fiance of one Lila, ward OF the
Chinese nobleman. who is herself
of English parentage.
The cast If memory serves
rightly, is the same as that in
the earlier production. Warner
GLAND, is, of course, the Oriental.
Need it be said that his enact
ment of q difficult role. Is un-
impeachable? Perhaps the style
of story may not be to every
persons liking, but if it is, then
THE Return Of DR.. Flu Manchu"
Is certain to hold great interest
and fascination.
Jean Arthur is the lovely ward
and Neil Hamilton, the man
marked for destruction. 0. P.
Hegsie again furnishes what
comedy relief there is in this
horribly wierd tale, with his
ridulously funny Brave" scenes.
The mystic, the hypnotic. al
ways strikes a resilient note in
most of us. therefore, this eerie
performance, is certain to at
tract.
Graham McNamee tells the
news in an excellent review. A
Mickey Mouse cartoon and a
crudely risque short subject COM
plete the program. H. k.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
ATTRACTIONS
ALL READY TO
BOW TN

George c. Tyler, whose name
TO the theater Is like Sterling to
silver, originally produced Your
Uncle Dudley" which the Ma
tional Players undertake for the
week beginning June 16, marking
its first appearance in Washing
ton though Its run in New York,
Chicago and on the West Coast
were more than gratifying. The
piece Is by Howard Lindsay and
Bertram Robinson, authors Of
the outstanding success, Tom
N.Y." which the Players marked
90 their schedule a season ago.
Uncle Dudley is an amiable
bachelor In love with a Swedish
girl, Christine. Dudley's affairs,
however, are swayed by a dicta-
torial sister. who. with her two
children and Dudley's mother. re-
side with him. The sisters dom
nance reaches the unbearable
stage when Ethelyn, her daugh-
ter, competes for and wins an
operatic prize which calls for a
sojourn abroad. Dudley sees res
cue here from a situation that
is becoming intolerable, but
Ethelyn jams the works by de-
Gliding to stay home and carry
on her affair with one Robert
Kirby. with whom she Is in love.
Fate, in guiSe of a happy cir.
cumStance, comes to the rescue
by diSpatching the sister abroad
instead, and Dudley and his face
tlous mother are left, facing a
freedom they have longed for.
The coming attraction for week
beginning Friday, June 13. at the
Fox Theater, is "On the Level" !"
featuring Victor McLaglen, Fiji
DorSay, William Harrigan and
Lilyan Tashman. On the stage,
Fanchon and Marco present their
Uniforms" Idea.
Clara Bow in True to the
Navy" nautical butt nice is the
screen attraction which comes to
Loew'S Columbia next Saturday,
Frederic March plays opposite
Miss Bow. Clara sings and gen.
orally establishes the freedom of
the seize in her new picture.
Nancy Carroll in a surprise role
in The Devils Holiday" will be
the featured screen attraction at
Loew's Palace next Saturday.
The vehicle was directed by Ed
mund Goulding. who made The
TreSpaSSer."
Vivienne Segal in Bride Of the
Regiment" film musical, will be
the next attraction at the Metro
politan Theater.
Dorothy Mackaill in 1.-THE Flirt-
ing widow" is the next screen
feature at the Earle Theater.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Ovenirght Hit

Nell Kelly, who appears in
"JapaniteS" with Ted Claire,
made her first big hit in "Ups-a-
Daisy" She opened in that show
unheralded and unknown, but the
next mornings papers declared
she had stolen the show. She was
next featured in Boom Boom"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Mrs. Hibbard Smiles

Adelaide Hibbard, of the Ma
tional Players. nose up and just
preening with pride, is very
much aflutter these days. Her
last and youngest daughter, now
staying with her at the Chastle-
ton, is to be married this month
in Boston-to a business man VINO
likes the theater-from the front
of the house.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
AcrObatic Japs

The "KikutaS" have become
Americar1ized; they have added
the word sensational to their
name. However, they really de-
serve the description, as they are
considered the greatest acrobatic
juggling and balancing act that
has ever come from Japan. They
are appearing this week in Japan.
ties" ct LoewS Palace.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Young Willie Collier
Was on St1Oe at 4

William Collier, Jr., was born
in New York City and made his
stage debut at the age of four
with his father, William Collier,
Sr. He entered pictures at the
age of fifteen. and is now one of
the most popular juvenile and
young leading men in Hollywood.
He has an important role in
''The New Movietone Follies of
1880" now playing at the Fox
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
By
DONALD HENDERSON CLARKE

DONALD HENDERSON CLARKE
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer has made
a talking picture with a prison
background, which is called THE
Big House" This Is not a
propaganda film, but its fast
paced, tense drama is built on
facts which those working for
penology reform have been trying
to tell the public for many years.
Long experience as a newspaper
reporter, and as a writer Of
books dealing with crime and
criminals, resulted in my develop
ing a special interest in the
problem of dealing with offenders
against the law.
No intelligent person whom I
have met ever has expressed
satisfaction with the present sys-
TEN of disposing of those indi-
viduals whose anti-social acts re-
suit in Imprisonment.
New Penal Plan
The proposed plan which most
interests nae is that all convicted
persons becommitted to institu-
tions until they are deemed cap
able of restoration to social and
economic liberty. This plan, ad-
vocated by many penologists,
would mean that some individuals
guilty of manSlaughter might be
returned to civil life within
very short period, while some
lesser offenders, such as pick
pockets or shoplifters, might
never regain liberty.
The procedure would be some
thing of the same sort now fol-
lowed in caring for mentally
irresponsible persons. Criminals
would be treated with a view to
restoring them to a useful life
in society. not with an idea of
Furnishing them for an act due
to factors over which they may
have had no cOntrol-such as
environment, or an undeveloped
emotional or mental equipment.
OF course, any such plan. if
it ever should be adopted, is far
removed. One of the first Jobs
is to build modern penal instltu-
tions. and to put in charge of
them men with modern ideas.
The present system would not
be tolerated if we were living in
a civilized age. AS we still are
barbarians. those atrocious prlS
ons, of which the one in "The
Big House" is a mild sample,
remain a part of our social struc-
ture.
Cited Mild Cases
In writing the screen story,
''The Big House." Frances Marion
didn't take extreme cases of bru.
tality in prison punishment, but
the comparatively mild cnes she
selected should be sufficient to
give spectators something to Shud-
der about, and also to ponder
over.
Miss Marion and her husband.
George Hill, who directed the
film, were interested primarily in
telling a dramatic story, vividly,
grippingly and intensely. They
got the result they sought-a film
drama of love and plotting and
suffering within prison walls that
will keep audiences everywhere
on the edge of their seats. But,
because Of the faithfulness to
reality with which the job was
done, they produced a work that
also will stir people mentally.
PenologiSts may regret, per.
hapS, that THE Big House" does
not contain obvious propaganda-
that it isn't q crusade film, made
for obviously educational pur-
poses. They may figure that the
film is so thrilling that the
spectators will forget what Lewis
Stone. as the warden. says about
1.-THE crime Of overcrowding prisons,
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

This picture, made from the
story which ran Serially in The
Washington Times, will be shown
at the Columbia Theater seem.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
DR.. FU MANCHU
IN SOME NEW
ADVENTURES

"The Return of DR.. Flu Man.
chu" no doubt arouSes the curios-
ity of those who saw that weird
Oriental caught in his own trap
and supposedly dead, in an earlier
tale, THE Mysterious Flu Man
chu."
A few Introductory pictures In
the current offering which Is
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

now showing at
the Metropon.
tan The q t er,
serve to ex-
plain this mat
ter s a tisfa c.
torily and again
we observe the
sin is t er and
hypnotic influ-
ences of the
great doctor.
The wealthy
Oriental, bereft
of an idolized
wife and son
d ng the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29

What is thought to be the limb Of
either buffalo, moose or elk, was
found imbedded beneath several I'M
ches Of peat in an old lake bed on the
]. A. Hinquist farm, according to
the Winthrop News. The specimen
has been exhibited by John Fredin,
who dug it up while tilling on the
farm. There is considerable connect
ure connected with the discovery, but
Mr.. Fredin is confident that it is
centuries old. One guess, however,
is as good as the other. Mr.. Fredin
says that it takes ages for the ac-
emulation of peat at the depth which
he unearthed the specimen. But this,
he says, has nothing on discovery
he made several years ago while Dig
ging a well. When within "a feet
below the surface he unearthed q
well preserved shell of snail "How
long this gastropor mollusk may
have been inferred we'll leave it to
you to guess"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS
FILED CAMPAIGN EXPENSES

Congressman Frank Clague Of
Redwood Falls, Republican candidate
for congress in this district, and DR..
L. A. Fritsche, Farmer-Labor candi-
date, have spent $3,833.89 to date in
their campaigns, according to state
ments filed with Mike Holm, secre-
tary of state.
The present congressman has spent
$1,679.14, according to his campaign
expenditure statement, while DIR.
Fritsche has spent $2.154.75.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29
PROHIBITION AGENTS CARS
TO DISPLAY STOP" SIGNS

Black and white shields, II by 20
inches, will hereafter be displayed on
right front door Of dry agents autos
to prove identity and as protection
to suspects who take dry agents
for robbers. Shields to bear word
Stop" in large letters at top; under
meath, u. s. Official Bureau of Pro-
hibition," and ut the bottom, the seal
Of Department Of Justice.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29

u.
Of course he says he did not get it. But member
his
the campaign at which Tom Scha present. and
charge of it. records in the contest showed
that 30 booggers claimed that they had made conrbu
he senator course repudiated Jacobs and claimed that
he had authority if willing to accept it and
get Since ns aea
the would seem to be conclusive why he ought
not to be elected to the United States senate again.
Mr. Coe also stated:
further evidence of the charges brought against him.
opening of the six years ago. Many defendants
failed to answer These had paid their for prote
their The excitement what
should be done? There hasy conferences defend
their The election United
at issue scandal imminent the facts terrible
of Minnesota Tom Scha would elected United
States senator six is not too late undo that
error Let us undo it now
The position of United States and member of
selves positions Of Importance They would necessarily
give anybody holding them much prestige Schas holding
made of recracker Schal much power but
he has accomplished nothing for the northwest Whatever the
that he has been obtained by other
than Scha Scha has just stood for himself and that is ALL
Mr.. Coe endorses Hoidale
Nov let consider Enar Hoidae democratic oppon
emit Hoidae and schoomates the university have
excellent ability and character high would make
splendid United States senator So far Lnd
the independent candidate all say that he
good character but he stands show of election National
hbon is not issue in this campaign for Lund
half vote for Scha There ISSUE however
big is fair play against play decency public office
Hoidae stands for fair play and decency public office
United States senator should be like Caesars wife, above susp
ion.'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29
MORE ABOUT STAFFORD KING!

@ TAFFORD KING better known throughout the state as
state ticket had foego attending the national
the American Legion where he make his report
ton because of the speaking engagements
Mr. King has devoted the part of his life
of the state his ability along these
has been long recognized by sportsmen both
statewide and national in their scope
While studying law University Minnesota King
active in student affairs His study interrupted by his
His interest the welfare problem of the disabled
has brought him national His these
parmen established by the legislature His work has
brought him into intimate contact with people state
and given him insight the problems of the
citizen that is most unusual in a man of his
In addition to serving state commander of
Legion Mr. King was also national vice commander
King born central Minnesota the of pioneer
tiers and early in his youth moved with them to Itasca county
resident of St. Paul. where he lives with his wife and family of
His knowledge of statewide conditions his eloquent
oraory and his ability organizer administrator win be
of infinite value in the office of state auditor
DO you KNOW,
which nominated Floyd Olson nominated
two men who have been prominent in radical agitation?
Do know that the committee in which parc
paed the chief candidate selected the notorious William
honey as chairman of its publicity committee?
Do know that osons party committee accepted
Ernest Lundeen candidate for senator and H Shoemaker
congress IN the third and that Mr. Olson has been
speaking with them?
Do realize what incentive toward and renewed
polls would be?
THE DISTRICTS CHOICE
What Chase has been and will be Minnesota
Joseph Keee will be the Brown Redwood district given
that opportunity the voters of the district give
this man of action chance to prove his worth
The Journal has the Tribune in such hole that
did want the Tribune cannot Democratic for the pres
dental election in 1892.
trio of Bryans stake their fortunes of the bal
lots November First Ruth daughter Peerless Leader
candidate for Florida Brother Charles aspes
Nebraska Nephew Sas wills go congress from
(ar1oS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29
W. T. Coe, Former SchaH Manager,
Urges Einar HoidaLe Election

4 PPEARING in the Minneapolis Journal article
under date of October %, $780, William T. Coe, former
Scha campaign manager and of the original
Thomas D. Scha politics. urged the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-29

Elnar HOlQale Tor united States
Senator. Besides urging the vot-
ers of Minnesota to elect Mr..
Hoidale, Mr.. Coe, in the Journal
article, also gave some astonish-
ing facts regarding Schall's cam
paign methods and tactics.
In his article Mr.. Coe stated:
"He has opposed regular re-
publican candidates four times,
sulked in his tent once, and is not
supporting the ticket now. When
first elected to congress, Mr..
Schall was pledged to vote for
prohibition was supported by
every saloon keeper in north Min
neapolis, and then voted dry.
1.-TWO years later he was
again elected to congress and had
the deciding vote between repub-
lican and democrat on the election
of sneaker of tho hOusa If ropro