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The Washington times., 1930-10-11
hightUUOOd Citizens
Retain Old Officers

The Brightwood Citizens Asso-
citation reelected its officers at
meeting in the Paul Junior High
School, Eighth and Nicholson SITS.
N. W., last night. Charles w. Ray
was elected president of the asso-
citation for the fourteenth conSecu-'
tive term. =
The association indorSed a reso-
luton condemning the proposed
raise on the present $l.70 per 500
real estate tax and another up
holding the Federation of Citizens
Associations for its vote support
ing William Clayton, Brightwood
delegate to the Federation. on his
stand before the public utilities
committee of the Federation.
The Washington times., 1930-10-11
Engineers to Hear
Abbot in Lecture

The Washington Society Of En-.
gineerS will hold its regular meet.
ing Wednesday evening. October
Is. at the Cosmos Club, Fl st. and
Madison Pl. N. w. DR.. Charles G.
Abbot, secretary Of the Smith
sonian Institution, will give an
illustrated talk on Studying the
sun in distant lands"
The society is laying plans for
its annual banquet on November
19 at the Mayflo:ver Hotel. which
will mark the twenty-fifth anniver-
Sary Of its organization.
The Washington times., 1930-10-11
u. s. Heliu1ra Is Free,
Hoover Announces

The u. 8. Government Is en-
couraging the export Of helium
gas for dirigihles instead OF re.
sricting it, President Hoover 4e.
ciared yesterday.
The Government is now pro
dlcing sufficient helium at its
own plants to care for the needs
OF American airships and for THIS
reason has tried to find marker
for the gas produced by private
concerns. the President said. Fer
paitS will be issued to any concern
wishing to export the non-inrlAm-
mable gas, be added
The Washington times., 1930-10-11
Second Clinic Held
In TYphOid DriUe

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, Oct. II.
Continuing their campaign
against the dread typhoid germ
the Prince Georges county health
officers, under the supervision Of
DR.. A. B. Hooton, held the sec
ond Of a series of clinics for
school children and citizens here
yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1930-10-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
On the Broadway Stage
By Percy Hammond.

Fire Department, few me to the depot
n"his swiftest hook -and-ladder wagon,
just in time to catch the 2:45.
After had seen Mystery Moon" and
had autographed my impressions of it,
hlgh-priced compositors put them into
type, scholarly proofreaders scrutinized
them for errors, dexterous makeup men
squeezed them into the forms and 30
majestic printing presses embalmed
them in ink upon paper. The night
editor fretted, while the United States
mails waited a minute or two in order
TO carry them to the four corners. An
acre OF trees cut down to make wood
pulp and ton of printers ink were
required to publish a thousand words
about Mystery Moon"
Well, the run of Mystery Moon"
lasted from 9 o'clock until IL pm. of
the same evening Ere the drama critics
had rolled down their sleeves it had
set out in the black dory for the pot
ter's field. and it reached the gloomy
| shores before the last editions. 1 do
not know who is responsible for admit
| ting to show business such decompoSing
cadavers as Mystery Moon" Whoever
| 1t is can be blamed for some of the
| theater's more fatal illnesses. Henry
Miller once said that the critics we're
! the cancers of the stage Since that
primitive diagnosis better clews to its
diseases have been discovered. When
the Broadway dramas overlords betray
1t with such tripe as Mystery Moon"
1t is time to suspect that the principal
ailment of the theater is its ignorant
and unintelligent showmen
Now that the drama is in a condi-
ton described by its friends as coma
tose, why do not the editors and pub
fishers shift their stage experts tempo
rarily to livelier topics? To the maya
zines, for example. Weekly perform
ances are given to audiences more nu-
merous than those attendant upon
Artists and Models" or The Green
Pastures ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

deed she has been personally appear
anced" In our home city since
And so, it may we'll be believed that
Clara Bow is not really sinful. but only
acts like it in playing her parts; that
Mary Pickford doesn't always wear q
wig; that Billie Dove doesn't really
battle in certified milk" and that Greta
Carlo Is not really burlesque girl from
Sweden. Why, folks who know say that
Buster Keaton's frozen face is not due
to an operation which robbed him of his
SMILE and that when Doug Fairbanks
made that frightful slide down a
drapery in Robin Hood" he actually
had a rope hooked to his trousers and
was lowered on a pulley so It wouldn't
hurt when he touched bottom
Just as the wicked deeds pictured in
our best pictures are only make-believe
and specially manufactured for the
picture. so, too. lots of things the movie
stars do are really only in the play and
are not actually done by the stars from
sheer wickedness
1t is true the picture makers have
imported many New Workers and other
devilish persons from the East to man.
ufacture scenes and thrills for pictures
because they are so sophisticated And
the screen players do as they are told
only because they are told 1t is necessary
to make paying pictures to be shown to
the wicked Fasteners. They would
never even think of doing those things
of their own volition. And lots of them,
trustful and innocent as newborn babes
have had stories pinned on them by
wicked press agents, just to boost the
sale of the pictures
But Hollywood is getting wiser now.
And many of those stories are being
untold and contradicted, because they
hurt regulations. Esther Ralston. when
she made her recent personal appear
ance" here, could have told her audi
ences as much but 1t hadn't occurred
to her that 1t was necessary.
| The local Shrtner says so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Dark" Only for a Time.

FROM sheer force of habit and also
perhaps, because he doesn't mean
to have the National Theater included
in the dismantled thespian temple.
appropriated for park improvements
and other purposes, Manager Steve Ell
kins Cochran again announces for pub
lie consumption, digestion and perma.
ment retention the fact that when the
regular season" opens, the National
Theater will open with it.
Furthermore, attractions definitely
booked for the National for that regu-
lar season include David BelaScos Its
Wise Child" Arthur HammerStein's
Sweet Adeline," the Theater Guild
production of The Apple Cart" Brock
Pemberton'S Strictly Dishonorable," in
addition to "Garrick Gaieties" and
Subway Express" Ed Wynn in Sim
pie Simon" also is promised for early
Fall presentation.
Yes. the National Theater will be with
us, as it has been, 10, these many years
and, to quote Manager Steve, there
with the goods"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Barbara Now a Star.

WHEN Ladies of Leisure" was re-
w Gently shown at R-K-O Keith's
Theater, a certain lady in it, Barbara
Stanwyck, invoked such signs and dem.
onstrations of praise that, it is said
the picture had to be held over far
beyond expectations.
Those signs have done the clever
actress much good. for Columbia Pic
lures Immediately brought out its best
contract and its most potent pen and
Herewith snatched up Miss Stanwyck'
services for the next four years.
She will now be starred in the screer
adaptation of the play Bless You
Sister" to be called for cinema use
The Miracle Woman" and since the
young lady has risen to the top since
her "burlesque" days with such speed
1t seems as though the new title were
distinctly appropriate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Hollywood Is Innocent.

THE best evidence that all the strange
tales about Hollywood and its
natives, especially the screen stars. are
purely the outpouring of New York press
agents, some of whom have never seen
the California paradise, is the fact, OBJ
servabe in the screen magazines. notably
Film Fun, that from the Golden Coast
itself are coming numerous stories for
publication which show that somebody
is trying to live down a literary reputa-
ton established for him or her in the
interest of screen publicity.
AS a matter of fact. folks who have
actually been to California say the
inmates of the Golden. State are the
simplest, naivest people imaginable,
not at all burdened with knowledge,
except second hand. of the effete East,
even of Washington, the Capital of the
United States.
A local Shriner who attended one Of
the conventions in California tells a
simple tale to illustrate this fact.
Walking along one convention day in
San Francisco, on his way to enter
the big parade that was then forming,
Young woman with the inquiry And
how do you like California, Noble?" Il
am delighted with It," was his prompt
and diplomatic reply 1T is such a
pity" his questioner quickly remarked,
that this heavy mist has arisen. 1t
is our first in nearly 20 years, father
says " "Oh, yeah" was the Shriner
comeback. I'VE have em in Washing
ton, and we call 'em thundershowerS."
oh" continued the young lady, appar-
entity wishing to escape the rather
heavy rainfall, you are from wash
ington. Which wonder, Spokane or
Seattle?'
Now anybody as gentle as that could
never have wicked heart, even Alexan-
drians know that. And the lady proved,
after all, to be o. real screen star. In.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

work seriously and the girl begins to
think she loves him. When the DASH
ing prince is aroused, he forces his way
into the girls boudoir and plants a
passionate kiss on her lips. She rec
ognizes the difference and so she de-
cides to marry the prince.
On the stage, Dave Schooler is fea-
tured in the Capitol Theater revue,
steel Blues" A diminutive bit of
dancing and singing dynamite, June
Carr, appears in it with Mr.. Schooler
Les Ghellis, 'aristocrats of acrobatic
dance" and the Chester Hale Girls
complete the cast. Dick Le;bert is held
over by popular demand for his orig
tnal organlogue creation and the Hearst
Metrotone News, short subjects and the
Palace Orchestra complete the bill
EARLE-"The Border Legion" ..
HTHE Border Legion" an excit-
l ing adaptation of the popular novel
by Zane Grey, is the screen feature at
Warner Bros Earle Theater this week
A brilliant cast includes Jack Holt
Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pal
lette and Stanley Fields.
THE Border Legion takes its name
from a band of outlaws who terrorized
Idaho in the days following the Civil
War The exploits of this sinister group
10TH CI1c DdSIS VI IIlc MaQ6
I'D entirely of desperate and dangerous
men, the legion is seen swooping down
upon a small community where an in.
nocent cowpuncher is about to be
hanged for a murder committed by q
member of the raiding band The banc
rescues the cowpuncher and he joins
them. They lock him up, however, ir
their mountain camp when one of the
bandits kidnaps a young girl and at.
tempts to force his attentions on her
At the peril of his own life the COW.
puncher returns to the village and at
tempts to organize posse to rescue tn,
girl from her captors.
How he succeeds is shown in an ex
citing series of sequences, with crisl
dialogue, the crack of bullets and tn
pounding of hoofs adding realism to tn
action.
Additional features include new Vita
phone Varieties, the Pathe and Para
mount newsreels and music by the Earl
Orchestra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Score from y Ohe BIGHOUSE Columbia
Smells Outdoory.

THE spell of the great, wide, ire
pressible outdoors is the main
theme song of Rough Romance" the
current film at the Fox. In it George
O'Brien, strong, silent. erstwhile sailor
and compuncher, emerges as the lum-
berjack hero who sweeps all, and Helen
Chandler. before him.
This film, besides exuding multi-mil-
lion pounds of outdoor ozone, is notable
for the fact that most of the scenes
were shot mid the beautiful Winter
scenery of the Cascade Range, inland
from Tacoma, Wash" 1t Furthermore
is responsible for one of the biggest up
sets of the cinema year. since Antonio
Moreno is cast in it as swashbuckling
villain instead of, as in the old days, a
smooth, suave tanner of lady lions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Observation-Disclosures
R-K-o "shootin' Straight

R-K-O NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Straight"
. ICHARD DIX in "Shootin' Straight"
~ a comedy drama blended with ro-
nance and thrills, is the announced
feature at R-K-O Keith's this week
The picture serves to introduce Mary
Lawlor, one of the youngest stage stars,
in leading feminine role on the talk
ing screen.
Others in the cast include James
Neill, Mathew Betz, George Cooper, Will
liam Janney. Robert Emmett O'Connor
Clarence Wurtz, Eddie Sturgis and
Richard Curtis.
'Shootin' Straight" concerns Lucky"
Larry Sheldon, who hears that his pal
has been taken for ride" by one of
his rivals, haStens to the rivals apart
ment and chokes him to death, appar-
emily, and then he and his henchman,
Chick, endeavor to escape on train,
which has Mr. Walters. an evangelist,
as a passenger. When the parson leaves
the train, Chick lifts" his wallet, and
Sheldon is attempting to return it to
its owner when the train is wrecked.
Sheldon revives a week later and learns
that his nurse is Doris Powell and the
Rev. Powell is his host. Because of
the wallet found on Sheldon the
Powells think he Is Walters, the min
lister.
Miss Powell's brother becomes in
volved with a local gambler, Martin, to
whom he has given $500 in /. 0. US
He Is threatened with ruin. Being the
best crap shooter in the business, Shell
don visits Martins joint and engages
him in game and wins over the
l. o. us. Martin recognizes his OPP
ponent as Lucky" Larry Sheldon, pos
| ing as a parSon, who Is wanted by the
police-and after that the skies begin
| to clear
| Novelty reels and Freddy Clark
and his r. K. Olians round out the
entertainment.
METROPOLITAN" Dawn"
4 THRILLING story of love in the
"A jungle is unfolded IN Golden
Dawn" the Warner Bros. Vitaphone
Aim romance at Warner Bros. Metro
politan Theater this week.
The weird rites of a primitive jungle
religion are graphically pictured when
beautiful white girl is unwillingly
forced to become the priestess-wife OF
tribal god Kidnapped in infancy and
adopted in the tribe, the girl has fallen
IN love with a young English planter
Through the political trickery of a
commander of native troops in the
region of the jungle, who covets the
girl, the Englishman is sent home He
returns to find that she has been mar
ried to the tribal deity and that she is
imperiled by the brutal leader of the
native soldiers Ultimately the two
lovers escape from the danger of tor
ture and death in pictured romance
tense in its happenings
The cast includes Walter Woolf, Vivi-
enne Segal, Noah Berry Alice Gentle
Lupino Lane, Marion Byron, Lee Moran
and Nigel de Brulier.
Additional attractions will be the Vita
phone Varieties and The Evening Star
Universal Newsreel, for which Graham
McNamee broadcasts the news events.
FOX-"ROugh Romance"
O'BRIEN, in Rough Ro.
nance" the current attraction al
the Fox Theater, Is announced by Man.
Continued on Second Pag0D, )
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
THERE are moments when an
adult reviewer fears that his oc-
cupation is trivial, not deserving

adult reviewer fears that his oc-
cupation is trivial, not deserving
Il the toll and expenses necessary
to its upkeep. Most Of the sue
cessful plays he sees and comments
upon are but painted trifles and fan
tastic toys" manufactured to hynotize
an unwary public into the belief that 1t
is enjoying itself These things he re-
fleets. are not entitled to consideration
from an I-writer who takes his drama
seriously. They should be assignments
for the real estate, financial and police
reporters. He therefore Stoops reluc-
family to the function of a mere cou-
rier and guides his patrons to places
where they may see the sights. 1t Is
an office i'll BETTING a career man who
has dedicated himself to the service Of
an art.
But there are situations even more
heartrending in the lives of the So
called drama critics Only last week
there was an incident that may illus
trate their further humiliations This
reviewer, for instance, was treating him
self to hard-earned idleness on the
dunes OF East Hampton. Long Island.
when he was subpoenaed to Broadway
by the dramatic editor. Come at
once" said he "for a work entitled
Mystery Moon is about to be performed
at the Theater Royale." 1T is" he
continued. "a blend of the micabre
and the joyous, a ghost story contain
ing jokes and ballet girls. Give us a
thousand words on it, and hurry, lest
you are too late"
Immediately the suburb began to bus
tie with preparations for my departure.
Mr.. Cobb, all excited, helped me pack
my portmanteau; Mr.. Lardner tele-
phoned the railway station to save a
chair; John Wheeler buttoned my spats,
Grantland Rice sent a telegram which
said, Am coming" and Mrs. Hammond
wired the hotel to preserve suite. Mr..
Conklin, the chief of the East Hampton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Love Is Enough !"

y my nina, says the novel writer
Zane Grey. romance is only an
other name for idealism. 1 look through
the painted windows Of the dreams of
youth. Every one has in his heart the
kingdom of adventure. Somewhere in
the depths of every soul is the inheri-
lance of the primitive. My stories speak
to that. Love is another name for
romance"
And so, since Mr.. Grey is the author
of The Border Legion" the current
Aim attraction at Warmers Earle
Theater and since he is no doubt
philosophizing about this particular
story, trip to this palace of pleasure
should bolster up belief in Mr. Grey's
opinions. For. II rumor may be con-
verted into fact. there is much "love" in
this film. much romance" and hence
much "IdealiSm." And since Richard
Arlen and Fay Wray are. so to speak
symbolic of youth, the author must have
had a grand time looking through the
painted windows of their dreams"
My, oh my This sounds like excel
lent tonic for dear, old Auntie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

oNAAA 1890
The screen story
Is that of an am
bilious mother who
wants to marry her
daughter off to a
prince of a neigh
boring coun t r y,
Every possible eff
fort is made to
bring them to-
gether. When all
fails the mother
plots to make the
prince jealous OF
the handsome tu-
tor of her boys
who is induced &c
make love to the
daughter. Much tc
her chagrin the
fl1tnr takes his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
All About Mary Lawlor.

RACK in the days of mo No Ma
nette," Good News" and such like,
there was to be found among the chief
merrymakers an extremely young and
pretty lady who went by the name of
Mary Lawlor. Graced it is said, with
the most supple legs this side of para
disc and a face that was fair to look
upon, she, at the very tender age of 1S
or so, became the youngest of. Broad
ways dancing stars.
This season has found her pirouet-
ting mostly in the shadows and people
began to wonder just what had become
of her, when suddenly, almost shyly,
one of her characters ear marks, she
was announced as playing in the Rich
ard Dix film, "Shootin' Straight"
which may now be seen at R-K-O
Keith's.
Miss .Lawlor has landed, as they say,
with q thunp In the picture world:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Fire Protection.

MANAGER LAKE states that al
though the Gayety burlesque
house on Ninth street is closed, 1t is not
closed-that is to say. it is closed for
entertainment purposes at this par
ticular time, but wide open to the arti-
sans who are installing a new steel cur
tain, under the supervision of the Dis
trict officials and in compliance with
the requirements in such cases made
and provided. Manager Lake says 9
great deal more about the new burlesque
which will dazzle and delight his pat
rons a bit later when the new season
opens all of which will be made known
when the season is at hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
SEASIDE PARK.

SEASIDE PARK.
SEASIDE PARK, Chesapeake Beach
which began to celebrate the night
before the Fourth, will continue until
the park closes tonight.
The crowds are finding the combina-
ton of new, up-to-date amusement
resort with cool breezeS from the bay
and the natural charm of a spot which
is the nearest saltwater resort to
Washington.
If you go by automobile there is am
pie space at the park itself, or If you
prefer you can park your car at Dis
trict line station and take the bright
red cars of the Chesapeake Beach Rail-
way to the gates of the park. District
line may be reached via cars of the
Washington Railway & Electric from
the Treasury, or by bus from Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Six
trains daily are provided between Dis
trict line and Chesapeake Beach.
Seaside Park offers beach play
ground for children, a wonderful SWIM
ming pool with salt water continuously
flowing In, night bathing under food
lights and to music, spacious dance
hall and numerous amusement devices,
such an aeroplane swing, coaster dip,
miniature railway, custer ride, shooter,
whip and the like. Fishing, boating
and grabbing also are possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Screen Attractions for the Weel

PALACE"One Romantic Night This afternoon evening
COLUMBIA Big House." second week This afternoon
and evening.
EARLE-The Border Legion This afternoon and evening.
FOX-"Rough Romance" This afternoon and
METROPOLITAN-"Golden Dawn" This afternoon
hing
R-Ko KE1THs "Shootn Straight This afternoon and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
PALACE-"One Romantic Night

</O NE ROMANTIC NIGHT"
adapted from Ferenc Mol
mars play, The Swan" and
~ featuring Lillian Gish, is the
screen attraction at Loew's
Palace for the current week. Rod La
ROGUE, Marie Dressler Conrad Nagel
and o. P. Heggie appear in support of
Miss GiSh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Outdoor Amusements

ira. For those not dancing there are
also special concerts and big comforta-
BILE chairs in which to enjoy the cool
ness of the evening.