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The Washington times., 1930-04-30
WORLD!

You owe a debt. You assumed
that debt when you entered life
and every day since it has
mounted.
You owe humanity a debt for
the sacrifices it made for you
before ever you were born
for the beauty the dead
generations left for you to en-
joy for the conven-
fences they placed at your dis
poSal. For the tears and sweat
and blood and prayers and death
rattles that have cleared your
way to opportunity-for all
these things you are in debt.
And that debt carries with it
an obligation to those who are
to come as we'll as to those who
have gone. Because the de-
parted ones made life better for
you, you must, in your turn,
make life better for those yet
unborn. Nor are these obliga-
tions merely pretty phrases.
They are as real as your bill to
the corner grocer and much
harder to pay. You can pay
your grocer with money, but you
cannot pay history with money.
You cannot send a check to Lin
coin or Columbus, PaSteur, Kit
Carson, Florence Nightingale or
Sarah Bernhardt, Father Demien
or Christ for the things they
did to make life braver and more
beautiful for you. You can only
repay in kind.
You must give back love. for
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

An author may influence the
fortunes of the world to as great
an extent as a statesman or a
warrior. A book may be as great
a thing as a battle.-Disraeli.
When you know the failing Of
q man whom you wish to
please, you must indeed be very
clumsy if you do not succeed.
LIE Sage.
Life every man holds dear;
but the brave man holds honor
far more preciouS-dear than life.
Shakespeare.
There are epidemicS Of noble
ness as well as epidemics of dis
aAkA-Kx01dAs
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
Hearst Papers Advocate

i. peace and, amsity With all nations; entamgEng
alliances Witk none," as advocated by George
Washington.
2. Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than taOo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionnHent in the House of Representatives.
3. separate Department of the Army, of the Navy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal po10ers to
abolish tHiteracy in the United States under
Secretary of Education
s. Election of Congress in November. Installation
on the first of January foLO,Uing Inauguration
of the President first of January nert after
November election.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

This is seldom true.
Most of the men or women
in the field of literature, for in
stance, have little to distinguish
them from the rest Of a crowd.
They would not be singled
out as of more than ordinary
ability.
But the really big person
does not aim at anything Of the
sort.
Most OF those who have made
the longest strides toward Sue
cess realize how far they have
yet to go before they reach any
thing like perfection in their
time, and it makes them hum
BILE.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
By Elsie Robinson

things. And because Of that he
soon Sensed the debt he owed
for all his good fortune. A
AS his book house grew, as
the printed page turned to gold
in his hand, his sense Of obli-
CATION also grew. What could
he give in return for all that
had been given to him? Men
had given him wealth, artists
had given him their talent.
even the trees had given him
their lives that he might have
paper
Trees Had Given Him Their
Lives-that touched him sharply
for he loved trees. For every
successful run of a best seller"
some great tree had given its
place in the sun: it's veil Of
stars; the pulse of spring time
sap; the sweet green -guSh OF
leaves: dawn quickening; re-
lease at twilight and the fierce
swaying struggle in the storm.
For each best seller he had
taken that-that mystery Of
breathing, budding life. There
was no material payment he
could make. One cannot buy
it's glory from a tree. He could
only give life in return for lite.
So, on his country place he has
planted two thousand trees,
trees to live free-to live their
whole life QUITO know the
Joy and give the beauty that
he took when he made those
first trees into books.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

What, then, do you call your
soul? Wha' idea have you of it?
You cannot of yourself. without
revelation, admit the existence
within yc', of anything but a
power unknown to you Of feel
ing and thinking.-Voltair
How much easier our work
would be if we put forth as
much fort trying to improve
the quality of it as most of us
do trying to find excuses for
not properly attending to it.
-Ballinger.
Genuine is It's own reward:
for a mans best qualities must
necessarily benefit himself.
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The Washington times., 1930-04-30

love, beauty for beauty, courage
for courage, life for life.
They tell this story Of a
famous young publisher in New
York. Life has been good to
him. 1t has given him, beside
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

our common heritage. unusual
intelligence, opportunity and
success. 1t has given him, best
of all, a love of beauty and
sensitive heart-So that he
catches the inward meaning of
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The Washington times., 1930-03-29
BICKFORD SEEN
AS FIRST AID
TO URIC

Charles Bickford's highly I'm
pressive physique and flaming red
hair have made him one Of the
most picturesque figures Of the
American drama. For ten years
q stage star, South Sea Rose, -
Fox Movietone picture, starring
Leonore Uric, now at the Fox
Theater, marks his second screen
appearance, his introduction in
Dynamite" having created an
unparalleled demand for his ser
vices.
Bickford was born in Cam
bridge, Mass. the son of a coffee
importer. He was educated In
Boston schools and Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology. He went
around the world with Roosevelt s
fleet as a coal paSser.
He became an actor right after
his school work, although he has
followed construction engineering
in vacations. He has worked on
such enterprises as the tunnel
under the Charles River Bridge,
South Boston Army base, etc.
He served in the war as a lieu
tenant Of engineers, with duties
of inspecting Army construction
here and abroad.
The Broadway appearances
which carried him to Stardom
include ID ark r o a e e n"
Flames" "OutSide Looking In"
GLORY, Hallelujah," mo More
Women" Chicago" "Bless You,
Sister" and "Gods Of the Light
ming"
A different and extremely virile
type, Bickford is considered one
Of the greatest "finds" ever
brought from the stage to talking
pictures.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
League Of Nations
Cast in This
Feature

Hollywood's cosmopolitanisrn
Is evidenced In the cast OF
Slightly Scarlet" the Evelyn
Brent-Clive Brook co-stsrring
picture which is now at War
ner's Earle Theater.
Miss Brent is an American,
born in Florida. Brook Is a
native of London, England, and
so is Claud Allister, who plays
the part Of the valet. Paul
Lukas, the menance character,
Is Hungarian. France con-
tributed Christiane Yves and
Andre Cheron to the cast.
Eugene Palette, Helen Ware,
Virginia Bruce, Henry Wads-
worth and Morgan Farley are
Americans. Palette was born
In Kansas; Miss Ware in Cali
fornia: Miss Bruce in North
Dakota; Wadsworth in Ken
lucky, and Farley in New York.
Leila Karnelly, another fem.
mime member Of the cast, is
recently from Moscow, Russia,
and the bit and extra players
represent nearly every nation
in continental Europe.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
DIX
LIKES TO BE
INCOGNITO

Richard Dix takes little stock
in the tradition that men must
fly the ocean, scale the Alps,
tramp through the African
jungles or the Cobb desert to
get "kick" out Of life.
From the time Dix quit the
parental roof for small part in
a st. Paul (Minn0 stock com
pany until he starred in "Lovin'
the Ladies'" his latest all-talking
society comedy now at RK-O
Keith's he has encountered moth
ing but adventure. excitement.
danger and thrills at every turn
In life.
Dix still is the genuine athlete.
Every day he goes through a
routine Of caliSthenics. Baseball,
tennis, hockey and boxing are his
favorite diversions.
The star often seeks thrills by
travelling incognito. He spends
q part Of each year losing Rich
ard Dix" and being somebody
else In New York: trout fishing
in the Rockies: or hiding away
in his palatial California ranch
home, paradise" attending to
his prize Llewellyn settlers.
Much of the opportunism which
causes Dix to meet life in such
friendly manner comes from
his early experiences, on the road
in stock. Before he was 20. Dix
had been broke" in half the
States.
Even now he cannot bear the
sight Of a stick pin because he
had to pawn so many that he
liked. His most priced set of
cuff links went for supper in
Texas.
Working in a picture always
will be q thrilling new expert
ence," says Dix. In 'Lovin' the
Ladies' I characterized an cleo
trician who masquerades in high
society and plays at love with
four society 'dehS.' During the
filming I lose my real life
identity. There's the kick.
eff you meet life half way it's
a perennial adventure" His own
life proves it.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
TIBBETT FILM
BOSSED BY
BARRYMORE

Filming three separate scenes,
with independent action In each,
simultaneously, was one Of the
tasks accomplished by Lionel Bar
rymore in directing "The Rogue
Songs" Metro -Goldwyn-M Mayors
all-talking musical drama filmed
entirely in Technicolor and star
ring Lawrence Tibbett. which is
playing the second week at Loew'S
Columbia.
The scene shows courtyard, tap
room, and a private room of an
inn, and in each something diff
ferent Is going on while Tibbett's
song is heard throughout. So
that the action was in perfect
step" with the song, three
cameras filmed the three scenes,
and three microphoneS recorded
them, simultaneously.
It was accomplished by Barry
more watching from the glass
monitor room overlooking the
sets, while Charles Dorain, his as
sistant. handled the physical &C
ton on the stages as Barrymore
checked on. the voices.
The new picture is drama OF
Russia with Tibbett as a SwaSn-
buckling bandit chief. Elaborate
song numbers and q huge ballet
staged by Albertina RaSch, com.
edy relied by Laurel and Hardy,
Hal Roach comedians, adventure
and romance are intergral parts
of the new picture, the opera
stars debut in talking films.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
RICHARD BIRD
WON FAME IN
ENGLAND

Richard Bird, the handsome
young English actor, who will
play the role Of the nerve wracked
young officer, Captain Stanhope,
in Journeys End" at Polls
Theater beginning tomorrow night
was born in Liverpool and edu-
Gated by private tutors. He does
not know why he went on the
stage-he Just went, and first
appeared in Lady Frederick"
which toured the English prov
inces. Like hundred of English
actors, he went to the front at
the first call and served in the
front lines for four full years. He
was severely wounded and only
recently has lost the limp which
resulted.
After the war he Joined the
Liverpool Repertory Company,
where he specialized In the Shaw
plays, then to London until 1924.
Then he came "out to the states"
% the English actors put it,
where he first appeared In
Havoc" also a war play, q great
success in London but flop
over here. He was next seen in
the support of Katherine Cornell,
another Of Gilbert Miller's bright
galaxy of stars, who has Just con,
cluded an engagement here, and
after that was seen with Peggy
Wood in Candida" where his
entirely novel performance OF
''MarchbankS" created q storm
Of critical controversy.
Then he returned to London
where he was seen in several
plays, was featured In Cobra"
and starred In "The Ghost Train"
for q run Of eighteen months.
Back to New York in 1928 and
was the first foreign actor to be
put out of work by the Equity,
new anti-alien rule, when he was
rehearsing "A Most Moral Lady"
AS a consequence he returned
to London and played opposite
to Gladys Cooper in '"The Sacred
Flame" in which role he con-
tinued until the very night ne
left for New York to play Captain
Stanhope in the eastern Jour
ney'S End company.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Journey s End, Epic English War Play Opens Herr
.HATTERTON'S
FAME GROWS
TN MOVIES

In much less than Q years
time, Ruth Chatterton has
achieved a position among femi'
nine talking screen stars that is
very close to the popular leader.
ship Of Clara Bow.
Miss Chatterton's first all-talk-
ing screen appearance was in
"The Doctors Secret" Then fol-
lowed in quick succession, '"The
Dummy" Charming Sinners"
Madame X" "The Laughing
Lady, and now Sarah and Son."
which Is now playing at Loew's
Palace.
Sarah and Son" is a story Of
mother love, showing the deep
love Of a struggling singer for
her baby boy and her tragic pain
when her worthless husband
steals the child.
It shows her mother love frus-
trated and repressed, only to be
revived when operate success
gives her the position to renew
the search for her boy. In the
end it shows her finding him, in
q reunion shared by the man she
loves and now can marry.
AS the central starring figure,
Sarah, Miss Chatterton performs
with the same brilliant artistry
that has distinguished all her
work before the camera and
microphone. Frederic March is
her leading man in the picture.
He was the romantic lead in
THE Marriage Playground" and
Clara Bows 'The Wild Party"
PHILIPPE de Lacy, little French
war orphan, plays the part Of
her son. Others in the cast are
Fuller MelliSh, jr., of Applause"
villainy fame; Gilbert Emery,
Doris Lloyd and William Stack.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Lenore Uric Speaks
In Four Languages

Patrons of the Fox Theater
this week hear Lenore Uric in her
second production for Fox Movie
tone, South Sea Rose" Miss
Uric is one of the most gifted
linguists Of the stage or screen.
Proficient in several languages
Miss Uric has had occasion to
speak four different tongues in
her various stage and screen char
acterizations, .ss~,.,
Born Of German parents. Miss
Uric learned their native Ian
Suage in her childhood. After
her dramatic career got well
started in the smaller stock COM
panies, she recognized the impor-
tance Of fluency In Spanish and
French. which she set out to
learn.
south Sea Rose" reveals the
talented star as a half-caste girl
utterly WITHOUT conventions. who
is transplanted into q staid New
England town.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
GIVES
DC. CONCERT
TONIGHT

When it comes to conVersing
with the public on the stage and
In private, there are two Sir
Harry Lauders. In speaking to
an audience he indulges in Cnly
enough Of the Scottish nlu-rT to
give character to his lines and
songs. Long ago he discovered
that the American public, just
like the London public, finds 1t
difficult to understand the Scotch
speech. by comprising between
the Scotch and the American
vernacular Lauder has made him.
self readily understood, and no
one hesitates to attend his per
formances for fear Of hearing Q
dialect difficult to follow. The
Scotch entertainer not only
speaks the best Kings English,
but his voice has q peculiar pene-
trating quality that makes 1t
possible to distinguish his words
at the farthest end Of the largest
auditorium.
With his friends, however, and
especially with those OF his own
nativity, Sir Harry readily falls
back into the Scots veruacular.
In this seasons program Sir
Harry has combined songs that
are adaptable anywhere, among
any English-speaking people. and
others, like "Roamin' in tn
Gloamin' that are distinctly
Scotch. Naturally no imitator Of
the Scotch dialect has ever had
equal success in presenting Scot
tish songs. He sings Scotch
songs in the dialect. softencd for
American ears. that he was
famiIiarized with as a boy, and
no can equal this. He is, how
ever, equally a master Of charac-
terizations not based on Scottish
Life.
Sir Harry comes to the Wash
ington Auditorium tonight and
between his own inimitable song
characteriZations and his COM
pany of clever entertainers a
most enjoyable performance is
assured.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
DRAMAGUILD'S
4 ACT "GAS"
APRIL 5

The Community Drama Guild
will offer q startlingly modern.
realistic drama entitled Gas"
next Saturday evening, April s.,
at 8:15 o'clock, at Mckinley Audi
torium, Second and T Streets
Northeast, as the third, full-length
play of the present season. Gas" I"
written by George Kaiser, and
adapted for the American pro-
duction by Marion Gering, sets
forth the present-day struggle be-
tween materialism and idealism,
as exemplified by two outStand-
ing characters in the piece,
known as the billionaire'S son
and the engineer.
The play will be presented by
the Drama Guild in four parts,
with ultra-modernistic settings
suited to the symbolic theme OF
the piece. A cast Of more than
so players, under the direction Of
William F. Baker. will be seen in
the leading roles and as the
l1ordes of workmen and work
women, foreign representatives.
and operators In which the scenes
abound. It is a play Of massed
groups, and, as such, is something
new in the modern theater.
Leading roles in Gas" will be
played by Leslie Waudby. Aaron
Rosenthal, Charlotte Patterson,
Wallace Wright, Harold Mccoy,
George Finger, Merwin Browne,
Eldred Wilson, Ben DOehrer,
Frank Westbrook, Sue Shorter,
Marguerite Paul. Yvonne Rapeer,
Edith Sears, and others.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
III. B. Warner is Able to
Qualify as Telegrapher

Processing numerous accom-
plishments, H. B. Warner was
forced to learn the Morse tele-
graphic code to portray the role
Of Major Crespin in the new
Vitaphone version Of the famous
melodrama, "The Green Goddess" I"
starring George Arliss, now play
ing at Warmers Metropolitan The
ater.
Audible pictures necessitated
this. In one Of the. most dra-
matte sequences of the play, Mr..
Warner, as the major, invades the
wireless room of the sinister rajah
and sends through message for
aid to the British air forces. To
add realism to the story of teleg-
raphers and students of the
Morse code, 1t was necessary for
Mr.. Warner to master the teleg-
rapher's art so that the message
would not be sent Just as mean
ingless tumble Of dots and
daShcS. |....
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
MASK AND WIG
SHOW PLAYS
DC. APRIL II

Americas most celebrated group
Of college thespians, the famous
Mask and Wig Club Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, will come
to Washington on Friday, April
II, and win present at the
BelaSco Theater on that evening,
their forty-second annual spring
show, entitled John Faust, PHI.
d., being an up-to-the-minute
combination Of satire and tray
esty on the Faust legend, especial
ly as related to the Gounod
opera.
Programmed in two acts and
four elaborate SeneS, the show is
regarded as the most pretentious
production the club has ever IT
tempted, being staged by Jasper
Deeter, weI-known as the leading
spirit and official head Of the
Hedgerow Theater. at Rose Val
ley. Charles Gilpin, for several
years the composer of the out
standing song hits Of the Mask
and Wig shows, is again this
season responsible for the musical
numbers in which the piece
abounds. The big and always
efficient chorus is directed by
Francis Patton, one of the out.
standing men in the organization: ::
and Henri Elkan will conduct The
orchestra.
Just q few Of the many musical
numbers suggest the score Of the
piece, including "a Soldier on
Leave" How Can q Devil Be
Good" "Marguerita," "Just an
Old German Custom" and when
Fer Mephisto Calls" The voices
Of the cast this year are better
than ever before, and the
ensembles are full Of pep, both
in their singing and dancing.
The story of the piece which
opens at the co-educational Uni
versity Of Wittenberg in the year
1900, carries the entire cast to
the Spielplatz Tavern on Wal
purgis Night. and finally ends
the whole company in-Hell. But
the denoument is happy after
all, according to true Mask and
Wig traditions.
Tickets for John Faust Phi. D."
will be on sale to the public be-
ginning next Friday, April 4, at
Mrs. Wilson -Greene's ticket office
in Droop'S.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Started Here

Ruth Chatterton, who plays the
lead in Sarah and Son." now
playing at Loew's Palace, had
her name In lights on Broadway
when she was 13. She started
her career in this city, when her
friends dared her to go on the
stage.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
How They Teamed

Oliver Hardy, who appears IN
1.-THE Rogue Song" playing the
second week at Loew's Columbia.
was born in Atlanta, Ga. After
graduating from the University OF
Alabama he drifted to Hollywood.
There Stan Laurel was supposed
to direct him. Instead they started
n comedy team.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Tibbett as Bandit

Lawrence Tibbett, who plays
the part of a mountain bandit in
The Rogue Song" now playing
the second week at Loew't Co
lumbia, is the son of a sheriff
Of Kern county. California. Tib-
bett was born in Bakersfield, OF
that State. His voice was diScov-
cred while in high school.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Laurel Is English

Stan Laurel. who appears in
"The Rogue Song" was born in
England. He came to this country
with Charlie Chaplin in the old
Fred Karno company. He became
a Keystone cop and afterward
joined with Oliver Hardy.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Kate Goes Russian

Kate Price, famous for Irish
roles, goes Russian in "The Rogue
Song" now playing the second
week at Loew's Columbia Thea
ter. Lawrence Tibbett, the Met
ropolitan Opera star, sings the
leading role.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Barrymore, Musician

Lionel Barrymore, who directed
THE Rogue Song" now playing
the second week at Loew's Colum-
bia, with Lawrence Tibbett as
the lead, Is well qualified for his
task, being somewhat Of a muSi-
clan and composer.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
ScantiIy Clad Roles

Lenore Uric likes roles where
her attire is scanty. In South
Sea Rose" this week at the Fox.
the stars desires in that regard
is fully realized. Her "Kiki" was
a French ragamuffin: her Tiger
Rose" a scantily clad French
Canadian lass, and her Lulu
Belle" a sparsely covered brown
skinned vamp.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Laurel-Hardy Comedy

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy,
the famous comedy team, provide
the laughs in "The Rogue Song"
playing the second week at Loew's
Columbia. What Oliver says to
Stan and vice versa keeps the audi
ence in roars, to say nothing Of
what they do.
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
u. S.-Englishmen

Gilbert Emery and William
Stack, two Americans appearing
in "Sarah and Son" now at
Loew's Palace, have been fooling
the public and the critics. It
appears they are mistaken for
Englishmen. Eh, wot!
The Washington times., 1930-03-29
Miss Wells at Home

Marion Wells Is perfectly az
home back stage of the Natiorsl
Theater. She has the same dress
ing room she adorned when last
here as star Of Earl CAROLS 'LAff
That Off,"