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The Washington times., 1930-06-07
EqyDtidnS Hosts
To Large Company
At Luncheon Today

The Charge dAffaireS of the
Egyptian Legation and Nine.
Ali ISmail Bey entertained at
luncheon today at the legation.
Their guests included the
Minister of Szechoslovakia and
Nine. Ververka, Prince Krida-
kara, minister of Siam; the
First Secretary Of the Bulgarian
Legation and Nine. BiSSerotf:
the first secretary Of the Turk
ish Embassy, Mr.. Sabit: the
Second Secretary of Cuban En-
bassy and Nine. Guell; Mr..
Bulent, second secretary of the
Turkish Embassy; the Secretary
of the Rumanian Legation and
Nine. Popovici; the Secretary
of the Legation of Czechoslo-
vakia and Nine. Papanek, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph I. Davies, DR..
and Mrs. Lee S. Mccarthy, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Light, Miss
Corrine Frazer. Miss Anita
Boggs, and Miss Evelyn Gordon.
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On Duty Here
Lieut.. E. c. Even, u. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Even have come from
Annapolis. Md, and are at the
Wardman Park Hotel for some
weeks while Lieutenant Even
is on temporary duty in Wash
ington. They will later go to
Philadelphia for a month or
NOR" og duty before returning
to Annapolis. where Lieutenant
Even will be stationed for an
other year.
Mrs. Everett Sanders has re-
turned to the Mayflower from
visit to her home in Terre
Haute, Ind.
Sail for Havana
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tillotson
Wainwright will sail today from
New York for Havana, Cuba,
where Mr.. Wainwright is the
American vice consul.
Mrs. Wainwright was before
her marriage here on Monday
Miss Alice Cults.
The newly appointed At
tache of the Spanish Embassy
and Sonora de Planell have
arrived in Washington and are
making their home at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Ensign H. H. Marable, of the
U. S. S. West Virginia, and Mrs.
Marable have arrived from San
Pedro. Calf, and are stopping
at the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh w. Sid
dali, who have been guests at
the Mayflower for several days,
are returning today to their
home in Chicago. They had
been in New York before
coming to Washington.
y
Are i'm New York
Mr.. and Mrs. George Grant
Mason, jr., are at the Barclay,
New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George McNeir,
of New York city. are guests at
the Mayflower on their way to
Warrenton, Va, where their
son, Burrows McNeir, has an
estate.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

Reverse color. That's a smart
thing to- remember. Suppose you
have a scarf of blue dots on a
white background. A handbag
with blue dots on white would
make a smart ensemble. But a
handbag with white dots on
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
St. John'S S Is
Scene of
Wedding
Miss Caroline RoebIing Is
Bride Of Alexander Hagner
at High Noon Today

az ItIIii NONlt INASJ
One of the prettiest of the
June weddings took place at
high noon today when Miss
Caroline Roebling, daughter
of Mrs. Arthur 'Brien, be-
came the bride of Alexan-
der Burton Hagner, son of
Randall H. Hagner.
The ceremony was per-
formed at st. Johns Church
with the Rev. DR.. Robert
johnson officiating.
Lace Gown
The bride, who was given
in marriage by her stepfather,
Colonel O'Brien, wore a bridal
gown fashioned of old family
lace, made with long, tight
sleeves and sweeping train of
satin. Her tulle veil was draped
from a small cap of lace, also
an old family possession. In
stead of the customary bridal
bouquet, she carried a prayer
book bound in ivory.
Her sister, the Baroness van
der Elst, who has come from
her home in Brussels to be a
member of the wedding party,
was matron OF honor. Also
serving as matron Of honor
was Mrs. Robert Roebling, a
sister-in-law of the bride. Miss
Jean Illingworth, of Newark,
N. j., was maid of honor and
Miss Valeria Graham, of New
York, and Miss Helen Wardman
bridesmaids. They wore chiffon
frocks of a pinkiSh orange made
with deep capes and full skirts
drawn into tight bodices. They
carried Talisman roses and wore
hats of deep pink in horsehair
straw.
Little Miss Isabellea Hagner,
sister of the bridegroom, who
was flower girl, wore a Kate
Greenway frock of pink,
sprinkled with tiny flowers. She
also wore a tiny polk bonnet.
Mrs. O'Brien wore gown of
grey lace and a hat of grey
straw and ostrich feathers.
USherS
Malcolm McConihe was best
man and the ushers were
Robert Roebling, Eugene Rob-
erts, Robert Hit, John Sweeney,
Magill James, Joseph Noell,
Joseph McCammon and H.
Spotswood White.
st. Johns Church was dec
Grated for the occasion in a
profusion of spring flowers.
A reception at Esta Brook,
the O'Brien estate in Rock
Creek Park, followed the cere-
mony.
Envoy in New York
The United States Minister to
Salvador and Mrs. Warren
Delano Robbins are at the Sui
grave, New York.
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Mrs. Newbold Noyes is at the
RitZ-Carlton, New York.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Army Group
To Attend
NuptialS
Miss Helen HoyIe Herr Be.
comes Bride of Lieut.. W. A.
Holbrook, Jr.

A notable group from Army
circles Is attending the mar
riage this afternoon Of Miss
Helen Hoyle Herr to Lieut..
. Willard A. Holbrook, jr. The
ceremony is taking place at 4
o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel
of the Washington Cathedral.
with the Rev. Raymond Lee
Wolven officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Col. and Mrs. John Il. Herr,
who are-stationed at tire Army
war College, and the grand
daughter of the late General
Hoyle, of Washington. Lieuten-
ant Holbrook is the son of Maj.
Gen. Willard A. Holbrook, re-
tired.
Brides Gown
Colonel Herr is giving his
daughter away in marriage.
She is wearing a white satin
gown, fashioned along princess
lines, with a court train. 1t
is trimmed with appliques Of
duchess and rose point lace.
The tulle veil is caught with
orange blossoms, and she is
carrying a bouquet Of white
roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Fanny de RuSsy Herr.
sister of the bride, is maid Of
honor. She is wearing a frock
of light blue lace and tulle,
with a horsehair hat to match,
and carrying yellow roses and
blue delphinium.
The flower girls. little jose
phine Hoyle "aulbee. daughter
of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Joseph
F. Taulbee, and Helen Devine,
daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Mark A. Devine, are dressed in
frocks of yellow organdie. with
bonnets to match. They are
carrying old.fashioned nose
gays of yellow roses and for
get-me-notS.
Military Wedding
Adding a picturesque and
effective touch to the scene, the
officers who are uSherS for
Lieutenant Holbrook are in full
military dress. And as Lieu
tenant Holbrook and his bride
leave the church. they will
draw sabers, forming an arch
for the couple to pass under.
Lieut.. Hugh B. Waddell is
best man and the ushers in
clude Lieut.. Edmund w. Searby,
of Fort Sill, Okla; Captain
Devine, and Lieuts. Raymond
B. BoSserman. Thomas Robin
son, Donald w. Sawtelle and
Charles P. Summerall, jr., all
of Fort N-yer.
A reception for about 500
guests is following the ceremony
at the Officers Club, Army War
College.
Reception Line
General Holbrook and Mrs.
D. A. Rumbaugh, aunt Of the
bridegroom, are assisting the
brides parents in receiving.
Mrs. Charles P. Summerall,
Mrs. William D. Connor, Mrs.
Fred w. Sladen, Mrs. Ewing E.
Booth, Mrs. Edward L. King,
Mrs. David S. Stanley. an aunt
of the bridegroom; Mrs. Joseph
F. Taulbee, Mrs. Daniel H.
Gienty and Mrs. Walter T.
Bates are assisting at the tea
table.
Mrs. Herr is wearing green
and black flowered chiffon with
a large black hat.
After the reception Lieuten-
ant and Mrs. Holbrook are
leaving for a wedding trip, the
latter wearing an egg-she1l silk
ensemble. Upon their return
they will live at Fort Myer,
where Lieutenant Holbrook is
stationed with the Third Cav
airy.
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The Washington times., 1930-06-07
North for Summer

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D.
Denegre have gone to Villacrest,
their summer home at Man
chester-by-the-Sea, Mass, for
the summer.
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Dennis Kings Rival.

DAUL KEAST, who appears in the
leading role of Francois Villon in
1.-The Vagabond King at the National
this week, was born in Philadelphia,
and early in life developed singing
voice Of indisputable beauty.
At the age of 20 his parents gave
their approval to his desire to go upon
the stage. His first appearance was in
Gilbert & Sullivans Pirate of Pen
zance" He was then engaged for i'm
portant roles in Countess Martha"
and THE Love Song" A short season
as headliner in vaudeville preceded his
appearance in THE Vagabond King"
Applying too late for the role of Fran
co.'s Villon, he was given an assignment
in the chorus. The second day of the
rehearsals he was singled out for the
important role of Rene. Four weeks
laters he was given the star role of
Villon with the Western company. His
success was so great that he was singled
out from all other interpreters of the
role for the current tour of the famous
operetta.
Mr.. Keast, 1t Is said, holds the dis
tinction of being the first male singer
who ever broadcast over the radio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

IF you have taste for near-antiques,
for those reproductions which are
so nearly like the original that you
Il can scarcely tell the difference, you
will like Edwin Justus Mayors new
piece, Children of Darkness" Whlcn Is
laid in Newgate Prison, in May, ITO,
and so cleverly done in speech and
manner that 1t might almost have peen
written by one of the wits OF that Gay.
Several curious and interesting CHAR
acters meet in this debtors prison.
There Is an elegant but more or less
renegade French marquis, with KING
blood in his veins, who masks his real
name under the. title Count La Ruse.
There is the historic Jonathan Wild
the play is said to have been suggested
by Fieldings story-a young poet, ana
above ell, the jailer's daughter, baetltla.
This young woman, described In the
authors stage directions as 2S, q
ravishing woman, vital to the excess Oh
carnality," bestows her charms on those
favored among her fathers enforced
guests, whom, for a consideration, ne
admits to his private table and permits
the freedom of his private apartments
At the beginning of the story La Ruse,
man who requires beauty, romance,
a stray tune, a lyrical line, for his
happiness, rather than concentration on
any utilitarian end, is her lover ana
really adored by the girl as well: La
Ruse affects to despise her, but is help
less, always, at the first twang OF her
sirens song.
Then the young poet turns up, with
his earnestness and his poetic notions
of love, tumbles head over heels in love
with Laetitia, whom he pictures as the
queen of all the virtues and beauties,
and between him and the woman ana
the elegant and light-minded rake who
feels like father to the ingenious boy,
there comes the main dramatic clash
of the play.
It is all artificial, Of course, as almost
any contemporary drama done in the
manner and speech of the eighteenth
century needs must be. But Mr.. Mayer
writes with distinction. There are
flashes of poetry very unusual felicity
of rhetoric. 1t is a trick, but the
author does it with a certain conviction,
and exceeding well. The net effect.
barring some occasional intervals of
talkiness, is decidedly entertaining, with
a certain elegance, cynical eighteenth
century touch to the wit, that was novel
and. in its somewhat precious way
refreshing.
Miss Mary Ellis, as the callers
wench," is really splendid-radiant,
poised, assured, with an attack" as
the singers say. and a purity OF diction
that is constant delight TO the ear.
Basil Sydney, as the elegant, cynical La
Ruse, always giving the light touch and
the bite Of his raillery to the most
desperate situations, Is scarcely less
compelling. 1t is a pleasure to listen
to him, too, and to watch his disil-
lusioned and slightly nostalgia smile,
the way in which nothing found him
at a loss. Altogether novel entertain
ment. and decidedly superior, in its
rhetoric at least, to what usually appears
on Broadway.
X n
TEO BULGAKOV'S production OF
IL Gorky's AT the Bottom"-known
as "The Lower Depths" in an earlier
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Coming Attractions

NATIONAL-Otis Skinner in Papa
Juan"
washingtonians need not be remind
ed that Otis Skinner has charmed them
in many roles of widely varying char
acter during his long and distinguished
career. The National Theater an
nounces that, beginning Monday eve
ming, January 81 Otis Skinner will ap-
pear at that house in the title role OF
his newest comedy, Papa Juan" OF
Spanish origin, which he has presented
and Philadelphia. Critics of these cities
have agreed that his portrait of Papa
Juan will have an honorable position IN
the long and famous gallery Of his por-
trayals, and IL is said that in many
respects this portrayal Is one that Mr..
Skinner himself would like to have re-
called at the mention of his name.
The new play is by the Spanish dram
atists Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez
Ouintero. 1t was adapted by Helen and
Harley Granville Barker, and after 1t
was produced in London, with great de-
light to those who witnessed it year
ago, it was first made known in this
country by Mr.. Skinner in Chicago last
Spring, where il. ran for 10 weeks.
1t is the story of an elderly gentle
man of sweet and gentle character, OF
rare philosophy and wisdom, always
sparkling with humor and without a
trace, in physical or mental activity,
that the age has arrived when all good
people are expected to quietly make
their exit from this life. But Papa
Juan is about to celebrate his next
birthday, with horde of relatives sur
rounding him, all more or less plain
folk, in nature and disposition not I'M
like the villagers in many a civilized
country. The characteriZationS are
many and varied, according to the posi-
ton each holds in the community, and
the ripples of pleasant humor. cheer
fulnesS and the picturesqueness that
might be expected from situations aris-
ing where families do not always agree
run throughout.
POLPS-"Robln Hood"
The masterpiece OF romantic opera,
Robin Hood with its famous score
by Reginald de Koven, which glitters
like a diadem of diamonds, and its book
| and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, that
made the ancient story of the noble
bandit of Sherwood Forest leap into
| life 1t had never known before, will be
the attraction at Polls Theater next
| week, starting Monday evening, jan
uary 81.
The brilliant success of the old Bos-
| tonians, whose performances are still
/ recalled by many and which entitle the
! distinguished players and singers to
| Joint credit with De Koven and Smith
| for the creation of a masterpiece that
seems endowed with immortality, this
gallant company no longer exists in the
land of the living. But the Poll man.
agement announces that its present.
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The Moving Picture cAlbnnt


been 20 laboriously written ana re-
hearsed throughout the early reels.
These Technicolor sequences are be-
coming as standard and aS stereotyped
and as monotonous as were the nights
In the old Alaskan n1elodramaS. AL
OF them are interspersed with view OF
audiences applauding frantically. But
have yet TO see one that gave an ade.
quate explanation Of the spectators
intense enthusiasm.
TN q picture such as THE Love Pa
rade," with frankly fantastic char
acters and scenes, sudden and unex-
planned song numbers are perhaps per-
MISSILE. No one can complain very
loudly when the dashing hero steps out
on a balcony and sings his farewell TO
Paris, especially when that hero hap
pens to be Maurice Chevalier.
Nevertheless, even II you can make
allowances for the songs, you would ind
1t extremely difficult to accept the scene
II Chevalier were to be Joined in his
solitary retreat by 10 chorus girls and
Is chorus boys, all time stepping and
kicking and being cute.
Perhaps the movie fans will abandon
their pronounced insistence on realism
and will concede that anything what
ever may be allowed to happen in q
musical film. They may agree to dis
criminate between straight dramatic
subjects and absurd extravaganzas.
It is not likely, however, that they
will do so. For the time being, at airy
rate, they will continue to force the
producers to grind out stories of back
stage life, in imitation of THE jazz
Singer" and 1.-THE Broadway Melody"
Which calls our attention to a strange
state of affairs. While the talking pic
lures are said to be running the theater
and driving ziegfeld and BelaSco ana
all the other old timers out of existence,
these same talking pictures are also
handing the theater more advertising
than 1t has ever had before.
If you want to be given the idea that
the stage Is the home of glamour and
romance, and also Of easy fame and
fortune, go to see almost any all-talk-
ing. all-singing, all-dancing film.
The movie moguls had better stop
their campaign to put the theater out
of business, because If they were TO
succeed in it they would find them
selves deprived of the main source OF
their glorious inspiration.
(Copyright, 19so)
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day successor, which will appear next
Monday evening, is composed of artists
of ability and experience that promises
a reviviflcation of the romance, comedy
rhythm and ringing songs that are as
popular today as 40 years ago after
It's first presentation by the Bostonians.
GAYETY-"Parisian FIappers."
Partisan F1appers," burlesque show
familiar to admirers of this character
of frolicsome entertainment. comes to
the Gayety Theater next week. Its title
was doubtless suggested to convey the
impression that its feminine contingent
is Just bit more lively than the Amer
lean species. The sponsor for Partisan
Flappers" claims that the only object
he sought was a burlesque show that
would meet the up-to-date conditions
and provide many laugh surprises, with
elaborate scenic and costume appoint
mentS.
The company. in which Jean Bodine,
Irene Cassini, Bobbie Nissen and Harry
Morris are featured. was chosen re-
gardless of high salaries, and also in
Guiding Mickey Ramsay, George Leon,
Pete Segretto; Sidney Presson and
Frank Naldo, with a chorus OF pert
f1apperites, which appears in two big
scenes of surprising fun, appealing
songs and frantic dancing.
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On the New York Stage


English version here and as "Nacht-
asyl" when the irving Place company
first put the play on In German some
thing like 20 years ago-is thoroughly
we'll worth seeing and, on the whole, a
satisfactory presentation Of Gorky's
tragic gallery Of handouts, but
william L. Laurence's English transla-
ton is something less than acceptable.
The translator has tried an expert
ment somewhat akin to playing Shake
Russian into cotemporary American
slang-and the result is hindrance
rather than a help. The intention I'M
doubtedly was admirable. And the
translation itself may well be out of
the ordinary as literary tour de force.
But the constant interruption of action
and atmosphere, essentially Somber and
tragic, by phrases and expletives the
connotation of which is essentially
trivial makes a handicap often difficult
to surmount.
1t is scarcely the Job of this depart
ment to fight the battles of authors
with their producers, but the plants OF
the author of one of the recent unsuc-
cessful plays are SO specific and plaus-
ible that we find it difficult not to
quote some of them here. While the
luckless wretch was engaged in another
part of the country, unable to attend
rehearsals, the title, the curtains" OF
all eight scenes, the very drift and idea
of his story, were changed, while the
characterization was so cut and mool-
fled that the heroine's acts became, as
the critics quite reasonably pointed out,
without reason or explanation.
An old story, of course, over which.
generally. there is small cause to shed
tears. but there was enough that was
promising in this particular piece TO
| give q certain sound of reaSonableness
to the long list of specific grievances
which he presented to his producer.
"If," says he, you had produced the
| play exactly as written, 1t might have,
and probably would have, been too long
too talky, too draggy, etc. But, had
it been produced as written, 1t could
not possibly have taken a worse licking
than it did; it could not have been a
worse failure with either the box office
or the critics. And, had it been pro-
duced as written, it might have been
as bad box Office f1op but most posi-
lively it would not have been such an
overwhelming flop with the critics.
| They might not have liked it as play.
| but they would not nave nao cause 10
give it such a terrific, and deserved,
| lambasting."
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| THE week was dull, with several sad
efforts which scarcely call for mem
| ton here. Not so sad was the revival
Of THE Prince of Pilsen," with AL
Shean as the brewer from Cincinnati,
and Strike Up the Band" a new
musical comedy with music by George
| Gershwin.
The Theater Guild announces Ber-
nard Shaw's new play. THE Apple
Cart" as its next production-the first
presentation Of a new Shaw play since
| saint joan"
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Center of the u. S.

THOSE who relish touch of reality
or a dash of history served with
their movies may find His First Com
mand" worth considering.
The exterior scenes OF this picture
were taken at Fort Riley, which is said
to have the distinction of being the
exact center of our country.
Fort Riley, ever since its first stone
was laid in 1853, has probably witnessed
more Indian war dances than any other
fort in the country. Prominent among
the tribes which have left intimate
souvenirs-such as scalps-at its front
door, are the Pawnee, Wichita, Chey-
enne and Usage Indians.
Not that any of these scalps are fea-
tured in His First Command" but
William Boyd is, and that means that
there ought to be plenty of action.
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Uniquity Not Iniquity.

NO one who has ever met Charlotte
~ Greenwood offstage has failed to
succumb to her rare charm Of dignity
and genuine womanlineSS, which always
carries a twinkle in her eyes and the
spirit of humor in her smile. And yet
no girl who ever scored a pronounced
hit upon her first appearance on the
stage can be compared to Charlotte
when she breaks loose in the comedy
that envelopes her as Lefty in the
famous $50 Long Lefty"
She was once asked how she ac-
counted for 1t. Her calm reply, with a
bland smile, was Il suppose 1t Is my
uniQuity, not my iniquity."
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oliver Twist" a Talkie.

WORD has been flashed that "Oiver
w Twist" is to be made into talkie
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer, browsing in the
library a short while ago, came upon
that "best seller" of the eighteenth CEN
tury, Charles Dickens, and decided at
once to make the immortal Oliver speak
for himself.
Just who will play the role Of the
over abused young boy has not been de-
cided upon as yet. But the producers
have promised that Lionel Barrymore
is to direct it. And that ought to be a
good beginning anyway.
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PALACE-"Their Own Desire"

With promise of bigger and better
shows during Loew's January festival,
Loew's Palace announces for this week
the return of Wesley Eddy as master OF
ceremonies, and Norma Shearer's latest
talking picture for Metro-G Goodwin
Mayer, Their Own Desire" with Belle
Bennett. Lewis Stone and Robert Mont
gomery in the supporting cast.
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sentatives, men who speak the language
of the country, are spreading the doc
trine of good will.
In this glowing traveltalk the audi
ence is given an opportunity to study
the people from intimate and personal
observation.
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sTATE-"Sunny Side Up"

The State Theater at Bethesda, Md,
announces for this week a program Of
especially interesting entertainment for
its patrons, in which the outstanding
feature is Sunny Side Up" with Janet
Gaynor and Charles Farrell as its stars,
tomorrow and Tuesday. This is the pic
ture In which these already famous
players make their musical comedy
debut and which recently attracted
much attention at its downtown show
ing in Washington.
The schedule for the remainder of
the week will bring Elliot Nugent in
wise Girls" Wednesday; Joan Craw-
ford in Unframed" Thursday; Richard
Barthelmess in "Nowheres," Friday.
and Clara Bow in Saturday Night
Kid" Saturday-all pictures of unusual
attraction and quality.