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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
HOURS FOR CHILDREN
AT LIBRARY CHANGED
Room to Close at 6 Pm. to Give
Better Service During After
noon Rush Period.

The children,s room of the central
| building of the Public Library, at Eighth
| and K streets, will close at s pm. every
day, beginning January l6, 1t was an
nounced today.
This change Is to give better service
in the afternoon, when the demand Is
heaviest.
With the rapid growth in the de-
mands made on the childrens depart
| nent and no increase in staff possible
under present appropriations, the de-
partment Is no longer able to maintain
double schedule. necessitating the tax
ing of staff members badly needed dur
ing the day for night service. 1T was
explained.
The second number Of the bulletin
on informal educational opportunities
in Washington issued by the Public
Library has just been released to cover
January and February.
This list is designed to bring before
the public the opportunities which
Washington affords in the way Of lee
lures, study courses, exhibits and musi-
cal events over the two-month period.
1t is supplemented by notices posted on
bulletin board in the lobby of the
central library, and when practicable
on the bulletin boards of the branches.
Lectures and other events listed in
clude both those which are free and
those for which a charge is made. as
we'll as the remaining events in series
which began earlier in the season.
The first issue of this bulletin proved
very popular, the number of copies
available being exhausted a short time
after its appearance. Copies of the
current list may be obtained without
cost at the central building of the Pub
lie Library at Eighth and K streets, or
at any of its branches or subbranches.
Those who wish to learn more about
educational opportunities, both formal
and informal, are referred to the refer
ence room of the central library, which
has on file q collection of school cata-
logues, information about many Wash
ington societies and clubs and about
the wealth Of material in the city's
| libraries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
GEN. SHUTS SEES NEED
OF CONSTRUCTIVE PEACE
In Address at Yale Former Pre-
mier of South Africa Outlines
Worlds Present Task.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, January o.
Gen Jan Christian SHUTS, former pre-
mier of the Union of South Africa. ad-
dressing a public meeting at Woolsey
Hall, Yale University, Tuesday night,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
Owners Assistance
In Bee Census Asked;
All to Be Counted
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An appeal to all owners OF bees
to assist the census taker in TAX
ing a countrywide bee census is
being made by j. /. Hambleton,
in charge of the bee culture d.
vision of the Department OF Ag-
riculture.
City bees as we'll as country
bees. and bees that live In the
country but whose owners live In
the city, are to be counted this
1880 decennial census. City
owned bees will be listed as live
stock not on farms and ranges"
by consent of the Bureau OF the
Census.
This addition to the census
schedule was hailed by HANDLE
ton as IAN important victory"
for the Bookkeeping industry in
a field where everybody is trying
to get questions asked. He de-
clared that never before in his
tory has agriculture had such an
opportunity to take stock OF it
self, and that If reliable figures
are not furnished in 1880, the
industry will have to wait an
other 10 years without knowing
how many bees are busy and how
much honey Is produced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
VERMONT LIQUOR
RULE THROWN OUT
Supreme Court Declares Source
Disclosure Law Is Uncon-
stitutional.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTPELIER, VT, January 9.-The
disclosure provision of Vermont's pro-
hibition enforcement law, requiring
those found guilty of intoxication 10
tell where they procured their liquor,
was pronounced unconstitutional by
Chief Justice George NJ. Powers in an
opinion handed down in Vermont Su-
preme Court here Tuesday.
The decision was given in the case
of Harry B. Dewar of Northfield, who
had been adjudged in contempt of
court for refusal to tell from whom and
where he got the liquor which was re-
sponsible for his conviction of intoxica-
ton. 1t also applied to the case of
Fred Church also of Mortified. Habeas
corpus proceedings we're brought in
behalf of both of these men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09

said that the worlds task was that Of
building constructive peace.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Connecticut Committee for the Tenth
Anniversary Of the League Of Natioss.
Touching on the failure Of the United
States to join the League of Nations,
Gen. SHUTS said his visit to this country
had thus far revealed to him that
there are devoted adherents to the
League in the United States as any
where.
\ Gen. SHUTS said he saw no hopes for
permanent peace In proposals for
the organization of continental leagues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
Uncle Sam Figure
Is Forbidden on
Mail Box Posts

By the Associated Press.
The figure of Uncle Sam as q
pedestal for mail boxes was ruled
from rural roads yesterday by
Postmaster General Brown.
Instead. the Postmaster Gen.
eral ruled that all mail-box posts
must be plain of design and
painted white for the sake Of
visibility.
An amendment to postal regu-
1ations provided that all rural
mail boxes should be neat in APP
pearance and may be Of wood,
metal or concrete. But they
must not be supported by eff1gies
intended to represent figures or
mechanical objects.
Mail boxes are erected by the
farmers themselves, but rural
mail carriers have the RESPONSE
bility Of seeing that they comply
with postal rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
Premier's Son in U. s.

NEW YORK, January 9 (R.-Alister
q. Macdonald, son Of the British prime
minister. has come to study architec-
ture. He travelled first class. On the
same boat, third class, was his friend,
A. Fenway Brockway, Labor M. p,
coming to lecture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09

from a Washington correspondent that
during Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
donalds recent visit to the Capital, the
chief question of interest to reporters
was: where will Dolly Gam sit at
dinner?"
In the morning group sessions Prof
CLYDE L. King, University of PennSyl-
vania, tilted with DR.. Ernest H. Gruen-
ing of Portland, Me-, on the question Of
education and propaganda. King said
education implants fixed beliefs which
the propaganda tries to change
Gruening and Prof. Royal France of
Rollins College declared that education
promoted open mindedness and could
not be fixed II it were successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
John Coolidge Names Train.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, January o (P)
The speediest train on the New
Haven Railroad. which will make the
run between Boston and New York in
hours and IS minutes, beginning
April /, will be named the Yankee
Clipper. The name has been selected
by an employe Of the road, John Cool
idRe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
CRIME STORIES HIT
BY PAPER EDITOR
Chattanooga News Head Says Gut.
ter Slime and Printers Ink
Should Not Mix.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINTER PARK, Fla, January g.
George Fort Milton, editor of the Chat
tanooga News, put the responsibility
for overemphasis on crime stories and
sensational news squarely upon news
paper editors in an address Tuesday
night before the Institute of Statesman
ship at Rollins College here.
He said editors could, If they would
stop mixing slime from the gutter
with printers ink"
Mr.. Milton condemned fiippant at
titude by the press toward important
affairs. He stated that he had learned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09

Endorsement of the Community
Chests coming campaign and assur-
ance of cooperation was given by the
American University Park Citizens AS.
ISOLATION. meeting last night in Hurst
Hall, Massachusetts, and Nebraska ave-
nues. Committee reports completed the
evenings business.
Thomas E. Lodge, president Of the
association, presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
Christened in Plane.

NEW YORK, January (P.-Mr
and Mrs. Charles B. Althouse hope their
boy will be air minded. He was bap-
tized in a plane flying over New York.
His daddy has charge of the air ticket
division at the Pennsylvania Station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
RIDDLES

All you fans who fret and worry when you
have no riddles to guess can now be happy
while you puzzle over the five below.
/. What is 1t that we often see made. hat
never see after 1t is made?
2. Why is life the greatest of riddles?
3. What ives when you give it hay, but dies
when you give 1t water?
T. Why Is lace shoe noisier than button
shoe?
5. What woman can never go out alone
ANSWERS.
!. A noise. 2. Because sooner or later we
all must give 1t up. 3. A FIRE T. Because it
has tongue. 5. Mrs. Anderson (And her SOM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Ell C0mancho
Campfire Stories.

How would you like to meet a wild grizzly
bear face to face? If you did, probably
you would run to some safe place as fast as
you could 60. Well, once met not one. but
three, grizzlies. all fun grown and all standing
In row on narrow rock shelf on the side of a
cnn thousand feet high. single misstep
there would have meant death And didn't
run, eitherl simply stood still and talked 70
the big old bear that was leader.
Probably you would not have done that bHt
II you did not, 1t would be because you didn't
know bears. Besides, couldn't very well do
anything else.
1t happened In what is now Glacier Park. ND
on the top of the northern Rocky Mountains
in Montana, before this region was set aside for
park purposes. had been sent into this region
by the Great Northern Railway to live with the
Blackfoot Indians and learn their names for
the rivers lakes, mountains and other places of
interest, TO get their stories and legends about
that part Of the country and to make photo
graphs. The railroad intended to advertise the
new park which was to be created there that
year by the Government.
One morning toiled up from Lake McDon-
aid, On the west side Of the range, intending to
cross through what Is now called GunsiRht Pass
and so work on down the east side tran 60
Lake St Maries. As usual, I was all alone,
save for my pack and saddle horses
When got into the pass found had q
chance to take some beautiful photographs of
StG BASautlC nA4AS buAt 1eku IN Lake st. MarteS.
I got my big camera out Of its pack, set it on
Its tripod and went to work Immediately I
discovered that the tops Of some of the big
pine trees below me stuck up into the picture
and spoiled it. so moved.
had turned two sharp rock shoulders safely
but as came to the next bend stopped in
my tracks. Not i've feet in front Of me was the
frSt OF the three grizzly bears, the most distant
being only ten feet awayl was startled, but
not frightened. for knew bears pretty well I
stopped and stood perfectly still The bears
all stopped too, and smiled the wind wrinklh,Q
their noses like so many rabbits.
Then, talking in an ordinary conversational
tone, said to the leader Now, look here
bear, we can't both use this narrow little path
up here at once, going In opposite directions.
You'd probably bump me on IL you tried 20
pass me here, so II you don't run I'm going TO.
ana won't lose much time about It, eitherl''
The three big fat old rascals just stood there.
Wrlnklng their noses In an uninterested way
and looking out across the valley below as thew
did so. stood quite Still but kept right on
talking quietly. This state of affairs lasted
probably two or three minutes, then suddenly
the bear in the lead reared up on his hind
legs, whirled around, smacked the bear behind
him with his big paw and said Wool" The
second bear repeated this performance to the
third bear, but the third bear just said "Woofl"
as he turned around. Then away all three
went bookityl bookityI bookityl around the
CHI and out Of sight, leaving me perfectly
happy unintured and ready to proceed with nv
picture making.
they?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16

More writing words are found in these word
chains Remember that you can change only
one letter at time. ...
Change POST to CARD in four moves.
Change WORD to BLOT in five moves.
In this word square, the second line is a We
hicle. the third is to stupefy and the fourth
means great periods of time. Can YOU form
the square?
VA S E
A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
GOod to the Last DROP.

An aviator bought parachute from a new
but obiiging salesman. And II you find it
doesn't work." said the young man cordially,
You another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Much the Same.

First Art Student: Say have you, any
thumb tacks?
Second Art Student No. but will q finger
nail do? -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16

Three words connected with writing are con.
Cse1cd In this picture puzzle. Can you guess
GEn?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
PUZZLES

i
Everybody should recognise this article some
thing that Is found on every desk. Don't
spill it!
THE INK BOTTLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
BY RANDOLPH HARTLEY.

4 T the present time, when the thea
alter is generally being described as
a purely commercial institution, It is
refreshing to hear Of an important the
atrical enterprise that is motivated by
purely altruistic ideas. Such an enter
prise is that Of the second North Amer
lean tour of the Stratford-upon-Av
Festival Co., from the Shakespeare Me-
mortal Theater at Stratford. Whatever
profits may accrue from the tour will
be added the fund for rebuilding the
Shakespeare Memorial Theater, which
was destroyed by fire three years ago.
In view Of the cost of transportation
of the large company from Stratford as
far west as Los Angeles and back to
Stratford and the regular expense Of
maintaining such an organization, it is
not likely that the profits will amount
to considerable sum. The board of
governors Of the Shakespeare Memorial
will, however, be content If the proceeds
of the tour equal the outlay, because q
more important purpose of the enter
prise is to hold together a group of
actors that has become one of the mos.
important dramatic companies in the
world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Warner Chain Month.
THE month Of March is to be spe-
ciallY observed by the Warner Bros

THE month Of March Is to be spe-
cially observed by the Warner Bros
chain of theaters in Washington as
"neighborhooo tneater month";. accord
ing to announcement by General Man
ager John j. Payette.
The purpose of 1t all Is to direct the
special attention of the public to the
wonderful Improvements that have been
installed in each of the Warner chain
of theaters in Washington, especially in
those which are known as ''neighbor-
hood houses" every one of which has
had its standard of effectiveness, so
far as sound pictures are concerned,
raised to the level of the leading down.
town theaters.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have
been devoted by the Warner Bros. to
install the very latest and most effec-
tive devices and inventions in all their
theaters in the one aim to make them
as nearly perfect as may be in the ef-
fectlve exhibition of sound pictures of
all descriptions. Even the new carpets
laid in the local theaters have been
tested for their acoustic properties,
whlle IN the projection booths trans
forming devices Of highly technical
character and other inventions embody-
ing the latest principles discovered in
the talking picture field have been In
stalled.
General Manager Payette of the
washington theaters of the Warner
chain is asking the Washington public
to visit the Warner movie theater
around the corner" (there are a dozen
OF them, widely distributed throughout
the District) and compare its facilities,
its entertainment and its general excel
lence with the silent picture houses"
of days gone by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
LII DAGOVER and WILLY
FPTscH- III 'Azmq7rz0 RAzpSoa
Lille tJhea+er

own toss of the fingertipS, her
own manners of voice and her own
twinkle of the eye which make
her more than calculating art
iSt and cause her to become the
beloved companion of innumer-
able audiences. If play happens
by chance to be a shade less than
compelling in interest, those who
know her are still happy to be
there for the privilege of sitting
it out with Ethel Barrymore.
The difficulty of foreseeing pub
lie taste is shown by the sudden
and incorporating favor into
which the Shakespearean drama
mas come. If it were possible to
reproduce all the different kinds
of play enumerated by Polonius
in description of the repertory of
the strolling troupe, the Stratford
Players would undoubtedly &C
complish it. The list they offer
includes everything from "pas-
toral comical" to tragical his
torical.
Many Shakespearean ventures
had their origin in Washing
ton, D. c., and another one that
interests is contemplated by Rob-
ert Downing, whose manager,
Henri GreSSit, is arranging a
Spring tour of special perform
anceS of plays which, though
not exactly Shakespeare, are so
closely identified with poetic
tragedy that they are at first i'm
preston associated with the
tranScendant dramatic poetry of
the Elizabethan era. These plays
are "Ingomar," 1.-THE Virginius'
and Damon and Pythias." Mr.
Downing was perhaps most prom
inently associated by popular &C
claim with 1.-THE Gladiator"-and
that isn't Shakespeare, either
One Of the best psychologist evil
dences that Shakespeare was ar
actor is the manner in which he
has succeeded, even through cen
turtles, in keeping the center Of
the stage strictly for himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
went to the Dogs. /"

PARRY LUPINo, the clever British
come6.c- in BABES in Toylanc."
tells good story of his first visit to
this country when he was a member
of the company assembled to aid Sir
Harry Lauder during his transconti-
mental tour
I'VE had played nearly every town
and city OF consequence in your West
ern America, and had come to the city
of Great Falls, Mont Upon arriving
there we were informed that an Uncle
Toms Cabin company had played
there the night before to a packed
house, but that The company was still
in town The big feature of the show
the oodhounos-had met with a
disaster that night and thus retarded
the immediate continuance of the tour.
upon interrogating the opera house
manager, he told me the story: It ap-
pears that the major portion Of the
audience was composed of cattle
punchers and sheepherders.' who, &C
companied by their dogs, had come miles
to witness this evergreen performance,
and as 1t always had been their custom,
the dogs followed their masters into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Theatrical Altruism.

The Spring season and the Summer
season at the Memorial Theater give
the players only about 20 weeks en-
ployment annually, and in such circum-
stances it is natural that the more sue
cessful actors should accept engage
ments on the London stage, which in
many cases prevents them from being
permanent members of the Stratford
company.
The success of last years tour indl-
Gated that the organization can be
taken on tour each season, either
through Canada and the United States
or to Australia or South Africa, and the
term of work thus increased to 40 or
As weeks. With seasons of that length
the company can be kept intact year
after year, with consequent advantage
to the artistry of its performances.
Beyond all this, it Is the sincere de-
sire Of the board of governors, of which
Sir Archibald Flower is chairman, to
acquaint playgoers throughout the world
with the beauty and fascination of
Shakespeare's plays when they are pre-
sented in the lucid, intelligent, straight
forward fashion in which they were
acted under the stage direction of
Shakespeare himself The director docs
not, however. adhere to the crudities of
the EliZabethan stage. On the other
hand, he makes good use of all of the
mechanical devices of the modern the
alter. But he reveals the text as it was
written, and the effect of the perform
ance as given is really little short Of
magical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

When the great intellects of the
world have brought their inveStl-
cations to a point where atten-
ton may be tempted to seek new
complexities in social develop
ment, a movement for theater re-
vision and poetry relief may be
sponsored by personages OF pro-
found tendencies.
The stock and grain markets
are very carefully studied, and
even the race track has its COM
pilations of data from which may
be drawn impressions Of probable
tiles and methods of procedure
which tend to eliminate excessive
risk. The theater has no such
safeguards, fragile as they are. 1t
is a galloping. go-as-you-please
proposition, with the seeming Ger
tainty of today likely to stumble
at an unexpected development IN
commercial invention, or balk at
an unforeseen hurdle.
A great deal of speculation was
INDUCED in when motion pic
lures assumed an unchallenged
position in the amusement world,
as to what their relations would
be in adjustment to the legitimate
theater. Predictions were unre-
liable and experience alone could
show how the theater would be
affected by the demands OF the
screen for equal recognition.
When the Show Boat" first
swept this city. with. enthusiasm
there was no suspicion that there
could ever come a question as to
standing room audiences on the
first night and on the subsequent
nights of each return engage
ment. Show Boat" shared the
usual experience of stage success
and was transferred to the screen
Now that the production returns
in flesh and blood, the utmost
effort is made to, assure the public
that it is the production in
original form, and there is even q
suggestion of sarcasm in the care
full reminder that 1t is moi
canned" Even the emphatic
elaboration of announcement doe:
not suffice to clear away the i'm
preston that the good old SHOW
boat has unreServedly lntruSteC
its destinities to the movies, ant
it needs a performance or two a
the beginning Of the week q
carry the news by word Of moutl
that it is the same old frien'
worthy of the same old welcome
Transferring Theatre success
to the films does not mean tina
it must drop one career and pur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

the auditorium. lying under the wooden
kitchen chairs which served for orches-
TIA seats in those days.
All went well until Eliza started to
cross the ice-then the trouble began.
The instant the three puny bloodhounds
began to bark in pursuit, the dogs
under the chairs realized that there
were strangers in their midst, and
pandemonium broke loose. When the
bloodhounds made their appearance on
the stage. every dog in the building
considered that he or she was specially
delegated to attack the intruders, and
a grand rush and jump was made upon
the stage by the entire phalanx, where
the greatest dog fight ever witnessed
was enacted. Before the combatants
were separated, the Uncle Toms Cabin
company were minus their bloodhounds,
for the Scotch collies never quit until
the intruders were dead.
THAT was the last time that dogs
were admitted to performance In
Great Falls. This fracas resulted In
the construction of q splendid theater,
eliminating forever Miners Hail. But
I love your great West-you have 50
much room to breathe"