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Lone 5 Beauty Secrets

TIH E RE have been lovely
women since the world be-
gan ~ Pompadour. On
Barry. Recamier. Renee. Learn
the secrets of their loneliness
and apply them in these modern
days OF rush and strain. Read
the intriguing articles written
BY LaIuna de Serrano, interns-
tionaIly famous for her writings
and lectures on the attainment
OF beauty. The first of these
appears on this page to-day.
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Loves
ReawaIzerling
The Story Of a
WUe'S Triumph
OUer Jealousy
BY Adele Garriso.

Lillian, NGdge and Katherine Gather for a Discussion OF
Philip terii-ens astonishing BTibe-LefIer 10 Hary.
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w simple for you 70 tell the young
man that you have to get up early.
and therefore you cannot stay up
late. Tell him. also. that your mother
will stu more approve OF him ~ he
obeys her wishes and goes home at
the hour she has decreed.
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should be avoided.
strain is liable to bri
IL is important
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Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie
ANNIE LAURIE:

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ Like most girls I come to
you with my troubles. I've been
going with a fellow for the past
three weeks and my parents like
him very much. But mother won't
allow him to stay after ten o'clock.
one night he stayed till late and
she told me 10 tell him, out don't
know what TO tel him % that he
won't feel had about u: please ad-
wise me what TO say
WONDERING.
WONDERING: II should be quite
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q was ~ y II own eIrand ~ heaTd rom lhs % goat have your
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
Famed Youngsters

TWO youngsters with some claim
to fame decorated the National
Players cast in Brothers" Dick
Douglas, one Of the three Boy
Scouts who accompanied Martin
johnson on his last hunting tour
in Africa, played atmosphere, +"
as did young Billy Tannen, son of
the renowned monologist, Julius
Tannen.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
Marion Kept Busy

There's no rest for the attrac-
tive! After a week Of intense re-
hearsing, Marion Wells, Of the
National Players. was routed out
Of bed at the Hay.Adams House
on Sunday. a week ago, to form
ally get the motorboat exposition
under way. And 1t was raining,
too,
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
26 In This Cast

Repertoire has reached preten-
sions undreamed Of a dozen years
ago. In Brothers" for instance.
offered last week at the Ma
tional, 26 people were used. a
cast that the bravest of pro
ducers would look twice at.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
Final Travel Talk
By Holmes

"Venice and North ITALY," final
topic in Burton Holmes series Of
pictured travel revues, now cur
rent at the National Theater, will
be presented next Thursday after
noon, April II.
Venice, with her gondola-c crowded
canals, will be pictured from vari-
GUS Photographic angles-from the
fashionable Lido, from the church
Of Santa Maria della Salute, and
from the lofty Campanile.
st. Marks, that wonder Of &C.
clesiastical architecture; the
Doges' Palace, gorgeous with It's
frescoeS; the Academia, with, It's
incompatible collection OF great
paintings: the famous Ria1to;
Bridge Of Signs; Palace Of Gold;
house Of Desdemona, and other
staggering reminders Of her Golden
Age when, as the independent city
republic of the Doge. She grew
rich in the Levantine Trade, will
be effectively revealed in, color and
motion and lucidly explained Dy
Mr.. Holmes, before the journey is
continued into the mountain re-
gions of Northern Italy. Here
much time will be spent in re-
visiting those memorable places
and scenes which have lured the
traveller Of all ages.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
R-K-OFEATURE
HELD OVER
FOR WEEK

THE outstanding success scored
- by Ladies of Leisure" at
RK-O Keith's, causes the pic
turization of the Belasco-G Gropper
play to be held over for a second
week.
Not since l"Rio Rita" has the
box office been beSieged by
throngs waiting in line at the
box office.
Ladies of Leisure" is a picture
with every part well played. Bar.
bara StanWyck gives an intensely
human performance in the role
of Kay, as does Ralph Graves
in the role of Jerry. A finished
piece of work is contributed by
Lowell Sherman, as the worldly
Bill Standish. A delicious bit Of
comedy is contributed by the
vivaciodS Marie Provost. Others
in the cast are George Fawcett,
Nance O'Neil. Johnnie Walker
and Juliette Compton.
= A4C oOOAJ 40 AOU q COIkIHICA
one. 1t proves the theory that
a woman is what a man chooses
to make her, A girl of the streets
will become a lady if she is
treated as one. Ladies of Lei
sure" dramatizes this fact in the
case of an idealist artist and q
gold-digging party girl. The hero
becomes interested in a girl of
the streets. He engages her to
pose for him. The girl falls in
love with him. He treated her
like a lady and she had become
lady. Things are brought to a
head when the artists father
walks into the studio one morn.
ing and finds the girl there. Be-
lieving the worst. he insults the
girl, and thus precipitates the
artist into q declaration of love.
Interference on the part of the
artists parents eventually sep
arate the two young people, but
they are brought together again.
What makes this picture really
one of the prizes of the season
is the acting of the entire cast.
1t has been produced on a very
lavish scale,
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
OTIS SKINNER
PLAY NEXT
ON E ST.

ONE of Otis Skinner's finest
" vehicles in an illustrious
career, "The Honor of the Fam.
ily," will be revived by the Ma
tional Players for the week Of
April 81. Produced first a dozen
years ago by Charles Frohman,
Mr.. Skinner found role dear to
his heart and one not surpassed
by his "Kismet" or Mister An
tonic" Some years later Mr.. Skin
ner revived the piece and toured
the country for full season.
The play is a comedy Of the
late Napoleonic period. based on
a Balzac tale, "Un Menage de
Garcon." The thread of the
story deals with the return from
the wars of Colonel Brideau
whose SwaShbuckling tactics on
the field of battle are again called
into use when he finds his uncle'S
home dominated by a ShrewiSl1
woman and her consort, young
officer, who threaten to cheat
the elderly weakling and his right.
full heirs. out Of their property.
The clustering fire-eater, Colonel
Brideau, takes things in hand
and eventually manages to save
the honor Of, the family, to the
accompaniment Of boisterous com.
edy and dramatic situation.
Walter Gilbert again inherits
role which, though totally diff
frenet from that he eSSayed IN
Brothers" nevertheless, offers
generous latitude for fine charac-
terization.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
HOW PONSELLE
ACQUIRED
FAME

0F the list Of nine sopranos on
" the regular contract roles of
the famed Metropolitan Opera
Company, which is to be heard
in three performances at the
Fox Theater April %, "a and IS,
the local engagement will bring
the four most famous Of these
feminine singers.
These are Nanette Guilford,
Lucretia Bori, Minnie Egener and
Rosa Ponselle, with none greater,
or with a more colorful career,
than the last rlamed-the famed
PonSelle.
Rosa Ponselle, who sings here
In Andrea Chenier" on Thurs.
day night, April "a, was not born
famous, Nature endowed her
with unusual vocal equipment
and the instructive urge to sing.
She sang because she had to
sing. She sang not because she
wanted to become famous; she
became famous because she sang.
Eventually she was tagged: but
IN tagging. Fame did not become
"it." The race is still on, for
at every tag Miss Ponselle has
jumped several leaps ahead.
ChurchgoerS in her native Mer-
1den, Conn, were the first to rec
ognize her magnificent gifts. Then
patrons Of the towns nickelodeon,
where she played the piano, occa-
Sionally had opportunity to ap-
preciate the natural beauty Of her
voice. Next came the chance to
sing in a New Haven hotel dining
room. A discerning theatrical
manager eventually discovered
that she was leaps" ahead of
this type of work, and it was not
long before vaudeville audiences
from coast to coast were applaud
ing her. Here and there, those
who claimed to be judges of things
vocal began to propheSy greater
things.
1t was during those days that
the late Enrico Caruso heard
Miss Ponselle, and so impressed
was he with her remarkable tai
ent that he urged her to pre-
pare for an operatic career.
Within six months after she
stopped singing in vaudeville. she
stepped onto the stage of the
Metropolitan Opera to sing the
leading role of La Forza del
Destino"-opposite Caruso!
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
FARCE
TO ENGAGE
PLAYERS

Having Strummed the chords of
romance and melodrama in their
first two offerings, the National
Players daily with, farce in the
production of "Nancy'S Private
Affair" This is somewhat un-
usual booking in that the original
production is still very much
alive at the Forty-eighth Street
Theater in New York.
Myron Pagan, whose two score
plays in the last 10 year rank
him with such prolific souls of
industry as Owen Davis and the
late Avery Hopwood, has under
taken to prove in this, his latest
essay. that externals are not
superficial; that, indeed they form
no small chip of the keystone Of
marital happiness.
Nancy is a woman Of charm
and beauty but there are times
when her best foot lags behind.
Diffidence grows in the husband,
famed by his affair with a young
ster whose mother is very man.
agerial sort of person. Nancy sees
the wreckage Of her romance
threatening and act two finds a
metamorphosis in her estate that
is as surprising as it is comical.
The cool, neutral individual of
the opening scenes becomes a but
terfly of gorgeous tintS and none
is more dumfounded than the
mate who would divorce her be-
cause he imagined her attrac-
tionS had waned.
This third production of the
Players Sixth season. allows Ma
rion Wells her first full-blown op'
portunity, locally, to exhibit her
wares. Addie Hibbard as the de-
signing mother Of a precocious
pest, Marion Sterly, affords the
comedy note with ample assist
ance from Romaine Calender as
a bogus nobleman.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
Roland Hayes to Sing
Here at BelascO April SO

Roland Hayes, tenor, comes to
the Belasco Theater on the eve
ming of April 80 for the lRst con
cert of the season.
To Roland Hayes, the love OF
his art is everything. and this
love seeks only that part of the
literature of song which has the
true. permanent. gleam of pure
gold. Neither his programs nor
his method of singing have a
single moment of tawdry sensa-
tionaliSm. His emotional sincerity,
his reticence. his love of the sur
passing beauties of his art, would
make such a thing quite foreign
to his nature.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
PICTURE STAR
HELPED OUT
HER PAL

TUL1ANNE JOHNSTON, now at
. Warmers Earle Theater in
Dorothy Mackaill's latest First
National and Vitaphone picture,
Strictly Modern" was born in
Indianapolis, but went to Holly
wood with her parents when she
was 6 years old. She attended
the Hollywood School for Girls,
where she studied art, intending
to be a designer, and then went
to Hollywood High School.
She met Carol Dempster, who
was stundying dancing with Ruth
st. Denis, and the girls became
good friends. The Griffith star
persuaded Miss Johnston to join
the st. Denis class. She toured
with the DeniShawn dancers and
then went into vaudeville with
Paisley Noon as her partner.
Douglas Fairbanks signed her
for his leading woman in The
Thief of Bagdad." She made
two pictures in Germany for the
Stern Film Company and then
went to Constantinople to play
in "City of Temptation" She is
one OF the few American film
actresses who have worked in. a
Turkish studio.
Among her recent pictures are
Prisoners" starring Corinne Grit
fifth; "Twinkletoes" and "Oh
Kay" starring Colleen Moore.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
utionaI PLAYERS Dip Into Gay Farce Next Week
SKELLY PLAYS
FAT COMEDY
ROLE

HARD work is Hal Skelly's
a formula for success and he
applies it to his own career in
motion pictures. He is one of
the hadrest working young men
IN Hollywood. y
With four hit talking pictures
TO his credit during his six
months in the film capital, he is
now busy on his fifth produc-
tion. His latest success Is Men
Are Like That" the all-talking
aItraction at Loew's Columbia
Theater. -.
skelly deserted the New York
stage to make his first talking
picture, "The Dance of Life" :"
In which he portrayed on the
screen the same character which
made him a Broadway head
liner in the stage success, Bur
lesque."
He was 50 we'll received by
picture audiences everywhere
that Paramount Immediately cast
him for a leading role with
GNOAJA D1CIlb III WOLlIdA A1dP,
an entirely different type. of
story and a new kind of part.
But, here again, Skelly proved
himself a great actor. Then t;0l-
lowed his dramatic role in "Be-
hind the Makeup" in which he
sang.
Men Are Like That" is Skel-
ly's first straight comedy part.
Adapted from the famous stage
play, THE Show-Off." by George
Kelly. Men Are Like That" is
a convulsing picture of family
life in America. Skelly is the
gusty. back-slapping, clustering
buffer who knows everybody,
butts in everywhere. fixes every
thing and, by good luck and
sheer brass, climaxes the story
with a happy ending.
The supporting cast includes
such favorites as Doris Hill,
Charles Sellon, Clara Blandick,
Morgan Farley, Helene Chad
wick. Eugene Palette and
George Fawcett. Frank Tuttle,
director of 1.-THE Greene Murder
Case" and "Sweetie," made this
picture.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
GEO. WHITES
."SCANDALS"
COMING
TOR the tenth successive sea-
L son. an edition Of George

EOR the tenth successive sea-
L son, an edition Of George
Whites Scandals" is about TO-.
come to town for its annual enI
gagement. The new "Scandals'
will begin a weeks engagement ats
Polls Theater on Monday eveh
,,i,or A,o,.;I 81 %
A new Scandals" invariably
evokes considerable excitement
among those who take their thea.o
ter seriously. Because OF the"
high quality of Scandals" IN tl1eg
past, and because George White
is considered one Of the moSgs
astute showmen in the theatefh
any production sponsored by thisn
young producer is a virtual guar0
antee of something not only en-.
tertaining, but also something a
that fairly crackleS with new
ideas in the way Of scenic tavesn!
titure, originality in costume de7T
sign and novel In its presentata
ton. M
An unusual note is struck inv
this years Scandals" in the fact
that most Of the names so long,
associated with George Whiten
revueS are conspicuous by their
absence. With the exception ofr
the inimitably funny Willie How
ard and the brilliant Frances win.
liams, the principals are virtue lly's
new to the revue stage. AL Of
f1Nanag rI.AnrnSont Y4nu Talent, f44estY
covered by White himself who
searched night clubs; movi'eo
houses and vaudeville theaterBI
for exceptionally talented peoplear
And from the reports that have
thus far Seeped into town, Mr.
White has displayed an aptitude
in picking new talent. ags
The new cast, therefore, fead
lures such names as Willie and
Eugene Howard, Frances Wils1
nams, Mitchell and Durant;o
Evelyn Wilson, Marietta, the Ab4o
bott Specially Dancers, Carolyn
Nolte, Florence Robinson, Fred
Lyon, James Carty, the Elm Cityo
Four, the Scott Sisters, Arthur
Cardinal and Harry MorriSSeyo
and company Of so "Scandals'sg
beauties. 81
The sketches for the news
Scandals" are by William K.
Wells, Lew Brown and GeorgeI
White, with music and lyrics by
Cliff Friend and George White
Matinees will be given onI
Thursday and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
PEG TOP PANTS
WERE HARD
TO FIND
.HoLLYWooD's famous boast
II that it can supply the movie

uOLLYWoOD's famous boast
~ that it can supply the movie
makers with anything from q
fourteenth century dagger to a
herd Of elephants on an hours
notice failed to materialize when
Herbernon's staff couldn't find a
pair Of pants for William Col
her, jrs
They had to be a. certain style
of trousers the peg-tops worn by
the young bloods Of 1908. They
were needed In early sequences
Of Brenon's all-talking production,
"Lummox," United Artists picture,
now showing at Loew's Palace, in
which Winifred WeStover, Ben
Lyon, william Collier, Edna
Murphy, Myrtle Stedman, Dorothy
Janis, Danny O'Shea and other
well known screen and stage
figures play important roles.
After securing second hand
clothing stores, coStumerS and
wardrobe departments Of various
studios, Brenon summoned a
couple Of tailors, who broke all
records In faShioning for Collier
a pair Of authentic peg-tops.
Brenon, perhaps the greatest
stickler for details Of all the film
directors, demanded that every
item Of apparel, furnishings, ETC.,
in the dialogue screen version Of
Fannie Hurst's novel be faithful
to four periods in the Story-190S,
1911, 1919 and 1929.
"Lummox" realize 2O-year
ambition of the director who
made Peter Pan" Beau Geste, !"
"Sorrell and Son" and other sue
ceSSes. to bring a best selling
novel to the screen without chang
ing a single situation.
Miss Hurst came to Hollywood
especially to see her novel trans
ferred into an audible film. She
wrote the dialogue for "Lummox. !"
1t is the first time she ever re.
mained at studio all during the
shooting of one for her scores,
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
ALL Star Tour
For 80 Cities

AS nearly as possible the forth
coming whirlwind tour of George
c. Tyler's production of THE
Rivals" will approximate the
route covered by the original 10
seph Jefferson company.
It is Mr.. Tyler's plan to tour
80 cities in that many nights.
thus restoring the halcyon days
when almost every city, outside
of New York, was one-nighy
stand. The attraction plays the
National Theatef Sunday night,
May IL, with Mrs. Fiske in the
role of Mrs. Malaprop.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
Has Good Traits

Hal Skelly plays the part of
''the kid from West Philly" in the
perturbation of George Kelly's
stage success, THE Show Off
now playing at Loew's Columbia
as Men Are Like That" While
he makes himself obnoxious in
some parts of the picture more
people find him a lovable char.
acter. t+~ -.
The Washington times., 1930-04-12
A Smoking Role

"A good cigar inspires conf
dence," according to Hal Skelly,
who plays the lead in Men Are
Like That" now at Loew'S Colum-
bia. He smokes at least ten dur
ing the course of the production.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
BY WILLIAM A. BELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

ST. MARTINSNILLE. La, Aug
%. U.P)-Little changed from the
time nearly 200 years ago when the
exiled Acadians from Nova Scotia
lived Acadians days under the an
cient oaks, this old village and its
environs today stand an historical
landmark in the Teche country of
louisiana.
OF course there are drug stores
now and a telegraph office, new
courthouse and other modern touch
es. And behind the great oak that
reaches over the CLASSY waters of
Bayou Teche under which Evange-
line, heroine of poem and legend,
met her lover Gabriel, is a big
"Evangeline Pepper" sign.
But the general atmosphere re-
calls the French settlement of l133.
Many of the natives still speak
"Cajin" dialect, a corruption of
French. Political office seekers fire.
quently address the population III
French.
"Eh. la bas, m'sieur, comment sa
goes it," is common form of
greeting.
The village girls, most of them,
have straight black hair, and jet
ewes, and their skin is tanned deep
lv by the hot sun that makes the
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
WOMEN FLYERS
SHARE THRILLS
AT AIR CIRCUS
By SAM KNOTT
by SAM NI4OI
United Press Staff Correspondent

UClteQ FreSS Std11 correspondent
CURTISS WRIGHT AIRPORT.
CHICAGO, Aug. %. WH}-Women
flyers, daring air pioneers of their
sex, again played a prominent role
today as the tenth annual national
air races swung into their fourth
round of activities.
One group of women derby con-
;estants already was in port, having
flashed across the finished line in
rapid succession late yesterday with
Mrs. Gladys 0 'Donnell, Long Beach,
Calf, mother, in the lead.
Another group was at Springfield,
H., ready to take off on the last
Jap of the Dixie derby, from Wash
ington to the airport. \ Southern
girl Mrs. Phoebe Omlie, of Memphis,
Tenn, was leading.
The days program was packed
with thrills. Such names as Lind
bergh, Earhart, Doolittlc, Dorct, AT
cherly and score of others almost
as famous drifted through the con
versations of the thousands Of aerial
enthusiasts attending the races.
Lindbergh, secretive as ever, had
not announced when ne would arrive
He had not, in fact, said he would
arrive at all. But the crowd thought
he would and expected him to soar
in, unannounced, any minute. Doo-
little and Doret. the stunters, FLYING
the latest and speediest of Ameri-
can and French aircraft, remained
the stars OF the show, but were
losing some Of the attention to the
new arrivals, including Frank
Hawks and Al Williams. The auto
gyros. three of which 20 into the
air together each day, continued TO
attract their share of attention.
Never before this meet have so many
Of this odd, myrth provoking type
of ship been up II the same time and
place
4 repetition Of the first army
pursuit maneuvers of Monday were
scheduled today. These IS speedy
planes thrilled the crowds with a
series Of precision stunts that other
civilian and military units have
never even attempted.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
l'ondro Offers
Public Apology

| wish to take this opportunity
to make a public apology to Mrs.
Evalyn Boman Westerfield and her
mother, Mrs. Paul Boman. for the
vicious attack made upon them IN
the political campaign which has
Just closed.
| regret most sincerely that
through circumstances which l did
not foresee, my name has been
linked with individuals and organi-
2ationswhich sponsored that attack.
1t is not my policy to indulge in
mud singing" or dirty politics.
Particularly is this true where a
woman candidate is concerned. There
is no family in Imperial Valley for
whom / have greater respect than
Mrs. Westerfield and her mother and
| feel the only way open to me to
convey TO them the feeling that |
hold is by this public apology. l
think my reputation and standing
in the community is proof of that
statement.
I most heartily disavow any in
tention whatsoever of casting any
reflections upon Mrs. Westerfield
and condemn the action of those
who attempted such a dastardly ac'
tion.
Because of the lateness of the at
tack this apology must necessarily
also be late but it is none the less
sincere and wholehearted.
w. A. TONDRO
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-26
Rogers Picture
Is Rib-Tickler

Sparkling with the rib-tick ling
humor which has placed Will Rogers
in 4 class by himself $50 This Is
London lived up to expectations
at Fox Imperial Airdome last night.
and those who missed il will have
another opportunity to correct their
error tonight.
While Rogers rs the bright and
shining star of the play, lie is most
generous in giving others in the
east chance to show what they
can do. Irene Rich, who again is
cast as his wife, seems almost like
4 real Mrs. VIII Rogers. Maureen
O O'Sullivan, first seen with John Ne
CoImack, again scores triumph az
the young English girl in love with
Rogers son. Frank Albertson.
Lumsden Hare and others also help
10 make the picture a success.
Rogers still lodges evening clothes
and in the current production he
again sings, possibly inspired by his
great success % in "They Had to
See Paris Will sings "Mv Coun-
try 'Tis of Thee offsetting Good
Save The King As singer, Will
is fine rope thrower and gum
chewer. He is in his own true char
acter throughout the production. 4
droll Oklahoman who has his own
ideas about everything.