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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Gentlemen of the Press
Department.
BY PHILANDEK JOHNSON.

Beau Stratagem." The top price
was 10 shillings, not SO much
cheaper, after all, than the price
lists recently announced since the
theaterS have consented to study
the purses Of an audience and take
it into their financial confidence.
A performance of 1.-THE Rivals"
with a distinguished cast and a
brief engagement, asking only
few dollars for orchestra chairs, is
an evidence of that conservatism
which distinguished the theater in
some of its most important as
poets immutably through the
centuries.
Some of the choicest spirits
that attune themselves to the key
of theater publicity in the rhythms
Of the printing press are recalled
distinctly. Always their mission
to magnify the splendors of
others, they have left scarcely the
reminders to be found in pho
tograph. Only pen pictures, in
some distinguished instances, are
available.
Marcus Mayer emphasized his
own personality in a manner
which caused every editorial de-
partment in the country to feel
that when Marcus arrived a week
or two in advance, the big show
had already begun. Welles Hawks,
who wrote gratis for the press,
but with goodly reward from man
ayers for every type of entertain
ment from Charles Frohman COM
edy to the Ringing Circus, was a
soul OF gentleSt sympathy, and he
left books that caused him to be
remembered for his undisguised
love of life of hardship and re-
sponsibility, which, in the course
of mortal destiny, he had for
saken all too soon. The question
was put to him, offhand, "Whom
do you regard as having inherited
Marcus Mayors high silk hat?"
Without moments hesitation, he
replied, Isl Goodfriend." Good
friend was a personality of con-
centrated elegance. His neatly
trimmed beard contradicted the
impression that all persons con-
nected with the theater were, by
some unwritten law, expected to
follow the example of the actors
and go smooth shaven.
n *** +,
One Of the most distinguished
publicity men was Bran Stoker.
whose novel, "Dracula," recently
became one of the most conspicu-
Gus successes Of book shelf and
screen. He contributed the pol
ished English to be expected in
the announcements for a British
star who prided himself, as Sir
Henry Irving did, on the theater's
mission in preserving purity of
language. Augustine Daily was a
dramatic critic, which means that
he also was, in a sense, a pub
licity promoter, but guided rather
by his personal idealisms than by
mercenary motives. Referring to
hats, David BelaSco has always
worn pretty much the same type
OF high-crowned hat that Daily
invariably favored. william VIM
ter was an idealist, who wrote su-
lperior to hire, and beceme a tar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Kings of Jazz.

IF George Gershwin has had spec
= tacular career as the father of "jazz''
symphonies with interpretations of the
blues" so has one of his most famous
compositions. Created at time when
there were myriads of doubters who
wondered and then applauded, the
Rhapsody in Blue" has been played by
probably every orchestra in the coun-
try and In every home either through
the radio or the victrola. Certainly its
transformations and gyrations through
our native music halls has been ex-
traordinary.
Now it takes another jump and lands
itself in the talkies. Certainly 1.-THE
King of jazz" Paul Whiteman's first
picture, now hustling them into the
Rialto, has handled it with new genius
and turned it into startling dramatic
representation, with a background of
pastel scenic grandeur that is striking,
to say the least. Three distinct shades
of blue make up the settings and the
costumes, and as If Paul himself and
his orchestra aren't enough, there Is a
giant piano at which five musicians
make themselves merry. All of which
goes to prove that the popularity of this
music goes on forever and ever, just as
the picture should-and don't miss
either Of themi
Incidentally, inasmuch as the current
season has been threatening to pack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Ethel Barrymore Talks
By Percy Hammond

sums to large amounts. What are
known as the box-oflce "takings" made
new heavyweight records in the show
business. It is not surprising, there
fore, that Miss Barrymore refers to New
York's drama critics as noisome nom
descrtpts that Turk in dark places until
some one uncovers them and they
scamper or waddle out into the night.
They bit and nibbled at "Abie's Irish
Years Old" as well as at 1.-THE King
dom OF God" and 1.-THE Love Duel"
all OF which made both money and
pleasure.
But sometimes, Miss Barrymore, we
are the other kind of rock men" The
theater's magic makes 1t possible for
us to lead what has been referred to
as the dual existence, to be now the
CollosSi, then the lizards. We are crock
men" Of the bigger type when we like
Journeys End, 1.-The Green Pastures"
or the performances of Miss Barrymore,
but our objections to 1.-THE Love Duel''
and THE Kingdom of Cod are YER
m1nous. In my capacity as an insect I
still claim that both of Miss Barry
more's last years plays were shoddy.
X X X X
YEARS ago, when George White was
beginning his career as a rival to
Mr.. ziegfeld, he worried me by his
effrontery. Where Mr.. ziegfeld whis-
pered it, Mr.. White said it out loud,
and a ziegfeld suggestion became a fact
in q White revue. If the ladies were
nude in the Follies, they were naked in
the Scandals, and it seemed that they
would 60 on and on until the City Hall
or the Federal Government would be
forced to interfere. The theater Is now
triumphant over law and order. No re-
strictions are put upon the taste and
conduct of the stage, and clown can
tell your girl soiled joke in public and
show Is called Flying High" It is one
Of the best things of its musical comedy
kind in Broadway-brash, beautiful,
hick, urban, dirty and popular. The
girls who dance in 1t are the prettiest
of the corypheeS, young, agile and more
than usually melodious. They are
dressed, Of course, in Mr.. Whites most
expensive method, which, they tell me,
disregardS cost and is amenable to
taste.
Though I have seen a thousand ely
ing Highs" in my time, liked this one
Of Mr.. Whites as well as any. Its story
Is just another scissor analogue thing,
pasted up and put together in a way
that must make Harry B. Smith and
the better oldtimers writhe. But It has
Oscar Shaw as its grinning hero, Bert
Lair as its clown and a chorus which
Is the best that Broadway can provide.
The heroine, Miss Nell Brinkley, and
the villaineSs, Miss Dorothy Hall, are
all that, as Frank Sullivan might say,
could be desired. The show Is bang
a rich, swift, dauntless performance,
planned cunningly for Mr.. Whites
Broadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Father of MANY.

FROM an optimistic press agent
comes startling report.
Says the gentleman: George Irving
has been the father Of pretty near
every star in pictures" Then he hastily
adds: I'm The Divorcee,' he is the father
of Norma Shearer for the first time"
All of which seems to indicate that
George Irving is to be again father
in this latest starring feature of the
heroine of 1.-The Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
Male talent in this revelation of mar
riage rupture is to be enhanced by Con-
rad Maggie, Chester Morris and Robert
Montgomery,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
THE Caveman" Cancelled.

OWING to the protracted illness of
~ George Bancroft, production of his
next picture, "The Caveman," has been
Cancelled. Suspension of this talking
production, which was to follow his re-
cent vehicle, Ladies Love Brutes," has
been announced by B. P. Schulberg.
At the same time Schulberg made
known that Gary Cooper has been Sc
lected to play the leading role in "The
Spoilers" to which part Bancroft was
originally assigned. Edwin Carewe, who
has been In charge Of preliminary work
OF adapting the Rex Beach adventure
thriller to the talking screen, IN to direct
Cooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Secretion tNeAed1 P.ko> kei+hs

get for much ill-mannered sheer
ing because his standards of ex-
| preston were so high that they
could not be eclipSed in rivalry, or
even initiated. Both of these men
particular idol, Ada Regain.
X X **
One of the best of the theater's
publicity men, Leander Richard
son, was, in remote manner, re-
sponSible for upsetting the almost
classical assumptions of theatre
cal discussion. One of the kind
lest of men, though capable of
inciSive comment which did not
finch from giving pain when it
seemed deserved, nor from ac-
cepting it in retaliation, left be-
hind him a memorable picture,
that of broad-Shouldered,
square-faced man engaged in die
tating letter to be Syndicated to
the general press, and patiently
spelling out one word after an
other to a typiSt, who was OBJ
viouSly without experience. Yet
the rare tact of the man pre-
vented her from suspecting that
she was not doing quite as well as
the average in her profession.
It was Richardson who brought
Alan Dale with him from London
as an assistant and launched him
upon career which pulled dig
nifty to the winds and made sheer
smartneSs the almost universally
accepted standard of critical as
piration. Alan Dale was never a
press agent, excepting for him
self and at that he was unSur-
paSsable.
One of the writer's well known
for books, yet perhaps most lavish
with his talents in keeping a ped
estal well polished for a dramatic
idol, was Paul Wilstach, the voice
Of Richard Mansfield, as it spoke
into the printing press. He sought
as thorough a contrast in his more
recent activities as could well be
imagined. His book, Potomac
Landings" at first slow in max
ing itself appreciated, now holds
a valued place on the shelf of
every library that gives space to
the history of this part OF the
country. His present congenial
occupation is that Of providing
suitable literary expression to ac-
company some of the reSplendent
illustrations in the works issued
by the National Geographic So
ciety. His brother, Frank Will
stach, was one of those who be-
come we'll known in the pub
lisher's Offices as in the playhouse.
He devoted years to the compila..
ton of work entitled Book OF
Smiles" which drew patronage
not only from the scholarly, but
also from the careless fun seeker,
who read the title casually as
"book of smiles" He and G. P.
Greneker, distinctive as a pub
Lefty man, with talents as an ex-
ecutive, were long associated in
the Shubert offices.
Wilstach was associated with A.
TAKEN Worm, one of the most bril-
liant and defiant men who ever
wrote for or about the theater.
He was the antitheSiS OF Charles
Emerson Cook, who, during his
services with Belasco, fortif1ed
high intellectual polish with url-
faltering suavities and courtly
difference. Worm, a short, square
faced man, knew that people did
not like his name, the heritage
from Danish ancestry. He made
them like it. People did not care
for O certain abruptness or man
ner. He made them like that,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Films of Byrd Expedition.

THE first print of with Byrd at the
South Pole" the motion picture rec
epochal expedition to the Antarctic, will
be donated to the National Geographic
Society. Announcement to this erect
was made recently when the two Para.
mount cameramen, willard Van der
Veer and Joseph T. Rucker, who ac-
companied the Byrd party, were feted
at the Ritz Carlton as the first meme
bers Of the expedition to return.
The picture, which now Is being ed
tied by Julian johnson from 80 miles
Of film which the cameramen brought
the National Geographic Society "A
Washington about the middle Of June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Cadets to Sing for Pathe.

FIFTEEN HUNDRED midshipmen,
accompanied by the United states
Naval Academy Band, will be heard in
mass singing of Anchors Aweigh," the
famous Annapolis song, in an Audio
Review. Terry Ramsaye sent Tom Ho-
gan, director, and two sound camions
down to Maryland to record the event,
arranged my Marvin Mcintyre, Pathe
editorial representative in Washington.
The cadets assembled before historic
In Pathe's Annapolis"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

"jazz" away along with the mothballs
and the winter furs. 1t is encouraging
or discouraging, as you will-to find
that this primitive type Of music Is
being rehashed with such splendid re-
suits. just a sniff Of such melodies as
1T Happened in Monterey" should
quicken the most insistently obstinate
heartbeat, and make one realize that
music and Mr.. Gershwin and Mr..
Whiteman are budding rs pleasantly as
the pansieS clustered around the roots
of Mr.. Washington's monument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

Park will open wide its gates
in welcome to the thousands who are
always on hand to enjoy the new out
door season.
The big free attraction this season
will be magnificent electric fountain.
displaying its colorful water sprays
every night. These sprays will flow
from series of jets electrically oper-
ated, and form various designs while in
operation. They play up to a 25-foot
height. 1t is the only device of its
kind ever installed in or near Wash
ington.
Dancing in the large ball room will
be conducted every week night from
$3.50 until 1880, with music and spe-
cial features by David McWilliams'
band of IL. A new ride feature this
year is a giant Ferris wheel. Others
are the Caterpillar, Carrousel, Old Mill.
Aeroplane Swing, Whip, Shooter, Derby
Racer, etc. Another new attraction is
a golf playing device, the players using
regulation golf clubs. More than fifty
general amusements will be in operation
in the park, with many smaller ones of
interest
{ Parking in the special area this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
SEASIDE PARK.

SEASIDE PARK.
GEASIDE PARK, the modern amuse-
~ ment resort at Chesapeake Beach,
which opens May "A, Is built a little
distance back from the water on high
ground Immediately facing Chesapeake
Bay. 1t is location readily accessible
from the Chesapeake Beach Railway
Station and the motor road from WASH
ington.
The old buildings constructed over the
water have been removed, except the
crab house, which remains. A new
dance pavilion, swimming pool and
other amusements are being prepared
by 100 workmen, and excellent progress
is reported. The work is being con-
Quoted by nationally known construc-
tor Of amusement parks It is planned
to have most of the concessions ready
somewhat In advance Of the opening
date. .vr
Parking for 1900 cars win be pro-
vided at the park, it is announced, ana
there will be more anluSements than
ever. The swimming pool will be 80 by
100 feet, with flood lights. Eventually
boardwalk all the way to North Beach
will be constructed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
Outdoor Amusements.

will be materially reduced, and the
Washington Railway & Electric Co. viii
operate special street car service to
and from the park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
GLEN ECHO PARK.

YEXT Saturday, May 10, will be
| "red-letter day" for the kid
u dies, and grown-ups too, for
Y promptly at l pm. Glen Echo
Park will omen wide its gates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

A LII the New York drama critics
~ felt complimented last week
"A when they heard that Miss Bar
4 4 rymore had labeled them "rock
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20
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VS. sS1Y
GE'gn).!m DgsltdE
SCREEN DECORATION OFFERS
FIELD FOR ARTISTIC SKILL

range from IS to o4-inches in width.
To facilitate the work of cover
ing and painting the screen, it is
advisable to leave the framework of
each panel separate until tire de-
corations are completed, and then
ninge them together Wall board,
canvas, and heavy paper all make
good foundations for painted decora-
tons or applied prints. The paper
covered screens should have Il. basis
CT unbleached muslin or some other
heavy cloth. -..... ~
The screen may be painted { solid
color aand then ornnamented with
free hand figures, but stencil! pat
terms are so varied that it is pos
sible to find designs that are equal
~ effective. The choice, of course,
will depend on the natue CT the
loom where the screen is to be used.
Mother Goose figures, quaint little
animals. or blue and white Dutch
scenes will lend the right touch to
z screen that is used in the nursery,
and conventional flowers or gcome
trrical designs are appropriate for
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20

! The garage is cleverly "tucked
away with an outside court for
an additional car or car service.
The designer suggestions are as
follows: Standing finish in the liv-
ing room, entrance hall and dining
room of Douglas fir. Fireplace beam
hand hewn. Beams of ceiling lightly
sand etched, with hea ly sand
etched border All to be stained a
hrownish-grey, with portions CT the
design brought out in right deep
color. Ceiling of living room to be
of V-cut ceiling, random widths,
with simple designs at various
points.
Vertical siding, to be of Western
Red cedar, with joints alternately
N-cut and covered with battens.
horizontal siding, Western red cedar
or Sitka spruce. Exterior to be fin
ished with weather-grey stain.
Other views of this house both
!; exterior and interior may be seen
1T the office of the Building Service
, bureau, Room 20-2l, Bark of Italy
Building.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20

The design and plan showr here
won the first prize of $4,000 IN the
West Coast Woods Architectural
Competition. Ohio McCrackin, archi-
tect, Hutchinson, Kansas, is the de-
signer This competition, held under
;hc auspices of the Washington
chapter of the American Institute of
Architects, was for the purpose OF
developing novel and practical uses
for the four West Coast Woods
Douglas fir. West Coast hemloek,
Western red cedar. and Sitka spruce.
More than two hundred home de
,igners submitted perspectives and
plans and twelve of these were
awarded prizes.
This design is the result of early
American Influence on the English
cottage type, indicating pleasing
combination of materials. and un-
questionably in good wood charae-
ter.
The arrangement of the interior
: unusually well planned. The first
floor has a spacious living room and
library, hall and kitchen. and a din
'np room accessible from the break
fast room. This arrangement affords
serving pantry. on formal "c-
casions. Each room has light and
ventilation from two sides.
The ssecond floor has three cor
:,er bedrooms with plenty of light,
ventilation ard closet facilities, two
bath rooms and a cedar closet.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20
(5y Helen B. Amcs)

A handsome screen fits INTO So
many odd spots about the house. and
1t is so easy to get Just the right
coiors with paint or attractive
prints, thaa many women find it
worth while to make these acces-
series at home, relying on handy
husbands to fashion the frames.
And since these decorations arc in
expensive the small cost of ready
made frame or the price paid To-
cal carpenter win not add apprecia-
by to the total expenditure, should
the man of the house have no skill
with hammer and plane,
But whether it is made profes-
sionally or by an amateur, the frame
should be of seasoned wood so it
will not warp with dampness or
heat. The corners should fit firmly
and be strengthened with bowels.
The size, of course, will vary accord
ing TO the use for which the screen
four-ply screen the average height
us about 90 inches, and the folds
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20

the living room, or bedroom Green.
Antiquing is another form of
crnnamentation that is much in
vogue and requires very little ar
tistic talent. The wall board, can
vas. or paper is first coated with
the background color and then an
tiqued with burnt umber, van dyke
brown, or raw sienna. This second,
or antiquing, color is a glaze coat
which is first brushed over the sur
tace and then rubbed off with a
piece of cheesecloth. Enough of the
brown will remain in the corners OF
.he screen and to a lesser degree
on the surface. to initiate the mel
low appearance of age. Grey green,
old blue. a soft yellow, or deep
ivory will respond beautifully to
this treatment.
Colored pictures cut from maya
zine, an old fashion journal, or a
seed eatalog, pasted on the panels
Of the screen are surprisingly effec-
live if they are coated with shellae
after they are applied. The shellac
not only mellows the colors an d
makes the picture look like an old
print. but makes it adhere more
FIRMLY to the screen. In fact, any
.vpe of decorated screen viii be
morer durable if it is given two
coats of shellac or varnish after 1t
is finished.
On an antiqued screen OF grey
green, 4 Cooley print of the rash
ionnabie ladies of other days would
be suitable decoration. Reproduc-
lions of the figures which appeared
in this old time fashion magazine
can now be bought for small sum
at book stores, gift shops, or some
pattern counters.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20

First Of An-Relis bilityr'v
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20

In 305 days, California Pogis Tel
IL, young purebred Jersey. gave
.i65.13 pounds of butterfat.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20

The Federal creamery at Tu-
lare has been purchased by the
Adohr Farms. Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-20
CONVICTION UPHELD

DENVER. Colo. Jan. 20 UP
The Colorado supreme court today
upheld the murder conviction Of
Farice King. Denver nurse who shot
and killed Patrolman Robert X.
Evans, a patient under her care at
a Denver hospital when she recog-
nized him as former lover who had
discarded her. Miss King s defense
was that Glove mania caused
her to commit the murder. She was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
The new Caion Pass highway will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-24
CLAIM SHARES
IN HUGE ESTATE
New Orleans Sisters Seek
English Heritage.

BIZ United Press
NEW ORLEANS, March "a
Clutching the fortune it has not
loosed for two centuries, the ghost
of william Jennings, seventeenth
century English financier, has
doomed again in the eyes Of his
heritage seeking descendants here.
Four New Orleans sisters claim
that settlement of the accrued es-
tate, now amounting to 400,000,000
will be made in october. in Eng
land, and that they will share
$5,000,0O0 of it.
The sisters are Mrs. Thomas
Suffer, wife of a soda clerk: Mrs.
Annie Spenser, whose husband is a
trainer of race horses; Mrs. Edna
Kaiser, who operates a dairy with
her husband, and Mrs. Sarah Eli
zabeth Riser, a trapper's wife. AL
ready they are planning how best
to spend their fortune.
For over a century. descendants
of three sons of the old miser i'm
mortalized in Dickens Bleak
House." have sought to trace their
lineage past the sons who emigra-
ted to America. Old William Jen-
nings failed to make a will, and a
conservative estimate gives 500 as
the number who will share in the
estate if it ever is settled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-24

The Singing Shaver
the Ingram Shave
network Monday at 7:30 p. M.
medley current hits
which Ted FioriO and his play
and the NBC Chicago studios Monday night at o'clock
The works of two inequeny oanistcompo
de La Tombe and Roberto Amadei will be the
Civic orchestra in the Stromberg
broadcast WHAS and NBC network p m
Walters
axophone quartet will be featured the Gold Strand Crusaders
broadcast at $50 WFBM stations
the Columbia oadcang Also the numbers which
Merle Johnston will conduct the orchestra Percy Ganger Gum
suckers March"
The familiar Coronation March, from the lie Prophee by
acomo Mebeer features the Smbr Music which Lud
ensemble will KDKA National
night 10 o'clock
designer, will
Voices FINLAND
Monday the Columbia broadcastng Adrian
Julia
picture The mophone will placed the dressing
Adrian creating the and his conversation with Miss Faye
re