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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09
Rainbow Scheme For
Bridge Club Party

A beautiful rainbow color scheme
was featured in arrangements for
Mrs. Laura Monroe's entertainment
Of her bridge club at her home
Friday. The various pastel colors
were noted IN wild flowers and
bluebonnets, which. with Spanish
daggers, formed the decorative
motif.
Dainty colored perfumed sachets
were with the tally cards, and the
two prizes. won by Mrs. S. @. Ora
ham and Mrs. Ted Graham, were
pastel organdy pillows.
"A delicious dessert course was
served
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09
Sew Club With
Mrs. w. B. George

Mrs. w. b. George entertained
the Just-5ew club Wednesday af-
ternoon at her home. Roses and
fern were used for decorations. All
members OF the club we're present,
and Mrs. r. w. Kiekel and Mrs.
w. A. Gould were guests. Contests
were enjoyed, in which Mrs. Ward
won a prize.
a salad course. with st. Patrick
Day, favorS, was served. The club
Is TO meet next Wednesday with
Mrs. s. G. Graham on jefferson
street.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09
Guests Honored
At PARTY

Mrs. Dean Porter entertained
Thursday afternoon at her home
in Junkin apartments honoring her
two house guests, Misses Myrtle
and Ruth Mueller of Jersey City, n
J. three tables OF bridge players en-
joying the afternoon.
Mrs. j. l.. Rentfro won high score
prize. and Mrs. j. w Irvine, sec
ond high favor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09
Mrs. Lee Adamson


Mrs. Lee Adamson entertained In
the Nei-Roy apartments Friday
afternoon with a small bridge
party for two tables of guests.
Bluebonnets we're decorations or
the living room.
Mrs. Ralph Schmeling won high
score prize IN the bridge games,
and Mrs. r. G. Morris, low.
Guests were Mesdames Frank
Brown, w. :. Moothart. r. Fl. Els
aman. Robert Ernst, M. r.. Hall.
and r. II. Gilmore.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09
Brownsville Club
and Social Activities
With Women
Of Today

THE first seven years are the
hardest. according to a humor-
lists reflection on the import
tant state Of life; but to the newly
arrived immigrant in the United
States it generally is the first few
months after the shock of the first
weeks has passed away. The men
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09
Plans Under For
International Group
At Geneva Meeting

Brownsville Business and Professional Women. with the eight other
clubs Of the Valley Federation " joining the national celebration OF
Business Nomens week March l0-l5. $4,000 members OF the national
organization standing ready to pay tribute to the movement In a weeks
program which viii be diversified as individual clubs choose to make n.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09

nERTA Pipin. president Of the
IN National Council Of Women In
Riga, Latvia, was recently cleo
ted to the city council.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-09

IN CzechoSloyakia there are Il
women in parliament, 10 depu-
ties and four senators. Eight
are "holdovers" from the preceding
legislature. The best known among
them is Senator Frantiska Plamin-
kova, vice president Of the Interna-
tional Alliance Of Women for Suf-
frage and Equal Citizenship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Plays on Broadway
By Percy Hammond.

Mr.. Shubert, q conscientious shopper IN
foreign marts. has suffered from this
indifference, and so has Mr.. Dillingham;,
whose tasteful instincts are usually de.
pendable. ''Marigold," Suspense" and
perhaps "a Rhapsody In Two Flats"
and other foreign exhibitions fan to in-
ebriate us with the stimulant essential
to play-going. ! remember away back
when all that Charles Frohman had 10
do was to 60 abroad and purchase sue
ceSsful English plays, sure that they
would be popular ut the Empire Thea
ter, and in the interior capitals. North,
South and West.
Those were in the days when London
had such seasonable playwrights a. Pr
nero, Sutro, Henry Arthur Jones, Barrie,
II. v. ESmond. Hubert Henry Davies,
Hall Cain, and perhaps Israel Zangwill.
They wrote few failures either for the
motherland or her illegitimate child.
Now when Mr.. Shubert goes to London
he finds its theaters full Of plays "a.
miliar to the u. s. A. The lazy Mr.,
LonSdale comes across every year or two,
and 50 does the otioSe Noel Coward. Mr..
Maugham's product Is available now
and then In small quantities, as Is that
Of Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Galsworthy. But
the agents OF the American theater, de.
string to traffic in the London drama,
flnd 1t now an empty market. That IS
o disadvantage to American producers
and theatergoers, for the best PLAYS
and the best actors have come from
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

MUCH has been written about the
AZ theatrical heritage Of the Drews,
the Barrymores and the Cohans, but
this spotlight has somehow never been
thrown on the Lytells, whose most dis
tinguished member is now to be seen
at R-K-O Keith's in Brothers"
Bert Lytell can point to line Of
thespian ancestry, 1t Is claimed, that
dates back four generations. J. x.
Mortimer was the matinee idol Of the
London stage when Queen Victoria was
q girl. His son, j. K, IT,, having
him, decided that the Mortimers should
conquer other fields He embarked for
America. On these shores 1t was not
long before he had become member
of the famous AuguStin DAILY company
and was starred by the producer IN
Under the Gas Lights" great sue
cess in its day.
J. K. Mortimer, jr, did not have q
son. but his daughter Blanche started
on her theatrical career as little Eva,
and through q succession of roles al
most eclipsed her fathers fame. She
was well on her way to stardom when
she married william H. Lytell, who was
proficient In acting, directing and pro-
ducing.
Bert, their son, made his theatrical
debut at six months-he was carried
across the stage. At is he ran away
from school and began his career in
earnest. He worked with various stock
companies and even organized his own.
In 1914 he made his Broadway debut
with Marie Dressler In 1.-THE sMix-up."
A varied stage career preceded his ven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

TIME three witches in 1.-THE Greeks
Had a Word for It" are the
cause Of most Of its moderate
u popularity. They are trio Of
small New York adventuresses
engaged in preying upon solvent satyrs
Of feeble intelligence and annorous dispo-
sition. One OF them Miss Muriel Kirk
Miss Dorothy Hall) Is a practical girl.
The third Miss Veree Teasdale) Is Of
the cheaper type. All Of them as drawn
by Miss Zoe Atkins, the author, and as
acted by the actresses are real charac-
tiers. Miss Atkins, who has made q pere-
trating study, endowS them with life,
and their speech and contacts with one
another are Electrically true.
Miss Atkins, as is her habit. overfows
the stage with ill-considered and spuri-
Gus situations. She Is awkward In the
technique that makes play believable
as she. is informed in the drawing Of
It's characters. She should be . novel;
ist, not dramatist, and operate in the
spacious fields Of fiction, where she
could spread herself unconfined by the
little limits Of the theater.
The third and most popular act Of
THE Greeks Had q Word for It" Is rs
bad bit OF playwriting as ever enter
tanned the drama-loverS Of ancient Ath-
ems, whence MISS Axis gets ner Title.
A dignif1ed and middle-aged New York
financfer, seeking to save his son from
matrimony with a demirep, becomes en-
gagged himself TO wed the prettiest of
the sordid trio. The scene Is the living
room Of the capitalists Park avenue
apartment, which has been equipped
with an altar and decorated lavishly
with marriage blossoms. The two raflsh
pals of the bride, who have not been In
Wted to the ceremony, crash the gates.
They drink quart after quart of cham
payne, undisturbed by the authorities,
and finally the bride-to-be joins them,
dressed in her nuptial regalia. She, too,
overlades herself with the Widow Clio
quot's subtle intoxicant, and Joins her
cronies In q laughable debate about
money, men and lovers. It Is q false
and ridiculous mess. AL Of It could have
happened, but 1t could not have hap
pened in the way that Miss Atkins pre-
sents it. This is one of her troubles.
She knows, but she doesn't know how.
y y y
THE importers of plays from London
4 this season have found their wares
unstable In several cases. Dramas
that entertain our British step brothers
falter In Broadway, and are showed
aside by American shows, no better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19


RIALTO-"A Lady Surrenders."
WITH an all-star cast Of seven well
w known screen and stage players,
Universal made "A Lady Surrenders, -
which viii open the new week at the
Rialto Theater. Adapted from Sin
CERTIFY" the novel by John Erskine, "A
Lady Surrenders" is said to be blend
ing Of a-sophistication and astute
subtlety. It was directed by John NJ.
Stahl, one Of the best known directors
and producers.
The story concerns the marital dim
cultieS Of o young and well-to-do bed
manufacturer and his novelist wife,
who is bored by the restraints Of mar
ried life.
Conrad Nagel Is the young husband,
and Rose Hobart, who was one Of
Broadway's leading dramatic artists,
plays the smart, sophisticated novelist
wife in an intriguing love story involv-
ing the husband and the wife's best
friend, played by Genevieve Tobin, late
star Of the stage version of Fifty Mil
lion Frenchmen." Basil Rathbone, dis
tinguished stage star, plays the role OF
French charmer, whom the wife
thinks she loves.
Both Miss Hobart and Miss Tobin
are said to present q veritable fashion
revue In smart Paris creations which
they wear in this story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Also One of the Elect.

ture into motion pictures. He then be-
came one Of the most popular heroes of
the silent screen.
He returned to the stage last year
to appear In Brothers" one of last
years greatest hits. Bert appeared in
Pictures secured the film rights to the
play Bert Lytell was invited to play
his original dual role.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Comedian Writing a Book.

WILLLAM DEMAHEST, featured
comedian, coming to the National
Theater Sunday night, November Is, is
writing Q book on the World War as
fought on this side OF the Atlantic,
never touching on trench or battlefront
life.
Demarest was the first non commits
stoned ofIicer, top sergeant, appointed
in America. He served throughout the
war in the motor transport service. He
predicts that his book will be startling
revelation on preparedness. He was
urged to do this book, it is said, by
Macauley Co., publishers of the two
novels by his daughter, Phyllis Gordon
Demarest, to whom he revealed the
facts he had cleaned in the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Photoplay Attractions

with s. wardrobe Of expensive clothes
and goes a-gold digging in Havana. Her
efforts Ito land millionaire for her
girl friend (played by Irene Delroy) are
said to result In no end Of laughter.
The climax of the picture Is said to be
one of the funniest ever made. The
entire production is said to give Winnie
a chance to wisecrack and carry on to
her hearts content. Others in the cast
include Jack Whiting, Charles Butter
worth and Charles Judels.
Nick Lucas returns to Washington
with an entirely new program Of Groom
ing melodies. He will strum his guitar
also in accompaniment to many Of the
newest popular songs. Supplementing
Lucas in the stage show are William
and Joe Mandel, agile comedians, never
still for moment; castro and White,
fast-stepping songsters, assisted by Ber-
nice Marshall; Sunny Schuck and the
King Sisters, and Clifford and Marion,
Vitaphone Variety entertainers, in COM
edy moments. The Vitaphone Variety,
"The Intruder" with Otto Kruger,
Veree Teasdale and Alan Broke; the
Earle Orchestra overture, and the Earle
News Events complete the entertain
ment,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

Metropolitan Opera
star, Is both seen
and heard in the
role of Jenny Lind,
Q in ging operate
arias rs well as
ballads associated
with the gre a t
s W e dis h singer,
while no less than
Wallace Berry ap-
pears in the role
Of the ilnpressario
Barnun, W h o S e
fame was no less
W or1d-w ide for
hoaxing the public.
Reginald Denny Is
seen as the COM
poser - lover of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

A bFRED NEWMAN, one Of Americas
talented young conductors, has been
appointed head of the music depart.
ment at the United Artists studios.
HIS appointment follows the recent
resignation Of DR.. Hugo Riesenfeld.
Only 20 years old now, Newman was
prominent among New York conductors
before going to Hollywood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

big Trail" at Fox Nov. IA.
DAOUL WALSHs epic, 1.-THE Big
N Trail" with cast Of over 5000, is
announced by the Fox Theater for an
indefinite engagement starting Friday,
November H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

goes blind and leaves her for the sake
of her career, but is reunited with her
eventually in one of the most dramatic
incidents of the story. Jobyna How
land, George Marion, Gilbert Emery,
Gus Shy and Giovanni MARITIME are
also IN the cast.
Tha picture, a Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
production, was directed by Sidney
Franklin. In it Miss Moore sings
Lovely Hour" the first song written
for the screen by Carrie Jacobs Bond,
originals by Oscar Straus and Herbert
Stothsrt, also the old Scottish ballad,
Comm Through the Rye"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
CoLUMBIA--"A Lady's Morals"

<< A LADY'S MORALS, which had
~ its world premiere at Loew's
a Columbia yesterday and con-
4 q tinues there this week, is
nothing less than the story
Of Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish
nightingale, whose American debut was
engineered the first half of the nine
teenth century by P. T. Barnum.
Grace Moore the DISTINGUISHED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

MINNIE LIGHINEHB LATEST comedy,
Nv "The Life of the Party" on the
screen, and Nick Lucas, 1.-THE Grooming
Troubadour," as stage attraction, COM
prise this weeks entertainment pre-
scented at Warmers Earle Theater.
Winnie and Lucas viii be remembered
as the stars Of Gold Diggers of Broad
way"
"The Life Of the Party" q Warner
Bros. -Vitaphone picture, is heralded as
o successor to the epoch-making Gold
Diggers Of Broadway" Winnie appears
as 9 cloak model who equips herself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

"Chop Suey"; the Vitaphone Variety
drama, The Victim" and the Graham
McNamee Talking NewSreel.
The Washington times., 1930-01-14
TUNNEY BETTER
SAYS DOCTOR
-P,hoto by International

NEW YORK. Jan. II d.N.S.9.
Gene Tunney. former worlds
heavyweight boxing champion,
who underwent an operation yes
terday at the Presbyterian Hospi-
tai for kidney ailment, passed
a restful night and was reported
lin splendid condition" today. A
rapid recovery was predicted.
DR.. George Winthrop Fish, who
performed the operation. issued
a bulletin at 10 o'clock this mora
ing, in which he described the
lighters condition as progress
sing very satisfactorily"
Bulletins issued last night
stated the patient came through
the operation in very good shape
and was expected to be able to
leave the hospital in two or three
weeks.
Fear that he might lose his
right kidney was diSpelled.
Tunney, who was accompanied
to the hospital by his wife, the
former Polly Lauder, joked and
laughed up to the moment he
was placed in the hands OF the
anesthetiet.
A stone about the size Of a
bean was removed. 1t was said
the stone had bothered Tunney
Tor about two months.
The Washington times., 1930-01-14

fered internal injuries. John
Sookil, IS, guard, also suffered
minor injuries, and Harry Powell,
a mine worker, was cut and
bruised. -.
The charge of dynamite was set
off by a concealed battery hidden
behind clump of pine trees
about 200 feet from the narrow
gauge mine railroad track. When
the improvised pay-car motor had
passed over the section Of track
to which the battery was wired,
the bandits slammed down the
lever, sending the current coursing
through to the dynamite.
A terrific explosion resulted,
rocking the countryside. The
splintered pay car. with its hu,
man load, was hurled into the
air and thrown on its side. All of
the men killed we're mutilated.
Continued on Page 2, Column -
The Washington times., 1930-01-14
SIDES
. LAIJD DRY
REPORT
BY GEORGE E. DURNO

While President Hoover was re-
ceiving q generally favorable pub
lie reaction to the report of his
National Law Enforcement Com
mission, interest today centered
on Congress where legislation
must be enacted to put that
body'S plan for bolStering up t'-e
present entirely inadequate
Federal prohibition enforcement
machine into effect.
ConStitutionaliStS and drJS
flooded the White House with
messages of congratulation on
the proposals Of the President
and his commission. ~, -.
On the other hand. wet leaders
were deriving much satisfaction
from the commissions warning
that in any consideration OF The
liquor problem Congress should
not forget the many historical
examples OF large-scale public dis
regard of laws in our past. /"
They took heart over the com
missions findings Of "a stagger-
ing number Of what might Ie
called focal points Of infection. .
and prepared to renew their
drive for modification on the
basis Of these statements.
Drys Marshal Forces
On Capitol Hill, the prohibit
tionists were marShaling their
forces to spur through the recon-
mended legislation, whereby 1t is
hoped to relieve court congestion,
put new teeth in certain phases
of the dry law and unity enforce
ment agencies under the Depart
ment of Justice.
Vets apparently were lying in
wait, hopeful they would be able
to tear into the Volstead Act
when the proposed codification
OF the IS assorted dry statues Is
brought up.
For the present at least, the
anti-prohibitionists will rally
around the resolution Of Senator
Wagner, CD of New York, call
ing upon the Presidents Commits.
sion to continue its inquiries and
determine whether or not pro.
hibition is. in fact, enforceable
and whether it should be modi.
fled. A somewhat similar resolu.
(COntinued on Page 2, Column y
The Washington times., 1930-01-14
QUIZ
lJPH(QDS
HOOVER

Efforts Of Cuban sugar firms
to "Stir up hostility to the United
States in Latin America" were
branded as the most reprehensi.
BILE of q host Of activities OF
groups working here in connec.
ton with q sugar tariff in q re.
port made to the Senate today by
it's lobby investigating committee
The report specifically de-
veloped that no impropriety was
found in activities in connection
with which the name of President
Hoover was brought into the in
quiry.
Correspondence between H, C.
Lakin. president Of the Cuba corr:
pany. and associates. said the re
port, left the impression that the
Cuban government itself was asso.
ciated in this work.
Forces working to block In.
creases in the sugar tariff were
found to have expended more in
their campaign to influence legis-
lation than their opponents.
The low.tariff advocates, &C.
cording to the report. spent be.
tween 5000, 900 and S225. 5000.
The groups "mobilizing opinion
for an increase In sugar-tariff
rates. the report continued, spent
between $l75,O0O and $500, 600.
The Washington times., 1930-01-14
Panther Scare Stirs
Districts East End

Wildcat, panther or collie dog?
Colored residents of Washing
tons East End" today are in a
state of mild hysteria following
a report by Fannie Walker. of the
$500 block Of Dix st. N. E., that
she had been attacked by q
panther near her home last night.
Police Of the Eleventh precinct
searched in vain for the beast
which she said had run under
her house" after crushing the life
out of her pet poodle dog which
went to her rescue"
One report among residents Of
the neighborhood was that the
panther had escaped from the
Beaver Dam Country Club at
LalHdover, Md.
Inquiry at the Beaver Dam Club
today brought forth the infornla-
ton from the colored caretaker
that both a, panther and a wild
cat are at large in that neighboT>
hood" The Times informant de-
clared the panther had been cap
tured near Riverdale, but that the
wildcat is still at large.
This latter animal is q pedes-
trian wildcat, he said, having eS-
capped from a. ZOO at Richmond,
w. Va" and "hoofed it" to the
Nations Capital a Ia Coxey's
Army.
Police of the Eleventh precinct
said last night that Fannie
Walker admitted she might have
been mistaken and IN the gloom,
have mistaken . collie dog for q
panther,
Today Fannie denied this to q
The Washington times., 1930-01-14

His body was found by
Mary Bowers, colored, 400
block Eleventh st. S. W., q
maid, when she arrived at
the restaurant early today
TO call her employer.
According to acquaintance
Of the dead man he was ac-
customed to carrying large
sums of money on his person
and was believed to have had
about $1,000 in his possession
about IL o'clock last night,
when he closed his place OF
| business on the second floor
/ of the building.
The apartment was a shambles.
The slayer had ranSacked every
drawer in the bureau and had
pulled the mattress from the bed
and torn up rugs in his search for
hidden money.
Pockets RifIed, Gems Gone
The body lay face up in rear
room of the apartment, which
was unfurniShed.
The dead mans pockets had
been rifled and a valuable dia-
mond ring and Stickpin were
missing.
Policeman Lewis Hale. Of the
First precinct, was the first man
on the scene. He was called by the
maid who said that, noticing the
disorder in the restaurant. she
suspected something was wrong.
Hale was soon followed by Capt.
Frank Burke and other uniformed
men. Later the homicide squad
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1930-01-14
4Die as Bandits Blast
Miners Pay Car

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Jan. IA
u.N.SJ EVERY police agency of
the State joined forces today in
the search for two bandits who
obtained $4,000 of a $33, 900 pay
roll after dynamiting a pay car
of the Glen Alden Coal Company,
killing four company employees,
fatally injuring another, and in
juring three other men. one so
seriously that he may die.
The dead:
Arthur E. Webb. 80, Scranton,
paymaster. in charge of the car.
Martin Burns, 81. section fore
man.
Frank Riski. 40, miner.
James Shovlin, 80, section fore
man.
Feet Blown Off
Frederick w. Pfaff, 60-year-old
guard, of Scranton, was terribly
nangled in the blast. Both of his
feet were blown off and he suf.
The Washington times., 1930-01-14

Times reporter. She said she.
knew it was. panther because 1t.
grabbed her poodle dog in the
middle Of the back"
Two drivers for q milk firm de-
clared they have seen the panther
on two occaSionS-once in a tree
near Chesapeake Beach Junction
and once in yard nearby. They
declared the beast measures eight
feet from tip to tip"
Colored children in a school
near Suburban Gardens yesterday
say they were frightened by
something" but don't know what
it was.
The Washington times., 1930-01-14
BRITAIN FEARS
NEWsT0R|N

LONDON, Jan. IL CINS.>.
with - persons dead and prop
erty losses running into thou.
sands Of dollars, Great Britain
and the Continent prepared
themselves today to meet another
violent gale reported to be ap.
preaching from the Atlantic.
Shipping in the English Chan
mel and off the European coast
was warned by the weather btt-
reau to prepare for the gale.
which is expected to equal In.
violence the terrific storms which,
took such heavy toll Of dead
over the weekend.
Tug Overturns
The worst havoc Of the storm;
occurred. when the British naval
tug st. Genny. bound for Gibral-
tar to join the Mediterranean
fleet, was overwhelmed while
standing by in heavy seas 80
miles from UShant. The captain
Of the tug had hove to because
Of the mountainous waves, but
the little vessel was unable to
maintain its equilibrium in the
howling gale and turned over.
Another naval tug, the st.
Cyrus. and the sloop Snap
Dragon, were accompanying the
st. Genny to Gibraltar, but the
unusually heavy seas made 1t inn.
possible to launch lifeboats. Five.
members Of the st. Genny'S crew
(centinued on. Paee 2, Col. y