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Book Talk Series to End.

Mrs Helen Steinbarger, readers adj
wiser of the Mount Pleasant branch of
the Public Library, will review some
recent travel books tomorrow at 8 pm.
in the auditorium of the Public Library
at Sixteenth and Lamont streets. This
viii be the concluding book talk Of the
series given this Winter by members of
the Public Library stan and guess
aneakera,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-19
Returned Flyer to Speak.

Lieut.. Arthur I. Ennis, Army Air
Corps, who has just returned to the
National Capital after a flight to every
Air Corps post in the United States,
will be the speaker at a dinner of the
Aviation School of America at 1880 pm.
today in the City Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-19
W. M. Hicks Dies at Lynchburg
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LYNCHBURG, Va, March l9.--W. M
Hicks of Abilene. Tex, son of Mrs. N. r.
Hicks of Lynchburg, died Monday at his
home here. He is survived by his widow
and three children, his mother and the
following brothers and sisters: F. c.
Hicks, Bedford County; r. M. Hicks
Mrs. @. E. Adams, MRS. L. o. Arthur
land Mrs. r. d. MiI1sick, Lynchburg,
ind =. P. Hicks Of Abilene.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-13
Gang Involved in Two Fights On Beaver Street and Third in Police Pa trol After Combat in Wisk's Store, Get Hear ing Today.

Five Of the six mon who were ar rested last Friday night after a. fight on Beaver street, in which clubs and stones were used and the principals badly used up, were found guilty in police court today and ono was dis charged because of a doubt in the mind of Judge M D. Saxe It was brought out during the trial that there were two distinct fights, one about 10 o'clock and another an hour later, besides q rough and tumble affair in the police patrol on the way to the police station.
 Ignatius (Whitey) Wisk, 30, of 104 Cabot street, vas fined $50 and costs for breach of the peace and assault and discharged on the charge of drunkenness, with a. warning that his next conviction will be punished by jail term. Joseph Lipski, 27, of 430 Main street, charged with drunkenness, breach of the peace and assault, was sentenced to the state farm and gave notice of an ap- peal. Edward Bazylewicz, 23, of I5I Lyons street, was fined S20 and costs on the charge of breach of the peace and assault and warned that a jaiI term awaits him on his next con- viction. Michael Gacek, 22, Of 439 Main street, found guilty of drunk enness, breach of the peace and as- sault, was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to jail for 10 days, and John kolodzy, 26, of 9 Pennington avenue, whose record Judge Saxo said was "absolutely rotten" was fined s20 and costs with previous probation revoked. stephen Marine sak, 24 of 1GO McCHntock street charged with breach of the peace and assault, was discharged.
 Wisk Found Bleeding
 Officer James Kelly testified that Lieutenant Matthias Rival detailed hlm to go to Beaver street at 1l:I5 o'clock and pick up other officers on the way. He met Officers Peter C. Cabelus and John Griffen and they followed his motorcycle to Ill Beaver street, where Wisk conducts a smoke shop. The cops. Beat it D someone shouted and Gacek, Kolod- " and Llpski started to leave in front Of the store but Officer Kelly brought them back and with the other officers entered the store anI found Wlsk sitting down in q reaT room, blood streaming from q cut on his head and Marincsak bathing the injury with q cloth wrapped around a piece of ice.
 Lipski whose lips were bruised and swollen, accused Wisk. Bazyle- fwicz and Marincsak Of assauting lim and at sight of him, Wisk be- tame violent, the officer said. The com bined strength of Officers Cabel- IS and Kelly. and Marincsak, was required 10 hold Wisk away from Llpski and his companions. Wisk, ac- cording to Officer Kelly, was intoxi- cated as were the others who were so charged.
 Officer Cabelus testified that Lip ski first said he had fallen down and
New Britain herald., 1930-05-13

a fight" He told of his part in the fracas, admitting that he struck someone but it was such disor- gonized affair he could not tell who hit him or where his own punches landed. Tt was a gang fight" he concluded, and he recalled that Wisk shouted to someone to kill Gacek.
 Leaving the store in the automo- bile, he and kolodzy and Gacek de- cided to go to Lipskis room to wash the blood off their faces, so they started to walk back and whom they reached the store they were again set upon and beaten. He was mot exactly drunk" he said, but he vas dazed by the blows which were rained upon him.
 Introducing "Mr. Whitey'
 Gacek, referring 10 Wisk as "Mr. Whitey,' admitted that he had been drinking, but he denied that he started the trouble. When Wisk refused 10 serve drinks, he and his companions started to leave but Wisk set upon him and the fight
 was on. Gacak admitted that he has been arrested several times and las not had steady employment in | months.
 Attorney Lawrence J. Colon. who represented Bazylewicz, Marincsak and Wisk, recalled the last named to the witness stand for further quos- 1 tioning. Wisk started to explain the character of business he is engaged in, describing the smoke shop as a place where the Holy Cross baseball
 players hang around and-," when Prosecuting Attorney Woods added and drink plenty of liquor" to which Attorney Colon objected and | Wisk entered d denial.
 Summing up for the state, Prose- cutting Attorney Woods called the 1 fracas "one of the most disgraceful ever to occur in the city" and asked the court not to consider it lightly. He referred to the bloodshed and the racket that characterized the fight and reminded Judge SaXS that the | principals were not first offenders. No. nor second or third offenders, either" Judge SaXe rejoined.
 Says Nisk Is Peaceful
 Attorney Colon argued that Wisk, while he had a record. was not the | type of man who would start fight if he could avoid one, and there would have been no disturbance but | for kolodzy, Lipski and GaCek, who went to the store and when they could not buy liquor, precipitated the entire affair. Wisk. besides having ! his own wife and children to sup | port. does what he can for his crippled brother and another brother and also his mother.
 1 Judge Saxe, imposing the penal 1 ties, said all Of the men had bad records but there was sufficient doubt in his mind as to MarinCsak' s part in the affair to prompt a4n to l enter a discharge. kolodzy made a plea for leniency, claiming 1t was not his fault that he became in yolved in the fight, but he was struck first and then defended him self. You may not have started it | but you did not so out Of your way
 10 avoid trouble" Judge Saxc re- ! joined.
 Lipski, before bcina sentenced, i told the court in reply 10 a question i that he left the state farm at Nor 1 wich about month ago after serv- ing three months and three days. Tt did not do you much good, :" 1 Judge Saxe remarked. Lipski said he had a promise of work in a to- bacco field and he would go there if given chance. Upon being sen- | tenced to the state farm, he thought it over for a while and then gave notice of an appeal.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-13

The whale is not a fish. It Is q mammal which lives on the surface Of the water, brcathes air directly through nostrils, and gives birth 10 living young which are suckled at the breast Of the mother.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-13

Our Oil Cloth Dept. IS kept up- to-datc hy discontinuinc old pal tarns when new patterns arrive. Ciose-out lot consists Of pat terms up 10 49c yard. 4 inches wide. For TT
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
WALLAC BEEPvaud JOHN CILbEeT-
!. M~W0y1oceSa/oc~ Paleee
Broadway's Stage Appeal
BY Percy Hammond

burlesque of an Alabaman near-aristo-
crat. can say to Mr.. Bennett, 81 told
you So" without fear that he will de
nounce me from the stage, because he
has abandoned the old-fashioned habit
of scolding his traducers in public.
~ ~
SOMETHING should be done to Quell
- the excessive acting of English
players when they perform in America.
In London, I am told they are subtle,
knowing that every soft. nuance of their
characterizations will be understood by
understanding British audiences. But
in the United States Of America they
seem to feel that they must stress the
most obvious eXtravaganceS in order to
get their meaning over. Miss Mary
Merrall, in "Canaries Sometimes Sing"
Is an evidence of this attitude. Her
role as a f1imSy poseuse, addicted to
baby talk and association with artistic
verlnin, Is complete as written by Mr..
Lonsdale. It needs no emphatic acting
because 1t Is loud enough in itself. Yet
Miss Merrall Is so fearful Of Broadway's
traditional unintelligence that she over
acts until we become almost impatient
with her. Miss Lillian Braithwaite, In
"A Rhapsody in Two Flats" is similarly
a circus, if she has not amended her first
night performance; and the lady star
who played in "Marigold' deported her.
self as If she were an auctioneer. Per-
maps they know that their little barks
have small chance against the Broad
way shoals, and it is their purpose to
strive as hard as they can in desperate
None of the dramas in
which they give these exhibitions Is
worth attending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
QUINN WILLIAMS
7HCoeMe9e Lovers "
Metropolitan
On the Road

CHARLES McCLINTOCK, business
representative for Katharine Cornell
in "Dishonored Lady," conveys the
news that despite the present period of
depression the Oldest form Of drama Is
staging a remarkable. comeback on the
road" this season.
Mr.. McClintock writes:
Recognized dramatic hits, with or
without stars, are playing to really re-
markable business on tour Strictly
Dishonorable,' without famous name
in the cast, attracted receipts of $24,-
1880 during two recent weeks that
were divided between st. Paul and Min
neapolis. Our own business for Dis
honored Lady has been astounding. We
opened in San Francisco and have
played since in three widely separated
cities, Los Angeles, Chicago and De-
troit. 1t is true Miss Cornell was max
ing her first appearance in California,
which gave added interest to her San
Francisco and Los Angeles engagements
Nevertheless, she broke all California
theater attendance records during her
runs in those cities And she continued
to draw capacity business in Chicago
and Detroit.
'Dishonored Lady Is an exciting
play-the story of a girl who poisoned
her lover-that was, in fact, built by
Edward Sheldon and Margaret Aver
Barnes on a famous murder trial held
in Scotland more than 70 years ago.
But I could give you a list of many
other plays that are attracting big au-
diences on the road this Fall"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

"CO We into all the world and preach
the gospel unto every creature"
is no less the underlying motif of the
Freiburg Passion Players than of the
thousands of missionaries who have in
other forms carried the message of a
risen Lord to the ends Of the earth.
About Mr.. Adolf Fassnacht, the
Christus Of the Freiburg play, and
his company there Is something of the
missionary spirit. 1t is their ambition
to take the Passion Play into all lands,
presenting in this dramatic form the
old, old story that has been the worlds
comfort for 1000 years.
When the Passion Play was first pro-
duced in the year 1864 in Freiburg.
Germany, it was produced purely and
solely for religious purposes. Church
men were the characters To the simple
souls of the Black Forest, where Frei-
burg Is located, the dramatic form of
the story Of Jesus was most impressive.
Crude though 1t must have been In
those early times, there was yet that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

" xCEPTING "Girl Crazy" and
l. "Three's a Crowd" Shake
speare's Twelfth Night" Is the
IL most favorite of the recent
Broadway pleasures. This I'M
usual popularity Is due, to Miss Jane
Cowls presentation Of the absurd fable
"a swift and graceful essay in Shake
spearean performance, retaining all the
plays imperishable charm of poetry and
childish romance. Here you may watch
and listen to the old myth as 1t spins
its careless yarn, and forget its shallow
vagaries in its magic hypnotiSm. Miss
Cowl, her company, and the Swan put
you in a mood to realize that the char
acters are people of another world,
pagan puppets in a pagan fantasia
where love Is more sense OF beauty
enjoy this Twelfth Night" is to open
your eyes and ears and shut your mind.
Thus you will find its persons, as Will
liam Archer said as credible as the
figures on Keet's Grecian urn, and just
as unbelievably fascinating"
Miss Cowl, whose characterizations in
modern drama are sometimes mediocre,
is always tranScendent in the plays of
Shakespeare. Her impersonation of
Juliet and Cleopatra endowed those
lovely, caSlavers with life; and in the
present revival of Viola she wins the
Stratford cup. Her voice, as Alexander
Woollcott has said over the wireless, is
the most beautiful instrument now EN-
ployed in sounding the notes of the
Bird of Avon. The pun is mine, not
Mr.. Woollcott's. She is tender, gallant
and quietly sentimental as Viola and
she does not try to give the role the
false sparkle and vivacity Of some of
her predecessors. She fooled me on
Monday night into believing that her
speeches were human and Jane Cowl's,
as well as the gud-like utterances of
Times wiseSt and most musical idol
MANY years ago, when Richard Ben
AVA nett was arousing London by his
faultless performance of What'S-his-
name with Miss Grace George in "Di-
vorcons," warned him that some day
he would be a bad actor. 1t was my
impression then, If it Is not now, that
prolonged association with the theater
weakens the artistic fiber of the strongest
artist. 1 cited Bernhard, Booth, Duse,
Macready. David Garrick, Joseph JEFF
ferson and Richard Mansfield as ex-
amples of genius enfeebled by the toxic
fumes of the stage. Mr.. Bennett
laughed at my owl-songs. LAS I am
now" said he, 80 shall always be, an
honest actor within my limits, counter
1elClng as conSclenClOusIy as I know
how the spurious creatures Of the
drama" This conversation occurred in
a skiff upon the Thames, away back
when both Of us were in knickerbockers.
Until his appearance last week in
Solid South Mr.. Bennett has made
my omens empty. From John Strand,
i'll Barries What Every Woman
Knows" to Jarnegan, in Jim Tullys
hobo expose of Hollywood, he has given
no signs of deterioration. But just as I
was about to admit the error of my
representations and crown him as the
worlds most truthful player, he showed
up in broadway in aS quack an exhi-
bition as could be Afforded by. a good
actor. The play is a>sham farce about
life among the unreconstructed rebels
of the South; and Mr.: Bennett perjures
himself and his calling In q fraudulent
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over on him. It may be that Mr..
Hays authority does not extend
into the managerial department
Of the motion picture theaters,
but whoever may have that au-
thority has real cause for display
ing it in judicious check of the
exploitation that is being circu-
lated for some of the recent pic
lures. Nor will the titling depart
ment Of the industry be found
wholly blamelesS of the lurid hap
penings that have startled an or
derby public during the past week.
Surely it Is not necessary to put
over a good picture with sugges-
tive or salacious exploitation,
either in title or advance notices.
If it is necessary, the fact offers
the strongest suggestion yet pre-
sented for censorship, and GER
tainly nobody with real interest in
the theater, living or mechanical,
is enamored with the idea of
civil censorship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
A Real College Bow.
LACK WHITING. who plavs a lead

TACK WHITING, who plays a leading
- role in college Lovers" the First
National Vitaphone picture now at
Warner Bros Metropolitan Theater, is
a Philadelphia and attended the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
He appeared both in college theatre
Gals and in amateur theatricals given
at the Little Theater in Philadelphia by
q society group.
Ziegfeld told him If he ever wanted
to go on the stage to come to New York
and he would put him in the Follies
This eventually came about after Jack
finished his college career, and he had
been tempted also by an offer from
RAYMOND Hitchcock. Deciding he had
better learn the business from the bot
tom, he took a job in the chorus-or
among the gentlemen of the ensem-
BILE" as they were called.
Later he understudied Hal Sicily and
finally played the latter's featured role
in Chicago and Detroit. This led to
contract with c. 3. Dillingham;, who
cast him In Aren't We Alp" with Cyril
Maude. Some time afterward he ap-
peared in First National and Vitaphone
productions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
GlOries of Drama Season

the living and in the mechanical
theater is due to the desperate eff
fort to supply attractions, result
ing-and how could it be other
wise?-in the presentation of
many offerings in both that are
poor in quality and in perform
ance. If such a thing could be
possible, one might be tempted to
imagine that there was DISPOSE
ton to get rich quickly somewhere
in theatrical operation. However,
while this column, as matter of
course, Is entitled to its opinions,
its purpose more completely lies
in advising the public of the en-
tertainment which Is offered,
rather than the entertainment
purveyors.
WHILE it is true that the new
W theatrical season first as
serted itself with no less a celeb
rity than Lenore Uric, former
BelaSco star, it was staggered a
bit by her offering The Pagan
Lady" to such a degree, indeed,
that 1.-The Pajama Lady" found
some difficulty in reviving it, and
the announcement of even so fine
a successor as the David Wark
Griffith masterpiece influenced
the weakened to imagine that
there might be surrender to the
talking screen. The arrival of
Ethel Barrymore, more than that
of Scarlet Sister Mary" however,
seemed to stir things up, and fol-
lowing Madge Kennedy with her
charming bit of comedy things
began to hum in all directions.
The current week presents offer
ings to tempt any theatrical pal
ate, with the distinguished Mrs.
FiSke and her permanent roper
tory company on the one hand,
and Ed Wynn, the soul of folly
and laughter, on the other. Nor
is. that all. In the offing, as the
yachting minded clientele of the
profession is wont to say, loom
through the shadowy mists a new
David BelaSco play, George M
of those mystery STARTERS, peer
of them ALL" with others equally
tempting further out on the wave
So that, whatever the cause. the
new season seems to have
thoroughly awakened to its re-
Sponsibilities and with equal GER
tairty seems to be prepared to
meet them In way that should
make lovers of the living stage
happy in the prospects.
RUT if hopes for "the road" ap-
pear to be clearing and crystal
lizing, admirers of the talking pic
ture-it Is all drama of type, be
it remembered-have real reasons
for apprehension that all is not
well in the literary bureau of the
silver sheet. Mr.. viii H. Hays
may be on vacation, or maybe he
is only mapping on the job, but
in all seriousness Mr.. Hays really
should be astir In his bailiwick,
J for somebody Is putting something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

A SSUMING, as one Will, at
" times, that Washington Is
~ at one end or the other of
4 \ the long, long trail of what
professionally is known as
"the road" it would be far, far
from audacity to declare that of
more Importance to theatrical in
terests is the. comeback" Of the
theater itself, apparently, than all
this fuss and turmoil about max
ing 'the road" come back. For
never in the experience of those
with long and excellent memories
can be recalled that Washing
ton has ever been Electrically
more alive than it is at this mo-
ment, and it promises to be for
at least a couple of. weeks ahead.
Never, 1t is believed, has its lure of
current and coming attractions
been of such outstanding char
acter in real quality and delight
full promise. Weeks may be re-
called out Of the past when rival
theaters- jostled in extravagant
notices of outstanding plays and
players, but more often than not
they have been weeks widely sep
arated in point of time. Washing
ton, perhaps, has always had its
share of good plays and outstand-
ing players, but as certainly al
ways after they had the right to
be very weary in performing else
where ION the circuit" Close OBJ
servers of the trend Of the Ma
tional Capital have long agreed
that its reputation as a show town
is excellent, if, in passing judg
ment, consideration be given to
the timelineSs and quality of the
shows that have been meted out
to it. Whose the fault may be
doesn't really matter much, II the
contrary opinion exists anywhere,
More important. by far, is it that
be fairly maintained throughout
and until the buds and blossoms
and birds begin to herald the
Springtime, when, it is quite GER
tain. the exacting theatergoer
would be willing to forego the road
attraction and content himself
with the promises of Manager
Steve Cochran's stock company, or
with the selected offerings Of the
sounding silver sheet and the
taking pictures.
TT is quite noticeable that mana
gerial rivalry has become more
marked in the theater since the
number Of playhouSeS catering to
admirers of the living as diStin-
guished from the mechanical
theater have dwindled down to a
measly two. And while at first
blush this dwindling might seem
a sort of tragedy in itself, the
considerate theatergoer will be
more likely to believe that it is
really a blessing. Indeed, there
seems to be a fixed notion, in
widely separated quarters, that
che country is rather overdone
With theaters, and that much Of
the decline In patronage both In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
Made Film Feature.

1.-THE BAT WHISPERS" Roland
Vests new film, has been photo
graphed on wide film for the mammoth
screen, the 65-millimeter. film version
having been completed simultaneously
with the standard 35-millimeter film
The entire picture was made secretly at
the United Artists Studio in Hollywood
West, following the making of "Alibi,"
expressed his belief that the natural
progress of screen entertainment would
usher in the giant screen as a per-
manent theater fixture. Accordingly
special equipment was ordered for the
United Artists Studio, including cam
eras, sound mechanism and a proiec-
ton machine West ordered a 38-foot
screen built on one of the huge stages
at the studio, since no projection room
there was large enough for showings
of the magnified film. Then he made
THE Bat Whispers" entirely at night,
the cast reporting at 6 pm. and being
sworn to secrecy; the daily "rushes"
were shown only at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
The Freiburg Drama.

about it which appealed to villagers
and forest people hungry for religious
instruction.
Seeing the wonderful results obtained
by the crude productions, church lead
ers made haste to improve upon the
play. For dramatic purposes the per-
sonal devil was given an important
role and the powers of darkness were
pitted dramatically against the powers
of light.
In later years, during the decadent
period Of the play, the devil and imps
became almost buffoons, entertaining
the. crowds with their antics and
caprices. 1t was this condition which
eventually caused the play to q, be
placed upon its present high spiritual
and artistic plane. For the Freiburgers
themselves found the performances re-
pugnant. The Fassnacht family took
charge, the personal devils and imps
then were eliminated, the miracles were
reduced to mere background, and the
necessity for the atonement and the
sacrifice were emphasized.
Except that by means of modern
stagecraft the production has become
one of the leading pieces Of dramatic
art, the play Is staged now much % 1t
has been since the year 1850,