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Evening star., 1930-12-03

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to the use for republication Of all news Cis-
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special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1930-12-03

@. How long does 1t take a ship to
go through the Panama Canal?-J. s.
A. 1t takes from 10 to IL hours fov
a ship to go through the Panama Canal.
The time of passage through the locks
is thrna hours
Evening star., 1930-12-03

Noting that "they say nothing regard
ing the nature of substitute temperance
legislation, if any," the Detroit Free
Press continues: 1.-The opinion is an ex-
ceedingly general one. but 1t Is all the
more forceful on that account, and Is
sure TO have Eauct- -.>-ght In tIe final
aoe.Ei0n 81 Eas Patton regsrdi1g the
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Hoover MAY DELAY
WATERWAYS WORK
Program, Way Over Budget,
Passed to Senate
by House.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A rivers and harbors improvement
program, authorizing an expenditure
next year of more than twice the
amount approved by the Budget Blu
reau, today awaited Senate action be-
fore being sent along to the White
House and process of elimination in
tended to keep the outlay within the
budget estimates.
Anxious to avoid a deficit at the
close of the fiscal year Of 1881, the
administration plans to defer the execu-
ton Of projects not deemed Immediately
necessary and in this way prevent the
years expenditures fer this purpose
from exceeding the sum set apart for
it
This was announced authoritatively
late yesterday just before the House
placed its approval on the program in
session which heard charges of 0e-
ception, bribery and pork barrel legis-
lation. AS passed ny the House, the
measure included the provision that the
Federal Government take over The
Erie Oswego Barge Canal, which had
been vigorously opposed by Western
members.
The bill would provide an expenditure
of Sill, 100000 as opposed to the Bud
get Bureaus estimate Of 100000. It
surveys, including $29, 266, 400 for deep
ening the channels in the Great Lakes,
$4,000 for beginning the development
of q 27-foot channel on the st. Law
renee River between Lake Ontario and
Ogdensburg. N. Y. and $7.500.000 for
the completion of the Illinois waterway.
: The administration plans to separate
the projects and surveys into three
categorieS-those considered necessary
and urgent; those held to be necessary,
but not urgent, and those expected to
become urgent and necessary in time
These are to be the guiding points in
selecting the projects for which ex-
penditures will be made within the
year.
Among the projects approved:
Little Machipongo River, Virginia,
$4,000: Wicomico River, Maryland,
$4,000; Baltimore Harbor and cham
nels, Maryland, $2,504, $40; Herring Bay
and Rock Hole Greek, Maryland, So, 800;
waterway connecting Tangier Sound
with Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, $12,-
600; Choptank River, Maryland, $4,000;
Elk River, Maryland, $500; Occohan-
mock Creek, Virginia, $4,000; Nandau
Greek, Virginia. $4,000; Monroe Bay
and Greek, Virginia, 5000; Cockrells
Greek, Virginia, $4,000; Carriers Greek,
Virginia, $8,050; Nansemond River, Vir-
ginia, $92, 800; SCOTS Greek, Virginia,
$31 900; inland waterway, from Nor
folk, Va, to Beaufort, N. c.. inlet, $780,
600; James River, Virginia, $3,555, 600;
Norfolk Harbor. Virginia, anchorage
Harbor. virginia, west branch of Eliza
beth River, $25,500; Norfolk Harhor.
Virginia, east branch of Elizabeth Riv-
er, $4,000; Willoughby Channel Viz
ginia, $8,5O0.
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M U SIC
LovETTE BENEFIT PROGRAM.

LOVETTE BENEFIT PROGRAM.
An enthusiastic audience greeted the
Lovette Choral Club and assisting art
lists at the First BaptiSt Church last
night. In its third year Of chorus work,
the club showed excellent shadings and
familiarity with their numbers. Out
standing numbers were the difficult ar
rangement of ION the Steppe," by
Gretchaninoff. and the concluding
"Hallelujah Chorus of Handel, strik-
ingly presented from the choir position,
with an organ accompaniment by Mar
garet Davis. A new lullaby, Good
Night" by Anita Schade Of this city,
was sung for the first time.
Responding to calls, Eva Whitford
Lovette, mezzo soprano, who directed
the singing and was not ON the pro-
gram as soloist, delighted with Tostis
Gould I" and ooh, Miss Hannah" by
Deepen, displaying a richness Of voice
and depth Of tone and feeling. Henry
S. Gregor pleased with the presenta-
ton of his own, "Blue Danube Para
phrase" and a nocturne by r. s. Lo.
vette. Oscar Levine, violinist, with Sylvia
Porotsky at the piano, was quite ar
tistic in "The Ghost Dance" by Levy
and unpublished Romance" by Lo.
vette. ~
Others on the program were Mary
Randolph Ruff, reader; Nellie Barber
Brooks. Audrey e. Rooms and Ethel
Lynn Fast. sopranos Elsie Cranmer and
Pauline 1dshman supplied the piano
accomplishments. C. G.
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ing of the films had to be postponed
until Summer, when, Of course, we
would come again.
Rudy could always make any one
share enthusiasm for his wonderful
plans, and mother, with her keen sense
Of humor, could ridicule them without
hurting his feelings. I remember one
chateau grounds overlooking the high
road and the sea and said to her in all
seriousness:
"Muzzie, here is where I want to
build my boat house"
The plans he grandiloquently outlined
for her were of an enormous affair large
enough to hold yacht and two motor
boats. 1t was to have a tunnel under
the road to the sea so the boats could
house for the Winter. With pencil and
paper in hand, he sketched out its di-
mansions. It was to be q vast structure
which, when completed, would make the
chateau, in comparison, look like gate
keepers lodge.
Some of his lofty plans he did sue
coed in carrying out. Back Of the
tanning IS rooms, and one of these
rooms he turned into dark room, ac-
knowledged by expert photographers to
be the best equipped dark room in
France. Rudy owned literally hundreds
Of cameras-large, small, medium sized,
Of every make under the sun.
In dead earnest, he used to tell us
that cameras were his only extrava-
cancel He spent hours taking pictures
and We spent hours posing for him.
only to discover when the negatives
were developed there were usually two
or three pictures on the same plate
But Rudy always insisted it was the
fault OF the camera and rushed on to
buy new one.
It is not strange that Rudy died as
he hved-magnificently In debt.
tCopyright, 1890, in the United States and
All Rights Reserved.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26

Earl Features
Ladies Love Brutes."
a n entertaining picture opened the
- new week, yesterday at the War
ner Bros Earle. It Is the Para
mount production, Ladies Love
Brutes," adapted from the play,
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NATACHA RAMBovA, HIS WIFE

, tunes and setting of the period. Before
"Beaucaire" was filmed Rudy and
made a flying trip to Paris to arrange
for proper costumes and background OF
eighteenth century France. The pro-
ducers resented this additional expense
claiming that the public didn't know the
difference anyway; it was all wasted
effort.
Later, when the picture was released
and all the critics were loud in praise
Of its artistic beauty, they forgot was
ever on the set. Every one except the
art director claimed credit for the
charming effect and gave long news
paper interviews explaining just how II
had been achieved.
At the same time the malicious story
that "wore the pants in the family
slogan that grew famous in newspaper
circles and stirred up pecks Of trouble
began to be circulated by the press.
They used to see me there on the set
and noticed that If anything went
wrong Rudy always called on me to de-
eide matters. As a matter of fact, he
had perfect faith in my ability and
good taste and wanted things done as
wished them. But soon the newspaper
cartoons began to appear in which was
the big boss, in trousers, while Rudy, q
child in rompers, ran about doing my
orders Proud and sensitive as he was,
naturally this hurt him, especially with
every one rubbing 1t in.
Had to Shield Rudy.
One of my worst tasks was trying to
keep peace between Rudy and the news
papers. He was easy bait for any re-
porter, because he was so loquacious
and full of fight, and he was utterly
Ia lx IN fvHlN
fronted with reporter, he could say
enough in five minutes to stir up years
Of trouble and threaten another break
with the picture industry. He didn't
like viii Hays, and he made it plain
that he didn't; and he loved to explain
in detail just how raw a deal he had
got by the Famous Players injunction
So the moment saw him buttonholec
by O gentleman Cor LADY, of the press
I would rush over and try to change
the subject. This didn't help make me
henpecked," and all that bosh, became
more widely current than ever.
So, even though the filming Of
"Beaucaire" was q happy experience
from many angles, can see now that
it was sown with seeds for future trou.
bles and marked the beginning of the
end of all the peace and accord anc
happiness that Rudy and I were per.
mitted together.
The misunderstanding stirred up be.
tween us by all this interference on the
part Of those who we thought were oul
friends. but who proved to be bittel
enemies, seemed at first only molehills
which we could overlook, but quickly
grew to mountains, which we had not
the patience or strength to surpass
More and more it poisoned our mind:
and killed our delightful relationship
until at last it ruptured our marriage
So the mischief-makers were satisfied
But before I enlarge on these de-
velopments and their disastrous ending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
From the Front R0w
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters

wings. Instead. there is the old
freshness, the old spontaneity, the
Glowing that comes most pleasantly
everything to make one forget the
glycerin drops that have prevailed
up to now. Just as John Barrymore
seems to have departed for a mo-
ment from the roadside of dramatic
effort, in 1.-THE Man From Blank
ley's," to try his had at light-hearted
drolleries, so Jolson has assumed the
joyous hood of merriment, and seems
to enjoy 1t as much as his audience.
This isn't to say that there are not
a gray-haired Nanny" a few
mother-loving moments and one or
two over-ripe melodramatic bits in
his talkie. There are. The story is
not the product of high-powered
imaginative mind; still, what with
Jolson's splendid singing and good
acting on the part of Lois Moran.
there is enough and more for every
body.
Graham McNamee entertaining his
audience through The Evening Star
Universal newsreel and short film
comedy complete what is mostly q
Jolson program. e. de S. M.
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YORK RELIEF FUND
JUMPS TO $1,619.25
Many Additional Donations
Received by The Star in Aid
of Bereaved Family.

Prospects for The Star fund for the
aid of the widow and three children of
Lamar Watson York, slain prohibition
agent, were strengthened today with the
receipt of numerous additional contri-
buttons, swelling the total to 81 ,619.25.
May my donation" read an anony-
nous letter, "help to swell the York
fund. am glad to see the public is
supporting the campaign for the benefit
of Mrs. York and her unfortunate chill
dren. am sure more men and women
both VETS and 'drys'-would help the
drive If they realized MIR. York was
murdered by bootleggers after he re-
fused to accept bride from bootleggers
who wanted him to give up an auto
mobile full of liquor he had seized"
Another typical letter, signed by Mrs.
Esther NJ. Lark, follows:
please find inclosed check for IS
toward the York fund from the Emma
S. Shelton w. G. r. U. We are glad we
have a newspaper in Washington of
your principles and are glad to con-
tribute our small amount to this worthy
cause and wish it were much more"
In sending a check for $40, Miss
Mary P. Godding of the Albemarle
Apartments, expressed her thanks "for
the opportunity Of contributing to such
a worthy cause"
Additional donations may be mailed
to the cashier of The Star. AL checks,
money orders and cash received will be
acknowledged. Contributors are request
ed to make checks payable to "the York
Relief Fund" or the cashier of The Star
instead Of to Mrs. York.
Latest Contributors Listed.
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Jolson's Singing
Continues with NANNY"

Continues with NANNY.
TOR second week, AL Jolson, pre-
= mier jazz-ballad singer Of this
country, continues his welcome vocal
contributions to Nanny" at War
ner's Metropolitan Theater.
The prolific sponsor Of such erst-
while favorites as april Showers"
and Pretty Baby" once more taking
q fling at black-face minstrelsy,
energies, as always, with indisputable
distinction. JolSon, whose imitators
are as numerous as the budding
Spring leaves, can make proverbial
mountain out of lyric mole-hill.
With the aid of the most expressive
hands visible this side Of Elyria, he
can twist maudlin expression into
a believable bit of sentiment. After
years of crying Nanny" he Is still
able to turn loose the tear faucets on
the most callous victims.
The reason for "Mammy's" I'M
questioned success lies not in the
heights of dramatic expression, but
in Mr.. Jolson's willingness to be his
old amusing self and forget the
"emoting" ditties of yesterday. Gone
are the Sonny Boys" and the vocal
mutterings that were intended as
heart-twisters. Gone are those un-
modulated moments when Al sang
his song with tears in his eyes, a
frog in his throat and the vision
Of his girl friend lying dead In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26

, want to tell you about our second trip
abroad, which was brief but eventful.
Sets Chateau Tree Afire.
While studio writer's were still work.
ing on the script for "Beaucaire," Rudy
and I, as I have explained, went to
Paris to arrange for the costumes and
sketches for the picture. Since Christ
mas was near, we planned to spend the
holidays with my parents on the Ri
viera. Rudy sailed 10 days earlier than
I did. remained in New York to SUI
pervise financial details Of his new con-
tract and put the signatures to 1t. Rudy
never could be bothered with financial
matters: he didn't understand them and
wasn't interested in them.
BY motoring day and night from the
ship reached the Hudnut chateau
Christmas eve-just In time to see Rudy
to light the topmost candle on the huge
Christmas tree which, in our honor.
stood magnificently decorated in the
great lower hall.
Fortunately, the house was entirely
Of stone so 1t didn't go up in smoke.
Some one had the presence Of mind to
send US tearing to the second-story
balcony where, with a few feet OF leaky
French hose, buckets, pans, tumblers
anu neutrality-suspicious. VIC COuAO cCA1C-
we poured water on the blazing branches
and eventually extinguished the flames.
Mothers proudest possession, her Gobe-
lin tapestries, were smoke blackened,
but not wholly ruined. Auntie, with her
phenomenal calmness, even rescued
most of the presents. The only ones
lost were those tied to the branches.
Rudy was not even scolded. He was
contrite enough and my mother adored
him. Now he was higher in favor than
ever for he had brought from New York
a projection machine that mother and
Uncle Dickie might see his pictures
without waiting for the European show
ing.
All Ideas Magnificent.
With his usual extravagant notion
that nothing but the best was good
enough, he had chosen q duplicate Of
the projection machine in the Capital
Theater, New York. It arrived in q
van in its several parts, each one the
size Of casket. It required 10 men
to get 1t into the house and the same
number to set it up. An expert from
the Cinema at Nice had been imported
to operate 1t. But the young French
man didn't know thing about this
new American continuance. The pic
lures, when they appeared on the screen
at all, were either upside down or so
large they were headless-which didn't
please the star of the production.
So, after thoroughly damning all for
eign mechanics, Rudy tore the machine
apart and reconstructed it himself. But
before he got it to working 1t was time
to sail for America. The private show
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Will Rogers.
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, April
25.-Dry Mayo and his accomplices
held Spring practice on the body Of
Knute Rockne, the Notre Dame
coach. They extracted some of his
poison and gave it to rabbits and
waited to see their death. Instead
the rabbits went into huddle, came
out with an Easter egg. A little
Irish" cottontail named Console
witch started heaving forward passes
with this egg to Belgian hare
called (for gate receipts purposes)
Murphy. Eight Australian jack rab-
bits run interference for him, Mayo
then took a larger dose of this poison
from Knute's infected leg and gave
1t to IL little baby guinea pigs. They
Immediately defeated the rabbits So
to o. Then both teams wound up
by going to mass to Father Duffy.
Yours WILL ROGERS
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conStructionist, formerly a poor riv-
eter on the East Side, but now i'm
mensely rich, falls in love with Mimi
Howell (Mary Astor) who is
estranged from her husband (Fred-
eric March,. She Is a rich society
woman, surrounded on all sides by
the elite of New York. She has
small son, and so has Joe Forziati
(Bancroft) who is widower. De-
spite many differences, caused mainly
by family connections and rearing,
Mimi begins to care for her Italian
friend, because of his strength and
his devotion to her. At the same
time, she realizes that Joe can do
nothing for her boy. The boy is kid
mapped and the distracted mother
promises to mary Joe If he returns
her boy. Joe's son also has been
kidnapped, and on discovering the
kidnapers he is given the alternative
of choosing which boy Is to be sur
rendered. A battle royal starts, and
Joe comes out victorious. He returns
with both children, but finds the
parents of the boy have reconciled
their differences. He thereupon re-
leases Mimi from her promise to
marry him, and the rest is to be
guessed.
Amusing incidents relieve the
tenseness of the play.
Subsidiaries include an AL Christie
comedy, His Honor the Mayor" in
which an amusing political campaign
Is waged; Vitaphone Varieties, Foot
Notes." a musical feature, and Para
mount news, in which a race be-
tween the Navy and Columbia crews
at Annapolis is shown. G. A. II.
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Insisted ON Right Settings.

Insisted on Right Settings.
OF course, whatever did was always
wrong, in the eyes Of Rudy's producers.
AS art director, always insisted on me
ticulous accuracy in detail, particularly
as concerned historical data, the cos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26

November saw the dispersal of our
happy party at the Hudnut chateau
Maria returned to her home in Milan
and Rudy and sailed for America,
which brought our glorious trip to an
end. We made several other trips
abroad, but none had the charm and
flavor OF this, our first trip together.
The first months after our return to
New York were very happy. Our long
drawn-out fight with Famous Players
soon reached a final settlement, thanks
to Max Steuer, our new attorney. After
year and a half of painful litigations
and enforced absence from the screen,
Rudy was permitted to return to his
acting.
BY the terms of the final agreement,
the three-year contract was Cancelled
and in its place Rudy was to make two
final pictures for Famous Players.
Monsieur Beaucaire" and "The Sainted
Devil" Both Of them were to be made
In the East, in the studio at Astoria,
Long Island, and I was to be art di-
rector in charge Of costumes and set
tings.
The filming Of "Beaucaire" was a
happy experience. Bebe Daniels played
the feminine lead opposite Rudy in the
role OF q French princess, and Bebe Is
a sweet child If there ever was one.
!.
Lowell Sherman played the king and
Doris Kenyon Lady Mary. We were a
gay, congenial crowd.
Urged TO Look Boyish.
Sidney Olcott directed the picture
and very excellently, too-with the ex-
ception Of the love scenes, which at
first were so childish they were ridic-
uious. Sidney had q mania for simple
pictures like Little Old New York" and
others Of that ilk, which he had d.
for boyish heroes, and during the love
scenes between Rudy and Bebe he was
always calling out:
Nov, Rudy, look boyiSh!"
When we finally saw these love
scenes in the projection room, we dis
covered that Rudy and Bebe looked as
though they needed only lollypop and
a hoop to make them perfectly happy.
In other words, as love scenes they were
awful.
Both principals agreed that they
would have to put some thrill, sex APP
peal-whatever you want to call
it-into their romance. After all, M.
Beaucaire wasn't q schoolboy, but an
eighteenth century Frenchman. His
princess wasn't in her cradle, but a So
phisticated young lady.
boCh Rudy ana Bebe agreed with me
that the love scenes must be retaken,
but none of us wanted to hurt Sidney's
feelings by telling the real reason why.
On the plea Of poor photography" we
arranged to have them made over again,
and Rudy, Bebe and 7 agreed upon a
private code Of signals. ! was to stand
behind the camera and when Beau
CARES ardor threatened to cool would
call out, Nov Rudy, look boyishl"
which, by our private code, meant SHOW
more romantic fervor." The result was
that in the end we got some really
thrilling love scenes.
Later, when the mischief -makers, who
couldn't leave us alone, stepped in to
stir up misunderstanding between Rudy
and myself, all this was held against
me. Rudy's manager said that II had
really loved Rudy I never could have
directed his love scenes with another
woman, especially SO attractive a woman
as Bebe. The very fact that I wasn't
jealous proved was cold as stone
image!
Insisted ON Right Settings.
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INDIAN PRINCESS SPEAKER

Princess Chinquilla, pure-blooded In
dian daughter of the head chief of the
Southern Cheyenne Nation, who Is
making a lecture tour of the country
under auspices of w. Colston Leigh Of
New York, will address the Washington
Missionary College student body at the
Columbia Hall Chapel Tuesday night at
. o'clock. The Indian princess will speak
on MY Vanishing Race"
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Prison Increase Large.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 20 R.-The
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary almost
doubled its population between 1920 and
1880, according to figures made public
yesterday by DR.. Elizabeth Breach, CEN
sus supervisor Tor this dictr1ct.
The count for 1890 was 1910 and for
1920, 1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26

y Eu o II M y
Glove" George
Bancroft, Mary
Astor and Fred
eric March por-
tray the Leading
roles, a n d not
only a ct well
their parts but do
it with gratifying
naturalness.
The story re-
wolves around the
old problem of
mixing oil and
water. In the
present instance
a small hill d
mars the mixing.
Bancroft as an