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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
1t May Be That You Haze Seen
Marjorie Recently-7HeA uthor, Ede0ard
L. NcKenna, Is Searching for Her.
Here Is an Unusual Sto,y-As All the
Stories 0 f the 0. Henry Memorial Agoards
Are Unusual VIII Not Forget
II Haze Letters for Marjorie. .

right. Then he fiShed out book of poems by
one Ernest DobSon, or Dawson, or Dowson, or
some such name. It was new to me. began
to fear the worst because poems are not much
in my line, but opened it as If I were old
Joe Keats in person.
Don't bother with the inside of it. It's q lot
Of tripe," he said. The fiy-leaf is what want
body, either. thought, maybe. be a good idea,
show it to you though -
Well, If it had been written to me I'd have
seen anybody else long way before I'd have
shown 1t to them. 1t was certainly gooey and
1t was certainly muShy but somehow the senti-
ment behind it made you overlook all that. I
guess I can't make myself plain about this
without giving you an idea what it said. I
read it over twice and can remember most
Of it but I'm not putting it out here. A man
don't get SO many good ideas in his life that
he ought to treat Them as Variety says, like
released gags.
WELL, in the course of the Summer I met
Stus girl, Marjorie, just where he said
she'd be-past Fargo, N. Oak. don't know
whether you've been in Fargo. It's nice town
in spots It used to have some tough places,
too. Some day. after get over my present
distaste for water transportation, I'm going to
see this Port Said and, as the lady In the play
said, the lowest dives in Chighna, just to see
In the wheat belt that catered to the casual
laborer with yellow card and two weeks wages
In his pocket But all that's got nothing
to do with Marjorie.
Marjorie was big blonde, and when say
big mean big and when say blonde / mean
q woman with yellow hair. Every time you talk
about a big girl it's usual to say something
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well, her husbands named me in

either All the time was kicking myself for
letting her know I'd ever seen it.
know why he showed it to me- all right
Finally said Don't be sore, will you,
pleaSe?"
I'm not SORE"
"Or or ashamed about it.
it's not as if made any difference to
you"
I'm not ashamed, Joe. I'm embarrassed
but not ashamed. And you do make a differ
ence to me. AS a good friend of stu . 4.
and of mine.'
Did that woman have line, ask you?
And was she strong for that celebrated near
All-American half of hers. stu Hardness?
suppose 1t was because he was such big
tramp, SO sure of himself And there was stuff
in him, too, because my brother Jim doesn't
go to a hospital for nothing. And Stu was an
awful hound for party and he'd be casual
with the chaperons and make them like it.
Stu was bit of roughneck, too, liked his
liquor, got happy and sang and so on Nice
barry. he had, particularly when he had few.
I can hear him yet in Dear Old Girl"-you
know, that part where the tenor slides down
and the barry goes up above him? Or in You'll
Always Be the Same Sweet Adelne" or Meet
Me Tonight in Dreamland," though that's more
of tenor piece-wouldn't you say? Funny
how many things come under the head of music,
isn't it?
And suppose Marjorie's farmer blood was
little closer to the surface than 1t seemed to
be, AMI lots of times one of these clever women
will fall for some big tramp whose most bril-
liant speech up to date has been Watch that
tackled" or "Fakel It's fake! Get that end,
Slooey!"
Oh, like Stu all right. You couldn't help
but like him. But began to figure that any
bird that was wasting his time with Maisie and
her outfit when a kid like Marjorie-well say
she wasn't kid; woman like Marjorie then
was waiting for him . that bird like
that was the original spendthrift.
THAT girl Marjorie was certainly some sunny
day. AS kind, as generous as frank as
easy to get along With /. She trotted me
around to see q couple of her friends that had
kid sisters figuring, suppose, that I'D be more
interested in my contemporaries. met some
nice girls out there through her. The night
after got there she took me to a dance her
friends were having and the next night too.
The fourth night figured 1t was time for
me to be getting back to the old wheat fields
II wanted to come back home under my own
steam. My father would have sent me the
fare, but all hands would have kidded the shirt
on me. While I'm used to It, I don't crave
Kidding.
So she sung for us again, and told her and
the old man q couple Of things had carefully
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A W0efe
I go for the same money and have such
a good time You've got nice bunch. MY
outfit has no chapter here"
Yves, know. saw your pin," told him.
I'm member Of the Colosseum downtown
It's an awful tomb Tell you what-you give
me ring tomorrow-Kidding Smanfoot and
Company, Broad, One Million and Wen have
some dinner down there and you can see for
yourself"
He met me at the Colosseum and he had
seats for the "Follies" afterward and / don't
think he salvaged much of his Stand
don't think he meant to.
After then saw him pretty regularly He
used to drop up to the house to play cards and
Aed run game at his own apartment now and
then-always a quarter game, never any more.
Then we threw dance up at the Bellevue one
night and invited him and he showed up with
Myrtle Delraine from the Scandals" Nice kid
she seemed to be too.
You see, Stuart was lonesome-that was
about it. We all called him Stuart by this
time. 1t was evident that he wasn't one of
these shining intellectuals any more than we
were. He was captain in his senior year.
though-1912, I guess that was-and he used
20 call the other teams plays How you can
do that and still be dumb is one of lifes little
mysteries.
He was one of these undergraduate Peter
Pans, figure. You could have knocked me OF
when he told me he was ~. Twenty-seven-
lOSC pm yet nor ms gold 1OOe
ball. Well, suppose, at that, they're trade
goods in the bond business.
When college closed I got the big idea that
I'd spend the Summer in the wheat fields and
get all brown and healthy so I could be some
thing besides Jim's brother and q legacy the
next Fall. I told Stu about it,
Good stuff, kid he said. do you good
When you're out there III give you letter to
my girl. Lives out past Fargo"
That was the first time ever knew he had
Q girl. There'd been Myrtle Delraine and
there were Maisie and q couple of others that
como Of the brothers knew embarrassingly well,
He seemed a little upset.
Sure. Been travelling with her q couple Of
years She's some kid. Oh, joe she's an
0wful nice kid-Marjorie is. I, uh -
"Oh, sure, Stu!" said.
He looked at me q little bit queerly for q
minute. Then he said: Joe could you walk
mp to my place for while? Like to show you
something"
When we got there he gave me q drink and
tscn he got cabinet picture out. Dame didn't
ok much like Myrtle Delraine or Hike MAisie
TH'som either. What can you say about
Lie.;re? She YVES a g0o<ls decking woman, al
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brother Jim's friend at first They
got acquainted in the 1911 game
when Stuart put my brother in the
hospital. He came around to see
Jim that night and sent him wagon-load of
cigarettes and afterward, when Stuart made
the second All-American, my brother sent him
wire congratulating him. Nobody knows
more about defensive half than the tackle on
the other side Of the line opposite him, and we
heard plenty about how good Stuart Hardness
was.
So when Stuart came up to the frat house
and asked whether we had any one of my name
he didn't seem like stranger. He stood there
in the doorway blinking little but not bit
fused.
I'm Stuart HARNESS." he said.
heard him from the stairs why, Sure!"
said, going over to him. Come on In. Jim's
in South America.
Eyes" he said grinning. 'You look some
pose pretty nearly any one looked small to
Stuart and was only 10 then.
He came in and / introduced him to the
living room loafers and we famed foot ball for
a while. And I asked him to stay to dinner
and he did. He was in the bond business, like
most OF the All-AmericanS. Looked it and
acted it. He laughed easily and not apoIoget-
icaly at everybody'S jokes including his own
After dinner he was persuaded to play little
quarter-limit. He played lively converse
tional game. It was fun to play with him and
he could tell you what the draw had been for
the last five consecutive deals. When we quit
he had about $14.
Hate to take advantage of you young bows
but educations expensive. Teach you not to
gamble"
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-, TUART HARDNESS was really my
brother Jim's friend at first. They
got acquainted in the 1911 game
when Stuart put my brother in the
- hnSnital He came around to see
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
FROM ONE MAN TO

FROM ONE MAN TO
ANOTHER ). RE PEBECO
Here is straight from the shoulder
talk. Do you buy your tooth paste
for taste? Or from habit? If you
do, you are missing something. You
are missing the extra help which
PEBECO gives. Here, dear sirs, is a
man 8 tooth paste. No insipid, sugary
taste. No frothy, soapy effect. But
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that cleans,
whitens and definitely counteracts the
destructive mouth acids. Take this
tip: Discover PEBECO for yourself.
Give it q weeks fair trial.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
When The Feature
Is Shown on Screen

FOX-George O'Brien and
Sue Carol in Lone Star Ran
ger" At 1853, 2:41, 4:44, 1855
and 9:59 p. m.
RIALTO-Mary Nolan In
"Undertow." At HAS a. M,
1880, 3:l1. $40. 7:07 and 9:25
p. m.
EARLE-Robert L. (Believe
it or Not) Ripley on the stage.
Edward Everett Horton in "The
Aviator" on the screen. At
1880 a. M, 1885, 3:45, $50,
TAO and 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Greta Garbo in
Anna Christie" At ii a. M,
l, $40, $40, 7:20 and $50 p.
m.
METROPOLITAN-R c hard
Barthelmess in "Son Of the
Gods" At 1923 a. m, 1928,
1928, 5:28. 7:28 and 9:29 p. m.
R-K-O-Keith's-Helen Twelve
trees in '"The Grand Parade"
At 11:29 a. M, 1880, 3:l1, $40,
TOT and 9:25 p. m.
PALACE-LouiS Wolheim in
Ship From Shanghai" At
1850 a. m, 2:15, ASS, 7:42 and
1918 p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
CRUZE WANTS
DEMPSEY FOR
PICTURE
BY DOROTHY HERZOG
,0an p..v,t.- awndteaNel

BY DOkOTHY HEHZOG
Copyright. 1890. Premier syndlcate)
HOLLYWOOD. Calf, Feb. as.
Phil Goldstone, head Of the Tif.
fany Studio, has a novel name
for outlouds minus music. He
calls 'em Silent Talkies."
'Big Fight"
This bureau hears that James
Cruze made q bid for Jack
Dempsey's services In "The Big
Fight" Jack starred in this
play on New York's White Way.
But the big boy is said to have
asked for q liz too thick slice Of
dough. This bureau-following
its custom to be always construc-
tive (hum ")-suggests
that Cruze give the Dempsey
role to Jim Tully. Tully has es-
tabliShed himself as q two-fiSter
film stars should reckon with.
And, to make matters simpler
for Jimmy, he (Tully) has
agreed to se-paint in Cruces
celluloid version Of Circus Pa
rade." Tully and Jack Gilbert
co-Starring in THE Big Fight"
would be a box office Klondike!
Speaking Of Gilbert, the town
is ditherty over what may or
may not be a manufactured
gossip tid-bit. To wit: That
the party Jacks friends gave
and whereat Gilbert and Tully
shook, hands developed into q
mental anti-climax. For while
the two main-bouters relaxed
knuckles and called quits to
the past, the friends-'tiS said
have chosen to assume an ag-
gressive attitude toward Tully.
Perhaps the aged instinct:
where there's union there'S-er
-D'Artagnan power.
Sh-h-h-,- don't tell where you
got it, but I hear-hear, mind
you, and plenty willing to
gamble I'm right-that Lon
Chaney's first talking picture
will be The Unholy Three" AS
a silent CLANCY film, it was a
double spiked WOW. AS a talky,
it should be ditto. And his
first!
Unsolicited Lure
Why is Universal so inter
eSted in the musical version of
Resurrection" that Tiffany
plans to make? Yep. And
what's this the departmental
ear picks up about Universal
viSualizing their boy John Boles
singing the role Rod LaRocque
played opposite Dolores del Rio
in Edwin Carewe'S celluloid
translation of Tolstoi's story?
Negative ear pick-ups indicate,
however. that Tiffany isn't
blinking an eyelash over the
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
matter. Something up. I'll keep
track Of it-if I remember.
WhOOps!

WhOOpS!
Seems the Fox Kumpny have
organized what they call the
outdoor romance department.
The story head Of this produc-
ton innovation interviewed o
prospective writer.
you could give us what we
wanted" he admitted to the
writer, "but you're too old"
The writer remarked mildly
that he was only 80.
TOO DID," murmured the
head. we have orders on the
lot to engage no writer older
than 80 and no writer for this
department older than 3O."
Whereupon the dazzled scribe
Ster stumbled to o telephone
directory and feaSted his hungry
eyes on list Of the towns best
face lifters!
The outdoor romance depart
ment, by the by, is the haut-
monde title wished on those
penning plain, old-faShioned
Western yarns.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
Mana" Is Attracting
Lovers of Art in ID. G.

Mana" that grand master
piece II realistic art, by Suchor-
owsky, now on exhibition at
1417 G ST., is attracting large
crowds daily. This magnificent
painting, which has made the
name of Suchorowsky famous
throughout the art circles Of
two continents. represents the
artists ideal of perfect female
beauty.
Resting upon a divan, Mana
has just awakened from a re-
freshing sluYnber. and upon
opening her eyes beholds in a
mirror opposite reflection of
her own loYelineSS.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
First Outdoor Color
Film Coming to MET"

A foretaste Of what Washing
ton audiences may expect in
Song of the West" the all
color outdoor operetta. is being
served up at the Metropolitan
this week in a melodious inter.
lude entitled "A Military Post"
In this entertaining short
subject, the effectiveness Of
natural color photography out
doors is seen for the first time.
Against thc colorful back
ground of a Western post Of
the Army, in the days when
the West was really wild and
woolly, Roberto Guzman, noted
singer, unleashec two Spanish
numbers. The Army post set
ting will be seen by a Metro
politan audienc at later date,
when Song of the West" is
shown here.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE AND MOVIE STUDIOS|
GLEANINGs & SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Strange that I should be
one Of unlisted victims Of the
February heat. And on what
was programmed for very
busy Tuesday. Thus having
put the Home Edition dramatic
pages to bed the editor sought
his downy couch and sundry
pills and pharmacopocia for
February ennui.
I missed a private confer
ence with Rudy Vallee-an
event of enough Importance
TO inspire John j. DAILY, poet.
laureate of dramatic critics to
tlowery coupletS; a dinner at
the Hay-Adams house, second
visit to "Show Boat" the Ma
tional Press Club Vallee dance
and q pre-view of Happy
Days" at the Fox. Still, 13
hours Of repose can compen-
safe for many things.
Mr.. Vallee enjoyed in Wash
tngton q day that must have
brought JOY to his NB.C.
managers. He invaded the front
pages, met notableS, gave inter
views, was dined and photo
graphed, played and sang his
first engagements for q long
time In which the recompense
was not in cold cash, went
home tired and happy. In be
tween times he managed to
whisper to Miss Madeline En-
sign, Times music critic and
radio commentator, the news
that he win make another pic
ture. The hard boiled movie
critics have not discouraged
Rudy. He will be back on the
Hollywood movie lots in July,
paying closer attention to the
fit Of his collars and giving
ardent study to the business of
making love for the cameras.
It was at making tender
speeches and transposing them
into appropriate action that
Mr. Vallee suffered most as an
aspiring movie star. He told
Miss Ensign he hoped to reverse
the verdict with his next pic
ture. This confidential aside
was given to Miss Madeline be-
cause "she knew him when"
Specifically when he was a
student at Yale and she was
one of the regular attendants
ct the New Haven prom"
dances.
The rivalry between the local
theater orchestras is getting as
warm as the temperature these
days. From the morning mail I
The Washington times., 1930-02-26

pluck the following challenge:
"Dear Mr.. Kelley:
II have read with much inter.
est the inquiry submitted to you
by a reader as to the relative
merits of the Earle Theater Or
cheStra, and an orchestra in an
other local theater, which in
Quiry you have referred to the
League of Nations.
I'm this connection. I should
like to call your attention to
the fact that the overture to
be played next week by the
Earle Theater Orchestra will
consist of that most difficult
violin solo, "Hejre Kati" (com-
posed by Hubay), which will be
played in unison by two vio-
1iniSts-Milton Schwartz and
Isaac Minovich. I will chal-
lenge any other orchestra, not
only In this city but in the
entire United States, to dupl-
cate this feat.
With very best wishes, I
remain, +
Yours most sincerely,
DANIEL BREESKIN."
The entire United States, Mr..
Breeskin. That's a large place.
How about the orchestra at
the Penn Theater, Pittsburgh,
led by that master of the
strings, Elias Breeskin? ed.
From House Manager Win
chester Of the Fox Theater I
learn that the earphones for
the hard of hearing have been
Installed and are now in daily
use at the F Street Cathedral.
There are ten seats equipped
In the mezzanine of the the.
ater and they have been al
most continually in use since
the innovation was pronounced
ready for patrons. Indeed
there is generally a waiting list
for these particular seats. The
headpiece conveys the sound to
one ear and there is an amplifi.
cation apparatus which can be
adjusted to raise or lower the
sound at the desire Of the
patron.
Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfield
IN "Padlocks Of 1890" will come
to the National Theater the
week of March II.
Argentinita, the famous Span
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
Screenalitiea

Edwin (Director) Carew upped
and got himself a ladder of
shingles on his forehead. The
shingles threatened his right
eye. but the medico earned his
diploma and Eddie escaped
tragic consequences An
derson Lawler and Virginia
Valli lunching at Ye Brown
Derby Likewise, Alice
Joyce and Mickey" Neilan
The Washington times., 1930-02-26

Argentinits, the famous Span
The Washington times., 1930-02-26

ish dancer, opened in New York
last night in Lew Leslie's Inter
national Revue. But before the
curtain went up Argentinita
made sure that her weekly
$1,000 would be ready for her
at the end Of each week.
Actually she sought the advice
Of the Spanish Ambassador In
Washington. What she re-
quested Of the envoy was that
he have the producer place
$4,000 to her account In q
bank In Madrid. While declin-
ing to accept the commission
as one that came within the
purview Of his diplomatic
duties, the Ambassador did sug-
gest that the producer place
the funds in q New York bank
and this was done. Argentinita
viii accept no. checks, nor
would she give her dances at
dress rehearsal until everybody
was banished except the or
cheStra.
Those who are trying to
wrest control of the Fox enter
priSes from William Fox nave
been seeking the proxies of
owners of the Fox stock in
Washington. Theater employees
bought this stock on the in
Stallment plan with the per-
sonal assurance Of William Fox
he will redeem 1t at IS. The
stock has been paid for and de-
nvered. It is now well under
Is, but those who hold 1t will
not deliver their proxieS,l pre-
ferring to accept the Fox word
that when his finances are
Strengthened out their iI1a
ment will return q fat divid end.
Communications continue to
arrive endorsing the plan of a
public tribute to the National
Players. a proposal which has
been answered by the Wash
ington Ad Clubs announced
testimonial luncheon at the
National Press Club on Tues
day, March 25.
William l.. Peters, of 1901
Thirty-Sixth st. sends the fol
, lowing nniSSive:
Dear Sir:
II read with interest the
letter you published in The
Times from the admirers of the
National Theater Stock Com.
pany with their suggestion to
have a public welcome for the
new company we are to have
this summer. I think it
splendid idea. Many of my
friends are faithful followers Of
the company, have been for
years, and we would welcome
an opportunity to meet them.
Do hope something can be ar
ranged.
I'VE would feel honored IL
we can be of any assistance. i.
Sincerely your,
WILLIAM L. PETERS
''1701 Thirty-sixth st. N. W."
Letters of similar import
have been received from Mrs.
Mary I. Barton, v. L. LIE Comte,
Of 351O Garfield ST., and Mrs.
Joseph M. Heller, of 1912 Ord
way st. I expect to see them
all at the Ad Club testimonial
luncheon.
Sharp eyes, indeed. have
some Of the juvenile movie fans.
Daddy" remarked 9-year-old
Charles Vernon Belt. jr., Why
did that airplane catch fire?"
It was the scene in 1.-The Avi-
ator," feature picture at the
Earle where Edward Everett
Horton presumably crashes into
a tree at the end of a stunting
flight.
"Well, you see, the gasoline
tanl0 exploded, I guess" replied
the senior Mr.. Belt with the
wisdom of the matured.
"Yes, daddy, but they Just
showed the gasoline tank was
empty" said Charlie, jr.
All Of which shows that big
questions can come from little
mistakes. Young Mr.. Belt .1av-
ing made an airplane flight is
particular about these things.
TO MEET
TIaa 7iskriof oF Nol,,Y,ohia TH1,ir<>
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-02-13

least minimize it. "Not long ago /
said in a public address that Gam
bier in the market who never pro-
duced, handled or processed a bushel
Of grain have exercised a wholly an
warranted influence upon prices from
day to day. and have contributed
nothing to the natural flow or or
derby marketing Of the commodities
in which they speculate" Prompt
exception was taken to this statement
by thy grain trade. Some seemed to
think it was directed at them My
answer is, those whom the shoe fits
can wear it. What l meant was that
the tremendous sale of fictitious
grain, that is, grain that does not ex-
list, is not a fair measure of the re-
quirements of supply and demand.
Amongst other things which he
spoke at length upon was the way
this speculation hurts the farming
territories, and how the farm board
has to fight this speculation constant
ly. He also insisted it is the farm
boards desire to promote efficiency,
and to unite all cooperative groups or
by obtaining a uniform type Of CO.
operation between these various
groups, so that they could all work
in harmony, and to prevent market
Cutting. He also dwelt on the fact
that it was not the intent of the farm
board to fix prices, and said " as a
matter of sound agricultural policy,
it would be a mistake to undertake
to do this beyond the range Of nat
ural laws, but it is M purpose to
maintain a level Of prices for agri-
cultural commodities consistent with
supply and demand, and to see that
the farmer is relieved from the nee
essity of piling his products onto the
market, either when they are not
ready or the market is not ready for
them.
The meeting was packed, and his
address was very we'll received and
met with the general approval of
those present.