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John Bulls New Team
Political Forces

lain was to be chancellor Of the ex-
chequer the Tories raised a loud cheer.
He Is a cold, dour parsonage who
specializes in economics, finance and
municipal affairs, while his more spec
tacular half-brother, Austen, who made
the magnificent gesture of yielding his
claim to place in the Cabinet to give
Macdonald more elbow room, devotes
himself to foreign affairs. They are the
sons of 10 Chamberlain, the industrial
magnate, who began by nearly fright
ening Queen Victoria out Of her wits by
republicanism and ended as diehard
imperialiSt and advocate Of protection.
10 Chamberlain was before his time.
In the historic election of 1906. in fear
Of dear food, the British Electorate
wiped out Chamberlain and his Tories
as completely as RacDonald and his
mixed army have wiped out the Social
lists or their protection slogan, which
promises dear food or the British
farmer will know tire reason why.
Austen is more at home with proto-
coils than proteinS, but Neville assumed
his fathers cloak. He is the hope Of
high protectioniStS, and is regarded as
the successor of Baldwin. He did not
enter Parliament until 1918, when he
was So, or he might be in Baldwin,
place now.
HOare Went to India.
Sir Samuel Hoare was air minister
in BaldW1n'S two previous adminiStra-
tions and later made an airplane flight
to India. This trip suggested him as
the Tory representative at the Subse-
quent round-table conference. These
two experiences combined now appear
to have determined his role as secretary
for India: He Is slim, compact. i'm
perturbable, debonaire, clear-headed,
cool, well preserved gentleman of 81,
and the best dressed man in Parlia-
ment. 1t Is a delight to hear him talk.
His words emerge from his firm lips
whole and complete. each isolated from
its fellows by slight, deliberate pause.
He makes his appeal to reasonable and
intelligent persons.
The middle classes and especially
the upper-m1ddle classes. appreciate a
man OF that sort. He went to Harrow,
which, with Elton, is the great school
for gentlemen's sons, and played cricket
Tor his school; then at Oxford he rep
resented the university in racquetS and
tennis. When he was graduated he be-
gan public life with the London County
Council, and so on to Parliament.
His has been the orthodox career Of
conscientious English gentleman of
political rather than military tastes,
who has not had his fortune to make.
His ancestors saw to the Hoare for
tune. They were bankers, railway
cha1rmen and insurance company d.
rectors. They also were ardent church.
men, and Hoare himself Is q member
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

LONDON. British people
of every class are pinching and scrap
ing in the great national economy drive,
there Is one member of the English
mans household seemingly Sacrosanct.
What amounts to worship is given by
the average Englishmap to his dog, who
stands supreme among all household
pets. He occupies an honored place in
the home and his standard of living-a
royal Standard-will hardly be touched
until the last economic extremity.
Recent figures show that license fees
are paid annually in the British Isles
for 3,500,000 dogs, representing a rev.
enue of about $6,600,000. There are
also thousands of dog owners who evade
taxation.
At a conservative estimate the cost
of keeping this mighty army of dogs
reaches the colossal figure of $50, 000,-
900 annually. These figures are reached
on the assumption that the upkeep per
head is slightly less than rs cents q
week.
Aristocratic dogs, the property Of
wealthier people, life often in regal
fashion at the rate of So or 81 q week.
Even the miners whippet enjoys in
some localities more luxurious diet
than members of his own family.
These figures deal only with a dog
necessities of life. His amusements,
medical treatment, training, housing
and club expenses are all extra. and
must add considerably to the annual
dog budget.
Half Million Dogs in Club.
Capt. II. z. Hobbs, the founder and
organizer OF the Tail Waggers' Club,
which has @ British membership OF
nearly half million CANNES, told the
correspondent that the upkeep Of dog
varies from half q dollar to Sc a week.
The majority Of dogs, he said, were
mongrel breeds and subsisted on the
hall dollar standard. On the other
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
BY 7. PORTER WOOD.

n AMsAY MACDONALD found win
ming an election for the Nation
N alistic forces that were rallied
i around him an easier job than
forming a cabinet in which po-
litical chemicals accustomed to explode
on contact would effectively neutrallze
one another.
The present team represents quail
fed success in the solution of this tntrl-
cate problem, which is unique in British
political annals. No single great con-
structive move. however, can be mace
by this cabinet without compromises IN
principle and often in conscience, too,
and reconciliation of those vital inter-
ests which split people and give po-
litical parties their raiSon d. etre. IL
is easy to see, therefore, that while in
an ordinary cabinet only three or four
dominant personalities count, In this
exceptional cabinet every man counts,
and none can be left out of account
without the whole structure being abb
ruptly 1mperiled.
An ambitious man who desires to
play a great role cannot remain with
minority forever. There comes a time
when he must go over to the majority.
Ramsay Macdonald, the Scots peasant
hoy who built Parliamentary Labor
Larty and became the first Labor pre-
mier and is now the premier of Eng
lands first National government, has
made that crossing. AS result he who
was the Stunned, hated, pacif1St- defeat
list Of war time-the reviled politician
Of the ZinovieV letter episode-haS had
the experience of being hailed as the
savior of his country and of tasting the
delights of limitless admiration and
praise. Although he well knows the
transitory nature of public favor, he has
enjoyed. this experience, notably ex-
panding under its benign influence, and
taking in all his post-election utterances
the country's mandate as a peculiarly
personal tribute.
Macdonald Dramatizes Events.
The Labor party has expelled Mac
Donald, and he seems to have expelled
himself so completely from the social
istic creed which was his lifelong political
| basis that he can now turn without pain
to the task OF saving England for capital
| ism. He has defects in his qualities.
He is vain, and his vanity tends to
make him suspicious and aloof.
He also has caught the Lloyd Geor-
gian habit Of dramatizing everything
and then posing himself against the
background Of this drama. This habit
Will doubtless lead him to reserve for
himself any large opportunities on the
international stage, which Is his forte
For their part, the Tories who cluster
around him In embarrassing multitudeS
and those who know their Ramsay Mac
. Donald VIII be disposed to let him have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Visitors to Russia
Doubled in Two Years

MOSCOW. U. g. S. R-There was in
pre-war Russia no organization ex-
tending services to foreign tourists.
About two years ago the first organiza-
ton Of this kind, the Intourtst, Ltd,
was established. Since then the flow of
tourists to Soviet Union increases with
every year, and the number Of persons
who visited this country during the
present year is double that of 1929.
In 1880 tourists from America stood
quantitatively in the first place go
per cent?, then came German Gao per
cent?, then the other countries. In
1881 the number of American tourists
somewhat decreased amounting to SO
per cent?. Instead, the number Of Eu-
ropean tourists increased substantially
especially tourists from England ESQ PEI
cent?
Intourist takes full charge Of all tour
lists, looking after railroad tickets, hotel
accommodations, food supplies. auto
mobiles and such.
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@\HANKSG1V1N the 1acC
that from the beginning of his
tory various days and feasts of
gratitude have been recorded
is Americas very own.
In this country. and In no other
day of national Thanksgiving is yearly
proclaimed by the Chief Executive. His
proclamation is confirmed by each of
the Governors of the 48 States, Alaska
the Canal Zone and our island de-
tendencies On the last Thursday OF
November in every home. in public
restaurants, boarding houses and hotels,
in prisons, hospitals infirmaries, asylums
and on board every ship flying the
Stars and Stripes feaStS are spread IN
observance of this very. special day.
No political, religious or race loyalty
mars the unity of this occasion. North
and South, East and West. old and
young, rich and poor, black, yellow,
white, Jew and gentle, native born and
naturalized citizen-collectively and in
dividually, 122,O0O,00O souls remember
to be glad they are part Of "the great
U. S." an abbreviation which Sarah
Josepha Hale saw as a word-us-a
word, she said, that mot only stands
for, but is, our United States"
And who was Sarah JoSepha Hale?
Why should her name be connected
with Thanksgiving day? Because 1t
was she, and she alone, who labored
for many years in behalf of national
lied Thanksgiving. Because it was this
little hoop-skirted woman. dead now
long half century; who first conceived
that patriotic idea; she who In the end
brought it to pass; she to whom the
country owes the addition Of the holi-
day to the national calendar.
Name Lost to Honor Ron.
One wonders how Sarah Hale and
her indefatigable work for Thanksgiv-
ing have come TO be so generally for
gotten. We are not an ungrateful peo-
Pile. America-even our Speeded-up
present-day America-has ever been
quick to give honor where honor is due
But for some untoward reason-per-
haps because Thanksgiving. as we know
it, was established amid the confusion
CT the War Between the States. and the
woman who sponsored it died in the
tragic era" of reconstruction and up
heaval that followed-her name in this
connection has been dropped from the
national roll of honor
Even this woman's great contributions
to the founding of our public school
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system-among them her successful
advocacy of women as teachers-have
failed to keep her memory bright, 1t
may be precisely because her accom-
plishments have been so thoroughly
accepted that she has been forgotten.
For it is human nature to pass by the
details of that which becomes common
place. Still, hers was the most in
fluential woman's name in this country
throughout the nineteenth century. Her
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own times followed her leadership and
hailed her as truly great. And even
yet there is no American woman, living
or dead, more worthy of remembrance
While Thanksgiving is the first and
oldest of all American festivals, it
would be erroneous to suppose that it
has always been celebrated in the pres
ent national accord. Thanksgiving as
a national annual institution is only
SO years old. The proclamation that
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\ AMSAY MACDONALD found win
} ming an election for the Nation
alistic forces that were rallied
Y around him an easier job than
forming a cabinet in which DO
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First Peep of Burlesque.

THE New Columbia Burlesque ASSo-
cations 80 companies started re-
hearSals last Monday in New York.
More than l 900 players, including 500
chorus girls, make up the large roster
and 80 theaterS, employing approx
mately 300 persons, constitute the
burleSque wheel
I. Fl. Herk, president and general
manager of the Columbia, is authority
for the statement that this division Of
amusementS never before has been so
perfectly organized to meet the demands
for this type of entertainment.
while burlesque Is distinctive and
occupies a field all its own" says Mr.
Herk, lit is our purpose to keep in step
with the advancement that is being
made III all other forms of amusement
Old-Style burlesque would not appeal to
present-day theatergoers any more than
would old-style moving pictures or must
cal comedies or dramas. There will be
no departure from the established
routine OF the shows, but the features
win be brought up to date and be pre-
scented more deliberately in respect Of
scenic, costume establishment and
I lighting effects,
1T will be burleSque, but burlesqu,
( without blush"
I The regular season of ColumbiG
burlesque will begin Labor day, with &
few companies opening the preceding
/ Saturday or Sunday.
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NAVY Families in Film.

PRANK CAPRA. director Of "Dirigi-
bic" now at R-K-O Keith's Thea
ter for the first time at popular prices,
gave sn added touch OF authenticity 10
the Navy Gay sequences OF the picture
BY using the wives and children OF the
officers and men as well as the entire
staff Of the Naval Air Station at Lake
hurst. N. J., where the picture was
made
The greater knowledge of naval ethics
and procedure OF these people is said TO
have made them much more suitable
than extras" would have been.
The ball given by the naval officers
in honor Of Jack Holt before depart
ing on the dirigible for the South Pole
made brilliant scene Of the picture
The naval ofRcerS most CT them young
and handsome. are dressed iFnpeccably
in white. The young women are more
brightly costumed with a brilliant vari-
ety OF coioring in their evening gowns.
There Is no MAKE believe" about
the stunt flying in "Diriglble." The
picture was made at the Naval Air
Station at LakehErst, N. j.. with the
Navy flyers who have made aviation
history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Late New York News

This will not be th9 first time. Miss
Anglin has played a Greek tragedy at
the Met. In 1925 she produced
Electra" there for three performances.
The gigantic settings demanded by the
Greek plays makes it almost necessary
to have them on the ample stage at
the Met.
CHRYSTAL HERNE is another of
- those prominent actresses who
find it diff1cult TO discover role suited
to their particular talents. Craig
Wife" Of ave years ago was perfect
vehicle for her, but there has been nc
startling success since then.
She will try again this season In 2
new comedy, Ladies OF Creation,
which Gladys Unger has written FOL
her. II will have its first performance
a week from Monday at the Cape Cod
Play House and comes TO Broadway
next Monday.
THE ShubertS, unusually idle thi:
L Summer. are getting back into ac-
ton with the production OF two muSica
shows. One is Best Wishes" with 9
Harry Tierney score
First will come Everybody's We'll
come" which will have in its cas-
Frances Williams, Oscar Shaw, Anr
Pennington, the Ritz Brothers twhc
dance in their bare feeD and Harriet
Lake.
Somehow or other the Misses Will
Hams and Pennington always end up IN
the same show together, For severa
years they were teamed IN the Scan
dals.' Last season they were both ir
The New Workers" Now they are still
united in "EVerybody's welcome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Story of Saving Stage
Like Our Other Dramas
With the Happy Ending
Press Agents Singing Song of Joys to Come-Pro
ducns Managers Awaiting Results-Happy
Ending Depends on Advance Subscriptions
By w. H. Landvoigt.

by these millions Of savings. And
he, too, is trying to make that
rainy day come now. So that Is
why we find the creator in the
land of ake-believe sitting on
the edge of the cloud of hope
picking petals from the daisies to
determine if the chap who owns
the savings loves him or loves
him not. It almost suggests an
unique drama in itself.
FOLLOWING out the line OF
dramatic suggestion, why may
we not view the thrifty chap as
the innocent hero; the producing
manager, in a Pickwickian sense
of course, as the villain; the press
agent as the pretended friend OF
the hero, but, in fact, the base
and heartlesS agent of the villain;
the movie industry as the deep
dyed enemy of the villain and yet
not the friend of the hero, and
the legitimate theater as the hero
Inc. Almost any one who likes to
write and imagineS he can write
plays, as do so many OF us, might
weave wonderful, a thrilling
drama out of these ingredients.
The aim of the villains, of course,
is to annex the hero's savings.
The base and heartlesS agent OF
the producing villain sings the
theme song. The song unfolds
the joys ahead in the plays that
are to come out of Gotham, with
their original casts, to delight the
heart Of the hind Of the hinteT-
land. And-aS an interruption to
the alluring drama in course OF
constructioTl-the press agent has
been doing this very thing. He
has been writing of the wonderful
plays and players and other things
that are being prepared for the
pure delight of the road, with its
tank towns and its one, two and
three night stands. But-and here
comes the startling Surprise-try
to find In any verse OF the theme
song single positive assurance
that this. or that, play or player
is to visit your own home town
Yes, try to find it! Meanwhile
the villain is awaiting the result
If he lands the riches, think what
happy ending, what a unique
denouenlent 1t would be to have
the villain happy, the hero hold
ing the bag and the heroine all
dressed up, with nowhere to go
Wouldn't 1t be a knockout in the
one might standSi
81
PUT even in make-believe we
should try to be Just. The
base and heartleSS press repre-
sentative really has two tough Jobs
on his hands. One OF them is to
make you subscribe in advance for
something he may or may not be
able to deliver. His other Job,
probably the tougher of the two
Is to convince the producing vii
lain, with your advance Subscrip-
tons, that 1t will pay him to let
the backwoods have something
and why not the best there is. If
he succeeds in these two Jobs, the
stage will be saved somehow. At
any rate, there will be a happy
ending for somebody, and that is
the great, modern desideratum in
dramaturgy- Besides the stage
will be saved and the theater will
be, at least, revived again.
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Side-Swiping Some One

FREDERICK LoNsDALE. well known
British playwright who has gone
TO California for duty on the Metro
Goidwyn-Msyer pay rolls. appears to
be expanding some of his newly &C
ouired screen zeal In q bit OF side
swiping
Before leaving New York. the studio
story says. Mr. Lonsdsle expressed "a
clear-cut conviction that It is unethiesl
and unsportsmanlike to accept con-
tract for work in Hollywood, without
having the intention OF giving complete
value for lis remuneration
The studio writer explains that this
opinion was sponsored, perhaps, By the
recent statements Of nv p. @. Wode-
house regarding the money received
from the movies for doing comparative
" little"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Secrets of Garbo's Art

Clarence Brown, the director who
guided Some Of the Swedish players
greatest successes, tells q story which
illustrates this point. He claims that
in Hollywood, to save Miss Carlo from
the fatigue Of playing before the
camera, during the long shots. he dis
covered q striking double" A finger
print expert only could tell them apart.
In almost every detail Of face and form
they were alike IS the proverbial peas.
Yet. Brown says. the double" could
never be success in pictures. He
sums the matter up tersely:
"Greta CARLOS beauty Is back OF her
eyes. She thinks
was privileged to see a rush" one
day Of Miss Carlos picture, Susan
Lenox, Her Fall and Rise" A rush
Is what they call the incomplete scenes
and sequences taken during the day
and shown to the director, star and
other interested persons at night. This
particular rush" showed one scene
which had been taken twice. The first
time Greta Carlo went through an
emotional bit of acting with what
seemed to your reporter as exceptionally
fine work. But. as the scene ended.
and before the camera could be stopped,
she turned, snapped her fingers and
said, evidently to the director, although
it was recorded on the film:
Il am sorry. This was not good.
wasn't thinking"
had not noticed any flaw in her
art. 1t was not until the second take"
Of this scene was shown that realized
the tremendous difference between
CARLOS art when she thinks and when
she doesn't think. Thought gave life.
feeling and warmth to the entire mood
of that single scene.
Miss Carlo has few tricks OF act
ing. Notice her work. 1t lacks man
nerism, forced emphasis and apparent
elaboration. She works hard, inn
arine. TO conceal the tremendous
amount Of work which actually goes
into her parts. That way of working
might very well be called true art: the
masters labor, but their masterpieces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
RuthChattertOnB Becomes
A Symbol of Good Will
Between Movie Studios
Famous Star Is Now the Pawn of Rival Factions
in Hollywood Chess Game Which Must
Be Carried Out to the Finish
By Mollie Merrick.

possessed of first-rate caliber. who IA
made no concessions in acting type ard
who has built up large fan follow
ing Notwithstanding
This fact alone makes Ruth Chat
terton q pioneer in talking picture
flelds-beyond the fact that she put
over the first talkie to register largely
with the American public, Madame
X" We had already had some good
talkies. notably ''Alibi''-but the worlo
in general regarded the talking picture
as an experiment which might, at any
moment, be relegated to the dust bin
for the silents which had preceded
them. Ruth Chatterton'S art as shown
in Madame * revealed to the pubic
q possibility in the talking pictures
which nothing else had shown them.
Her continued high standard OF work
proves that there is field into which
talkies will gradually pass-a field to-
tally different from the initial ventures
or even the ventures we have had up
to six months ago.
Ruth Chatterton Is far more beauti-
full than when she came to Hollywood.
Here the standards are more severe
than other parts OF the world and the
cruelty OF the camera is historic The
Slimness which was outstanding on the
stage was weight before the camera
but Ruth Chattsrton Is wonderfully
slim today in q colony where figures
reach unbelievable perfection. She has
left nothing undone to make her career
before the camera the outstanding sue
cess it has become.
And with all the battles which have
ragged from time to time between one
faction and another--Rush ChattertoH
is the first player considered sufficiently
valuable to bring two large studios to
an impasse. The fate of the screen S
most satisfying star Is not in her own
hands. She quite rightly resents this.
Not actively, for Ruth Chatterton is
too much q diplomat to war with Fie-
ments which cannot be handled But
way down IN heart. any star would re-
sent being the plaything Of big busi-
ness-the pawn OF rival factions--tl1e
hostage in a goodwill game which must
be carried out to the finish. The great
est compliment Warner Brothers could
pay Paramount was their offer to Ruth
Chatterton. But state politics inter
vening viii undoubtedly leave the sue
cessfull lady with the studio which con-
tributed so largely to her success.