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Unusually Good Cast Seen
in Dramatic Offering at Earle.

GRATIFYING touches of good
drama are observed In 1.-THE
Bargain" presented on the screen at
the Earle Theater. 1t may not be
important that it was once a prize
play, but that certainly does not OBJ
scure the fact that it has almost an
all-star cast, headed by that MASTER
full actor, Lewis Stone, and that all
OF them have given their most ca
pable attention to the creation of
characters, for whom the author
has provided a plot dealing with an
1rrepressible problem-the conflict
between art and financial risk on
one side and the certainty of af-
duence In business on the other.
Without examining all of the pre-
cedentS, 1t seems probable that in
The Bargain" there is to be found.
Tor the first time on stage or film,
the common experience Of father
and son in the abandonment of art
for the sake of marriage, and the
final choice which means the turn
ing of the back upon the occupation
which is mere money-making. The
parent Is an enthusiast in painting
and the son in architecture. For
tunes of two generations are splen-
didly woven in this play.
Mr.. Stone adds another to the list
OF his finely done portraits of char
acters which represent both active
and useful careers. There is much
action in the story, and Mr.. Stone
is outstanding as he displays sue
ceeding examples of sacrifice of his
own ambitions for the success of
others. His ability to convey
thought by his method Is a never
failing source of satisfaction to the
theatergoer. Doris Kenyon, as the
wife of this unusual figure in the
business world, succeeds with the
part which is essential to apprecia-
ton of the personal and domestic
character of the play, and gives that
sure touch which is expected of the
artist. Charles Butterworth, as a
friend of the family, a type which
is reminiscent of George Arliss, and
Evalyn Knapp as the young mans
fiancee, are both well cast and put
their best into the action. John
Darrow, as the youth who is unde-
cided between love and art; oscar
APPEL, as the exponent of the genu-
Inc business leader, and Una Mer-
KEEL, as the maid who becomes the
artist model for the family, are all
excellent. Miss Merkel gives some
of those flashes of distinction that
charmed those who saw the Abra-
ham Lincoln film.
The stage presentation is very
largely musical in its character and
is headed by Lew Pollock, who
brings from New York his company
employed in interpreting his theme
songs and other compositions which
have won popular favor. Others on
the bill, all of whom are good, are
Ada Brown, plantation nanny;
Bentell & Gould, dancing xylophon-
lists, and Bert Gordon and Vera
Kingston in Bits and Pieces"
D. G. G.
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cradle the vessel awaited the compli-
cation of snoring and scaffolding by
means OF which the greater part of the
reorganization of the hull was effected.
Quantity expressed, the Constitution
was IAN old man propped up in bed
with his arms and legs broken" In
this pitiable situation lasting for about
two years and eight months the ship
experienced species of rebirth.
On July 8. parading her elegance to
other eyes the reborn ship made her
stately way to dock at South Boston,
where, under the control of a giant
flfty-ton crane, whose superior boom
admitted greater security in handling,
her three new mastS were stepped or
inserted into the respective oriflceS that
penetrated successive decks of the hull.
Under the ten-ton foremost, nearly a
hundred feet in length, SIS gold piece
was PLACED for good luck
Past Glory Revived.
Throughout the old ship rises the
spell of the vanished past. With the
fascination of an intricate -ship-model
in this case life siZe-the cid ship grad
ually grew into a thing of wondrous
beauty. AS upper trucks and rigging
and sails were added, as cannon once
more threatened from her ports the
Constitution again inspired Americans
with the deepest reverence as a cham
pion of their institutions.
Unquestionably since the revived Old
Ironsides set sail to tour the ports of
her native land. a feat the impacted
Victory in its concrete base cannot per-
form, she must abundantly justify the
outlay of money, time, research and en-
thusiasm which are saving her from an
unhappy end.
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THREE LIVES LOST
IN FOREST FLAMES
Fires Sweep Three States,
Leaving 800 Homeless and
Six Badly Burned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Three deaths, at least six persons
seriously burned, more than 300 home
less and property damage of upward
Of $l,000,000, were reported last night
from fires which swept over forest areas
OF several States, finder dry from a
parching September sun.
Near Grygla, Marshall County. In
Northern Minnesota, the loss of life was
concentrated. There Marvin Myrold,
20; Alfred Began, SO, and youth of l6,
whose name was not learned, died in
the blaze which Friday night DESTROYED
about 80 homes along with barns and
live stock. Six persons were burned
seriously. but three school children at
first thought victims of the flames were
located. The extent of the devastation
was not learned until forest patrolmen
trelkked into the area afoot yesterday.
On the Iron River, in upper Michi-
gan, rs fire fighters, who were trapped
by backfire in the timber, were re-
ported by Fire Warden Marvin Anthony
to have succeeded in cUhtrolling the
flames Warden Anthony waded the
narrow river to bring word of their
situation.
Three other Minnesota blazes-in
Lake of the Woods County, along the
Canadian border; on Ludlow Island.
near Red Lake. and near Big Falls,
Koochiching County burned out set
tiers dwellings, highway bridges and
bridge of the Minnesota g. Inter-
national Railroad. The fires cut off
communication between North Central
Minnesota and the border.
In South Dakota, reports from Rapid
City said that 600 volunteers had sue
ceeded in controlling fires which ate
their way through several thousand
acres of timber in Pennington County.
Two towns in the State, in the path
Of the flames which burned along a
front OF 7 to 10 miles in extent, were
believed out Of danger. They were
Nahant and Rockford.
Heavy showers swept the Minnesota
areas last night, minimizing the hazard.
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Demand Law Repeal.
TWO KILLED IN AIR CRASH
Plane in Tailspin Carries Pilot and
Passenger to Death.

ALBANY, N. Y, September IL Up.
Elliott Mitchell, pilot and William
L. Hamilton. head of the Photographic
service Of the urtiss-Wright Flying
Service. North Beach, Valley Stream,
were killed as their plane crashed near
the Albany Airport tonight
Hamilton was on a tour of this Sec
ton making Photographic maps. Their
plane was seen to go into a tailspin
as they apparently were making for
the airport
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can American Tragedy"
Continues for a Second Week.

SOME of the master minds OF
cinemadom are beginning to
think that perhaps Mr.. Dreiser's
tears were false as crocodiles' and
that the unearthly howls which he
unleaShed when first he saw the
screen version CT his American
Tragedy" (still f1ourishing at the
Metropolitan) were produced by
studio press agents standing without
the theater's gates.
Certainly Prof. Dresser has little to
get angered over-since whether he
believes that Phillips Holmes per-
Torrance is brittle and unnecessarily
cold, whether he suspects that no
boy could ever drown a girl with
such wistful smile as Sylvia Sidney
supplies, and whether he cries
shame" over the murder and "hur-
rah" when the moose hovers omi-
nously above Gives comely throat.
he must admit that his film is, for
the most part, vitality absorbing.
Hollywood, of course, had to stick
to its guns and insert an exaggerated
picture Of a "debutante" Summer
camp" replete with Hollywoodiana
and q swarm of young couples I'M
able to suppress their emotions. In
to this garish atmosphere. young
Give, erstwhile bell boy extraordi-
nary, son of a psalm singing Mid
west family, factory worker and exc
cutioner of the girl whom he had
promised to marry, sinks evidently as
easily as though he had been born
to 1t. In other words. Mr.. Holmes
makes you believe that he could be
quite at home In such surroundings,
when according to Hoyle and the
common characteristics of man, he
should have been as uncomfortably
self-conscious as Scotchman in
five-and-ten cent store.
Mr.. Holmes has, however, been de-
scribed as perfect" by many who
have read the book and who feel
that his method Of CLASSY indiffer-
ence to everything is what Give
actually was born with-that. in
other words, as a ''misfit" he Is
superlatively successful.
Sylvia Sidney, to our way Of think
ing, and Irving Pichel make more
of their small parts than Holmes
does out Of his big one (hiS voice is
that same high monotone which has
never changed in any Of his films
and. of course, as you have heard
by now, the court room scene is one
of the important scenes in all the
recordings Of cinema doings.
E. de s. M.
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full man that Ditrichstein was, and
how capable of having how many
affairs!
The screen tries all this over
again this week at the Rialto, with
Adoiphe Menjou, famous for his
clothes and the manner of lifting
his left eyebrow, as the operate
male diva" whose mere batting of
an eyelaSh makes ladies swoon in
adulatory admiration.
The result is amusing enough,
what with neat little etchings of
character inserted here and there.
One must admit, however, that Mr..
Menjou will probably disappoint
those who once viewed the theSpian
manipulations of Ditrichstein. Men
jou Is, of course, at a serious dis
advantage, since every time he has
an operate aria blast of some
profound tenor Comes roaring from
off-stage, and shortly after the
photographer, in apparent shame,
shuts off the camera. To take the
part of the idol of the opera world,
and then to have to part ones teeth
and humble sweet nothings must
have been an experience as uncom-
Portable for the actor as it is an
noying to the audience. Fortu-
nately however, that takes up but
very little of the films time.
For the rest, the story concerns
itself with the ambitions Of young
girl to take the gilded Metropolitan
Opera House by storm. This she does
in an incredibly short time, by win
ming the affections of the great
Menjou. and by singing las nicely
as she did here-it's Irene Dunno
in"Show Boat'O with very great
yeS-"tears in her eyes" For. of
course, off stage young Neil Hamil-
ton, straight-laced lover of the
strong, square Skinned sort, is max
ing amatory faces at her. and soon
after carts her of from under Mem
jou'S very nose.
The fact that Hamilton wins the
gal, and that Menjou doesn't isn't
provocative of much sorrow, since
the great lover" immediately
plunges in all over again with some
pert creature who had the state
room next to him on his last
oceanic trip-and so he, and the
audience, are pretty much left
wreathed in smiles.
It's a cheerful picture-wtth Mem
Jou not too good-but smaller FRY"
such as Ernest Terrence, Cliff Ed
wards and blondine Baclanova,
very. very neutrality-suspicious. the
gentleman who sings Wagner in the
face of continual barking over
lure from Splits" the fat divas
dog. E. de S. MEL CHEZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
This Modern Age" Held Over
At Loew's Columbia.

nj LOcW NOiuInDld.
7 ARGE crowds In attendance at
- This Modern Age" now show
ing in Loew's Columbia, have re-
suited In hold-over for the second
week in Washington. Picture-goers
are thereby offered the opportunity
to view the resplendent Miss Craw-
ford in strained and overweight
saga justified. perhaps, by the crowds
which attend 1t.
Neil Hamilton, as the Back Bay
lover, and Pauline Frederick, as Joan
Crawford'S mother, assist the star in
her efforts to salvage a fantastic
story Of a young lady whose ro-
nance with an aristocratic swain is
thwarted (only temporarily, as you
already had guessed) because her
mother has a habit of accepting
houses and motors and other memo
rabilia from gentleman with whom
she has neglected to middle aisle it."
The lovers separate because Of
prejudice arising from this immod-
est circumstance, but after some
glittering glycerin misery and a
few bitter laughs of disappointment
all round, BoStonian responsibility
Is diScredited and true love triumphs
30 seconds before the final fade-out.
william T. Tilden II repeats the
second of his talkie tennis lessons
to head the added program fea-
lures. r. B. p, Jr.
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MenjOu Undertakes Famous
Ditr!chstein Role at RialtO.

T just about that era of our
n civilization when hustle
"A was the most important
"A thing in woman's life and
when the theater was more
exciting than a furious 15-day trip
across the ocean, Leo Ditrichstein,
handsome pre-war stage idol, burst
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into the spot
light in an
amusing play
C all e d THE
Great Lover. I"
A brillia n t
Satirical sketch
of whsv goes
on b { h l n d
1.-The grand OPP
era lines" this
play took New
York by storm,
and for days
the chandeliers
at Delmonico'S
and the cover
c hal ge" at
Sherry's heard
n o t h ng but
what q wonder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington 5 Theaters.
quell jail break and are pardoned.

quell jail break and are pardoneo.
@. E. d.
A burlesque Of overcrowded peni-
Tertiary conditions. with Mr.. Laurel
demonstrating the tribulations of the
seventh man in six-man cell, Is
perhaps the most amusing particle
offered. Again, Laurel's expression
when some one hands him a ma
chine gun under the table in the
mess hall. just prior to the plotted
break for freedom, Is perhaps the
funniest shot.
Honors for the most incongruous
scene should be awarded to the news
cameraman who photographed
buxom movie coincidence singing a
jazz selection, with appropriately
undignified gestures. while the Vice
President, Mr.. Charles Curtis. looks
on, and a uniformed band lined up
on the Capitol steps plays the &C
compartment. This Is called giving
the movie star proper welcome to
Washington.
A boring f1lmdom imitation OF
Ripley'S Believe It or Not" curiosi-
ties, a partially exciting, but withal
too lengthy sea-fishing short and
other items complete the Palace
screen program.
The stage show, featuring Char
ney and Jean. Joyce Coles and
others, seemed to please the audi
ence. r. B. p. Jr.
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LABOR ASKS MACDONALD
TO YIELD HOUSE SEAT
Party Votes 40 to 80 in In
dorsing Premier's Resig-
nation.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEAMAN HARBOR, England, Sep
TENDER by a vote of 40 to 80, the
Labor party of this district today in
dorsed a recent resolution by its Execu-
tive Committee calling upon Prime
Minister Ramsay Macdonald to resign
as representative of the district in the
House of Commons.
MI Macdonald already has said that
reputation by his constituency will
make no difference in his present course
of action and that he will not resign
as long as the national government
lasts.
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Robbers Cave Used by Picnickers.
A two-room cave near Hanover, Wis,
which, sheltered horse thieves, bandits
and counterfeiters in the days of the
Wild West, is now favorite place for
picnic parties from nearby town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
Runs BENJAMIN Franklin" Job.

One of the oldest jobs in the world
Is held by Benjamin Franklin Affleek
Of Chicago.
Affleck is the director of the Ben
jamin Franklins, Nationwide asso-
citation of men whose first initials are
"B. F." for the famous American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
DRY LAW REPEAL URGED
BY NEW JERSEY LEGION
Adopt Resolution at Annual Con-
vention-Rhode Island Dele
gates Override Chair.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. September
12.-The New dorsey American Legion
was on record today as tavorrng repeal
of prohibition.
A petition. calling on Congress to
repeal the eighteenth amendment, was
drawn up following the passage of
resolutions at the final session Of the
annual convention yesterday.
Demand Law Repeal.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., September IL
RD.-The State Convention of the
American Legion at Narragansett Pier
today OVERRIDE a ruling from the chair
and passed resolution demanding that
as a crime prevention measure the
Volstead law be repealed The chair
had ruled that the measure was of a
political nature and hence not properly
before the convention.
The convention also demanded imme-
date payment of the remaining so per
cent of adjusted compensation certifi-
Gates now outstanding.
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TWELVE INCHES OFF
FOR STREET SKIRT
Gradual Drop Indicated for
Other Occasions.

New York signposts indicate
among other things, that the waist.
line will stay where nature intend
ed it should be, observes fashion
, writer in the New York Times.
Skirts-daytime skirts-so the
signs show, are remaining in the
vicinity of the knee, rather than
the ankle. "Twelve inches Off is
the rule for street wear; for after
noon they are lowered from two to
four inches. In the evening they
reach ankle length, and for very
formal functions sweep into trains.
The "pencil silhouette" charac-
terizes the autumn mode. 1t is ac-
centuated by diagonal lines and
skirts that flare but slightly (pleats,
we hear, are to make way for
flares). Many cOuturiers are using
one-sided movements in their fall
models. The twirl, or wrap-around
diagonal cut, is to be used for
sports as well as town skirts. Coat
dresses will also contribute largely
to the svelte contour of the figure.
Sleeves are assuming greater i'm
portance in the general design of
dresses and coats. Attention is
conferred on them where the lines
of the garment are simple and Sc
we're. They are wider, trimmed at
the elbow, and decorated with
touches of fur. The long sleeve for
the evening dress is one Of the new
style notes.
Ensembles are to follow the gen.
eral tendency that unites two colors
in one costume. Advance models
mark reversal Of the old order
of wearing a dark coat with a light
dress.
Wooden dresses, so the authori-
ties say, have not been as much
talked about in years as they are
for autumn and winter wear. Black,
sedate and conventional, is assured
of its usual role Of a safe stand
by. Browns, green's, reds and q
new dark beige that has a SUM-
baked look promise to be color lead
ers. Evening gowns will probably
be mostly white and of velvet and
satin for dressy occasions. The
pastels, too, will hold their own,
with delicate pink taking a promi-
nent place. For more serious
moods navy, brown and wine will
be used.
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FEATURES of INTEREST to WOMEN
THE MOVIES
VIII Rogers at His Best

Comedy vies with drama in
"Lightnin' Will Rogers latest Fox
Movietone picture which will be
shown at the Oxford Theatre Fri
day and Saturday evenings, and
Rogers gives a performance that
outranks anything he has prev
iously done.
As the habitually idle whimsical
old tippler and dreamer, "Lightnin'
Bill JONES'" Rogers has a role that
actually excels his remarkably
transformations in "They Had to
See Paris" and $50 This Is Lon
DON"
Rogers does not rip wide open
the so called divorce evil, but,
rather, pokes good funt at it. Any
nights audience laugh at him
and laugh with him and it is safe
to say that there will not be a dry
eye in the house.
A fast tempo is maintained
throughout the picture and interest
never lags. 1t is, perhaps, the
best entertainment the screen has
yet produced. It's direction is mas
terful for which much credit is
due Henry King, the man who also
produced such outstanding screen
successes as "ToPable David" "Stel-
la Dallas" and "The Winning of
Barbara Worth" It's photography
is well nigh perfect.
A supporting cast, headed by
Louise Dresser, contributes much to
the success of the picture. Miss
Dresser portrays the character of
"Lgtnin's" wife and, while famous
for her mother roles in screen pro-
auctions, she gives a performance
that surpasses all previous efforts.
Others in the cast are Helen Co
han, youngest daughter of George
M. Cohan, who makes her screen
debut in this picture, Joe McCrea,
Jason Robards, Luke Cosgrave,
Frank Campeau, J. M. Kerrigan,
Ruth Warren, Sharon Lynn, Joyce
Compton, Rex Bell and Charlotte
Walker.
"Lightnin' is a picture that will
appeal to old and young and it
should not be missed by anybody
who enjoys series of good, whole
some laughs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-20

It pays to Advertise in the Sank
Centre Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-20
Archie Eldred narrowly escaped

Archie Eldred narrowly escaped
serious injury Thursday when he
was thrown from a horse. He was
unconscious for hours and it
was feared that his skull might be
fractured. However he is able to
be about town again, apparently
none the worse for his fall.
Leonard Schell and Ned Harel
of Augusta, Wis, arrived here Sun
day afternoon and are guests in
the Laughlin home. The young
men are cousins of the doctor.
Miss Mollie Walburn spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with friends in
st. Paul.
Dorothy and Lyle Nelson who
have been guests in the Art Welck
home returned to their home in
Minneapolis Sunday.
Miss Theckla Maskoss, Of Chi
cago arrived here Sunday and Is a
guest in the home Of her sister,
Mrs. r. G. Traeger.
Mrs. J. T. Laughlin and daugh-
tiers, Elaine and Viola, motored to
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returning to the city Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Fuller left
Saturday for a trip to Duluth and
Port Arthur, Can.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l. Morawitz,
Mrs. Minnie Hall and her daugh-
ter and family, of Minneapolis,
were week end guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Callahan and other rel
atives here.
Mrs. Anna Young and daughters,
Irene and Lucille left for Royalton
Sunday for couple of weeks visit
with relatives.
Carl Oslund, of Nashwauk, spent
Sunday in the A. w. Human home.
Miss Ruth Human who has been
spending her vacation here &C
companied him home.
DR.. Laughlin accompanied Mrs.
Floyd Fuller and son, Billie, to Lit
tie Falls Friday where the latter
underwent an operation for re-
moval of tonsils. He came home
Saturday and is doing nicely.