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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13
BY GILBERT SWAN
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK-Ea-l CAROLS new
house OF a thousand gadgets." the
largest and most modern Of Broad
day theaters. has been added to such
sights of Manhattan as the WOOL
worth building, the Roxy ushers. the
Empire State peak and the Times
Square subway station at rush hours.
The old Hippodrome. which once
attracted millions OF natives and
tourists with its spectacular stage
devices. was a mere kindergarten toy
in contrast to this triumph Of
Schenectady v Hollywood. All
that the Western and General Elec-
trio laboratories have turned out in
the way Of modern lighting, sound
equipment and such-like have been
adopted for the playhouse.
A pin dropped back stage can be
amplified TO break the eardrumS Of
the most remote seat holder in the
balcony. No call boy is needed to
"cus" the players. Trick attach
mentS keep each dressing room ad-
vised Of what Is going on. Perambu-
lating turTetS seem 70 roam about
the Hobbies furnishing lights for
cigarets. Tricky containers appear n
the aisles between acts, with water
for the thirsty.
Sliding platforms and vast eleva-
tors give magical and fascinating
changes in scene and personnel.
Chorines by the score suddenly take
flight into the upper wings or dis
appear into the orchestra pit. TO be
followed by q few dozen more pop
ping ND out of nowhere as IL in
spired by some hypnotist'S trick Of
deviation.
Music appears out OF the ether
drawn for the first time upon the
stage BY a band Of Theremin
machines. Tons of glistening chro-
MUM can be slowly hoiSted from the
bowels a the theater to become
huge backstage pillars. and disap-
pear as my~SteriouSlv as they appear
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13
Fauorites Of
ScreenAreL In
Squaw Man

The greatest all-star cast since
The Affairs Of Anatop Is the
claim made by Cecil B. DeMille
for the collection Of artists he
secured for his new Metro-G Gold
wyn-Mayer production. The
Squaw Man"
II will be recalled that with
he Affair Of Anatol", DeMille
created theatrical history at the
time, 1921, with the largest group
of film stars eve placed in a
single picture. The list included
Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels, the
late Wallace Reid, the late Theo-
dore Roberts, Monte Blue. Elliott
Dexter, Theodore Kosloff and Ray
mond Hatton. .
For The Squaw Man." which
will open today at the Riyo!i thea
tire, San Benito, for 3 days, offers
an equally imposing group in the
current talking picture version OF
the famous Edwin Milton Royle
stage play.
Warner Baxter. Lupe Velez. FL
eanor Boardman and Charles
Bickford head the large cast, which
also includes Roland Young, Paul
Cavanagh, Raymond Hatton. Julia
Faye, Dewitt Jennings. j. Farrell
Mcdonald, Dickie Moore and
others.
The tale is one OF inter-racial
marriage. The Squaw Man" and
Ben Hur'' are listed as the two
most popular and widely played
dramas ever written. The talking
picture version of The Squaw
Man permits a breadth Of scenic
and action investiture in the
western parts, impossible on the
stage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13
FOOTBALL IS
EXPLAINED IN
FEATURE FILMS
BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Serxice Writer


HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Sept. a.
With football again reigning for
the next few months. Alfred Man
non intends to "cash in" with a
series OF football shorts. And they
are exceptionally good features.
Coach Howard Jones OF the Uni
versity Of Southern California is
featured in this series which ex-
plains spring training, the wedge
play, kicking, deception plays. for
ward passing and penalties. Twen-
ty-five of the nations leading grid
coaches are aiding Jones in his *
plantations which actually will make
the game more interesting TO the
casual fan through teaching him
just why certain things are done.
I'VE hare illustrated all Of the
plays and We explain them by show
ing them being used in actual big
games" Jones told me-. In this
way We manage to keep I'D the
tempo of the pictures. Just as u
technical explanations begin to get
a bit dry, we cut 70 an exciting
scene from a game"
The coaches aiding Jones are:
A. A. Stage. University OF Chi
cago; Jock Sutherland. University
OF Pittsburgh: Ray Morrison, South
e1h Methodist University; Chick
MHelan, New York University:
Harry j. Mehre. University of
Georgia; Tad Jones. chairman foot
ball rules committee: Harry Kipke,
University of Michigan; Wallace
Wade, Duke University: Bill IN
gram. University OF California;
Lou Little. Columbia University:
Rip Miller. Navy; B. /. Bierman,
Tulane University; Bill Hargis,
Missouri University: Gwin Henry,
University of Kansas; Gus Dorais,
University Of Detroit; Ma Stevens.
Yale: AL Wittmer. Princeton; Har-
vey Harmon, University OF Penn
sylvania; Sam Willamann. Ohio
State: Walter Steffin. Carnegie
Tech; Bill Spaulding. University of
California in Los Angeles.
Leonard Fields. former director
and scenario editor at the Uni
versal studio. now is in China. the
starting point Of a pictorial expedi-
ton which will take him through
out the Far East during the next
year, according TO a letter re-
ceived in today's mail. All OF the
pictures. each Of which will contain
a complete story. will be filmed in
technicolor and only natives will be
used In the casts. The Great Canal
OF China will be the scene Of the
first production, according to Fields.
James Gleason and Robert Arm
strong, who fist clicked" in the
picture racket as q team and then
were separated, are 70 be teamed
again. According 10 information
picE1e up on the RKO-Pathe lot,
executives OF that studio are very
much in the market for a series of
stories in which they can 'co-star
Gleason and Armstrong.
Beware of the dogs-enter al
your own risk"
That sign Is boldly exhibited In
front OF Billie Doves beach home
at Malibu. And inside are two very
friendly little scotties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13
MARS MARRLESe

CINCINNATI - G~eOIOglsts and
meteorologists are deeply puzzled
over a handful of marble-like stones
which recently fell in this vicinity.
Some Of them resemble hard opa-
u stones. while others are like
frosted crystal and are so hard they
will cut glass and scratch hard steel.
It is thought that they may be the
remains Of q meteor shower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13

II would have been infinitely more
amusing to have heard the rever-
beration OF back-stage pins than TO
have listened to the dull thud IF
cn-stage jokes as they Topped with
out so much as a faint echo or
laughter.
But the world will come TO see
M. CAROLS house Of gadgetS.' II
Is certain to be one OF the towns
show-places for the next few years,
and will draw scores OF students OF
the modern theater. And the specta-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13

a picture postcard from a world
touring father to his son in col
lege:
This Is the cliff from which
the ancient Spartans used TO
throw their defective children.
Wish you were here.-Dad."-The
Humorist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13

cles, with their myriad undraped
girlies. may aus many TO forget he
tasteless stuff that has been fec
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

Just received 100 Of these beautiful
dan1ask cloths for Thursdays selling.
56x56 inches. Woven of superior quail
ity cotton. Plain white blue and rose.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Tyroleans Go in Fear
of Whimsical Goddess

Perhaps the quaintest survival Of
Morse mythology is the dance per-
formed in honor of the goddess Perch
ia, said to be the consort Of Wodin
and mother of the gods. In certain
districts Of Austria the goddess is still
vivid personality and held in vener-
alton and great fear. She is believed
to have duplex nature which is man.
Tested at certain times with showers
Of blessings and at other times with
curses. At all times she Is said to be
surrounded by her followers or "spir-
its Of the air" and neither she nor her
followers are supposed to be seen ex-
cept at certain times of the year.
These dances are given just before
Lent, at Easter and about st. Johns
day in the Pongau and Pinzgau dis
tricts of the Austrian Alps 1t orig
mated among the Tyrolese mountain
GERS with the intention of worshiping
and at the same time placating her
In her vindictive mood. Those who
take part in 1t dress to represent her
double nature. some are gracious and
gentle and dress to represent the
beautiful, and others are spiteful and
vlndictive and dress to represent the
wild and malicious.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Adobe Now Turned Out
by Modern Machinery

The lowly adobe has gone modern
No longer is use Of this cheap and
once proletarian building material re-
stricted to the Mexican peon and to
the lonely homesteader The sun-dried
mud block Of the West, says the Los
Angeles Times, has been adopted b.
the people Of means and by the Tween
tieth century builder accustomed to
working In stone, and concrete. and
brick, and lumber.
Modern machinery is now employed
In the manufacture Of the adobes
Once the mud and the straw which
helps to hold 1t together were mixed
by bare feet treading industriousiy In
big box. a trough or mere puddle
in the ground Now this is accom-.
pllshed by a concrete mixer
The tradition that only Mexican
can make good adobes has been ex-
ploded In Arizona and the veil Of semi
mystery thrown about the art has been
rent. Formerly It was thought that
the "paisano" possessed some mystic
rlous sixth sense, some faculty Inherit
ed from remote Indian ancestors which
no mere white man could hope to ac-
quire. Now 1t Is known that any com
petent workman can turn out adobes
as durable as any nodded by HE AZ
tees before the days Of Cortez. and a
really bright one is likely to figure out
improvements in the process
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Air Scout's PLEDGE

The oath of the Air Scouts is as
follows: 81 am an Air Scout! / am
living to the best of my ability the
Scout oath and law. l believe in the
slogan Safety in the Air. 1 know
that healthy mind and body are the
greatest factors of airworthlness.
shall strive to further aviation by ap-
plying the principles of scouting in
all matters pertaining to flying. /
shall always remember that a good
flyer is an efficient flyer, and that eff
ficiency comes through application. l
will never forget that an Air Scout is
first, last and always a Boy Scout.
that he practices self-control, is clear
thinker, is cool-headed, a student of
aviation and has respect for expert
ence."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Catch" Problem

The "hun:er's problem the one
that leaves dollar In the bank aft
er one has made several Withdrawals
nd las finally taken out the deposit, Is
'oiarwlat after this style: "a person
d"p sits $50, then makes Il withdrawal
~ 10. leaving balance of $40:
Withdrawal Of SIS, leaving balance
~ SO; u withdrawal 50. leaving bal
Hncr OF So, and finally withdrawal
II SC. leaving no balance. Total
II These balances is S5l. which is 81
"nte than was deposited" The an
wrr Ia this Is that there Is no reason
why tie total Of balances should equal
4. total deposits, hut the final bnl.
nee plus the total OF Withdrawals
r'Gst equal the total deposits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Cholera Plague Buried
in Scotch Churchvard?

The mysterious fog malady which
caused so many depths In Belgium re-
calls the experience Of the Highlands
when struck by cholera In 1892 The
dread disease visited Inverness, Nairn.
the Black isle, Easter Ross, and Ding
wall, and swept through the country
with devastating results, whole fam
lilies being wiped out. Rows Of cot
tages were put on fire and burned to
the ground. Tradition runs that the
plague was brought into the Cromartr
firth by vessel, and that 1t flew slow
ly along the ground in the shape Of a
little yellow cloud. When 1t arrived
at Higg one Of the Inhabitants with an
immense bag Of linen approached the
cloud cautiously and succeeded in en-
closing the whole of 1t in the bag. He
then wrapped 1t up carefully and Sc
cured 1t with pin after pin. and buried
1t In the Nigg churchyard. The spot is
marked by a rude undressed stone.
near which the grave digger never ven
lures to open Edinburgh
Scotsman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Airplanes and Birds

It has been asked. "Why can't air
planes be made to fly as the bird
flles?' La Technique Aeronautique
says: at is well known that the pri-
mary feathers of birds wing are dis
tinctly separated while in flapTing
flight. Tests made on models simulat-
ing this construction showed that the
lift increased three times, and drag in
creased nine times. One of the most
important assets of the birds wing is
its fiexibility and control-a condition
exceedingly difficult to copy mechani-
cally. Many scientists are studying
the flight of birds to find any hitherto
overlooked details Of natures tech
nique that will help man in mechani-
cal flying. When inventors produce a
material that has the strength, weight
ratio of feathers and the hollow bones
Of birds with an engine which has the
efficiency Of birds digestive system
and muscles, 1t will then be easy to
build an airplane as safe as a Bird
Washington Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Oldest School in England

Like all superlative claims there
are those who doubt that the Kings
Grammar school at Canterbury is the
Oldest, but the evidence points out
that it was established in A. D. 631,
by the Bishop Felix. Lovers Of
Dickens will recall that he claimed 1t
to be the oldest, when he sent David
COpperfield there. To Dickens, who
has perhaps given elsewhere pictures
Of the worst school in England, the
Kings school was the ideal school !:
"a grave building In courtyard with
a learned air about 1t that seemed
very well suited to the stray rocks
and jackdaws who came from the ca
thedral towers to walk with a clerkly
bearing on the grass plot"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
House in the Wood"

Situated in The Hague wood in Hol-
land Is the famous House In the
Woods"-a royal villa erected about
1645 for the widow Of Frederic Henry
Of Orange. Here Mary Stuart. wife OF
William II, passed the happiest years
Of her life. At The Hague In 1899 was
held the international peace confer.
ence. The Hague Is rapidly extending
TO the popular seaside resort OF Schev.
eningen. Close to this popular resort
Is the Peace palace. erected at cost
Of sl,dO.0O0, donated by Andrew Car
negie. The foundation stone was laid
July 20, 1907. and bears the inscrlp
tion: "Pacl justia firmandae hanc
ardem Andreae Corncgi muniiceniiu
drdicavit' The building was founded
after the first peace conference and
was intended to be the meeting plare
Of the permanent court Of arbitration
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Wonder Clocks Evolved
by Old-Time Mechanics

The first clock of the type we know
today was made by a Milanese at the
beginning Of the Fourteenth century,
and built in a church tower Of his ma
tive city, to the great establishment of
the inhabitants. A few years later a
wonder clock made its appearance at
Padua.
Besides indicating the hours, this
was provided with mechanism that
showed the course of the sun, the rev.
olutions of the planets, the varying
phases of the moon, the months and
the numerous fetes Of the year. In
another hundred years people were
marveling at production which must
have been the first alarm clock ever
devised. At a stated hour this clock
sounded little bell, at the same mo-
ment lighting little wax candle. How
this was done is secret that passed
to the grave with Its inventor, but 1t
Is worth bearing in mind that until a
century ago our only means of obtain.
ing light was with a tinder-box!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10

Milan, the capital of Lombardy, is
unquestionably the Industrial metrop-
oils Of the country and essentially the
sign and symbol of the new italy. In
deed, there are few cities in Europe
where the spirit of the Twentieth cen
fury Is more firmly enthroned; yet II
still radiates the atmosphere of bril-
liant and glowing past and many great
and ancient buildings remain TO bear
witness to the golden age of art. The
marvellous cathedral Of white marble
is the eighth wonder of the world.
Five centuries Of effort and the genius
Of whole series Of gifted arclifeCts
have gone into its making. Tic great
edifce was begun In 1856 and reached
Its present form due to the generosity
Of Napoleon. The cathedral is Il VERT.
able architectural encyclopedia, n
product of all the ages.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Unwelcome Reform

Queen Victoria's bonnets belong To
history. Mrs. A. NJ w Stirling. sister
in-law Of William de Morgan. The my
ellst has told In her remlnlsrcn. es
81 ife's Little Day" how her mother
who patronized the same millincr NJ
did the queen, once begged the bon ei
maker to hecome national bcr fac
tor and persuade the queen to wear
less hideOus bonnets."
"Oh, madam. did try" cried the
mIIliner In despair ~ yenturcd to
modify the shape ever 50 little and
put a pretty bow at the side. and they
we're sent back to me with crush.
Ing message: What her maic.iy re-
quIres is a bonnet--not a eap"--Nun.
sas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Timid Wife's Adventure
Just Before the Dawn

One of those wives who hate the
newspaper business because her jour
nalist husband gets home at o'clock
in the morning, was recently given
good reason to kick.
She was scared out Of her home in
Drexel Park.
OF timid nature, she became thor
oughly alarmed early one morning
when she suddenly awakened. heard
a noise in the house, called to her
husband and got no response.
Deciding the long-feared burglar
had arrived at last, she clutched her
two-year-old son under her arm and
fed, clad only in her nightie, across
the roof into the open bedroom win
dow Of her neighbours twin house.
She explained the situation to her
neighbors When they had calmed
her down bit she decided to be real
brave and call her home on the tele-
phone.
A strange, gruff voice answered and
she was more certain than ever that
a burglar was in her home. Then she
learned she had got a wrong number
and tried again.
Her husband answered this time.
Imagine his surprise to hear the
voice of his wife whom he had every
reason to believe was safely tucked
away upstairs.
This is Edith" she said. rs that
you, Carl?"
Eyes, and where the heck are you,
and why?" Carl wanted TO know.
Then came the dawn.-Philadelphia
Record.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Dense Sulphurous Fog
Precursor of Plague

In his Scenes and Legends" Hugh
Miller relates that zone night in the
month Of August, 1904, a cold east
wind, accompanied by a dense sui
phurOus fog, passed over the country,
and the half-filled corn was struck
with mildew. 1t shrank and whitened
in the sun, till the fields seemed as IL
sprinkled with flour. and where the
fog had remained Iongest-for in some
places 1t stood up like a chain of
hills during the greater part of the
night-the more disastrous were its
effects" In November. a pestilence
broke out when many of the people
were seized by strange fevers, and
sore auxes of a most infectious ma
ture." In the parish of West Calder,
out of 800 persons 300 were swept
away, and in a little village called
the Craigs, inhabited by only six or
eight families, there were 30 cOrpses
In the space Of a few days-London
Mail.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Saved by a Miracle

As a New York Chicago train was
speeding along the railway 1t encoun-
tered great storm Of wind and rain.
The stOker persuaded the driver to
stop the train. for he insisted he had
seen woman In black dancing before
the engine. With lantern in hand, the
driver left the locomotive and walked
along the line to Rock creek. To his
dismay, he found that the bridge had
been washed away by the OVERLOOKING
river. When he returned something
prompted him to examine the lamp Of
the engine. He found imprisoned in
1t an insect. vaInly trying to escape.
The shadow Of the insect magnified
by the glass and reflected In the rainy
air. had all the appearance OF a
dancing fgurei
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Washington Not Hailed
as Second Cincinnatus''

George Washington has sometimes
been called the second Cincinnatus"
in allusion to his having been called
to the Presidency from his plantation
at Mount Vernon, to which he retired
after having voluntarily resigned his
commission as commander in chief Of
the army. But it was William Henry
Harrison. who was called from his es-
tate at North Bend, on the Ohio river,
TO be the ninth President Of the United
States. who was termed "the Cincin-
natus of the West"
In both Of these instances the al
fusion is to the story of the Roman
historian, Livy. relating that in the
year ass B. c.. when the Aequi and
Volsei had shut up the Roman con-
sui. Lucius Minucius, and his army in
a defile, and. Rome itself being In
great danger. the Roman senate, in
alarm, had made Lucius Quintius Gin
cinnatus dictator. the messengers sent
TO inform him Of his appointment,
found him at the pillow. Modern inves-
tigators, however. have pronounced the
most attractive parts Of the story fic-
tion.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
Statue Held Symbol of
Unity of Two Peoples

Senior Daniel v. del Burgo, consul
general of Chile in this country. has
given a most interesting description
Of "The Christ Of the Andes" the in
spring sculpture which stands at a
mountainous elevation Of 1900 meters
$4,000 fee) on the Chilean-Argentine
frontier, says the newspaper La Yer
dad, Of Caracus, Venezuela. Senior del
BurgO says Of this appealing figure
that the suggestion for its establish
ment came from seeing the Statue Of
Liberty in New York harbor. It Is
seven meters high (23 feet) and
weighs three tons. 1t can be perceived
for many kilometers on all the routes
connecting the two republics of Ar
gentina and Chile and is held in ven-
GRAFTON by the peoples Of both nations
because it was erected, in 1902, to seal
and commemorate the peaceful settle
ment Of the final disputes between
the two great South American repub-
lies. 1t was the women Of these two
countries who collected most of the
Iuhus necessary 10 derray the cost OF
the statue and its transportation and
erection and whose influence was most
exerted on the respective governments
to provide site and perpetual main
tenance for the monument. THE
Christ of the Andes" stands in lone
ly and desolate spot, much the same,
no doubt, as the wilderness in which
''rhe Man of Sorrows" spent 40 days
Of his life in prayer and fasting. Yet
the statue is not really lonely nor de-
serted, but visited constantly by thou
sands in their journeys to and fro,
who call it, too, 1.-THE Christ OF Amity,"
for this statue is the symbol of the
bonds of friendship which henceforth
and forever knit these two peoples
together in Christian fellowship.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-07-10
"Duce's" Greeting to America

The National Broadcasting company
says that the first international pro-
gram ever broadcast from Italy to the
United States was staged on January
1, 1881, when Premier Benito Musso-
lini, speaking from Fascist headquar-
tiers In Rome, sent his New Year greet
ing to America through coast-to-coast
networks. This was the first program
ever heard in this country originating
on the Italian mainland. Twice be-
fore, however, listeners had heard pro-
grams from Italian waters-from the
yacht Of Senators Guglielmo Marconi,
the father of radio. anchored off the
coast of the peninsula.