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time screen version of Harriet Henrys
novel "Jackdaws Strut" Would Beauty
and the Boss" 1T the plot of "Jackdaws
Strut? A conference was held, and
the decision was reached that 1t would.
Within a fortnight, however, the pow
ers that rule the studio had arrived at
new decision. Mistress" with
Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone and Ben
Lyon, has recently been completed. For
various reasons the title EEK Mistress
was not judged suitable. Why not use
Beauty and the Boss" instead? An
other conference resulted in an an
nouncement sent forth to the news
papers of the land that Ex-Mistress"
was to be Beauty and the Boss"
And then there began to be yet an
other change Of heart. On further
thought it appeared that the title and
the story, after all, did not suit each
other in an ideal manner. The perfect
harmony appropriate to such matings
vas lacking. So, within the past few
days, another separation has been de-
creed. "Ex-MistreSs" and "Jackdaws
Strut" are still languishing under their
original names, which will not be used
when they are publicly shown on the
screen, and Beauty and the Boss" is
still a ghost, floating in the void until
some motion picture of the future claims
1t by right Of interchangeable affinity.
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just a Stage Joke.

EVERY day this week the manager Of
Loew's Palace Theater will stand in
the wings and tear his hair as the
time for the stage revue approaches
And then, one minute before curtain
time, a taxicab will drive up to the
stage door and out will rush the two
men who have caused his worries.
Those truantS are Marty Collins and
Harry Peterson, comedians and stars
of the Monkey Shines" the stage
presentation.
Sorry, but we Just had to finish that
last hole" will be their apology. And
the show will then go on.
Collins and Peterson are golf bugs
as well as comedy bugs. No manager
is safe from worry, it Is said, If there
is golf course within driving distance
of the theater, for they are now in the
malignant stage Of the game-meaning
that If they are playing city where
no links are available, or the weather
is bad, they set up tees backstage be-
tween shows and practice driving
against a theater curtain.
Strangely enough, however, they
make no allusion to the game during
their hilarious act before the foot
lights
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the past have tired of their task
and are disposed to lie down upon
their jobs. If so, what more
natural than new stock to re-
vive 1t If the theater Is to go on
resurging? Ambition has accom-
pliShed wonderful things in the
centuries, even those behind the
machine age. Only the chap who
is to do the resurging should know
something of the work before hiR1,
and really he ought to have ideals,
If possible, an improvement upon
those which have preceded. An
amusing story Is told Of young
Washington lawyer Of years ago.
In his first appearance before the
U. s. Supreme Court he persisted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Again Breaking Record.

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS modern
- dress comedy, Reaching for the
Moon" broke all records of the Critic.
rion Theater during its first weak.
"Hell's Angels" had held the record.
biggest advance sale Of any Fairbanks
picture. robin Hood" 1.-THE Gaucho,"
1.-THE Thief Of Bagdad," 1.-THE Three
Musketeers," 1.-THE Black Pirate" and
don @" all have had 50 road show
exhibitions on Broadway.
Not even robin Hood" which
crossed more than 100000 In the
United States and Canada alone, and
hit, apparently, appealed to the public
SO strongly as has the film directed by
Edmund Goulding, who gave Gloris
Swanson In "The Trespasser" her bigs
gest hit and Nancy Carroll In "The
Devils Holiday" her finest 0lxn.e
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in quoting textbook law until
the Chief Justice, a bit impatient,
suggested But, my young friend,
don't you assume that this court
knows some law?" "That was the
very mistake I made in the court
below" came the quick response.
That's why I'm here" Lack Of
confidence may be a failing of the
bar, but overconfidence is too
often failing in the theater.
Perhaps there Is a bit of both in
the theater business of today,
with the theatrical gentleman Of
the press vainly endeavoring to
overcome the one as vigorously as
they are endeavoring to head of
the other. I
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Pansies for Thoughts
By w. H. Landvoigt.

least we may be certain of a well
acted performance, and that often
goes very far in making up for
any inherent defects in play.
I'm the Best of Families" is also
bidding for approval.
y * X
10Y supreme reigns in the Ma
tional Theater in being able to
announce the almost premiere"
Of Americas Sweetheart" the
new seasons offering of the
famous firm of Schwab & Man
dell, who have to their credit six,
seven or maybe eight of the out
standing musical productions of
the recent past. Americas
Sweetheart" will bring to Wash
ington "the most colossal, the
most grandiose," as it were,
spectacle in music and beauty 1t
has had since the advent of the
famous 'Whoopee.' Schwab g.
Mandell are believing that Amer
ica'S Sweetheart" is the most Law
ish production of it's kind they
have ever created, and as they
were the makers of "The Bingham
Girl" "The Desert Song" Good
News" Queen High" THE New
Moon" and Follow Through"
anything seriously sponsored by
them should be of more than ordi-
nary interest. They have been
assisted in the preparation of their
newest offering by men who rank
high in stage craftsmanship in
their various lines, including
Bobby Connolly and Alfred Good
man, than whom there are no
wiser in the matter of dance
ensembles and musical direction,
respectively. Besides, Americas
Sweetheart" is merely Holly
wood" by another name, and Gus
Shy, Inez Courtney, Jack Whiting,
Jack Sheehan and Jean Aubert,
not to mention the Foreman
Sisters, from down Mississippi
way" and "the Cheer Leaders"
quartet with an army of stars
and satellites, are heaven bent on
putting it over with all possible
glory.
IF, after all this, there still be
doubling hearts and uncertain
minds in our fair city as to the
future of the theater, sound and
silent; If, indeed, since the ter
rible conflict that wrenched civil
liZation from it's bearings, the
proletariat has gone glimmering
in matters of morals and ethics,
there Is yet reason for hope that
out Of the new crop of ambition
full youngsters who wish to try
their hands at creating amuse-
mentS for the world at large
something will bob up to give us
JOY and to make living, after all,
really grand and worthwhile. If
the old producers can't or won't
maybe the new ones or some Of
them can and will be able to. It's
a hard matter, it's true, to coin
into attractive inspiration minds
burdened with the desire for
money, but some say it has been
done, and we should never forget
that other famous old maxim,
What man has done, man can do
again." or something to that eff
feet. An expectant world is
waiting, oh, so patiently waiting,
simply for the sun to rise.
u
SOMEBODY who had more wis
dom than the desire for pub
licity, citing the long list Of play
failures in the Great Metropolis
during the season now about half
gone, suggested that perhaps the
great need in the theater, after
all, Is "a new deal all around in
the item of producers" After
the hectic week just vanished the
idea doesn't sound at all silly.
Perhaps the great rbducers of
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rs the fashion nowadays, if
you have past that troubles
you, to forget it. Lots of things
have been and still are being
forgotten, which, If remembered
as horrible examples, might serve
to make the world wiser, If not
better. It is with the theater
much as it is with the individual,
and many's the time 1t is far
better to forget than to try to
explain the why's and the where
foreS. Perhaps the week just closed
can be blotted out of the happy
memories without loss to anybody
or to anything. THE Blue Ghost"
was one of those sad things that
might be buried in forgetfulness
and with pity. 1t was too frail
to bear even a Scolding. Storm
Song" however, sturdier of tex
ture, was of the kind that breeds
Nightmares. Not so pleasant, and
with little to be gained in trying
to forget it, because, like Banquo'S
ghost, it is certain to rise again
without waiting for the general
judgment. To sum up briefly, last
weeks theater was poor, but to
quote the statesman God reigns
and the Government at Washing
ton still lives"
STRANGE, is it not, that in the
effort to come back, or to
:atch up with the movie, producers
will spend their time and money
II they do-on plays that but a
momentary glance would adjudge
unworthy. Is it to fool the public?
And, If so, is it wise to kill the
goose that lays the golden egg
always with apologies for the
metaphor. True, it must be ad-
mitted that Jimmie Cooper, who
sponsored THE Blue Ghost" does
not appear in the list of true and
tried producers who might be ex-
pected to know. Nor, indeed, is
Robert v. Newman, youngest of
the New York producers" as his
publicity man so eloQuently de-
gcribed him in the advance
notices, who fathered Storm
Song" Both may be guiltless.
Perhaps they did not put their
money into their enterprises. Per-
haps they merely and graciously
loaned their influence to put
things over. Maybe, after all, it
is Bernard ]. McOwen, and John
p. Reiwerts, who playwrighted
"the ghost" and Sidney r. Buch-
man, who brewed the Storm
Song" none of them by the way
Pulitzer prize winners, who felt
the urge to rush, and now are
sadder but wiser men. Be that as
it may, it is doubtful that, even
with two seats for the price of
one, the public lost much on either
venture.
RUT as two flies don't make a
Summer, the Joy of living need
not vanish from our National
Capital surrounded by billboardS
just because we have had an off
week in the theater. We have had
so many in bygone days that we
should be able to take on another
from time to time without shaking
the foundation of our confidence
In man. The future always looms
brightly ahead whether it makes
good in the finals or not. And
Washington really ought to find
pleasure in the new Theater Guild
offering, "Green Grow the Lilacs,"
q folkSong in drama and by a poet
and a Guggenheim Fellow.
"Cimarron," the big Oklahoma
movie effort, has not yet arrived
to inform us as to matters down
Oklahoma way; but the sponsor
ship Of the Guild and the elo-
quent advance notices ought to
be enough 10 establish confidence
10 Green Grow the Lilacs." At
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AKRON COMPLETES
SECOND TRIAL HOP
Flight of Nearly Four Hours,
Continuing Debut Cruise,
Made by DirigibIe.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AKRON, Ohio September 25.-For
three hours and 81 minutes last night
the u. S. S. Akron, new queen OF the
skies, cruised through the moonlight on
its second successful trial flight.
Carrying 100 passengers and crew, the
Nays sleek aerial battleship swung
in 20-mile circles over its dock-a black
hulk against the moonlit Autumn sky.
Below, photograph moaned the
blues in the still night as the ground
crew amused itself until called upon at
10:46 pm. to make the great ship fast
in its berth. The flight was accom-
plished without apparent untoward in
cident.
The fight was continuation Of the
maiden cruise Wednesday, and COM
pleted the first of five designed to test
every detail and insure perfection OF
construction before acceptance of the
dirigible by the Navy.
Flight number one was to test general
airworthiness. Number two will be to
determine the dirigible's turning radius;
three, to test speed with motors wide
open; four, a climbing and altitude
test, and five, 48-hour cruise to reca-
pitulate all test features.
AS on Wednesdays flight, high naval
officials making the cruise expressed
satisfaction with the ships operation.
DIR. Karl Arnstein, vice president of the
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, said a
few minor adjustments remain yet to be
made.
Hot coffee and sandwiches were served
aboard last night to passengers and
crew, while the chill Of the night was
taken of by the specially constructed
heating system.
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DO-X CONFISCATION
ASKED IN PATENT SUIT
Two File Action in New York,
Charging Infringement-U. s.
Firms Accused.

NEW YORK, September Is CP).-
Isaac Schafran and Jacob Thaler be-
gan suit in Federal Court today to have
the German flying boat DO-x confis-
Gated on the ground that the owners,
operators and, builders infringed on
patents the plaintiffs held.
General Motors Corporation is named
as one of the defendants. The suit, be-
sides demanding confiscation of the
giant flying boat, asks for an account
ing of profits, permanent Injunction
against further infringement on the
patents the plaintiffs say they hold and
damages amounting to three times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
ALPHABETICAL BALLOT
ORDERED FOR ELECTION
Only Arlington County Board Can
didates Listing Is Affected by
Ruling.
BY Stan Correspondent Of The star.

HOUFTGSpUL1UCkIt VI
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, September 25. The
names of candidates for the new
county board will appear on the ballot
in alphabetical order, it was announced
todAy by Claude o. Thomas, secretary
of the Election Board.
It has been the custom to place
names of candidates on the ballot in
order of their filing for Office, but the
Election Board feared that because Of
the large number of candidates for
this office the voters would have diff
Guilty in locating the names of the
persons for whom they wished to vote
unless they appeared alphabetically.
There are 81 candidates for this office.
Names of the candidates for all
other offices will appear in the usual
manner, according to their order Of
fling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
CHILD WILL LIVE AS TACK
is TAKEN FROM STOMACH
Merrifeld Boy, 8, Has Accident
When He Taps Pencil In
His Mouth.
sDeria1 nisnatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MERRIFIELD, Va, September U.s.
Nine-year-old Donald Hirst of Merri-
field, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hirst,
was rushed to the Episcopal Eye, Ear
and Throat Hospital yesterday afternoon
when he swallowed thumb tack while
In school at Fairfax.
The tack was on the end Of pencil
and teeth. 1t lodged first in his throat,
later passing to his stomach, from which
the doctors were finally able to remove
1t five hours later. The child will re-
cover
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whatever profits the Do-X may have
made.
No estimate of the profits is given
In the complaint
With General Motors, the defendants
named are the Dornier Co. of America,
Dornier Metal Bauten, G.. M. B. H.;
DR.. Claude Dornier, Lieut.. Clarence
Schildhauer, U. s. N, who piloted the
DO-X to New York; Capt. Wolfgang
Won Gronau and all members OF the
crew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
cOLoRED WOMAN KILLED

Driver of Car Exonerated in Death
Near Pine Needles.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va, September
25.-Ola Matthews, 50-year-old West
Philadelphia colored woman, was almost
instantly killed last night when she at
tempted to cross the Washington Rich
mond Highway near Pine Needles Camp,
IS miles south of here, in the path of
down.
Clarence F. Pine, IS, colored, of New
York City, driver of the car which
struck the woman, was exonerated by
Coroner George F. Conway, who held an
inquest at Bowling Green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
WRECK KILLS TRAINMAN
Locomotive Overturns After Jump
ing Track at Edmore, Mich.

EDMORE, Mich, September Is (E9.-
The engineer was killed and four other
persons were injured today when Pere
Marquette combination freight and pas
senger train jumped the track here and
The locomotive overturned.
The engineer was killed and fire.
man received severe scalds.
The locomotive jumped the tracks in
side the city limits and overturned after
dragging baggage car and mail
roach off the track.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
Roentgen Society Elects.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., September
IS tE').-The American Roentgen So
ciety yesterday named DR.. william A.
Evans of Detroit It's president-elect. He
viii assume Office at the opening of next
years convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
CANADIAN WHEAT
POOLS BANKRUPT
Chain of Elevators Are Only
Assets left Of S25, 900, 900
Spent on Project.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, Ontario. July From
Winnipeg comes word that the Western
wheat pools are passing into voluntary
liquidation and that this great expert
ment. begun some five years ago, soon
will be no more. The pools, in other
words. are bankrupt
According to the best information.
the pools will hand over 70 the three
prairie provinces everything that they
possess in the way OF assets. these con-
iting chiefly Of chain of elevators. 1t
viii be all that the provinces will get
for the 5000 600 which they ad-
Vanced
Tottering for more than a year. and
saved from collapse only by the inter
ventiOn Of the provinces, the crash OF
the pools has come finally through the
refusal OF the Canadian banks TO ac-
cept the Endorsement of the three
prairie provinces for further loans 10
the pools. The banks. 1t is understood,
would not accept the guarantees of the
provinces unless they were underWritten
or backed by the Dominion government
and this Dominion government backing
was not Forthcoming. The unacceptable
consequence is liquidation
II IS somewhat tragic ending to
what began as brave experiment.
Three years ago the pools were on the
crest OF prosperity. with fair skies and
clear seas ahead Buoyed by their sue
cess. and caught in the general wave of
optimism. they made vast expenditures.
bought and built elevators and created
gigantic overhead. Now. less than
three years later the whole edifice has
Crumbled about their heads
ICopyTlRht. lQ3l
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LEE ENTRY G TIMES
CULPEPER WINNER
Broken Glass Takes Chal-
Ienge PIate-Thousands
at Close of Show.


CUIPEPER, Va, July 4.-Several
thousand spectators hocked to the Gull
pepper Fair Grounds this afternoon to
witness IS interesting horse show
classes and a 5-event racing card. The
tYenty-seventh annual horse show
closed after two days.
The Culpeper Challenge Plate,
awarded each year TO the hunter judged
superior in type, conformation and per-
Torrance during the show, went to an
entry from Mrs. d. N. Lees Middle
burg Stable for the sixth consecutive
time in as many years. Broken Glass,
Mrs. Lees bay gelding, captured the
coveted honor this season, assuring his
owner permanent possession OF tne
trophy. The champion won the class
for middle and heavy weight hunters
yesterday and scored in todays color
full Corinthian competition.
Cathode Ray Triumphs.
Reserve in the hunter championship
was awarded to Miss Elizabeth. Nesblt
Cathode Ray. The 6-year-old chestn' :.
from her Warrenton stable hung up an
enviable record in both days of the
meet leading the list in number OF
points scored. The toll OF victories in
cluded blues in the large open hunter
and the lightweight hunter events Fri
day and first prize performances in the
ladies hunter and free-for-all handl-
cap hunter classes today. To this i'm
pressive series he added also q second
place in the Corinthian.
Tip, a black geldng owned by E. e.
Adamson of 6l0l Fourth street, Wash
ington, won the closely contested touch
and out class this morning, giving SUI
perb, careful performance 10 triumph
over 10 other horses that had gone over
clean in the first trial. Tip also took
the reserve in the free all handl-
cap.
Two horses were left at the barrier
in each of the first two starts. The
third race, a three-quaTterS OF mile
contest. was more than half an hour in
getting under way. at least dozen bad
breaks being made. Five of the field
raced a half-mile lap at one time be-
fore discovering that the getaway was
not officially sanctioned. This event
finally was won by T. NJ. Walters
Cautious Lena, which came from be-
hind on the back turn for driving
finish that earned a 3-length margin
OF victory.
Z. B. Gays Grand Vedette shared the
Lead early in the steeplechase and held 1t
TO the end. despite strong challenge
from the Harold Barnes Sammy Mack,
which crossed the line first III the SIM
liar contest yesterday. Radio, veteran
of the Culpeper course, came i'll third,
one notch below his showing the day
before.
The thrilling finish of the steeple-
chase with the leaders under whip and
the crowd divided in its tevoritiSm, s.
excited one onlooker that he fell
through the rail onto the track III front
OF the horses. Assistance OF bystanderS
saved him.
The summary OF ev nts:
Glass . halfbred yearlings-- First
Surprise E l.. Redmonp, second Oh
NV CRichlsndsD. third, entry Paul
Adams
Glass No. g. half bred 2-year- Ids
First. Happy Warrior Miss Julia B.
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ton. IS per cent; performance, 80 per
cent, and manners, Is per cent: ridden
by ladies-First, Cathode Ray Miss
Elizabeth Nesbit); second Squiffy Miss
Edith NesbiU; third, Duchess o. Dare
(Mr. and Mrs. Frank w. Corley).
Glass No. Z; ponies, animals over II
hands and under 14ia, judged and
children's, ponies and ridden by chill
dren under 14-First. Question Mark
Miss May Ferneyhough) second, Frosty
tAnthony and George Rives); third,
Sweetheart Miss May Ferneyhough).
Class No. 9; jumping ponies, II hands
and under 14l2 over 81 foot jumps
child riders under 16 years-First, Fros-
ty (Anthony and George Rives); sec
ond, Smiling Through Joseph Cotter) ;
third, Sweetheart miss May Penney
hough).
Glass No. 20; Corinthian class: open
to all hunters; horses ridden in hunt
ing cOlors; conformation counted IS
per cent, performance IS per cent; in
and out 81 feet. feet In and 4 feet
out-First. Broken Glass MRS. D. N.
Lee; second, Cathode Ray Miss Eliza
beth Nesbit); third, Chipmin (Chilton
FARM.
First race-First, Gay Braech (B. M.
Everhart BrosD; second, Pull Time
MRS. M. w. Carter; third, Chanca
Mrs. T. Hemphiln.
Second race-First, Corella 0eith
Bros); second, Rosy Jester (Furr
BrosD; third Part Time &C. w. ByersD
Third race-First. Cautious Lena IT.
M, Waller; second Racing Star 81. T.
Harris; third, Columbine MRS. Jane
Dickenson).
Fourth race-First, Capt. Saufey
Leith BrosD; second Jack O. Clubs
~. T. Harris; third, Maj Findey m.
H. Everhart.
Fifth race: steeplechase, "a miles
across the country and on track--First.
Grand Vedette IT. B. GayD second.
Samm Mack Harold Barnes; third.
Radio III. r. Kerns).
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Post Office Head
Drops Cooking in
Office, Too Busy
Publicity Given Hobby
When Brown Entered
Cabinet Also Blamed

BY the Associated Press
The pots end pans in the ONCE
kitchPnette of that once famed cook
Postmaster General Brown. hang idle
The stove adds no calory to the Sum
mer heat The sink stands empty Of
dishes
No savory smell of his famous
chicken paprikash has permeated Post
Office Department halls for long long
time
Time was when Browns culinary
art was a neyer-ceaSing delight to his
friends
But since he has been Postmaster
General-and the only cabinet officer
with kitchenette at his command-he
is said to have almost ceased his
cookery.
The laconic explanation given at the
Post Office Department today was too
busy"
But there was also another version
OF the matter-that the Postmaster
General was liked by the publicity
given to his hobby when he FIRST
entered the cabinet.
Argentina's sugar production last
year is estimated at 1872 500 tons.