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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

poet, wrote famous lines ABOUT new
Years day. According to his con-
ception we should
"Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold,
Ring out the thousands wars of old,
Ring in the thousands years of
peace"
A noble conception of the new
year, is the above, with the other
familiar lines of the same poem.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,"
is the refrain of these verses. 1t is
a more generous and hopeful con-
ception than the smart modern
thought that laughs cynically at New
Years resolves, and seems to find
satisfaction in the idea that such re-
solves are no more in fashion, and
that when people make them, they
usually break them within a few
weeks.
One year may be about like an
other. Still, human nature does
rise perceptibly from it's old levels.
The year 1880 may seem about the
same, judged from the viewpoint of
conduct, as 1929, and yet if we can
look back quarter of century, we
can see that many wrong things that
were tolerated in 1895 are viewed
with disfavor now. t
1t is up to ,us now to take hold of
life in 1881 with renewed purpose.
We should never be satisfied to give
up a year of our. lives, unless that
year has brought us. some substan-
tial rewards. Not merely money re-
wards, for those have a way of fad
ing out of sight.
But if we shall make good use of
the coming year, it can give us en-
larged knowledge, a broader expert
ence, truer perception of life, and
greater poise with which to meet
life's perils and difficulties. 1t will
give us a wiser philosophy, which
will find happiness not in our pos
sessions, but in our ability to enjoy
the most vital things of life, which
cost but little money but are within
the reach Of,us all.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
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NEW YEAR AIMS

Alfred Tennyson, a most beloved
poet, wrote famous lines about New
Years day. According to his con-
ception we should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15

criminal procedure changes would not
solve the problem.
Cites ROme's Force.
While pointing out that great force
was used in crime waves in the days
of Rome's greatness and through mod
ern times. Mr.. Boston did not recon-
mend 1t for today.
"You may draw your own implica-
tons as to what the past has taught"
he said.
An increasing tendency in Congress
to increase Federal regulation Of indus
try as result Of the business depres-
sion was seen in the report of the sec
ton of public utility law to the Amer
lean Bar Association today.
This report will be presented to the
section when 1t convenes to hear Gov.
Albert c. Richie of Maryland speak on
THE Power Question-Let Us Not Go
Revolutionary
1T may be said" the report states,
that the year just passed has been
characterized by an increasing tendency
in the Congress Ito enlarge the field
of Federal regulation by extending the
powers of the existing interstate regu-
! latory agency-the Interstate Com
merce ConnmisSion-and further, by
proposals to create commissions to reg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND
SCANTILY CLAD ON ROAD
Police Believe Corpse Was Beaten
After Operation to Con-
cea1 Crime.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 49,
Police sought today to determine the
identity Of the body of woman, be-
tween 80 and 35 years old, found
beside the highway near Rockaway
Beach Sunday. 1t was clad only
in a flimsy undergarment.
Constable S. A. Landini said bruises
and wounds on the head made it ap-
pear that the woman had been slain.
Later. however, authorities concluded
she had been beaten after death by
some one wishing to conceal the real
cause of the fatality-an illegal op-
Grafton.
The woman's hands were we'll mani
cured, much expensive work had been
done on her teeth and authorities said
all indications were that she had been
in comfortable circumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
ulate interstate business In utility fields
other than the railroads.
Goyernnent Interyenes.

Evidences are not lacking Of further
direct intervention of the Federal Gov
eminent In the public utility industry
by the creation, or attempted creation,
Of Government electric power projects.
"At the same time the Supreme
Court has apparently somewhat ex-
tended and supported the regulatory
of direct regulation and of States taxa
ton, and has thereby indirectly lin
tied the field of Federal jurisdiction"
The report viewed the changes sought
as largely governed by economic and
political considerations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
CIVILIZATION HELD.
|MPOTENT IN CRIME
Inability to Cope With Prob
lem Cited by Bar ASsocia-
ton Head.

3y the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., September
15-Charles A. Boston. president OF
the American Bar Association, last
night asserted present day civilization
had not shown itself competent to deal
with the crime question.
Mr.. Boston spoke in an interview
anticipating the meeting Of the Bar
Association today. He declined to sug-
oest remedies for crime, but said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Riot Bystander Is Killed.

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Septem-
Der IA R)-A pedestrian was killed
late last night in Burscheid, near here,
when he ran into a hail of bullets as
police were breaking up q Communist
demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15

American telephones are to be used
in the new stock exchange building in
Milan italy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
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Evening star., 1931-12-20
Story of Two Stars.

veloped into star of major rank One
OF her creations ranks with the i'm
mcrtalS' in the theater, the title role
in the operetta Pose Marie" at the
height Of her musical career.
Mr.. Sydney was born in England. At
an early age he deserted studies for the
church to join touring company.
Repertory in Manchester and Liverpool
came next, until he came to America
with "Fanny's First Play" Returning
to Join the British Army, it was not
until after the war he was permitted to
display his abilities as actor, director
and scenic designer in London.
Coming again to New York he ap-
peared in Romance" The Lonely
Heart" the Players Club revival of
She Stops to Conquer and in the
Leading roles in HE Who Gets Slapped"
r.. U. R." and THE Devils Disciple"
when the Theater Guild elevated him to
stardom. After tour of the principal
cities fer the Guild in a repertory he
returned to New York to create the
much discussed Hamlet in multi.
The association with Miss Ellis en-
sued and their marriage followed.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

Front" Then they came together again
TO make THE Front Page" which was
SO fine picture that Hughes was for
given for the manifold sins committed
In the name Of 'Hell's Angels"
JUST at present Milestone and Hughes
are completing their fourth collaboratiye
eHort: II Is romantic farce, concerned
win the doings Of American aviators in
rarS and behind the Italian front In
the war. Billie Dove. Chester Morris
ana the engaging Mat Moore are in it,
and so are some of the spectacular air
scenes that were left out Of "HelIs
Angels Milestone himself wrote the
story Tor this new picture, with but scant
assistance from four other authors, one
OF whom was the writer of this column.
my own contribution was one line OF
dialogue which has since been cut)
10 watch Milestone at work is TO
learn that the motion r--.ura can be.
as 1t should he, an instruwept OF artistic
creation. He has the kind of mind for
the correct employment OF which the
movie camera was invented. He is not
interested in words. He's a fluent talker,
as Chaplin is, but when he wishes 10
make a record Of his ideas, he does so
IN terms OF pictures. His scenarios are
not written. They are drawn and it
is fascinating to look through thn pages
and pages CT impressioniS,.c designs,
which Illustrate the development Of
lights and shadows that tell a story.
Lewis Milestone's superb mast.lv Of
his medium, augmented b. Howard
Hughes enterprise, courage and money,
has formed and should continue to form
gratnyingly progressive force in Holly
wood.
(Copyright. l93lD
Evening star., 1931-12-20
'Star System" Has Paid
The Hollywood Producers
II VIII Not Be Abandoned During the Coming
Year, Although Fine Pictures Have Been
Made With Only Featured Players.
Bv Mollie Merrick.

r. 7 OLLYWOOD. Calf, December
II l9.-Stars are in better posi-
ton today than ever before in
Il i Hollywood. Less than two
=. years ago. while producers were
struggling with the rapidly mounting
problems Of talking pictures, it was the
prevalent opinion expressed among
them that the reign Of the motion pic
ture star had come to an end.
A recent bankers meeting in New
York put the seal of approval upon the
production activities OF Irving Thalberg
and Louis B. Mayer in Hollywood. The
balance sheet of profits could not ap-
prove of the result of any other motion
picture studio. Perhaps they might
have been able to place the seal Of ap-
probation upon certain producers who
from time to time put out an unfor-
gettable picture. But this was meet
ing by financiers about things financial
The studio they approve Of and the
men they approve have built their sue
cess entirely on the star system.
There Is no economy in such a pro-
ceeding beyond this fact: II picture
costs $700 900 to make, due to the fact
that the star commands an enormous
salary and a high price is paid to a
super director for a successful play and
to expensive adapters, dialoguists, etc.
and that picture crosses couple OF
million dollars, it's been worth it.
If the picture costs $l50,000 to make
without a box-office star. with a fair
story medium priced artists and an
undistinguished direction. and that pic
ture doesn't make costs, the loss has
been total and the public has been
alienated from productions by that
arm.
Hence the success of the star system,
and the chances for even better salaries
for stars during the coming year fn
Hollywood despite the big talk of re-
trenchment Those cuts will not be
made in box x-office personalities.
OF the stories made during the past
IS months, "All Quiet on the Western
Front" is perhaps the outstanding star
less success. At the same time a very
fine picture, Men Without Women"
directed by John Ford, who has just
completed "Arrowsmth," failed to click
at the box-offce Theories were ad-
vanced about this: The consensus of
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Wins a Trophy.

AT the convention of the National
4 a Association of Amusement Parks
last week in Chicago, Leonard B.
SchloSs. director of Glen Echo Park
Washington's greatest playground, was
awarded massive silver trophy cup
for the year 1881. 1t is known as the
Ralph w. Pratt Memorial Award"
and Is offered by the Dodgem Ride Cor
poration of Lawrence, Mass, to be an
nualy presented to the firm or individ-
ual recognized by jury of awards as
having accomplished the most good for
the association and amusement park
industry for the year.
In awarding the cup to Mr.. Schloss,
1t is said the Jury of awards took into
consideration his personal efforts in
behalf OF the association activities and
also the fact that Glen Echo was the
one outstanding amusement park in
the entire country that went forward
with program of expansion during the
depressing financial period. including
the building last year of the 100000
crystal pool swimming plant
The trophy is being proudly exhibited
In the Washington office of the park
and will be on display at Glen Echo
next Summer.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Coming Attractions

Wanted" and her Nina Leeds in
Strange Interlude." In Distant
Drums she is seen as Eunice Wolfhill
a member OF band of pioneers on the
Oregon trail Of 1848.
Totheroh wrote wild Birds" which
attracted considerable attention in New
York few years ago. Mr. McClintic
produced The Barretts of Wimpole
Street for Katharine Cornell and
Brief Moment" for Francine Larri-
more.
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA"
REGINNING Monday, January II, the
Theater Guild will present its most
renowned production, Eugene O,Neill's
great trilogy, Mourning Becomes Elec-
tra," at the National Theater The
company which will play in Washington
has been especially organized, so that
the Guilds subscription cities may see
the drama at the peak of its success.
1t includes Judith Anderson, Florence
Reed, Walter Abel and Thurston Hall
among many others. Philip Moeller,
who staged the original production, has
performed similar service for this pro-
duction, and the settings are by Robert
Edmond Jones.
Mourning Becomes Electra" is a
trilogy composed of three plays
Homecoming" The Hunted" and
THE Haunted which are presented
in two performances, the first begin
ming at $50 pm. and continuing to 7
pm, when an hours intermission for
dinner occurs. At o'clock The
Hunted begins, and is followed i'm
mediately thereafter by The Haunted" :"
The three plays are concerned with the
same characters and are q continuation
of the same theme
No play in the history of the Ameri-
can theater has received the critical
praise given Mourning Becomes .Elec-
ira" Acknowledged as Eugene O'Eeills
masterpiece, greater play than
Strange Interlude." Mourning Be-
comes Electra" was the first and great
est hit of the present New York season,
and the New York press reception called
it the major event in the history of the
Theater Guild
In Washington it will be presented as
a part Of the current Guild subscription
season,
Evening star., 1931-12-20

THOSE who sit by the Theater, nurse
- it in its Illness. chide it in its ex-
ceSseS and who are sincerely Solicitous
for its welfare have but little cause for
complaint in its holiday gifts this year
For two Of them, at least, Washington
should feel truly grateful.
Maude Adams and Otis Skinner, in
the classic Shakespeare, brought, almost
as out of the long ago, the rare delights
OF theatric art uncommon in this day
and generation, what may yet prove to
be one Of the most notable offerings we
may expect to have in generations to
come, for 1t was the art Of the play
house conceived and perfected in days
when the theater was what many fear
1t will not be again in our time-the art
Of the finished player.
And just ahead Eugene O'Neill's tril-
ogy, Mourning Becomes Electra" will
bring perhaps the highest achievement
OF our day In the art of the dramatist.
rare and daring achievement that
the critics OF New York have as rule
proclaimed a real masterpiece.
-.ONeill has never been a special pet
Of the critics. Indeed, he has taken
many whacks and setbacks in his tire
less climb up the ladder that leads to
fasne. He has had his successes and
A1oH1 alluI %, 6Il0 IIleTe nave pS6n times
when he has lashed his critics to scorn
with his technique. He has written
plays Of great power and dramatic ex-
eenence; plays Of the gripping, dynamic
quality of 1.-The Hairy Ape" He has
written others of gentle tenderness and
with the delicate touch of the exquisite
poet. His "Desire Under the Elms" in
dicates that he can handle ladies
rughly If needs be- But withal in IS
ysars he has reached the pinnacle and
deservedly won the title Of Americas
FIRST dramatist
in Mourning Becomes Electra" how
eEer, he made his most ambitious bid,
fot he challenged the ancient Greeks
and foolly announced that he had bor-
rd~ed one Of their plots, but would
change 1t around bit. His previous
ppduction, Dynamo" had proved
0alurr. The result Of the new daring
n history now. Mourning Becomes
Aectra" has been received as his great
ct work, a masterpiece.
~. Brooks Atkinson, in the New
York Times, had this to say of it:
Mr.. O'Neill has written overwhelm-
Sfig dramas in the past. In Strange
Mterlude' he wrote one almost as long
a. this trilogy. But he has never full
Mled- himself so completely: he has
Evening star., 1931-12-20
JEWEL ROBBERY"-BELASCO.

T COMING on the theatrical holiday
H. horizon is Paul Streger's presenta-
tion Monday evening, December %, at
the Shubert-B -BelaSco Theater Of Mary
Ellis and Basil Sydney in Jewel Rob-
berry" described as an exciting. spar
king, brisk and novel new comedy, prior
to its Broadway premiere a week later.
The play was originally written by
Laszlo Fodor, the young Hungarian au-
thor, now represented in New York by
"A Church Mouse" Bertram Block has
made the English adaptation.
The roles of Miss Ellis and Mr.. sgd
ney are declared individually unique,
amusing and fitting. AS the wife of a
bank magnate Mary Ellis is lady Of
modern society whose principle Is not
to have principles, loving costly jewels
and delicious adventures. She knows
the values of beautiful woman and
with instructive power of decision plays
her part.
Basil Sydney will be seen opposite
Miss Ellis as. the vilainous hero, dy-
manic in the conquest Of life, love and
lady and fearless of consequences.
To reveal even the slightest trifle Of
the plot, 1t is announced. might tend to
lessen the surprises planned for the au-
dience
Cora Witherspoon and Clarence Der
went are features of the supporting
cast, that includes Stuart Casey, Lionel
Braham, Harold Johnsrud, Robert Wv
Ian, Hazel Nagley, Eugene Powers. Fred
erlck Roland: Louis Simon, Cornelius
Vezin, Franklin George, Richard Keith
and Andre Dauget.
!Matinees will be given op Friday,
New Year day. and SaturdN
=.
PAULINE EORD IN Mn PLAY.
GUTHRIE McCLNT1C Will present
Pauline Lord, one Of the foremost
actresses Of the American theater, in a
new play, Distant Drums" by Dan
Totheroh, at the Shubert- -Belasco The
ater the week beginning Monday, Janu-
ary 4, as the fourth attraction of the
Professional Players.
Miss Lord has many striking portraits
n, her gallery Of stage characters. Well
remembered is her Annie Christie, her
Amy in They Knew What They
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Hopes in the Hereafter

FROM the present outlook it appears
that the National Theater will take
a full two weeks of rest in darkness.
nothing having yet been scheduled to
fellow The Merchant of Venice" until
January 4. when the COSMOPOLITAN
Opera Co. will supply a week Of grand
opera.
ONeill's famous trilogy, Mourning
Becomes Electra" Is due the week Of
January II, and there are rumors that
The Band Wagon" one of the best
OF the New York revues, featuring Fred
and Adele Astaire and Frank Morgan.
which is now going full tilt at the Am
sterdam. in New York, will make its
appearance here in February, and that
Maurice Chevalier, whom everybody in
washington knows, even If he hasn't
been seen here, may make "one-night
personal appearance" in the National
Capital, at the National.
The Shubert- -Belasco announcements
seem more positive in their character.
They state that following Jewel Rob-
berry" which Basil Sydney and Mary
Lewis, the former Metropolitan opera
star, will come the new play, THE
Drums" with Pauline Lord as its star.
the week Of January 4, and that "Blos,
som Time" and The Student Prince"
either one or both, are possibilities
early In the new year"
Evening star., 1931-12-20

opinion being that the title was too
sexless to draw the women into the
theater The title was bought from
Ernest Hemingway at a cost of $4,000.
Quite price to pay for something to
keep people out Of the theater! The
picture was excellent. At the same time
'Dracula." made without any great
movie box-off1ce personality, made box
Office history.
Make it a point to question Garbo
fans and you'll be surprised to discover
that they go to see this star four and
five times in each of her pictures. And
this fact is a whole brief for the star
system alone
Clark Gable. the meteor Of the year
has been craftily built up from the
moment he gave signs of becoming a
box Office smash. He was presented to
the fans Of each star on the lot by the
simple means of putting him in pictures
with Garbo, Crawford, Shearer and
other box office names, thus allowing
each of the fans followings of the lot to
get to know him. AS a result Gable has
the most tremendous and enthusiastic
following in the briefest period Of time
Of any star in Hollywood.
From the producers angle, they have
done good deal for Gable The &C
tors angle is this. He worHs for $3.50 a
week regular salary, plus a $500 per
week bonus. Feature players about
town who have no particular box-office
appeal are getting far more than this.
The actor feels readjustment of salary
should be made. And ne took an ar
bitrary means of getting 1.-THE simple
means of walking out OF the picture
until salary was discussed. James
Cagney is another box office boy who
got his raise in this manner.
But conditions point TO more stars in
stead of less; more fans instead of the
development of sane and appreciative
audiences who will regard the picture
as story we'll told and not as an ex-
ploitation of the personalities of the
players-and Hollywood possibly becom-
ing more true to its name than ever be-
fore. The wave of sanity which threat
ened for time to swamp motion pic
ture productions has safely passed
We're off on bigger and better sea-
son Of movie stars.
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Evening star., 1931-12-20

MARY ELLIS and Basil Sydney, who
will appear just after Christmas in
Jewel Robbery" at the Shubert-Belasc
Theater, have co-starred in 10 plays
since the beginning Of their joint career
in 1926.
Looking backward from their recent
Strange Interlude' production in Lon
don for the Theater Guild, they were
factors in such successes as Children
Of Darkness" the Becky Sharp" re-
vival, Meet the Prince" THE Tanning
of the Shrew" and Twelve Thousand" d"
When the ultra-smart Summer sea-
son resumed at the Newport Casino in
1927 Miss Ellis and Mr.. Sydney had
the distinction Of being selected for the
stellar and leading roles. In Septem-
ber Of that season they appeared in
Washington in the comedy Cherries
Are Ripe
A musical career was Miss Ellis origi-
nal intent, and for three years she was
a member of the Metropolitan Opera
Co. Her first engagement in the legit-
innate theater was with Suart Walker
in stock. She played year with Henry
Miller and then for David Belasco In
his revival Of THE Merchant of Venice" "
1.-THE Merry Wives Of Gotham" THE
Dybuk" and The Romantic Young
Lady" followed in succession as she de-
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Marvellous "Ben-Hur. -"

"REN-HUR," now at Loew's Colum-
bia, was first produced as a play
November 29, 1899, at the Broadway
Theater, New York, where 1t ran for 40
weeks, continued on the road for %
consecutive seasons and crossed for its
promoters about S70O0,O00.
AS a picture "Ben-Hur" was three
years in the making One year and a
half were spent in Rome on historical
sites and another year and a half in
filming scenes at the Metro-Goldwvn-
Mayer studios in Culver City, Calf. One
hundred and fifty thousand people are
said to have been employed in the pic
ture-l00,000 in the Antioch chariot
race alone. One hundred sea ships were
BOLT and launched for the sea fight be-
tween the Roman and pirate navies,
which was filmed in the Mediterranean
Sea. Sections of the city of Jerusalem
were reproduced for important sequences
Of the story, including the court of
PLATE and the famous grove Of the
palms