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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Ethel Borden,
Sunday Evening at BeIascO.

ETHEL BORDEN will make her Wash
- ington debut at the Belasco Thea
ter next Sunday evening in Let's Pre-
tend" co-starring with Viola Tree,
daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
New York's Jazz king, Merton Powell,
will be at the piano.
Miss Tree is now playing in Ivor No
vellos play The Truth Game" and
has been loaned by the management
for this Sunday night engagement in
the Capital for a program of sketches
TO be given by the two young women,
which will include such episodes as
Rome Express" The japanese Play
ers" and "C'est Vous, Madame" the
latter Miss Borden's own. Screens used
In all of the scenes are the work of
Olin Dows, a distinguished young artist.
Tickets are on sale at the Belasco
Theater, the Mayflower Willard, Carl
ton and Shoreham Hotels.
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THE New Poor"
BY Y. w. c. A. Players, March 3.
"THE NEW POOR" farce by Cosmo
Hamilton, eminent English play
wright, will be presented by the business
and professional women of the Young
Women's Christian Association under
the direction of Alice Sigworth Morse
Tuesday evening, March 8, at 8 o'clock
in Barker Hall, Y. w. G. A, at Seven
tenth and K streets
The story centers around the diff
culties of a wealthy New York family
with a group Of unemployed Russians
of presumably royal lineage who have
been engaged as domeStics. CoSmo
Hamilton has injected into the farce all
the elements that go into the makeup
Of an interesting entertainment, the
formula of which calls for countless
laughs, bit of seriousness, a hint of
real mystery and few choice bits Of
| philosophy.
Among the prominent members of
the cast will be Dorothy Seaton, Georgia
Sawyer, Louise Danforth, Ruby Collins,
Mary O'Connor, Alma Southworth,
Helen Monar, Louise Kirchgessner,
Vivian Witt, Margaret Quinn, Maybelle
/ Boyce and Flora Buchanan.
Tickets may be had at the Business
and Professional Women's Department
! OF the Y. w. G. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
Follow the Experience
of 1874 Hospitals
and Institutions
After Serious Illness

Because of its composition
and its method of manufacture,
Father Johns Medicine supplies
Just the right amount of cod
liver oil in the right form to do
the most good. Children thrive
on it amazingly. Pale cheeks
glow with health and color.
Appetite becomes keen and
sharp. Pounds are added. Colds
break up. Sick spells are few
and far between.
II your child has a cough or
cold, or if any one in your fam
lily is pale, underweight or rum
down, give Father Johns Medi-
cine a chance to demonstrate
what it can do for you. All
druggists have it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

that the audi
forum also has
become itself q
stage, with the
spectators incorpo-
rated as q part
and parcel Of the
entire entertain
ment.
Carpenters and
electricians swoop-
ed down on the
tl1eater after the
Saturday matinee
last week and made
rapid calculations
for the remodeling.
The new extension
for the stage, the
runway, the steps,
k a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

Reducing" Saturday,
Metropolitan Theater.

MARIE DRESSLER and Polly Moran,
1V1 the funniest of funmakers on the
screen, will hold forth in their mirth-
provoking Reducing" at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan for four days, commenc-
ing Saturday and continuing through
Tuesday. March 8. The attraction from
Wednesday to Friday, March to s,
will be Constance Bennett and Robert
Montgomery in THE Easiest Way"
Electrical appliances and exercising
machines have much to do with the
laughter in Reducing" The two
condolences become concerned with an
up-to-date beauty shop and the mis-
takes of Marie DreSsler cause no end
of fun. The romances in the picture
are carried on by Anita Page, william
Collier, jr.; Sally Eilers and William
Blackwell.
The program also presents the usual
short subjects and the Graham McNa-
NEE talking newsreel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
ACID
causes
Headaches

w HEN there's too much acid
in your stomach, you must force
yourself to work, and even pleas
ures are too great an effort. APP
petite lags; the digestion is poor;
the whole system suffers.
Laboratory tests show an acid
condition is due to errors in our
modern diet. But you need not
wait to diet your way out of the
trouble!
Take a tablespoonful of Phil
lips Milk of M1gneSid.
This will neutralize the excess
acid instantly; make you feel
like a new person in just a few
moments.
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Harding. Thousands Of persons appear

Harding. Thousands Of persons appear
in the picture.
Fanchon and Marcos Southern
idea" comes to the stage, with HIATT
and Herman, q talented team in a SEN
sational yet comical act: Jimmy Lyons,
Helen Warner, singing comediene: Joe
Rose and the IS TIMES, bevy of un-
usually talented girls.
Brusiloff's Music Masters in an over
ture and Bob West, whose motto is
Sing and Be Happy" with an unusual
organlogue, will complete the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

Brook and Conrad
N agel will be
prominent also In
the cast of this
Fox owl e tone
production staged
by Frank Lloyd.
Beryl Mercer. o. P.
Heggie, David Tor
renee, Cecilia Lof-
tus and Flora
Shemeld also are
in the cast.
&c a st Lynne, {"
taken from the
famous book writ
ten by Mrs. Henry
Wood, presents the
story of a titled
Englishwoman who
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making Mary"
National, Next Sunday.
AkN HaYxVNT~ rEAnNyU - Navr

National, Next Sunday.
"MAK1NG MARY" a new musical
comedy, in the second week Of
its preliminary tour before opening In
sew York after the Washington visit.
comes to the National Sunday night,
bringing a company Of hundred. along
with all the scenic investiture and all
ern musical show.
In the long list Of principals are
included Will Ahern, once OF Good
News" and william Frawley. last sea-
son in Sons o. Guns" together with
June Martell OF the Broadway night
clubs, who Is making her stage debut
In the role Of Mary. Others are Helen
Patterson, recently returned from Aus
tralia. and Tom Monroe, Helen Eley.
Bradley CaSs, Edith Davis, Billy
Taft, Ralph Cook, Audrie Christie, Lou
Parker, Ken Harvey and Dorothy Golf,
otherwise known as Miss Universe"
Harold Orlob and Grace johnson
contributed the book and Mr.. Orlob
and Harold Lewis the many song.
John Boyle, partner Of the late Jack
Donahue directed the dances and Ed
ward Clark Lilley staged the story. The
producers, Gordon-LennoX, operate the
New Yorker Theater, in New York.
Especially heralded are many bril-
liant dance ensembles and "a large
battery Of chorineS," many the pick
from Ziegfeld and Carroll revues.
Pittsburgh, where 1t is exhibiting this
week, praises It.
There win be only one matinee, on
Saturday.
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RED GRAIN DUMPING"
PERIL CURE IS SOUGHT
European Conference Gonsiders
Buying Up All Surplus wheat
to Prevent Menace of sovfets.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 25.--The problem
of combating alleged dumping" of
grain by Russia in markets already
filled with huge SURPRISES. crowded out
all others at yesterdays session of the
European wheat conference here
Conference activities we're largely
confined to informal exchanges of views
in subcommittee and no definite meas
ureS for the solution of the various
problems were agreed upon.
Possibility that individual govern
ments might buy up existing SURPRISES
of non-RusSian wheat was brought up.
but there wee indications that 1t would
eventually b. discarded. Another sug-
gestion was that there might be some
sort of governmental aid to wheat buy
ers, the argument being that such aid
would obviate the dangers of direct off,
cial purchases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

solicitor, of her love and separation
from her husband and of her heartache
TO see her small son afterward
Joseph Urban. master Of stage craft,
designed the settings. The musical
numbers are by Richard Fall and Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
JOasOn IN '"Wonder Bar"
Coming TO Shubert- Belasco.

w YTTH the coming Of Al Jolson
M for the premiere Of Won
der Bar at the Shubert-
Belasco Theater wednes-
day evening Of next week,
audiences will ind the scenic trappinss
Of the playhouse that usually are con-
fined to a few square feet of stage
space have suddenly overstepped the
boundary line OF the footlights and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
RialtO Announces
Damaged Love" Saturday.

A TALKING picture of extraordinary
"A frankness and powerful drama,
called Damaged Love-" is scheduled for
presentation the new week beginning
Saturday, at the Rialto Theater, with a
cast of screen notables, headed by June
Collyer.
The producers have dealt with the
theme of philandering husbands and
feminine vampires, basing their story
on Thomas Broadhurst's Broadway play
pleasant Sins Charles Starrett, a
new luminary, and Eloise Taylor, a
charming and talented actress, are said
to present vivid and accurate portrait
of their counterpartS in real life-the
average young husband and his wife.
Others in the cast are Betty Garde
and Charles Trowbridge. The talkie was
adapted by Frederic and Fanny Hatton.
Otto F. Beck at the organ, selected
comedies and short subjects, with Ora
ham McNamee announcing the Univer-
sal News Reel, round out the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
robin Hood"
Junior Theater, Saturday.

hODln hOOu3
Junior Theater, Saturday.
OWEN DAVIS swift-moving and col
- orful drama, Robin Hood" is the
Junior Theater's offering this week at
wardman Park Theater, both Saturday
morning and afternoon. The company
scored a brilliant success with this play
last Saturday in Philadelphia with the
same cast.
The stirring events which surround
the romantic outlaw are familiar to
young and old alike and the daring
Robin, the capers of Friar Tuck, the
wicked sheriff of Nottingham, are
faithfully presented in an unctious and
roIlicking spirit The story of the play
concerns itself with Robin Hoods res
cue of Maid Marian from the castle
Of Nottingham, where she is held as
hostage by the INSCRIPTIONS sheriff for
a debt Of her father, Sir Richard Of
the Lea.
Mason Hardy Is an exceptionally
funny sheriff and Robert de Lany Is
Friar Tuck; Leonard Davis, the me-
lodious and bold Robin; Kate Conway,
the Lady Marian; John Shellie Is Hugh
and the entire company of Junior
Theater favorites clicks into Robin
Hood" in a way TO make the play
pacemaker for their series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

Jackson Lambert, 16-yee>- circus
trainer, was mauled by tiger recently
at Rheims, France, one hand being al
most bitten of.
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Woman Hungry"
At the Earle, Saturday.

"WOMAN HUNGRY" story of a
mad bargain, on the screen, and
Eva Puck and Sam White, Ziegfeld
funsterS, on the stage will be the at
fractions at Warmers Earle Theater for
the week starting Saturday.
Lila Lee has the leading role in
Woman Hungry" First National and
Vitaphone production. The story con-
Germs a society girl who tires of hum
drum life and seeks adventure. Three
ne r-do-wells enter her life and, to
save herself from the others, she makes
q bargain with one Of them. The story
unfolds a battle between love and hate
between the girl and the man. Sidney
Blackmer has the leading role. Others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
East Lynne"
At the Fox Friday,

A mn HARDING, onS Of the most
~ talented of the screen stars, win
~ be seen at the Fox Theater
Friday in a famous Electrically
historical and human story,
EAST Lynne" a love story Of all time,
by Mrs. Henry Wood, an invalid and
once famous writer of romance. Give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25

Arthur Smiths, 1880 @ street: the
A. A. A. and the Drama Guild office, in
Franklin Administration Building, Thir-
tenth and X streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
What's What and Where
Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters
"The Jazz Babies"
Gayety, Next Week.

A NEW burlesque and vaudeville show,
"A THE Jazz Babies" will be at the
Gayety Theater next week with a rec
ord of pleasing patrons. 1t is mod
ern production with an up-to-date
program of rollicking fun. songs and
dances. The featured performers are
Bert Bertrand, Harry S. LeVan and
Bob Snyder, trio Of first rank comics,
and a clever song bird, Gertrude Rails
ton. with Thelma Carlton.
Damaged Goods" dramatic laugh
skit. is announced as the biggest scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
Chief Heitlnan Heads Delegation
 To Cemeteries
'Twenty-three Mounds Visited To-day and American Flags Placed in Markers That Denote Resting Place of Former Members of the Department

am" by the city as well as the ac- tive members of the fire department recalls numerous incidents in the history of the departments. It re- calls the history of men killed in the performance of their duty, of members who passed away while at their posts in fire stations and of veterans who lived long enough to enjoy well earned vacations and pension privileges.
 In decorating twenty three graves to-day, Chief Heitman was assisted by Privates Andrew A. O'Leary and Jeremiah J. Griffin.
 Riverside cemetery Ex- Chief Samuel c. Snagg, Deputy Chief Will liam Dodds, Captain Henry N. Hull, Private Charles Kirschbaum.
 Pine Grove cemetery - Private George A. Whitaker.
 Old St Joseph's Cap tain John Moore, Captain Edward J. Kane, Lieutenant Edward Me. Alenney, Private Frank Sutton, Pri- vate Frank P. Hosey.
 New St Joseph's cemetery-Lieu. tenant Elmer J. Johnson. Private John M. Kennedy, Private John J. O'Rielley. Private Timothy Howard, Private Frank P. Ryan, Private Maurice F. Fitzgerald, rivate Thom- as J. O'Connor, Private Martin !. Connor, Private John F. Frederick.
 Calvary cemetery = Private Pas quale Croce, Private Raol Prom. vost, Private Michael J. Conway.
 St James cemetery, Naugatuck- Private Lawrence s. Shea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
FIREMEN DECORATE GRAVES OF DEPARTEb'
State Motor
 Vehicle Dept
Warns Public of Drivers Whose Licenses Have
 Been Suspended

A list of operators whose licenses Ito drive automobiles in Connecticut lhave been suspended for one year was given out to-day at the state motor vehicle department as a part lof the effort to reduce this highway menace. The department statement advised people to notify the depart
 ment or the police in case they
 should see any of these drivers op- lerating motor vehicles.
 Bloomfield-Herman K. Hertzsch. Bridgeport-Gustave Cs.rlson, Gui- Iseppe F. Cayalleri, Timothy G.
 Howard, Godfrey w. Weidlich. East Hartford-John J. Laffan. East Lyme-Harry H. Perkins. Glas,onbury--Phili Bibeault. Hartford-Joseph Cirelli, Walter Duplin, Charles L. Mccormick, Carlo Riccardi. Meriden-Joseph Papallo. New Britain--Ernest w. Herwig, William Klejbuk, Wilfred LaFlamme. New Haven--Lawrence Q. Brad Hey.
 New London-Charles F. Burton,
 Joseph Libby. New Milford-Raymond T. Swift. Norwich-Frank Fraser. Pomfret-MauriceL Lindgren. Putnam-Carl Swenson. Stamford-Fred A. Heath. Stratford-Joseph Malasits. Waterbury-Leo Burns, Gordon Dudley, Charles Robillard. Waterford-Frank J. Surprenant. New York city-Charles Robert |son.
 Purdys, N. Y.-Eric Brown. Rochester, N. Y-Jack Gardon. White Plains, N. Y.-Alfred Beck
 with.
 Harrisville, R. I.-George E. De- Blois,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

s l a Aa { f.
 Miss Elaine ogden, daughter of Mrs Robin ogden of Grand street. has been awarded the shakespearean prize for 1881 at Crosby high school according to an announcement made to-day by Principal Thibodeau. Miss ogden is valedictorian of the class and has been outstanding in scholastic work during her four years. "
 The prize of $25 is made avail able through the efforts of the late stephen w. Wilby, former principal of Crosby high school. It is award ed for excellence in an examination on the play Hamlet and included a theme based on related topic.
 The examination was taken by twenty-three pupils.
 Miss Edith Weinstein and Miss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
Chorus to Have
 Fine Program
MendelssOhn Male Chorus { at WOfnen's Club
 Thursday Night

The music lovers of Waterbury will be interested in the announce ment of the following program for the sixth annual concert of the Mendeissohn Male Chorus which
 takes place tomorrow evening at the Waterbury Wonen's Club at 8 o'clock: "Glorious foreyer'' by Sergei Rachmanioff; Lullaby" by Johannes Brahms; Pack Clouds Away by G. w. Shadwick; Autumn Sunset" by H. Goring; "Lassie of Mine" by Edward J. Walt; John Peel" told English Hunting Songl arranged by Mark Andrews; "Lift Thine Eyes, arranged by Royal An- drews Merwin, a former Waterbury boy; and there will be violin selec- tions by Mario DiCecco, a recog- nized master of the violin in New England, who will assist the chorus as guest soloist. MT. DiCecco will Romance" by Wineniawski; "Lie- besfreud" by Kreisler; ''Serenata by Sgambati; and "Re- cessionai'' arranged by Reginald De- Koven, from the poem of Rudyard Kipling, and also the following num- bers are included in the program in honor of the celebration of Decora- tion Day: Tn Flanders Fields by Royal Andrews Merwin; ''The Silent Waterlily" by Franz Apt; 70 Salu- taris' by Charles Gounod; Morn ing" arranged by Ralph Baldwin; ''Bedouin Song" by Arthur Foote; God of Music" by Will c. McFar- lane.
 Tickets for the concert may be secured at the Women's Club to-
 morrow evening. There is no ad- vance sale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

To-day was Memorial day for members of the Waterbury fire de- partment. Led by Chief Henry H. Heituaan the graves of deceased members of the department in the various cemeteries of the city ana iii Naugatuck were visited and American flags placed on the mark ers that designate the last resting nisce of Waterbury's late hre-ngnt- CTS. None were forgotten rom the vafaran leaders, former Chief sam s,si e. snagg and Deputy Chief Will liam Dodds to the last name placed on the honor roll, Private Lawrence s. Shea.
 rhe custom of visiting the graves Of deceased members and paying tribute to their memory has become Al annual one. A glance over the names of those held "In Memori-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
Three DivOrceS Granted Today
Wives Set Free and Given
 Custody of Children

Diyorces to three Waterbury won1 7 en were granted in judgments hand ed down in superior court to-day by Judge Arthur F. Ells. Carmela Gaud- ! inc Bernardo was given her free dom from Attilio Bernardo. the de- cree being granted on grounds of cruelty. She was also given custody of the children. They were married on June 7th. 1921:
 Tn the second action, Margaret Cammeron Mallon was granted a divorce from Charles Mailon on grounds of desertion and also cus- tody of the child. They were mar ride on October l, 1924.
 Marie Rivers was granted her freedom from Joseph A. Rivers Tn the third action. The decree was A Mi- lowed on grounds of cruelty. The plaintiff and defendant was married on october Ii, 1913.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS

The following compensation agreements were filed at the off1ce of the commissioner to-day: Ameri- can Fastener Go, and Doris Cormier of 194 Cherry street, finger injury, $6.S8 weekly; John A. Leary of 136 West Main ,street and c. B. Good rich of West Suff1eld, thumb injury. and Joseph F. Lucas of .32 Anderson street. hernia, $21 weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
OCTAVE THANET
 SHUNS MODERNS

Davenport, Ia-Octave Thanet, ehronicler of the Victorian era. thinks "Ernest Hemingway a bore and Sinclair Lewis merely scratch es the surface"
 Alice French, who as Octave Thanet first drew attention of the literary world to Iowa with her afories and novels in the gay nine fIas. lived in Davenport. A mother 1v-appearing, white haired woman. nhe realizes that her works, which ,nce gained her fame. are now read by scant few. but she has the sat i6factiou of seeing her realistic tend e11oies borne out by modern writers fhs most rabid of whom. however. ehs admita gre "tiresome" to her. &ays NO More Gentlemen
 srhe trouble with literature. she says. Is that it has gone out of the hands of gentlemen like Thornton
 fhs ;i trouble with America. she 4<6Fs vehenentiy, 10 foreign debts. f<1.Il4 and prohibition.
 eh& 14nil her pseudonym from the llfst H4ts(a Of her college roommate. nstasia' '.',l. sni pullman ear 'it'e'
 "i'm nelthet eld or young" aaId lllip ks.Yenr oia Hr!ter. "f'm iilst nt tbe age when q eae of tea rests me'"
 a-e.s-s-.n@ alsAAa..a.m~..
 lfanee of foreign baahs Into the country,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

Consumption ln France of Amer. iaAn Aafdlnes is Increasing fapIals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

Premier Macdonald of England recently visited the ruins at Duffus Castle, Elginshire, Scotland, where 50 years ago used to steal apples from the orchard" he said.
 Tn memory of his famous broth CTS. R. F. and H. L., Rev w. V. Do- herty has presented new ornamental rates to the All England Lawn Ten his club at Wimbledon. <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
A RECORD KISS OF
 THREE THOUSAND MILES

London.-Something of 8 record was the recorded kiss sent by rel- ative 5000 miles away. to the recep- ton which followed the marriage of Emma Myers.
 The kiss came in the form of a photograph record from the brides sister, Betty, who is nurse in America. She spoke lovingly into the record, congratulated the bride and kissed" herNand the groom.
 The brides mother broke down when she heard the record, as she did not see the transcribing machine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
Elaine Ogden Wins
 Shakespearean Prize
valedictorian Captures Coveted WiIby Award o Crosby
 High School |

Ielen ComkIir, students at Crosby | high school have been &waxsled the
 Piedmont prizes for excellence in originai verse composition this year The prize has been sponsored for
 the past two years by the Piedmont Literary Circle of South Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

Because of the unsuitable condi- ton of the Bangkok landing field Slams connection with the Neither. land air mail service from the East Indies to the Netherlands has had to he aha udOned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

Miss Lillian Baylis, lessee and manager of the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells, famous London theaters, has just received an anonymous gift of $5,125 for the playhouses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27
Contributes $1OO
 to TB League
Donation By Mrs John G0ss Boasts Figures to
 S5,3lO.7O

Mrs John H. Goss' contribution of $100 was the biggest factor to-day in boosting the Waterbury Anti Tuberculosis leagues fund to it's present total of $5,310.70. Other substantial donations are expected to be made shortly by interested resi- dents of Waterbury. To-day's list of donors included the following:
 Previously acknowledged .$5,196.70 Miss Mercy M. Boyd x. ~. 500 Mrs M. H. B." 200 ceipts .... 200 William E, Fielding ... 500 Mrs John H. Goss ... 10000
 s5,s1o.7o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-27

land thought Betty had returned to England on surprise visit to attend Emma's wedding.