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1.-THE House Beautiful"

As Crosby Cages production OF
Charming Pollock's play, 1.-The
House Beautiful" is promised here next
season, it may be of interest to say that
this also carries the promise that the
cast will be headed by Mary Philips and
James Bell, in their original roles OF
Jennifer and Archie.
Mary Philips began her stage career
in Charles B. Dillingham's musical
comedy, Apple Blossoms" Her first
speaking part was in THE Old Soak
This was followed by an important role
in Marc Connelly's THE Wisdom
Tooth" and later she appeared in 1.-TWO
Girls Wanted" for John Golden.
Two seasons ago, Miss Philips played
the lead for George M. Cohan in
Gambling" and was the featured femi-
nine player in his revivals of THE
Tavern" and THE Song and Dance
Man" She left the leading role in "Oh
Promise Me" to take her present as
signment in 1.-THE House Beautiful"
James Bell, who shares honors with
Miss Philips. made his stage debut In
1.-The Bad Man" Bell also has appeared
in prominent roles in THE Squall, :
Lucky Sam McCarver," "A Free Soul,
"Marnegan," Your Uncle Dudley" and
1.-THE Last Mile"
A quartet of expert stage craftsmen
share honors in the success of 1.-THE
House Beautiful
First, credit for making a splendid
production has been accorded to Crosby
Gaige, an outstanding figure among
Broadway showmen, who in past years
has personally sponsored such sue
cesses as THE Enemy" Silence" "The
Butter and Egg Man." "The Shannons
He was associated with Selwyn e. Co
in the presentations of Lilac Time,
Under Cover" "Why Marry" "Tes
For Three" THE Circle" Smiling
Through" "Buddies," The Fool" anc
THE Crowded Hour" and was co-pro'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
Haircut Propaganda.

MOST men have their hair trimmed
IVA once in two weeks, but screen &C
tors have four trims in that time. SO
recites Hollywood news item.
Richard Arlen had two each week
during the production Of Paramount
'0The Secret Call" not from vanity but
from the demands of production
Paramount maintains barber shop
on the lot for the players. the parper
is an expert at cutting fractions OF an
inch from hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
Action After Talk.
THE debut of Gary Cooper, Warn

THE debut of Gary Cooper, Warner
- Baxter, Richard Arlen and other
regular" actors as horsemen heroes in
superspecial films like THE Virginian''
gained new prestige for the outdoor
drama, and the craze for Westerns
became so intense for while that even
D master of ceremonies, Frank Fay,
donned sombrero and went galloping
George O'Brien, who got his first
movie chance through Tom Mix, has
made his greatest success as a ranger
hero, although he alternates such roles
with other varieties.
Their specials" play the big time and
make money, too, but, even without
them, the regulars, Gibson and May
nard and company, would have carried
on for the open spaces. saving the day
for many a small exhibitor whose pa
irons demand action and more action.
And what movie fans don't?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
BY MARK BARRON.

"A YEW YORK, July 10 (P).-Vicki
Baum. the little German house.
NJ wife who decided she would like
1 to write, may be Broadway'S
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An Old Minstrel.

WILL AUBREY, featured in Fan
w chon and Marcos Love Letters"
Idea, now at the Fox, is an old min
strel performer His theatrical expert
ences began some IS years ago, when
he started as q black-face comedian on
q show boat,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

- YEW YORK, July 10 (P).-Vicki
N Baum. the little German house
VI wife who decided she would like
4 to write, may be Broadway
most prolific author this Fall.
It is quite possible she will have three
nlays running in New York at the same
time.
The drama which first introduced her
to this country Grand HOTEL remains
one of the current hits and likely Will
stay out the Winter. After this show
opened, other managers began spirited
bidding for others of her works. Paul
Streger has acquired an earlier play OF
hers called "Parisier PlatZ 13," and IT
is scheduled to come to town around
September.
John Golden has purchased the dra-
matte rights to her recently finished
novel. And Life Goes On" Miss Baum
will place the novel in play form herself,
with some one else tranSlating 1t into
English. Those who have read And
Life Goes On" say the leading role
would be sensational for Katharine Cor
nell. However, their hopes that she
will play it probably will go astray, Tor
Miss Cornell now is an independent
manager in her own right, and 1t is
unlikely she would take the part unless
Ehe produced the play herself.
The probability Is that And Life
Goes On" will be a November opening.
YT1e plot, It is said, would adapt itself
20 the form used so effectively In
SGrand Hoter-that is, a series OF
swiftly moving scenes depicting episodes
In the lives of a number of characters.
THE last play in which the late Hol-
l. brook Blinn appeared was Molnar
comedy called The Plays the Thing"
It was one of Blinn's greatest successes
and was the vehicle which started Cath
arine Dale Owen toward her movie
career.
Billy Rose has decided to make a
musical show of The Plays the Thing"
so he has commissioned P. G. Wode-
house to do the adaptation, with music
from Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers.
Ernst Lubitsch may desert the movie
lots long enough to stage the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

the faithful typewriter to be furthe
x pounded commission in
life all the world loves vain effort to lost cause TO
the the sake of soul so everlasingl
who's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
I'LL Wind" of Theater
Blows Stars Westward
To the Movie Studios
Broadway Will Not See Many Prominent Players
the Coming Season-Incident of The American
Tragedy News of the Motion Picture.
By C. E. Nelson.

that old line country, but notably
corning m wind" and rope as result OF the World War
especially
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

SCREEN ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK
METROPoLITAN-"The Girl Habit"
ming.
COLUMBIA-"Five and Ten" This afternoon and evening
R-KO KEITHS-A Woman of Experience. This afternoon
and evening
EARLE-"Night Nurse" This afternoon and evening.
PALACE-"The afternoon evening
FOX-"Annabeles Affairs" This afternoon evening.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
LIGHTNING HITS BUILDINGS,
TREES, IN ELECTRIC STORM
BARN, CONVERTED INTO GAR
AGES, N. MAIN STREET, FIRED
Bolt Riddles Home of John Knight,
Little Creek - Tree Falls on
Tent at Augustine Beach

Severe electrical storms visited
various parts Of Delaware above
Dover Thursday afternoon while
rain fell over practically the entire
State. Damage was reported in
Wilmington, Smyrna and Little
Creek, where buildings were struck
by lightning but were not badly
damaged Hail fell at st. Georges.
At Smyrna lightning struck a barn
at the rear of the property of Hill
ory w. Oliver on North Main
Street. Almost instantly the build
ing burst into flames and volumes
of smoke gave a threatening aspect
to that part of town. A salesman
at Harry T. Ennis garage, across
the street, gave the alarm. Smyrna
firemen prevented the flames
spreading to the residence of Mr..
Oliver, the owner, but the barn
with considerable tools and old
furniture stored there, was de-
stroyed. The heavy down-pour of
rain accompanying the storm aided
materially in preventing a confa-
grafton in that section of Main and
North Streets. Lightning hit a
stone chimney on the st. Stephens
Lutheran Church at Thirteenth and
Broom streets, Wilmington, tumb-
ling huge boulders, some of them
two feet in diameter, to the pave
ment. A large section of shingles
was also torn from the roof and
scattered over the pavement and
grounds of the church. A large
limb from a tree was torn loose by
lightning and thrown across the
Lancaster Pike at the Breidablik
Farms during the storm, impeding
traffic for a short time, until it was
removed by County Police. At a
point on the road near Augustine
Beach a tree was blown over and
fell on the tent which was being
used as a vacation home by George
Kline and his family Of Ridley
Park, Pa. The family was visiting
some other campers at the time.
At Delaware City and st. Georges
the storm damaged the electric
lines and lights in both towns were
out until about $50 o'clock in the
evening when the electric company
restored the service. At Little
Creek near Dover lightning struck
the home of John Knight. It ap-
peared as if the bolt entered one of
the bedroom windows and went
through every room on the upper
floor of the house cutting holes
where it went through the parti-
tions. Cyrus Wright who boards
at the knight home was in bed on
the second floor. He awoke to see
a bolt of lightning pass over his
head. At New Castle a number of
cellars were flooded but there was
no serious damage. More than 100
telephones in the vicinity of Holly
Oak were out for short periods of
time after the storm. Electric cur
rent was also cut off for short time
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
COASTAL HIGHWAY FINISHED
Big Celebration at Georgetown, C.S.
October /, to Mark Event

A mammoth celebration on Oc-
tober /, will mark the official
opening of State Highway No. 40
from Charleston, S. c., to George
town, S. c., the paving of which,
now completed, formed the last
link in the Atlantic Coastal short
route from Havana to Halifax
The Peninsula Ferries from Cape
Charles to Norfolk is part of this
enter-coastal route. Save for a
ferry route of 80 miles from Cuba
to Key West, the Atlantic Coastal
Highway now offers motorists an
uninterrupted linkage of modern
roads and bridges that make up
not only a direct route, but one
featured by scenic beauty and his
toric interest. Charleston, George
town, Conway, S. c., and other
communities on the route in this
section are cooperating to stage a
celebration that will attract ma
tionwide attention to the compile
tion of the highway, and at the
same time plans are under way
for its permanent exploitation.
Wednesday night at Georgetown
an executive committee, headed by
Mayor Harold Kaminiski, was or
ganized to arrange for the cele-
bration which is expected to bring
thousands of people to witness the
cutting of ribbon by Co. j. G.
Stehlin, of Jacksonville, president
Of Atlantic Coastal Highway AS
sociation, to signify the opening of
the last link. Jack De Lysle, Of
Norfolk, executive vice-president
of the Atlantic Coastal Highway
Association, will be manager and
supervisor of the October / pro-
gram. Governor Max Gerdner, of
North Carolina has announced his
intentions to be present. Mr.. De
Lysle states, and it is believed that
Governor Ibra Q. Blackwood, of
South Carolina, will also be on
hand, so that the chief executives
Of these two states will again have
opportunity to make some historic
remark. There will be Barbecues
speeches, and other customary fea-
lures of a jubilant celebration
Federal state, county and munich
pal officials will be invited.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02

the West generally more crowded
than the East with lawyers and the
probabilities are that he will return
and settle in Dover.
A. P. Griffith went to Philadel-
phia on Monday to get mess of
peaches none being procurable at
home.
Mrs. Charles e. Beck has return
ed from a three weeks visit to
Bridgeton, N. ].
Mrs. Sarah Cats and Miss Anna
Cats have returned from sojourn
at Ocean Grove.
John S. Hoffecker and wife of
Wilmington, former citizens, were
visiting friends in town the first
two or three days of this week.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
Ill 900 AUTOS NOT INSPECTED
Free Examination of Delaware
Cars Ended Monday Night

The free examination of automo-
biles as provided under the State
motor vehicle laws came to a close
Monday night. After that time,
charge of fifty cents will be made
for all examinations. According to
the records of the Secretary of
Sttae's Office there are at least 100
cars uninspected. Under the law,
the Secretary of State must refuse
re-registrtion to those cars which
have not been examined and passed
on or before August 81 or until
such time as satisfactory proof
of their safety is given to the Sec
retary of States Office. Accord
ing to the records of Safety Lane"
48 per cent of all cars submitted
during the first six weeks of the
campaign were found to be in an
unsafe condition and in such an ex-
tent to be considered a menace on
the highways. Of the defective
vehicles 56.2 per cent were unable
to stop safely at all times and 56.4
per cent were operating with head
lights glaring or out of focus. In
many cases cars were defective
both as to brakes and headlights.
A surprisingly large number of
cars were found to be operating
without horns, rear view mirrors
and windshield wipers, all of which
equipment is compulsory under the
motor vehicle code.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
MARRIAGE ANNOUSG
Miss Marie Hill, Laurel. Bt
p. Quillin, on August \

4. Quillin, on August :!
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar /
Laurel, announce the mar
their daughter, Miss N.,I
and Benjamin P. QuiIlr |
Mrs. Marie P. Quillin. d
Nd. The ceremony was ID
in the Methodist Protestr.
at Pocomoke City, Nd. nI
August %, by the pastor ]
Arthur w. Ewell Miss b
Hill, sister of the bride. ard
maid of honor and WADE q
Jr., was the best man. :.
was graduated from til
Public School and a..a
women 5 college, NeEai
the past four years she h
member Of the Dover Pua-
faculty. Mr., Quillin, wha !
William and Mary C1l
Goldey Business College |
ciated with the Berlin Nil
pany, Salisbury. Follow!
ding trip to Atlantic 1
young couple will be q.
502 North Division StTas
bury, Md.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
hAILBnRD CUNNING =,
sportsmen Out Ea,,,.
Sept. 1st, First Dav fe

Sept lst, First Day G,,,l fs :
The marshes around
city and Port Penn va. wa !
Tor many Delaware sp.l' .
the fall cunning season Tp9''s
terday' September 1st 0l:''
lawful to shoot raiIbl,s.l
the past few weeks '''p'
gunners have been So, sat
marshes and cornfel5r a ~
birds There IS no oJoass a,,s
On blackbirds. The ss'''
blackie is a toothsone III
about this time of n sS.''
are fattest after bari,! ya'|
60 '71is as9 seed and Il
about two months. n. n
or rice birds As thev j. !.
little farther south, A.
tected BY tae Federal J..
under the m.gra.or,,
it will again be uniawf,5
these birds. The seasos :
closed All over tbe !.
"reedies" for the pas+ ~ T.
This action BY the o.. y
took most Of the coIos IL :,
local cunning season. III
the early September sboo,.l
vious to the past five y,
region was visited ar,-.
many sportsr4en from !.
who would come down 4
yachts and remain for
ten days, shooting tbe \
early each morning and n
evening as they made n.
flights to and from :,
grounds and feeding grosI
that time the birds wsv 1
that they could be sho, !,
flight and then picked IN 4
shooting had ended. Wiz
ly stiff breeze blowing
them, the birds few s. 4
sometimes you could il,
them with the butt Of = n
birds now provide all il.
September shooting Of AL
The dove season then fail
September and in 0cal
ducklng season opens.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02

Wedding Anniversary-On Thurs
day evening last the relatives and
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. n. T. Jer-
man gathered at their home in this
town to celebrate the fiftieth ami
versary Of their wedding day, an
event that SO few who set out in
life attain to. BY 9 o'clock a large
company had gathered filling the
parlor, hall, etc, each guest on en-
tering the room complimenting
heartily the bride and groom on
reaching the golden age of fifty un-
broken anniversaries. The COM
pany, composed of young and old,
passed an hour or two in pleasant
social converse when, preparatory
to repairing to the refreshment
room the Rev. ]. A. Brindle, by re-
quest, called them to order and
kneeling, offered very appropri-
ate prayer thanking the Lord for
the mercies of the past, and in
vol1ing his blessings on the heads
of the family their children and
friends in the future. Commenc-
ing with the older first, there were
several sittings at large and well
loaded table of delicacies and it
was not until late hour when the
hospitalities had all been dispensed
with and the last of the guests had
retired, each bearing away the
pleasant recollections of a happy
Golden Wedding" There were no
presents out of the immediate
family in obedience to a particular
request which accompanied the in
vestigation. Mr.. Jerman is a well
preserved man, though never in
robust health, and at the age Of
78 assumes the same business
care Of his younger years. The
same can be said also of his wife,
ten years his junior, as the excel
lent fruit. pound and other cake
prepared by her careful hands
would testify. AS family this
has been remarkably exempt from
the sorrows that SO many have to
pass through. They have never
had a death in the family but once,
a child in their early married life,
and for the period they have oc-
cupied their present home-thirty
years-the dark shadow has never
passed their threshhould. They
have four children, two of them
living in other states, Mrs. Mary
Fierce, the oldest at Greensboro,
Md, and DR.. Theodore Jerman the
youngest, at Holmesburg, Pa. Rev. /
Mr.. Brindle, one Of the guests, says
that this was the second Golden +
Wedding" in a ministry of forty
years, he has ever attended, which /
goes to show how remarkably rare
they are, the other being also in
this vicinity.
Burglary-On Thursday morning
last our citizens arose to the un- |
pleasant knowledge that burg
larious raid had been made on the
town during the later hours of the
night. The Postofice was entered I
from the rear, by boring out a
part Of the panel of the door so
as to reach the bolt. The booty |
was very small, however, not more |
than two dollars in pennies and
three cent pieces, and duster be-
longing to Joseph H. Primrose,
which mad a pair Of $3.50 gloves in
the pocket. Several letters were
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
Matter Of PropOrtia

An alienist says insall1
creasing. But it may OllIi
because you have to be cra2
adays TO be crazy.-Racilel
News.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
SMYRNA FIFTY YEARS AGO AS
REVAMPED FROM OUR FILES
ITEMS ABOUT SMYRNA FROM
SMYRNA TIMES, AUG. 81, 1881
Notes of Marriages, Deaths, Real
Estate Deals and Matters of In
terest of Half Century Ago

(The Smyrna Times has started
TO look back over its files and tell
what happened around the correspond
ing date of this issue. half century
ago. We hope to make this regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else.
II will call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
TO the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more eag-
erly sought and read-Editor.)
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
Cost of Copyright

Since July l. 1928, the fee for
registration of a published work
subject to copyright has been 50.
There Is no further charge.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-02
Lessons From Mistakes

A man will not be penalized for
his mistakes. If only he Wifi learn
from them in the end.-American
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The Washington times., 1931-11-20
BADLY ADVISED,
SAYS FONTA|NE

Jimmy LaFontaine, Washing
toms premier gambler. appeared
before Judge W. Calvin Chesnut
in Baltimore today and declared
the advice Of other gamblers lead
him to withhold his 1925 income
tax on his gambling gains.
A short while later he said
that in 1927 Government
official told him he had to pay
on these gains and he began to
turn over the proper amounts.
The statement came when
Judge Chestnut requested La
Fontaine to take the stand and
explain his unusual action. La
Fontaine pleaded guilty yester.
day to the second count Of an
indictment charging tax evasion
of $11,626.
LeFontaine told the judge he
was 64 years old. He said he kept
between $25O,000 and 100000 in
his house at a time. When asked
why. he said:
you never know when you
will need a lot of money at
night"
Judge Chestnut reserved sent
ence, and said he would take q
long time to settle it as it was
q complex and difficult decision
to make,