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Evening star., 1932-10-09
Broadway Sees Effort of T
NOn-COmmercial Theater
Theater Group, an OGsp- J of the Thea.er Guild,
Produces Success Story" Which Comes In
for Considerable Critical Attention.
By Percy Hammond.

with the exception CT a siren whose geld
charms he has transferred from the
arms Of the ex-president Of the concern
to his own. He now sneers at the for
gotten men. Cruel. relentless, but still
dissatisfied, he has gained much and
lost more. And no doubt he has been a
warning to ambitious groundlings in the
advertising business not to venture too
far on the ice Of aspiration However,
1t seems to have been Mr.. Lawsin's first
purpose to manufacture a vendible en-
tertainment. and this, in a measure, he
has done. He uses many Of the perfume
tory expedients Of the showman-in-
cluding the comic typist who vociferous-
ly chews gums, and he brings his cur
tain down with the bang deemed essen-
tial to theatrical amusement. More
sc-upulous than Mr.. Lawson. suspect,
are his players, especially Luther Adler,
thoughtful. resourceful and dynamic
mime who successfully fuses his own in
diyiduality with that Of the principal
character. 1t is an impersonation
worthy Of his distinguished clan: as,
indeed. is that Of his lady cousin. Miss
Dorothy Adler, who plays the noble sec
retary with good looks and quietly per-
suasive force. The production of Sue
cess Story" is gift from the Theater
Group. a precocious offspring of the
Theater Guild.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Washington $
Players
What Various Organizations Are
Doing and Propose to DO.
ST. JAMES PLAYERS.
n. JflVLS I In EnSs
NTHE WHOLE TOWNS TALKING -

"THE WHOLE TOWNS TALKING" ?"
play by John Emerson and
Anita LooS, will be presented by the
St James Players as first offering OF
the new season. The performance will
be given in the parish hcn. on Eighth
street between B and c streets north
east. Chester Jones and Dorothy
Simpson. who will be remembered for
their splendid work with the Mckinley
Dramatic Club last season. will have
the leading roles. They will be sup
ported by Wilson Dawson, Janet Haus-
er, William Davis. Julia Draper. Ada
NJ. Bowling, Janet James, George
Bryan, Louise Shakelford. Vera Barks
the direction of Harry HauSer.
ST. GABRIEL'S PLAYERS.
" A LUCKY BREAK" farce in three
"A acts by Zelda Sears, will be pre-
sented by the ST. Gabriel's Players in
St. Paul's Hall, Fl = enth and v streets,
on Monday and Tuesday evening, Octo-
ber "a and 25. for the benefit OF st.
Gabriel's Church.
The cast includes Eleanor Hopkins,
Catherine Lester, Virginia Magill, Ralna
McCaddon Helen and Marguerite Nord-
strom. Helen Stuart, Helen Wrinkle,
RODeIL ADAMS, EmINet bTOOeIlCh, HdIly
Lewis. Leo Murphy, Frank OConnor.
Francis Schwoerer and Arthur Van
Heuckeroth. The play is being directed
by Charles A. Russell
FAIRFIELD Players
THE Bartfield Players are holding
try-outs for new members CT Their
acting company on Friday of this week.
These try-outs will be held at Powell
Junior High School, Lamont and Hiatt
streets, at O'Clock. A. j. Bier, who
has been directing for the Bartfield
Players since they were organized, will
assist Howard Whitfield, the production
manager, In selecting the new members
from those trying out.
Plans for the coming season have not
been made definite, but If enough pos
sible talent Is found, a play is to be
entered in the annual one-act play
tournament of the Community Chest
department. as we'll as three-act play
to be presented Christmas week, and one
in the early Spring. The regular radio
broadcast have been discontinued.
All young persons. between the ages
of IA and 23. who are interested IN be-
coming members of the acting company,
are invited to attend the try-outs.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Cast Announcements.

TWELVE of Paramount's important
1 contract players have been set for
leading roles in the studios new type
Of all-star picture IF Had a Million, y
with plans being made which will add
as many more to the list. Already as
signed are Frederic March. Sylvia Sid
ney. Gary Cooper, Wynne Gibson,
George Raft. Frances Dee, Jack Oakie,
Alison Skipworth. Richard Bennett,
Gene Raymond. Charlie Ruggles and
Kent Taylor. To this list have been
added such well-known free lance
players as w. c. Fields. Shirley Grey,
Grant Mitchell. Berton Churchill,
Clarence Muse and Rolfe Sedan. Di-
rectors assigned to date include James
Cruze, Bruce Thunderstorm and Norman
Mcleod John Bright, vino. with Ku-
bee Glcsmon. wrote Public Enemy
Doorway to He'll and Smart
Money" has joined Paramount to write
the script for one Of the nine chapters
in the story.
Francis Mcdonald celebrated the
twentieth anniversary of his entrance
into motion pictures By accepting a
part in "A Farewell to Arms
Richard Arlen will play the romantic
lead opposite the new Panther Woman
in Island of Lost Souls" Others to be
directed in this production by Erie c
Kenton are Charles Laughton. Irving
Pichel and Arthur Hohl.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Irene $ Next.

RENE DUNNE will star in a special
vehicle. tentatively titled Man and
Wife adapted from a play by Eugene
Walter recently purchased by R-K-O-
Radio.
J. Walter Ruben, upon completion
OF The Phantom Of Crestwood," Radio
broadcast special. will direct the Dunno
vehlc.c. Wanda Tuchock, Bernard
Shubert and Owen Francis are writing
the screen play.
Man and Wife" is the highly dra-
matte story Of woman in a mill town
who inspires her laborer- husband TO
great accomplishment Money and
power make him turn against her, but
she stays by him and in the end wins
him back by sacrifice that means
personal humiliation for herself, but
eventual happiness for themselves and
their child
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Pascal Writing Story.

Pascal Writing Story.
ERNEST PASCAL. novelist, who
- wrote the outstanding best seller,
The Marriage Bed" is now at work on
a story which will form the basis OF q
picture starring George Arliss, 1t has
just been announced by Warner Bros.
The story is not yet completed, but Mr..
Pascal hopes to have 1t finished when
Mr Arliss arrives in the United States
from England early next month.
Evening star., 1932-10-09

And then she returned to the legiti-
mate theater with the Civic Repertory
Theater in a play of her own Russia,
Chekov's The Cherry Orchard" in
which she gave an unforgettable per-
formance. Her first engagement for
the Theater Guild was in another play
Of her native land, Turgenev's "A
Month in the Country"
Last year. Of course, she created the
role of Christine in Eugene O'Neill's
memorable trilogy. Mourning Becomes
Electra also under the banner Of the
Guild, and now The Good Earth" in
which she has the important role OF
O-lan.
Not since I played Ibsen's roles
have been taken so completely by a
character" she says. But the Ibsen
roles appealed to me intellectually
O-lan's appeal to me is emotional.
can understand completely her love for
the earth. 1 feel as though had come
back home"
Evening star., 1932-10-09

NdIO anu lllc llNCS
and tragedies Of the women confined
there. The cast consists OF Preston
Foster, Dorothy Peterson, Glenda Far
rell, Frank McHugh, Gloria Shea, Eliz-
abeth Patterson, Walter Walker. Reg
i.cld Mason, Gilbert Roland, Hale
Hamilton. Vivienne Osborne, Clara
Blandick and many others.
THE coming attraction at the Rialto
Theater will be Once In Life
time" that hilarious satire on Holly
wood and motion pictures which en-
joyed a New York run as stage play.
and which now is repeating its success
in pictures. The George kaufman
Moss Hart play has Jack Oakie, Sidney
Fox, Aline Mcmahon, Louise Fazenda
and Zazu Pitts in the cast. Russell
Mack directed.
THE week starting Friday, October IA,
1 at Warner Bros Earle Theater has
been labeled "All-star week" The
program features Marlene Dietrich in
her latest Paramount vehicle, Blonde
Venus" and the stage bill is triple
star one, with Hal LIE Roy and Mitzi
Mayfair. dancing stars of "ztegfeld
Follies." and Nan Halperin, clever stage
character comedienne. Supporting Miss
Dietrich in the screen play will be Her
bert Marshall, Cary Grant, little Dicky
Moore and many others. Other stage
acts will be Vic Oliver, who calls him
self Europe's gift to America, with Mar
got Crangle; Al Johnston and Girls.
musical melodists, and Maxine Doyle,
mistress of ceremonies.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS will appear
- next Friday at Loew's Fox Theater
in his latest United Artists Picture,
MI. Rob nson Crusoe.' Tie film was
directed by Edward Sutherland. Others
in the cast are William Farnum, Earle
Browne, Miss Maria Alba and natives.
Ted Healey and his Racketeers will
appear on the stage. Also on the bill
are the late feature Of Earl Carrolrs
"Vanities," Gracella and Theodore, as
they appear in Dance Legends" Frank
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Coming Attractions

Donia and the Du Points complete the
vaudeville performance
FOLLOWING a series Of six weekly
broadcasts. The Phantom of
Crestwood the latest Radio Pictures
production, will be shown at R-K-O
Kieth's next Friday. simultaneous with
the other 1873 R-K-O theaters through
out the United States. This is a mystery
story by j. Walter Ruben and Bartlett
Cormack The cast features Ricardo
Cortez and Karen Morley, in addition
to H. B. Warner, Pauline Frederick
Anita Louise. Robert McWade. Aileen
Pringle Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
Mary Duncan. Sam Hardy and Robert
Elliott. Direction was in the capable
hands Of J. Walter Ruben.
7 OEW'S COLUMBIA THEATER will
- offer next week. on the screen.
Ride Him Cowboy" the latest John
Wayne starring feature Others in thr
cast are Ruth Hall. Henry B. WalthaH.
Harry Gribbon and Duke, the Devil
Horse
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Cohan S Record.

FORTY plays Of his own and ten
written in collaboration with others
constitute the record of George M.
Cohan. author, actor, producer and
song writer, who makes his talking pic
ture debut with Jimmy Durante and
Claudette Colbert in The Phantom
President" which is the current screen
attraction at Warner Bros Metro
politan Theater
In addition he has written more than
500 songs during his career.
Cohan. one of the best known figures
in American theatrical life. is continu-
ing his rapid-flre flow Of plays and
songs in Hollywood, where he is making
his first appearance. He played in a
number of pictures in 1915. but they
were produced on the East Coast.
While in the film capital, in addi-
ton to acting and helping write THE
Phantom President" he also assisted in
writing The Song Of the Eagle" to
be produced by Paramount, and in pre-
pairing for the Broadway opening Of hiG
latest play, Confidential Ssyvice,'
which had tryout performance last
Spring.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
Sallv Eilers' Next.

CAILY EILERS' next starring role Is
- to be in the new Fox picture. Sec
ond Hand Wife" which Hamilton Mac
Fadden will direct from the screen
adaptation of Kathleen Norris novel,
Miss Eilers' leading man in this pro-
duction Is to be Ralph Bellamy. VINO
played opposite her in ''Disorderly Con-
duct" and who has just completed q
prominent part in wild Girl with
CHARLES Farrell and Joan Bennett. Miss
Elers' most recent picture, Hat
Check Girl" was shown here last week.
Evening star., 1932-10-09

T6tld I Oulls, GiiI
Linden and Aline
MacMahor. This
film Is said to have
the same quality
that made Bad
Girl" such a gen.
timely dra m attic
Aim and has for
its theme the same
universal appeal
mother love. Un-
usual both in treat
ment and in theme,
Life Begins gives
the audience its
first in t i m a t C
glimpse into the
workings of a hos
pital m a t e r n lty
Evening star., 1932-10-09

Y JAILED as 1.-The most unusual
and most impressive picture in
10 years" the First National
L / production, Life Begins" is
the attraction which will open
at Warner Bros Metropolitan Theatsr
following the engagement OF The
Phantom President The featured
roles in Life Begins" are taken by Lo-
Evening star., 1932-10-09

VOW and then petulant voices are
\ | to be heard crying for a nom
VI commercial theater-a theater
uninfluenced by gainful motives
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
TAxI-REPORTER FINDS CHINESE LIBERAL
BIandIy Told by One
Fare He Melted
SIS Daily

Arriving at the ball park. the
boys alighted. Sure enough. the
prediction was true. Each boy
dug down in his jeans and pulled
out a nickel.
Later I was hailed by an old
man at Sixteenth Street and
Park Road. He went to K and
Ninth SITS. N. w. Before he was
even seated he started to talk.
He said:
"T hear you fellows are not
making much money out of the
cab business.
II walked all the way out to
Sixteenth St. and Park Rd. TO
meet a fellow who owes me
rent for a room he had at my
house. He did not show up.
I had bad luck renting rooms.
Times are hard and the men /
had could not pay. / sold all
the furniture in my nine-room
house last night for $17O. My
wife and / are alone now and
we are going to stop house
keeping and rent a room. I
make good money from a
sightseeing bus I own. My boy
operates it. Some days we
take in $50. I pay him SIS a
day."
He gave me a quarter.
My last job was a free ride for
a man past middle age. I got
him at Thirteenth and H SITS.
N. W., and took him to the Navy
Yard. He was shabbily dressed
and looked hungry. He did not
talk until he got to the yard.
Then he told me he had no
money. He said he was hunting
work at the yard. I told him
it was okay and wished him luck.
Tomorrow Mr.. Shea continues
his experiences as a taxicab
driver,)
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
lack Shea Relates Fur
ther Details as
Chauffeur

(Continued from Local P0ge)
and men nowadays won't take
young girls in their offices.
They want more sophisticated
women. This job / got now is
only a temporary one and l
will work only half day on
it. 1 graduated from high
school when 1 was fifteen years
old and then went to business
college"
She then surprised me by say
ing that her ambition was to be
a reporter but that she had tried
most of the newspaper offices
without getting a job.
Cruising again on Fourteenth
Street. 1 picked up a young man
and woman, twice his age, at
P Street. They went to Park
Road and Fourteenth Street. I
got a quarter for that job. From
their conversation I gathered the
man was a New York writer and
he was giving the woman val
liable advice on the manner in
which to decorate their home.
They were pleasant fares.
Chinese Liberal
Next / was hailed by two
Chinese at Massachusetts, Ave.
and Sixth st. N. w. They asked
me first if I had a watch with
me. said no. Then they told
to drive to Seventeenth and H
SITS. N. w. I. got my fare and
Is cents for a tip. Telling that
to other drivers they said Chinese
are all good fares and very con-
siderate. They told me Orientals
always tip we'll.
At New York Ave. and Seventh
st. N. W., I picked up a young
man who went to Twenty-sixth
and SITS. N. w. He was poorly
dressed and I was surprised when
he hailed my cab. AS soon as he
was seated he said:
"Say, buddy, this automobile
driving is a rotten job. 1 drive
q truck, but / know you got it
hard. I drove a heavy truck
from Cumberland, Md, over
the mountain to Washington
last night and I'm tagged out.
Boy, / am tired"
I then advised him to sleep,
but he replied:
"Sleep h, I got to go out
on another all-night job to-
night. The helper I got now
can drive some and that helps
me. But most of the time I
got a helper who cannot drive
at all and I have to drive all
the time on an all.night trip.
/ wish i could get a job that
would take me away from auto
mobiles and trucks forever"
When he got out of the cab he
gave me IS cents. AS he started
away he turned and said:
"Say, there is a guy up the
street here that sells the best
whisky in Washington. i am
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
BETHESDA SIGN
. ST|RS DEBATE

Definite action on the disposal
Of the You Are Now Entering
Bethesda" sign near Bradley Lane
on Wisconsin Avenue, which has
SO irked the residents of Leland
that they have threatened boy
cott of Bethesda merchants un-
less the sign is removed, will be
taken at the next meeting of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce.
This was decided last night
after heated debate which
found the two sides evenly split
until Chamber President Thomas
Laffin broke a tie by voting for
the action.
The chamber adopted a resolu-
tion presented by Samuel E.
Stonebraker which instructS the
public utilities committee to take
up the question of obtaining
lower telephone rates for the
Bethesda exchange area.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
FAIRFAX vO TES
On JUNE a
NORTHROP

The regular biennial election
of town officers for Fairfax, Va,
will be held June IA, it was de-
cided last night at a meeting of
the council in the offices Of
Major Thomas P. Chapman. The
council named Samuel Sission.
s1'., H. M. Gibbson and Mrs.
Marion Earle as judges.
Candidates must file their
names with the mayor or town
clerk ten days prior to the elec-
ton in order to quality.
A special meeting will be neld
Friday night to discuss the
budget and set the tax rate for
the fiscal year 1892.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
REALTY AGENTS
ALSO STATE
THEIR SIDE
Ask Investigation Into Tax
Assessments and Other
Items of Upkeep

Both sides in the controversy
over rental conditions in Wash
ington are outlined in letters
and telephone calls to Chair
man Arthur Capper, of the
Senate District Committee, who
last Saturday night, over the
radio, invited comment from
tenants and rental agents.
Communications to Senator Cap
per on this topic are going into
the hundreds, and most of them
agree with Capper that many
rentals here are high. However,
the rental agents are resisting
the barrage and T. F. Schneider,
jr., president of the T. F. Schnei-
der Corporation, which owns sew
eral apartment houses and con.
trolls others, says to Senator Cap
per:
II believe if you wish to be
fair in the matter of rentals
you should not only listen to
complaints from tenants that
their rents are too high but
look also into the operating ex.
penseS of the buildings in this
city. You would see that with
the present scale of rents the
owners of apartment houses
are not receiving excessive re-
turns on their properties"
Other real estate firms, it was
learned today, are writing Sen
ator Capper suggesting that if
there is to be an investigation of
rental conditions here, or a re-
vival of the Rent Commission of
the war period, Congress should
delve into the tax assessments on
apartments and other expenses
incident to their upkeep.
Senator Capper today adhered
to his program to wait 10 days
before bringing the rental situa.
tion here to attention of the Sen
ate District Committee and the
Senate itself,
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Robert Hilton Heads
Bank in Rockville

Robert G. Hilton, of Rockville,
was reelected president and Sec
retary of the Farmers Banking
and Trust Company, of Rockville,
at elections held yesterday at the
bank.
Albert M. Bouic was selected as
first vice president and general
counsel; Thomas w. Perry, Sec
ond vice president; E. Brooke
Lee, third vice president: F..
Bache Albert, assistant treasurer,
and J. H. Jones assistant secre-
tary.
Hilton, Bouic, Thomas D.
Darby, Perry, Alton C. Bell, Rich.
ard Darby, Dexter M. Bullard,
Lee and Richard F. Green were
elected directors.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
TAKOMA MAYOR
NO MEDD[ER'

DR.. Frederick L. Lewton, newly
elected mayor of Takoma Park,
has committed himself to further
ing the policies of the Democratic
organization in that city with the
exception of meddling in the
party's affairs at Rockville. he ad-
mitted in an interview following
his surprising victory over Mayor
Ben G. Davis.
Though Davis was defeated by
a combination of protesting ele-
ments among the voters, Lewton
has based the vote in his favor on
the plank he stressed most in his
platform, that of "home rule"
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
ANNAPOL|SJUNE
WEEK STARTS
MAY q
CoIorfuI Program includes
Gate Dedication and
Several Dances

ANNAPOLIS, May 4.-From
Friday, May 81, through Thurs
day, June 2, the colorful June
week exercises of the Naval
Academy will be the years major
events here, and will draw visi-
tors from all over the country.
Rear Admiral Thomas c. Hart,
superintendent, has announced
the program of events for the
graduation week as follows:
May 27.-Informal dance in
Dahlgren Hall.
May 28.-Final athletic events,
Including both lacrosse and base
ball contests between the middies
and the University of Maryland;
track events, with Ohio State
University athletes as opponents;
tennis matches against the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania; plebes
meeting District of Columbia
high school stars in baseball and
track. Also on this day, dedi-
cation of the new main gate,
gift of the class of 1907.
May 29-Farewell sermon to
the middies. Holiday Monday.
May Differentiation of colors
to best company; dances in eve
ming.
June 1-Regimental drills, full
dress parade, with farewell ball
at night.
June 2-Graduation exercises.
The next day half the middies
will embark on the U. S. S.
Wyoming for a six-week cruise
to the Caribbean, the other half
going home on leave,
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
BRADEN TOURS
CLEANUP AREA

County Manager Roy S. Braden
yesterday toured Arlington county
and reported excellent progress in
the cleanup and Identification
campaign which began Monday
and will continue until Saturday.
County trucks and many prl-
vate vehicles were loaned to help
housewives rid their homes of
trash and unsightly spots.
A radio address daily over Sta
ton WJSV continues to appeal to
citizens to cooperate in the drive
to beautify the county. Yes
terday's speaker was Mrs. Bertha
Kelly, chairman of the public
health committee of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, and
tomorrow'S talk will be by Mr..
Braden.
Yesterday Mr.. Braden spoke on
cleanup week at the Washington
Lee High School and last night
before the mems class of the
Clarendon Presbyterian Church.
FLEET OFFICERS COMING ,
Two naval officers ordered
here from stations with the
Asiatic Fleet today were Lieut..
R. D. Hill, from u. S. S. Hous-
ton to the Navy Yard here, and
Lieut.. D. Quarton, to the Blu
reau of Construction and Repair
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

going to get couple of pints
to make sure that 1 keep awake
on the trip tonight. 1 need the
tonic, am so tired"
At Pennsylvania Avenue and
Twenty-first Streets, I picked up
two men for the ball park. Both
were of the CHEEKY kind and
hoped the Washington team
would come out on top.
A short time later four boys,
each about Is, hailed me near
the Central High School. They
wanted to go to the ball park
also. Several other boys stand
ing on the corner laughed as
they got into the car and one
yelled:
"Hey, mister, you'll lose
money on that trip. They only
got a nickel apiece"
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
d. C.. Social Agencies
Name NeU Officers

DR.. Frederick w. Perkins will
succeed Miss Grace Abbott as
president of the washington
Council of Social Agencies, it was
announced yesterday by the coun-
ellis board of directors. Mrs.
Harry Bernton will be vice presi-
dent, E. C. Graham, treasurer,
and Mrs. w. A. Roberts. executive
secretary. They will take office
next Monday at the Y. w. C. A,
at 1890 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04

EXCHANGE CLUB DIMES
The Exchange Club of Hyatts.
vile will hold a luncheon-meet,
ing at noon today at the Lord
Calvert Inn at College Park.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
Are You WaStlng Postage
and Stationery?

Some organizations not only waste postage and
stationery by sending out mail unrevised lists,
but they lose members that way Communica-
tions which do not reach members are worse than
wasted.
Money can be saved and membership increased
by bringing mailing lists up to date. At small
cost some white-collar man out of job would
be glad to do this work. Perhaps there is some
member of your own organization who is
employed right now who would welcome a few
dollars to do the job and serve his organization.
Take up the matter at the next meeting and
help your organization we'll as some unemployed
person.
The Washington times., 1932-05-04
SOUiet-Italy Combine
FOreSeen bu Sneaker

Charging that Bolshevism and
Fascism both aim at the confisca-
ton of private property, DR..
Charles Fama, New York physi-
clan, warned the Harmony Club
of the National Order of Protes-
tant Clubs last night that a Rus
sian-Italian alliance may be immi-
nent,