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The Washington times., 1932-09-13

price of good movies to Is cents.
Or when Walter BrownEey laid
the foundation for the fortune
he left having faith in Loew's
Inc, Washington enterprises.
Or Ira La Motto at the BelascO
with his carnation and his vener.
able poodle, who lived to be 81,
with Norah Bayes and Will
Rogers among others defying
Keith to play in Shubert vaude-
vile.
Or when Harry Rapley owned
the ball club as well as the Ma
tional Theater.
Or when Jimmy Lake and
Carol Schroeder were real big
timers on the burlesque wheel.
Or when Monta Bell, now the
movie director, wrapped bundles
in the Washington Herald mail
ing room and afterwards became
a bad actor in east Lynne"
Or when Hardie Meakin, now
R-K-O Keith manager chased
small items for Slime Silverman'S S
Variety and expressed himself
culturally in the Garrick Stock
Company. What a great Hi
Holler he made in "Way Down
East"
Or when Eddie Talbert, now
the towns ticket king was just
a box office man at the
Columbia.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
The First Smoker

Or when that sweet ingenue-
oh, the shame of smoked a
cigarette in public in the Keith
lounge. Were they embarrassed? ?
And did they discuss whether to
notify her parents? Seems like
ages ago but it was only during
the reign of Wilson.
Or when Harry Crandall was
the movie king of washington
and was gradually extending his
domain to the neighborhoods.
Or the Brylawskis in their
honey little town hall, Cosmos
Theater, on lower Pennsylvania
Avenue with Bill Landvoigt send
ing out the propaganda bulletins
Then they dreamed of new
triumphs and the Earle was born
Or when Leon Brusiloff was
the proudest young musician in
America when given the job OF
leading the Columbia's band.
Or when Jessie MacBride and
other music critics used to take
the movie overtures seriously and
write up Daniel Breeskin and
other maeStros in the music
columns.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Comeback Prediction

I sometimes think that Wash
ington paid more for amusements
then weekly than rolls into the
box offices today. But those who
keep a closer account on the finan-
cial figures say that the National
Capital has never been spending
more money than right at the
moment for entertainment.
The stage simply has gone into
a decline. The movies have bene-
fitted by being able to meet the de-
mand for low price entertainment.
I'm an optimist. I think Wash
ington can support two theaters
devoted to the Northumberland
support them well-When the
amusement business is organized
with plenty Of attractions and
sane bookings.
For it happens to be, relatively,
of course, the best theater town
in this good old U. S. A.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Valentino Days

Or when Tom Moore at the
Rialto took in the top money of
the week with the Rudolph Val.
entino films on Ninth Street.
And Marion Davies was breaking
records even then in Little Old
New York"
Or when Bill Fowler stood in
the National Theater lobby to
greet all customers. With Steve
Cochran in the box office.
Or when the Metropolitan The.
ater lined them up on the street
around the corner to E Street
waiting for hours to see Pola Negri
in Passion"
Or when Larry BeatuS moved
up from the Columbia to the new
Palace with Earle Dorsey man
ming the publicity guns and
Tommy Cannon directing the
music.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
TaIIuIah Bankhead
Has English Accent

On the screen she pronounces
it CLERK" but offstage Tallulah
Bankhead says "clark" just like
any other Englishwoman. Eight
years on the London stage re-
suited in the American star, who
is featured with Gary Cooper in
Devil and the Deep" at Warner
Bros. Earle Theater, talking with
a distinctly British accent.
But in making American pic
lures, she has discovered, it is
necessary to use American pro-
nunciation.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Taylor Is Veteran

Or when L. Stoddard Taylor
first wore his silk topper for the
MessrS. Shubert, 81 years with
the producers, leaving his init
mate personal touch of taste and
distinction in every theater he
has tenanted. I hope the Belasco
lights up soon with L. S. T. in
the lobby.
newspapers had a second string
dramatic critic, who generally
could be found catching the
"tryouts" Monday night at the
bert-Garrick. And did we
love it?
Or the 12 weeks that "Abie's
Irish Rose" ran at the President
Theater. A long-run mark that
has never been equalled.
Or when the Mary Roberts
Rinehart-Avery Hopwood mystery
play, "The Bat" forced Polls to
open two box offices for the
advanced sale.
Or when George Gong Live
Linen) Marshall was assistant
stage director at the Army's
Camp Meade and aimed to be
an actor. Or when he tried his
hand at outdoing Ziegfeld and
put on a swell musical comedy
with Edward Royce and lost a
small fortune. Later his SUCCESS
full stock ventures. Always a
theater bug.
Or when President Woodrow
Wilson was the nations most dis
tinguiShed stock company patron.
Izetta Jewell was his professional
favorite.
Or when President Hayden, of
the Musicians Union used to play
the bull fiddle in the Metropoli-
tan orchestra.
Or when Loew's raised the
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
when the Feature Is
Shown on the Screen

FOX-Phillips Holmes in "70,-
900 Witnesses" At 11:00, 1885,
4:3O, 7:25 and 1000 p. m. Stage
shows at 1890. 3:25, $40 and
8:55 p. m.
PALACE-Maurice Chevalier in
'Love Me Tonight" At 1l:00 a. M,
1:10. 3:2O, 5:35, 7:46 and 10 p. m.
EARLE-Tallulah B n k h d
and Gary Cooper in Devil and
the Deep" At 11:1O a. M, 1:50,
APO, 7:30 and 1000 p. m. Stage
shows at 100, $40, 6:25 and
9:10 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Hoot Gibson in
ga Mans Land" At 1915 a. M,
/, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, sos and $50
p. m.
R-K-O KEITHS-Dolores Del
Rio in Bird of Paradise" At
1O:11 a. M. 1874. 1926, 400,
5:52. 7:44 and 9:36 p. m.
\ METROPOLITAN-The Four
Marx Brothers in Horse
Feathers" At 1854 a. m, ISL,
3:4S, 5:45, 7.42 and 9:40 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
TheIna Todd Was
School Teacher

Thelma Todd, who plays the
leading role of the much-sought-
after college widow in Horse
Feathers" the Four Marx Brothers
comedy, which is now in its
second hilarious week at Warner
Brothers Metropolitan Theater,
was heading for a career as a
teacher until-she was chosen as
Miss Massachusetts,"
Convinced that intelligence,
shapeliness and beauty would
help her to attain film fame. she
applied for a place in Para
mounts school for young movie
"future-greats" - and was &C.
cepted.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

NAAA@
Morton felt. strange stabbing
pain around his heart. 1t wor.
ried him as much as it panied
him. But a doctor would cost
money. So the pain was put
down to indigestion.
Then came the glorious day
when Joseph Morton reached
the age of 40. Thirty thousand
dollars in the bank! Free to
realize his dreams! No more
work! No more stinting and
saving! Everything would be
as he had visioned it, except
for that pain around the heart.
Damn it all, that worried him.
And now what? Three more
months to live! Three months
Of life in exchange for 20 years
Of toll and suffering! Lord,
what a purchase price! AS he
walked slowly homeward from
the doctors office, Morton sud-
denly pounded his fists to-
gether. They still weren't 60
Ing to cheat him. No charity
or relatives were going to get
MS money. He'd live the next
three months as no man ever
lived before. He'd show 'em!
And show 'em, he did. He
went out on what, for him, was
the widest kind of spending
orgy. In less than three
months, almost every cent of
Morton's hard-earned money
found its way into other pock-
cts. Night clubs, speakeasies,
women, bookieS-all of the
sucker-catching fraternity had
their share. All, how he was
living!
In the excitement, the man
forgot his pain. He forgot, in
fact, his appointment with
Death. Until one morning,
nearly three months after his
meeting with the doctor, he
awakened to a cold realization
that if he didn't die soon, he'd
be broke.
He hurried to the doctors Of
flee and asked for another ex-
animation. The doctor began
to sound and pound. And as he
worked, the expression on his
face turned to one of acute sur
prise. After some thirty min
utes had elapsed, he stepped
back and looked at Joseph Nor
ton in amazement.
Health Gets Better
"Mr. Morton" he asserted,
"In all my years of medical ex-
perience, have never known
anything to equal your case.
Your heart trouble seems to
have disappeared. Why, man
alive, if nothing else crops up,
you are now liable to live an
other twenty years or more!"
An agonized cry escaped Nor
tons lips. He slipped from the
couch and clutched the doctors
arm.
do you mean it, doctor?"
he cried. II have twenty more
years to live? Why, it can't be
true! I've spent almost all of
my money. Only a few hun
dreds left. Are you sure, doc
tor? Are you sure?"
The doctor was positive. With
pitiable Slowness, Joseph Nor
ton dressed himself. Twenty
more years Of life! The words
went echoing through his
numbed brain with monoton-
Gus. persistence. Only a few
hundred left! The words kept
time with his dragging steps
as he stumbled out of the doc
tors office.
He walked a few steps. He
looked up at the blue skies. He
clasped his hands.
Twenty more years Of life!"
he muttered. my God, what
will I do now?"
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Latin-American
Music Heard

The third and last in the series
of concerts on the Esplanade at
the Pan-American Union was pre-
sented last evening by the United
States Army Band, Capt. William
J. Stannard conducting, and a
group of assisting artists, notable
among the latter Yolanda Nor
rissa, the Brazilian soprano, and
Leopolda Gutierrez, Chilean bari
tone. The other solo artists were
from the membership of the band
itself.
Two of the most interesting
numbers were the intermezzo
"Moralba," by E. -ales, of Co.
lombia, and the number "Anda-
lucia" from the suite "As,antide, -
by D. Sequiera, of Nicaragua.
Both were presented for the first
time last evening, and were ap-
preciatively received.
Nine. NorriSSa and Mr.. Cutter
rez san. w. groups each of songs
from Latin-American musical lit
erature, - mos. familiar of
these beinG the popular Marta"
of Noises IONS, sung by Gu
tierrez. Beth vocalists made eX-
cellent impressions.
Among other numbers given
were Grand Scenes from the
Opera II Guatani,' by Comes;
the symphonic poem angel Mu-
jer," by Alvarado; the paso doble
"Gualda Y Rojo" of P. E. Cutter
-a5, played by a saxophone octet
from the Army Band, and Hymn
to the Sl.n," from the opera
"Ollanta," by Valle-Riestra.
The entire concert was broad
cast over NAA, and parts Of it
also over WBAL and WMAL.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
History Donated

A collection of photographs,
showing the progress of motion
picture production within the
Paramount studios from 1913 to
date, has been presented by Para
mount to the Los Angeles Mu-
scum,
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

Or to recol-
lect the good
old war days
when it W a S
n e C e S sary to
get in line at
C hill S and
Wallis for the
right to eat.
Or when Ro-
land r o b bins
clocked $4,000
or more regu-
larly each week
with tWo-arday
v a u de WILLIE
S h o W S q t
Keith'S.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Film Aids Education

Photographs from Cecil B. De
Miles Paramount production,
THE Sign of the Cross" have
been requested by the Los Angeles
Board of Education for its Visual
Education Division.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
All In q Day
BY
- MARK HELLlNOER
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.

Three months of life
The thin wzened body of Joseph Morton lay supne the
doctors table, The parchmentlike skin his face
drawn highland prominent cheek bones like hllocks
threw his drawn face into queer shadows.
His jaws worked convulsivey though he trying to
say something cold sweat broke out his forehead and
little beads of perspration rcked down his face Slowly
painfully Morton raised himself his elbows His
trembling ps framed a question.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
HIGH MARKS OF THE PAST -
City Has Always
Supported
Theaters
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

September musings: get 70
wondering if when that vaunted
prosperity just around the corner
arrives whether Washington will
again be a four theater town for
stage attractions.
You don't have to be a grey
beard to recall when Polls, the
National, Shubert-Garrick and
Belasco were all lighted for new
attractions each week.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

- PS - NONN ~ Il
In a Desperate Way
"You mean, doctor, that I've
only got three more months to
live?"
The doctor nodded.
Mr.. Morton" he replied, "I
hate to be so brutally frank.
But I've never believed in fool
ing my patients. I didn't ex-
actly say that you've but three
more months to live. I said
you'd be lucky if you lived
through the next three
months"
The patient slipped from the
examination couch and clutched
at the doctors arm.
Doctor" he almost screamed,
"don't bubble over words. You
mean I may die at any mo-
ment. That's it, isn't it? You
mean that, even with care,
you don't give me more than
three months of life. That's
what you mean, eh?"
I'm afraid so, Mr.. Morton"
The doctor placed an arm
around the mans shoulders.
"Your heart is very, very bad.
In your condition, it would be
foolish and unfair of me to
give you any false hopes OF re-
covery."
With agonizing slowness, Jo-
seph Morton dressed himself.
AS he donned his somber, black
garments, he felt as if he were
dressing for his own funeral:
Three more months of life!
The words went echoing
through his numbed brain with
monotonous persistence. Three
more months Of life! The
words kept time with his drag
ging steps as he stumbled out
of the doctors office.
Saved All His Life
He walked a few steps. He
looked up at the blue skies.
He clasped his hands.
Three more months Of lite!"
he muttered. my God, what
will I do now?.. -"
Had you looked upon Joseph
Morton at that moment, you
would undoubtedly have put
him down as an elderly man
of sixty or more. AS a matter
of fact, he had just turned
forty. At that age, it's pretty
tough to be told that you have
but three more months to live.
And in Morton'S case, II was
tougher still.
At seventeen, when most
Young men are figuring how
many new suits they can buy
in a wear and just how much
they'll have left to spend on
the girls, Morton was figuring
how much he could save out OF
his SIS a week. He had but
one ambition. And that was
tn save enough money to re-
tiro W at forty and enjoy life for
the rest of his days. ~.
AS the years went by, Cne
ambition, became an ooSeSsloh.
From a. cautious and saving
Youth Morton turned into a
mean and calculating mlser'
Every waking hour and many
Sleepless nights were SpenC III
figuring how he could save
inst a few more dollars.
The only thing ne Spent
freely was time and most of that
was in contemplation Of his ever.
increasing bank balance. AS
he sat in his dingy $3-room
with his bank book spread out
before him, he weaved his
dream. The bank book turned
magically into an open door
and that beyond was the house
he was going to build.
Has $4,000
The house would then dissolve
into a mixed vision in which
wondrous foods, beautiful wom-
en-, soulstirring music, race
horses and motor cars would
intermittently appear. All these
things were going to be Joseph
Morton's in a few years. But
as the vision faded and the
four, cold walls of his garret
closed on him once again, even
he shuddered a little as he
thought of the price he was
paying for his future freedom.
Year after year of deadening
toll. Years of tortuouS saving.
Year after year of rigorous
Self-denial.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Summer Bob

Claudette Colbert introduces the
Rag Tag Bob," new hot weather
cloSe-crop in Paramount's "The
Phantom President"
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Boulevard Topics

Within three weeks, Dolores
Del Rio will announce her af-
filiation to another film company
recovering rapidly from the
shock Of that automobile accident,
Ruth Chatterton will start her
picture at Warmers in two weeks
Joan Blondell had moved into
a big new house on top Of one Of
Hollywood's highest hills. Holly
wood is admiring the white sport
jacket that Prince George of
England gave to Douglas Fair
banks, jr. He wears a long flow
ing scarf with it. they say now
that Eddie Robinson is definitely
out of '"The Machine" and leaves
Immediately for a two months
vacation in Europe =. Tom Reed
has a bet on with Junior Laemmle
that he can learn German in a
week. He's carrying an instructor
across the country to help him
win it. Anna Sten is the new
occupant of the studio bungalow
once used by Ina Claire at United
Artists. Ann Harding has been
out dancing at the Roosevelt
again with Bramwell Fletcher. .
they do say that Katherine Hep.
burn has had but three manicures
in her whole life. Leonard
Spigelgass, head of the Fox story
department, is heading for New
York to look over the new plays
Another old favorite now
headed for the screen is the
Henry Blossom play, Checkers" ,"
which Fox will produce-prob-
ably as a vehicle for James
Dunno and Spencer Tracy.
The job of undermining the
script has been turned over to
Allen Rivkin and P. J. Wolfson,
Sidney Lanfield will direct.
Did You Know?
That Warren Hymer owns a
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Taylor to
Play Bows
Mother
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1882, King Features
syndicate, Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Sept. 13.
All vaudeville engagements are
temporarily off for Estelle Taylor.
Sam Rork has asked her to play
Clara Bows mother in Call Her
Savage" And she signed the con-
tract yesterday morning
To accept the role, she had to
postpone the opening of her act
in a San Francisco motion pic
ture theater.
Oddly enough, the actress re-
ceived five film offers on the day
she signed at Fox. This, follow
ing a considerable period in which
the producers seemed to have
forgotten her.
Just why, it is hard to figure
out. EStelle is one of Hollywood's
more colorful figures and she
proved in "Cimarron" that she
is a first rate performer in the
talkieS.
The Bow picture, Sam Rork
assures me, will finally get under
way Immediately.
Colleen Moore tells an amusing
story about the gay nineties
party of the Fredric Marches.
Dressed up fit to kill, she and
AL Scott dropped in to show
their costumes to her family.
Colleen was wearing one of
those quaint old hats garnished
with a stuffed bird.
Examining it with interest, her
grandmother, now 80 years old,
exclaimed: Where did you
get that hat?"
"At the studio" replied Col
leen.
We'll" thrilled the old lady,
don't let it get out of your
hands. Buy it tomorrow. That's
the most becoming hat you've
had in years."
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

Did You Know?
That Warren Hymer owns a
book store in Boston?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-18
Pigs on Clean Pasture
Give Profit to Raiser

Application of the sanitation system
developed by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and which is
in common use in the Middle West, Is
resulting in the production Of more
and better pigs in the southern states,
according to reports reaching the de-
partment.
One grower in Tennessee raised six
filters of pigs on clean pasture where
no other pigs had been allowed to run
since the pasture crop was planted.
At the age of three months the pigs
were uniform and thrifty, averaging
about 80 pounds. Three other filters
raised on ground previously used by
hogs averaged less than 80 pounds
per pig at the same age, the pigs be-
ing unthrifty and rough-coated. Heavy
losses at narrowing time and on pas
ture also commonly occur when pigs
are raised with no attention to santa
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-18
Hog Cholera Should Be
Fought at the Outset

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.-WNU Service.
The prevalence of hog cholera is in
creasing in some of the principal hog
growing states, according to reports
received by the division of hog chol-
era control of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture from it's field
veterinarians. One day, during Au-
gust, at one corn belt market, hog
cholera was found in "a shipments of
hogs hauled in trucks to local pack
ing plant. These hogs could not have
been in transit more than ten hours,
and since the disease requires from
five to seven days to develop, follow
ing date of infection, there is strong
evidence that hog cholera affected the
herds at the time Of shipment. Such
a practice-that of hauling diseased
hogs over the highways-is danger
Gus factor in the spread of infection,
the bureau points out.
In communities where hog cholera
makes it's appearance, no time should
be lost, the department warns, in pro-
tecting hogs from the disease by the
use of the preventive-serum treatment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-18
Disease of Ewes
at Landing Time
Exercise Recommended to
Reduce Danger.

Losses frequently occur in ewes
when they are confined in close quar-
tiers during the last two or three
weeks of pregnancy. This disease is
called before lambing paralysis"
preparturient paresis, and acidosis.
The disorder generally affects ewes
carrying twin lambs and occurs sew
eral days, before, or within few
weeks of lambing. 1t is most likely
to appear in f1ocks receiving the best
feed. Treatment of ewes showing
symptoms of this disease usually has
proved of no value and they usually
die. However, If normal lambing
should take place in the early stages
of the disorder, the ewes may recover.
Ewes affected with pregnancy dis
ease usually have no appetite, seem
to be in stupor, and walk with
staggering gait. In the later stages
they are unable to rise, appear to be
blind, grind their teeth, and lapse
into partial or complete coma. The
temperature and respiration of the
ewes remain about normal. Death oc-
ours in two to ten days after the onset
of symptoms.
Losses from this disease can be pre-
vented by causing the ewes to take
exercise. No new cases will develop
in flock after exercise has been pro-
yided for one or two days. 1t is there
fore recommended that the hay or fod-
der be scattered on the ground a few
hundred yards from the place of shell
ter.
Some Investigators have suggested
that pregnancy disease may be pre-
vented by maintaining proper cal
cium balance through feeding rough
ages of leguminous nature or other
feeds relatively rich in calcium.-Wal-
lace's Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-18
Winterkilled Grain

Where fall wheat has been winter
killed throughout portions Of field,
it is necessary to reseed the patches
with oats of barley or an early variety
of spring wheat. Barley ripens at
nearly the same time as the winter
wheat but the threshed grain is diff
cult to separate from the wheat; oats
are much better in this regard, but
are later than wheat in maturing
When stocking the grain, care should
be taken to keep any sheaves of mixed
grain separate from the wheat sheaves
in order to secure good grade of
wheat. The use of spring wheat obvi-
,ates these difficulties.