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The Washington times., 1932-05-23
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MARK HELLINGER

NEW YORK; May %.
Some of amusing gags in show business are those
that are based on the conce of the average actor There
ism It chorus boy in musical show who doesn't think
he's better than the leading juvenle there isn't chorus
girl who isn't certain that she could Outshne the leading
lady if given half chance And there very few stars
comedians especaywho will give their rival stars credit
for much ability.
Come think of it, 1 suppose I'm stretching point
when confne those remarks the theatrical business
/ guess it's the the world over regardless of the
trade. doctor who raved about rival and
never shook hands with coumnist who wasn't secretly
certain that he far in advance of the field Yes
friends. Supply your business and l imagine the
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Roar Of Crowd

There are thousands of sto-
rieS along similar lines, but the
one I like best concerns Feodor
Chaliapin, the famous Russian
opera star. Feodor was giving
a concert in Brussels, Bel
gium, some years back. And
shortly before the artist was
scheduled to go on, the King
of Belgium entered the the
ater.
The national anthem was
played by the orchestra and
the crowd stood up respect
fully. There was one bird, how
ever, who refused to get to his
feet. He later proved to be a
Socialist minister, but that
didn't matter at the moment.
There was an outburSt of ex-
citement that lasted for sew
eral minutes.
In order to quiet the disturb
ance Chaliapin was brought
upon the stage at once. The
moment he commenced to sing,
the noise died out. He offered
several selections and was re-
ceived with hearty and genu-
Inc applause.
AS soon as he stepped from
the stage and retired to his
dressing room, the excitement
broke out anew. The entire au-
dience was on its feet, stamp
ing and hurting verbal abuse in
the direction Of the disrespect-
full Socialist.
Hearing the noise in his
dressing room, Chaliapin slipped
on robe and ran to the wings.
The minutes went on and on,
and still the crowd kept howl
ing. Then Chaliapin turned to
his manager.
THAT" he exclaimed proud
ly, "is the most splendid re-
CeptiOn I ever received"
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Finds Right lob

Dear Mark" writes Frank
Burgess, of Omaha, Neb. II
don't know whet her you've
heard about this pathetic case,
buff you haven't-I'd like to
bring it to your attention. It's
rather fantastic, but you do go
in for that type of stuff, don't
you?
"A young fellow who lived
out this way was injured in an
accident and rushed to the
hospital pronto. When he came
to. he asked what had hap
pened to him?
"The nurse was very cold
blooded about it.
" Nothing much,' she told
him. All they did was to re-
move your BRAIN
"The young man leaped from
the bed. Z
" What he shrieked. Did
you say that my brain is gomez
"The nurse nodded. And
then, before she could stop
him, the chap grabbed his hat
and coat and dashed from the
hospital.
For seven long years they
were unable to locate him. they
searched here, there and every
where. His family hired pri-
vate detectives to find him and
the police of the nation began
a long-winded searched for the
man without brain. And in
the beginning Of the eighth
year, they found him in New
York.
"And, Mark, what do you
suppose that poor fellow was
doing? You'll never guess it, so
I'll tell you. He was teaching
In q SOhnoI Rnr N0VuvvnnnSS%COSSS
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Business Was Bad

Box-office business for the NOV
les last week was bad. Except
for Grand Hotel" Managers,
never at loss for alibis, traced
it to the circus, which took away
$4,000 in two days. They say
Washington only has so much to
spend for entertainment and
when the white tops grab the
biggest piece of the money every
body suffers. Grand Hotel' did
close to $4,000, representing ca
pacity and standees at night per-
formanceS and close to capacity
at matinees.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Chace-Shafer Dance
Recital on Nav II

Marian Chace and Lester Shafer
have arranged the program for
their second annual school recital
in three sections. It will take
place on the evening of Friday,
May 81. at $3.50 o'clock at the
Wardman Park Theater.
The first section will be devoted
to music Installations. The Sec
ond section will be in lighter
vein, and will include "The
Pavanne," danced by Miss Chace
and Mr.. Shafer to ancient French
music by Brisson.
The third section will represent
authentic research in the dance
lore of several countries,
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Is This the Reason?

Says Sidney Skolsky, who has
been browsing through the ar
chives: George Washington,
when he ran for President the
second time, was severely .criti-
cized for attending the tT1eater
too often"
I wonder. wonder, if this
can be the reason that Mr..
Hoover, as President, has yet to
attend a Washington theater at
a public performance.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Late Stage News
Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, May 23.-June
Walker has been engaged by thu
Theater Guild for it's production
early next season of 1.-The Pure il
Heart" John Howard LawSon'E
new play. Miss Walker. who was
seen on Broadway this season ir
Collision" and 1--WE Are Nc
Longer Children" has acted in
three Guild productions, of which
one was Mr.. Lawson's comedy
PROFESSIONAL" in January, 1925.
Her other appearances for the
Guild were in "The Glass Slipper
in 1925, and "Green Grow the
LilacS" last season.
For the first time in more than
a year, Roger Wolfe Kahn and
his orchestra will appear in a
Broadway theater when "Bally.
hoo" the Connolly Gensler-Aarons.
Patterson-Anthony revue, opens
at the Forty-fourth Street Theater
late next month.
Confirmation that Libby Hol.
man, Broadway musical show star,
and Smith Reynolds, second son
of the late r. j. Reynolds, to.
bacco financier, are married was
given at the Ambassador Hotel,
where they are staying.
The fist Ameican pesentation
of Love Time" descibed as an
intimate Viennese operetta, will
take place at the Geary Theater,
San Francisco, next Monday
night. Under the title of die
Schoenen Rivallnnen," the piece
was produced in Berlin in 1928.
Hans Siegfried Lime wrote the
score, while the book and lyrics
have been adapted by w. H. Cliff
ford.
Dread" a play by Frederick
Herendeen, is announced for
Broadway production late next
month by Charles H. Abramson
and Jess Smith.
to iron out most of the objec-
tionS.
New York has compelled him
to add, "The Shame of the Ma
tion" as a supplementary to the
main title. Paul Mum plays the
gangster with a livid scar in a
yarn that seems to have been
inspired at least by the check
cred career of Al Capone.
Exchange manager Rifkin of
United Artists reports that the
picture is playing everywhere to
sensational business, thus giving
the ha-ha to those who contend
the underworld cycle has out
grown its box office popularity.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

Shuberts and
ErlangerS are
practically in
agreement on a
b O o ng a r
r a n g e m e n t
which eliminat.
ed the La
fayette Square
playhouse as a
w a S h / n gton
date. SubScrip
ton books will
be merged so
that Guild at
fractions and
the Professional
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

On the American Side of the
Canadian Border?" Seems q
little silly, but there it was.
After being away for eight
days, the reporter walked un-
steadily into the managing edi-
tors office. He was unshaven,
bleary.eyed and beautifully plas-
tered.
Well" cried the editor,
whats the answer to the fea-
ture you set out to get?" \
The reporter swayed and
winked at his editor.
eyes," was his abrupt retOrt.
And he tOppled ever.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
And So To Gossip

Despite his rebuffs from the
major releasing companies,
Howard Hughes is reported to be
still considering the production
of Queer People" much crit
icized story of the foibles of
Hollywood. In the meanwhile,
the young producer, who has
sunk millions of dollars into
his film ventures, is con-
sistent patron of the better
bright light places. Before he
starts his first starring picture
for M. G. NJ, Clarke Gable and
his wife will leave Hollywood
for a vacation. up pops Arthur
Caesar again to flipcrack that
Hollywood is the psychopathic
ward of art. . "A painful attack
OF sinus trouble has kept Claud-
cite Colbert on the Paramount
sick list these last few days. =.
Mary Pickford wants me to say
that Happy Ending" will not
be the title of her new picture.
She considered it at one time,
out decided it gave the picture
away. . "A friend of Bob Mont,
gomery's calls up to say that
Bob and Douglas Fairbanks, jr.,
will be back from that fishing,
etc., expedition today.
Lee Tracy, successor to James
Cagney at Warmers, will now be
succeeded by someone else. The
former stage actor yesterday Sc
cured a release from his War
ner contract, which would have
had four more pictures to go.
Too much work and a desire to
get back to Broadway is Tracys
explanation of the unexpected
move. In four months, the actor
had made four pictures, the LAST
Blessed Events" he stepped into
when Cagney began his famous
salary holdout.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Dad Sees Owen, Ir

One of Americas most distin-
guished playwrights, Owen Davis
author of "Ice Bound" the Pull
itzer prize play-came through
Washingtc the other day and
saw where his son, Owen Davis,
jr., was playing juvenile roles
with the National Theater. 30
Owen Davis, ST., purchased a
ticket to see Owen Davis, jr., play
his part.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Sylvia Sidney to
Play japanese
In Butterfly
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Incl


HOLLYWOOD. Calf, May 23
When Paramount films Madame
Butterfly" this summer, Gary
Cooper will play the English
lover and Sylvia Sidney, his
tragic Japanese sweetheart.
These selections were revealed
today by B. P. Schulberg, who is
canceling another of Miss Sid
ney's vehicles so the production
of the famous EastWest love
story can get under way late in
June or early in July. 1t will be
the next picture for each of the
two players.
In the meanwhile, Paramount
has sent Edward Venturini to
Japan to photograph atmospheric
shots for the picture. Negotia-
tions also are under way to pur-
chase the original score of the
opera to serve as background
music in the film. The new yer.
sion, of course, will not be opera
tic in form.
Though I believe no definite
selection has been made as yet,
Marion Gering will probably
direct the film. 1t was he who
directed Miss Sidney in one Of
her early successes, Ladies of the
Big House." Interesting to hear
that this actress, despite her cora-
parative neWneSs to the screen,
tops all other actresses on the
Paramount lot in fan mail.
Is it too silly, Jack Oakie's story
about the Hollywood couple who
have taken up French lessons be-
cause they recently adopted a
French baby and want to know
what it says when it starts to
talk?
Dramatically sudden was the
departure of Walter Winchell
and his family last night for New
York. The Broadway columnist
left without signing the lucrative
contract which Universal offered
him to play the leading role in
their story of New York gossip
writer. Much improved from his
recent illness, Winchell said he in
tends to resume hi newspaper
and radio work at an early date.
He characterized his negotiations
with Universal as, at all times,
amicable.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Shu0ert-ErIdn9er Agreement to
Eliminate BeIasco Theater

a seeming indifference for au-
diences and footlight non.
chalance. With me, Peter Hig-
gins can come right back for a
repeat any time.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

duo w CI Will UC GlIC SdulC'
Exactly why went into that
second paragraph, I can't tell
you. I must have had an idea
in the back Of my dome or I
wouldn't have gone into the lead
in the first place. What was it?
Oh, yes. The conceit of the
actor. I remember now.
In last years Follies there was
a minor comedian who was
earning $100 a week. The star
comedian of that show was
drawing $4,000 a week. And as
I stood in the wings one night
and watched the star go through
a routine, the minor comic
stepped beside me.
Tell me, Mr.. Hellinger," he
asked, What has that man
Cot?"
I looked at him in surprise.
Plenty" I assured him.
''Don't you hear the audience
howl? What do you mean
what has he got?"
He seemed a trifle nervous.
"Well," he replied, cts a
little hard to explain. You see,
/ make them laugh, too. But he
gets $4,000 a week and 1 get
only $780,"
I smiled.
well" observed brilliantly,
"that's the way the world goes.
After all, maybe he's a little
better than you are"
He clapped his hands.
That's just it," he cried
excitedly. Il know he's bet
ter. But, my God, is he thirty
times better?"
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
He Found Out

A reporter on a morning
sheet, reports l.. D.. was as
signed by his managing editor
to a special investigation fea-
ture. The title of the feature
was to be, "Is Liquor Being Sold
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

Players VIII ~
have a single sponsorship. This
arrangement will cut down the
number of theaters open in key
cities, but those ordained will
have a full season of fine attrac-
tionS,
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

I hate to hear it, but the under
ground rumorS have it that the
BelaSco will not light up next
season for Broadway shows. The
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
TROUBLES OF A PUBLIC HERO


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The Washington times., 1932-05-23

Dread" a play by Frederick
Herendeen, is announced for
Broadway production late next
month by Charles H. Abramson
and Jess Smith.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was
an artist, sculptor and architect Of
Crete who lived three generations be-
fore the Trojan war. He built the IA
nous labyrinth on that island and to
him are attributed the inventions Of
the ak. the saw, the auger, etc. Being
imprisoned with his son Icarus, he In
vented wings for flying to Sicily.
These were fastened on with wax, and
according to the legend Icarus flew so
high that the suns heat melted the
wax and he fell into the sea. Daeda-
lus himself reached Sicily. PhilologistS
suppose that Daedalus is not really
a proper name but is the common
appellation of all the first architects,
metauurgists and sculptors in Grecian
antiquity, being derived from the
Greek word meaning ito work with
skill"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
"Dog Days" Given Name \
bY Early Astronomers

With the ancient Romans the MONTH
Of July and the first part Of August, /
as with us, were days Of extremei
heat. The people suffered. For a lacki
Of proper sanitation, many Of them
fell ill and died during that time.
And, as in all countries, those hot days.
brought extreme discomfort to dogs.
They fell i'll of rabies, ran maddened
through the streets.
Looking to the stars for an expla-
nation of these conditions, the astron-
omers found what the Greeks and the
Babylonians before them had found
the star known to them as Canicula,
or the Little Dog, rose in the heavens
at the same time as the sun. With
logic of sort, they decided that this
coincidence of the sun and a major
star both beaming down on the earth
together generated the extreme heat,
which diminished as Canicula's time
of rising receded from that of the
sun, only to return year later when
they both rose together again. That
settled, they called the period dies
caniculares, or dog days.
But had they taken their astronomi-
cal knowledge and their mythology
from the Egyptians, dog days would
have been known perhaps by another
name; certainly they would have had
another significance. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
Ancestral Worry Over
the Rising Generation

Owner of some valuable old books,
books whose intrinsic value is en-
HANGED to him because they belonged
to his great-grandfather or his great
great-grandfather is Ashton G. Steven
son, says a Chicago dispatch.
That the generations change little Is
proved, he believes, by quotations
from some Of the old almanacs he
owns. Back in 1924 the younger gen.
Grafton, it seems, was worrying the
older generation and the golden age
was in the past.
In 1924 the Western Almanack was
sorrowful because 40 years ago liter
allure meant learning and was support
ed by common sense; the ladies of the
first responsibility learned music, but
it was the humming Of the wheel and
learned the necessary dance steps In
following it.; their piano forte was a
loom and their novels the Bible; some
respect was paid to old age, to pious
ministers of the gospel and to Sum
day."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
Altitudinous Birds

When it comes to high flyers some
birds really go up in the air. T. 81.
Harrison of Pembroke college, Cam
bridge, reports in Nature, the British
Journal of Science, flock of wild
geese flying at an altitude Of approx
mately $4,000 feet-nearly five miles
up. These high flyers were accidental
ly "shot" in photograph of the sun.
Mt. Everett climbers, Professor Har-
rison says, have reported lammerge-
iers, curlews and choughs (Old world
genus of the crow family flying high
er than 10000 feet. The highest air.
planes have encountered birds. how
ever, is $4,000 feet up, while the aver
age migratory birds do their travelling
flights below the 3,000-foot level.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25

1t must, therefore, look at the situa-
ton as it is and provide money to run
the schools as they are and under the
conditions that actually exist and not
under some theoretical notion of what
ought to be.
The guaranty that the teachers will
be paid promptly and in full for the
six months term is as strong as the
State itself. If this law fails, then
the State has failed before all the
world.
The extended term beyond the six
months) still rests upon the principle
of dual support. The State goes by
the county and into the district and
participates in the cost of two months
of school in addition to the 6 months.
Many of the rural high school dis
tricts could not possible operate ex-
cept for this aid. The State makes
an appropriation of $1,500,0O0 as a
tax-reduction fund, which is distrib-
uted to the districts on the basis of
(a) their ability to pay and (b) their
educational costs according to State
standards. Many of these districts
receive moro than half of their costs
from the State. The rising cost of
education and the decrease in the
value of rural property for taxation,
on which this extended term formerly
was wholly dependent, would long ago
have forced the suspension of these
schools but for the timely aid of the
State. The whole program of rural
high school education would otherwise
have been wrecked.
How will the adoption of the prin-
ciple of complete State support af-
feet the development of public educa-
ton in the future? No one, of course,
can foretell at this time the possible
effects. The principle of complete
support is accomplished by a large
train of ideas which are certain to re-
late themselves to the total school sit
uation throughout the years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
FRIENDSVILLE

Mr.. R. M. Holman and children,
Merwin, Elizabeth, and Byron, were
visiting relatives and friends here on
Sunday.
Mrs. Clarence Wicklow has been
confined to her bed for several days.
Services concentrating the MEM
DRY of George Washington were held
by the M. E. Sunday School at the
regular morning service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Shields have re-
turned to their home in Washington,
D. C.
States Attorney W. w. Dawson was
in Friendsville Monday prosecuting
two cases of larceny before the JUS
tice of the Peace.
John R. Fike has purchased new
ten tube radio set.
The director and several members
of the Ursina band paid the Friends
vile Military band a visit last Mon
day evening.
Messrs. Orval Rush, Paul Fisher,
Charles WEIGH and Ralph Miller were
in Cumberland Friday taking the
comparative examination for the posi-
ton at the Bear Creek fish hatchery.
Mr.. Jerome Kelly, GAINESVILLE, w.
Va, was transacting business in
Friendsville one day last week.
Mr.. Earl M. Kerr, investigator for
the Gap Collecting Agency of Pitts
burgh, Pa, was transacting business
in town Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kurt ODER, of Hersh-
ey, Pa, were visiting friends and
relatives here over the weekend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
Different

Undoubtedly the story about divid-;
ing the apple will be with US as long
as the mother-in-law gags, but Of
course, little Elmer Blame of San Ber-:
nardino doesn't know this and, being,
only six, must be exonerated Of plagi-
arlsm.
But this time the story is bigger
and better. for there were two apples
instead of one-a big one and a lit
tie one.
"And tell me, Elmer" cooed aunty,
"f asked you to give an apple to-
your brother, which one would you
give him?"
do you mean to my big brother Or
my little one" asked Elmer anxiously.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25

trunk and tie lines.
Since the Department Of Commerce,
formerly known as the Commerce and
Labor Department., was established
March 16, 1903, telephones serving the
personnel have increased 1873 times.
In the same length Of time, the num-
Der Of employees, according to Edward
W. Libbey, chief clerk and superin-
tendent Of the department, has only
increased eight times.
When the Department of Commerce
was first established, it was served by
a single.position switchboard with
twelve telephones connected with it.
There were two trunk lines to the
Main central Office. Early in 1905
telephone facilities were increased to
twenty-six stations and eight trunks.
At that time there were about 500
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-25
STATE VERSUS COUNTY
SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOLS
Economics and Higher Eficien-
cy Achieved by Taking over
Responsibility for Education
from Local Authorities Re-
viewed.
By A. T. ALLEN,
Superintendent of Public instruction,
State of North Carolina
Omitted States Daily

The General Assembly's agreement
in 1881 to proceed along the line Of
complete State support for the six
months school terms required in
North Cardinals Constitution served
as complete reversal of the old doc
trine of primary financial response
bility on the part of the county. The
clear implication of this new doctrine
is that the State itself, not only as.
sumes the primary financial respon-
sibility, but also agrees to pay the
whole bill of cost on State standards
for the six months term out of its
own revenue. This is new philoso-
ply in school maintenance and sup
port
This decision, of course, was has
tened by the financial and taxing stu
alton which confronted the General
Assembly in 1881. Although our basic
principle of constitutional authorize
ton leads logically and inevitably to
the doctrine of complete support, it
probably would not have come at this
time except for the tremendous pres
sure exerted by the extremely high
ad yalorem tax rate made necessary
under the old system of school sup
port.
The taxing situation which con-
fronted the General Assembly of 1881
was very difficult one to handle.
Land taxes were so high that property
was robbed of it's sales value. Taxes
in many counties could not be collect
ed; the counties could not meet their
obligations or were running on bor-
rowed money; and some of them
were forced to pay their teachers in
script which even at this date has
not yet been redeemed. Some means
had to be devised to reduce the taxes
on land by a very considerable
amount. Since the schools were the
largest spenders from ad valorem
taxes they came in for the first con-
sideration. Educational costs had
been rapidly and steadily rising for
ten years.
In order to meet the problems aris-
ing out of the increasing costs and
the shrinking values, some drastic
action, both in the field of costs and
in the field of revenue, were neces-
sary. 1t was not any longer ques-
ton of fixing the responsibility for
.effectuating State purpose. 1t was
a question of finding enough money
to keep the schools open and running.
1t seemed very inappropriate time
to increase taxes on any source of rev.
enue on account of the financial strin-
gency. If the burden of taxes were to