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Evening star., 1933-12-13
Local Orchestral Society
Heard in Fourth Concert
Led by Director Christiani, Organization
Gives Program Rich In
Material. .''''.'''--

lishec phrasing and, on the whole, good
intonation are the splendid results of
the short practice time Of the orches-
ira, with refined polish possible In the
future with the material at hand. The
rendition of both the Hadley overture
and especially the Beethoven ALLEGRO"
was musicianly in concept and secure
in execution. The sureness of Mr..
Christiani's conducting was a pleasure
to watch.
Giuseppe Bruno, as soloist. gave the
prologue from "Pagliacci" with orches-
ira, accompaniment He sang with as
surance and traditional effects, which
would have been more striking If his
vocal emission could have more free
dom. A tendency to slide up to certain
tones detracted from their eventual
power, and for singer Of Mr. Bruno's
innate musical feeling should not be
necessary. The audience applauded
generously for an encore and Mr.. Bruno
gave the intricate aria from The Bar
ber of Seville with skillful ease In die
ton and music.
The society plans to have a local
soloist at each concert and it Is to be
hoped both the public and the men,
bers of the orchestra will cooperate
(there were some late stragglers in
among the musicians) to continue the
good work so splendidly begun.
Evening star., 1933-12-13
COLUMBIA PLAYERS GIVE
VERSION Of "ICEB0UND"
Mrs. Roosevelt Attends One of the
Best Amateur Productions of the
Season at Pierce Hall.

The Columbia Players second pro-
duction Of the season, "Icebound," by
Owen Davis, given last night at the
Pierce Hall with a comprehension that
left no doubt as to the talents of the
players, was honored by the presence
Of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and a
small party.
In direct contrast to the light plots
prevalent today. the play has as its
characters New Englanders who are as
icebound in spirit as nature was out
side. The tale of these self-centered
people offers great opportunity to the
players
Steele Kennedy. as the sincere yet
headstrong boy. enacted his part with
an ease and smoothness that suffered
nothing when he gradually let the stern
corner OF his emotions slip gradually
under the gentle and loving guidance
OF Virginia Rand, who was his moni-
tor. This couple made an ideal combi
nation. Lois Alexander, Oreel Belle
Claf1in and Betty Clark the two sis
tiers and half sister played their roles
with zest and reality. This trio pro-
vided many laugh with their i'm
persona tionS. The brother was PLAYED by
r. H. Stringfellow. The two friends of
the family. portrayed by Harold Nor
ton as DR.. Curtis. and B. A. P. Doehrer
as Judge Bradford. followed in the
high level sustained by others of the
cast Helen Mead, Robert Alexander.
Dorothy NJ White and Vernon Lyden
completed group of unusual ability.
Taken individually or as a whole. this
play is one of the best executed by
Washington amateurs in a long time.
F. L. c.
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BAND CONCERT.

BY United States Marine Band at the
Auditorium this evening at 8 O'Clock.
Capt. Taylor Bransosa. leader; Arthur S.
Witcomb, second leader.
Overture, THE Carnival Of Venice"
Thomas
"Natchez on the HILL" opus 80. Powell
Selections from "Iolanthe". .. Sullivan
"Nocturne, opus 48. No. !. Chopin
Sketch Oriental, THE Caravan" 81
Scharbaa
Suite from the opera "Snegourotchka.
(The Snow Maiden), Rimsky-Korsakow
Introduction, andante sostenuto.
lie Cortege." allegro marcia. %
"Danse des Bouffons." vivace LA
Tone poem. From Switzerland" Charles
"Rakoczy March. arrangement by List
Marines hymn, The Halls of Monte
Zuma." -
"The Star Spangled Banner"
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BY ALICE EvERSMAN.

The Washington Orchestral Society,
c. E. Christiani, director, gave its fourth
concert last evening at the Almas
Temple Auditorium, on K street, with
Giuseppe Bruno, baritone, as the assist
ing artist. r.
An organization such as this deserves
still better audience than the one
which patroniZed the concert last night,
for the objective of the society, that of
giving opportunities for the youngtalent
to receive orchestral training is worthy
of whole-hearted encouragement. Mr..
Christiani is thorough musician,
eminently fitted to act as director not
only of the mechanical side of orchestral
playing, but the choosing of the works
to be performed
Last evenings program was rich in
material for both the audience and the
performers. Although the programs
were not on hand to inform the listeners
what to expect, Mr.. Christiani an
nounced the numbers as they were
played. Hadleys overture to "Herod"
was followed by the first movement of
the Third Symphony" Of Beethoven
three dances from Henry VIII" by
German. and the overture to Mozart's
"Cosi Fan Tutte."
The tone of the orchestra is at pres
ent robust and full of vitality and the
members play with an elan that is a re-
sponse to Mr.. Christianis energetic
baton. Clearness Of attack. well estab-
Evening star., 1933-12-13
Looking Over Eddie Cantor
AndThose e'ROmanScandalS'
Nighttime Along F Street Is Disturbed by Private
Showing of the Pop-Eyed Comedian Newest
Picture, With Twelve Tempe stuous Sirens"
By E. de S. Melcher.

150 AM this morning Eddie Cantor, dressed
Il Brutu other noble Roman Roman noble
running around after Gloria Stuart, long
and Of those not too loose Roman also being
pursued by David he had his hair cured)
Roman Scandals was not over by half But swarm of
nent theater from the South the North the
West sitting oblvous
just around the enjoying Mr. Canor excursions
ancient Rome enjoying much those famous
Goldwyn beauesl2 impossibly good looking
chained to circular clad
uhi ieurp-
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JED HARRIS,
Sothern Program

The program given last night by the
Arts Club of Washington in memory of
the late E. H. Sothern brought a cable
gram of appreciation from his widow,
the actress Julia Marlowe.
Both Miss Marlowe and Sothern were
longtime members of the Arts Club.
From her retreat in Europe Miss Mar
lowe cabied as follows: My heartfelt
thanks to the Arts Club for this express
sion of appreciation of my beloved hus-
band. My enforced absence grieves
me-my heart is with you ALL
Memories Of the famous actor and
producer were given by Frank B. Steele.
who knew him personally. Sothern's
lesser known side. as a man of letters
and poet, was presented by Charles Ed
ward Russell an intimate Of Sothern's,
who read some of his original poems.
Hosts for the dinner and program
were Mrs. Belle Howell Bohn and Lynch
LuGuer.
Evening star., 1933-12-13

We inspe-c I'd these wigs and these
ladies when We were in Hollywood, and
found them good to look upon. Mr.
Goldwyn. or perhaps Lynn Farnol (who
it is said is responsible for the choice
of these rare beautieS) is the man next
to Ziegfeld who knows a real face when
he sees one. AS soon as he knows that
he is to, do an Eddie Cantor extrava-
ganza, out goes the call for IL tempes-
tuouS sirens who can stand around and,
saying or doing nothing. yet knock Gus
tcmers dead by the mere wiggle OF
their eyelaSheS
Twelve such females are Visible in
Roman Scandals" More than that,
when Grace Poggi (queen of elastic
dancers) ties herself into knots in that
Roman market. scene, the cold white
beauties must sit there neatly chained
to the wall and say nothing
1t was during the filming of this
scene that one of them tainted dead
away. Being chained for three or four
hours under broiling lights is no joke
Fortunately when she keeled over she
was prevented from toppling over into
30-foot spin by the chains them
selves
We didn't see all of this picture last
night. or rather this morning. We
much of the fun.
But one thing did disappoint us.
The song which we have been Growing
about. ever since we came back from
Hollywood wasn't as good as it sound
ed in the original Ruth Etting, nasal
chanter of red hot songs. on the screen
isn't so good as Ruth Etting in per-
son. And the song. which We heard
for three hours steadily one morning,
doesn't record as well as it did in the
studios. mo More Love" is good. but
it isn't riot the way We thought it
would be. Something happened to it
in the cutting room.
x x
CECIL 3. DE MILE must have his
bath tubs. Yesterday in a round
table session at the Shoreham. where
he received gentlemen and ladies of
the drama departments, Che is visiting
Washington on personal matter
he suddenly whipped out a picture of
-Four Frightened People, which he
has just finished filming in Hawaii, and
said, 'Look-there's my latest bath
tub
The bath tub proved to be the pool of
a waterfall in the middle of an Hawai-
Y,
instead of soaping herself with Sign
Of the Cross" soap, was standing with
arms outstretched. The most natural
of pools, surrounded by Hawaiian bam-
boo shrubbery and thickets which kept
Miss Colbert's bathing a secret from
the eyes of prowling animals, 1t revealed
Miss Colbert in a new pose as well as
starting something new in the way of
De Mile bathing parlors
incidentally. Mr.. De Mile confided
that his new film. Cleopatra" is really
going to be based on history end that
it will positively be a spectacle" He
also said that his films had made more
money than any pictures in picture his
tory. and that he was having blank
ety-blank time finding Marc Anthony
for Cleopatra. Said he: so far Dane
and en- Englishman are in the lead"
But nothing is definite. In New York
Evening star., 1933-12-13

off to siege of :arge-brimmed after
noon and dinner hats with delicate
Evening star., 1933-12-13

Mr. De Mile will give potential Marc
AnthonieS the once-over They must be
eaters, drinkers, fighters and orators.
That apparently Is something hare. 20
find in Hollywood
Ina Claire is coming to the Ma
tional the week Of January is in the
Theater Guilds production of "Biog-
raphy," which did bang-up business
last season in New York. Manager
Steve Cochran has also announced that
Joe Cook and his Hold Your Horses"
show will be at his theater the week
before that, and that following the
Katie Hepburn play next week there
will be nothing.
X
A LLAN JONES, who plays the lead
in Bitter Sweet" at the National,
is 26 years old. He is the young man
who was signed to play opposite Jeritza
denly decided she would not appear on
Broadway. His only New York ap-
pearance was in "Boccaccio" a few sea-
sons back. He has played 18 operettas
under the Shubert banner in a year
and a half
Says he: There's no training in the
world that can compare to the train
ing you get with the Shuberts.'
A T LAST our plea 10 have the French
version Of Three Little Pigs" pre-
sented locally has been answered
Shrewd. dapper, efficient manager Har-
die Meakin The dances nightly at the
Heigh-HO Club has announced that
the Paris version of the Walt Disney
success. will be offered at R-K-O
Keith's at his special New Year eve
midnight show. Also to be presented
at this show will be Flying Down to
Rio." the musical film in which Dolores
Del Rio. Fred Astaire and Gene Ray
mond are featured.
ONE of the most attractive film
~ shorts that has ever been prepared
is Walt Disney's The Night Before
Christmas This film was given a
rousing hand early this morning at the
Fox when it was shown ahead of the
Eddie Cantor picture.
Congratulations to Miss Lillian Roth
on being % years old today.
Mrs. S. H. Tomlinson writes from
High Point, N. c., to ask what is the
outstanding drama of the year We
should say Mary of Scotland"
And Agnes B. Hedges is upset-we
don't blame her-because the Congress
sional Library has nothing to say about
Playwright Brandon Thomas the wrote
Charles Aunt" which. by the way,
will be presented at Western High
School Friday and Saturday nights
except fragmentary note to the ef-
feet that he was born in 1856 (where
not stated) and died in 1914 and that
he wrote a one-act play copyrighted in
is no copyright record of Charles
Aunt" Now, who knows about Mr.
Thomas?
Little Women" remains at Keith
until December 81.
Left out Of Bitter Sweet" this week
is that green carnation number Added
to it is a trio comedy scene which is
long way off from anything Ar. Cow
ard ever wrote.
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n threatens us.
nSoring this revival of an out
d is the star who will appear in
ivalry among the various designers
stars must be dramatic, original,
lerous. So the gown designers
lish all these things.
ostrich trim, wears only the tiniest Of
hats herself these days.
Her present favorite Is cap Of
black velvet something like a baby
bonnet. It is worn far back on the
head and carries a thick roll of velvet
at about the angle that the cornet
braid Of years ago was worn.
If you are under 5 feet inches in
height watch Miriam Hopkins-a small,
slender girl who generally achieves the
appearance of being fairly tall by the
sheer artistry Of her gowns.
A gray wool afternoon suit trimmed
with silver fox is one of the examples
of this careful handling of Hopkins
wardrobes The fur is cleverly manipu-
lated below the shoulder line to avoid
bulky appearance. A short woman
must never bulk her shoulders up with
fur-this tends to make her appear
shorter. A mediums sized fiat muff of
the fur gives the suit Wintry appear
ance without further Eulking or Short
ening the silhouette, and the small
black velvet turban is low in front and
high in back, to add to the tall, slim
line.
Copyright 1888 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
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Travis BantOn IS SpC
moded mode, and Carole Lombal
its first ventures. There is much l
of Hollywood. Gowns for picture
fattering, slenderizing and nur
are getting gray trying to accomI
When the Lombard appears in
"Bolero" with George Raft, you will see
the draped skirt, alluringly slit to the
knee, the becoming Elizabeth collars
and the delicate plumes Of the hats of
20 years ago.
The most outstanding gown is the
Irene Castle" dancing frock of beige
chiffon which Carole Lombard revives.
1t is made bouffant at the hips by ap-
plication of bands of baby fox The
hemline Of this frock measures 10 yards
and gives the wearer a superbiy graceful
appearance on the dance floor
Here is the frock which Banton says
will be the basis of our Spring modes:
An afternoon gown of gray satin which
has the typical upward and center
draped skirt with knee-length slit at
the front. An Elizabeth collar of
pleated gray organdie flares upward
frame for the face The girdle is
wide and high, fastening at the back
with huge bow. The hat which &C
companies this has Mae West aigrettes
sweeping upward from large, dash
ing brim of gray velvet.
Well, well, WELL it certainly is diff
ferent from anything we've been doing
for some time.
Mae West. who has started milliners
off to siege of .arge-brimmed after
noon and dinner hats with delicate
Evening star., 1933-12-13
EEL SEXES FINGER
Seattle Woman Hurt Peeling
T-Pound Live Fish.

OUHU NI'e fSH'
SEATTLE, Wash. tP1.-Peeling an eel
caused Mrs. Angelina Burro all kinds
of trouble.
The eel, 7-pounder. feet long, was
still alive and took firm hold of Mrs.
Burro's finger. Her screams aroused
neighbors.
An ambulance arrived and attendants
treated her finger. Then Patrolman
Daniel Driscoll dashed up. He took
care of the eel.
Evening star., 1933-05-14
Politics of World Prosperity

international demands of the Frenchl
Finally: Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Hull
saCctioned the recent speech of Mr..
Norman Davis in Geneva intimating a
favorable attitude toward the British
plan of armaments reduction including
Tentatively but hospitably-its crucial
Part One," which deals with Sc
curityr'
The basic elements in that Part
One" are these:
ta) War. or move toward war, shall
instantly provoke an assembly Of all
the governments which are parties to
the Kellogg BRAND anti-war treaty.
tb) In that assembly, the governments
thus convened shall strive to agree upon
the possible steps which could be taken.
tc) Their decision. to be valid shall
require the concurrence Of the repre-
sentatives of the governments of the
United States of America. of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland of France, of Germany, of
Italy, of Japan and of the Union Of
Soviet Socialist Republics. and Of
ma jority CT the representatives of the
ether governments participating in the
conference.
Requirement of L. S. Consent.
The inclusion of &C" would make
it manifest that the United States
could not be bound against its will
by the votes CT the other powers. A
valid and binding decision would re-
quiYe the consent of Washington.
A treaty so framed would accord
ingly seem to impose no contraction
whatsoever upon the final self-will of
the United States. 1t would also seem
to be entirely consistent with the recent
actual practice of the United States in
entering into consultations with for
eign powers regarding vars and threats
of wars in the Orient and In South
America.
We see then. combination Of three
forces whichever before NJ. Herr;ot'S
visit to Washingtcn-were propelhng
the United States of its own motion
toward a larger international political
cooperation" We see the ''conSulta-
tive tendency initiated by President
Hoover and continued by President
Roosevelt; We see the arms embargo"
tendency initiated by President Hoover
and continued by President Roosevelt.
and we see the executive tariff making"
tendency initiated by President Roose-
velt
What the Herriot> visit did was to
sharpen these tendencies and to accel-
crate them. To what issue they can
be brought at London is highly problem
atical. So. too however, is the issue
to which our present economic tend
encies can there be brought. What
seems assured is only that at London
the two sets of tendencies will be-for
the first time in our history - con-
sciously. intimately intertw1ned.
The Roosevelt administration has the
policy of fostering international trade
and is tfaereupon embarked upon the
consequences of that policy. The policy
of economic isolation can endure the
prospect of foreign wars. The policy of
economic collaboration implies the
necessity of collaboration for the
preservation of trades groundwork
peace. There is no escape from that
concomitant of the Rooseveltian en-
thusiasm for international economic in
tercourse.
Evening star., 1933-05-14

tempt to classify scientifically an
branches OF human knowledge. This
involved the invention Of tnnumerahle
terms derived from Greek and Latin:
some OF these terms he first employed
IN drafting the act for the University
OF Michigan. He published also q
treatise on the substance of the sun,
which. with the neutrality-suspicious."
now has place only in scientific and
literary .curiosa.
But Woodward's essays on the gov
ernment OF the District of Columbia
nave IN them the stuff Of Immortality
Written at "a time when the District
was a mere collection Of villages and
farms, these burning messages NAV be
read with profit by the Washing
tonian--and the legislator-in 1888.
more than 1872 years after their first
publication.
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Continued From Third Page,

lumbia" and preserving the incognito
Of their author.
The second result of Woodward's
campaign was in the action of the
House committee. After almost q
month of study. the committee report
ed a bill providing territorial form of
government for the District along the
general lines suggested by the lawyer.
The right to vote. however, was to be
extended only to owners of real estate
This aroused considerable criticism.
Set Up Judicial System.
The Senate committee likewise had
been busy, and more effectively SO.
For its members reported, and the Sem
ate passed. a bill radically different
from that pending in the House. When
at last the two houses reached an
agreement, the much-amended Senate
bill was passed, establishing the first
judicial system for the District-a court
of three judges and a number of jus
tices of the peace-with the laws OF
Maryland and Virginia continuing In
force
While this enactment, which became
law on February 27, 1901, fell far short
of Woodward's hopes, 1t at least gave
the District judiciary and courts that
1t might cali its own.
On March %, 1901, the Circuit Court
Of the District opened its first session,
Evening star., 1933-05-14
Votes-For-District Fight Was Begun
By Augustus B. Woodward in l797

and Woodward was first to present
himself for admission.
In the succeeding years he contin-
ued to plead with Congress for full
justice to the District. Occas asionally,
to assist the cause. he published an
addition. to his Considerations" until
the total of his essays on the subject
reached eight.
His seventh article in the series de-
clared that all other problems Of the
District were subordinate to the need for
national representation.
The operations Of the various
branches Of the District government,
he wrote. ARE not SO all-important as
to question whether the people of the
Territory Of Columbia shall be slaves
pie will be finally triumphant; and 1t
can never be the desire OF a free and
generous people to fraternize with a
band Of slaves"
StiA the years passed and Congress
moved not q hand to give the people
of the District q representative in the
electoral college. In his eighth and
final appeal. woodward gave full vent
to his impatience with Congress.
In 1892 Congress moved once more
to meet the needs of the District by
providing local government with a
mayor appointed by. the President and
a council elected by the people. Wood
ward was chosen as one Of the men,
bers OF WaShington's first council. Yet
he was not content with this arrange
ment. which he felt scarcely befitted
the station Of the Nations Capital,
and so, in his concluding essay. he
poured out his bitterness and disil-
lusion.
The whole history of the City OF
Washington" hc wrote, exhibits the
effects of governmental Inconsistency
The city remained a desert until
the Government actually came 1t came
agitated by political contest. 1t forgot
Its inconvenience and privations in the
place which was looking up to 1t for its
support.
Objected 70 Indecision-
For more than three years. esti-
mating from the time when a commit
tee was first appointed in Philadelphia
to report on its mode Of government,
1t has been the victim Of indecision.
No determinate principles are yet set
tied, no decided measures have yet
been taken
Not long after this was written
Woodward was overhauling his saddle
bags and preparing to take the trail
again-this time to Detroit, where he
was TO serve as one of the judges for
the Territory Of Michigan, which Con-
g-ess had carved out Of the vast In
diana Territory in 1905
He was leaving behind a lucrative
practice and a reputation deservedly
earned. He had eloquently presented
to Congress the claim of Oliver Pollock.
the patriot who impoverished himself
by serving the Continental Congress as
their agent at the ports of New Or
leans and Havana. Pollock's money
had financed. too. the vastly productive
expedition Of George Rogers Clark.
But. despite Woodward's persistence
crd pc-sussiveness. Congress refused to
pay the claim. And Pollock died in
poverty. es did Robert Morris. great
fnancier Of the Revolution-embitter
urhonored. unreWaNied.
Another famous case in which Wood