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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
A Failure, But It's Still A Fine Book

The amending conflict which the world of the spirit must wage with the workaday world of every day life has found expression in everything that the very gifted H. M. Tomlinson has written. His exposition of this conflict has led him to create some extremely fine literature; but in the case of his latest book, ''The Shows of Heli- con-" 1t has caused him to write novel which cannot be classed otherwise than as Q failure.
 "The Shows of Helicon," that is, fails because the narrative gets lost in MT Tomlinson's metaphys- ics. What purports to be a story becomes a series of soliloquies, loosely chain of essays This doesn't matter so much, per- haps, because MT Tomlinson is always worth listening to.s But you can't help feeling that a good story has been spoiled.
 The book is the story of an Eng fish architect. The architect feels that modern man has won the world at the price of his immortal soul; he has gained power but he has lost the spirit of beauty. The architect learns that an in- dustrial concern has bought an island in the Aegean Sea and il going ito tear down an ancient temple to Apollo in order to erect some sort of modern improvement It seems to him supremely import ant to prevent this from happen. ing. He gives himself up to quix- otic effort to save the old temple and, finally, loses his life in the attempt.
 The thread of action gets spun pretty thin. Now and then 1t van. ishes altogether. But even so, "The Shows of Helicon'' Is abundantly worth reading. MT Tomlinson has something to say, and he says Il beautifully.
 Published by Harpers, this book l sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
DISAPPOINTMENT IN GIFTS
(Meriden Journal)

Some cities have found that Uncle Sam is not the perfect Santa Claus they pictured him at the time 1t was announced that the federal government would make an outright gift to commun- ities in the sum of one-third of what they spend for relief.
 A striking illustration of this disappointment was registered in Waterbury which received approx imately $20,000 as its share of the money received by the state for the first three months of the year, or one-third of the $60.000 expended through the city welfare depart ment for that period. It appears that no consideration whatever was given to $100,000 raised and spent in the quarter by the mutual aid, most worthy organization of citizens which has done trc- mendous amount of relief work and lack of public funds derived from the taxpayers.
 Other cities were disap pointed. Hartford was granted $b7OOO ana yet 1t was more liberal in its out lay for relief than Bridgeport. which was allowed $82,000 and New Haven, granted $90,000.
 The effect in Meriden of the rule to credit only relief department expenditures In making govern ment awards is to disregard other substantial spending, such, ap- parently, as $90,000 subscribed to the Community Chest and distrib- uted through the mayors research commission.
 It is q vast amount of money that the federal government is distributing in this way and most gratefully received by communi- ties, but let no citizen think they are getting something for noth- ing. They will have to repay il somehow at some time. Meanwhile with Uncle Sam looking on, wei. fare expenditures will be most carefully checked for any waste Ffulness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
So They Say

I have no doubt that we are now in the last stages of this depres- sion. Daily we read reports or m creasing employment; there Is a changed public psychology and a general belief that we are on the upward path.-Governor George White of Ohio.
 Education is a matter of op- portunity. religion is a matter or opinion, but character is essen tial in all walks of life.-Mrs August Belmont.
 Revival movements are a neces- sary element in the life of the church-Dr l.. w. Greensted, pro- lessor of religious philosophy at ..Oxford. .
 The United States is just recov- ering it's balance after a series or economic earthquakes.--A. 4. Berle, Jr. member of Rooseyelts "brain trust"
 All this stuff about parachutes that failed to open is the bunk. The only thing that failed was the Jumper, and he just didn't pull the ring.-"Scotty" Scott. U. s. Nayys champion arachute jumper and veteran of 1000 leaps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
To-day's Selected Poem
LAST RESORT

(Paul Rayson in the New York Sun) Though I'm no misanthrope, the lot Of the pedestrian is not
 Exactly an agreeable one.
 Indeed. I know it's packs of fun For kids who never mind q fall To skate pcll-mell across the Mall. But I was never good on wheels, Feeling much safer with my heels Planted on terra firma. Still,
 Youth must be server despite spill. But here's another menace come To threaten equilibrium! Say what you will, cannot like That fiendish vehicle, The Bike. To duck and dodge may cultivate The art of self-defense--too late! Cave Jewellers who enjoy stroll Are lucky If they came back whole. Z So mortal hazards mount in this Impossible metropolis. Soon walixers-out will need permit r guess I'll have to DC q hermiti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Cobina Wright Makes News

|
 Cobina Wright is almost always
 news. She first attracted atten-
 ton when, at the age Of 14, she
 ran away from an aunt while they
 were travelling in Europe and
 turned up on the stage where she
 was capably carrying a role in
 .The Magic Flute" She was heard from next in France (and by thousands of doughboys at a time) when she sang war songs
 from the backs of trucks .. Next she married Owen Johson, the writer, was divorced, later
 married wealthy William May Wright While they were on the crest of a social and financial
 wave, she started her annual "So- ciety Circus" a charity affair that always sets the towns celebrities battling for tickets z. Then her husband lost his money and the Wriehts lost both their houses. Pretty soon she lost her husband, by the divorce route Coblna then worked in a gown shop, sang at a night club, managed string of "Cobina Wright Orchestras." She began getting prosperous m her own right
 Not SO long ago she went to . hospital, seriously i'll. Along with conyalescence, though, she got a really big idea. She would lease the Leviathan for a sort or show boat, night club and de luxe play ground! i. Friends shook their heads anxiously, and nurses gave her sedatives. But Cobina really meant 1t. The enormous old liner ia tied up idle, at a North River dock. She easily could be taken a little farther up the Hudson and converted into a floating palace of all kinds of entertainment, from roller skating to the drama .. So now Cobina Wright has per- sonal option on the biggest ship in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

traught in such a community, 'cr upon the highway shown in pho- tograph reproduced in the Review. The picture is of a highway near Beebe, Quebec, and Beebe Plain. Vermont; an automobile on one side of the highway is in Canada and one on the other side in the United States. So blends and merges one country into another, with not even Q dotted line be- tween. A wide river or a majestic lake can mark the boundary be- tween nations so plainly that no- body could mistake; where nature has provided no sharp sign of de- markation man can be forgiven for living in helter skelter fashion across the boundary line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Our Daily Washington Letter Labor, Not Steel, Held Out in Final Arguments
 Over Code
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

mics, Jim," replied Glass. "But 1t doesn't say anything about forgiv- ing your friends"
 That Hull-Moley Feud
 The state department seems generally pleased at Professor Mo- ley's departure following his Lon- don conficst with Secretary ol State Hull. Hull is the most popular secretary, among Foreign service men, within memory.
 Fuller reports on what happened at London behind the scenes re- veal more bitterness between Hull and Molly and other delegates and Moley than anyone here had imag- ined. Hull had certain friends and admirers who were able to tell him what Moley was cabling to Roosevelt. At least one subsequent Hull-Moley conversation was sul- phuric.
 An Orphan Child
 The idea of armed American in- tervention in Liberia seems fantas- tic, but American officials there have raised it as a threat against Liberians who balk at signing a League of Nations reconstruction plan. 8E TIT
 Critics, who say this country is engaging in it's worst venture o1 imperialism ever, charge the plan would virtually deliver Liberia to Harvey Firestone, who has a 90- year rubber development lease on 100000 acres and pays six cents an acre for land the league report says is worth 50 cents. Hopkins Takes Cut Harry Hopkins, director of fed eral relief, is the New Deals sac rificial goat.
 He left a $15,000 job to take this one at $10,000 and then found himself making only $8500 because of the general federal pay cut. Copyright 1893, NEA Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of tho Democrat sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

Anybody want perfectly good million dollar stamp collection! It is expected that the task of selling the immense collection of the late Arthur Hind of Utica, N. r.. will start in l934 The appraisers, well known philatelists. are still at their work. The sale will be the greatest ever and necessarily will be divided into several parts. The value of the Hind stamps has been set at anything from $l,000.O00 to S2.O00.O0O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

High tide at Milford Tuesday. August 29. sos p. n.. daylight saving time: low tide ll:50 p. m.. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

Speaking of liquidity, Americans are now drinking beer at the rate of more than bil. lion glasses month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8;02, daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

We'll you can't blame it on this news paper. Didn't we warn you last summer to take vacation while there was nothing else to do?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28
TIN 3Yff MI | NEW | l YORK
BIZ PAUL HARRISON

A-A8822--H~@--
 New ,York-Notes on notables: Most eligible of the towns rich young bachelors is Stephen (Lad- die) Sanford, whose one ambi- ton is to become an international polo player. And Ruth Kresge is the most eligible heiress. The girl who'll come in for a tremendous slice of the ample 5-and-1O-cent store fortune Is pretty. blonde and likes parties. Of marriage, though, she isn't having any, thank you Society's best golfer is Tommy Taller. Best trap-shooter is a woman, Mrs William Woodward. Best poloist, Tommy Hitchcock, of course, who may be the best in the world His mother, by the way, who's in her seventies. still rides daily, and even takes a jump or two on skittish mornings ~. More Low Down on High Hats
 Trubee Davison's mother, Mrs Ward Cheney has 8 living room in which she boasts no piece or fnr- niture cost more than $35 .. =. Robert Huntington, Mrs Vincent Astor's brother, and his wife are both expert pilots |. sumner Gerard, brother of the former am- rbassador, plays the flute 7. l.. Bishop William T. Manning of the Rockefeller church, most admires: 1-John D. Rockefeller, IT,, 2 -. Mussolini Handsomest of the hats is probably Harry Tweed, who looks like John Barry more There are two sets or twins in society-Lady Thelma Furness and Mrs Reginald Van derbilt, who look and dress about alike, and Mrs Malcolm Meacham and Mrs Ralph Isham, who don't. The former pair were Morgans, the latter, from Texas, were named Hurt Best dressed woman is. perhaps, Mrs Robert McAdoo :. And the tallest socialite is Bob Anderson, who's six. feet five inches and has a wife less than five feet Tattooed men of the society circus are Grosvenor Davis and Ogden Starr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-28

Tt tells you to forgive your ene-
The Washington times., 1933-04-29
WHATS DOING

p. M, Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and
Harvard SITS. N. w.
Luncheon-Harvard Club, lis
p. M, University Club.
Meeting - League for the
Larger Life, 8 p. M, league head
quarters, 900 block Sixteenth st.
N. w.
Card Party-Benefit of the
Upper Marlboro High School, 8
p. M, school hall, Upper Marl-
boro, Md.
The Washington times., 1933-04-29

Dinner and Meeting-Worship-
full Masters of 1888, $50 p. M,
Hamilton Hotel.
Meeting-American Society of
International Law, all day, din
ner at 8 p. M, Willard Hotel.
Luncheon - American Society
of Newspaper Editors, p. III,
Willard Hotel.
Meeting-Biological Society of
Washington, 8 p. m, Cosmos
Club.
Dance-Ladies' Auxiliary of the
District of Columbia Dental So
ciety, 8 p. M, Columbia Country
Club.
Entertainment-East Washing
ton Community Center, 8 p. M,
Eastern High School, Seventeenth
and East Capitol SITS.
Presentation - Scenes from
Little Women" and the operetta
Friendship" by the Junior Choir
of st. Margaret's Church, 8 p.
M, Parish Hall, Connecticut
Ave. and Bancroft Pl.
Card Party-Benefit of the Sill
yer Hill School, 8 p. M, school
hall.
Children's Program-Sponsored
by Friendship House Clubs, 2:30
The Washington times., 1933-04-29
REPUBLICANS DANCE

The annual dance and card
party of the Young Republican
Club of Montgomery County will
be held tonight in the Bethesda
Woman's Club.
The Washington times., 1933-04-29
NGzQrene Painting
Unveiled Tomorrow

A painting of THE Nazarene"
will be unveiled tomorrow after.
noon in the National City Chris.
tian Church.
The painting is the work of
Col. Henry Stanley Todd, who
was stationed in Washington dur
ing the war and later served in
France and Belgium with the Red
Cross
The Washington times., 1933-05-31

- b
Evans and Eugene Palette are
also cast. On the stage, a tabloid
version of the Ziegfeld musical
hit, "Whoopee," will be seen, with
Buddy Doyle in the original Eddie
Cantor role. Bobbe Arnst is also
starred in the production. A large
chorus and principals will sing
and dance the hit tunes of
"Whoopee," and go West, Young
Man." Mr.. Cantor supervised the
entire production. The Fox con-
cert orchestra and the news are
on the program.
COLUMBIA-The stirring days
of the old West and the activities
of the Vigilantes form the back
ground for "Son of the Border" "
which opens Monday at the Co.
lumbia. Tom Keene is the star
of the film, and is supported by
Julie Hayden in the principal
feminine role, which is said to
have an unusual twist. Keene
plays the leader of VigilanteS
band, who are opposed by a girl
outlaw. Others in the cast are
AL Bridge, Claudia oleman and
Charles King. A comedy, cartoon
and neWsreel will also be shown
on the program.
INTERCOLLEGIATE murder
story laid in a menagerie park,
titled Murders in the Zoo,"
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Promising Pupils

Clifford Brooke's dramat t c
school has uncovered two ex'
cellent Broadway prospects thus
far. I refer to little Romaine
Stevens who has a very good idea
of what stage business is all
about, is alert at taking direction,
adept in facial expressions and
has the poise and assurance OF
a real actress. Her professional
debut in isis Hopkins" bears
out the promise she gave in the
one act play, Charm School"
The other conner is, of course,
Louise Harrison GWynn, who
checked in with a sterling per-
formance in Noel Coward's Hay
Fever" Miss Gwynn has beauty,
grace, an easy carriage, cultured
manner, wears clothes becomingly
and has the personality of a
somebody. The part of Jackie
in "Hay Fever" was an ambitious
assignment for a beginner, but
she took the first hurdle neatly.
I can't recall a lovelier ingenue
since Madge Evans trod the same
stage with Billie Burke in "The
Marquise."
The Brooke pupils are fired by
q tremendous enthusiasm which
helps their work. They look upon
a summons to a role with the
National Players as minor
league ball player regards a con-
tract with the big league.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

RIALTO-"The Seventh Com.
mandment, sociological film, at
11:45 a. M, lis, 2:45, Ais. 5:45,
7:15, 8:45 and 1915 p. m.
EARLE -Fredric March in "The
Eagle and the Hawk" at 1920 a.
M, 1:50, 4:2O, 1920 and $50 p. m.
Stage shows at 1885. $40. 6:25
and 9 p. m.
FOX-Laurel and Hardy in
''The DEVILS Brother" at II a. M,
1:42. 4::24, 7:O6 and 9:48. Stage
shows at 1851, 1886, 6:15 and 1857
p. m.
PALACE - Janet Gaynor in
Adorable" at 11:15 a. m, 1:20,
1928, $50, 7:35 and 9:40 p. m.
RKO KEITH'S-Fay Wray in
"Ann Carver's Profession" at
1904, 1:48, Ali, 6:18, 1881 and
1924 p. m. Gene Dennis at Ills.
1888, 1853 and 9:51 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Miri am
Hopkins in 1.-The Story of Tenn
pie Drake" at II a. M, 12:45,
2:35. 4:20. sos, 1855 and 9:45
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ralph Morgan in
Trick for Trick" at 11:05 a. m,
1880, 2:4O. 4:25, 6:15. 8 and
$50 D, m.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Ruby Likes Her AL

Odd that Ruby Keeler should
come along like billion dollars
in the movies while her husband,
AL Jolson, seems about to fade.
Still, if it came to giving up her ca
reer or giving up Uncle AL, I'd
stake a million the minstrel would
win.
They asked Ruby to pose alone
when she landed in New York a
few days ago. Not a chance.
Either AL got into the picture or
no poses was Ruby's edict. The
news photographers snapped them
together.
Ruby was just a hoofer-a
mighty good one to be sure-when
Uncle AL fell head over neels in
love with her. 1t was just a few
weeks after she appeared in tap
dancing speciality at the Fox
Theater that the AL JolSon court
ship swept her off her feet. Right
after her marriage Uncle AL dug
deep into the bank roll and fl
nanced the Ziegfeld production
OF snow Glrl IN OrQer CIldC Ills
wife might be starred. Ruby was
not big enough to be a ziegfeld
star, even with AlS encourage
ment and soon realized it.
In the Warner Bros. pictures,
''Forty-Second Street" and "Gold
Diggers Of 1885," she has definite
ly arrived" in pictures. Now she
is in greater demand out Holly
wood way than Uncle AL. But her
opportunity on the Coast might
never have come had she not been
Mrs. AL JolSon.
AS for AL, he ought to cross off
his social list the fellow respon-
sible for having him appear in
"Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" and the
Judgment which had half dozen
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
A Gracious Lady

Through these columns Miss
Dennison, of Hall and Dennison
at the Earle Theater, wishes to
make the amende honorable to
audiences which have been treat
ing a fine act generously. ]
mentioned the fact that the en-.
core seemed lacking in gracious.
ness and Miss Dennison admits it
might have sounded that way
but was surely never intended to
be other than a happy response
to satisfied customers. Miss Den.
nison writes:
II read your article yesterday
on my seemingly impOlite be-
haviOr towards a most recep-
tive audience. I'm terribly
sorry it sounded as bad as it
did, as most assuredly didn't
mean for it to be sarcastic.
"May take this opportunity
to apologize for having said
something which evidently was
misunderstood. 1 realize now
how badly it must have sounded
and you can rest assured 1
have changed it, as the folks
in Washington have been more
than kind to us and we do
appreciate it. Thank you for
calling my attention to a very
grave error. Sincerely,
(Signed) MISS DENNISON.
My hand, lady. And if any.
body inquiries how you went over
in Washington tell them the hit
of the bill, and I'll back you up
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Gene Dennis Is
Hostess at PARTY

Manager Hardie Meakin, of
Keith's, with the assistance of
Harry Sommerville, gave a party
last p. m. in honor of the psychic
Gene Dennis. The members of
the press were the recipients of
the good time, and Mrs. Willard
passed out a very nice offering of
food, 3-and-2, etc. David I. Walsh,
senior senator from Massachusetts,
attended and they staged an i'm
promptu reception for him. Gene
Dennis was a gracious hostess,
very Smartly dressed. But the
ladies present didn't hear any
answers to their questions. Those
are being reserved for tomorrow
morning, when the women will be
given a special matinee at Keith's.
And good time was had by
everyone, if the festive appear
ance of the guests was any indi-
cation.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
William Menzies Is
Given Important lob

Another important job was as
signed to the man who was re-
Sponsible for the now famous Sc
quenceS in "Cavalcade."
The man is William C. Menzies,
and he supervised the intricate
technical angles along with Di-
rector Hamilton McFadden in
Fox Films Trick for Trick" now
showing at the Loew's Columbia
Theater.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31

NATIONAL-For their next Of
fering, the National Theater
Players will present John Golden'S
hit play, When Ladies Meet" by
Rachel Crothers. The comedy,
which only recently completed a
long run in New York. tells Of the
situations which arise when a
lady novelist enacts in real life
the plot of her book. which has
to do with love and marriage.
Rachel Crothers is renowned for
her adeptness at clever lines and
repartee. The company, headed
by Leona Powers, Donald Woods,
Kathryn Givney and others, will
be seen. when Ladies Meet" will
open on Monday, and the usual
Wednesday and Saturday matt
nees will be given.
PALACE.-A score of radio and
screen favorites will be seen in
international House." coming to
The Washington times., 1933-05-31

SCar, ana Kan DHDh DANAhA0
dolph Scot t, in the male
roles, and Muriel Kirkland and
Jessie Ralph in other important
parts. The film, which is said to
have been inspired by a New
York commercial artist, will have
it's world premiere at the Fiji
teenth Street house. Additional
short subjects and the news will
also be included on the bill.
RD-"Jazzmania is the
title of the sepia revue opening
for one week at the T Street the
ater on Saturday. Featured in the
cast are Jack Mabley, comedian:
Rivers and Brown and Dolly
Henderson. The screen attraction
for the coming week will be Ed
ward G. Robinson in his latest
comedy, THE Little Giant" ANA
teur Night is held every WedneS-
day, and a midnight show is
given Friday.
GLEN ECHO-On Saturday
evening, at $3.50 p. m, at this
popular amusement resort, young
ladies from a downtown depart
ment store will model the latest
styles in swim suits. The usual
amusements are, of course, open
as usual, with the Spanish dance
pavilion, where Dave McWilliams
and his band hold forth every
night, except Sunday, finding
much favor with the dancers.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31
Ten Best Plays

This being the beginning of
the dull season in New York,
Dramatic Critic Robert Garland
decided to poll his colleagues on
the 10 best plays of the season.
Mr.. Garland forwarded ballots
to John Anderson, of the New
York Journal; Percy Hammond,
of the Tribune; Gilbert Gabriel,
of the American; Whitney Boil
ton, of the Telegraph: Walter
Winchell, of the Mirror; Richard
Lockridge, of the Sun; John Ma
son Brown, of the Post; Arthur
Pollock, of the Brooklyn Eagle;
Julius Cohen, of the Journal of
Commerce, and Kelcey Allen, Of
Women'S Wear.
Checking up on the results Mr..
Garland, of the World-Telegram,
got these findings on the ten
best plays: l. Ina Claire in "Bi-
ography," nine votes; 2. Noel
Coward and the Lunts in Design
for Living" nine votes; 3. Paul
inc Lord in THE Late Christie
pher Bean" nine votes; 4. when
Ladies Meet" nine votes; 5. The
Pulitzer prize play, Both Your
Houses" eight votes; 6. "Take
A Chance" (musical comedy,
eight votes; 7. Dinner At Eight"
seven votes; 9. Music In The
Air" (musical comedD and "One
Sunday Afternoon" seven votes;
10. Another tie between Good
bye Again" and Run Little Chill
lun" with five votes each.
Among the also rams Katha-
rine Cornell's "Alien Corn" and
George M. Cohan's Pigeons and
People" with four votes each.
The Washington times., 1933-05-31

scrubs singing jingles or rhymed
couplets when what the audience
wanted was the Jolson voice.
The screen failure has set Al
Jolson back but he's too great
an all-round entertainer to be
licked by one bad picture. I look
to see him a smashing success
next season in musical comedy,
probably for his old pals, the
Shuberts, and at the old stand,
the Winter Garden.