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The Washington times., 1934-11-30
Mrs. J. J. Paxton, VI Andrews
Win We Live AGAIN Contest

>man, TIC Third st. N. E.; Dor
othy Kaiser, 2701 Fourteenth st.
N. W.; Jane Mason, 3479 Thirty.
first st. N. W.; Katherine Phil.
lips, 602 East Capitol St., and
Mrs. Blanche M. Snider, of 405
Greenwood Ave., Ta&oma Park,
D. c.
I'VE Live Again" is a powerful,
compelling and poignant story,
based on Leo TolStoy's great
drama, Resurrection" that tells
the drama of a beautiful Russian
peasant girl who loved and was
betrayed by a prime. How he
righted his wrong. and the man
ner in which their lives were re-
generated and how they were
s..ole to Give again" m keS 1--WE
Live Again" a picture that leaves
a lasting memory. In addition
to the picture, the Fox currently
offers Ferde Grofe and his or
chc5tta leadlining a notable
stage show.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30

A life that would thoughtfully
consider and make happier the
hapless individual, is the formula
that both Mrs. j. j. Paxton. Of
l8 Ninth st. N. E.. and Mr.. Win.
cent G. Andrews, of 437 New Jer-
sey Ave. S. E., would follow if
they could relive their lives, and
which wins today's prize of SIS in
cash to each in the 1--WE Live
Again" contest sponsored by this
paper and Loew'S Fox Theater.
Seventy-five-year-old Mr.. An.
drewS has seen and experienced
life. While the opportunity to re.
live his eventful years is just a
happy thought, if it could be
made a reality he claims that he
would begin as early as his mind
matured to be courteous, gentle
and thoughtful of every one. To
strive never to hurt any feelings.
To Strewn the pathway of those
he met with human kindness and
understanding. and to use a per-
centage of his earnings to help
alleviate the suffering and dis.
treSs of Others"
A helping hand to those less
fortunate and to help everyone
capture the peace and happiness
that would make living more pre-.
ciouS for all, is Mrs. Paxton's
formula for a life that could be
relived.
Five pairs of guest tickets to
see Anna Sten and Fredric March
in I'VE Live Again." which be.
gins a weeks engagement at
Loew'S Fox Theater today, will be
mailed to the following for their
interesting letters: James Hol-
The Washington times., 1934-11-30
"Student Tour" at
Columbia, Dec. 7

Student Tour" the Metro
Goldwyn-M Mayer musical comedy
romance that stars Washington'S
own Maxine Doyle in the female
lead, and has a troupe of comedi
ans headed by Jimmy Durante
and Charles Butterworth is slated
to be the next screen feature at
Loew's Columbia Theater.
Phil Regan introduces several
tuneful numbers. Maxine Doyle
is leading lady, while Durante and
Butterworth provide the hilarity.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30

New York as the worlds largest
film theatre, and l was called
from the Regent as manager.
Then the Rialto, the Rivoh, the
Capitol, the Roxy and the
Radio City Music Hall each
rose, larger than its predecessor.
1 went to each, as it opened. as
MANAGING director, and at each
had an opportunity to extend
my ideas of stage presentations.
That sequence of eUentS tDGS
broken By the tDGr, a chapter
I'd Just as soon skip. re-
turned to the Marine Corps as
an officer ind tDent overseas.
The suffering I SGD then
prompted me later to do all I
could to see that UeterGnS' hos
pitfalls Were equipped tDith
radio sets, a blessing to the
sick and the Shut-in.
November, 1922. Radio was
two years old when I first put
on earphones to hear a broad
cast. I was deeply impressed
at once by the possibilities Of
this new entertainment medium,
still nothing more than a great
curiosity and a new wonder.
Two weeks later, at the Capt.
tOl, / presented the first broad
cast from a theater stage. That
was over q single station, for
there were no chains then. We
Must have had no more than q
few thousand listeners, instead
of the millions who now hear
our Saturday night broadcaSts.
That audience, which now
seems so small, seemed tremen-
dOuS then.
1t Overwhelmed me, and !
forgot eUery lDord of my care.
fully prepared closing an
nouncement. MY knees knocked
together as stepped to the
mike at the end of the pro.
gram, and / said the first 1DordS
that came to me-"Goodnight,
pleasant dreams, God bless
you." The mail soon ShoWed
me that the radio audience Gp-
preciGted that greeting far
more than the formal speech I
Mould haze made. So I've used
those phrases for a Sign-oU
eDer since.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30
Young Stage Player
Makes Screen Debut

Douglas Blackley. lately Of the
New York stage. today made his
film debut opposite Airline Judge
in Paramount's ME Without
You" with Joe Morrison.
Blackley, a Broadway actor, Is
now under contract to Paramount
and was responsible for starting
Gertrude Michael in the show
business when directing plays in
the East.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
Louis SObOl-
Down Memory Lane!
With Samuel L. Rothafel Roxy"

Early boyhood in Saltwater Mimi, where my
father sold spiked shoes to lumbermen. That was
back in the $685. and my outstanding memories OF
those days were the kid shows used to put on tor
a penny admission-and parades. I'll never forget
the thrill used to get whenever heard the first
strains of a hand in the distance.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30
Hall Directs Beans

Director Alexander Hail speeds
up production on his Paramount
films by mapping out his shooting
plans at night. using miniature
sets and beans to symbolic
PLAYERS.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30

| Gkx GSx4GS VI ~ SNANS ~~S ~~~~
I We moved to Brooklyn when
I was still in short pants, ana
! I went to P. S. 80. My deepest
Impressions, of course. were OF
the immensity of the metropolis
and its surge of life. But
what pleased me most was
that there were bigger ana
better parades. more bands.
+ Enlistment in the Marines at
The turn OF the century, When
! mas IS. / hadn't been in the
corps for tiue hours before /
tpaS thrown in the gudrdhouSe
for oetting into a fight. But !
uon the fight. As soon as
cot out, / transferred my eneT'
0ies to the corps baseball team.
Three days later / tDGs captain
of the team. SeOen gears as a
Marine. from buck private TO
commissioned officer. ThoSe
vedrS 1Oere the most OGtIGoIe
frninino TUe ever had, and tor
me they took the place OF
college education.
NV first experience in show.
manship. / staged a minstrel
for the st. Aloysius Society of
the Knights of Columbus at
Carbondale, Pa. A vaudeville
circuit Offerel. engagements for
a tour. but the nOn-prOfesslonaI
cast couldn't accept.
! met the future Mrs. RothG'
tel uhen / settled do1Dn IN the
nearbu toUn of Forrest City.
Her father. the to1Dn'S CHIEF
citizen as postmaster, justice OF
the peace, storekceper and
owner of the UillGge bGrroon1,
couldn't see hGUing q book
AGENT in the family. He agreed
to consider my marrying h's
dauohter if I would work for
him as bartender for a year.
The customers were tough coal
miners, so he knew that 700
mould test my mettle. l 1Dorked
the near out and 1Don my bride.
There Uere plenty of scraps.
but, after SeUen gears IN the
Marines, I DaS a pretty good
Scr1pper.
Here was the actual begin
ming of my career as a show
man. The bar had a back room
where dances were held for the
miners every pay night. I bor-
rowed chairs from the local un-
dertaker. got a secondhand pro-
jector and showed movies on
the dance nigRts-one reel sub
jects.
First experiments in Snowman
ship. The night we had short
of the Pasadena Rose Festival /
dipped some spOngeS in rose
water, tied them to electric
fans and turned them one when
the roses were on the screen.
The audience SwOre the roses
were so real they could smell
them. My orchestra" was
Mabel Rennie, who played the
brOken-down piano. I installed
colOred light bulbs in front of
here and signalled from the
operators booth what type Of
music to play, as represented by
different cOlOrs.
/ had studied optical theory,
and in odd moments GWGy from
the bar developed "dGylight pic
tureS," a process for shouting
films in a lighted house. After
/ married and hung up the
apron, Dent to Philadelphia
and demonstrated it success.
fully, and then to Ne1D York.
The process 1DGS q success, and
/ travelled around the country
installing it in tteGterS.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30

The birth of the stage show
came also at the Regent, in the
form Of stage prOlOgues to in
troduce the pictures. / grad
uaIly expanded them to full and
elaborate stage presentations, a
novelty that clicked. The
Strand Theatre was built in
The Washington times., 1934-11-30
Broadcastins

Illness caught up 1Dith me
1Uhen / 1DGS at the Radio City
Music Hall. With this huge
neD project came oUerWorE and
diSGgreementS. Wds finally
carried out on a Stretcher, and
later learned that aDaSn't
expected to recover. A long
lGy-ott 1OGS the GnSwer. Evep
1Dhen I felt like getting back
tn harness again. the doctors
insisted on rest and trGUel.
This fall brought one Of the
major thrills of my -4reer-
getting back to work again,
when I started my cur" .nt
series of broadcasting over the
Columbia network, in my first
sponsored series. Again the i'll
spiration of prese:- ting new per-
formers. A new crop of star
lets: Aimee Deloro, little Sue
Read, Kingsley and Chase,
Larry Taylor, Alfred Seville,
Lillian Morton, Darrell Wood
yard. More names for the top
billings of years to come.
Again the flood of letters
they've increased tr 'ough the
years, in scope and numbers.
Those letters have built the
stars and the programs. With
out them I'd be lost. They
come from the backbone Of
America-the typical American
hOme-lOving family. They've
shown me that presentations
aimed at the heart are the most
appreciated. They have kept
me on the same course I've fol-
lowed for IL years in radio.
The Washington times., 1934-11-30
Theater Business

Then the itch to become a
theatrical manager myself. 1t
was gratified when 1 took over
. large theater that was losing
money, putting it on a paying
basis at 1Oc for adults, SC for
children. A succession Of these.
with increasing success, in vari-
GUS cities. Friends pOOh-pOOhed
my idea of installing symphony
OrchestraS in movie houses, but
it worked. The first was q
wOman's orchestra, The Boston
Fadettes, led by Caroline b.
NicOls, in Boston. Then, at the
Regent Theater in uptown New
York I installed a 16-man or
Chestra.
The Washington times., 1934-12-31

Whenever you wish to know the
correct time of day or night tele
phone District 1900. the office of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
Crins and Bitters

AS the silliest story of the
season, 1 offer you the tale
of the inebriated gentleman
who wandered into a lunch
room and staggered to a
table. He fell into a chair
and, picking up the bill of
fare, regarded it very blear-
lily.
The waitress stepped over to
take his order. He looked up at
her.
Il dom want much" he said.
Jus bring me shome cinnamon
bunsh and coffee"
The girl shook her head.
Sorry" she returned. But
We have no cinnamon buns"
The stewy one again picked
UP the menu. He regarded it
carefully.
We'll, then" he muttered.
I'll have Shome cinnamon
bunSh and a cup Of tea"
The waitress stared.
But, SIR" she repeated, II
just told you that we have no
cinnamon buns"
The drunk smiled happily.
"Okay, then" he said. I'll
JUS have a glass of milk-and
shome cinnamon bunsh."
The girl was growing exaS-
perated.
Listen, mister" she cried,
"I've already told you twice that
we have no cinnamon buns to-
day. No cinnamon buns-do
you understand"
The stew nodded. He picked
up the menu once more.
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
First Harlem

Nowadays everyone thinks Of
Harlem rs being the first col
ored night life section to draw
white patronage. They have
forgotten about another and
equally lively ''black and tan"
district. This was in the lower
part Of Greenwich Village, cen
tering around Third st. and
Sixth Ave. Among the best
known places were the Black
Rabbit, on Bleeker St.; the
Lenox, 1T Thirt st. and Minetta
Lane, and Hank AndersOn's.
The Black Rabbit was quite
notorious. All these places were
frequented by both Negroes and
white people. They were inn
pOrtant song plugging centers.
Many . best seller received its
impetus from the entertainers
who sang in these "cabaretS."
Although he dre1D the color
line, Jimmy Kelly ran places in
those days as weH knoWn as
his night club now. His first
place DdS the Chatham Club.
Later he moDed to Fourteenth
Street and Third Avenue. I re-
member When Kelly, DhoSe real
name is De SGlvo. fought HH-
bert FugGzy in the ring. Fu-
gazy'S father wGS a tDell-knoDn
italian banker in the Italian
section OF Broome Street.
Fourteenth Street and Third
Avenue was also the location of
The Fair, a penny arcade run
by Marcus Loew. 1t was here
that the earliest moving pictures
were shown. Later, LoeW
opened a place at 116th Street
and I used to be steady visitor
because of my, for a time, inter-
est in the young lady who
played the piano. Loew liked,
her, too. and for a while it was
a race to see whether he or 1
would take her out for coffee
and sandwiches after working
hours. But Loew had the ad-
vantage-after all, he was her
boss.
Among the great whom al
most knew was Lillian Russell.
She played at Tony Pastors, Of
course, and I admired her. Only
once did I get . chance to meet
her, and then for only . mo-
ment back stage. But her
daughter, Dorothy Solomon,
used to pal around with a young
lady Of my acquaintance who
lived in the Dardanelles, the
apartment house at 40 Morton
Street, where wrote the lyrics
for "SWeet AdeIine."
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
Dew Drop Rosie"

The song "DeD Drop Rosie"
credited to Tom LeMonnier, the
Negro song tDriter. tDGS really
my ,Oork. I never took it Sc
riously, and therefore arranged
to haze it published under lie
Monnier'S name, of course 1Oith
his consent, for he did the nu-
sic for my lyrics. Once lie Mon-
nier received a royalty check
for $3.50. Not looking at it
closely. he assumed it wdS in
the sum OF $3.50. lie Monnter'S
rage ran to razor blades, Dith
the publisher in mind. To
pucity him, endorsed my
check, also for $3.50, oUer to
him. But that ended the Ger
ard.LeMonnier collaboration.
Not all my friends were poll
ticians and theatrical people. I
am glad to say that they also
included John Msefield, the
English poet. I met MaSefield
at Luke O'Connor's famous sa-
The Washington times., 1934-12-31

There was a large bar IN the
Basement where political lead
ers, as important as the great
Charlie Murphy, used to congre-
gate. Banquet and ball rooms
occupied the upper stories.
Husch's Hall was similar to
Webster Hall, although it held
Q stronger and more widely
known position in those days
before New York really put its
long pants on.
One Of my fathers friends
was Jimmy Walkers dad, who
eventually became q political
leader and important office
holder. One day 1 met Walker,
senior, on his way over to see
Timothy d. Sullivan. At that
time Jimmy was anxious to
become a theatrical producer
and 1 was one Of Jimmy's fans
and friends. So I said, You
know, 1 think Jimmy'S going
to be a great producer"
"Great producer" replied the
elder walker Indignantly,
"that's just q damn fool idea
Wf his"
Jimmy Walker HDed in those
days in the house that later
made st. Luke'S Place famous.
!, too, am q nGtipe of Green
Dich Village, and for many
years iDed at 49 Morton St.,
just around the corner from
Jimmy. 1t lU1s on Morton
Street that 1Drote the lyrics
for "SWeet Adeline" and many
OF the other 200 songs for
which turned out the words
and in some cases both the
tpordS and music.
Jimmy was writing popular
songs in those days, too. Ere
quently he would walk around
to my place, or I would visit
his home. and we would work
out problems together. Jimmy,
Of course, wrote a song called
"Good-by, Eyes of Blue" with
Harry Armstrong, who COM
posed the music for Sweet
Adeline."
Jimmy had fitted out the
basement of his st. Luke'S
Place house as a sort of den,
and this was the hangOut for
his neighbOrhOod friends. This
was most convenient, for the
basement door served as q
private entrance. Later he
opened his law offices upstairs.
The crowd included fellows
who later became prominent
judges, song writer's, perform
erS and even one or two were
headed for the electric chair.
One of the sweetest boys ever
met used to carry a blackjack
and was an artist at removing
diamond stickpins from unSus-
pecting victims.
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
ALL IN A DAY

"All right" he hiccoughed.
Then I'll JUS have shome Gin
namon bunSh!".
Broadway conversation. Over
heard by Jack Tell:
Say, Mike, did you hear the
sad story about those two girls
who are always down in the
mouth?"
mo. Who are they?"
THE TonSil Sisters. You take
them out once and never bother
about them again"
Easy Stages
1t happened shortly before
the Hearst broadcast to Ad-
miral Byrd the other night.
Several of us were swapping
stories-and one chap told a
particularly narrowing tale Of q
recent suicide.
Il can't figure it out, boys"
AAS oOoVNA' 441lS uldIl COuIA
have killed himself Immediately
by leaping right from the win.
dow. But he didn't do it. In.
stead, he crawled out on the
ledge, hesitated, stepped over,
dangled from the edge for at
least q minute-and then
dropped. Why do you suppose
he did it that way?"
Its very simple" remarked
Bugs Baer. HE wanted to do
it by easy stages"
Speaking of such things,
Herman J. Mankiewicz blew in
from Hollywood the other day
and Immediately raced over to
Jack and Charles to gather
all Of New York's latest news.
He was particularly interested
in the recent suicide of a local
The Washington times., 1934-12-31

loon in the Village. Masefield,
contrary to report, was not a
bartender. He never rose to
that position. He was a sort of
general all-round handy man
sweeping the floor, polishing
the tables. putting the ice where
it belong, yes, even cleaning
the cuspidors. He was always
quiet. busineSs-like and efficient.
Very few people knew him or
understood him. He was re-
ferreG to as the Limey.
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
By Mark HeIIinqer

chap who had been well-known
in Hollywood.
what made him do it?" he
inquired. There must have
been something behind it,"
mo-" I said, there was
nothing very mysterious to it.
He killed himself simply be-
The Washington times., 1934-12-31

cause he couldn't live without
money"
Mr.. Mankiewicz Immediately
extended a hand.
IF that's the case" he muir
INJURED, shake hands with a
guy who's been dead for five
years"
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
"DardaneIIa"

/ can remember selling a per-
fectly good song for the price
OF a hdt-becGuSe I Wanted a
new hat for a neW date. Years
later than this, Ben Black sold
~pdrddnellG" for $35. And
~DdrdGneIlG" became a tremep-
douS smash among the popular
songs.
A great gathering place for
theatrical celebrities was the
Scounderelles Club, near 26th
st. and Sixth Ave. John
Keaton, father Of Buster Kea-
ton, was president of the club.
The Keatons' act, composed Of
John, Buster and his mother,
was we'll known in those days.
Occasionally Buster would come
to the club, and it was here that
] first met him.
Another leading song writer
0f that day was Harry Won
TilZer. I remember when he
became financially interested in
the Happyland Park near New
ark, N. J., which was launched
In the hope of duplicating the
success of the Schenck Brothers
Paradise Park at Fort George.
Harry lost OuA on this invest
ment.
Joe Schenck and I once had
q briet business relationship to-
Cether. He 1DGS operating a
roller skating rink and got
1Dind of a large collection OF
second hand skates for sale.
The skates had been bought up
The Washington times., 1934-12-31

by Tom Brady, a booking agent
then located on TtDenty-ei0hth
Street and Broadway, and as
far as / could find out, Brady
didn't knoU Whnt to do NTH
them. So I acted as middle
man, negotiating the sale OF
the skates to Schenck.
Eva Tanguay. Of course.
reached the heights. My per-
sonal acquaintance with her
proved rather disappointing. I
interested her in my song, THE
Lilly, Rose and Vine" and she
visited the publishers to hear
1t. Although she politely said
it was very unique" and that
she liked it, she never sang it,
saying it was not just the
type" for her act.
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
Housewives In Films

Some $50 housewives in the Los
Angeles Spanish-Mexican quarter
left their babies and kitchens for
atmospheric work in Caprice Es-
pagnol," latest Marlene Dietrich
picture,
The Washington times., 1934-12-31
THE VOICE OF
BrOadWay
LOmiS SOlnOl -
.By Louis SObOI-
Down Memory Lane!

with Richard Gerard lyric Criter of SOeet AdeIine
My first contact with celebrities occurred at an
early age-too early to make an impression on me.
This was at Husch's Hail. on Houston Street, owned
by my father (my name is really Richard Gerard
Husch)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
ATHLETIC GIRLS
 MORE BEAUTIFUL
Games Enhance Damsels eBauty, Not Mar It, Ale :
 Ieges Physical Expert

Philadelphia (UP)-"There's no question but that girls athlctically inclined are more apt to have beauty" points out Fred P. Foertsch, special assistant in the physical and health education di- vision in the city schools.
 So, girls, go in for all the hard and fast sports you wish. You will never get or be able to de- velop bulging muscles, and you are much more likely to be beautiful than your more sedate sisters. It's likely to enhance your beauty far more than mar it, says Foertsch.
 Foertsch takes quite 8 fling at critics of women's athletics.
 He says the majority of girls could not develop hulging muscles simply because by nature they are not endowed with the requisites of developing them. Most persons think because men become hard and muscular through athletics that women will also acquire mus cular hardness.
 He admits there are a few who are so built as to get big, knotty muscles, but they are very much in the minority.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
Rutkus Fined .8s

Michael Butkus of Millville was fined $25 and costs of $r4.S6 or 8 total of $39.S6 in borough court today. His case had been continued from yesterday. At that time Dep1 uty Judge Hugh Hearns had asked if he had ever served a jail sem tence and the case was continued to ascertain whether or not he had. He had been charged with hitting Arthur H. Turkington, Waterbury, American circulation man on the hip three times with club.
 Chief John Adamson of the To- cal police force today told the judge that Butkus had not served a jail sentence. He had been giv- en a 90 day jail sentence in bor- ough court at one time for alleged assault on his wife and on Captain Tony Malone and for resistance to an officer, the chief said. He ap- pealed this in the Waterbury court of appeals at that time and had been fined about $53 then, and given a suspended 60 day jail sen- tence.
 This morning after court Butkus was trying to borrow the money to pay the fine. He will have to work it out in jail if unsuccessful in this effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-20
1OS At Party

A Christmas party was heartily enjoyed last night by members of the cost and accounting depart ments of the U. s. Rubber com pany here. There were 103 persons present. A turkey dinner was serv- ed in the Glove company restaur- ant and an entertainment program was enjoyed afterward in the re- creation room of the central of- flee.
 Among the entertaining num- bers were a skit in which Alice Hughes, Helen Thomas, Magic Cal lahan and Kay Purcell took part; Q tap dance by Marie Mastriano of Waterbury; piano solo by Ro- landa ,Pelletier of Waterbury, and a vocal solo by Dorothy Jenners.
 Games were played and dancing was enjoyed. Santa was on hand and gifts were distributed.