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Evening star., 1934-11-29
Troupers
Glimpses of Stage Folk
in Washington.

EORGE JESSEL, who holds all
existing records for on-Stage
r telephone conversations. can
~ remember playing in Wash
ington when Chase's Theater
fronted on the Avenue near the VIII
lard and telephones-on or off stage
we're operated with wild crankings and
shouts. Mr.. JeSsel was about 8 years
old when he first peered over the
footlights at the citizens OF the Ma
tons Capital, who made no especial
impression on him at the time. He
was too busy schooling himself in the
vagaries of child acting. Besides,
Eddie Cantor and Walter Winchell
were in the Gus Edwards Minstrel
Show which brought Mr.. Jessel to
town, and with those engaging fel-
lows around the shop there was no
provocation to investigate the outside
world.
Thousands have heard Mr.. Jessel's
now famous Hello, Mamma" intoned
into the graphite mouthpiece. If you
chance to be one of those who has not,
he Is still at it pleasantly down at
Loew's Fox this week. In less genial
mood, he also engages himself these
days in ribbing the radio people. After
some experience with broadcasting, he
has become confirmed enemy of the
ether wave business, until-aS he con-
fesses candidly, somebody comes along
with another contract. JeSSel contends
radio stations and commercial pro-
grams have deleterious effects on the
minds of population which already
Is none too wise or mature.
They fired me, for example" he
laughs, because 7 said Ladies and
gentlemen
How was that?"
They wanted me to say Hi. folks,
or Guys and dolls or something
equally simple minded"
He also recounts an interview with
a man who was out to find some stage
name for big commercial program.
He heard of Jessel's long theatrical
service in sundry capacities. This i'm
pressed him.
But" he said finally, "can you
make funny noise?'
Probably you were puzzled by the
appearance of the uncle" who plays
straight man for Jessel at the Fox.
He is the actors Man Friday, hay-
ing been around with him for more
than a decade. He will not work
with any one else When Jessel is.
as they say, "at leisure" the devoted
uncle" also takes a vacation. They
have one very strong bond-both are
inveterate horse players. Jessel, who
once had a fai. sort Of steeplechase
horse named for him, says he IS con-
sidering starting a small stable OF his
own next year. His wife. who was
Norma Talmadge, is encouraging him
in the idea.
Since there are some who have
marked Mr.. JesSel down in the black
book for his past performances as
sentimental balladier, it is only fair
to inform you that this week he is
not guilty of tearjerking.
Sentiment" he says, They Want
to laugh" r. B. P,
Evening star., 1934-11-29
INSIDE OF MONUMENT
MADE WEATHER-PR0OF
Cement Mixture Forced Through
Riffs in Walls to Insure Water
Will Be Kept Out.

Weather -proofing of the Washing
ton Monument has been accomplished
on the inside as we'll as the outside.
Finishing touches on this job were
applied Tuesday when workmen COM
pleted the task of forcing cement
mixture into and through the riffs
in the Monument walls. Compressed
air apparatus was used in the process,
the liquid cement being driven en-
tirely through the walls where such
riffs occurred. The operation will
prevent water from seeping into the
Monument, it is hoped.
Cleaning of the outside has pro-
gressed to a point where the scaf-
folding is due to be taken down in
about three weeks. a representative
of the contractor said yesterday.
Evening star., 1934-11-29
DIVIDENDS RESUMED.

NEW YORK. November 20 tR.-
Illinois Bell Telephone Co. resumed
dividends on the common stock with
a declaration today of S1.50, payable
December 81 to stock of record De-
cember 21. No dividends we're paid
in the two preceding quarters. The
former rate was 81 quarterly. Most Of
the common stock is held by the Amer
lean Telephone g. Telegraph Co.
Evening star., 1934-11-29
Charles Laughton Asks
More Humor in Drama
Famous English Actor Favors Variation Toward
Realism by Using Lightness in Tragedy.
- Pathos In Comedy.
BY CHARLES LAUGHTON.

(Chdles Laughton substitutes for Molhe Merrick TO
tell you his personal ideas on comedy and drama)
Evening star., 1934-11-29
NAMED TO MARYLAND
BANK REFORM GROUP

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SANDY SPRING, Md, November
29.-Frederick L. Thomas, president of
the First National Bank and of the
Savings Institution. has been named
by Gov ELECT Nice with II other bank
officials to redraft the banking laws
of Maryland.
Albert D. Graham of the First Ma
tional Bank of Baltimore Is chairman
of the committee
A meeting will be held early in De-
| cember.
Evening star., 1934-11-29
S7O7,O27 LOSS SHOWN
BY TYPE FOUNDERS co,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 29.-Amer-
lean Type Founders Co. reports for the
fiscal year ended August 81 loss OF
$707,027 after charges and deprecia-
ton, compared with loss Of $2,844, 1871.
including special adjustments, in the
preceding fiscal year.
Evening star., 1934-11-29

Whiting and Miss Lorraine Walsh, 1e,
to drive as they told them.
The car was directed north on the
highway leading toward Birmingham,
but as it approached the State-owned
toll bridge over the Tombiggee River,
near Jackson. the men ordered the
girl to halt the car and get out.
The girls said the men then got out,
took the ignition key and disappeared
into the woods bordering the road.
Evening star., 1934-11-29
AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR
EARNS $1.19 A SHARE

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 29.-Amer-
lean Safety Razor Corp. reports for
the third quarter. ended September 80.
net earnings of s238,769. equal to s1.l9
a share on the capital stock This
compares with $168,223, or "a cents a
share in the same quarter last year.
Evening star., 1934-11-29

Perfection. the dream OF all acVOrS,
and one almost impossible of reallZa-
ton, is that even blend Of intellect
and emotion. Personally, feel that
my work is too intellectual, but I am
afraid to trust the emotions.
Demand on Emotion.
have a moderate degree of conf
dence in the workings of my mind, not
SO much in the steady dependabllity OF
the emotions.
If I could trust myself to hold fast
rein on the emotions, there should be
more humor in the pathos OF my char
acters, and vice versa. But fear
constantly that to inject more wit here
and there would also demand more
emotion in order to strike that bal
ance of values. And for one to let his
emotions go free invites the danger
of becoming maudlin.
It has been my good fortune so far,
both on the stage and screen. to por-
tray characters who have Wit and
tragedy in their philosophy.
1t was thoroughly enjoyable to play
the role of Nero in Sign of the Cross
The notorious Emperor was really a
most amusing fellow. you know. His
love of jewels and resplendent garb
and all his pretty foibles and egotiSm
actually saw Nero in real life, you d
want to laugh.
Power Was Terrible.
The only thing that made him a
sinister figure in history was the power
he possessed. Any one who can have
man thrown to the lions because
the fellow displeased him is bound to
be sinister person.
However, I played Nero humorously
because I always believe in treating
drama a trile lightly and comedy
quite seriously. The contrast adds tc
the effect. I do trust that I shall
succeed again in the turn about sit
uation of Ruggles in "Ruggles of Red
Gap"
In Henry the Eighth" I made the
sinister monarch a buffoon at times
And why not? The man had humor
that was as rich as his tragedy. That
one line, The things I've done for
England" uttered just before the man
entered the new Queens chamber. II
made people laugh because there was
humor within its pathos of Henry's
sacrifice.
BY the same technique, there should
be considerable pathos in the Ruggles
of Red Gap-a man schooled to his
inferiority as an English valet, slave
to tradition and convention, who later
is allowed the privilege of being the
social equal Of his American master.
Humorous Frustrati0n.
II his humorous Illustration doesn't
become quite sad at times, shall have
failed in my proposed Characterization
Regardless of how far this blending
OF mind and emotions goes in my
treatment of Ruggles, there can be NJ
danger Of the picture losing its iden-
tity as comedy.
1t fascinates me to toy with such
q character, who is ostensibly a type
and yet curiously like the rest of u,
under the Surface-a butler who get,
slapped on the back by his hail-fellov
master and wants to slap right bacE
on invitation. but can't get himself
to do it. Besides, he Is a butler with
The Washington times., 1934-04-14

Thousands Of Washingtonians
hunting homes have during the
past week visited the model ex-
hibit home of Cooley Bros. This
firm, with a background Of years
of experience, have erected hun
dreds of new homes throughout
the city and the latest group Of
fer many new innovations. Each
house sets a new peak in values
and they are aptly described as
"5O-feature homes"
These residences have been
completed in the Glover Park sub
division. They embody the latest
standards of quality in construc-
ton, design and equipment pos
sible in homes of popular price.
Each is equipped with all-electric,
modern health kitchens"
These desirable homes contain
eight real convenient, well ven
tilated rooms and two baths. They
may be visited by turning west at
the intersection of Wisconsin Ave.
and Calvert st. N. w., going to
Thirty-ninth st. and turning left
to Benton st. The model home,
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
LEADS 1853 CITIES IN BUILDING ACTIVITIES
STATES ASKED.
To REGULATE
MORTGAGES

State regulation OF mortgage
investments through the estab-
lishment Of appraisal bureaus Is
recommended by william Luther
Mowll in the current issue Of the
Architectural Forum.
Mr.. Mowll points out that real
estate finds itself in much the
same predicament that faced the
insurance business 80 years ago.
at which time State regulation
was successfully imposed.
Under the Mowll plan the State
boards would be composed Of real
estate men, architects and con-
tractors, with general direction
coming from lending institutions.
The bureaus would estimate the
value of all properties submitted
as the basis for loans, and would
act in this capacity for all lend
ing institutions in the State.
After outlining the most i'm.
portant elements in real estate
value, the Architectural Forum
article points out that some Of
these elements are not even con-
sidered, or are deemphaSized in
making appraiSalS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
UP DRIVE
UNDER WAY

The Rockville Volunteer fire de-
partment has inaugurated a
"Clean Up Fire Hazards Cam
paign" throughout Rockville and
the vicinity.
Members Of the department
have been scouting through cell
lars cleaning up inflammable
debris and getting rid of trash for
the past two days. They are also
making calls on each merchant
in the business area and asking
him to aid in the drive by getting
rid of his trash Immediately.
Capt. C. E. AnderS is chairman
of the committee in charge and is
being assisted by o. H. Perry, F..
H. Higgins, John Henderson and
F. S. Lyddane.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Two Tiled Baths
Three Bed Rooms
HiSh Healthfu Elevation
"A VePanda You'll Love
CHOICE HOMES1TES
At Lower Prices
Than You'll Ever
See Again

North Hills is one of
the garden spots of pro-
gressive NJ ont g ON e ry
County and shares sub
stantially i'm large 1894
building and Improvement
program. High rolling
countryside. paved streets,
broad bOulevards, shade
trees of many kinds,
streams, every cOnven-
fence truly an ideal
place to live. Let us help
you select a beautiful
home site and plan build.
ing this Spring, getting adj
vantage of present low
costs. No obligation of any
kind.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
SMITH DEFENDS
STATE HOUSING
CONTROL VIEW

estate architecture" in the
sense that "State medicine" is
advocated, may offer a solution
Of slum clearance problems, &C.
cording to Howard Dwight Smith,
chairman Of the committee on
public information Of the Colum.
bus (Ohio) chapter of the Amer.
lean Institute Of Architects.
ut is the family doctor idea
Of general practice, where the
simple aesthetic problems Of
the family or the firm are dag
nOSed by the professional ad-
visor, the solutions prescribed
and administered" explains Mr..
Smith, who is university arChi-
tect at Ohio State.
MASS HOUSING PROBLEM
"The problem of housing the
masses has always been with
us. Adequate compensation for
the architects services in this
connection apparently cannot
be borne as q part Of the cost
Of the individual small house
project, and no satisfactory
scheme for bringing the archi-
tect and this type Of client to-
gether has yet been devised.
Perhaps our increasing ma
tiOnal bOldness in SOcialiStic ex-
pertinent will suggest that ar
Chitectural advice and guidance
for all forms of housing may be
offered as part Of the public
service. 1t is quite conceivable
that q practitioner, particularly
adept and happy in the small
house field, would welcome the
opportunity to be Of continuous
service in that field, asking only
in return a satisfying COM
petence.
AID TO SOCIETY
'FOr such . man, the prac-
tice of his profession as a public
servant would become a highly
educational opportunity. His
would be the duty, not only to
study the individual housing
problem, but by the process Of
artistic leadership, he would
help the individual family to as
sumo a definite part in the SOIu-
ton Of its own problem on q
high artistic plane.
''If big business finds the in
cluSiOn of departments of archi-
lecture and construction, with
an architect sitting on the
board Of directors
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
N'C0DE EXEMP IS
| BODYBUILDING

The Importance Of home build
ing to the whole scheme of ma
tional recovery is recognized by
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards in it's request that
home builders be exempted from
the requirements of the construc-
ton code.
This exemption was granted by
Gen. Hugh S. johnson, under ad-
ministrative order No. 244-8, issued
on March 81.
This order recognizes the fact,
generally accepted among expe-
rienced real estate men, that our
entire real estate recovery pro-
gram is predicated on an early
and active resumption of home
building activities.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Marriages Exceed
NeU Homes Built

For the last % years new mar
riages have exceeded new homes
by a ratio of three to one, &C
cording to figures recently COM
piled by the Real Estate Board of
Omaha, Neb. Moreover, the same
survey indicates that for every 81
spent on new home financing, SIS
has been spent on new cars. The
Omaha Real Estate Board con-
cludes that this condition is due
to the fact that methods of financ-
ing new homes have Jagged be-
hind those in financing new cars.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Federal Contracts
Off l9 Pct. in Week

Although Federal contracts for
the week ending April were more
than twice the average for the
preceding four-week period, the
total of awards for the country
was 19 per cent below the pre-
ceding week. The largest drop
was in State and municipal
awards, which fell off 81 per cent,
while private awards fell off II
per cent below the preceding
week. Washington came through
with one of the largest awards of
the week with a contract for $685.
900 for the northeast boundary
sewer extension.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
District Is Gunner
Of All Front LnZDnS

Washington has the most un-
usual laws regarding street own
ership of any city in the country,
according to Capt. H. L. White
hurst, director of highways for
the District of Columbia. Where
as in the average city street rights
extend from curb line to curb
line, in Washington everything
from building line to building
line, including your front lawn
and even your front porch, be-
long either to the United States
Government or to the District.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
BUILDING LOAN
FUNDS GROW

More than twice as many people
were placing their savings in
owner-occupied home financing at
the end of 1888 as there were at
the end of 1923, according to fig
ures compiled by the U. S. Build
ing and Loan League.
While savings at the end of
1888 were one and a half times
those of 1923, the savings placed
in building and loan associations,
white devote all their loanable
funds to h me building, were more
than twice as great as at the end
of the previous decade,
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
Cooley Homes in Glover
Park Attracting Many

located at 3911 Benton st. N. W.,
is open for inspection every day
until 9 p. m.
Glover Park is a restricted Sec
ton Of new and handsome homes,
opposite Massachusetts, Ave.
Heights. The subdivision is con-
venient to both bus and car lines.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
NEW
COST EXCEEDS
S900,000

Only four cities in the country
led Washington in new building
projects during February, accord
ing to the Department Of Labor's
survey Of activities in all cities Of
10000 population and over.
Statistics Just completed show
that in new residential building,
as well as in the building Of nom
residential structures, alterations,
and repairs, Washington was led
only by New York city, with a to-
tai Of $7,771,730; by Baltimore,
with permits totaling $1,753,913;
by Philadelphia, where permits to
the amount Of $1,145,276 were
granted; and by Los Angeles.
which was granted new permits
in the amount Of $990,185.
d. C. Is Close Fifth
Washington followed closely on
the heels Of the City Of Angels
with a total Of $915,819. New
York's disproportionate showing
in new permits was accounted for
by the fact that included in Feb
ruary permits was one for a new
post office annex, costing $4,50O,-
600 to be built out of PWA funds.
Leaving this out of consideration,
New York takes third place, trail
ing both Baltimore and Phila-
delphia.
Leaving out of consideration
permits for repairs and additions
to existing structures, Washing
ton moves up to fourth place in
both residential and nonresident
tial construction.
In eSiden tia / construction,
Philadelphia leads the country
with a total of $903,00O in per-
mits, followed by Los Angeles with
$575, ,465. Then comes New York
city with $266,500, followed closely
by Washington with $250,00O
worth of new residential projects.
AS regards construction Of non
residential character, Philadelphia
drops completely out of the pic
ture, and New York city leads with
$5,8O3, ,943, including the PWA
project. Baltimore comes second
with $1,585,7O0, and Elmira, N. Y,
steps in to lead the Districts total
of $400,051 with permits to the
amount of $451,O23.
Rising Trend Shown
This survey shows that building
generally through the country
showed only its normal February
decrease from the January level.
This, in view of the falling off in
Federal contracts by more than
SO per cent from the level of Jan
uary, indicates that private and
business construction are on the
increase.
Residential construction showed
an increase of 1875 per cent over
January. The estimated cost of
all types of building construction
throughout the country increased
1875 per cent, five of the seven
geographic divisions of the nation
registering increases.
The total amount of construc,
ton of all types for which permits
were issued in February was $18,-
498,671 in the 772 cities of more
than 10000 population which
were covered by the Department
of Labor survey. Of these cities,
only A issued permits to the
amount of 100000 or more, while
in 1T cities no permit was issued
for any sort of construction work,
residential, nonresidential, repairs
or alterations.
The Washington times., 1934-04-14
WATER POLO TONIGHT

Senate and House page boys
will stage q water polo match
featuring a splash party tonight
in the Ambassador Hotel pool,
starting at $3.50 o'clock.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-26
Mayor Bacharach's Brainstorm

The international Association Of Fire Fight
ers and the New Jersey State Federation of La
Dor are endeavoring to organize the firemen OF
Atlantic City into a bona fide American Fedora
ton of Labor union.
This action arouses the belligerent opposition
of Mayor Harry Bacharach, who declares his
firm conviction that "firemen of any municipal
ity as such have no right to be affiliated with
any unien."
It is regrettable that the Mayor of Atlantic
City should take such a reactionary position.
Municipal firemen, like other workers, are con-
fronted with the economic questions of wages,
hours and work conditions generally. lndivi-
dually they can achieve but little in maintain
ing and improving their living standards. Or
ganized in a bona fide union, with competent Of
ficials to represent them, they can achieve much
in this direction. Moreover, their organization,
their consciousness of the fact that they are a
part of the organized labor movement, furnish
es a stimulus to the work of protecting the pub
lie from devastating fires which is absent when
they are under the dictatorship of fire depart
ment chiefs with no organization to speak ef-
fectually for them.
Evidently Mayor Bacharach does not know
that municipal firemen are organized in locals
of the international Association of fire fighters
in ri cities in the United States and Canada.
Practically all of the fire department officials
in these cities speak in the highest terms of the
cooperation which the fire fighters locals give
the officials in the work of the fire departments.
Mayor Bacharach should rescue himself from
IL. ~. r D.. W. wit - 4-L
with the changed world of the New Deal, and
tell the Atlantic City firemen that if they know
what is for their own best interests they will
enroll as a body in the Atlantic City Local Of
the. International Association of Fire Fighters.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-26
Federal Relief for Destitute Strikers

Burbon employers in industrial regions where
working men and women strike to preserve their
economic liberties and maintain decent living
standards howl their heads off because local re-
lief agencies use Federal relief funds to keep
destitute strikers and their antilles alive.
A number of months ago Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Relief Administrator, announced in I'M
mistakable language the policy Of the Relief Ad-
ministration on this question. He said:
"The Federal and State Emergency Relief
Administration are concerned with providing
relief to the unemployed who are in need.
at is not their responsibility to decide the
merits of any wage controversy in which
strikers may be involved.
Federal and State courts and labor depart
ments exist to arbitrate such disputes. Dur
ing any strikes counties administering Federal
funds are expected to provide relief to famil-
les of the unemployed regardless of whether
they are on strike or not until such time as the
National Labor Board of the National Recov-
cry Administration has passed upon the merits
of the strikers claims"
This statement is based on sound reasoning.
Starving the workers and their families is the
favorite method used by anti-union employers,
still animated by the principles of the "O1d DEAF,
to bring to their knees those who do practically
all Of the useful work in industry. The suffer-
ing caused by hunger, these employers say, will
Montana labor news., 1934-07-26

TOLEDO, O~.-(FP)-About $4,000
dock hands on Great Lakes ports will
be called to vote on a proposed strike
in sympathy with striking tugmen,
J. J. Noonan, international secretary of
the international Longshoremen's As
ISOLATION, has announced. The tug
men and dredgemen, who have been
out for more than a month, are de-
handing higher wages, an 8-hour day,
a 6-day week and at least 200 working
days a year. The employers denied
all demands except that for a guaran-
tee of 200 working days a year.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-26

gardless of the NRA, was upheld by
a 21-page decision handed down by
the Wisconsin Supreme Court, sustain
ing an injunction against the Simplex
Shoe Mfg. Co. of Milwaukee. The
court ruled that since the company had
violated a state law by refusing to deal
with a representative of the Boot &
Shoe Workers Union, the NRA did
not remov the case from the state
courts jurisdiction.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-26

ENTHUSIASTICALLY right of
Wisconsin workers to organize and
bargain collectively through the repres-
s~entatives of their W choosing, re-