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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16
WORLD HISTORY IN THE MAX.
ING-THAT'S OUR "WEhKLY
NEWS REVIEW"

The people of the United States
became world-conscious with the
plunging of this country into the
world war. Ever since that time
hey have realized that the United
States, with all of its so-callcd isola-
ion, is concerned with world affairs,
and they have a deep interest today
n those current events that are
making history in all countries on
he globe.
1t is world history in the making
that we are giving to our readers
every week in our Weekly News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16
Preliminary figuers complied

Preliminary figuers compiled by
Kenneth ]. Seigworth, forester fol
The University of Maryland Exten-
sion Service, show that Ill nres oc-
Cured on the Eastern Shore during
1888, just half the number for 1882
The average fire covered IL acres as
compared with 16 acres the year be-
fore-the two blemishes on an
otherwise excellent record having
been a 100 acre fire in Queen Anne's
county and rs acre fire in Somer-
set county during the past fall. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Seigworth the area
burned on the Eastern Shore was
less than two tenths Of one per cent
Of the total wooded area.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16
COLORA

Mrs. VIM. T. Jenness returned to
her home here last Wednesday from
the Maryland General Hospital, Bal
timore.
The Ladies' Aid Of Mt. Pleasant
M. e. Church, will meet with Mrs.
Walter Nesbitt Mt. Pleasant, We'd
nesday evening, Feb. 2lst.
Colora Woman's Club contemplate
holding a covered dish luncheon
early next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duff have gone to
housekeeping Port Deposit Mrs.
Duff had been spending some time
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley
Cecil.
Mrs. Howard Pierce Mt. pleasant
was given a surprise last Friday
evening in honor of her birthday.
Howard Nickle returned to his
home at Trainor, Pa, on Sunday at
ter spending a week with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Worth
ington and his Uncle Carey Foard
and family.
Master Donald MacClure, of West
Nottingham, was the guest of Rod
ney Gray, Sunday.
Mrs. w. N. Wilson enjoyed a
weekend visit with her daughter
Mrs. Helen Bennett and family in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman Matthews
attended the funeral of MIS-. John
Cavanaugh, in Elkton last Saturday.
Mrs. Annie Tyson, of Chester, is
spending some time here at the
nome of her brother William T.
Jenness.
Miss Elizabeth Lamm spent last
week at the Cavanaugh home in
Elkton.s !
Mrs. John H, Blackburn is num-
bered among the indisposed at this
lime.
Little Ernest Coulson, West Not
tingham, had his face bruised and
skinned, the result of two roasting
accidents.
The pupils of the school here are
still enjoying good coasting during
The moo nhour and recess in j. H.
Blackburn's field adjoining the
school grounds.
James ". Reese, Wilmington,
spent the weekend at his home at
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. A. H. Hibshman is again
poorly.
MRS. CAROLINE l.. CAVANAUGH
Mrs. Caroline Lamm Cavanaugh,
wife of John Cavanaugh, formerly
of this community, passed away at
her home in Elkten, Wednesday,
Feb. 7th, from complication of di-
seases, in her seth year. Her par
ents were the late Emmanuel and
Sarah Ramsey Lamm, of near West
Nottingham. The deceased was a
member of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church. She is survived by her
husband and daughter, Miss Sadie
Cavanaugh; also by half brother
and half-sister, Miss Elizabeth
Lamm, Colora, and William Lamm,
New York Funeral services were
held at her late home on Saturday at
100 p. M, in charge of her pastor,
Rev. William w. Thompson, pastor
of Elkton Presbyterian ChuI oh, as
sisted by her former pastor DR.. John
McElmoyle, of Wayne, Pa. The in
torment was made in West Noting
ham cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16
NINTH DISTRICT FARMERS
CLUB
February Meeting Held At Calvert
At Home of w. r. Little

February Meeting Held At Calvert
At Home of w. r. Little
The Ninth District Farmers Club
met with Mr. and Mrs. William r.
Little, of Calvert, on Feb. :, with
DR.. Charles F. Miller presiding. The
morning meeting was opened by
singing America The Beautiful"
and Loves Old Sweet SONG" Roll
call was answered by each MEMBER,
giving a quotation from Lohgfellow.
Minutes of the last meeting were
road and approved. Mrs Elisha
Kirk was welcomed as a new MEM
Der. DR.. d. B. Mcdowell gave an
interesting itemized account of the
expenditures of running his farm
and the amount sold from the farm,
the balance good sum, proving Mr..
Mcdowell knows how to run a farm.
He believes in buying high priced
iced for his cows, 80 per cent. Mr..
c. P. Turner Sparks, Maryland, has
herd of forty cows, said he bought
one third 32 per cent to mix with
home grown feed.
Miss Cook reported the electrical
meeting held at Calvert, Jan. 80,
was attended by sixty Homemakers
of Cecil county. Mr.. Pierson, of
the Philadelphia Electric Company
gave the demonstration.
Mr.. j. 2. Miller spoke about the
rs per cent reduction of hogs and
20 to 80 per cent reduction on acre
age of corn and said ii would be
more fully explained at the meetings
to be held soon. Messrs. T. K. Nc
Dowell, Howard Brown and Ralph
Wilson told about being at he Har-
risburg Farm Show. Mr.. Ralph
England and Mr.. Howard Brown
were appointed on the inspection
committee. We adjourned for din
ner. Mr.. Morris asked the bles-
sing.
After a bountiful dinner and
pleasant social hour, the afternoon
meeting opened by singing Garry
Me Back to Old Virginny. The in
spection committee gave their re-
port. Mrs. Fassitt at the piano ac-
companied by Mrs. Little on the
violin gave us a beautiful musical
program, playing the three famous
minuets. Beethoven's Minuet in G.
Mozart's from Don Juan and Pader-
enskis.
Mr.. c. R. Turner representing
the Farm Credit Administration,
was introduced, he spoke about the
Federal Land Bank, Production
Credit Corporation, Federal Credit
Bank and cooperative bank, and
answered questions.
The second part of the musical
program followed, Mr. Little play
ing the Harmonica instead OF the vi
olin. Playing several schottische,
| followed by the male quartet sing
ing. Mr.. d. B. Mcdowell spoke
about attending the Farm Bureau
meeting in Baltimore.
Mrs. Fassitt in her pleasing way,
gave vivid description of the Farm
Bureau Banquet and the entertain
ment. After singing Little Brown
Church in the Vale" we adjourned
to meet with Mr.. and Mrs. David B.
Mcdowell, March Z.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16
CARD OF THANKS

wish to express my thanks for
the many kindnesses shown during
the illness Of my father Also for
the sympathy extended at his death,
the automobiles furnished at the
funeral and the beautiful floral Of
ferings.
Mrs. Samuel KnabIe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

Don't be too deeply Interested in
the affairs of others and you won't
want to reform thsms
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

Greatest achievement Of mans
leisure: To find a kind d enter
tainment that really entertains him
instead 81 killing tins
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

Each pound of fish caught by an
angler represents an expenditure
OF $3.0O.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church
Kew A. II. HlSshmaD
Phi. D.. Pastor
Sunday School 1000 A. Nj
Worship 1900 A. M.
Young Peoples Meeting 80 P. M.
these services.
DR.. Hibshman's subject for next
Sunday will be "A Short Bed and
Narrow Cover"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

How soon mot now becomes
'neveri"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

A proud mind and poor purse
are IN met.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

A bookmaker's most profitable
Fsss y shs sSnAa EasA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16

Every day is the pupil of the
day before.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-16
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Evening star., 1934-09-29

were the Elliott Roosevelts, up
there on a spree :. and Ken Murray,
who dropped in to say hello to Walter
Won Herbulis and, by gimlnl,
Mrs E. B. Mclean and a party of
friends way over in her own corner,
too.
." They used to say there's no
place like home" now they say
there's no place like the Mayflower
and why wouldn't they. when for
little more than a couple Of shillings,
you can moisten a throat with fiery
nectar and sit back in calm
elegance and see (as Ye Spec did
all at once this week. VIII Rogers,
having a chat with We lounge; Aviator
Wiley Post chinning with Ferdinand
Pecora: Attorney General and Mrs.
Cummings, who have been there on
two Saturday afternoons, having a
time together: Mrs Raymond Holden.
a golden-haired beauty, sitting with
sister Jeanne Burch, another beauty;
and Elliott Roosevelt, Franklin Lane,
jr., and G. w. Stratton, who all sat
in a line and looked very handsome.
Don't miss the opening of
the Bamboo room at the Willard to-
day . believe it or not. swell en-
tertainers Rebecca Tarwater and
Isham Keith. jr, will be there . .
and some of these days when you see
them in the movies you'll be even
gladder that YOU went.
Evening star., 1934-09-29
HIGH SPIRITS,
NADVENTURE
At COLUMBIA
"She Vas a Lady" is
Strong Mixture for
Idle Moment.

WHENEVER some bright-eyed juve-
nile comes bouncing into .
movie scene In . furry Of cocktails
and is casually introduced as "a
charming nut" we are seized by q
horrible suspicion that the film event.
ually will bring happiness to no one,
including the nut. She Was a Lady" 4"
currently occupying Loew's Columbia,
is mildly concerned with the antics Of
wealthy lad. one Of those gay dogs
from Yale, which Is also famed for
its bulldogs.
Simply brimming with mediocre
wise cracks and an excess of high or
alcoholic spirits, Tommy Trail chased
about the country exuding charm and
nuttiness, delighting the hearts, no
doubt, of such acquaintances as were
left behind when he travelled.
On one OF his grand tours, he
planted his sparkling presence on q
dude ranch Elm Montana. There he
found true love in the person of Miss
Helen Twelvetrees, who was teaching
riding to the dudes and saving money
to transport her to England, where
lived the rich and lordly family of her
disowned father.
A recalcitrant son, Stanley Vaine,
had married his mothers maid and
been bansihed forever from England,
becoming visiting remittance man In
mountain fastnesS called Acoola. Re-
calling himself with drink to pass the
time of day, he cherished the hope
his own daughter might return to his
family and assume the stately position
he had lost.
When blithe Tommy, of the Con-
Solldated Fruit Trails, became en-
amoured OF this daughter, she re-
buffed him as a useless fellow better
able to push a swinging door than
play the role Of family man. She told
him to get to work AID exhibit q few
utilitarian possibilities, which might
induce her to accep. his offer Of mar
riage.
So Tommy gave her a big red ap-
pie to plight their troth, and sailed
on to South America and hard labor
on his fathers fruit farms.
Meanwhile amiable Stanley Vaine
got himself killed in stable fire. and
daughter Sheila took TO the circus to
make living.
While trouping about, incidentally
she saved enough monev to 20 to
England. Arriving at Vaine Manor.
where the blue-blooded half of her
ancestry lived in the Hollywood ba-
ronlal manner. Sheila learned her
| grandmother had died. Her aunt and
uncle did not exactly cherish having
the maids daughter aHoe with them
as relative. So she turned home
ward again, found Tommy waiting
for her with open arms, and his father
waiting with equally open defiance of
their intent to wed.
In the end, however, the earnest
girl married the charming nut, and
they went of to live happily ever
afterward on the proceeds Of con-
solidated fruit, which probably is as
it should have been
Donald Woods, usually one Of the
more bearable juveniles, manages to
survive the role of the play boy in
this picture, while Miss Twelvetrees
may be commended for the honesty
and directness of her performance as
Sheila. The supporting cast is in
general satisfactory, with Ralph Nor
Evening star., 1934-09-29


have never heard achieved before.
Other performers include Bert Wal
ton, who gets a big hand for his
drolleries; Betty Adair and'Dick Rich
ards in a dance offering in which
posing models do their stuff, and Her
pert, Lynn and Perle, who perform a
f1rst-class aerial" act. Audrey Sic
Der introduces all these clad in mpec-
cable dresses all of which have an
Autumnal twist about them.
CHARLIE CHAN has an amazing fol-
lowing. If you go to the Fox this
week you'll notice that all the way
through Charlie Chan in London"
you could hear pin drop. A pin did
drop yesterday-and we heard it. War
ner GLAND has made this crazy Chinee
such a household word now that
whatever he does connotes deep, dark
mystery, and he has only to walk into
a room to make certain nervous pa
irons quake with audible terror.
Charlie Chan'S London experiences
are trif1e long this week and occa-
soinally dull. However, they seem to
please the audience-and Mr. GLAND
is as smooth and ally and likable as
ever. His mission is to prove a guilty
man innocent and an innocent man
guilty, and try to smooth out the
wrinkled love affair of two nice people.
The people" are Drue Leyton and
Raymond Milland, and while they are
nice they are not particularly impor-
tant. Mona Barrie, however, seems
destined to do something fairly fine
one of these days. Douglas Walton
(the son in Monte Cristo'D plays the
young lad who is going to be hung for
something he didn't do. Like Miss
Barrie We suspect that he will crack
out some day with something fine.
The usual assortment of week end
guests provide additional atmospheric
whoopla, and there is a butler who
turns out to be the kind of butler
you wouldn't want in your own home.
REN BERNIE, plus cigar, plus fiddle
and plus his lads" are the sum
and substance of this weeks stage
offering at the Fox. His show lasts
exactly IS minutes. Since it is good
show, it only seems like 10. We men,
ton this because we have attended
many a stage show at this house
which lasted l hour and 10 and which
seemed like (hours).
Mr.. Bernie shuff1es quietly through
his program, with only occasional
sallies into that microphone and play
ir,o hut l;-
His orchestra plays current tune hits,
which you will enjoy, and his per-
formers, while not great. are more
than adequate. Best of these Is Billy
Sevrin, who dances as much in the
air as he does on the ground and
who, in plain language. is swell. Mr..
Bernie also introduced new singer
yesterday who may go places.
Evening star., 1934-09-29
MONTE CRISTO GOES
INTO ANOTHER WEEK
Unbeatable Film at Keith's Has
Fascination Of Fame and
Talented Artists.

A ND still they go to see Edmund
Dantes. The popular gentleman
whose manipulations of justice are the
central theme Of Alexandra Dumas
Count of Monte Cristo," yesterday
entered his third week at Keith's,
and if you are among those who have
not yet seen this great perturbation
Of a great novel, you had best betake
yourself to the Fifteenth street the
ater at the earliest opportunity.
For Monte Cristo" is just about
unbeatable entertainment. In the
leading role is Robert Donat, and
whether you have learned to pro-
nounce his name or not, you will
agree his Characterization really Is
one which can deserve the applica-
ton of the adjective f1awless. His
Edmund Dantes is done with rare
combination Of sincerity, vitality, as
surance and admirable restraint. You
will want to cry out with righteous
anger at the gross injustice he Is
done, and you will be with him to
the hilt when he comes back on
Iuloo2O1l Va vengeance. Aoo
applaud Robert Donat for this near
masterpiece.
Opposite Mr. Donat is ELISA Landi,
who has done a fine piece of acting,
in keeping in every way with the
standard set by the star. She makes
waiting 20 years for her seem very
plausible. In fact, every single men,
ber of the cast offers excellent SUD-
port. o. P. Heggie, Louis Calhern,
Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn
and William Farnum are among the
many in minor and incidental roles
whose work stands out.
The Count of Monte Cristo" Is
ample proof that a fine story, ex-
cellently adapted for the screen,
played sincerely and directed master
fully. will be great entertainment.
See it. H. M.
Evening star., 1934-09-29
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

EarIe-"Belle of the Nineties," at
1905 am, 1925, 2:55, $40, 7:55 and
1920 pm. Stage shows at 1880 am.
1:55, 4:20. and 9:25 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Charlie Chan in Lon
don," at 10:45 am, 1870, 4:2O, 7:10
and 10 pm. Stage shows, with Ben
Bernie, at 1855. 3:45. $50 and e:2o
pm.
CoIumbia-"S Was a Lady" at
1l:55 am, 1:55, $50, $50, 7:45 and
9:4o pm.
Rialto-"The Human Side," at
11:20 am, los, 2:55, 4:40, 6:25,
8:l0 and 9:55 pm.
Palace-"B arretts of Wimpole
Street" at 1850 am, 2:15, 4:45,
7:10 and 9:40 pm.
tropolitan-"Dames," at lilo
am, lis, 800, $40, 7:25 and s:25
pm
RKO-Keith's-"The Count of
Monte Cristo," at IL am, 1903, 3:19,
SPA. 1882 and $40 pm.
Tivoli-"Dragon Murder Case" at
2:2o, 4:25, 6:25. $40 and 9:55 pm.
ADMINISTRATORS Chan's Cour-
age" at 2:2o, 4;20, $40, 8 and 9:45
pm.
Evening star., 1934-09-29

IL strong, all "glorifled,' so the post
ers say, and none of them from the
Follies Of 1906 and what show
=. Manager Gardner Moore is going
to knock spectators silly with regu-
lar musical revue, headed by Bobby
Sanford and a troupe . q. a show
which will 60 on at 9:l5 and then
at midnight once again a show
which will last for two hours
but which will allow you to dance
with your local venus in between
acts a show which is rumored
plays rings around all other shows
=. show which even Lowees Fox
might well envy.
At this show on Monday
night you might even see such native
hotShots as, let us say, George Gar
rett, the smoothest man in town;
George Marshall, the next smoothest;
Oracle Eustis, a swell-looking Lorelei
Pendleton Turner, who has more
dressing gowns than any one around;
Mrs. Phillip Coffin. who never looks
over IT; Ma" williams, the most
popular lady in the world; Mrs.
Rawlings Hume, whose smile is her
fortune; Helen Wardman, who dances
like nobodys business, and Spotty
White, who will probably be dancing
with her.
- If you had your eyes open
tother night at the Shoreham and
saw that distinguished looking lady
in the large black straw hat and
the brightly flowered dress who
was sitting with young man in
gray trousers and a blue coat, you
may have known that that was
Britisher Laura Livingston hand
some sister of Sir Richard Livingston,
who heads Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge handsome sister also of
the Bishop of Chichester, who was
once Dean Of Canterbury.
- What former Heigh-Ho patron
and popular British embassy secretary
sailed recently for England without
his clothes? or rather without all
his clothes? answer: Denis
Smith-Bingham reason: British
Secretary Harold Freese-Pennyfather.
Evening star., 1934-09-29

On the basis of its technical achieve
ments, authenticity of detail, hand
some settings and costumes, intelli-
gent photography which was. unhap-
PLY, marred by slight difficulties in
the Palace projection apparatus dur
ing at least one show yesterday the
gentlemen of Hollywood who made
THE Barretts" might be credited with
an absolute success.
AS a story of Elizabeth Barrett, her
domineering father, Edward Moulton-
Barrett, her family and her love af-
fair with Robert Browning, the pic
ture simply does not jell. Certain Of
its characters fall short of develop
ment in the hands of the cinema
people assigned to portray them. 9th
ers are painfully overacted or inter-
preted, with little trace of fidelity to
the original We refer to the work
of Miss Norma Shearer, who is very
beautiful and quite inadequate in the
role of Elizabeth Barrett; to that of
Charles Laughton, one of our favorite
villains, now suddenly gone beserk
and melodramatic; to Fredric March,
who presents Robert Browning as a
sort of rubber ball Eddie Guest, bounc-
ing all over the place, teeming with
optimism.
The Barretts" was an ambitious
undertaking for a film studio to at
tempt. Unfortunately M-G-M had
little help from its stars in the strug-
gle to surmount the problems of trans
posing cerebration into celluloid. Some
Of the lesser players in the film, how
ever, added much more than was
asked of them. Miss Maureen O'Sul-
lvan led this honor roll, with her
work as EliZabeth's youngest sister.
Una O'Connor got laughs where
laughs were due the dizzy handmade
Wilson. and Ralph Forbes polished off
to perfection the few minutes allowed
him before the camera. We suspect
Miss Katherine Alexander was not
Evening star., 1934-09-29
THEME SONGS GIVE
COLOR IN "DAMES"
Almost-Good Show Features GUY
Kibbee and Zasu Pitts
in Fine Work.

DANES" now showing at the Met
ropolitan after a week at the
Earle. is almost a good shown
spots.
In other spots it's pretty discourag-
ing.
Some time in our tenderer years,
We heard about people going mad be-
cause of constant repetition Of certain
strains of music. We doubted it,
childlike; but after seeing, or rather,
hearing, Danes" last night, we Won
der that we could have been so trust
ing.
Il Only Have Eyes for You" may be
swell tune-we'll never know, be-
cause we are now so unalterably
prejudiced against it, and the other
theme song, Danes" that an un-
biased opinion is impossible. Besides
playing them endlessly, with raucous-
throated brass, the show includes with
them some of the most fantastic stage
evolutions and trick photography we
have ever witnessed.
However, the picture is a "show
within show-d'ye get it," and the
Outside" show Is not so bad.
Guy Kibbee as the "angel'' of Dick
Powell's Broadway-aspiring musical
show, is one of the stand-out actors,
and does his part toward saving the
whole picture, as does Zasu Pitts, his
wife. Hugh Herbert's idiosyncrasies
as Guys millionaire uncle produce
laughs, and Ruby Keeler flashes q
mean pair OF heels as a hoofer in
Powell's show.
But, small wonder, say we, that no
Broadway producer wanted to stage
the musical piece that Powell finally
gets Kibbee to back. We'd hate to
invest in it, from what was injected
into the picture. G. T. K.