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The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Ballet Acclaimed
At National
BY RONALD THORNE

Not since the famous tour Of
Serge Diagheleff's Ballet Russo, in
1916, has Washington witnessed a
ballet company comparable to the
Monte Carlo Ballet Russo, which,
after brilliant New York successes,
gave two programs at the National
Theater yesterday.
In the offerings were included
ballet of the traditional order, as
well as those of more modern type.
The programs were different, eX-
cept that each included the most
ambitious ballet the Monte Carlo
group presents, lie Beau Danube" !"
in which Leonide MaSSine, maitre
de ballet, essays the principal role.
First of yesterday afternoons
offerings was Lies Sylphides," the
modern development of ballet ira
dition, a delightfully."- graceful pres
entation in which Paul Petroff,
Trina Baranova, Tatiana Riabou-
chinska and other artists were fea-
tured. Chopin music formed an
agreeable and appropriate setting
for the choreography.
Decidedly modern in tone was
the second number, La Concur
renee" which showed the troubles
of rival tailors and was a par
ticularly interesting and timely
sketch, in view of the present
widespread interest in laissez
faire and rugged individualism.
The mood of the ballet is pure
comedy; the story revolves about
two tailors who resort to high
pressure methods of salesman
ship until the neighborS revolt
and force them to quiet down.
However, they have ample profits
to count up, and later, perhaps,
will consider a code. Edourad
Borovansky and Vania Psota
danced the pivotal roles Of the
tailors, with admirable support
from a large ensemble.
"Le Beau Danube" has as its
basis a romantic triangle in
volving a gay husSar, a dancer
and the hussar's sweetheart. The
dancer, of course, is former
sweetheart. This ballet gives
Massine a real opportunity, and
Alexandra Danilova and Tatiana
Riabouchinska as the other angeles
of the triangle are clever and
charming. All ends happily, as
good ballets should.
Massine, the star of the troupe.
is deserving of that honor, but
one naturally compares him with
Nijinski, and probably few who
saw that remarkable person in his
prime would feel that MaSSine is
his equal. However, he is an ex-
ceptional dancer, and the troupe,
as :. whole, is nothing short Of
amazing. They have not only tech
nical ability of the first rank but
a sense of dramatic values and
of comedy that assures we'll
rounded performances.
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
DC. PIayGroups
Hold Annual
Dinner

A large and enthusiastic group
of amateur drama enthusiasts Of
Washington assembled last night
(Sunday) to take part in the an
nual one-act play tournament din
ner, sponsored by the Community
Center Department for members
of drama groups taking part in
the recent one-act play tourna-
ment held in this city.
The event, which took place at
the Parrot Tea House, was a sig
nal success, more than 120 play
ers attending the dinner and TAX
ing part in the discussions which
followed the brief talks by out
standing authorities on the the
ater both from professional and
educational angle. C. Melvin
Sharpe, who was chairman Of
preliminary judges of the recent
tourney, officiated as toastmaster,
and introduced the speakers who
were headed by Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Peoples, director of the Commu-
nifty Center Department which con-
ducts the annual contests.
The principal speakers of the
evening were DR.. Stephen E.
Kramer, assistant superintendent
of schools, and Andrew r. Kelley,
dramatic editor of The Washing
ton Times. Songs by William F.
Raymond and Fred East and
piano-accordion solos by Miss
Hannah Storer were the musical
features of the occasion.
One of the interesting items
on the program was the success
sion Of brief talks by directors
of groups that in the past eight
years have won the annual
urname entS. Miss Hannah
Storer spoke for the Jewish Com
munity Center; Denis E. Connell
for the Central Community Com
pany; Mrs. Maud Howell Smith
for the Arts Club; Arthur Rhodes
for the Troupers of East Wash
ington Community Center, and
Mrs. Aurora Poston for the Co.
lumbia Players.
DR.. Frederick v. Rand, chair
man Of arrangements for this
years dinner, conducted this part
of the program, which was fol-
lowed by calling on each of the
directors of this seasons plays
for a brief response to the toast,
ITO the winners of future tourna'
ments," among whom were Mrs.
Franc S. Caskey. Mrs. Mary
Cromwell, Miss Mary Olive
O'Connell Miss Lucy Ann Rogers,
Steele Kennedy, Miss Lena G.
Parks, Mrs. Edith Sears, Mrs.
Marie Victory.
The Washington times., 1934-03-05

Best speech of the night at the
Drama Guild dinner from Mrs.
Elizabeth K. Peoples, director of
the Community Center Depart
ment, who still thinks fondly of
the Belasco stock company which
had John T. Sullivan and Rose
Coghlan. Jimmy Savo at the
Fox this week. and the hit of
the program, has made a series
of two-reel comedies for Du
World pictures. Ellie Edison, who
knows his theater, will be the
honor guest at the University
Club on Thursday night, offering
memories Of the stage and its
glamorous celebrities. He is now
Richard Crandall Payette and
they had a big christening party
for him yesterday at the Payette
Sixteenth Street town house. e.
They razzed Freddy Clark's will
liam Tell" overture at the Earle
last night, having no apparent re-
spect for old age, even in classics.
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Ware, Potter to
Give Program

The first of three sonata re-
citals that are being presented
by Helen Ware, violinist, and
Louis Potter, pianist, will be
given Wednesday, March Z, at
$3.50 p. m, in Barker Hall,
Seventeenth and K Streets. The
program follows: Beethoven
Sonata No. 10, Op. SO; Brahms,
Sonata in A major Op. 100; Carl
Goldmark, suite in E major, Op.
IL.
Miss Ware and Mr.. Potter have
been playing together for several
years, and last year gave a very
successful sonata recital in
Phillips Memorial Gallery. The
reaction was so favorable that
these artists decided to give a
series of public recitalS to enable
Washington to hear this type OF
music, now so rarely heard.
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Heart Bowed Down

The departure Of Ramon NO
zarro left at least one heart sad
and fluttering as witness this po'
etical tribute which arrives by
post:
The world is but a dreary place
For you have gone today
Your precious charm is like your
song
God speed you on your way.
Z came each day to hear you sing
So gallant and so dear
Z let my heart lay at your feet
1 send my blessings here.
The girl with the cardiac trouble
merely signs herself ID. c."
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Jane CowI Brings
New Play Here

Jane Cowl will come to the
National Theater on Monday,
March 10, in a new play called
Sweet Bells tangled" in which
she will appear here for weeks
engagement prior to the New
York opening.
The play, which is now in re-
hearsal in New York, is the first
offering of the new producing
firm of Seldom Bennett and
Shepard Traube, both of whom,
however, have been engaged in
the business of the theater for
some time.
sweet Bells tangled" was
written for Miss Cowl by Regi-
nald Lawrence, coauthor of Men
Must Fight" which was seen last
season on Broadway and was later
made into a picture. He has also
collaborated with the Rev. John
Haynes Holmes in the play en-
titled "The Purple Testament" :"
which was at one time announced
by the Theater Guild.
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
NEWS {: {: {: From
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Hazel Forbes, Society
Deb, Is Offered
Film Contract
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright. 1884, King Features
Syndicate InCA

HOLLYWOOD, March 5.-The
d n trifrice queen, HAZEL
FORBES, who once graced the
FOLLIES at $3.50 per, has sud-
denly become the most SOUGHT
AFTER LADY in our industry.
MR.. LOUIS B. MAYER personally
INTERVIEWED her in his office
and ordered just a SILENT screen
test, saying that her VOICE was
GOOD ENOUGH, and, anyhow,
as L. B. put it, WE MAKE THE
STARS OUT HEREy' Plus all
this RKO wish her for a lead Oh.
posite CHARLES BICKFORD. The
First National are also doing the
PAGE ACT, so methinking MISS
F. can throw away her toothpaste
factory and go to EMOTING in
BIG WAY financially for the
cinema.
A SURVEY of OUR TALENT
by somebody or other discloses
that one does NOT have to dip
ones PUSS in Ponce De Icons
fountain of eternal youth to GET
BY. Marie Dressler, Alison Skip
worth, May Robson, George ArliSs.
and OTHERS hit the big PAY
DIRT after many winters had
struck them and left a mark. so,
don't become TOO discouraged
and just be OPTIMISTIC if you've
PASSED THIRTY.
IF WISHES COULD CONF
TRUE Katheryn Sergava would
play ANNA PAVLOWA in "Thc
Flight of the Swan" JOHNNY
WEISSMULLER would get
haircut, JOAN BLONDELL would
be a tragedienne, CHARLIE
CHAPLIN would lose his English
ACCENT so he could make talk
ing pictures, JACK GILBERT
would have a LOW Sonorous
VOICE and GARBO would be
ALONE IN SWEDEN!
CARY GRANT, recently re-
turned from his Sojourn in a
London hospital, reports that even
though business is BOOMING
like anything in dear old Lunnon
that an UNHEALTHY condition
exists. According to MIR. G., the
people are just spending every
thing they possess on account Of
they don't KNOW what's going
to happen to themselves and
THEIR MONEY in the future.
A sort of EAT AND BE MERRY
FOR TOMORROW WE DIE"
philosophy!
The Washington times., 1934-03-05

So they met Comic Cook and
the Hold Your Horses" company
which arrived from Chicago about
midnight without any After the
BALI make-ups. After all Joe
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Last Of Two-WheeIed Road Curios
Now Reposes in Museum As
Sacred Relic Of the Past
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Stephen Ekns Cochran idea to give his pal Comedian
Joe Cook an 1890 welcome to Washington
The plan have of those ancient cabswhere the
driver is perched high seat the overlooking his
drive to the Union Station at IL last
night
good plan except that such venerable vehicle could
he located Seems Mrs Parmeee owned the last WASH
gton and when became she presented the cro to the
Smithsonian Institution and there may be by those
interested in highway Injuries Of the past
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Bette Davis Carries Or
In Movie Despite
Bad Throat
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1884, King Features
SVn6ipate Tncl

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March S.
In a business where there are no
such things as urderstudies, Holly
wood youngsters could teach their
footlight elders a thing or two
about preserving the old trad1-
ton: "The show must go on"
The last few months have seen
dozen instances, and I can name
one right NOVELETTE, Davis in "Of
Human Bondage"
This slender star has been work
ing for several days with a tenn
perature of more than 100. Her
throat is so bad that R-K-O has
assigned DR.. Shirley Winner to
stay on the ct and to give Bette
constant treatments.
Schedules have been switched
to give the star only her lesser
scenes to do, and rehearsals are
held in Bette'S dressing room with
the actress reclining on a couch.
Leslie Howard, the director and
the whole troupe are being as con-
siderate as possible.
R-K-O isn't doing any slave-driv-
ing. The studio offered to hold
up the picture but Bette knows
that it would cost them $4,000 to
stop cameras for two days and in
sists "the show must go on"
Until Virginia Cherrill and
Cary Grant can find a place they
are staying at the house where
Cary and Randy Scott formerly
maintained a bachelor establish
ment.
Someone was ribbing the trio
about it yesterday.
eyes, hadn't you heard" said
Randy, "Noel Coward is coming
on to work us out new design
for living"
We were mulling over this
years nominations for the acad-
emy awards and Howard Green
pointed out a somber coincidence
in the inclusion of lone Way
Passage" In this fine story by
Robert Lord, Kay Francis and
William Powell played two lovers
who made a tryst to toast the
new year in at Aqua Caliente-
both knowing all the while that
they were condemned to die be-
fore the year was over.
The two men who adapted this
story were Joseph Jackson and
Wilson Miner. Both have died
within the year.
Few men have come closer to
death-and pulled through-than
Eddie Sutherland. The director
had one blood TRANSMISSION after
another and lay in an oxygen
cage for days during the crisis
of his illness with pneumonia.
Down to 81 pounds after weeks
of wasting illness, Eddie has re-
gained 20 pounds in the last IL
days. He was taken home yester-
day to begin a long period of
convalescence and to learn to
breathe again through the right
lung,
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
Champ for Mae West

Mushy Callahan. former world
junior welterweight boxing cham
pion, is scheduled to wage a series
of thrilling ring battles with
George Raft in Mae Vests next
picture, 1T Amt No Sin"
The Washington times., 1934-03-05
TiIIer Try-Out

TheOQOre 11lLer ZQS Oue-aCG
play "A Trio Triangles," was
tried out on the Fox stage yeSter-
day noon with Carter Barron as
special guest and critic. He liked
it enough to arrange for a fur
ther tryout with a Fox audience
some time in the very near fu-
ture. The playlet is dramatic
cocktail made up of equal parts
of Noel Coward, Sir James M.
Barrie anC Eugene O'Neill. It
won second prize in the recent
one-act play tournament of the
Community Centers Sophie
Tucker, called by Bill Ewing the
Last of the red-hot mammaS, be-
cause the others have cooled off, !"
makes her first Washington ap-
pearance since 1928 at the Earle
Theater beginning Friday, March
16. Another early Earle attrac-
ton will be Ozzie Nelson's band,
which plays for the Joe Penner
radio broadcaStS.
Warner Bros. Mad
Plump Forrest Orr will not be
available when Steve Cochran
calls the roll for the 1884 Ma
tional Theater players. Actor
Orr has gotten himself a steady
job. He replaced Raymond Wal
burn in Pursuit of Happiness, !"
one of Broadway'S hit shows. :.
Jack Hurford of the Fox Detroit
was in town yesterday. Just a
visit. Mr.. Hurford was formerly
house manager at the local Fox.
Warner Bros. is mad clean
through because a poison pen
circulated rumor that the COM
pany had made a million dollar
advertising tie-up and intended
to introduce straight advertising
in it's screen features. Nothing
of the kind. The rumor probably
started because Warner Bros.
have a publicity tie-up with
national beverage by which they
permit their stars pictures to be
used in advertising layouts. But
it has nothing whatsoever to do
with the screen. w. B. declares
they are absolutely against adver-
tising inserted in pictures.
MabeIIe Surprise Party
Mabelle Jennings was welcomed
back from Florida yesterday with
a hey hey surprise party at her
own Connecticut Avenue man
sion. Your editor was the
Demosthenes this afternoon at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Arlington County Women's Club.
The Ballet Russo sold out
two performances at the National
yesterday, turned many away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
NuptioIs Today
In Virginia

The marriage of Miss Louisa
Page Saegmuller, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Leonard
Saegmuller, and Mr.. John F ED
ing Burns, son OF Maj. and Mrs.
Walter w. Burns. took place
this afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the brides parents home, ERE
serve Hill Farm" in Arlington
County, Virginia, Rev. Harvey
w. Goddard officiating.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
gown of ivory satin, made on
princess lines, with a tulle veil
held with clusters of orange
blossoms, and a crescent of
pearls, which her father had
given to her mother for a we'd
ding present. Her bouquet was
a shower of gardenias and lilies
of the valley.
Miss Marion Jane Saegmuller
was the maid of honor, wearing
a gown of leaf-green transpar-
ent velvet; two of the other at
tendants, Mrs. j. Edgar Brewer
and Mrs. George N. Saegmuller,
wore russet-color transparent
velvet, and Mrs. James M. Nc
Hugh and Miss Elizabeth v.
Brown were in dark brown vel
vet. All of the attendants wore
berets and slippers to match
their gowns and carried arm
bouquets of bronze-color chrys-
anthemums.
Mr.. George N. Saegmuller
acted as best man, and the ush-
ers included Mr.. ]. Allen Crock
er and Mr.. James M. McHugh.
At the reception which fol-
lowed, the couple were assisted
in receiving by Mrs. Saegmuller,
the brides mother, who wore
black velvet gown with silver
trimming, modified velvet
beret, and a corsage bouquet of
gardeniaS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Diplomat Due
In November

The United States Ambassa-
dor to Italy, Mr.. S. M. Breckin-
ridge Long, and Mrs. Long, &C
companied by their debutante
daughter, Miss Christine Long,
will arrive from Rome early in
November, and will be at their
country home near Laurel,
Maryland, for the duration Of
their stay in this country.
Miss Long will be the guest
in whose honor the Assistant to
the Attorney General and Mrs.
William Stanley will entertain
at a reception and ball on No
vember 10 for their daughter,
Miss Mary Jane Stanley, also
debutante of the coming season,
at the Elkridge Kennels Club
near Baltimore.
Prior to the ball DR.. Hugh
Young will entertain at a din
ner at his home in Baltimore in
honor Of Miss Stanley.
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Horse Show at EIon Provides
Hot Lunches for Needy
Pupils Of Region

corporated, with D. H. billiard
as president; Miss Harriet
Rogers physical culture d.
rectress Of Sweet Briar Col.
lege, which is nearby, as vice
president; Miss Phyllis Lea,
secretary; Rowland Lea, treas
urer, and Wilmer Blackwell.
formerly of Warrenton, Va,
manager. They have also be"
come members Of the American
Horse Show Association this
year.
This fifth annual horse show
was held September 20. It was
the finest show held in a radius
of so miles of Lynchburg, with
many entries from a distance.
There were such exhibitors
as Fox Brothers, of Greenwood;
John Hannah, Warm Springs;
Mrs. Fay Inglas, Hot Springs;
Grover Vandeventer, Ivy; Sweet
Briar College Stables; WILDER
Osburne, Gordonsville; and Jack
Rinehart, Charlottesville; as well
as many local exhibitors and
Lynchburg horses.
The management, wanting
only the best judges, was fortu.
nate in getting D. o. FUR, Of
Middleburg, who was assisted
by Mrs. Fontaine Maury ThaveS,
of Virginia Beach.
This one-day show started at
10 o'clock, with % classes, which
included a very fine distribu.
ton of the requirements of the
horse.
To show how this little show
is progressing in horse interest,
in 1888 it was able to offer only
$17O in prizes. This year, not
withstanding financial condi-
lions, it gave $512 in prizes.
Also this year it has a new
show ring of correct proper
tions, we'll fenced and beau
tifully sodded.
The growth Of the Elon Horse
Show is one of the finest demon
STATIONS of what can be accom-
plished by people really in
terested in horses and riding
and having a will to do.
The most outstanding hunters
of Saturdays show were Cros-
Sana, owned by Mrs. E. P.
Miller, of Lynchburg, who won
three blue ribbons, two seconds,
and got the championship rib
bon of the show.
The runner-up to Crossana
for championship was Blue
Cross, by Wrack, owned by Fox
Brothers. Blue Cross also got
three blue ribbons, two seconds,
and reserve ribbon to champion.
ship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-06
Envoy Will Be
Host oniqht

The Ambassador of France
and Nine. de Laboulaye will
entertain at dinner this eve
ming, at the Embassy in Six
tenth Street, in honor Of
Lieut.. Comdr. de Lestrange and
the officers of the French de-
Stroyer, "d'Entrecasteaux."
which is at the Navy Yard for
a weeks visit.
This afternoon, the Naval
Attache of the Embassy, Capt.
Louis Sable, and the officers
of the French ship will &C"
cupy a box at the football
game between the Navy and
the University of Virginia, at
Griffith Stadium.
Later, they will attend an
informal dance to be given by
the Commandment and officers
of the Washington Navy Yard,
in the "Sail Loft" at the Yard,
from $50 until / o'clock.
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many lovely farms in this Sec
ton.
About six years ago the Com
munity League, composed OF
the ladies of the vicinity of Elon,
took it upon themselves to be-
come interested in this school.
They felt that one Of the great
est needs was that children of
poor parents should have a we'll
balanced hot lunch during the
school year.
They didn't have any money
to go on, so they looked about
for methods to support this daily
lunch. In 1928 they had a
flower show, which raised some
money, but not sufficient. In
1929 they had a play and dance.
but failed to raise the required
amount.
About this time Miss Phyllis
Lea came down from Winnepeg,
Canada, to visit her brother,
Rowland Lea, one of the biggest
orchardists in this section Of
Virginia. Miss Lea, keen horse
woman, and of a public-spirited
nature, said to the Community
League:
Lets have a horse show"
D. H. billiard, who owns a
large farm adjoining Elon, is an
enthusiastic horSeman, and
thought this a fine idea. So on
September 3, 1880, the first Elon
horse show came off, followed
by a dance at the Schoolhouse
that night.
The results were wonderful.
more than enough was raised to
take care of the lunches for that
year. Each succeeding year the
show has been held with increaS-
ing interest, and more and more
entries from the surrounding
county.
This year the show was il
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760vn Topics

I69Kl8SOTUo 4GA0S GA@4A SAANASS - va
that impression. At 2 a. m.
the other morning, both
were among the bitter
enders" at the opening Of
the new Rainbow Room in
New York. At 10 o'clock
that same morning, the but
Ter at the Whitneys' New
York residence was certain
Lib" was in Philadelphia,
and Jocks secretary was
equally positive that she
was in Virginia.
AS a matter-of-fact, Mrs.
Whitney stopped off in
Philadelphia on her way to
Virginia, to visit her mother
and to attend the Wissa-
hickOn Farms Horse Show
which will close today.
That she will be at clan
gollen" this coming week
is a certainty, for as usual
she, with her husband, will
entertain a house full of
guests for the fourth ennual
race meeting to be held
there, at which the Pied
mont Gold Cup Race will be
an outstanding feature.
The big Colonial Mansion
is all in readiness for the
house party, and for the
dance Mr.. and Mrs. Whit
ney will give on Friday.
Mrs. Payne Whitney and
Mrs. Charles Payson, mother
and sister of "Jock, will
come down a few days be-
fore the meet to be guests
at "Llangollen," and as
usual the fifth and last event
on the race program, which
includes the running of the
Llangollen steeplechase, will
be the one that glorifies the
lowly mule. All of the races
are ridden by amateur
jockeys not excepting the
mules.
Mrs. Catherine Let's
Jones, who has been Visit-
ina her brother-in-lGaO and
sister, the William Guth-
ries, at Bay Head, N: j,
qvent to NeoO York Wednes-
day to shop and see some
of the ne1O plays, ana To-
day she will attend the
Princeton-Amherst game at
Princeton. Neat week aOiu
find the lovely Catharlne
back IN to1On.
~ X
Friends in Washington Of
Baron and Baronezza Fran.
.cesco Zezza, of Milan, the
latter a cousin Of Carl A. FOL
Ter, jr., and Mrs. Zoller, in
Forest Lane, will be de-
lighted to learn that a daugh-
ter was born to them recently
in Italy. The Baronezza is