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The Washington times., 1934-05-24
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Nine. de Laboulaye, wife Of
the French Ambassador, is, she
said, thinking of giving a tea
on Monday, but it's not def
mite. nor have cards been
issued.
At the delightful dinner party
given last evening by the Min
lister of China and Nine. SEE
the latter wore her native
dress, a kimona of an exquisite
shade of blue figured silk,
which looked not unlike bro
cade, with black watered silk
trimming. The table, at which
p were seated, had a center
piece of pale pink peonies; and
the various rooms of the draw
ing room suite were filled with
bouquets Of early Summer
flowers, pink and white peonies,
syringa, and lavender iris pre-
dominating.
X
A fashionable matron (Mrs.
HowelD and her 5-year-old
daughter were paying a visit in
Boston at the home of one of
the members of the Cabot
family. Before the tot was
put to bed the night of her
arrival she knelt to say her
prayers and her mother was
surprised to hear these words
issuing from her lips:
"Our Father who are in
heaven, Cabot be thy name"
"Why do you change your
prayer% terrupte the
amazed parent.
The reply was innOcently
startling: "Why, mother, every
night 1 say, Howell be Thy
name," and 1 thought it would
be polite to mention the CabOts
because we are visiting them"
If you've seen that very stun
ing-looking matron, Mrs. Rus
sell Bennett, and. her daughter,
Florence Harris. walking in
Massachusetts, Avenue on Sun
day mornings, it's not because
they've just come from church,
though they do go, I'm sure
but because they take a stroll
about the same time every Sun
day morning. This week, they
both looked very cool and
charming in printed chiffon
gowns. one in blue and the
other in green.
William James Balfour, Of
Chiselhurst, Kent, England, son
of George Balfour, M. P. and
Mrs. Balfour. will be married on
June % at Mount Kisco, N. Y,
to Miss Katherine Van Duzer,
Lawrence, of Bronxville and
Skywood. The young couple will
spend their honeymoon in En-
gland and Scotland, and in
September they will go to North
ern RhodeSia, South Africa, to
spend a year.
The bridegroom-elect's father
visited here within the past
year.
That popular young couple,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Sever
ance, doing a round of after
noon parties, the latter looking
very smart in a pale lemon-color
knit suit with a small hat of the
same shade. She is dark and
very pretty.
Three Washingtonians are
planning a delightful two
months holiday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Devereux Green with their
daughter, Miss Devereux Green.
a debutante of a few seasons
ago, will leave their George
town residence tomorrow to go
to New York, whence they
will sail late in the evening
aboard the Santa Paula for
California. They are taking
The Washington times., 1934-05-24
Envoy Returns

The Ambassador of Japan, Mr..
Hirosi Saito. accompanied by
the Attache of the Embassy, Mr..
Shiroshichi Kimura. arrived in
the Capital this morning from
Chicago. where they spent the
past week. ..:=.. e,
X y II. .& ......
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross will
entertain at dinner this even
ing at the Mayflower in COM
pliment to her house guest.
Mrs. D. P. B. Marshall. OF
Sheridan, Wyo.
The Washington times., 1934-05-24
Chinese Minister
Dinner Host

The Minister of China and
Nine. SEE entertained at dinner
last evening at the Legation in
Vernon Street, in honor of Asso-
ciate Justice Harlan Fiske
Stone and Associate Justice
and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts.
The other guests were, the
Secretary of Labor, Miss Fran
els Perkins; Representative and
Mrs. Charles A. Eaton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, Mr..
and Mrs. Maxwell M. Hamilton,
Mr.. jefferson Patterson, Mrs.
Anne Archbold. Mrs. Thomas
H. C. Reed, Judge and Mrs.
Clarence Norton Goodwin, Mr..
L. C. Fuller. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman.
The Washington times., 1934-05-24
Plans Being Made for the Summer
By Members Of Official and
Residential Society
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The exodus of city residents to their Summer dwellings
is under way and with the conclusion of the present
sion of Congress there will be many departures for there
is lot of ''fence mending' be done this year among
this latter group preparatory to the fall elections The
The Washington times., 1934-05-24
To Fete Envoy

The Director General Of the
Pan-American Union, DR.. Leo S.
Rowe, will entertain at
luncheon on Monday in the
Pan-American Annex in honor
of the United States Ambas-
sador to Mexico, Mr.. Josephus
Daniels.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Gets
Judge Priest

Irwin S. Cobb's famous fictive
character, Judge Priest" and his
colorful Civil War cronies cavort
once more on downtown screen
when this latest and best of the
Will Rogers starring films follows
its two-week tenancy at Loew's
Palace with a third week at
Loew's Columbia starting Friday.
Will Rogers is seen as Judge
Priest" quaint old Kentucky
judge who dispenses a human
brand of justice, is a self-ap-
pointed agent of Cupid in foster.
ing a wholesome romance, and
who comes to the defense of an
innocent man in a court trial that
is easily the most stirring ever
witnessed. It is a refreshing
comedy that is fraugkt5 with
drama and an unusually gripping
climax.
Tom Brown, Anita Louise,
Henry B. Walthall, Frank Melton,
Stepin Fetchit, Roger Imhof,
David Landau and Francis Ford
comprise one of the largest casts
ever to support Americas No. !
philosopher and wit.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
ALL IN A DAY
By Mark HeIIinoer

with the right opportunity he
couldn't fail. 1t was while she
was thinking along those lines
that Laura Lit on the great
idea.
Once he was in New York,
she knew he would have to
find something. And Laura
had a plan that seemed GER
tain Of getting him there. 1t
would mean deceiving Bert. 1t
meant that he would have to
give up his job and that the
security Of their exist ence
would be anything but assured.
But she argued that the ends
Justified the means. 1t was
Tor his own good, she reasoned.
And having convinced herself
with the arguments and the
reasoning, she wrote a letter
to Cousin Henry.
Henry resided in the Bronx.
He had a small job and not
much money. But in this case
ne was in a position to be of
much service. To him Laura
outlined her plan. Henry was
to write Bert letter, but he
wasn't to sign his own name
to 1t. He was to explain that
ne was an agent, that he haG
picked up Bert's program and
had been favorably impressed
by it. And, most important of
all, he was to offer the man
an opening on. a commercial
program.
Laura stressed the desirability
OF making the letter sound as
convincing as possible. She
urged Henry to insist that Bert
come over to New York at once.
Once in New York" she
wrote, he'll have a better op-
portunity for his talents. And
when he does arrive in New
York to find out that there's
nothing to this letter, he'll have
more incentive to get some
thing IN the radio line. If it
wasn't for the job he's got now,
know he'd have more ambi-
ton.
You understand, Henry,
that I'm doing this for my hus-
bands best interests. He may
be angry for a while when he
learns what's happened, but I
know that everything will turn
out for the best. Please do this
for me-"
Laura waited impatiently
during the next few days. And
then, at last, she went to the
mailbox one morning and found
the letter with a New York
postmark addressed to Bert.
She smiled with satisfaction.
Henry had acted promptly. It
might be better, she decided,
to see if he had followed her
instructions correctly. And with
that thought in mind, she tore
open the envelope.
There is was. The agent.
The opportunity for a place on
sustaining program. The
The Washington times., 1934-11-08

) suggestion that Bert come to
New York as quickly as possible.
All just as she had outlined it.
Loses Courage
Laura stood gazing at the
sheet Of paper. Her feelings
were undergoing a rapid change.
Her courage was fast vanishing.
What Bert would say when he
discovered that the whole thing
had been a trick, she didn't like
to think.
There might be disastrous re-
suits. 1t might mean the end of
everything between them, and
that was the last thing in the
world she desired. Certainly it
would mean the end of their Sc.
cure existence. The whole thing
suddenly appeared childish and
silly, and Laura was deeply
ashamed of her part in the de-
ceitful affair.
I'll help him some other
way" she decided. Maybe it's
better, as Bert says, to wait for
his chance"
She went to the kitchen range,
lifted the cover and dropped the
sheet of paper and it's envelope
into the fire. :.
A week later there was anoth-
er letter, this time from Cousin
Henry. He had meant 70 write
to her before, he confessed, but
he hadn't got around to it.
1--we been thinking things
over" he wrote, about that let.
ter to Bert. I guess you don't
know how bad things are over
here, Laura. Big, established
stars are finding it hard to get
sponsored programs. If you
knew all the facts you'd feel diff
ferently about coming on,
know.
That's why I thought you'd
better think it over little while
longer. And that's why I didn't
write that letter to Bert, like
you asked me to-"
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Lubitsch Film
Held Over

"The Merry Widow" the big.
gest, gayeSt and loveliest musical
in the world, continues its merry
run at Loew's Palace Theater for
second week starting Friday.
All Washington is talking about
Ernst Lubitsch's rollicking picture,
while critics are describing with
superlatives the joint triumph of
jeanette Macdonald and Maurice
Chevalier in the leading roles, the
unforgetable Franz Lehar score,
the dazzling Albertina Rasch
dances, brilliant settings and the
general combination of laughter,
romance and spectacle that make
this Metro Goldwyn- Mayer produc.
ton one of the most charming to
emerge from Hollywood in a long,
long time.
Edward Everett Horton, as the
hilarious ambassador, Una Merkel
end George Barber as the scream.
lngly funny King and Queen,
Nina Gombell, Ruth Claiming,
Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek,
Herman Bin and others are
members of the elaborate cast.
Dartmouth Days." an exciting
oddity bringing to the screen for
the first time the annual winter
carnival of that traditional insti-
tuition, diverting Walter Disney
Silly Symphony in color. and
news events interpreted by Edwin
C. Hill are added attractions.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
.orIdPremiere
AtEarIe

When Gentlemen Are Born"
opens it's engagement at Warner
Brothers Earle Theater tomorrow
it will be the world premiere of
this new and dramatic First Ma
tional production.
New in theme, "Gentlemen Are
Born" likewise presents several
new faces in its college-graduate
cast. For the first time, Franchot
Tone and Margaret Lindsay have
been teamed, while three new and
promising stage players - Nick
Foran, Ross Alexander and Robert
Light-are introduced in their I'M.
tial screen roles. Also in the cast
are Jean Muir, Ann Dvorak and
Henry O'Neill.
Gentlemen Are Born" is a real
istic presentation of today's youth.
1t shows the problem of the edu-
Gated, idealistic young men who
are brought face to face with life
every year. Alfred E. Green di.
rected the film with a keen un-
derstanding of the problems in.
VolVed.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
By LOuiS SObOl
World on Parade!

Huey Long informs naive Louisiana students
that the wampum he handed out for their fares to
the grid tilt in Nashville must be returned to him
=. The Kingfish evidently prefers to be shark
rather than sucker {. In this land of liberty,
this land of the free, many killed and wounded
as they 60 to the polls to express their political
preferences Our own civilized "purge."
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
The Big Chance

IF YOU ever turned in on
a certain small New Eng
land station at 6 o'clock on
Wednesday or Friday, you
heard Bert Clark fer a brief
Is minutes. He had been
broadcasting from that par
ticular station at that same
time for many weeks.
He was one of the thousands
who are heard over similar
stations all over the country on
sustaining programs. One of
the thousands who live in
hopes of being picked up by a
nation. wide network, with fame
and fortune in the immediate
offing.
Bert Clark was a little more
hopeful than most. He had
the utmost confidence in his
own ability. He was willing to
wait for the sponsored pro-
gram, the nationwide network,
and the fame and fortune.
Laura, his wife, was a bit more
impatient, however.
you're not getting any,
where" she pointed out more
than once. you get good re-
spouse, fan mail and all that
sort of thing. So what? You
paid good money for your voice
lessons, and you're not getting
any return for it."
"I1l get my chance some
day." Bert told her easily. In
the meantime, I'm getting
good mike experience and a
certain amount of prestige.
And I've got a job. 1t isn't as
though I had to depend on
broadcasting for a living.
can afford to wait for my big
chance to come"
"Wait!" his wife retorted
bitterly. "You don't get any
where by waiting. You have to
go out and make your own OPP
portunty. If you'd only go
over to New York like I'm al
ways telling you and try for
something in one of the major
studios, I know you'd make
good"
Bert sighed. They had been
over this ground plenty of
times before. He would not,
he insisted, give up a steady
job and hang around New
York when he only had a few
dollars and the slim chance of
getting something there. If he
had something definite to work
on, it would be a different
story.
Not Satisfied
Laura dropped the subject
for the time being. But she
was far from satisfied. And
tired of waiting. She hadn't
the slightest doubt of her hus-
bands ability. She knew that
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Bits on Poetry

The Academy of American
poets seeks to raise a fund to
provide fellowships which will
free genius from the necessity
OF gaining a livelihood by al
most any means except the
means it was born to use"
which in simpler language indi-
Gates the A. A. P. doesn't want
poets to work. L can introduce
the A. A. p. to hundreds of
poets" on BroadWay-who have
never written a line of verse. :.
Mary Pickford who clipped her
golden curls some time ago to
play grown-up parts now writes
a grown-up book as we'll, why
Not Try God?" in which she re-
affirms her faith in Heavenly
guidance. Z. Ten years ago, if I
recall, the much younger Miss
Pickford in an interview af-
firmed her faith in someone
more earthly than Coda pic
ture producer-WaS it Samuel
GoldWyn?...
Poor Mary Nolan-still mis-
fortunes pet. Freed of the a
theft charge, she will probably
not resent that half as much as
the picture of her which ap-
peared in many newspapers
making her look like an aged
woman instead of the young
woman she still is. . Preacher
in midtown church here de-
plores increase in crime and
signs for the good old days
when New York was younger,
cleaner and not so choked with
criminals. Hey, hey! Only the
other day I read that Center
Street, ironically enough the
site of the present Tombs) was
once called Collect and was a
hotbed of vice..
Among the famous criminals
who hung out here, 1 read,
were "Abe Oakley who robbed
the Dexter Savings Bank and
killed its faithful cashier; Dan
Noble who robbed the Royal
Insurance Company; Jim
Brady, Red Leary, Johnny
DObbS and Shang Draper who
cleaned out the Manhattan
Bank. There was even big
Pete" who, unable to open a
SOO-pOund safe, just picked it
up and carried it down on his
back" Elsewhere you read
about Five POintS-"the filthieSt
Slum spot in all New York. It
The Washington times., 1934-11-08

ran with blood; it was stepped
in vice and no spot has been
cursed with more murders"
The Washington times., 1934-11-08

Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein continues to
surround ambiguous thoughts
with phrases which are even
more ambiguous and even
asinine Erudite Princeton pro-
fessors shudder uneasily as
they listen and try to make
sense of what she has to say
The worlds finest thoughts
have been expressed in simple
sentences of words of one or
two Syllables. How long, We
simple ones, will We love sim
plicity?"
Bill Robinson saves Harlem's
famed wishing tree" and
Sepian citizens rub the trunk
with their hands and make
their wishes Not so silly this
custom for it inspires hope of
fulfillment. 23-year-Old Albert
Jackson draws a 3O-year term
for a 38-cent hOldup. That
was his mistake. If he had
thefted a few millions, skipped
the country, been recaptured,
he would have drawn page l
headlines and sympathy.
For $4,000 q year you may
reside at 49 East 65th Street
and 0IotU in reflected glory for
this is the home of the Presi-
dent of the United States Who
Is noW residing rent free in
Washington and like any
thrifty American sees a chance
to earn an honest penny By
Sub-lettino his residence. Near
Raleigh, N. c., a hobo accused
OF insulting farmer Womdn.
IS tGrred and teGthered and
kicked out of toDn. strange
but effective custom dating
back to the days of Richard
Occur de Lion when he enacted
drastic lalDS to govern his
soldiers during the crusadeS,
to 1Dit.:
No women except washer.
women we're to be permitted
to accompany troops. Whoever
killed another was, according
to the place where the crime
should be committed, to be cast
into the sea or buried alive,
bound to the corpse of the muir
dered person. Whoever wounded
another was to have his hand
cut off; whoever struck another
should be plunged three times
into the sea, and whoever COM
mitted theft should have warm
pitch poured over his head
which should be powdered with
feathers, and the offender
should afterwards be left
abandoned on the first shore"
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Not Satisfied

Laura dropped the subject
for the time being. But she
was far from satisfied. And
tired of waiting. She hadn't
the slightest doubt of her hus-
bands ability. She knew that
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Gets Quick Promotion

Mitchell Leisen, director of Syl.
via Sidney's forthcoming B. P.
Schulberg- Paramount film, Be
hold My Wife," came to Holly
wood to act in films; got a job
designing costumes and became
art director for Cecil B. DeMille;
all in six months time.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
A New Candhi

As the MAJ alma Gandhi steps
out of control, PGndit MalaUiyG
steps in. He SquGtS, too, but
there is. this difference that
the Pdndit is fully drGped, eUen
to SpotleSS turbGn about his
head-beSideS Which he makes
a much more impressive 1p-
pearance in the newS reels, E.
You'd be surprised ho,O that
helps, SometimeS!. In ES-
thonid, Ue read, the condemned
has the choice OF either sui
eide or being shot somewhere
in the forest. tie suicide being
By poison. Nothing so neW
about that, of course, if you
recall Socrates. . .ESthoniGnS
didn't mind but noW they are
shocked because President Pats
(Uith an uml1ut oUer the "G")
DEGREES that the choice shall
be betWeen the poison and
hanging-and this shocks the
natiUeS-Who Shudder at the
burbarity of being strung up
By the neck!
Almost like a movie Is the
raid on a dilapidated frame
house in Middletown Township,
N. j., where Federal agents and
Jersey State police discover II
Chinese guarded by a Negro.
They had been Struggled into
the country and we're being held
because relatives hadn't come
through with the price. Hid
eouS is the discovery that many
of the smuggled Orientals had
been dropped overheard en-
route because they we're sick
and it was too much trouble to
nurse them. Machado, with 20
million in gold said to be stored
in various countries, flees to
Haiti-a very unhappy man. =.
Friends say he would willingly
surrender all that gold in re-
turn for a pledge of safety. =.
That might be brought about.
but I wonder whether he could
buy off freedom from haunting
thoughts of the several hundred
men he is reported to have
butchered!
"AnyOne can see," means the
Rev. DR.. Daniel Russell, that
the world is swiftly slipping
down to HE'LL. UNLESS we can
prevent another war and unless
the class struggle can be COM
posed, we are doomed" is his
gloomy prediction -. Preachers
and orators were calling down
doom last century and the cen.
fury before and even the Gen.
turtles before Christ-but some
how this evil world seems to
keep just a step away from the
abyss we call hell. Personally.
/ don't mind slipping dOwn-if
they'll provide us with radios,
good football games, flivvers
and leisure time in which to
read the funnieS.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Max Baer Back for
His Screen Career

Max Baer. world heavyweight
boxing champion. returned to
Hollywood yesterday to take up
his screen career. The conquer
or of Primo Camera has been
refereeing boxing and wrestling
matches throughout the North.
west.
The Washington times., 1934-11-08
Late News Of
Broadway

NEW YORK, Nov. AFTER all
these years of talk, supposition
and rumor, Broadway is finally to
see the genuine Folies Bergere
with the genuine FolieS Bergere
artists. This far-famd Partisan
institution will be housed in the
Casino Theater, at Fiftieth and
Seventh Avenue, and will have its
premiere on Christmas night. The
Casino, of course, will again be
remodelled and rebuilt for the
Folies and will emerge from this
Transformation as the French Ca
Sino.
Clifford Fisher will present the
revue and there will be something
like 100 European artists. Among
the stars will be Maria Desty, Har-
old and Lola Olympic Bradna. Les
Magnis, Define Trio, the Ameri,
can Gloria Gilbert and many
others. There will also be group
of mannequins from Jean Patou,
LIE Long. Drecoll and other famed
French fashion parlors. jacques
Charles, of the Paris Moulin
Rouge, will stage the local Folies
Bergere.
The premiere of Tallulah Bank
head in Dark Victory at the
Plymouth Theater, has been post.
poned from tonight until Friday
night, Alex McKaig announced
yesterday. This is the latest an
nouncement and the official, we
want to point out. So don't go to
the Plymouth tonight and try to
get in.
Katharine Warren has been
signed for an important role in
Piper Paid" the new Sarah
Smith-Viola Shore comedy. which
Clifford Brooke is staging
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-18
Vealers, Cows
and Hogs Decline
Better Vealers $4.0O- Cutter
Cows $2.25 Down-Beef Cows
$3.50 to $500

South st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 16-
Declines featured the market for
several classes of livestock Tues
day, vealers, cows, hogs, bulls and
pigs being among the classes show
ing price losses. Trade on slaugh-
ter steers mad yearlings was slow
and weak to lower on inbetween
grades. Some good yearlings and
light steers brought $4.85 $3.50,
bulk short-feds ranging down to
$500, cutter and common yearlings
$2.00-$3.50. Low cutter. and cutter
cows sold at $1.50-2.25. butcher cows
$3.50 $500, most bulls $500 down, a
few light stockers $2.00-$3.OO better
vealers $4.00-$4.50, practical top
$500, throwouts $1.5O-$3.O0.
Better 160-250 pound hogs sold at
$3.00-$3.10, most $50 $50 pounds,
$2.75-$3.00, bulkpacking sows $2.25
$3.50, better 13O-155 hogs $2.25-$2.75,
bulk desirable killer pigs $500,
stock pigs ranging down to $1.OO on
very sluggish and indispensable
market.
Fully steady prices were offered
for fat lambs Tuesday, packers bid
ding mostly $3.50 for desirable kinds
with best offerings held considerab-
ly above $500. A few native and
Dakota feeding lambs sold at $3.50
to $3.50, some rangers Monday
$6.75 to $685..