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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07
Answers to Previous QuestiOns

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07
Copyright, 1884, The Chicago

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07
WHOmu FIR5To | IN AMERICA

Who was the first Prince of Wales to visit the U. S.?
 Where was the first auto night bus put into service?
 Who was the first woman labor delegate to the British Trades Union?
 Answers fin next issue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-07

Answers i'm next issue.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
When the Feature
, Is Shown on Screen

COLUMBIA-Ed Wynn in ''The
Chief" at 11:15 a. m, /, 2:45,
4 4:35, 500, sos and 9:55 p. m.
EARLE-Kay Francis in House
on 56th Street." at 1925 a. M,
1855, 3:15, $40, 8 and 1920 p. m.
Stage shows at IL, 2:20, 4:40, Z
and 9:25 p. m.
FOX-Otto Kruger, in Women
in His Life" at II a M, 1855, 4:30,
7:25 and 10 p. m. Stage shows at
.t2:55, 3:2O, 6:25 and 9 p. m.
PALACE-All-star cast in Din
q ner at Eight" at 1920 a. m.
1855, $40, 5;25, TAO and 10
RKO KEITH'S - Dolores Del
Rio in Flying Down to Rio" at
11:46 a. M, 1:46, 3:46, 5:46, 7:46
and 9:46 p. m.
RIALTO: John Barrymore in
"Counsello. -at-Law" At 1872 a.
m, 1886, 2:40, 4:24, sos, 1853
and 9:38 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Charlotte
Henry in "Alice in Wonderland"
At 10, 11:40 q. NJ 1920, 3, 4:45
$40, 8 and 9:45 p. m.
GAYETY-"Greetings Of 1884
burlesque, at IL noon, ais and
Sis p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

Andrew r. Kelley 1iS performance
in "A Free Soul" Lionel Barry
more has been engaged constantly
before the camera. Under contract
to Metro Goldwyn-Mayer he has
been "farmed out" to other pro-
ducerS whenever he was not busy
at the M-G-M studio. The result OF
this activity has been a feeling In
the movie world that Actor Barry
more has been appearing too often
for his own good, and that short
vacation from the screen would
add to his popularity. Hence the
consent to a personal appearance
tour.
Conrad Nagel is q shining ex-
ample Of an actor who has kept
too busy. He was the favored
leading man with the advent Of
sound and was seen in so many
pictures his popularity began to
wear thin. Lionel Barrymore's en-
ployers would avoid such a Situa-
ton with the industry's ace char
acter actor.
Lionel Barrymore has not ap-
peared on a Washington stage
since January, 1925, when he was
the star at the Belasco in an un-
successful play called The Piker."
1t was shortly after this closed he
went to Hollywood, where he has
been under contract since.
Lupe Velez, Mexican fire.
cracker now married to Johnny
Weismuller, is another California
celebrity due to take jaunt East
for a round of the Loew houses.
She is also penciled in for an
early showing at the Fox.
Lupe has a real box office fol-
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
'Ten-Minute AIibi' Is MeIodrama
With Plenty Of Real Thrills

South American villain who is
not only roue but a drug ped
dler as we'll. This Phillip Sevilla
refuses to give up the girl when
Derwent confrontS him, instead
drugs the young barrister. While
he is sleeping off the narcotic
he dreams of a way in which to
dispose of Sevilla which will be
clue-proof. Both a clever and
exciting idea.
Is Well Directed
"Ten Minute Alibi" is we'll
directed by Herman Shumlin and
is capably acted by an all-Eng-
liSh cast. Bramwell Fletcher
plays Colin Derwent with all the
essential white-faced nervousness
and tension to compound in
terest and generates enough ap-
peal for the character to make
his escape from justice a salts
flying finale.
Stiano Braggiotti plays the
sleek villain with a suave as
surance and the proper absence
of scruples and conscience. He
is a good looking bounder and
performs his unhappy role with
sufficient conviction to justify
his murder in the opinion of the
audience. Daphne Warren Will
son (recalled as the Cochran in
genue of three seasons ago) is
the only feminine member of the
cast and serves acceptably as
Betty Findon. Joseph Spurin-
Calleia, Oswald Yorke, Reynolds
Denniston and John Williams
give intelligent support to the
three principals.
You may come away from
''Ten Minute Alibi" convinced
that Scotland Yard is not as
clever as American police investi-
gators but also certain that a
good melodrama makes as in
teresting an evening as good
detective story.
ANDREW R. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01


BILE clue and prepare himself a
neat alibi by manipulating the
clock.
Audience Informed
AS eye witnesses of the we'll
thought-out murder the audience
Is always some steps ahead Of
the Scotland Yard sleuths who
are called in to unravel the crime.
Those out front have the missing
pieces in this jig-saw puzzle Of
violence presented to the police
and will derive considerable in
tereSt in watching the detectives
try to reconstruct the picture
and solve the mystery.
In the end they give it up,
entering the facts in the annals
as indicating suicide or a murder
by person or persons unknown.
That happens to suit the audi
ence as the victim Of the bullet
was the type the English describe
as swine"
The plot offers a carefully con-
structed thriller. Colin Derwent
is desperate when he discovers
that the girl he loves is planning
to run away with a handsome
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Gsyety Offers a
Varied Bill

The Gayety moves to a new
high mark for the season with the
production, Greetings of 1884"
Easily the best bill that has hit
the Ninth Street house this year.
it offers the most variety, the
richest comedy and more than
the usual quota of beauty.
Not content with three good
comedians, a marvellous Chinese
conjurer and some notable feni-
nine leads, the production also
boasts the hottest sepia jazz band
quartet heard here in recent
months.
Bruce Johnson's Washboard
Syncopaters easily steal top hon
ors of the show, which they
stopped for several minutes last
night. Their singing of "They
Caught Us in the Last Roundup"
is number you may look forward
to hearing with keen anticipation.
Ii Ho Chang, tall. angular. slow
talking Chinese magician, offers a
highly unusual line of legerde.
main. Out of a well-filled bag Of
tricks he pulls quite few that are
new to this reviewer and quite
mystifying. Making woman dis
appear before your eyes and cut
ting off a mans head and then
replacing 1t are but two of his
feats that you will enjoy.
Charles CPeanuts) Bohn offers
a gratifying new twist to the com.
edy and Frank Harcourt opens
the show with a side-splitting
sidewalk 'ballyhoo.
Micky O'Neal, winsome and
wonderfully made lOtle girl, ap-
pears to good advantage in con-
tortion dance, not to mention her
other specialties.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

In '"Ten Minute Alibi," thrill
melodrama offered at the Ma
tional Theater last night, the
audience witnesses another at
tempt at the perfect crime"
Actually you see this carefully
planned murder twice. once as
the distraught and desperate Colin
Derwent dreams it as the only
way to remove an unscrupulous
rival. Two days later he decides
to follow up his first-degree solu-
ton for a romantic tangle and
carries through the homicide,
taking care to erase every posi-
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

lowing. The late Mr.. ziegfeld
was roundly scored by his back
ers when he replaced a $25O-a-
week actress with the Mexican
pepper pot and paid her $4,000 a
week to appear in Hot Cha" I"
Producer ziegfeld claimed she was
worth it. Last season Lupe and
Jimmy Durante turned Strike Me
Pink" from a flop into a musical
hit show and were paid accord
ingly.
Broadway movie houses have
been moving heaven and earth to
get Marie Dressler to consent to
personal appearances. The last
offer was $4,000 for one week at
the Capitol Theater. To all of
these fabulous offers the answer
comes that Marie Dressler could
not stand the ardour of four-a-
day appearances and that the
conservation of her health means
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

G"1""oV" FAA0" are C0r1Vlng on
CALIFORNIA; golden sunshine and
Mrs. Pichel, who is an ardent ten
mis- enthusiast, plays on the court
in the rear of our home every
day. In addition, I am in love
with film work, so why make a
change?
Naturally my first love is the
little theater and I intend con.
tinuing in that sphere from time
to time when my screen assign
ments permit. However, as for
giving up the latter permanently
in favor Of the footlightS, there
isn't much Of chance"
Those three comrades hailing
from "Merrie England" Elizabeth
Allen, her husband, Bill O'Bryan,
and Herbert Marshall, composed
a jolly farewell party on the eve
Of Bills departure for Europe.
Mrs. Skeets Gallagher enter
tanned the other afternoon at a
luncheon in her Woodruff Ave
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Quick Glimpses

Virginia Valli and Charles Far
rell have bought a Spanish farm
house at Palm Springs-that
makes four homes for them: One
at Toluca Lake, another at the
Beach and a third in Beverly
Hills. Mrs. Dwight Morrow has
dropped quietly into town and
was q visitor yesterday on Will
Rogers set at Fox. Wednesday
will be the big day for Clark
Gable. His new horse. Beverly
Hills" races for the first time
under Clark'S colors at Aqua
Caliente.
With a Today vacation prom
ised him, George Raft flies to
Miami for look-in at the winter
season . Honeymooners Pat Wing
and William Haggin Perry are
coming back to California via the
Panama Canal Sister Toby Wing
returns by train. And without
seeing Maurice Chevalier, too.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

York stage, al
though prema-
ture announce
n1ents en1anat-
ing from Goth
am have him
appearing in a
play next Au-
gust.
I'm a 'citi-
zen Of Holly
wood for good" "
says Pichel. II
j us t recently
h a d a n e W
home built; my
y oun G S t er S
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

nue. home for
her sewing club,
which m e e t S
weekly at the
various m e m
berS' h o m e $.
Her guests in
C lu d { d Mrs.
Wesley Ruggles
(Arlene Judge),
Mrs. F ra n K
Case, Mrs. AL
Newman, Mrs.
Nellie Newbert,'
Mrs. Harry Joe
Brown, (Sany
e ! e r 81, Mrs.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

Joan Bennett Russell Mack,
Mrs. Phyllis Daniels, Mrs. Gene
Markwy (Joan Bennett. Mrs.
William K. Howard and Miss
Vivien Segal. They really sew.
Sorry, I'll have to go home to-
night. We're having towers" re-
piled BoaSberg.
'"Tovers? Never heard Of them.
What are they?" asked Curtis.
"LeftoVerS," answered Boasberg.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

TO the Beverly
w il shire. AL
wished Colleen
a Happy New
Year just as
the W h iStl es
started to blow
in Los Angeles.
He also had a
number Of her
N e W Y o r K
fri e n DIS on
hand to speak
to ner. She
had som e OF
the Hollywood
crowd to talk
to him.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Long WAY For Part

Herbert Marshall had to travel
ever 10000 miles to report for
work on his last picture when he
left from England for Hawaii to
play the lead in Cecil B. De Miles
last picture, -Four Frightened
People"
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

lLoew Theaters
in a one-act
s k e I C h. This
m e q ms that
some time in
F e b ruary, or
| possibly, before,
F.. Street audi.
'ences will see
him on tthe
Fox stage.
Since he won
the gold medal
Of the Acad-
|emy Of Motion
'P i C t ure Arts
and Science for
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Hollywood Designer Says P;
Will Look to Gotham for Fashi
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Word comes from Hollywood
that Lionel Barrymore has finally
yielded to the demand for per-
sonal appearances, and has con-
Sented to make a round of the
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Some 1884 Notes

OAAC I41CdJC1S SSA uhAAS4C'
Some 1884 Notes
Midnight shows were all we'll at
tended last night. A rapid COM
putation puts the amount spent
on welcoming 1884 in the hotels,
nigh clubs, theaters and restau-
rants at $4,000. That does not,
Of course, count the cost of liquor.
:. The Yates sisters danced at the
Times Herald banquet last Wednes-
day night. Talent hunters caught
their act and they worked last
night in the floor shows at the
Hotel Shoreham, the Broadmoor
and 2400 Sixteenth st. This is
starting off 1884 On a prosperity
note. If you want to know what
stage attraction will be playing
Washington George Washington's
birthday week, the answer is "Dou-
BILE Door," It's a mystery play.
suggested by the famed Wendell
family Of New York and is booked
for the National, February 49,.
Ben Bernie and his band at the
Earle Is the first 1884 act to over
flow the lobby and crowd the side
walk. The line for the midnight
show last night turned the corner
Of E street. Arthur A. De Titta
tossed the biggest cocktail party
of the year to auld lang syne 1888.
The head Of the local Fox Movie
tone forces welcomed Cabinet
members, Army and Navy celebri-
ties, Senators and congressman
and other notables who had faced
his movie cameras during 1888.
Also in the Wardman Park Hotel
gathering was everybody who is
anybody in the theater and movie
world. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Head
arrived here with the New Year
to boom Ina Claire in "Biog-
raphy." due January Is.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

verse the US
uaI order and send style scouts
to cover our new shOwings this
year.
"The repeal Of prohibition
has awakened the greatest in
ter,St in clothes in America in
the last Is years. Society no
longer has to 90 to . speak
easy for an evening out. They
:, 60 to public places. The
art Of fine dining and Of
dressing Is coming back"
The Hollywood style mentor
cites this years brilliant opening
Of the Metropolitan Opera as
a1 example.
BGnton will spend two and .
half weeks in New York and q
nuuabe- Of days in Palm Beach.
He is the first Hollywood de-
signer to recognize the Florida
pay spot as a style center.
aae New York attitude, says
Ethel Mormon, is best illustrated
by the tipsy gentleman she met
on the observation car Of the
train coming out to California.
He was tight and slightly
morose. None of the other pas.
Sengers on the platform seemed
to meet with his approval.
Suddenly, he addressed them:
els anybody here from New
York;"
Amused, Ethel said: eyes, I
am"
The drunk brightened-ex-
claimed: Lend me your cork
screw then"
Three thousand miles separate
them, but Colleen Moore and AL
Scott were together on New Year
Eve. The star celebrated the
passing of 1888 with friends at
ehe Beverly Wiltshire Hotel. AL
Scett saw the New Year in at
the Mayfair Club in New York.
But at 3 a. m. New York time.
the telephone company put a line
through from the Mayfair party
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

1T8Vb oauLOui
d e 81 6 n e r fol
Paramount, to
give up his an
nual visit to
Paris and to go,
instead, to the
fall showings
in N e W York
and in P al m
Beach.
From what
/ hear" de-
clared Ban
ton, ct h e
French are
going to re-
unHan Nlnn MR.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

And as soon as Colleen fin
ishes her picture at RKO, she
is heading East to see her hus-
band.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Irving Piche| Will
Stay in Movies
He Says
BY RENE DAVIES

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. Irving
Pichel tells me that he is not
deSerting Hollywood for the New
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
WYNN Needs a Story

Wynn on the stage but have
never become enthused over his
radio performances. To me half
of the Joy of an Ed Wynn frolic
is watching his expressions and
his rather helpless air of salts
fled stupidity.
On the screen he appears to
be having a hard time to estab-
lish himself as a top-run Holly
wood star. "The Chief" his
latest picture, now being shown
at Loew's Columbia Theater, is
fairly we'll stuffed with laughs
but it also has its dull stretches.
With all of its shortcomings it's
the best laugh movie in town
this week and his radio following
packed the Columbia on Satur-
day afternoon. The attempt to
tie up his radio performance
with the picture is one Of the
ideas that flops rather dismally.
What Comedian Wynn needs
is a typical Ed Wynn story.
This is his third try at screen
fame and not much better than
his earlier efforts, Rubber
Heels" and Follow the Leader"
The perfected microphone now
handles the Wynn lispth so that
it registers satisfactorily, but the
Perfect Fool" is still waiting
for the perfect screen author.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
STYLE CENTER IS NOW NY.
Colleen Moore,
Hubby Celebrate
Via Telephone
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1894, by King Features
Syndicate.)

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. /, 1884.
French style supremacy is dealt
another blow in the decision Of
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
e. 'TEN-MINUTE ALIBF OPENS
Lionel Barrymore and Lupe VeIez
TO Appear in Person on Loew
Theater Stages Soon

more to her than all the riches
the theaters can dangle.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Correction Accepted

Manager Steve Cochran's office
is adorned with an autographed
photograph of Julia Sanderson as
a reminder of the last time that
she played the National Theater.
Accordingly he ratifies all that
this department said Saturday
about her current performance at
The Fox Theater including,
lovely, graceful, charming and
the distinctive Sanderson glide"
Mr.. Cochran dissents only on the
descriptive word, blonde" and in
sists Julia Sanderson is, and al
ways was, brunette with blue
eyes. Charles Warren McClintock
backs him up in his exception
and there is nothing for a color
blind editor with a poor memory
to do but concede the error.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09
USE NEW. ANGLES TO
HIDE EXCESS BULK

Alphabetically constructed clothes
have given the feminine figure new
silhouette. Full of angles and those
modern blocked effects though 1t Is, it
is by no means deprived of the better
curves.
Stairstep blocking to produce a
towering effect, is worked out in trim
ming and in stitching when the figure
is too generously built to permit the
bulky effect of material.
If the hips are large but the shout
ders inclined to be narrow, the block
ing begins at the shoulders and tapers
off at the hips.
Wherever the most conspicuous part
of the body, place there the least
amount of emphasis.
Color is another thing to remember
to avoid for natures overgrown parts.
Large people, as rule, do better in
somber colors and very fine stripes,
which tend to slenderize the figure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09

There is another message conveyed In
this model, namely the vogue for trim
ming touches of velvet on the spring
cloth coat. In the coat pictured vel
vet goes fifty-fifty with cloth for the
wide single scarf end There are also
velvet cordings at the waistline and
on the sleeves. The notable thing
about the other coat in the picture is
that 1t carries rather boyish air. It
seems the younger clientele are hav-
ing their coats fashioned somewhat
after the lines of their brothers and
what's more they are topping their
boyish coats with felt hats which sug-
gest masculine derby and fedora In
fluence. The picture gives the idea.
Note the self-fabric scarf. The sleeves
are interesting in that they gain their
shapely mid-arm fullness through
perfectly tailored scanning at the ell
bow.
In a general survey one is brought
to realize that coats for girls in their
teens divide into two distinct classes.
On the one hand there are the very
sporty models and in contrast there
are the ladylike dressier types which
are eminently refined and genteel
looking. For the former, ravishing
tweeds are cited in colors which
gladden. the heart in their youthful
gaiety. When it comes to monotone
tweeds there is grayed green which
is the hit of the season. Soldier blue,
which is lighter than navy, is also
proving great favoriate. And If you
are wanting to look every inch voguish
you will choose plaid wool for your
early spring coat. Plaids are all the
rage for suits as well. So also are
checks.
g by Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09
Clothes for Spring Are
Practical and Attractive

! general, spring clothes are con-
sentative and wearable. The two
piece dress, for example, an ultra-prac
I :al frock, is back after an absence
of several years.
There are no extravagant changes
Radical sleeves have gone Every
thing has normal shoulder line, or,
in suits, a simple raglan shoulder. The
silhouette is still slender, with curves,
but the waistline is little Simmer
and more fitted than before. Lengths
have not changed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09

ZONE now, Miss Junior, 1t Is quite
~ time to decide as to whether it
will be new coat or new suit for
spring or both. OF course the ideal
solution of the problem is coat and
a suit There are times when coat
is absolutely Indispensable, and smart
ly clad indeed is she who tops DASH
ing midseason print frock with an adj
vance spring coat which flaunts the
latest touches.
AS for a suit, with a good supply Of
tuned-to- time-and-place blouses (some
strictly tailored others as feminine
and frivolous as frilly jabots and lacy
details can make them) it is as re-
current a springtime theme as the
''first robin" Speaking of blouses re-
minds us of fad which is going the
rounds. It is the blouse made of vivid
bandana kerchfefs.
The girlish suit of quality-kind
grayish green flannel in the picture is
one of those refined types which are
making widespread appeal this sea-
son. It's outstanding claim to high
fashion is the fact that it is raglan
type and utmost emphasis is being
placed on these loose unbelted eff
fects
AS to coats there is lot being said
and done in regard to furless types
for spring. These gain distinction
through artful fabric manipulation
which achieves shapely lines through
ingenious seamings and queer little
turns and quirks of the cloth which
result in unusual necklines, likewise
clever shoulder and sleeve silhouettes.
While the two coats illustrated
give the impression of extreme SIM
plicity, In the final analysis they are
ever so revealing as to actual style
trends The thing to observe about
the coat to the left is its clever collar
and scarf combination. This is in
keeping with the idea prevailing
among designers that if coat be fur
less there really ought to be some
sort of scarf treatment in evidence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09
Spring Shoe Styles

Two new heels are slated for a
spring premiere in the shoe fashion
world. Strictly speaking. one of these
isn't new, but return of the very
tall venetian heel-taller than Amer
lean women have worn for sixteen
years. The other Is hardly heel at
all. It's cotillion slipper, practi-
cally heelless. and is expected to be
popular with tall women.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09
When Old Age Begins

A magazine article is headed:
"When does old age begin?" We are
reminded of an answer to the same
question once made by lady who
did not look her years. ITO me-"
she said, "old age is always Is years
older than am" Boston Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09

Fancy turns to piastron and bib eff
fects. It will be worth your while to
make a tour of investigation along
these lines when next you saunter
through realms of new neckwear. The
plastron pictured is very practical
sort. 1t is made of beige linen and
is detachable, since it ties and but
tons as you see. OF course the cuffs
are of matching linen. You will at
once agree that this strikingly new ac-
cessory set Of plastron and cuffs lifts
this chartreuse messy crepe frock into
the ranks of high fashion. It's grand
idea If you want to freshen up your
midseason dress so that it win carry
over modishly into spring. The new
bib effects are lovely, especially those
which are literally covered with row
upon row of either sheer pleating or
narrow lace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-09

Bank Teller-Sorry, madam, but
your account is already overdrawn.
Madam-Well, what if it is, young
man? Can't l do as please with
my own Observation-Disclosures Maya
zine.