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The Washington times., 1935-03-23

thing to cherish.
Perhaps you know the story.
Lord BaSSingwell wagers his but
ler in a stud poker game and
loses him to Egbert Froud, a
lowbrow moneybags from the wild
West with a socially ambitious
wife. The Frouds take Ruggles
home with them after their Eu-
ropean tour is ended and it is out
in the wide open spaces Of Wash
ington that the English butler
sets the prairie village agog.
Ruggles tries to make a gentle
man out of the rough edged Egg
bert and finds himself welcomed
as Colonel Ruggles Of the British
Cold Stream Guards. He likes
it. In fact he asserts: when
people think you are a parsonage
you become a parsonage"
Quite unusual is the introduc-
tion of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress into the middle of the
laughs and yet, 1 venture to say
the immortal words suffer no
loss of dignity as recited seriously
by the EngliShman, Laughton.
"Ruggles" is very well acted
by the supporting cast which
includes such experienced tai
ent as Mary Boland, Charles
Ruggles. Roland Young, zaSu
Pitts, Leila Hyams, Maude
Ebourne and Lucian Littlefield.
The novelty act of the Earle
stage program this week is pro-
vided by De Roze. recently q SEN
sation at the Casino de Paree. It
might be called water magic for
the hocus-pocus man takes a
pitcher Of H2O and by some
strange art turns it into Martini
cocktails, light beer, creme de
menthes, Scotch and rye, yes,
even bromo seltzer. Tell me how
it's done.
Grace Du Faye does control
dancing, bends her flexible body
into knots and dances on her
hands. While she is catching her
breath Eddie Stuart tap dances on
a prop piano and Dot, Donna and
Teddy add some more stepping.
Park and Clifford perform on the
Roman rings.
The headline act is another
from radio, the Eton Boys and
the Do-Re-Mi Trio. All kinds of
harmonizing here. Opening, seven
voices assault the microphone and
then they break up into a trio
and a comedy quartette. Their
best number yesterday was mo,
A Thousand Times No." arranged
for laugh purposes.
A Freddy Clark overture, Audrey
Seiber's fashion parade and the
news reel complete the program.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Armstrong; at
/ The Howard

It's Armstrong week at the
Howard Theater. For yesterday
Mrs. Louis Armstrong brought her
Hot-Cha band to T Street and the
air is filled with melody and hot
rhythm.
The big noise of the Armstrong
band is, of course, Looie, king OF
the trumpet, who is still the most
marvellous of musicians with that
brass instrument. Mrs. Armstrong
shares bows with her husband,
leading a good orchestra and Of
fering a snappy piano solo.
The Armstrong revue enter.
tainers provide a fast program Of
song and dance to supplement the
work of the stars.
On the screen is Kay Francis in
Living on Velvet" In this pic
ture she has the support Of
George Brent and Warren Will
liam in a sophisticated tale full
of whimsical charm. There will
be a midnight show tonight with
reserved seats.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
"Roberta" in Third Week

Roberta" is held over fer a
third week at RKO-Keith's. No
musical in recent months has dem
onstrated the capacity to please
audiences that this Jerome Kern
melody-trimmed picture has shown
on Fifteenth Street.
The main feature of Roberta"
is the dancing of Fred Astaire,
who has trained Ginger Rogers to
be the most graceful and liveliest
of partners. Astaire's talents reveal
a new phase, for he handles the
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
$40 Prize For
Eva Simon

Out of the hat pops up the
winner of the grand award of
$40 for the best quip in The Times
Life Begins at 40" contest be.
ing sponsored by Loew's Palace
Theater where Will Rogers new
screen hit of the same name is
currently playing.
AS the story goes, the grand
award goes to Eva Simon, of 619
Lamont st. N. w., who in her
prize winning "quip" says, I'm
the olden days a girl wore a lot of
unmentionables. Today she wears
hardly anything worth mention
ing"
The Times and Palace Theater
are gracious for the interest cen
tered around this novel little con-
test. In yesterdays column were
reprinted some of the better
"quips" and we are sorry that
we could not award everyone with
either a cash prize or guest tick
cts.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
RUGGLES' AT THE EARLE
'RugeIes of Red Cap With Charles Laughton.
Is Comedy Really Loaded With Laughs

of il
nutyR Rmpga
the
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downreh rn is
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Herb Williams Tops Stage
Show Featuring Team Of
Tyner and HasIett
BY ANDREW z. KELLEY

"Foes Bergere is not at all what its implies In
stead it is gay little farce with music and the jaunty
Maurice Chevaler first class actor well song
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Burns Allen
Atthe me"

"Lookie, locke, locke, here
comes cookie" Oh! No, it's Oracle
Allen singing her theme song!
Love in Bloom" boasting the
talents of Burns and Allen and
giving second billing to Dixie Lee
and Joe Morrison, is nice little
playlet with songs in which a
cheating little carnival girl turns
over a new leaf and becomes the
bride of a talented song writer.
It's the old formula, B-2, Sec
ond drawer, third file, but there
are Gordon and Ravel tunes and
a lovely rendition of TSchaikoW.
sky's "None But the Lonely
Heart" sung by Joe Morrison,
who has a very creditable voice.
Oracle and George are featured
in the carnival; George plays the
calliope as an accompaniment to
Gracie'S singing; they get in a
couple of jams but good old
Oracle gets them out again.
Dixie Lee is the little girl who
tires of her narrow life as a
dancer with the cheap carnival
and runs away to New York. She
has the usual trouble with rent
seeking landladies, and finally
gets a job in a music store
where she and her newly-found
boy friend make a go of a lag
ging business firm.
They are all set to marry and
continue on their prosperous way
when the girls father, a garru-
lous man given to drink and easy
living, enters the scene and al
most spoils the plot, but the
happy ending is not only obvious
to the old scheme, but essential.
Dixie Lee is a wiSe-cracking
youngster. very blonde in the
Hollywood manner and very
youthful app airing. Joe Morrison
is much, much better when he
sings and he sings quite a bit, so
that's alright. George and Oracle
are Burns and Allen. If you like
them, you get laugh out of this
show, but if you don't like them,
it's too bad because their chatter
is the same line which brought
them their fame.
Roscoe AteS shutters his way
through a deadly comedy co.
Barney Rapp heads q little re-
vue, and the customary newSreel
brings a very timely piece by
Senator Norris. <. Y
The Washington times., 1935-03-23

and dance man.
The story of "Foles Bergere" is much the
same as that of "The Guardsman" and the
more recent Moulin Rouge" In other words
it calls for double impersonation, so Che
Waller is seen as an international banker and
in his more familiar character of music hall
minstrel.
1t happens that this French financier is in
trouble that takes him to London and it is
necessary that somebody impersonate him in
Paris to allay gossip. Charter, the "Folies
Bergere" mimic assumes that task, so sue
cessfully that he sometimes fools the bankers s
The Washington times., 1935-03-23

lcomedy of Roberta" and does it
we'll in the role of Huck Haines.
The beautiful voice of Irene
Dunno is heard in the ever popular
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," and
there are other new tunes to in.
trigue the ear. Roberta" too,
boasts a gorgeous array Of new
gowns, latest style, shown in two
fashion parades of such elegance
they leave women patrons gasping
with delight.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23

play his talents where "life begins
at 8:40."
Subsidiary features at the Pal
ace this week include an Educa-
tional comedy, a Fitzpatrick trav-
elogue in which the beauties of
the Grand Canyon and Bryce
Canyon are impressively unfolded
and an interesting Hearst Metro
tone neWSreel.
The Washington times., 1935-03-23
Director Conducts

Two weeks ahead of production
schedule, Director Josef Won Stern
berg is conducting the symphonic
orchestra recording music for Mar.
lene Dietrich'S new picture.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
EMBARRASSING MOMENT.

MAYBE he was so busy thinking
about his anti-war loan bill that
he forgot. Anyway, it proved rather
embarrassing moment for Representa-
tive Frank L. Kloeb of Ohio.
Representative Kloeb, a member of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
and Mrs. Kloeb were in taxicab, on
their way to a reception held in honor
of an important foreign visitor at an
embassy. The Representative was
complimenting himself upon his speed
in getting dressed and grabbing a
cab after a late session of the House.
Mrs. Kloeb might have been COM
plimenting herself on the fact that
for the first time during the session
she had induced her husband to at
tend such a function.
The cab carrying the couple had al
most reached the embassy when Mrs.
Kloeb asked to see the invitation,
which reposed in the Congressman's
pocket. She examined it and imme-
diately exclaimed:
i "Why, this reception was held last
, night"
- MFR. Kloeb protested, claiming the
! date on the invitation corresponded
with that day.
Finally they had to ask the cab
Evening star., 1935-07-25

But here in Washington-have you
noticed the flower girl" who stands
in front of st. Patrick's Church, year
in and year out, giving you smile
and selling you red carnations-that
is, they're red carnations every day
except st. Patrick's day, when the
shamrock must take precedence?
When the weather is bad she some
times creeps inside the church for a
respite.
There. one bitter cold morning last
Winter. she fell asleep. Her regular
breathing was plainly audible through
the congregation. An usher touched
her on the shoulder.
She started, smiled, and slipped out
into the cold.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
Beauties Revealed
Rarely Succumbing
To Cancer of Skin
nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y, July
25.-Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgood
of Johns Hopkins University told
a Chautauqua Institution au-
dience yesterday "a beautiful
woman rarely dies of cancer of
the skin"
He explained this was true "be-
cause she pays attention to the
first skin blemish or irritation OF
the skin and in her desire to
maintain her beauty she utilities
all the protective value Of clean
liness."
He used the example, he said,
because it proved that many
forms of cancer were preventable
If treated early enought.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
"OH. DOCTORP

DR.. Frederick G. CottreH, local
man OF science, is scratching his
crdnium. ReaSon-he lost his hat
in a place science thought impreg-
nable to THEFT Indeed, DR.. CottrelPS
feadgeGr UGniShed from q table in
the safe deposit UaultS OF ueH
knolUn downtoUn bank When the
hatleSS academictan reported his
loss to the inner guard that BRASS
buttoned dutitul haughtlly re-
torted: "Su, the only person in
here besides yourself tUaS the Pres
ident of our bank"
Evening star., 1935-07-25
SECRET ARMS SHIPMENT
TO ETHIOPIA REPORTED
Investigators Declare Munitions
on French Ship Replaced
by Paving Blocks.
STATION SCENE.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 25.-A substitution Of
sand paving blocks for q tons of
munitions, bound from France to Ar
gentina, was made after the ship left
the Port of Rouen, investigators said
yesterday.
The substitution was discovered
when the shipment, embargoed by the
Argentine government. was inspected
upon its return, at the Havre. The
investigators are considering the pos
sibility that the arms were transferred
clandestinely at a French port and
tranSshipped to Ethiopia.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
JUST WAITING.

% REPRESENTATIVE x split with the
Democratic party in his State
over AL Smith in 1928.
He lost his seat. He sold his home
and mortgaged his library to finance
q second race and he lost.
Representative x is 10. If he could
get a $l,440 job in one of the New
Deal agencies he would be satisfied,
his former secretary says.
He sits by the hour in the outer
efice of the man who defeated him.
During the last campaign he made
some nasty insinuations against this
man.
He waits and waits.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
A BIT OF COCKNEY.

II DI 7 OI OOOA4FE
Back from London toUn, Charles
Francis, the actor, tells OF ODer-
hearing two cockneys on a bus.
One of them asked:
"Is this WimsIey?"
mo" said the other, "this is
Thursday"
"I'nt thirsty, too," said his pal,
"let'S get of and get a drink"
Evening star., 1935-07-25
w ashington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things

driver to settle the question. He
looked mournfally at the Representa-
tive and issued his weighty edict:
Yep, this amt the right day.
That reception was held yesterday"
Mr. Kloeb has yet to convince Mrs.
Kloeb he didn't get the date wrong
on purpose, their friends say.
X X X
STATION SCENE.
A SLIGHTLY inebriated Senator
was ushered through Union Sta
tion to his train the other day by two
Capitol policemen, making with their
whistles almost as much noise as a
motor cycle escort.
The police whistles brought head
quarters detectives and station officers
on the run. They were told the great
man had taken one too many at a
farewell party, and his friends had
given him an escort to help him cope
with the law of gravity.
Jaw, nutZ, then: why don't you
pipe down." demanded the station po-
lice, who have no love for their fell
low officers on Capitol Hill.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
FLOWER GIRL.

TN ONE of London's famous churches
there is a little shrine erected to
the memory of a flower girl" so rev.
erenced by Londoners, who met her
death while selling nosegays to the
busy passing throng.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
NOTICED 1T?

Sealed in the concrete OF the
sideUdlk at the northeast corner
of Tenth and D streets are the
words, in 10-inch red lettering: THE
Post Building" The Post Building
used to be there. NotU it is located
four blocks WeSt and a block north
on E street. near the corner OF
Fourteenth street,
Evening star., 1935-07-25
UNDERWATER DOINGS.

~ who prefers to remain uni
~ Identified, received the sur
n prise Of her life recently while
swimming at Chapel Point.
After high dive her foot felt
strangely. She shook it, thinking a
stone had caught between her toes.
. Il it was a stone, it stuck tight. She
shook again, this time more vigor-
ously. But still nothing doing.
Then she decided to have look.
She hoisted the oisgruntled foot out
Of the water and squinted at it.
q Right around her big toe, as beau-
tiful as a wedding ring around a
brides finger, was a 1O-karat gold
band.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
STEAMSHIPS.

WEST INDIES AND CARIBBEAN GUEST
CRUISES every week with the Great
FRUIT CO.. Pier 3. North River, New
The Washington times., 1935-02-01

ALWAYS TOP PRICES PAID for old
gold. mems clothing. and firearms
Max Zweig. MET. 9113. e37 D st. N. ".
The Washington times., 1935-02-01

and judging from the way the
house is furnished, I feel sure it
would make a very comfortable
and cozy home. This house can
be rented Immediately.
DOWNTOWN:
When the clever owner takes
an old building and has it en-.
tirely renovated even to tie
newest of fixtures in the bath.
rooms, I believe these apart
ments are really more desirable
than the newer buildings, the
main reason being that the
rooms are generally larger and
Of course, the ceilings higher.
This apartment of three large
bedrooms, an immense living
room with plenty Of windows
through which you have an I'm
surpassed view of surrounding
Washington was the answer to
the family needing plenty of
space as well as a downtown
location. There is a buffers
pantry and the kitchen is
equipped with an electric re-
1rigerator and new stove. It is
within ten minutes walking dis
lance Of downtown and close by
are public and parochial schools.
There are several vacancies in
this building consisting of five
and six rooms, kitchen and bath
ranging in price from 500 to
$11O.
BRYANT STREET N. w.:
A couple who have just moved
into a newly decorated home
have one room unfinished
which they will rent. The room
is adjoining the bath and the
owner will permit the use of
her nicely equipped kitchen.
The rental asked is most reason
able.
SUMMIT PLACE N. w.:
A unit consisting of two rooms,
kitchen and bath is available in
this well kept building. The
apartment has just been put in
first class condition and was
quite attractive. This would
make an ideal setting for a
young couple just starting out
in life as the rental asked is
only $50. Conveniently located
and near to schools and stores,
I submit this apartment for
your investigation.
II interested In any OF the
GboUe places, fill out the coupon
belotO and I tOiI be glad to Gd-
OtSe you the desired information.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
FAIRMONT ST. N. w.:

FAIRMONT ST. N. w.:
In this Alocation, which has
always been so popular, there is
an apartment of three bed
rooms, living room, dining room,
kitchen and bath and a large
reception hall. This suite is
planned in a conventional man.
ner and all Of the rooms are of
a good size, affording ample
space for family needing three
sleeping rooms. A well fur
nished lobby, switchboard. ele-
vator service and the fact that
this apartment building is in
such a convenient location to
car lines and stores makes it a
real find at $500.
WYNNWOOD PARK:
Out in Wynnwood Park is a
beautiful well-furnished house
which the owner would like to
share. There is a separate en-
trance to the upstairs so there
would be no reason for her to
enter through the other part Of
the house. The downstairs ar.
rangement is made up of a liv-
ing room, dining room, bed
room, library, which could be
used as a second bedroom, if
necessary; a lovely kitchen and
bath. The rental is most rea-
sonable and I am certain ar.
rangementS could be worked out
to the satisfaction of everyone.
1900 BLOCK 3rd ST. N. W.:
A nicely furnished home at a
very moderate rental is what I
found on my inspection tour
yesterday. This house consists
of six rooms, three of which are
bedrooms, two porches, the up
stairs one could be used for
extra sleeping quarters in good
weather. The kitchen was per.
fectly appointed, having all
necessary equipment to the art
Of preparing meals. There was
also a downstairs porch that
overlooked very nice size yard.
I was told by the present occu-
pant that there was a lovely
garden that doomed in the
early spring. Sanitary tubs are
to be found in the concrete
cellar, which was exceptionally
large. A limited number of
dishes and linens will be left
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
Official Notices

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
BOARD, Washington, D. c., February l,
1885. Notice is hereby given that the
following persons have applied for licenses
under the District of Columbia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act, that remonstrants
are entitled to be heard before the grant
ing of such licenses and that hearing will
be had on such applications for licenses
on February 16. 1885 at 10 A. M, in
Room 81, District building: 2747 Lyman
ZoslOw, TIA Diamond Liquor Co., Retailers
Class A, 627 E Street. n. W.: GEORGE
W. OFFUTT, AGNES X. MASON, ISAAC
CANS, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
RENTAL m UNITING
Nth
BARBARA HOLMES

Due to the great number OF
requests for Barbara Holmes
Service, ALL INQUIRIES MUST
BE MADE By mail or a personal
UiSit. Please DO NOT make re.
quests BY telephone.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
Announcements
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Imperial Valley press., 1935-04-27
KING LAUDS
NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING

According to Joe E. King, super
intendent of the Southern Sierras
Power company, newspaper adver-
tising has proved itself to be most
effective this year in the sale of
electric water heaters. In speaking
of the success of the company in
this regard, he says:
1.-The power company decided to
carry on a sale of electric water
heaters by means of advertising but
without putting on regular sales
campaign. A definite objective for
the year was set up as to the
number of water heaters 1t was de-
sired TO sell and special water
heater rate was established. A SER
les of advertisements was prepared
and other means of reaching pros
pective purchasers without special
solicitation on the part of statesmen.
'AS a result of this effort, in
three months we had sold our en-
tire quota as set up for the year
and the demand for the appliance
continues as great as at the start.
'This is a demonstration, partic-
ularly, of the effectiveness of ad-
vertising, since the sales have been
directly traced to the advertising
matter printed in the newspapers
and mailed to prospective customers
and not to solicitation on the part
of employees
Imperial Valley press., 1935-04-27
UNCLE wIGGILY FLOATS HIGH

One morning when, Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy tapped on Uncle Wig
gily's bedroom door in the hollow
stump bungalow to ask whether he
would have grape fruit or orange
Juice for breakfast there was no
answer.
Nurse Jane knocked again and
when there was still silence she
said to herself:
"Uncle Wiggily must be asleep.
III knock harder. -
So she knocked harder, for it
was getting late and she wanted to
know whether to squeeze out the
orange Juice or cut a grape fruit
in halves so Uncle Wiggily could
squirt some OF the juice. as often
happened.
But still there was no answer and
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy called loudly:
"Mr. Longearsl Mr.. Longears !
Wake up! Come, get ready for
breakfast, Uncle Wiggily. Do you
want orange juice or grape fruit?'
Still there was no answer, so
Nurse Jane told Mrs. Longears, say
ing: 81 think something must have
Imperial Valley press., 1935-04-27
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1885, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

tops was Mr.. Longears with the gas
balloon tied to his back. He was
floating in the air like cork in
the bath tub and he was looking
down at the children, his wife and
Nurse Jane.
"Wiggy, come down at once!''
said his wife. 1.-The ideal Float
ing up there like that! What will
the neighbors say? Come down at
once!"
"I'd like to, my dear, but I
can I, " said Mr.. Longears. II went
out early this morning to take a
few balloon hops. But once I hop
ped up l couldn It get back to earth.
Over night the balloon got extra
strong. You had better send for
the Peddler Dog who gave me the
balloon. I want to get down to
breakfast. but I can "
So they sent for the Peddler Dog.
He put on another balloon, float
ed up to where Uncle Wiggily was
and there the dog let some gas out
of the bunny's gas bag. Then Mr..
Longears floated gently down and
had his breakfast. He said he
wouldn't go up so high again. And
if the cat will give the gold fish
a lemon to pucker his mouth up so
he can whistle I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily's little chick
ems.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-04-27
| can't come down.

happened to Uncle Wiggily. He
doesn't answer me and surely he
can It be asleep after all the knock
ing and calling I have done. You
had better look in his room.'
''I WILL" said the rabbit lady
wife. She knocked on her hus-
bands door and when there was no
answer she called: "Wiggy! Wake
upi" And when still there was no
answer Mrs. Longears opened the
door and looked in. Uncle Wiggily
wasn't in his bed. He wasn't hid
ing under his bed He wasn't in
the bath room and he wash t in the
clothes closet.
"Where in the world is Wiggy?"
asked his wife.
~ knew something funny had
happened" said Nurse Jane as she
looked in at the door. "But Uncle
Wiggily slept in his bed last night. !"
Chow do you know that?" asked
Mrs. Longears.
81 can tell by the way the sheets
and pillow cases and blankets are
crumpled up said the muskrat
lady housekeeper.
''Yes, you are right agreed the
rabbit lady wife. "And, when I
come to think of it, I remember
I heard Wiggy moving around his
room early this morning. He must
have gotten up and gone out be-
fore breakfast to look for an ad-
venture
Just then, outside the bungalow,
Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears
heard the rabbit children laughing
and they heard Jingle say:
Ma! Ma Come and look at
Pal"
"He's so funny!" said Jangle.
And Baby Bunty said:
'Unkie Wig Is Floating High!'
"Oh, my goodness! He must be
up to some trick with that big
jumping balloon of his" said Nurse
Jane.
"Just like him !" agreed Mrs.
Longears as she ran outside follow
ing Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. In front Of
the bungalow they saw funny
sight. Floating up above the tree