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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
A HARD HURDLE TO CLEAR

Back in Illinois some of the veteran Republicans trying to kick up material to substantiate the dreams of their Eastern opponents that the farmers are turning away from Roosevelt and looking for something else-something of course, that resembles think up few for the Democrats But the task is proving hard one, harder than some of the boys have come to realize.
 For example, day when Eastern Republican headquarters issuing press statements ernphasiz ing what it chose to term swing away from the New Deal, hogs were selling in Chicago at around SIP, as against $8 the year before Wheat was up around 96 cents in contrast with 40 cents last year and cattle were up a high of $l175 several dollars over the previous year, and butter and milk were soaring One statistician who took the trouble to figure it out discovered that the cash income of farmers this year million dollars, gradual rise of million year since 1882,
 It may be that the farmers have forgotten that 25-cent wheat of the Hoover prosperity days and the hogs they couldn't sell for love nor money but it's hard to believe. And the same holds true for every class of industry on the premise
 The farmer, the original producer, has profited and every along the line thus directly effected, has done likewise. The farmer has back into the market for industrial products and the extent of his purchases is readily apparent in the reported increased sales of mail-order houses in the resump ton of activity by factories producing agricultural implements and in the sharply higher registration of new automobiles in the rural areas.
 Illinois and every other agricultural State will be a tough hurdle for the Republicans so long as such a situation prevails.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 27, 1885

The two valuable lead horses of the four-horSe team drawing the A. H. Humphries stage from town to the Perseverance Mine, were forced over the bank near the Ebner Cabin and killed by 450-foot urop to the creek bed below the road when an auto backed into the team and forced the two horses over the bank.
 The stage arrived at the stalled auto about 4:30 in the afternoon and stpoped about 12 feet behind IL Suddenly the auto began to back and the outside horse was forced over the bank so that it hung by it's front feet on the road The driver and pas- sengers endeavored to save it but at this point the bank is perpendicular for 100 feet and it was found impos- sible The traces were cut, allowing the animal to fall to the creek. Two )f the passengers ran forward to warn the auto driver, who either did not hear them or was unable to stop, since he continued to back, forcing the other horse off the road and 2ver the bank. The lost team was valued at $1,O00. Passengers were Howard Banner, Frank Fisher, Eli vinhong and George Sogward. c. F. McNutt was driving the stage.
 Manager w. Grant Johnson, of the new Arctic Brotherhood building, an- nounced it would be ready for occu- pancy January 1. The building will be formally opened on New Years Eve. Members of the Building Com mission were Grover Wiflh, Fred R. Bradley, Tom Radonich, Clark Smith, and Harold Post
 The following officers were in- stalled by the Juneau Masonic lodge: John Rustgard, Maurice Whittier William Frye, Edward Beattie, John B. Stevens, George Getchell, Harry Fisher. Fred Hyder, Frank Keeper, Alvin Goldstein.
 An alarm of fire was rung in from box Az early in the morning by a number of children who desired to see the auto make run.
 Weather: Maximum, 31; minimum l9, partly cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
Horoscope s'The stars y.icline
 but do moi c0mpeP'
SATURDAY, DECEMBER es. 1895

Benefic aspects rule today, accord ing to astrology. Another of the rare- ly fortunate planetary governments guides human destiny as the year draws near close.
 Women are especially fortunate under this sway which makes fo- lasting love and all the finer things of life.
 This is the luckiest of wedding
 days; success and enduring romance are indicated. Middle-aged as well as young people are to benefit.
 There will be a marked tendency to seek love and friendship in com ing months, as there will be subtle foreknowledge of tremendous events to unfold and change the world. ! Planning is well directed today, es- pecialy whatever concerns building or construction is likely to succeed. Engineers and architects are sub Eject to influences of great promise. This is an suspicious rule for sign ing any sort of contract and es- pecially fortunate for persons of the stage or screen. Theatres are to have red letter year, it is forecast. Mars in sinister mien seems to pre- sage more war excitement There will be unexpected movements of troops, but some sort of surprise will result.
 A sudden death in Europe is to be of great significance in world affairs Newspapers will carry many sensa- sional columns.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of work that brings many unusual contacts. Spec ulation may be fortunate. but the wise will avoid risking their money
 Children born on this day probably will be studious, reticent and really unusual in intellectual caliber. Sub- jects of this sign of Capricorn may be subject to depression as well as to intense enthusiasm.
 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, was born on this day, 1856. Others who have cele- orated it as birthday include Cath crime Maria Sedgwick, author, 1789; William E. Chandler, onetime Sec retary of the Navy, 1885.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
HAPPY
 BIRTHDAY

The Empire ertends congratula- tionS and best l0ishes today, their birthday anniUerSary, to the tollo.g- ing:
 DECEMBER 27
 Denholm Nelson
 Christine Daniels
 Mrs T. J. Jarvis
 Edna Saunders
 T. c. Moulton
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
Look and Learn
 By A. c. Gordon

l. Is an automobile pushed" or 4pulled?"
 9 Who wrote The Great Stone Face?" slS Does the alligator make a noise?
 4. What is paleontology? 5. In what ocean is the Interna- tional Date Line?
 ANSWERS
 l. Neither; it is propelled. A wag- on may be pushed or pulled. 9 Nathaniel Hawthorne. 3. Yes, varying in volume; the large males often give forth a thun- dering blast or below.
 4. The science dealing with the life of past geological periods. 5. Pacific Ocean.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
Daily Lessons in English
 By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, T shall accept of your offer Omit of.
 Often Mispronounced: Philan- thropic. Pronounce -throp-ik both is as in it, as in of, principal accent on third syllable.
 Often Misspelled: Indelible; ible, not able.
 Synonyms: Lowborn, ignoble, ple- beian, humble, common.
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Itin- erary tnounD; plan of a proposed journey; route. The itinerary of the lecturer covered several states"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
Modern
 Etiquette By Roberta Lee

Q. When there are several women guests in room, and one of them leaves the room, is it necessary for another woman to rise, just as man does?
 A. No, unless the woman leaving is elderly; then it is courteous for young woman to rise.
 Q. When giving ball, which is 3n the second floor, where should the hostess stand to receive her guests?
 A. At the head of the stairs.
 O. Does it show bad taste to have scrolls and ornate trimmings on en- graved invitations of any kind?
 A. Yes, it is very poor taste to do so.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
ATTENTION FIREMEN

The next regular meeting will be held January ninth instead of Jan uary second.
 V. w. MULVIHILL, adv. Chief
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27
CATHOLIC CHILDREN OF DOUGLAS HAVING
 HOLIDAY EVENT HERE

Sunday school children of the Douglas Parish of the Catholic Church held their Christmas celebra- tion in the gymnasium of the Paroch- ial school in Juneau this afternoon at o'clock.
 Games were played and refresh ments served. Candy and small gifts were distributed among the children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27

Three Pensacola, Fla. Boy Scouts have received gold medals for he- roic rescues during the last six years. The national Scout council awards the medals to Scouts risking their lives in rescuing others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27

Spanish onion smuggled into United States, says headline Aboard a sirlon steak, probably
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27

Why do Republican leaders think they must have big man? They have often won without that Charlottesville Ctizen)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27

One advantage of having large family at holiday time is the quick finish to turkey hash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27

The largest cave temple in India is at Karli, village in the Poona district. It contains great hall 125 feet high, and it's carving dates from the first century, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-27

Barbara Hutton gets dropped from the New York social register but makes the first pages of most of the newspapers which seems to give Barbara the circulation, the public speculation and members Of New Yorks 400 conversation
The Washington times., 1935-09-28
Mae Likes Her
'Stand-In'

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Sept. 2S.
The eyes of FINLAND are focused
today on a strange battle Of wills
going on between Mae West and
her former Stand-in. Lillian Kill
cannon.
Hollywood's blonde queen Of
curves wants her Stand-in to come
back to work for her new picture,
"Klondyke Lou"
Miss Kilgannon, who quit the
movies this summer and has
worked UP q profitable business in
manufacturing artificial flowers,
refuses to leave Catalina Island,
her present home, to return to the
studio lights.
Superstition, say Mae Vests in.
Inmates, is the reason for her stub.
born stand. Lillian Kilgannon
has always been Macs stand
in, and the star is notoriously
afraid of change. She refuses to
move from the apartment house
where she lived during the making
Of her first picture, and she won't
change her dressing room, al.
though the Paramount studio has
erected fine new building for
Its stars.
Mae has even offered to hire a
manager for Miss Kilgannon, as
well as paying her Hollywood sal
ary, If the former Stand-in will
return to work.
She is so averse to q substitute
that there has been a new stand
IN on her set almost every day.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

situation upside down in 1928 by
revealing q thing called the Vita.
phone, which enabled the fleeting
shadows on the screen actually
to talk! With Jack Warner was
Hal Wallis, chief production ex-
ecutive Of the Warner studios.
On =. the way home they re-
flected-"If this piece Of Shakes
peare's can delight so many peo-
pie in one small place, why
couldn't it delight people all over
the world if made and shown as
a picture? Cameras could do in
finitely more with it, in the way
of beauty and expanSe, than
Reinhardt has done tonight. Why
not picturiZe "A Midsummer
Nights Dream'?"
This was not q vagrant idea
on the part Of JACK Warner. He
pondered 1t deeply. Then he
talked to his elder brothers,
Harry, the head Of the house, and
Major Albert. They talked again
and again.
There were obstacles, of course,
to hurdle. Tradition of the
movies, for one thing. Shakes
peare had been essayed twice be-
fore, and with no great success.
In 1915 Sir Beerbohm Tree made
q IN a b Q tn" Shakespoarean
scholars and devotees sneered at
it. Truth to tell, 1t was pretty
bad. It was, Of course, silent
picture.
Earlier Shakespeare
Then, in 1929, Douglas Fair
banks and Mary Pickford-ap-
pearing together for the first and
last time-made "The Tanning Of
the Shrew." It was labeled "by
william Shakespeare-with added
dialogue by Sam Taylor" The
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

wicz will be the producer. The
director is to be assigned.
The story, placed in washington
in 1920, will require the extraordi-
narily elaborate costumes Of the
period, which will be designed by
Adrian.
"The Georgeous Hussy" was first
published in q national magazine
and appeared later in book form
under the imprint Of Houghton
Mifflin g. Co., to become q best
seller.
It is q romance Of the National
Capital in the days Of Andrew
Jackson, Henry Clay, Daniel Web
ster and the tragic John Ran
dolph Of Roanoke.
Miss Crawford will portray
Peggy. O'Neale, the daughter Of a
tavern keeper, who began to shock
Washington at Is and continued
through q tempestuous career into
the very heart Of Capitol Hill.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

is no questioning the fact that
1t was Reinhardt production,
from beginning to end.
When Photographic work was
done, and the scenes spliced to-
gether. there were 425.O00 feet of
film, which had to be cut to
about 10000 feet, which latter
footage is about twice that OF
the ordinary motion picture.
Reinhardt superintended the cut
ting, as he had the photograph
ing.
He was satisfied entirely with
'Ihe Dream" when he departed
from Hollywood. One of the last
places he visited before he started
East to sail for the Old World,
and his castle in the Austrian
hills, was the Hollywood Bowl,
where he had given his real-life
presentation Of the Shakespeare
piece in 1884, and where Jack
Warner got the inspiration for
the picture.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

Shakespeare fans howled with
rage at this added dialogue"
business, especially when 1t was
revealed that Sam Taylor had
been, in the main, a director Of
slapstick comedies. Later, Doug
and Mary never wanted to talk
about 1.-THE Shrew."
The decision reached by the
brothers Warner, after many a
long discussion, was this:
1--WE will make The Dream
provided, first, we can get Max
Reinhardt himself to direct 1t.
Provided. again, that neither he
(Which he wouldn't do) nor any
one else shall tamper with the
text or action Of the play as writ
ten by Shakespeare, and that
recognized Shakespearean scholars
shall 60 over the script and give
it their o. K. before q camera.
crank turns.
"It will cost a great lot Of
money and will require great lot
Of time. But it will undoubtedly
make a great lot of money, and
will also bring enormous credit to
not only our own firm but the
entire picture-making industry"
Reinhardt agreed, after many
meetings, to produce and direct
the comedy, with the understand
ing that he was to have an abso-
lutely free hand as to cast, eX.
penditure, and every other phase
Of the great task.
Took Six Months
"A Midsummer Nights Dream"
was approximately six months
in the making. DR.. Reinhardt
closely scrutinized every one Of
its 600-odd scenes, after giving
minutely detailed instructions to
the players in those scenes. There
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

If we see these pictures we
must believe but the Chaplin
production chariot has been
travelling in low gear for so
long I doubt very much if it
could accelerate for a high
speed production schedule. In
1881 Charlie gave us "City
Lights" and soon Modern
Times" hits the first run
screen, with the regular Holly
wood publicity barrage
strangely silent about what it
will be like.
Every exhibitor in the
U. s. A. will tell Charlie
Chaplin, and so will I, that
four years between features is
much too long an interval to
keep a memory fresh with
movie fans, particularly with
the constant parade Of new
pictures from established
stars. Harold Lloyd has found
out that prolonged absence is
dangerous to box office
strength and will make his
screen appearances more fire.
quent.
Once was a time when
Charlie Chaplin was con-
stantly advertised by his stage
mimics. That time has given
way to Garbo and Mae West
as the favorite of those who
feel they have a talent for
imitation. The derby, cane,
mustache and shuttle impress
sion which was readily recog-
nized, and invariably brought
applause, is now as rare as
the singer who doesn't call for
a mike. {"
I am one Of those Charlie
Chaplin fans who has been
taking him as a favorite PAN
taloon since the days Of Kar-
nog's "Night in an English
Music Hall" in the days Of
vaudeville that never had Q
minrnnhone. Mr.. Chanlin. then
The Washington times., 1935-09-28
So Shakespeare Comes to Films
By JOSEPH J. O'NEILL

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Sept %.
"And this, Professor, is the Holly
wood Bowl" explained the guides
to DR.. Max Reinhardt, famous
impreSario, whom they were
showing around the film city on
a visit he made in the summer
Of 1884.
They pointed to a cup-like
depression in the foothills of the
Sierra Madres, a place Of perhaps
10 acres in area. And they told
the eminent stranger:
"A person can stand down there
in the bottom Of the cup, speak
in a natural tone of voice, and be
heard perfectly up here on the
edge where we're sitting"
Indeed? Might hear q test
of these wonderful acoustic prop
ertieS?" asked DR.. Reinhardt.
One Of the hoSpitable natives
walked down the slope, said a few
words, received a wave of thanks
from the visitor, and came back
to the car to receive the comment,
''Marvelous!"
About Reinhardt
That casual stopping at one of
half hundred routine sight
seeing points in Southern Cal
ifornia was directly responsible
for the making by Warner Bros.
of the motion picture "A Mid
summer Nights Dream" which is
soon to be shown on the screens Of
all the capitals Of the world, and
which, eventually, will bring
Shakespeare'S comedy to every
cinema-theater in civilization.
Max Reinhardt, as everyone
knows, is the German.Austrian
who is recognized as the master
producer and director of gigantic
spectacleS. 'The Miracle" which
showed all over America, was his.
So was "Sumurun," king Oedi-
pus," Helen Of Toy" and several
Of ShakeSpeare'S works.
Reinhardt had produced "a
Midsummer Nights Dream" the
bard'S lightest and most pictur-
esque comedy, once or twice in
America-yet never had he been
completely satisfied with the set
tingS offered him.
But this bowl" he said to him.
self, with its ideal acoustics, with
its foreSt-covered slopes, with its
seating capacity, as they tell me,
Of 26,000-thiS Is the absolutely
perfect place to show The Dream
I'll do itl"
Hollywood is really an artloving
place. Five nights a week, in sum-
mer, 1t turns out from $4,000 to
10000 muSic-lovTrs who throng
this same bowl for high-claSs pro-
grams called Symphonies Under
the Stars" with world.famous di.
rectorS welding the baton.
And here was a noVelty-with
the great Reinhardt! So there
was no difficulty in the maestro'S
obtaining the necessary financial
backing. AS to caSt-he had his
pick Of all the great actors and
actresses Of the studios. At least,
those who chanced to be at lib
erty.
Enormous Success
"A Midsummer Nights Dream"
as presented in the Hollywood
Bowl, was an enormous success,
both artistic and box office. Sched-
uled for q single week, public de-
mand forced the presentation into
fortnight's run, with every seat
sold. Then Reinhardt took it
on to Berkeley. San Francisco and
eastward.
Among the spectators at the
opening performance at the Bowl
was Jack L. Warner, the movie
producer, and youngest brother Of
the three who turned the cinema
The Washington times., 1935-09-28
CIaudette's Ma
Acts For Her

Hollywood, Sept. 28.-In the
new Colbert picture you'll see q
portrait of the heroine's mother,
and t. couldn't be more on the
level, for the features will be those
Of Claudette's own mother, Mrs.
Jeanne Colbert, or Chauchoin,
which is the real family name.
The clothes in the portrait must
be those of IS or 20 years ago, so
Claudette's mama is going to dress
up and have a sitting Of pictures
taken in the studio gallery.
In "The Bride Comes Home" !"
the finished result will look like
an oil painting.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

film capital after a summer IN
the East, and the star is busy
working out the dance routineS
for his new RKO Radio picture.
Following the Fleet" To perfect
his intricate numbers, Asta1re
practices eight or nine hours a
day for weeks before his films go
into production.
Cameras will not commence
shooting on the new one until Oc-
tober !.
According to friends Of the star
and his wife, the Astaire heir will
be born in Hollywood.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

the 0verstmuaed stew who from stage box created
all kinds of mrh by nterruptng the show and all in panto
mime
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

for Me tr o.
Goldwyn May
er she will
have four lead
ing men, one of
whom will be
Brian Aherne.
The o tn e RS
have not been
named.
Ain s " or t h
Morgan is pre-
. ring h e
s sore en- pla y
from the novel
by Samuel Hop
kinS Ad q m S.
YAnnnh ARankia.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

ia 1890.
Holly W o cd
learned W h
interest tod ay
+ h a t t h g
screens m os t
famous dancing
s tar q n d his
wife will b e
readying a nur-
sery for u S e
about the last
of February. It
will be thei r
first child.
The AstaireS
have just re-
A,,~yoaJ IN + n q
The Washington times., 1935-09-28
Meet in Studio

For the first time since they
have been in Hollywood the Gar"
gan brothers are working on the
same lot. Ed is in 80 Red the
Rose" William Is featured in the
Harold Lloyd feature, "The Milky
Way"
The Washington times., 1935-09-28
Looks Like Charlie Is Lazy

Upon his return from Europe it the late Clinton
Brainard then of the Washington Herald and able
syndicate newspaper who induced the worlds greatest
pantommst to write the story of his trip as serial feature
still stands the most profitable agentry in the his
tory Of amusements for newspapers paid more than $2OO
for the rights material that the modern Hollywood publicity
department would be delighted plant and facilitate into type
for exactly nothing but the joy Of it.
With the coming of the sound there the story thai
Charlie Chaplin would play Napoleon On the face Of
the myth ridiculous since it very we'll known that hi
pronounced Cockney accent could be fitted to the little
Corscan But surprising how many movie fans swallowed
this dbt that the emperor with the rcornered hat will
be simulated by Mr. Chaplin
Then shoulder Arms F" "The Pilgrim and the "Golc
Rush, and the other fulength features in which this for
orn and wu comic gave gags galore and grns
For still remember the tiny house teeering thu
edge of abyss the Oceana ro the moment of The Circus
when Charlie trapped with the sleeping lion, the swal
lowed whistle of ''Cty Lights
In Modern Times they that Charlie attempts to tel
social lesson. hope not. I don't want Charlie as
preacher though his propaganda is funny
His pictures have crossed fantastic profits for he charges
the exhibitor to the last mill They have earned it, which
makes everything okay.
My complaint is that Charlie Chaplin has much money
he's lazy Let hope that the recent bulletins prove an
entirely wrong.
The Washington times., 1935-09-28

Soon He Shows Modern Times
And He Promises More
Under His Name
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Charlie Chaplin has been the topic of many mythical
emanating from Hollywood that hope he will pardon
me if sprinkle literally with celery salt the latest that he
will produce features for United Artists release
The Washington times., 1935-09-28
Joan Gets Four
Leading Men

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2S.-When
Joan Crawford appears in the
title role of 1.-The Gorgeous HusSy"