davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24

hook" ball had not been dis
covered.
The cone was replaced with a
stone or a stake called the
Jack" Later the stationery tar
get was discarded for a moving
target. When the game had
reached this stage, Jack" was
being knocked all over the
green's as it came to America with
the first settlers.
New York which is still a strong
bowling center, Graded the game
in this country. In fact, Bowl
ing Green is still an attractive
spot on Manhattan Island, ex-
cept that where once trod the
elite of the settlement, now shift
files a great regiment of unem-
ployed. Where marques once
gave shelter to the leisurely rich,
subway and hot dog stands now
greet the hurried workers.
At the time that George Wash
ington was born, 1882, Bowling
Green was a great meeting place
Of the fashionable. The ground
was leased from the city and
judging from the accounts Of it
in the early history Of Manhattan,
it was much better cared for in
1872 than in the present day.
Bowling on the green has never
died as a game although it has
been replaced by the indoor game.
Even now, one can see many of
the devotees Of the old game bowl
ing on the lawns up in Central
Park.
Bowling, or "bowles" like court
tennis, sired a great many other
diversions. Chief among these
are eagles" French quilles, "
'loggets" and "sayleS." In eagles"
and ''loggets" the contestants
hurled cudgels at cone-like pins
made of bone. The pins were
set up in sextets or octetS. Later
the ball superseded the cudgel as
missile. Bottle-shaped pins, SINH
lar to those used at the present
time, were bowled at with a ball
in 'skayles," "closh," French
Quilles." "clossynge." "kittles. p"
Dutch pins" -four corners, "
"hal-bowl." "rolly-polly" and nine
pins" Fixed marks were bowled
at in "carreau." But all of these
games were variations of the
original "bowles."
A Variety
Now, we have ten-pins, duckpins.
candle-pins and rubber bands, and
q host Of variations of each of
these games, but all following the
same general principle and all
near to the original game Of
"bowles.
The games were played on a
green" or a "rink." The green
was a level stretch of turf and
it is of note that it was usually
the best-cared-for land in the
town because it was the most
popular rendezvous, not only for
the bowler but for those of the
leisure class who gathered about
to watch their favorites play, to
make wagers on the outcome of
matches and to exchange gossip
Of the day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Lion S0CCermen
Get Posts

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Dec. "a.
Four Penn State soccer players
were given positions on the all
eastern team selected by Coaches
John Brook, of Springfield, and
Bill Jeffrey, of Penn State. Three
Yale players, and one each from
Springfield, Navy, Syracuse and
Lafayette, completed the team.
Capt. Joe Bielicki, center half.
back; Ray Bell, goal; Bill Nc
Evan. center forward, and Willie
Sutliff, right halfback, were the
selections from Penn States un-
defeated 1885 team. Yale placed
Washburn, left fullback: LasSell,
inside left, and Pond, outside left.
Smith, Springfield, right fullback;
Elenewski, Lafayette, left half;
Sanderson, Navy, inside right, and
Hughes, Syracuse, outside right,
were the other selections.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
NittdnY Lions
Boast Record

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Dec. "a.
Varsity teams at Penn State COM
piled a .688 percentage of victories
during 1885, five Nittany teams
having perfect records.
Records in nearly all sports
were improved, the final average
showing that 1884 figures were
bettered by 66 points. The wres-
ting, croSs-country, fencing soccer
and golf teams were undefeated.
while the boxing team won the
Eastern intercollegiate Associa-
ton championship. Complete team
records:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
u Bullet Goes
d Of Mile
Late Speciality GEN
Second at Fair Grounds

Every year there are thousands
Of arguments over that question
which, according to a bulletin
issued by the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION, has almost as many
answers as there are guns and
shooters. The distance a bullet
travels is determined not only
by the size Of the powder charge,
the weight and shape Of the
bullet and the type and condition
Of the gun, but also on the
humidity of the air, the temper
allure and the height Of the
shooter above sea level. But it
may be roughly stated that "a
shorts, used by small boys for
blinking" with their 20 repeat
ers, can travel about % Of a
mile. When they leave the gun
they have enough energy to
penetrate nine inches Of pine
boards. Other types Of pistol
and revolver cartridges have the
properties given in the following
table:
Muzzle velocity. 20 short GA pistol.
1000 feet per second; accurate range
so yards: extreme range. 1000 to
1900 yards.
Muzsls velocity, ~ long rifle-high
speed (tsrget rifle), 1,40O feet per sec
ond: accurate range. 200 yards; extreme
range. 400 to 1,7OO yards.
Muzzls velocity .3s and AS caliber
Cpistol and revolveD. 1900 feet per
second; accurate range, 100 yards; ex-
treme range, 1900 to 1000 yards.
Muzzls velocity. 80 caliber (rifle),
1000 to $500 feet per second accurate
range, 1000 yards; extreme range,
$500 to $500 yards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
First Bowling Match
Held In u. S., 1910
(Ths is the second of series of stories tracing the
tory of bouung from the earliest times to the presently
By JOHN Y DENNIS, JR
President National Bowling Congress

In country bowling dates back further than any Of
the present indoor sports and most Of the outdoor sports Hav
ing been brought this country by the Dutch who settled in
New Amsterdam New York city in the seventeenth
fury The first recorded bowling match in this country was
staged the Knickerbocker Alleys in New York on New
Year Day. 1S40 full generation before baseba-our ma
tional outdoor sport-was recognized a sport
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
RIanton Has Stuff

Dolly Stark, Dartmouth basket
ball coach and National League
umpire, says that Cy Blanton, Of
the Pirates, gave the N. L. arbiters
more trouble than any other
finger because he has so much
stuff,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Will Not Retire

Any time that Bill KLEIN retires
he is entitled to a pension Of
$4,000 a season from the National
League. Bill, however. has not
thought of retiring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Spohrer Is Salesman

AL Spohrer, the Braves catcher,
has turned scoop and shovel sales
man and is said to be making a
success OF the line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Jumps Recover

Charley Moran and Cy Pfir.
man, two National League UNI.
pires. are recovering from opera
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Not joyful

Cleveland writer's refused to
turn handsprings Of joy over the
Allen-Pearson-Sundra plot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Uhle to Help

George Uhle, the sandlotter
who quickly jumped into stardom,
will help Wally Schang coach the
Indians next season,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-24
Out on Bail

Dusty Cooke, Red Sox out
fielder, Is out on bail in connec-
ton with his auto hitting a Negro
cyclist, fracturing the victims leg.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Proti nezamsstnanosti.

Novy BOZ proti problemdm
nezamestnanosti pocne /. dub
ma Y Nemecku. Pocet neza-
mestnanych dosahl dvou milo
nd. Vetsina mladych delnfkn
Dude nucena vzdati sc sveho
zamestnan1 v soukromych "a
vodech a povolan1ch, ably uci-
Mia mlsto zenatym delnik1m
pokrocilejs1ho veku. Sami bu-
dou rekrutovani do pracovnich
armad, jez je vyslou ma fanny,
dpravu rex a balm, stavenf sill
mic a pod. Vsecky osoby pod
rs let mali byti zamestnani Via
dou ma Vefejnych podnicfch,
pr cemz budou zaopatTeni Via
dou jake fadovf vojaci Hitler
opatfl praci a chleba" je hes
lem noveho tazeni.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
DON GEORGE zapasiti Dude
S DICK DAVISCOURT.

Prfstl dtery, 26. 1nora v kffz-
kovych zapasech poradanych
V Carlins Park hlavnim zapa-
Sc Don George setka Sc S Dick
Daviscourtem.
V nasledujfcfm zapase ktery
urcen ma dobu As minut aneb
l porazku Ernie Dusek zapasi-
ii Dude S George Zaharias.
V nasledujfclch 2 zapasech
ktere urceny ma dobu 80 minut
aneb / porazku 1cinkujf:
Coleman VS.. Stevens; McClary
VS.. Jacobs.
zeny V prGvodu muze mali
vstup volny.
WCBM Radio lfstky jsou k
dostan1 "a 99c.
Obycejne vstupne jest $1.OO,
$3.50 a $500, Plus Tax.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Automobily.

19leta Isabel Keller z Dog
wood road, Woodlawn, t6zce
zranena byla neznamym auto
mobilem ma Rogers a Liberty
Heights avenue. Nalezena by
la lez1c1 ma ulici. Vedle vnitf-
mich zranen1 pTerazena il byla
prava noha.
- Osm vystraznych sloupd
ma ruznych m1stech Baltimore
a okolf napadeno bylo V tonic
mes1ci automobilisty, kteT1 We
die sloupG potloukli i sebe q
%automobily sve.
V patek pet osob zraneno
bylo, kdyz r1dic automobile
zamefil ma sloup ma Hartford
road u Glenmore avenue.
V nedelnfch automobile
vych nehodach zraneno bylo
tfinact osob. Sest z mich IRA
memo bylo, kdyz automobil RI
zeny Edwardem Manners z
800 blocku w. Lombard ulice
srazil Sc ma Madison a Cathe-
dral ulic1ch S taxicabem. Mel
hire zranena byla Diegal.
= Isabel Keller, 10 rok1 sta
ra zakyne Gainesville vyssi sko
ly, smrtelne zran6na byla ne
znaplym automobilem ma Lii
berty Heights avenue V patek
v noel We vzdalenosti asi $50
stop zapadne cd policejnf sta
nice u Rogers avenue.
Sergeant William Miller, "a
slechl prudke zabrzdeni auto
mobilu. Kdyz vyskocil re sta
nice, automobil byl jiz pryc.
zena ziifcf blfzkosti udala,
re zahledla jak automobil Sic
vii j1zde asi ma minutu, ale
jak V tom d1vc1 HAS vzkTikl :
"Uhanej Larry"
Dlvka Zasazena byla ma pra-
We strane cesty. Narazem no
zena byla ma levou stranu do
vzdalenosti asi 35 stop. We
trech hodinach pc nestestf sko-
nala.
Ma mfste nestestf nalezena
byla zpola naplnena lahve S
kofalkou, kterou asi b1dny au-
tOmObiliSta OdhOdi1
D1vka smrtelne zranena by
la, kdyz vracela Sc z movies
kolem II. hodiny v noel.
= Catherine Stack, 19leta
re S. Wolfe ulice a jejf II rok1
stara sestra, zasazeny byly v
pond6l1 neznamym automobi-
lem ma Wolfe ulici a Eastern
avenue. Mlads1 rozrazena by
la lebka.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Vyderacska afera " Ceskych
BudSiovicich

Zatceny Karel Tichy-Vlas-
tecky, redaktor casopisu Jiho-
cesky Zpravodaj, Karel Bures,
asistent stavebnfho 1radu v &C.
skych Budejovicfch, a BohumiI
Kuh, byvaly 1rednfk Narodni
banky, jsou drzeni We vazbe ma
dvacet udanf, re Karel Bures
zneuz1val sveho dradu k ziska-
nj nezakonnych penez.
Poskozenf velkoobchodnfka
Arnolda dosahuje v pTipade
Buresove 1000, 900 Kc a .tyka
Sc stavby Willy v Cernodolu, kde
Bures jake stavebnfk neodu-
vodnene pTekrocil sv1j rozpo-
Get. Tichy-Vlastecky We SVEN
liste psal O danovych malver-
sac1ch jedne velke firmy a po-
tom spolecne sc zatcenym w.
lakali ma zhroucenem Arnol-
dow 700 Ke.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
New Yorskeho sergeanta okra-
dli " Baltimore.

Sergeant policejnf sluzby v
New Yorku, John Ferret, O.
kraden byl V pondell behem
Baltimorske ~navstevy sve O "a
vazadla sva a i o policejnf Cd
znak svuj.
Sergeant S manzelkou a no
chem vraceli Sc automobilem z
Floridy. Zastavili Sc v Balti-
more v restaurantu We 100 bio
ku w. Fayette ulice ma obed.
Kdyz vratili Sc ku automobile,
uvideli rozbite okno automobi-
lu a misto, ma n6mz lezelo "a
vazadlo prazdne. Zlodej ne
chal automobile diva kabaty.
Kalhoty prot tomu zlodeji Sc
bodily. Ukradene pfedmety
cent 81 sergeant ma nekolik set
dolarG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
RECEIPT lasky "a 10 Kc.

Cetnictvo v Oticlch u Opavy
pfislo upozornen1m olomouc-
keno spolku pro ochranu wi
rat ma stopu dGkladne povery.
V Otic1ch zije jakysi Frantisek
Rzepka, jenz v jednom praz-
skem casopise uveTejnil inse-
rat: "Jak Ease zfskam ztrace-
nou lasku?" Spolehlivy receipt
nablzel "a deset Kc (predem) !.
Kdo postal desetikorunu, do
stall tento receipt: "Chyt 1--WE
no netopyra, pokud mono mia
deho, sire do noveho kamene-
neho hrnce a del pri tom po-
zor, ably nepist6l, jinak je kou-
zlo zmafeno. Hrnec dobre pTi-
klop a zahrab do mraveniste.
Tam jej nechej deset dnf. Zvla
ste dcinne je to pTi 1plnku. Pc
deseti dnech posbfrej kosticky.
Kosticky tvaru vidlicky del
pod polstar sve mile, ktera je
k tobe chladna, pilkovite DEF
svemu soku pod domovn1 dve-
re. ZGstanes-li pTi tonic kou-
zlu We styku S Rzepkou, je 1ci-
mex vets1, protoze NIUE dopo-
mahat suggesc1 ma vzdale-
most"
ZajemcG bylo i ma takovou
pitomost i We stolet1 nevfdane-
no rozmachu pokroku dost. -
Ted konecne spolek pro ochra-
nu zv1rat ucinil oznameni pro
podvod a tyran1 zv1rat. Neto-
pyfi budou tedy pred lidskou
hloupost1 chraneni.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Jak Sc zbavite bestrmana.

"A toz take ia YAM neco po-
vim," oval Sc Dupota. "Moji
star1cek sli jedn1c z Liptala z
tamanku. Dyz vysli navrch
Sirakova, skocil jim ma zada
bestrman. Starfcek zacali no
strasat, ale ten sa drzal, jak
pijavica. Mlatili no caganem,
az no cely ma bestrmanovi roz-
strfstkali, enem k1sek ruce
i'm ostal. Tu tepr1 81 spomneli,
re bestrmana mos1ja uderit do
ruky - a pax sa no zbavili. Do
smrti ma tn cestu z tarmaku ne
zapomneli a take pres Sirakov
nechteli v noci it sami."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Sest mssicI "a dvojzenstvi.

D~"N ]0A~W "a =
Usvedceny z dvojzenstvf, Har-
ry R. Goodhead, odsouzen byl
v dtery ma sest m6sfc6 do po-
lepsovny.
Omlouval Sc, re kdyz Sc re-
nil s druhou svojf zenou, Vir-
giniI A. Johnson, &c. ledna,
myslel prvn1 jeho manzelka re
obdrzela cd n6ho rozvod. Soud
nj zaznam ukazal, re rozvod j
nebyl povolen, ale re il price
no bylo vyzivn6 So tydne a O.
chrana l rok stareho syna.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Jezdil iako Tatar.

~ 0ANOOA1J oOAOA In
prehani nikdy rychlost a snazf
Sc byt stale panem vozidla, iak
pTedpisuje zakon. Meme mou-
dry, Tekli bychom blaznivy RI
die automobile pozotvfra vse-
chny klapky a nasledek toho
pax je re skoncf ma svestce ne
DO V pT1kopu. Pred senatem
rady DIR. Grossa stall Softer Ka-
rel. Dosud zachovaly mlade-
nee, ale krev mel bujnou a pro-
to to statn1 zastupce Sokola "a
luje re jezdil jake Tatar "a O.
kolnost1 zvlaste nebezpecnych.
Softer Karel Tfdil autobus,
ktery jezdil z Jedovnic do
Blanska. %. zaff 1888, O je, to
w je stara historic, jel casn6
rano "a tiny. Bylo pc desti a
silnice byla hodne namokla. K
tomu mel pan Karel pouze je-
den reflektor V provozu. Ten
druhy stavkoval ale to panu
Karlovi nevadilo. Seslapl plyn,
CO Sc dalo a autobus S 16 oso-
bami supajdil jake zavodnf We
hikl ma Masarykove okruhu.
"Hersoft, ten to dnes nat1ra",
pravil nekdo V autobusu.
"Von pref ma naky zpozde-
nj a proto to chce dohnat'', ma
initial soused. Jelo to rychle
ien CO je pravda, ale konce by
fy trapne. V jedne zatacce,
ktera byla nespravne klopena,
dostal autobus smyk, sjel do
pT1kopu a pTevratil Sc. Lehce
byl zranen Emanuel Kucera.
Frantisek sevcfk, Antonfn Sew
elk, Vnicenc Svehla a Josef Sc
dlak. NejhGTe ma zbrklou j1z-
du T1dicovu doplatil Jan Meas,
ktery 81 pTi loopingu autobusu
zlomil nekolik zeber. Autobus
byl slime nabouran.
Kdyby Sc tohle stale jenom
|jednou, Teklo by Sc, re jedna
vlastovka jara nedela. Ale pan
Softer Karel mel jeste jeden
skraloupek.
25. listopadu 1888 projizdel.
take "a tiny, obce Kotvrdovice.
Autobus pod seslapnutou pa
kou Sci opet ma plny plyn. Pan
Karel pfijfzdel do neprehled-
ne zatacky, ale nezatroubil a
mazal to plnym tempem dale.
|Sotva vl1tnul autobus do zatac-
ky, zpozorovali Tide v autobu-
SUI re n6kolik metrG proti auto
busu jede povoz. Vsichni "a
vreli oci, nebot Sc zdalo, re
srazka je neodvratna. Bac!
Tt, co NELL oci zavTene, uc1tili
naraz. Myself nj, re je povoz
pod autobusem. To byl ovsem
jenom klam. Pan Karel mel
tolik duchapT1tomnosti re "a
brzdil plnou silou a strhl auto
bus do prfkopu. Jen tim "a
branil srazce s povozem.
"Clovece, tax jezdit nesm1-
to-" rozhorloval Sc pTedseda.
"Kdyby jezdil kazdy tax, jake
jste jezdil Wy, to by nasinec ne
smell vylezt ami ma. krok z do
mu."
Obzalovany Sc SNAIL doka-
zovat, re nejel ami rychle, re
troubil a re to vsechno byla
shoda okolnost1, re doslo k ne
hodam. Bylo tn ovsem nekolik
svedkG, kteTf potvrdili, re pan
Karel ma shiny sklon stat Sc
zavodn1kem ma Masarykove o.
kruhu, rozhodne je pry vsak
krajne nebezpecne jezdit s MIN
v autobusu. Senat Sc tohoto
sv6dectv1 pridrzel a vymeril SO
f6rovi ctrnact dnf tuheho we've
nj podmfnene ma tri roxy. Vse-
obecne bylo panu Harlow do
poruceno, re je lepe pred "a
tackou vylezt z vozidla, podf-
vat Sc do zatacky a potion jet
teprve dale. Je to trosku zdlou
have. ale lie to iiSte..
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Smrtelns zranen " elevatoru.

Lebka rozrazena byla 62 ro-
ky staremu zamestnanci V
Mount Vernon-W oodberry pTa
delnach, Williamu Hines, kdyz
" 1tery srazen byl elevatorem
kan asi vstoupil ably upravil
kabel.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Devet rokI starry zlodsj.

Devftilety hoch zatcen byl v
nedeli dome rodicG. Well do
skladu grocern1ho obchodu V
{. sol w. %. ulice. Ukradl
odtud If kouskG mydla, cukro-
vinky, peanut candy, SO skatu-
lex sirek, cokoladu a jine.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Wax 10 AUTOMOBILE.

Pet osob jen st6zf vyvazlo
zivoty, kdyz V patek rano WAX
Pennsylvania drahy V Hale
thorpe vjel ma automobil stojl-
CT ma kolejich. Automobil roz-
drcen byl ma tT1sky. Osoby V
automobile zachranili Sc yeas
nym seskocen1m z tohoto.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Misto piGjcky dostal kriminal

Bernard Grodin, 27lety re
st. Paul, zavren byl do vezenf
ma 27 dnf. Zatcen byl v sobotu
v noci, kdyz pTiblfzil Sc ku
straznfku Richardu Johnson
ma ulici a zadal jej o pGjcku
$500.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-22
Zachrana nemocnych z horici
nemocnice.

V Murray, Kentucky, ose-
trovatelky a lekari provedli "a
chranu vSech AZ nemocnych We
William Mason nemocnici. KITE
ra byla znicena ohnem Sc ztra-
tou $3.50, 10000.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
M o VIE
O'CLOCK

RKO KEITH'S-Edna Mae o.
liver in Murder on a Honey.
MOON" 11:15 a. M, 1:06,
2;57, 4:48, $40, GIL, 1902
p. m.
EARLE-James Cagney in Devil
Dogs of the Air" 10 a. m.
1920, 2:45, sos, 7:30, 9:55 p.
m. Stage shows at 1880 a..
M, 1:55. 4:20, $40, 9:05 p. m.
FOX-Carole Lom bard in
"Rumba," 1O:45 a. M, 1870,
AIS. 7:15, 10 p. m. Stage
shows at 1910. 2:55, 5:55,
$40 p. m.
PALACE-Freddie Bartholomew
in David Copperfield." 11:1O
a. m, 1:45, APO, 7, 9:35
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Richard Arlen in
"Helldorado," 1910, 2:05, 4,
5:55. 7:50, GAS p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Ross Alex.
ander in Maybe It's Love. :"
11:50 a. M, 1:50, $50, $50,
7:50, $50 p. m.
HOWARD-Ann Dvorak in
Murder In The Clouds"
1890, $50, 7:05, 1910 p. M,
Stage Shows at 2:4o, $50,
9:05 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
'COPPERFIELD' AT PALACE
Ean0ed Revue
Sunday At
National

Although the great popularity of
CAS- Thousands Cheer" has made
it necessary to extend the runs Of
this gilt-edged revue beyond its
original booking everywhere, it is
definitely announced that the en-.
gagement at the National Theater
will be limited to one week only
beginning Sunday night. Other
cities have contracted to see this
famous Irving Berlin-MoSS Hart
entertainment, and the fulfillment
Of these contracts cannot be post
poned.
One reason why GAS Thousands
Cheer" is meeting with as great
success on the road as it did in
New York, where it remained for
so solid weeks, is that Sam Har-
ris, the producer, is presenting the
big show everywhere precisely as 1t
was given at the Music Box Thea
ter on Broadway.
Dorothy Stone and Ethel Waters
are the stars and the featured
players are Porter Hall, Jerome
Cowan, Margaret Irving, Dave
FitZgibbons, Albert Carroll and
Hal Forde. The cast also includes
Thomas Hamilton, Clifford Mem,
Harold Murray, Grace Cornell,
Kurt Graft and others.
Fast Moving Scenes
There are "a scenes in GAS
Thousands Cheer" despite which
the curtain is down by II o'clock,
the speed of the many scenic
changes being one of the novel
features Of the revue.
The skits lampooning the great
and the near great include side
splitting take-offs of the Hoovers,
the Rockefellers, the British royal
family, Barbara Hutton and her
Prince MdiVani, Joan Crawford,
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., Mahatma
Gandhi, Aimee Semple MacPher,
son, Ramsey Macdonald, jose
phine Baker, Noel Coward and
Lynn Fontanne. Irving Berlin's
musical numbers include Heat
Wave" Lonely Heart" The
Funnies," Her Easter Bonnet, .
Supper Time" Our Wedding
Day" I've Got Harlem On My
Mind" Not For All The Rice In
China" and others. There also
numerous spectacles and colorful
effects, one of the most beautiful
being the Easter Parade on Fifth
Avenue in New York of 1888,
which for sheer beauty has never
been surpassed on any stage.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Raft and Lombard In 'Rumba,
Joe Laurie, Jr., on Stage

The blond and naughty Carole
Lombard fares much better in
"Rumba," currently at LoeW'S
Fox, than in her last costarring,
codancing film with George Raft.
In "Rumba" she emulates the
Royal Northwest Mounted and so
it follows that the fadeout is a
closeup.
Tripping close on the heels of
"Bolero," it is natural that COM
parsons will be made, odious
though they be.
Tale of Dancers
The principal characters in
"Rumba" are a bored and lovely
lady with no less than 20 mil.
lions, and a former habitue of
the Broadway sector; they meet
in Havana when both turn in
identical lottery tickets for the
$4,000 prize; the lady wins and
the man displays a lack of sports
manShip.
Fascinated, the lady makes it
a point to meet the rude young
man and eventually, after tears,
jealousy, some hard words and a
few dancing lessons, love rings
down the curtain.
The casting director placed the
charming Mango as the foil for
Carole and Raft and we wonder
at the wisdom of this move since
Mango really can dance and her
honey smooth voice is a delight.
Laurie Is Star
Carole does nicely by a role in
which she evidently revels, while
George again proves himself an
agile dancer. Lynne Overman is
amusing as the reporter who
turns publicity man. The plot is
shifted about from time to time
but there is an attempt at the
end to follow the rules of drama.
The dances were originated and
staged by the famous team of
Veloz and Yolanda, the current
rage; the music is timed to jun
gle rhythm.
On the stage George Givot,
who styles himself the Greek Am
baSsador of Goodwill, found many
in the audience who were amused
by his chatter; your reviewer
must confess a distaste for his
particular brand of comedy Joe
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

Laurie. jr., and his Memory Lane,
in which he takes us down to
the BoWery and has the folks do
stunt for us. is a whole show
in itself and found a generous
response from both old and
young. Tommy Mack wi t h
Frank Hearst and Eddie Young
are bit firing in their attempts
to please; Hal Menken's Revue
introduces a trio of thermometers,
a banjoist, an energetic young
woman adept at acrobatic dane
ing, and Mr.. Menken himself
who shows us some old and new
routine in tap dancing.
Phil uampkin and the boys
give an overture made up of
tunes from Bing Crosby's pictures
while current news events are re-
lated by Lowell Thomas.-K. Y.