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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl

HOLLYWOOD, June 26.-n
you've heard these before, just
skip it. Clifton Webb's debut into
pictures is q little tougher than
one might suspect. After all, Fred
Astaire's entrance into the realm
of the gelatine made America
foot-conscious, so consequently.
any other dancers are considered
Just copyists Of Fred AStaire. In
Mr.. Webb's case, his work is to-
tally unlike Astaire's, and in his
first picture opposite Joan Craw-
ford, proof of the pudding will
be in the eating. More concen-
tration will be made on the light
ing and unusual rather than just
straight, fast, tap routines. Fur.
thermore, Joan Crawford, who is
not considered quite as good
dancer as Ginger Rogers, will rely
more on poses plaStique, coupled
with her amazing beauty instead
Of q lot Of hoof.
The same holds good for Lily
Pons. She will be held as the sue
cessor to Grace Moore which is
ridiculous because their voices
are totally differentiated per-
sonalities and looks likewise. In
Miss Pons' case, her high vocal
range completely outshines Grace
Moore's, whose very high notes
are considered the weakest part
of her singing voice. S-o-o-o-we
shall see what we shall see. To
get back to Mr.. Astaire and Miss
Rogers. I inadvertently did them
an injustice when I said they had
prepared a stag reel for the RkO
Chicago Convention. You see,
stag reel" generally means some
thing naughty but in this case 1t
was purely scenes from Top
Hat" with a clubbing in OF goo1y
sound effects, such as the falling
of bricks and the breaking OF
bones when they did their dance
numbers. So what could be
censorable about that?
According to Robert Florey (dl-
rector), the real Mccoy" origi'
mated in the following manner.
Some years ago a fellow who i'm.
personated the famous fighter,
Kid Mccoy, met UP with the
gentleman and got the living
knocked out of him for the ef-
frontery of his representation.
From that time on, as a gag,
people would say to the fighter.
"Who are you anyway" And he
would give vent to the now IA
nous line, "I'm the real Mccoy"
At any rate, it sounds plausible
From Ben Bernie to Norma
Shearer Irving Thalberg's baby
came the following telegram,
welcome to our planet, little
lady, and congratulations on your
excellent choice of parents.
(SignedO The Old Maestro.
If you're a singer and attempt
ing a crash into the cinema, you
might try the same thing that
Alice Faye did to get a break. She
bought a Csc disc, recorded her
voice on it, sent it to Rudy Vallee,
and was then and there signed by
him to sing in his band. From
Vallee to the movies was the next
jump, and she's going o. k .
Constance BENEFITS tennis court
is finally about finished after i'm
porting tons of rocks to hold it in
place. It's built on a hill, you
know A. c. Blumenthal, just
before departing, presented his
wife, Peggy Fears, with a very
snappy and expensive brand of
convertible roadster, so that should
blast all nonfriendly rumorS.
All the dressing rooms at MIG.
M. have the stars names on the
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
Spook Party at Fox Theater
On Thursday Midnight

will continue to glue the-S to the
seats with the showing of June
Collyer and John MILAN in 1.-THE
Ghost Walks"
The Fox Theater doors will
open promptly at 1880 Thursday
night for this special spook show.
Regular prices will prevail as will
one of the most unforgettable of
all midnight theatrical experience.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
Boost for Hardy

At insistence of w. C. Fields,
Sam Hardy will get co-authorship
credit with Fields on the story for
Man On the Flying Trapeze."
first announced as an original by
Charles Boyle" pen name used
by the Paramount comedian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
StoII BUYS Violin

George Stoll, the orchestra
leader. has just purchased a new
$4,000 violin. It is a genuine
Nicholas Amati. He used it for
the first time to accompany Bing
Crosby in Big Broadcast Of 1885,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
Mae Sets Record

Mae West has set up another
record in show business, Coin to
Town" having been held over for
it's fifth week in New York. Pre-.
vious record of four weeks was set
by Macs I'm No Angel"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
IS Champion Athlete

Fred MacMurray, appearing in
Men Without Names" was the
champion athlete of Beaver Dam
High School, while a student
there. He won 10 letters for ath-
letic proves.
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and cynical, hterate and urbane, and It is
gleamingly acted. Still am mortally afraid
that the collective F Street opinion will add
up. "Nuts to these high brows."
For all the applied acting arts of Noel
Coward cannot make the character he por-
trays anything more than a cruelty cold pub
Usher. Authors Hecht and Macarthur call him
in turn, can attitude" can empty bag" and
an "amorous apparition." call him a re-
pellent Casanova without vestige Of appeal,
without one seemingly honest emotion con-
ceived in the heart, one who aptly describes
himself as "human rattler.N
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26

that he is toying with their hearts
until some more agreeable pas
time presents itself. He escapes
any serious results from his pecca-
dtlloes until he chases to Bermuda
alter man-hating woman and
his plane goes down in midocean.
Beautifully Acted
SOrdinarily this should be the
end of Publisher Mallare. But it
Stems there is a legend that an I'M
YSourned soul cannot find peace in
the hereafter. So Mallare is given
the chance to come back to earth,
is granted 30 days of grace to find
che mortal who has shed tear
oSer his earthly departure. Most
q his friends merely shrug when
they learn of his death. It re.
x6ains for the little poet, whose
lie he ruined, to give him the alb.
solution of tears.
Sin staging their resurrection for
che cameras and microphoneS,
Producers Hecht and Macarthur
Were both confused and cropping,
Srom an audience standpoint.
apart from this final chapter
"The Scoundrel" is Sinking
Journey along the highways of
free love that probably gave Cen
sor Joe Breen as much trouble as
any story that ever received his
purity tag.
Noel Coward, one of the great
est living actors, carries Julie
Hayden to new screen heights in
this picture. A primary grade
actress up to now, she leaps
straight to the top with a match
less performance as the aspiring
lady Of the sonnets.
Will ltCIick?
You will find plenty of surprises
In THE Scoundrel" cast. For in
stance, I discovered Raymond
Bramley playing a minor role and
in the flop house scene, Messrs.
tHecht and Macarthur can be dis.
cerned on the scrubby beds. Fat
Alexander Woollcott plays a super.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
BRILLIANT NOEL COWARD
PLAYS Love EN- and Leave En-
Publisher In Movie Filled .
With Brilliant Dialogue
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

To Baltimore yesterday for look at that controversial Noel
Coward picture "The Scoundre and consider it worth
the trip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-26
AndrAN r. KELLEY

One of the troubles with "The Scoundrel' is that the
authors let him live and die passion
ate rat They bring him back to this mortal coil bearing
of the seaweed he gathered the swallowed him
up, for q resurrected repentance.
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monopoly such q crushing blow In his
steamboat monopoly cases OF 1924 1t
was not until 1873 that the question
of the corporation again arose before
the court. Then Chief Justice Chase
rendered q decision in favor OF mo-
nopoly which aroused much public
criticism.
THE Legislature of Louisiana had
passed a statute granting exclu-
sive privilege of maintaining slaugh-
ter houses and stockyards within GER
tain parishes Of New Orleans to one
corporation. Since this statute de-
prived over 1000 persons the right to
engage in the slaughter house busi-
ness, the right Of a State to establish
such q monopoly was vigorously chal-
lenged on the grounds of an invasion
of the rights Of citizen secured in
the fourteenth amendment. But the
Supreme Court de0eed that the
Louisiana statute did not violate the
fourteenth amendment in any par
ticular.
The succeeding Chief Justice, Nor
yison 4. Wsjthe. became famous for
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the house Is the broad and imposing
stairway, with rails and banisters OF
solid rosewood, which only real me-
chanic could erect today, for the old
time stair builder is now a rarity.
Few Of the old mantels that belong
TO the house remain today. though
good substitutes are in place. One
particular mantel, which helped TO
decorate the drawing room, once COW
cred with mirrors, is said to have been
sold many years ago for $4,000, and
we are also told it was the finest piece
of workmanship Of its kind that was
ever brought to this country.
This mantel Is probably among
those taken down about 1889 by John
Fox, a wealthy New Yorker and q
member of the syndicate Of the first
purchase, who shipped them East,
probably to adorn other homes. Those
removed upon this occasion from the
state dining room. according to an
early account, were made in Italy Of
fine Carrara marble, with jambs
formed by two marble sphinxes most
taStefully designed and delicately
carved. 1t was really, and is still, q
wonderful old mansion.
A great many changes have taken
place in the vast farm of nearly 1000
acres which once formed the area Of
land belonging to the estate. The en-
trance to the grounds in the early
days was miles east of Bladensburg,
and was carefully guarded by por-
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tentious gates, fanked by two conven-
tional watch towers or lodges. From
here a long, winding roadway led to
the mansion, the front porches Of
which were then paved with white
and black marble. In front of this
building was a fountain, edged by
shells and surrounded by ancient
japonicas IN great green tubs.
TN THE center Of the basin," ac-
cording to an early writer, "was
q white, wide-mouth. stiff looking
dolphin, through whose throat not a
drop of water has passed for these
many years.
Back OF the house was a pretty
shining lake, in the center of which
was an island. and on the island. a
miniature castle, reached by fancy
bridge. which long ago joined in the
general stampede to disintegration
and rotted away.
The surrounding buildings, in
cluding those used as servants quar-
tiers. now gradually crumble out of
existence; the old reservoir, propped
high into the air. from which, through
underground lead pipes, the quondam
fountain, the well-appointed con-
servatory and the numerous terraces
and borders Of rare and beautiful
flowers were supplied with water; the
old bell perched like sentinel upon
an clubhouse, that summoned the
workmen to and from their daily
labors; the queer octagonal barn,
away of to the east. the path to which
led through q bower of the Usage
oranges, were all in timely keeping
with the stately grandeur Of the resi-
dence and the social attainments OF
the landed proprietor.
Entering the center building. as II
was in its pride and glory, one passed
through massive oaken doors to q ves-
tibule ornamented by grinning heads
on the door jambs and pictures OF
demure- looking angels on the walls,
and thence to wide and spacious halls,
the floors of which were hard. solid
and polished until they shone again,
"On either side Of the inner vestibule
entrance arose broad, imposing stair
ways, with rails and banisters of solid
rosewood. STRAIGHTFORWARD from the
vestibule was the reception room,
painted q light green. with orna-
mental designs on the walls and fur
nished with the prevailing fashionable
spider-legged furniture, with quaint
brass trimmings ane upholstered in
expensive satins The entire back OF
this room was Of glass, opened upon
the portico. and presented a scene OF
picturesque beauty in the lovely lake,
its jaunty island, and wide scope OF
undulating meadows and woodland
From the center of the ceiling hung
a crystal lamp in the form of an urn
and vase, ornamented by most ex-
quisitely painted wreath Of flowers.
To the west was the drawing room,
separated by solid mahogany doors" F"
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ago. The capitals of the columns are
made in the shape Of bell and ex-
tensively adorned with rows Of acan-
thus leaves.
AN EQUALLY elaborate pediment
surmounts these splendid col
umns. The triangular unit Of the
pediment is adorned by group Of
sculptured figures, some the likeness
Of living celebrities. The center fig
ure symbolizes Liberty Enthroned,"
with Authority" on her left and
order" on her right. On the left side
of the pediment facing the central fig-
ure are the hkenesses Of former Chief
Justice Taft when a student at Yale,
Elihu Root and Cass Gilbert. On the
right are Chief Justice Hughes, Robert
Aitken, the sculptor, and former Chief
Justice John Marshall when boy.
The first floor of the Supreme Court
Building Is one story above the ter
race, and the court chamber, Q room
VI ACNS o40o1C tAAC (OIuI1lIlo dIlu
IS feet high from floor to ceiling, rests
on the main axis of the plan. 1t is
elevated several feet above the ad-
joining rooms to symbolize the regal
Importance of justice above all rela-
tive parts of the Government.
Four sculptured panels, rich In
allegory, depicting the history OF JUS
tice from the beginning Of civilization
to the present day, adorn the walls
of this spacious court chamber. The
central figure in the panel for the east
wall represents THE Majesty Of the
Law" and THE Power Of Govern
ment," with Wisdom" and State
craft" on either side. A group SYM
bolizing THE Safeguarding OF the
Rights Of the People" is on the right,
while the left group illustrates The
Defense Of Human Rights"
The stately friezes, noble In con-
ception as well as ideal. are modelled
with strength and skill by Adolph
Weiman. There are no hkenesses in
cluded en- these walls to arouse the
controversy which has centered about
the pediment adorning the west en-
trance as to the propriety Of using
living likenesses.
The easterly section Of the main
floor is assigned to the conference
room, robing room, chambers Of the
Chief Justice and the associate jus
tices, all of which are grouped around
the court yards. The westerly section
is allotted to rooms for the Attorney
General, Solicitor General. clerk Of
the Supreme Court, United States
marshall and attorneys. Press head
quarters consist Of large room,
waiting room, a telephone and telss
graph room and Q vast section con
tanning special press booths.
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benefit of doubtful cases tended toward
the individual rights Of the States.
His interest in the aspects of case
were economic and social, thus Chief
Justice Taney approached questions
from a human standpoint.
His decision of the Dredd Scott case,
which solidified the anti-slavery senti-
ment of the North and split the DEM
ocratic party, was greatly criticized.
This case concerned Negro who had
been taken by his master into Illinois,
a free State, and later into a part Of
the Louisiana Purchase, where slavery
was expressly prohibited by the Mis-
souri, Compromise of 1920. While on
free soil Dredd Scott had been per-
mitted to marry and with his wife
and child was returned to Missouri in
1888 as a slave. Ten years later he
sued for his freedom on the grounds
that through his residence on free soil
he had lost his status as slave and
acquired that Of a freedman. The
courts decision was that Scott, Ne
gro, not being a citizen of, could not
sue in the United States courts, fof,
having returned to slave territory. he
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had regained the status of a slave and
that Congress could not prohibit
slavery in the Territories.
Chief Justice Taney died before his
wish was realized-to put the veto Of
the law on the proclamation Of eman-
cipation. His greatest decisions are
as completely coupled with the ques-
ton Of slavery as his successor, Chief
Justice Chase's, are associated with
the Civil War.
During Chief Justice Chase's time
the question as to the validity of the
reconstruction acts, which imposed a
militant government in time of peace
upon the offending States of the
South, arose before the Supreme
Court, clothed in sundry reconstruc-
ton cases, about each Of which that
body consistently declined to render a
decision. Although the reconstruction
acts concerned the right of self
government of 10 States, the Supreme
Court decreed that these acts fell
within the performance Of the Presi-
dents official duty: as well as the
political domain, and could not be
embraced within its judicial power.
Chief Justice Marshall dealt ths
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regulating the coast trade, thus the
famous steamboat monopoly" was
broken.
WHEN the British burned the Cap
itol in 1914 the court held ses-
sion in the home of the clerk Of the
Supreme Court and in 1919 the re-
building of the Capitol had been SO
far advanced that the body returned
to the room just below the Senate,
where it had met for eight years fol-
lowing its move to Washington. In
1860 the tribunal moved to its present
court room. formerly known as the
Senate chamber.
Roger Brooke Taney was appointed
Chief Justice in 1887 and under his
leadership the court reached the cli-
max Of its history in the confidence Of
the people. Only one issue-that of
slavery-drew the court once more into
partisan controversy. Chief Justice
Taney was q Democrat In the broadest
sense and for the first time in the his
tory Of the Supreme Court the views
Of the Democratic party were involved
IN the decisions handed down. The
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nishings of the house belong to the old
mansion, the writer cannot say. though
they are beautiful and in keeping with
its age, and some of them even much
older than the building itself. One
enormous mirror, with massive gilt
frame, which hangs on the wall. and
entirely too large for an ordinary
home, is said once to have formed a
part of the furnishings Of the Arling-
ton Hotel, which stood on the site of
the Veterans Administration Building,
Vermont avenue between H and I
streets.
The building itself is said to have
been designed by William Thornton,
whose plans were accepted for the
building of the original Capitol. 1t is
OF brick. succeed, and Of early Ameri-
can type, with large main building
and wings.
On the north and south fronts are
stone columns which, tradition says,
were intended for use in building the
Capitol, but were rejected because they
were too short.
ORIGINALLY the mansion is said
to have contained 40 rooms, but
whatever was the number in the days
of the CalvertS, these have been re-
duced since through the elimination Of
partitions and floors for the purpose
Of obtaining larger quarters, princi-
pally for social purposes.
One of the most attractive parts Of
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ried the handsome, nethodical. rich
and educated George Calvert. who was
10 years her senior
But however brief may have been
the time spent by Henry J. Stier at the
Calvert mansion, yet it was during this
time that he lavishly furnished it with
furniture, bric-a-brac and works Of
art from abroad, for which he had a
fondness and good taste, number of
his paintings being from the brush Of
the celebrated Rubens, with whom
there was a distant relationship. In
deed, Stier is said to have brought over
with him his entire gallery of paint
ings which he installed at Riversdale.
Just to what extent the present fur
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time. or between 1894 and 1900, there
came to America a wealthy Belgian
named Henry Joseph Stier. who either
left his native country voluntarily or
was forced to do so by the French,
whose revolutionary army took pos
session of Belgium following the Battle
of Fleurus, 1894, when he probably
came to this country, since 1t is said;
He fed from his native country to
escape the fury of Napoleon Bon
aparte, who, with his apparently in
vincible legions was galloping over the
country, devastating property and
confiscating whatever he imagined
was useful to the state, which, as he
held, was himself"
A MoNG the children of Henry j.
Stier was a daughter, Rosalie
Eugenia, who married George Calvert,
son of Benedict (Swingate) Calvert.
probable that the mansion was built
about this time. At any rate their
married life was happy one, and
they became the parents of nine chill
dren, as follows: Cd Caroline, who
married Thomas Willing Morris of
Philadelphia, Pa; 90 George Henry,
distinguished author and one-time
mayor of Newport, r. l., who married
Elizabeth Stewart; (3) Marie Louise,
who died young: az Rosalie Eugenia
who married Charles Henry Carter.
grandson of Lighthouse Harry" Lee
and nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee;
(5) Charles Benedict born at Rivers
dale" August %, 1908. married June
6, 1889, Charlotte Augusta Norris. He
was Representative in Congress and
his biography. printed in the Biog-
raphical Directory of the American
Congress, tell us that he - COM
pleted preparatory studies at Bladens-
burg Academy. Maryland; was grad
uated from the University of Virginia
at Charlottesville in 1927; engaged in
agricultural pursuits and stock breed
ing: member Of the State House Of
! Delegates in 1899, 1843 and 1874:
president of the Prince Georges
County Agricultural Society and the
Maryland State Agricultural Society;
vice president of the United States
Agricultural Society; founded the first
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ligious freedom through the length
and breadth Of this country.
ON THE tombs of George Calvert :
and his wife are inscriptions:
Here Lies the Body
GEORGE CALVERT, ESQUIRE.
OF Riversdale,
Youngest Son
OF Benedict Calvert.
OF Mount Airy. Prince Georges
County Maryland,
And Grandson
OF Charles Calvert. Sixth Lord
Baltimore, Who Died
January %. 1898.
Aged TO-"
Here Rests the Body Of
ROSALIE EUGENIA CALVERT
Wife Of George Calvert and Daughter
of Henry j. Stier, Ecquire, of Antwerp.
Who Died March l3, 1921,
Aged 43.
May she be numbered among the chill
dren Of God. and her lot be among
the saints.
We see the hand we worship and adore
And justify the disposing power.
Let me die the death Of the righteous
And my latter end be like His.
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agricultural research college in Amer
lea (now the Maryland Agricultural
College at College Park, chartered in
1856; one Of the early advocates of
the establishment of the United States
Department of Agriculture; elected as
Union Wing to the thirty-seventh
Congress March 4, l86l-March 3.
1859: was not a candidate for re-
nomination in 1862; resumed agri-
cultural pursuits; died in Riverdale,
Prince Georges County, Md, May II,
1864; interment in Calvert Cemetery"
(6) Henry Joseph Calvert died
young; Cd Marie Louise died in in
fancy; 90 Julia married DR.. Richard
Henry Stuart and died in 1888.