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The Washington times., 1935-11-28
Home Town Honors
Actor Victor Moore

Victor Moore's fellow townsmen
in Hammonton, New Jersey, the
comedians birth p lace, have
formed a special delegation to
honor Public Enemy No. l3.
The citizens of Hammonton,
two busloads of them, will attend
Thursday evenings performance
of Anything Goes" Moore's star
ring vehicle at the Forrest Thea
ter, Philadelphia. They will be re-
ceived by members of the cast on
the stage of the playhouse after
the performance.
Public Enemy No. 13 and his
sidekick, Bill Crocker, otherwise
William Gaxton, will begin a
weeks engagement at the Ma
tional Theater next Monday De
cember 2,
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
Mae West for
The Palace

with the announcement OF
Loew'S Palace seventeenth ami
versary show season, Carter Bar
ron, division manager, stated to-
day that Palace patrons will have
the privilege of seeing two Of
Paramount'S greatest hits within
the near future.
These pictures are ''Klondike
LOU" starring Mae West and Vic
tor McLaglen, and The Milky
Way" starring Harold Lloyd,
Adolphe Menjou and Helen Mack.
In addition, these other Para
mount hits will be seen at the
Fox and Columbia. These are
THE Bride Comes Home" with
Claudette Colbert and Fred Mac.
Murray; Motor Boat Grip with
Randolph Scott, Leo Garlic and
Gertrude Michael; Two FiSted"
with Lee Tracy and Gail Patrick
and Little America" Admiral
Byrd'S saga Of the Antarctic.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
Favorite Idea

Jack Benny'S favorite idea Of an
ideal vacation is to get in his car
and take a weeks drive.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
By LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 2s.-Facts
and fables. Charlie Chaplin has
been dining recently with the ex-
Mrs. Buster Keaton (Mae, to be
exact). BY the by, Charlie soon
Is going to his native heath,
England, to arrange for q school
in which to place his children.
They will be brought up British
or else-or else, should Lita Grey
Eek Chaplain) have other plans.
After all, she's still their
guardian.
To show you that everything
really costs money in this indus
try: When they had to portray q
sequence showing the La Belle
Arlette cigars in Broadway Mel
ody," seein' as how 1t is agin
the law to change the labels on
real Mccoy cigar boxes or cigar
wrappers, one gentleman at the
studio devoted one week to make
q box and the labels for the
fictitious cigars and the net ex-
penditure was $350-and then it
was only used in one closeup.
Pity the coppers at Paramount:
Through a new ruling on the lot,
they cawn't smoke while on duty.
One Of them, Jimmy Kilgannon,
who is a smoker of the first
water. couldn't do without the
weed so he gave up his job and
is now doing extra work. it
seems only yesterday but actually
Marian Nixon'S new picture
Tango" Is the first one she's
made in O year. She was honey
incoming. very sad to know that
ELISA Landi'S mother died Of q
heart attack just as she was
toasting her son on his twenty
first birthday.
Ben Hecht and Charlie Mac
Arthur are going to do all right
for themselves on Billy Roses
Jumbo" They receive per cent
Of the gross and Is per cent OF the
concessions and since Jumbo" is
said to be one Of the most colossal
hits ever to hit the Eastern me
tropolis, and will probably run for
months, they'll be rich like any
thing. (P. S. They wrote the
story.
For the fan department: Ida
Lupino has Just received a letter
from q travelling salesman request
ing q group of autographed pho
tographS of herself to be placed
in the room Of the various hotels
on his route throughout the coun'
try so she'll always be with him.
Why couldn't he carry one In his
pocket and save himself all that
trouble? /
Well have to dub Eleanor and
The Washington times., 1935-11-28

RKO-KEITH'S-Barbara Stan
wyck in annie Oakley" 11:44
a. m, 1:44, 3:44, 5:44, 7:44, 9:44
p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lind.
Sey in Personal Maid Secret,
11:40 a. m, 1:40, $40, $40,
7:40, 9:30 p. m.
BELASCO-George Arliss in mis-
ter Hobo" 1911, 2:12, Alb,
6:04, 7:55, 1906 p. m.
EARLE-James Cagney, Margaret
Lindsey in Frisco KID, II
a. M, 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, $50
p. m. Stage-12:40, 3:35, 6:25.
9:10 p. m.
PALACE-Clark Gable in ''Mu-
tiny On The Bounty" 11:10 a.
M, 1:45. AIS, 6:45, $3.50 p. m
FOX-Allan Jones, Marx Broth
ers, "A Night At the Opera, %
10:35 a. M, 1:25, Ais, 7.05,
9:55 p. m. Stage-12:15, sos,
5:55, 8:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA william Powell in
Rendezvous" 11:15 q. m, 1:05,
3:20, $40, 7:25 p. m. Stage
1855, 700, 9:15 p. m.
LITTLE-Charles Laughton in
"Ruggles of Red Gap" At
1000, 1908, 1857, 1851, 5:45,
1889, 9:33.
HOWARD-James Dunn, Patricia
Ellis, in 1.-The Payoff." 1890,
3:15, 5:55, 9:15 p. m. Stage
Chick Webb and His Orchestra,
2:OO 4:sO. tbs. 10:15 pm.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
Sustaining Fund Of $500, 900 Is
Presented by Five Large
Motion Picture Firms
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

If the spirit beloved Will Rogers is lowering around this
Thanksgiving Day know he approves of the gift of the
National Variety Artists Sanatorum at Saranac Lake. New
York the national Foundation which will perpetuate his
memory.
With the gift underwriting fund of 100000
tain institution for five years This contribution
from Loews Warner Bros, Paramount and FoxWest
Coast theater circuits.
don't wish to appear petty about it. but the way that the
industry has thrust the burden of carrying this
charity upon the heaergong public beginning to become
national nuisance The annual drives and the hatpassng in
houses of both imposition and annoyance
to he nnhlic
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
WHAT HAVE I GOT TO
BE THANKFUL FOR?

First, a Thanksgiving turkey
from Nate Stiefel that I helped to
cook myself (well, I stirred the
giblet gravy) was so tender that it
almost fell apart. I expect to en-
joy it until it's hash, which ought
to be about the middle of next
week.
HOWARDS TO JOIN
I am glad to read the news in
Variety that Willie and Eugene
Howard will join George Whites
Scandals for the Washington en-
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Collect Fiqurines

Erik Rhodes and Addison Ran.
dali are rabid collectors of figur.
ines. While appearing in Two
Faces" they often discussed rare
ties and bargains between scenes.
Rhodes devotes himself exclusively
to figures of the Hindu deity,
SILVA. Randall goes in for jade
and porcelain statuetteS.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28

HONORS ROGERS
In saying this, am mindful Of
the fact that the N. v. A. sanato-
rum is a noble charity, caring for,
as it does, the tubercular and the
seriously i'll of the profession.
However, the responsibility and
the duty of sustaining the work
should devolve upon others than
those who pay good money to be
amused.
During the war three-minute
speakers took possession of all
stages for patriotic speeches in be-
half of the Liberty loans, and
other agencies deemed essential
for the prosecution of the strife
and the support of the American
cause. With all the flag-waving,
audiences resented this intrusion
and showed their diSpleaSure by
walking out in droveS on the vol
unteer orators. It taught the
theater men that such distractions
ought never to be permitted and,
so far as I know, this rule has
never been broken except for the
annual N. v. A. collections.
Will Rogers, I feel sure, would
be delighted to know that the ma
tional plan to keep his spirit Of
fun and good cheer perpetually
glowing throughout the world, is
also going to sustain charity
that was very close to his over
flowing heart.
So let me congratulate and thank
the executives of Hollywood and
New York for finding this happy
solution to a problem.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28

Lastly, I'm grateful to Holly
wood, the down town theaters and
the neighborhoodS, the Cochran
shrine of the legitimate drama,
and to the Wednesday night
Variety, for without them I am
afraid it would have been harder
work to prepare this column,
which I hope you enjoy as much
as the holiday bird and what goes
with it.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
'DoII' Collects Dolls

Anne Shirley, doll" in her
own right, owns one of the finest
assortments of dolls in existence.
They were presented to her when
she was a child-actresS, by such
notableS as Pola Negri, Colleen
Moore, Bebe Daniels, William
Farnum and the late Marie
DreSSler. Anne's next starring pic
ture will be "Chatterbox."
The Washington times., 1935-11-28

am glad that good.looking
Donald Woods (who was first
recommended to Hollywood by
this critic) is to have a diStin-
guiShed Stand-in. He is Bryan
Hargraves, 19-year-old grandson Of
William Jennings Bryan, and son
Of the former Grace Bryan Of
Washington.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28

is also an exceptionally interest
ing supplemental which. coupled
with Pathe News and other topics,
makes a very satisfactory pro
gram.-H.K.
The Washington times., 1935-11-28
d. ~
Cover HOLLYWOOD

Ruth Whitney "The Morse Code
Girlies" If they continue to tap
out messages to each other at the
studio.
Evening star., 1935-02-10
Profitable Leisure
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, DID. LID. D.c.L-
Bishop of Washington.

and indulgences that are wholesome
and refreshing. Life without them
would be gray and colorless. Each
day. rightly apportioned, demands
some form Of diversion. Is 1t not pos
sible that there are diversions that
have in themselves the kind of stimu-
lation we need and that are in con-
sonance with St. Paul's admonition;
that are trwA and honest, and just,
and pure, and lovely. and Of good re-
port? Yes, and may they not be quite
as appealing and attractive az the
highly colored, highly spiced pabulum
purveyed by cheap and tawdry en-
tertainments?
1t does not require a highly culti-
waited taste to enjoy the more whole
some. more profitable things that may
be had and had at the lowest cost. A
brilliant author speaks of the crowds
on ocean liners so occupied with light
and frivolous pastimes that they have
no time to gaze upon the changing
wonders of the mighty seas over which
they sail; so much occupied that they
cannot gaze upon wonder" Along
with this cheap appraisal of the ever
unfolding miracle of nature, what
treasures reside in our libraries, our
galleries, our conservatories of music;
yes, and what unused and sometimes
unrecognized riches are at hand even
in modest honest Kinship and friend
ship, what treasures, what revealing
and refreshing hours they yield. Again,
what satisfaction Of those deeper, finer
qualities in our nature is found in
periods of reflection and quiet contem-
plation when spirit communeS with
spirit and God seems near and the
larger plan of life unfolds itself; when
as in a mirror We behold our real
selves, and catch fore-glintings of that
larger, fuller life toward which we
are Fastening on.
Some time for work, some time for
play and some time for serious thought
upon life's choicer, more enduring val
ues, this means rounded, symmetri-
cal, well-balanced life, life that
grows richer with the multiplying years
and comes at length to the haven Of
its own choosing. I saw fine legend
carved upon an ancient sun dial IN a
churchyard in Scotland that was sug-
gestive:
"I am a shadow, so art thou;
! mark time, do'st thou?"
To mark time Is to know and love
the best, the things that are ''of good
report"
Evening star., 1935-02-10

There Is a fine passage that comes
to us from the apostle st. Paul that
may well be weighed and considered
today, namely: whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are hon
est, whatsoever things are just, what
soever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever Things
are of good report; If there be any
virtue and If there be any praise,
think on these things" 1t Is a chal-
lenge to be wise and to be reflective:
Think on these things"
A young and highly intelligent
young man has just left my office ana
as he went he said: "Our greatest
trouble today is, we are not thinking.
I have heard such an observation
more frequently Of late from the
young than from those Of mature
years. Is it that we ERE drifting. sat-
isfied to let each day and each re-
curing incident take its place with
out respect to the reasonableness and
logic of events and their inevitable
consequences? Take our so-called
periods of leisure, periods where we
indulge in recreation or amusementS,
or, indeed, in reading and social in
tercourse, how much Of 1t Is with de-
sign, for mental, cultural and spiritual
enrichment, how much Of 1t calls into
exercise our finer tastes and faculties?
The ever-present radio with its noisy
programs, consisting mostly OF cheap
clatter and diScordant sounds with
only now and again something fine,
informing and elevating; the stage
and notably the screen, with much
that is common and appealing only
to the baSer things Of our nature; our
literature, often errotic and sensa-
tional; all this and more Is hardly
conducive to reflection, nor Is 1t de-
signed to elevate and refine the tastes
Of young and old alike. Obviously.
there must be periods for play, for
complete relaxation and surrender to
those things that are entertaining
and diverting. This we all need, pos
sibly more SO in these trying days
than ever before, but If it means ex-
cesSive indulgence, II it consists in
filling all the leisure hours with things
that give no fresh impulse to thought,
no refreshment to the mind. no
stimulus to the imagination, we
wonder what must ultimately become
of our finer faculties and sensibilities.
Unexercised they atrophy and decay.
There are occupations, recreations
Evening star., 1935-02-10
Balky Senators.

New Dealers may yet come to see a
certain beauty in Senator Norris uni
cameral plan. For example, had it
been adopted in the national legis-
lative set-up, the administrations
$4,880, 100000 work relief bill would
already have become law. There
would have been no balky Senate Ap-
preparations Committee and no balky
Senate to throw a monkey wrench into
the plan to rush this measure through
to enactment.
Here is the first big measure Of the
Presidents program tied up in the
Senate committee for two weeks,
amended by the committee in many
respects and facing a considerably
longer period of delay when the bill
reaches the floor of the Senate itself.
The House committee, under the whip
and spur of administration leadership,
after the briefest kind Of hearing of a
couple of Government officials, re-
ported the bill out promptly and the
House passed it without change ex-
cept for a few minor amendments
offered by the committee itself.
The Senate committee has tied into
the bill provision that the prevail
ing wage" must be paid to workers
employed on relief public work prof.
ects. Only by a tie vote did the COM
mittee defeat an amendment to cut
the total sum to $2,88O, 100000
instead of the s4,sso, 900 900 asked by
the President. There is in prospect a
motion to reconsider the action taken
on this amendment, and in some quar-
ters it is contended that the reducing
amendment may yet prevail.
The President, not unnaturally, has
been exercised over khe revolt which
Evening star., 1935-02-10

in the conduct of every healthy, nor
NAL lad who ever has breathed.
Rut fraternity requires guidance,
and the fundamental ideal Of scout
ing is that of voluntary direction
of the leisure Of youth by the wisdom
and experience Of age. Anciently
the relation was recognized as COM
monplace; in the Middle Ages it found
expression in the guild system, under
which acknowledged masters under
took the training of juvenile ap-
prentices, and in the first decade OF
the present century it was redis-
covered by Sir Robert Baden Powell,
Daniel Carter and Ernest Thompson
Seton.
Few, however, can have guessed the
fruition of the modern effort to
band youngsters together in uni
versal brotherhood. None of the
founders could have dreamed that by
1885 their enterprise would be counted
a supporting pillar of civilization. Yet
such is the case. Scouting no longer
is merely a game or pastime. Rather,
without surrendering any of its orig
inal ideals of healthful and happy
sport, hikes, camping and the painless
pursuit of knowledge, it has become
a national asset, an international
league deserving of the gratitude and
the appreciation Of millions of people
including numerous fathers. moth
ers and teachers old enough to re-
member the days before scouting
began.
Evening star., 1935-02-10

has not only been brewing but which
has actually broken in the Senate
against his leadership on this irnpor-
tant question Of relief. He has seen
the bill stripped Of special and ex-
traordinary powers proposed to be
vested in the Chief Executive. II,
however, the huge sum of $4,880, ,000,-
900 is finally placed in his hands to
allocate as he sees fit for work relief
projects and for direct relief, he will
have power enough, indeed-the great
power which comes from spending a
vast sum Of money.
The disconcerting fact, nevertheless,
is the willingness Of Democratic Sena-
tors in the committee to raise their
voices and to vote against the admin
istrations plan. This was not expected,
particularly in a committee which is
composed Of sixteen Democrats and
eight Republicans. The chairman of
the committee, Senator Carter Glass
of Virginia, is not, to be sure, a
New Dealer. He has been a caustic
critic of some Of the New Deal prof.
ects. But that other Democratic Sem
ators would willingly "buck" the ad-
ministration Is something else.
Senator Glass. up until Thursday
night, was practically ignored by the
administration. The views Of the
President had been communicated,
not to the chairman of the commit
tee, regarded as hostile, but to Sen
ator Byrnes Of South Carolina, a
strong administration supporter. And
so the latter became a kind of un-
official chairman, representing the
administrations point Of view.
Finally, however, an appeal was
voiced directly by the President to
Chairman Glass to stem the tide OF
revolt. The chairman will lay the
views of the President before the
committee when it meets tomorrow.
There are signs that the President
may be successful in his effort to
cut from the bill the McCarran
amendment for the payment of the
prevailing wage to men on work re-
lief, to which the President appears
to be unalterably opposed. But should
the Adams amendment to cut the
total sum made available down to
100000 be adopted, it would
mean an equally serious blow to the
administration work relief plan.
So far the revolt against the admin
istration's plans has been confined
to the Appropriations Committee.
What will happen when the bill
reaches the Senate itself Is still q
matter of conjecture. There is a
political angle to the whole question.
Some of the legislators are wondering,
perhaps, whether they are not digging
for themselves q pitfall when they
place in the hands Of the executive a
sum so vast, which might easily be
used to their own detriment should
they fall under the diSpleasure Of the
administration.
Evening star., 1935-02-10
Bow Scouts.

It will seem incredible to many of
its friends, but the fact is true, none
theless: The Boy Scouts of America
organization has passed its quarter
century milestone. Reference books
bear out the report that it was in
corporated in the District of Colum-
bia February 8, 1910. The boys who
first enrolled under its banner have
grown up; the movement itself has
matured and developed, and the Ma
ton and the world at large have been
benefited by both its existence and
its progress.
Fellowship among boys is as
natural as sunshine or rain. It traces
back to the mysterious prehistoric
era of human evolution, and is a
manifestation of what sociologists call
the "gregarious instinct" lacking
which mankind long since would have
persisted. It is a spiritual quality,
basic in the heart and in the mind
q the species and no~ally operative
Evening star., 1935-02-10
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Half a century ago the need Of
bridge across the Potomac River Civ
ing direct access to
A Bridge to Arlington, such
Arlington. bridge as has only
within the past few
years been provided, was felt and
urged in the columns of The Star. In
its issue of February 4. 1885, is printed
the following letter from a reader,
under the title Free Bridge to Arling-
ton:
while much has been printed and
more said in regard to this bridge, it
still remains wonder why nothing
has been said about connecting Arling-
ton with the other Government reser-
vations. 1t is well known that Airing
ton now belongs to the Government
and that it embraces some l,l00 acres.
Certainly it cannot be that Congress
proposes to let this valuable tract, out
side Of the National Cemetery, go to
waste or become a burden to itself, as
it will be if allowed to become resort
for the idle and the vicious. Here
we have several hundred acres now
unoccupied. which is Just what the
Agricultural Department wants and has
long been asking for experimental cul-
ture. and of the care Of which the War
Department would be glad to be re-
lieved, as it cannot use it. To let the
Agricultural Department improve 1t
would be to embellish and convert 1t to
use. Every stranger visiting Washing
ton must needs go to Arlington, which
is Just over the river but miles around.
Then why not connect these puonc
reservations by short bridge, thereby
adding many times its cost to the
value of these reservations?
1T seems but necessary for any per-
son standing at the Capitol and look
ing to Arlington to see where a bridge
should be located. If a bridge is to
be built by congressional appropria-
tions, why should not Congress locate
it in it's own interest, especially so
when the public's interest can be best
subserved thereby? The people on the
Virginia side could be accommodated
as well. if not better, by the way OF
Arlington. 1 can safely say 1t would
be the most desirable route for all who
have no bridge accommodation today.
1t seems conclusive, if Government IN
terests are to be considered, II the
whole City Of Washington is 70 oe
consulted, if the river improvements
are to be made complete. the bridge
should be located so as to enter wash
ington through the Arlington estate
and the grounds there to be USED by
the Agricultural Department"