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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

dancer. already signed by Metro
GoldWyn-Mayer and a youngSter
with what it seems to take.
2. The Sugar Foot and Coon
Coat" finale number sung to a
tune composed by Gene Ford, Of
fering the shapely ensemble in a
Catholic gorge Washington
football game that was a stage
gem.
3. Grand Uproar. This was a
gorgeous burlesque on grand opera
singers taking walk in the park,
singing the sextet from Lucia
and trying to guide Sextet of
pood1es who had other ideas.
Walking the dog with music, in
other words.
4. A study in Brilliants. An
imaginative dance posture idea,
beautifully lighted, costumed and
carried through in the oriental
mood with smoke pots.
5. The Four Bartenders from
the University of Maryland. Old
time song hokum, cleverly de-
livered, with a hill-billy burlesque
by Jerome G.. Sacks, Robert
Litscher, Joel Hutton and Samuel
Leishear.
6. The Four Deacons. A Sepia
quartet, singing spirituals and
meeting house songs with blended
voices.
Z. Sidewalk Cafe. Introducing
the Sophosticates in harmonizing
which will go better when they
drop their long-winded introduce
tory for more popular numbers
like 1.-TWO Cigarettes In the Dark. "
suggest Rendezvous With a
Dream"
8. Gordon Hittenmark.. TIL e
popular WRC announcer was at
his best in a reproduction of his
sidewalk questionable. He intro
duced Miss Capitol, who sang
"Sittin' in the Sun A-sunnin," and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
Red Hot at 26
IsGIen Echo

Glen Echo amusement park, now
in its twenty-sixth year under the
management Of Col. Leonard B.
Schloss, is more than an amuse-
ment park to Washingtonians. 1t
is an institution where generations
of Capital folks have found recre-
alton and delight.
Young folk who now frolic in
the Crystal Pool and dance in the
Spanish Ball Room, have, in many
thousands of instances, literally
grown up with Glen Echo" AS
tiny tots, kindergartners and grade
school boys and girls, they have
ridden on the Glen Echo merry
go-round and coaster dips, played
in the Midway of Fun" and en-
joyed jolly family picnic parties.
Glen Echo is their amusement
homeland a highly interesting
home that changes from year to
year and always offers clever nov
cities.
In catering to the wholesome
recreation of the full family,
Glen Echo has always kept not
only abreast, but ahead OF the
times. The beautiful Crystal Pool,
one of the finest, most modern
and best anaged swimming
pools in the country, is an in
stance.
This year the Glen Echo man
agement offered its patrons the
newest trick in amusement de-
vices-a fleet of drive'em-yourSelt
motor boats that ply over
scenic water course. New also
this year is Admiral Pop-Eye,
the Sailor Man." who presldeS
over the motor boat course, and
attracts no end Of attention by
his lifelike and typical comedy
stunts.
Admission to Glen Echo is al
ways free, no matter how big
your family or crowd of friends.
Use of the picnic groves with
their comfortable CHI airs and
tables is also free, likewise the
use of lawn swings. Charges on
all so attractions are always at
the same moderate rate, kind to
the pocketbook and offering "the
mostest fun for the leastest
price"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

sequence IN the him Delng one OF
the murders, and the murderer's
identity is kept a close secret until
the climax. If you are one of the
many who like to pit your wits
against those of the author you
will find a task here worthy OF
your best efforts.
Mr.. Edward Arnold is quite
in character as the famous detec-
tive. Followers of Nero Wolfe may
argue that he is not heavy enough
but where, in FINLAND. are you
going to find an actor of the
monstrous size that Mr.. Stout
makes his hero?
Arnold plays with excellent I'M
derstanding the title role and gives
us a Nero Wolfe as near the au-
thor's conception as is humanity
possible.
Lionel Stander, carrying most
of the comedy, does an hilarious
evenings work.
Others in this Columbia picture
include Joan Perry, Victor Jory,
John Qualen and Dennie Moore.
HILL BILLY ACT
On the stage, Arren and Brod-
erick, late features of Earl Carols
Sketch Book" present a musical
and comedy act that is tops on
both counts. The humor in this
Skit is as riotous as it is novel.
The piano solo presented by the
male member of this team is a
thing of joy.
Pappy, Zeb, Ezra and Elton give
us the instrumental and vocal
music that made them popular
on the radio. Two members of
this gifted quartet offer Specialties
that deserve high praise. One,
who initiates the little girl, gets
away with this in great style, and
another does some of the finest
yodeling heard in recent years.
LOVELY NOVELTY DANCER
Some sensational adagio dane
ing is offered by Bartell and Hurst.
A very pretty young lady is tossed
about with the greatest of ease by
three muscular gentlemen in one
Of these dances. The young lady,
I might say, is hurled appalling
distances through the air, but
seems to enjoy the experience.
In this act Miss Harriet Haven
offers one of the cleverest novelty
dances have ever seen.
The stage show is opened by
Park and Clifford in some strong
arm stuff that is different and
quite good. These two go through
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
River Music
Makes Hit

George Kistner'S Beau Rivage
orchestra, coming direct from
Sheepshead Bay, New York, has
scored such a decided hit with
dancers on the steamer City of
Washington on both the sunset
cruise, leaving at $50 p. m, and
the moonlight cruise, leaving at
$3.50 p. M, that Harry H. Baker,
District manager of the Wilson
Line, has decided to hold it over
for one more week. The orchestra
was originally scheduled for two
weeks only.
Mid-August finds Marshall Hall
Park. Washington's playground on
the Potomac River, setting new
records in all departments. Plans
are going forward to make the
fifty-Second annual tournament
day, scheduled for Wednesday, Au-
gust 26, the most colorful of all.
Many new contestants will ap-
pear on the program this sea-
son and 500 in prizes will be dis
tributed. Marshall Hall will be
completely decorated in gala holi-
day style, and along with many
added features, there will be
band concert in the afternoon and
dancing in the evening.
EGKiIIinc no TycD
hold full sway every Monday and
Friday, with Skipper" Joe Brown,
Washington'S popular radio mas
ter of ceremonies, conducting
"Kiddieland Showboat Cruise"
every Monday, leaving at 10 a. m.
The round trip cruise may be en-
joyed by the Riddles under II
for 10 cents and adults for Is
cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
Roadside and
Moonshine

while the Napoleon of crime,
Prof. Moriarty, duels with the 1899
ace cf detectives, Sherlock Holmes,
the, Roadsiders are preparing an
olde' version of the struggle be-
tween crime and virtue. Among
the NIoonshiners, which antedates
Sherlock Holmes" by several de-
cades. will open a tWo-Week run on
Angus "a.
The Mosby pair, villains of
Among the Moonshiners," may
lack the masterful intellect of
Moriart y, but they acknowledge no
superior ity in downright wicked
ness ami cruelty. They may not
have so refined a device as gas
chamber, but a dark cave in the
mountain Is of Kentucky is the set
ting for Jan unparalleled mode OF
torture.
Waltim ore Felander Snuff, rep
resentativto of the forces OF law
order. may be somewhat lacking
in ability tA0 make amazing deduc-
tions from apparently trivial clues,
but even Sherlock Holmes himself
never thought of impersonating a
book agent who offers for the
small sum Oh five dollars, a copy
of Jimmy Jones Among the
Mormons, or ia Detectives Search
for a Wife,"
Victims of ,Mosby and his son
is a family of three, the husband,
who has been made drunkard by
their efforts; his faithful but suf-
fering wife, and their little girl.
A cast of Roadside faVorites,
under the direction of Anton
Hardt, will be seen in this old
time thriller.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
'Suzy' Returns
ToCoIumbio

"Suzy" is one of those romantic
tales of war and intrigue, which is
always Sure-fire entertainment and
with Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone,
Cary Grant and Lewis Stone in the
stellar roles, it is bound to be we'll
enacted. Yesterday brought it
back to F. Street for a second week.
The early afternoon performance
found Loew's Columbia Theater
filled with an obviously well
pleased audience.
The story is all about a little
American chlorine stranded in
Europe at the outbreak of the
World War. Mrs. Schmidt'S ex-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

Nero Wolfe, the brain child of
Rex Stout and a familiar char
acter to readers of some of the
popular magazines, is vastly diff
ferent detective than those usually
offered in mystery stories. His
methods are bizarre, but under
standable as they unfold before
you.
In the present opus trio of muir
ders furnish he motive for Mr..
Wolfe's work.
GOOD MYSTERY STORY
The plot offers a great deal in
thrills and suspense, the very first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
Thorpe Assigned To
'Tarzan' Romance

From the tropic paradise of the
South Seas and the fox-hunting
hills of Missouri, Richard Thorpe,
peripatetic film director. now goes
to the savage jungles of Africa in
his cinematic travels. Thorpe has
been assigned to direct Johnny
Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sulli-
van in the new Tarzan adventure,
"Tarzan Escapes" by Metro-Gold-
Wyn-Mayer.
The picture will be entirely
filmed on location, in a hidden
valley in the California hills,
where the company will camp for
months, for thrills with lions, ele-
plants, crocodiles, and other wild
life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
Meet Nero Wolfe With Arnold
Stars on EorIe's Screen;
HiII-BiIIies on Stage

That detective Nero Wolfe who solves murders and
other mysteries leaving his home presented the
Earle this week in Meet Nero Wolfe 1t IS mystery
story of course reminiscent respects Of the standard
Hollywood formula but offering enough In novelty and sS"
TO MAKE banp me entertainment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

some extremely dlftlcuIt featS OF
strength with smiling ease.
SHORT FILMS
Subsidiary film entertainment
includes a Grantland Rice sport
film made up of all underwater
shots. Half a dozen pretty and
shapely girls, who are expert
swimmers, add a great deal to the
charm of this novelty.
There is very excellent cartoon
comedy in colors and the usual
news reel. w. B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
-V0TE AMERlCAN-
Salesman

Alan Curtis, youthful new
conner who has his first impor-
tant RKO Radio role in Walk
ing on Air" at one time was a
travelling salesman for chewing
gum COMPANY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
In Hepburn Film

Doris Lloyd, distinguished Fling
liSh character actress. has a sig
nificant role with Katharine Hep
burn and Fredric March in RE0O
Radios MARY of Scotland"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
"PICCADILLY il VI"

"PICCADILLY JE NJ
A Metro G Mays prOduc.
ton. At the Capitol Theat er. Screen
play by Charles Bracket and Ed
win KnOpf. From the novel by
p. G. WOdehOuse. Directed by Rob-
ert Y. Leonard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15
-V0TE AMERICAN-
Buddy PurIoins Ideas

Buddy Ebsen makes up his tap
routineS for Born to Dance" from
the basic steps used in various
folk dances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

sentence in the film being one difficult Of
with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

"MEET NERO WOLFE"
A Columbia picture, at the Earle
Theater. Directed by Herbert Bib
prman. A b. Z. Schubert prOduc.
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-15

Loews Street Ace House Changes
Name With Appropriate Ceremonies
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
TOday's BOOndOggle

The people of Oklahoma should be grateful Governor
w Marand for donating to the State statue of the Pioneer
Woman fashioned by the sculptor Bryant Baker which stands
Ponca City plot of ground that also given by the
Governor The taxpayers of New York however, may be
given if they somewhat less grateful.
AS expression of their appreciation the Okahomans
turned at to the Federal Government with demand that
fence and walk be built around this work of
and walk that will cost the Treasury $2OO56.
The Government complied of course with aacrity and
notation made the WPA records the effect this
statue of national Importance"
Some day. may convince the WPA that the necessity
of curalng the tax burden is also of national Importance
. ksun)
The Washington times., 1936-10-13


Fashionable alibis, all of them.
for Fence SitterS, and approved by
our Best Authorities. But Pope
Plus will have none of them.
AS simply as a child he bares
his heart and grieves! AS va
liantly as a soldier he raises
his voice and fights!
Such a frail old heart, such
a feeble voice, already fluttering
on the brink of the grave. But
as long as he can make them
serve, Pope Plus will use them
to assert his highest human
right-the right to FEEL.
Easy enough to talk and de-
bate, advise and admonish.
Easy-and perfectly safe. But
here is a man great enough to
despise such safety - brave
enough to take all he has left
of energy and emotion and
Squander it in one last glorious
abandon of holy rage and pity!
TRULY GREAT
This is humanity at it's high
est-thiS proud contempt Of
consequence for the sake Of a
noble cause. How cheap it makes
our shallow pretences appear!
Any fool can wise-crack or go
dead-pan. Any coward can quote
the classics.
But only the truly great are wise
enough to be simple, brave enough
to be frank, strong enough to cast
aside pretence and GIVE THEM
SELVES EIR ACTU A L
TEARS AND SWEAT An D
BLOOD-REGARDLESS OF THE
PRICE!
Many laudatory things may be
said of this man when he passes
to his rest. But no greater tribute
can be paid than that, in a time
of universal cowardice, when men
ran even from their own thoughts
lest they suffer a little pain, HE
DARED TO FEEL!
This column 1Delcon1eS and
requests comments. Personal
problems may also be presented.
All letters 10iU be handled con-
tidently and anSUered promptly
it addressed envelope is in
cluded.)
,(Copyright, 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
Three-Minute Journeys

hthiS idyllic village, then we hope
that it is a treat in store for you.
And if you are weary of stories of
bloodshed, of wars against faitn,
religion and all that man holds
dear, then you will find peace ano
restored faith in the simple piety
and unquestioning belief of the ST.
Wolfgang peasants.
The chief pride of St. Wolfgang
is the pilgrimage church with its
sltar, the work of Michael Pacher,
dating from the year 1881. 1t is
charming to watch the pictur-
esquely dressed peasants on their
way to church, as pleasing a pro-
cession as any we ever have wit
messed, and just like something
out of book or play.
LIKE STAGE SETTING
In fact, the whole neighbor-
hood, with it's pine woods, it's al
pine pastures flecked with flow
ers, its limpid lakes, it's snow
capped peaks and its quaint
houses, is for all the world like
stage setting.
The hotel itself is on the lake
at the landing spot for the
StreamerS. 1t is a square build
ing, overshadowed in turn by the
gothic pilgrimage church and the
Schafberg with its cogwheel rail
road. On the dining terrace
there are usually artists and
statesmen and other celebrities,
and the same crowd lends a so
phisticated note to the lakeside
sun-bathing strand.
Yet, all the famous and the
near great can't detract from the
healthy simplicity Of the place.
The furnishings are typical OF
the peasant neighborhood, except
in the KaiserZimmer, the room
dedicated to the late Emperor
Franz Josef Of Austria.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

German insurance companies
survived that ruinOuS slump
into initiation, and in Germany
today there are thousands of
beneficiarieS who have social
security today because there
was enough stability in the ma
tionaI insurance structure to
withstand that shock.
1--WE know that a dollar isn't
a dollar unless it is working in
the long run. Our business is to
supply a pOlicyhOlder, or his ben
eficiary, not merely with SYM
bOlic, but with working dollars
when the time cOmeS-that is,
dollars which will buy individual
security which, collectively, is
social security. Therefore, there
isn't any consideration of ma
tiOnal or world financial health
which isn't our business.
A NEW CONCEPT
at is simple. The deeper we
can see into the intricacieS of
currency, credit and the 'fUnc-
tionaI economies of human So
ciety, the greater the certainty
of our delivering what you pay
fOr-Security.
'It is clearly and obviously
impossible to get present govern
mental planS-I don't care what
party offers them-On an &C
tuarial basis. What these accu-
mulated billions would do to the
investment market is too Obvi-
Ously prominent to require COM
ment. / intend no diSparage-
ment to these efforts in this di-
rectiOn, but there is obviously q
new concept of the state involved
there which has nothing to do
with laisSez-faire economics as
we know it.
Hence, we try to find out how
money can be safely kept at work
not to get a Ph.D., but to make
good OIL our obligations. We
examine not only the static
wealth and value definitions of
classical economics, but we look
at them in the light of the dy-
namics of today.
"Bentham, Golden or Mill
might have been a bit confused
with all our complexities Of a
highly developed exchange
economy. We need more light
and we are trying to get it. Pro-
greSSive insurance management
today is not only seminar, but
a laboratory of social security.
1t is objective and scientific. 1t
is the only enterprise of man.
agement which is inexOrably
driven to a detached study of
individual ealth, national
health, social health, credit,
land, currency, trade, business
and political stability. We are
trying to meet this require
ment."
When Mr.. JohannSen told me
about the Swarms of young men
who are being coached in this en-
deavor, it was an eye opener. I
that perhaps, in all our
view of public problems, we should
not be too much discouraged by
the resounding clamor into which
great public issues seem to resolve
themselves. There is a lot Of
sound work being carried on off
stage.
copyright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

one man, at least, still dares to
feel. dares to show the intensity
of his feeling.
We are so contemptuous of emo
tional display, we moderns. We
go into giggling gales of derision
at the Victorian Era'S Handwriting
ings and chest-heavingS. Rich or
poor, wise or unlettered, we pride
ourselves on being the Dead Pan
Generation and defy Life to wiring
a tear from our eye or a sigh
from our lips.
There's no moment in life too
serious, sad or sacred for wise
cracks. We'd rather compose a
Dorothy Parker quip than have
written Paradise Lost.
And we pride ourselves that
such cynicism springs from coura-
geous sophistication. Actually, it's
based on profound cowardice.
We're afraid of ffe-not masters
of it. Afraid we'll be hurt, laughed
at, exposed. And too stupid to see
the ShalloWness of our own pose.
FASHIONABLE ALTBIS
But here is an old man, so
powerful and protected that he is
beyond criticism-so old and frail
that he is exempt from reproach.
He could easily adopt the current
attitude, turn his back on it all,
retreat into prayer. Or assume
that philosophical attitude so
popular with mortals in the Upper
Brackets who have sufficient cash
to coddle their callous cowardice.
Even better, he might use his
doctor as an excuse, hedge himself
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
WHITE HORSE INN

There are some hotels that
are landmarks and have gained
an international reputation, places
to which the seasoned traveller
and casual tourist flock alike as
soon as they arrive in town.
There's the Savoy, just off the
Strand in London, the Adlon in
Berlin, the Bristol in Vienna, the
Astor House in Shanghai, the
Raffles in Singapore, the Gale
Face in Colombo, Shepherds in
Cairo, Daniels in Venice and the
Imperial in Toxic, to mention but
a few of those fascinating places
that are crossroads where sooner
or later old friends and new
acquaintance meet.
To this group has been added
tiny hosiery, a place entirely
without the magnificence. the cos
mopolitan atmosphere and cross
currents that characterize these
hotels. We refer to das hotel
WelSSeS ROSSl in st. WOlfgang,
now known to playgoers the world
over as White Horse Inn.
HOTEL is LANDMARK
Even if the lovely little hotel,
which is marked by the sign of
the white horse circled in a wreath
of foliage from which bangles a
bunch of purple grapes, had not
attained such fame, it still would
be beloved by a group which in
cludes some of the most important
people in the world. For is it not
a landmark of one of the most
beautiful spots in Europe, st. Wolf
gang am See in the Salzkammer
gut of Upper Austria?
If you know Wolfgang, that
lake overshadowed by the Schaf-
berg, then the play will delight
you. If you haven't yet fingered in
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

to those of doctors, lawyers or
engineers.
This may not sound quite
plausible, but intelligent inSur-
ance management has come to
realize that this foundation is
quite as important as selling
ability or training, and from
one viewpoint even more so.
"Why is this important? It's
Importance becomes quite clear
to any one who takes a good
look at it. Selling insurance is
one thing, and we have been
pretty good at that; getting &C
cumulated insurance funds
working for the good of all con-
cerned is something else again.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

"Your annuity, coming up in
say ten years, may look good to
you today. 1t is probable but
not inevitable that. when you
get it, it will buy you the Sc
curity you thought it would. 1t
is just remotely possible that
with a decade of social diSOr-
der and political bungling it
will be diSSipated by initiation.
Insurance companies, even
before the current period of in
tensive research, have been able
to beat that. They have an
amazing record of SOlvency and
continuity through periods of
the worst stress and danger of
the modern world. Even the