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The Washington times., 1936-12-25
JOURNALIST REPORTED BIG
NEWS FOR 50 YEARS
Continued from Page u

pages of journalistic history
that never will be erased.
The members of Mr.. Bris-
bane's family who were in the
apartment at the time of his
death were his wife, Mrs.
Arthur Brisbane; his son,
Seward, and his four daughters
Emily, Alice. Eleanor, and
Sarah who is Mrs. Reagon Nc
Crary, and Mrs. McCrary's
son, Michael Brisbane Nc
Crary.
News stuns Friends
News of Mr.. Brisbane's
death was a profound shock to
his countless friends in the
journalistic world.
The death of Mr.. Brisbane
removes one of the greatest
newspaper men of all time. He
and Mr.. Hearst enjoyed a
warm, loyal association since
Mr.. Brisbane entered the
Hearst service 80 years ago to
become editor of Mr.. Hearst's
newly established New York
journal. One of Mr.. Bris-
bane's priced possessions was
his original contract with Mr..
Hearst.
Mr.. Brisbane's column "To-
day, which was syndicated
to newspapers all over the
world, was read seven days a
week by close to twenty-five
million persons. In addition
he wrote many editorials and
feature articles. He was one
Of the most prolific writer's in
the world.
He had personal contact
with leading world figures for
years back. He wrote in a
style that all readers could
understand - clear, concise,
accurate. He possessed a re-
markable memory and could
produce highly informative
article in fast time. He was
til at rare combination of
writer and executive.
The great editors death
leaves a big void in the field
of journalism. There was no
one like him-he was "Bris-
bane."
He was born in Buffalo,
N. Y, December y, 1864.
Unusual Writer
Mr.. Brisbane was the great
est exponent of his time of the
striking and the unusual in
newspaper work. His cardinal
principle was that a newspaper,
to be successful, must interest
people, and his ability to bring
about that condition made
him the outstanding journal
istic figure of his age.
1t was as a writer of news
paper editorials that Mr.. Bris-
bane achieved his greatest re-
nown. Before Mr.. Brisbane,
the editorial pages of news
papers had been written mostly
for the erudite. Their style
was ponderous and their SUBJ
jects apt to be weighty and OBJ
scure.
Mr.. Brisbane believed that a
newspaper editorial should ap-
peal alike to stevedore or a
college professor. He thought
that a newspaper should be the
mirror reflecting the life of the
people around him, and thus he
designed his writings to appeal
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
School of Economics
and Government

Degree courses of collegiate grade
offered in Political Science, Gov
ernment, Economics, Psychology,
History, Finance, Business and
Languages.
Address Secretary
National 6617 S1S 18th st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
National University
Law School
Winter Term Begins

Winter Term Begins
January 4, 1887, at $50 P. M.
Standard three-year course lead.
ing to degrees Of LIB. and id.
Graduate courses leading to de.
grees of LIN, M.P.L., and SID,
All classes held at hours con
Venient for employed students.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

the trappers contact civilization, and
q gay and usually riotous time they
enjoy. A considerable portion of the
Canadian FUR crop is marketed legiti-
mately in the United States. Much
semi-manufactured fur -nobod d y
knows how much-is also smuggled
into this country from Canada BY
airplane and overland motor trucks
or by motor boats which dart across
the boundary streams in the dead OF
dark nights. Once across the bor-
der these smuggled beaver skins or
other pelts are tagged with fraudu-
lent markers, counterfeits Of the legal
tags or legal tags which are sup
posedly dead but are illegitimately be-
ing used again, and rushed to under
cover agents in New York City. who
sell them to furriers so that they
eventually reach Washington in fn-
ished coats or scarfs or as material
for ccat-making
Alaska sends several million dollars
in mink: red, white and blue fox;
muskrat. marten and beaver pelts an
nually to the mainland, some of which
eventually filter through to Washing
ton. Despite the strict surveillance
of the customs officials, poachers
shoot or trap fur bearers in Alaska
during the closed season and, aided
by confederates, smuggle the take"
by airplane into the United States.
One case is on record of a certain
plane, manned by poachers from the
Pacific Northwest, remaining in Alaska
for a month while the flyers trapped
and killed all the beaver which they
could locate. The pelts were then
Evening star., 1936-12-27

and natural muskrat ranking In the
order named. Squirrel fur, which
does not wear well, has q rating of
but rs per cent and occurs near the
bottom of the list.
American women today wear more
fur than any other women around the
globe. except the Eskimos. Our annual
domestic catch Of some Ss5 5,00o, 900 In
furs Is gradually decimating what was
once superlative natural resource.
Our more than 1000 domestic fur
farms, which produce approximately
100000 pelts Of the silver fox, mink
and other species. aid greatly in re-
liev!ng the drain on the wild fur
bearers. Furthermore, so or more
breeders are producing Persian lamb
skins successfully. the official head
quarters of the industry being at
Syracuse, N. Y. The United States
Government now operates an expert
mental fur farm near Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, where such technical
riddles of fur production as proper
methods Of feeding, breeding, manage
ment, pelting, sanitation and the con-
troll Of parasites and diseases are be-
ing studied and solved. Mr.. Frank
G. Ashbrook, in charge OF fur re-
sources, Division of Wildlife Research,
Biological Survey. is the Washington
director of this essential program Of
research.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
British Stage Success
Has Capital Premiere
Noted Manager, Who Has Launched Plays,
Actors and Theaters, Brings 'The Two
Mrs. CAROLS" to the National.

Thereafter he found himself in .
veritable whirlpool of activity.
For time, he managed the brill
liant Nine Rejeane. On another
occasion he imported the famous
French star, Coquelin. For some
years he managed Oscar Asche and
Lillian Braton, touring the world with
them in a mammoth Shakespearean
repertory company. Australasia was
particularly excited by so important
a theatrical troupe in its midst. and
the company seemed TO stay on in
terminably.
The dawn of 1918 found London in
need of new theaters and he began
the erection of the st. Martins, which
developed into one of the most charm
ing playhouses in the whole British
Isles. Soon thereafter came the rum
blings of war. Soldiers everywhere
were on the march. Cannons doomed.
The rat-tat of machine guns rent the
countryside. And Mr.. Meyer went on
to the war. serving as an officer until
1919. And thus. while he did his bit
for country and democracy. the st.
Martins Theater went its placid way
housing plays for pleasure-seekers.
7 1PON his return to civilian life Mr..
Meyer commenced production on
his own. And from his atelier came
such distinguished offerings as The
Man With the Red Hair" and "Alibi,"
in which Charles Laughton was STAR
red; Edgar Wallace's The Terror"
Her Cardboard Lover" which fea-
tured Tallulah Bankhead and Les
lie Howard (this in association with
Gilbert Miller) and Elizabeth of Eng
land" Ferdinand Bruckners play. with
Phyllis Neilson-Terry and Matheson
Lang. THE Terror" incidentally, was
the first stage play to be converted
into q talkle in England.
There being another shortage Of
play houses in 1882, Mr.. Meyer again
got busy with architectural plans, and
the beautiful Cambridge Theater was
the result. He opened this with an
edition Of THE Chariot Revue" in
which the comic Beatrice Lille had
one of the leading roles.
t'The Two Mrs. CAROLS" with such
luminaries as Elena Miramova, Earle
Larimore and Frances Starr, is an
other milestone in the theatrical Ca
reer of the London producer. for not
only does it launch him in his debut
as an American manager for the first
time in his busy life. but also it may
be the beginning Of theatrical activi-
ties for him on both sides Of the At
lantic.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
New Tea-Taster.
THE Federal Board of Tea Expe

THE Federal Board of Tea Experts,
commonly known as the tea tast-
ers, will have a new member when II
meets in February to set the standard
for tea in this country.
This board. of seven is composed
of men who know their tea. On them
falls an important duty. more i'm
portant than at first seemed apparent,
for upon their eyes and their sense Of
taste rests the quality Of the millions
Of pounds Of tea which are consumed
in this country annually.
The new member Of the board. a
South Carolinian. George F. Mitchell,
now is resident of Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Diesel Engine Removes
Hazard.

PERFEcTION of q new type Diesel
engine has served to eliminate one
Of the dangers Of coal-mining, the dan
ger Of explosions resulting from sparks
originating in the hauling equipment.
European mines are now using the
Diesel engines to power their engines
faces to the shaft.
Engineers in Germany, France and
Belgium claim two decided advantages
for the Diesel engines.
The fuel oil used requires q high
temperature for ignition and the COM
bustion takes place only with high
percentage Of oxygen present. An
essential feature of the design Is pre-
vention Of flames, that under some
abnormal conditions might pass out
Of the exhaust or out of the intake
passages This Is accomplished by
"piles" of thin metal plates with small
spaces between, similar to fiame ar.
resters employed in European elec-
tric motors.
The exhaust also passes through
water or water sprays to prevent
smoke or sparks from passing out into
the roadway. Such devices are not
employed In the ordinary Diesel ed.
gines used for trucks. busses and rail.
way locomotives. which sometimes
give of much smoke and acrid fumes.
Production Of carbon monoxide by
gasoline locomotives and the hazards
of q highly volatile gasoline caused
the abandonment 20 years ago Of that
kind Of mine locomotive. In fact,
most mining States forbid their use
in mines as being dangerous to life
in underground passages and hazard
the gasoline.
Diesel locomotives, on the contrary.
as indicated by theoretical considera-
tions and shown by test in European
countries, do not produce carbon
monoxide In percentages affecting
health, and the fuel oil used Is no
more infammable than high-grade
lubricating oil used for oiling cars and
machinery In mines. In trial trips
taken by George 8. Rice. chief min
ing engineer Of the Bureau Of Mines.
behind these locomotives in European
mines, 4 slight odor from the burning
fuel was noticed at hrst, but this was
not unpleasant and soon was no longer
noticeable.
The fuel oil now used In Diesel en-
sines Is . petroleum product, but
there Is every expectation in Ger
many, France and England that chem.
lists viii be able to derive . suitable
fuel oil from coal distillateA
Evening star., 1936-12-27

from unborn young, removed from
their dams prior to natural delivery, is
erroneous. Actually, the lambs are
several days old when the pelts are
removed, the fur at that time showing
soft but tight curls, characteristic Of
the variety.
The chief difference between Per-
sian lambsktns. Astrakhan, broadtail
and Persian fur Is the quality and
character Of curl. The Astrakhan,
for example, has longer hair. more
open curl and less gloss than the Per.
sian. Instead Of being curled tightly
broadtail fur Is very wavy and shorter
than Persian. Krimmer is a gray fur
which originates from the Crimean
Peninsula.
THROUGHOUT the United States
at present, approximately one
half OF the fur garments in use or
offered for sale are simulations and
copies, limitations of real and valuable
furs. Previous to the World War the
dyeing of fur and the dressing Of skins
was centralized in Europe. with Leip-
zig, Germany. having a monopoly in
finishing costly pelts for commercial
use The furriers of that city out
rivaled the Chinese in their output
of astonishingly realistic limitations.
Many Of the foreign furriers migrated
to the United States during the post
war period. bringing with them secret
processes and amazing skill The imi-
tation furs now made in America are
as good as any procurable. Russia
has recently made wonderful progress
in the furrier art and will potentially
provide the keenest competition to the
United States in both the imitation
and real fur fields. Science has failed
in all efforts to counterfeit chinchilla.
sable or silver fox furs; one explana-
ton Of their high price is that they
cannot be initiated.
Otter Is a durable and economical
fur. In fact, experts gauge fur dur
ability by a standard which rates otter
at 100 per cent, with beaver second
at IS per cent and dyed sealskin. nat
ural mink raccoon, krimmer. marten
Evening star., 1936-12-27

proverbial bridge since the day he in
troduced Olga Nethersole to a distin-
guished audience in the memorable
The Labyrinth" in 1906. Presented
by the late Charles B. Dillingham;,
the play was one of the outstanding
successes of the decade when Teddy
Roosevelt reigned in the White House,
King Edward VII was on the British
throne and the Gar of the Russias
was in his heyday Introduced to
America with Miss Nethersole was the
handiwork Of England's foremost d.
rector, Fred Latham, and both soon
became stars in their respective frma-
ments.
THE glamour Of the theater hasn't
changed much over the span Of
the years." asserts Mr.. Meyer. What
ever strides we have made in the type
Of plays produced have been, perhaps,
on the side of realism. but the glamour
still persists. And so it should be or
the living theater perlshes.
The theater, Of course. has made
distinct progress. Tawdry plays and
and put modern audiences to sleep.
Puppets are no longer acceptable, and
the result has been the creation Of
human beings who. while they do not
necessarily scintillate in their CONVEX
sations, talk like human beings.
Mechanically, too, the theater has
reached . new peak. Lighting has
become one of the fine arts. The
blending Of colors to create illusions
is the task Of an experienced tech
nician, and II Is to the enchantment
Of show business that so many thea
ter-minded young men study the art
with the seriousness Of students In the
various sciences. Perhaps the most
beneficial strides have been made in
the matter Of scenic investiture. Where
once the settings were wholly unim-
aginative and drawn by formula, they
now achieve an artistic distinction In
exact ratio to the Imagination Of the
creator.
There is no doubt in my mind. too.
but that In point Of acting and direc-
ton there has been noteworthy i'm
provement. do not mean to impugn
the ability Of those stalwarts Of other
years. Many of them could easily vie
with the stars Of our present decade.
Generally speaking, however, the
younger actors and actresses manage
their roles with greater ease and ia
cility. They have learned to act
emotionally without actually mani
Testing these emotions physically.
There Is . studied repression in tonal
quality and facial reaction, which
tells only too plainly, and with dra-
matte emphasis, the passion within.
THE theater today" concludes Mr..
Meyer, "at least in my opinion, any
way, is at its level best. And this is
q tribute not only to producers, actors
and the mechanical artisans, but to
audiences as we'll who have discrim-
inately shown their preferences"
RORN in London, Mr.. Meyer came
to the theater in his youth be-
cause, as he says, he was fascinated
with the magic Of make believe.
Charles Frohman launched him on
his career in 1908, when he appointed
him manager Of wyndham's Theatsr.
where Sir J. M. Barrie's play, Little
Nary." was than . ssignns sucesas.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

TT IS one Of the strange quirks Of
the show business that B. A.
Meyer, noted London impresario,
L should have made his managerial
debut in America in the very play
house, the National in Washington.
where now, after an absence from
these shores Of more than 80 years,
he will unfurl the Marguerite WELLER
drama. THE Two Mrs CAROLS" /"
Monday evening. December 20, is the
date and the occasion is the American
premiere of the British stage success.
Much water has flowed under the
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Smuggled into washington State by
air. shipped to New York, and some
Of them were even traced to the Dis
trict, where they are now worn by
proud owners who little know that
they are the possessors Of smuggled
goods.
DUR traders risk their lives time
and again In their quest Of golden
rewards. Not 50 long ago, when Asia
Minor and Turkestan, because Of in.
ternal strife debarred entry to Ameri-
cans, q certain New York trader
wormed his way through India to Bel
uchistan. where he purchased q for
tunes worth Of karacul, broadtail and
Persian lambskins. Subsequently,
without fear, he dared death times
innumerable in smuggling those furs
to the coast and away from that for
eign cline of doubt and constant
danger.
Another American trader persisted
in bloody Russia for several years dur
ing the worst Of the Bolshevik revolu-
ton. Finally he left for New York
City only when compelled to do so
under the prick Of bayonets and the
threat of firing squad demise.
Fur-bearing animals are now
trapped and hunted throughout the
world. except in the polar regions and
amidst the highest mountains. Trap
pers whose daily lives are constant
challenge to death, brave almost in
describable hardships in their unend-
ing quests after the choice and rare
pelts. Their perilous lives are con-
slant rounds Of thrilling adventure.
They rove and roam the hinterlands
Of human existence. All in order that
milady may wear the finest obtainable
furs.
Karakul sheep, which bear the
young that yield the treasured Persian
lambskins, have been raised in Bokhara
between Turkestan and Afghanistan
since some 20 centuries before the
Christian era. The sheep mentioned
in the Bible were relatives of the
Karakuls. The popular idea that the
high-priced Persian lamb fur comes
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Saturday

BULLDOG Edition"
Also Hoot Gibson IN
"Cavalcade Of the
yEect -
Evening star., 1936-12-27

| Jean Harlow.
William Powell and
Myrna 10y In
''Libeled Lady"
without Orders"
"A Woman Rebels"
No. Q Of Ace Drum
mond." Popeye.
Henry Hunter in
yellowstone"
Edward E. Horton in
"Nobody's Fool"
The Marx Brothers
in
"Horsefesthers."
GanE comedy.
Stuart Erwin and
Airline judge
in
"Picskin Parade"
Plying Hostess"
"Mummys Boys.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
PhOtOplays in Washington Theaters This Week

WEEK OF
DECEMBER 81.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

John Wayne, Winds
OF the Wasteland."
Lew Ayres in
Lady. Be Careful"
Ken Maynard in The
Fugitive Sheriff"
Patricia Ellis in
Down the Stretch"
Frank McHugh and
Joan Blondell In
Three Men on Q
Hors.."
william Powell and
Carole Lombard in
MY Man Godfrey"
News. Novelty.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
By George II. Dacy.

W WASHINGTON, universally
M acclaimed as close to the
" " top, if not in the van,
among the worlds most
Evening star., 1936-12-27
John Wayne, Winds
~ fha We osf Gland

Plying Hostess"
"Mummys Boys.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Wallace Beery in
"West Point of the
Air" Also comedy.
Cont. from l pm.
Robert Taylor and
Be rbara Stanwyck IN
His Brothers Wife"
Cart. Novelty. News.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Jehnny weissmullef
and Maureen O'9ul.
nvaa In
SSAsaAA 31ceooA.s
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Patricia Ellis and
Dennis Moore in
Down the Stretch" "
Comedy. Mat. 3 pm.
Jane Wyatt and Louis
Hayward in "Luckiest
Girl in the World. "
Cont. from 3 pm.
Robert Taylor and
Be rbara Stanwyck in
His Brothers Wife. !"
Cart. Novelty. News.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Irene Dunno and
Melvyn Douglas in
Theodore Goes
Wild" Also serial.
Larry Crabbe and
Marsha Hunt in
ARIZONA Raiders"
Serial Comedy.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Jane withers In
Pepper"
The Washington times., 1936-12-16

While police today closed the
case of Maurice Juliano, %,
deemed a suicide after his body
was found in a garage at the rear
of his home in the 2100 block of
Fourth st. N. E., inquiry was be-
ing pressed into the shooting Of
his brother, Victor "Toots" Juliano,
26. /;
That the death Of Maurice from
carbon monoxide following the
wounding of his brother by only
a few hours has been adjudged q
pure coincidence" by the polices
who previously pondered the poss
sibility that the two events might
be connected with gang war os
tween Baltimore and washington
number" racketeers.
"Toots" is being treated at Stb,
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
PAIR HUNTED
MATTHEWS
MURDER
Mother Pleads Over
Radio for Fugitive
To Surrender

Search for two young men
wanted for questioning in con.
nection with the murder of FL.
wood Matthews, 65-year-old farm.
er, in Montgomery county, was
still being pressed today in Wash
ington.
Police have ascertained that the
fugitive SuSpects-Lawrence Gin
gell, 81, and Lawrence Reed, Is.
are without funds and believe they
have established a hide-out in the
city.
BY five minutes Montgomery
county police missed capturing
Gingell yesterday. The young
man, for the first time in two
months, had spent the night at
his home. Mrs. Mary H. Gingell,
mother of II other children,
heard a radio broadcast by police
for her son. She awakened him
and urged he surrender. He left
after eating breakfast, but failed
to heed his mothers plea to sur
render at the Silver Spring police
station. Five minutes after he
had departed a police car came to
his home.
a Mother Pleads on Radio
In a radio broadcast last night,
Mrs. Gingell again pleaded with
her son to surrender, saying that
she had arranged legal counsel
for him.
GingeIl and Reed were impu.
Gated in the case through the
reputed confession of w. Joseph
Kirby, who was wounded in bat.
tie with police in Charleston, w.
Va.
Police revealed that a desire for
revenge and not robbery as was
first believed-probably was the
motive for the Staying. Matthews
had testified aga inst Reeds
brother, Edwin, who is serving q
10-year prison term for attempted
murder in Maryland State Peni-
tentiary.
Charged With Abduction
From Charleston came advices
that West Virginia police have
charged the three men with the
abduction and robbery of Foster
Speicher, of Oakland, Md, the
robbery of Dennis Sarver, at Ron
ceverte, w. Va, burning of an
automobile near Harrisonburg,
Va, and a series of crimes in the
vicinity of Silver Spring.
Police also revealed that the
three men "are by no means elimi-
mated" in the investigation of the
death of w. Earl Dollman, Of
Charles Town, w. Va, who was
found beaten to death in his au-
tomobile, which was ablaze near
Sutton, w. Va, on Thanksgiving
Day.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
DEATH IS COINCIDENCE

ley Memorial Hospital. Also un-
der treatment IS German Wright,
q, colored, seriously wounded in
the same fight which resulted in
the shooting Of "Toots."
Police said the gun battle was
waged in a house in the 1900 block
of Twelfth st. N. W., Monday
night. They pointed out Balti-
more numbers" operator, offer
ing odds of 700 to /, has been
"muScling in" on local operators
whose odds are 600 to /.
Held in connection with the
shooting are William B. Parker
and Harvey James, colored.
A quarrel with his girl, said to
be named Ruth Turner, led to the
suicide of Maurice, Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald has declared.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
Record of Convictions
In Traffic Court

William J. Monticone. 43O5
Brandywine st. N. w., IS.
Erie Finney, 1921 Belmont st.
N. w., IS.
Bernard R. Kennedy, 1901 Con,
necticut Ave. N. w., SIS.
Albert M. Munson, Maryland,
SIS.
Bennie S. Jackson, 1921 Church
Rd. N. w., S..
Strother R. Asquith, 1929 Co.
lumbia Rd. N. W., IS.
Clifford E. Gilbert. Maryland,
IS.
Melrose T. Carmington, 5O2 Co
lumbia Rd. N. W., IS.
James w. Buckner, 1121 Ken
yon st. N. W., IS.
Malcolm J. Stewart, SOL B ST.
N. E., IS.
Claude W. Brown. 1918 Olive
st. N. E., S..