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Evening star., 1937-02-21
District Civic Problems and Civic Bodies
Red Rider Budget and Fiscal Relations Continue Items Interest,"
Juvenile Court Bill Will Come Up
House, Tuesday.

lated by a joint committee of the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives. Just how any co-ordinated
plan can be devised through the
Independent action of several COM
mittees Of the two houses Is Diff
cult to see.
The so-called Jacobs report
is generally condemned throughout
the civic organizations. But it is
widely credited with stirring up the
civic forces even more than, that
tragic farce, the red rider The in
dications are that our local taxa
tion. fiscal relations and govern
mental structure have never had a
more thorough study among civic
bodies than that going on just now.
This is no mere guess, but is based
upon the many requests which have
been received for informative print
ed matter on these subjects.
The Senate Commute on the
District of Columbia, from a reso-
luton reported to the Senate
Is. Res I'D, regards the problems
outlined in the Jacobs report as
a large order. In this resolution
it proposes giving authority to
the District Committee or a SUBJ
committee to conduct an investi-
CATION and report to the Senate
not later than January /. 1888.
The outstanding problems pre-
sented by the Jacobs report. ac-
cording to the Senate resolution,
are as follows:
/. A method for determining
the amount of payments toward
District expenses by the Federal
Government.
2. Changes in the substantive
law relating to the District and to
the various Federal departments
and agencies which have functions
in connection with the District.
3. The government Of the Dis
trict in its present form, accord
ing to the report. requires COM
plete revision in the interest Of
more efficient administration and
of a greater voice in the control of
the local government for the peo-
pie resident in the District Of
Columbia.
4. Indications of immediate need
of the complete revision of the
tax structure, examination of exist
ing tax laws and methods of tax
collection. In the House of Rep
resentatives three subcommittee
propose to go into these problems,
with what result no one can even
begin to guess.
These problems are of such far
reaching importance as to appear
to be a job for the handling by
a joint select committee Of Con-
gress such as was created in 1878
and again in 1915. Such a busi-
nesslike handling Of the matter
would avoid duplication, save the
time Of public officials and the
representatives of our civic groups.
And when it Is all over, the Joint
committee would have a co-ordi-
mated picture and might well be
expected to produce a result that
would mark decided improvement
along all Of the lines outlined
in this group Of important prob
lens.
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Have 1853 Members.

According to the February report of
r. H. Randall. chairman of the Mem
bership Committee of the Randle
Highlands Association, there are l58
paid memberships for 1887 so far.
New members approved at the last
meeting include A. F. Burgess, H. A.
Deuhring, e. H. Martenbery, r. r.
Updike, Elbert Sinatra, r. E. Clickner,
George Tighe and Miss Sarah David
son.
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Two Meetings Scheduled.

Two committees of the Board OF
Trade have scheduled meetings for
this week. Chairman George Keneipp
OF the Public Schools Committee will
meet with his group at luncheon at
the Harrington Hotel at 1890 pm.
Friday. The Traffic Committee, head
ed by Col. L. c. Crawford, will meet
at the same place for luncheon Thurs
day.
The Committee on National Repre-
sentation of the Junior Commerce
Board Is one Of three committees of
that organization which will meet
Tuesday. The Administrative and
Membership Committees also will hold
sessions,
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Arlington County, va, 10 downtown
Washington; changed meeting time
from 7:30 to pm.
LINCOLN PARK-Paid tribute to
John w. Barse, for 80 years a mem
ber; urged increased salaries for Dis
trict Commissioners; urged Col. Will
liam L. Peak to succeed Capt. w. w.
Barnard as superintendent Of District
penal institutions; opposed legalized
racing bill.
SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Opposed Jacobs Committee report;
opposed pending racing bill in Con-
gress; Endorsed purchase of As one
man street cars and 46 new busses by
the Capital Transit Co.; asked that
Federal Government tax itself to COM
pensate the District for taX-exempt
property held here; favored token fare
on Sixteenth street buses similar to
fare on the Chevy Chase line.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS FORUM
Opposed pink rider" substitute for
red rider" as essentially of the same
nature as the predecessor; indorsed
DR.. George C. Ruhland's health pro-
gram for clinical instruction for the
District; favored compulsory prophy-
Tactic eye treatment of infants at
birth; opposed Jacobs Committee re-
port; opposed legalized horse racing
bill; opposed Lemke bill to discon-
tinue vaccinat ton as a prerequisite for
school entrants.
PETWORTH-Oppos Lemke bill,
which in effect would abolish COM
pulsory vaccination laws here; in
dorsed the Senate bill to regulate
school buildings and grounds.
WEST END-Sent letter of COM
mendation to Representative Collins,
chairman House Subcommittee on
Appropriations, to show appreciation
for a new DEAL promised the Dis
trict.
CHEVY CHASE-Reafhrmed op-
position to legalized horse-racing bill
and to the "red rider"
DAHLGREN TERRACE-Asked for
addition to Crosby S. Noyes School as
provided in original plans
SIXTEENTH STREET HIGHLANDS
Indorsed proposal for refusal of issu-
ance of building permits in the future
unless parking facilities were provided
for the occupants; asked abolition of
dangerous traffic conditions where
Blagden avenue enters Rock Greek
Park; asked increased street car serv-
ice on Fourteenth st.eet line to Colo
RADIO avenue.
The Southwest Citizens Association
and the Southeast Council of Citizens
Associations also met. but did not act
on any problems Of city-wide interest
CIVIC CALENDAR.
THE following citizens associations
are scheduled to meet this week:
MONDAY. FEBRUARY %.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
10 am. old Union Engine House.
Georgetown, pm, st. Johns
Church Parish Hall.
Society of Natives, 8 pm, Wash
ington Club.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %.
Benning, pm, Odd Fellows Hall
Logan-Thomas Circle, pm, 1l20
Rhode Island avenue
Southeast, 8 pm, No. precinct.
Trinidad, 8 pm, library, Wheatley
School.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "a.
North Capitol, pm, Mckinley
High School.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS.
Conduit Road, 8 pm, Palisades Park
Field House.
Mid-City, 8 pm, Thompson Com
munity Center.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY rs.
Anacostia, 8 pm, Anacostia Junior
Senior High School
Burroughs, mass meeting, pm,
John Burroughs School.
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Allan Davis to Speak.

Allan Davis. retired principal of
Roosevelt High School and Oldest
active member of the Southeast Citi-
zens' Association, will address that
organiza ton at its meeting Tuesday
at 8 pm. in the fifth police precinct,
Fifth and E streets southeast.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
MISS FRANK HON0RED
Testimonial for Her Services Sent
bv Petworth Group.

The Petworth Citizens Association
voted at its last meeting to send a
testimonial to Miss Mary Frank, re-
firing principal Of the Petworth
School, for her services to the COM
munity, when the association met last
week.
Miss Frank, a member pointed out,
has been q teacher in the school ever
since the school was built IS years
ago.
Two new members were admitted,
bringing the total membership to
1893. The members are W. o. La
cock md Edmond ]. 4roGmAn.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
ZIONIST MEETING
PLANS ARE MADE
Hans Kinder to Address
Junior Board Meeting
on Thursday.

The Greater National Capital Com.
mittee OF the Board of Trade Is CO.
operating with the Seaboard Zionist
Region in completing arrangements
for the Zionist Youth Conference TO
be held at the Washington Hotel next
Sunday, Curtis Hodges, director of the
committee, announced yesterday.
The conference Is expected to at
tract many prominent national youth
leaders, including Miss Mildred Muir
nick, national president of the Junior
Hadassah; Mrs. A. H. Vixman, vice
president Of Young Judaea, and Isaac
1mber, president of Masada.
With the exception Of Rabbi Israel,
who is the motivating factor in bring
ing about greater interest on the part
OF youth toward the Zionist ideal,
there will be no other members Of the
parent organization participating in
the conference
An interesting phase of the program
will be a symposium on American
Jewish Youth and Palestine" The
conference also will organize a region
al unit of Masada and will lay plans
for co-ordinating all Zionist youth
under one supervision.
Preceding the session the repre-
sentatives will attend a luncheon at
l pm with delegates from the Sea-
board Zionist Region. The conference
will close with a reception in honor
OF the youth representatives, when
the Washington Junior Hadassah
Chapter will be hostess.
Cook Is Radio Speaker.
The second in series of radio pro-
grams designed to aid Washington
public school students in choosing
! their vocations will be broadcast We'd
nesday at 445 pm. over Station WJSV
by the Junior Board of Commerce
The Round Table of Youth speaker
for this week will be Charles H. Cook,
sales manager for Judd g. Detweiler.
Inc, and the subject will be THE
Printing Profession" Cook will be
interviewed by two students from
Woodrow Wilson High School. Lyle
ORourke, vice chairman of the Jun
ior Boards Radio Committee. will lead
the discussion that will follow the
interview.
In the initial program broadcast last
Wednesday, Frederick P. H Siddons,
secretary of the American Security
81 Trust Co. and former president Of
the District Bankers Association, was
quizzed about the banking business by
two other students from Woodrow
Wilson High. The programs are ar
ranged to bring out the possibility for
advancement and the proper training
necessary in various lines of business.
The series will run each week un-
til June 9.
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Before House Committee.

Fred B. Linton, Washington rep
resentative Of the United States Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, appeared
before the House Civil Service Com
mittee last week to urge extension of
civil service classification to all posi-
tlons in the Government except those
OF a policy-determining measure.
Linton appeared on behalf of DR..
Henry Refining. national chairman Of
the Junior Chamber.
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Congressman Joins Group.

Representative Cartwright, Demo-
crat, Of Oklahoma, was admitted to
membership In the Southeast Citizens
Association at it, last meeting.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

the Commissioners giving the facts,
then some Of our citizens insist
that they should be replaced with
Commissioners in whom Congress
has confidence. Aside from a de-
sire for equitable fiscal relations
between the Federal Government
and the District the next most ex-
pressed desires of our citizens are
to abolish secrecy in budget making
and eliminate the Budget Bureau.
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Tuesday is District Day
in the House of Representatives.

Unusual consideration seems to
have been shown the House
District Committee by Majority
Leader Rayburn in setting apart
Tuesday for the consideration Of
District business because the regu-
lar day fell on WaShington's BIRTH
day. While it is not expected that
the House will take a holiday, still
many are expected to be absent,
therefore the shift.
The Juvenile Court bill will be
taken up as the unfinished busi-
ness in Committee of the Whole.
This is not regarded as a con-
troversial matter and is therefore
not expected to encounter oppo-
sition. Most of the technical OBJ
jections which were raised against
some of its provisions when it was
before committees in the Seventy
fourth Congress have been taken
care of to the satisfaction of every
one. Several other bills are ready
for consideration and unless the
District is crowded by other busi-
ness will probably pass. The very
controversial race-track gambling
bill is not expected to come up.
though it has been ordered re-
ported. Time was granted the op-
position to file minority reports
against this measure.
The very strong civic and re-
ligious organization opposition Of
two years ago has been renewed
with vigor. Because of the strong
pressure for the legalizing of race
track gambling by people of large
influence. some of our local citizens
are inclined to assume defeatist
attitude. The enthusiasm for
fight to a finish shown by the
representatives of the opposing
civic organizations is regarded as
q good sign. These leaders claim
that the opposition to this particu-
lar form of public Generalization
is not nearly in so desperate q
position as when the bill was killed
before through being blocked in
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A Large Order-Fiscal Equity,
REORGANIZATION, Tax Structure.

A MoNG the best informed in
our civic affairs there is agree
ment that If there are to be tangi.
ble results from the present gen.
eral interest in District affairs they
must come through . plan tormu-
Evening star., 1937-01-26

Wdseon.iS EESSS WIN 1eo harness. Fnone
LOST.
BAR PIN. platinum top. amethyst stone in
center. Monday afternoon. Columbia Os1I :.
BOSTON TERR1ER-Female dark seal
% Adsms Daas aa ni6ss fsss vsfnsn vasss st. as Rs
DIAMOND DROP-One large and three
,s Please return Room 24s. Senate once
Rh-HMah hso- Hall terrier-hound. black. white and
%sTd erETn orxa tSs fa ass9 iSns ears boys pet Re
ENGLISH sETTER-Male. black and white;
1sorfis SSso near 55e4 IN and Kennedy sts. Phone
HAT-Will trade hats with gentleman who
Eot % wrong % one. Saturday. shoreham Hotel.
lAvAL1ERE. fligree, platinum. diamond
oI etesr prnF S }ers Of Paris
or between Roberts and Veterans Ad.
ministration. Call Georgia 1857. 27.
LOS L,osrm,oaassserstown Hish School ring.
Prone H2attsVille ltsis s5-w. L. SeSsFd' Ss!
PEK1NGEsE female; black and tan; near
Mrs. T. French chastietson Ssa.i Hosel. fe~:r" a7:
5sSS 5soSGSKTBooKBla:k FIR q a.tte Issthso f,cns q
cab. Reward and findsr keep IN money iJo re-
turn owners yaluables. Columbia 1891.
POODLE-White. male, one black eye. Re-
ward. Greenwood 1889. go
PUPPY-Will man driving truck with va.
tags who picked up setter puppy. 8 months
old. white with black spots. at Bladensbure
I'd and District line. return same to S53
Forest drive. Hyattsville. Md? Liberal
PUPPY-Blsck and white: vicinity End st.
ana Concord ave. NV. Return TO 54O7
IND st. NV.
PURSE. containing money and valuable
papers. on Saturday: vicinity Georgia ave.
and Lamont st. Col. 6249. Reward
RADIO Set TESTER. black Ieatherette
case, Monday afternoon. Finder please
phone District 400. service dept. 2Ss
SCOTTTE PIN. with ruby eyes and white
blanket. feet and head studded MARQUIS
ette; lost Saturday morning. between 4th
st. ne. and Treasury Annex No. 1. Re
Eard. Call ewes. North O734-J.
SPANIEL DOG small black female with
white markings; ne. section; ch1lds pet.
Phone Atlantic 3345-J.
WATCH AND BRACELET .Qady'). small
gold: Elgin. Liberal reward. Call Decatur
2664-W after 8 pm.
WRIST WATCH, lady's (Hamiltonl. Lost
last Monday in Palais Royal. Reward.
Randolph 1920.
WRIST WATCH-Gruen. lady's. white gold
With link bracelet; downtown. Reward.
Lincoln 1321.R.
Evening star., 1937-01-26
Flood Relief
Fund
Money Received by
The Star for the
American Red Cross

The Star will continue to receive
and acknowledge funds for the Red
Cross flood relief. Make checks pay
able to District Chapter, American
Red Cross. Mail or bring to the
"a xhier The EyeninC Star
Evening star., 1937-01-26
Attempt to Measure "Interdepmtmentap' Services
Between U. S. and d. c. Produces Inequities
and Indicates Illogical Conception of the Na-
ture of the Capital City.

This the second of series OF editorial articles discussing
parts OF fiscal relations issue by recent report
ocded Jacobs Committee Yesterdays article dealt Nth
of fundamental weaknesses the Jacobs Committee
services beDeen the District
and the National Government T0d1yS article points to
OF the weaknesses reUealed in the actual attempt to
these services as the basis the Federal obligation
Evening star., 1937-01-26
FOUND
LOST.

COLLE-Female. small brown: also larg
male black dog; with red harness. Phon
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

from $40 mo. Met. 1883.
REQUEST WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT
Packard sedan and light delivery truck to
please call National 1852. 27s
pAMY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads 70 and from Baltic. Phila. and New
sisi.s serxies Since
TIE PsAyibsoN sdni Ss.iSs kANsEEa Skad q STORAGE
R.. HARRISON JOHNSON INC;
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aseAE axsE NJ l. w8aEfEHS }8aEs1H sssssasns
OLD DAdUERREOTYPES, TINTYPEs, Ko-
dak prints or any. treasured keepsake
REossk sgDIo nsss st. COPIED ss
COMPETE PLANoGRAPH SERVICE
Our stncient: up-to-dste plsnosraph
Suetions Of ali books. maps. foreign Ian
Euage matter etc. Promps service assured.
Estimates cheerfuiiy extended
Columbia Planograph Co.
80 L st. NE. Metropolitan 1899
LONG-DISTANCE MOVING.
Special return load rate. part loads.
sos. q M'sssRR5 Hss5 u
zssm. zg1 ss9 Nsss e:s e.. Phone
CHAMBERS ,t.,;, !. one Of. 2, the ~ ,''sss: e:
world. Complete funerals as low as 376
up. Six chapels twelve parlors, 9eventee4
assistants Ambuisnces now only S., 1900
ctR'n sa zsiansas 'S'SS.'' Ssoo. 0>''' 90 A'
Smyrna times., 1937-10-07
WELLINGTON
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About Nei1hborhood

Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About Nei3hborhood
Carried Over From Last Week.
Millington, Md, Sept. 30-Sev-
eral of our youth graduates Of the
Millington School, Glass of 1887,
have gone away to college to finish
their education. Among those from
Millington and vicinity are Susan
Spear, Blue Ridge College, New
Windsor, Md; Margaret Jones,
Nurses Training School, Cooper
Memorial Hospital, Camden, ". j.;
Jay Pratt, Beacom's Business Col
lege, Wilmington, Del; Jack Phil
lips, Washington College, Chester
town, Md; Ellen Logan, Western
Maryland College, Westminster,
Md; Gordon Church, Bliss Elec-
trical College, Tacoma Park, Wash
ington, D. C.
The Women's Home Missionary
Society of the Wilmington Confer
ence held meeting in Union M.
E. Church, Wilmington. The fol-
lowing delegates were elected from
Mhlington: Mrs. Samuel T. Ever
ett, Mrs. James Connors. Others
who attended from Aillington were
Rev. w. M. Parker, Norman A.
Wellen, Mrs. w. Leo Gale, Mrs.
Sudler G. West, Mrs. George
Clough, Mrs. Norman A. Wallen.
A new heating system is being
installed in Asbury NJ. e. Church
and needed repairs are being made
also at this time.
The Woman's Home Missionary
of Asbury Church held a
meeting recently at the home of
Mrs Hurlock Gale, near town.
The Queen Esther Circle was en-
tertained at its last meeting by
Mrs. John c. Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson of
Wilmington, gave several numbers
at Asbury M. E. Church at the
morning service Sunday of last
week to the delight of all who
heard them.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-07
CHESWOLD
Items OF Personal and Social IN
torest Cleaned From tbe Vicinity

=
tCarried Over From Last Week.
Cheswold, Sept. 80 - The Ches-
void fire company which was call
Cd to the property of Mrs. Amanda
vaughn, tenanted by Frank Biddle
and family, had a stubborn fight
70 save the dwelling, but the barn
and garage were destroyed. Loss
VIII fgure several thousand dollars.
The marriage of Miss Hilda M.
farrow and Mr.. Vernon w. Kerr,
Doth of Cheswold, took place last
Saturday, the Rev. c. E. Ennis Of
nciating. After a trip through the
New England States, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kerr will Live in Milford.
Milton Helms Of Chicago, who
spent several days recently with
ms mother, Mrs. Agnes Helms and
nus sisters, Mrs. Katie Bradley,
Mrs. Merton Massey and Mrs. Ce-
CHA Davis, has returned.
Mrs. Paul Garrison has been Wis
lung her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
H. Casson.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-07
TOWNSEND
items of Personal and Social In
tarest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Carried Over From Last Week.
Townsend, Sept. 3O-The trustees
of the M. E. Church are having a
new heating system installed. The
contract was awarded to Warren
w. Williams Of Wilmington, who
expects to complete the job this
week.
Mr.. Herman H. Newnom, a for
rer clerk here, died Saturday, Sep
tember 11th, at Auburndale, L. l.,
and was buried on Tuesday follow
ing at Flushing, Long Island. His
death came following long illness
due to complications. He was an
officer of the Jr. o. U. A. M. of
Townsend and took much interest
ia the work. Deceased was a
cousin of Mrs. Edward Lurty, Of
Townsend.
The Ladies Aid Society met at
the M. E. Parsonage last week and
talked over Fall activities. An
uOuuGGluCuL was lIAdAC AldI Lie
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. w. C. Money.
Mr.. Wilmer Fennimore, who is
still at the Delaware Hospital, Is
continuing to improve and his
many friends wish him to soon be
able to return to his home.
Mrs. r. NJ. Sammons has been
entertaining her mother, Mrs. M.
E. Ward, of Chester, Pa, and her
sister, Mrs. John Peterson, of Col
bon, Cal, for the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Wilson and
daughter Jeanette, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Baughman and fam
lily at Malvern, Pa, last week.
From there they motored to the
C-Bar Ranch, near Elverson, Pa,
where the little radio stars from
station WCAU, Philadelphia, gave
an entertainment.
Mrs. Edward Lurty is recovering
from an illness that confined her to
her bed for three weeks.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-07
MONIES NJ!
Attractions at Roxy Theatre

Friday and Saturday-In Top
per" two ghosts certainly paint the
town red to the bewilderment of a
puzzled populace. Cary Grant and
Constance Bennett, as the Kirbys,
a most unconventional couple, meet
their death in an auto crash. Their
souls leave their bodies, but not the
earth After their remains are in
terred, they decide that they must
be able to boast of at least one
good deed, in order to enter heav-
en-. OF all the possibilities, they
select Topper, a banker, who is
Irepressed by the social ambitions
of his wife, Billie Burke. In their
posthumous rompings they show
Topper what he has been missing
all these years, making themselv-
es visible and invisible at will.
Monday Trader Horn" M-G.
MS sensational drama of Africa.
It was filmed by the biggest pic
ture expedition that ever went
into Africa, and that took with It
the first and only sound recording
apparatus ever to invade the Dark
Continent There were many
thrills in that 25,0O0-Inile trip, in
which a safari of several hundred
and small army of trucks and
autos invaded spots never photo
graphed before. Harry Carey plays
Trader Horn, Nina is played by
Edwina Booth and Peru by Duncan
Renaldo in the mighty transcript
tion of Aloysius Horns famous
book.
Tuesday and Wednesday-To the
cracking of million-volt charges of
electricity bad Guy" Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer's picture of the escapes
and escapades Of high-tension pow
er linemen. The story deals dram
atically with the deeds and mis-
deeds of daredevil pole climbers
who live dangerously and love
recklessly. 1t features Bruce Cabot,
Virginia Grey, Edward Norris, Jean
Chatburn and Cliff Edwards in the
leads, supported by Charley Grape
win, Warren Hymer and John Ham
ilton.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
In 1882 the resources of the Met
ro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios were
thrown into the making as a pic
ture of one of the greatest books
written in modern times. Now, af-
ter four years in the making, The
God Earth" Pearl S. Bucks epic
of Chinca, comes to the screen.
Dramatic story of the soul of a
woman; a romance pulsating with
life; a gigantic cross-section of the
struggle for existence of China's
teeming millions, it tells a mighty
tale that is universal; a story of
life as it has been lived by many
people in many countries; story
as enduring as muhanity itself, laid |
in the worlds Oldest civilization. |
Paul Muni, the most brilliant char
acter expert of the screen; Lu1Se !
Rainer, the dramatic meteor from
Vienna, and thousands of players
mostly Chinese, figure in the
saga of the Orient. as di-
rected by Sidney Franklin. The
fruit of one of the most difficult
picture-making tasks in the history
of the screen, it brings the surge
and hunder of mighty drama, the
delicate romance of young love;
the poignant tragedy of woman's
sacrifices down the ages; the sub
Unity OF mother-love; the struggle
Of armies and the continual battle
Of mankind for existence to the
screen in one great, sweeping mas
ferniece of entertainmeDt