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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-18

Snotches

a WELL known explorer recently
returned from an eighteen months
trip around the world. The next
day he went to his club in high
glee, anticipating an attentive
audience for the story of his ad-
ventures. He settled himself in an
armchair and waited for his pals
to gather around him. For a few
minutes no one seemed to see
him. Then one Of his fellow men,
hers, looking up from his paper,
saw the returned wanderer and
drew over his chair. "Well,
Harold" he said, when are you
going to take your vacation?'
lLoYDs of London will insure
you against almost anything, in
Guiding hurricanes or twins.
|. A. R. Wylie, the we'll known
English author, took a yachting
vacation not long ago. Her vaca-
tons are far apart, and she did
not want her pleasure in this one
to be spoiled by bad weather, SO
she struck bargain with Lloyds.
In return for a premium OF a
pound week, they guaranteed
to give her two pounds for every
day it rained while she was away.
She thought she wouldn't mind
the clouds so much if she knew
they were, literally, raining "pen-
MES from heaven"
P.S. The weather was perfect.
In Athens, Georgia, there is a
tree that owns itself. Many years
ago a man whose name even has
been forgotten willed an ample
sum to protect the tree and its
surroundings. The finest tree sur
geons in the country have cared
for this ancient oak. A bronze
placard on it says something like
this: "This tree owns itself, and
its free time was bought by man
who spent many happy hours
under it"
RoUBEN MAMoULIAN is directing
romantic film in Hollywood.
He has had 800 men gluing on
trees, rose petals dipped in maple
syrup. The next day the birds
hover around and the wind ma
chine causes the ''apple blossoms"
to rain to the ground. Only
Mamoulian would be resourceful
enough to create such Springtime.
M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-18
Prssitsaf, Redo Cooperation q A~ssics

~HE old world which we knew so
we'll in the generation before the
war is changing rapidly into
new world, and the road ahead is
shrouded in fog. In the world we are
leaving we moved forward together in
the bright sunlight, every detail of the
highway of life clearly outlined, the
side-paths clear and distinct. Now this
has changed. Blinded by the fog, DIFF
ferent men draw different charts of the
road ahead. Some can see nothing
through the mist. Others mistake
small side-path for the main highway.
The fact that we must move in fog
does not discourage the wise man. 1t
he is forward-looking and intelligent,
if he is possessed of character and in
dustry, he finds that great opportunity
always turks in the mist. Every OBJ
stacle becomes challenge to his cour-
age, his ingenuity and his enterprise.
In times of sunshine the road ahead is
certain and there are few stumbling
blocks to challenge our leaders. In the
fog, while those less gifted stumble
blindIy on, pushing and showing, torn
by fear and doubt, only the man of vi
sion sees clearly and advances steadily.
Then the qualities of leadership are
most in demand. The greater the need
the larger is the opportunity of the
leader. This is one great lesson of his
tory leadership is always provided
when leadership is needed. Nor need
these leaders weep with Alexander
that there are no more worlds to con-
quer. There are today many more new
worlds to conquer than ever before,
and the need for faith, character, intel
ligence and industry was never so great.
No one can argue that all is we'll with
the world. All is not well. Periods OF
transition are never easy to bear. What
exactly is the trouble today This
question can be answered in single
phrase: Social science has Jagged
behind Science itself. We have done
wonders with machines, but we have
neglected to develop ourselves in the
same degree. The gulf must be bridged.
More science in both fields is needed.
1t is easy to be confused, in times
like these, by the fact that in the con-
Aict between Politics and Economics,
Politics is the temporary winner. This
is always true; Politics always wins the
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
Part of Radio Program

all directions last night for more
than one hour as they filed into
the open-air arena at the base of
Washington Monument for con-
vocation services.
For the second time since their
arrival here early last week, all
Scouts were assembled in one
group as the service for all de-
nominations got under way at 7
o'clock. The United Sta e S
Marine Band gave a concert from
to 7 o'clock while the Scouts
were being seated.
Civilians, numbering almost as
many as Scouts, surrounded the
arena.
The program was carried to the
assemblage through loud speak
ers and on one occasion-When
Lanny Ross, radio singer, sang
Kipling's "Recessional," the army
of kahki-clad boys applauded four
minutes before their boss Wal
ter w. Head, president of the
Scouts, could quiet them.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
Hawaiian Scouts Get
Monument Relics

This presentation will be part
of a radio program that will be
broadcast over a coast-to-coast
hook-up between Sis and $50
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The Rotkwells, who for four gen.
GRAFTON have been stone maSons.
have kept the bushel basket full
of chips closely guarded in their
home. The Hawaiian stone placed
in the Monument is approximately
4 feet wide, feet inches high
and about 8 inches deep. The
piece removed nad to be chiSeled
out in small bits.
Three ROthwellS Aid
In removing the stone, Franklin
RothWell was assisted by his son,
Robert Franklin Rothwell, 10, also
a stone mason. The three genera
tons removed the stone as en-
ployeS of a private contractor.
Other parts OF the coast-to-coast
program will include interviews
with Eagle Scout Paul Siple, of
York, Pa, who accompanied the
Byrd Expedition to Little Amer
lea, and with Eagle Scout David
Martin. of Austin, Mimi, who &C
companied the late Martin John
son on one of his recent trips into
Africa to picture wild game.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
SCOUTS VISIT
ARLINGTON
CONTINUED from Page u

CONTINUED from Page II
opened with the National Anthem
played by the Region VII Band.
This was followed by an address
on Our Heroes of War and
Peace" by DR.. Ray o. Wyland
national director of education, Boy
Scouts of America.
Following DR.. Wyland'S ad
dress, the assembly sang "Ameri,
ca" under the direction of Oscar
Kirkman and simultaneously the
foreign delegations of the World
Jamboree Camp placed wreath
on the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier.
The regatta, which will feature
this afternoons program, will be
sponsored by approximately 900
Sea Scouts that are here for the
Jamboree and will get under way
at 2 p. M, with the public being
invited to attend the program
from to 6 o'clock.
Included in this event, in which
several hundred Sea Scouts will
participate, will be sailboat races,
canoe racing and fitting, lifesav-
ing demonstrations, numerous eX-
hibits and many demonstrations of
SeamanShip.
The regatta, which will be held
just off the tip of Hams Point, will
be formally opened with one of
the commodores in charge of the
Sea Scouts camp using a three
foot gold key to unlock the Pc,
tomac." At the conclusion of the
program, the same key will be
used to "relock the river"
Bottled Names to Sea
Another feature of the regatta S
program will be the tossing to
sea" of IL sealed bottles, each
containing note bearing the
name and number of Scouts in the
Jamboree camp from each of the
IL regions into which the Scouts
divide the United States.
More than SO ships, including
a Navy destroyer, five naval ships
from Florida, the Rainbow Fleet
of IL ships from Michigan, Is to
80 canoes of various types, includ-
ing special racing canoes, and
many sailboats that have been
constructed by Sea Scouts.
The days program for the
Scouts will conclude with the fire
works display on the Ellipse, which
will be attended by thousands of
the delegates.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
10 Jailed in London
In Row Over MosIe\

LONDON. July 5 1.N.SO Nine
teen persons were under arrest to-
day as a result of disturbances
when Sir Oswald Mosley, British
Fascist leader, started a speech in
Trafalgar Square, where $4,000
persons listened. occasionally in
terrupting him with boos. Finally
some tried to break through a
police cordon-presumably to get
at the Black Shirt leader-and
were arrested.
Sir Oswald and his adherentS
were barred by the Government
from staging a parade through the
Jewish quarter of London'S East
End.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05

Chips of the stone taken from
the Washington Monument in
January, 1886, to make way for
the insertion of a stone sent here
from Hawaii, will be presented to
the Hawaiian Boy Scout delega-
ton here Wednesday afternoon by
the stone masonS that took the
stone from the Monument.
Franklin E. RothWell, go, of 1900
Minnesota Ave. N. E., the stone
mason who removed the granite
marble from 368-foot level on
the inside of the Monument, and
his father, Daniel RothWell, 81,
who is one of the few surviving
stone maSons who worked on the
construction of the Monument
from 1880 to 1884, will present the
chips to a member of the Boy
Scout delegation of washington,
who will in turn make the pres
entation to the Hawaiian delega-
ton.
Part of Radio Program
The Hawaiian delegation will
accept the present which will be
distributed among their delegates
after one of the chips has been
presented to DR.. James E. West,
chief Scout executive.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
Kidneys Must
Clean Out Acids

The only way your body can clean out
Acids and poisonous wastes from your blood
is through o million tiny. delicate Kidney
tubes or filters but beware of cheap,
drastic, irritating drugs. If functional Kid
ney or Bladder disorders make you suffer
from Getting Up Nights. Nervousness. Leg
Pains BackaChe. Circles Under Eyes. Dizzi-
ness Rheumatic pains Acidity. Burning,
SmartIng or Itching. don't take chances.
Get the doctors guaranteed prescription
called CysteX (Siss-Tcxl Works fast. safe
and sure In As hours 1t must bring new
vitality. and Is guaranteed to do the work
in one week or money back on return of
empty package CysteX costs only &c a
dose at druggists and the guarantee pro-
tects you.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
Outstanding Scouts
On Radio Tomorrow

Boy Scouts who by their achieve
ments have become internationally
known will be presented by Radio
Joe" Kaufman in a program to be
given over Station WMAL at $50
D. m. tomorrow.
The program will be heard from
the National Broadcasting Com
pany studio tent in the heart of
Scout City in Potomac Park.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
ADVERTISEMENT
AreYou Happy?

GROWING girls
and many wom-
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from female irregu-
larities, periodic
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ness due to functions
al disturbances. DIR.
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Prescription is a ben
efcial tonic at such
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
Mother Abandons Bow

PROVIDENCE. r. l., July s..
Pleading guilty to a charge of
abandoning a minor in the case
of 6-year-old Charles w. Ditmars
of Railway, N. j., left in a theater,
Mrs. Edna Gladys Jensen, 40. of
Elizabeth, N. j., was held in $4,000
bail today for sentence tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1937-07-05

times. This tonic stimulates the appetite and
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az a tonic 1t seems to increase ones appetite
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The Washington times., 1937-07-05

burying places
a n d t hin g S
around peoples
neckS.
To go back as
far as S a f e t y
and d e lie a cy
permit, a man
once had a dog.
The man didn't
feed the dog,
and the pooch
ran away. Ills
was in Illinois,
which is a good
sized State, so
the dog didn't
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
Traffic Is ParaIyzed
BY Scout Convention

Paralyzing traffic in the entire
area surrounding the 350-acre
camp, nearly $1,000 Boy Scouts
and their leaders marched from
The Washington times., 1937-07-05
SCOUT TRADES
SKELETONFOR
PROFIT
BY VICTOR ]. ORsINGER

Gather round, my friends, and
III tell a ghost story-with a
moral. A story about bones, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Old Timers Will Be Screened
At the RioIto Tonight

of 375 similar melodramas, an
average Of one a week.
1.-THE Last Card" concocted in
1914 by Thomas H. Ince, who
quit a stage career to become q
movie director, is one Of the
most famous hard-riding, quick
shooting melodramas in the sen.
sational career of William S.
Hart and his famous horse,
Pinto Ben. Louise Glaum and
Margaret Thompson provide the
feminine touch.
1.-THE Covered Wagon" pro-
duced in 1923 by Famous-Lasky
Players and directed by James
Cruze, was the first great "out-
door epic" of the screen and
overnight launched an era Of
film production using location"
shots instead Of restricted, imita-
ton studio backgrounds. It was
adapted from Emerson Hough's
novel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

"The Covered Wagon" great
est Of all Westerns, THE Great
Train Robbery" ancestor Of all
Westerns, and 1.-THE Last Card"
with. William s. Hart as the most
famous Of all Western heroes
make up the second program of
the Washington Film Society, to
be presented at $3.50 tonight at
the Rialto Theater.
Assembled from the Museum
Of Modern Art Film Library, the
program covers a period Of mo-
ton picture development from
1903 to 1923, during which time
westerns" flouriShed and, &C.
cording to many authorities, ex-
erted the most powerful influ-
ence in cinema art of any type
of film.
"The Great Train Robbery"
produced in 1908 by the old Edi.
son Company, was the first movie
to possess and relate a complete
story as done by all popular
films today. It launched the ca
reer Of "Broncho Billy" Ander.
son, first cowboy movie "star"
who subsequently made a total
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

Mae West has consented to
make some personal appear
ances in conjunction with the
release of her new picture,
q Every Days a Holiday" Booked
thus far are New York, Chicago,
Boston and possibly New
Orleans.
Whether she will extend her
tour to F Street depends upon
whether Loew's will meet her
contract price for four-a-day
showings, figure away beyond
the normal wage paid here for
headliners.
Macs I'm No Angel" holds
the box office record for the
Palace Theater, high tide mark
helped by a midnight premiere
which overlooked into the neigh
boring Capitol theater. Since
that time she made "Klondike
Annie" with results that indi.
Gated the West tide was fast
receding.
Unhappy memories surround
the last Mae West personal"
in Washington. 1t was in THE
Constant Sinner" closed by the
District Attorney after one per-
Torrance at the Belasco. In her
January engagements, Holly
woods ace siren will offer a
song from her new picture.
CONAN AND MORSE
George M. Conan will write
the foreword for Col. Frank P.
Morse's soon-to-be-publiShed vol
ume on the life Of Henry Miller.
Book will be dedicated to Bert.
ram Harrison, long associated
with the actormanager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Big Revue For
The Capitol

1.-THE Hollywood Hotel" revue
which will adorn the Loew's
Capitol stage starting Friday
with what the management de-
scribes as the most colorful
show Of the year, will present a
wide and varied assortment Of
talent, offer characteriZations of
so Hollywood great, contains 10
star acts and will be presented
in is sparkling scenes.
Heading the Hollywood parade
will be Marty May a young man
adept in the art Of subtle
comedy and provocative patter
who was the comedy star Of
Roberta" He is said to be one
Of the cleverest of the recent
group of comedians who de-
serted the vaudeville stages for
musical comedy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
Mona Martin
For Goyety

Coming Sunday to the Gayety
Theater, starting with the usual
matinee, is Mona (ReO Martin,
and her all new burlesque show.
Featured are pretty Dorothy
Ahearn, Max Furman and
George Murray.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

has Edgar Kennedy for a pal.
That last alone should qualify
him as pure lunatic.
Double Wedding" is unadul-
terated nonsense, as perhaps you
have guessed. Powell's role of
Charlie Lodge is that of a
mysterious vagabond, a happy
go-lucky Bohemian who diSlikes
work and restraint.
In some unaccountable way
Mr.. Powell becomes chummy
with Irene Agnew, (Florence
Rice) a movie-Struck ingenue,
and her fiance, Waldo Beaver,
(John BeaD meek lad with a
yen to act. Bill Powell thinks
that eventually they may play
roles in a picture he has in his
mind.
Myrna 10y plays Irene's sister,
a methodical lady, very business
like, who becomes greatly dis
turbed when she finds her young
charges interested in Bohemian
paStimes.
A ROUSING FINISH
Myrna runs fashionable
dress shop, but she leaves 1t
long enough to confront Mr..
Powell and urge him to let her
sister alone. Myrna winds up
posing for Bill and secretly fall
ing deeply in love with the
eccentric.
The rest Of the story is slap
stick a la carte, or trailer. The
well-coiffured Myrna finds her
self in wild scenes that include
some free-Swinging Of a guitar,
her millinery pulled down over
her eyes, eventually stopping a
right with her chin and lapsing
into a coma. In the general
melee Powell is slapped uncon-
SciouS and the fade-out has 'em
both draped over a race track
floral horseshoe with a battle
royal raging on top of the trailer
while roiStering quartet sings
Sweet Adeline."
If we must have Screwy pic
lures maybe it's just as well
that "The Thin Man" couple
make 'em. This one was directed
by Richard Thrope, and have a
suspicion he is a Mack Sennett
graduate.
Double Wedding comes to
the Capitol Theater Friday,
where the considerable 10y
Powell following may be ex-
pected to provide the laughs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
KATHARINE AND HELEN

When Helen Hayes opened in
Victoria Regina" in Pittsburgh,
the Nixon Theater ticket racks
were swept clean for the entire
week before the curtain went up
on the first performance.
Manager Harry Brown, busy
taking bows, also issued a pub
licity broadside saying such a
thing had never before occurred
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

bus station. He wears a raccoon
coat and a beret. He paints
pictures from memory. He writes
scenarios and tries to direct
them. He married an heiress
and then tried to have her give
all her money away. And he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
KELLEYGRAMS

in the history Of the American
theater.
Reserving the right to object,
may this column call his atten-
ton to the Washington engage
ment of Katharine Cornell in
"Barretts of Wimpole Street."
Every seat was gone for the en-
tire week at the Belasco Theater
two days before the company
arrived.
M'ADOO PARTY
Senator Williams Gibbs Nc
Adoo, Of California, will be host
at special preview of Selznick's
Nothing Sacred" for the SO
members of the United States
Senate and other Capitol guests
Continued on Page 29)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
MOVIE
CLOCK

R.K.O. KEITH'S - Katherine
Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,
stage Door," 11:15 a. m,
1921, 1927, 5:33, 1889, 9:45
EXTRAORDINARILY sheri-
dan, "Alcatraz Island" 11:55
a. m, 2. 4, 5:55. 1855, $3.50
p. m.
EARLE-Grace Moore, Melvyn
Douglas, "I'll Take Romance"
II a. m, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55
p. m. Stage, l, 3:45. $3.50.
9:15 p. m.
CAPITOL-Loretta Young, Ty.
rome Power, Second Honey.
moon," 11:05 a. M, 1:45, 4:30,
tbs, 9:55 p. m. Stage, Dave
Apollon, 1850, $40, 6:25,
9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Jeanette Macdonald,
Allan Jones, 1.-THE FREELY" II
a.Jr 1885, AIS, 6:55. 9:35
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Eddie Cantor, "Ali
Bahia Goes to Town." 1855
a. M, 1855, 1855, 1855. 9:55
p m.
L I T T l. E - Gorki'S Lower
Depths" At 1885, 1897, 1888,
$3.50, 7:40 ana 9:43 p. m.
TRANS LUX - Newsreel and
Shorts at 10 and 11:45 q. m.
1880, LAS, 3, 4:15, $50.
6:45. 8. 0:15 and 10:45 p. m.
HOWARD-Boris Karleff, ''West
of Shanghai" 1880, 1855, 7:05,
1910 p. m, Stage: 2:3O, $3.50,
9:10 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
double Wedding, I" With William PowelMyrna LoX
Projects Much Nonsense in An Auto Home
KorIoff Stars
In "Shonghoi"

China, center Of interest of to-
days headlines, is the locale Of
West of Shanghai" new War
ner Brothers melodrama, star
ring Boris Karloff, will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan
Theater, starting Friday.
Karloff appears as General
WI Yen Fong, war lord of a
Chinese province deep in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

SLAM BANG FUN
The completed product,
Double Wedding" was screened
yesterday at the Fox exchange,
at Ray Bells regular Tuesday
matinee, all seats reserved.
I should favor Double Wed
ding" to win the nut sweep
stakes. I'll be quite frank with
you, 1 suppose I'm what you'd
call a cad" confesSes William
to Myrna, after she had called
him a vagrant.
After seeing the picture I
think William could be best de-
scribed as an All-America nut.
He lives in trailer parked at a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01
FUN IN A TRAILER
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

When William Powell scored bu's-eye in Eric Hatchs
'y Man Godfrey with his ex-wife Caroe Lombard it
inevitable that ero-Godwyn would him into haywire
and skylark story, designed for pure laughter.
They looked around and found Ferenc Molnar play The
Great Love-" and writer Joe Swerling told to
revise it for the team of William PowellMyrna 10y Powell
pleased with the dea he helped the story develop
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-12-01

wild interior. The efforts Of
three Americans to obtain val
liable Oil fields in the territory
he rules with an iron fist bring
about the exciting events Of this
new Warner Brothers release.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-02
BRIT AIN, II ALLY SIGN ACCORD ON MEDITERRANEAN
Gentleman s AgreementRe- prted to Have Been Made
 by Two Big Powers

ROME, Jan. 2.--Great Britain and Italy have signed gentlemen's agreement, an official communique announces, guaranteeing a status quo on the Mediterranean and drawing the two powers to closer cooperation.
 Friction between England and Italy which at times last year threat ened to burst into open conflict, has been eliminated.
 The text of the agreement will be published next Monday.
 Count Galeazzo, Italian Minister of foreign affairs, and Sir Eric Drummond. British Ambassador, signed the document.
 It is considered that the accord will probably assist eventually in regulation of the Spanish Civil War although an authoritative Fascist commentator said the agreement in no way modifies the Italo-G German understanding on European prob lems including Spain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-02
ADMINISTRATION
 NOW TO TACKLE. HEAVY PROGRAM
To Abolish Child Labor, Shorten Hours, ln-
 crease Wages

WASHINGTON, Jan. "A source close to the White House disclosed that President Roosevelt has con- ferred with other Administration leaders on tentative plan abolish ing Child Labor, shortening work ing hours and raising starvation wages"
 Although details of the plan re- main to be worked out, the chief features are:
 First-A Federal Regultory Ag- ency, with broad powers, to fix min- imum wage and hour standards of all firms engaged in Interstate Commerce.
 Second -Redefinition of Interstate Commerce by Congress to bring much of the industrial production as well as distribution under Fed eral supervision.
 Purely local enterprises will be exempt but major industries such as steel, coal, automobile and tex tiles will be defined as part of h. terstate Commerce.
 The program is characterized as an attempt to set the American La- bor standard" which cannot be bro- ken by "chiseling" competition but to permit unrestricted competition above that level.