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= to stay on the Job, being managing
director. There still will be two big
Warner downtown houses to run
the Metropolitan being the other
He will stick around to do his share
Of running them.
AL of a sudden, you discover that
the future is taken care of.
After that, the conversation leaps
back to the past-clear back to
Sarah Bernhardt. Mr.. A. is an en-
cyclopedia Of anecdotes about every
. one who ever has been in the thea
ter. He got to Sarah by a very
logical route. The topic was the
way acts are billed.
IT wonder" Mr.. Anger wondered,
'if any one ever had better billing
than Bernhardt. The divine Sarah.
After you have referred to an ac-
treSs as divine you have given
her top billing that can't be topped.
At least I never heard it topped. 4"
Every one at the table thought
for a minute. Some one suggested
that another actress who had a
sort Of insurmountable billing was
Eleanora Duse, who was known as
the Incompatible Duse."
The group agreed that was not
bad.
But 1t does not compare. this
Incompatible, with divine" Mr.
Anger said.
No one argued with him.
Mr.. Anger, who came to the lunch
con to discuss the future, as we say
went on about Bernhard:
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10th Fox, we are informed by this
expert on women's trends that the
lavish era In women's wearables in
augurated after the First World
War is coming right back at us
again.
Soon as the fabric market loosens
up they'll 60 into full swing" he
declared. "Peg-top skirts, tunics
and peplums. slanting hemlines,
leg o'mutton sleeves and more dol
mans will take over In large mea-
sure, unless I miss my guess.
Women will be wearing that
long garment, the -estau-
rant suit, elaborate beaded and Sc
quined gowns. metallic cloth and
black satin. Hip lines will be round
ed with rufiies. ripples and fairs
over skirts so narrow that the iadies
will have trouble maneuvering their
knees and ankles"
Stand back men: give the girls
room. II Orry-Kelly Is an accurate
prophet they'll need it.
Sign of the times in thirsty and
houseless movietown Is this fiaring
ad in the Hollywood reporter:
Zone full case Haig and Haig
Scotch-free! Plus substantial cash
bonus. For two or three bedroom
apartment, guesthouse or house
to rent"
Close-ups: Illness Of so many
touring stars to overseas sections
has caused the Hollywood Victory
Committee to tighten up on physi-
cal examinations for all enlisting
for such missions. Clark Gable
began eating a beautiful portF-
house steak for a scene in This
Strange Adventure" After three
mouthfuls Director Victor Fleming
called "Cut-that's it," Gable
shouted Like - it is-I'm going
to finish this steak" He did. Later
in the day the MGM commissary
presented Gable with a bill from
the accounting department for a.
The little boys are growing up
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She was great artist. I guess
you could say artistic. with the e
on the end Of it. I saw her on hel
last tour Of America. She was very
old, but she still had a magic abou,
her.
But, do you know for all hel
artistry, she was an enormousl,
practical woman, almost as prac,
tical as the French peasant is sup.
posed to be?"
The others who did not know theil
theater lore as we'll as Mr.. Anger
confessed they did not know abou,
the divine Sarah's practically.
1T was dramatically evident II
one way above all Others" Mr.. An.
ger remembered. She insisted upon
being paid after every performance
l don't know any other player In
the history of the theater who had
such an arrangement with the man.
agement. The divine Sarah always
did, at least she always did in the
period of her career that I knew
about. I think probably 1t was due
to the fact that she had played so
many special engagements, one
night stands. Chautauqua engage
ments, and the like. Whatever 1t
was, she collected at the end of
the day"
Mr.. Anger thinks 1t was a sign
Of something having to do with the
artists supposed ability to live above
money.
He also thinks. for all his ad-
miration Of her. that the divine
attached to Sarah in her billing
should modify peoples tendency to
laugh at a mere colossal tied into
the producers enthusiasm for a mo-
ton picture.
We shall be sorry not to have any
more of the glittering productions
he put on for the Earle, but 1t will
be pleasant to have the man around
to remember the odd bits of drama
of show business that are to be
found behind the scenes.
1t won't be three programs on
Vic 4Ndfy bbs SCiiidl :
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.. will do de-
spite those rumors you may have
heard, rumors based upon the cir
cumstance that 1t. Robert Taylor
did the first three of the series. 1t.
Comdr. Fairbanks will do one show,
tonight's production commemorate
ing the anniversary Of the WAVES.
He entered the service. inciden-
tally, before the war, on Nov. IA,
194l.
Next master of ceremonies on the
Navy show, our rumors go, will be
1t. Tyrone Power Both the rumors,
and we, could be wrong, and NBC
has yet to tell us who it will be.
Oscar Wilde whose dramatic lit
erature has not been represented
locally since The Picture of De-
rian Gray" ran at the Loew thea
ters will make a return appearance
ere summer ends. His The I'M
portance Of Being Earnest" prob
ably the best piece of Wilde wit, will
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BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

Sights and sounds:
Sol Lesser announces the start OF
"Tarzan and the Leopard Man" and
calls attention to the fact that this
famous series is now % years old.
It's the hardest perennial Of all the
feature serials and Judging by the
crosses can 60 on indefinitely.
The Charlie Chan series occupies
second place in durability, with a
record of II years before passing
out, only to be revived by another
company. The Chans are now two
years on their second lap. MGMs
Andy Hardy adventures have had a
nine-year run, while the DR.. Kill
dares have stood up for seven years,
Pictures based on the continuous
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"Good Night Ladies"
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Where Do We Go From
Here?": II am, 1:45. 4:30. tbs and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1855, $40
6:25 and 9:10 pm.
CoIumbia-"Nob Hill: II am,
los, $40. $50. 725 and 9:35 pm
Earle-"Delightfully Dangerous"
IL am, 1:35, 430, 7:30 and 1905
pm. Stage shows: l2:45, 3:45, $40
and $40 pm.
"Keith's-"Along Came Jones': 3:
ll:45 am. AIS, 4:45, 7:15 and GAS
p.m.<
LittIe-"The Invaders: II am,
ITO, sos, Sis, 730 and $50 pm
Metropolitan The Corn Is
Green; II am, los. $40, Sis, 7:25
and 9:35 pm.
Palace-"valley of Decision: 1o:45
am, l:25. 4:05. 6:45 and $50 pm
Pix-"Courier Of Lyons: $50,
7:05 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
| Continuous from 10 am.
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TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES

All Time Schedules Given In Warns
Bros Ads Indicate Time Feature
Presented.
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be presented at Catholic Univer-
sitys theater next week.
Despite the widespread popularity
Of the comedy, which has been pre-
sented in virtually every country
irrespective of language. the records
show no previous Washington pro-
duction.
Dick Sykes and Charles Stein
metz, two of c. US most eminent
farceurs, will have principal parts
in the production which runs from
August 6 to IL.
Addenda: ON Approval" English
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comedy starring Beatrice Lille
which comes to the Little tomor-
row, was screened yesterday for
critics =. Whisking through Wash
ington on his way back to the Pa
cific coast yesterday was Producer
Lester Cowan His business here
was final arrangements for The
Story Of CT joe" which opens at
the Earle on Thursday Three
Strangers" Metropolitan next at
traction will have no ordinary l,cal
opening :. 1t will be world pre-
miere :. AS you may have guessed
from the title, it is a mystery.
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| too, as witness: Roddy McDowall
gets his first romantic role in "Holi-
day in Mexico" Not only will he
handle a few kissing sequences but
he'll sing.
| released through North American)
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
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Siqrid Undset Back in Norway

OSLO. July 81 (R.-Sigrid Undset,
Norwegian author and Nobel Prize
winner, has returned to Norway
from the United States after an
absence of five years.
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Speed victory by buying bonds
through payroll savings.
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Mr.. Anger, the Raconteur,
To Keep On Telling Tales
BY JAY CARMODY.

You sit to talk with
after abandons its shows
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The old Globe office, or Jack
SON Hall, in the 800 block of
Pennsylvania dvenue NV,
also removed Dhen the Mu-
nicipdl Center Was cleared.
associated with the history of this
building is that the Daily Globe, later
the Congressional Globe, whose owners
erected the building, was published
here until 1873, from which date 1t
became a Government publication, and
has continued to the present time as
the Congressional Record.
In addition to the inaugural ball of
President Taylor, held at jackson Hail.
at least three other inaugural balls were
held In the civic center area. One was
on March 4. 1888, at the second inau-
guration of Andrew Jackson, which was
held in the Masonic Hall, at the south
west corner Of John Marshall place and
D. street NV. The cornerstone of this
building was laid on September 10, 1926.
Later, one of the three inaugural balls
given for President William Henry Har-
rison, In 184l. took place here.
Old Washington Theater
On the south side Of Louisiana ave-
nue., near Sixth street, not far to the
west Of the old Masonic Hall, for many
years stood the Washington Theater,
completed about August /, 1921, and
opened just one week later, under the
management Of Messrs. Warren and
Wood. Here was held one Of the three
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Horror Camp The Diary Of a DachauV Victim

Many hundreds will still die in this
way and we must look on, helpless and
unable to do anything. Each one must
see how he can escape death, today, this
very hour. Tomorrow may not arrive.
The day before yesterday another 300
invalids came in. It was Sunday and 7
was at work. did not see them. Peo-
pie told men they were merely living
corpses, and those who saw them
thought that within two days more than
half would be dead.
Another friend made me very sad to-
day. His wife, whom he loves and who
loves him, left his parents and her child
and went to another country. He doesn't
know why. Would it be to work?
He is weak and sensitive. I am sur
prised that he is still alive and now this
happens to him. 1t is like an illness
The wives outside get tired of waiting
and claim divorce. Now the men receive
their wives, and their children are lost
to them, and with that, all ideals, all
hold on life.
Just now friend who worked beside
me told me his father died. He was
buried with full military honors. Now
the mother doesn't want to receive any
more news of her son as he bears a
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shocked me SO much today; I don't
know myself why.
1t Is Sunday. We are standing on the
roll call court and are waiting for the
order to march out. Besides us few
hundred Russians, or rather Ukrainians,
are led out. The first two lines are
children Of IL to 16. Their small bodies
clad in garments far too large for
them; their pale faces with childish,
half joyful eyes. Their voices sound
like the larks song in churchyard.
Some one led me past dying, whim-
pering infant. I had to turn my face
away. Help here is quite impossible.
These children worked in Wurten-
burg, near Ulm. Food is so scarce there
that they starved. They escaped in
groups. They wanted to return home
Instead they were sent here. They are
quite happy here. They say the food
here is much better. They are quite
happy about that, and that tells its
own tale. Hearts must grow hard here,
otherwise one would cry from morn
till evening.
December 8, 1912
Nothing happens, only small trivial
things. At night I draw the blankets
over my head, but hear what some one
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is saying behind us. His friend is
litter bearer. The Job doesn't move
him anymore. Yesterday as he was
piling up the corpses, his attention was
accidentally drawn to one face. 1t was
his brother.
How he must have been shocked al
though he was used to handling corpses.
His brother had come from another
camp without his knowing 1t.
Some one came and pulled the blan-
kets from my head. It was Polish
friend Of mine. He told me about
priest, schoolmate Of his. Here In
Dachau they met again. The priest
was suddenly taken into the revier--
that Is the name they give to the hos
pital hereto be experimental upon
Research is being made here on boils.
Twenty-six priests Of Polish and Czech
origin died from these experiments. In
spite of this the work went on just as
the one in malaria.
The priest secretly sent a short note
to his friend. The last sentence was not
legible, for, as he himself said. he had
40 degrees temperature (centigrade).
He did not ask for help because he knew
be found to prepare his family for the
worst. He is to be operated on Friday.
all was lost. He only prayed that way
The prisoners are inoculated with
the boils and then when the illness is
at its highest point, they apply the
countermeasures. They are experiment.
ing.
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part Of the responsibility for his fathers
death. What do those outside think we
are we here inside the camp? I
know 1t has been spread about that
only the most dangerous subjects, trail
tors and the like remain locked up here
and In the other camps. If only they
saw us here, if only they knew. They
think that only few hundred people
are still interned.
In other camps so many more die
Proportionately, a few die here, on an
average of 10 day That is being very
cautious. But it gives frightening
total; one man out of every three has
to die within the year. In spite of the
deaths, the number remains about the
same, as the Gestapo Is working day
and night.
December 10, 1912
Yesterday I saw again thin men
creeping out Of the front room of the
barracks. They had stolen potato peel
ings out of the dust bin and filled their
poeheIS "Ati IAleiu. 11IeS are oiu ana
young men. Hunger hurts, and the ma
jority haven't the will power to master
the gnawing OF the stomach.
But as compared to other camps, this
is heaven. One of our prisoners COM
ing from Mauthausen told me today
that there they had daily 40 to so cas-
ualties. On a certain winter day, the
number went to lS0 Only those who
have lived and seen all that can be-
lieve that.
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December IL, 1912

December IL, 1912
Actually, instead of many guards, we
often have only two SIS men, each with
back to camp after work. How times
change. Before, when we were 80 men,
we had 18 guards-now we are $50.
Man becomes scarce.
December 19, 1912
They say there are three cases Of
typhus in camp. If that is true we can
still expect to witness all sorts of
things.
December 20, 1912
Two men died today from typhus.
1t is said that four others caught the
illness, Russians and italians. These
nationals are cooped up in large num-
bers in the barracks and therefore
have lice, the greatest agents of propa-
CATION Of the illness, SO that many
more cases can be expected.
They are disinfecting. Can that be
of any use?
Yesterday Sister Pia was in camp.
They said she was moved by the con-
dition OF the Polish priests. In ono
year 800 Of about 1000 men died. This
is counting too little; 1900 could have
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costume collection at the Smithsonian
Institution. Indeed, the bereaved mother
never rallied from her great affliction
and died in 1868.
President Zachary Taylor attended a
May ball in jackson Hall, and Tom
Thumb, when he visited this city about
1848, gave three performances in this
building, which was then used for
amusement purposes as well as for
political meetings.
Qua nf the more important events
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The Historic Old Court House Area

When planning for the inaugural ball
Of President Franklin Pierce, Jackson
Hall was decided upon, but on account
Of the death Of the only child Of the
President-elect in a railroad accident in
1853, few days before the inaugura-
ton, all festivities were called of and
the ball was not held. incidentally,
Mrs. Pierce went into full mourning,
which accounts for the black dress the
figure of this lady is wearing in the
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inaugural balls for William Henry Har-
rison on March 4, 1841, at which charge
of $40 was made for tickets. This was
the second local theater of this name,
the first one, which stood at Eleventh
and c streets NV, having been de-
stroyed by fire in 1921. Later it became
the American Theater and subsequently
the Canterbury.
AS playhouse this building was pop
ular for many years, and many of the
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most celebrated actors who visited
Washington in the early days came to
this house. The Joseph Jefferson of our
day-so we'll remembered for his great
impersonation of Rip Van Winkle-tells
us in his autobiography that it was in
this theater that he, when child made
his debut as the little Jim Grow, to the
big Jim Crow of T. D. Rice.
Mr.. Jefferson's own version of what
happened at this old theater upon this
particular occasion might be best told
in his own words, when he says:
"Of course, this fantastic figure had
great influence upon me, and I danced
Jim Crow from the garret to the cellar.
The comedian saw my imitation of him
and insisted that I should appear for
his benefit, SO on that occasion I was
duly blacked up and dressed in COM
plete miniature likeness of the original.
He put me in a bag. which almost
smothered me, and carried me upon the
stage on his shoulders. No word of this
proceeding had been mentioned in the
bills, so that, figuratively speaking, the
public was as much in the dark as was.
After dancing and singing the first
verse he began the second, the follow
ing being the two lines which intro
duced me:
40 ladies and gentlemen, I'd have
you for to know
That I've got little darky here that
jumps Jim Crow
"And turning the bag upside down he
emptied me out, head first, before the
eyes of the astonished audience.
Rice was considerably over 6 feet
high; I was but years DID,
Courthouse Most Historic
But the most historic building erected
IN this area-past or presents the
old United States Courthouse, or the
City Hall, though it has been used only
In part by the District since it was sold
to the Federal Government in March,
1873.
Although the cornerstone was laid on
Tuesday, August az, 1920, it was many
years before the building was COM
pleted, and then only a section or two
at a time. Indeed, John Sessford, in
his Annals" tells us 10 years later:
"The City Hall, that has stood SO long
In rough state, is now nearly COM
pleted on the south front according to
Its original design, and has grand ap-
pearance; an extension of the two wings
is much wanted for city and United
States purposes
Again. In 1850, Sessford records: 1.-THE
entrance Of the east and west fronts,
agreeable to the plan, would afford
ample room for city uses.'
As late as 1859. Mr.. Sessford tells us,
the City Hall was not completed, al
though the District government moved
Continued GA Page C-s)
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Washington Trowel Used

The famous Masonic trowel used by
President Washington in the ceremony
of the laying of the cornerstone Of the
Capitol was used, as it has since been
employed many times. this mark of
respect being shown upon this occasion
probably because President jackson, for
whom the hall was named, was grand
master Of Masons Of Tennessee from
1922 to 1923.
Judge James Shields was the orator
for the occasion and in his address
spoke at length on the life Of Andrew
jackson. The building was dedicated
July 4, 1846, just one year later, and
was dedicated by the builders, Messrs.
Blair & Rives to "the use Of the WASH
ington Democratic usages and prin-
ciples."
One of the principal early events to
occur in jackson Hall was one Of the
two inaugural balls given in honor of
President Zachary Taylor on March 4,
184s. One of these balls was known as
the grand inaugural ball and was held
in a frame structure so by 160 feet,
erected for the purpose, adjoining the
City Hall. where there were noun
tains Of eatables and oceans Of drink-
ables,," while the other one was called
the national inaugural ball and was
held IN jackson Hall, where the room
on the first floor was used as supper
room. The second floor was overhung
with gigantic chandeliers "and all the
accomplishments for shedding brilliancy
upon beauty"
"Carpeted ladies' dressing rooms,
cushioned sofas and an elastic floor"
left nothing for the taste to desire.
''The third foor." we are told, sis
designed for the accommodation Of
such gentlemen (if any there be- who
have weakness for sparkling wine
rather than for sparkling eyes; or, to
speak with more circumspect gallantry,
who pay homage to both"
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BY John Clagett Proctor

The proposed erection Of a new court
house on that part of the Municipal
Center site on Constitution avenue
between Third street and John Marshall
place NV, owned by the District, is
not altogether a bad idea in itself, but,
OF course, the question is, just how the
financing of the transaction is to be
equitably adjusted between the Federal
Government and the District of Co.
lumbia. However, we do know that the
buildings in this area were being @re-
moved back In September, 1881, and
the squares involved in the present
controversy have been an eyesore ever
since. 1t is certainly quite true that
some use should be made of the site
other than as parking lot, and any use
might be an improvement over the pres
ent situation.
To the old-timer, this neighborhood
was in its time very interesting and
historic one; for just 100 years ago
one of the most famous buildings was
erected where was once s3s-341 Penn
sylvania avenue. The thorouehfares In
rearTanged when the buildings were
razed.
Globe Building 100 Years Old
This early structure was called the
Globe Building, otherwise known as
jackson Hall, the cornerstone Of which
was laid by the Grand Lodge Of Masons,
July 4, 1845. There are few buildings
in this neighborhood Of which de-
tailed account is available, but the
exercises incident to the laying Of the
cornerstone Of jackson Hall were fully
reported at the time. Here is what
one chronicler tells us took place:
"At II o'clock the procession was
formed under the command of Gen.
McCalla, the marshal in chief con-
sisting of the Grand Lodge Of Free
and Accepted Masons Of the District
Of Columbia, the Democratic Associa-
ton and Young Hickory Club, mem
bers of the Georgetown, Capitol Hill
and Navy Yard Democratic Associations
and a large number of citizens. The
procession, headed by the German band,
proceeded from the hickory pole to
Fifteenth street, up thence to G street,
to the residence Of the orator Of the
day, Judge Shields, who was taken In
charge by the committee Of arrange
ments. The procession then moved to
Thirteenth street, thence to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, to the site Of the edifice,
and having halted there and formed in
q circle, John c. Rives, the presi-
dent of the Democratic Association of
Washington, mounted the cornerstone
and announced the contents of the two
glass jars to be deposited in 1t, which
included in part: The Holy Bible, Con-
stitution of the United States, Life
OF Andrew Jackson" by John H. Eaton,
who, you will recall, married Peggy
O'Neale; Jackson's inaugural addresses,
matters dealing directly with his two
administrations, the local newspapers
of the day and the following United
States coins: an eagle, half eagle,
quarter of dollar, dime, half dime,
one cent and half cent.
"The cornerstone was inscribed:
Founded July 4, 1845.
"A Monument to Andrew Jackson,
"In the Propagation OF His Principles.
"'Stat Immobile saxum Capitolli.