The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1931, Page 2

' § § Plain and Printed Evening Gowns : “Priced at $12.50 and $19.75 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Dz-pnrzment Store” Curtain Run Down on David Belasco, Dean of Theatrical Producers | (Continuea mrom rage One) ecceptable, and he discontinued th: experiment. ¢ Worked Early and Late As late as his 75th year Mr. Be- lasco's workday -ran from 15 to 18 hours. After the evening at the theatre he usually went to his room where he worked until mid- night and often until 2 am. He upcd to say that he found recrea- ficn in going over the manuscripts of -plays -and -in occasional attend- ance.at bexing bouts and baseball nemes. He did not smoke and took only one drink a year—a glass of champagne on his birthday. “Hearts of ‘Oak,” which he wrete in 1880, was regarded by My. Be- lascog as his favorite among all {heze which he had written or stag- ~d, but he considered “Deburau,” @ “Merchant” of Venicd” with David Warfield as Shylock, and “Mim) as his outstanding contri- lpmom to the art of the theatre Gave Mary Her Name Tt was David Belasc: credited with having changed name of Gladys Smith to Ma Pickford. She went to the prodi with a note .from Blanche - Bat and after he heard her recite said He would give her a part. “But Gladys Smith is no name for an‘actréss,"ssaid Mr. Belasc *“I don't like Gladys cither,” sald. . "Wha: name do you like best?” "Mary » “All right,” said Mr. Belasco, “Mary it is..Now, what are the names of some of your relatives?” “The young . actress. recalled the name of a number of relatives and interrupted as she uttered the of her uncle, John Pickford t's the name” exclaimed . “Mary Pickford!” us Mary Pickford became she i _member of the cast of “The 0 who was! {Miss Madison Also Aids in JNorthwest AAU. championships . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931. SMART SPRING FROCKS ks are to be seen In these delightful froc style of the season. assoriment include Our that one will be certain most becoming to her. Plain and Afternoon Sizes 16 tc Sizes 14-16-18-20 WALBERG WINS {Holl ANOTHERGAME, | STHOF SEASON ;. WH:Sox Almost |} Daily Cross-word Puzzle U. 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. S. Weather Bureanm) Forecast for Juneau and vicinlty, beginning at 4 p.m., May 15: Rain tonight and Saturday; mod:rate to fresh southeasterly winds. the latest interpretations of the smartest In handsome print patterns and adorable color combinations. models, a gathering so rich in correct style Priced at $12.50, $19.75 and u s many charming to find the model Printed Frocks o 42 P 1 one of the possessions which Mr. [Farm-to-Clty Tide Belasco held sacred and which none |'but himself ever saw was his “vio- let containing many of these tle flowers pressed bebween its| | . One of the earliest recol-| | lections of his mother was gather- |ing wood violets when he was a ild in California. He, himself, to pick them for Cacilia Lov- erish when he was courting In her. after years, whenever things @ not going smoothly with him, wife or his mother would send a bunch of the violets to his New Ycrk studio. From each bouquet a flower was saved and put into the book. Thp first flower there cnm"y from his wife’s bridal bouquet. After his wife had followed his mcther in death, Mr. Belasco in his lonely moments derived much olaticn by peering through the of his book, each with its lit- leave tle pressed violet. S eee——— HELENE BEATS FORMER TIME, SEATTLE SWIM Cracking Medley Relay | Time for Women SEATTLE, ia yl5.—Helene Mad- ison bettered her cwn Northwest record for 100 yards, free style for women, swimming the distance in 51 seconds, beating her former time by three seconds in the Pacific here last night. | Miss Madison also aided in crack- ‘.n:z the 150-yard medley relay for men when the Washington Ath- Club team won the event in 4:6. The former time made by the same team was one minute and fifty-seven seconds - Goes Into Reverse LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 15—A well defined trend of migration from the city back’to the farm has been noted in. Kentucky by A. G. Brown, president of the federal land bank here. “Whether the trend is due to un- employment in the cities,” Brown states, “T am unable to say, but it is certain that we are receiving more inquiries from the cities con- cerning farms for sale.” Good farms are now cheap, the banker believes, when figured in | | terms of their earning power over a period of years. e ————— Shipment just received of 1931 Victor Orthophonic Portable Phon- |, ographs. Anderson Music Shop: Old papers at The Empire. New Cord TROUSERS White, Light Tan and Dark Brown $3.50, $4.00 and $4.50 pair Just Received SABIN’S Everythmg in Fnrnishings “r Men “The fiore TM Pleases” SANITARY GROCERY elpless—Athletics {0« Still in Lead ‘CHICAGO, Ill, May 15. — Rube Walberg held the White Sox help- less in all but the sixth inning |3 yesterday and won his fifth game of the season 5 to 2. It was the sixth straight win for the Athletics and kept them in first place. Vic Frasier started for Chicago but Al Simmons’s homer in the fifth, with Cochrane on base, brought Ted Lyons into the game in the next inning. Simmons’s home run was his sixth of the year and placed him in first place’ in the American League with circuit blows. GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League Scattle 5; Mission 7. Night game. Portland 7; Los Angeles 6. Night | game. San Francisco 7; Sacramento 6. Night gar.e. . Hollywod 11; Oakland 9, four- teen games. Nigi:i game. National League All scheduled games postponed. American League Philadelphia 5; Chicago 2. Boston 4; Detroit 3. Washington 5; Cleveland 4. New York 14; St. Louis 2. | STANDING OF CLUBS. Pacific Coast League ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 16. Supplicate % 1. Garden plot ~ HO UL R S0P JIRC[SIE[SIIPIAITIEIR] 21: Lana mens- AlPIERNAIVIEIR TINOIVTINIE] , ures® 2. Sound of a amed - MIETHIMIETERBFLEINIDS] fl.’:.‘lm,m \ ! b carkal folRTalT]o 1 [R[O[N 4. Meta 14 M' ican rub- 25. Exposed to ber tree [SIAILIE(S BELTAIV bublic view 15, Impeded N[ERRUIS[EFIEIL O[N] 27 Sceno of comba Ble & ARITIENATS PERDE R 28, Precefled by tal safl- i orfif: “Sossel N[TIlS|CHEMEDIINIEIE] 5, sonilments 21. Baccalaureate E[N E A PlE 82, wdered with ew a3, (,m:;n‘}\em EA[SIEIL & KBl A A 5. card same 26..8trip to pre- (FIRTETE PGIL E[R|A[SIE] 8. Marrles A it slip- 41. And not i Dink © o|R[o/P NP IRIAINICIE] 13: Sitactory or- 2. Satiate RIAM[1 [EJNT [N[FIE[RPETIAIR Rans 31. Go horseback 46. Encourage Exiat” AMEIN|DJEN O EIRI1 4s. zierb etd 1n ‘H. K making 3t ‘Vioers P GISHMERIGO[TIMSE[E Dlkiee. 36. Japanese coln 49. / 37. Sthaworm 56. Clamor . Guldo's highe H 38, Was aware of 57. Coi note 2. Member of \ | 39. Beparted 40, Medicinal herb 42. Unit of force 44. Bxclamation 45. Greek letter dians €1. Ship's diary 41. Peculiar DOWN 49, Scent 1. Exclamation 51,/ Benison ol Gisgust the Tai | race . Inhabitant of: suffix . New: form 3 Sllbe‘ncl forale comb. i . As far as | | he Interior. and on the Arctic Coast. *—Less than 10 miles. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer ‘Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~Weather 4 p.m. yest'y .. 20.93 49 56 8 6 Cldy 4 am. today ..29.82 40 90 w 1 Clear Noon today 9.64 54 35 E 10 Pt. Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS ™. F. JYESIER T A Highest 4pm. | Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station— temp. temp. | emp. temp: velocity 24 hrs Weather Barrow 26 24 200 20 Y5 0 Pt. Cldy Nome 44 44 88 38 12 T Clear Bethel 52 48 32 34 8. 0 Clear Fort" Yukon 56 54 32 34 . 0 Clear Tanana . 54 54 36 42 — 03 Cldy Fairbanks 58 56 | 34 34 4 Trace PLCldy Eagle 50 50 | 28 8 * 03 Clear St. Paul 30 30 28 32 18 01 Cldy Dutch Harbor 44 34 | 38 44 — .08 Cldy Kodiak .. 44 40 40 40 16 28 Rain Cordova 48 44 | 38 38 0 0 Cldy Juneau .. 50 49 38 40 1 03 Clear Sitka . . 55 . 44 48 10 0 Pt. Cldy Ketchikan 54 54 | 44 44 12 £2 Cldy Prince Rupert 54 52 | 42 48 . Trace Rain Edmonton 68 64 | 36 44 % [ Clear Seattle 72 2 | 48 48 1d 0 Pt. Cldy Portland 4 4 | 50 50 .4 0 Pt. Cldy San Francisco 64 60 54 54 8 01 Cldy The pressure is moderately low throughout Alaska except the ex- | treme North, and moderately high from Hawaii to the Pacific States It is lowest south of Kodiak and falling de- cidedly in this vicinity. Showers have fallen in Southern and portions jof Interior Alaska and the weathe: is clear on the Bering Sea coast Temperatures haveand in the mortheastern part of t risen in nearly all portions of the Temt.ory WHEN THINGS WAKE UP SAM GAZALOFF HERE; MARRIED IN SEATTLE Sam Gazaloff returned to Juneau a few days ago for a brief business visit. His home is in Aberdeen, Wash., where he is proprietor of the U. 8. Club. Mr. Gazaloff left Juneau last Do- cember. In Seattle, January 26, he and Mrs. Sharick, widow of the late Mr. Sharick of Wrangell, were married. 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' Cleveland 12 12 .500 i 2 , ] . 3 Bosion 0 13 sl Y ! Dorden’s is better Chicago 9 14 391 St. Louis . 6 14 .300] ! TTEInmm R [T Spring—hanging up another worn-out Winter— unlocks the sunshine, flowers and bunnies. Mankind seems to begin again with new hope, new ambition, and new determination to be prudent, learning what to seek and what to shun. A bank account of your own is a thing worth striv. ing to have. Make this your Bank. First National Bank — HITHHINS gllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllfilllllIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII HILHI SINGER ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINES R PORTABLE AND CABINET MODELS Sold and Rented- Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS, ALASKA "Phone No. 6 Phone Neo. 18 L O T T T “Midnight” Perfume—New Co. 60 cents, $1.00, $2.00 B,ufler,-Mauro Drug “When We Sell It—It’s Right” WE DELIVER Telephone 134 R PRINTING AND STATIONERY Desk Supplies—Ink—Desk Sets— Blotters—Office Su!pbu Geo. M. Stmpkms Co. e i WALL PAPER i Juneau Paint Store o g T e B ‘B