Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1926, Page 34

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THE EVENING MIOVIE FAME GOAL OF MRS. HARRIAN := Daughter-in- Law of Noted Banker Puts in Long Hours at Studio. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Mav hours of hard work s with hits of hard 1 thrown in, is nothing nn Laidley, who in New Register is Mrs. John daughterinlaw of Oliver the banker She intends to hecome a movie star. Out at Paramount’s lLong Island studio she is cne of the first players to arrive each morning and one of the last to leave when the day’s work has been finizhed. Noticed by Grifiith. id Wark Griffit all parts, not ived much traininz from him as a result. In search of a voung and beautitul woman for an important part in the picture he is now making, Grifith decided Miss Laidley was hest qualified She plaved in all preliminary re hearsals. but when the “shooting™ was veady to begin a hit of hard luck lost the role for her. Lya de Putti, the Hungarian aciress. arrived in the country ready for work and was given the role, Was en Smiall Part, But Miss Laidley kept on working. Griffith created a small part for her. In addition, she is familiar the feminine parts in the picture and the director uses her to advantage in réhearsals, Sinee Miss de Putti does not understand English, Griffith often has difficulty in directing in Miss Laidley and demonstrates through her. I want 1o hecome an emotional ac trese” Miss Laidley said. can't play serious partx until I've had sufficient experience. That is why I am here all the time. Society? Why, 1 have given that up. hut 1 have a zond time. Most every ane asks what my husband thinks of this. He likes it ‘and he ix working, too—on a New York newspaper.” BOARDWALK STORES BURN $100.000 Blaze Threatens Entire Block in Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY. May 20 (P Fire last night wiped out twn large RBoardwalk stores and menaced the entire Chalfente Hotel hlack. causing 2 loss of §100.000. The fire was caused by crossed wires. The fire started in the basement of Fred Packer's leather goods store and spread to the adjoin ing property. Clement's hook store, both of whirh were destroved. Kight or ten tia Harriman, Tree BUG ‘Diseases of the Dog and How to P a fully iliustrated trestise oo ‘..ly H. Clay Glover, V. 5. Specialist in canine diseases and for 30 years veter- inarian to the Westminster Kemoel Club and originater of the famens GLOVERS IMPERIAL MEDICINES This valuable booklet will be sent you absolutelv PREP. Write fow b codav. Address Dept. GZ84 H. Clay Glover Co., Inc.. 119 Fih Ave., N.T. 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Energine comes in handy {mmnoodor 35cat drug or department stores. "The Perfect Drd Cleaner® 3 with all ! He calis | 1 realize 1| " "Tihe Storm ";‘ SUBURBS ENTHUSED OVER FIRE PROTECTION the eloments, all salshshiving. brought Chevy Chue Bethem Section to peace to my suffering heart. For | Start Formal Campaign l“'"" can be nobler or grander than hurricane winds running loose, hear- |ing off Mrs. Jingleson® 1 for Funds M‘"“‘]‘y stripping the plumes fr g - How splendid the m i that rush, in a_funn all loaded with hencoo, with titanic fury endow The wild | i 1he Chev winds, deprived of their sensex. SUAD 1 (e (he roofs from the hushandmen’s ba idsniateiace 4 they carry off woodsheds and fences, [ LoERih Gy and dump them in far-away (Arns. | Couney, Md. The storm has come in from the | "4 cuipaizn peear, it's having a wonderful fing: | which to provide 1 dance in a gwirl of emotion. 1 throw | il he [ i {up my tarhoash and sing. ‘The Jimp- | night at a meeting to be held in the sons are waliling and sioshing around | Bathesda, Md., School. It will be in the rain and the wind. their | conducted by the fire and police com. ‘lothesline with all of their washing Montgomery County ix borne to the uttermost Ind. And for. “whigh . urging the great apparatus for this now wholiy dependent upon the o department and ment= of other | | s Unusual enthusiasm is being shown . [ by business men and property hu|d0rx to rafse funds with this fire protection launched Monday { tempest has dcalt him a b elstern was torn from its mq lllfl weeps in B welter Rilliaw, down L. i | mits that his spirl ently pianted are now 1 no more, “How sordid, e people.” 1 mutter, cxes they stand, when o utter a me majest iand grand. What odds if their chick {ene and hosses are blown from the coop and the byre, what matter their | pitiful losses—the storm ix & thing {0 admire.” But now 1 discern that my stable ix wrecked by the force {of the gale, iUs ruined from doorsil to gable | walk with the others and wail, \\‘u'r MASON. You Can Buy But It’s “By once-bought, with smaller REESE IS APPOINTED lecenlly Indh:ted Made Constable for Berwyn. Dispateh to The Star. PER MARLBORO. Md. Officer May 20. | ted con “t hy the | Prinee Gieorges County commissioners Tuesday. He was a former constable {and was among seven officers indicted on larceny charges in connection with a recent raid. All were acquitted Delegations from the Prince Georges County law Enforcement League and Berwyn district waited on the commissioners, asking his appoint. | ment. Little opposition was mani fested. 1 LEATHER FTER all, there is only one kind of happiness that satisfies and ihat lies in the accomplishment of something all by yourself. Pastimes are good for all of us of course, but if the pastime can be turned to some useful purpose, so much the better. It's right here that refinishing your supposedly discarded pieces of fur- niture qualifies as a “game” that is worth while. It's fun, and it gets something nse- ful done. You surely must have at least a domen articles of furniture in your cel- lar or attic that you Yourself could restore TRADE MARK REG! STERED §, Rgneon. 5008 Connecticut £ 1. Landy & Son, 3932 Georgla Ave, J. Bressler, 1243 H St.. K. E. § & Deiied Gon Toir Sickotnkve., Mn)mno\ Wall Paper & Paint Store, 324 Pennsylvania Ave, & E. G. Mangum. R. F. D. No. 1, Ban- g . S FE M. Byrne, 1425 G &t Cohlentz Pharmac. Florida Ave. Donahoe's Pharmacy, New York and New Jersey Ave. Herman_ Fischer, 7306 Pennsylvania Ave. S E M. Sth and C Sts., 8. F. er, 930 New York Ave., N R Hysan, 1116 H §t. N. E. E. Capitol and 5, ni"&* D. Gy pKatc 815 Minnesots Ave. Mitchell Hdwe Co. §000 Wisconsin Ave., N. Morgan Brov. 1ot and P Sts. N. W. National Sport Shop. 2461 18th St. raon. 1408 P St. N. W. as. C. Read, 1100 B §t, N. B. Maryiand SO-E-ZY Dealers h—Geo. J. Klein Selby & Son iswell & Jones le—M. Vermillion inlthershurg—R. L. Young Hynttaville —E. M. Tabb Takomna I'a*k—Leon Angerman Vi SO-E-ZY Dealers Alexander—Ieadbeater Drug Corp. Arlinxton—Columbla Hdwe Co. sorxe G. Bradley 'vman Brown ans & Jones Ruckeystown—H. N. Grimes Rowle—Luers Bros. —College Park Lumber up) itel Helghta—Harry Kanns Dept. Store p Springs—Guy H. Trueman & H. L. Eckoos (hnrn-le-l‘rnen M. Shreve Manufactured and distributed by % ros Colesvilie—T. R, Cissell committee | Wire STAR, WASHINGT parts of the county. The committee is headed by Willlam W. Bride of Edgemoor, who will preside at the meeting. It is the plan of those promoting the project to have the people of the areas which will benefit by the serv- ice to contribute toward the fund for the purchase of the necessary appa- ratus and the provision of necessary buildings. Already offers have been received from several land owners to dedicate land on which to erect the fire house. At first, it is planned to make it a volunteer department. The water problem alr has been sel- tled, ax the road s in practically every part of this section have fire plugs placed by the Washington Su- burban Sanitary Commission of Mary- land. George S. Watson, chief engineer of the District Fire Department, will be one of the principal speakers to outline the great value of having fire appavatus in the territory where it will_be quickly available ‘in case of need. These promoting the project point out that while the Washington Department and the county volunteers have been generous in giv- ing i to fight several fires in thi section, it was pointed out that it may he necessary to withdraw this se in time of need hecause the apparatus and Buy Luggage <™ and By” that Counts You can buy a trunk anywhere now, and another in a few years, and then another. Or (in Washington solely at Castens) you can buy an Oshkosh Wardrobe— perpetually serving. Luggage. Gladstone, Visiting Case or Kit Bag will lag or fag in service. CASTENS So No Castens SOO0DS 1314 G Street N.W. SUPPLYING W ASHINGTON'S LUGGAGE FOR 35 YEARS NS Enamel Motoring Cases, $9.75 Here’s a new game you can play all by yourself to good standing. Just look around today. A dresser, table, bed or tea wagon. Surely. Then after that, the woodwork, floors, railings and stairs can be gone over just as easily. The first move in this new game is to tell the clerk at your neigh- borhood store just what you have in mind and he’ll tell you what to do and how to do it, step by step. Refinishing with So-E-zy is a pleasant “game” and the best part of it is vou always win. There is a color and finish for every household use. Ask for “How to Do It” Pamphlets. WASHINGTON D. C. SO-E-ZY DEALERS Southeast Hdwe. vania Ave., mog Con $11 Pennayi Gen. F. Stevens, 2781 Nichol Ave. 100 M R s Pharmacy, 12th and Maryland, C R, _Schutt. 3120 M St. N. W. Variety tore . Tabin, 831 17th &t wJ:m-. 8th and Maryland Ave. t Hdwe. Company, A N. Harry Wolf, 1000 N. Ca itol St Woodridge Hdw. ' 2208 Rhode Island Ave, N. Charlottesville — Robt. E. Clark & ro. —R. le Oeeoquan. flrrounln Pharma Joe Clark o ore—Phar: Ph; ‘Warrentewn—H. B. 9,7 B. Carter & Bro. Standard Plate Glass.Company 719 7th St., N. W, Weahlngton D.C. LOOK FOR THE SO-E-ZY DISPLAY AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STORE N, of the other communities might be required . to, fight fire .in their .own L & squadrons are bheing organ- nd these will be atarted out the day after the meeting to canvass the ctions to receive the protection and seek to raige the necessary funds, I7Pd Army to Recall Phnel; This will be the last year in which Army airplanes are turned over by the War Department to the Forest Service for forest patrol work. The withdrawal is considered necessaty by the Army because of the diminishing supply of alreraft available for other than military activities. A A to Close Estate 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, large sleeping porch, large open fireplace in Every convenience. cozy 1621 Webster St. N.W. 1/2 blo(‘k to 16th St. D. C., THURSDAY, Price will surprise you. MAY 20, 1926. W. E. BUFFINGTON NAMED POST OFFICE CONTROLLER Nominated by President to Succeed Francis P. Sullivan, Who ¢+ Leaves Department. . President Coolidge has sent to the Senate the nomination of William E. Buffington to be controller for the ¥rancis P. Sullivan, who has resigned, effective May 31. Mr. Buffington, who was born at Elizabethville, Pa., is an expert in postal finances. Since 1908 he has been in the Post Office Department, serving in varfous capacities. From Sold || nook, breakfast porch. Evening Phones: Adams 3215W Adams 2. Open a Charge Account ‘ Wa will be pleased 1o open a charge ac- count on these suits. No interest or extra “earrying charges.” We Purchased the Entire finances of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies. His re- port on the condition of the two tele- 1910 until 1927 he was superintendent | of the division of finance and since | that time has been director of postal savings. graph companies, made to the Post Just hefore the Government took [ master General at the time, ealled r the telegraph lines during the | forth commendation on the part of W A War, Mr. Buffington was se-|the officials of the department, it was lect by the Postmaster General to | recalled in connection with his promo- take an inventory of the property and | tion. Ofen at 8:30 AM. Every Business Day You'll Be Served —with all courtesy, efficiency and dis- patch at “Columbia,” whatever the ex- tent or nature of your business with us. ¢The good-will of our clientele is one of our most prized assets, and we exert ourselves, at all times, to keep it unimpaired. ThColbla National Bank 911 F Street Capital and Surplus Travelers’ Checks for Spring tourists Our Savings 3 % Dept. Pays Open a Charge Account We will he pleanad to open A charge ar- count on thesa suits. «No interest or extra “carrying eharges.” Stock of Men’s Summer Suits of the VV onder Clothes Shop 14th Street and New York Avenue (Retired From Business) NEARLY HALF PRICE! THE WONDER CLOTHES SHOP, established in W ashington for years, at 14th Street and New York Avenue, have retired from business. We purchased the entire stock of SUMMER CLOTHING AT FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR AND LESS and tomorrow we offer this splendid stock of Men's Hot Weather Clothes on the same basis of savings—NEARLY HALF PRICE! This great sale will begin at 9:15 o’clock tomorrow morning, and we invite every man in Washington who wants to share in a good thing to be here. The styles are all desirable and excepnona"y attractive—as much can be said for the patterns, the colo—mgs and tailoring. Just the kind of light-weight suits every man will want for Summer wear, and by supplying his needs in this sale of the Wonder Clothes Shop stock ‘he will be able to buy at remarkable savings! OUR PURCHASE —Genuine Palm Beach Suits —Lustrous Mohair Suits 'THE ENTIRE CONSISTS OF: —Attractive Gabardine Suits —Tropical Worsted Suits STO€k OF THE WONDER CLOTHES SHOP GROUPED 1IN W O .0 Sk For Mohair and Palm Formerly 37, 38 and 39 regulars. Beach Suits, Sold at $12.50 Mohairs in single and double breasted models. Black self stripes, blue, black and gray stripes. Sizes 34, 35, 36, * Palm Beach Suits, in single and’ double breasted and sport models, mostly in sand color. 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 regulars. Goldenberg's Clothing Store for Men—First ‘Floor; Direet Entrance from 'Seventh Ktreet.—Charze ‘Accounts Invited. - Sizes 33, 34, For Tropical Worsted and Gabardine Suits Sold formerly at $15.00 Gabardine Suits in single-breasted, sport and’ Nor- folk models; attractive tans and browns. Sizes 33, 34 35, 36 and 37 regulars. A Tropical Worsted Suits, in sport model—smart blue and white pencil stripes. Sizes 35, 36, 37 and 38 regu- lars. ;

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