Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1930, Page 16

SCOFFSATHOUSE ||From the Front Row DEMOCRATIC LEAD Representative Wood De- clares Coalition Strength Is Real Goal. Ridiculing Democratic boasts of & majority in the next House, Repre- sentative Will R. Woods of Indiana, chairman of the Republican congres- sional elections committee, said in & statement today that the Democratic strategy is not to win a majority but to set up a coalition control in which they may have “a maximum of strength with a minimum of responsibility.” Quoting Chairman Byrnes of the Democratic congressional committee as saying that a gain of 70 seats may be “conservatively estimated,” Woods said the Republicans will agree that there are about 40 seats held by Republicans over which there will be determined opposition. “The Democratic strategy, as is well understood by political writers and ob- servers, is to capture, if possible, 40 or more of these seats, with the hope of reducing the Republican majority to a point where, through the pressure of oup or sectional interests, they may gxn time to time form a coalition to harass and embarrass the Republican administration.” FRENCH AUTHOR HAS LIKING FOR NEW YORK Pictures Cheerful Rush of People Amid Trying Circumstances of “Dash and Wait.” NEW YORK, March 25 (N.AN.A).— Many have declared that on the streets of this city there are no happy-looking mla ‘They are wrong. ers have the opposite. They are wrong. “Every one rushes, but rushes cheer- fully,” remarks Paul Morand, the Frenchman, in a new book. “All is gay, but at the same time terrible. You are uickly worn out by it; you fall and they carry you away, but the game goes 5 Just try to rush on the streets of the East Side or on Broadway, Fifth Ave- nue, Forty-second street, or in and about the railway terminals, Tl “Thats the exasperating. (hing E at's the exasperating about it, if you have a train to make or an appointment to keep. The conges- tion prevents it. Throngs move at a snail’s pace. For anybody brought up in wider and more open spaces, walking in Manhattan affords little opportunity for exercise at the normal gait. Rushing by taxicab is becoming a succession of dashes and waits. Mr. Morand says he likes the metropolis. (Copyright. 1930.) ST. BERNARD WATCHERS START ARDUOUS VIGIL Young Italians, Long Exempt From Military Service, Keep Lookout for Lost Travelers. PARIS (N.ANA).—The little SOCIETY FOUNDED TO AID POOR BRIDES OF GENEVA Doner Who Contributes to Cause Receives Framed Note of Thanks. GENEVA: (N.A.N.A).—Here is the great idea for the disposal of all the 2xcess coffee sets, cruets and lam| that you collect about you on the oc- casion of your wedding. You cannot send them to your aunts and cousins next Christmas, for the donors are sure to visit those aunts and cousins and discover your perfidy. But you can give them to Dr. Prida Imboden of St. Gall and he will send them far away, presumably in a plain van, and devote the proceeds of their sale to a good cause. Dr. Frida Imboden has founded a society to aid poor brides. Swiss custom demands that even the poorest bride shall furnish the household linen and \ddeh:::r h&wn trousseau, so Dr. Im- len upon the idea of asking the wealthy brides to come to the aid of the less fortunate ones, contributing either money, or their surplus presents. The contributor receives a framed note of thanks, ‘The brides who benefit by the soclety’s funds are required to furnish a medical certificate stating that they are in good Bealth and in fit condition to marry. (Copyright, 1930.) siae PLAY AIDS HOSPITAL “The Acts of Rahere” Raises Daily Fund for Institution. LONDON (N.AN.A).—The ancient hospital of St. Bartholomew has found a novel and attractive way of raising some of the money it so badly needs. Every evening at 6 o'clock in the old r‘nory church that adjoins the hospital being enacted a ant_play, “The Acts of Rahere,” which has been adapt- ed from a twelfth century manuscript in the British Museum, written 50 years after Rahere’s death. This Rahere, once court jester to Henry 1, repented of his gay and reck- less life and resolved to make a pilgrim- age to Rome. He fell ill of a fever, however, and in praying for his. re- covery vowed that he “will build unto the glory of God a hospital for all such as need healing of their diseases,” St. Bartholomew then appeared to him and said ‘hat he must build a hos- pital and a church beside it lace called most high by the \‘:flnmdfm o 3‘ ‘wal - tent tears.” o a6y ‘This was the origin of the now world d in St. Bartholomew's (Copyright, 1930.) Ortiz Rubio Has Grippe Attack. MEXICO CITY, March 25 (P).— President Pascual Ortiz Rubio was obliged today to suspend work for a day or 50, due to what his ph; mn!g say the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 25 1930. Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. | | Bayier: oun. tae too1 Downing’s “Virginius” Pleasing Production. STIRRING performance was witnessed by the small but appreciative audience which assembled at the Auditorium last night to see and hear Robert Downing in “Virginius,” the last l]?gl:{ offes by Mr. ywning in his val of classical drama and which will close his Washington en- gagement with the matinee and eve- ning performances tomorrow. No more moving story is to be found in the history of drama than that of Vi fus, the Roman gen- eral, who kills his young and beau- tiful daughter, Virginia, rather than have her fall into the possession of the wicked decemvir, Appius Claudius, who first saw the young girl while on her way to school, accompanied by her old nurse and companion. After the vain pleadings of Virginius, Isilius, the fiance of Virginia, and Numitorius, the uncle of Virginia, before the decemvir, just as the soung girl Is to be led away to the home of Appius, the grief-stricken father craves a word of parting with | is to be regret ,_too, | before the decemvir, after stabbing | Downing's laudable revival of these | part of Baron Popoff with the same man of Appius, played by Ken Car- % t his ‘ace and ter; Numitorius, the uncle of Vir- duplicates of those his daughter, and as he embraces her ginius, by Eugene Bergman; Lucius, of yore and that he danced with in farewell, stabs her to the heart. by Marian Tulley; Titus, by Walter | the same grace that marked him for Robert Downing as Virginius is ad- De Luna, and Servia, the nurse of fame the moment the curtain went mirably adapted to the part of the | Virginius, by Atmee Andree. fine brave father, and in the scene It ted that Mr. | Figman, his daughter, when Virginius loses fine old classics could not have been abandon as he did when he created his mind through gfle(rE‘nd horror, presented in a more intimate thea- Downing's acting was truly fine, and | ter instead of the gigantically pro- held his audience with an intensity portioned Auditorium and with more productive of that absolute silence | attractive stage settings and cos- than which no more eloquent tribute tuming. It is much to the credit of can be offered. When, in a bewildered Mr. Downing and his players, how- manner, he seeks out the decemvir ever, that “Virginius” held the com- Appius, thrown into prison by the plete attention of the. audience outraged citizens, and strangles his throughout the entire evening in daughter's betrayer, the cold chills | Spite of unusual dludvnnu&n.s' literally ran up and down z back. 5 - P ried woman’s love for some one not “The Merry Widow” very good Casts which: Sbevah with | Inspiring ta of Old. o weoe dfinéeh:cem;l’: 10C s, an occasional faltering in lines, did JUST to prove that 22 years is In this day and age of musical fire- excellent bits of acting. sweet and appealing Virginia. Her |, Widow” came back to town last to music that is not only dignified, dramatic ability was at its best in the | night, bringing with it Franz Lebar’s but lovely as well. PFuthermore one |pin, celebrated operatic basso, is seri- He has had to cancel scene where she appeals to her fa- famous waltzes and two members can wonder that after 22 years of |ously ill here. ther not to leave her. Icilius, the of the cast who first sang them. outpourings in tea gardens, concert |special rformances of - . opera "Eml off,” in which fectively played by Harry Hawley, revival of famous operetta at “Villia,” “Maxim’s” and “I Love You |khe sings the title role as La Scala. lover and flance of Virginia, was ef- ‘The throng that witnessed the halls and victor shops, such songs as nothing in the lifetime of a genu- | works and rebel, jazzed modulations, Chaliapin Seriously IIl Helen Dale Brown made a very | inely inspiring operetta, “The Merry | it is a rellef to it back and listen | \on 4x March 25 (), —Feodor Chalia- S8 reain il theie yountu | TEGT JAMAICA GINGER |CHURCH FIGURES HELD IN LIQUOR PROBE!PROBLEMTO WASHINGTOR Oklahoma Officials Seeking Source ants Out of Churehr Is Chal« of Aloohol Which It Is Believed :3:::. 3 Ca Pigures Tecent re- s by Mg to the | ', Schear- Pres~ the Russian “And now guess what I paid i ‘ hf/////hh«mu!/uh = = amm for them” RUST A WOMAN to know value when she sees it. 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