Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 11

ANUARY 20, 193Y. Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's P;ofirams. " TRIANGLE STREETS - TOBE 0 FT. WiDE Fourteenth Will Be Basis for Broad Traffic Arteries From B to Avenue. LAKTY ON ALLEYS SS0MOISADDED LAW 1S CHARGED TO HOWARD . FUND 1 30'3‘ B‘I;lfll Wut;lnmn lppfil&nne‘ (:’rn m;v xe;‘- E 1t the Week. son tomorrow night at the Wash- 9 4 g ’ Cleanliness Not Enforced; Senate Committee Also Asks ington Audltorh‘xm 3 AN Camar Josepn Roseiwaty | President of West End |$120,000 for Enlarging Build- Citizens Declares. ing at St. Elizabeth’s. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. IPRESS AIR STATION s’ Toser. || HERE AUTHORIZED skeptical "attitude should be_ taken lCommission'Approves Work | rard the e v private affairs Z 3 Z“f“afi"w%i"éwi‘“ um?rt‘h: range of on Link of Projected Na- tion-Wide Chain. “Green Grow the Lilacs” ‘Well Worth Seeing at National. OING far back into the early boginnings of civiii- zation—as far back even, as the year 1900—Lynn Riggs has written and the Theater Cuild has produced a 100 per cent American folk play that at 8:45 Ossip chestra into action, but he will become soloist himself Mr. Gabrilowitsch will play the Schumann “Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra.” Other will_be heard in recital tomorrow night at the Jewish Community Center. The concert is scheduled for 8 pm. action, end cne judgment is that such embarrassments are good raw motorial for mirth. It seems the that Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt the efforts of those who engage in . Sfreets running north and south through the Federal building triangle between Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall will be brought up to a width of 70 feet, it was learned today at the ‘Treasury Department. ‘This will mean the widening of virtu- | ally every street in the triengle devlop- ment program, with th> possible excep- tion of broad Fourteenth street, which, with its two lines of street cars and wide traffic lanes, is expected to set the standard in width for others. Even Fiftesnth street, it is under- stood, will probably be widensd some- what by bringing the east curb back to a line with' the east curb alongside the Washington Hotel opposite the Treas- ury Department, thus widening by a few feet this important traffic artery which lies at the extreme western end of the | triangle development. Thirteenth Street Studied. The question of Thirteenth street still s being studied by the Treasury De- partment experts to see what kind of a | vehicular entrance, if any, is to be made into the grand T Under present plans for the triangle dev ment buildings _will continue what is now Thirtcenth stree study is being made fo sce what kind of vehicular entrance can be provided. perhaps through archways as in some famous European stru Louvre at Parls, for instance, s eral of these archways for traflic, with buildings overhead. Twelfth street street through the into a great circ in diameter. P: may be seen taking shape in the north- west_corner of the new Internal Reve- nue Building. “The next part of this circle to become visible will be in the new Post Office Department. which is to be constructed along the west side of Twelfth street from Pennsylvania avenue southward to a point about where Ohio avenue now intersects. The west curb of Twelfth street will be set far back into ths prop- an important and will run n 300 fe trian > more t} of th erty which now stands along that curb, { including No. 1 police .precinct station. And the great circle will swing its way * through the center of the area. There will be a monument in the canter of the circle. Twelfth street now is only a little over 40 feet wice, but will be widened to 70. Eleventh Street to Disappear. ‘What is left of Eleventh street through the Triangle will be eliminated by the new structure, which is to be built from | Tenth to Twelith to hook onto the north end of the new Inernal Revenue Build- ing and complete that architectural fea- ture. This scructure from Tenth to Twelfth along the Avenue, however, can- not be constructed until the new Post Office Department is bui't, the depart- mental personnel and files are moved out of the old depertment, and the con- | spicuous old Post Cffice Builc its tall tower. torn down. Tenth, Ninth and Seventh streets are the other north and routh through streets which are to be given the 70-feet width, Cn* of the princival traffic improve- ments in conncciion with the Federal sle davelopment will be the wid- of B strect, now paved with cob- -, into 2 wide, smooth avenue, g, Wwith e It is to be suaighte new widih probably taken from the Mall side. B Street to River. B street. which is to be the great cere- moen.al avenue of the future, with ease | of zocess from Union Siation by way of the new avenue to be cut from Union £tat'on to Penneylvania avenue, is to be on~ of the most magnificant sireets of !hde National Capital. Flanked on one 5l of parkway, and on the other by a row of monumental and magnificent build- 1ngs in the Federal triangle, it will run westward toward th> P-tomac, passing the Ellips®, the Pan-American Build- ing and the row of monumental struc- | tures, including several new ones, which | stretch from Sevenieenth street | will almost to the river. On the Mall side, the temporary Navy and Munitions Buildings will give way to perkw with beautiful views of the Lincoln Me- morial Pool, Lincoln ‘Memorial and park. Among the new structures to be built along the north side of B street west of Seventeenth will be the new Public Health Service Building and the Phar- maceutical Building. The Naval Hos- pital in the distant future also is plan- ning to put up some new buildings, which will be visible from B street. Community League to Meet. LINCOLNIA, Va. January 20 (Spe-| clal) —The Lincolnia Communitv League | will meet tonight in the school house. Mrs. C. E. Howdershell is in charge of the social hour, which will follow the business session. circle already | by the Mall with its broad stretches | takes for its locale a slice of the old In- dian Territory, seven years be- fore it had been carved into the now thriving and oilv State of Cklahoma. Both Mr. Lynn and the Theater Guild have done a remarkably fine picce of work. and its reception at the National last night, under the euphonious title of “Green Grow the Lilacs,” was warm and ap- preciative. For it has been produced within the lifetime of thgse who, however dim has grown tH® recol- lection of such ancient times as 1900, can still remember when su a 3 might have been accepted as a first- rate melodramatic study in modern manners, instead of as an assem- blage of folk lore and folk songs of another people in another era. Mr. Lynn's work has een ¢ cerned chiefly with the task of ering together a large assortment of- colloquialisms and gs of the frontier, by no means confined to this last of this continent’s frontiers, and weaving them into a story that bles him to devclop the every- custom: and life of the people while_the Theater Guild, with i nite skill, has by costume and set given the story a truly realistic background. It i3 a background with which most Americans are familiar, one that is as faintly reminiscent of Virginia, or Vermont, as of Indian Territory. For those who came to Indian Territory, of course, left Ver- mont or Virginia, with their parlor organs and the other paraphernalia of home that was characteristic of & period rather than of a place. ‘The story, with its rather conven- tional hero and heroine and a most despicable and villainous “hired man,” is adequate enough, and there e tense and dramatic moments hen the audience is really fearful lest something most unfo ate is going to happen to that cdrly-haired y-ung man and his sweet young bride at the hands of the fiend in human < The ac'icn is spread over Six with the intermission be- tween the third and fourth. While the scenes are shifted, a group of cowboys and country lassies, who really and truly come from Okla- homa, sing to the accompaniment of the guitar some of the songs of the West, such as the classic “Dying Cowboy” and other heroic bel'ads of the days when men were men. Most of the work develops on Helen Westley, whose delightful Aunt Eller Murphy becomes one of the most pleasing of the eve- ning’s highlights. June Walker is a sweetly naive and prepossessing Laurey Williams, whose capricious goings-on with Jeeter Pry, the hired man, who is admirably and realistically portrayed by Richard Hale, comes very near to spelling ruin for herself, her aunt’s haystacks and Curly McClain, the singing cowboy in the person of Franchot Tene. But for all their fine work; one must not forget the laurels due for Ruth Chorpenning as the buxom Ado Carnes, who brought the house down with her sing-song re- cital of that tragic affair which reachzd its climax when— The night was dark and dreary, ‘With just a hint of rai My heart is sad and weary For my lover has gone away on the train. Mr. Riggs, who is also from Okla- homa, has discovered a rich new field of folklore that has been lying here just under our noses for many years while playwrights have been digging around as far as Russia for good material. And the Theater Guild has made the best of the op- portunity, which Washington has been fortunate in receiving as the third of the Guild's local season’s presentations. “In the Best of Families” at the Shubert-Belasco. "pITY the poor family!” is the one appropriate exclamation that shculd issue from those who view the farce, “In the Best of Familics,” at the Shubert-Belasco Theater. the ordinary humorous discussions of a foundling as a cause of suspicion there is usually an attitude of de- tachment among the various char- acters involved which conforms to the laissez faire point of view. No- body is interested in the embarrass- ments of anybody else, so long as his Franchot Tone. shocking things are extremely &mue- ing, not because they have violated the rules, but because they have becn dissovercd—and discovered in some very dramatic turn of evenis | . The dramatic part, when asso-iated toundling. is automaticaliy into broad comedy ssence of “In the Bost ressions of the production may be divided into fi There is a world of imnlica- when the percons put on the cfensive as to the infant left upon the doorstep cf 7 y Ith are severally adv order that the answer to the lem may be found. Theatrical! is cleverly devised to carry amuse- ment to the highest degree.” Theught in such matters, when declared to be necessary, is circumstantial evidence of the most convincing sort. The as- surance that one of (he group will consult a diary is ancther bit of m terial for the constiuction of a fa It may be said that throughout th play there 15 a carnival of heart searching thet is most carefully de- d. The authors, Anita Hart and urice Braddell, have also produced ce which, in its mor stratned moments. hns sparkle On the other hard. there i5 a cer tain degree of sencibility and ref which rebels at the thought of devoting three acts and two intermissions to the contempla- tion of a thing which is generally mned in the higher types of tion and lacks the incentive to the ambitions of persons who are hoping to get alcng in the world. Placed on exhibition as a means of mental stimulation it lacks inspira- Lastly, there is the overshadowing family. = Here is a houschold of standing. the parent a leader in the community, the younger persons tak- ing places of importance. If the story were based on fact, this family would be under the devastating in- fluence of unexpected revelations which produce nothing but mutual contempt. Aside from these matters, an ex- cellent company has been assembled, headed by the highly esteemed Charles Richman. and is composed of several actors who have done good work in various productions. Johnnie Brewer, seen in Washington not long ago in a role which is remembered, contributes 2 fine bit of character acting. David Morris, as the chief youthful peronage in' the plot. has a forceful quality and good training which contribute much to the effect of what the play has to offer. Oth- ers who have their strong moments are Florence Edney, Mary Arbenz, Grace Filkins, Derek Fairman, Ma- rian Warring-Manly and Kendall Foster, while the rest of the cast is made up of Lenore Sorsby, Enid Ro- many, Perry Norman, Dorothy Gil- lam, Leonard Jerome and Robert Dugin. The action is notably con- tinuous throughout. D.C.C RED LITERATURE MAIL BAN PROPOSED IN BILL Eslick Measure Is One of Series Carrying Out Recommendations of Fish Communist Probers. | | The sending of Communist literature | through the mails and in interstate commerce would be prohibited under a | bill introduced in the House of Repre- sentatives by Representative Wslick, D-mocrat, of Tennessee. His bill is one | of a series placing in legislative form recommendations of the Fish Commun- ist Committee. Chairman PFish saild he will propose enlargement of the powers of the Jus-| tice Department for keeping in constant touch with radical activities. Repre- sentative Bachmann, Republican, West Virginia, is preparing a bill to prevent the naturaiization of Communists and authorize the cancellation of citizenship |of a naturalized alien Communist. Representative Hall, Democrat, Mi: sissippi, will propose a Federal law for the criminal prosccution of persons spreading false rumors to cause bank runs Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1!ic per day and 5c Sunday. Can you afford to be without this service at this cost? Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once. THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE ! !! 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Orleans M D: network in Boston, ia, Miami, Detre it Memphis, N neapolis, Kan Salt Lake less Stations beeause of the recent lift ing of an injunction ord'r of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia which prevented the Press group om utilizing the 20 continental and sem> of the 20 tr -oceanic short es previously allotted it. S:vera) of the stations have already been built and are utilizing trans-oceanic wave lengths domestic and some international system. although or- d cago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle | | | ONIGHT | Gabrilowitsch will not only 1 lead the Philadelphia Or- | | | numbers will include the overture, “Euryanthe” and the Becthoven “Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Maor." Another recital tonight which is attracting much altention is opening of Rubinstein series at the Wil- lard Hote! rence Str sing a progr congs. Later in the reason Mme. Valentina Aksar- aova will be the featured artist, this lady having won much praise recently in Ne York and Boston, and is said to be a Russian so- prano of much charm and verve. onight's concert ’ Strauss, 15_scheduled for Lawrence Strauss. 8:30 pm. ])R: MORDECAI W. JOHNSTON, president, and the faculty of Howard University will entertain at Iunch on Thursday in honor of Paul Robeson, who is to make his only T RUSSIANS MAKE PLEA Petition Asking U. S. to “Remain Friends"” Sent to Stimson. and Los Angeles | York new: Times, is under public servic: require- | the American people signed by 210 ments to handle messages and news prominent Russians in all parts of spatches for all American newspapers | Europe asking the people of this coun- seeking the s°rvice. 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FREE MARDI éRASrTR|P CHANCE IS ANNOUNCED | Washington Naval Reservists May Take Voluntary Training Duty on U. S. S. Wyoming. Washingtonians who are Naval Re- servists have an opportunity to attend trip to Galveston, Tex., thrown in Capt. C. C. Bloch, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, today an- | nounced that Washington Rescrvists may take vountary training duty aboard the U. 8. S. Wyoming. ! February 1 to attend the N celebration. The vessel fs s ton from February 15 to 2t and is due to return to Philadelphia about Mar 1. Capt. Bloch wants officers and enlist- ed men desiring to take this trip to in- form him not later than January 26. - 325 ietum to Shop. SHAWNEE, Okla., January 20 (). Three hundred and twenty-five went back to work at the Rock Island Railroad shops here yesterda: The men had besn unemployed since December 12, All departments of the shops now are working at full capacity, employing 800 men. f The Wyoming | s to sail from Philadelphia, Pa.. about | ardl Gras | duled to | men | An attack on Government health offi- clals for allegedly not enforcing the regulations governing the cleanliness of alleys and streets was made at a meet- ing of the West End Citizens’ Associa- tion last night by Charles L. Norris, president of the association. The speaker also criticised the dwelling bill now before Congress which. he said, is forc- ing alley inhabitants from their homes. The Senate Appropriations Commit~ tee today- added $120,000 to the first deficiency appropriation bill for ens larging the tuberculosis building at St Elizabeth’s Hospital, and also recoms mended an inerease -of $250,000 for imy provements at Howard University; These were the only local items added by the Senate committee. As reported to the Senate by Chairs “If the health authorities were earn- | Man Jones, the bill carries a total of est in their desire to keep the alleys | $120.032.985, This is an increase of clean they would enforce the law which | $26.810.313 over the House bill. H compels residents to keep their property and public property abutting it in a sanitary condition,” Mr. Norris said. A Senate amendment of $520,900 for general repairs to War Department cemeteries includes provision for somé Indorsement of & plan to erect wooden | WOrk in Arlington National Cemete sheds around Western Market, between the market building and the sidewalk, | Deth’s Hospital will ‘m: to provide shelt ¥ for retail Maryland A bullding of another sto: and Virginia farmers, was voted by the | CWl0: organization. B. G. Less was also in- dorsed for the post of assistant market master at the market. A resolution urging that a Distriet resident be appointed as dircctor of motor vehicles under the new traffic Ways and means of sending in a fire alarm and reporting a blaze w-re outlined to association members by Capt. H. A. Chapman of No. 18 “fire engine company. BURIED IN ARLINGTON Funeral the y for Infantry services were held at Arlington National Cemetery Cgpt. Abram I. Miller, a retirey officer, who d eral Hospit 5 . January 13, in his 67th year, A native of New York, Capt. 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