Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1931, Page 32

B—16 PLAGIARISM SUIT 15 WON BY O'NEILL Court Will Take Up Charge “Death Takes a Holiday” Plot Was Stolen. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 23—Now that Miss Gearges Lewy's $1,250,000 plagiar- mr. suit against Eugenc O'Neill over “Strange Interlude” has been disposed | of, the courts will presently turn their | attention to the charge of Miss Myra | Wiren that “Death Takes a Holiday” was pirated from her play “Most." Miss Lewys' case, which was tried Jast month, was dismissed yesterday. Miss Wiren's suit was filed while Miss Lewys was awaiting the decision. Her play was produced on Broadway some years ago. Each year’s successes bring a new as- | eortment of plagiarism suits. Every | song hit is potentially material for an | action based on charges of copyright | infringement. | Plagiarism Suits Recalled. That's why the big movie studios re- turn unopened most of the thousands of scenarios so_ hopefully submitted to them. That's also why Rudy Valiee has to be extremely careful about trying out_the songs of amateur composer: There's hardly a well known p wright or producer in New York who hasn't been the defendant at some time or other in a suit charging copyright | infringement Valeska Suratt and Mirza Ahm:d Schrab sued Cocil de Mille, charging that he stole “King of Kings," based on the story of Jesus of Nazareth from a y Schrab called “Mary Mag- Howard has been sued | twice, once for “They Knew What They | Wanted” and_oncs for “The Silyver Cord.” David Belasco was charged with having stolen the plot of “Cradle Song” for a play called “Marie Odile.” And away back in 1892 Augustin Daly ac- cused George F. Webster and William A Brady of having ted “After Dark” | for “Under the Gaslight.” Daly One of Few to Win, Mr. Daly won. Most of them do not. Anne Nichols demanded $3,000,000 Tom a picture concern, charging that “The Cohens and the Kellys” was stolen | from her “Abie’s Irish Rose.” The| picture company said it lifted the plot | xfmm “Romeo and Juliet.” Miss Nichols | ost. One of the most celebrated cases was that of Mrs. Grace A. Fendler against Oliver Morosco and Richard W. Tully, | charging that Tull ird of Paradise” | was based on her “In Hawail.” In the! lower court she was awarded $781.891./ Finally after the case had been| dragging on for 14 years, the Court of | Appeals reversed the decision. CHILDREN ESCAPE FLAMES | IN GREENSBURG THEATER Wild Confusion Reigns in Stam- pede for Doors—$100,000 Loss in Series of Fires. By the Associated Press. GREENSBURG, Pa., April 23.—More | than 250 persons, most of them chil- dren, fled from a motion picture thea- ter at Yukon, a mining town near here, iast night, when fire broke out above ! the operator’s booth. | A few minutes later a second fire| was discovered in the cellar of the| theater. At the same time fire broke put on the third floor of a garage across the street. Firemen estimated the lo &t_$100,000. | The flames spread to half a dozen other buildings, four of which were de- | stroved. The post office building was slightly damaged. No one was injured, although the| audience, many of the women and chil- dren hysterical, scrambled from the theater in wild confusion. Origin of the fires has not been de- | termined. Special ROUND TRIP Excursions APRIL 25-26 s l 6 to CHICAGO Lv. Washington Saturday, 1:30 PM. Returning Lv. Chi- cago Sunday, 8:30 P.M. Tickets Good In Coaches Only APRIL 25-26 $10.50 o AKRON and CLEVELAND Lv. Washington Saturday, 7:35 PM Returning Lv. Cleveland Sunday, 8:45 P.M. Lv. Akron, 9:55 P.M. Tickets Good in Coaches Only APRIL 26 $5 o NEW YORK ELIZABETH PLAINFIELD New York, West 5t., PM., Liberty 6:00 M. Lv. Eliza b 35 P.M. Plain field, 6:5 Ask Ticket Age Ahont Bpeclal Sight-secing Tours APRIL 26 HARPERS FERRY MARTINSBURG HANCOCK CUMBERLAND Yeave Washington, 8:20 AM. Returning same €~v. Lv. Cum berland, 5:05 PM. or 10:25 PM. Lv. H ock, 6:22 PM Lv. Martinsburg. 7:0% 2M. or 12:21 AM, Harpers Ferry 3:33 PIM. ROUND TRIP FARES To Harpers Ferry . To Martinsburg To Hancock . To Cumberland Tickets Good in Coaches Only. BALTIMORE & OHIO THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. O, THURSDAY, PRIL 23, 1931. It’s Weeding Out Time 'And good fashions go tomorrow at Friday prices in a dozen departments! More than 500 dresses—women’s, misses’, junior misses’ and larger women’s—inexpensive frocks and the higher cost salon frocks. A hundred styles—your dress is here if you have the patience to look for Coats, too—dozens, scores, hundreds—furred and furless—dress Save at Jelleff’s Friday! it. and sports. Fur Scarfs Friday! Too many on hand—so Friday sces new prices on more than fifty fox scarfs. 30 Scarfs That Have Been Selling Special at $29.50—Friday 25 Scarfs That Have Been Selling Special at $39.50—Friday .. All the fas able colors to sele pointed fox, red fox, beige fox, dyed cro fox—beautiful full skins. Come Friday z of these! —natural fox, fox and brown 1 get your choice Furs—Fourth Floor Again—More of Those Smart Straw Hats 53 We just can’t keep them in stock—our buyer has had to reorder them repeatedly. That's the reason why we confidently assure you that no matter what type of hat you want, you're sure to find several in this new collection that vou'll want immediately. Plenty of white, brown and black; high shades and light colours! Jelleg’s Millinery Shop—Strect Floor Broken Lines of Spring Footwear Formerly $10 to $12.50 footwear. nges are broken. $10 black kid opera pumps. $10 black faille opera pu $10 patent leather opera pu srown kid « n eige brown kid « blue kid of blue kid 1 sea sand kid oxfords, ke opera pur 14—$10 parchment % I nake oxfords, 12—810.50 parcl 3—810.50 parchr 8—810 blue kid 1 1 opera pumps. s with turned d opera pur ne straps with snake tr llefl’s Shoe Shop—Strect Floor JURSE_—————— Foundations! 50 Elastic Step-in Girdles $10.00 and $7.50 Girdles $10.00 5 Hook 3 5—In crepe de chine, and brocade, with and without boning, In peach and pink, in sizes 2%, 28, and 34 C $10 Faille Scanti La Masque Corsette-Brassicre c ce to be economi- 2- 15 value for $7.50. Only be- dollar e we discontinuing this k E e are w le to offer it at this of f: e y reduction. Made of crepe de chine, o5 of crepe de chine. four sections of elastic, three pails of garters, in sizes 3 9. Second Floor Really Good Silk Stockings 1 By the Makers of Our Famous Gold Stripe Silk Stockings! and the Sizes 38 You know Gold Stripe silk stockings cost ypu 0 to 50 but did you know that the people who make Gold Stripe also make a per- fectly wonderful dollay stocking? In both serv- ice weight and sheer, silk from top to toe with : garter hem reinforcement, in eleven Spring shades. They are just the thing for business. Full-fashioned, of coursel lisle ¢ Jellep’s Stocking Shop—Street Floor Come early—take your pick. COATS Women’s Coats—All on Third Floor! Little women's and larger women’s sizes in several of the lots, T ly 150 Coats all told—recent arrivals, but time to dispose of surplus stocks now! 25—$19.50 to $22.50 Fur-trimmed Coats. Coats with squirrel, $l kid galyvak and broadtail collars for only $15! nd the collars are all favorite styles—jabot, upstanding and mushroom types. In black and skipper blue. Sizes 36 to 46. 2052950 to $35 Craigleigh Coats. Those famous Craiz- &0 & | coats—smart for town or country wear. All furle $19.50 vies htline, helted styles. Tailored collars and button-trimmed cuffs, In grey, tan, brown and green mix- tures. Sizes Jo to 42 15—$35 to $39.50 Fur-trimmed Coats. Swagger sport coats with big ars of fox, skunk, wolf and raccc A most unusual value for the tweeds are of a fine quality, the tailoring cxceilent. Grey, blue, tan and brown mix tures. Sizes 30 to 42, $35 and $49.50 Fur-trimmed Coats. The fine spongy and crepey woolens that are so smart—coliars of kid galyak, mole, broad tail, squirrel in jabot, scari, mushroom and shawl styles. Black, skipper biue and tan. Sizes 36 to 44, 350i to 411, .3"1 to 487.. 1084950 to $69.50 Fur-t blue fox, ermis mole in Spring shade 20—859.50 to $89.50 Huffmann chongalecn fine quality—with jab med Coats. Large f broadtail—soft spongy woolens s of brown, tan, grey and green. Sizes 36 to 44, ~trimmed Coats. Coats of Forstmann- i other crepey wool qually . scarf, square shawl z galyak, white Russi brown, skipper blue and tan. All Women's Coats—Third Floor Misses’ Smart Spring Coats You certainly should make the most of chances like these! $19.50 to $29.50 Spofts and Dress Coats. tailored Sl' monotone and mixed tweeds for sparts at intry wear— ) dress coats wi f, pouch, jabot wwls of squirrel, kid c blue, brown, green and grey. Sizes 14 to 20, $29.50 to $39.50 Sports Coats. Every sports = coat—Craigleigh tweeds, covert 1 veeds, in $19.50 straightline, belted and flared s . collars clude sca Tan, black, g blue and green. Sizes 14 to 20. $39.50 to $49.50 Sports and Dress Coats. Dress coat with collars of mole, kid ga , either s ural wo , green, Sizes 14 to 20. $39.50 to $55 Fur Trimmed Coats. A be: collection of spongy and crepey woolen coats witl of kolinsky, uirrel, fox—or collars of y rel and mol They are semi-moulded or strai yle and exquisit ilored. Black, Lebanon bro: grey. Sizes 14 to 20. $59.50 to $65 Better Type Coats. e t furs oi the sca Sizes 14 to 20. Junior Misses—11 to 17— Coat Chances! Sometimes Misses Can Wear These, Too—If So, You Can Save $19.50 to $25 Sports and Dress Coats. Swagger sports coats in polo fabrics and tweeds, single and double breasted styles ~—dress coats with collarless necklines; scarf colla i or silk; square, 1 or johnny collars. In k, Skip blue, tan, Lebanon brown, bandanna, green. Sizes 11 Junior Miss' $35 to $45 Coats. Smart, vouthf sports and dress wear—monotone and loosely spongy and crepey woolens. Collars of kid lapin (rabbit), squirrel, natu of mole, squirrel and brown, scasand ta Junior Miss’ $45 to $49.50 Coats. One-of-a-kind ¢ that will app sisters, Flared and deep cuffs of f q Black, Skipper blue and tan. Sizes 11 to 17, All Junfor Coats—Third Floor If You Have a Bit of the Sporting Instinct For Golf For Bridge For This “Business You Must Have a Knitted Suit Swanky, well tailored, 3-piece ensembles whose couturier details belie their economy of price. In dashi fects with tweed ef- blouses. These suits are a clever addition to the Spring wardrobe. In blue, beige, April green, flow- er blue, black, navy, brown and rose. Sizes 14 to 44 $16.50 The Boucle Suit Continues to Take Spring’s Sportswear Honor Lacy knit Dblouses with unusually fine, closely knit cardigan jackets and skirts. Fascinating colours—light green, vellow, § .50 yacht blue, beige, sky grey, tropic sun, - pink, all white, navy or black. Sizes 34 to 42. Jellef’s Sports Shop—Fourth Floor DRESSES Women’s Dresses on Two Floors There are very lovely dresses in these groups. Do not dismiss them without a look—they are well worth it. Dresses formerly $39.50—$59.50. Chiffon wools in the tailored glo styles 60 smart for Spring. Terra cotta, pencil blue, and black. @ Plain crepes in black, green and brown. Evening gowns in pastels. Second Floor Dresses formerly $49.50—S$59.50. Typical Salon gowns at tre- s-)' mendous savings . . . afternoon crepes and chiffon for Sunday &)ée nights, evening gowns in smart dull erepe and sheer triple geor- gette . . . some with no trimming at all, others bead trimmed. Second Floor Dresses formerly $59.50 to $145.00. These include gowns from our €35 e French shop. Bright crepes embroidered in contrasting %) . . . chiffon wools trimmed with bands of ermine, after- in blue, black and brown, evening gowns of satin and crepe in.pastel shades. Sizes 34—4d. Second Floor 1581650 to $25 Dresses, A very good selection of tallored dresses @5 and cvening gowns in blue, black, red and white, and assorted prints. €9} One and two of each style. 36 to 42. Fifth Floor 35—$25 and $29.50 Dresses. These dresses are half price (some of them less than half price) and offer a remarkable saving. Printed crepes and plain crepes for afternoon and street in brown, blue, beige, and red; evening gowns of lace and lace and chiffon in combination, in white and pastel shades. Sizes 36 to 42, and a few in half sizes. Fifth Floor 12.75 25—$25 and $20.50 Dresses. There are smart street and $19.50 afternoon dresses in this desirable group. One-piece dresses ) and two-piece suits, finished beautifully with fagoting, tucking, brightened with contrasting color, and lace vestees The two-piece suits are one-plece print dresses with match- ing finger tip jacket. In navy, black, beige, green and Copenhagen blue. Sizes 36—44: 351:—41%5. Fifth Floor Misses’ Dresses—Several Hundred Tomorrow See all the groups—both upstairs and down and you'll not be sorry. Dresses formerly $35 and $39.50. These are mostly one-piece crepes Slo with bright colored trimming for contrast, although there are a few all black. Second Floor Dresses formerly $35—$49.50. Dresses you can put on and wear $25 right now . . . sheer wool suits with handkerchief linen blouses, D) fize silk crepes, lace and satin . . . evening gowns with small but important jackets (a few with fur trimmed cuffs). Second Floor Dresses formerly $45—$59.50. What could be nicer than to be able $35 to buy a redingote and printed crepe dress at such a saving! b Silk svits and dresses in black, blue, grey and beige. Some of these have smart, lingerie touches. Lace evening gowns in pastel blue and black, sophisticated black chiffon and sequins, end the very new printed crepes. Sizes 14—20. Second Floor 31—$16.50 to $25 Dresses. An opportunity to fill in your Spring $10 wardrobe with a silk crepe in skipper blue, or black if you prefer, a light-weight wool in a smart high shade, or a chiffon in a pastel. You may even have vour choice between a jacket frock and a one- plece dress. 14 to 20. Fifth Floor $-$160 Dremes. This it & speclally bought wroup of @]9 75 Spring dresscs. ‘There are silk crepes and print jacket dresses 9 for street wear, laces and chiffon for evening. In pastel shades, as well as black, grey and beige. Sizes 14 to 20. Fifth Flo 36—819.50 Dresses. This group includes silk crepes, light weight @ 5 wools in one-piece and jacket styles. They are trimmed with L0 smart touches of white pique, sheer lingerie collars and cuffs, patent leather belts to match and contrast. In this group also are five evening dresses and one wrap. Pastel shades and black. Fifth Floor 42—$25 to $20.50 Dresses. Jacket frocks with blue and brown 19.50 backgrounds, plain crepes and beautifully taflored light $ 0 weight wools. ~There are a few evening gowns in satin-and taffeta, and one blue lace. Fifth Floor Junior Dresses Moved to Fifth Floor Easy to find them tomorrow, they've found a new home on our “Success” floor. 15—$16.50 to $19.50 Dresses. Much less than half price for these @= good looking afternoon frocks—silk crepe in one and two piece styles 3«) with long or short sleeves. In red, tan and green. Sizes 11 to 17. 15—81650 fo $22.50 Dresses. Just one in each syle of these @ () afterrioon) and evening! dressee—exidhevery onc is o Bhlenaidibig: D Crepes, satins, taffetas in one and two piece styles. In green, Tust and black. Sizes 11 to 17. 20-819.30 (o $29.50 Dreses. Dresses for every occasion-strect, G 5 school, afternoon and evening. Crepes, prints, chiffons, taffetas D4 in one, two and three piece styles. In green, black, Sipper blue, pastel blue. Sizes 11 to 1. Fifth Floor Inexpensive Dress Shop Enlarged! Friday will be a good day to see it—AND these dresses! 57—$7.95 to $10.95 Wool Frocks. ‘One and two piece styles with $3 95 pleated and flared skirts, many pastel shades and plenty of 0] black. Some feature the pastel blouse with a dark skirt. There are also a few silks in this group. Sizes 14—42. 80 Silk Dresses, Regularly $10.95. These dresses are taken $- 95 from our regular $10.95 stock. They include prints and plain e colors, and a few chiffons of the Sunday night type. Long and short, sleeves in sizes 14—44. 30 $10.95 Silk Crepe Dresses. Prints with dark backgrounds $7 95 and small floral designs, plain crepes and delicate flowered I chiffon jacket dresses are in this group, also a few redingotes. Some of the dresses have flared skirts, others are pleated. In flame, green, skipper brown and black. Sizes 14—42. Jellefl’s Inexpensive Dress Shop—Fourth Floor Larger Women’s Dresses A Clearaway of Splendid Wearable Dresscs for Wear Right Now! 18—8$16.50 to $19.50 Dresses $7.50 Attractive street and afternoon styles in crepe, printed crepe and chiffon. Black, navy blue, green, blackberry and brown. Sizes 401, 4812, 2412, 26, 12-—$19.50 to $25 Dresses $12.50 12 dresses for street, business or afternoon, of canton crepe and geor= gette, in black, navy, blue, green and beige. Sizes 40!, to 46z, 2412 0 261%. % 8—825 to $39.50 Dresses $19.50 Both tailored and afternoon styles. Crepe roma, georgette and print- ed 5%;; plain crepe. In black, navy, green and brown. Sizes 41'j tc 5012, Larger Women's Dresses—Second Floor Sports Clearance $16.50 to $19.50 Dresses, $10.75 $25 Dresses, $16.50—$39.50 Dresses, $25 Smart_light-weight woolens in the bright colours that are being worn for Spring. One and two piece—short and long sleeves— plaids and plain colors—wool crepes. flannel and jersey—misses’, 14 to 40; women's, 36 ¢ 49. ¥ $2.95 Sweaters, $1.95 $5.90 and $8.50 Sweaters, $3.95 Sweaters that will add a colourful note to your golf costume. Slip- over styles with V and crew necks. Green, blue, red and brown. Sizes 34 10 40. $8.50 to $10.50 $5.90 Jersey Raincoats, $2.95 kirts, $5.95 ilkc cre) Pleated sl crepe skirts on Plaid-Yned J raincoats belge, blue, gre:n it grey. waistbands or bodice tops— beige, green and black. Jellef's Sports Shop—Fourth Floor - & 1 For Smart Bracelets A colorful bracelet can do worlds for your ensembie plain galaith and prys blue, yellow, brown. red, green, biack.’..stunning with an all- white costume and white, stun- ning with a Metal bracel ished in sfl- ver and enameled in many col- ors. . .silver finish Indian brace- lets...and then for evening you can glitler with rhinestones or glow with pearls* on your wrist. “Simulated Jellefl’s Jewelry—Street Floor Clearance of Knit Undies $1.95 to $3.00 Rayon Pajamas £1.00 10—Two and three piece rayon pajamas in smart color combi- nations, Purple, black, red and orchid. Sizes 14 to 16. $3.00 and $3.95 Glove Silk Vests $1.75 40—Beautiful, smooth - fitting glove silk_vests, trimmed with imported lace and embroidery. Pink, peach, nile and adoree. Sizes 34 to 40, $1.95 Black Glove Silk Bloomers. 75¢ 12 pairs—Black, runproof glove silk ploomers, with elastic at the knee and waist. Sizes § and 6. $3.00 Glove Silk Combinations $1.95 Glove silk combinations with double lace top and bloomer leg. In peach only. Clearance of Bags 5—516.50 Simulated Pearl Eve- ning Bags, in white and egg- shell. Vagabond and pouch styles .$10 8—$10 Lame Envelope delightful soft colors, 7—$7.30 Embroidered Vagabond Pouches with light or dark backgrounds; all satin lined $5 10—$5 Crepe Silk Bags, in white with yellow, black, blue trim- Envelopes and Pouches, in black, green and brown....$5 50—$3 Leather, Embroidered Crepe and Raffia Straw Bags, in black, brown, green and tan. Slightly marred 1 Jellef’s Bag Shop—Street Floor Clearance of Neckwear 6—S3 Embroidered Batiste Blousettes in flattering sur~ plice style that ties at_the side. Eggshell 5195 10—$1.95 Pique and Linen Col- lar and Cuff Sets, in white, Wide gauntlet cuffs that but= ton on ..$1 4—$3 Pique Collars in V-neck= line style, all hand-embroi- dered. White $1.95 Jelleff’s Neckwear Shop Street Floor Clearance of Novelties 8—$1.95 Pewter Ash Trays...$1 4—S$1 Pewter Ash Trays .50¢ 2—$3 Pewter Bonbon DI S, 5150 6—S$5 Pewter Cigarette Boxes, $2.50 2—$5 Boudoir Clocks . —8$3 Boudoir Clocks . R 3—$3 Pewter Cigarette Boxes, $1.50 3—$1.95 Pewter Match Boxes, $1 16—51 Godey Print Coasters, 50 35—S1 Organdy Powder Puff Roses oc 18—$1 Organdy Kleenex Cases, 500 Street Floor Toiletries Clearance 50—$3 boxes of Cold Cream Soap from England, 12 cakes in a box = 52 25—$7.50 bottles of Marques d’Elorza Perfume, Bleu Blanc, $1.95 24—$2 bottles of Bourjois Per- fume, Mon Parfum st 75—S1 Guest Room Powder Sets. individual cotton puffs in_rose organdy cases...5 18—s1 Bath Room Bottles, im- ported colored glass . $1 Thine Hand Cream, and softens hands. . Jellefl’'s Toiletries Shops— Street Floor Girls’ Cotton Dresses This Should Be the End of Them! —31.95 to Sl $2.95 Dresses Cunning little frocks with flared or pleated skirts—some dresses with blcomers tc match —plain cottons in maize, blue, flesh and tan. Sizes 6 to 12. 35—82.95 to 81.95 3.95 Dresses Gay prints and pastel cottons with fagoting and _tucking trimmings —cool and easily tubbed. 1In red, blue, orchid and green. Sizes 6 to 12. Third Floor and $5 Silk Chemises $3 A splendid opportunity to buy really fine “teddies” at a_moderate price. French crepe and crepe de chine fitted chemise, either simply taflored with hemstitching and embroidered designs or trimmed with creamy s. Flesh, baby blue, white and tea Broken sizes. Jelleff’s Grey Shops— Second Flocr