Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1936, Page 56

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, SHOWS WORLD TRUE METHOD Educational Approach to Realism Achieved in Displays for Use in Several Parts of Country, With Chief Emphasis on New Orleans Convention in January. By G. H. Dacy. NTERTAINMENT by panto- E mime, as well as education by exhibits, will benefit mutually from the ventive ingenuity of a quartet of specialists of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, all residents of the District, who have revolutionized diorama production. A diorama is best defined as the dra- matization of a historical event by a silent yet spectacular pageant or sim- ilar display, in which small-scale models of men, animals, machines— whatnot—are the actors. But one spectacle can be represented per di- orama so that sometimes a series of these brilliantly painted, brightly illuminated exhibits is necessary to consummate the intended educational message. For example, the life of George ‘Washington might appropriately be portrayed in a series of, say, 10 dio- Tamas. Diorama production first germinat- ed in PFrance some three-score years ago; the British soon copied the French idea. Both French and British museums have long used dioramas for visual educational purposes; elaborate exhibits of scientific attainments, his- torical happenings and both the tri- umps and defeats of warfare have been thus illustrated. Mr. A. C. Rose, who designs and directs the educational exhibits made and displayed throughout the United States by the Bureau of Public Roads, has thoroughly tested out the methods of diorama making practiced by pro- fessionals both in this country and abroad. Aided by his talented assist- ants, Henry W. Hendley, artist and sculptor; Karl Rakeman, artist, and C. H. Frey, mechanical specialist, Mr. Rose has completed and exhibited various dioramas that positively sparkled with the realism and the stories which they told in pantomime. However, the best of those productions had faults and flaws. Like all other dioramas made accordirig to the tra- ditional prescriptions, they showed de- fects and distortions. Artists and ex- hibitors, as well as scientists every- ‘where, had come to accept such in- side shortcomings of the diorama as ‘unavoidable. ENGINERING, as you probubly know, is a science of precision. “Approximately right” does not mean much in the lexicon of the engineer. A mathematical formula or its practi- cal application is either right qr wrong, according to his training. He refuses to countenance hair-splitting; he car- ries decimals out to four or five places instead of using the plus sign. That is why our lengthy bridges and our altitudinous skyscrapers are safe, and long withstand the buffets of wind, weather, wear and tear. That in- grown ideal of the trained engineer to make everything right is what causes the Rose, et al,, force to resort to study and experimentation to rid diorama making of its latent defects. In short, the foregoing is nothing more than introductory of a new method of diorama production which revolutionizes the art, ties together all the former loose ends, and makes this style of exhibit scrutiny-proof. The old formula for a diorama was a semi- circular painted background, with the depth of the exhibit approximately one-half as large in inches, feet or even yards, as its width. That ratio was followed in order to develop the proper perspective, although the point of view of the spectators was not con- trolled. The models, either still fig- ures or those animated by the use of endless belts and electrical control, were made of clay, plaster or metal, and usually were both fragile and costly. The illumination of the dio- ramas was not standardized accord- ing to the class of exhibit. As a re- sult of the half-circle painted back- ground, distortion almost invariably was observable dt the three vanishing points of the painting. It was impos- mible for artists to eliminate that de- fect. Worst of all, it was perceptible to the spectator, and frequently spoiled the entire influence of the exhibit, so far as he individually was soncerned. Criticism is just so much conversa- &lon, unless the critic can offer con- erete and sensible suggestions for im- provements. The local public roads exhibitors have not only done this, shey have demonstrated the verity of Bheir contentions by producing re- ¥ised dioramas which are superlative- Iy excellent and qualified to withstand every and any tests for accuracy. They have substituted a straight- faced painted background for the previous moon-shape layout, have re- duced the depth of each exhibit to = standard of 6 inches, have controlled the point of view, have made the ex- hibits under the same quality light as that used in their display, have faced the dioramas with flaring hoods womewhat similar to the entrance of » highway or railroad tunnel, and have stabilized artificial illumination In the upper-corner exposures of those shields. This arrangement rid the dioramas of distortion. A perfect pic- torial representation of the scene or activity is visible fro= wx che angles at which the spectators can view the exhibit. The realistic qualities of the dioramas are intensified by the aboli- tion of the former defects. The mod- els are now carved artistically from oasswood, which is soft and easily aworkable, yet does not spit as readily a8 white pine. These lilliputian fig- ures of wood are less fragile and more durable than the clay and plaster ones of yore. TB! custom has been to make mod- 14 "els in three dimensions. Messrs. Hendley and Rakeman have improved pn that system by simulating the practices of the sculptor, who creates fifelike figures in bas-relief. The new models are about one-quarter of an Jnch deep, and hence different from ordinary cutouts. Artistic skill has been yoked to round off the figures and to shade them, so that they ap- pear to be three-dimension products of appropriate proportions. That is 80 say, these figures are produced and painted in altorelievo. The imitation is s0 faithful that a remarkable il- Jusion of rotundity is produced. A special feature is the measurably lighter weight and smaller shipping- space requirements of the latest edu- eational exhibits of the United States Bureau of Public Roads.. Four of.these new and improved dioramas, depicting the history and evolution of highway construction in the United States, are’ about com- pleted, and will shortly be expressed ] to Chicago, where they will be on public exhibition in the Rosenwald Museum of Science and Industry for several months. The first diorama in this series is a pleasing reproduction of a Colonial scene at the Eagle Tavern, 14 miles from Philadelphia, in 1792. A stage wagon with its 12 passengers is por- trayed halting at the inn on & Winter’s afternoon, in order that the travelers may descend to refréesh and warm themselves in the public room of the tavern. The setting is on the famous Lancaster Turnpike, the first crushed stone thoroughfare in the United States, which extended from Philadelphia to Lancaster, a distance of 63 miles. That road was built by dumping rocks along the right of way and mauling them into an aggregate by hand, with heavy rock hammers. That left a rough surface which was hard on the horses’ hoofs. As a re- sult a Summer road of earth paralleled | played for the first time in that South- ern city. One is a depiction of how the Natchez Trace, a noted Colonial trailway and road, appeared in the vicinity of Grinder’s Tavern, Ten- nessee, in 1809, when Capt. Merri- weather Lewis, of Lewis and Clark expedition fame, was murdered in a log cabin opposite the inn. Capt. Lewis was en route to Philadelphia, where he intended to write a book about his explorations. He had a large sum of money on his person. Although a shot was heard in the night none of the occupants of the inn went to the trouble to investigate its source. The dead body of Lewis was found in the cabin next morning, rolled in bloody blankets. At first the case was de- scribed as suicide; subsequently, how- ever, a murder was revealed, although the killer was never caught and iden- tified. The Naichez Trace was used as a back-track way through the wil- G, Karl Rakeman, artist of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, puts finishing touches travel. Henry W, Hendley, artist and sculptor, carves the models from bosswood in alto relievo. the one of rock: the former was used during fair weather when the ground was dry, the latter during wet weather and throughout the Winter months. At 5 to 10 mile intervals along the Lancaster Turnpike were toll gates, the cash income from the tolls being used in maintaining the hard road, paying the toll-gate keepers and re- ducing *the corporate debt, the pike having been built by a private com- pany. Even in those days, the pro- vincials and colonials turned “thumbs down” on toll roads. Rather than pay for* the right to use the improved thoroughfare they broke trails through the wilderness. Some of them even trespassed on the pike, making de- tours through the woods whenever they were in the vicinity of a toll gate. The second diorama illustrates the rise of the railroad as a medium of travel and the decline of the highway. It presents a dramatic race, the dio- ramical simulation of a thrilling epi- sode in. American history, between Peter Cooper’s diminutive Tom Thumb locomotive and a stage horse, which took place along the right of way of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad not so far from Baltimore in 1830. At the crisis of the contest, the locomotive was reduced from the status of com- petitor to that of spectator, when the belt that drove the blower that created the boiler draught broke. The cumber- some-looking steel horse slowed to a stop; its oats-and-hay-eating rival raced on to victory. Although the stage horse triumphed, the moral vic- tory went to the locomotive. At that time, the National Pike, or Old Trails Road, was the popular overland link which joined the Atlantic seaboard and the fertile Ohio Valley; it ex- tended westward from Cumberland toward St. Louls. Roads in general had been extended to the farthest limits of settlement, but promised to be neglected potentially with the develop- ment of steel-railed transportation. IORAMA No. 3 deals with what what was going on in the way of travel changes about 1916. The then insistent voice of the American mo- torist had been answered. Most States were building highways adapted to pneumatic-tired vehicle use. How- ever, there was a lack of co- ordination in this campaign. An im- proved thoroughfare in one State would be extended to the border; the sister State failed to duplicate this construction performance. Motorists, as & result, would roll from the im- proved road into a welter of wallowing clay, gumbo or rock and mud when they crossed the State line. Such a situation is shown in this diorama—a big motor car speeding down the hard road is halted by the distress signals of a fellow motorist, whose horseless conveyance is stuck in a quagmire of mud which was misrepresenting itself as a highway. However, the sutomobile owners raised such a hue and cry, a voluble fog of dissent against the situation, that something worth while was done. ‘The Federal-aid Jpolicy of highway building came into being, requiring unified action between all the States and the National Government. The resultant program of highway im- provement gradually plugged the for- mer stop-gaps of the motor tourists by completing interstate routes and facilitating travel from where you were to where you wished to go with- out causing you to duck, dodge, back- track and detour in approximately as many directions as it was possible for you to guide your car. ‘The final diorama of this historical chain shows an ultra-modern foure lane highway of today, with its bus station at a grade-separated intersec- tion and its bordering sidewalks and attractive landscape development. This arterial highway type, with its ramifications—it is the combined pro- duction of the various State Highway Departments and the United States Bureau of Public Roads—provides for the safe accommodation of dense, fast-moving traffic on the major high- exhibited at the convention of the Builders’ Asseciation American at New hluulry 1987. Two other new dioramas also Will be dis- s derness from New Orleans to Ten- nessee, Kentucky and Ohio. Traders in those days transported their furs and other produce on rafts down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the New Orleans market. Unable to raft upstream because of the swift current, they destroyed their log rafts and “hoofed” it back home by way of the Natchez Trace. That trail was one of the principal links in the provin- cial transportation system of those early days. The other exhibit consists of two dioramas — impressive reproductions of the internationally famous Alamo Chapel, as it was In 1836 and as it appears in restored condition, one century after the bloody battle be- tween its American defenders and the Mexicans, which occurred there. You may recall, if you know your Amer- ican history, that Lieut. Col. W. B. Travis commanded the 180 Ameri- cans, including Col. Bowie, originator of the bowie knife, and Davy Crock- ett, adventurous frontiersman, at the on a diorama depicting Colonial OCTOBER 11, 1936—PART FOUR. PUBLIC ROADS INGENUITY PERFECT S DIORAMA EXHIBITS. OPTIMISTS COLOR ST. LOUIS Old-Fashioned Character Found Among People, While Women Uphold Substantial Things of Life — Inherited Customs and Devotion to Musical Events. By Mathilde Bahar. ST. LOUIS, Mo. IN AN increasingly insecure world, the women of St. Louis stand out for their belief in the great substan- tiality and sincerity of their city and its people. Outwardly, the city has kept pace with the changing pattern of the American scene during the last few generations—a skyscraper skyline, in- dustry diversified and strong, popu- lation sharply expanded and public needs and public buildings greatly extended. But underneath this swift modernity remains the early century stolid optimism. Neither is this faith recelving much setback with the daily exposure in the newspapers of elec- tion frauds having been perpetrated in the city wards throughout the voting for the passage of & recent bond issue. The women cheerily point out to me that these exposures off. What we want is work, a family, a house, good things to eat and music. Our men look closely at what we buy, for they must have good, honest value, nothing fancy.” Because of the very definiteness of this attitude, no confusion rests in the mind of Mme. Louisan as to how her interest in some particular social group will be received by her neighbor. She feels herself too well established for any one to question her position or sincerity. If she wants to work among the unemployed, the peace groups, help to get up a din- ner for Norman Thomas, or have & meeting for Earl Browder, she has no fears of social ostracism. In fact, she knows that the more substantial the people backing it, the more apt is the man on the street to give his time. And she can prove the truth of her statement, says she, for when- ever she wants to get a petition filled up with names all she has to do is to mamma and the children may go to one of the few remaining beer gar- dens to listen to the music and eat black bread and cottage cheeu while papa drinks his beer. The German people enjoy sitting out of doors and listening to music. This is probably the reason the St. Louis Municipal Opera House in For- est Park is the largest one of its kind in the world. This Summer, while the movie houses along the main streets of St. Louis were feeling the struggle to keep above water, or quietly sinking into receivership, the open-air opera was turning customers away. In spite of the fact that at every performance 1,700 seats are kept open free to the public, there were more than 800,000 paid admissions, ranging from 25 cents to $2 during the months of June, July and August. Light opera and operetta are enjoyed nightly amid scenes of natural splen- dor under the stars, while famous principals, brought from the musical centers of the world and splendid scenic and lighting effects and chorus groupings delight the spectator. Grand opera also is very popular, and twice a year the opera companies come to the city. Another source of enjoyment is the St. Louis Symphony The “Ball of the Veiled Prophet,” which ushers in St. Louis’ social season. Alamo; all the defenders were killed by the overwhelming attackers, some 2,500 Mexicans. “Remember the Alamo” was the subsequent battle cry of the American forces in their engagements with the Mexicans, bat- tles in which the supremacy of the Stars and Stripes was established. El Camino Real, the King's High- ‘way, was the main traveled thorough- fare of the Alamo area. Such traffic as covered wagons drawn by oxen and two-wheeled Spanish carretta carts are shown using that highway in one of the dioramas. are another indication that no politi- cal machine can hope to secure a firm grasp, for all such manipulations are sooner or later discovered and exposed. “Just as long as papa is pleased and keeps well everything will work out all right,” explains Mrs. House- wife, and then she insists that the real reason for this faith lies in the good old-fashioned character of her people. “Here it is more necessary to be substantial than anything else. ‘We make a good deal of fun of peo- ple being ritzy and liking to show Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week Sunday WEEK OF OCTOBER 11 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Jane Withers in “Little Miss Nobody." Also Little Red House.” Academy 8th and G Sts. 8.E. Roser Pryor in ““Ticket to Paradise. glark Gable in ife vs. secmny Jane Withers in Little Miss Nobod: Rosalind Russell and Ambassador e otn Boies " 18th and Columbis Rd. Apollo 24 H 8t. NE. “Alice Faye s lnd Adolphe Menjou i ‘Baby, Sing Mickey Mouse. Rosalind Russell and Rosal Johin, Boles Join Botes __“Craig’s Wife” | Alice Faye and Adolphe Menjou in “Sing, Baby. Mickey_Mouse. s Cran s Wlh." “Alice Fave and__| Adolphe Menjou in *'Sing. Baby. 8i Mi Mo Sing.” Gwen Davis_J “Bun er’ae Robt, Monts: | *Betticont. Fever.” Janet Gaynor and W Roger_Pryor in ““Ticket to Paradise.” | Clark Gable in ‘Wife vs. Secretary.” n| _| _“Petticoat Owen Davis. “Bunker Bei Robt. Montgo! Bette D: d Warren William in ‘Satan Met a Ledy. ‘Myrna Loy and \(le Loy and .Warner Baxier in hLo Warner Baxter in “To Mary With Loy, ““March of Time Katharine Hepburn and Fredric March in “‘Mary of Scotland.” “Walking on Air** “Secret Agent.” Warner Baxter and 2 Loy in 7o Mary With Love.” Cart._Novelty. News. Dark. Arcade Hyattsville, Md. Ashton Clarendon. Va. Randolph_Scott and Binnie Barnes in “Last of the Mohi. cans 8imone Simon Avfllon “Girls’ nDarmX- tory.” 5612 Connecticut Ave. Simone Simon in in “Gisly’ Dormi- “Girls’ Dormi- oy Warner Baxter and Margaret Lindsay and| Randolph scou t and ‘Warren Hull in P‘rlncel Drake “Law in Her Hands."| Cart. Novelty. News.|“And Sudden Death.” ry Boland Randolph Scott and ?flncf’l Drake 13 'And - De-lh o Frances Drake "Randoiph Scott and | B *A Son Comes “‘And !udden Death.” Home" ')(cllfi‘ennl o{ "ine _Comedy. _Cartoon. Katharine Hepburn and Fredric March in Mary of Scotland. ‘Katharine Hepburn_ and Fredric l(lrch in| “‘Mary of Scotland, Silly S8ympho! Randolph Scott and Frances Drake in "And Sudden Death.’ Mickey Mouse. Avenue Grand 645 Pa. Ave. SE. R-ndolnh scou -nd Frances Drake in | ““And Sudden Death.” |__ Mickey Mouse. | Gertrude Michael an: |8ir_Guy Standing i “The Return of Sophie Lang."” _silly Symphon: Gertrude Michael and| — Shirley, Temple | |8ir_Guy Standing in| he Return of | 'Pooré,'u‘m Rich . d n :-?x"rfiu n *“The End of the Trail.” |Eleanore Whitney and | Robert Cummings in “Thre Cheers for ahuléy"temnle 3 W mrlmf‘m‘ in *Poor Little Rich Girl.” n “Thank You. Jevees." ““Yellowstone.” Richard Dix and Karen Morley in “Devil's Squadro: Cart._Novelty. New Cameo Mount Rainier. Md. Richard Dix and Karen Morley in oDevils sqnndrfim b3 Bette Davis and “Satan Met a Lady." .|Cartoon. Band. Warren Willlam in News. Sophie Lang.” Lionel Barrymore and| S8imone Simon Maureen O'Sul n ‘Devil Doll “Girls’ Dormie ory.” c-n Novelty. Simone Simon William Boyd 1n in *Girls_Dormie tory.” Carole_ Lombard in “The Princess Comes Across.” Also “‘Gentle- man From Louisiana.” Carolina 11th and N.C. Ave.8.E. Chester Morri i “‘Counterfel! ‘man From Loulslln!." *“The First Kay Prancis and nald Woods -+ Deane i in Shirle: ;lru Baby." Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexande; Central 425 9th St. NW. Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander and and Madge Evans Beverley Roberts in in Robert Montgomery Roben ‘Montgomery T snna Con- | and Madge Evans demned” “White !‘uxx ““The Green Pas- tures.” a fable by Marc Conneny. | 1 Stand ( con- rfldrlt March_and demned June Lang in “The old to "Whlte Plnl Glor: “China Clipper.” |_“Pic y_Jim.” Gene Raymond and n Sothern in "wumu on Air.” Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Gene Raymond snd | Bi y and Ann Sothern in | Frances Farmer in “Walking on Air.” | “Rhythm on the News. Range.” Comedy. |_Piccadilly gim”_ Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer in on the Katharine Hepburn | and P'redl’lc March “Mary of "Scotland.” | xm{mne Hepburn | George Raft and Do- d Fredric March |lores Costello Barry- n more in “Yours for “Mary of_Scotland.” the Asking.” Cartoon, Pat 0 Brlen Ross Alexander and Beverley Roberts in Clipper.” Colony Ga. Ave. and Farragut Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander and Beyerley Roverts in “China Clipper.” Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander and Beyerley ‘Roberts in Robert Taylor and Irene Dunne *“The Magnificent “The uunlnunt Obsession.” Obae Dumbarton 1343 Wis. Ave. N.W. Fairlawn Anacostia, D. ©. Rabefl I(onélomer! in “Girly Dormi- Charles Bumrwnn and Una Merkel in ““We Went to College." Comedy. Robert Montgomery and Madee Evans in ‘Piccadilly Jim." News. _Comedy. _| h| _Pat O'Brien and Beyerley Roberts in | ~*China Clipper." comzav at O Bri 1 nd |~ G Beverley Rabe s in “China Clipper.” Comedy. Jane Wlthen and Irvin 8. Cobb o Uepper® . |Richard Dix and Mar- garet Callahan in ial Investiga- .| tor”" Serial. Com. TRuth Chatterton in John Wayne in oy Dorml- “Bel a Spollers.” Patricla Ellis n t O'Bri in “Love Begins at ipp Pa “China Clipper.” Ricardo Cortez in Pat O'Brien In, “Postal Inspector.” *“China Clipper.” Robert llnmlome" and Madge Eva: Hippodrome K near 9th Home xand Beverley Reberts, in 13th and © 8ts. N.E. g “China_Clipper." Jimmy Allen in “8ky Parade.” Ronald Colman in “Arrowsmith.” .nmmy Anen n “'Sky o." Ropnald Coiman, in Arrowsmith.” Charles © Chapiin In Charies Ghay ““Mod imes. Also The Return of | Al :Sophie Lang.” Cart.!S lin i Lang.” Lionel Barrymore in Lionel Barrymore in “Devil Devil Doll.” s Langford in | “Springs.” Katharine He) t O'Brien. P‘ o and Fredric arcn Ross_Alexander ‘and Beverley Roberts in “China _Clipper.” Jane Withers and Irvin 8. Cobb in Comedy. Dark. Jesse 18thnr. R. 1. Ave. N.E. Lee Falls Church, Va. = Cartoon. Jane Withers lnd Henry Fonda in Irvip 8. Col bb in thri; “'Spendthrift.’” Chester Morris. Met in 8 ‘Mary of aeatl-ml 2 ‘They Katharine Hepburn | and Pud‘rlc March o( scou- d e Gertrude Michael and| 8ir_Guy Standing in “The Return of H Fonda Fat Paterson “Spendthrift.” Tlmone slmon and rsh A Dormuory » Met_in medy. “Simone Simon Tirginis W Welfler in Herbert Marshall in | “Gii HEion Bovmitory” | Hency Hanter - Comedy. Serial. “Yellowstone." oe?tru'de Michael “The Eelum of Sophie La: Seeronds m:m’ax" in Margaret snllnun in “So_Red the Rose.” M‘ll’lll’n Sullavan n “So_Red the Bob Allen fi “Unknown Rlnlt!. Fred Stone in “Grand Jury.” Nelson Edd: lnd Jeanette M hty Marietta.” Randolph_Scott and Little 9th between F and G Milo Rockville, Md. e chtlty Ne'n (Binie Barnes in “ . "l Nelson Eddy and | Nelson Jeanetie ;\lnbon-ld rietta. ldd SeAneth Meeponad Neison Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald ‘Naughty Mariett; Myrna Loy and William Powell in “Thin_Man." Myrna Lo; Myrna Loy and a thlllfl‘l n William Powell “Thin_Man.” and owell Popeye, Qur Gang, .| Silly Symphony._ete. Alice Faye and Al nd AdolShe MeensBu in, | Adolghe Mlenson in “Sing. Baby. Sing.” | “Sing. Baby, Sing.” Cart._Nove News. | Cart._Novelty. News. Ken Maynar Walter Abel in “We| Went to College. ““Cattle Thie: Palm Del Ray, Va. Dark. wn Montgomery and Madge Evans in “Piccadilly Jim _Comedy. Novelty. and Madge Evans i Robert Montgomery n “Piccadilly Jim dy. Nove ‘Warner llxur lnd T Mary WithLove.” Coms dy. Prlgnel Langfor nzucuon i h B Tsnd Penn X “Anthony Adverse.” 650 Pa. Ave. S.E. “Predric_March lnd Olivia de, Hlvluund _“Anthony “Adverse.” Fredric March and Olivis de,}hvullnd “Anthony Adverse.” c March & onm de anmlnd “Anthony Adverse.” dric March and Ohvln de mvnu-nu n ““Anthony Adverlev" u Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy in ““To Mary WithLove.” Co edy. ric March and ollvlu de anmnnd _“Anthony “Adverse." | Stewart and end; a' At c-rtoon )und "fluflfi Scott m d n"'n'e'y'if'fl"c‘n%fiud "S8an ncisco.” )!elu nm nmoct- Princess 1119 H 8t. N.E. James Stewart in Chick andler in e Shor “Three of ‘& Kind." News. Shon lubleen James Stewart in apeed Chick Chandler in “Three of a Kind.” Brian Donlevy in o High Tension.” The Gentleman Pwm Louisial Richmond Alexandria. Vs. Savoy 3030 14th 8t N.W, Dark. wiiam [Warren william and| Pat O'Brien lnd Pat O’'Brien and Beverley Mbe Care” Noveity "'en Mary Astor and Mel.| Fredric March and vyn Douglas in “And| Bo ‘The; é-wue Mar- l!av:lly Fredric mren and Warner Baxter i “Road to Glory." Cart. Novelty. Ne e . o5 “‘Road aloty to caro Novers “Hews. William and| Wasren Willism, oo of the Jeln John Arledge and ‘Grant and Louise Latimer rnnchot Tone in in “Grand Jury.” Kay Prancis and ‘Hoot Gibson in “Bwitty.” fac iuater 1 *“The Whl?e Angel.” Seco Silver Spring. Md. _| Patey x-xfy med: ~8b Temple T _Ilhlrley D 'Rich | Patsy KAll! Wllflll Shirley Temple 1 “Poor "Little Rich ttle Rich |Frances “Pal 8ir Guy Btlmll-l lnd Langfo: Joe E. Brown “Esrthworm Trace to! All-star cast 1 to College. “Klnl of the Arena. Stanton Barbara !n.nwgk in 6th and C Sts. N.E. 'Brien in| t-nvyck in! Barbara Stanwyck In 3 O Brien, 87 or‘g’nrolmm el y Allen in . Sky Parade.” "'flu !i! State Bethesds. Md. h of ime.» . Mickey Mouse. uon‘fl elmm re in l-lolul lll’ Jan Kiepura i is Night 5 ebe Daniel “Southern lnm ™ - George Raft in__| tfiull‘lflnl‘: xl'ht. 8:30 and 11:15. ive Robert Young in Jol State Falls Church, Va. Sylvan 104 R. I Ave. NW. s in ‘win “State ir.” 5 te El Lfl "Annw Advel#l Pat OBrien, and s Alexander in, | Comedy. - Novelts. gmcfl! Slmn nd in TR Dormitory.” |_Comedy y. Novelty. Takoma ‘Takoms Park, D. C. Tivoli York Ga. Ave. and Quebes in “Piccadiily Jim. T Time of Dr. Forbe: "l‘lll We \fc‘el Asain, ST W est g &?fl&“fi.’%flmfl Silvia aa iviidnd Features at 7 and 9:35. llo ¢ Montgomery Madge Evans in 5 Pl ly Jis comufl! ovelir. Marc Ounmll)'t “The Greel tares Olivia b%w *'Anthony Almle ot A take a number of good-looking cars, cover them with posters and ban- ners and have the respected matrons wait before them on busy corners. The passerby will be glad to sign their petition, for he knows if the right people are back it, it must be right. PEAC! groups are very strong here, in spite of the constant activities among the “Priends of New Ger- many.” And this enthusiasm can be traced back to the days when there was a great flux of settlers into St. Louis from European countries who came to America to escape military service. However, this feeling for peace must be handed down from mother to daughter, for it is the wom- en who do all the organizing. Papa Tom, Tyler g "RidIng | through vigorously. is apt to call it “woman’s business.” While a St. Louisan matron dis- likes publicity and objects to becom- ing tangled up in public affairs, once | aroused, she carries her objective | An example of this is the recent defeat of the twelfth — | congressional district incumbent by the Peace Action Committee, a group of university people, who were organ- ized into action by the women. The story runs that the gentleman in question, during his sojourn at Capitol Hill, paid scant attention to the ladies who personally called upon him as representatives of peace groups, nor did he give sufficient attention to the wires and letters demanding that he work for the peace neutrality measure. And so, to his amazement, the young people got all the women out to vote and showed their displeasure at the| polis. In attempting to discover the whys | told it is probably because St. Louis is a “Southern city with a Northern exposure.” However, a little persist- ence may reveal that, although they claim to be 100 per cent American, there is always a slight intimation that French and German background. Stop a fair-haired woman—fashion- ably dressed and intelligent looking— on the street, in the trolley, anywhere, and ask her how much influence of the early French and German settlers remain in the city. Probably, after a moment of blank suspicion, she will smile in a most friendly way, and re- ply none at all. Question her, and she may recall that a few old families bear French names. If she reads the society column, she will mention that on Bastille day the French society has some sort of celebration. Then ask her about the German influence. She will reply that there are lots of Germans in North and South St. Louis, but she lives in West End, that is, the fashionable neighborhood, and you don’t see many Germans there. However, you are not surprised when she confides in you that her family loves some of the old German dishes, and that her husband enjoys his aufschnitt of beer and braunsweiger, as his grandfather did. Although there is a large colony of Southern settlers in St. Louis, the es- sence, the feeling, and the character of tt old German ways run through the city like a pattern. IP‘ YOU want an interesting sight go into the south or north end early Saturday morning and you find the German hausfrau scrubbing her front steps and the white on her building. You cannot miss it, for she is shiny clean and everything else sparkles. If you are invited into the living room you find it in perfect con- dition no matter how early the hour, for it has been kept darkened until company arrives. The house seems full of artificial flowers and the cheer- ful smell of coffee cake and spiced meats cooking. You sit in the large, cozy kitchen, gossiping, and learn the family history of any one you may be curious about who lives in the neighborhood. At the same time you are closely questioned about your family and interests. For once Ma- ‘dame Housewife has decided to accept you as & friend; her business is your business and vice versa. It is a neigh- borly talking-over-the-back-fence sec- tion, where competition runs to whose clothes look the whitest on the line, and who can cook the tastiest sauer- braten. Coffee kiatches and pinochle games are still the vogue. And it times are cnod on Saturdsy after- noon or in the early evening, pape, 4 iy and wherefores of this faith, you are it may be because of the thrifty| Orchestra, which has an international reputation, for it is 56 years old, and considered of first rank in musical circles. Mothers regard a musical evening as a matter of family pleas- ure and education, so that these things are not for the cultured few. Every one goes who has the price of ad- mission. IGHT now St. Louis is agog with the coming of the “Veiled Prophet.” Many a feminine heart is fluttering over whether or not she will be the chosen one. For during the past 28 years, the ceremony of the veiled prophet has ushered in the St. Louisan social season bringing its female citi- zen home from all parts of the globe to participate in it. According to my informer, it ‘is & most exclusive affair. I discovered only 10,000 invitations are sent out for the ball. To be more ex- plicit—it always happens the first Tuesday in October—Afirst, there is a street parade for the populace, with many elaborate floats depitcing the veiled prophet visiting foreign lands. Then the following night, the veiled prophet—a man always veiled, never exposed (somehow I hope he is a nice chubby German banker, having his one glorious night) at this magnifi- cent ball summons to his throne a debutante, whom he crowns as Queen of Love and Beauty, and she reigns with her maids of honor over the city for a season. The customs and habits of the St. Louisian are in many ways regulated by the growth of her city. The women tell me it is because the city has grown west away from the Mississippi River. No longer has the water front or “old man river” any attraction to its people. The city has spread like a fan for miles to the north, the west, and the south. The residential districts are far from the downtown shopping center, so that Mrs. Housewife does most of | her shopping in the neighborhood, and | spends little time wandering through the streets and department stores, window shopping. She has what she calls her “bumming days” generally Thursday or Friday, when she goes downtown to see what is doing. In the evening, it is the fashion for the family to walk or go to the pic- tures in an entirely different section from the hotels and stores, for Grand | Avenue, many miles away, is the favorite habitat. The large residential hotels and finest specialty shops are also miles away, but in a different sec- | tion again, from the center of town, 50 that most of the socfal functions | take you out of the city. The reason | for all this is that the city's bounda- ries have not been expanded since 1876, so that the fine residential neigh- borhoods are now only part of the county. The women have complained that this is one reason they have not | participated in St. Louis politics as fully as they would like to, for when they protest an action to an offi- cial the first thing the politici wants to know is if they are city resi- dents. Generally they are not, and then they are politely told to mind their own business. HOW!VER. politics and civie in- terests are not paramount in the life of St. Louis women. They work when they have to, but on the whole they are home-loving and want to make their family comfortable. Gen- erally a girl gives up her job after marriage. However, before the chil- dren take up her time, she usually devotes some of her time to charitable work. %he volunteer department of the United Charities is an active and effective organization, because of this custom. One thing the women here are agreed upon. Whether it be a cause espoused or a new resident in their midst, there must be a recognition of the established forces, and their sin- cerity and reliability must be proved, before they can become accepted. After that—well, St. Louis is a de- lightfully friendly and interesting city. Fish Trap Easily Made. AN EASILY made fish trap for the capture of small bait fish can be constructed of ordinary screen wire and & small funnel. The snout is broken off the funnel to make a larger opening, after which & strand of screen wire can be made to lace the funnel to the wire, making a cylindrical trap. The funnel points inward. A series of holes, punched with & nail around the larger edge of the funnel permits the lacing of the funnel to the wire. The sides of the wire are then laced together and over the opposite end, a flat piece of wire is also laced, but in such a manner that the end piece can be opened, hinge fashion. The trap is baited with small pieces of liver or similar material and the trap is sunk in the water with a line leading to a surface float. Small fish of suitable size for bait enter the trap through the funnel end and remain inside, apparently not aware that escape can be made by the same hole as the entrance was made. ll;:ll“fllh llnn be taken for bait while t ickerel are being lured by bait already obtained, by In gold pickerel ground, for instance, *