Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1937, Page 58

F—4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 1937 HORNADAY WAS ZOO BUILDER Great Naturalist Developed Institution in Washington for Preservation of Wild Life, Preparing for One of Great Assets of the Federal Government. By John Clagett Procto HEN the writer read in the | paper a short while ago of | the death of William Tem- | ple Hornaday, for 30 years director of the New York Zoological Park, his mind naturally turned back | to the early days of our own National | Zoological Park and his active interest | in its establishment, and how, after he had achieved the goal he worked so hard for, he seemed to drop nbrup(ly' out of the picture, so far as Washing- ton was concerned. Mr. Hornaday came to this city and to the National Museum about 1883, during the administration of Spencer F. Baird, who was secretary of the Smithsohian Institution from 1878 to 1887. At first he was the chief taxi- dermist, and some of the groups he designed and mounted were marvels of perfection. He was a man of charm- ing personality and was greatly liked by all who knew him. From the time Mr. Hornaday first came to the National Museum he had in mind the forming here of a zoologi- | cal park, and in this connection he had the sympathy and co-operation of the assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Goode, for at this time Prof. Baird was in declining health and had turned over to Mr. Goode practically all of the administrative work of the insti- tution, thus putting the assistant sec- retary in a position to be most help- ful in advancing the gzoological park idea. When Lanier Heights was subdivided and put on the market, about 1886, Mr. Goode and several other employes of the National Museum, including R. 1. Geare and J. B. Smith, erected homes in this section, until then un- improved country property. Mr. Goode was 50 fascinated with the scenery in- | cluded within what is now the park! area that he built his residence on | Summit avenue, which was not far from the top of the old stone quarry, Just to the south of Quarry road, where his view of this part of Rock Creek Valley and the winding creek was un- obstructed, and here, on September s, 1896, he closed his eyes in peaceful rest. G. Brown | cally came to naught, yet it shows an early desire for such an institution in Washington, and as Prof. Baird was | one of the incorporators, it may be [ assumed that it at least had the in- | dorsement of the Smithsonian Insti= ‘munn of which he was then the as- | sistant secretary. NDEED, in the basement of this old building, in the late 70s, the writer is reliably informed by a well- | known gentleman who was then a cub reporter on his father's newspaper, that there was a miniature zoo, con- sisting of live snakes of various species, which were there for scientific pur- poses and which were occasionally pitted aainst each other in mortal combat much to the delight of those who had ring-side seats, including this young scribe, who still recalls one particular fight between a king snake and a calico snake, which was fought to a conclusion, round by round. Be- ing right out of college and equipped with technical knowledge, this young man, still in his teens, was assigned to cover the downtown public depart- ments in the quest of news, and this | included the Smithsonian, where the National Academy of Sciences held its annual meetings, and it was upon one of these occasions that he listened to a demonstration of the phonograph by its inventor, Thomas A. Edison. This was the first time this marvel- ous invention was exhibited in public and it naturally created great interest even among the grave scientists of the National Academy, who gave it their closest and most profound attention and showed much delight when they heard the squeaky little voice of the instrument repeat the children’s verse: “There was a little girl who had a little curl, That hung right down on her fore- head, And when she was good, she was very | good, indeed, | But when she was bad—she was ! horrid!” | An interview the reporter had at this time with Mr. Edison regarding some of the scientific problems he was then working on, and published in The Star, subsequently proved of the great- est value to the inventor in a con- 'OR many years before the National | Zoological Park came into being there existed, from time to time, a number of small collections of wild animals in the District of Columbia, and as early as the Civil War period there were at St. Elizabeth's Hospital ® black bear, three eagles, a white owl, a red fox and a deer. On June 21, 1870, a bill was intro- duced in Congress to incorporate the Washington Zoological Society. and Henry D. Cooke, George W. Riggs James C. Kennedy, Spencer F. Bair Gen. O. O. Howard, T. W. Bartl Joseph Casey, Horace Capron, James C. McGuire and George Taylor are mentioned as the incorporators. The objects of this society, the bill, are: * * * “for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a zoological garden in the City of Wash- ington, and that they, the said incor- porators, may purchase or lease any real or personal estate required for the purpose aforesaid, and after the | said zoological garden shall be estab- lished, the said company, for the pur- pose of paying the expenses of the same, may charge and receive a fee for entry thereunto not exceeding 25 cents for each and every person over the age of 12 years and 10 cents for each and every person under said age: Provided, That said society shall, for at least one day in each and every week, open said garden to all classes for a charge not exceeding 10 cents each. “Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said society may from time to time import into this country from foreign countries, free of duty, all birds and animals necessary for the establishment of said garden; and in consideration thereof the said society shall do all in their power to introduce valuable animals, poultry and birds, | and furnish the same to persons or societies requiring the same at the least poesible cost. “Sec. 3. And be it further ermacted frhat the said society be, and is hereby, muthorized to use, undef the direction | (registrar) of | of the water register the city of Washington, without charge, the Potomac water for the purpose of hydrants, ponds and foun- tains in said garden. “Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the government and directors of the said society shall be invested in said corporators; and that they shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations, as may become proper and necessary for the management of the property and interests of said society not con- trary to this character or the laws of the United States. “Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, “That Congress shall have the right to amend, alter or repeal this act at any time.” THE location of the site for this pro- posed garden is indicated on a map for 1881 as being the place for the “Proposed Zoological Garden,” and is the tract of land once belong- Ing to Abraham Young, one of the city's original proprietors. It lies morth of C street and east of Fifteenth street northeast and was early known as the Youngsboro tract. At the northeastern corner of the city this property may be identified by any map BI the Federal Territory, which shows where Florida avenue abruptly termi- nates, leaving quite a slice cut out of #he logical lines of the city, sufficient to attract most any one’s attention. This deviation, made by Maj. L'En- fant, was due to the urging of Mr. ‘Young, principally in order to save an unusually copious spring located on this tract, variously caled Young’s Federal, Gibson's and Stoddert’s Bpring. L'Enfant, however, did not make this change in the plans of the city until he was instructed to do so by President Washington. Just what became of this proposed Zoological Garden is hardly worth looking up. At any rate, it apparently pever materialized, although Keim, in his Handbook for 1881, has this to #ay about it: *‘Zoological Society was incorporated in 1870, with authority to import ani- mals free of duty, and granting the free use of water from the Aqueduct. The site secured for the purpose com- prises 20 a., lies about % m. SE. of the E. terminus of the Columbia horse railway and extends to the Ana- costia. On the ground is Gibson's Bpring, which will be converted into fish ponds. During the rebellion, 1861-65, & pipe from this spring sup- plied the cavalry and antry camps established in the adjacent valley and on the neighboring hills.” But although this gttempt practi- as outlined in | | troversy over priority rights and a certified copy of the story later ma- terially helped to prove Mr. Edison's | side of the case. | However, it was the reptiles re- ferred to that formed Mr. Noyes’ early interest in the movement to obtain for this city the present zoological park, when he was just serving in the ranks, and today nothing pleases the editor of The Star better than to visit the park when the weather is pleasant and to sit in the sunlight and review the current news of the day, when not interested in the antics of the animals. | 'HE late Samuel H. Kauffmann, at one time president of The Eve- | ning Star Newspaper Co. also was | | greatly interested in the park move- | ment and never failed to say a good word for it when the matter was pending in Congress. Back in 1886 Col. John M. Wilson, later Gen. Wilson, advocated a 20o- logical garden for the city, regarding which The Star of July 24 of that ‘ year said: “Col. Wilson’s expressed hope that the National Capital will some day | have a yoological garden is one that should awaken a responsive echo in | the breast of every American’ citizen. His idea that a portion of the Smith- sonian grounds should be devoted to this purpose will not. however, be so generally approved. They are neither large enough nor otherwise adapted | for such a zoological collection as the Government ought to and doubtless ‘\\'ill some time bring together. Fur- 1 thermore, a good thing to do with the | Smithsonian grounds is to keep them | just as they are. The notion that the parks of the city should be used for the accommodation of everything for which no other place can conveniently be found is one that ought to be dis- couraged. The most appropriate and profitable use to which a park ean be put is to keep it as a park.” UT to return to Mr. Hornaday and his early and more active inter- est in the National Zoological Park. The writer recalls him as early as 1883; recalls also the nucleus of the present Zoo as it was later housed in the two-story frame building, built in 1884, out of the appropriation for the New Orleans Exposition, and which stood between the old building of the National Museum and the Med- ical Museum, as well as the small ani- mals which were once located in cages around the rotunda of the Museum Building, where now stands the plaster model of the Statue of Freedom. These animals were all accumulated by Mr. Hornaday, and he was prin- cipally instrumental in obtaining those which were later housed in a long shed to the rear of the Smithsonian Build- ing. One of the earliest specimens in the museum’s zoological collection, which the writer recalls, was a 3-month-old buffalo calf, captured by Mr. Horna- day and sent to Washington, where it died in captivity July 26, 1886. This little bison, together with other live animals, was housed in the frame building to the east of the museum building. It was not long after this that Mr. | | Hornaday's entire time was given.| over to the care of and attention to the animals under his charge, and the Department of Living Animals was created for him, with the title of curator. At this time, according to Dr. Frank Baker, director of the park for many years, there were no fewer than 220 living specimens in the museum’s exhibit. Y APRIL 23, 1888, the collection of living mammals, birds and rep- tiles had grown to such large propor= tions that Senator J. B. Beck intro- duced a bill in the Senate for a 200~ logical park, which finally resulted in the establishing of the present park. Senator Beck’s bill follows, in part: “Be ft enacted, etc., That, in order to establish a zoological park in the District of Columbia, for the advance- ment of science and the instruction and recreation of the people, a com- mission shall be constituted, com- posed of three persons, namely, the Secretary of the Interior, the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the secre- | Ambassador where said creek is crossed by Klingle road, and to select from that district of country such a tract of land, of not more than 100 acres, which shall in- clude a section of the creek, as said commission shall deem to be suitable and appropriate for a zoological park, * * *» In the House, in urging the bill, Representative Knute Nelson made these remarks: “* * * and I may say, indeed, about the only gentleman I have talked with is & man who is interested in this from a purely scientific standpoint—I refer to Mr. Hornaday of the Smith- sonian Institution—informs me that all that is contemplated and all that is desired is 121 acres. It has nothing of the element of speculation about it. It is to establish a zoological gar- den for the benefit of the great body of our people who visit this city and for no other purpose.” D. B. Henderson, later Speaker of the House, stated: “Mr. Hornaday of the Smithsonian Institution, who has given this matter a great deal of attention, has urged this matter upon our attention.” Later, in speaking favorably of the proposition, the same gentleman said: “The first parties that agitated the question of a zoological park or gar- den in this city were gentlemen con- nected with the Smithsonian Insti- tution, and the central figure among them was Mr. Hornaday, a very in- telligent gentleman, a man of large experience, who spent much time in the jungles of Africa and in other places, and felt a patriotic interest in preserving the remaining animals of this country. “He came before the Committee on Appropriations with the proposie tion * ¢ *.» N ADVOCATING the bill, Repre- sentative Charles S. Baker of New York said of Mr. Hornaday: “‘We have here, moreover, the talent, the knowledge and the energy of Mr, Hornaday, which are to be given to | this garden if it is estahlished. I have known him for many years,and I know that he possesses intelligence, experience and capacity that would be very valuable in connection with an institution of this kind.” And so it can be clearly seen that Mr. Hornaday played a major part in having enacted into law the National Thomas A. Edison and the ortginal Edison phonograph as exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution by the inventor when he was lecturing before the National Academy of Sciences in April, 1878, Zoological Park, over which he served but a short while. Naturally there should be several versions of the origin of the park and different statements made regard- ing the early collection of animals once exhibited back of the Smith- sonian Building. Mr. Hornaday's own statement regarding these important incidents, is printed in The Star of June 2, 1888, in an interview he | gave at that time, in which he said: “The idea originated by studies we | Noble, taxidermists were making preparatory | to mounting some specimens. We found 1 that the live animals could be studied | and attitudes attained from minute daily observations that would be im- | possible to get by artificial means, | s0 several of the specimens we needed | were obtained. These were followed | by others, until it has grown to what you see. In a few years, at the present rate at which animals are| being killed in the West, the representatives of American ani- mals will be entirely extinct. opinion this is a matter that needs attention, or many of the most valua- ble species will be gone, leaving no trace behind them.” "THE bill providing for the park be- came a law in March, 1889, and eight months later the commission designated by Congress made its re- port, respecting which The Star of November 25, 1889, in part, said: “As stated in The Star, Secretary Commissioner Douglass and Prof. Langley, the committee charged with selecting and purchasing the | land for the proposed Zoological Park, | with their attorney, ex-Commissioner Webb, called on the President Friday and handed in their report, with a | map from which the accompanying | diagram was made, showing the pro- | posed plan of the park. The Presi- dent showed & great deal of interest in the report, and there is little doubt many of | he will approve it when he sends it to Congress. The appropriation for In my ! the purpose was included in the Dis- PART FOUR. triot appropriation bill which was|pose came out of the revenues of diotion, every adjective properly ac- passed last March. The bill pro- |the District of Columbia, and subse- | cented, the rising inflections carefully vided for the expenditure of $200,000 to establish a 200logical garden, which was to be located in Rock Croek Val- ley between Massachusetts avenue ex- tended and the old Military road leading west from Brightwood, and to contain not less than 100 acres. * * * “The site finally decided upon was practically the same as that originally recommended to Congress. The Com- missioners viewed the whole region within the limits with the utmost care and walked over it all from Woodley lane to Military road.” T THIS time The Star also gave the names of those whose prop- erty had been acquired and the num- ber of acres secured from each one, as follows: “Miss E. A. J. Evans__. H. D. Walbridge. ‘Woodley Park, property of H. P. Waggaman and others: One lot conveyed by Mr. Wag- ---- 94.050 5.103 2.350 13.360 1.440 392 24.570 1.700 6.180 870 315 Quarry road, public tract. .846 To this add a section in the stream bed of unclaimed ownership... -166.486" One thousand dollars an acre was the approximate price paid for the land. It was not long after the park site was acquired that the animals were moved there, the elephant “Dunk” being among the first, he being first quartered there on April 29, 1881, and the park was opened to the public some time during that Summer. AT FIRST there was need for but few employes, and even by 1892 there were only eight employes ac- credited to the park, not including laborers and workmen. These in- cluded the following: Dr. Frank Ba- ker, acting manager of the park; A. | B. Baker, property clerk; F. D. Beall, clerk engaged in accounts; J. G. Traylor, stenographer; H. M. Pollock, messenger; W. H. Blackburn, keeper of animals; W. V. Kramer, watch- man, and J. H. Anderson, foreman in charge of laborers. By 1897 the num- ber of employes had increased to 36 | Joseph H. Horan and W. C. Weeden were also among the first employes. It may not be generally known but it is a fact nevertheless that when the ares now included in the park was purchased, one-half of the amount appropriated for this pur- Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week WEEK OF MAY 9 Sunday Monday | Tuesday | chnesday | Thursday Friday Saturday Bruce dThe Sare Al ob Livingston in Aarceny on the Air. |Annabeiia and He nry Fonda Academy Sth and G Sts. 8.E. e g 18th and Columbia Rd,| " P88 oLt " Morn Tuce Cabot in nner Take Al Bob Livingston in “Larceny on the Air." Bobby Breen bow “The Anmrur in Fo £ The Morn- “Wings of the Morn- ing. SJrnone rnon and James Stewart Apollo n 621 H 8t. N.E. ‘‘Seventh Heaven.” Simone Simor and e Simon_ and James <L( wart mes Stewart \rmh “Heaven Dick Powell and Madeletne Carroll in Arcade Hyattsville. Md. | Ashley 505 7Tth 8t. 8.W. ~Jack Benny and Burns Ihd Allen in “‘College Holiday." 8y. "Seu‘mh Hf-n\ o Rain- Bobby Breen in iver." 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From the begin- ning to the present time the title has been vested in the United States and the management has been under the | Smithsonian Institution, although | the District still pays one-half of its expenses. This injustice, which is only one of many the people of the National Capital have to suffer, was realized by some of the members of Corngress when the initial appropriation bill was under decision, and at this time Representative James Buchanan of New Jersey, in opposing the idea, said: “You might just as weli say that the people of the District, when they wander down the aisles of the Na- tional Museum and see there those magnificent groups which Prof. Hornaday has mounted, and mount- ed with all the excellence of the taxidermist’s art until they almost rival nature itself, should pay one- half of the expense.” Other members of Congress voiced the same sentiments, and the people of the District of Columbia still feel it is & rank injustice that they should be called upon to help finance what is clearly a Federal project. 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Bimone Simon and James Stewart in Carole Lombard and| Fred MacMurray in Swine, High, Swing Low. ews. Comedy. | Ann Dyorak and Smith Ballew in “Racing Lady. Comedies. Carole Lombard and|C Fred MacMurray in “Swing High, Swing Colony Ga. Ave. and Farragut Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in “Swing High, Swing Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in “Swing High. Swing Low.” Fernand_Gravet and|Fernand_Gravet and Joan Blondell in Joan Blondell in “King and the Chorus|'King and the Chorus Girl." Girl.” Edmund Lowe and | Lionel Barrymore Madge E\nnx n “A Family Affair” “Espionage.” Popeye. Ray Milland and Heather Angel in gBulldog, Drummond Escapes.” New Claudette ¢ Cnlhert lnd Fred MacMurray in aid_of Salem.” Hal LeRoy comedy. Dumbarton 1343 Wis. Ave. Fairlawn Anacostia, D. C. Ray Milla Rextner Angel 1 “Bulldog, Bhinmond Escapes.” Marsha Hunt and John Howard in “Easy to Take." Comel Jack Benny and Burns and Allen in ““College Holiday.” Comedy. Jack Benny and Burns and Allen fn “College Holiday.” medy. “Judith Barrett snd William_Hall i “Flying Hostess News._Comedy. 'Wm. Bovd and Evelyn Brent in _‘Hopalong Cassidy Returns.” fal.__Comedy. Claudette Colbe Fred MacMurray “Maid of Salem.” Hal LeRoy comedy. Rochelle Hudson and Michael Whalen in Woman Wise." ca Short_subject. | Edward Arnold in “John Meade's “Bulldog Drummond | Woman.” Escap: medy. Cartoon. |Jack Holt and Mae Hel Broderick and Clarke in Victor Moore in in Moroc Cartoon. Adventure rouble “We're on the Jury.” {Musical _com. " Cart. Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in aid of Salem.’ Popeve. Hippodrome K near 9th Arnold in Meade's Wom “Maid of Salem.” Betty Furness. | Popeye. I'Wanted_to_Marry. Claudette Colbert and 'Ed Fred MacMurray in hn lx-:Jw Arnold in * Joan Crawford and Willlam Powell in “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.”_Cartoon. Mead: |Betty Furness | Wanted to M: e's Woman 2 Th| rry. oan Crawford and Joan Crawford and | J Wil Willigm Powell in am Powell in | “The Last of Mr Cheyney. Cnrtnonl Carole Lombard and Home Fiea Machurray in “‘Swing High, Swing|* Low." 13th and C 8ts. N.E Carole Lombard and Fernand_Gravet Fred MacMurray in Joan Blondell Swing L}mn. in and Fernand_Gravet and Swing) “King and the Chorus * | Girl Ray Milland and | Joan Blondell in Heather Angel in King and the Choru Girl |Margaret Lindsay |n Holy Terror. “Trouple in Moe rocco.” Popeye. “'Song of the City. |Carole_Lombard and| JCSSC Fred MacMurray Swing|* “Swing _High, 18thnr. R. T. Ave. N.E. Lo red MacMurray in Fred MacMurray_ ‘Swing High, Low Swing “Swing High. Low. in Lee Falls Church. Va. Dark. “Chester Mo Chester Morris and is anc C Leo Cnl’llllo Leo Carrillo g ‘Pmm)s& to Pa: Pmmlse to 8ylvia Sldnrv and enry Fonda in “You Only Live once." Lido 3227 M 8t. N.W. Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda in “You Only Live Once."” i gnmlf Lombard and | Carole, Lomhnm and Margot n |Polly Rawles in * Grahame in Waitress Lioniel Barrymore Night and Eric Linden " Lionel Barrymore and Eric Linden in “A Family Affair.” Ann_ Dvorak 1n, “AMidnight Court Victor Moore in “We're on the Jury.” n in “Head Over Heels in | “Head Over Heels in Love." Dick Foran n “Land Beyond the william G Binnie_Barnes in “Breezing Home.” Love Letters of a Star." Also_““Thank You, Mr. Jeeves. Rnchelle Huflwn in oman Wise. “Last M Rm:hene Hudson in “Woman Wise." 1so t Mile.” Tex Ritter 4m “Arizona Days.” Ser | 12th and H 8ts. N.E. tary of the Smithsonian Institution, which shall be known and desig- nated as the Commission for the Es- tablishment of & Zoological Park. “Sec. 2. That the said commission is hereby authorized and directed to make an inspection of the country along Rock Creek, beginning at the point on that creek where the Wood= ley road crosses said creek, and ex- tending upward along its course to Simone Simon in | _“Seventh Heaven.” Milo Rockville, Md. Simone Simon in “Seventh Heaven.” Cartoon “March_of Time." Simone Simon in “Seventh Heaven.” Cartoon. “March_of Time.' Peter Lorre in “Crack-Up." Cartoon. News Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in | Swine, High. Swing Low." Cartoon. News. Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in "Swing High. Swing Low.” Cartoon. News. Jane well. “Laugh- in, At Trouble.” ex Ritter in “Hittin’ Bt Trail” T and Ann Harding n “‘Peter Ibbetson.” Little 9th between P and G | Gary Cooper and Ann Harding in “Peter Ibbetson.” Gary Cooper and Ann Harding n “Peter Ibbetson.” Gary Cooper and Gary Cooper and Ann Harding Ann Harding in in “Peter Ibbetson.” _| “Peter Ibbetson.” Gary Cooper and Ann Harding n |_“Peter Ibbetson.” | Gary Cooper and Afn Harding n |_ “Peter Tbbetson.” Palm Del Ray. Va. Dark. Grace Moore and Grace Moore and Cary Grant in “Wh Cary Grant in “Whep You're in Charles Bover and Jean Arthur in “History Is Made Night. Charles Bover and Jean Arthur in “History Is Made at | Dick Powell Dick Powell and Madeleine Carroll in \on the Avenue " Matinee, 1 Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Penn iy __“Maytime." 650 Pa. Ave. S.E. Jeanctte MacDonald and Nelson Eddy “Maytime.” and Nelson Eddy in Jeanette Mchunlld Unnm. MacDonald | Jeanette MacDonald nd Nelson Eddy | “and Nelson Eddy anette MacDonald | Ohester Morri nd and Nelson Eddy Leo Carrillo n “I Promise to Pay.” Deanna Durbin in “Three Smart Girls.” Also Paul Kelly in ““Join the Marines.” Princess Deanna Durbin in “Three Smart Girls.” the River. Also Paul Kells 111 | Gloria Btyact ih -Girl| “Join_the Marines.” |on_the Front Page. nm-}sobby Breen in “Rain- on the River." Lily_Pons at Girl From Baris. Also “'Spect bow Gloria Stuart in Girl| lon_the_ Front Page.” Lily_Pons in a Girl From P.m Also “Special Agent Reed Alexandria, Va. Dark. Oliyia de Havillang mionua Je Havilland News. Kay_Francis in | “One-Way Passage.” Cartoon, News. Jean Muir in “Her Husband's Secretary.” Cartoon. Jean Ml i% “Her Husband's Cartoon. Dark. » Richmond Alexandria, Va, Sprole” Lombard and Clark Gable in * Man of "Her Own. 0 Cartoon. Cartoon. News. Spanky ch?amnu inl “General Spanky Cartoon. News. Spanky MacFarland in| “General Spanky.” Cartoon, News. Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea in “Internes Can't Take Money." Cart. News. Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea in “Internes Can't Take Money.” Cart. N Chester Morris and Leo Carrillo Savoy n 3030 14th 8t. NW. | “I Promise to Pay.” Beverly Chester Morris and Mu Ci Hoberts and_ Warren ull ““Her Hus Leo Carrillo n “I Promise to Pay.” Jean Muir, Beverly Roberts and Warren Hull in _‘Her Hus- band's Secret; Guy Kibbee and Una Markel in “Don't, Tell' the Dick Powell and Madeleine Carroll n “On_the Avenue* Tim McCoy in “Aber ang Blants. Freddie Bartholomew Seco Bilver Spring. Md. __| n.”_Mat. .|London.” AlsoPopeye. | Edward Arnold and Frances Farmer in “Come and Get It.” Comedy. _News. Freddie Bartholomew and Madeleine Car- roll in ““Lloyds of Edward Arnold and Frances Farmer in “Come and Get It.” Comedy. _News. _| Joan Bennen in “Wedding_ Present.” Claire Trevor in ‘‘Career Woman.” All-star cast in “Off to the Races. Bk Jenes i y_Saddles.” Joan Bennett in . «Wedding “Bresent. ‘Simone Bimon :nd James Stewart Sheridan n Ga. Ave. & Sheridan 8t.| “Seventh Heaven.” Simone Simon and James Stewart n “Seventh Heaven."” Bimone 8imon and James Stewart in “‘Seventh He: » Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart in “Marked Wo) “March _of Time.” Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart in \'Marked Woman. “March_of Tim Arthur Trelcher and in| Patricia Ellis in “Btep Lively, Jeeves.” "lech of T Serial. _Our Gan Rochelle Hudson in “Woman Paul_ Kelly in “Jom the Marines.” Stanton Barbara Stanw: K, n e Plough and t| stars Ll Damita in evil on Horseback.” Rochelle Hudson in oman Wise. Paul Kelly in “Join_the Marines. Barbara Stanwyck in he|“The Plough and the|M Stars.”” Lili Damita in “Devil on Horseback.” Boris Katloff in “The| Who LivedM [Azain " Bruce Cabot in “Sinner Take All. Boris Klrlafl In 'x‘ha Aain Bruce cnboc in_“Sinner Take All.” Cewis Btone in “Don’t Turn 'Em Loose.”, Bob Livingston in _ *The Three Mesquiteers.” 6th and O Sts. N.E. Grace Moore in State “Whep You're {n ve. Bethesda, Md, Mickey Mouse. News. Grace Moore in “When You're in Love.” Mickey Mouse. News. Glaudette Colbert and red MacMurray in “3aid of Salem.’ Comedy. News. William Powell in My Man Godfresy" ““Crime Doesn’t Pay. Maj., Bowes. News. Claudeite Colbert and. red MacMurray in ot aare & Comedy. News. William Powell in Moy Man "Sodirer ““Cri Jon’ Ay, Ma) Bowes. News. John Wnyne in “‘Confl] loah Beery + e ey ever Charles Boyer and State Jean Arthur in Falls Church, Va. Charles Bover and Jean Arthur in "}-Ino;'vl Is Made at Bette Davis and Humpm"e’ Bogart n “Marked Woman.” Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart “Marked Wumm [ Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard ij “Swing Hieh, ‘Swing Low.” Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard in High, Swing Low.” Fred MacMurray and Garole Lombard 1 in “Swing Hi ng (“Swing Low. Dick_ Powen and | “History Is Made at Sylvan Madeleine Carroll 104 R. I Ave. N.W. Takoma Takoma Park, D. O. Ray Milland in “Bulldog _Drummond Escapes.” Victor McLaglen and Peter Lorre in “Nancy St Steele Is Mudelelne “Catrol “On_the Avenue.” \Victor McLaglen and Peter Lorre in “Nancy suele ing.” Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert in “Maid_of Salem. Ray Milland uncMuruy & Solbert in “Maid of “Bulldog Drummond. Escapes.” n Salem.” Also, P)ouzh ,and he ur Wililam_Powell Joan Crawford in “The Li Chy g AT “Maid of Salem.” "Also Pl ast of MTs. eyney." Fred MacMurray and Claudette Coli in “Maid_of Salem. "William_Powell Joan Crawford in “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Edmund Lowe in on; Chas. Bugsles, - Your Own Business.” Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy n “Maytime.” Tivoli 14th .and Park kd, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelgon Eddy “Maytime Jeanette fiuonnud and Nelson Eddy n “Maytime.” Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy “Maytime." i Jeanette MacDonald ‘¥nd Nelson Eady in “Maytime.” Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck in ‘Internes Can't Tak Money. Jeanstte MacDonald and Nelson Bady "lnmme 2 Simone Simon and James Btew: “Scventh Heaven.” Uptown Conn. Ave. s Newarkst.| Bimone Simon and James Stewart n “Beventh Heaven* Simone Simon_and James Stewart “Seventh Heaven® Bette Davis Humphrey Bowart in Marked Woman.” Bette Dayls and arl a1 “March_of Tim Robert Youns and | _Claire Trevor and Ann Sothern | Michael Whalen in “Time Out_ for Ro- an in ‘Dangerous Number. serial Wilson Arlington, Vs, Dark. EE Powell \us kmn Carr “oa m Avenus.” Bette Davis and Bette Davis and Humphr‘e! 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