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o.mim Ad) RiTTSTirKOTT vrn Other Department. GRanf flROO SATURDAY. JULY 13- 1929 Hollywood and Broadway Show Life and Local Amusement Events, FOUR Talker Now HUNT FOR HURDY-GURDY ENDS AT MR. WILL ROGERS 7- BACK PORCH Walter Winchell i On Broadway By DOROTHY HERZOG (Copyrgfct. lt, by Premier I bjavey j.

NEW YORK July 12. IiCmLE (EDITOR'S HOT El Ar. Boyt. if I Farts. Until hi copy mrriv.t, Mr.

William Pfarr mill isnJsct hit Baity column.) Don Juan, Jr, 5INCE I was twelve, I havent yet Experienced, to tny regret. HOLLYWOOD, July 13. IN' pursuit of knowledge, to Ann Pennington. Is it vital to a girl's career that she he athletic? Qtieth Tenov; Uh huh. Why? Quoth Penny: pleasair! PROBABLY no high officer came out of tbs World War with more friends among the doughboys than the late Brig.

Gen. Brett, A period when was sane Enoughjo say: There is no jane Constance Can put a clippers on my hair They are unfair About five weekgara, Bennett burned to ye vtllng at the Urgent bequest of i' Lx Fathe. She ha Wants Interview With Maynard; Sends $5 been waiting for a I flick ever since' ever To met "Here, hoy! Jump down! Jump up! Roll overt Beg And like a pup boss of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry Brigade, which Included many Pittsburghers. This story Is front one of them: "Our outfit had etieap phonograph that we carried all over France, but we had difficulty getting needles for the darned thing. We were quartered st Le Brunquet at the time this happened.

-008 day Gen. Brett: started for Boulogne, As hie car pulled out 1 yelled to his chautTeur, Maurice Costello, a Pittsburgh boy, Bring back some needle for the concert. "When Brett was ready to return from Boulogne bo asked Coatello If he bad got ttxe needles. Costollo said bs couldnt find any. Bo Brett sent second-looey after them.

Ths looey returned with the same squawk. Firett started scouring Boulogne himself and he got 'em, "What hint of cream easiest fa aatf" Sidewalk akd thm littl girl ivAa alt-100 can and is fioul th Cham pion tea Cream Can ater, "Vanilla" am wared th Uttla girt, hi a item I i caoy, do and wUl until diet There is no rest for such as I Unless someone removes from me My Mormon promiscuity! Wilfred J. Funk. kl Next week, how-ei cr, barring confusion, Connie Warts "Tl-ch Peo- pie, Direction Ed-N die Griffith, with Robert Ames featured. In the meantime, Connie baa re-'1 sunjed active ac--Cnnnie Ben sett Quaintance with tennis.

Playing strenuously, Lesson 'neverything. Put no muscular groans resulting. Which may be a bit of luck. Ken Maynard received a letter containing a five dollar bill. The writer of the note said be bad tried to see the Western star on many occasions, and some con.

scientlous employe always said Ken wss too busy. The five dollars, it was explained, were to pay Maynard for five minutes time. The writer figured this was about the right value of five minutes. Maynard returned the five dollars with a note of apology and a set appointment. I never refuse to see he explained, "Many of the best Ideas I ever bad were gamed from conversation with strangers and Job seekers.

These people are usually on the alert and full of bright Ideas," TONY BLOCH 1i one police captain who tries to enforce th laws Intelligently, His policy is to give the citizen every advantage. raising tricks for the- breathless crorfd below. He slipped on a banana peel last week up-state and died of a fractured skull. Sometimes that plan doesnt work. One night Tony came across motorist sleeping at tho wheel of a parked car.

The gentleman had been drinking. Tony edged into the car, drove It around the corner to a garage and sent the sleepy owner home in a cab. The next day the fellow hunted up Tony, SOTTO VOCE R. Cambudst: There are three Lew Pollocks, ma'am, Jos. Cushman: Too lone, tip.

Film Beaton: A laa nnm4 Jt 3, OBrien flret contributed: The cemeteries mm Mk 7 nVFJ sf, A FATE IS tNTAlH PERHAPS the only member of a current Zlegfeld show who might be described as a thoroughly good girl! a little dancer, who writes to her mother every day, sends her family most of her money every week, never goes but with strange men, attends a church every Babbath mom and Is kind to old folks and dumb beasts. Yet, this little "angel, who doesn even snvy her co-workers (who go out nightly on wild parties and ignore their mothers, etcetra) is the only member of the troupe who Incessantly breaks an ankle, gets cold that keeps her out of work for days at a time, or appendicitis, and is otherwise Jinxed. It is all very horrible. are full of people who thought the world couldn get along without em. V' POOC.

f6h mV wie. WAS wArrM Foe NE lunching at ye Montmartre. Also present: RUDY CAMERON, Anitas jrvr- former husband. -t -VJV -ff ter- THIN GS I'M CLAD IM NOT Fage turner for a concert pianist The belt on Paul Whiteman's pants Will Morrissey's scrapbook A Bronx Fark Express A Harry Itlchman sandwich A stage wait, like some comedians you know and the guy who numbers the pages for the Saturday Evening Post, (Copyrlsht, loro. Dally Mirror, Inc.) V.

For seven weeks, scouts searched Ugh and far for a hardy gurdy that wouldnt be to this or that but would play eight or JO tunes. Sohnds rldik, but I'm told Its no giggly matter if you happen to be m. burdy gurdy scout The H. by the by, was necessary to the "Mr. Antonio" puff re, starring Deo Car-Kilo.

Twin Sunday. Just Sunday. The following day saw the celluloider get under camera nay, Hurdy Guriy or no H. G. Carrillo went a visiting Will opera.

A polo match was going on. Lea chanced to traipse to Will's back porch. There believe It or not, he espied a frurdv He cranked It. It played Iff tunes. Carrillo sped excitedly to Rogers.

Could he borrow the hurdy gurdy. fer; VViiats tue idea: no deimtuded. kouve got no business driving my car. In the first place, you happened to pick out my garage, snd all those fellows saw me under the weather, in the second place, the wife vas watting for me at the house belore 1 could sleep It off. SIMILE As fictitious as an envious man'i compliment.

4 Mr. Boyltt pinch-fiittir mad tha mlitah th other day of treating hi hrlw into uirinhl that wr intended ta tig BILLS OFFER FILMS AND STOCK Lj dla Yeamans Titus, veteran actress, who back in the 80s and 00s was a famous musical star, it now in talking pictures. She Js seen ns she appears In Lummox," Herbert Brenon's forthcoming and George's former wife. Ah ha, a situation. VICTOR DEN through lobby.

GARETH 3 is coo- coo lad in Deo Carrillo's flick, 'Mr, Antonio. Tears ago, Hughes and May McAvoy were something of a sensation in mental Tommy. Then something happened to Gareth, He failed to realize the promise of his earlier taientg. Mebbe this outioud will be In the nature of a comeback for hint. TOOMBS'S mother is bothered over her son.

Every time she goes to see him In a picture she discovers him a bum. She declares she simply cant look her neighbors in the face Baclanora, Russian actress, is a very busy woman doing the vamp act In American movies. And siren roles have compensations. she finds, for they allow her to wear elaborate and stunning costumes. ify tha dp tanetntmtion that it nacattary to turn out a ttrioa column.

Tha idaa was oil right, hut it ahould never been oxocutei in th pretence of Mitter Jahn McCarvty and Milter John Hrnen, ntamiin of tha faculty of tha School of Hard Knoekc, Listen adviced thou two porton. "In a teupla day you'll ba carrying watar again. REPORTORIAD IXACCXKACY IHARLES WILLIS THOMPSON, In ths New York Times of July 7, page I of Book Review, makes curious mistake when he states that Father Prout "was not priest, but merely used that nom de plume." Francis Mahoney, who used the pseudonym of "Father Prout," was educated for the priesthood In Paris and Rome, and was ordained. After 1834 he devoted his time to writing; hut in Jt64 he retired to a monastery, and died there two years later, when in his sixty-second year. By Request, a comedy, will he the George Sharp attraction in the Fitt next week.

Kogere reckoned not Hed had cot otrt from Philadelphia so the youngsters would havs another amusement toy. Carrillo explained how necessary it Was he have that Ft. G. Will gave in. Carrillo rolled the darn thing cut, hitched it to bis car, and drove home triumphant never know your uck- SCOOTER TESTS Maurice Chevalier, French musical comedy star, comes to the Fenn sound scresn Monday ta Innocents of Paris, his first picture.

In It ho plays a pushcart peddler who wins fame on the stage. Stranger Poses As Auditor, Taps Til! TOWARD THOMAS is one master of ceremony, who makes no claims to, a handsom profile, who confesses that never has -he received ta inash note. This Is an interesting confession In these days when there Is sn Inclination to boost the master of ceremonies to an exalted pedestal. 'Ahomaa object la simply to make his audience laugh, and he succeeds. As to the handsome profile that Is generally regarded as part of the masters equipments, homas Is considering hilling himself an "The Homeliest Guy in the -Racket," Where otheri are busy relating how they are disturbed their sleep to receive the homage of a grateful public, Thomas eliminates the hooey and gives you wbat we call tha Jowdowa.

Listen: "Once, he tells, wo were playing the Hollywood Barn In Freaks Missing, folly Js Angry Mary Brian plays her first mother role In "The Man I talkie, which will be presented In the Al-dine next week. ALICE WHITE lunching with Sid Bartlett in the M. G. Restaurant. Alice trelled over to geev a luk and an ear GA-GA-GA! As if the current steam bath now wilting New York wasn't enough to drive you cuh-razy, a sign atop an Eighth avenue and Fifty-eighth atreet building has taken up baby-talk to leave you llmper.

The sign exploits a roach-powder and reveals" a tot and his puppy. The repartee goes like this: Be you grot bugs? i "Sure I are, answers the doggie: everybody dot riTOLSCTAW KEY. July 13. A well-dressed stranger Imposed on Miss. Elizabeth Daey, clerk In a chain store and got way with 129 63.

The man represented himself as an auditor of the company and demanded inspection of the books and cash, Th manager of the store was out at the time," When the manager returned the till was short 129,63, i CLARA BOW FILM "Dangerous Curves, with Clara Bow starred, will opejt on th Stanley screen Monday. It is Miss Bow's second all-talk production. i i Tomorrow, the Sun-Telegraph will publish the names and adrosses the winners of every preliminary scooter race at the city playgrounds, Monday, under the auspices of the Sun-Telegraph, the final races for ths Pittsburgh "Whoopee scooter championship will be held at the Plaza la the lower Forbes street entrance to Schenley Park. The races will start promptly at 10 O'clock, To the first place In the boy and girl finals, a wrist watch will he awarded; second prize will be fountain pen and pencil seta, there will likewise be other prizes for both boys and girls-of automatic pencils. Watch for the announcement of the winners of these races in tomorrows paper, "Whoopee scooters may be obtained by any boy or girl in Pittsburgh who secures one 28-week subscription to the Sun-Telegraph, SAV, You'Ll WSVE.

TO PP DOW-- I ta to Sid's screen test which resulted in his being cast as the heavy in "Road Show, featuring BESSIE LOVE. The cuts she suffered in her recent auto accident will leave no wears, which is a bit of good luck. Bra-sie isnt a pessimist, but she's Scandal," a society drama, with Laura La Plants as the star, is to be offered all next week in the Har. rla It also will be presented In the Sheridan Square on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The picture In that theater the first three days, be-ginning Monday, will be "Behind That Curtain, featuring Lois Moran and Warner Baxter.

The Sun-Telegraph Fifteen Cent Pattern KQfELCH VANITY FAIR Is one of the few publications which does not solicit material tor its handsome pages Every article is offered tb the executive staff, but many I writers ignore the rule and submit I manuscript. The snooty magazine, Incidentally, has an excellent gag I to squelch plagiarists It Is a form letter and reads, "Sir, Thanks very much for letting us see the manuscript which we are now returning. We have already seen the original." Chicago. A guy at a ringside table was Interrupting the floor allow with wisecracks. 1 stepped over to his table and asked him to pipe down.

When 1 regained consciousness I had lour strange teeth In my mouth." Alice hit POLLT MORAN, Billy Haines, Jimmy Shields and a gang decided to bust over to the Ocean Park amusement Joint They did. And in due course discovered a concession said to contain sundry human wrecks all fop the admission brio of 10 cent la they pranced, sea nary a -thing but a eulien -eyed man surrounded with 'empty bottles. Polly thereupon exited, Once out. side, she stood to on the boomed: and I As gent-me n. A iiliam Haines crowd gathered.

Polly introduced herself as a flick star and Billy as another. Only, to be sure, she used ficticious names. The crowd increased. Those inside the concession galutnped out to see what the voice was all about The ten cent wreck came, too, and started raising that certain busi-nee s. ft was swell while it lasted! Polly departed with rare dignity, accidentally knocking over a sign in doing so.

And with her went the crow d. NEW BILLS TODAY Today the plcturization of the stage farce, "Twin Beds, opens on the Enright screen. Jack Mulhall heads the cast Patsy Ruth Miller has the feminine lead. Railway Operators In Kennywood Park Today also marks the beginning of the third week engagement of The Cocoanuts," starring the Marx Brothers, in ths Grand. having non-breakable glass put her car now.

The majority of the flicksters have It, it being a life saver in the event of a ciash. BEATRICE LILLIE, her small son, 'and her sister are staying at the Bev Wilshlre, The Lillie is to be among those present In Warner' big revue, "Show of Shows, tis said. And now the dieters are upset The far famed 18-day diet is denounced by the W. K. Mayo brothers as not being thelr'a atali.

Well, it melted off numerous pounds, Just the same Put all the tost weight together and Hollywood could organize a dandy lard factory. Economy uber alien, as we Ru manians say. And that's alL Enters Emsworth Race for Burgess William C. Anderson, for eight years a member of Emaworth Chun, clt, four years of which he has acted as president, yesterday announced he was a candidate for burgess on the regular Republican ticket. D.

Carter will seek re-election to Council; C. C. Jckes, re election as tax collector; A. A. Da-vis, re-election as justice of the peace, and Charles Cook, rs-electbn to Council, Delegates Return From Rotary Jfeet James A Zewe and Cleorgo Hards, president and secretary, re-ipectlvely, of the Dormont Ftotary Club, returned last night, Having attended Conference of Rotary International, held In Conneaut Lake, Thursday and Friday.

The officer will make their report to the Pormonfc club at its next regular weekly meeting, Monday, The current attraction In the Regent is George Bancrofts "Thun derbolt. The operating department of the Pittsburgh Railways Company will hold its outing In Kennywood Park today The next special attraction in the Kennywood pavilion will be the Cllquot Club Eskimos Friday night. The Sensational Jacks, aerial performers, conclude a two weeks' engagement In the park tonight. Maids of the Air, seven girls who present an aerial feature, are to come as the new free act. Concerts will be played tomorrow by Danny Nlrellas Rand.

THE BROADWAY WAY PROFESSIONALS and others along The -Big Apple will go to any extreme to stick a knife in the other fellow's side. Take the rase of a former star who at one time was listed as ths mistress of a well-known Wall Streeter. Gossips would have you believe that they actually saw her riding In the mans Rolis-flerce and that he was responsible for her name in the Broadway tungstens. She died some time ago, and her press agent I confessed how the "talk started. It appears that he planted this blurb In an Issue of Town Topics "Is It true that Miss Blank is being showered with gifts and attention by Mr, Soandso of Wall Street, And isnt he going to make her a Next week "Showboat" will be the screen feature in both the Liberty and the Colonial, FILMLAND.

FILMLAND. 6560 Rumanians Form Council at Sharon Sisters of Sahara Close Convention FILMLAND. John Barrymore enjoyed a HI reminiscing totter day and brushed this un off the memory shelf. It happened while he was playing "Hamlet in London. Ha asked the scrubwoman if she'd cart to see the play on Thursday eve.

"Is that the only Bight you get off? shs questioned. Jack, th Barrymore, It still trying to figure out thi right answer. SHARON, Pa, July Morar has been elected president of ths Ghenango Valley P.umanian Council just formed. Teodor San-ders is vice president, John Salcau, secretary, and John Buday, WHEELING, W. Va July 13.

Mrs Lua Fortney, of Cleveland, was elected national queen of the Order of Sahara Sletere, an auxiliary of the Dames of Malta, In the concluding day of the national ees-slon held here during the past three days. Mrs, Maldie Beecher, of Cleve. land, was elected supreme motto, Mrs. Emma Eastland, of Sharpsburg, keeper of gates. The next convention will he held In Cleveland, As a matter of fact, the woman never knew or met the man and won stardom by her exceptional ta.lent.

But the whisperers will argue otherwise. Nothing, In fewer words, travels faster on Broadway than a had notice, unless it is a rumor, which lives longer than, let's say, Fanny Ward. Come-Back for Gareth Hughes Golf Tournament Arranged by Lions NEXT WEEK RSSWStf WAunicf xmm SINGING MING DANONG OFJNiMIENTTS IF IPAP1DS' Farrell, July is. Mem- bers of the Lions Club will hold I golf tournament at the Fivs Points links, July 30. Making Love f.

to a 4 jj gCREENAMTIESi fiance, GEORGE CONVERSE, A screamingly funny talkie! AMUSEMENTS, i RICHARD ARLEN BWBaJI la-ZTj starts mondati A Midsummer Frolic! KENNYWOOD Alt MM CAST 60 aM)N i Masco anas iww .1 ON THI STAGE And Pahy Ruth Miller Fmtn th imt-aUoru stag Jarcel hoot BLEBS THEIR COLD HEARTS IT must be terrible to he the author of a show. Our sympathy went to one of them who parented a show that arrived last week. Between acts he ankled Into an ad Jacoiit drug store to quench his palate and couldn't resist fishing tor- a compliment. How do yoi like it so far?" be shouldn't hov asked wag, 'Pretty good, was ths reply, 1 suppose you cant wait until ths next Issue of College Humor comes out so you can write a better second act." THE RETORT YAPPY OA rev I play the A DAINTY FROCK Fqft MOTHER'S GIRL. Crepe da chine In a pretty shade of lavender was selected for this model One could combine printed and plain chiffon, or silk, or taffeta sod organdy.

The dress tfiay be made with or without the bolero sleeve, collar and vestee portions In the large view the sleeves are omitted. The plaited skirt portions are jointed to short waist portions, which may be made of contrasting material, or of lining if the bolero is used, A tiny vestee forms part of the bolero below the collar. One may have scalloped or plain outline on collar and hotero, and the sleeves may be set Into the arms, eye of the dress or bolero. The pattern for this attractive de-sign is cut in four sizes: 4, 6, 1 end 10 years To make the dreai with bolero and with long sleeves tot a 10-year size will require SVi yards of material 34 Inches wide. Without sleeves 2H yards will required, The waist portions of contrasting material requires yard 32 inches wide.

Without bolero and sleeves the dress will require yards of 3-tneh material. The neck bow requires yard of ribbon snd ths sash 2H yards of wider ribbon WALL ST. BLUES' sssJACK OSTOWAN piano Llodjy'e Sensation Jacks NEXT WEEK, FREE, AFT. I EVE. MAIDS THE AIR I GIRLS IN DARING ACROBATICS TOMORROW, DANNY NIRELLAS BAND AND "VOICE OF KENNYWOOD" BATHINQ AND AMUSEMENTS tics Great With Mom a Fry romsdiNni Five HarmonlRU Innxlffoot DRncor IRMA NOW PlAYtNQ aimioF.RLs AEv Orico Nolo VIIM BAWKY.

TJfff if HER FIRST TALKING PICT HUE fUKAVESLEY EDDY AND hi GANG 4h THEME OF LOVE BEVERLY HILLS, July 13. K7eict Qer Jby rL m. Ml sn4 "K.nnw Biz psnee Prngrsm. ICKteiBERTsapifttlASBRIKIN TIDtP Jf The whole town jjur Everyone wmti to 1,1 et more at Broadway ni laff biggest news that was in the papers yesterday was some fellow has experimented n4 is raising I that have no wings. Cocoanurtyt and ecream nuttiest nuts It happened hack stage at one of the big-time theaters, A well-known headliner was weeping ss she aat on some of the scenery back stage.

You look terrible tad, said an acrobat, What's the matter Just got this telegram," Wept th girl, "telling me my mother is dead." Oh," groaned the dope, "I know Just how you feeL I just lost my trunk. LAST I TIMES TODAY sox movietcmT Nnw liinf nw lam's mum mic qC GEORGE SHARP PLAYERS Prreant DANCING MOTHERS coArjeiuc A Cemerif of the feierta Fortlee Thats a great gift to everybody that has to eat at ths second table, i Now if he tan get rid of the necks 1 and the gizzards we will class him along with Burbank and Edison, Poeirively the fnnnieze talkie ever made! Even Charlie Chaplin ot Harold Lloyd have nothing on it I BECIIMXI.NQ MO.NDAT KITE COt'lON. This pattern will be sent on receipt of IS cents (stiver or to and 10 stamps), Make numt name, address, plain, "id to Pattern Department. The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Pittsburgh, pa. BY REQUEST A fyw Vortr ComMe -vth PAUL MUNI JOHN MACK bROWN MAAOUISITI CHURCHILL AfI LITTLE IRONIES BURTON 8TEENE was' con- ceded to be the greatest air cameraman In the racket.

He had dared death often while shooting nose dlvei and tall spins and loop, the-t-tops while In the plane. Re-cei he auccumbed, at the age of 3, In bed from heart disease. Another lad, whose name has been tost with other material on the floor, seived America as a flier in France for 18 months. He was shot down tvrloe but lived through it. More recently he worked as a stunt flier In a circus, performing hair- NEXT WEEK piX TAJ.

KlhlQ OiVE KENYON $5 100 in CAREERS Billia Dove Antonio Moreno TALK Cfllittlftns Al Iftlkoimdj This wonderful flight of the 'Argelino no surprise to me, for I know no "place where air is more buoyant than hare. PACK YOUR LUNCH AND SPEND YOUR AFTERNOON A EVENING At Crescent Beach No. (1500, Sl. Name Street and P- A City I GARDEN "T2, TRIANGLE FIUMF RAINBOW MAM I I.A I.IHMi AST Ll6QTY non hikki.e AT DEATH Pi Off -TONE CTS Steamer Roosevelt WWDFVkLt MARY fcftlAN JtfCHARX) ARLEN SEE and HEAR BUDOT RODGERS md NANCY CARROLL in "OLOSi HARMONY, ind I Silent Ortai, "PROTECTION" BffiKH (Iht rMt of Hoof t. I P.

M. Delljr Frpt MnmfrtV Yours, WILL- 77.

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