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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 18

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Oakland Tribunei
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CKEJIST VIZI UXJT Oakland's caly owned, locally trolled daily 1 mtmm gyimly I PREfX-CHICAGO KAJLV htwr FOREIGN SERVICE United Pra no. 15 VOL. VI- OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1927 "All the Nuts Aren't on Broadway to Her Walnuts. MARJORIE RAMBEAU hat taken to the simple life with i ette on her walnut grove at Danville. She is shown first with the vengeance.

She is spending her vacation far from the theater where Maud Muller rake, then with a magazine, next with the shovel and trying conclusions with the tin roof of her tool house. But in justice. She now a devotee of the early-to-Ded-and-eariy-to-rise cu.i. to the star it should Be recorded that while these pictures were posed fact the pictures were taken just after Miss Rambeau emerged rc. i hm is not unfamiliar with tV htIicIm toil described DhotdffraDhicallv.

her matutinal tub shortly after dawn that is if noon may be she has been toasted for twenty years; living the life of a gay farmer- gravel episode, resting underneath one, of her prize trees, and finally I 1 "IT" IT" i imswiiiiimhwi.h IW HWMBIIWIIIIi n- i mm6mm-9Mimi'i "imM If lllla, iillllll if illiiiillli: Ifc Iillllll v'f Ir III 4 1" ilh' Ai ii- "Pc r'i xrf it E. I i i ii jllll v' 'lV A.oa::,:ttMy.-y manager for putting on filthy theaters. In Inharmonious1 circumstances to see atari and their ve show or actors for working in hicles. them when the New xork audiences actually scorn any enter it is patent that the dramas have to make some taoves to eoonomy of the effort and fttif in order to get on a comps basis with the opposition tainment. It will come a "Add to this the prohibitive cost Mar jorie Rambeau Colorful Figure Personality of Stage, Back on Farm tainment that is not vulgar.

of production mechanical salaries, scenic construction, travel' lng expenses and all the rest and for the financial decline of the drama throughout the country, Miss Rambeau attributed it to a variety of things not the least of which is the combination scheme whereby motion picture and vaudeville' magnates pool their interests for1 advantage, plan, she said, which is noW being followed by the legitimate producers. "When you" -see the glorious mo "A million dollars, or more has been lost this season alone by managers who tried to put on de cent plays. The public didn't want them. Now, of icourse, some 83 PLEAS FOR PAROLE TO BE CONSIDERED of the managers1 and players. sent to Jail, there will be a house- By WOOD SOANES.

tion picture" palaces that exist from coast to coast and witness the variety of entertainment af are thatMlss Rambeau came out Under the walnut tree, to visit her mother, Mrs. Lillian forded at rock-bottota prices," she went on, "it is easy to see that the Rambeau, and her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kindleberger and de going to be waterproof that is -1 hope so." IDEA FOR THEATER. But while her interest is- centered right now in construction Work at Rambeau Lodge, a 20. buying public will hesitate to pay cided to do a little manual labor high sums to sit in uncomfortable THE BEST OF FOOD will satisfy the West particular, it it true, but whether rich or pfl the modern manner of living end eating tends to and does decay teeth and cause other mouth diseases.

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HARRIS 1 1119 Broadway, Oakland cleaning. As soon as the new trend of things is decided I will make my selection of a'-vehlcle for next-season. -t 1 "What the theater needs most now. is good playB and good actors to play them and I don't believe we will get either until we revive the Daly stock Idea. It was through this sort thing that the elder generation of today's players got tlisir training and unless the nev generation is given similar Instruction, I hesitate to think of the theater of tomorrow." Asked what may be responsible acre grove between Danville and.DubLin,.

the star has many ideas for the. improvement of the theater, the important of Stove Repairing I 11 you wnt to keep your health and burn your gas economically you should have Anderson inspect your stove once a year. 1615 Webster St. Oak. 4839 which is, the establishment of the oiq type or qtocK company in New Instead of lolling under the walnut trees pn Rambeau Lodge taking on weight with fancy candies and lpsing patience at' the idiocy of the new playwrights.

built this she said, "and 1 mean built. She even poured the concrete and laid the foundation. Why should I not be able to hammer a nail? The first hundred were the hardest Now I can build with, the best of them. I not only constructed this tool shed, but put the corrugated iron on the roof believe me, it's The Broadway actress stands, A tolling Thespian is she With blisters on her hands. So, with appropriate gestures toward Longfellow, Shakespeare, Guest or whoever wrote the epic of outdoqjverideavor -adapted above, to the story of Marjorie Rambeau, the American theater's most color, ful personality who has gone back to the farm.

Not, however, that Miss Rambeau intends to leave the theater tottering In Its present decline. Far from It- She is merely marking time Vuntil the pendulum has completed its swing in order to decide what type of p-lay she will select. "The dirt drama Is dead," Miss Rambeau discovered from the top of a frail ladder, "and we must either dlsoover new Barries or re York, and the second a school for "The theater has been in disgraceful shape for the last few years," she said, "and the fault, 1 really Relieve, lies with the audiences. Apparently we will have to educate them. You can't blame 4- CALIFORNIA'S WIDE-AWAKE SLEEPY HOUSE" iL ULKEYflTTRESS (5; Mala Store i E.

12th Sti, at (Ith Ave. turn to the saccharine Cinderella play. Meantime I have discovered a way to regain health and vigor without resorting to sanitariums. Prnltvala Storei 8920 E. 14th St.

Grand Ave. Storei 638 Grand Ave. Get a Mulkey Mattress SOUNDS LIKE A PUN. "Why go to a Spa when 1 can come out on my ranh and spar with hard work," she continued making what seemed to this reporter something. of a pun.

"For two cents stay here indefinitely and let the show business worry along as best it may, but 1 love the theater: lit has been my 'life for 23 years and September will find me far: away from Danville and Its walnut groves." The 'plain i facts of the matter Mrs. Peggy Reeves' Sentence for Oil Swindle to Be Fixed by Prison Board; 11 Slayers Seek Freedom SAN QUENTIN, 1 June 13. Eighty-three petitions for will be conai4erecl and the sentences of, 114 other prisoners fixed, among the latter being Mrs. Peggy Reeves, convicted in Oakland in connection with the Golett Oil company expose, according to the "June list" of the state board of prison directors made public today. V.

Mrs. Reeves was i sentenced to from one to years on a grand 'larceny charge last June "after three trials. With her in prison on similar charges growing out of the same case are her husband, Edwin F. Reeves, F. Davis and James Gough, the 'latter, the "master mind" of the swindle In which hundreds of Eastbay investors victimized.

Eleven two of them from Alameda county, are among ihoBe seeking parole, The Eastbay men are A. J. Blakle, former deputy county assessor, sentenced to life imprisonment in 1916 'for killing Alfred Dore, West Oakland saloonkeeper, who had refused him a drill ft, and J. Martin. Other murderers seeking their freedom are Leon Steele, San Dlegoi' A.

Lawlor, San Francisco, and Richard Paaske, Santa Barbaras Five the ether applicants are serving erms for manslaughter. KLKS BARBECliK. N1LES, June IS. Tho a tanized Elks association of.Waeh-ntrtn township will give a cue for Its at' Willinm Rose's picniq grounds in Mayhew oanyon Wednesday night. Officers of Alameda lodge No.

1015 have been Invited to attend. -L, When the Wife's away- Garden Fertilizer Well Rotted $2.50 for 5 Sacks Lime, Hardwood Sawdust, Sand, Insect Spray for Garden, Snail and Slug Killer -NATIONAL FEED FUEL YARDS 55th Corner Grove Telephone IMedmont S522 1 1 People buy Mulkey Mattresses because they arSfeaay to sleep on. They have a right to eel that If tHelr bedding comes from Mulkey's It is of the highest possible "guality-r-that the goods will be clean and fresh, and ttsA the Mulkey plant sells at retail, the prices are sure to -be low. You try it this time. Mattress prices for full- size bed from $7.50 up.

i i collars and beeveedees and socks hold conclave in the hamper, if they get that far. Listen, brother. We can't do the dishes or dust the house or take your loneliness off your hands, but we certainly can keep you in fresh linen, keep your" socks darned and every button on the job. Just phone, We'll send you a bag you can fill and leave pn the back porch. In short order you'll, have your duds back again, clean as a kitten's teeth.

Oh, man! When the wife packs up, the kids and hits the trail for shore or mountains, ain't it great? Yes it srnot! You've seen one movie alone arrd you've seen 'em all. Bill and Ben and the rest of the gang are busy at home. The breakfast dishes, pile up in the sink and you could write a diary in the dust if you had anything to write. That's all bad enough! But it's worse yet to find only the bottom of the chiffonier drawer when you dive ia for the morning's clean shirt when 'r 4" 't Here is a good looking one that is as good as-, it looks it's a SIMMONS looks like wood, but has the life of steel. it 'to appreciate S1Q.75 A neat little, crib just the kind to give Bnster a grand-' start Rubber ,75 i tires.i.

Price A Three Stores- Step In at the Mulkey store nearest to you and' make 'a careful inspection of a modern bedding establishment where years of careful thinking and planning have-brought before you for your interest arid approval the kind of select bedding you would llke and at prices no higher lhan for ordinary grades shown at many places. It's White Go Id now! Introduced but recently, rimless, white gold eye glasses ha ve won the approval of smart people everywhere. Their charm and refinement make them indispensable for fevening functions smartness commenda them for daytime wear Let us show you the new styles. California Optical Co. Oakland: 1221 Broadway Berkeley 2186 Shattuck Avenue San Franclscos 181 Toat Mission St.

Mattresses Re-Made Easy Credit Terms Phone Merritt 240 A hint to wives: Vacation time's ideal for having those blankets, pillows, curtains 1 comforts done up Let' our driver tali then wil'i hulby't waIin. Ar. 1 i can handle your vacation laundry by parcel t..

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