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All In a Day
—By—
MARK HELLINGER
NEW YORK, April 30.
1 talked the other night to a gentleman who advanced
an interesting thought.
“Did you ever realize, Mark, he said, “'that the average
man would be afraid to handle too much money? I don t
mean money that he earned; I mean money that he found.
If, for example, a poor man walked along Fifth Avenue and
found a $lO bill, he’d carry it off in a highly elated fashion.
“But suppose he found' a wallet that contained SIO,OOO
in big bills. By any process of reasoning, he should he a
thousand times as happy as he was with his $lO discovery.
But would he? 1 doubt it very much. He'd be afraid to
change the bills. The magnitude of his find would worry
him greatly. He’d probably wind up by trying to trace the
owner of the wallet and taking a chance on a reward.
Because, in such a disturbed mental condition, the money
' would be more of an annoyance than a pleasure.
Conductor’s Luck
| “Am I right?”
I told him I thought he was.
And as I replied, I suddenly re
membered a story that I had
been told several months ago.
It was a story exactly along
those lines, and he seemed to
find it interesting. Perhaps
you will, too. I am not posi
tive of all my details, but I
imagine I can supply sufficient
neat for you to get the drift.
The tale concerns a con
ductor on one of the interurban
trolley lines in the southern
part of Ohio. The man had
been working for the same com
pany for plenty of years, and
he was a highly respected em
ploye. Inasmuch as hi- car
shot through the same small
towns at the same hours each
day. he knew many of his pas
sengers by their first names.
He was more of a friend than
a trolley conductor.
His home lift was none too
hot. He was the father of
three young children —but, with
the birth of the last child, his
wife had become a cripple. A
visit to one of America’s great
specialists might have helped
her, or a year at one of Eu
rope’s watering resorts might
have done some good. But such
thoughts were ridiculous. In
her husband’s financial condi
tion they were lucky to be able
to sleep and eat.
Finds a Fortune
It was this man who found
$15,000 in cash. He found it at
the end of a day's run as he
walked through his car to gather
together some newspapers that
the passengers had left behind.
And as he picked up the wallet
that contained the money, he
remembered distinctly to whom
It belonged.
The man was a farmer who
lived some 12 miles away. Be
hadn’t seen him very often on
that run, but he had heard
that the man had just sold
some of his property at a very
excellent price.
The conductor’s memory was
most excellent. That farmer
had sat right in that corner
seat. He had paid his fare with
some loose change, but he had
taken out that wallet to buy a
■ bottle of pop from the boy in
! Hicksville. Once you saw it,
1 you couldn’t really miss that
' wallet. It was a large brown
affair, and the farmer had at
I least four rubber bands around
i It. No question about the own
ership at all.
But how could the man have
i been so careless as to lose it?
Such money! The conductor's
’ hand trembled as he counted
the bills. There were 12 SI,OOO
■ bills—and 6 of the SSOO denom
ination, $15,000 in all! Good
Lord, what that poor man could
have done with the money!
\ Figures It Out
He struggled with himself.
He knew that the wise course
would be to turn it in at once.
The farmer had probably missed
his wallet by this time, and
would have wired ahead im
mediately. There would un
questionably be a quick investi
gation. The conductor knew
It was useless even to consider
keeping that money. Why, it
was nonsense.
But his fingers fondled the
cash. It was so pleasing to the
touch. If it were only his. If
he could dare take a chance.
His wife cou’d go away, and he
could go with her. The kids
would have everything they
wanted. Pleasure would push
poverty far into the back
ground. It would be heaven,
really.
With a hasty movement, he
placed the wallet in his back
pocket. He walked rapidly to
ward his home. And it an
noyed him to Imagine that so
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many people looked at him in
such a strange fashion.
He told his wife the entire
story. He poured it out in ner
vous fashion, and he placed
the money in her hands.
Propped up in the bed, she
gazed at the cash with huge
I eyes.
"What will we do?” ht asked
her. "I have never been so
| worried in my life. I am afraid.
I think it’s best that I go back
with the money right away.
Give it to me.”
Becomes Frightened
His wife pleaded With him.
She wanted him to keep it, to
bury it somewhere until it was
safe to take it out. She cried
out that it would mean so
much to her; that perhaps it
was God’s way of restoring her
to health. She urged and urged.
But no. The more she spoke
the more frightened her hus
band became. He walked to the
window, and he could have
sworn he saw a strange man in
that shrubbery across the w. y.
He turned back and snatched
the wallet from the bed.
“To hell with it” he cried. “I
can’t stand this. I'm going to
turn it in.”
The following day he received
two letters. One from the su
perintendent of the line and the
other from the farmer. They
were very nice, indeed. The su
perintendent complimented him
highly and said that he was a
model employe. The farmer
praised him to the skies and
begged him to drop in for a
drink of applejack any Sunday
afternoon.
There was no mention of any
reward.
I think it was some five
months later that a stranger
I boarded the conductor’s car. The
fare to his destination was 35
cents. He pulled out a quarter
and winked at the conductor.
The Ironical Twist
“This is all I have, buddy,” he
whispered, "I have to get to that
town and I haven’t got the extra
dime. Just put the quarter in
your own pocket and forget
about me.”
The conductor nodied. This
was nothing new to him. He had
been doing the same thing for
years. All the employes did it
on occasion. After all. it was a
simple way to make a few extra
dollars and nobody was ever the
wiser.
In this case, somebody was. .
The stranger turned out to be |
a spotter for the company. And |
when the conductor reported for i
work the next morning, his job
was a thing of the past.
Queer, wasn’t it? With pen
nies. he could cheat with a clear
conscience. Tut had he stolen |
the big dough, it would have
i driven him insane.
—
Russian Quartet
Heard in Recital
The Kedroff Quartet, present
ed by the Washington Commun
i ity Institute, gave its “farewell” I
concert yesterday afternoon at
the National Theater.
For an hour and a half, the
audience was held spellbound by
the sheer artistry of these four
Russian singers. Folk songs of
their native country—songs of
fierce Tartar raids, village routs
and peasant love—transported
the listeners, in fancy, from a
hot spring day in Washington to j
the chill wind-blown steppes.
Not a few of the numbers were
from the facile pen of N N. Ked
roff, the quartet’s baritone. An
outstanding group was the cycle
by Caesar Cui, dedicated to the
Kedroff Quartet. Os this group,
“Summer Noon” and "Quiet
Night” were as colorful as a
Maxfield Parrish painting.
W.M,
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
JACKIE COOPER AND CHIC SALE TEAM
Great Acting by
Amazing Boy
Artist
By ANDREW R. KELLEY
That amazing little actor,
Jackie Cooper, teams up with
that amusing chin-whiskered
rural, Chic Sale, and the result
ing celluloid, “When a Fel'er
Needs a Friend,” makes a movie
judiciously sprinkled with laughs
and tears.
The picture is part of a double
feature program at Loew’s Palace
Theater this week that repre
sents a bargain for the prudent
ANDREW K. KELLEY
bars him from the rugged sport
of normal boys. His sympathetic
parents try to mollycoddle their
"Limpy” and keep him protected
in his infirmities.
Only “Home Run” Tucker, a
lovable old prevaricator, under
stands the kid. He knows that
Limpy would love to play base
ball. go fishing, and that deep
down in the boy’s heart is a yen
to be a charhpion prize fighter.
In between trips of Tucker’s
Toonerville trolley he plays with
Limpy and encourages the boy to
become athletic. There are little
misunderstandings and sorrows
for both Old Man Tucker and
Limpy but in the end you will
find a grand thrill as the sturdy
cripple with a will to win laces
the tar out of the neighborhood
bully while his Pa urges him on.
Again Jackie Cooper proves
that he is one of the modern
acting marvels by contributing
emotional scenes that are vigor
ous in their power to wring your
heart. He senses the import of
his speeches, times them nicely,
visualizes with telling expressions
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the emotions stirred within him.
And can that little boy cry?
Here’s a performance worth
studying.
Great Acting Team
Chic Sale makes a capital part
ner in fun and sorrow. His Old
Man Tucker reminded me of the
late Frank Bacon's Lightning
Bill—just a harmless old duffer
whose main fault was telling
whoppers but with a heart of
gold. Cooper and Sale make an
acting team that you whi prob
ably enjoy quite as much as the
memorable Cooper-Beery combina
tion in the “The Champ.” Ralph
Graves and Dorothy Peterson
have the other important roles
in “When a Feller Needs a
Friend’ ’and Andy Sauforth as
sists with a first class juvenile
support.
Good Musical Show
On the stage the capsule edi
tion of “Girl Crazy” furnishes
an hour and a half of bright and
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“The Miracle Man,” opening today on the Earle Theater
screen.
7 Beauty and The Boss Rates as
Light and Merry Movie
show shopper.
For the stage
offers "Girl
Crazy,” whit
tied down to
tabloid size, but
a sure-enough
musical comedy
for those who
like the girl
and tune shows.
In his latest
picture. Jackie
Cooper is a
wistful little
cripple, doomed
to wear a leg
brace which
If you want something quite*
i light and improbable, something
j that fairly bubbles with exuber
ance. you must not fail to visit
the Metropolitan this week.
"Beauty and the Boss,” taken
from the Broadway stage success,
"The Church Mouse,” has every
thing in its favor for an hour and
a half of delightful entertainment
—the buzz of giant business activ
ity (always to be appreciated in
these days of economic unrest), a
loveable love story of a billionaire
and a “church mouse,” and superb
acting.
Marian Marsh, Good
It is pretty difficult to deter
mine just which of the two stars
' lakes the honors. As Susie Sachs,
the little girl with the funny hat
who quashes her nose in delica
tessen windows, Marian Marsh
does a highly expert job.
I Her co-star, Warren William,
: the young man who displays his
i John Barrymorean profile, makes
! an excellent bank director, with
I the kind of executive ability that
dismisses secretaries — pronto!—
when they begin to have the
melodious entertainment. It of
fers the George Gershwin hit
tunes, "Embraceable You.” "Bedin’
My Time” and "I Got Rhythm,"
besides half a dozen others which
have a lilt and swing.
Principals are Frances Upton,
Bert Gordon, Hal Thompson,
Vivian Janis, Patricia Garrity,
Flora West and they contrive to
tell the story, launch the tunes,
dance and, in general, maintain
a lively tempo. The Vitaphone
Four break the scene shifts with
harmonizing and screen is utilized
also to keep the performance
continuous. It was the first at
tempt to reduce standard sized
musical to the movie stage inso
far as Washington is concerned.
The audience appeared to enjoy
it thoroughly.
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FRIDAY. MAY 6, AT 9 P. M.
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“VANITY FAIR of Today"
The National Daily
bit of feminine charm.
: Os course, upon their dismissal,
’ they receive six months’ advance
i salary and a cubby hole in the
i; boss’ heart.
• I It's the story of an unemployed,
•' grotesquely-attired “church mouse,”
1 who crashes the office of the
- greatest banker in Vienna, takes
• over his business affairs with an
i unbelievable speed, learns how to
( lure the banker from a cubby
) holed ex-secretary and then—
' can’t you guess?
Excellent Cast
Charles Butterworth, the inlmi-
’ table comedian, whose apropos
remarks are purely Butterworth-
. ian; David Manners -nd Fred-
• erick Kerr complete the excellent
1 cast.
“The Cole Case,” an S. S Van
; Dine murder mystery, a techni-
• color orchestra short subject and
the newsreel round out the pro-
’ gram. JAB.
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“THE MIRACLE MAN”
A Paramount Picture With
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SYLVIA SYDNEY
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MARIAN MARSH
WARREN WILLIAM
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MIDNITE FROLICS #
TUESDAt and FRIDAY I
SATURDAY—APRIL 30—1932
Fox Has Murder
Trial With a
Film Kick
Here’s a murder trial with a
twist and a kick. The courtroom
goes completely Hollywood with
the -aiimony doing a neat bit
of scene shifting that must have
left those camera men winded
when the chase was over.
The rare direction of William K
I. jward has taken the elements
of love, intrigue and murder and
turned them into a fastmoving
drama of action aplenty and
laughs galore, grand entertain
ment. “The Trial of Vivienne
Ware ’ at the Fox is worth your
time.
Vivienne Ware, (Joan Bennett),
Is arrested for the murder of her
philandering fiance (Jemeson
Thomas). The stoiy as told in
the courtroom develops into a case
' of circumstantial evidence which
j seems to be heading her toward
the noose. John Sutherland
iDonald Cook), her lawyer, has
■lc c her for years. He becomes
involved in the case along with
. Dolo-es Divine, (Lillian Bond), a
I night club love of the murdered
j man and Angelo Parone (Noel
Madison), owner of the night
club and lover of Miss Divine. A
knife is thrown at Dolores as she
is about to testify and with the
arrest of her would-be murderer
| Vivienne is acquitted.
The choice of witnesses is such
I that, given more opportunity,
| there might have developed a pic
i ture stealing riot. As it stands
Skeets Gallagher and Zasu Pitts
r -ner a few laurels as the ra
dio broa aster and "sob sister.”
Joan Bennett is starred but she
is merely the axis for the mael
strom of events. She handles her
role well but this Is a case of star
ring the cast of characters, and
scenic arrangement with a note
for dialogue.
Whether by design or provi
dence, the stage presentation is
not amiss in tempo. Phil Lampkin
directs his band cosily ensconced
on the balcony of the scenic
patio of Fanchon and Marco’s
“La Plaza” Idea. A gay fiesta of
Old Mexico is in progress, an
excellent mixed chorus in routines
of native dances, Nelly Fernandez
lending her blonde Spanish
beauty to songs and dances;
1 Lucinda and Ricardo in a tango,
• Augustin Palafox in a tambourine
■' dance, Skeeter and Ray, amusing
burlesque; Chiquita in American
and Mexican songs, Les Gellis
, with inebriate acrobatics, and
, Jack Brancel with an excellent
’ dog act. Os exceptional note is
’ the act is Don Grande, a tap
( dancer with some intricate foot
work of his own and a nice imita
tion of Will Mahoney.
Supplementary screen features
and a celebration of the second
annual music week, presenting
different groups at each perform
ance in competition for the cup
awards, complete the bill.—H. W.
A Tribute to George Washington
UKRAINIAN
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“When a Feller Needs a Friend” and
“Girl Crazy” Musical at Palace
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Edward Cooper Has
English Reputation
Edward Cooper, who plays the
role of the bewildered diplomat in
"Hay Fever,” the Noel Coward
comedy, at the Shubert Belasco
Theater, was an actor of high re
pute in England before he was
brought to this country by Win
throp Ames to appear with
George Arliss.
In England Mr. Cooper ap-:
peared in support of Sir Herbert j
Beerbohm Tree and Ellen Terry. (
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Noel Coward’e Beet Comedy
HAY FEVER
The London and New York
Laugh Success
With Eric Cowley and the Superb English Cast Which Gave Such
Prominence to the Flay in New York. Philadelphia and Boston
Waning Season Brings a Play Without a Peer!
Look to your life insurance lest you expire with laughter at the
cleverest comedy that ever brightened the Belasco.
“After seeing ‘Hay Fever’ you will go to the theater forever
and ever!”—N. Y. Times.
“‘Swell entertainment, far more telling than ‘The Royal Fam
ily’.”—Herald-Tribune.
“Gales of laughter, brilliant dialogue. Miss Collier magnl
j ficent.”—Evening Graphic.
“Perfectly cast and perfectly played.”—Daily Mirror.
“One of the funniest plays in the world. A brilliant social
circus, a challenge to the nation’s sense of humor.”
—Gilbert Gabriel. American.
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Eastern High Will
Present Operetta
“The Lady of the Terrace.”
Eastern High School's annual
May operetta, which will be pre
sented May 5 and 6 in the school
auditorium.
Leading roles will be taken by
Margery League, Stanley Franck,
John Pestell, Francis Berger,
I Mary Folmer, William Jones,
: William Bell, Melvin Oliveri,
j David Teeplc, Geraldine Ray,
i Faith Shesong and Virginia Ladd.