Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, July 29, 1948
Washington Di&ßStj
by Carl Starr
Lawn Furniture Can Be
Made at Very Low Cost
Alas, Poor Yorick, Capital
Has Seen Its Last Theater
By BAUKHAGE
T o il
.Analyst and Comm entnlor.
WASHINGTON—As Washington hurries through summer,
forced to commute to Philadelphia for its major distraction,
it is faced with a painful prospect of less diversion next fall.
This city which once boasted of almost a dozen legitimate
theaters (when it had a much smaller population) is about to
have the last one that lingered on alone turned into a movie
house.
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The old National theater, which opened in 1935, was burned and rebuilt
four times, collapsed once, is now about to end its legitimate days on an
issue which is giving the Democratic party equal concern—civil rights.
The Actor's Equity, to which most actors belong, won’t play here because
Negroes are not permitted in the audience.
Grass Silage Offers
Benefits to Dairymen
Advantages Are Shewn
In Wisconsin Research
Twelve positive advantage« that
grass silage offers dairy farmers
were compiled as a result of tests
conducted by Wisconsin FFA chap­
ters and Kraft. Some of the decided
advantages were:
Grass silage preserves as much as
30 per cent more protein of alfalfa.
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A K E your porch, te rra ce or
1 1 law n an outdoor liv in g room
tu rn yo u r backyard into a pic­
nic ground. You’ ll be agreeably
surprised to see w hat fun dining
out can be. Food takes on an added
zest when flavored w ith the th r ill
of a picnic.
You can build w onderful pieces
of lawn fu rn itu re at very low cost.
The set illu s tra te d above was
b u ilt fro m patterns.
These p a t­
terns take ull the m ystery out of
w oodworking.
Each shows the
fu ll size, shape and length fo r
cu ttin g each p a rt. W herever two
parts are fastened together, the
exact location is indicated on the
pattern. Step by step directions
explain every p a rt o f construc­
tion in easy to understand lan­
guage.
M aking a home in tra d itio n a lly
A m erican.
The strength of the
country rests on the people who
have b u ilt a home fo r them selves
and th e ir fa m ilies. B u ilding lawn
fu rn itu re or any other home equip­
m ent is not d iffic u lt. You cun do
it i f you try . Each p attern is de­
signed so thut no special tools or
s k ill are required. B uild this law n
set fo r im m e d ia te use. Y o u 'll save
money and have fun bu ild in g it.
Each p a tte rn contains a com plete
purchase lis t of m a te ria ls .
A ll
m a te ria ls w hich the p attern spe­
cifies are stock size und re a d ily
obtainable a t lu m b e r yards ev­
eryw here.
Send 25 cents fo r Law n C hair
P a tte rn No. 56 to E u si-B ild P a t­
tern Com pany, Dept. W, Pleas­
a n tv ille , N. Y.
There is talk that the old Belasco
(heater, erected in 1895 on Madison his life, wouldn’ t think of letting him
place, facing La­ sit anywhere but in a box where he
fayette square, may is separated from the crowd. This,
be re c o n d itio n e d on the other hand, makes him con­
and leased to a spicuous. One guard outside the door
management which to Lincoln’s box in the Ford thea­
PROVERB:
w ill lift the racial ter could have prevented the as­
IF RED THE SUN BEGINS HIS RACE,
discrimination prac­ sassination.
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NO WEATHER 5IÖN. >
BE SURE THE RAIN WILL PALL APACE.
tice (the Belasco
The
fact
that
there
was
no
pro­
is currently gov­
ernment property vision for protection by the govern­
and is used as a ment in the Temple of Music in Buf­
storehouse). If the falo cost the nation its President
Belasco is not re­ W illiam McKinley.
Since then, the chief execu­
opened,
Washing­
There need be no loss of the crop
by STAN J. COLLINS & L i. SLAWSON
tive has had a bodyguard wheth­
ton w ill be theater-
through rainy weather at haying
er he likes it or not, and a body­
less.
time.
guard can't hide its light under
W a s h in g to n ’ s
Baukhage
Crop may be saved in a more or­
a
bushel.
Entrance
and
exit
from
theatrical tradition
derly manner and labor distributed
a
public
building
became
a
little
began early. One of the first theaters
more evenly.
bit of a pageant, no matter how
here was the Washington theater at
A grass silage program helps in
they are effected.
Eleventh and C streets. It opened
control of weeds because it destroys
in 1,804 and its ads proclaiming the
Woodrow Wilson loved the theater. the viability of weed seeds.
grand premiere added in small He liked vaudeville and was a fre­
A grass silage program makes the
type: “ No Segars are to be smoked quent visitor at Keith’s—now one
control of erosion and insect pests
during the performance.”
of our big movie houses. Edmund easier.
Starling, head of the secret service
When fhat edifice burned, a
It can be used to preserve the
under several presidents, often feed value of weedy crops.
second Washington theater, seat­
ing *00 persons, was opened in
talked to me about how much Wilson
It can be used to give pastures a
loved the theater. Starling enjoyed much-needed rest period in the fall.
1821. It boasted numerous im ­
it, I enjoyed it, and perhaps togeth­
provements and innovations, in­
Grass silage makes for more vita-
cluding stoves, reserved seats,
er, we exaggerated Wilson’ s affec­ . mins and more color in winter m ilk
tion for the footlights. But Starling and butter than either corn silage
improved acoustics, no liquor in
used to say that Wilson got more or sun-cured hay.
the bos lobbies and facilities for
recreation from that source than any
Negro playgoers. “ F acilities"
other. In his book, “ Starling of the
today wouldn’t satisfy—accom­
White House,” he says Wilson pre­ U. S. Wheat Champions
modations would have to be on
Honey Bee Im p o rtan t Agent
ferred musical comedy and vaude­
a basis of race equality.
Honored
in
Minnesota
In Pollinizing F arm Acrez
Fourteen years after the new ville to serious drama. That was
Millions of fungi are in the two
Emphasizing the Importance of
Washington theater had opened its the general' impression among the tiny dishes held by Dr. J. J. Chris­
honey
bees In pollinlzing agricul­
newspapermen,
I
know.
doors the National theater appeared
tiansen, professor of plant pathology,
tural crops, M. H. Haydak, asso­
on the site of the present movie-
Both the Roosevelts, Theodore and University of Minnesota, as he ex­
ciate professor of entomology at
Today good silver is referred to as sler-
house-to-be. It is located in the very Franklin, were great theatergoers
plains disease control to W. A.
the University of Minnesota, called
center of what only recently has Neither of them was a blushing vi
ling silver. This title was secured from
Brown, left, national wheat cham-
bees the "wings of agriculture."
been called "downtown.” on E olet as far as receiving adulation of
Honey bees by far outweigh the
the
Easterlings
of
North
ty
rm
a
n
y
,
the
street which meets Pennsylvania the crowds was concerned, but for
value of other Insects as pollinators
a
number
of
reasons,
largely
the
avenue just before it bumps into
first coin makers of England, who es­
of plants, according to I)r. Haydak.
the treasury building, skirts its hectic times of the late Roosevelt’s
Between 75 and 80 per cent of our
tablished
a
reputation
for
the
purity
regime,
the
former
made
his
at­
northern front and ambles past the
agricultural crops are pollinated
tendance anywhere more of a show.
White House.
by honey bees alone.
of their coins-thus sterling silver be­
Important clubs, hotels, and res- I Although an assassin's bullet did lay
Dependability of the honey bee
came good silver.
(aurants are only a few blocks from 1 low a man in Franklin Roosevelt’ s
In pollinating Is apparent from the
the National today but when it was j entourage—Mayor Anton Cermak of
tremendous amount of work It
built, it was, like any other point Chicago when both were visiting
does. About 10 loads of pollen are
in the young capital, well-nigh in­ Miami — Theodore Roosevelt was
used to rear one bee.
accessible in inclement weather. himself actually shot and badly
Investigations show that to make
When it rained or snowed, Pennsyl­ wounded on one occasion. However,
one load of pollen a bee has to visit
vania avenue became a mudhole. this was after he left the White
346 red clover florets or 84 pear
Residential areas, except those in House and while he was making a
blossoms. A strong colony during
L O O K IN G A T R E L IG IO N
By DON MOORE
Georgetown, weren’t far from the political speech in Milwaukee.
a year rears about 200.000 bees and
center of town in the early 1840s,
so requires two million loads of pol­
It was the movie which drove
i • BLACK M A R K E T *
but because of the rough going (the
pion. Pierce, Colo., who with his son,
len.
out the later Washington legiti­
'DELEGATES FPOM IT NATIONS
Locating the apiary close to the
wealthy didn't like to risk their
Norman,
won
the
national
Pillsbury
mate theaters, but this death
WHO V E T IN BIRKHOVEN,
field to be pollinated ploys n very
fancy equipages out on bad nights),
title with samples from their 1,600
NETHEOIANPS t O DISCUSS
blow to the present-day National
important part in muking services
THE WOBL D 3MOPTAGE OF
it cost as much as $10 to get from
acre farm. Tom Ridley, national re­
theater arises out of the grow­
0 I B L F S D IS C L O S E D A
of
bees more effective, as docs the
home to the show.
serve
champion,
Langdon,
N.
D.,
ing demand to end segregation—
BLACK V A W E T IN CO PIES
number of bees per surfnee area.
center, won with durum wheat in
Now you can ride ail the way
a demand which made itself felt
P F W E B IB L E IN IN D IA
The more bees per field, the larger
competition with wheat farmers in
A N D IN JA P A N /
from Capitol H ill to what was
after World War I. and which in­
the crop that con be expected.
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states.
forest and farmland in 1835 for
creased in World War II. The
39 cents.
frequent, well-publicized con­
The capital's greatest theatrical
troversies over liftin g of the seg­
Metal Turning Lathe
development began right after the
regation ban in Constitution
C ivil war and went on for three dec­
hall, property of the Daughters
ades. By the time I attended my
of the American Revolution and
first show here in 1914, there was
one of the few available concert
S+. An4hony‘,s Church,
no dearth of dramatic entertain­
halls in the city, have spotlight­
FESTINA, IOWA, /S ONE O F THE
ment and sometimes three original
ed Washington’s segregation
WORLDS SM ALLEST IT HAS
Broadway companies would be play­
habits—they aren’t laws.
FOUR PEWS, AND WAS BUILT IN
ing in different theaters at the same
IB 4 B F O R TWO FAM ILIES.
The
manager
of
the
National
thea­
time. It was a good town for open­
ter
is
not
closing
the
theater
for
ings up until fa irly recently.
social reasons. He simply can’t book
There is one theater, now a mu­
shows
if he continues race discrim ­
\ PANORAMIC VIEW OF PALESTINE
seum, which is still a point of in­
MENTIONED ONLY ONCE
terest for tourists. O riginally it was ination and he thinks that if he
raises the ban, he can’t sell tickets
a Baptist church on Tenth street.
to enough white people to make it
In 1861 it was converted into what
pay.
was called Christy’s opera house.
To southerners it probably seems
Later it became Ford's theater. In
absurd that such a question should
This stand for the metal turning
the upper stage box of this theater,
arise, and northerners probably w ill
lathe has a plank top, one-inch
President Abraham Lincoln was as­
be just as surprised for the opposite
pipe legs and one-inch angle Iron
sassinated by the actor, John
reason. Washington was once a
Wilkes Booth.
frame for the top and bottom.
southern city, now it is a m ixture
Sheet metal for sides, front and
There was a saloon on the corner
of North and South and typical of
CONTAINS
below the theater where Booth was neither.
hack Is welded to the legs and to
said to have had his last drink be­
the angle iron frame.
—
CHLORDANE (S o
°s )
fore he crept into the theater, shot
Embrace,
Pity,
It
is
easy
to
rid
your
Lincoln and leaped to the stage,
home of roaches
tripping on a piece of bunting and Then Endure
Precautions for Dipping
w ith the new F ill
breaking his leg.
Before his third party's conven­
Sheep Are Suggested
Roach Killer. Spray
For many years, over the bar
tion in Philadelphia, Henry Wallace
it a ro u n d ro ach
of that saloon, hung a crude pic­
Among rules to be followed when
repeated several times the assertion
infested areas. It
ture of the assassination, and on
that he was not a Communist, that dipping sheep are: Fast the sheep
leaves an Invisible
the floor was a metal m arker
he didn’t want Communist support, several hours before dipping. Don t
film that keeps on
where the half-mad actor was
in fact, that he wished they’d get dip sheep immediately on arrival «1
killing roaches for a
supposed to have stood as he
out of his party. For this, as some the bath If they have become heated
long time.
warmed his courage in prepara­
observers pointed out, Wallace was Don't dip sheep In an arsenical bath
On sal* now a t your
tion for his theatric crime.
m ildly spanked by the Daily Work­ if they have open wounds. Don)
lo ta l grotory, drug or
Washington th e a te rg o e rs were er, mouthpiece of Muskovite com
hardw
oro lo r o .
put the sheep in the bath head first.
well acquainted with John Booth’s munism in America.
Prepare the bath strictly in accord­
acting but better still with that of
It seems to me that Wallace is ance with instructions on the pack­
his elder brother, Edwin, who had following one of Alexander Pope’s age and mix thoroughly.
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the greater talent. But they never quatrains in reverse. Remember
saw Edwin Booth on a local stage Pope said:
. OFFICIALS TORE
THÈIR HAIR OVER THE
again. He was so heart-broken over
Relieves Distress «f MONTHLY
Young Cockleburs Are
“ Vice Is a monster of so fright­
R E C O R D S OF THE
his brother’s crim e that he never
Poisonous for Swine
ful mien
M A S S E Y T W IN S ,
again played in the capital.
VAUGHN W . A N D
Young cocklebur seedlings w ill
As to be hated needs but to be
A theatrical performance in Wash­
LAUGHN W „ W HO
seen,
poison
pigs,
according
to
veterinari­
ington plays one role that It plays in
TRAINED IN THE SAME CLASS SER­
Yet seen too oft, fam iliar with
ans at Iowa State college. The dan­
no other Am erican city. It becomes,
VED IN THE S A M E UNIT, S H IP P E D
her
face,
ger
of
cocklebur
poisoning
la
greater
on certain occasions, few or many
OUT O N THE SAME BOAT, W ERE
We first endure, then pity, then
this year because of short pastures.
PROMOTED TWICE TO THÉ SAM E
according to the taste of the in­
Also Helps Baild Up Red Blood’
embrace."
With grass short, pigs w ill be tempt­
GRADES, W ERE WOUNDED GV THE
cumbent president, a ceremony of
Do female functional periodic dis­
SAME SHELL,W ENT TO THE SAM E
turbances make you suffer pain, feel ic
state. No m atter how private a pres­
Having embraced the Reds, Wal­ ed to eat young cockleburs In search
HOSPITAL,WERE DISCHARGED FROM
nervoui, Irritable—at such times? Then
ident wants to be when he sees a lace seems to be beginning to back of green feed. Best remedy Is to
THE SAME CAMP, WENT I D WORK
£TÇ-,BRANTLY RO6E HAD A 13-YEAD
try Lydia E. Plnkham’s TABLETS to
show, he can’ t help being a public up. through pity, and now is finding keep hogs out of fields containing
PRISON SENTENCE REOtXer-TO
relieve such symptoms. Plnkham's
TOR THE SAME FIPM.ENROLLEO IN
cocklebur
seedlings
until
they
ere
'2 WHEN HE PR O TE S TE D ^
personage on such occasions.
that he has to endure them, whether
Tablets are also very effective to help
THE SAME BUSINESS SCHOOL AND
eliminated.
build up red blood In simple snemla.
SUPERSTITIOUS.
’
TOOK TH E SAM E CO URSES I
The secret service, responsible for he likes them or not.
WHY WE SAY
FLIT
ROACH KILLER
"t
FEMALE
WEAKNESS
Lydia E. Pinkham’s