Monday, Nov. 25, 1929

COMING

National Affairs

Nov. 22--Harry Ford Sinclair leaves jail.

Nov. 23--Meeting of President Hoover's Commission on Public Lands.

Nov. 28--Thanksgiving Day.

Dec. 2--Congress convenes in regular session.

Dec. 5--President Hoover inaugurates Washington's social season with a dinner to the diplomatic corps.

Dec. 6-8--Convention of National Woman's Party in Washington.

Dec. 7--Vanguard of Philippine Independence Mission leaves Manila for Washington.

Foreign News

Nov. 22--Opening night of the American Repertory Company at Theatre Femina, Paris. First production: The Road to Rome by Robert E. Sherwood.

Dec. 5--Official visit of Italy's King Vittorio Emanuele III to Pope Pius XI at Vatican City.

Dec. 5--Polish Diet convenes after month's postponement.

Dec. 6--Finland's Independence Day.

Dec. 10--Pan-American Conciliation and Arbitration Conference at Washington.

Aeronautics

Dec. 1-9--International Aeronautical Exposition at Chicago.

Dec. 10-16--National Aviation Week in Mexico City.

Dec. 12-16--International Civil Aeronautics Conference at Washington.

Medicine

Dec. 1--Opening of the National Variety Artists Sanitarium at Saranac Lake, N. Y.

Science

Nov. 28--Meeting of American Physical Society in Chicago.

Business

Dec. 3-6--Annual meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, in Chicago.

Dec. 12-13--Twenty-third annual meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, in Manhattan.

Education

Dec. 7--Presentation of a bowl to President Hutchins of Chicago University "for making his 'Y' in life," by the Montclair Yale Club, at Montclair, N. J.

Music

Dec. 3--Concert of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in Manhattan.

Art

Dec. 7--Close of first loan exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

Animals

Nov. 21-23--National Pet Show in Manhattan.

Sport

FOOTBALL (Nov. 30)

East: Boston College v. Holy Cross at Boston; Army v. Notre Dame at New York; Navy v. Dartmouth at Philadelphia.

South: Louisiana College v. Louisiana Tech at Pineville; North Carolina State v. South Carolina at Raleigh; Rice v. Baylor at Houston; Texas Christian v. Southern Methodist at Fort Worth.

Midwest: Detroit v. Georgetown at Detroit; Loyola v. North Dakota at Chicago.

West: Southern California v. Washington State at Los Angeles.

FOOTBALL (Dec. 7)

South: Duke v. North Carolina at Durham; Georgia v. Georgia Tech at Athens; Louisiana Tech v. South Western Louisiana Institute at Ruston; Maryland v. Western Maryland at Baltimore; Tennessee v. South Carolina at Knoxville.

BICYCLING

Nov. 30-Dec. 7 -- Six Day Bicycle Race at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan.

SWIMMING

Dec. 14--First championship test of the Intercollegiate Swimming Association, between Syracuse and C.C.N.Y., at Syracuse.

HORSES

Dec. 14--Opening of the three-month horse-racing season at Oriental Park, Havana.

GOING

Best Plays in Manhattan

STREET SCENE--Drama minus evening gowns and cocktails.

JOURNEY'S END--Splendid chaps at the wars.

IT'S A WISE CHILD--Suburban laugh fest.

CIVIC REPERTORY THEATRE--The plays change nightly, the standard does not.

STRICTLY DISHONORABLE--Futile, funny endeavors of a young lady to be seduced.

ROPE'S END--Genteel and mephitic murder.

SUBWAY EXPRESS--The season's best crime puzzle.

THE CRIMINAL CODE--Stirring statement of the Law's flaws.

JUNE MOON--Ludicrous stroll through Tin Pan Alley.

BERKELEY SQUARE--Metaphysical and fragrant romance.

Musical: FOLLOW THRU, THE LITTLE SHOW, HOT CHOCOLATES, SWEET ADELINE, BITTERSWEET, A WONDERFUL NIGHT (Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus--great score, not much else).

Best Pictures

THE LOVE DOCTOR (Richard Dix)-- Agreeable comedy of a doctor with a theory but no patients.

DISRAELI--George Arliss builds an empire out of half a dozen mannerisms.

ROMANCE OF THE RIO GRANDE (Mary Duncan)--Chili con carne in the manner of Edith Wharton, beautifully photographed.

WHY BRING THAT UP? (Moran & Mack)--Famous black face badinage.

THE TRESPASSER--Gloria Swanson's best performance, though the story is not much.

WELCOME DANGER (Harold Lloyd)-- Flowers, finger prints, a dope ring, love, a Ford, laughs.