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.