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Evening star., 1928-12-16
Cupboard Cogitations

Nice. of course. Still-T got to won-
dering about closets I have known.
closets as remote from this world OF
arty and interior decorated ones as the
homes in which these closets were. dlf-
fered from the homes in which these
modern closets will go.
One Of my grandmothers, for in
stance, made a great-to-do ABOUT
papering her bedroom closets every
Spring. She saved all the odd rolls ana
half rolls of paper left from the other
rooms of the house. And what fun Sne
had and we all had deciding which
scraps should be used together and
how! And what pretty effects were
thus achieved!
To this day I remember the scrap
of paper with buttercups blowing over
it which was put side by side with a
wallpaper nosegay of bachelor but
tons. and defy the high-salaried mod
ern closet decorators" to beat that
effect
Grandma worked out all sorts of
closet devices, some more practical than
esthetic. I'm wondering If coat hang
ers were available In that day; maybe
they were, but grandma never seemed
to have any; but she had worked a
smart scheme of inpaling empty spools
upon nails, guaranteed to hold the most
fragile white muslin without danger OF
soil or rust.
When I think of closets have
known. I wonder if the modern i'm
proyements" are always just that, and
if we are not losing real spontaneous
beauty for 1.-The boughten" kind.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
No Need to Look
DoWdy in Rain

One good thing-you needn't look a
fright nowadays in storm.
There was a time, you know, when
rainy-day clothes were definitely ugly.
AiI-enveloping, they were-but beauty
concealing, as well. Great, bulky storm
rubbers, big, stifiy prim umbrellas.
ShapeleSs, heavy raincoats.
But nowadays woman can be per.
fectly protected against the worst sort
of storm and yet look attractive. For
all the paraphernalia of rainy-day
equipment is very good looking.
To begin with-well, It's hard to
begin With shoe coverings, perhaps.
There are waterproofed fabric galoshes
that reach to the ankles and have
turnback cuffs that may be turned up
to protect the ankles. There are high
raloshes to wear in snowstormS that
reach higher than an old-time high
shoe. Yet they are fairly light weight,
soft, good looking They, too, are some
times cuffed with velvet, and they
come in black and brown and some
times dark blue.
There are rubber shoes, ankle high,
that weigh almost nothing and can
be slipped over the lightest slipper or
a substantial street shoe with a look
of daintiness and chic. These, too,
come In brown or black, gray or blue.
They are made of the thinnest, softest
Evening star., 1928-12-16
By ALLENE SUMNER.

Are our homes becoming too heauti-
full, too orderly, too harmonious ana
artistic? Are our high national stand
ard of living and fairly fat pocket
books which make that standard feasi-
BILE, causing us to be q bit Tldlculous9
These questions are inspired by tour
through "the cupboard department OF
a big city's best furniture store. Thls
department. will completely equip any
sort of cupboard from the rubbers and
umbrella one under the front stairs to
the linen closet, the kitchen cupboard,
or the bedroom closet.
The sample closets on display were
indeed things of loveliness. The whole
world of cupboardS had been cleaned
for ideas. There were quaint iron
orilled windows and shelves gay with
china and bright brass. There were
perky little hat stands and shoe trees,
eayIy lacquered chests of drawers. mod
ernistic shelf paper, even cutish lamps
for the dark corner in the closet.
You would think to see this rather
unusual exhibit, that the closet and
cubby-hole are as important as the
drawing room. !.
There were special gay chairs and
step ladders for the high closet shell:
One sample even insisted on q Speclal
drawer for assorted sachetS in the linen
closet, and one sample bedroom closet
held a table and chair and reading lamp
and bowl of flowers One smiled little
to wonder what emergency would Send
one scurrying for the closet to be ma
rooned with book and reading lamp.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Tedious Jobs Eat Up Time

that she was wearing herself out doing
this fine laundry work, she would prob
ably be annoyed. She likes to do it
and so, 1t seems to her, the hours
she spends on it cannot be eXhausting.
Yet I am convinced that it is this
puttering, painstaking work that women
enjoy, that is often the cause of physi-
cal and mental breakdowns. The tasks
that woman doesn't like to do, she
plans to do with all possible expedition.
She uses up-to-date appliances to help
let's her head save her fingers and
her heels in their accomplishment I
have sometimes noticed that women
who frankly admitted that they did
not like any of the actual work con-
nected with housewifery In the long
run had the best results in their house,
wifely adventures
Evening star., 1928-12-16
lCopyright. 1921
BY JANE BROWN. =:

Do you remember how Benjamin
Franklin when he was still a very
young man wrote down the names of
IS moral virtues he wanted to attain,
with brief precepts after each, and
then set to work quite deliberately to
acquire these virtues? His account of
this effort toward self improvement is,
think, one of the most interesting
parts of his very interesting auto
biography.
The sixth virtue in the list is in
dustry, and after 1t Franklin wrote:
Lose no time; be always employed in
something useful; cut of all unneces-
sary action
That last precept is extremely i'm
portant, and one that every housewife
should remember. There are plenty of
women who are nearly always employed
In doing something useful; they lose
no time and yet they never seem to
have the upper hand with their work.
The trouble is they have not learned to
cut off all unnecessary action.
The more study the problems of
the housewife the more convinced I
am that unless unnecessary activities
are cut off, the work sooner or later
will get the best of the housewife. Many
women, think, sap their strength and
wear themselves out spending more
time than is necessary on certain tasks
that they enjoy.
One woman know has taste for
fine table linen, and is extremely par
ticular about the way it Is laundered.
Every week she spends hours ironing
| tablecloths, napkins and table doilies
herself. She wouldn't think of using
an electric mangle even IL she had one
She folds the napkins almost to a
thread; irons each napkin completely
over again with each fold and some
times dampenS piece all over again
and begins to iron anew because she
has not been able to fold it with per-
| feet precision.
Now If I were to tell this woman
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

The older generation is verbally con-
cerned with the faults of the younger,
and most of them feel that in small
sense they are responsible for them.
In their contention they are both right
and wrong, for certainly no one can
stem the trend of progress. at least with
words; but all, can do something
about it,
If the younger generation is restless,
eager for entertainment and easily
bored the reason isn't hard to find.
Entertainments today are like mechan-
ical toys. thoroughly complete in them
selves and leaving nothing for their
audiences but appreciation. Having no
education in appreciation, the auditor
has nothing to bring to contemplation
of the entertainment but spirit OF
"show me-" He sits and looks at the
Evening star., 1928-12-16

from participation and actual work in
them.
There are periods in q child,s life
when he is most intensely interested i'll
make-believe. If he is highly imagina-
tive he can become in reeling success
sion an Indian, a cowboy quick on the
draw, and wounded veteran, all in the
few moments after he has been givet
permission to tear up the pillow slip
that developed hole. The strip Of
hem and the opened-out slip are all the
properties he needs.
Home theatricals vividly color the
memories of most middle-aged parents.
and it is pity that children are being
weaned away from them by the lack of
necessity for making their own fun.
If children don't think of this them
selves the parent can offer the suggest
ton and make it possible by gener-
Evening star., 1928-12-16

rubber. marked sometimes In MORE or
tweed designs. Sometimes they are
made with turn-down cuffs in con-
trasting design or color.
And then there are sandals made
OF thin rubber, in black or color, so
thin and flexible that they can be
tucked into a little rubber bag and
carried in the handbag when they are
not needed.
adays as they are useful. In the old
days a rainy-day outlook was drab
sort of thing Now rainy-day crowd
looks like bouquet of bright garden
flowers.
And the raincoats help along this
Illusion. although many women this
Winter seem to think that dark rain
coats are smarter than bright-colored
ones.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

when the various foods are served on
plates from pantry or kitchen, 1t Is q
good plan to have jelly formed In small
Individual molds,. one of which should
be put on each plate before passing !.
With chicken salad small mold OF
cranberry jelly is attractive. With
roast lamb lamb chops or game. cur
rant jelly is appropriate.
To make the cAlrrant jelly moldA
slightly melt the current jelly and then
turn into very small glasses-such as
lioueur glasses. Set these in cold place
until the jelly has reformed and un-
mold them when needed.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Boudoir Slipper
Has New Tricks

Boudoir slippers are available in so
many attractive styles this Winter that
it is hard to be limited to one or two
pairs. You'd like a dozen when you
see them
The newest thing about them is prob
ably the use of modernistic designs in
their trimming. These designs are in
gold or silver kid on slippers OF satin
or velvet. Sometimes colored kids OF
two tones are used; sometimes gold and
silver kid together.
The lining of the evening slipper is
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Even Toys Go Modernistic.

them. Minus their fur and feathers
only the mass outlines are predomi-
nant. Yet to draw these forms truth
fully the average artist often spends
more time than he does on other details.
Our youngsters, If Czechoslo
new ~playthings .enjoy popularity in this
country, win get the modernists' ex-
pressive forms instilled with their por-
ridge and bedtime stories.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Jelly Molds Add
To Refreshments

When planning plate luncheon or
supper or card party refreshments.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

matter of Importance. It is often in a
contrasting color, and is often OF velvet,
sometimes of fur. t
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Copyright, 192s.)
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Rise of a Great Director

artist by starving in a garret A long
struggle with poverty ended when some
of his work was finally exhibited in a
salon.
The coming Of the World War, how
ever, finally settled his career with the
brush. Against the advice Of friends.
Lang went 10 the Austrian side, became
an officer, was wounded, and spent
many months In a hospital. II was here
that he became interested in the films.
studying the powers and possibilities of
screen art and attempting several
scenarios.
After the war he was introduced 10
Erich POmmeT, head Of the great UFA
org lnIzatiOn of Germany, and then be-
gan his studio life, which eliminated In
The production Of such magnificent
n1lIeetonea in the march OF the movies
as Metropolis" and "6iegfried"
Lang's first direetOrial effort was 'Dr
Mabuse," mystery story. which gained
fame shortly after the extraordinary
success Of THE Cabinet Of DR.. Cali
gari" 'Siegfried" IN his greatest con-
tTibution " the screen, however, and
It's success led 10 the filming Of Sc
, quel, "Kriemhiid's Revenge" The pro-
ductiOn of these two Nibelungen films
says the Motion Picture Guild, cost
more than SIS 900 900.
"SiegfTied" Is being held over at the
Little Theater next week, while "Kriem-
htld's Revenge" viii be presented al the
same tbeateT soon
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Metro-C o-Coldwyn-Mayer
Notes.

HDUMB DORA is announced as one
of Marion Davies three Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer pictures for the coming
year. This is an original story by Agnes
Christine Johnstone Miss Davies will
start work soon on Her Cardboard
Lover" an adaptation Of the play in
which Jeanne Eagels starred
Flash, the canine star, who made his
camera debut in Under the Black
Eagle" will be seen in two new pictures
during 1929. one OF them. Grease
Paint" an original screen story by John
MCGOWAN, author of Excess Baggage" ="
Gold Braid" an original story by
Byron Morgan, will be Ramon Noyarro's S
first starring adventure for Metro Gold
yn-Mayer after his return from Eu-
rope. The story Is romance OF the
battle feet and naval aviation. The
star expects TO return TO the studios
early in July.
"Morgans Last Raid" romance from
Americas history, will be Tim McCoy's
next picture. The story Is an original
by Madeline Ruthven and Ross wills.
Irving Thalberg. vice president and
producing chief. with his wife, Norma
Shearer. have arrived at the West Coast
from European trip.
Polly Moran when asked by her
friends what role she will play next,
declares that she has recently received
telegram from Morris Gest offering
the role OF the nun in THE Miracle" /"
But / turned him down cold" says
Pollr. Il wanted TO give Lillian Gish a
break
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Reopen Long Island Studios.
THE signing of the contract betwoo,

THE signing of the contract between
Electrical Research Products, Inc.
and Paramount ~Famous-LaAky Corpo-
ration, whereby Paramount is licensed
10 use the Western Electric protector
system, has caused Paramount To re-
open It's Long Island studio that has
been closed more than year The
talking pictures will be produced there.
Discussing Paramount'a entry into the
talking picture fleid. President Adolph
ZukOr says:
For the past two years we have been
investigating the performance OF every
device for the reproduction Of talking
pictures After intensive study OF every
reproduction machine, we have decided
that the sound protector system OF the
Western Electric Co Is the best
Another factor considered In this de =
cision Is the ability Of the Western Flee
trio Co, To produce IN quantity. II WAS
realized that there would be AN imme~
diate call for great quantity Of these
sound projectors from Pubiix Theaters,
which owns, controls or directs the ao-
tivilies OF Il great number Of theaters
throughout this country and abroad +"
Special stages have been constructed
at both the East and West studios "a
take care Of the Paramount pictures
which will have sound accompaniment.
Included among these pictures iE Bur
League" the stage hi which has been
running IN New York City for the past
Aina months.
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Two Famous Athletes.

TWO famous athletes who met in
competition before either thought
Of becoming motion picture actors are
to meet again In fight before the
camera in Kit Carson" They are
Fred Thomson and Raoul paoli
Thomson is said TO be the only man
who ever won the American ail-around
title three times, He was famous as a
college foot ball player In the Army
he was leader In sports and at the
interallied games he set world record
for the hand grenade throw.
Paoli, who is 6 feet inches tall and
weighs more than 200 pounds Is one OF
the foremost athletes OF France. He
has held 20 championships He also
was a competitor at the interallied
games In Paris. Since the war each
has become well known as film actor.
While Alfred l.. Werker director, was
seeking big man who could put up a
realistic fight with Thomson in the
Paramount picture, Kit Carson" he
sent for Mr.. Paoli. Mr. Thomson hap
pened 10 walk into the Office. They
recognized each other Immediately. and
contract for Mr.. Paoli TO play the
heavy IN Kit Carson" was signed be-
fore the interview was over.
Evening star., 1928-05-27
The Nibelunsen Saga.

THE origin of the stories associated
= with the mythical heroes of the
an ient Germanic Kingdoms is lost In
antiquity. Various versions Of the leg
ends are found III the Nibelungen Saga.
the Nibelungenlied and III transcript
tionS of later commentators. artists
poets and musicians.
In all the tales. operas and poems
however. the character of Siegfried
stands forth supreme. The story OF
his adventures is not only glorious
relic OF heroic age but symbol OF
human ambition and dreams.
The Ufa production of "Siegfried"
Illustrates very closely the possibilities
OF cinema art In comparison with the
Older functions of painting. sculpture
and literature. In It's own pictorial way
the screen Is credited with bringing out
the beautiful spirit of the theme of the
Nibelungen Saga in far more tren-
chant. authentic and stirring fashion
than any other medium.
Fritz Lang, who directed "Slegfried'
for Ufa (universum Film Aktienge-
sellschafD. Is said TO have captured the
unreal and unworldly atmosphere OF
the original legend and has made
dragons, dwarfs and magic actual liv-
ing forces to be reckoned with. so that
the effect is To transport the beholder
into region of real enchantment.
Evening star., 1928-05-27

| Jobyna Ralston and James Gleason. will
be shown at the Rialto this week.
The story concerns Johnny McKin-
ney, rising young prize fighter. whose
aim is the middle-weight championship
OF the world. Jimmy. his manager.
takes him to Chicago to arrange a fight.
and Johuny falls in love with Betty. q
glove clerk in a department store. and
, marrieS her Her father and brother
move in on them and live of the
money which Johnny earns, and Betty.
with more money than she has ever
had. spends il layiShly and soon gets
her husband into debt.
In a charity bout Johnny breaks a
bone in his hand and has 70 lay of
fighting. At the same time BettyS
brother asks her for $1,000 20 cover g
gambling debt. Betty refuses, and when
Johnny finds her in tears he is told
that she needs the money for hospital
bills. Johnny ruSheS 10 Jimmie 20 bor-
row the money and the manager refuses
to advance it. The fighter breaks with
him and challenges the champion in
order TO get the money. Arthur. the
brother. manages him. Johnny loses
the fight. Jimmy. sitting III the audi
ence, cannot watch the punishment or
the mistakes of Arthur. who IS In
Johnny'S corner. He throws IN a towel
as an admission of defeat The fighter.
broken physically and mentally. Will
not see his wife, as he realizes that her
family have brought him to his present
position Jimmie. who has been most
bitter against them. brings about q
reconciliation between the fighter and
his wife. Later he pilots his protege 90
winning the coveted championship.
The overture by the RialGo Concert
Orchestra, Rox Ronmell cOn6UctiuS.
will consist OF selections from The
Bohemian Girl" The International
NewSreel and other short Aims are
added auxiliary features.
Evening star., 1928-05-27

lust as the advent In the United
states Of such UFA productions as
"Passlon" end The Loves o. Pharaoh"
brought before the American public the
row famous name Of Ernst Lubitsch, 80
the coming Of Metropolis" and "Sieg-
fried" has made the reputation here Of
e great director already we'll known for
years IN Germany.
Fritz Lang VINO welded the mega
phone for the last two pictures. has be-
hind blm most adventurous career as
q screen artist Only the directing Of
sttch notable masterpiece ~ "6leg-
ffieo' could have added 10 his fame in
Ms native land
According 10 the Motion Picture
Guild. Lang demonstrated great versa
illitY IN many lines of artistic endeaYor
before being attracted 10 the motion
picture. The son III a yelI~b0-do aFchi-
iect " Vienna, he Was reared IN the
teucsl beauty of an old Austrian estate
and lived the normal school and d0mes-
tic life 0f any boy until registration at
the University III Vienna brought him
into contact with the nide~bound con-
yentlonalities of higher education.
Against the protests of bis father
Young Lang left the university 10 seek
an artistic career. HIS flfSt Journey
vas 10 Brussels. where he arrived with
Tie equivalent Of So ia his pockets. lie
began W cfaW post cards by hand and
b. sell them iD cafes. Soon he wss
stde 10 attend an arL school, and NJ
s4cceAsfu was his first venture inh
business that eventually he gained .
scholarship st the Academy at Munich
His draginSs and paintings sold well
snd the YOUTHS next location vas Paris
poeegbiaaiy the home OF artists Here
hs agar put IL Ass tipls ss q typiee'
Evening star., 1928-05-27
Home From the Follies.

MR. and Mrs, Lester Shafer who are
Avn known professionally ms Marian
Chace and Lester Shafer. have returned
To Washington following the close OF the
tour OF the ziegteld Follies with Ruth
St Denis. Ted Shawn and the Deni-
shawn Dancers MIR and Mrs. Shafer
were members OF the Denishawn COM
pany
After a short stay with Mrs. Shater' X
parents. MIR and Mrs Daniel G. Chace
OF Chevy Chase, Md. they will 80 on
to New York, where they will again
Join the penishawns and viii spend
the Summer at the Denishnwn colony
in Westport Conn, There they viii do
intensive work on new dance creations
with Mr., Shawn. Several concerts are
to be given this Summer by Ruth ST,
Denis and Ted Shawn with their COM
pany. among which are to be three at
the Lewisohn Stadium in New York
City
A new feature of the Denishawn
School at Westport will be the Dent
shawn Crafts" which MIR. and Mrs.
Shater will direct,
Evening star., 1928-05-27

Fay Banter. Lyn Harding and o. p.
Heggie have been added To the cast OF
The Beaus Strategem," the Players
Club revival.
Paul Kay announces that he may
produce John Drinkwaters latest play,
Bird in Hand" in New York next sea-
son. 1t is now running in London.
John Cromwell has been engaged for
the leading role In Ward MorehouSe S
newspaper play Gentlemen Of the
Press" The play will be staged by
George Abbott.
Say When" is the title of Mare
Connelly's musical adaptation OF Love
in-a-Mist." which Elizabeth Marbury
and Carl Reed are producing. The title
song will be written by Mayor Walker.
who had previously promised TO con-
tribute to the score.
"The Brass Ring" the Buford Armi-
| tage-Philip Dunning play which was
tried out last season. will again be
staged In Atlantic City the week OF
June by Charles Dillingham;. Nydia
Westman. Gail De Hart and Mr.. Armi-
tage are In the cast,
Katherine Cornell has left New York
for Los Angeles, where she Will appear
with her husband. Guthrie McClintic'
In two-character play, Jealousy
William Anthony MCGUIRE has been
engaged to revise STRIKE Up the Band,
probably for Fall production. George
Gershwin, now abroad will supply sew
eral new numbers for the score.
The New York Theater Guild an
nounces that It's first production Tor
| next season will be Goethe's Faust,
The version viii be by Graham and
Tristan Rawson. which has ALREADY
been used In London with marked sue
cess.
"The Lawyers Dilemma" will have
its initial presentation In New YORK
June 49, The cast Is now being assem-
bled and rehearsals will begin this week.
Seaman Lewis Is the author.
The Actors Equity Association has
announced that IL had received formal
notice OF the intention OF Jeanne Eagels
TO appeal 10 the annual meeting from
the ruling of the council The annual
meeting may hear and decide the APP
peal itself, or II may appoint com"
mittee to consider II.
Edwin II. Knopf and William =.
Farnswofth will produce THE Big
Pond" in New York In August, This
play by George Middleton and a, T.
Thomas was given in Baltimore by a
stock company several weeks ago with
conspicuous success,
George Kalser's latest play will be
known as THE Phantom Love" a title
already familiar to theatergoers, who
remember a successful play with that
! name many Seasons ago In Ham"
burg, where the present piece Is rum
ming, II was called "Oklobertag." Her
| man Bernstein and Adolph II, Meyer
are translatlng the Kaiser play, and
Gustav Blum viii produce II early In
| September,
IL ts announced IN New York that
| Dr. Rockwell the we'll known comic
| talker of vaudeville Is writing the book
ef a musical comedy IN which the
| Doctor" will be starred next season
The lyrics will be supplied by Man
| and Nathaniel Lief
The first production of the New YORK.
Civic Repertory Theater next seaAon
| will be translation Of Molierea lie