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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

IN the analysis Of national character
the qualities Of reserve and reticence
have become identtfled generally with
the English race. But any one report
ing on British characteristics, after zee.
ing Bird in Hand" John Drinkwater's
comedy at the Belasco, might be quick
to say that the opposite Is true.
In this play there IL q second act in
which the most personal matters, love
and filial duty, are discussed quite
openly and at hilarious pitch, not only
by the father, mother and daughter in
volved, but also by three utter strangers
who have come to pass the night In the
tavern kept by the father.
To the distant and casual observer of
British habits, despite the sincerity Of
the types depicted in the play, such q
scene might be considered exaggerated
and untrue. But, according to John
Drinkwater, the author, the scene was
born of an experience in his own life
and Is more universally authentic than
Americans might realize.
The roadside inn for centuries has
been the only social meeting place for
country people. Usually they cater only
to tranSieIlts who stop for o bit Of bread
and cheese or O steak and kidney Die
and half pint Of bitters. Often they
reserve one Or two guest chambers, as
in Bird in Hand The guests may be
ships that pass Ia the night, but 70 the
family that keeps the tavern they ere
cases in Q socially silent desert. What
the innkeeper would die rather than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Played in Rotary Stock. -

THE most interesting professional ex.
perience Daphne Warren wilson, the
young leading lady in John Drink
waters comedy, Bird in Hand" has
had during her brief but important
career, she says, was last Summer, when
she played IA weeks with q rotary
stock company In Maine.
For the benefit Of the layman, Il
might be explained that the traditional
stock company always has been an or
ganisation remaining permanently In
one locality, usually at least fairly popu.
lous and giving o weekly change Of bill,
like our own National Players A rather
recent innovation in the theater. how
ever, especially in Summer, has been
companies who map out o route Of ave
or six towns, each with o theAteT popu-
lation warranting an appearance for
from one night to o week--and OF course
going over the circuit each week with q
different play.
The company with which Miss Wilson
played leads made its headquarters IN
Boxport Me. Here It was that they
lived and spent the week ends, for Box
port was the Monday night town on the
circuit Other towns to which they
jot1rneyed on fixed nights each week
were Bar Harbor, Old Town, Belfast,
Orono and Ellsworth.
1T was both fascinating ana arduous
work." declares Miss Wilson. I'VE made
our journey jaunts. Of from 20 to 40
miles and return by automobile over
what seems to me must be the worlds
worst roads. so rough was the going
that it would be always 2 or am.
before We could get back to Boxport.
But this, with the 10 am rehearsal to
prepare the next weeks bill, and such
incidentals IS getting ready suitable
wardrobes, left us with nothing else
to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Getting Rid of Nickname

ONE of the saddest moments in fell
lows life comes when he wants to
OIL with the old and take on the new
in the matter of names.
When chap is anywhere between
the ages Of and II, even though he
bear so high-sounding and poetic o
baptismal tag as Clarence, Harold,
Percy or the pompous Worthington, he
never once winces when 1.-The fellers"
yell out after him Hello, Skinny, /"
Hey, Shoots" or wait q Minute.
Freckles." Each of those pleasant
monickers, reminiscent Of boyhood,
faithfully represented his personality
to 'the gang"
But when he arrives at the ripe are
OF IL. when he has had his first shave,
leaving along the downy fur that shields
ms upper lip like a young mould on an
old biscuit, especially If he knows A
girl whom he treasures in his silent
moments Of romance as "the girl /"
gosh, how godawful it Is to hear an
echo Of the old, dead days when he
was Skinny, or Freckles, or Shoots. or
Whatever the boys Of the neighborhood
chose to dub him.
now poor, rlcn, little "Buddie" Rogers
Is In that very fix. It was all very
wen TO call him "Buddie" when they
were trying to make him q screen mat
inee idol. But now the once "Buddie"
Rogers Is q film star, II you please. He
is the film star Of Along Came Youth"
and he wants 10 be called Charles
Rogers. His wish Is most reasonable
out everybody who mentions HIS name
sun persists In calling him "Buddie"
Rogers. '0
Won't somebody stop them?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
New Week Pictures

A SNAIL horse is soon curried, and
"A 30 with the announcements for the
new movie week. They are few and
" Manager Hardie Meakin. with the
jealous assistance of Harriet Hawley
Locher, who Is working up due interest
In the juvenile world, announces that
Jackie Coogan will make his reappear-
ance in our midst, but in screen form,
in Mark Twain's famous story. "Tom
Sawyer at the Fox next Friday. And
to enhance interest in the event, he
adds that the i11imitable Mitzi Green
will be seen in Jackie's first talking
picture as Betty Thatcher and Junior
Deaken as Huckleberry Finn. This
Paramount production, he states, packs
all the appeal for children and grown
ups embodied in the original story"
The Loew Theaters are brief and to
the point, generously sparing painful
details.
Loew's Palace has booked "War
Nurse" to follow along Came Youth, -
its current attraction.
Loew's Columbia will have for its
next attraction "Hell's Angels" Every
body who knows anything at ell about
screen entertainment ought, by this
time. to know of the costly picture
which has been in the making since
oh, we'll, it ought to be perfect now.
And here the announcements end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Theater CensOrs and
Others.
By Percy Hammond.

treatment Of sex upon the stage. Every
thing else receives their approval. And
even IL there should be further lesisla-
ton against the dramas liberties it
would be as imperative IS the fanatic
wales law--which, as Mr.. Gilmore
illogically confesses, killed itself by the
ir1te1nperance Of its own ridiculous
anger.
DAY 0OETZ, the valiant impresario,
dedicated a new stadium to the
dramas purposes last week with spec
tacular jubilee called THE New York
ers." In the Broadway Theater. o large
and cOmmodious cathedral rescued from
the impious clutches Of the cinema, he
presented q beautiful but Babylor1ish
ritual, fiippantly extolling the sordid
follies Of the metropolis In song and
tomfoolery. A sardonic romance by
Peter Arno and Herbert Field was re-.
cited by celebrated artists to hardened
music by Cole Porter, who was also the
poet Of the exercises. Miss Hope VIII
1iams was the modest star of the eve
ming, although there was considerable
shining by Clayton, Jackson and Jimmie
DurAnte, the local night-life's super
clowns. Miss Frances williams, Broad
ways pet ingenue. was also present, be-
having cordially in her naive, supper
club way, and in the background were
such brilliant comedians of yesteryear
&c Miss Marie Cahill and Richard earle.
Miss Cahill and Mr.. Carrie did not have
q chance
Miss Hope williams. adventurine for
the first time from polite comedy 10
brusque burlesque, Is in THE New
Workers." a weary Park avenue belle
fatigued by alcohol and late hours She
cynical and she seeks refreshment In
the arms of q songful, personable and
murderous bootlegger (Charles King.
When he asks her where she comes
from she replies: Park avenue, the
street where bad women walk with
good dogs" "Are you wet?" Mr.. King
asks her, and she answers: I'm so wet
that II you blow on me I'll ripple"
The patrician Miss williams was as
steadfast in her premier performance
as she would be in q high and mighty
comedy by Philip Barry, George Kelly
or william Somerset Vaughan. When
at the end Of the first act of 1.-The New
Workers." Mr.. Durante, Mr.. Goetz and
Mr.. Arno misbehaved themselves in a
sOiled artic she stood for it CALAMITY
Is did the audience, which was appreci-
alive, cordial and resplendent in its
conspicuous first-night clothes. 1t was
o smart. modest and sophisticated
Assemblage, eager to laugh ct Broadway
Jokes, however odorous, and to acclaim
THE New Workers as Q cynical holi-
day, no matter how embarrassing its
details.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

FRANK GILMORE. perspicacious
- counselor of the Actors Equity
Association, warns the errtng
i showfolks that unless they
change their ways they will be
doomed. Frownine supervisors Of the
public veal, says he, are again heating
the hellish furnaces Of censorship.
Pious farmers, unsheathing their Pitch
forks, he continues, are preparing to
give the stubborn globes q recess while
they go to the Capital TO demand the
punishment Of New Yorks theatrical
malefactors. Cardinals. bishops, rectors,
parsons, clubs, societies and declarations
are determined, according to Mr.. GILL;
more, to penalize public infrActors Of
what they suspect are the laws Of
decency.
"There Is no chance in the world for
the theater to escape censorship" writes
Mr.. Gilmore, debating the subject with
Elmer Rice, author Of Street Scene"
While not admitting the culpability Of
the stage, this practical diplomatist adj
vocates concessions and compromises.
Let US give them an ell, he proposes,
lest they take mile. So he suggests
the jury system once nlore-two jurors
from the theater and I'VE from the
public, who will weigh the entertain
nerlts and detect which are respectable
and which obscene. Mr.. Rice, ber-
serker representative of the League Of
American Dramatists, insists that there
should be no interference, legal or
otherwise, with the theater. It should
be permitted TO go Is far as 1t likes,
he believes, undeterred by objections
from the reformatories No rules nor
ordinances should hinder It's esthetic
box-ofilce aspirations.
What q bogus boog-a-boo Is this APP
partition OF censorship! Despite its
sullen and indignant threatenings the
theater ignores It and is fortified In
that bravado by its habitual patrons.
With the exception of the innocent
"Marya," there has been no serious
inclination on the part of the reformers
to destroy q real play in the last 10
years. THE Captive" was removed by
Its own timid producers, the moving
picture people, and q few cuss words
were omitted from What Price Glory7"
for the purposes of publicity. The
troubles OF Mr.. Carroll, Miss Mae West
and others have nothing to do with CEN
sorship Of the drama. At present there
are scenes In THE New Workers" and
Flying High" that no newspaper dares
to describe. Words are used in this
play and that which If printed in q
theatrical report would cause lie ejec.
ton from the mails. But these are
abrasions Of manners, not Of morals,
and the forces that make for good"
are not concerned with them. No mat
ter how dire q shows Nth and v1tl-
garity, 1t Is o. X. with the iHnprovers.
WHAT nfuriateS them most Is q candid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Danita. Plans to Marry.

I ny DAMTTA, petite actress from
~ France, plans to marry an Ar1eri-
can. ANY man in America u eligible
excepting actors.
The vivacious film player s said TO
ing in Paramounts Fighting Cara
vans" with Gary Cooper. Ernest Tor
renee and Tully Marshall.
Miss Damita wants to marry an Am
erican because she believes citizens of
this country make the best husbands
Her ban against actors lies in the fact
that she admits an extremely jealous
nature and says that the gfeen-eyed
monster would thoroughly devour her
every time her actor-husbaT1d kissed the
leading woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Save Your Christmas Cards |

JOINT throw away your Christraas
cards. They can be used TO dec
crate the home. Mrs. James GieassS,
the screen actress, figured out a wav
o. converting them into something Use.
ful and beautiful. ~'0-
Sne bought o screen of unfinished
Wooo, and glued on the most brilliant
cards, IN topsy turvy plan. Several coats
OF snellac Will give hard f1nish 70 the
screen, and the Hnolding may be I,aiYts
eo any desired shade to match the
room. 'AIe
IT'S pleasant to glance over thu
screen and remember what eoiovraent
eacn card brought to u.s." Mrs. Giea-
son says.
Last year, Louise Fazenda aeIeetaA
from her huge pile Of cards several
original etchings. These were Glued to
the Top OF card table having q hard
surface, and the entire table shellacked
with four coats. A beautiful and serv.
iceable table resulted.
An adorable lamp sf1ade'' was made
last year BY Mrs. Edmund Breese, from
envelope Innings. This Season. she has
already made her friends promise her
any gay tissues from the ef1yelopes for
other lamp shades. The fragile paf,ers
are pasted to q heavy paper back
ground and the entire shade pleated ON
a wire frame. It Is held securely BY a
tiny black cord run through the pieate,
near the top. When the lights Are IN
colorful glow results from many tones
Of brilliant designs.
Others report other uses for attrae.
tive ornaments of the thousands Of
pretty cards that usually find their wav
70 the waste before New Year dawnk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Greta's Silence Broken.

CRETA 0ARBO. who long has been
- deemed o relative Of the Sphinx,
broke her customary silence recently
long enough to say, in response 70 ques-
tons concerning her retirement from
the screen, to take UP q career on the
stage:
G'But, when my contractual arrange
n1erts permit, I may return to Europe
and make q few pictures tfere-if I
feel like It,"
This, 80 far Is available records
disclose, Is the longest authentic in
terview with Miss Carlo in several
months. 1t was secured only after many
magazine and newspaper articles had
been printed to the effect that tho
Swedish star was contemplating not
only abandoning screen work, but also
her early departure from the United
States.
Miss Carlo, who ct present Is put
ting finishing touches ON Inspiration, 4"
may turn for her next photodrama
to an adaptation Of Susan Lenox" by
David Graham Phillips, to be directed
by King Vidor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
First Choices Named.

PILL ROBINSON, So, of Washington,
- D. c., for the third successive year
has been chosen as tap dancer of "the
1880 all-American musical show team, :"
his third annual selection being an
nounced in the January issue of the
Dance Magazine This celebrated Negro,
last year was in "Blackbirds of 1929"
and now he is the star Of Brown Bud
dies"
The periodical also names the follow
ing as its first choices: Ingenue Mari
lyn Miller of Smiles; juvenile, Jack
Buchanan of wake Up and Dream;
comedian, Jack Donahue of "Sons Of
Guns; Coincidence, Gertrude Lawrence
of THE International Revue; prima
ballerina. Harriet Hector of Simple
Simon; female eccentric, Nell O'Day of
Zine and Dandy" male eccentric,
Clifton webb of "Three's q Crowd;
woman tap or buck dancer, Eleanor
Powell of "Fine and Dandy; male tap
or buck dancer, Bill Robinson of Brown
Buddies"; team, Moss and Fontana of
THE International Revue; troupe,
Albertina Rasch Girls Of "Three's q
Crowd"
Miss Hector and Robinson are picked
at the head Of their respective fields
for the third consecutive time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Beauty and Lupe Velez.

" NY one can be beautiful" declares
Lupe veles. But not In thees!"
When Lupe laughs her teeth glisten
and her eyes sparkle The "thees" to
which she referred was a flannelette
rlightgown which she wears in one Sc
quence Of THE Storm" now at the
Rialto Theater.
Lupe has decided opinions on make
I'D. She is enthusiastic In her belief
that with proper makeup any one can
be "bee-utifu1," but Is equally certain
that ignorance of the value of cosmetics
is the straight road to ugliness. Her
mother was q grand opera singer in
Mexico City
"It was marvelousl" Lupe exclaims.
ct JUS adored to watch my mother
change her face. She was very dark,
JUS like me. But sometimes she wore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

blonde wigs, and then she make her
face pink and white-ver-ry fair"
That's one reason why little Lupe was
not long in experimenting with her own
face. when my mother would leave
me near the big mirror I would roll
my eyes like thees, for I, too, wanted
to be ee-utiful.
Perhaps If we leeve out Of doors
like the birds we would not need make
up. But we have automobiles and
heated houses and luxuries. get tired
of myself all the time the same. so
mebbe I use little lipstiok, even II
were q birdl"
But Lupe does not always use the
same makeup. More, she Is an adept
in the art of knowing when, what and
how much to use. On these three de-
pend the result-beauty or caricature.
How many girls are aware Of this?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

However, she attaches one but to her
remark about American men being ideal
husbands. "They are not perfect
lovers" she declares.
can boys mingle with girls through
out their school days due to the CO.
educational system. In Europe we are
educated separately and are attracted
more to one another when thrown out
upon the world. American men grow ac-
customed to women. They plunge into
business eagerly ana let love become
secondary.
But when an American does fall in
love, how he falls!" Lily mentions no
names, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
HoLLYwooD's mistress Of charm is
y u TassAta syt>AAk.-4~-

= Ruth ChAtterton.
Press writer's never fail to include the
noun In mentioning her name, but no
one yet has captured the words that
justly describe the elusive quality of her
appeal
A word picture of "the first lady of
the screen" says one of her admirers,
Is the only medium through which
those who have not met her can un-
derstand the charm And so he adds:
She Is never late for any appointment
In or out Of the studio.
She Is considered one of the film
colony's leading hostesses, yet not more
than ten guests at one time are hidden
to her home.
She spent six months planning the
interior decorations Of her Beverly Hills
home, which Is considered O hYie en-
ample Of French taste.
She Is q natural musician, possessing
the ability TO play melody after she
has heard IL once.
Her knowledge Of art and music is
professional She has composed more
than eighteen songs. She Is as coufte.
Gus to her servants as 70 her guests.
Her voice Is ptched low, and Is rich IN
malRanal qualities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Washington $
Players.
"THE OTHER WISE MAN." DEC. 20.

"THE OTHER WISE MAN." DEC. %.
~ r. HENRY VAN DYKES famous
story of "Artahan, the Other
Wise Man." who saw the star
IL in its rising and set out to
follow it, but who did not ar
rive with his brethren at the manger-
cradle In Bethlehem, is to be presented
during Christmas time by church play
ers of the Capital City at Luther Place
Memorial Church on Thomas Circle.
Four renditions of the dream-legion will
be given, the first on Sunday afternoon,
December %, at o'clock, and again
at $50 the same night. On Monday
and Tuesday nights, December 40 and
80, two more performances of the music
drama will be given. Bess Davis
Schreiner has arranged the drama for
church presentation, and DR.. Van Dyke
and Harper Bros. have given her ex-
elusive rights to produce 1t in the Ma
tional Capital.
This will be the sixth season the story
has been presented by the Chapel Play
ers OF washington. assisted by players
from many local churches. The same
much in the manner of the Passion
Players Of Oberammergau and Of Frei-
burg
Many have played the same roles
since the drama was first staged here in
1925. and many have played parts in
the legend from time to time. This
year the cast has been reinforced from
without, and players will come from the
National City Christian Church, the
Church of the Atonement, st. Stephens
Episcopal Church and Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church to aid in the
two big ensemble scenes, the first laid
in Bethlehem Of Judea, when the
Roman soldiers were sent by Herod to
destroy all the children, and the final
scene on the Way to Calvary, when at
the Damascus Gate Artaban gives away
the last of his jewels and finds the King
at the very hour of the crucihxtion on
Golgotha,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Insurance and Canesters.

THE story Of an unsophisticated Are
kansas country lad who tries to
sell accident insurance policies among
derworld win serve as Jack Cakes next
Paramount picture, for Americas Joy
Friend" win be seen In O comedy n1elo.
drama Of gJn-dtels, kidnapped girls
and under-covef illtrtgues titled '"The
Gang Buster" Jean Arthur viii have
the feminine lead. william Boyd win be
q metropolitan gunmaTi and william
Norris ti1e lhwyef-fatl1er Of the Girl.
Edward Sutherland viii kifect the
story, an original by Percy Heath, adap-
Ted By Joseph I. MankieR1cz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
"PHILIP GOES FORTH"

7 AURENCE RIVERS, sponsor Of
~ The Green Pastures" on Broadway
will bring to the National Theater for
four days only, commencing Wednesday
night, January Z, the new George Kelly
play, Philip Goes Forth"
A new Kelly play Is always Of un-
usual interest. Mr.. Kellys plays have
always been widely discussed. His latest
Is the story Of q man who Is cut out for
the world of commerce, but who at
teYnpts to take up an artistic career.
The cast promised Is said to have
been selected by Mr.. Kelly. and includes
That's Lawton, Thurston Hall, Dorothy
Stickney, Cora Witherspoon, Harry FL
lerbe, Madge Evans, Harry Gresham
Harold Webster, Ralph Urmy, Mary
Gildea and Donna Pasdeloup. The play
was staged by the author Henry Drey-
fuss designed the settings.
From washington philip Goes Forth
goes directly to New York for its Broad
way opening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Janet as Merely Mary Ann

ONE u the most popular romances
that ever adorned the stage, Israel
langwills Merely Mary Ann, has been
selected as Janet Gaynors next pic
ture story and Henry King will be her
director. Jules Furthman and ]. M.
KerTigan have written the screen
script.
Cecilia LOTUS, famous English act
reSs,. was recently engaged by Fox Films
to play the role Of Mrs. Leadbatter. one
OF the three outstanding characters in
this story Of purely English atrnos.
pnere, in which Merely Mary Ann" is
a little boarding house slavey.
It will begin to come to life on the
talking screen January 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

capitalist and others from the outside,
until it appears that nothing can pre-
vent . social upheaval. Each effort to
bles. Only when it seems that every
thing IL hopeless, does light begin to
dawn and all the troubles are ironed
out, but new and hilariously funny sit
uations follow one another until the
moment before the final curtain. A
pretty love interest runs throughout
and at last there's q hint Of wedding
chimes.
Mr.. Belasco has assembled note
worthy company to interpret the play,
including Minor Watson, the National
Theatef Players FIRST and very popular
leading man; Sidney Toler, Harlan
Briggs, Mildred Mccoy and Helen
Lowell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Coming Attractions

ing faith in more progressive notions.
Besides many novel turns in song and
dance, It Is well fortified with laugh
provoking elements In the two big
scenes. Jewels Of the World" and
Congo"
Waiter Brown and GLADYS Clark are
featured in the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
First Lady of the Screen

Her wardrobe Is not large, but Is the
ultimate in taste and reticence..
During the Summer months she lives
IN q rar1shackle seaside cottage, and
her Costume is bathing suit, or over
ais
Her library of discrimination has
been painstakihgly collected, and In
eludes many volumes in French and
German as well as in English.
What more would you?