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Evening star., 1930-11-30

- OMETHING is wrong some
where. Just what it is and
where to look for it doeSn't t
seem quite clear. Sherman
said, in the long ago, 1t was war.
And judged by what has happened
since the world conflict, Sherman
may have been right. One thing
of all others is certain. The
theater that has been threatened
with destruction since first the
commercial spirit entered the
heart of humanity is still with
us. And how! Moreover it
Is still as elusive as ever, or
criticism is no art. Washington,
thanks to a sudden flip that did
not favor Princeton, the home of
the great university, has had an
American premiere of a Pirandello
play. And under the auspices of
the Professional Players, which,
as heretofore explained, is not
composed of actors of the stage,
but of that portion of the gen.
eral populace that Graves worth
while plays played by players who
are highly skilled in the art of
acting. These worthy folk have
an experienced leader who knows
what is what and where to find
1t. Moreover, it has, been explained,
the Messrs. Shubert, well known
producers, have promised him and
them to find what they want and
to produce it, even if it doesn't pay
to do so. The Pirandello play is
one of the things they have found
and produced. Mr.. Joseph NJ
Gates, also a well known pro-
ducer, is said to have had hand
in the business. Except, perhaps,
that it was made at all, there is
no fault to be found with the pro-
duction as shown here. But some
Pirandello aside and. whisper into
his ear that something is wrong
with his play, unless. And
there's just where the muddle
comes. 1t may be the Victorian
spirit still fingers in the mind of
the astute critic. And it may be
that the critic is not, as the young
folks often tell their elders, keep
Ing up with the times. But surely
the Messrs. Shubert must know,
If MIR. Gates doesn't, that the
Victorians are not all dead yet.
%*
A CYNIC whose name has been
lost in oblivion once said that
Humanity cuddles more than all
Its other possessions the virtue of
Hypocrisy. Other cynics whose
names were not worth preserving
have heaped all the blame for
latter day criticism of the theater
upon that gift. Whats the Con-
stitution among friendS?" they
have asked. And none has been
so bold as to answer the inquiry.
Doubtless it was that very spirit
of hypocrisy that used to make
the ElizabethanS who went to see
their plays call play-actors vaga-
bonds and outlaws; that made
play presentation, after it was
Wrested from the church, a griev-
GUS offense, and that even made
the critics of the leading papers
Of Washington, as it has been re-
Gently explained, take whack at
"The Great Divide" William
Vaughn Moody's famous play,
when Henry Miller first presented
1t in the National Capital, leaving
a gem of purest ray serene to be
rescued from the arid waste by a
cub reporter. Who knows? 1t
must be that people simply can't
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Here's a Howdy Do
By w. H. Landvoigt.

keep up with the times. A reason
for this may be that some
folks are very reluctant to
give up what they have once
gained. They want to hang on to
it, even If 1t be a sense of decency,
forever and ever. 1t must be all
wrong. If this isn't the correct
solution of the problem, new
Mahomet is needed to enlighten
the world, for surely we are turn
ing Turks in our calculations
about Paradise, If the theater is
really rejecting public taste, pub
lie desire.
PERHAPS the Pirandello play
lacked the farcical spirit of "a
Kiss of Importance" If so, Mr..
Pirandello may be able to provide
work for his comedians and so
modify the effect of his play that,
if said with a smile, the worst 1t
has to offer can be accepted with
out a qualm. The smile, even the
loud and raucous guffaw, was
strongly in evidence in Arthur
Hornblow Juniors adaptation of
the French play. One thing is
certain-if we are to have many
of these rough romances, some
thing should be done at once to
provide the smile that our inno-
cence may not suffer. While 1t
has been suggested that many
who denounce a play out-of doors
really laugh the longest and the
loudest in the theater while it is
being presented, it should be re-
membered that the audience is
entitled to a sort Of something
akin to poetic license. However,
as the statesman once observed,
God reigns and the Government
at Washington still lives.
X X
THE current week will regale
with the pungent wit of Britain
in a play, "The Apple Cart" that
may stir the risibilities, or the in
dignation as one feels, or yet
surprise with original humor and
happy abSurdity. In other quar-
ters, Grace George, the delightful
comedienne who is always that,
will present "The First Mrs.
Fraser" st. John Ervine's comedy
that has greatly pleased the
metropolitan critics and theater-
goers. 1t seems a pleasant outlook
after a week that must have been
a severe drag upon sensitive
nerves, whether our spirit of
hypocrisy be we'll developed or
merely in the developing. Human
ity has other virtues besides It's
hypocrisy, and, in the land of the
free and the home of the brave, Is
never slow in asserting its right
to display them as a badge of our
well known spirit of independ-
ence.
"THE GREAT DIVIDE" came
back to us during the week,
thanks to the jealous work of the
Community Guilds gifted players,
and with it a host of pleasant
memories of the man who first
brought it here and his many
artistic and delightful offerings
besides. Washington always ad-
mired the late Henry Miller, and
If the critic of bygone days was
harsh in his judgment, being also
now among the bygones, he
should be excused on the ground
that with his thorough training
! in the ethics of the Victorian days,
at that time full In their blow, he
Evening star., 1930-11-30
I T appears that Mr.. Ziegfeld, once
pre-eminent as an exhibitor of
ladies in deshahille, has perma-
nentlY changed his WAYS For

II appears tlaG Mr. Zlegteld, once
pre-eminent as an exhibitor Of
ladies in deshabi1le, has perma.
Il nently changed his ways. Fol
several seasons past this pioneer Of
polite uncovering has given evidence
that he was weary of the white sur
faces" by secluding many of them be-
hind the screen of an extensive ward
robe. Now, in Smiles" the three
rtnged romance at the Ziegfeld Theater
the American girl is not to be seen II,
her own glories, but in those of Mr.
Ziegfeld's retinue of tailors.
telephoned Mr.. ziegfeld recently
to ask him why he has abandoned
the giorification Of the female shape
divine. Since he was in conference
with his cabinet of couturiers, was
unable to get through to him, and so j
must speculate as to his reasons and
excuses. Thus suspect that the irni-
tative enterprises of George White and
Earl Carroll discouraged him by their
needless audacities, making it impos-
sible to advance further In the art of
nudity. Or he may have thought that
shanks and kneecaps have lost their
lure and have become nnonotonous. Or
as veteran employer Of physical
charms, he may have grown too lazy
to search with interest for dimples
tactician in the war of the showmen
against the playgoers, he may have
decided that there is success in ambush.
Smiles" in the epigram of Mr..
zolatov, one of the reviewers, is "beau-
tiful but dumb" Its yawning libretto
by William Anthony MCGUIRE is an in
spiration to snore, and were 1t not for
Mr.. Ziegfeld's flair for color and form
and the Ringing character Of its star
Iaa A-I
pest. The sAstaires, Adele and Fred,
are in it, as is Miss Marilyn Miller, a
lofty tradition of prosperous musical
comedy Fred Stone, Dave Montgom-
cry and Elsie Janis were once a part
rlerShip, and Donald Brian, Julia Sand
erson and Joseph Cawthorne merged
their talents years ago In play with
music. The present combination at the
ziegfeld Theater is costlier If not more
imposing, and it works wonders with
an otherwise lackadaisical entertain
ment.
Miss Miller impersonates q gifted
Salvation Army prilna donna, and the
AStaires represent jolly aristocrats from
the azure precincts of Park avenue, New
York. They dance wonderfully and
sing, in manner of speaking, bright
verses penned by Ring Lardner. Mr..
Lardner was summoned at q late hour
to be lyricist to Vincent Youmans'
casual concertina, and he answered with
several competent poems. I regret, as
Mr.. ziegfeld probably does, that he was
not requested to anaeliorate Agr. Nc
Cures doleful prose. The best Of the
Ziegfeld shows and the one that had
the longest run was distinguished by
Mr.. Lardner's satisfactory contrthutnns.
have forgotten the name of 1t, md
So M do1lhf have n1anv others. hIf# IL
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Ziegfeld Makes a Change
By Percy Hammond .

accurately than the new show at the
ziegfeld. It may be that Mr. Ziegfeld
and Mr.. MCGUIRE, with their intense
sense OF humor, mischievously omitted
the interrogation point that would have
chr1stened 1t "Smiles?" Nevertheless,
it is one of the big shows of the season,
rich, decorative and pleasing to the eye.
X " X X
HIRAM MOTHERwELL, editor Of the
Theater Guild Magazine, asks me
to send him list of actors who, In my
opinion. are the best Most of us agree"
he writes, ''that there aren't many
actors or actresses on the American
stage who know how to act in distinc-
ton to knowing how to act natural I
mean actors who in addition to their
natural talent have a mature technique
which enables them to act various dis
similar parts with equal surenesS." Mr..
Motherwell adds that can be incognito
in awarding my prizes. Just typewrite
the names you select on blank sheet
Of paper and mail it to me before Mon
day morning" he says. One of my
p1ajor virtues Is procrastination and
here Is Monday gone by without confid-
ing to Mr.. Motherwell my anonymous
pickings and choosings. hurry, there
fore, to get them printed in other pub
locations.
In the drama there is an opulence Of
actors and famine In playwrights. It
Is not the fault of the Lambs Club or
the Equity Association that Broadway
Is strewn with ruins. An intelligent
producer can cast any play perfectly
from "Uncle Tom" to "Uncle Vanya,"
and have scores of fine artists left over.
The dramatists and inpresarios often
betray their profession; but the actors
seldom II ever. From Leo Donnelly to
Dudley Digges and from Jane Cowl to
Phoebe Foster, they do good job.
could mention hundreds of them, but
I shall limit myself to catalogue of
those whose names remember at the
moment Of this writing:
Ethel Barrymore (nay heaven help
me?). Helen Hayes (ditto), Laurette
Taylor, Alfred Lunt, Lee Tracy. Lynn
Fontanne, Guy Kibbe, Louis Calhern,
Joseph Sweeney, Helen Westley, Dudley
Digges, Y. Y. Ysu, Walter Connolly.
Osgood Perkins, Joe Cook, Eva LIE Gal
lienne, Anna May Wong, Siegfried
Rumann, Sam Jaffe and one or two
others. believe Mr.. Motherwell to be
there aren't many American actors
who know how to act" The stage Is
full Of them and II playwrigats, pro-
ducers, audiences and critics were half
as eficient the drama might be an art
instead OF an antic.
y y y X
A HURRIED recommendation to visit
ing drama lovers Is 20 Promise
Me-" q quick and humorous melo-
dramatic farce dealing with suits for
breach of promise. It Is amusing and
1t is c1rnpletely played by Lee Tracy.
Donald Meek and Mary Philips.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Rooney Sand Dancing.
DAT RooNEY-the inimitable Pat

DAT ROONEY-the inimitable Pat
with his son, young Pat, now at
Warmers Earle Theater, has revived his
old time and ever popular sand
dancing"
It has been Is years since a Rooney
danced in sand. And in those IS years
modern theater-goers have practically
forgotten what it's like. Pats father,
the original Pat Rooney, was one of the
originators of this kind of rhythmic,
fast, soft shoe.
sand dancing" isn't as intricate as
it sounds. All it requires is piece of
linoleum and q cupful of hard, fine
sand. Veteran patrons of the theater
will remember It,
The two Rooneys are here in brand
new offering. Marion Bent, Pats wife
and the mother of young Pat, however,
Is missing. AS member of the Rooney
firm" for years, she retired recently
after an illness and the two Pats are
on hand to carry out family tradition.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week
ON THE STAGE.

ON THE STAGE.
NATTONAI-"The Apple Cart" Bernard shaws play. Opens
tomorrow evening. F
BELASCO-Grace George in he First Mrs Fraser" Onens
tomorrow evening.
GAYETY-"sugar Babies (burlesque This afternoon and
evening" ~
ON THE SCREEN.
METROPOLITAN Outward Bound" This afternoon and
evening ~
R-K-o Keiths-"sin Takes Holiday" This afternoon and
evening
COLUBA-Harod Lloyd "Feet First" This afternoon and
evening"
FOX-"The Dancers" This afternoon and evening
PALACE-Jack Oakie in "Sea Legs" This afternoon and
evening
RILTOSee America Thirst" This afternoon and evening
EARLE-"NIan to Man." This afternoon and evening.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Katharine Cornell's PLAY.

NJ AOC AA1aAhINE CORNEL1 is
soon to disband her current vehicle
"Dishonored Lady" TO begin rehearsals
in new play. Her husband, Guthrie
McClintic, left California by airplane
and hastened to meet his charming wife
In New York. He Is en- route for Eng
land to select cast for Miss Cornell's
new piece, "The Barretts of wimpole
Street" for which he has secured the
American rights.
The play was written by Rudolf
Besier and its theme has been evolved
from the love story of two of England's
greatest poets, Elizabeth Barrett and
Robert Browning. In the role of the
immortal Elizabeth Browning. Miss Cor
nell will make decided departure from
the type of characters she has recently
been playing, for 1t not only demands
the talents of great emotional actress
put an intellectual one as well. Rudolf
Besier's heroine is not a dim ghost of
history.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
The 1891 Bob.

THE new 1891 national bob has
reached Hollywood via Emile Beau
vais, president of the National Hair
Dressers and Cosmotologists' ASsocia-
ton, who selected Irene Dunno Of the
Radio Pictures studio as the first
woman to wear it.
He personally dressed the actress
hair. He also placed his stamp of ap-
proval on the authenticity of the hair
dresser from 1889 to 1880 worn by Miss
Dunno in "Cimarron," the screen ver-
sion of Edna Ferbers novel
All reported as true by the Radio
Pictslres pres agent
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Hidden Among the Humble.

SEVERAL unusual characters are in
cluded in the group Of extras in
See America Thirst" the gangster
comedy at the Rialto Theater.
After the discovery OF Baroness Wan
deyne Deuty of Arad, Hungary, an in
quiring reporter found the following
weu known celebrities on the set: "One-
Eyed" Connolly, world champion gate
crasher"; kid" Broad, a one-tine pop
ular prizefighter, and Edgar Fortune, a
former member of the British diplo-
matte service in India.
Featured in the picture also are Harry
Langdon, Slim Summerville and Bessie
Love.
Evening star., 1930-11-30

just couldn't help himself, II he
were to remain loyal to his public.
Many have believed that the
drastic criticism that welcomed
"The Great Divide" also helped
greatly to It's Improvement, result
ing In It's later acceptance as q
masterpiece Of rugged drama.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
Mrs. Patrick Campbell.

MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL, dean
Of English actresses" makes her
audible screen debut in the Fox Movie
tone version Of the noted play, ''The
Dancers" directed by Chandler Sprague
and featuring Lois Moran, now at the
Fox Theater.
Evening star., 1930-11-30

A HURRIED recommendation to visit
ing drama lovers Is 20 Promise
dramatic @ faTce dealing deal tpIs With suits eio for
breach of promise. It Is amusing and
1t is completely played by Lee Tracy,
Donald Meek and Mary Philips.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22
BRITAIN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, DECEMBER g, 193o

With Christmas only three days away, long lines of persons were at the windows of virtually every city post office today and remaining in- tact from nearly morning to late night.
 So great has been the rush that temporary sub stations have been opened in the residential districts of the larger cities to prevent too great a concentration of mail at main post offices. F.
 And the mail collectors report the annual volume of letters from Jim my and Jane and Tommy and Bet ty addressed to santa Claus, North Pole" is running just as high this year as ever before.
 Postal employees. from the post master down to the lesser clerks, again are tearing their hair and raging over the illegibility of ad- dresses on packages. And they are still returning hundred of parcels on which the sender's name is where the addressee's name ought to be- in the lower right hand corner in large letters.
 But for one thing they give thanks they all get a holiday Christmas day.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22
POSTAL CLERKS
 EXPERIENCE RUSH
Unemployed Men Get Work Help
 ing to Handle Mail

Washington, Dec. 22 (UP)-Bil- lions Of letters and packages were flooding the country's post offices to- day as the spread of Christmas cheer for everyone but the postman- approached the maximum.
 A quarter of a million extra men were at work, sorting, routing and distributing the tremendous volume of mail, 10 times as great as the normal amount. Most of them were taken from the ranks of the unem- ploycd, and for some it is the first work in months.
 Their aggregate Christmas pres ent, though not payable until almost New Years. will total $7,200,000 - the highest payroll for extra Yule- tide work ever paid by the post of fee department.
 While no estimates as to the vol ume Of mail were forthcoming today from the department, officials ex- plained more men have been hired this year than ever before.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22
of the United States?

of the United States?
 A. In 1927-2S there were 21,- 26S,417 pupils in public elementary schools, including kindergartens, and 3,911,279 in public high schools
 Q. Should lady remove her gloves to shake hands?
 A. It is not necessary.
 Q. Where are the Falls of Min nehaha?
 A. In a small glen about miles south of Minneapolis, Minnesota within town park belonging to that city.
 e. What is the Farm bloc in Congress?
 A. A group Of Senators and Con- gressmen from the states in which the people are chiefly engaged in agriculture, and who are particular ly interested in securing legislation to aid that industry.
 .. Dos an auto tire weigh more inflated or deflated? A. Air is ponderable, consequent ly the defIated tire weighs less.
 c. Does cold water freeze quick CT than hot water?
 A. Cooling d substance to it's freezing point simply means reduc- ms its temperature. Since cold Wa fer already has lower temperature than hot water it Is natural that it should freeze quicker.
 a. Who discovered the N-Ray, and who invented the modern N-Eay tube?
 A, Prof, Wilhelm Komad Roent- gen Of the University Of Wuerzberg, Bavaria, discovered the phenomena of N-rays in 1895. The inventor of the modern N-ray tube is Dr. W. D. Coolidge of Schenectady, New York. lt was perfected in 1918.
 .. What does the prefix pan mean?
 A. It is derived from the Greek pas pant-) and means all. Pan- | America Is all-America.
 c. What Nas the name Of the mother ot King David?
 A She is not named in the Bi- hlc, except as the wife of Jesse of Bethlehem.
 Q. Why does temperature de- crease with the increase in altitude? ?
 A. Because the higher We go
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22

into the earth's atmosphere the thinner it is. Air is heated as the result of light waves from the sun striking the earth's surface. The heat so generated, is retained by the air belt around the earth, just as the glass roof of a hothouse allows the suns rays to pass through to strike the earth and retains them. The denser the air the greater the heat retained; at high attitudes, the heat to escape into space much more rapidly; consequently it is colder at high attitudes than at low.
 c, Is Rin-Tin-TIn, the dog film star, living?
 A. Yes.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22
w | 1 D

Synopsis: Fanny Frost is driven 10 run away with a married man by the enmity of her mothcr-in- law. She returns before any wrong has been done, but her mother-in- law refuses to believe in her inno- cence and insists Fanny's husband. David. shall get 8 divorce. He is granted custody of their daughter Sheila. In New York Garrett Went worth. whose wife is all invalid. falls in love with Fanny. Longing for SheIla drives Fanny 10 SEC her secretly. Then Shet'a runs away to visit Fanny. Davids sister Amelia, returns from Europe and proves to David that for seven wears his mother has deliberately led him 10 believe that Fanny had been un- faithful to him, when actually that was not the case.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22

boyishly, as he had on the eve of their first elopement. Fanny was humblcd and abashed at the vor- shipful tenderness in his glance. ImpuIsively she put her arms around his neck and kissed him again.
 David was wiser than she. She at last had come home. Copyright, 1880. by Mateel Howe
 Farnham)
 THE END
New Britain herald., 1930-12-22

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue, Washing ton, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under taken. All other questions will re- ceive Q personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let ters are confidential.-Edit c. Do all meteors that are seen in the sky fall upon the earth?
 4. Very rarely do mcteors reach the earth's surface; usually they are entirely consumed by friction with the atmosphere.
 Q, What role did Ken Murray play in "Leathernecking?" A. The role ot Prank" ] c. On what days did Yom Kip pur fall in 1eu7 and 1912? A. In 1907 it was September IS. and in 1912 it fell on Saturday. 1 September T.
 Q. What does Wachusett mean? { A. IL js an Indian name mean 1 ing "roar the little mountain" Q. How many pupils are in the public, elementary and high schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-21
AUXILIARY HEAD ELECTED.
Mrs. Edith HI. Biard of Toledo HOnoreti
at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, August 81 P).-
Mrs. Edith H. Biard of Toledo, Ohio,
was today elected president Of the aux
Hilary Of the United Spanish War Vet
Grams in a spirited contest that marked
the close of the twenty-seventh annual
convention.
cluded Miss Florence H. Becker, Louis
vile, KY, senior vice president; Mrs
Anna c. Jesmier, San Francisco, junior
vice president; Mrs Margaret Manion
Wisconsin, judge advocate; Mrs. Inez
Fowler, Colorado Springs, inspector;
Miss Lucille Pinard, Wyoming, conduc-
tor; Mrs. Anna Bowling, Seattle, Wash.
assistant conductor.
After the election Mrs. Lulu ]. Shake.
speare, Everett, Wash, retiring presi
dent, was presented with a colorful lei
or garland, the gift of the Roosevelt
Auxiliary of Hawaii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-21
REVIVE PLAN FOR NEW
PORT IN SOUTH FRANCE
Government Proposes to Build
Docks and Construct New Rail
Line to vilIefranche.

vILLEFRANCHE, France fP).-The
French government has revived a
scheme for renodeling this port which
would have far-reaching effects on
tourist travel.
1t is proposed to build regular docks.
provide storage space, construct a new
rail line to Digne, Grenoble and Lyon.
and thus make yillefranche the recog-
niZed port for travellers to Switzerland.
Austria and South Germany.
The plan was originally formulated in
1918, but was dropped when war broke
out. Since 1920 the number of travellers
on the southern route has increased so
rapidly that it is being studied again.
It is contended that the freight traffic
alone would justify the cost. The
italian steamship companies view the
plan with alarm, since it would divert
trafic from Genoa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-21

William ]. Mayo had as practicing
physician in Rochester indirectly
brought about the establishment Of the
world-famous Mayo Clinic. Rochester
was without hospital. The need for
the tornado had left death and suffer-
ing in its wake.
The Sisters of st. Francis, who had
served as nurses for the Mayos when
they were administering to the needs of