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Helen Flint, Thurston Hall, Erskine
Sanford, Eva Condor, Robert Fischer
and others. John Howard Lawson, the
author, is best remembered for his ex-
pressionistic play, Professional" (and
his more recent production, Success
Story" now being well received in New
York;, though in "The Pure in Heart"
he gets away from the expressionistic
school principally because he finds this
medium less suitable to the story he
has to tell.
Half the action of the play takes
place on the bare stage during the re-
hearsal of a new musical comedy. The
incidental music has been written by a
young Cornell graduate, Edmund Ziman:
It is story Of back-stage life shorn OF
sentimentality You are introduced to
q little stage-struck girl named Annabel
Sparks and you follow her from the
tenement house, where in child-like
fashion she pretends to be an actress,
right through to her landing Job In a
Broadway show.
The trials and tribulations that beset
her have 1882 flavor which makes her
problems far more tragic than similar
circumstances would have affected the
life of little stage-struck girl several
years ago.
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Tahitian Customs.

4 FINE old Tahitian custom is that
of giving a Polynesian name to
every newcomer visiting Papeete, ac-
cording to Douglas Fairbanks, who went
to the Society Island to make "Mr.
Robinson Crusoe."
South Sea natives specialize in brief
apparel, picturesque language, keen OBJ
servation and quaint sense of humor,
Fairbanks says. They size you up the
minute you hit their islands and then
figure out nickname that fits you.
Maria Alba, Fairbanks leading lady,
they instantly called her 'Tiare Ape
taih," which means Flower of the
Clouds" And with glimpse of Will
liam Farnum, who plays the role of a
wealthy sportsman in this modern Rob-
inson Crusoe cinema. they shouted
"Tatamoni," meaning Many Riches"
Then along came Harry Ham, COM
pany manager, wearing pair of blue
shorts, whereupon the Polynesians
shouted "Piripau Ninamu!" which is
their quaint way of saying "Mr. Blue
Pants!" Earle Browne, playing the
part of a professor, and who looks very
serious, drew the name Pope Maitar.
which Is Tahitian for Good Mission
ary" Eddie Sutherland, whose pet
aversion is his brief stature, was drub-
bed "Poto" or Shorty" And the buSi-
ness manager, Dave Rose. was called
"Tata Tahip," "The Man Who Counts. y
Charles L. Lewis, production manager.
won the prose title in "Tana Neheneh, "
meaning Sex Appeal
Tom Geraghty, writer, who takes a
cigar out of his mouth only when he
goes to bed, was called "Tanana Pupui''
or Smoking Volcano
Douglas Fairbanks. himself, seemed to
be the only one in the whole party who
was taken seriously. perhaps because he
knew a lot of magic tricks and as
founded the natives by pulling rabbits
out of their hats. They called Doug
"Roonui," meaning Supreme Renow."
And they called his dog "Ourii Maru"
or Lovely Dog"
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Best Seller to Be Filmed.

1T COVER THE WATERFRONT" 4"
Max Miller's sensational best seller,
and three other feature pictures to be
made this season by Edward Small and
Harry M. Goetz in association with
Joseph M. Schenck's Art Cinema Corp
grafton, will be released by United
Artists. Production will start imme-
diately.
The pictures will be made by the Re-
lance Pictures Corporation, of which
Small is vice president and general
manager in charge of production. He
Is well known in Hollywood having pro-
duced 12 Corinne Griffith pictures, such
as Lilies of the Field" and he also had
such box-ofice hits as 'McFadden's s
Flats" and 1.-THE Cohens and the
Kellys"
Evening star., 1932-10-16

! four -and-flve day vaudeville
disasters, and the movies lap up
more of it than has any known
branch of the arts this side of
Athens in its heyday.
IT seems incredible, thus, to
ponder over what may be the
passing of all but a handful of
theater in Washington-especial-
ly since Washington lacks what
probably no other capital in the
world lacks-namely, either a
little theater" or some kind of
an experimental group.
While the film houses are over
flowing with somewhat improved
cinema (the art of a retouched
stage-success being treated with
taste and reverence in the Metro
Goldwyn Mayer picture hit
"Smilin' Through") and the the
ater doing nicely at the moment,
when the time comes for the
Legitimate" theater to sing its
swan song the city will be parched
and dry.
Washington is replete with
amateur organizations which pre-
sent plays before friends and re-
lationS and which call for praise
when they deserve only fashion,
able comment from polite friends.
These groups offer each year
plays which have fourished on
Broadway and in which they
fancy "Auntie z" Tin whose
hands the organization has come
to light will be seen to best ad-
vantage. "Auntie z" gets the fat
role every time the group sits
down and considers what it shall
offer. Whether the role be young
or old, comical or tragical, "Auntie
z" gets it-because she, as the
atrlc bandmaster, has always been
given the leading role. She per-
forms it then to the screams and
howlS and jubilations of her va
rlous cohorts who have always
predicted that she had a flare
Tor such things" (and which
Hare" is emphasized twice or
thrice or more a year,.
These periodical outbursts are
amusing. More than that, they
are often fair-to-middling good.
But more often they are frankly
and honestly dreadful. The the
ater is not improved by such ex-
hibitions, neither is the DISPOSE
ton of those who watch them. In
their place, could, or should, or
thankfully might be used, a little
theater" experimental group
such as was the Moscow Art
Theater in its first bloom "a group
of lawyers, physicians, young
actors, ETC., who merely banded
together to see what they could
develop, and which, by expert
menting with new clay and new
thoughts and new ideas, might
prove a definite stimulus to the
neighborhood.
Washington has need of such
an organization. If the CONNER
cial theater is to have an early
decline, there should be some
thing to fall back upon. The Ma
tional Players will doubtless per-
form earlier this year and even
better perhaps than last (even
though it was a banner year, {.
Still, in the meantime, there
should be some place where local
theater enthusiasts, thirsty for
the unquenchable ardor of their
art, may find inspiration as well
as stimulation and experiment.
zation.
The sooner a 'little theater" is
organized here, the better. From
such institutions have come some
OF the best and the finest ideals
OF the theater. Washington, after
all, need not be hopelessly out of
the running in this vital link of
the eXpreSSiOniStic arts.
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In Washington Theaters This Week.

NATIONAL Ed Wynn in The Laugh Parade" This evening
at 800 o'clock.
GAYETY and White Revue This afternoon and eve
ming
EARLEBonde Venus" and vaudeville This afternoon and
evening
LOEWS FOX-Nr Robinson CruSoe," and vaudeville This
afternoon and evening.
PAIACE-"Smin' Through" This afternoon and evening
RIALTO-The kidnapping of Ruth Drake This afternoon and
evening"
METROPOLITAN Phantom President" This afternoon
and evening.
KE1THsThe Phantom of Crestwood This afternoon and
evening"
COLUMBIA-Ride Him. Cowboy" This afternoon and evening
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Cinema CITY Room.
Tor the sake of authentic co,or @,

FOR the sake of authentic color and
atmosphere, the Universal Pictures
staff constructed a complete city room
Tor the filming of 'the kidnapping OF
Ruth Drake" The setting represents
the main editorial room of a New York
newspaper, seething with the varied ac-
tivities Of rs reporters, department
heads, telegraphers, copy boys and the
usual pests that frequent daily news
paper Office.
Camera and microphone, travelling at
great speed, circle the vast do ain,
that fast trip the first 18 shots" of
The Kidnapping of Ruth Drake" are
projected, thus launching the film on
its lightning way. And the tempo of
the entire picture Is established.
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Another Guild Play

June Walker plays this role. Osgood
Perkins is seen as a ne'er-do-well
doctor. one Of the three hackers Of the
musical show on which Annabel Is to
make her stage debut Woodman
Thomson has done the sets. There are
three acts In the play, two scenes in
each act
Evening star., 1932-10-16

d6lUuIIl. MiSS ac1.
burn, in her for
mer capacity Of
executive director
of the guild. has
always supervised
the direction of
guild plays. but
THE Pure in
Heart" Is the first
guild production to
bear the stamp
under the direc-
ton of Theresa
Helburn."
Heading the dis
tinguished cast are
such we'll known
players as June
Walker, Osgood
DarkipS poy11 Kp1lv
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weekly broadcast
of his popul a r
fire chief" char
acter, the Tuesday
night performance
will be omitted. He
will return in time
for the Wednes-
day matinee.
With his n e "
r a dio following
added to his old
clientele in the
theater. the gig
Cling, lisping star
of Simple ST.
mon," Manhattan
Mary" The Grab
Bag" and The
Perfect Fool" is
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EARLE-"BIonde Venus.'

WARNER BROS Earle Theater
for the current week presents a
screen and stage show which can right
fully be called "all-star," with Marlene
Dietrich in her newest Paramount We
| hlcle Blonde Venus" and a vaudeville
program featuring Hal lie Roy and
Mitzi Mayfair. "Ziegfeld Follies" dance
stars, and Nan Halperin, singing CO.
meoienne.
Won Sternberg, presents Miss Dietrich
in the role of a woman who. to save
her husbands life, accepts the love of
another man. At first cold-blooded
ABOUT the proposition, she soon finds
she Is In love with her benefactor.
When her husband discovers the situa-
ton he orders her from their home, and
she Is compelled to make a decision
that leads to highly dramatic climax,
Herbert Marshall. noted star of the
dramatic stage. plays the role of the
husoand, With Cary Grant as the lover.
Hal lie Roy, who returns TO the Earle
after an engagement month ago at
the same theater, has with him this
time Mitzi Mayfair, his former Ziee-
lelo FOlIleS dancing partner. Thess
Two young dancing marvels present a
program OF sensational dances. Shar-
ing honors on the same program Is
Nan Halperin. clever singing comedi-
enne, whose program will consist of Is
minutes of comedy songs and stories.
Other acts are Vic Oliver, who calls
himself Europes gift to America; Al
Johnston and girls, offering a program
OF musical melodies, and Maxine Doyle.
mistress of ceremonies.
The program is completed by the
Graham McNamee Newsreel and the
Earle orchestral prelude.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

TINE American Theater Society of
Washington has another new
production to offer theatergoers
1 when on Monday evening, Octo-
ber "a, the New York Theater
Guild presents John Howard Lawson S
much talked of play, THE Pure in
Heart" This production has the added
distinction of being directed by Theresa
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METROPOLITAN-"The Phantom
President"


WITH Jimmy "Schnozzle" Durante.
w George N Cohan and Claudette
Colbert IN the featured roles. The
Pnantom President" stays at Warner
BROS. Metropolitan Theater for a final
week, which ends Thursday night
IhiS is an out-and-out comedy. which
deals with a presidential Campaign
George M. Cohan makes mis- talking
picture debut after quarte2of a CEN
Jury OF stage success in a dual role
canQldate lacking personality to win
Votes ana a medicine show barker hired
10 lmperSonate him because he is not
only ringer for him, but a PERSONAL
lty-oozlng figure. Jimmy "Schnozzle"
Durante is cast as the barker's nal a
comic figure who aids in the Campaign
with his Whirlwind hot-cha cha songs
and ID his rapid-fire inimitable comedy.
Inc program is completed by The
1acnt PARTY. a Vitaphone musical
siIoIt' Win Roger Wolfe Kahn and his
orchestra; a Lowell Thomas adventure
reel, king Salmon" and a new issne
OF Paramount Sound News.
GAYETY-"Black and White Revue
WHAT is looked upon BY burlesou.
1ans as one of the outstanding
evenIs OF the season is announced for
the Gayety Theater, starting this Sun
Gay matinee, when Jimmy Lake will
of1er duplex attraction. THE Black
and White Revue" This combined
offering boasts a total enrolment of
o0 comedians, singers and dancers. The
Whlte revue features such well known
principals as Hap" Freyer, Lew Petel.
Boots Rush, Mary Walton, Ann
Mitchell, Olga Petrone, and the 4
Merry Makers. and Roy Butler. The
colored half of the entertainment con-
slsts of Bessie Smith, Queen of the
Blues" Minto Kato, a song bird of
distinction, Joe Byrd and Billy Hig-
gins, billed as Americas greatest COL
ored comedians; Bill Bailey, late OF
the Cab Galloway unit; the Edna Tay-
lor Trio, the worlds greatest colored
musicians; the 3 Brown Buddies and
the 3 Dancing Habits, a sexette of
dancing fools, and great sepia chorus
OF Harlem's "Hot-Cha" Girls.
HOWARD-The Mills Brothers.
THE Howard Theater is presenting
the Mills Brothers this week in one
of its most pretentious offerings of the
season. During their engagement here
there will be six special midnight per-
formances in addition to the regular
scheduled daily shows. The film at
traction is Hat Check Girl" with Sally
Eilers and Ben Lyon.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

to the National Theater tonight for a
weeks engagement, in his current We
hicle, The Laugh Parade" To enable
Mr. Wynn to visit New York for the
Evening star., 1932-10-16
NATIONAL-"The Laugh Parade. !"

~ YITH a gay and colorful back
ground of beautiful girls,
wv towering pictorial effects
and striking entertainment
Evening star., 1932-10-16
KEITHS-"The Phantom Of Crest
wood"

IN the midst of an indefinite stay at
R-K-O Keith's, the Radio Pictures
broadcast special production, The
Phantom of CrestWood," is being present.
ed with cast headed by Ricardo Cortez
and Karen Morley and including H. B.
Warner, Pauline Frederick. Robert Nc
Wade, Aileen Pringle, "Skeets' Gal
lagher, Mary Duncan, Gavin Gordon,
Anita Louise, George E. Stone, Sam
Hardy and Matty Kemp.
This mystery drama was broadcast in
five weekly installments The solution
was not given. Cash awards were made
to those of the listening audience who
submitted that solution as they saw it.
The picture version was not affected by
this contest, the original outcome of the
story as written by Bartlett Cormack
and j. Walter Ruben being utilized
special added attraction on the
current program is a revival of one of
the early Charlie Chaplin comedies,
Easy Street" to which has been added
sound and music. Other features In
clude a "Funneyboners' Carnival" a
musical oddity; "Hokum Hotel" an
AeSop Fable and Pathe News.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Current Attractions

In "Smilin' Through" Norma shearer
plays the intended bride and also the
ward of Sir John Carteret. Here she Is
able to return in fantasy to the mind
Of her brooding lover-in which mo-
ments Of reverie Miss Shearer appears
twice in single scene. Thus, although
the story covers a so years elapse Of
time, during which Leslie Howard grows
from youth to white-haired old age,
Miss Shearer remains youthful through
out. 1t is, the star comedies, her severest
dramatic test to date, not excepting her
difficult role in Strange Interlude."
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Campfire Girls

Tayusda group of Camp Fire Girls
will hold a council fire tonight at
the home of Dorothea Burkholder.
A business meeting and election of
officers will follow the ceremonial.
The program for the Council Fire
will be- The Wohelo call, process
sional, fire lighting ceremony, re-
sponses to the fire, ode to fire by
Grace Kattau, Credo by Rovena
Smith, roll call, receiving of new
member by Carolyn Rudd, and
awarding of honors and ranks.
Christmas carols will be sung
during the ceremony.
The fire ligsting, ceremony will be
conducted by three girls: Charlotte
Summers, who will light the candle
of work; Dorothy Lemon, the candle
of health, and Betty Lemon, the
candle of love.
Candles representing the even
points of the Camp Fire Girls law
will be lighted by seven girls: Seek
beauty, Dorothea Burkholder; give
service, Anna May Haydeno pursue
knowledge, Maxine Rogers; be
trustworthy, Bernice Dayo; hold on
to health, Carolyn Rudd; glorify
work, Elsie Hurt; he happy, Miss
Mary Marshall.
Honors awarded will be as fol-
lows: Community service, Betty
Lemon, Dorothy Lemon, Grace Kat
tau, Anna May Hayden; member
ship honor, Dorothy Lemon; scribe,
Betty Lemon; needlework guild
honor, entire group. Firemaker's
rank will be awarded to Charlotte
Summers and Maxine Rogers.
The decorations committee is
composed of Dorothy Lemen, Anna
May Hayden and Dorothea Burk-
holder; game committee, Grace
Kattau and Maxine Rogers, and
refreshment committee, Betty Lem
en- and Carolyn Rudd.
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Card Parties

Members of the congregation, sis
terhood and young peoples league
of the Central Hebrew congregation
will sponsor a card party, Monday
afternoon and evening, at the syn
agogue, at Twenty-first street and
Central avenue. Dinner will be
served between the afternoon and
evening games.
Division 10, L. A. A. o. H. will
hold card parties Sunday afternoon
and evening at the home of Miss
Mayme O'Connell, 966 Stillwell
street. Mrs. Charles Ziegler is
chairman.
The January cycle Of the Good
Will club of st. Joseph's church viii
entertain with cards at 2:30 Mon
DAY afternoon at st. Joseph's hall,
619 East North street. Miss Bridget
A. Meehan, chairman, will be as
sisted by Misses Loretta Martin, Lo-
retta McN1anamon, Gertrude Fox,
Mildred Kline, Alice Dietz, Mary
Euler, Mary Ryves, Louise Weilham-
mer, Elizabeth Forwe, Alice Hol-
lingsworth, Mary Barrett, Bess Sui
Ivan and Margaret Fitzgerald.
A benefit card party will be held
in the Moose Temple, 1876 North
Delaware street, at $3.50 Sunday by
the Military Rank of the Moose.
Captain John Klaiber will be in
charge.
Liederkranz Ladies Society will
hold a card party at 8:15 Sunday
night at the hall, 1921 East Wash
ington street. Euchre, pinochle and
lotto will be played. Mrs. Alfred
Pich is chairman.
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4 BOX
a DAY
81 BRUCE CATION

TOWARD Romance" by Rollo
4 Walter Brown, continues the
story of familys struggle against
fate and the coal feud which was
begun in Mr.. Browns earlier novel,
THE Firemaker" This, incidentally,
is a much better book than it's pre-
decessor.
In THE Firemaker," Mr.. Brown
told of Luke Dabney, who fought
valiantly to escape from the re-
straint of miserable Ohio coal
town and was defeated by COM
biration of blindness and human
greed.
In the new book he tells Of Luke's
son Giles, in whom the hopes of the
family are centered.
The father and the mother could
not get away, could not get out to
the freer, richer life which they
knew to be possible in the outside
world. They are determined that
Giles shall do so.
So we get the story of the boy
Giles; how he grew up in a region
where coal had blighted and per-
verted most human values and how
in spite of everything he got a
glimpse of a horizon wider than
that formed by his own encircIing
hills. and remained true to his
vision.
He managed to rise above the
dull hopelesSness, the materialism,
the cheap emotional entanglements
of his environment and in the final
chapter he is making his escape
riding a train to the east, seeking
the education that is to put him
forever out of the power of the
forces that wayIaid his parents.
Mr.. Brown has given a fine study
Of coal town life. He also has writ
ten a sympathetic, almost idyllic,
description of a boyhood.
The slow growth o. the boy Giles
is beautifully handled and one fin
ished the book with feeling that
Mr.. Brown is working his way to
place as one of Americas impor-
tant novelists.
Toward Romance published By
Coward AIcCanns costs $3.50
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Sororities

Theta Sigma Chi sorority will
hold a business meeting Wednesday
night at the home of Mrs. Lee
Crouch.
Theta chapter of Sigma Epsilon
sorority will meet Monday, Jan. 9, at
the home of Miss Margaret M. Big
gins, 2441 North Meridian street.
Miss. Leah Loves will entertain
members of the Kappa chapter of
Delta Sigma Kappa and their hus-
bands tonight at her home in Acton.
Miss Helen Sturgeon will assist.
Theta chapter of Pi Omicron
sorority will meet at 7:l5 Tuesday
in the Washington.
Pledges OF Alpha Gamma So
rority will meet Tuesday at the
home of Miss Jean Kelleher, 122
West Twentieth street.
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Vote League
Committee
Will Meet
Legislative Board to Hold
All-Day Session at
Daniels Home.

Definite plans for their inmmedi-
ate work will be made Thursday by
members of the legislative steering
committee of the Indiana League of
Women Voters, at an all-day meet
ing at the home of Mrs. J. j. Dan
iels. in Brendenwood. Mrs. Daniels
is vice-chairman of the committee.
The morning session Of the meet
ing will begin at 10. A detailed ex-
PLANTATION of the legislative program
Of the organization with arguments
for and against various measures in
which the league is interested viii
be made. AT noon the group will be
Mrs. Daniels guests at luncheon.
During the afternoon session, Or
ganization plans will be completed
arranging for four members to be
on duty at the Statehouse each day
of the week.
The legislative program of the
league includes authorization by the
assembly of the appointment of a
committee on economy to make an
intensive study of the various gov
ernmental units in the state to de-
tern1ine where major economies can
be made; revision of election laws
including the permanent registra-
ton Of voters, ballot changes, and
simplifying the procedure followed
in scratching ticket; strengthen
ing the state probation system;
amending the marriage laws to pro-
vide five-day period between the
application for a license and issu-
ance Of the license; changing the
process of amending the state con-
stitution, and constructive changes
in nominating methods.
Mrs. George Keagy Of Hagers-
town, who is general-chairman of
the legislative committee, and Mrs.
Charles Teetor of Hagerstown, presi-
dent of the Indiana league, will at
tend the meeting.
The members Of the committee
are: MesdameS Warren K. Mannon,
Smiley Chambers, Sylvester John
son, Thomas D. Sheerin, Ralph E.
Carter, Russell Ryan, Lehman Dun
ming, B. G. Ellis, E. M. McNally, John
S. Pearson, Frank D. Hatfield, Rus
sell Wilson, Walker Winslow, Wal
ter E. Rogers, Oscar Baur, G. r.
Myers, w. H. Morrison, Ralph Hen
derson, Louise Bake Dixon, James
A. Baird, Fletcher Hodges, Donald
Jameson, Frederick Matson and
Miss Sara Lauter.
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In the Realm of Clubs

will discuss People of Canada"
The Indianapolis Woman's Club
will have a reception and tea for
new members. Mrs. Alexander
Jameson will speak on Seeing Is
Believing" Mrs. Clarence Coffin
will have as her subject THE Sis
ter Arts"
SATURDAY
The Saturday Afternoon Liter
airy Club will meet with Mrs. Hiram
j. Raffensperger and Mrs. Henry
Zitzlan as hostesses. John j. Har-
amy, professor of history at Indiana
Central college, will be the guest
speaker.
1.-TWO Hoosiers in Lincoln's Cab
met" will be the subject of Miss
Helen Stockton at the meeting of
the Magazine Club. Mrs. Fred
Knodel will speak on Indiana Mu-
sic" Hostesses will be Mesdames
William E. Balch, M. L. Harding,
Robert Hill, ]. L. Hodges and No
BILE Hiatt.
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Avalon Clubs
Frolic Tonight
to Draw Many

More than ITS reservations have
been made for the New Years eve
entertainment of the Avalon Coun-
try Club. Music will be furnished
by a twenty-four-p piece orchestra,
the Silver Dragons and Harry Dick
inson's orchestra. Special dance
numbers and blues singers will be
featured.
Decorations will be in the holiday
spirit, with wreaths, bells and
candles predominating. Each guest
will receive a special gift in addi-
ton to New Years eve favors of
hats, horns and noise makers"
At midnight a surprise feature
will be given. Those in charge of
the affair are Messrs. and Mes
DANES Earl Taylor, Harry Gompf,
Claude Nick, Henry Suite, Curtis
Butler, and A. S. Rowe, and DR..
and Mrs. Earl Woods.