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The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Late Stage News
, Direct From
Broadway

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-"Strike
Me Pink" the new Brown.Hender.
son musical show that was orig
inally announced to open at the
Majestic Theater Monday night
will not have its premiere until
Saturday night, March 4. The
show will continue its try-out
engagement in Newark at the
Shubert Theater the first part
of the week, closing there March
2. Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez
and Hope Williams are starred
in the production, which has been
staged by Jack MCGOWAN and
Felix Seymour.
Eva LIE Gallienne announces
that she will revive Chekov'S
The Cherry Orchard" at the
New Amsterdam Theater starting
March for a four weeks engage
ment. ALA Nazimova, who ap-
peared in the leading role when
the Civic Repertory Theater first
presented the drama on Four
teenth Street, in 1928, will again
take the part of Nine. Renavsky,
and the supporting cast will in
clude Miss LIE Gallienne, Paul Ley
saac, Donald Cameron and Leona
Roberts. The Cherry Orchard"
will be given Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, giving way in
the final part of the week to the
company'S present offering Of
Alice in Wonderland"
The Aarons and Freedley pro-
duction of Pardon My English"
will close its engagement at the
Majestic Theater tomorrow night.
The musical has Jack Pearl,
LYDIA Roberti, Carl Randall and
Barbara Newberry in leading
roles. The play opened here
January 20.
Robert Shayne, John Butler,
Jerome Cowan, John F.. Morrissey,
Walter Coy, Norris Houghton and
Oscar Polk have been added to
the cast of Maxwell Anderson's
new play, Both Your Houses"
The drama will be presented by
the Theater Guild at the Nixon
Theater, Pittsburgh, next week
and is to come to the Royale
Theater, here, on Monday, March
6. when Ladies Meet" closes
at that playhouse March 4.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Dorothy Jordan,
Joel McCrea,
to Team Up
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate. Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Feb. 27.-
Before long you'll be seeing the
screens newest romantic team
Dorothy Jordan and Joel McCrea.
Their first picture may be Lit
tie Clown Lost" a Barry Benefited
novel which Wilbur Daniel Steele
calls "the finest sentimental ro-
nance I have ever read" Mr..
Steele, one Of the outstanding
short story writer's in the world,
is now out here for R.-K.-O. He's
adapting the novel for the screen.
OF course. you've heard that
Dorothy Jordan is going around
with Merriam c. Cooper. the new
production boss at R.-K.-O. With
him to see that she gets good
roles. Dorothy will have a chance
to make Clarksville. Tenn. proud
Of her.
And the opportunity will not be
long in coming. Radio has bought
another story for this team,
"Rafter Romance" So far it's a
toss-up which picture will be pro-
duced first.
Dozens of stories are told of
the Marx brothers conferences.
Latest is about the writer who
was submitting dialogue for their
approval.
He read a six line speech. They
asked him who it was for.
"Zeppo," he replied.
"Cut it down to well, er, "
snapped Groucho.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
By JAMES WHITAKER

There is lot of talk about initiation but who knows what
it means? Well do, for And it to that my
adventures settling American estate in Warsaw Poland
in 1922 when that country initiating with the absent
minded gusto of child. blowing up toy balloon might
Happily add to the general confusion.
The situation this: An American woman widowed
in the Polish capital city, the city and nation off from
the rest of the world radically initiation
kind of eprosy (Which, indeed it ) myself summoned be-
cause of knshp because of peculiar talent train
ing for the thing which had to be donewhich simply
to the lady and her aboard train Paris bound
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Hollywood Parade

One who'll mourn Mrs. Antonio
Moreno greatly is Eleanor Holm,
swimming and screen star and
her protegee. Eleanor left here
Tuesday night on the Warner
Brothers "Forty-second Street"
special train. They told her of
the fatal automobile accident
just before she went on Den
yer stage.
Remember Margaret Mann,
who played the mother in -Four
Sons" and who never got another
break after that? Well, John
Ford has her playing another
mother role in pilgrimage" "
Oddly enough, both of these
stories are by I. A. R. Wylie. {.
Turns out Richard Dix isn't going
to sell his hideaway ranch after
all. He's moved his furniture
into his Beverly Hills home and
is doing the ranch house over. &.
On the other hand, Bill Boyd will
sell both his Beverly Hills house
and beach cottage to move onto
his new ranch near Malibu.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
In Honor of Inaugural

Walter Won Herbulis, manager
of Club Michel. popular Thomas
Circle night club. is doing his bit
toward Frightening up the city for
the inaugural festivities. The en-
tire front Of Club Michel is being
redecorated in patriotic fashion,
while inside special entertainment
and special menus are being pre-
pared to add to the occasion.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Dix Picture Booked

RKO Keith's inaugural week at
traction is now set to be Richard
Dix in the fascinating role of a
very modern Casanova, brought
from the pages of Fulton Ours
ler's famous novel, The Great
Jasper" and RKO Radio Picture
with Edna May Oliver prominent
in the cast as we'll as the new
German beauty importation, Vera
Engels.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27

Ruby was in the front row, AL
standing in the back. When it
was over the enthusiastic AL
rushed down to his wife: Honey,
you're marvellous" he said, ac-
companying the praise by a good
old fashioned nanny kiss.
That's not acting boys, it's the
real thing. I mean it," said
Uncle AL to the approving by
ISLANDERS.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Quite a Gem

A 15O-carat blue-white diamond.
said to be the largest stone of its
kind in existence, is Peggy Hop
kins Joyce's favorite stone among
her entire collection. She did not
bring any of her famous collection
to HOLLYWOOD.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27

"Hallelujah I'm a Bum" was
just one word too long for Loew's
Palace Theater's electric lighted
sign, so the mazda expert took a
short cut and edited it to read,
"Hallelujah I'm Bum"
That's the way it read until the
F Street promenaders began to
giggle whereupon it was edited
again and now reads on the
lower line, "Hallelujah."
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Bridge Film Coming

For the inaugural week program
commencing Friday, March 3, at
Warner Bros. M tr opolitan,
Grand SIAM" a comedy on the
great American indoor sport,
bridge, will be the featured screen
offering. This Warner Bros. pro-
duction has in its brilliant cast,
Loretta Young. Paul Lukas, Frank
McHugh, Glenda Farrell, Helen
VinSon and Walter Byron.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Big Night

TOnlght'S the night.
The L. StOddard Taylor
testimonial performance at
the National Theater. Attrac-
ti0n, Paul MUM in Counsel
lOr-At-Law." No speech max.
ing. Just the play. Your
presence a tribute to a man.
ager who has served Wash.
ingtOn playgOers for 2S years.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27

CeTulS II o IL y
wood stars on
it's way here to
whoop it up for
Mr.. Roosevelt.
T h ey Sp e n t
weeks in pre-
pairing for the
crosse ou n t ry
excursion, b u t
S o m ebody l
wonder who
forgot to wire
a h e a d a n d
make Washing
ton hotel reser.
v a t on S. So
The Washington times., 1933-02-27


which applied here. You could
not take Polish marks out Of
the country. You could not buy
foreign currencies in Poland.
So some way had to be found:
Cd to sell the suitcase for
cash; CD to sell at moment
when the cash could be con-
verted instantly into some value
negotiable abroad.
Off for Diamonds!
Diamonds came to mind.
They were a lurid inspiration,
plain melodrama, of course,
probably suggested to a childish
mind by fiction-some E. Phil
lips Oppenheim thriller buried
in the subconscious. Strangely
enough, diamonds worked. In
flation, in some ways, seems to
be as childish, as lurid, fictional
and melodrama as diamonds
and treasure trove.
There were, a hunt showed,
exactly six diamonds to be
bought in Warsaw. On the
Tuesday which brought the
100000 offer for the apart
ment suitcase, the six diamonds
were offered by dealers for an
average million apiece. It
seemed too striking to be mere
coincidence. A message from
Heaven? My hand was on the
telephone to close with the
100000 offer when kind and
informed friends stayed me.
Jewels Are Bought
"It is after business hours
now," it was patiently ex-
planned. "By tomorrow morn
ing the six diamonds will be
held for IL million and you will
have lost half the value of the
suitcase. wait"
At II o'clock of the follow
ing morning, the bidder for the
apartment suitcase noncha-
lantly met the ante, raised to
100000 cash.
The incidents of the rest Of
the day are incredible, I know.
but they happened, I also
know. The sum-in the flimsy
blurred 10O,O00-mark notes
which were the only currency
then,-was carted away from
the bank in two dilapidated
open cabs. There was no
time to waste on the usual
banking formalities. With
every passing hour, the dia-
mond market was rising-aS
the currency sank. The cab
men whipped up their horses.
and the tour of the jewelry
shops began. 1t became a mad
race inside the next four hours.
The first diamond was bought
for the expected 100000.
But the very fact that a dia-
mond had been bought sent
the market skyrocketing. The
second diamond set me back
2,500,000. The last was reso-
lutely held by an unenthusias-
tic dealer for four millions,
and I had to borrow two dol
lars from an American friend
to make up that last 100000.
In the end. I finally got my
kinSwoman aboard a Paris
train with five diamonds in
her bag. And, lest you have
been misled by the astronomi-
cal figures which have deco
rated this tale, the tortuous ne
gotiations were brought to a
finish with a sale in Paris
which netted a profit of $3.50
and very neat. too!
I am one who knows, there
fore, what initiation is. The
fundamental things alone re-
main. Things that can be held
in the hand. Things that can
be eaten or keep you warm.
THINGS of tho soil Personally
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Forced to Sleep
in Staterooms
On Special
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Funny about that Warner
Bros. "Forty-Second Street" spe-
cial, with its Pullman load of gilt
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
RROADWAYS
OF The WORLD
Editors Note
BY Mark HeIIinser

Mr.. Hellnger has temporarily discontinued Driting his
column during Sooun in the Indian jungeS Oere postal
facilities such that JortDdrd cable
daily impossible He D hotOeuer send columns Oen
can be done During such periods the column w be rten
by James Whitaker long member OF the staff OF the Daily
Mirror and distinguished critic of music and the drama.
noDeltSt and eSS1yiSt of distinction.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Andrew r. Kelley

Times Dramatic Editor,
will be heard in an up-tO-
the-minute discussion of
stage and screen tomorrow
morning at 8:45 o'clock,
over WJSV.
At the same hour "SkeetS"
Meekins, Times NewscaSter,
will give the latest news
flashes.
Don't forget the time.
Tomorrow at 8:45 a. m.
Station WJSV.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
AL smacks Ruby

AL Jolson saw "Forty-Second
Street run off in the screening
room in New York with Mrs. AL
(Ruby Keeler) also present.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
Tenant Wanted

I got this much through my
head, digested it, understood
that my next move was to sell
to- someone, at best possible
price, the privilege Of supplant-
ing my kinswoman in her
apartment-a very nice one
overlooking Warsaw's public
park. There was no lack OF
takers when the place was
offered. With the national cur
rency suffering a daily depre-
citation of so per cent, with the
government printing presses
feeding the initiation process at
such a rate that it became i'm.
possible for the treasury to
print, on the cheapest news
paper stock, a note of any de-
nomination under 100000 marks
at- any profit, no one was dis
posed to haggle over price.
On a Tuesday. then, a gentle
man who was disposed to buy
made an offer Of 100000
marks for the suitcase. It was
8 good offer. On paper, it rep
resented the number of doddars
or francs which calculations
had established the asset to be
worth. But wait!
Polish marks had no cur
fency outside Poland. Initiation,
of course, isolates. This isola-
tion was recognized and con-
The Washington times., 1933-02-27

Did You Know
That Adolphe Menjou has his
shoes and even his ties specially
made for him?
The Washington times., 1933-02-27

firmed by drastic laws, two Of
which applied here. You could
not take Polish marks out Of
the country. You could not buy
foreign currencies in Poland.
So some way had to be found:
Cd to sell the suitcase for
cash; 90 to sell at moment
when the cash could be con-
verted instantly into some value
negotiable abroad,
The Washington times., 1933-02-27

Polish Assets
Assets? When I arrived at the
/ Warsaw airport and started to
CLEAN information about what
assets in the Poland of inflated
1922 were, it began to dawn
on a particularly befuddled non
economic mind (the typical be-
! fuddled gold-Standard oh-keep-
the e-change mind of 1929 and
1t began to dawn on me that
this was going to be something
OLA job.
1t seemed that the lady's
principal asset was not bank
account, or an improved farm,
ora sheaf of bonds or stocks,
or, necklace, or any of the
old familiar properties with
which an old-fashioned gold
standard brain could cope. It
was a roof for which she had
q lease.
. You see, strange but rather
logical things begin to happen
when initiation comes. The
simple usable things become
the only values which do not
fluctuate-food, fuel, cloth,
roofs; these things stand firm
in an economic world which
pitches and tosses all about
them, like mpest waters
around rock.
The emergency laws Of 1922
Poland recognized these funda-
mental facts. One of them was
the "law of roofs" 1t was a
moratorium on house rents
whereby rents were frozen at
prewar levels and leases auto
matically and indefinitely eX-
tended for so long as the mora
torium endured. A HORSEPOWER
continued to collect, in depre'
dated Polish marks, the sum
stipulated in a lease five years
Old. It is an historical fact
that the top rents in Warsaw
at. that time were about 8
cents a year. A tenant could
cede an apartment to a sub
tenant.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Pupil Recital Yesterday.

A PIANO recital was presented YES
terday afternoon in Burial Hall.
Calvary Baptist Church Eighth and H
streets, by the pupils of Lois Abernathv.
Ihe program included transposition.
original composition. demonstration
OF c-asS-piano, and group of rhythm
projects based on the Jaoues- -Dalcroze
principles Of eurythmico Solo and en-
sembie pianoforte numbers included
works by Bach, Haydn. Mozart. Chopin,
Schumann, Grieg and more modern
composers.
Those taking part in the program
Were Bobby Abernathy, Betty Bogardus,
Doris Brougher, Ida Peanne Dagger.
Erna Marjorie Embrey. Donald Hay-
craft. Betty Leake, Billy Linebach.
Helen Claire Lyons Ellis Manning,
Annie Laurie Rankin and Helen Smith.
The demonstration OF group piano
was presented by the Langdon Junior
High School piano class Of which Mrs
Abernathy is teacher Members of this
class are Mary Alice Barnes. Pauline
Cole, Earl Chandler, Virginia De Marr.
Alden and Elizabeth linus, Margaret
Melton, Nancy Rarner, Joseph Sirkis
and Lois Stackhouse
In the English singing game, a
rhythm project, done in costume. with
Doris Broughcr at the piano. the fol-
loving girls assisted: Betty Balm, Mary
Banks. Anna Bell Fox. Betty Leake,
Frances MaStchin, Irene Newman,
Eclth Peod'e Oh. Dorothy Smith,
Louise srTi2c and Elizabeth Tru.tt.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Pons Here Next Week.

I lily PONS, sensational prima donna
- Of the Metropolitan Opera Co. and
critically regarded as the worlds fore
most colo-atura soprano. will be heard
in concert at Constitution Hall one
week from next Friday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock, as the fifth and final at
traction Of Mrs. Wilson Greene's 1882
SO artists series Of afternoon concerts.
This will be Pons' only concert appear
ance here this season and comes right
on the heels Of her phenomenal sue
cess with the Metropolitan opera in
Baltimore during the past week.
No less than five outstanding oper-
attic arias are included in the program
that Miss Pons will give at Constitution
Hall. The first Of these will be an aria
from Mozart's Marriage Of Figaro"
while others listed are the aria. Una
voce POGO ia" from Rossini's Barber
of Seville" Paminas aria from Mo-
zart's The Magic Flute" the Shadow
Song" from Meyerbeer's "Dinorah"
with flute obligato) and the mad
scene from Donizetti's Lucia" also
with flute accompaniment.
Seats for the Pons concert are now
on sale at the Wilson, Greene Concert
Bureau. in Droop's, 1900 G street
northwest.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Oldest and Youngest
VirtuOsO in Recitals
Worlds Greatest Pianist and the Boy Genius Of
the Violin Represent Highest Living Exponents
Of the Art of Music Which Has No Age Limit
By Alice Eversman.

by very sure intuition as to form
and governed by remarkable
taste"
A few days later he played with
the Philadelphia Symphony Or
chestra. And then this 16-year-
old master violiniSt raised his
fiddle, tucked it under his chin,
gave an appraising glance toward
the conductor and his bow touched
the strings of his violin. Then
came music the like Of which en-
thralled the academy-filled music
lovers. 1t was the answer to what
the con-ertgoer wants. One Of
his kind comes every century.
Menuhin is our contribution to
this period"
In November at the Royal Albert
Hall in London Menuhin per-
formed an astonishing feat that
would have taxed the physical
and musical strength OF many an
older violinist On one program
he played the Bach "E Major Con-
certo,' a newly discovered Mozart
Concerto in D Major" and the
difficult Eigar Concerto" and sup
plementod them with the Bach
prelude and Fueue in G Minor"
as encore. For his B Minor Con-
certo' the famous composer, Sir
Edward Elgar. himself conducted
the London Philharmonic Orches-
ira and it was sight to remain
long In memory-that of the rs
| VpQf-n1d hi
year-old interpreter side by side
on the platform.
The newspapers could not find
words Of sufficient force to eulo-
gize this concert. There was
something touching in the spec
tacle OF the veteran Elgar con-
Quoting his lovely concerto with
this boy of genius by his side as
soloiSt, They carried their audi
ence away from the world OF real
lty on the wings Of music; the
boy with his life before him-the
man with so much OF his life be-
hind him." Even more astound-
ing in a lad not yet 16 years old
is his grasp of the music. How
comes it that such an one can
give such interpretations of works
so diSsimilar?" 'Menuhins in
depreciation could not be Sur
passed nor could it be equaled.
The sense of freedom and case
his playing conveys is not to be
found in performers who have
reached maturity. They pay the
price of knowledge and expert
ence.' So the concerto went on.
binding youth and age together
In golden chains of harmony.
1t will be fitting climax to the
rich musical season We have en-
loyed to hear the man who has
long been supreme as the great
est virtuoso of the piano and the
young boy whom sage critics of
the day have proclaimed the
greatest virtuoso OF the violin.
Evening star., 1933-03-19
Paderewski in Benefit
Concert Next Wednesday
Red Cross Unemployment Fund nd-Menuhin Here
Saturday-Carzia With National Symphony.

T GNACE JAN PADEREWSKI. world
famous Polish pianist and former
President and premier Of his ma
/ tive Poland, will play an all-Chopin
program at Constitution Hall next
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock,
under the patronage Of Mrs. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt for the benefit OF
Red Cross unemployment relief fund.
This will be Paderewskis only appear
ance this season in the Capital and the
concert is being given under the local
management OF the Wtlson-Greene
Concert Bureau.
Just as Paderewski last season gave
the proceeds of his Washington concert
to Mrs. Hoover's Red Cross relief fund.
50 will he contribute the proceeds OF
this performance to the same worthy
cause. with Mrs. Roosevelt sponsoring
this concert.
Paderewskis pre- -eminence Is an in
terpreter of the works Of his famous
fellow -countryman, Chopin, has long
been critically accorded everywhere and
his decision to make his concert here
next Wednesday an all-Choptn one is
expected to make 1t an event OF the
most outstanding interest in Washing
ton musical circles.
He will open his program with the
Fantasia from Opus 40 and then will
come two noctures from Opus 81. four
preludes mos. II, l6, 21 and 24. the
sonata in B fat minor, Opus IS. with
its five movements: Grave, Doppio
movimento. Scherzo, Funeral Marche,
Presto finale the F minor Ballade.
Opus So; three etudes Nos 6. and
12), Opus IS; C sharp minor Scherzo,
Opus SO; Polonaise, E nat minor, Opus
| IS; two MaZurkas: B nat minor Opus
~ and d major. Opus 80 and closing
with the Grande valse Brilliant.
Opus IL.
Seats for the Pade1ew1ki concert may
be obtained at Mrs. Wilson -Greene's
Concert Bureau, In Drops, 1900 @
street northwest, or at Constitution Hall
after O'Clock the afternoon Of the
concert.
Yehudi Menuhin. that youthful gen.
ius Of the violin, who first astonished
the music world with Carnegie Hall
debut at the age Of 10, makes his only
concert appearance in the Capital this
season at Constitution Hall next Satur-
day evening at $50 o'clock. His con-
cert will be the nth and hnal attrac-
ton Of the Wilson Greene Saturday
evening series.
Today, Yehudi Is Is years old. The
Evening star., 1933-03-19

little trousers, bobbed of above the
knees. which he wore on the occasion
of his momentous New York concert
debut In 1927 and in which he sp-
peared SO spectacularly as soloist with
the LAmoureaux Orchestra in Paris
and with the New York Philharmonic
Symphony. have been discarded for
more formal attire, but the fair hair.
the blue eyes, the calm gaze amidst
the most tumultuous applause, all are
still there. Today Yehudi Menuhin is
probably the greatest Juvenile musical
celebrity in the world.
Yehudi, who will be assisted at the
piano by Artur Balsam, will open his
program with Kreisler's arrangement
OF Tertinis G minor sonata-"The
Devils Trill''-while his second offer
ing will be another sonata. Bach's G
minor, for violin alone, with its two
movements. "Adagio and Fusa" (aue-
gro). LAlo's Symphonic Espasnole
Opus II, Is next lsted-with its five
movements: Allegro non troppo. scher-
zando allegro motto. interme.zo
rondon (allegro). At this point there
will be q brief intermission and fol-
lowing the pause will come a quintet
OF shorter compositions, such as the
"Praeludium and Allegro" tPugnani-
Kreisler the Joachim arrangement OF
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. IT In
F Sharp Minor Bazzini's Dance OF
the Goblins." Rimsky Korsakohs
Flight of the Bumblebee" and "Souve-
mir de Moscou," by WieniawsE.
Seats may be obtained at Mrs. WILSON,
Greene's Concert Bureau, in Droops,
1900 G street northwest. or at Consti-
tuition Hall next Saturday evening at
o'clock.
Felian Garxia, prominent local paan-
ist, will be solobt with the National
Symphony Orchestra next Thursday.
He will play Symphonic Variations"
by Cesar Franck. Tho complete pro-
gram will be as follows:
symphony in @ Minor" Mo0rt
Symphonic Variations. Ffanck
Felian Garzia, soloist)
En- saga .Sioenus
"Rosenkayalier Waltzes". Strauss
Mr. Garzia Is . graduate Of the Paris
Conservatoire, where Cesar Franck
taught for so many years He was born
in Nice, France although he is now an
American citizen. He has made man.
concert tours, both In Europe and IN
this country