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Evening star., 1934-12-26

blooming in cinemaland when he
staged the Midsummer Nights
Dream" is having a hard time main
tanning his illusion: Numerous secre-
taries. much pomp and advance
Salzburg genius in Hollywood; he
has to show the boys, and, believe you
me, they're tough when they want to
be -. When I'VE Live Again" is put
in lights on New York marques, it's
a surprise to find the name of Aubrey
Smith included with Frederic March
and Anna Sten. Out in Hollywood
Aubrey Smith, regarded as the dean
of British players, doesn't come in for
such enthusiasm on the part Of the
dear public. As the oldest English
man of standing in the colony he
admonishes the younger and more
impetuous subjects of King George,
advises the weaklings. plays a swift
game Of cricket in his 70s and pre-
sents the Gothic magnif1cence of his
countenance to the camera in as many
pictures as the working hours of a
week permit. Yes, and gets roles for
all the capable and needy he knows
of in the colony by the simple and
unselfish means of going straight to
headquarters and asking for them.
Ilka Chase, free for the moment,
because Of Charles Winninger's acci-
dent which closed Revenge With
Music" lunches with an aN-British
group at "Twenty-one" A Pied
Piper's hat of black velvet, extreme
and yet most becoming, the mink coat
with cape, which is the uniform Of
all the well-heeled Manhattan ladies
this Winter; the smart black wool
gown, which her slenderness permits,
are all in our concept Of Mile. Chase:
As chic as the moment can make
her. as crisp and cool and self
sufficient as 1884 can contribute .
Bee Lille, moving inconspicuously out
of the Madison bar a little later in
and yet most becoming; the mink coat
with a difference. What was a mantle
of mink pelts on one lady was just
a good warm coat on the Lille. Her
little gray felt hat was as free of in
dividuality as any gray felt hat worn
by any of those who dropped in for
q spot and an exchange of good cheer.
Phil Merrivale. our British contribu-
tor to American history-he plays the
role Of George Washington in the
Theater Guilds Valley Forge"-is
host at the Fifty-second street haunt
of the professional colony. Merrivale,
who is giving a performance consid-
cred excellent by local critics, isn't
luxuriating in his success. 1t is one
of those jobs which one does well but
in which one takes no delight ). Lila
Lee-the new Mrs. Jack Peine-in dull
Evening star., 1934-12-26
PALACE FILM
TURNS OUT 4
RIOT OF FUN
Crawford, Gable, Butter
Uorth, Montgomery, in
'FOrsaking All HOthers.'

"Forsaking All Others" farce-ro-
nance at the Palace, Is about the best
comedy-love film to come along in
many a moon and it is the dizziest.
It is an insane concoction with smart
and gay lines, bright and clever situa-
tions, and with Joan Crawford, Clark
Gable, Robert Montgomery and
Charles Buterworth.
This time the gathering of stars has
been given a story which compares
with any of the brighter recent films.
a staccato and lunatic motion picture
wherein the handsome Crawford gets
left at the altar the first time and
turns the tables the second, the eter-
nally happy Montgomery leaves lady
at the altar and gets left when he gets
a second try, and the also handsome
Gable stands by nobly at the first
would-be wedding and leaves on
boat before the second does not oc-
cur. The second does not occur be-
cause la Crawford manages to catch
the same boat. 1t all must sound very
insane and pointless. 1t is.
But any film which leaves Miss
Crawford begarbed in bridal raiment
and surrounded by cornf1owers while
Bob Montgomery elopes with that
Frances Drake person, probably be-
cause it seemed like a good idea at
the time, is a film that's filled with
surprises and packed with entertain
ment. Joan SO far forgets her personal
beauty that she appears In the OPEN
ing scene stretched out on massage
table. Then, again, she manages to
look like something left in far cor
ner of the cellar for six months, after
falling from a bicycle into a pig sty,
having an automobile wreck, walking
numerous miles, getting caught in a
rainstorm and falling in several mud
puddles, all in the course of one after
noon. Those scenes after that auto
Mr.. Montgomery being forced into
costume which had previously be-
longed to some belle of the COS. But
it all works out, as such things will,
and Gable gets his gal.
If all of the laughs in the continuous
gale from the audience were counted
and allotted, the high sum total prob
ably would be found alongside the
name Charles Butterworth. For that
pointless gentleman just about steals
the show. from his first appearance at
the dock to meet Mr.. Gable, whereupon
he is loaded down with balloons, pea
nuts, flowers and complete equipment
for shoe-shining, until the end Of the
film, which he wanders through won-
dering such things as who finds the
bloodhounds so they can send the
bloodhounds out to look for some-
body?" And stealing this magic Ian
tern drama is no mean case of petty
larceny. It's a case for the higher
courts. Billie Burke also scores with
fine performance, if that really Is
Billie Burke behind that glow of youth.
Miss Crawford, Gable and Montgom-
cry, Of course, are grand.
"Forsaking All Others" is riot of
fun you shouldn't miss. H. M.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
1.-THE Little Minister" Is
Fine Vehicle for Hepburn
Barrie Play Faithfully Followed in It's Change to
the Cinema, and the Star Does Best
Screen Work of Career.

To find that "The Little Minister"
has been brought to the screen as Sir
James M. Barrie's Little Minister"
and not as Hollywood's conception is
q most happy experience, but to find,
in addition, Katharine Hepburn cast
as Babbie, makes visit to Keith's
this week the occasion for huzzahs,
long and loud.
The Barrie genius itself should be
enough for any fllm when translated,
as this Is, with a high degree of
fidelity, so to have, in addition, the
Hepburn genius interpreting the lead
ing role fills the cup of joy to over
flowing. Mr.. Barrie must have had
the fluent talents of this young lady
IN mind when he limned the charac-
ter, for Hepburn is Babbie and Babbie
is Hepburn. You can not tell where
the gypsy lass stops and Katharine
Hepburn begins. The role of the
gypsy girl who was raised as a lady in
the lords huge castle on the hill over
looking Thrums is one of the finest
Miss Hepburn has had, giving her an
opportunity to show all the emotions
she knows how to portray. She is
gay and captivating; teasing, then
contrite; fiery. then tender; she truly
runs the gamut. She lives Babbie.
Miss Hepburn, however, is not the
only one who has caught the spirit
Of the drama. Director Richard Wal
lace has placed the story on the
screen with faithful sympathy that
captures much of the Barrie charm.
He has made living film drama of
the familiar tale Of the new minister
in Thrums who meets the gypsy girl,
falls in love and almost is ruined with
his congregation thereby.
The supporting cast also is fully in
the spirit of the piece, especially John
Beal, the little minister" a youth
suddenly domineering his congrega-
ton, a young minister bewildered by
the mysterious power Babbie has over
him, forcing him against his will to
throw clod Of dirt at a soldier, then
to protect her. against his will, from
Evening star., 1934-12-26
CHARACTERS
OF TOYLAND
At COLUMBIA
Laurel, Hardy Starred il,
Fantastic Tale With Vic.
tor Herbert Music.

Around the adventures of all your
childhood story book friends and the
whimsical musical score of Victor
Herbert's Babes in Toyland," the pro-
ducers of the film by that name have
fashioned q celluloid operetta to de-
light the eye, ear and heart of any
who who will venture this week to
Loew's Columbia. Since they are
neither munitions makers, champion
hog callers nor quintuplets, the char
acters in that imaginary realm are not
exactly as timely as the heroes we of
this era have been taught to relish.
but that is merely one of their chief
charms. Little Bo Peep, Tom Thumb,
the Three Little Pigs and the Old
Woman Who Lived in a Shoe are
righteously timelesS. Primly immortal,
they have long withstood the assaults
upon their fame made by temporal
big-wigs Of the feeting day. 1t is only
fair to add they have survived we'll
the test, emerging good movie mate
rial and quite as quaint and impor-
tant as We remembered them from
last association, some three score and
10 years ago.
The drama in which Hollywood has
assembled our whimsical" friends on
this occasion is duly rigged with the
essential props Of exciting entertain
ment. 1t has mortgage and villain
Zone pair), a duet of lovers vocal,
tunefuD, comedians, bogey-men, as
sorted others, including that jovial
mountain Of royal, jelly. Old King
Cole. To top off the cast and give
the proceedings a distinctly modern
touch, a couple of fellows named Ollie
Dee and Stannie Dunn have been en-
franchised in Toyland, where prob
ably none recognized them as the for
mer Messrs. Laurel and Hardy. two
gay wags from California.
Although we are not addicted espe-
cially to the comic talents of M.
Laurel or M. Hardy, or both, it is
bounden duty here to report that they
comport themselves effectively in this
fantasy and are by no means parasites
on the body dramatic to which they
war against wicked Squire Barnaby
cMeddee me, muh proud beeooty, and
Ill tearrr up thuh mawgege") and
their thrilling campaign against the
bogeymen, Citizens Dee and Dunn un-
deniably earn their salt. Further
more, Stannie Dum's invention, the
pee-wee, is one of the most useful and
amusing gadgets discovered since
Santa Claus went into business. Use
ful. that is, If you can work it.
Also in the cast of Babes in Toy
land" is Miss Charlotte Henry, a
young lady who evoked cries of agony
from the cash customers in her late
lamented impersonation of Alice in
Wonderland" She seems to have re-
covered from the simpering fever and
is now pleasing ingenue. Miss Hen
ry. or Little Bo Peep if you want to be
technical about it, is wooed and won,
after some tribulations to be sure, by
a handsome young man with a good
singing voice.
There should be special and admir-
ing mention made also of the photog-
raphy, sets and direction of Babes in
Toyland," and gesture of approval
skyward in honor of Mr.. Herbert's
music.
The Columbia program this week
includes the usual short subjects and
. newsreel r. B. p, Jr.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

w Oil Va Iiilo) COulu uOt IldVt given Us
more welcome Christmas present.
OTHER diversions which we have
seen and heartily recommend for
your next Broadway jaunt include:
Personal Appearance" which is by
far the funniest comedy in New York.
There is one laugh every 10 seconds
1--WE counted them), and Hollywood is
taken for one of the pleasantest
rides" of its career. You will not
want to pass up Miss Gladys Georges
amazing exhibit of a film star stranded
in small town-and what she does
to engage the attention of plodding
hometown boy who prefers his in
ventions to her willy maneuverings.
The fact that Miss George was in
Hollywood last Summer may have
helped her with this mission" Not
for your Aunt Minnie, but for every
one else in the family.
Anything Goes" is the best musi-
Cal IN New York for the reason that
it has Victor Moore as a public
enemy" dressed in clerical garments.
and for Ethel Norman, who sings
that elegant Cole Porter lyric, I'm
the Top" better even than Marty
Rubin at our local Heigh-Ho Club
MISS Merman's red-hot chantings,
ana Mr.. Moore's quiet meanderings
around the deck of the ocean
liner. plus Mr.. Porter's salty
music. and Russell Crouse's sharp
shooting cracks" make this the
musical comedy of the season. 1t
is handsomely dressed. splendidly
scored, and gives Miss Norman the
chance of her young lifetime. The
first act lasted from $40 to 1920,
all OF which doesn't seem to take
more than 10 minutes.
The Great Waltz" is that giant
Max Gordon spectacle which is Wis
lted nightly at the Center Theater
by from three TO four thousand peo-
pie. 1t has by far the most impress
slve climax of any modern operetta.
giving ITS customers that Blue
Danube" waltz as Mr.. Strauss never
dreamed it would be played. The
stage orchestra joins with the pit
orchestra something on the order
OF one or two of the Loew's Fox
overtures here). and beats out that
popular one-two- three with all the
heart that it probably has ever had.
Guy Robertson, as the younger
Strauss, will soon be seen in the
movies.
Two Of the most popular Broad
way diversions have closed their doors
in New York and are moving toward
Washington. These include the splen-
did Abbey Players and the equally
splendid Doyle O'Carte Co. And,
OF course, special trains poured
out Of the Grand Central yesterday
by the pound, bound for Boston,
where Noel Coward was opening his
new play. Point Balaine."
And did you know that "Dods-
worth" will be coming here prob
ably IN February?
Evening star., 1934-12-26

arrest. He is comman nding lover, de-
flying all Thrums for the love of his
Babbie, Beryl Mercer also is present,
to turn In one of her fiawless char
acterizations as the minister's mother.
Alan Hale, as q drunkard reformed
by the dominating clergyman. and
Andy Clyde as the sole police force
of Thrums, are two others who lend
much to the general excellence Of the
film.
But it is Katharine Hepburn who
will thrill you. who will make you
laugh gaily one instant and wiring
your heart the next. 1.-THE Little
Minister" should be on your must"
list. whether it is for the charm Of
Barrie or for the sheer delight Of
watching Miss Hepburn. HIM.
Evening star., 1934-12-26

red velvet which made all the ladies
at the Savoy Plaza snack bar sit up
and take notice Winfield r. Shee-
han wandering through the Savoy
Plaza and looking for all the world as
If he preferred Hollywood to New
York Erskine Gwynne showing up
everywhere and looking, in every in
stance, as If he preferred being some
where else Dorothy Mackail very
pretty indeed at the cocktail hour at
the Morocco.
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Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1934-12-26

4WO Couples, way past Tile oU-yedr
mark, who sat right in front of us
last night at the Martin Beck Theater,
insisted on telling each other, and
hence most of the rows before and
behind them, that Miss Cornell had
moved them more than any of the 81
Juliets they had seen collectively be-
tween them. Veteran theater- -goers
of another age, they dried their eyes
when the curtain had come down for
the last time and preferred not to stir
until a polite usher came to tell them
that soon the lights would be dim
med. They sat there straight and very
sad after Miss Cornell's company had
had it's final curtain calls, and seemed
to defy the world to rouse them from
their Shakespearean reverie. If Miss
Cornell saw them she must have been
deeply moved by their devotion.
What seems to have aroused most
the enthusiasm of Shakespeare legions
color, and its speedy change Of
scenes, or its quaint music, and the
richness of the costumes, but the
slow, human and sensible way men,
bers of the cast speak their speeches.
Instead Of tripping their Elizabethan
verse and prose along at breakneck
speed, as class rooms tell you to do,
they pause along the way and make
the most of their dots and dashes.
Particularly in her balcony scene does
Miss Cornell lean on her commas and
fall into love with less speed than any
of her rivals. She is not only at this
moment grace and beauty personified,
but she speaks more music out Of her
throat than ever before and seems
with one fell swoop to have come upon
q peak In her career which she will
never surpaSS.
The most attractive scenes in this
new version of Romeo and Juliet"
are not, by the way, those between
Miss Cornell and her Romeo (played
not too imaginatively by Basil Rat
bone), but those between Juliet and
the nurse. Edith Evans, one of Eng
lands most distinguished actresses,
plays the latter with such finesse as
it is probable you have never seen
before on the stage, making her char
acterization a much more memorable
thing than anything else in the cast.
including an excellent Mercutio as
played by Brian Aherne and Charles
Waldron's Friar Lawrence.
For the above reasons, and for many
more, which would necessitate pages
and pages to tell, we advise-nay, in
sist-that you see this Cornell pro-
duction, knowing that it not only will
give you new liking for Shakespeare,
but that it will Enger in your minds
eye for so long as you live as one of
the things you have most enjoyed
seeing. Miss Cornell (and also Ray
Henderson, who so kindly consented
Evening star., 1934-12-26
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Marine Band
Symphony Orchestra. this evening, at
8 o'clock, in the band auditorium, Ma
rine Barracks; Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader; Arthur S. Whitcomb, second
leader.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
AUSTRALIA TO USE GAS
IN FIGHT ON 'HOPPERS'
Airplanes Will Be Used in War
on Pests in Big Wheat Area Of
Ayres Peninsula

ADELAIDE, South Australia (R.-
Millions Of grasshoppers invading
Ayres Peninsula, South Australia's S
biggest wheat area, are in for a hot
time. They are going to be wiped out
with poison gas.
The government is planning to use
alrplanes belching poison gas to quell
the pests which are ravaging crops,
pastures. gardens. fouling water pipes,
and invading homes.
Evening star., 1934-12-26
Katharine COrnell'S Fine
Juliet Draws All New York
Star Reaches Great Heights With Present
Production Rathbone as Romeo.
Other Good Shows on Broadway.
BY F.. de s. MELCHER.

pretty Broadway that Katharine
Connel only the handsomest but the lyric of al
the Juiets that have graced the stage in the past decade
view of her new production 10 Of Romeo and Juliet
only hauntngy beautiful but for nexpicabe she
years younger than she her ewhether
include
get Manhattan you seeing this
Shapespearean must which will only play four weeks this
time then missing the important
this season-and probably of any
Evening star., 1934-01-14
SURVEY OF TRACTION
ROUTING IS ORDERED
Utilities Commission Will Invite
Civic Groups to Form Ad.
visory Committee.

The Public Utilities Commission thif
week will issue an order for q technical
survey of the routing of the lines of tho
Capital Transit Co. and thereafter will
forward to q group Of business and civid
bodies invitations for the formation OF
an Advisory Committee to participate
in general plans for street railway
service.
The commissions survey of street CAT
routing will be under the direction OF
Fred A. Sager, commission engineer,
according to plans announced by Riley
e. Elgen, acting chairman Of the COM
mission. Mr.. Elgen estimated q staff Of
about "a would be required for the
work.
The survey would be made under an
assessment Of cost against the railway.
The following organizations will be
invited to have representatives on the
Citizens Advisory Committee: Board Of
Trade, Chamber Of Commerce, Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association,
Federation Of Citizens Associations, Fed
Grafton Of Civic Associations, the Traffic
Advisory Council and the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
c, v, 4. MAY MAKE
BUILDING SURVEY
Would Study Number, Value,
Ace and Condition of
Structures.
A comprehensive survey of the num-

A comprehensive survey of the num-
ber, value, age and physical condition
of all buildings owned by the District
may be one Of the civil works projects
Of the municipal government, 1t was an
ncunced yesterday by Engineer Com
missioner John c. Gotwals.
adoption Of such a project if the Fed
eral civil works program Is extended
from February Is to May /, as has been
suggested by some off1cials.
The compilation Of such data would
serve q valuable purpose In connection
for new buildings or for the remodeling
or elimination Of old structures.
A staff Of engineers, architects and
clerks, under such q plan, would be
set to work under the civil works pro-
gram to list carefully all District build
ings, to arrive at an estimate Of their
physical value, to note when the build
ings were erected, or altered, or re-
paired, or expanded, and to state what
Is their present condition. The survey
also would be intended to estimate the
life" of all buildings, so as to set up
time schedule Of when 1t would be
expected that the present buildings
would have to be replaced or retired
from service.
Civil works employees Of the District,
numbering 1851, yesterday received
Government pay checks totaling $751;
827, covering work performed during
the past week. In addition to these.
1880 persons on civil works service
projects, who are paid out Of District
emergency relief funds, received pay
checks totaling $11 ,522, making a grand
total of $263,349 for both classes, the
largest since the civil works program
was started In middle November.
Direct relief payments by the District
yesterday amounted to s.. 106. This was
disbursed to 418 families.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
BRITISH ARCHITECT
TO OD|SCUSS SLUMS
Mrs. Roosevelt Expected to
Attend Dinner in Honor of
Sir Raymond UnWin.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who has
shown much interest in alley elimina-
ton plans for Washington, Is expected
to attend the dinner which is being
given tomorrow evening by the Ameri-
can Civic Association in honor of Sir
Raymond Unwin, noted British archi-
tect and city planner. Sir Raymond
will speak on slum redevelopment at
the dinner meeting, which will be held
at Barker Hall, Y. w. C. A.
The Washington Committee of 100 on
the Federal City and the Washington
Committee on Housing will be the joint
hosts. Frederick A. Delano the asso-
cations president, will preside.
Directed British Program.
Because of his frequent visits to this
country, Sir Raymond Is intimately ac-
quainted with conditions here. The
general theme of his address will be
the advantages to be gained and the
obstacles to be overcome in q slum re-
development program.
Under his leadership, the British gov
ernment carried forward its great pro-
gram for slum clearance and recon-
struction similar to that which our
Federal Government is now undertake
ing. His opinions are valuable to those
upon city planning. public health. social
regeneration and kindred subjects.
Sir Raymond Is retiring president Of
the Royal Institute of British Architects
and was former chief technical officer
for housing and town planning to the
British ministry of health. During the
World War he was director of housing
in the ministry Of munitions. He was
knighted in 1892.
Holds Oxford Degrees.
Sir Raymond was educated In engi-
neering and architecture at Oxford He
holds q degree of doctor of technology
from the University of Prague and doc
tor of architecture from the University
Of Toronto. He enjoys an international
reputation as town planner, one OF
his best known works being the plan
for Letchworth, the first garden city OF
England. He is now technical advisor
to the Greater London Regional Plan
ming Committee.
Among the guests who will be pres
ent at the dinner are Mrs. Mary T.
Norton, chairman of the House District
Committee; Robert D. Kohn, director
Division of Housing, P. w. A.: DR.. M. l.
Wilson, director, subsistence home.
steads, p. w. A.; Mrs. Charles c. Rum
sey, chairman, Consumers Advisory
Board, N. r. A.; Mrs. Archibald Hop.
kins, Alexander B. Trowbridge, Col
Samuel p. Wetherill, jr., Of Philadel-
phia; members of the Washington
Chapter of the American Institute oi
Architects, the Washington Committed
on Housing and other planning experts
Evening star., 1934-01-14
LAMP POST GLOBE HITS
TWO IN AUTO COLLISION
Victims Treated for Light Injuries
After Crash at Seventh and
q Streets.

The casualties of an automobile COL
lision at Seventh and @ streets last
night were Q colored man and woman
struck on the head by the falling globe
from . lamp post, although four per-
sons were riding In the two machines
figuring In the crash.
The large glass globe was Jared
loose when one Of the cars was sent
careening against the lamp post. Stand
ing Just under the lamp, were Charles
Peyton, 63, Ills Seventh street, and
Cora McEaddy, 80, 1926 Fifteenth
street. Although the automobile did
not touch them, the lamp hit them
both. At Freedmen's Hospital, Peyton
was treated for contusions and lacer-
ations and the woman for lacerations
and brain conclusion.
The automobiles were driven by David
Cotan, 1875 & street southeast, and
Ralph L Burrell, 1909 T street. Bur-
rel1S machine, taxicab, was carrying
two passengers.