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Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
Home Department
Meetings Listed

This week only two home depart
ment meetings have been held but
Tie next week IS schedule is COM
pletely filled.
Yesterday Spruce Westmorland
at its meeting on egg cookery de-
cided that the department share
in the home department exhibit at
tie fair is to be a display illus
trating the uses of tomatoes, fea-
turing various methods of preser-
Vation.
Next week s schedule which will
feature egg cookery and oven meals
is as follows.
Eastside- Sunset will meet Tues
day, February 20 at the Friend IS
church, Holtville; Wednesday Jas
per will meet with Mrs. l.. S. Nea-
gle and Mt Signal will hold fol-
Iow-up meeting on quilting at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Cook. Thurs
day Rose Mesquite will meet with
hrs. NJ. Trentham and Friday, Nc
be-Eucalyptus has called spe-
cal meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
BAKER STUDENTS
CONCERT SUNDAY \

Hazel Baker, teacher of piano
announces the mid-year concert by
her students for Sunday afternoon,
February l8.
This concert will take place at
2:30 p. m. in the studio at 665 He'll
and a cordial welcome will be ex-
tended to all interested in attend
ing.
The majority of the students
will be presented and the program
will feature both ensemble and
solo work. Those who have at
tended the excellent concerts given
previously by the studio are look
!ag forward to Sundays event.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
:::::' Is: OF Interest to Women
Social Calendar
TONIGHT

IONlIH1
Experimental theatre, $3.50, See
ley.
Junior 10000 club, $50, club
house.
V. F. w. broadcast, $50, Vet
Grams hall.
Old time dances Veterans hall.
Alamo-Nerde farm center, 1:45,
Alamo school
Il. p. o. f. No. 1925, s, Elks
hall.
l. V. Council No. "a, S, Masonic
temple.
Barbara Worth Rebekahs, S,
532 Main.
Troop 5, B. :. A.. 7:30, Secley.
TOMORROW
PhySic culture section, $50,
10000 club.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
PERUAl
PARAGRAPH

Members of Chapter CIV, p. E.
O., will meet Saturday, February
II. at 1890 with Mrs. Louis Slee.
87S Orange avenue. Miss Winifred
House will be cohosteSs.
Mrs. Hazel Baker has been en-
joying a visit from her sister, Miss
Ada Hickory of Carlsbad. Due to
The fact that an epidemic of meas
los has forced the closing of the
Carlsbad schools temporarily, Miss
Hickory was able to visit Mrs.
Baker at this season of the year.
Mrs. James Peck Of Jacumba is
visiting Mrs. F. d. Jacobs.
T. C. Lanier is in San Diego to-
/ day on business.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
LAST REHEARSAL
FOR OPERETTA

Dress rehearsal for the high
school operetta, Jewels of the
DeSert' is taking place tonight, all
being in readiness for this last re-
hcarSal.
The operetta. which is a delight
ful production. will be presented to-
morrow night and Saturday in the
chool auditorium under the di-
rection of Miss Lucille Krause.
Tickets may be reserved at the
Valley Drug Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
OLD TIME DANCE
AT HALL TONIGHT

United Spanish War Veterans and
Auxiliary invite the public to join
hem tonight at $50 O. clock when
another of the favorite old time
dances will take place in the Vet
Grams hall
Old time dances and music will
alternate with waltzes and fox trots
so that everyone S tastes may be
suited
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15

and those wishing to order them
are asked to phone 904
In addition to those made to fill
the orders. the girls will have a
booth where they will sell dough-
nuts. the exact location of this
booth to be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-15
EPWORTH LEAGUE
DOUGHNUT SALE

Members of the EpWorth League
of the Methodist church are plan
ming doughnut sale for Saturday
of this week. Delicious homemade
doughnuts will be offered for sale
Evening star., 1934-02-11
An Oasis Remains.

MOTORISTS along the Western des-
ert stretches of the Broadway Of
America" will continue to be treated
to the sight of a picturesque oasis
among the sand dunes near Yuma,
Ariz-, if a plan now under considera-
ton is given official approval.
The oasis at present In view from
the transcontinental highway was
constructed by the art department Of
the R-K-O-Radio Pictures Studios
in Hollywood as a setting for the des-
ert film The Lost Patrol" If Gov
ernment approval is given it will be
left there as a permanent picture
setting.
Located near the crest Of q rolling
dune, a half mile from the highway,
the oasis consists of a rambling white
Arabic structure surrounded by palm
trees. While the transplanted palms
may not survive in the shifting, arid
sands, the mosque-like building was
so constructed as to Withstand the
rigors Of the desert.
During the filming Of the picture
water from the pool located in the
center of the oasis was pumped from
a deep well sunk near the highway
to tap the subterranean flow Of the
Colorado River.
Officials of the studio later con-
ferred with representatives Of the
United States Department Of the
Interior relative to leaving the oasis
among the dunes.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Theater. Here is Karloff's most fas-
cinating characterization, coming to
life against a background that is all
that eery describes or connotes. T.
Hayes Hunter directed "The Ghoul, "
after a story by DR.. Frank King and
Leonard Hines. prepared for the
screen by Roland Pertwee and John
Hastings Turner. In the supporting
cast are Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest
Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson. Anthony
Bushell, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Kath-
leen Harrison and Ralph Richardson.
THE Ghoul" is curious mixture OF
Poe and Matthew Phipps Shiel. In
completing its program, the Rialto
offers short comedy, selected short
er feature, plus the latest Universal
News with Graham McNamee as the
Talking Reporter.
-K-O KEITH'S is is now present.
N ing an unusual motion picture,
1.-THE Lost Patrol" which was filmed
under the direction Of John Ford
for Radio Pictures from the ia
nous British novel, Patrol" by
Philip Macdonald. The cast includes
Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Reg
inald Denny, wallace Ford, J. M. Ker-
rigan, Sammy Stein, former wrestler,
making his first appearance on the
screen; Billy Bevan, Allan Hale and
Douglas Waltor.
Supplementary program includes
another of the Meyer-Davis musical
productions, "Bubbling Over" star
ring Ethel Waters: an animated car
toon and the Pathe News.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Teasdale Signed.

As A RESULT of her work in Fash
ions of 1884" the new William
Powell starring picture for First Ma
tional, verree Teasdale has been
signed to a long-term contract by the
company Miss Teasdale completed a
leading role opposite Richard Barthel-
mess in "a Modern Hero" recently,
her work In that film also having a
bearing on the awarding Of her long
term contract. She will be groomed
for stardom and First National now is
considering her for the role of one OF
the Expresses, Josephine or Marie
Louise, opposite Edward G. Robinson
in Napoleon: His Life and Loves" as
the first of her films as a contract
player at the studios. Miss Teasdale
went to Hollywood with a Broadway
background Of success in such plays
as THE Constant Nymph," THE
Greeks Had Word for It." Expert
ence Unnecessary" and many others.
Fashions of 1884" is her sixth film
role.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Indians Go
Hollywood

Y HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Gold Old
Lo, the poor Indian, has gone
Hollywood, too. As q matter
i i Of fact the most interesting
Of the Indian reservations in
the country is the one a few miles
from Hollywood, over which the Gov
eminent exercises no control.
Massacre" the new Richard Bar
thelmess film, brought the Hollywood
Indian reservation to the First Ma
tional studios attention. The studio
had engaged Chief Standing Bear, a
noted Sioux, to act az technical ad-
wiser to the director, Alan Crosland.
Az conSultant he revealed to the d.
rector and his co-workers that he was
the leader Of o colony Of 800 redskins,
all of them mov1e-struck.
Like other nationals IN . strange
land, these FIRST Americans from Diff
ferent nations, including the Sioux,
Crow. Blackfoot, Nez Perce, Usage.
Ute and Piute, naturally have banded
together. All Of them aspire to movie
work, not as stars particularly, but as
atmosphere and bit players In horse
operas" and other films which call for
Indians. The life Is extremely easy,
practically indolent, the few dollars Of
revenue from occasional work keeping
body and soul together.
Chief Standing Bears rght-hand
man Is Silver Moon, a Cherokee by
birth, but, like him, a white man by
training. Between the two Of them
they govern the Hollywood reservation,
with the others participating in more
or less democratic form Of government.
They represent the group in its con-
facts with the studios and have put In
operation a plan whereby the colony
can be almost self-sustaining. The
things they cannot produce for them
selves are bought with the money their
few picture calls earn.
Accordingly, Thunder Bird keeps the
general store. White Eagle runs d
lunch wagon. Iron Eyes operates a
garage. Big Tree jerks sodas in a
patched shack. Under such a system
the reservation depends on the white
man only for such specialized services
as medical and dental work.
Chief Standing Bears redSkn rela-
tives live in hopes Of movie work such
as they get in films like Massacre, ~
which, incidentally, put the whole
colony to work for a few days. Al
though most Of them are good only
for atmosphere work, the Barthelmess
picture revealed that the belle of the
Indian village, l6-year-old Agnes
Narcha, could act, and act well. Ac-
cordingly, Maxwell Arnow, the studio
casting director, has her filed away
for future reference in the event In
dians are needed again.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

son. What does matter Is that she
should be given nice script, some
nice clothes and an idea Of the per-
sons mind rather than of her weight.
Queens should be drawn to measure
ment in the cinema, not by their
avoirdupois, but by their brains. And
If they haven't any brains-well-that
possibly doesn't matter either.
CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER is one
~ Of Washington's favorite enter
tainers. In the past two years she
has endeared herself to the local
public, not only by immortalizing the
wives Of King Henry VIII so elo-
quently that one of our most distin-
guished native critics deems them
better entertainment than were Mr.
Charles Laughton's salty collection, but
she has done well by the late En-
press Eugene, and perhaps even bet
ter by that Philadelphia matron who
talks to her little boy about arithme-
tic and "mawbles."
When Miss Skinner, a graduate of
Bryn Mawr College, comes here to-
morrow night for the fist time at a
benefit staged by the Wellesley Club,
it is hoped that she will have as large
q house as she deserves. One of the
brighter luminaries Of our stage, she
Is one Of the few American actresses
who, besides Eva LIE Gallienne and
one or two others, has definitely be-
gun to make what seem to be per-
manent footsteps in the sands of
time" BY courageously batting
around the country all by herself, by
reviving the colorful, if sometimes
seamy, sides of history, she has not
only stirred up interest in the one
woman show as legitimate stage en-
tertainment, but she has threatened,
to make herself a complete narra-
tive of the past.
We have only one complaint to
make to Miss Skinner, whom we
have followed with great veneration
in her rounds, and that Is, why
doesn't she find some small Ameri-
can bit Of history and tie her extraor-
dinary talents to that? Cannot she
dig up some native lady of charm,
or some lusty Barbara Frietchie, or
even a battling Carrie Nation, and
draw a dramatic sequence out Of her?
1t sounds like pretty difficult as
signment, but somewhere and some
how there must have been in this
young country Of ours a moment or
two which deserves immortalization
in Miss SINNERS repertoire. She
has done so much for England and
France already that it is logical to
ask her to stop for a moment and
think q little about herself
Evening star., 1934-02-11
In Theater
Guild Play

n UTH GORDON, for several
- years one Of the outstanding
leading women in New York,
L Y will play an important role
In the Theater Guilds pro-
duction Of John Wexley's new play,
"They Shall Not Die" at the National
Theater for one week, beginning Feb
ruary 49,
The career of this young actress
has been one of the most interesting
romances on the American stage. She
is New England product, daughter
Of a retired sea captain, born in Wal
liston, Mass. When a mere child she
persuaded her father to loan her
enough money to enter a dramatic
school. There she studied the art OF
acting for q year, despite the dis
couragement Of friends who attempted
to persuade her she would never be-
come an actress. Ironically enough,
her first performance was as dancer,
this in support Of Maude Adams in
a revival Of Peter Pan"
The turning point came in her
career when she was married to the
late Gregory Kelly, fine young actor.
who always knew considerable about
directing. Gregory, alone. believed
that she was possessed of extraordi-
nary talent and his unfaltering en-
couragement of her career is one OF
the favorite legends Of the theater.
He directed her performances. ad-
vised her in choice of roles, and re-
fused to allow her to read critics
reviews, arguing that If they were
praise it would spoil her and If she
was criticized adversely it would dis
courage her.
The two decided to go to India
napolis and organize a stock company,
and their choice for their first per-
formance was, of all things. Romeo
and Juliet" After rehearsing this
for a while they decided that the
Indianapolis public might not like 1t
so well, so they retained only the
balcony scene and presented it on the
same bill with Fair and Warmer"
The latter play was hit, but Shake
speare didn't go soEell.
Miss Gordon returned to New York,
appeared in several plays and then
came her famous role in saturdays
Children" Maxwell Anderson's bril-
liant play This engagement ran for
more than year. Then she was cast
in the title role of Serena Blandish."
the dramatization which S. N.
Behrman made Of the well known
novel Her performance as the
frustrated Juliette of modern London
society was one of the headlights of
the year, it was produced in Broad
way.
Later, in Hotel Universe" Miss
Gordon again had one Of those roles
in an ironic comedy.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
NHE LOVES OF CHARLES
H." which Cornelia Otis
Skinner will offer for the
| first time In Washington

i first time In Washington
tomorrow evening at the
National Theater, and will repeat
Friday and Saturday nights and at
the Wednesday matinee, presents a
cross-section Of life in the English
court following the restoration Of the
Stuarts.
1t definitely confirms Miss Skinner
as the sole mistress of the dramatic
sequence" That art was her own in
vention several years ago when she
disclosed THE Wives of Henry VIII"
as a novel and exciting development
Of the old-fashioned monologue in
the direction of the theater The
Empress Eugene" proved that the
invention was no accident. And now
this young actress-dramatist, daugh-
ter of the dean of the American
stage, Otis Skinner, reveals her third
dramatic sequence. 1.-The Loves Of
Charles II"
Miss Skinner begins her new dra-
matte sequence with the bereaved
mother Of Charles, Henrietta Maria
La Refine Douloureuse With almost
prophetic knowledge she looks into
the sad eyes of the prince who is to
be the merry monarch, and sees the
unhappy world that he will look
upon, and remake, by kind of gal
lantry, into a merry masquerade.
The second of these loves is a
Dutch tavern wench, consolation
Of the young pretender's exile in
Breda, and first evidence of that
susceptibility which was to tax the
patience and the purse strings of his
people.
Barbara Viuiers, the Lady Castle
maine Of history, follows in typical
domestic quarrel with her royal lover,
while posing for her portrait as Bel
Iona, Goddess Of War.
The high-born Louise de Queroalle
comes next, the young girl whom a
shrewd French court sent to England
to negotiate the Treaty of Dover.
Before her artful diplomacy, the easy
monarch falls, confident that his is
the conquest.
Next in succession is bluff Nell
Gwyn-the pretty, witty Nell" OF
theater history, actress and orange
girl, urchin from the lowest streets
and slums of London; the gamin-
wit of q golden age Of great wits
Alone Of all Charles favorites to love
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Where and When in Local Theaters

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Otis Skinner in "The Loves of
Charles H." Tomorrow night at $3.50 pm.
GAYETY-Burlesque. Today at 2:15 and 8:15 pm
R-K-O KEITHS-"The Patrol" at 2 3:52 554, 7:4s
and 9:48 pm.
RIALTO-"The Ghoul" at 234 421, 608 755 and 942 pm
EARLE-andaay," at 2:2o 445, 7:35 and 10 pm. Stage
show at 1885, 6:25 and 8:55 pm.
LOEWS FOX-"Sx of Kind" at 440, 7:35 and 1910
Stage show at 1885, $50 and pm
PALACE-Mouln Rouge" at g. 355, $50 7:5O and GAS pm
COLUMBIA-"Mr. Skitch" at 24O 425 6:15 and $50 pm
METROPOLITAN This afternoon evening
Evening star., 1934-02-11

magnificent physique and daredevil
riding set the hearts of the gentler sex
af1utter. Ann Dvorak plays the part
of the Indian maid, while Claire Dodd
Is the hirtatious society siren. Three
hundred real Indians, representing IL
tribes, appear in bit parts and extra
roles, forming a picturesque back
ground for the stirring events. Be-
sides the Indians, there is a noted
cast of white players in support Of
Barthelmess, including Dudley Digges,
Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Arthur
Hohl, Sidney Toler and Tully Mar
shall.
Short reel subjects, including Ben
Blue In a Vitaphone comedy, "Nerv-
ods Hands," a Merrie Melody song
cartoon, "Pettin' in the Park" and
the latest issue of the Paramount
Sound News, complete the program.
MIKE SAKS and his Gals From
= Saxony" are the current attrac-
ton at the Gayety, starting with to-
days matinee. The matinees are
proving popular with two shows
daily, first show at IL noon, and the
ever-popular amateur nights every
Friday.
WILL ROGERS with Zazu Pitts as
w his screen mate returns to a
downtown theater this week with his
latest comedy, Mr.. Skitch," being
currently offered on the screen Of
Loew's Columbia Theater. "Mr.
Skitch" Is brought to the Columbia
following a successful week at the
Fox. The screen play Is based upon
Anne Cameron's Saturday Evening
Post story, Green Dice" Rogers,
head Of family of six, suddenly finds
himself penniless. He placed his
brood in an old, dilapidated car and
starts toward California with the hope
that he may find work. He lands a
job as waiter in a gambling casino,
gambles the first dollar he earns and
wins $4,000 only to have his wife lose
it in an auto camp. Penniless once
more, he starts off on another jour-
ney. The experiences Of Rogers and
his family. plus the romance Of his
daughter and West Pointer, fill this
film with uproarious sequences and
some captivating romance episodes.
RoRIs KARLoFF is back again in
- his latest film feature, "The
Ghoul," which is playing at the Rialto
Evening star., 1934-02-11

miss Media Harrington to q roman
tic illustrator. She, chilled by his
arctic attentions, finds warmth in the
furnace arms of this painter Gester
Valid. While visiting his rivals apart
ment one day MIR. Matthews involun-
tarily shoots and kills desperate
woman who is there for good reasons.
His opponent Is arrested for murder,
and he, being a good scout, consents 70
defend him as he comes to trial IN
the Court Of General Sessions. How
he ingeniously frees his betrayer IN
a stage trial more burlesque than
usual leave to your imagination and
that of Crosby Gaige, who Is one Of
the knowingest of the producers. The
intention is worthy. the acting is good
and the play itself is not so punk as
it might be under other auspices.
WHAT, I wonder, would the patient
w and understanding Hopkins say
were he critic, about The Wind and
the Rain? Would he boost 1t because
what he calls its basic aims" are
good, or would he tell his subscribers
Ills I1Ol16SI O1 II dS an ell
tertainment, Would he let it down
yesfully and thereby lure innocent
amusement seekers to come from
Montclair and Huntington, at large
expenditure Of money and time, and
at the risk of finding his advice un-
profitable? Or would he warn them,
as do, that it is just a small senti-
mental show describing in obvious
terms Of the stage the uneventful lives
and loves Of some theatrical students
Of medicine, going to college in a
phony Edinburgh? 7 will wager ten
Cornell dollars to one that If O'Neill,
Barry and Hopkins had been criticiz-
ing the plays Of this season there
wouldn't have come from their pens
one favorable notice, excepting. of
course, the reviews of their own enter
priseS.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

At the moment Gloria Swanson Is
IN the lead. Since she Is dark and
occasionally stormy. she might fill the
bill. Yet, rumor has 1t that she Is too
short Almost as much to the moguls
liking is Kay Francis. Yet, she is too
tall. Somewhere In the off1ng stands
Ann Dvorak waiting word If she Is to
play q role which even Lenore Uric
has taken a crack at
But, temporarily, no Josephine. And
we are convinced that the reason for
this Is that the Warner Bros. are
too clannish with their players-too
hmited-that they parade their stars
TOO frequently before the public, with
out hunting about for new ones or
being on the lookout for such new
comers as have made the R-K-O COM
pany, for instance, one Of the sudden
" important cinema firms, having
orept up from a non-scoring last sea-
son. by signing up Katharine Hepburn
and Francis Lederer.
nOES it matter, however, who plays
Josephine as long as she IS well
played? Does height and width and
&he size of the players teeth mean
more than a molehW in the scope of
The average audiences intelligence?
Who gives q continental whether
Josephine Is 5 feet 2 or 5 feet 8 so
perSuaciveneSS?
This point Is driven home currently
by none other than the great Garbo,
q lady who has taken Queen Chris
tina, made her lean when she actually
was square, handsome when she was
obviously plain, and amorous when
she was probably a seventeenth CEN
tury ice machine
Miss Garbo in her new film, Queen
Christina" proves that queens can be
made quite plausible even though you
change their size, their shape and
their morality. She does things to
the queen which the average historian
would cry overland she is never so
real as when she Is being unreal. By
her charm. her might, her imagina-
tion and her exaggeration, she turns
IN q performance which has power
and glory and everything, not only
that player should want, but what
IN audience should want.
Therefore, why bicker about q
queen? Take the lady who fits in
psychologically with the plot, put a
diamond here and diamond there
give her q few snappy scenes with
Napoleon-don't pay too close atten-
tion 10 history and you'll probably
have a pretty good film. It doesn't
matter two flddleSticks whether Miss
Francis plays the role, or Miss Swan