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Evening star., 1934-11-05
CHILDREN'S
GROUP SEEN
IN FINE PLAY
Story of John Smith and
Pocahontas WeH Staged
and SplendidIy Acted.

"Pocahontas." with real live In
dianS, the saving of John Smith and
all the other romantic details woven
into an interesting story. and played
by some extremely capable thespians,
was presented at the National The
ater Saturday morning to an en-
thuSiaStic audience. as the opening
offering of the Children's Theater of
New York.
Product Of the Childrens Theater
1t may have been, but there was no
age limit on enjoyment This version
of the story of the Indian princess
PocahontaS was written by Clare Tree
Major in collaboration with Mrs.
Aldarilla S. Beistle. conforms as
closely as possible with the historic
version. and is no end entertaining
The tale opens with the capture of
Capt. Smith by the hostile Indian
tribe. moves through the episodes
where he is brought to the Chief
Powhatan, is saved from death by
Powhatan's beautiful daughter, Poca-
hontaS, makes peace with the Indians
and undertakes the education of
Pocahontas, then ends on the happy
note of the Indian acceptance and
celebration of the marriage of Poca-
hontas and John Rolfe
A highly diverting piece it was
when presented in such a polished
manner by this group of accom-
pliShed performers. They brought
history to life. or life to history,
whichever you prefer There couldn't t
have been a better Pocahontas than
Elaine Skidmore. She seemed to
grasp and interpret the very thoughts
and feelings of the pagan Indian
maiden when confronted with white
customs, and she did fine job all
the way through. The intended
tomahawk victim and later friend of
Pocahontas, Capt Smith. was hand
somely done by Parker Mills. Helen
Denton and Lynne Fisher played
smoothly as the two English girls at
the FUrL VI Jamestown who clothed
Pocahontas in the accustomed civ
iliZed acco-trement, though that
young lady completely rebelled at
shoes and stockings. Miss Denton
also doubled as an Indian squaw, and
did it so well she appeared as much
Indian as any of the real ones
Dennis Reed, Frank Verigun, Ed
mund c. Wilkes. Wakeman Hartley
and George c. Peake are others who
turned in fine performances. Kuruks
Pahitu Uone Bear, Ga-Nay Shu-
Wah, Kisa-Kah Running Deer
Moo-Zuence little Moose), Pita-hau
fSwift Arrow. and Tski-riki bright
Eyes) interpreted the Indians of the
lay excellently, as perhaps would be
expected of them, but they did it
more because they are grand actors
than because they are Indians. The
job of playing the great Chief Pow
hatan fell upon the capable shoulders
of Mr.. Kuruks or Pahitu or Lone Bear
Evening star., 1934-11-05
FILM AT KEITH'S
CHANGED WEDNESDAY
New Feature Will Take the Place
of "Gift of Cab" Starring
Edmund Lowe.

"The Gift of Cab" is a noisy picture
with a trite plot whose only reason
for being" is to join together a series
of vaudeville acts-themselves not
so good. In fact. R-K-O Keith'S
management must think just that of
their current offering, for they have
announced that 1t will be replaced
Wednesday with another show.
Edmund Lowe, starred in the pic
ture, is not happily cast, and some
of the jokes were getting a trlf1e stale
that Summer Grant spent just out
side Richmond.
The cast if full of "names''-Ruth
Etting, Gloria Stuart. Phil Baker, Paul
Lukas, Ethel Waters, Victor Moore,
Boris Karloff, Alice White, Gene Aus
tin Alexander Woollcott. Gus Arm
helms Orchestra, June Knight. and
we don't know how many others
but one can't make an evenings en-
tertainment out of three or four
shots of La Etting singing "Talkin to
Myself" the Beale Street Boys and
Ethel Waters declaring musically that
they Amt Gonna Sin No Mo-" or
Gene Austin's grooming. j. T. K.
Evening star., 1934-11-05
Lawrence Tibbett Heard
In an Artistic Recital
Large Audience Enjoys Program Arranged 70,
Variety in Musical Taste-Sinser Demon
strates Beauty ct Songs in English.

die Allmacht" for The Erkling >
The only aria on the program. Largo
al factotum" from THE Barber oi
Seville" was received with such en-
thusiastic applause that Mr. Tibbett
gave the Prologue" from "Pagliacci
as an encore and two more arias, ID
Provenza" from La Traviata and THE
Evening Star" from Tannhauser after
the conclusion of the program. Ter
encores were given, ranging every
variety of mood.
Stewart Willie accompanied Mr.
Tibbett, as he did last season, and
proved that he has a place all his
own in the appreciation of a Tibbett
audience by the reception given him
after his solo numbers, Brahms
Rhapsody in G Minor" and Me
manns Gardens in Spring" The
audience left reluctantly at the END
OF the program, apparently never
tiring Of hearing the art of America {
most representative singer.
Evening star., 1934-11-05

Ed cENDA1 d1ltII IlOOIl anu
" evening the Monte Carlo
Ballet Russo filled the Ma
tional Theater at both per-
formances with an enthu-
siaStic crowd that had eagerly awaited
this return engagement of the famous
troupe. In the two programs they
covered every type OF ballet dancing
with modern presentations somewhat
in the majority.
Leonide Massine places himself as
just one of the solo dancers of the
group, although his Supcrbly finished
performance would single him out had
not his fame preceded him However.
his unusual genius is peculiarly ap-
parent in the amazingly diversified
choreography which he has designed
for the novel numbers which are
demonstrating the new trend of the
dance art. His fertile lnagination
seems limitlesS in variety OF idea. pose
and gesture and no subject to him is
unSuited to dance Installation
Seeking to widen the scope of the
dance as well as to bring it right up
to the moment he showed how his
inventive genius reacted TO pictori-
zation of a modern subject like The
Beach" and such an unthought-of
episode as Union Pacific" given as
the first numbers on the evenings
program.
In The Beach he has caught all
the small byplays of amusing purport
| and reproduced them in way to
demand a technical proficiency from
the members of the troupe while
! abandoning the graceful rounded
| movement Of the old school of ballet
In Union Pacific" he has assimi-
lated the colorful variety of types
which that era and extent of civiliza-
tion brought together and blended
them with rare skill without submerg-
ing the individualitieS. With rapid
complex movements calling for inde-
pendent and complete control of arms,
body and feet. and without any spe-
cial attempt to include softening
grace, he has made a strong. virile
dance story that held the breathlesS
interest of an audience still leaning
to the gentler manner of dance in
terpretations.
The last number was a repetition
of lie Beau Danube" seen here last
Evening star., 1934-11-05
Monte Carlo Ballet Russo
In Two Excellent Programs

Winter. In this ballet the decided
Improvement in the mechanical pro-
ficiency of the company over last
year was very noticeable. The spirit
throughout was strong and tempera-
mentful and the harmony in rendi-
ton more pronounced. Individually
also there is improvement in tech
nical sureness and ease Particularly
convincing was the work of Trina
Baronova. Tatiana Riabouchinska.
David Lichnine. while MaSsine'S solo
sketches were the outstanding mo-
ments of the program.
The afternoon performance pre-
sented Les Sylphides,' La Bou
tique FantaStique" and the Polovet-
zian dances from prince Igor" At
the last moment assistance was asked
from the local studio of Bekef-Dele-
porte. which sent SIX of its tinieSt
dancers to take part in La Boutique
FantaStique." With only time TO
run through their part, the children
managed to fit in completely with the
excellency of the famous ensemble.
Evening star., 1934-11-05

"HE recital OF Lawrence Tibbett
yesterday In Constitution Hall
was characterized by all the
i qualities that have become
synonymous with his name.
An artistic program excellently de-
livered. an overwhelming audience
that listened in rapt attention and
all the favorite encores given with
generous thought of the desires of
that audience duplicated the reports
of his success all over the country.
SO far only a T1bbett recital can
necessitate the placing of chairs on
the stage to accommodate the extra
number Of auditors which he COM
mands, and it must be gratifying to
this kindly minded singer to realize
that his art reaches further than the
ordinary musical public and to others
who visit concerts only rarely. Not
many artists have this appeal and
aside from the beauty of his singing,
It is due to the modest way in which
Tibbett conveys the impression that
his art belongs to his auditors and
that they have a right to hear as
much of it and as many of the songs
he has made known to them as time
will permit A busy singer with al
ways a train to catch, he nevertheless
tries to give pleasure to every one by
adding the song they most desire to
hear to an already ample program.
Yesterdays program was dignifed
one, progressively planned to a dra-
matte finish with numbers that called
into play all the brilliant facets of his
art. Except for the arias, the entire
program was given in English. which
is evidence again that Tibbett feels
particularly that his listeners have
right to all he can give >and he
will not minimize their pleasure by
the obscurity of a foreign language.
He has taken a firm stand on the
question OF singing in English and
yesterday demonstrated what beauty
can lie in the vowels and consonants
of our native language when properly
enunciated.
Tibbett is singer who approaches
his interpretations from the poets
angle. What the poet had in mind,
what the words mean, is given the
first consideration, the music becom-
ing secondary, in way. This is the
proper way in songs Interpretation.
One almost forgets how perfect is
the mechanism Of his delivery in the
manner in which he makes the text
stand out and his exquisite adjust
ment of vocal tone to the word color.
This was clearly seen in such songs
as The Souls Departure" arranged
by Deems Taylor, Brahms 20 wusSt
ich doch den Veg zuruck," Schubert's
Die Allmacht," Rachmaninoffs ITO
the Children" Ridgeways Traffic
and DavidSon's The Death Watch"
Two changes were made in the
second group. Brahms "Minnelied"
being substituted for VOLTS Joyful
With Bleeding Heart" and Schubert's
Evening star., 1934-11-05

whichever is the correct name to use.
He came through nobly In fact.
every one connected came through
nobly.
"Pocahontas" was directed. and di-
rected very we'll, by Clare Tree Major
head of the Children's Theater.
"Pocahontas" was presented for one
time only and it is too late to see it
now, but if you are at all interested
in witnessing some really fine work
in the theater (you don't have to be
"child') you had best make some
sort of notation of the next Chill
dren's Theater date, December 8.
H NJ
Evening star., 1934-11-05

"Robertas" then it is time maybe to
become so. If we pitched in to this
musical show then we should also
pitch into The Merry Widow "As
Thousands Cheer" THE Gay Di-
vorcee," Judge Priest" Hideout' and
other entertainments which are far
better than the average If the public
doesn't care for any of these, then it
had best go to see Down to Their
Last Yacht" which is probably the
worst film that was ever filmed.
And since this is the beginning of
the week and you may have forgotten
what there is to see in town may We
recommend the following people and
things which should probably please
you in your rounds of the theaters ::
The Merry Widow"-for those who
don't mind having the original widow
go boom out of the window-and
/ who like attractive music. attractive
people, attractive sets, attractive cos
tumes-and a very attractive dog
which turns suddenly from black to
white.
Jimmy Savo-funnier even than
you have heard that he would be.
Josephine Hutchinson-when she
gets going in Happiness Ahead
tby the way, aren't the Warner Bros.
making a mistake putting Dick
Powell in so many pictures? They'll
kill him if they're not CAREFUL.
That dance team that singer-wig
gler, and Jack Denny's agreeable
music at the Fox and man called
Sydney Howard in Trans Atlantic
Merry o-Round."
Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati.
And yesterdays Ballet Russo de
Monte Carlo.
IF YOU read "Nyjinsky" you went.
of course, yesterday TO this Ballet
Russo (which. by the way, should have
put plenty of gold in the T. Arthur
! Smith Bureaus pocket. And if you
went to the ballet and saw those IA
year-old girls do such dancing as
would take your Cousin Agatha 81
years to approximate. you also prob
ably wanted to go back stage after
wards
We hope that you didn't A ballet
| is one thing on the stage-and an
other thing off stage. Age suddenly
pops up like a sore thumb. We won't
say who we saw or what they said
but suddenly the icing came off the
ballet and we were left rather cold
! and dry.
| At 1908 a m We saw Leonide Mas
/ sine and Nine. Massine walking to
their hotel-and the great Massine
/ were carrying two large yellow suit
/ cases.
IT ADY BY CHOICE" and LA
Cucaracha' open at Keith's
this Wednesday,
Evening star., 1934-11-05

This gibe at Miss Templeton got us
as mad as the write-ee probably in
tended that it should. While we do
not care two figs whether that person
enjoyed the show or not (and we did
enjoy it, we 90 think it a roaring
shame that actresses should be blamed
for their age, and that when they
have the opportunity to play role
which becomes their greying years,
that they receive the bird" for so
doing
Does Mr.. angelo" think that Gin
ger Rogers should have played this
part or perhaps Janet Gaynor? Does
he believe that some cinema baby with
q pert face and no experience should
have crooned away at that song
breaking her heart out over a past
which she never had? Fie, Mr.. So
and-So! And if you don't care for
Miss Templeton why then Miss Tenn
pleton probably wouldn't care for you
either.
HE public. of course, expected too
much in Roberta" Rumors hav-
ing said that it was a sparkling musi-
cal comedy, full of melody, wit and
grace, didn't help it to be enjoyed by
those who also expected to be up
rooted out of their chairs. Roberta -
never was and never will be a Life
Begins at $40" Max Gordon didn't
intend that it should He built his
words around a tuneful score and then
said to himself. Now, I'm not going
to have hooters come in and break
up this thing Just because the audience
likes hooferS.'
So the audience didn't get hooters
And the audience didn't get Libby
HolmanS, bowling out their tonsls. or
JeritZaS painting furiouSly as they
crashed that high e" And the audi
ence didn't get rows of elegant fe-
males doing a dance such rs Mr.. Jack
Denny's torch singer does this week
at the Fox
What the audience got was a digni-
f1ed little Operetta-humorless but at
tractive-and worth while if you have
so much as the smallest regard for
nice music. We don't agree with
George M. Cohan, who said that il
was the best musical show he had seen
in 20 years, but neither do we agree
with one of the Marx Brothers, who
when asked by friend what was the
surest cure for insomnia said. "Ro-
berta!'
IF WE are not to recommend such
dignified entertainment as
Roberta" then what are we to
recommend? If we are to tell hungry
theater-goers to stay away from such
performances what is there left for
them to see? We still think that
drama reviewers are not quite so sour
as Mr. Elmer Rice thinks that they
are-but if people want lis to roast
Evening star., 1934-11-05
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Z ESTERDAY afternoon and
" evening the Monte Carlo
Ballet Russo filled the Ma
tional Theater at both per-
Evening star., 1934-11-05
PRESENT PROGRAM.

Winifred Howell Artaud, pianist,
and Anne Yago McGuffey, soprano.
will present a program of music at
the Arts Club tomorrow evening at
O'Clock. Mrs McGuffey will be ac-
companied by Fanny Amstutz Roberts
The hostess for the evening will be
Mrs Charles w. Fairfax.
Evening star., 1934-11-05

81" ADY BY CHOICE and La
Cucaracha' open at Keith's
this Wednesday.
Evening star., 1934-11-05
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

recital Of Lawrence Tibbett
yesterday In Constitution Hall
was characterized by all the
i qualities that have become
Evening star., 1934-11-05
"Roberta" Fails to Please
All Washington Customers
Some Letters Declare 1t Pallid Show, Lacking
in Speed and Vocal Accomp plishments.
The Case of Fay Templeton.
BY E. de s. MELCHER.

GREAT many people disappointed in Roberta There
y is longer to withhold this truth Letters came
pad show slow and voiceless but that had excuse
whatsoever for its existence One
to call for having enjoyed Miss Fay Tempeton in
her YeSteryear momenand to most unkndy that she
should dragged off the boards should Miss
on O her
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10
Inventions to Forward
Period of Prosperity

The stage is set for the noblest
prosperity In all history, says a
writer. in an eastern magazine.
Thousands of inventions await us. A
queer new tube is ready to displace
tens Of millions Of dollars worth Of
electrical equipment and cut In half
the cost Of transmitting power.
Sugar added to cement more than
doubles its strength; thus tomor.
rows buildings will rise more cheap
ly and better. =. i
Strange alloys are on hand for re-
ducing the weight Of trains, autos
and airplanes. Automotive engineers
say that, If the producers wished.
they could double the lives Of their
cars at a slight increase Of cost.
The list of precious improvements
on hand but still unused is almost
endless-and infuriating. :. ...r,..' ....t
The reason they are not available
now is that nobody can be sure that
people stand ready to foot the bill.
The art Of making things has been
perfected, chiefly through advances
in physics and chemistry. Its tech
niques are those Of the engineer.
But the art Of analyzing peoples
wishes and then influencing them to
use things Is still on the level Of
the camp-meeting evangelist. tn
exponents employ the sawdust trail.
ballyhoo and incantations. s :5
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10

cation. The prize scholars at the
older. universities are seldom the
progeny of graduates. There 10 no
class which has monopoly on read
ing and thinking on the tremendous
problems Of this nation and Of the
world. %3S =; s ,1E5,
The base of knowledge is very
broad and continually extending.
This people are more In possession
Of the facts of history and Of science
than is elsewhere to be found on
any comparable scale.
knowledge does not insure polit-
ical and economic salvation, but II
should help toward that desired goal.
In an ancient book of wisdom It was
admitted that ten men Of the right
sort would save city. In this great
country there are millions who are
becoming well equipped for such q
task. Stability is never due to the
quality Of the apex Of the pyramid,
but to the broadness Of It's base.
That has become the hope of Amer
lea and the broadening continues.
This people enquiries to know
Uncle Dudley, in the Boston Globe.
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10
MRS. WILLIAMS GAINS RELIEF FROM
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contributions from
federal relief work
ers, and who was re-.
nominated for COVER
nor BY the Repub-
licans, has withdrawn
from the race. The
Republican central.
committee promptly
selected Mrs. LANCER
to head the ticket, and
Il she wins, the vic
tory will be hailed 40
. vindication Of her
hnoh0 ~ .- 4r,<,A rf
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10
Dishpan Reaectors

The canyon of the Colorado about
the Hoover dam is brilliantly illumi-
mated at night by thousands Of cleo
tric lights which are ably backed mp
by a great brigade Of dishpans. It
appears that these lamps are subject
ed to a variety of hard experiences
and to keep them supplied with re-
fectors which are ordinarily mada
use of FOR this purpose would be a
very expensive proposition by reason
Of the frequent breakage. A bright
new dishpan was experimental with
for this service and the results were
found to be SO satisfactory that they
were adopted all over the site. Ten
thousand dishpans were ordered for
this purpose.
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10

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Campaign 'sPunch"
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gradients for . good punch. They
have been used lavishly In the punch
the Republican candidates intend to
force upon their Democratic opponents
In the Middle and Far West during
the coming fall elections. VIM
& Some Of this campaign brew explod-
"a while being bottled IN the closing
days of the Seventy-third congress-
There would have been more suds on
the door had It not been for the strict
limitations on debate imposed In the
house during the last days !, "a
The bottling Of this punch has been
In the hands Of former Republican
Representative John q SchafIer Of
Wisconsin, who was defeated for re-
election In the 1882 Democratic land
slide, but who will run for congress
this fan either for the senate against
Ia Toilette, or a. representative from
his Milwaukee district.
All summer the former congressman
has been assiduously working with
business and corporation directories
tying certain ofIicials In the present
administration up with Cuban sugar
companies ana domestic distilleries
through interl6cking directofatss and
direct connect1ons. w ss
Jolned With H. Wlsconsin politician
are incumbsnt Representatives fron
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10

Ferguson Of Texas once was s.vindi.
cated' By the election Of his wife.
Ars. LANCER. member Of family
socially prominent m New York, has
never before taken part In politics.
She % homeloving woman and the
mother OF four daughters Her on
ponent In the fall election win Be
Thomas b. Noodle, 4 Williston news
paper man who was nominated By the
Democrats. 5
DAUL MAY, Belgian ambassador 10
! the United States died IN wash
ington hospital following an aldo.
minal operation. M. May was Z vet
eran diplomat and had held the post
In Washington since April. 1891. Ha
vas man ef engaeins peesonality.
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1934-08-10
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committee, including
several cabinet mem
bers, that was named
to get ready the nee
essary legislation for
action by the next
congress. Executive
director Of this com
mittee, and therefore
the most important;
member, is Prof. Ed
win q. Witte, econo-
mist Of the Univer.
sitv Of Wisconsin far.