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Evening star., 1934-03-04
Sir Oliver Lodge
By C. Patrick Thompson

~ EFORE Henry Ford was out Of
rompers or radio had been heard
Of or Franklin Roosevelt was
u born, young clerk walked in .
dream through the streets Of
Hanley, grimmest and grimiest of the
Five Towns, Britain's potteries district.
An observer. seeing him lost in a mist
Evening star., 1934-03-04
TWILL LIVE AFTER DEATH?"
Yes, Says This
Here
Does Our Au Our Spirit Coon Living tr Our Material Body Dies?
Noted Physicist Who Bases His Belief Upon Scientific In7estgatu
He Tells Why He Thinks the Spirits Of the Dead, Under

1t then belongs to another order 0
existence, or, as some would say, Of
non-existence; that it is likely to be
free from any relationship even with
space and time, and must have departed
entirely out of our ken, so that COM
municatiOn or intercourse is no longer
possible until perhaps at some future
day when the material body shall have
been somehow resuscitated and restored
to its old function in glOrifled form,
so that the spirit can resume its active
control.
THE existence of spiritual body Is an
idea, in one form or another, at
least as old as st. Paul.
And recently an etheric version of
such body has been approved-and,
il not inculcated, at any rate regarded
as step in the right direction-by some
Of the more thoughtful and philoso-
phically minded communicators ION the
other Side.'
What they know by experience Is that
though discarnate, they are certainly
not disembodied; they feel no more
diSembodied than we do.
They tell us that they still have sub
Stantial instruments of manifestation
which serve for intercourse among each
other and that it is through this per-
manent instrument that they are able
occasionally, and under certain condi-
tions, to operate indirectly through our
organisms on the matter of this planet.
Now, although the departed may not
understand fully and completely Of
what their present body is composed,
or how they operate on it so as to
produce the results they design and
predicament as they were when here
and as we are now.
For we do not know how We control
our bodies of matter nor what the ma
ture Of the connection between mind
and matter is.
We know that we have muscles and
nerves and brain centers. We can dis
sect and describe this part of the mech
anism. But how physiological instru-
ment-how any kind of mechanism
can think and feel and plan and will
ana remember and hope and love we
certainly cannot explain.
The truth is that it is we ourselves
who really do all the psychical things.
The body neither thinks nor wills nor
sees nor feels. It is an instrument, .
channel, medium.
The revolution in physical science
which has been going on all through
this century has had the effect of di-
recting our main attention away from
material bodies and concentrating it on
the multifarious happenings in space.
In my belief this process will go fur
ther, for that is where our real exist
ence lies-and there is our spiritual
home
Copyright BY London International Press)
Evening star., 1934-03-04

\N/ physical point OF view we
v Y are up against the ancient
problem of the connection
between mind and body.
The body is certainly made OF matter,
but matter is inert; it never does any
thing; it is completely controlled by the
forces acting upon it-forceS which exist
In the empty space surrounding the
atoms.
Energy makes itself manifest only by
its effect on material bodies, but its
no sense organ for perceiving energy
itself; our senses tell us nothing but
matter.
We are not acquainted with any
thing in the universe save by its effect
upon matter, and that is the origin of
our tendency to philosophic material
ism. We are liable to doubt whether
things not apparent to the senses can
have a real existence though there is
no justification for such doubt.
Animated matter differs in no re-
spect from every other kind of matter,
except that it is subject to animation.
So, when we say that life exists only
I'm material organism we ought to say
that life manifests itself only in asso-
citation with such an organism, and that
when it is diSsociated from matter we
know nothing of its existence. We have
no right to say it is extinct. All we know
is that it is no longer manifest; that it
has gone out of our ken.
But the same may be said of every
form of energy. In itself it has no
power of becoming known to us but by
its effect on material bodies.
A BODY under the action of life can
~ do many things, can initiate spon-
taneOuS movements, can build up an
organism, can operate on the physical
universe and leave structures of interest
and beauty behind it. But it is not
the material body that does these
things; they are due to the life or ami
nation of the body.
If, then, we can adduce any evidence
that life or mental activity exists in
space and only sporadically makes itself
evident by some material activity, the
state of our present knowledge of physics
renders our acceptance of the fact en-
tirely harmonious.
We have to do no violence to our
physical conceptions if we admit the
fact of survival. Life and mind never
were functions of the material body;
they only displayed themselves by
means of the material organism. The
organism was not essential to their
existence, but only to their display
that is, to our apprehension of them.
If they ever find means of operating in
a novel or unusual manner on physical
organism, then they may still manifest
their continued existence, and that is
exactly what they do.
Why should we decline to receive the
evidence?
Telepathy shows that mind can act on
mind without the use of any bodily
organs, hence certain persons may have
faculty of apprehending a spiritual
world direct. This may account for
genius and inspiration.
If you have evidence of the existence
of a spiritual world-a world of help
and guidance and sympathy-then you
can hold to it in the face of every denial
Of the materialistS.
Such a world may exist all around
Evening star., 1934-03-04

kHEN we consider the ques-
\ J ton of survival from the
~ physical point of view we
v are up against the ancient
problem of the connection
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Sam GoIdwyn Picks 10 Greatest
Movie Stars of All Time

MARGUERITE CLARK was
the only star who ever threatened
to usurp Mary'S throne. Her ap-
peal was almost the same as
Mary's, but she was more viva
cious. At the very peak Of her
popularity she married and retired
from the screen never to return.
There is no telling how great she
might have become had she chos-
en- to continue her career.
"Of today'S stars, JANET GAY.
NOR is the only one whose appeal
is based much on the same quail.
ties which made Mary Pickford
and Marguerite Clark so widely
loved. Like them, she is small and
dainty-unlike them, she appeals
more to sentiment than to the
deeper emotions.
"GRETA GARBO is the screens
first sphinx woman Her great
ness lies in her uncanny power to
challenge and intrigue the imagl-
nation.
CLARA BOW, at the height Of
her career, was Garbo'S exact op-
posite. She typified the jazz-mad
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Joan Crawford's New Bag Is
18 Inches BY Il, in Size

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 27.-A'
lady's evening bag Is inches wide
and IL inches deep is one Of the
bizarre fashion novelties to be in
troduced in the new crop Of pic.
lures shortly to be released out Of
Hollywood.
Parisians and other style scouts
will find plenty to copy in the
new films, it was revealed today
in a survey Of the latest creations
Of Adrian, Travis Banton and
other designers who keep Holly.
woods glamorouS stars well In
advance Of the trends.
The extra-Size evening bag Is
the creation Of Adrian and will
be carried by Joan Crawford in
her new Metro Goldwyn-Maye
picture, "Forsaking All Others
The bag is Of black velvet with
white pique trims.
In the same picture, Joan win
introduce a hoopskirt, but not the
kind that grandma used to wear.
The modernized version is light
and flexible.
And watch out for the velvet
hair-brows that Joan wears high
on the right side Of her coiffure.
Another Adrian novelty soon to
be seen is the diamond studded
hairpin.
And, from q different designer.
comes the sensational cellophane
evening gown to be worn by
Carole Lombard.
Travis Banton, style mentor for
Paramount, also will be represent
ed by numerous innovations.
Believe it or not, Marlene Diet
rich'S new picture, Caprice
Espagnole" is expected to start
a fad for wearing q cluster OF
carnations right on top Of the
head. They also may be tucked
under the brim Of the hat or
underneath the bracelet.
A three-cornered lace scarf
called a fascinator, also will be
copied from the Dietrich film
Milady wears it to protect her
hair in tho evening, tying two
points under the chin and al
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Horse Helps Himself to Bite
From Lederer's Chest

'Lederer made a slight nervous
movement and the horse overshot
his mark. He not only got the
carrot but the flesh behind 1t.
Despite the painful nature Of
his injury, the star returned to
work, but not before the company
had lost an hour.
Lederer Is the second R-K-O
player to suffer an unusual acci.
dent within q week. Several days
ago John Beall. leading man for
Katharine Hepburn. had q piece
Of his cheek sliced off by q lance
during q fake movie battle.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
By JIMMY STARR

Who are the 10 outstanding
stars in film history? Sounds
like a trite question, doesn't it?
But try and make up such a list
yourself and you'll probably find
it pretty hard to decide between
all the favorites that have played
such a prominent part in the 25-
year history of motion pictures.
Samuel Goldwyn, who has been
an active power in the film in
dustry since its inception, has
been asked that question many
times.
THAT is an extremely difficult
question" Goldwyn stated when
Jimmy Starr put the question to
him. 1T is one that I hesitate
to answer, for I do not wish to
offend many of my close per-
sonal friends who possibly could
be included in such a group. But
many factors should be consid-
cred if fair verdict is to be
reached.
For instance, 1t is not logical
to select a player who has ap-
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
By Jimmy Starr
"Anne of Green
Gables"
Ratinq: Excellent


Produced by RKO.Radio: Featuring
and "nf Helen n'SN Wesley. % % Directed by GeorES
Nichols, Jr. Story by L. NJ. MOntgomery.
Screen play by Sam Mintz. Photo:
graphed by Lucien AndrOit. Supervised
by Kenneth Mcgowan.
A few years ago a strange
woman, Greta Garbo, became the
greatest feminine idol Of movie
goers. and q few movie seasons
later a madcap by the name Of
Katharine Hepburn flashed across
the screen to grab off a lofty po-
sition among the cinema greats.
And nov comes a little un-
known girl, Anne Shirley (for-
merly Dawn O'Day), whom, pre-
dict, will be taken into your
hearts as the sweetest and most
vital youngster on the screen.
barring tiny Shirley Temple.
Anne is still in her teens, yet
she is like a veteran thespian,
possessing that rare quality Of
bringing tears and erasing them
with laughs. An artistic, is she!
Anne Of Green Gables" is Just
a simple, h\mey yarn-a story Of
an orphan who is taken in by an
aged couple.
If Director George Nichols, jr.,
never makes another picture he
will find his name deeply carved
in Hollywood's history as having
been responsible for one Of the
most entertaining films. And
ditto for Scenarist Sam Mintz
who surpasses his success with
"Skippy.
Helen Wesley is grand as the
half-grouchy Marilla, while o. P
Heggie is equally clever as the
silent Matthew. Tom Brown
Sara Haden, Charley Grapewin
and Hilda Vaughn lend excellent
support.
# this was my picture-if ]
owned it, in other words-1 would
merely advertise it thusly: Your
Money Back-n You Don't Like
Anne Shirley!
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 27.-n one
Of Hollywood's freakiest accidents.
a movie horse went off his vege-
table diet yesterday and helped
himself a chunk Of Francis Led
erer'S manly chest.
The worse for shock and in con-
siderable pain. the CzechosloVa-
khan star was rushed to the STUDIO
emergency hospital. where doctors
took three stitches in the wound
and gave the actor an anti-tetanus
injection.
The weird mishap occurred dur
ing the filming Of q scene for
Romance in Manhattan" in
which Leaderer appears with
Ginger Rogers. RehearSals for
the scene had gone off perfectly.
Leaderer placed a carrot In the
pocket of his shirt and the
horse, a trained animal. removed
1t with his teeth.
But when 1t came to thA take,
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
1AN Grav Sets To Be Used in Preview
Next Dietrich Picture "Anne ey Of +

WOOD, Oct. a..
Players reporting today for the
Marlene Dietrich picture were
faced with the sight of solid gray
sets, an experiment that may be
of lasting import to HollyWood's
first industry.
Pointing out that the motion
picture camera photographs only
black and white and varying
shades of gray, Director Josef
Won Sternberg declared that
Caprice Espagnole," his last film
with Miss Dietrich, will be shot
entirely in cameratoneS.
For background shadings, he
said, he will depend solely upon
lighting equipment.
The director said of his ex-
pertinent: 1T permits a finer
mastery of camera effects, less
guess work and certainly seems a
lot more sensible than splattering
Q set with a dozen colors that
must be reduced to gray"
While Won Sternberg used gray
sets as far back as five years
ago, Caprice Espagnole" will be
the first picture to employ them
in entirety.
From an economical point of
view, the Paramount studio is
enthusiastic over the experiment.
Where the Spanish street scene
in the film normally would have
kept 20 painters busy for four
days, the all-gray set was com.
pleted by two men, using power
spray guns, in two days.
The new Dietrich film will see
Won Sternberg officially listed as
first cameramen as we'll as d.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

lowing the third to dangle over
her nose.
And bright red shoes with black
dresses are predicted as q result
Of the picture.
Odly enough, Banton believes
that the colorful masculine uni
forms in Lives Of q Bengal Ian.
Ger" will inspire many feminine
styles. The turbans, for instance,
with an egret added for jaunt.
ness.
And, from Pursuit Of Happi-
ness" the designer predicts that
the Puritan hats will be quickly
reflected in feminine head ap-
parel with big wooden buckles.
It is paris, on guard" and ex-
nect no quarter.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

Wallace Reid Marie DreSsler
period that brought her to star
dom. She was the flaming youth
incarnate and she was idolized by
her own generation.
IT class WALLACE REID
among the greatest stars because
more than any other actor in
screen history, he represented
youth and wholesomeness.
The tenth selection Is very
hard to make, but I could COM
plete no list without including
MARIE DRESSLER. Her career
has been remarkable, for she pro-
gressed with the industry from
the days Of such crude slapsticK
as Titles Punctured Romance
to the modern drama Of Anna
Christie and Dinner at Eight
She was beloved by the entire
film industry and the entire
world of thaetergoers. There
never has been, and I do not be-
lieve ever will be, another per
SonAlitE quito Ike heNA
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
I Learned to Keep My Mouth
Shut SAYS Mr.. Bickford

man" Of the screen, who has just
been made the leading man foT
Mady Christians, glamorous vi
ennesse star in Metro Goldwyn-
Mayors "A Wicked Woman"
II know" insists Bickford, "it
cost me a good many thousand
dollars to find it out-all because
when first came to pictures I
wasn't 'HollyWood-wise.'
II was from the stage, knew
nothing about pictures, and had
always been very outspoken, say
ing exactly what I thought. So,
If they showed me story or o.
fered me a part that I thought
was bum-I just said so.
"Bye and bye people thought !
was a Bolshevik. I began to get
heavy parts and be known as q
tough guy-which, in fact, I'm
not. I became more outspoken-
I thought this was sort OF oe'
fense against Hollywood.
"Then I began to find out that
any story or port has something
good in it-and that producers
and directors and writer's wei
coined suggestions and construc'
tive ideas for betteriing a picture
II found that Hollywood, which
I though was a town with a great
open ear, really was town with
great open mind. Then, when
I realized this, I found that I, too
was open minded.
II won the reputation Of q Boil
shevik because 1 didn't understand
Hollywood. Now that I do under
stand, I hope I'm rapidly proving
that 1'm.nothinS Of the kind.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Dix Gives Dad
Steady Job

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 27.-Few
realized the drama Of the occasion
when Richard Dix's father, Eli C..
Brimmer, visited the star on the
set Of "WeSt Of the Pecos."
The former soap manufacturer
bitterly opposed Richards going
into the show business and the
other day was only the third time
he had ever watched Rich work III
a picture.
Nowadays the elder Brimmer
manages several apartment build
ings which the star owns at the
beach.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27

peared in only three or four films
when others have popularity
which has stood the acid test OF
time.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN, GER
tainly, must be given command
ing position. He Is the greatest
comedian the screen has ever
produced. He is as great today as
he was q generation ago. HIS
popularity endures because his
comedy appeals more to the heart
than to the wit. Human emo
tions are immutable, the same
from century to century; styles IN
wit vary drastically from year to
year.
DOUGLAS FAIR BANK s
achieved greatness by creating a
screen character which is the di-
rect opposite Of Chaplin's. His
appeal Is directly to the imagina'
ton. He was the first to compre'
hend the screens scope for the
presentation Of fantasy. He is the
personification Of vigor, Of the
American spirit Of conquest.
NORMA SHEARER represents
the average woman's idea Of what
she herself would like to be. She
has exactly the appeal that almost
every woman wants to have, a
combination Of physical allure,
daring spirit and mental brilliance.
"No list of greatest stars can
overlook MARY PICKFORD. She
was the first great screen per.
sonality and her appeal was
worldwide. No other screen star
has ever been 90 idoliged, for she
symbOlised sweetness, honesty,
llmnllOlty and OOWg0RA
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
OnIv Screen Knight

Sir Guy Standing, appearing IN
Lives Of a Bengal Lancer" is the
only knight in motion pictures,
and he's the only actor ever to
win knighthood because Of valiant
war services.
The Washington times., 1934-10-27
Souvenir of Terror

Barbara Barondess, in "The
Pursuit Of Happiness" bears a
bullet scar on her shoulder aS
memento Of a wound received %
Q girl in the Bolshevik reign Of
terToA
Evening star., 1934-02-28
Merely Injustice.

Senator William E. Borah of Idaho
prevailed upon the Senate yesterday
to adopt an amendment to the inde-
pendent Offices appropriation bill to
prohibit the elimination of any Of the
fifteen per cent pay cut now imposed
upon Government workers where the
salary Of the worker is in excess OF
$4,000. If this amendment k finally
retained in the bill and becomes q
law, the members of the Senate and
House will continue to receive $500
during the next fiscal year, or fifteen
per cent below the basic salary. ON
GERS Of the Government and employees
of all grades, whose pay is $4,000 or
less, and who are now subject to the
fifteen per cent cut, will have their full
basic pay restored. But all those off,
GERS of the Government whose salaries
are in excess of $4,000, including
members of Congress, but excluding
the Federal judiciary, must continue
to suffer the fifteen per cent cut in
their basic salaries.
The argument of the Senator from
Idaho is that men receiving the
higher rates of pay can continue to
stand the salary cuts, while the
lower-paid employees should bs given
q lift over the rough spots. The
Senator's amendment ~ designed 10
Evening star., 1934-02-28

make more level the compensation
of workers; to cut the difference In
pay for different kinds of work and
responsibility. That. at least, is to
be the effect. But it goes beyond
that. and most unfairly If the inter-
probation put upon the Borah amend
tnent by authorities upon legislation
at the Capitol is correct. For ex-
ample, an officer Of the Government
whose basic salary is now $500
under the fifteen per cent cut now
in effect receives $5,415, or 81 OBS less
than he would under the permanent
law. But the officer Of the Govern
mentn whose basic pay is $4,000 will
receive the full $4,000. Perhaps there
is some justice in such an arrange
ment, but it is difficult to understand.
The fact Of the matter is that with
the cost Of living on the increase there
is no real warrant or excuse for re-
fusing to compensate fully the officers
of the Government receiving in excess
of $4,000. The pay of Government
officials is notoriously low for the work
they do and the responsibility they
must bear. If it is desired to make
payment for work done merely q
question of subsistence and not of re-
ward for ability, skill and judgment,
that puts another face on the matter
The saving to the Government by
continuing the fifteen per cent cut in
pay Of all officers of the government
receiving in excess of $4,000 will, after
all, be negligible, according to Sena-
tor Byrnes, who has had charge OF
the appropriation bill. Injustice, not
economy, will be the result of the
Borah amendment If 1t Is enacted
into law.
Evening star., 1934-02-28
Policy of Neutrality Urged
As America Views Conflicts

American opinion Is emphatically
on the side of caution and neutrality,
as nations In several parts of the
world show a tendency toward con-
f1ict. 1t is urged that a greater de-
gree of withdrawal from the centers
Of warfare should be decided upon in
this country in adV1nce of war. 1t is
agreed that there is temptation to do
business with warning nations, but
the World War is pointed to as q
warning to be remembered by the
United States.
What did we get from the World
War?" asks the Springfield. Mass.
Daily News, and that paper gives its
own conception of the answer with
the statement: "A few new million
aires were made, and those wealthy
before the war added to their great
fortunes. This Government spent
$4,000, 100000 to prosecute the war
and loaned billions to foreign nations,
much of which will never be repaid.
More than $4,000 American boys died
in battle and untold thousands were
manned for life and are now in hos
pitals, where they are dying at the
rate Of 80 a day. With these facts in
mind 1t Is not dificult to assume that
never again will the people Of the
United States become embroiled In
European war. It Is doubtful that
the people would tolerate conscrip-
ton, and it is certain that vicious
propaganda cannot again stir the
youth to fighting fervor."
Evening star., 1934-02-28
Qualification for Office.

Political considerations were mani
festly given 50 much importance in
the creation OF q vacancy in the
office of corporation counsel and in
the selection Of a successor that they
overshadowed everything else. Mr..
Bride was attacked chiefly because Of
the complexion, possibly changing, Of
his politics Mr.. Prettyman, his sue
cessor, was represented as a good and
deserving party worker who should be
"taken care Of" Such emphasis on
politics naturally results in putting
professional qualifications and fitness
for the job entirely out of the picture
That is unfortunate.
In the present case there is no
occasion to doubt the professional
ability Of Mr.. Prettyman, lawyer Of
experience In and out Of Government
work. But that happens to be a mat
Yer Of luck. more than anything else.