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organization in Italy; conceived bold plan for
making the American Red Cross semi-ofhcial
arm of the Government, responsible to the Gov
eminent. She worked it all out in the form of
a charter with Mr.. Taft. who a close per-
sonal friend Che became Theodore Roosevelt's
Secretary of War about that time) and John w.
Foster, authority on international law and one
time Secretary of State. And early in 1904 she
triumphantly saw the charter become law by
act of Congress.
THE match and the dynamite had hobnobbed
together and something had happened.
Several points in this charter should be kept
In mind because they laid the groundwork for
the Red Cross of today.
The Red Cross took on responsibility for car
rying out the provisions of the treaty of Ge-
neva in time of war-that is, taking care of the
wounded soldiers Of armies in the field
At all times it was to serve as the intermedi-
ary between armed forces and civilians.
1t was to relieve sufferers from disaster in
times of peace.
It was to furnish an annual report to Con-
gress not only of its activities but of all receipts
and expenditures; and its books must be audited
by the War Department.
Five Of the 18 members of the governing body
the Central Committee) must be members Of
the official family of the President of the
United States; and the chairman of this COM
mlttee, VINO Is head OF the society, must be ap-
pointed by the President.
Thus the Red Cross while remaining hu-
manitarian and philanthropic became closely
if unomcially tied to the United States Gov
ernment thereby increasing its prestige enor-
mously); set up safeguards against any pos
sble misuse of funds, and acquired set of OBJ
jectives which, worked out in practice have led
to vast, continuous extraordinarily varied
activity
This set-up was born in the head Of
Mabel Boardman. And her brain child pro-
ceeded to grow like the famous Paul Bunyan
Of the American lumberjacks: it soon burst the
Stats out of its cradle and the walls out Of its
house. Miss Boardman then set to work pro-
viding new home for it. She raised 100000
in public contributions and got another 100000
from Congress, with which to build that mas
sive marble-pillared structure on Seventeenth
street in Washington, now the Red Cross head
quarters But the organization outgrew that,
too so she started another public fund Of
100000 for a still larger Red Cross building
back of the first.
One wonders why after all this, she has never
been head of the Red Cross.
Well, Mr.. Taft wanted her to take that job
and it probably could have been hers any num-
ber Of tines Miss Raardnan cnsasiatantls No
Evening star., 1934-04-08

S SECRETARY of the American Red
Cross and director of volunteer work,
Miss Mabel Thorp Boardman has Q
! large responsibility for the success of
\ this organization, which has more
Evening star., 1934-11-25
The Simple Life.

STANLEY RIDGES. who will appear
in Maxwell Anderson's new play,
Valley Forge" was steadily employed
throughout last season. A simple life,
the actors, thinks the average man.
He learns one role and plays it IS
weeks-and gets paid for it.
But Mr.. Ridges has had no such
easy task. He has learned four roles.
all difficult, each differing from the
other.
First of all, Mr.. Ridges was Lord
Morton in the same Mary of Scot
land" in which he appeared last sea
son. He rehearsed five weeks, played
five weeks on the road and went into
New York. But just as he was begin
ming TO find his way around his dress
ing room the Theater Guild called him
to the role of the Alter Ego in Eugene
O'Neill's Days Without End"
Here was one Of the strangest roles
ever written for an actor. Ridges was
the "other self" of John Loving. He
played behind mask. 1t was long
role and a difficult one. And just as
he had reached the point at which he
felt completely at ease in it, the call
sounded again.
This time it was for leading role
in Races" by Ferdinand Bruckner,
play dealing with modern conditions
in Germany. Again four weeks Of re-
hearsal in a trying role, for Ridges
was the driving force of the play.
And then at the last moment the
Guild decided not to bring the play
to New York.
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Max GOrdOn's Latest

CIDNEY HOWARD and Robert Lit
- tell have collaborated in the writ
ing of Gather Ye Rosebuds," which
Max Gordon will present at the Ma
tional Theater during the week be-
ginning Monday evening, December
3. with Walter Connolly and Ernest
Truck in starring roles.
Mr.. Littell's previous afiliation with
the theater has been in the role OF
dramatic critic for the New York
Evening Post and the New York
World. He served on an ambulance
corps in the war as one Of Herbert
Hoover's secretaries in the American
Relief Administration and as an in
vestigator on the steel strike of 1920
He is author of Read America First,
a collection of essays and sketches,
and of Candles in the Storm first
novel published recently by Harper
& Bros.
Sidney Howard, on the other hand,
IS a playwright of vast experience and
considerable distinction. He likewise
served in the War-aS an aviator on
the Balkan front. In addition he
wrote a series of labor articles for the
New Republic and an expose OF the
dope ring for a newspaper syndicate.
His first play, Swords" was tragedy
in free verse, and suffered the usual
fate of tragedies in free verse ("With-
In the Gates" Notwithstanding.
Then he turned his hand to adap-
tations that prospered somewhat bet
ter, to melodramas that were equally
unfortunate, and to- They Knew
What They Wanted" one of the
Theater Guilds outstanding hits, Pu-
liter Prize winner, and high spot in
the careers of Pauline Lord, Richard
Bennett and Glenn Anders.
"They Knew What They Wanted"
was incidentally conversational dy-
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Next Week. S Films.
JAMES CAGNEY's newest Warn

JAMES CAGNEY'S newest Warner
Bros. production, The st. Louis
Kid" comes to the Earle Theater
Friday. A record breaker in New York
City, this new comedy presents the
truculent Jimmy at the head of a cast
which includes Allen Jenkins, Patricia
Ellis, Dorothy Dare, Robert Barrat
and Hobart Cavanaugh. A four-star
variety show will be offered on the
Earle stage starting Friday. Eddie Pea
body, noted stage and radio star, will
offer mirth and melody. Harry Kahne,
Ace Of Mentalists,' will provide nov
city; the Harris Twins and Loretta
will introduce Rhythmic Movements"
of dancing and acrobatics, and Harry
Burns, noted dialect comedian, will
present a comedy interlude.
Wagon Wheels" comes to Warner
Bros Metropolitan Theater Thanks
giving day, Thursday, November 30.
Zane Grey wrote Fighting Caravans,
the original on which this story of
adventure in the unexplored wilder
ness was based. In the cast are Ran
dolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Monte Blue,
Raymond Hatton and Billy Lee, new
4-year-old star, who makes his screen
debut in this picture.
Anna Sten, the glamorous Russian
beauty, and Fredric March are CO.
starred in 1--WE Live Again" stirring
perturbation of Leon Tolstoi's i'm
mortal Resurrection, which will be
the screen attraction for the week of
Friday, November 30 at Loew's Fox
Theater. G. Aubrey Smith, Jane Baxter
Ethel Critics and many others COM
prise the supporting cast. On the stage
Ferdie Grofe, noted arranger for Paul
Whiteman's orchestra and one of
Americas musical geniuses, leads his
own and celebrated orchestra.
The spirit Of the New Deal has been
caught and wrapped up in story that
grips the heart and fires the imagina-
ton in Our Daily Bread" which is
the feature attraction for Loew's
Columbia Theater the week of Friday
November 80. The directorial genius,
King Vidor, adds to his list of triumphs
with this story of Americans in modern
America. Tom Keene, Karen Morley
and a newcomer, Barbara Pepper, are
the principals in an extremely large
cast.
Happiness, music and general hilarity
take new high in kid Millions" the
latest laugh riot, starring Eddie Cantor
which Loew's Palace will bring to its
screen when Greta Garbo's Painted
Veil" winds up its current run. In ad-
dition to the banjo-eyed comedian the
large cast includes Ethel Norman,
Block and Sully of radio popularity
Burton Churchill, Warren Hymer,
George Murphy, Ed Kennedy and
many others.
A best seller since it was first pub
lished in 1908 throughout the world,
Anne of Green Gables" has been
brought to the screen by Radio Pic
lures and is to be seen at R-K-O
Keith's beginning Thanksgiving day.
Sixteen-year-old Shirley is featured
in the film and Tom Brown plays the
leading boy role. The featured adult
roles are by Helen Wesley and o. P.
Heggie. Sara Haden and Gertrude
Messenger are also IN the cast.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Contest for Play.

THE children of Washington will
- have an opportunity to see for
the first time a dramatization OF NO
body's Girl" when the famous French
story will be presented by the Chill
dren's Theater at the National on
Saturday morning, December 8. The
story has been a favorite for years.
It was written by Hector Malot and
translated into English by Florence
Crew-Jones. Because so many chill
dren for several seasons have been
asking for it, Mrs. Clare Tree Major,
director of the Children's Theater OF
New York, wrote it into a play for this
Winters season.
In connection with the presentation
here, the Women's international red
Grafton, sponsors of the Children's
Theater in washington, has announced
a contest for boys and girls. For the
best carved donkey representing Pail
kare of the play, and for the best doll
dressed as Perrine, or dressed In
French provincial costume, three
prizes will be awarded. Boys may
compete 1OT Ille OOli PAADe' - NJ
choose, and girls may try their hand
at whiting donkeys. The flrst prizes
will be boxes to "Nobody's Girl ana
the second and third prizes Will be
two orchestra seats apiece IN eacn
class. For children who may win
although they hold season tickets to
all the plays, provision has been made
for them to treat their friends or less
fortunate children Of Washington:
The first prize winners may SEND 20
to the play, the second prize winners
may send 10 each and the thiro' D
each. =,
The entries should be sent to the
headquarters of the league, 523 Sew
enteenth street northwest, where the
contest will close December l. Awards
will be made December 8. The en-
tries will form part of an exhibit al
ready opened there, which shows
French art and handicraft. The ex-
hibits have been provided by the
French Embassy, the public library, the
Maret School and Genevieve Hen
bricks. The public library also has
prepared a list of books on "Nobodys
Grip and other children's stories OF
French life and Manners
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Mantle. 1t was as widely discussed
and as violently argued as Strange
Interlude" or the recent California
elections. And it managed to in
corporate a great deal of shrewd OBJ
servation on labor troubles by the in
vestigator who knew them at first
hand.
Mr.. Howard's next attempt was
Lucky Sam McCarver," and it Jared
somewhat less well, but in the Theater
Guild productions of Ned McCobb's s
Daughter" and THE Silver Cord" he
showed that They knew What They
Wanted" had been no flash in the
pan. The Silver Cord" remains to
this day practically the last word
that has been spoken in the theater
on the subject of mother love.
Two years ago he adapted THE
Late Christopher Bean" in which
Pauline Lord was starred and Walter
Connolly made his last theatrical ap-
pearance prior to Gather Ye Rose
Buds" AS soon as they were finished
with "The Late Christopher Bean" ,"
playwright and player went out to
Hollywood, where Mr.. Howard adapted
the scenario of "Arrowsmith" and
Walter Connolly became one of the
most valuable character actors on the
lot.
Sidney Howard is currently repre-
sented in New York by "Dodsworth. J."
an outstanding dramatic hit The
producer, director, and designer of
Gather Ye Rosebuds" are the same
trio who were responsible for the sue
cess of "Dodsworth. They are Max
Gordon, Robert Sinclair and 10 Mel
ziner, respectively.
The Washington engagement of
Gather Ye Rosebuds" is limited to
one week at the National Theater
prior to it's New York premiere.
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~ Below" Tuesday.
THREE acts telling of the trials anc

THREE acts telling of the trials and
tribulations of members Of a
Summer colony at Bar Harbor, Me,
who are uncomfortably ensconced in
their Summer domicile during a bleak
Winter, will be enacted by a group
of notable Washington players Tues
day and Wednesday nights this week
at $50 in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard streets, when IA Below" a
satiric comedy by E. de S. Melcher,
is seen for the first time on any stage.
Blanche Durham, will be played
by Caroline Mckinley, and Roger, her
better half by George harrington;
their two "chicks," Amelia called
Amy, and Jonathan, called Johnnie,
by Rebecca Tarwater and Paul Alex
ander, and the family black sheep,
Flossie, by Maud Howell Smith.
Their neighbors in the town of Bar
Harbor-natives-w be played by
John Sikken as Capt. Noah; Lucia
Hanna Hadley as Noah's mother, Mrs
Hadlock; Ida Garrett Mattingly as
Mrs. Small, and Anne Ives as Mrs
Gilpatrick. Algy, a young man of
the press, will be played by Paul
Murphy; Patricia Dimitriu will ap-
pear as the erstwhile flame of Roger
the fascinating Mary Potter, and
Jesse Veitch, as Pete, the trainer and
hero, for the moment, of the colorful
Flossie.
The cast has been directed by Frank
Baer, the settings have been created
by Allen Stephens and Mary Foley
Benson, the properties have been as
sembled by Howard Whitfield.
Tickets are at Dorothy Dorsey'S
ticket bureau, in Droops.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
New Anderson Play

has chosen for his theme the turning
point in the American Revolution.
He has made human beings of char
acters which, in the dim light of the
years, have come to be only marble
statues in our minds. George Wash
ington, of course, is the central fig
ure in the play, and it is this role
which Mr. Merivale will portray.
The Guild has cast the other roles
with equal care. The company in
cludes such players as Reginald
Mason, Stanley Ridges, Margalo Gill;
more, George Coluoris, Alan Brunce,
Florence Gerald, Erskine Sanford,
Grover Burgess, Harland Tucker,
Charles Ellis, Francis Sage, Charles
Francis, Harold Gould, Philip Foster,
Jock McGraw. Edward Trevor and
many more.
The play has been staged by John
HouSeman and the author. The set
tings and costumes were designed by
Kate Drain lawson.
valley Forge" will be presented by
the Theater Guild as the second sub
scription play of the American The
ater Society's season.
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Ina Claire Coming.
INA CLAIRE will appear at the

INA CLAIRE will appear at the Ma
tional Theater in Washington for
one week only, beginning December
10. The celebrated condolences new
vehicle is "Ode to Liberty" a new
comedy, which is being presented by
Gilbert Miller.
The play has been adapted from
the French by Sidney Howard, who
adapted "Dodsworth," THE Late
Christopher Bean" and other we'll
known hits Mr.. Howard Is author of
They Knew What They Wanted"
1.-The Silver Cord" Ned McCobb's
Daughter" yellow Jack" and other
fine plays.
opposite Miss Claire appears WAL
ter Slezak, who will be remembered
for his engaging performance in the
leading male role of Music in the
Air" The cast includes such we'll
known players as Nicholas Joy, Paul
McGrath, Colin Hunter and Stanley
JeSSup.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Guilds First Play.

THE first play of the Drama Guild
season, Ladies of the jury will
be presented at the Wardman Park
Theater November 26 and 27.
The cast includes Grace Peters
johnson, Betty Owens, Cary Lucas,
Ruth Perrott, Janet Coon, Mildred
Franckenberg, Harry Westcott, Charles
c. Gilman, Clarence w. Moore, Ar
thur Westover, Ralph L. Paddock, jr.;
Robert F. Bently, Thomas Cahlll,
Maurice Jarvis, Richard Glenn Get
tell, Howard F. wentworth, Irwin VOL
loch, Beth Thompson, Alice Reding-
ton. Arman Bakshian, w. S. Hepner
and Lucille Fisher.
Tickets for Ladies of the jury
may be secured at the T. Arthur
Smith Concert Bureau, 1880 G street
northwest.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

at all. WulCH OuSho w PAote w
somebody or other that Dick Powell
is a pretty good actor and that he
doesn't have to shoot out that hand
and burst into frenzied Il Love
Louisa" to get across.
The proof of Dicks success, In
fact, is that he has been able to sur
vive this avalanche Of musical pic
lures.
THE motion pictures are not, how
l. ever, the only things that are In
luck in Washington today. The thea
ter-by courtesy probably Of Uncle
Steve" Cochran-iS roaring back into
its prime. Although this town made
the mistake of giving that naive saga
of Erie Canal days, THE Farmer
Takes a Wife, cold shoulder;
although it couldn't quite see why
New York should have made such
a fuss over such a pleasant show
as Roberta" it has ahead of it some
of the greenest theatric grass 1t has
had in many a day.
Tomorrow this begins with "Valley
Forge" a play by Maxwell Anderson.
a man who, so sure as the sun is in its
heaven, can make magic out of
words and place his characters be-
hind the footlights with such force
that way-back history comes up smil-
ing as though it were the present.
Beyond this exciting adventure into
Revolutionary days which the Theater
Guild sponsors tomorrow, comes the
news of Ina Claire'S and Leslie How
ards return to the National; Gilbert
Miller's return, and the promise of
such things as remind us Of the good
old days when SHOW Boat" took five
hours to make its debut on this stage.
The theater, in other words. is be-
ginning to nod in its new cradle. 1t
never has been dead. 1t is still. and
most successfully, growing up.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

the life sybaritic are suddenly changed
to prospects of death and the under.
taker. Miss Bankhead in Dark
Victory" goes skillfully through the
emotions appropriate to a heroine of
so fearful tragedy. but leaves us at
the brink of her grave, dry-eyed.
MARC CONNELLY and his COL
A'A laborator Mr.. Elser, as you may
wards best-seller, Rome Haul" in
hand and have made Of 1t, a pic
tureSque and expert drama Of life on
the Erie Canal away back in the days
when transportation was in its swad-
ding clothes. Inspired by the color,
the atmosphere and the characters Of
those actively inactive days, the
authors have made a living picture,
in THE Farmer Takes a Wife" of old
and fragrant items in the history Of
the pioneers, theatrical, Of course,
but well within what is called the
bounds of reason. 1t is a fine play, as
plays go; and in it Miss June Walker
is right as a seductive cook upon a
canal boat, and SO is Henry Fonda
(late of New Faces") as the farmer
who pleads with her to go back with
him to the SOIL The Farmer Takes
Wife" Is good drama, good play and
good show, a combination that is hard
to beat: and I commend it to any
drama lover whose tastes in the thea
ter are similar to mine.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Members of the third class, in
which I am enlisted, admire Miss
Bankhead as facile and very lfelike
automaton in an interesting exhibition
Of surfaces rather than innards. We
enjoy her, as an ingenious display,
while we NOPE little because she does
not dredge deep enough into our ia
vorite mystery, which, am told, is
that of the human soul as it Is Sc
creted in the Times Square dramas.
Miss Bankhead, an Alabama home
girl, is, according to well substant1ated
rumors, . goddess In the London
theater, the recipient Of worship
whenever she appears, no matter how
unholy her play. English theater-
goers fall out of their seats. 1t Is said,
in religious ecstasy over her perform
ances, and the police force has at
times been requested to quench the
ardor Of her devotees. In America
she Is less reverently known as the
precocious daughter and niece Of the
Bankhead brothers, who are eminent
in the craftsmanship OF the United
States Of America. Against that for
midable background Miss Bank
heads achievements as play
actress may seem trivial to some of us.
But I think it is safe to gamble that
she is a better and sincerer show
person than either Of her prominent
kinsmen, or any OF their colleagues
In legislation assembled.
Miss Bankhead, at the start Of
Dark Victory" is a loving
Long Island debutante-Farmington,
Junior League, Park Avenue and the
smoother Hamptons, East and South.
To her. Newport is Coney Island,
and Long Beach Just a shore upon
which to go Summing Horses, dogs.
polo, cocktails, tennis, bridge, golf
and money absorb her thoughts. And
so when a rigid but romantic phy-
sician earle Larimore) tells her that
her brain Is cancerous and that she
has not long to live, she is put upon
one of the most tragic of spots. The
yachting on Summer seas, the cham
pagne, the roses and the luxuries of
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Russian Film Thursday.

HOW the Soviet Union tackled the
l problem of regenerating the thou
sands of street gamins and transient
children left to their own devices by
the social upheaval in postwar Russia
Is the subject of the Road to Life, "
which will be presented by the Wash
ington Film & Photo League at 212 H
street northwest, from to II pm, on
November 30.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Give of India Under Way

nARRYL F. ZANUCK announces
the start Of production Of "Clive
Of India" new twentieth century
production with Ronald Colman and
Loretta Young in the stellar roles.
Under the direction Of Richard
Boleslawski. it was adapted for the
screen by w. P. Lipscomb and r. J.
Minney. co-authors of the original
stage play of the same name.
Evening star., 1934-11-25


Theater Guild at the National Mon
day night.
This play is one of the most widely
discussed of the season. Mr.. Ander-
son, who won the Pulitzer Prize two
years ago, has twice before turned to
the pages of history for his drama.
On each occasion, however, it was
English history. His first historical
play, Elizabeth the Queen" with
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in
the leading roles, was a tremendous
success.
And last season his Mary of Scot
land" with Helen Hayes, Philip Mer-
ivale and Helen Menken, was the out
standing play of the season. 1t was
voted the Pulitzer Prize by the
judges, but their decision was over
ruled by the Advisory Committee,
bringing on a storm of protest which
has not yet subsidized.
Now, however, Mr. Anderson has
turned to the American scene. He
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Whether the public takes 10 Ihe
Painted Veil" or not: whether you
like Miss Garbo's clothes, or don't
like the fact that George Brent loses
out; whether you think the ending is
too short or too long; whether you
sympathize with Herbert Marshall, or
whether you think that Carlo is bet
ter in Russia, in Sweden. in Latvta, or
Constantinope-one thing is fact, and
that is that she goes steadily up-that
she has never given poor perform
ance.
Garbo is still at the head of the
cinema league We can't say that we
are feverishly fond of her new picture.
We do say, however, that she's still
the most important person in Holly
woodland that she can do nothing
and still play rings around many Oh
her cinema sisters.
DUE possibly to the advent OF Rudy
Vallee, or Marian Davies-at any
rate for some potent reason-the
Warner Bros have calmed down. AS
evidence we give you the current Fir
tation Walk" musical picture IN
which the music is not punctuated
with scores of half-baked demoiselles
who bounce out into the open for no
reason at all, kick up their heels or
their eyebrows, spin around with some
unknown partner, form the pattern OF
q flower (Which flower then becomes
great many flowers. and possibly then
a subway and then disappear while
Sally continues to love Buddy in her
own quaint fashion.
No, sir-in only one spot, and
that's forgivable because it is Ha-
waii, do the ladies join hands and
offer up their musical tributes during
the course of Filtration Walk" In
fact, the best part of this musical
picture is when there isn't any music