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Evening star., 1935-01-12
SERIES CONTINUED
"Word the Church Has Lost" Is
Sermon Topic.

The second sermon in the series on
"The Rediscovery of the Soul" will
be preached at Albright Evangelical
Church tomorrow at II am. The
subject will be "The Word the Church
Has Lost"
At night the service will be spon-
sored by the Brotherhood. The SER
mon theme will be There Is Nothing
to Lose" This service is featured by
informal congregational singing un-
der the direction of Gordon Barnes.
Rev. George e. Schnabel, minister,
will preach at both services.
The Christian Endeavor will cele-
brate the winning of the attendance
plaque at the District rally tomorrow
at pm. The Young Peoples Fire
side Group will analyze the question
naire on "The Problems of Youth"
following the evening service.
The workers conference and din
ner will be held at $50 pm. Thurs
day.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
YOHN WELLINGTON SYNGE'S
"The Playboy Of the Western
World" and Bernard Duffy'S

YOHN WELLINGTON SYNGE'S
"The Playboy Of the Western
World" and Bernard Duffy'S
~ THE Coiner," a one-act pro-
gram teaser, last night provided
to a Washington audience another O:
the brisk, poetical evenings at drama
which have been the order Of things
since the Abbey Theater Players took
possession of the National early this
week. A purely comic bill of fare,
the sixth program presented here by
the Irish thespians called upon their
genius for gay legerdermain. enabling
them to perform at length sundry
major miracles in ease and natural
ness, and altogether charming their
attentive listeners.
"The Playboy" is light and moody
fantasy resting on flippant premises,
unreal to the practical eye, but surely
expressive of a race whose treasure is
imagination and faith in its spon-
taneous products. In less ambiguous
fashion, it may be said that the
Synge play tells a wild, incredible
story which no one but an IriShman
or a theater-goer hypnotized by willy
Gaelic actors would believe. At its
performance last night, the audience
trance apparently was complete, the
credit therefore being shared by vari-
GUS players and the wondrous language
they spoke.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
"BRIGHT EYES"
BRINGS LITTLE
SHIRLEY BACK
Child Star Keeps Up Her
Good Screen Work in
Picture ut the Palace.

Miss Shirley Temple, the kinder
garten Duse, is back in town again
this week in sprightly bit of drama
entitled, Bright Eyes" Rugged with
whole boxcar of ancient and not
necessarily honorable props, stock
characters and gags. the picture at
Loew's Palace nevertheless is guaran-
teed entertainment. The reason, of
course, is Miss Temple, who seems
better in each successive film she
makes and that praise covers lot of
ground.
For some months and many cine
mas, Hollywood's half pint star has
busted herself with the reconciliation
of estranged juveniles and ingenues.
In fact, her mission in life seems to
consist principally of patchwork on old
love affairs. gratifying business no
doubt and one she conducts with a
maximum of charm and reasonably
restrained sentimentality.
In this instance the thWarted pair
are commercial airplane pilot and
an heiress who once was engaged to
MIN and then walked out because of
some unexplained whim. Shirley is
the daughter of the Tilted flyers best
friend. Her father is killed in a
crack-up and her mother chooses
Christmas day-that seemed to us put
ting it on bit thick-to get run over
by an automobile. A great battle de-
velops over the custody of the child.
The aviator, who is James Dunn and
therefore a nobly sentimental chap,
wants to keep her with him, but
realizes an airport barracks probably
would not produce any Cinderellas.
The girl who Tilted M. Dunn and her
rich old uncle, both living in the house
where Shirley's mother was maid,
also want to adopt the precocious
youngster. So what do you think?
The aviator and the girl SWoon into
each others arms, and old Uncle Ned
quits barking long enough to smile be-
n1gnly on the union and assume that
I'D like to give you million" look.
AS counter-irritant for all the
breakdown numbers in Bright Eyes,"
the producers have injected a nasty
little girl named Jane Withers, who
manages to steal few scenes from
Miss Temple while imperSonating one
OF the worst brats of the current sea-
son. Theodore Won Eltz and Dorothy
Christy also have menace roles, ap-
pearing as meany parents. Charles
Sellon tops off in fine form his part as
the grumpy uncle, Lois Wilson is
Shirley's mother as long as she lasts
and Judith Allen, one of the best-look-
ing women on the screen, is the
heroine.
The Palace program this week also
includes a comedy, Silly Symphony
cartoon and newsreel. r. B. Pr.
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Bert Granoff gets an especially big
hand this week for his "Pagliacci"
singing.
HARDIE MEAKIN has a comedy
up at Keith's this week which
women particularly will want to see.
During the entire first show three
women behind us. of varying sizes and
ages, cackled and laughed and offered
up a steady bureau of information
about Francis Lederer, who they evi-
IDENTIFY prefer to Gable. In spite of
the fact that there was running col
lection Of "cutes" and "adorables"
and other Objectionable adjectives
flung st poor Mr.. Lederer. we man
aged to stomach both them and him
very we'll and feel satisfied that here
is a comedy which no censor board
need worry about and which is far,
far better than the average.
While Ginger Rogers is not so ra-
diant when she is at standstill as
she is when she is kicking her heels
about. her general state of mind and
her goodness to an immigrant who
arrives in this country without cent
in his pocket make up for the looks
that she sacrifices on the way.
She plays the role of a chorus girl
who falls in love with Lederer after
she has fed him doughnut. That's
about all there is to the plot-except
for the fact that Lederer is hiding
from the emigration authorities be-
cause he only had $50 of the 5000 he
was meant to have when he swan
ashore from Ellis Island
There is probably too much dia-
logue. too much Lederer when he is
grinning and too much of the little
plot that there is. but for some rea-
son or other it's all very amusing and
audiences should like it very much.
The name of the film is Romance
in Manhattan"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
PULPITS EXCHANGED
DR.. Harris to Address Congrega
tion of DR.. Ridgely.

Cooperating in the city-wide ex-
change of Methodist ministers tomor-
row morning, DR., F. B. Harris, pastor
of Foundry M. E. Church, and Dr.
Vernon N. Ridgely, pastor of Calvary
M. E. Church, will exchange pulpits.
DR.. Harris will occupy his own pulpit
at 8 pm. and speak on Talking to
Oneself"
The midweek service will be held
Thursday evening. when DR.. Harris
will speak. The women will be guests
at the open meeting of the Mems Club
at the church Friday evening. DR..
Dack Chu Chan, president of the
Canton Hospital, Canton, China, is
the guest speaker.
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SOphlStlcaUeS, OF course, Will uOC Ilnu
Eugene O'Neill floating around in all
this. The theme is slight. very slight.
being the former Grand Duchess and
the Waiter" in which, if we aren't
mistaken Leslie Howard once played.
There is no drama" and no great
plot. But the situations and the lines
and the fact that Mr.. Crosby has,
inch by inch, begun to learn to act,
make this very pleasant recreation
and one that is just as believable as
let us say, "Forsaking All Others"
Mr.. Crosby plays himself, or rather
a crooner, who falls for a Princess
and who, in his devotion, is willing to
disguise himself as the disher-out of
sweet viands while he ogleS his frigid
girl friend. In the end, of course, she
meltS, but not before Signor Crosby
has sung some of the best ditties eX-
tant into her ear and told her in
U. S. A. jazz ballad fashion that he
wants her for his very own.
Roland Young, Reginald Owen,
Alison Skipworth and William Fraw-
ley help this along in their own splen-
did ways and contribute whatever may
be needed without them.
You know the music, you know Mr..
Crosby, you know that Miss Carlisle
Is built like nobody's business. What
more? That's enough.
THE EARLE stage show this week is
= devoted to marionettes, singing
dancing and rope and saxophone
playing. The latter is supplied by
Ray Sake, who does his same popular
act with gusto. Sylvia Froos does the
singing, and she's good. The marion.
cites belong to Salici, something
which, as the billboards tell you, is 6
unique advertisement Offering" Ane
the dancing is supplied by father anc
mother Lewis and Van and by theil
son and aughter-mammy and pappy
winning out, and how!
Evening star., 1935-01-12
CANDLES FOR SERVICE
Church to Be Illuminated for
Evening Observance.

The Epiphany season will be
marked by a Service of Lights" in
Grace Episcopal Church, Rev. Meade
Bolton MacBryde, rector, tomorrow
evening.
The church will be lighted entirely
by candles, each member of the choir
carrying one. At part Of the service.
all the lights will be extinguished. ex-
cept one high up over the altar from
which the light will be relit symbolic
ing the spread of the Gospel message
from Christ as its true source. The
preacher of the occasion will be R.v.
Herbert Waldo Manley. rector of the
Church of the Holy Communion. Con-
gress Heights.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, this evening
at $50 o'clock in Stanley Hall. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant leader:
March, Autumn Maneuvers". Hall
Overture, "As You Like It" Tobani
Entr' Acte, "Chansonette". Fletcher
Moonlight Dance. .........F .Finck
Selection from opera "Rigoletto" Verdi
Characteristic, March of the
Trolls" ................. .HoSmer
waltz, 1.-THE Arcadians". .Monckton
Finale, big Guns" "..............H Hill
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
ROLL CALL ARRANGED
BY LUTHER GROUP
Inner Mission Society Goal in
Membership Drive January
IS Set at 1000,

IS Set at 1000.
The annual roll call of the Lutheran
Inner Mission Society of Washington
will be conducted January 13 to Feb
ruary 1. The goal set for this drive
is 1000 members, each church with
one-third of its communicate men,
bers enrolled. and budget of $4,000.
The General Committe is composed
of Prof. Raymond ]. Seeger, chair
man; Mrs. e. C. Dinwiddie, Elmer L.
Trey and Rev. S. H. Kornmann. The
team captains for the roll call are
Miss Martha Folk, Martin A. McGrory
and Mrs. F. Umhau.
The roll call will be closed and final
reports made at the annual dinner,
February /, at the Lutheran Church
Of the Reformation. DR.. Ambrose
Herring, superintendent of Inner Mis-
sion work in New York City, will be
the speaker.
The society is headed by the execu-
tive director, Miss Frances Dysinger,
and its office is at 1103 Vermont ave.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
LIFE OF CHRIST IS TOPIC
First Events in Jesus Career
Make Sermon Series.

A series of sermons on THE First
Events in the Life Of Christ" will be
begun by Rev. j. Frederic Wenchel,
pastor of Christ Lutheran Church,
tomorrow. He will speak on "Christ's
First Visit to the Temple and His
First Recorded Word"
Next Sundays topic will be His
First Miracle" On January 27 the
subject will be His First Sermon"
The Mems Club of Trinity and
Christ Lutheran Churches will have
a business and social meeting in the
Sunday school Monday night. On
Wednesday evening the club will serve
a turkey dinner, which is open to the
public.
The Young Peoples Society will be-
gin a series of monthly devotional and
educational meetings from to 8
O'Clock pm, with light refreshments,
on January 20.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
REV. DOW TO PREACH
Will Lead Prayer Service at Holy
Comforter Chapel.

OO1II1O
Rev. George w. Dow, Episcopal city
missioner of Washington, will be the
preacher at the II o'clock morning
prayer service tomorrow in Holy Com
forter Chapel, Rock Creek Parish,
STA Georgia avenue. Holy COM
munion will be celebrated at 7:30 am
and evening prayer will be held
at 7:30.
DR.. Franklin j. Bohanan, rector,
announces the services tomorrow in
Rock Greek Episcopal Church, Rock
Creek Church road and Webster street,
include celebration of holy commun-
ion at $3.50 am. and morning prayer
with sermon at IL O'Clock.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Bellamy Finds Seclusion
In Home Us Years Old
Escapes From Mad Pace at Hollywood to
Farm Where There Are Secret
Retreats.
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

T HOLLYWOOD, Calf, January IL NANAO-1S pretty safe
~ bet that motion picture star who has arrved will buy
/ / country home, both-some means OF
escape from the hectic Hollywood life they lead and from
the strenuous studio grind
Ralph Beamy who been popular player for
gets all by rushing back to Connecticut where
which actually the site of the
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Male Labor Favored.

A movement to substitute male for
female and child labor has been started
In italy.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Bing Crosby's New Film
Has Fun and Fine Music
Many Good Tunes and Not Enough Drama to
Bore the Customers-"Ro Romance in Man
hattan" Popular at Keiths.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.

you can usually pretty good time when Bng Crosby
v Kitty Carlisle around together the screen But
Roland Young and Alison Skpworth added, the
total amounts very nearly to tops Here Is Ny Heart
sing square her shoulders Mr. Young look his
silly and Miss Skpworh carry out the duchess racket
combination good music everything that
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Roberta Opens at RKO-Keiths'
Friday at 9 A. M.

hits. They also do some singing
and AStaire shows that his fingers
are as nimble as his feet by play
ing a torrid piano number.
An all-star dance band, re-
cruited from the headliners of
screen, air, stage and night club
entertainers, performs under AS
taire's baton.
And for eye appeal, as we'll as
for an advance tip to the femi-
nine shopper, a corps of the most
beautiful girls in America model
the latest in fashions, from linge-
RE to luxurious furs and evening
gowns.
Heading the supporting cast
are Randolph Scott, Helen West
ley. Victor Varconi, Claire Dodd,
Luis Alberni, Ferdinand Munier,
Bodil Rosing and several other
well-known players. William
Setter directed.
Both on Friday and Saturday
Keith's will open their doors at
9 a. M, with the program start.
ing at 9:15 a. m.
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Center Plans
for 1886

Plans are already under way
by the Community Center De-
partment for the District Of Co
lumbia "One-Act Play Tourna-
ment" for 1886, which Mrs. e.
<. Peoples, director, announced
yesterday would take place at
Roosevelt Auditorium, the second
and third weeks in February,
1886, and will be open to all
drama groups in the city and
immediate vicinity which have
given public performances within
the year as an organized group.
The announcement of the tour
nament follows upon the heels
Of the most successful tourna-
ment dinner in the history Of
the annual contests, which took
place last Sunday night and
was attended by more than 100
amateur drama enthusiasts, COM
prising the preliminary judges,
the members Of the tournament
committee and the judges of the
finals, as we'll as members and
directors of the drama groups of
the city.
The Community Center Depart
ment will present a number Of
important drama events within
the coming months at Roosevelt
Auditorium, which will be of
city-wide interest to all lovers of
drama in the Capital. beginning
with the presentation of 1.-THE
Royal Family" March 20, I'm.
der the general direction of Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, with John
Mann as director and Miss Mary
Olive O'Connell as assistant to
the director.
Tickets for this event may al.
ready be had at the Community
Center Department, and the
event, being a benefit arranged
by the department in conjunction
with the Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation of Weightman School,
and the Kwanis Club, for the
purchase of equipment in aid of
the crippled children of the
school, is attracting unusual in
tereSt in all sections of the city.
Another important dramatic
event at Roosevelt Auditorium
will take place in early May
when the Shakespeare Society in
cooperation with the Community
Center Department will present
ShakeSpeare's Henry VIII" with
q cast Of distinction.
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National Theater is Preparing
For Eleventh Stock Season

On Easter Monday night, April
%, the National Theater Players
will open their eleventh consecu-
tive season at the famous old =
Street Playhouse.
Opening on May 10, 1925 with
Owen Davis highly successful
comedy, THE Nervous Wreck"
the Players have rounded out ten
years presenting upwards of 200
plays of all types-farce, comedy
and drama. At their inception it
was very hard to make the hard
ened theatergoer believe that plays
could be ably presented weekly
by a resident company at such
moderate prices as $1.00 top for
night performances and so cents
for matineees but this fear was
quickly diSpelled and many pa
irons of the regular legitimate
theater were won over by this
sterling organization.
They are not what is ordinarily
classed as a "stock" company,
rather they should be spoken of
as repertory company, and rep
resent the theater of the Nations
Capital as the Abbey Theater
Players represent the theater of
Dublin, Ireland, and the Srat-
ford-Upon-Avon Players immor-
talize Shakespeare for the British
Empire.
Their personnel has invariably
embraced the very finest actors
and actresses of the present-day
American theater. While they
have never attempted to star any,
one such reputable artists as
Minor Watson, their first leading
man and later a Belasco star,
Edward Arnold, Romano Cal
lender, Raymond Bramley, Kath-
ryn Givney, Roberta Beatty, Le-
ona Powers, Nancy Sheridan, the
late John Warner, Stanley Ridges,
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FootIight Club In
1.-The Vinegar Tree

Members of the Footlight Club,
University of Maryland dramatic
organization, have stepped from
the serious characterizations of
the fall play Death Takes A Holi-
day" into rehearsals for the riot
Gus comedy THE Vinegar Tree"
This drawing room comedy writ
ten by Paul Osborne had a sue
cessful run on Broadway several
years ago: but is comparatively
new to college dramatics. Its clever
lines, humorous situations. and
scintillating charac CREATIONS,
however. make it particularly
adaptable for student production.
Members of the cast include
Miss BETH Buschman, of Leonia,
N. j.; Jerome Sacks, of Baltimore;
Miss Mildred Hearn, of Salisbury,
in the romantic lead; Frederic
Haskin, jr.; Miss Loretta Dolan, of
Baltimore; George Edwards, of
Silver Spring, and John Jacob, OF
PikeSVille.
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eRoger Pryor, Adelaide Hubbard,
Donald Woods, Ona Munson,
Edith King, Leneta Lane, Charles
Hampden, and countless others,
have appeared from time to time
in what has come to be recog-
nized as Americas foremost roper
toire company.
Time and again their perform
ances and productions have sur
passed the presentations of the
travelling road" attractions. In
Charles Sturbitts and Charles
SquireS they are fortunate in
having one of the theaters' finest
builders and scenic artist. There
is no production that they can
not duplicate.
S. E. Cochran, the manager of
the National Theater, who
founded this organization and
who has directed it's destinies
ever since, has just returned
from New York where he con-
tracted for his first three plays
Three Men on a Horse" pro-
duced here a few months ago
and now rated as not only the
outstanding hit Of the season
but the funniest farce to be pre-
sented in the American theater
in many years.
It has reached the absolute sell
out class of the New York offer
ings and to get seats you have to
buy about six weeks in advance.
Such is the promise for his open
ing week. To follow will be an
other current New York success,
Accent on Youth" Crosby
Gaige production now playing at
the Plymouth Theater, New York,
and the mystery play, Post
Road" which now occupies the
Ambassador Theater. featuring
Lucille Watson and our own
Romano Calender.
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It Is now definitely set. :. "Ro-'
berta" comes to the RKo-Keith
screen beginning tomorrow. This
perturbation of the great stage
success, which every advance re-
port has it being 10 times more
tantalizing on the screen, has Fred
Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene
Dunno costarring. Jerome Kern,
who wrote the original score, has
supplied additional musical num-
bers for the screen production.
The best in singing, dancing, in
band music and in fashions was
the goal set by the producers Of
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"Harbor Light"
Tonight

Tonight on the stage of the
Wardman Park Theater, the
Drama Guild of Washington will
present THE Harbor Light" by
owen Davis. A large cast will
enact the drama of several gen.
erations of Maine Ship-building
family. The principal parts are
being played by Ailene Sanford,
Denis E. Connell, Harry A. West
colt, Francis Koonce and Frances
Brunt.
'Harbor Light" is being d.
rected by L. w. Currier, and
there will be a repeat perform
ance tomorrow night, March 8.
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Latest Stage News Direct From Broadway

NEW YORK, March Eddie
Bowling sat himself down at
his desk in his st. James Thea
ter offices yesterday and issued
a pronunciamento. Signor D., he
wishes it known, is planning for
next season and very extensive
plans they are, too.
First, there'll be the already
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announced posthumous opera by
Victor Herbert. It's tentatively
titled sweet Lavender" and the
production rights have been OBJ
tanned from the Herbert estate.
Next, there1l be another revue
along the lines Of Thumbs Up"
and it'll be produced with John
Murray Anderson. Also therel
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the picture. That they reached
that goal is evidenced by the re-
ception accorded the picture in all
cities where it has been presented,
notably New Orleans and Balti-
more, where it is appearing cur
rently.
Irene Dunno sings several Of
Jerome Kern'S finest musical hits.
AStaire and Miss Rogers introduce
spectacular new dance routines to
the lifting tunes Of other Kern
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be several straight plays. So
Eddie has constructed what he
calls a theater laboratory on the
top floor of the st. James. where
a staff Of play readers are read.
ing, musiclisteners listen to mu.
sic and lyric-hearers hear lyrics.
Something is sure to come from
all this.
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Next Sidney Picture
The Vina Delmar story "The
End Of the World" is Sylvia Sid
ney's next picture. Miss Sidney
returned to Hollywood from New
York to prepare for the role. Sir
Guy Standing will be costarred.
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Burns and Allen Set

Purchase Of a second comedy
vehicle for George Burns and
Oracle Allen has been announced
by Paramount. THE Plot Thick.
ems" is the new story, written by
John P. Medbury.
Evening star., 1935-11-30

Attractive home plan drawn for
The Star by j. Himmelheber. Co
lonial In design, the house would
be constructed Of red brick with
white woodwork trimming. The
dining room Is arranged In such a
way as to create a feeling Of spa
ciousneSs. That section Of the
room not occupied by the table and
chairs could be used in connection
with the living space. However,
the dining space is none the less
private, and the fireplace could be
appreciated from either the dining
or living rooms. The upstairs
porch suggests a variety of uses.
1t may be converted into a bed
room and bath, q glass-inclosed
sleeping porch or an upstairs liv.
ing room.