Evening star., 1935-08-14

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sentence strikes to the very core. Even
the word "toots" comes back as
pleasant sort of recreation, and if that
piece of yellow paper happened to be
around it might serve once again for
the daily theatric sermon.
Since, however, Amanda O. is in
such a turmoil. wanting to dig deeper
and deeper and deeper, we shall try
and oblige her with the news that is
news this amor rather the only
news that has come in either by post
man, window or busboy. The results
are somewhat as follows:
From Paramount Pictures Distrib-
uting Corp, 110l North Capitol street:
Dear Mr.. Melcher: Chalk up another
scoop for the Paramount Sound News!
The Metropolitan Theater will. flash
the first actual scenes of the Ethiopian
war preparations in that country.
These scenes were the first to reach
America and were rushed to Wash
ington by plane. Yours very truly,
STANLEY r. CHASE.
Manager Advertising Sales Dept"
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IRON Charles Brennan, manager of
the Metropolitan Theater, wire
which reads: I'VE are now showing
through Saturday the only actual
scenes of Ethiopia preparing for war
stop Paramount News made these
shots in Ethiopia Parliament and
army headquarters in Africa ex-
clusively and they just arrived in this
country. Regards" etc.
IRON Frank La Falce, Warner
Bros, theaters: First pictures of
Halle Selassie, the Ethiopian En-
peror, actually preparing for war with
Italy are contained in the new issue
of Paramount news now at Warner
Bros Metropolitan Theater. The
reel contains the first and only pic
lures of the Ethiopian Parliament at
Adds Ababa. shows review of seven
armies, with tribal chieftains pledg-
ing their loyalty, and flashes of the
League of Nations sessions where an
Ethiopian delegate is expressing the
appreciation of his country.
Paramount News was the only
company to have cameraman on the
scene at the time these pictures we're
made" etc.
Our local Mr.. De Titta, Fox movie
tone celebrity, sent over his little
kodack man, too, and he is now
scurrying around with Emperor Sc
lassie and the other boys, probably in
unison with Mr.. Paramount'S SCOOP"
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IRON Ray Bell, executive secretary
Of the Variety Club: Dear Bark
er: Variety's Board of Governors at
recent meeting designated Saturday.
November %, as a tentative date for
the second annual dinner dance It
appears that several members have
asked that this affair be restricted
only to men. Others share the
opinion that this is the Variety affair
OF the year that should encourage the
attendance of the ladies. So that we
may have definite opinion from the
entire membership. won't you express
your thoughts on the attached card"
On the other side of the card it
Gays: please mark your preference
I'm in favor of stag dinner dance
I'm in favor of a mixed dinner
dance"
What, pray, Ray, is stag dinner
dance?
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IRON Dan Terrell Cat least 1t
sounds like hirn): ''It seems that
Audrey Sieber. not satisfied with the
recent acquisition of a new car, has
added to her encourage (this is a
brave word, Danny one fox terrier,
now known variously as 'Nameless,'
'Toodles' and, by her brother, That
Dog 'Nameless' is weeks old,
brown and white in color and de-
cidedly age-struck. He is also affec-
tionate and generous and-but Audrey
can go on enumerating his good points
for hours.
"The point is, however, that Audrey
cannot decide what to call the pup,
which most decidedly needs a name.
You can't get billing in the theater
or anywhere else without name"
Oh, don't know. "On her way to
the grocery shop for dog biscuit yes
terday Audrey expressed a wish that
some Washingtonian suggest a suit
able cognomen for 'Nameless.'
"Tll send an autographed photo
graph and sincere vote of thanks to
whoever sends me the right name for
'Nameless,' she said
Suggestion: "Toots."
4 X X
FROM Ray Henderson, press repre-
sentative, Miss Cornell, Hotel
Bristol, Salzburg, Austria: "As last
Summer she visited Verona, legendary
scene of Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet which she acted last Winter,
so this year Katherine Cornell has
traced the life of Joan of Arc in
France, since she plans to appear in