The Washington times., 1935-06-03

Time i DOuSHG my GACACI IAAdU ~
was a SIS bill / handed the
cashier. After I left the the
ater l had occasion to make an
other purchase and finding my
bill pocket empty, / recalled
that l had handed q So bill to
your cashier. Imagine my graft
ficatiOn when one Of your men
brought out to me an envelope
with 81 in it left by a lady at
$50 p. m.
Please thank the cashier for
me for holding the rest Of my
change. I got it upon returning
to the theater about 8 p. m.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Minnie AStmann.
The lady for whom Diogenes
might blow out his lantern is
Mrs. Anna Minnix, who dis
penses services with smile in
the main ticket booth Of the
Fox.
Besides being first aid to the
absent-minded movie patron, Mrs.
Mannix is an expert at Spotting
counterfeit money. Four times
has she detected queer" which
was pushed through the ticket
window. Three times it was
passed by innocent victims of
counterfeiters, but at least on one
occasion the police put their
hand on the shoulder of a cul-
prit.
While the &c" men get their
credit on the screen the alert
who help them to fame must
get their credit here.
MIR. Powell Drops In
A little extra treat for the
Earle customers, first show Sun
day afternoon, was Dick Powell.
He arrived in town to pick up a
band for his Friday night Holly
wood Hotel broadcast, which will
be sent out from Station WJSV.
Dick did one song. He's around,
as you know, to make an Annapo-
lis picture.
Kids VS.. Shakespeare
Helen I. Burton sends me word
about a unique treatment of
Shakespeare by Washington chill
dren. She says:
"The Children's Theater will
present, in their own words,
"The Tanning of the Shrew," in
the BrightwOod School audito-
rum, Thursday, June 6. A care
full study of the plot and char
acter enable the children to Of
fer portrayalS Of unusual sin
cerity. The actors in the play,
aged 10, II and IL years, built
the play themselves, speak no
set lines or initiate no action
but the play grows out of the
children'S own minds, imagina-
tiOn and emotion"
On Tuesday, June 18, the chill
dren will perform at the Arts
Club, and on Wednesday, June
IL, they will present the play
over the air from Station WMAL.
under the auspices of the United
States Bureau of Education.
Miss Helen I. Burton, who in
structs the children, is music and
dramatic instructor at the Bright
wood Demonstration School.
Purely Personal
Zone Manager John j. Payette
and Exchange Manager Bob
Smeltzer left for the Coast and
Warner Brothers annual conven-
ton, which will be held this year
at Los Angeles. They will go by
train, being first-claSS ground
hogs.
Arthur Boran, who made
President Roosevelt laugh at the
White House correspondents din
ner by initiating the Presidents
radio voice, will be the headliner
at the Earle Theater beginning
Friday.
Larry Beatus is in town for the
Shriner doings. So is Col. Harry
Long, Of Cleveland. Both Loew
executives who formerly labored
in the Washington vineyard.
Joan Marsh, the Hollywood
headliner at the Fox, will make a
microphone appearance at WJSV
tonight at 1918 and again on
Wednesday st 8:15 p. m.
AL Jolson told the worst Joe
Miller circulating on his Saturday
night broadcast, dangerous stuff
for a radio program that is nov
No. l. And Billie Burke's voice
heard yesterday over the air in
1.-The Vinegar Tree" is not suited
for radio.
~ CT