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BIockfriors
Are Busy

The members of the Blackfriars'
Guild have spent their spare time
this summer in their own hall on
Fifteenth st. building scenery for
the Guilds four major productions
during the coming dramatic
season.
The Blackfriars' first offering
is 1.-The Risen Generation" a mod
ern comedy pertaining to the foot
ball season. written by the Rev.
Urban Maggie, o. P, founder of the
Blackfriar movement. The play
will be directed by Miss Angela
Kier and will be presented to the
public on the evenings of Novem-
Der 2, 3 and 4. September % has
been set as the date for tryoutS.
In December the group will
present THE Joyous Season." by
Philip Barry. The play has for
it's theme the celebration of Christ
mas and is radically different
from others by the same play
wright. THE Divorce Question"
by William MCGUIRE, will present
a controversial question in dra-
matte form during the month of
February, and will be followed in
April by THE Milky Way" a
comedy by Lynn Root.
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days quotations and those Of the
first two days send all to Romeo
and Juliet" Contest Editor, care
Of The Washington Times. All
entries must be in not later than
midnight Friday, September 4.
Here are today's quotations. Re
member one is from Romeo and
Juliet" and the remaining four
from other Shakespeare plays.
1. "A plague on both your
houses"
z. at was Greek to me-"
3. "a horse, a horse, my king
dom for horse"
4. Uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown"
5. 400 full of the milk Of
human kindness"
Now as Shakespeare said "cud-
gel your brains" and when you
have identified all Is quotations
which have appeared in the past
three days send them in on time
and you may win one of the cash
prizes or a pair of tickets to see
Romeo and Juliet" starring
Norma Shearer and Leslie How
ard at the National Theater be-
ginning Sunday evening, Septem-
Der 6.
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Earle Books
Gilt-Edged
Movies

"Cain and Mabel" and "Give Me
Your Heart"-two new Cosmopoli-
tan productions for release by
Warner Bros.-will be presented
at the Earle Theater during a sea-
son Of Gilt Edge Shows" an
nounced today by John j. Pay
cite, Warner Bros. general zone
manager.
Pat O'Brien in China Clipper"
and the stage presentation of Bob
Crosby and his orchestra will in
augurate the new season Of en-
tertainment this Friday, Septem-
Der 4. The second attraction in
the lineup will be Anthony Ad-
verse" a production deemed so
big and so unusual that it will
be presented without any stage at
traction, an unprecedented change
Of policy which will continue for
the one week only.
Marion Davies and Clark Gable
are the stars in Cain and Mabel"
which is hailed by coast preview-
ers as one of the most lavish and
engaging musical productions ever
presented on the screen. The
story, by H. C. Witwer, provides
Miss Davies with an excellent role.
Kay Francis is the star in "Give
Me Your Heart" with George
Brent and Roland Young heading
the supporting cast. Archie L.
Mayo directed.
Other important Warner pro
auctions listed by Mr.. Payette in
clude "stage Struck" a gay must
cal comedy with Dick Powell,
Joan Blondell and the Yacht Club
Boys; THE Charge Of the Light
Brigade" with Enrol Captain
Blood" Flynn and Olivia de Havil-
land; Max Reinhardt's "a Mid
summer Nights Dream" with its
Star-filled cast, and Gold Diggers
Of 1887" the new edition of the
musical comedy with new melo-
dies, new dance routines and a
stellar cast.
King V1dor'S producClon LOT
Paramount, 1.-The Texas Rangers, !"
heads that studios contributions
to the lineup, with Fred Mac
Murray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker
and Lloyd Nolan as important
members of a large cast. Other
Paramount Pictures listed include
Mae West in Go West, Young
Man" and Valiant Is the Word
for Carrie" with Gladys George,
Airline Judge and John Howard.
England contributes several
films to the three-month season
of shows, among them a new
George Arliss release, THE Mel
son Touch"
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MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Alice Faye, "sing
Baby, Sing" 10:45 a. M, 1870,
AIS, 7:05, $50 p. m. Stage,
12:45, $40, sos. $50 p. m.
EARLE-Gertrude Michael, "Re-
turn Of Sophie Lang" II a. m,
lao, 4:30, 1920, 1885 p. m.
Stage, 1885, 3:25. 6:15. 9;n5
p. m.
RKO.KEITH'S-Gene Raymond,
walking on Air." 1882 a. m,
lit, 1902. 4:47, $3.50, 8:17, 1902
p. m.
PALACE-Joan Crawford "Gor.
geous Hussy," 1890 a. M, 1910,
2:55, sos, 7:20, 9:35 p. m.
OLUMBIA-W. c. Fields,
Poppy" 1910, 2:05, 4, 5:55,
1850, 9:45 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Bing Crosby,
Rhythm on the Range" 1872,
a. m, 1:15, 3:19. 500. 1927. $3.50
p. m.
LITTLE-"The Scoundrel'' at
1l:18 a. m, 1923, 1929, 5:35, 7:41
and 9:47 p. m.
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lem" number, in which Fred AStaire
donS black face, was so good that
Bill Robinson cabled the star con-
gratulationS from London, where
the tap king caught the picture
, It broke all opening day and
weekend records at Radio City
Music Hall, which must make
Hardie Meakin feel good My
correspondent feels that, for the
first time, Ginger Rogers runs
little better than even with Fred
AStaire in passing out the honors
Probably Ginger's answer to
those who like to say some other
girl should be teamed with Astaire
It has Jerome Kern music,
which would be reason enough for
Swing Time" '"The Way You
Look Tonight" Pick Yourself
Up" "A Fine Romance" Never
Gonna Dance" and the aforemen-
toned, ''Bojangles of Harlem" &.
KATE SINGS TO GRANNY
Kate Smith, in town for a holi-
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$50 in Cash, Theoter Tickets,
If You Know Shakespeare

Today closes the original offered by
Washington Times
For the three days. concluding today, five quotations
from Shakespeare have been appearing this page If you
identify the plays from which they TAKEN you
eligible for the following prizes First prize $5 second $1O
third S. and the 10 runnersup each will receive pair Of
tickets to Romeo and Juliet which begins limited road
show engagement at the National Theate Sunday evening"
September 6, at s 30 o'clock
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vertising budgets only mOder-
ately, if at all.
"The decrease in newspaper
space used was much less than
the decrease by most other CLASH
ficatiOnS of advertisers. LOew
TheaterS, as is known, did very
well in weathering the storm.
"Our theaterS have always
done everything possible to en-
courage the use of newspapers
by producers Of pictures. During
the coming season, indications
are that prOducer-advertiSing of
their productions will be heavier
than ever before. Virtually all
of the producers with whom
LOew Theaters do business have
announced huge appropriations
for national advertising in CO.
operation with local theaters.
This national advertising is in
addition to the local budgets
and does not lessen the local
lineage in any instance"
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Newspapers Are No. I Medium
Of Advertising, Says Loew's

NEW YORK, Sept. AT a
meeting of motion picture adver-
tising executives today plans were
discussed for advertising and pro-
motion of circuit theaters for the
new movie season now being
launched.
Discussing plans of the Loew
Theater circuit, which operates
the Capitol, Palace and Columbia
Theaters in Washington, National
Advertising Director Oscar A.
Doob revealed that several hun
dred Loew theaters contemplate
healthy increases in newspaper
advertising space.
"Despite the development Of
other forms of advertising, the
daily newspaper still remains
the most important and most
productive form of advertising
for motion pictures" said DOOb.
During the late depression the
L0eW theaterS trimmed their ad-
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COUNTRY CLUB FUN
Film and dramtic editors Of
Boston newspapers and several
feature writer's will leave Thursday
for Hollywood as guests of Direc-
tor Frank Lloyd and Paramount.
They will see scenes made for
maid Of Salem" The idea de-
veloped about three months ago,
when Lloyd came to Boston and
Salem to study backgrounds.
Those making the trip will be
Helen Eager, Boston Traveller;
Eltnor Hughes, Herald; Marjorie
Adams, Globe; Prunella Hall, Post;
Peggy Doyle, Evening American,
and q representative from the
Transcript and the Daily Record.
Warner Brothers will sponsor
. day at the Congressional Coun-
try Club for the preliminary peep
at Anthony Adverse" Lunch,
swimming, golf, tennis and cock
tails are on this afternoons SEIZED
ule. Dinner and preview Of "An-
thony Adverse" in the evening. .
When the Earle engagement be-
gins it will be inaugurated with a
Thursday midnight public preview
on September 10.
GINGER DOES OKAY
A slight case of chills and fever
contracted in Philadelphia when
the overnight breezes sweeping in
from Chestnut Street developed an
Arctic flavor, kept this department
from the preview of the Astaire-
Rogers Swing Time" on Monday
night However, my first deputy
reports that the "Bojangles of Har-
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HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
'Hussy' Breaks
Est. Records

Gorgeous Hussy" continues to
knock over every record ever
established at Loew's Palace.
The theater's books Monday
morning showed that Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer's romantic drama
had set an all-time record for week
end business, the crosses" for
Friday, Saturday and Sunday COM
bined being the best in II years.
And there was not let-up in ac-
tivity Monday morning with rec
ords topping once more. At 2
o'clock Monday afternoon THE
Gorgeous HusSy" had left far in
the rear the once formidable box
office records created by San
Francisco" "Mutiny On the
Bounty" and David Copper
field"
Loew Division Chief Carter Bar.
ron confidently believes that Joan
Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel
Barrymore and all Of the other
bright stars this picture boasts
will have attracted more people
when the week is completed than
any picture ever to play the Pal
ace in its many years of opera
ton,
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VOTE AMERICAN
Emotional

Molly Lamont, young English
actress, has an important and mo-
tivating role in Portrait Of q
Rebel" Katharine Hepburn'S new
RKO Radio drama.
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BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc J

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2.-Press
angentry. For the lovers Of the
great outdoors drayma, it should
be CHEEKY news to know that Sol
Lesser intends bringing William
S. Hart back to the screen for at
least six starring vehicles, as yet
unpicked. They may be rehaShes
of some of his old ones. .Loyd'S
of London are inSuring the picture,
"Lloyd's Of London" just in case
any Of the players should take sick
or kick the bucket while playing
in the company'S nameSake.
P. G. Wodehouse is back at M
GIN again, and thereby hangs a
tale. Some years ago, he sent in
a note with his resignation, say
ing that he had received hundred
and four thousand dollars for do
ing absolutely nothing, thereby
putting the entire movie industry
in an uproar, to say nothing of
Eastern hackers who realized there
was great waste going on. His
latest contract possibly comes
under the heading of a compro-
mise, to get back into Warehouses;
good graces.
Ruth Chatterton is giving up the
movies this winter to do play in
New York. Benny Fields and
Blossom Seeley are to be coStarred
in an independent picture based
on their own lives in show bust
ness. Those two are really COM
ing up again, which is nice to
know.
Carlo caught a cold while work
ing on Camille" and had to re-
cuperate for a few days. Since
San Francisco" was released,
Spencer Tracy's fan mail has
jumped from 200 letters a week to
$500. With such new interest in
the air. he is now definitely star
ring material. AT Hal Roach
studio, we find that there are ex-
actly SO people there who have
been working for Mr.. Roach for
the past is years. Them'S 10y
atty.
AS soon as. Isabel Jewell and
Owen Crump, her fiance, of the
ether executives, have saved
enough gold from the air and the
films, they will wed, buy a yacht,
name it The Little SeamStress
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| COVER HOLLYWOOD

batter the pet part Isabel played
in 1.-THE Tale of Two Cities" and
then go floating around with Issie
writing like mad, and Owen paint
ing whatever happens to swim by
that is paintable. Sounds abSo-
lutely idyllic, so it must be love.
The old general service studios
are certainly perking up and be-
coming very select indeed, since
Emanuel Cohen's major pictures
moved in there. They are whip
ping up three bungalows for three
of their stars that would knock
your eye out. For Bing Crosby,
they have a modernized version of
early American. For the star of
Go West, Young Man." the bun
galow is French Norman without,
and overstuffed within. The
flowers in it's garden will repre-
sent the countries of the world,
as a sort of florescent League of
Nations, and they have even gone
to the extent of having DR.. Jules
de Lanvin, a famous horticulture
list, given vent to a new sort of
bluebel, with an hour-glaSs 1890
figure like it's owners. The third
is for Gary Cooper, but he cannot
yet decide whether to make it
African, for his trophies from the
months he spent hunting lions as
the guest of Xxi Preston in
MombaSa, or mostly leather, like
the seat of his pants in The
PlainSman." We shall see.
A free lance lady named Mar
jorie Gateson, who was publicized
muchly in syndicated photos Of
herself cutting her own hair, with
the aid of three mirrors and q pair
of shears, which she really does, by
the way, has now received an irate
letter from an enraged barber in
Pratt City. Ala, protesting and beg
ging her to go back to the beauty
shops. It would seem that no less
than six of his lady customers
have abandoned him since seeing
the photo, and are frightening all
Alabama with their personally
chewed-up coiffureS, to say nothing
Of running his business.
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SOME AMUSEMENT GLEANINGS = Co"
Anthony Adverse Debuts Here
With Midnight Showing,
Country Club PreVieW
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Wednesday roundup of facts and fancy: Atlantic City is
evidently praying for big Labor Day weekend Sam STRAIT
bulletins that the Steel Pier will open continuously from
Saturday morning until Tuesday. One hundred
thousand dollars in three days the mark they're shooting
at 1t is getting popular to tour the critics to catch the
movies Philadelphia scrbes carted to New York in
Romeo and Juliet" Washington typewriter Founders
transported to the sleepy city and next Sunday Baltimore
writers come here MGM planning to plane the New
York critics to the Coast for loosee The Good Earth"
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AS soon as. Isabel Jewell and
Owen Crump, her fiance, of the
ether executives, have saved
enough gold from the air and the
films, they will wed, buy a yacht,
name it The Little Seamstress
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Because so many Of Shake
speare'S phrases are still in COM
mon use and because his greatest
play is being brought to the talk
ing screen for the first time, the
drama editor of The Times and
Norman w. Pyle, of Metro-Gold
wyn-Mayer have devised this con-
test.
When you have identified to-
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VOTE AMERICAN
Evening star., 1936-03-31

officers. having received mysterious
orders to fall back, were puzzled by
the spectacle Of Americans coming
forward and, here and there, urged
them to withdraw to safety.
"At this time arose the great legend
that Gen. (Omar) Bundy. then COM
manding the I'd Division, had met the
French order to retreat with a re-
sounding refusal - Retreat, Hell, ]
Just got here
Which story. born Of the mood of
those days, spread like the fiu from
continent to continent. It was not
true. But It was not sheer invention.
capt. Williams Of the Marines,
getting into position with his company
on the first day, was met by an ex.
cited French ofhcer who told him that
the order was to retreat, which, as
far as the French troops were con-
cerned, was quite true. And Capt.
Williams told him to 60 to He'll.
HE had spoken out OF his heart,
and then, fearing that perhaps he
had not employed the proper attitude
Evening star., 1936-03-31
Doughboy Legend Traced
Retreat, He'll; We Just Got Here"
Attributed to Several Officers.

Bragg, N. c.. was credited with having
uttered the explosive sentence while
serving with the artillery in France.
Historical Records Checked.
A check-up by the historical section
Of the War College, however, resulted
In this report:
'"The incident is one OF the recur-
ring legends of the World War From
time to time it comes up in various
guises and is ascribed to any number
Of different officers.
"Our inquiry inclines us to the view
that it was simple verbal reply to
French officer by Capt. williams of
the United States Marine Corps, now
Evening star., 1936-03-31
WIVES FOUND GUILTY
ON GAMING CHARGES
8y the Associated Press.

4y the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 31.-Husbands'
complaints that their wives were
gambling away family fortunes
brought six women into court In
Boston and one in Lynn yesterday.
The six Boston women, who, police
said, INDUCED In poker, pleaded inno-
cent to being present in a woman's
apartment where gambling imple-
ments were found. But within 10
minutes, after a policeman testified,
Judge Richard Walsh found them
guilty, then ordered their cases
dropped.
In Lynn, Judge Ralph w. Reeves
fned Mrs. Pauline Burns $lo0 for
maintaining room in which race
bets allegedly were placed. Police
told the court they arrested Mrs.
Burns after many husbands COM
planned their wives were squandering
the household budget betting on
horses.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
GIRL SCHOLARSHIP
PLANS ANNOUNCED
$1,000 Award Open to Win
ner in Trinity College
Contest.

Girl students In local and neigh
boring high schools, preparatory
schools and converts will be eligible
10 compete for a $1,000 scholarship
which win enable the successful con-
testant to study for four years at
Trinity College.
The announcement Of the schol-
arship, offered by the National Alum
nae Association Of Trinity College,
was made by the local chapter of
the association, which will conduct
the contest in this vicinity. Rules
and details of the competition were
also made public by the District of
Columbia Chapter of Trinity Alumnae.
Sister Raphael Scholarship.
The scholarship will be named for
Sister Raphael, retired past president
of Trinity College. 1t is made pos
sible by the college itself, through
the cooperation of Sister Berchman
Julia, president. She authorized the
National Alumnae Association to con-
duct the scholarship contest and to
make the award to the girl receiving
the highest grade in competitive ex-
aminations.
Mrs. Charles McArdle of Troy, N. Y,
Is chairman of the alumnae asSocia-
tion's Scholarship Committee, under
whose supervision the contest Is to
be held.
Any girl in this area is eligible to
enter the competition provided she
shall have completed high school
course or its equivalent by June, 1886.
Written General Test.
The local contest will include a
written standardized general test, sent
out by the national Scholarship Com
mittee. It will also embrace an oral
examination on current problems
which will be arranged by the COM
mittee. Both tests will be given on
April Is. The examinations will be
directed by the president Of the Wash
ington chapter or a committee ap-
pointed for this purpose.
Girls in the % localities where
Trinity College has alumnae chapters
will compete for the scholarship. The
winners in each area will take the
standard college board examinations
in June and the girl receiving the
highest rating will be the winner.
In addition, the District of Columbia
chapter is offering an individual prize
to the girl who represents this re-
gion in the national contest. An
nouncement of the nature of this
award will be made by the local
chapter within a few days.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
WASHINGTON C., TUESDAY, MARCH ST. 1886

deceased, to the effect that his orders
were to remain where he was"
In support Of its conclusions the
War College made public letter writ
ten to its historical section on May
26, 1921, by Gen. w. G. Neville. Marine
Corps commander, in response to an
inquiry 1t made Of him at that time
for information concerning the re-
fuSal Of Marines to obey . retreat
order.
Gen. Neville cited this passage from
the oficial diary Of the 9Th Marine
Brigade under date of June 3, 1918:
THE French line has fallen back
nearly to our own line, practically on
our whole front. In one case a re-
treating French officer gave an order
in writing to an American officer to
fall back from the position which we
have been holding. The order was not
obeyed."
Frenchmen Mystified.
Gen. Neville also quoted from an
other oficial publication as follows:
Naturally enough the French minor
Evening star., 1936-03-31
MILLARDS' YACHT
PICKED UP AT SEA
Kaydet, Abandoned in Storm, Be.
ing Towed to Jamaica by
British Shin.

Picked up at sea, 2l0 miles north
west Of Bermuda, the abandoned
yacht Kaydet, owned by the Millard
Preparatory School for West Point,
1918 N street, is on its way to Kings
ton, Jamaica, in tow Of the British
steamship Cavalier, according to an
Associated Press dispatch.
The yacht was wrecked at sea last
Monday. Capt Homer 3. Millard, his
wife, Rosa, and eight boys from their
school who were members OF the
crew, were rescued and taken to
Puerto Rico.
Capt. and Mrs. Millard are ex-
pected to return to Washington next
week, it was learned at the Millard
School today. Two of the youths,
David Crocker and Francis Wright,
already have sailed for New York
City.
No details concerning the cause Of
the shipwreck are available here. It
Is believed, however, the Kaydet en-
countered severe storm. The boat
had sailed on March from the Cor
inthian Yacht Club, Of which Capt.
Millard is member. and was bound
on . cruise to Panama.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

toward an allied officer Of higher
rank. he sent in his own report of the
proceedings to beat anyone else to
It,"
This account added that Capt. vii.
liaus, who was not further identified,
was wounded later and killed a short
time afterward by a random shell
while lying on the operating table In q
dressing station OF the front.
Evening star., 1936-03-31

BY the Associated Press.
"HE Army War College has Ia
beled as Just another legend"
of the World War the origin
II of the words, attributed to
various American officers since then:
Retreat, hell; we Just got here"
But it gave credit to an obscure
captain of Marines, now dead, for in
spring the stery by his action in re-
fusing to obey the order Of superior
French officer to fall back with his
company during the fierce fighting
at Belleau Wood in June, 1918.
Most recently, Brig. Gen. Manus
McCloskey, commandsnt Of Fort
Evening star., 1936-03-31
Life- Caught After Escape.

CARTERSv1LLE, Ga, March 81
R.-Preston Saylor, one-time prize
fighter under life sentence for the
murder Of his brother, escaped from
jail here yesterday only 10 be recap
tured a few hours later after he had
fed less than miles.
Evening star., 1936-03-31
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Evening star., 1936-03-31

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Evening star., 1936-03-31

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Evening star., 1936-03-31

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