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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
New Shakespeare Shrine
Plans Being Considered

Thames. was built in 1898, and
burned in 1913, three years before
Shakespeare's death. 1t was in this
historic playhouse that he was en-
gagged as dramatist, actor and man.
ager. The restoration will be as
near as possible to the original site.
The Globe was a tall structure for
its time, hexagonal- in form, and
most of its top was open to the
sky. The equality" of the audience
were seated on the stage or in the
galleries. The stage took up much
o. the courtyard at the first floor
and in the pit "plain people" or the
groundlings stood or squatted, as
there were no seats provided for
them. There was no scenery in
Shakespeare's day, and indicated
localities were marked simply by
signs such as "this is a forest"
The painted scenery of the English
stage seems to have been intro
duced about 1850. A restored Globe
theater would therefore be on the
most primitive pattern. There sur
vive many old engravings of it
which would be fairly good guide
to the architects intrusted with its
twentieth century reproduction.
Rebuilding Of the Mermaid tavern
would be largely on conjectural
lines as little is known of it's ex-
terror appearance. There are avail
able, however, many drawings of
Tudor taverns of the period and
some of those structures themselves
survive. The noted hostel probably
was built in the Fifteenth century
and there is definite mention of it
under date of 1864 in "The Expenses
of Sir John Howard" It was stu
ated in Bread street, Cheapside.
AT the Mermaid in 1903 Sir Walter
Raleigh founded a small club, the
place being meeting place for the
literary men. Among the celebri-
ties. according to tradition, we're
Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, Christie
pher Marlowe, Beaumont, Fletcher
and Decker. A supposititous gath
ering of this circle is shown in a
painting by John Fraed, a Scotch
artist, which now hangs in the Cor
coran Art Gallery in Washington.
Museum to Adjoin Two Units.
1t is announced that when the
restoration is complete the walls of
the Mermaid will be hung with tap
estries from the looms of the period.
The staff of the tavern is to be
dressed in the garb of Shake
speare's time and visitors who call
for it will be RECALLED with the sub
stantial fare of the days of Good
Queen Bess." In its prime the tav-
ern was noted for the excellence of
its Canary wine and for the scintil-
lating wit of its talented patrons.
Joined with the two buildings pro-
posed would be the museum and
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
H4M@Me1A
Adventures
Club

"No Dice"
BY FLOYD GIBBONS.
Famous Headline Hunter

~ OW the moral of this story boys and girls that gambling
doesn't pay Not that need convince of it.
once bet two bucks horse thought would first
Saratoga and the next time him later pulling
the steam calhope parade in Denver
Yep it's risky business letting
but not half risky Tommy
Eighteenth Wadsworh
ing Lady Luck that fateful July night back in 1922.
Lieutenant Tommy n army
M Then he was Just plain Private Tommy of the
and seventeenth field artillery
oldsbo N The One Hundred and Seventeenth doing
its regular two weeks field
1t hot night, of the
blanket
little white
forth blanket enemy army
of least weeks
Tommy and Pal Are Attracted by Galoping Ivores
OF
fellows shooting
for
the
Tommy and friend coming from a evening
nearby town when they heard the boys cheering the Seventh
regiment There lot
to Big Dick who presume the captain Of the
regiment Little
The roofing attracted
the tent to what
There
Bill drinking and he rolled
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Uses First Pay Check
to Repay Relief Fund

Paterson, N. J.-Amir Hassman,
a forty-seven-year-old Arabian who
believes, he said, that "a man who
breaks promises soon breaks friend
ships" has started to make good a
debt of S29.l0 to Paterson.
Several months ago Hassman.
who has been in this country six.
teen years, lost his job. At first he
refused to take relief because, he
said, it was against his "princi-
pies"
Finally, however, Hassman was
convinced that at least he should
get enough so that he might buy
food. So he reluctantly applied to
Poormaster James O'Gorman. In
sisting he needed little on which
to live, he accepted a $1.80 a week
food allowance. He lived on that
until two weeks ago when he OBJ
tanned job at So cents an hour.
Today he received his drst pay
check and went Immediately to
O'Gorman. He turned over $40 of
his salary and promised that the
other 1910 would be forthcoming
within few weeks.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25

He
dollars and Tommy could see that he wasn't taking
Losing Sergeant Returns to Make Trouble.
The other lads though
e had imbibed alcohol
nun while ne set point made winnings
was right that the friendly
Joe the sergeant, claimed money
prett% hot to put down. There was an that
JUST TO humor him. and the play
throws and Joe left weaving his the
MS hand and an ugly scov his face.
Joe was looking for trouble That everybody
began to John Of talking about him behind his back His
yellow of gun There was no
Joke about it, That
Drunken Maniac's Bullet Wakes John UP.
Tommy didn't He leap for Joe and
grabbed the gun But Joe kept his the
session of the - ~
Says Tommy 81 him long, and 1
Then suddenly trigger sharp crack
that deafened me for minute by my
have been scared then, but At
excited to feel the effects fear"
the drunken maniac Whether he dazed Just
thought all joke Tommy until
broke the spell John of the
Tommy says he never fast in his life.
Tommy Stares Into the Muzzle of a AS
Tommy tired by was strong as a
bull and he knew he'd be able away him
John gone he land didn't Shoot me-
and furious and for
full minute the staring As That's
when did scared have grow look
last began wishing he
would shoot get with fingers
vusng the trigger face purple with Then
" realize that John had sne and he ran out of the tent after
beginning o end. In another ten seconds
the whole camp in They
him to guardhouse, Johnny
him to hospital where he getting
the
that the time John got the
hospital when his stopped stand
ing on end
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Man, 60, WEEDS Girl, %,
Son WEEDS Her Sister

Helmetta, N. J.-William B. Til
ton, sixty-year-old Gravel Hill farm
er, married Julia Scott, twenty-five,
his housekeeper, as his son Ernest,
twenty-four, married her sister, Ce-
liza, eighteen.
The ceremony was performed at
the Holy Trinity Catholic church by
the Rev. John Budziak.
The two sisters wore white satin
wells, as Tilton said they would,
and the grooms were slicked I'D in
their Sunday clothes just to please
them.
Tilton, who wanted "quiet little
wedding" one that wouldn't inter-
fere with his business routine"
found traffic blocked by a crowd
gathered in front of the church
when the party arrived.
Following the ceremony, the two
couples left for Freehold, where
they planned a wedding dinner in
a hotel before returning to Tilton's
ninety nine acre farm, where all
four will live together.
The farmer saw no reason WHY
his age and that of his bride should
interfere with their happiness. He
said:
Happiness in married life de-
Ponds on how much love one has
for the other. Marriage is like
business. You have to take
chance"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Radio Operator OFF
for Weather Study

New York.-Paul Oscaynan, a
former operator in Greenland,
is on his way 10 Iceland to open
a meteorological radio station
for Pan American Always, the
air line disclosed.
Accompanied by his wife, o.
caynan has left for Reykjavik,
where he will be stationed for a
year to make observations in
Pan Americans long range
study of northern transatlantic
weather conditions, looking to
the establishment Of a trans-At-
lantic air service.
The station at Reykjavik will
be the first of a number of sta
tons to be opened by Pan Amer
lean and follows two year study
of weather conditions by an ex-
petition sent out by the air line.
Oscaynan was radio operator
with the University of Michigan
Greenland expedition at Mount
Evans several years ago. His
home is in Richmond, Va.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Colonial Dutch Ovens

The early Colonial American
Dutch ovens we're round, square, OF
oblong, with an open front The
round variety was often fitted with a
spit turned by handle on the out
side, to roast meat. Otherwise the
ovens we're used for baking. The
open side was set close to the fire, to
receive the full heat. Usually they
were constructed of tin which gave
them the name of "tin kitchen" or
Dutch kitchen" The bake kettle.
a covered receptacle on high legs
to set over the fire, was sometimes
called Dutch oven.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25

of the English-speaking peoples was
passed in the British metropolis. 1t
is hoped by the new association that
the London memorial will prove to
be as much of a shrine as is that
in Stratford-on-Avon.
Although the world refers to
Shakespeare so much as the Bard
of Avon and adopts Ben Johnson's
name for him as the Swan of
Avon, it is recalled that the English
town knew only the morning and the
sunset of the dramatist's life. Even
after Shakespeare had retired to
Stratford he kept up his connec-
tions with London, acquired prop
erty there and revisited the city
scenes of his eventual career.
The project is triple. 1t contem-
plates the rebuilding on one site of
the Globe theater where Shake
speare's plays were produced; the
reproduction of the famous Mer-
maid Tavern, where he and his con-
temporaries met socially and the
founding of an Elizabethar. library
and museum. An option on ground
in the heart of Shakespeare Lon
don" has been obtained. The as
ISOLATION announces that for $780,
600 the site can be secured and that
the complete scheme-including the
acquisition of land and the construc-
tion-will cost $4,000, 900. Subscrip-
tons have been obtained on both
sides of the Atlantic. After the plans
mature the theater would be erect
ed within year, and the two other
structures would follow as quickly
as funds accrue.
The Globe theater in Southwark,
on the south bank of the River
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Would Rebuild Theater and
Old Tavern.

New York.-Many Americans are
evincing much interest in the pro-
posed memorial to William Shake
speare in London, as a result of the
recent visit of F. c. Owlett, organ
izing secretary of the GlobeMer-
maid association which is sponsor
ing the project.
The organization's officers have
been chosen from both the United
States and Great Britain Its Eng
lish president is the Earl of Derby
and the American is Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Column
bia university. The enterprise has
been undertaken because it's pro-
motors believe it is appropriate that
due recognition should be given to
the fact that the working creative
life of the great dramatist and poet
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
RANKS OF AGING IN
NATION is GROWING
Trend Means More Older
Workers in Industry.

New York.-Changes in the "age
distribution" of the population that
are occurring as the immigrant por-
ton ages soon will present new
challenge" to American business
management, DR.. Robert E. Chad
dock, professor of statistics in Co
lumbia university, asserted.
Declaring that older persons are
increasing numerically in proper
ton to the rest of the population
DR.. Chaddock estimated that the
number of those over sixty-five
years old, now about $500, 900, will
be trebled in fifty years. With the
population approaching stationary
level, he asserted, the general death
rate soon will begin to rise.
Burden of Aged Grows
1.-The period of youth in our in
dustrial organization IS passing and
our economic structure must be
adapted to age changes" he wrote.
institutions and agencies for the
care OF the aged, the burden of old
age pensions and the costs of de-
tendency will increase rapidly.
1.-THE increasing burden of the
aged upon the productive workers
need not affect adversely the stand
ard of living, because the proper
ton of persons in the productive
ages, twenty to sixty-four, is not
decreasing and the burden of sup
port for the young dependent group
is declining"
Adaptation of the industrial struc-
ture to employ the ever increasing
number of older workers, forty-five
to sixty-four, will be necessary if
the high American standard of liv-
ing is to be maintained, DR.. Chad
dock declared. Otherwise, an in
creasing number may become semi
denendent, he warned, thus increas-
ing the total burden of support rest
ing upon the productive workers.
Aged in Industry
Due to the restriction of immi-
grafton and to the aging of the
foreign-born here, the percentage
OF those who immigrated to this
country and are now over sixty-five
is twice as great as that of the
native Americans over sixty-five,
DR.. Chaddock observed.
The net result of all population
changes, he wrote, is a steadily de-
Ginning proportion of persons under
twenty and a corresponding in
crease of those over forty-fve.
There is little change in the proper
ton OF the productive group, twenty
to forty-four, the survey noted.
Discussing the sex composition of
the population, DR.. Chaddock said
that the trend is toward numerical
equality of the sexes among whites.
He noted that the proportion of
people twenty to sixty-four years
old is much greater in The cities
tnan In the country. In the rural
districts the number of children in
proportion to the entire population
was found greater than in the urban
areas.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Pygmy HippOpotamus

The pygmy hippopotamus is found
only in few lakes and rivers of
Liberia, the Negro republic of West
ern Africa, although his ancestors
in prehistoric times inhabited
southern Europe, northern Africa,
and the islands If the Mediterran-
can. The pygmy is not so well
equipped for swimming as the giant
hippo. His eyes are set in the side
of his head, instead of on top, and
his legs and tail are longer. He has
a larger brain and spends more Of
his time on shore in dense jungle
than In the water.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Eggbeater Is BuRIe

Toledo.-Miss Grace Price of Per-
rysburg, whirrs an egg-beater to
call her cat. The cat responds.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Man Turns Cave Dweller
After Losing His Farm

Beebe, Ark.-Frank Lee, Cleburne
county fisher and trapper, claims
to be the states only cave dweller.
as he recently completed remodel
ing huge cavern into a home.
The cave, one of the many that
can be found in a rock bluff more
than 1000 feet long and rs feet high,
is 60 feet square, with an opening
measuring 10 by 8 feet. Using rough
lumber, Lee has made door which
can be swung open to admit sunlight
and fresh air in the winter and cool
breezes in the summer. Lee, a
bachelor, lost his farm by foreclos-
ure and decided on the cave home.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Pride in His Bank Roll
Results in Its Loss

Detroit.-The old adage of pride
goeth before a fall" hit John Bur-
measter right where he felt it the
most, in his pocket.
Burmeaster was walking near his
home feeling pretty good with a
$62 bankroll in his pocket, when he
was accoSted by two men.
"I'Il bet my bankroll is bigger
than yours" boosted one of the
men, flashing a bundle of green
slips.
"Tush," said Burmeaster, pulling
his roll from his pocket. Look
at this!"
The men did, grabbed it and fled,
one to the north and the other to
the south, leaving Burmeaster
guessing as to which one had his
money.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25
Boy Gets Name With
Sixty-Three Letters

Honolulu, T. Hail things
considered, it's quite a name Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Murray Judd
gave their month old son. They
christened him KananinoheaokI-
uhom eopuuk a imam a lohilohi-
nokeawe aweula m a * a ok a lani
Judd. It's Hawaiian for "the-
beautiful aroma of my =
home at sparkling diamond
hill is carried to the eyes
of heaven" And-just to save
you the trouble-it has So letters.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25

library, in which it is intended there
shall be authentic furniture and
decorations of the Elizabethan pc
riod, and important books and
manuscripts. The whole site, ac-
cording to the prospectus of the
association, will be surrounded with
trees, shrubs and flowers brought
from Shakespeare's corner of War
wickshire. The landscaping sug-
gests the same idea as that shown
in the Shakespeare Garden in Cen
trail park.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
New PLAY
By Cohan
Next Week
Noted Actor. to Ap-
pear at the National
in Comedy.

GEORGE M. COHAN will appear at
~ the National Theater the week OF
February 10 in Dear Old Darling"
story of retired business man who,
having never lived the "life of Reilly"
goes In for a bit of caviar and women.
becoming no end involved. The play
marks Cohan's return to his own man
agement after two seasons with the
Theater Guild in "Ah, Wilderness!"
Cohan, Of course, is the Darling,
pet name given him by the lassies Of
the tale. A simple soul on the surface,
but rather q smart fellow underneath,
the role calls for all the famous Cohan
quirks and tricks.
Those who have seen Broadway's
First Citizen in recent weeks assert he
never was more boyish, and that they
wouldn't be surprised to see him go
into song and dance at the slightest
provocation. After all, in the current
play, he plays the role of chap with
the heart Of song-and-dance man,
thinly disguised.
Ruth Shepley, Charles D. Brown,
Joseph Sweeney, Ben Lakeland, Their
esa Maxwell Conover, Walter Gilbert,
Reynolds Denniston, Marion Shockley,
Edna Holland, Joseph r. Garry, For
rest Orr, Jack Williams and Dan Carey
are in Cohan's supporting cast.
Sam Forrest, for many years directo.
for Cohan, staged the new play, and
Bernie r. Macdonald. who supplied
the spectacular scenery for a number
Of Ziegfeld productions. constructed
the settings.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Star
At National
In Return
"Three Wise Fools" Is
Chosen as Vehicle
by William Gillette.

MAIL orders for the engagement of
A'A William Gillette in Three Wise
Fools" which opens tomorrow night at
the National Theater. already are
coming in at a rapid rate, indicating
that the star will be greeted upon his
return to the stage by the same sort
of business he did in the old days on
every visit to Washington.
In choosing the Austin Strong COM
edy for his return to the boards, under
the aegis of John Golden, Mr.. Gillette
is carrying out his belief that good,
wholesome American comedy always
will be popular.
There may be, he says, comedies OF
questionable intent, indecorous farces,
musical inanities or brazen problem
plays, but he feels there always will be
a place for genuinely good American
comedy. Audiences, Mr.. Gillette is
sure, always will recognize plays typi-
flying decent American life.
The cast supporting Mr.. Gillette in
"Three Wise Fools" includes Elizabeth
Love (who has replaced Mary Rogers,
James Kirkwood, Charles Coburn,
Brandon lyman, John Blair, Isabel
Irving, Sydney Booth, William H. Post,
jr.: Addison Pitt and Scott Moore.
Evening star., 1936-02-02

who then married Jessie Matthews)
Esther Ralston, ex-wife of George
Webb, is still glad she switched to
w. Whitfield Morgan. While George,
now married to Leonore Kinney, Is
convinced the change Of mates is for
better and not worse. Helen Vinson
and her tennis-champ husband, Fred
Perry. are still playing love sets.
Lois Moran and her aviator executive.
Col Clarence M. Young, are high up
in the clouds of content. Zita Johann
and John Mccormick, Colleen Moore's
ex, are sure no husband and wife
have ever loved each other as much.
But Jane Wyatt. social registerite-
screen actress, and Edward Ward are
laughing over their breakfast cups at
such presumption.
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Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1936-02-02

esque." as We said, the reason there
fore being Clair's conviction that the
breaking heart behind the smiling
puss makes for higher comedy. The
central figure in this tale also happens
to be wistful tramp of the Chaplain
breed. We have never been quite
able to understand the mad passion
for attaching the divine Charles
name to anything that happens to be
funny and pathetic at the same time,
but since the fashion reigns, we might
as we'll admit that Clair is Chaplin
esque as a turned-out shoe-but not
so funny. The gentleman from Paris
is less gifted with gags and slapstick,
but he possesses glorious comedy
sense, viz. that magical scene in "A
Nous Ia Liberte" when the top-hatted,
frock-coated bigwigs at an official
tape-snipping suddenly find shower
of 1000-frac notes blowing about their
heads. The disintegration of their
dignity, the collapse into scramble,
played against the droning back
ground of some old fuddy-duddy's
pitiful efforts to make q speech, are
put across with skill that would
make Herr Lubistch. for example.
look comparatively like a plow hand
directing his first show.
u ENE CLAIR visited this country
recently His presence had no
effect on the amount of kudoS regular
lily spilled wherever his name is men,
toned, but he did startle the boys
somewhat by announcing that he was
interested principally in seeing some
real live gangSterS, not in captivity.
Numerous interviewers played ring
around-the-rosie with him trying to
get him to commit himself about
Hollywood, but if he said anything
really significant on the subject, we
failed to hear of it. He hinted, how
ever, that he might like to try his
hand in the local film factories at a
later date.
The reporters were forever seeking
to make M. Clair admit that his tech
nique was further advanced than
Hollywoods that the reason he did
not want to come over here now was
that he preferred to wait until Amer
lea caught up with his ideas. Having
no success in that line, they next
sought a confession that M. Clair was
not skilled enough to produce one Of
the galloping, pattern-cut pictures
popular in our own film factories.
There was still no reply.
The whole game was based on the
premise that the Clair touch is so
unusual it either represents great pro-
gress or woeful laggardness in the
development of the cinema. Actually
we cannot see that it constitutes any.
thing more than the expression Of
literate, personal taste in making
films. As a bright colleague remarked
the other day, the man is . "direc.
torial genius when it comes to estab-
fishing moods on celluloid." Therefore
he likes to work with a series Of
moods, each separately created, the
whole held together by narrative
string sometimes drawn to gossamer
fineness. Whether that method gets
him anywhere, you will have to decide
for yourself. If it does, he certainly
does not proceed with any great speed.
And yet, why should one hurry
through a mood?
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Ozark Victory"

A CQUISITION of the screen rights
= to the successful Broadway play
of q season ago. Dark Victory" as q
starring vehicle for Merle Oberon has
been announced by David o. Selznick.
production executive Of Selmick Inter-
national Pictures.
Dark Victory is the play that pro-
vided Tallulah Bankhead with her
most notable role on the stage, and
was written by George Brewer, jr. and
Bertha M. Block, in conjunction with
the engagement Of Merle Oberon for
the stellar role. The Selznick forces
have already launched an intensive
search for a prominent actor to play
the part of the young surgeon.