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Evening star., 1936-02-16
Cole Porter Composes

member Of the party and is a first
hand witness.
Cole really and actually works
better when there are exciting things
going on around him." said he the
other day. "Of course, many of the
numbers were written on shipboard
but distinctly recall several that were
evolved almost on the spur of the
moment, amid the liveliest surround
ings. There was one song that came
out of a garden party in Colombo, in
Ceylon, and another that emerged
from a perfect babble of noise and
| confusion worse confounded' in a cafe
in Cape Town.
"On shipboard Cole would some
with tennis and wild ballyhooing going
on all around him. To the naked eye
he would appear to be asleep but he
| would presently get up and dash for
the piano in his suite. He would have
! completely written the words and
music of song while lying fiat on his
back with his eyes closed.
Il remember once several years ago
that I was driving with him in a car
along a lovely New England road. /
was at the wheel and he was at my
side. He suddenly grabbed my arm.
The muse is nudging me, Montry,
he said gayly, and III give you kick
in the Stats if you say word before
tell you to. Just drive on and on
He began scriobling on the back
of old letters which he dug up out of
his pocket and it was two hours later,
when we had gone more than so miles,
that he grabbed my arm again.
Its finished he said Look for
a road house with a piano
I'VE found one on the edge of the
next town and Cole was presently
banging away at the ivory keys. grin
on his face. He had written a COM
plete song and a darned good one. I
! think it went into The Gay Divorce"
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Coming Attractions.

WIAYNE KING, Americas waltz
w king" and leader Of one Of
radios most popular orchestras, will
make his first stage appearance in
Washington next Friday at Warner S
Earle Theater. The screen attraction
will be Millions in the Air" musical
production about four young people
and a Sunday night amateur hour on
the radio. John Howard and Wendy
Barrie have the leading roles and
Willie Howard, Benny Baker. Eleanore
Whitney and George Barber are in
the cast. The stage bill at the Earle
also will include Eddie White and the
Three Queens"
King of the Damned" new
Gaumont- British production starring
Helen Vinson, Conrad Veidt and Noah
Beery, will be the next screen feature
attraction at Warmers Metropolitan
Theater. opening its one-week engage
ment next Friday. A penal island
provides the setting for this unusual
drama of one woman among 1900
desperate and vengeful convicts.
Robert Donat, who rose to world
film fame overnight last season with
The Count of Monte Cristo," makes
his latest appearance in Alexander
Kordas romantic comedy, The Ghost
Goes West" which comes to R-K-O
Keith's Theater Friday. The story
concerns an American merchant who
buys a Scottish castle and transports
it to America. stone by stone, with
the castles happy ghost trailing along.
THE Thin Man" the motion pic
ture which launched the mystery
comedy film cycle and established
William Powell and Myrna 10y as one
of the most popular romantic teams,
is being brought back to town for
full week, opening today at the Little
Theater.
Harold Lloyd's latest comedy. "The
Milky Way" opens at Loew's Fox
Theater Friday. The picture, an adap-
tation of popular stage hit, is the
farcical story of a milkman, afraid
of his own shadow, who becomes
middleweight boxing champion by a
quirk of circumstance. Adolphe Men
jou and william Gargan are others
in the cast. Eddie Carr, noted stage
mimic, will headline the vaudeville
program, which also will have Carl
Shaw, the Ted Adair Revue and
Gautier's Toy Shop.
Anything Goes" film version of the
highly successful stage hit, will come
to Loew's Palace following the cur
rent run of Rose Marie" Bing Crosby,
Ethel Norman, Charles Ruggles, Ar
thur Treacher and Ida Lupino are
the featured players.
Eddie Cantor, Parkyakarkus, Ethel
Evening star., 1936-02-16

on park benches and lived on hot dogs;
I haven't done those things. I haven't
suffered very much that can remem-
Der. if you except the time had my
tonsils out, and I've never trudged
wearily from studio to studio looking
for work.
Maybe I haven't lived long enough
for things to happen to me.
I'VE were talking the other night
about the future and one of the fellows
said he thought it would be great if
We could look ahead and see what was
going to happen to us in the next 10
or Is years. Personally, I'm glad we
can't. I'd run mile from fortune
teller even if I didn't believe in it.
I don't want to know what's coming;
I'd rather be surprised"
Evening star., 1936-02-16
FanedTunes
Are in Score
Of Operetta
Schubert Music to Be
Heard Here in "Blos-
som Time"

"RLOSSOM TIME" romantic and
melodious musical play based
upon a series of events in the life Of
the famed composer, Franz Schubert,
will come to the National Theater
tomorrow night to open weeks en-
gagement.
Since it was first produced, nearly
IA years ago, the operetta has travelled
far and wide to satisfy the old lovers
of and discover new ones for the un-
dying melodies and the story Of
romance.
Sigmund Romberg adapted the
music for Blossom Time" and almost
all of the score is taken from the
popular and unforgettable melodies
composed by Schubert. The story Of
the operetta was written by A. M.
Wilmer and H Reichert and Schubert
himself is faithfully depicted as the
central character.
The play is based on an episode,
which is at least partly authentic and
which was taken from biographical
sketch of the great composer appear
ing shortly after his death.
The cast to play Blossom Time" at
the National will include j. Charles
Gilbert, Helen Arnold, George Trabert,
Robert Lee Allen, Robert O'Connor,
Marjorie Sweet, Warren Proctor,
Joseph Toner, J. Frank Conroy,
Marion Weeks, Evelyn Wyckoff. Bar
bara Towne, Jack Burley, John Wheel
er, Mary Cecil, Clement Taylor, Ray
Romaine and Geraldine Bork.
The production also calls for sing
ing and dancing chorus and an aug
mented orchestra.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
English Star
To Appear
In New Play
Evelyn Laye Coming
to the National in
"Sweet Aloes."

EVELYN LAYE, one of England's
most prominent musical comedy
and stage stars, heads the cast of
Sweet Aioes." three-act comedy about
love affair which is worked out in
two countries, England and America,
to be presented at the National The
ater for one week, starting Monday,
February "a.
The play starring the English
actress, who scored her first success
here in Bitter Sweet" is to be pre-
sented by Lee Ephraim. who has long
divided his producing activities be-
tween England and America and who
specializes in producing American hits
in London. He recently presented
Call 1t a Day." Ii association with
the Theater Guild.
Sweet Aloes" has been directed by
Tyrone Guthrie, who recently di-
rected Call 1t a Day" The settings
for the play were done by Raymond
Sovey.
Jay Mallory, the author of Sweet
Aloes." appears as member of the
cast under her real name, Joyce Carey.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Today's Film Schedule

R-K-O KEITH'S-"The Lady
Consents" at 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10 pm.
LOEW'S FOX-"It Had to
Happen" and stage shows,
continuous from 1870 pm.
PALACE-"Rose Marie" at 2,
4;30, 7 and 9:35 pm.
COLUMBIA - THE Bride
Comes Home" at 3:05, Sis,
7:30 and 9:45 pm.
EARLE-"The Petrified For
est" at $50. $40, 7:45 and
1910 pm. Stage shows. with
Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon
in person, at 2, 4:;25, $50 and
9:20 pm.
METROPOLITAN - Ceiling
Zero" at 2. 1855, $50, 7:5O
and GAS pm.
BELASCO-"Disraeli," at 3:08,
STA, 7::20 and 9:26 pm.
LITTLE-"The Thin Man." at
2, 3:55, $50, 7:45 and 9:40
pm.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
To Film Lewis Novel.

WHAT is considered one Of the
w greatest literary properties today
Is to have notable cast when 1t
starts production shortly at Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer. The masterpiece is
Sinclair Lewis successful 1T Can't
Happen Here" to be directed by j,
Walter Ruben.
In support of Lionel Barrymore, to
whom has been awarded the principal
role, will be Basil Rathbone and Wal
ter Connolly. both Of whom were
signed this week for important roles.
Lucien Hubbard is to produce the
picture, the screen play for which was
written by Sidney Howard.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

~ ter, the composer and lyricist
1 n of Jubilee" the other night
at a party. He was sitting in cor
ner deeply engaged in writing some
thing on a pad. He seemed COM
pletely and utterly oblivious to the
sounds Of mirth and revelry which
quivered on the smoke-laden air.
Hello" said the bright young thing
by way of making conversation. Il
suppose you're writing new song" "
Exactly" returned Mr.. Porter.
Only that and nothing more. The
young lady backed away, abashed. She
had been only joking and had stum-
bled upon an artist in the throes of
composition. She confided in a close
friend of Mr.. Porter's a minute later
II always thought composers worked
in sound-proof rooms" she said, 'and
that any noise was so distracting that
they tore their hair in despair at
even the faintest echo"
You're right about most OF them" ."
was the reply, but Mr. Porter is diff
ferent. Get Monty Woolley to tell
you some time about the way much
of the music in Jubilee was writ
ten"
Further inquiry resulted in the dis
covery that many of the songs in
the gay harlequinade at the Imperial
were written in cafes or at lively par
ties given in various and diverse ports
of call in far-hung corners of the
world touched at by the Franconia
on that now celebrated voyage which
the composer and Moss Hart took
when they decided to weave a musical
comedy around the Haroun- -El-Ras-
child adventures of a royal family.
Mr. Woolley, who later staged the
book of the piece, was along as a
Evening star., 1936-02-16
"Winterset' Coming.
ANDERsoN's winter

IN
4'A set," starring Burgess Meredith,
currently playing in New York, where
it opened last September, will come
to the National Theater for one
week engagement, opening Monday,
March 3d. Guthrie McClintic both
produced and staged the play. Two
stage settings, one of them an impress
sive copy of Brooklyn Bridge, were
designed by 10 Mlieziner.
Lee Baker, Mryon Mccormick and
Margo are featured in the cast and
Theodore Hecht, Harold Johnsrud,
Morton L. Stevens, Anatole Winogra-
def, Eva Langbord, Billy Quinn, st.
John Terrell, Abner Biberman. An
thony Blair and Harold Martin have
supporting roles.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

-
of his why's and
wherefores and he
has sent it to us
with no ifs" and
butts
Having had the
priVile e d 6 e of
meeting h i m
briefly in Holly
wood this Octo-
ber. we can add
that Mr.. Taylor
is a nice person
and that he is
already one of
the most popll-
lar members of
tbo o,oo,,a ooost
Evening star., 1936-02-16

reaction to the
Hollywood worth
of womanhood is
that members of
the fair sex, while
as talented as
m e n, frequently
stumble in a cri-
sis. become hus-
tered in the face
Of e m e r gencies
and cannot keep
up with the ter
rife amount Of
labor sometimes
called for during
hurries of intense
activity.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Women Rarely Attain
Big Hollywood Jobs
Film Editing Is Said to Be the Best Field for
the Fair Sex in the Cinema World.
Bv Sheilah Graham.

Newspaper Alliance Inc)
a Hollywood?
~ writer she has opportunity gain fame and
professions
Of advanced feminine emancipation her chances OF
the film city slight.
practically higher
Evening star., 1936-02-16

tract by the company. Woods plays
the part of Vincent Nolte in Anthony
Adverse" and that of DR.. Jean Martel
in The Story Of Louis Pasteur."
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Popular New M-G-M Star
Writes His Autobiography
Robert Taylor, Featured With Janet Gaynor
in Small Town Girl" Tells All,
or Almost All.
or Almost All.
Bv E. de s. Melcker.

T<WO MeoGodwyn films that for the
Hollywood right
ziegfed" Rin-TnTin
Small Girl which notable
because
have from ladies
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Donald Woods Signed.

BECAUSE of his work for Warner
~ Bros. in Anthony Adverse" now
in production at the Warner Bros.
studios, and THE Story of Louis
Pasteur," which will be released
nationally soon, Donald Woods has
been signed to a new long-term con-
Evening star., 1936-02-16

Norman and the famous Goldwyn
girls will have third week on F
street when Strike Me Pink" which
just completed two weeks at the
Palace, opens next Friday at Loew's
Columbia.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

OF C1Ie CtIIuIOIu uIdIlId' I IIt 1t" "UIII-
en- holding down important positions
do so by sheer force of merit against
tremendous odds. The typical male
Evening star., 1936-02-16

but turn this entire column over to
him and let him speak for himself.
He has written a full, genial account
Evening star., 1936-02-16
4:45 PM.
bbs0NS@~t CONSTITUTION HALL
NATIONAL SYMPHONY

Soloist, EFREM zIMBALIST, Noted Violin
ist. ALL-RUSSIAN program: GlaLounov
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Works
by Glinka. Tchaikovsky; Borodin; strayin-
Julius Garhnckel a. Co. Store. Natl. 773O.
c. C. Cappel, Manager.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
BY JOHN PETER TOOHEY.

A BRASH and inquisitive young
" woman came upon Cole Por-
~ ter, the composer and lyricist
n of Jubilee" the other night
Evening star., 1936-02-16

Eddie Cantor, Parkyakarkus, Ethel
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
News Behind the News
The Social Security Payroll Tax
Written By An Economic ROyalist c.
Attacked by Political Ranters

WASHINGTON.-Its an ironic note that the
social security payroll tax" Of which Repub
hcan campaignerS and many manufacturers
made such important issue in the last days
of the presidential battle, the handiwork
of Gerard Swope, chairman of the board of
the huge General Electric Company.
Principle Of equal employer and employe
contributions to the old age benefit system was
chosen the alternative to taking the money
for national old age pension system from the
proceeds of income taxes.
This section OF the social security act was
modelled after the General Electric pensions
plan partly because the only American precedent
the innumerable advisers and experts called in
by Roosevelt had TO go on was the experience
of certain big corporation pension funds and be-
cause Roosevelt took the advice of Swope and
other conservatives rather than that of Prog
reSsive New Dealers who argued that old age
pensions should be paid out of profits.
That explains why insiders felt it
incongruouS when groups which had been howl
ing SO loudly about increased taxes began to
attack violently-for political purposeS-the syS
tenn devised by one OF their own wealthy indus
trialsts to save them from real drain on their
own pocketbooks.
John Winant who became chairman of the
Social Security Board and resigned to defend
the act from Landon'S attacks. may deny it
but he was among the many experts who be-
liev7d the erection of a huge old age benefit re-
serve fund absurd and dangerous
This fund is theoretically due to reach the
sum of Al billion dollars by 1880 and would
surely be bull in the china shop of the
tional economy.
Winant and others consoled themselves that
the fund might be allowed to grow to two
three billions within a few years without get
ting out Of hand by which time the nation
could be educated up" to pay-aS- -you-go
law which would take the old age benefit money
out of the income taxes. M
II was generally conceded that Congress
wouldn't pass that kind of law last year and
accepted the contributory reserve fund plan be-
cause, as John Maynard Keynes said regarding
the Paris peace conference. the average statesman
couldn't think beyond billion dollars and after
reaching that point it didn't make any differ
ence to him how many cphers were added on
the reparationS figures.
The Republican educational campaign" has
now raised such furore than early drive
for soak the rich" tax to pay old age pensions
is inevitable.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
MATERNITY MARATHON
Iulare Advance Register

The Canadian government ought to be getting
pretty proficient in the role of fond parent. 1t
stepped in and took control over the Dionne
quintuplets, apparently with excellent results.
Now il is considering stepping in and settling
the very perpexing situation among the many
mothers who claim to have won the ten-year
child bearing contest. The deadne October
81. at which time one of the mothers was to
have collected S750,000 prize posted by Charles
Millar when he died in 1926. One mother of 90
children claimed her tenth child eligible in the
marathon would be born before the deadline.
Another said twelve of hers are eligible to be
counted. And there other claimants. Per-
haps Mr.. Mlar thought he was doing some
thing for Canada when he had his bright idea.
Would he still, if he alive now? There
is something odious about commercial mass
production of human beings.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
JOHN PUBLIC Is roo MEEK
FOR HIS OWN GOOD

You'd hardly expect New York night
club to be the scene of a stirring fight for
the peepul's rights, nor does a WPA
worker out to show his girl a good time
look like good candidate for the role Of
champion of the turning worm.
Strange things do happen, however,
and you are invited to listen to the tale
Of James Leftwich.
James Leftwich is WPA worker in
New York. He saved his salary diligent-
ly. and one night he planned a big
splurge for the One and Only; he would
take her to a fancy night club and show
her life as it is lived.
He had to figure things pretty care
fully, and he thought he had it doped
out right down to the line. The chosen
night clubs advertisement announced
minimum charge of $3.50 a person and
stated that there was no cover charge.
Leftwich found he could stand this
and still have dollar to tip the waiter.
SO, with his girl on his arm, off he went.
But the night club double-crossed him,
he said. When he got his bill he found
on it an extra dollar as location
charge" This left him with no money
to tip the waiter, and rolled his sturdy
American soul.
SO he went to the police and made a
hlCh dDOul lt--dl TIE 6AptllSe VI d SOOu
deal of unpleasant publicity-and won
from them, finally, ruling that all
night clubs henceforth must post plain
notices of the freak charges which they
will impose on their guests.
Now it isn't very important to the
race whether New York night clubs gyp
their patrons or not; but it does seem
refreshing to find one cash customer in
the United States who is ready to stand
up on his hind legs and squawk when
the needle goes into him. We could do
with good many more like James Left
wich.
For the American consumer is one of
the most long-suffering souls in all
Christendom, and he is exploited from
dawn to dusk by all sorts of people.
And the point is. if he would get up
and yell, or break something, he could
remedy matters. He is too long-suffer-
ing for his own good. He needs to con-
template the example of Mr.. Leftwich.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
Other Editors Saw
DEFICIT MUST BE HALTED
Tulare Advance Register

During the present year the cost Of State
government in California rose nearly S31 0000 900
or from s16S 50606 .79 in 1885 to approximately
5000 1928 060 81 for 1886
An analysis of government expenditures pro-
vided by State Controller Ray L. Riley shows
that almost the entire amount of the increase
is due to unemployment relief financing.
Which clearly shows the heavy strain being
put on State revenues when regular expen-
ditureS are held to the same level. state
cannot go spending than it is taking
in indefinitely and the taxpayer can i'll stand
to increase his burden more. Either relief will
have to be reduced or the various govern
ment departments will find it necessary to eco
nonliZe on expenditures accordingly.
1t would be a fine thing if California could
adopt the pay as-you-go basis. Ultimately all
divisionSA of government from the smallest dis
adopt that policy. 1t is the only sound course
to follow
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

Thingumbobs: King Edward has
had a buzzing in his inner ears
since boyhood Deems Taylor
is an expert cabinet maker, too .
Burton Rascoe is the Wealthiest
book critic, a family inheritance.
Bill Corum never answers a tel
ephCne or letter Ernest Hem
ingway is a purple tie pushover .
Les Ambassadors, once the flossi-
est Paris restaurant, is now board
ed Mrs. Thomas Meighan has
gone to Hollywood to reside.
Kenneth Douglas, the English
actor, while waiting a train at
Charing Cross recently, was pleas
antly greeted by man he could
not remember.
Il don't think you remember me,
I'm MIR. Simpson, the undertaken" "
OF course" said Douglas, Il be-
lieve you undertook my Uncle
Charlie"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

And an ornithologist just gallops
past the judges stand with this
one: A mama robin delighted papa
robin by laying four lovely blue
eggs on four successive days. On
the fifth day white egg with
brown spots appeared. Indigna-
ton. How come? How come? oh
said mama robin, Il just laid that
for a lark"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

we never go into. But mcst fish
ermen think their most recent
catches mark an epoch. I had a
session with one today He was in
the full gush OF garrulity. And the
need is dour. The bleak dour of
the Scottish moor. Gr-r-r!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
VICE PRESIDENCY SHOULD
BE MADE A REAL JOB

Every four years the attention of the
American people is logged to a realiza-
ton of the fact that their vice president
leads deplorable life.
He gets workout during the cam
paign, and he usually makes the most of
it-eXcept in the case of Mr.. Garner
who doesn't seem to like to make speech
es. A vice president has to make the
most of it, for it is the only chance he
gets.
If his ticket is beaten, of course, he
retires to private life, and there are no
more rear platform talks in his pro-
gram. And if he wins, his fate is even
worse; for he retires then to the lofty
and distinguished obscurity of the vice
presidency, wherein his compatriots ig-
more him completely and eternally.
This has become a great joke, in re-
cent years That excellent musical show
of few years back, OF Thee l Sing"
got at least half of its fun from long
drawn jibe at the vice presidents plight.
Tom Marshall, vice president under
Wilson, lived up to the part perfectly
when he solemnly announced that what
the country needed most was a good
five-cent cigar 1t was generally agreed
that that was the kind of statement a
vice president should issue.
But how absurd is all this! The vice
president holds second highest office in
our gift One life stands between him
and the presidency Logically, he should
be selected with as much care as the
president. And the job that he holds
most certainly should be as big as the
responsibility that goes with it.
AS things stand. of course, the job
is a washout. The vice president must
be more or less parliamentarian to pre-
side over the Senate; he needs a stout
digestive apparatus so that he may eat
all the dinners offered to vice presidents.
Beyond that, he has nothing whatever
20 do. Small wonder that many good
men seldom want the job, or that those
who hold it are SO promptly forgotten.
We have been luckier with our vice
presidents than we deserve. The two
who were advanced to the presidency
in the century-Calvin Coolidge and
Theodore Roosevelt = acquitted them
selves very we'll indeed, and were tri-
umphantly elected when their terms ex-
pired.
Our weak" presidents in the 10Th
century were, as rule, men who were
elected directly to the office and not
who stepped into it from the vice presi-
dency.
But we can't rely on that kind Of luck
forever Sooner or later we are apt
to find our little custom most horribly
expensive. If and when we do, we doubt
less shall wonder why we ever continued
the custom so long,
1t should not take too much reJlgger-
/; r;ar-af- our laws to make the vice presi-
ANIK K.et fSP q A vice :
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

Mercer, Pa, went Democratic and
gave Roosevelt 20,870 votes to
1892 for the Kansas governor.
West MiddleSeX, Landon's birth
place, reversed the trend, however,
and gave Landon a majority OF
26 votes, 304 to 278.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

make the renaissance auspicious by
selecting the bells carefully of
pretty design and with pleasant
musical note. There were 10, bells
to start. In "a hours II vanished.
The 18th lasted two whole days.
And patrons still sigh for home
comforts in hotels!