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The Washington times., 1936-08-27
BOgart
Pinch-Aits For
SObOI
BY HUMPHREY BOGART
Writing This Column While SobOl
Is On Vacation
Down Memory Lane

There seemed to be no future
in managing companies so
changed professions and became
stage manager for William Brady.
Grace George and Neil Hamilton
were in one company. Alice Brady
and Kenneth McKenna were in
another. Conrad Nagel was in an
other.
A good stage manager must be
at the theater all the time. There
are few good ones. Frank Nc
Hugh's brother, Eddie, is probably
the best. l was pretty good. !
was there at most of the per.
fOrmanceS and threw lines to
actors like a man throws fish to
seals. Once l threw the entire
script at Mr.. McKenna and he re.
sented it.
Working for Mr.. Brady was al
ways exciting. One could never
tell what he was going to do next.
Often he would step in two days
before an opening and tear the
play to pieces and we would have
to break our necks to get it back
together.
. He kicked me in the stomach
one night in Atlantic City. 1t was
the opening night of a thing
called Drifting" and Alice Brady
was in it. Mr.. Brady used to
hate long intermiSsions and if he
felt that the curtain had been
down long enough he would ring
it up himself. That night I rang
It down and he rang it right up
and the audience got a good view
of stage hands moving scenery. l
rang it down again and he let his
foot fly and took me in the mid.
section. That took the heart out
of me for a minute.
I bided my time and later on
that evening my chance came.
The curtain was down and Mr..
Brady was on the stage making
last minute preparations for the
act. The set was a bar in Man
churia and aside from Mr.. Brady
there was only one white man at
the bar. The rest were wild
Manchurian SavageS-that'S the
kind Of a play it was.
So sent the curtain up and
there was Mr.. Brady at the bar
and the audience looking at him,
wondering what the hell he was
doing on the stage. He was a
bit bewildered for a moment.
Then he remembered that he
had once been an actor and in
q loud voice asked for cigarettes.
The bartender handed them to
him, he threw a coin on the bar
and stalked off and fired me.
For three years I worked for
him as stage manager, being
fired and rehired with regularity.
One day he called me in. He
said:
"I'm going to make an actor
of you. Here's your part"
:. It was the opening night of
thing called Drifting" and in
%The Teaser' with John Crom.
we'll and Faire Binnie, and
had one line of dialogue.
I must have impressed Mr..
Brady for my next part was as
the juvenile in Swiftly" and it
was 70 sides long. Frances
Howard, who is now Mrs. Samuel
GOIdwyn, and Hale Hamilton
were the stars.
We had no director until the
last two days. Then Mr.. Brady
stepped in to whip it together.
He did.
: There was scene in which
was to come downstairs with a gun
and shout at Hamilton: "I'll kill
you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you" Mr..
Brady sat there watching the scene
and making me do it over and over
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again. Before got down the stairs
he would be asleep. Finally 1 came
right down the stairs and showed
Hamilton into the pit and went
after Mr.. Brady. He came at me
roaring but young William and
Hamilton caught me and took me
into the alley until cooled off.
On opening night, got so scared
that / had to walk off the stage to
get a glass of water, leaving Hale
twiddling his thumbs. He was
rather upset. So were the critics.
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Send stamped addressed en-
vel0pe with your request for
the leaflet "Stretch the Fat
From Your Waistline, Ribs
and WiShbOne."
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Coal Probe On

NEW YORK. Aug. 26 d.N.S).
The New York county grand jury
today concluded the opening
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phase Of its investigation into al.
legged "bootlegging" into this city
of anthracite coal, which, it Is
claimed. has been stolen from
Pennsylvania minAS.
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Some People Must Plan
To Gain Weight
By IDA JEAN KAHN

great many underweght make effort to be
really we'll Lacking energy they follow the line of least
resistance get up late for breakfast errands at
and tired night to eat balanced meal The ten
dency depte their little store of energy rather than
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in bed, but plenty for breakfast,
so get up earlier in the morning
and go to bed earlier at night
if you are not getting adequate
rest.
Take time for all your meals.
On a weight-gaining program, un-
The Washington times., 1936-06-30
'LAND0N, KNOX
CLUB SET FOR
CAMPAIGN

Formation Of the official Ian
don and Knox Campaign Club for
the District Of Columbia" was
perfected at a meeting of District
Republicans last night and head
quarters were established in the
Second National Bank Building,
1881 G. st. N. w.
With perfect harmony and a
great deal of enthusiasm, the Re
publican leaders met and deter
mined to push a vigorous cam
paign for the election of the Lam
don-Knox ticket at the November
election.
Paul E. Lesh, widely known local
attorney who has taken an active
interest in political and civic af-
fairs, was elected president Of the
club, and pledged himself and his
organization to carry on militant
campaign.
Edward F. Colladay, national
committeeman, attended tn e
gathering and Endorsed officially
the organization of the club. He
also announced that he had con-
ferred with Mrs. Virginia White
Speel, national committeewoman
who is absent from the city, and
that she had expressed her APP
proVal of the club.
Clyde D. Garrett, secretary Of
the Republican State Committee,
was elected vice president Of the
club, Miss Mildred Reeves, score
tary, and Ord Preston, president
of the Union Trust Company,
treasurer. Fred A. Smith, prom
inent in the Washington Board of
Trade and Real Estate Board, was
named chairman of the member
ship committee. The executive
committee will be named later.
James C. Wilkes, chairman Of
the Republican State Committee
and a delegate to the Cleveland
convention, presided over the
meeting and read a letter from
National Chairman John Hamil-
ton calling on District Republicans
to organize and carry on the
campaign work.
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AIR PROGRAM
DUE T0START
International Newsservlce


A 100000 modernization pro,
gram for the Army's air stations
throughout the United States, the
Panama Canal Zone, and Hawaii
will be started during the next
fiscal year, which begins tomorrow,
the War Department disclosed
today.
The new program Is designed to
link the Army'S 81 air fields not
only into a loser network of mill
tary communications, but with
the commercial air systems as well.
The program calls for the set
ting up of simultaneous radio
beaconS and radio broadcaSting
systems at 18 air fields; inStalla-
ton Of traffic-control transmitters
at 20 of the Army'S principle air.
ports, and replacement Of exist
ing low-frequency radio equipment
with high-frequency equipment at
each of the Army's 81 air fields.
ModerniZation work already has
started at Langley Field, Va, head
quarters of the general head
quarters air force; Maxwell Field,
Ala, and the Patterson Field, Ohio,
where buildings have been erected
to house the new radio-beacon and
weather-br oadcaSting equipment.
The program for general moderni-
Zation Of all the Army'S air sta
tions will get under way within a
few weeks with the advertising for
bids for equipment.
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5000 IN W P A
GET BENEFITS

Five thousand administrative
employees Of the Works Progress
Administration will receive vaca.
ton with pay, sick leave and other
benefits accorded administrative
employees of other branches of the
Government.
That decision, which counter.
mandS a former ruling by the re-
firing Comptroller General Nc,
Carl, was reached yesterday fol
lowing a series of conferences be.
tween representatives of the WPA
and the workers unions.
The new provisions will go into
effect as soon as the necessary
papers are signed, Deputy Admin.
istrator Aubrey Williams said, but
will not affect workers on State
payEenS.
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TAK0MA PARK
CELEBRATION
PLANS SET

TAKoMA, PARK, Md, June
30.-Leo A. Rover, former United
States District Attorney, will de
liver the principal address at the
annual Independence Day cele
bration to be held all day July
4, under the auspices Of Local
organizations and business and
professional men.
Opening with large parade
nearly mile in length through
the business section of town
the all day affair is scheduled to
get under way at $50 a. m.
members of the committee said
today. Various events will fol
low throughout the day, closing
with a fireworks display at the
community playground, adjacent
to the Elementary school on Phil
adelphia Avenue, at $50 p. m.
Capt. Hoel s. Bishop, jr., U
s. A., assistant Engineer Commits
sioner of the District Of Colum
bia. will represent the National
Capital in the parade, riding in
an automobile as the guest OF
Mayor John r. Adams, at the
head Of the marchers. Accom-
panying them will be John
Walker and o. w. Youngblood
members Of the general commit,
tee.
In an automobile following the
Mayors car will ride Chief j.
William Garrett, of the Mont
gomery County Police; Chief j
j. Crowley, of the Prince Georges
County police; Capt. j. w. Pier
son, commanding the sixth pre-
cinct, Metropolitan Police De
partment, and Sergt. Earl
Thomas Of the local police de
partment.
The United States Army Band
will lead the parade followed by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
their auxL iaries, and the flag
division Of the Takoma Park
Legion Post, one of the most com
plete of Its kind in the country
The marchers will assemble on the
Maryland side of the Piney Branch
Road underpasS, and disband at
the Philadelphia Avenue play,
ground.
Six divisions have been arranged
by the parade committee for this
year, it was learned today, which
will be devoted to pageants,
floats, commercial units, uni,
formed marchers and civic organi.
cations. Following the parade at
10:45 a. n. pupils from the J. Enos
Ray School. Prince Georges county,
will present a folk dance under
the direction Of Mrs. M. w. Hobbs.
Patriotic exercises will follow at
II a. m. at Maple and Philadelphia
Avenues, when former United
States District Attorney Rover will
speak. A patriotic sketch will be
given by a group Of young people,
followed by flag raising and salute
ceremonies led by the Takoma
Park Boy and Girl Scouts.
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Today's Foreign Short-Wave Radio Schedule

PARIS-2:3O P. M.-FederaI
Broadcast: Music inspired by lit
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SCHENECTADY-5:35 p. M
Short Wave Mail Bag. W2XAF,
31.4 m, 9.53 meg.
BERLIN-6 P. MA program
of excellent operas. DJD, 25.4 M,
lit meg.
LONDON-6 P. M.-"Cupid Plus
Two" A sentimental interlude Oh
the Dumbledown Golf Links. esp,
1875 M, 1881 meg, GSF, 1913 M,
1914 meg, Csc, 31.3 M. 9.58 meg.
MOS W. p. M.-Special
program in English. RNE, Bis
m, 9.5 meg.
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District Democrats
Will Meet TOniQhi

The Democratic League of the
District of Columbia, meeting to-
night at the Hamilton Hotel, will
be addressed by Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman and John B. ColpoyS
and Malcolm McConihe, delegates
to the Democratic convention, it
vas announced at league head
quarters today.
A dinner will precede the enter
tainment program which begins at
$3.50. The speakers will discuss
the affairs of the convention anG
the members will lay plans for
local participation in the presi-
Dental campaign. Annual cleo
ton of officers will be held.
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NOW
CONTINUED from Local Page

Continued from Local Page)
our bags and started on our way
home.
Fifty miles from the seashore
the weather turned warm again.
With burning backs and legs, we
drove hundreds of miles through
hot cities and behind trucks on
crowded highways. The traffic 60
ing in the opposite direction was
heavy. Happy families, with lug.
gage tied on the sides of their
cars, and children in the back
seats, were headed for the beach.
We wished them luck.
That night our best boy friend
phoned us from our favorite sum-
mer resort. He said
"Why did you leave just as 1
was coming down? It's wonder
full here. The ocean was perfect
this afternoon and there's q
moon on the water tonight"
AN ADMIRER.
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BERLIN-S:3O P. M.-'The
Garden of Orchids" by Walter Me.
mann. DJD, 25.4 m, lit meg.
CARACAS-S:3O P. M.-The
Continentals. YV2RC, SLIM, $50
meg.
LONDON 9:25 P. M.-"Char.
acters in Sport" Some of the En-.
pire players over here this sum.
mer. esd, 25.5 M, Ills meg.
Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg.
TORONTO-S:45 P. M.-Canar
dian Press news bulletins. CJRO.
Winnipeg, 4S.7 M, 6.15 meg.
CJRK, Winnipeg, 25.6 m, 11.72
meg.
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.LAND0N DRIVE
OPENS HERE

Opening guns in the local Ian
don-Knox presidential campaign
will be fired tomorrow night when
the National Capital Republican
Club will hold its first rally since
the convention.
Local Republicans have been
"champing the bit" since the
nomination of their candidates, it
was stated by the club and the
meeting at club headquarters, Six
tenth Street and Scott Circle
tomorrow night, will be in the
nature of a ratification meeting
and pep rally.
Thomas E. Rhodes. former asSis-
tant attorney general, will be the
principal speaker.
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Radio Features

EARL GOODWIN, Times Radio News,
heard daily except Sunday g.
0:1S q. m, WMAL.
T:O0-HammeFstein's Music Hall, WJSV.
Si3O-Ed Wynn and Graham McNamse,
WRC.
Caravan, WJSV.
S:OO-ChicagO Safety Drive Program,
WRC.
Christian Witness League, VOL.
S:OO-Fred Warnings Pennsylvanians,
WJSV.
DRAMA
5A5-Renfrew Of the Mounted, WJSV.
7:OO-Crlme Clues, WMAL.
Five Star Final, VOL.
Dramatic Com pany,
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READY FOR JULY FOURTH


SMILES OF satisfaction
adorn the faces of children
in nearby Maryland COM
munities, as they prepare to
celebrate the Fourth of July
in booming" style. Plenty
of fireworks have been pur-
chased by Ronald Hamilton,
8, (top) and Ruth Marie
Hildebrand, 5, (bottom),
both of Cottage City, Md.
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Humane Police Chiefs

QUINCY, Mass. GN.S0.-Po-
lice chiefs Timothy McDermott,
Of Milton, and John j. Avery, of
this city, are receiving a number
of THANK You" messages from
their traffic officers assigned to
duty during the summer at the
Fore River bridge. The chiefs
had a shelter for the traffic Off
GERS built at the bridge to pro
tect the men from the heat and
inclement weather.
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CONCERT
9:OO-NBO Concert Hour, WMAES
9:30-WOL Concert, VOL.
TALKS
4:OO-Dr. TOyohikO Kawaga, WRO.
4i15-NatiOnaI Education Associations
Convention, WJsV.
6:45-AmeriCan Legion, VOL.
DANCE MUSIC
7:OO-LeO ReiSman and Orchestra, WR0.
9:15-Dance Music, VOL.
1O:3O-Bill Strickland's Orch, WMAL.
r. HendersOn's Orchestra, WRC.
Glen Echo Orchestra, WJSV.
II :30-Clyde McCoy's Orchestra, VOL
IL :45-Orville Knapp's Orchestra, WJSVs
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Receiver Requested
For Club Haband

Three creditors Of the Wash
ington Gardens Corporation oper-
ating the Club Habana, yeSter-
day requested the District SUI
preme Court to grant a petition
Of involuntary bankruptcy. The
creditors were Sidney's Orches-
tras, claiming $675.2O; George
S. Daugherty Co., Pittsburgh pro-
vision merchants, $108.73, and
the Washington Daily News,
$94.05, for advertising.
Evening star., 1936-07-06
by HARRIET FRENCH

"A puddler is the finest Of all steel
workers in the day Of hard and skilled
labor-a refiner of iron, he takes the
dross from the pig metal He is his
own boss and very independent. He
is given his furnace, which he watches
and cares for as much as his own
family, because his livelihood depends
upon it.
IF the weather is too hot to work
the puddler lowers his dampers and
goes home. No one questions that.
My father said he never saw his boss
except when he came around to ask
how he was getting along or how his
boys were.
"A puddler is a skilled man who
may not be able to read or write, but
he can look at iron and tell If it is
in the proper condition to be worked.
If it is gray it is hard to work, and
II 1t is white 1t is easy to work. The
puddler knows that If he lowers his
damper one link too much he will
spoil his heat. It is his own re-
sponsibility."
thought, as the interview ended.
that truly these were Men of Iron"
tcopyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-06
Dorothy Dix Says
A Training School for Mothers Would b
Wonderful Thing for Children.

LOW we have fallen for this popular
- fallacy so long is one of the in
soluble mysteries of life. For. in reality,
we all know that motherhood does not
change a woman's character one iota.
1t does not put brains in an empty
head, nor make stupid woman intelli-
gent. nor a frivolous one wise. Bearing
a child does not even make woman
a mother save in physical sense. II
does not give her a mother heart.
There are thousands of women who
have not single mother impulse, who
haven't even an animal instinct for
their children and to whom their off,
spring are always brats and nuisances,
lust as there are other women who
never have a child who are all mother
Women who are deliberately bad
mothers are few, however. Most women
adore their children and are willing
to make any sacrifice for them, and it
is the tragedy of motherhood that so
often the women who are trying to be
the best mothers are the worst. They
sin through ignorance and not intent,
but the results are none the less disas-
trous for that. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1936-07-06
Beauty Tips
Divulge
By Actress
Noted Star Claims
Simple Regime
Best.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

GLORIA STUART, talented young
actress, has a complexion so
flawless and lovely that it might well
be the envy Of any woman. And
should you ask her to what she at
tributes the preservation Of her nat
urally beautiful skin she will answer
quite frankly ito unceasing vigilance"
Here's what she had to say about it:
Il don't believe in complicated re-
gime when 1t comes to caring for my
complexion. But it is important to
find out what agrees with ones par
ticular skin and then adhere to it no
matter what the hour or circum-
stances. 1t Just won't do to come home.
late or tired and, after few hasty
dabs, resolve to make up for the hurry
on the next treatment. Procrastina
ton has been the undoing Of many
woman's good looks"
One OF the fundamental beauty
rules in the matter of skin care is: Re-
move makeup and cleanse the skin
thoroughly before retiring It takes
Just few minutes and If you make it
habit you will avoid such skin Ills as
blackheads, eruptions and large pores
that often result from improper
| cleansing.
Miss Stuart believes that oils are
best for cleansing for most fair skins.
| Her choice is a mixture of half mineral
| and half olive oil The skin does not
absorb the mineral oil and so 1t cleans
thoroughly while the olive oil is soft
ening and nouriShing. Without re-
moving the oil, she makes q good
lather of oatmeal soap, rubs 1t or
and lets it dry for few minutes, then
rinses with warm water. BY this time
her face is rosy and tingling. Mex
she spreads on a liberal coating Of
cucumber emulsion which has a COOL
ing and softening effect and is also
a mild bleach. She says, For my own
use I have never felt the need Of
| astringents. An occasional rinse with
! iced water is refreshing and acts as a
tonic. Neither do l find foundation
| cream necessary. And in making up
I am always careful to powder over
lip rouge, for the bold lines displayed
by some types are not very becoming
to me-"
!
If you are in doubt about the parti-
cular treatment you need. or your
type of skin, send a self-addressed,
stamped (3-cent) envelope for m"
bulletin called How to Tell Your
Skin and what to Do About It.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-06
sketched in Washington shops.

and mirror to aid you in a perfect job
of eye makeup.
This fragrant mascara Is water
proof and harmless to the eyes. 1t
stays where you put it and will not
smart when you bathe your face and
eyes, or when you are moved to tears
while sitting through a dramatic scene
at the movies. You may feel quite
safe in the thought that your eye
makeup will remain intact. And
what lovely colors, too! The new
copper shade Is especially appealing,
and in addition to brown and black
you will also find green and violet for
more exotic moments.
Mascara Is almost necessity for
those who have such blond lashes that
they are practically invisible. A touch
of copper color, or brown. applied
lightly with the little brush to the
upper lashes and later combed out to
avoid any heavily beaded, artificial
look. will work wonders. Even nat
urally lovely eyes can be strikingly
enhanced in brilliance and depth by
carefully applied mascara, and this
waterproof, non-smarting one is ideal
for the purpose.
When you wish to remove the mas
cara. apply cold cream and wipe of
with cleansing tissues. The very gen.
erous-sized stick will last you for a
long time.
A MOTHER bit OF beauty news for
those who are headed for the
beach is a cunning little beach kit
quite different in its contents from
the usual run. You will see it pic
tured above in its small, almost
square case.
Within are three items all contain
ing foundation of pure olive oil.
First, there Is the beach tan oil, de-
veloped after considerable investiga-
ton, and containing virgin olive oil.
1t Is delicately perfumed 50 that it Is
decidedly more pleasant to use than
ordinary sun oil, and its smooth
spreading quality Is also an advan-
tage.
The other two items are CASTLE
soap and a small bottle of CASTLE
shampoo, just the very things you
will need for a week at camp or the
beach. There's nothing better under
the sun than olive oil, and here you
have it in all three items put up in
such compact form that it Is easily
tucked into the beach bag.
The shampoo will take the salt
water out of your hair, leaving it
soft and fluffy, and your permanent
easy to set The CASTLE soap replaces
the natural oils that the sun dries
out Of your skin, and promotes an
even coat of tan. You are always
safe with olive oil, and IS cents in
vested in this little kit will repay you
many times.
For the stay at home there is
new gadget for the dressing table.
It's one of those space savers that
we are all so enthusiastic about these
days. Here is a combination powder
jar and atomizer that has a double
barreled appeal for the woman whose
boudoir space is limited. The bottle
part of the atomizer Is concealed in
the cover. leaving ample room for the
powder in the jar. This attractive
round container comes in a choice Of
pastel colors to match any color
scheme.