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Evening star., 1936-12-13

show that the audience kept bowling
and screeching for him, insisting upon
encore after encore. This held up
Ia Jeritza's next entrance, and she
thereupon threw a tantrum with such
a heave as has not been seen in the
District of Columbia since Ben Ali
Hassan broke the 12-pound shotput
record In local interscholastic meet.
His appearance in a short ballet
called Death in the Afternoon" in
the musical AT Home Abroad" last
year cinched his position. Critics
raved over it. Maidens gooed over it.
1t was a honey. And. by the way.
the whole business actually had only
two dance steps in it. CThis may be a
slight blow TO the people who wrote or
spoke volumes on Haakon's virtuosity.
his originality. his infinite scope as
an artist.
A concentrated ballet form has al
ways been in popular use in the more
elaborate musicals. Haakon agrees
that a seven-minute routine may be
able to convey an idea to an audience,
but not with clarity, the complete
realization Of narrative form possible
in the full ballet. While he is working
like mad at present TO succeed In
the one medium, he has in the back
Of his mind the formation Of q COM
pany of his own, composed entirely
OF American dancers.
Haakon is one Of the few ballet peo-
pie. no doubt. who ever evidenced the
slightest interest in tap dancing.
Learned it from Paul Draper, who
picked up a few pointers on the bal
let art in return. Draper has often
expressed the conviction that a tap
ballet could be put over with the
proper direction, and his own work
definitely is combination of the two
forms. He is, in fact, as Haakon says.
one Of the few hooters who also is a
dancer. For my money, I'd like to
see these two bright young men COM
bine and give this country some dane
ing, and a company of dancers, that
would knock the tiaras of half the
ballet patronesses in the United
States.
Evening star., 1936-12-13
Police Aids
In Picture
At Keith S
eve Who Are About
to Die" Opens
Tuesday.

TINE first motion picture to re-
veal the scientific methods
used by police in crime detec-
L ton, I'VE Who Are About to
Die" comes to R-K-O Keith's Theater
Tuesday. John Beal plays q young
aviation engineer, wrongly sentenced
to death; Ann Dvorak is his sweet
heart, who engages friendly police
sergeant, Preston Foster. to uncover
the actual criminals.
Evening star., 1936-12-13
"Pinocchio" Coming.

CHILDREN always recognize many
~ of their own traits in "Pinocchio," I"
the fun-loving Italian marionette, who
comes to life on the National stage
the Saturday morning after Christ
mas That is one reason the play
remains so popular.
Brought to Washington by the Chill
dren's Theater of New York. spon.
sored by the Women's international
League. the delightful comedy will be
presented with bright costumes and
colorful settings. The dramatization
is by Clare Tree Major, director Of
the Children's Theater.
Pinocchio's waywardne& and love
of mischief provide the adventures
of the play, which is to be performed
here by the largest cast Of profess
sional actors brought here this sea-
son by the Childrens Theater.
Evening star., 1936-12-13

T OLLYWOOD from an inside
- seat; Hollywood in the studio
ofices, where pictures are
L L conceived, concocted and
connived, comes to town next week.
Boy Meets Girl" reputedly one of the
gayest comedies in years, the stage
play which took the movie capital for
a ride all last season in New York.
comes to the National for q week
starting Monday. December 81.
The play, fast moving and filled
with satirical comment about WE'LL
known film people. centers around q
pair of daffy scenario writers who OBJ
tain the power of attorney from .
prospective mother to guard the
destinies Of the child. When the
child is born they Immediately launch
it upon a motion picture career as
the co-star of passe Western romeo.
George Abbott, who co-authored
Broadway" who is co-author and
director of Three Men on a Horse"
and who is one of the authors Of "On
Your Toes" is the producer and di-
rector Of Boy Meets Girl"
Bella and Samuel Spewack. q pair
of movie scenarists, wrote the play.
Many of the cast appeared with
the original company playing the
comedy and the production Is the
same as IN New York. Principal roles
are played by Roy Roberts. Marie
Brown, Owen Martin, Richard Waring,
Fleming Ward. Jean Casio. Byron
Shores and Douglas Gerard.
Evening star., 1936-12-13

other ways from the middle. This Is
the way it ran the day I happened to
be in to call on Miss Lille:
Show is On Titania .
Now Mermaid Astaire . /.
Box :. Casanova .. Conductor d.
Tovarich Moon Little Old
Lady "a line was drawn through this)
-. Health Gielgud E. Chop
Finale (another line drawn through)
. Strauss Strauss (again, but
this time it got the line, too)
Uncle Tom -. Woof Reading
.. .. Dummy ). Tragedian i. . Health
Zine through and Old Lady written
In Its place. >. Taxes Show is
On what. still?) Baker
Burlesque Gardiner
Finale :"
Mystic as that language may sound,
1t was supposed merely to connote to
the great English comedienne the or
der OF the skits, sketches, dances.
songs and what not in the revue In
which she was starred. Supposed to
tell her whether to rush a costume
change or loaf through it, whether she
might expect the audience to find in
that special mood created by q hand
some lot Of chorines cavorting about
the stage, or the even more special
frame OF mind created by a really vital
ballet. A very great help, except that
it never remained the same.
THERE is system about this
thing" Miss Lille explained.
"As soon as We get the numbers going
smoothly in certain order they de-
eide maybe it would be better to
change them all around. The last
week in Philadelphia everything was
fair whipping along, and then we came
down here, and the great rearrange-
ment set in again"
On the printed program, for ex-
ample. the above list, in the same
abbreviated form. would read: Show
Is On -. Titania Now AL
Fleegle -. Astaire Gielgud .
Woodman -. Casanova {. . Box .
Conductor Moon Show Goes
On Taxes .. Strauss .. Uncle
Tom -. Woof -. Reading :. Little
Old Lady Tragedian etc." In
slightly different order, as you may
note, and listing a few items which
later disappeared entirely. or were
withdrawn for revision. or put on the
shelf until the production gets to New
York, where certain kinds and sizes Of
humor and amusement are more
heartily received than in the prov
inces."
This question Of provincial" re-
action to the show is a particularly
interesting one in reference to WASH
ington. by the way. This is, of course
no more a province than Boston or
Philadelphia, perhaps less so in many
respects, but it is the Broadway Gus
tom to refer to anything north Of
Eighty-sixth street or south Of Tenth
as "the sticks"
THE sticks" are quite as free to ex-
press an opinion on a show as the most
ennui-ridden citizens Of New York.
HoNeNcl, ano III BcheidA tiey w. MI
this week table talk has centered on
little else than one aspect or another
Of The Show Is On" 1t may there
fore amuse the audiences and the table,
takers to know what the players-or
a representative few-thought about
the paying customers. They were as
founded. They thought the crowds,
for a Washington audience. behaved q
bit cody.
Evening star., 1936-12-13
Comics at Gayety.

GAM RAYNOR and Murray Briscoe
- comedy team from Broadway. will
headline the Christmas show at
the Gayety Theater, starting with to-
days matinee.
Harry Hello Jake" Fields also will
be on the comedy portion of the bill
and the leading feminine performers
In the new show will be Bubbles
Yvonne and GLADYS Mccormack.
Evening star., 1936-12-13
Civic Theater Plans.

THE Washington Civic Theater has
received exclusive rights from
Sinclair Lewis to bring his controver-
sial play. 1T Can't Happen Here" TO
washington. 1t is planned to pro-
duce the play late next month, dur
ing Inauguration week.
The production presently being
undertaken by the group is Robert
Sherwood's The Petriied Forest" +"
which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights
at the Wardman Park Theater.
Robert NJ Miller. Lansing Hall and
H. H. Brstsbury will have the lead
ing roles IN the Sherwood drama,
Evening star., 1936-12-13
Meets
Girl" Here
Next Week:
. Hollywood Satire
Booked by
National.

r YOLLYWOOD from an inside
IL seat; Hollywood in the studio
ofnces, where pictures are
L L conceived, concocted and
Evening star., 1936-12-13

Joe z. Browns new comedy, polo
Joe" will be the Earle Theater's next
attraction, starting Friday. June
Travis and Skeets Gallagher are fea-
tured in the supporting cast. jose
phine Huston will headline the stage
program and Harris. Claire and Shan
non and Ray Wilbert also will be
featured on the bill. The Earle's pro-
gram will include, too. q technicolor
Evening star., 1936-12-13
Miss Lille Uses Mirror
AS Her Bulletin Board
It's Her Way of Keeping Up With Big, New
Revue-Performer Speculate on
Capital Audiences
Bv Robert B. Phillips, Jr.

MIS- story which came OH mirror was not done with mirrors
Nobody
elements
edge dressing
legend
Evening star., 1936-12-13
Shakespeare's Best Ripe
For Plucking by Filmdom
Tragedy's Recent Elaborate Publicity and
Movies Heresy Toward Happy Ending
Set Stage for It's Adaptation.
By Jay Carm0dy.

automatically speaking seems just about set for movies step
Hamlet Nearly has It, Moreover.
found him pretty well suited
Midsummer Nights Romeo and
the manuscript and
Evening star., 1936-10-11

with that mOcking smile,
and suddenly she slumped
down on the running
board and he beside her.
II once thought it was a dirty little town."
he said. Il wanted to get away from this shop
where my father and grandfather both made
their living. wanted to be somebody"
He seemed to be cropping out toward her
with his words. And against all her wishes
she turned to him, listening. 1t did not matter
that his shirt was torn, his brown intelligent
face smeared with SCOT. She was suddenly
glad that he was poor, and unknown. and
unavailable to any other girl she knew.
II went to Chicago for couple of years,
studied at the Art Institute for while. :"
why didn't you 60 on with your studies1
lifts only question of money, ="
There she had hurt him again. He was cold
and remote once more.
1T wasn't money" he said, fiercely. ut
was that damn dirty city of yours the
poseurs; the little, would-be artists prating
Evening star., 1936-10-11

theories and copying Picasso; the cheap
Bohemians; the patronizing society women
with their teas and exhibits for artists where
man is paraded like something from the ZOO.
I'm sorry, but hate the city. had to get
back to Wisconsin, where it's clean, where a
man can use his hands, do something hard"
He laughed. Come, I'll show you the
wrought iron I've been doing"
Sue followed him meekly up steep stairs
where, to her amazement, was studio. Some
really good water colors he had done hung on
the walls. And on broad maple table he had
built was display of locks, hinges and other
handmade hardware whose symmetry and
beauty took Sues breath away. She stood
lingering sturdy, beautiful butterfly hinge
delight shining in her eyes,
I'm beginning to get ORDERS" John said
shyly, proudly. 1T isn't all Colonial replica
Evening star., 1936-10-11
Mosozins Section

stuff. I'm creating some
4 new designs"
She looked up at him,
proud and tender - and
John Braithwait gathered her into his arms
and kissed her long and tenderly.
why. don't even know your name!'
The big blacksmith grinned. THE name,"
he said ''is Braithwait, John Braithwait. l
hope you like it - because you'll be using it
for long, long time"
"And mine is Sue -"
"Sue Brathwait is pretty name"
They stood silent in the sunlight from the
window, listening to the sparrows fighting in
the caves, smelling the breath of crab-apple
blossoms floating up from below. but thinking
only of themselves.
I'm not much of an artist" Sue said at
last, but I'm good business man. My father
is in the wholesale hardware business. ="
And that's how Braithwait Wrought Iron
hardware became famous in the Middle West.
The End
Evening star., 1936-10-11
MIGHTY Man

A gay little love story in which the model
proves to be the better artist
bv STERLING NORTH
Evening star., 1936-10-11

with that mocking smile,
and suddenly she slumped
down on the running
hoard and. he beside her.
Evening star., 1936-10-11

planlzs to the young mans side. He looked up,
startled - then smiled. WANT another lesson
in paintingl" he asked.
You're horrid, she said.
II suppose you want to offer me another
two dollars to poser" His voice was hard
Were rather busy this morning"
T'm sorry" she fluttered. II didn't mean
to intrude"
She walked quickly out into the sunshine.
In a half dozen strides John Braithwait had
overtaken her.
"Wait," he said humbly. "Ill pose."
"Oh no, you won't" she blazed. She tried to
get into her car, but the young mans hand
was on the door. II hate you," she cried. II
wish had never seen this dirty little town."
Meadowlarks were singing somewhere and
the brown young man was laughing at her
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
7 Billion Income Rise,
Business Best Since
80, New Year Brighi
International News Service

Reviewing the State of the Ma
tion'S business during 1886, Sec
retary of Commerce Roper today
found much cause for optimism.
Briefly, his summary Of econo-
mic conditions for the past. year,
boils down to the following:
Business activity-still subnor-
NAL, but best since 1880. Dur
able goods manufacturers-33 per
cent greater than 1885. Output
Of mines and factories-16 per
cent higher than 1885. Gross
farm income-$9,530 200, 900 or
$1,000, 100000 more than last
year.
Foreign trade-10 per cent
rise over 1885. Freight traffic
Up Is per cent. Railroads
Earned substantial profits with
passenger traffic showing 20 per
cent gain. National income
$50, 900 100000, or $1,000, ,O00, ,OOO
more than 1885.
Employment-LargeSt for any
recovery year, with factory pay
rolls up IA per cent. Profits-161
leading corporations earned SO
per cent more in 1885 than in the
previous year.
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
Torch O. Love Sets
Your Brain on Fire,
Meter Tests Show

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. Dec.
81 G.N.SO.-Falling in love-or
any other sensation-actually sets
the brain ION fire"
It's all part of a newly discov-
cred partnership between the "old
brain" and the new brain" in
every man and woman, revealed
today in a report to the American
Association for the Advance Of
Science by j. G. Dusser de
Barenne. of Yale University.
Tests with the modern brain
meter" which measures tiny elec.
trical currents in gray matter, he
announced, prove that the "emo-
tionaI center" in the brain and
the newer intellectual center" do
not operate Independently.
A sensory stimulus reaching the
thalhamuS, or old brain, "Sets 1t
on fire" according to the noted
psychologists own descriptive
phrase. Immediately the impulse
travels to the thinking brain.
and creates another mental fire"
there.
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
KIDNAPPING
CONTACT IS
REPORTED
Dir. Mattson Said to
Be Dealing Directly
With Abductor
Rx RALPH B. JORDAN

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 81
0.N.S0.-Dr. William w. Matt
son today drove away from his
picturesque home on Puget Sound.
At approximately the same time,
several miles away in downtown
Tacoma, a squad of G-men mo-
tored away from their headquar-
terS.
Did the society surgeon go to
keep aarendezvous with the loqua-
cious and bearded desperate who
whisked his son, Charles, 10, away
four days ago with demand for
$28, 900 ransom?
Were the unloquacious G-Men
trailing along to pounce upon the
desperad once the boy is re-
Boys Return Seen
This nervous community iTnme-
diately was swept by a report that
the answer is 'yes" to both the
above questions and that prepa-
rations are being made at the
MattSon home for the boys re-
turn within few hours.
However, the facts are these:
DR.. Mattson is going to his Of
flee. calling on couple Of pa
tientS en- route, according to a
CONTINUED on Page 2. Col. g.
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
PODe Plus PLANNING
For Holiday Mass

would be carried to the service
in a chair.
Afterwards, his immediate staff
will be called together to hear the
papal good wishes for the New
Year.
Has Special Treatment
The fact that Dr. Amanti Mi
lani consented to these arrange
ments was taken to indicate that
the Pope is considerably better.
Despite his present slight i'm
provement, the Pontiff faces criti-
cal hours Immediately ahead, it
was learned today.
The Vatican awaited tensely
outcome of a special treatment for
gangrenous ulcers on the Pope's
left leg. Officials were frank in ad-
mitting they believed that in view
Of the Pops steadily sinking con-
dition in recent weeks, the chances
of any treatment being successful
were slight.
The involved treatment which
authorities said might well prove
fatal because of the Pontiff's
weakened heart condition-was
revealed exclusively to Interna-
tional News Service.
It was confirmed in high medi-
cal quarters that failure of the
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
! SENATORS
T0SUPP0RT
CLERK AID
REFORMS
Thomas, McCarran,
Rep. Mccormack for
Welfare Move

In support of President Roose-
velt'S objective of shorter hours
and minimum wages, three mem
bers of Congress today announced
their advocacy of legislation pro-
viding increased benefits to the
large corps of Federal employees.
Following the lead of Senator
Pat McCarran CD Of Nevada,
Representative John w. McCor-
mack CD of Massachusetts, and
Senator Elmer Thomas CD of
Oklahoma declared they would
support legislation in the coming
Congress to better the lot Of Gov
eminent employees.
Representative Mccormack, au.
thor of the Saturday half-holiday
law for Government workers,
urged a five-day week for the FED
eral employees and extension of the
Federal Trade Commission law en-
abling- employers to agree volun-
,tarly to reduce hours Of .laheIs and
T fix minimum wages, banning url-
fair competition in the labor field.
Urges U. S. Example
Frankly questioning constitu-
tionality of blanket Federal law
on the subject, however phraSed,
cCormack proposed to go as far
as possible pending further Su-
preme Court decisions. He said:
"There is no doubt that there
is strong sentiment in Congress
to wipe out unfair competition
by exploitation of labor.
"The government should take
the lead, as the largest employer
of labor, in establishing the five
day week. I introduced the Sat
urday half-hOliday bill for gov
ernment workers. That was a
step toward a five-day week.
"The inventive genius Of
America and machines have
brought blessings, but they have
also brought a prOblem-the
problem of employment. 1t is Of
primary concern to everyone in
the nation. Should the govern
ment adopt the five-day week, it
would have a tremendous infIu-
ence on private industry.
"It is for the best interest
of industry to pass legislation
which will either eliminate or
control INSCRIPTIONS competi
ton which has brought the
Sweat-ShOp.
FOR F. T. C. EXPANSION
ut is my belief that the Fed
eral Trade Commission act can
be expanded. Industry could be
permitted to make trade agree
mentS based upon voluntary &C
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
.PAST0R-L0U|S
FIGHT IS ON

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 G.N.S).
Bob Pastor, hard-punching young
veteran of 81 amateur and profes-
Sional heavyweight battles, today
was matched with Joe Louis for a
10-round bout at Madison Square
Garden on January 20.
The match was closed by Pro
moter Jimmy Johnston, of the
Garden, and Mike Jacobs, of the
Twentieth Century Sporting Club,
the latter representing Louis.
Pastor, a former New York Uni
versity journalism student and
football player, clinched a place
against Louis two weeks ago when
he spotted Ray Impelletierre SIS
Continued on Page 19, Col. q
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
ABLE
TO EQUIP
ARMIES
u. S. Mystery Figure
Dealer in All War
Equipment
BY ROBERT G. NIXON
International News Service

Robert Cuse, the mysterious fig.
ure who smashed the United
States strict non intervention
policy in the Spanish civil war,
precipitating an in ernational
furore, was revealed today as q
dealer. in everything pertaining to
modern warfare.
CuSe, whose barbed-wire incloSed
plant in Jersey City was linked
with Subversive activities in a Con
gressional investigation in 1880,
will, according to his own state
ment, deliver to foreign govern
ment anything from a rifle to a
battleship.
Can Equip Armies
In a sworn, signed statement
on file officially in washington,
Cuse declared he is prepared to
equip whole armies anywhere at
anytime with the following deadly
implements of warfare:
/. Mustard gas and other
lethal gases.
2. Vessels of war of all kinds
including aircraft carriers and
submarines.
3. Machine guns, automatic
rifles and machine pistols of all
calibers and their barrels.
4. GrenadeS, bombs, torpedoes
and mines filled or untitled and
apparatus for their use or dis
charge.
will Supply Tanks
5. Tanks, military armed We
hicles and armed trains, and
flame throwers.
6. Howitzers and mortars Of
all caliberS, their mountings
and barrels.
7. Military aircraft, aerial
gunmountS, frames, and etc.
8. Rifles and carbines using
ammunition in excess of 26.5
caliber and their barrels.
9. Ammunition for all these
arms.
10. Non-military aircraft.
II. Revolvers and automatic
! pistols.
IL. Propellors, fuselages, hulls,
tail units and under carriage
units for aircraft.
13. Aircraft engines.
The Jersey city dealer, is a
naturalized citizen of Russian
birth, described himself as being
engaged in the manufacture and
expectation of arms, ammunition
or implements of war.
He modestly stated that of the
death dealing items listed, he only
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
BY FRANK GERVASI

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 81
G.N.SO.-Holding the slight gain
that brought cheer to the Vati.
can household, Pope Plus today
made arrangements to watch the
New Year in-and possibly even
to leave his bed to attend mid,
night mass.
AS his purple-gowned cardinals
prayed for the Pope's recovery, it
was announced at the Vatican
that he spent a better night and
that the improvement in his CON
dition was maintained.
To Awaken for Mass
Therefore, he will be awakened
shortly before midnight and hear
the mass that will be held in the
improvised chapel adjoining his
bedroom. One report said he
The Washington times., 1936-12-31
BURKE FAV0RS
6-YEAR TERM
International News Service

The new Congress will be asked
to submit to the States constitu-
tional amendment, limiting the
President of the United States TO
a single six-year term.
The amendment has been pre-
pared by Senator Burke CD OF
Nebraska, in an effort, he said to.
day, to lift all. chief executives
above party politics.