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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

CTRANGEST of tropical worlds - greeted the expedition of Span- lard Juan dc Ayolas as 1t moved slugglshly up the Parana river and Into the Paraguay late in the year of i537. Myriad curious creatures dotted the stream and the verdant banks, including In. Eunerable alligators.
 And then on sunny morning the expedition sighted a mountain Shoreward. the first since leaving the ocean. Here 1t was deter. mined to make Q landing. An- chors splashed down and the new pioneers rowed to land. But scarcely had they set foot when hostile Indians attacked from the bush. But the> Europeans won. The Guanani fled in dismay.
 And Ayolas and his men fol. lowed in close pursuit. Within three days the tribesmen were completely subdued and the Span. lards had effected their first foot. hold in interior South America. Shortly afterward Ayolas and his men moved deeper into Q pleasant little bay and on its shores laid the first foundations of Asunclon, the capital of Paraguay.
 So this year Asuncion celebrates its 400th anniversary. And . far cry is this Snodernised city of al. most 100000 from that discovery day. Throbbing center of activ. ity, it is . city of the world. The Parliament building is shown here on . i020 peraguayan stamp.
 tcepyr!Eht: iss1 MisA . cA service. Inc!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
FLORIO POST TO
 NAME DELEGATES
Group to Attend Italian. American Meeting Next
 Sunday in Hartford

National department officers of the Italian.American War Veterans will attend . meeting of executive officers Sunday in Hartford. Plans and proposals will be made in rec lation to the annual national con. vention next year. Included among the representatives, will be delegates from posts in Connecticut, Massa., Chusetts, New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 Delegates appointed by Rlorlo post of this city include National Com. manuer John Depastino, national
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
NO MORE RELIEF
 PROJECTS VIEWED
Smith Believes Congress Will Favor Legislation
 on Housing Problem

Congressman J. Joseph Smith does not believe that any further federal relief projects will be fos- tered this year, according to a tel- egram received today by officials of the Waterbury Brass Workers union. He does believe, however, that congress will pass legislation favorable to the housing situation.
 The correspondence from Con- gressman Smith was received in an- swer to a message sent to him two weeks ago by the union, containing 8 copy of the resolution drawn up by the executive committee. The reso- lution called for further relief.
 The message will be considered tonight at a meeting of the well fare committee of the union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

Practical 6 drawer cabinets that fit into any cornerl Special wood re- inforced construction, covered with washable leatherette. In green, brown, blue or peach, with contrasting knobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
LADIES NIGHT SCARE

Bridgeport, Conn. Dec. 3-CU.P) Ladies Night" at the Sauna steam baths was concluded abruptly last night when a fire broke out.
 Close to IS women were forced to desert the steam rooms, dress quickly and quit the two-story dwelling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

. Gorgeous knuckle arm stylel Sale price includes the large, restful d!van and
 big lounge chair to matchl equality Tested" through
 out, and marked at 0 really
 startling reduction save
 $45 Friday and Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

ingham, Bridgeport as compensa- ton commissioner for the fourth congressional district. His term will be for five years beginning January 1, 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

Judge Advocate Atty. Frederick Palomba, National Adjutant Angelo Possemato, Paul PuzEo, finance com- mitteeman, and Domenic Jamele of the executive committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
Marriage Intentions

The following marriage inten- tiOns have been filed at the Ofiice of the town clerk:
 Edward Smith, 162 Colonial ave- nue, and Ernestine BlOndeau, SS TayIOr street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
FORMER MAYOR REAPPOINTED

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 3 -- (U.P0 Governor Cross today reappoint- ed former Mayor Edwad T. Buck
Evening star., 1937-01-19

which calls for comment. Well, It
won't call long. 1t may seem para
doxical, but there really wasn't any
LIE In 1t last night until Death en-
tered upon the scene. Frank Gaunt
as Death OHis Serene Highness Prince
Sirki Of Vitalba Alexandri, to the peo-
pie who didn't know who h, really
was) certainly turned in the best Der.
formance of the group. The role, Of
course. Is one almost any actor would
relish getting his teeth into, and Mr..
Gaunt did a smooth job OF sustaining
the Characterization.
Felice Lloyd, Of the rest Of the cast.
was another whose playing was pol
ished and natural. The rest. either
because Of f1rst-night nervousness or
for some other reason, couldn't loosen
up and get as much into the spirit OF
things as some Of them have in past
Pierce Hall plays. Death Takes a Holi-
day" will be repeated tonight.-H. M.
Evening star., 1937-01-19

dramatic school at M-G-M three
times a week to equip himself with
the rudiments of film acting. Incl
dentally. there is rumor going the
rounds that, because of M-G-M's re-
luctance to lend Clark Gable to Selz-
nick International for the role of
Rhett Butler in "Gone With the
Wind" the two picture companies will
join forces for this one film .. Visit
ing musicians are always welcome on
the Joan Crawford studio sets. Moriz
Rosenthal, the latest in list that in
cludes Stokowski and Chaliapin, was
escorted by Husband Franchot Tone
to "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" sound
stage. On the completion of the film,
Mr.. and Mrs. Tone will celebrate the
adjustment of marital unrest with a
brief sojourn in Sun Valley. Idaho.
Cary Grants water spaniel, by
name. Archibald. nearly drowned when
pushed into swimming pool. The
poor canine could not swim Ida
Lupino says she does nothing without
first consulting her secretary, Beatrice
Ward. who is also a fortune teller.
Miss Ward recently told Ida she would
marry q tall, blond American. But
the pretty actress continues to adore
dark, short, British Louis Hayward
George Brent flying to New York
for two weeks vacation-despite the
objections of studio executives, who,
because of the recent air crashes, want
him tt, travel by train.
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Evening star., 1937-01-19

AASe oPPSoA oAASS AACACs
The two artists are as different as
day and night, yet each has much
to give from the standpoint Of talents
and temperaments. 1t Is not often
that the darker voices Of the vocal
realm are as popular as the sopranos
and tenors, yet Mr.. Pima succeeded
yesterday in claiming the major
share Of the attention and apprecia-
ton Of his audience. The timbre of
his voice Is warm and expressive,
he sings with the abandon that only
an Italian can bring and his artistry
springs from q source utterly simple
and natural.
Miss Jepson, on the other hand,
with her almost perfect voice, is
more restrained in the expression of
sentiment and her musicianship Is
directed by fine and comprehending
intelligence. Her singing of the
"Depuis lie Jour" aria from Charpen-
tiers Louise" was quite the out
standing number she offered and its
difficult measures were given with
the greatest ease while the extraor-
dinary purity of her tones from the
lowest to the highest note held
touching quality. Miss Jepson sings
French songs unusually we'll with real
sympathy for the refinement of style
SO necessary. the detached sentiment
and the straightforwardness Of line.
In French Group.
Francks lovely "Nocturne. Faure,s
la Prison." less effective setting
than Hahn's of Verlaine's poem;
Ravers saucy 'Nicolette" and Mar
guerite Canals La File aux Cheveau
de Lin" comprised the French group.
Miss Jepson has apparently not yet
discovered the most interesting of the
English song literature for her choice
tends to the kind that are pleasing
but without special musical value.
Mr. Pima, on the contrary, gave a
Evening star., 1937-01-19

Interpretation. The action has been
reduced through the years to point
where there is no wasted motion, but
it is always dynamic.
. X X
TT IS In the book of "The Mikado"
that the liveliest individual per-
Torrance shall be that of the person
who portrays Ko-Ko. It was Martyr
Green last night and there must have
been applause for him in that corner
of heaven where Gilbert and Sullivan
linger to catch the earthly echoes of
their music. Mr.. Green's tenor voice
is of the subdued type, but the vola-
tility of his movements. especially his
pantomime, is of an order that leaves
even the audience breathless.
Derek Oldham, as Nanki-Poo, bows
his way into the performance singing
"a Wandering Minstrel" and before
he leaves it he has sung more and
better numbers than any other men,
Der OF the cast, so far as one set of
auditory nerves in the audience was
concerned. Sylvia Cecil, Yum-Yum,
is not far behind in the quantity or
quality of her vocal contributions.
Darrel Fancourt, as usual, makes an
unforgettable thing of the solo which
fits crime and punishment into one
of the best Gilbert and Sullivan COL
laborationS.
X X
THEN, too, among the principals
which it should be a lynching
offense not to mention were Sydney
Granville as Pooh-Bah, Marjorie Eyre
as Pitti-Sing and Evelyn Gardiner as
Katisha.
Mr.. Gilbert's Pooh Bah, as no one
should need to be told, carries the
weight of a great deal of his creators
satirical mirth for off1cialdom. Gran
vile handles it with amazing dexterity.
At this point in his report the re-
viewer becomes conscious that it would
have been far simpler and perhaps
quite as illuminating merely to have
said: Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mi
kado" was presented at the National
Theater last night by the D'Oyly
Carte Opera Company.
1t was-and it was grand.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
PIERCE HALL PLAYERS
STAGE BROADWAY HIT
Frank Gaunt and Felice Lloyd Out
standing in death Takes
q Holiday"

q dolloay."
THE Pierce Hall Players last night
at their usual lair, Pierce Hall,
undertook the playing of Walter Fer
ris' translation from the Italian Of
Alberto Cassella Of that cheerful little
froltc entitled Death Takes a Holi-
day."
The playing was pretty generally ap-
preciated by large percentage of the
audience and the people gathered to
look upon Death in earthly garb
seemed to be enjoying themselves no
end in the situation. More than once
all the people applauded more than
mildly.
There Is the suspicion, however, that
the play was just a mite more respon-
sible than the playing for the enjoy
ment evidenced. For the drama is an
engroSSing one as 1t tells its tale of
Deaths visit to the earth and his
attempt to discover why mortals love
life and fear him. 1t could be argued,
maybe, that Death called upon group
OF people who never would have been
able to give him the correct answer
and tell him the real reasons for en-
joying life, but there's no use quibbling
now. Death Takes a Holiday" al
ready has been a Broadway success
and it's good.
So it's the playing and not the play
Evening star., 1937-01-19

program every number OF which en-
larged the public knowledge of Italian
songs, for, with the exception Of
"Mephisto's Serenade" from Gounod's
Faust" he sang exclusively IN that
language. He had cleverly arranged
his groups so that one mood sue
ceeded another In most agreeable
manner. But whatever the text, he
sang it with unaffected feeling and
his noble voice varied in expression
with every phrase. He is q great
singer, his sonorous tones alternating
between velvety sweetness and dra-
matte intensity and at all times COM
pletely under his control.
PIMA Stirs Audience.
In Monteverdi's "Lasciatemi Mo-
rire" he held the audience spellbound
with his deeply moving Interpretation
while the lovely measures of Handels
Alma Mia" were given with un-
impeachable taste. Among the other
Italian songs which might add con-
Siderably to any singers repertoire
were Falconieri's % Bellismi Capelli,"
Legrenzi's "Che Fiero Costume"
Cimara's "Fiocca la Neve"' and
Tostis Ultima Canzone" For encore
after his first group he sang Che
Vuol Innamorarsi" by Scarlatti. Mr..
Pima is the kind of artist who Is
endowed with inexhaustible power
to interest his listeners and who
leaves them wishing to hear more.
The program concluded with the
duet, La ci Darem la Manp" from
Mozart's Don Giovanni" an opera
which Mr.. Pima has made his own.
Both artists were heartily encored,
Mr.. Pima giving, among other num-
bers, an effective song, Trouble"
and Miss Jepson, Toussaint's
"L'Hiver." The very excellent ac-
companists were Victor. Ernest for
Mr.. Pima and Edwin Macarthur for
Miss Jepson.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
SHERMAN WAS WRONG;
WAR is EVEN WORSE
IF GEN. SHERMAN was ever guilty

IF GEN. SHERMAN was ever guilty
= OF anything he was guilty OF un-
derstatement in that famed remark
about what is war. That. at least, is
the impression received from Mr.. Lau-
renee Stallings' Photographic history,
The First World War" which the
Rialto now has In a choice news
scoop.
It's news scoop because this force
full, moving document of Mr.. Stall
lings is as timely as anything in the
world at the moment, when dictatorS
strut with chips on their shoulders
and Europe boils little around the
edges-just as it was beginning to
seethe in the early reels of The First
World War
And the general was guilty of under
statement because the definition he
applied to war was far too polite to
apply to the brutal carnage shown in
the pictures Stallings has gathered
together.
The First World War" is no story
of trumpets blaring and flags waving
and the glory of battle. 1t is frank
document, sometimes stark and ap-
palling and gruesome, always force
full It paints its true picture of the
war and, in its story of past horrors,
carriers a plea for peace that shouts
It's message
Mr. Stallings' document starts out
with some of the earliest news reel
films made, photographs of Bismarck,
the empire builder, an old and sur
prisingly rather fragile man, and
there are shots of the Duke of Wind
sor, playing with his brother and
sister when he was a child, before he
grew up to be the Prince of Wales. the
King and then the Duke of Windsor
From there the film goes on with
its history of the massing Of men by
the Kaiser, the assassination of Ferdi-
nand, and the war in the mud. in the
air and on sea. There are thrilling
shots Of the battle of Jutland, ex-
citing and ghastly scenes of tor
pedoed ships tossing men into the
ocean and battle pictures where men
fall clumsily, not as Hollywood would
have them fall, but as men really
fell. Thrilling or ghastly it's always
absorbing and its message is one that
should be heard.
Accompanying "The First World
War" is the dizzy Marx brothers mad
house entitled Horse Feathers" which
has just been reissued by the studio.
It's the one where Groucho is a COL
lege professor who hires Chico and
Harpo to win foot ball game. It's
mad as can be and at last reports the
management was planning to install
safety belts on the seats to keep all
the customers from rolling in the
aisles simultaneously. HIM.
Evening star., 1937-01-19

ever, there it was-and there it will,
be for fortnight. When it leaves, "A
Wandering Minstrel" will have been
hummed or whiStled more times than
there are dollars in the national debt.
The only real weakness of a D'Oyly
Carte presentation of Gilbert and Sui
livan is that it leaves the drama re-
porter with nothing to say. The opera
is perfect. The company is perfect.
The audience was perfect. The Or
chestra, 81 pieces by casual count,
was perfect except for wee slip on
the part of lad in the wind inStru-
ments who cleaned a reed little
noisily when time was hanging heavily
on his hands. 1t is impossible, how
ever, to build review on slight and
unintentional hiss by a clarinetist,
especially when it does not stop the
show. No one even noticed the slip
except one reporter and the orchestra
conductor. The latter raised his eye
brow, and the reporter later wrote
paragraph. The trivial becomes that
important when one is trying to avoid
saying over and over again that the
opera was brilliantly performed.
X
THE marvel of such an evening in
the theater, as always, is its quail
ity Of freshness. When man jammed
that large part of his experience into
the adage, familiarity breeds con-
tempt" he took into no account the
work of Gilbert and Sullivan. In their
case. is has bred deep affection and
constant delight. There were at least
three generations, perhaps four, in
last nights audience and they hung
lovingly on every familiar word up to
the exclamation point with which the
opera ends.
1t Is the way of the DOyly Carte
company to give encores with lavish
hand. 1t was forced to be exception
ally generous last night to an audience
that could not be satiated. Principals
and chorus must have sung at least
seven times as many notes as appear
in the original score.
There is a ritualistic aspect in the
finish of the performance given by
this group. Yet it enhances rather
than diminishes the liveliness of the
Evening star., 1937-01-19
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Trial by Jury" and "Pi-
rates of Penzance," at $50 pm.
Capitol-"One in Million" at
GAS am, 1910, 2:4o, sos. 7:35, 1905
and 1890 pm. Stage shows at 1l:25
am, 1855, 4:20. $50. 9:2O and las
pm.
Earle-"More Than a Secretary" at
10 am, 1920, $50, Sis. 7:5O, 10:15
and 12:40 pm. Stage shows at 11:25
am, 1:50, AIS, $50, 9:15 and 11:4O
pm.
Keith's-"The Plough and the
Stars" at 11:52 am, 1855, 1858, Sol,
8:04 and 10:07 pm.
Palace-"After the Thin Man." at
10:15 am, 1925. 2:40, ass, ITO and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan-"One Way Passage, 4"
at 9:15 and IL am, 1855, $50, 4:40,
$50, S;25, 1920 pm. and 1915 am.
Columbia-"Camille," at 1l:15 am,
1:35, 4, $40, 8:45 and HOS pm.
"Horsefeathers,' at 2, 4:36,
7:17 and 9:58 pm.
"Arrowsmith, at IL am,
I'LL, 1922, 5:33, 7:44 and $50 pm.
Ambassador-"More Than a Secre-
tary," at 6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Tivoli-"Born to Dance" at 2, $50,
5:45, 7:4o. 9:35 and 11:40 pm.
Upt0wn-"Born to Dance" at 2,
3:55, 5;45, TAO and 9:40 pm.
HOward-"Pigskin Parade" at 1890,
1855, 7:05 and l0:10 pm. Stage shows
at 2:30, 5:45 and 9:10 pm.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
PROP CREW LABORS
UNTIL WEE HOURS

TT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE" the
Sinclair Lewis play which the
Washington Civic Theater will pre-
sent at the Wardman Park Theater
for one week, starting tomorrow night,
presents the most difficult scenic job
the group has faced so far this sea-
son.
Kind Lady" and THE Petrified
Forest" called for only one set each,
while Caesar and Cleopatra" called
for six. There was q unit set ar
rangement for the Shaw play, how
ever, and the fact that little furniture
was required simplified the task.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
SECOND HOLMES TALK
Troubled Spain" Is Tomorrow
Travel Subject.

Troubled Spain" Is Tomorrow
Travel Subject.
BURTON HOLMES, popular travel
speaker, comes to Roosevelt High
School Auditorium tomorrow night to
deliver the second of his series of five
travel talks. His subject tomorrow
will be Troubled SPAIN"
Mr.. Holmes talk will be accom-
panied by motion pictures and slides,
taking the audience on a "tour" they
never can take in actuality. He has
pictures Of some of Spain's art treas
ures. beautiful buildings and scenery,
long since destroyed by the shells and
bombs of civil war. He also brings
the talk up to date with pictures and
words describing present conditions in
the Strife-torn country.
Mr.. Holmes will be introduced by
DR.. David Rubio of Catholic Univer-
sity, an authority on Spanish litera-
ture In the Library Of Congress.
Evening star., 1937-01-19

cause of the pub
licity given the
British Il tor S
supposed recon-
ciliation with Vile
Edna Best. But
one girls peeve is
another's oppor-
tunity. A S a
result of her as
Sociation with
Marshall, Miss
Russell has been
offered several siz-
able movie roles.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
ROTH QUARTET TO PLAY
Two Concerts to Be Given at
Library of Congress.

Two concerts to Be Given at
Library of Congress.
THE Roth Quartet of Budapest.
assisted by Beryl Rubinstein,
pianist, and Howard Mitchell, cellist,
will give two concerts in the audi
torium of the Library of Congress on
Wednesday, January 81. at 8:45 pm,
and on Friday, January 20. at $50
pm. The concerts will be given
under the auspices of the Gertrude
Clarke Whittall Foundation.
Tickets will be mailed from the
Library on receipt of stamped, self
addressed envelope, until the supply
IS exhausted. The seating capacity Of
the auditorium is limited, and patrons
are requested to ask only such tickets
as they can use, and to return them
If attendance is impossible.
Evening star., 1937-01-19
Helen Jepson and PIMA
Give Interesting Recital
Two Extremes of Vocal Registers Heard
From Metropolitan Stars Soprano
and Basso, at Hotel Musical.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

two extremes Of vocal registers and artistry were
Ezio Pnza basso both the Metropolitan
TowTsend's
yhower Hotel before having
Evening star., 1937-01-19
1.-THE MikadO" Launches
D'Oyly Carte's Season
Fortnight of Gilbert and Sullivan Gets Of
to Brilliant Start at the
National Theater.
BY Jay CARMODY.

ROUND $50 o'clock last night the curtain rose the National
~ pauded gentlemen there those mey
hayec
Evening star., 1937-01-19
and Clark Gable
Friends Despite Rivalry
tional Will Join Forces to Make
"Gone With the Wind"
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

olLYwooD January 10 MANA9:vRober Taylor and Clark
/ of the that replaced
lover Grace Moore writing book listing 1000
different indigestion
himself
Evening star., 1937-01-19

Russell, a new York model whom he
met at Palm Springs few weeks ago.
Miss Swanson refused to see Marshall
on his return to Hollywood be-
Evening star., 1937-01-19
Jimmy Cagney

good fight to re-establish himself with
film fans, in spite of. or because Of,
Warner Bros. relentless determine.
ton to make him suffer for win
ming his contract-breaking suit against
them. His first picture away from
his erstwhile bosses. Great Guy" Is
proof Of acting ability and drawing
power, and Jimmy can afford to
wait and smile until the winds caused
by Warmers rehash Of the court case
and their plan Of flooding the market
with old Cagney films blow over.
Evening star., 1937-01-19

Did you know that That Robert
Montgomery was q chorus boy at the
beginning of his acting career? +.
That Joan Blondell once upon a time
earned bread and butter as librarian
in New York City? That Kay
Francis has made the sound depart
ment of her studio practically cuckoo
because of her inability to sound her
RS? That Carole Lombards
exhibitionist complex is responsible
for her first movie role Of importance?
Miss Lombard was indulging in a spat
Of noisy gayety at the Cocoanut Grove
when spotted by a casting director
on the lookout for dancing cuties.
The Earl of Warwick Is attending
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-01
Gasoline For Soviet Rescue Being Sent From Nome
JAPANESE WARN ALL FOREIGN SHIPPING FROM WHANCPOO
 ONLY OPEN ROUTE TO THE SEA

and the walled city Paoshan, a few miles up the Yangtze have been stormed and captured, des- pie savage Chinese resistance.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-01
Decides No Need
 More Warships
 In The Far East
(By The Associated Press)

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. l. Summer Whitehouse officials said that the government will rely on existing naval vessels in the Far East to evacuate Americans who are still in danger zones, The an nouncement came after a confer ence between President Roose- welt and Admiral Leahy, chief of Naval operations.
 Officials said that the President and admiral went over the" whole problem' of the Sino-Japanese situation and decided that there were no need of additional naval vessels at Shanghai.