davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-03-19
"PlRATES OF PENZANCE"
OFFERED AT TECH HIGH

THE PIRATES OF PENzANCE'
Colbert and Sullivan swarmed
across Tech High stage last night as
the serious-minded Opera Club of
that school presented it's season s
prime musical effort for the manifest
pleasure of a genial gathering.
Generally speaking, the production
experienced not little difficulty in
moving along smoothly. While indi-
Vlduals of the cast apparently took
pains to memorize words and music,
1t was equally apparent that proper
order of sequence was painfully
neglected as we'll Thus there were
numerous moments of mass conster-
nation-peOple not knowing exactly
what to do next Notwithstanding.
there we're several members who did
add confident touches to the scene.
And ensemble singing rang out with
vim at all times-thoroughly con-
genial with lusty picaroonish
atmosphere.
To find the so-termed "mainstays"
of last evenings assignment glance at
the lower portion of the program.
Theodore Vial as the -fronted
police sergeant scored definitely with
his ludicrOus portrayal in perhaps the
most potentially humorous aspect of
the whole yarn. The boy displayed a
raSping chesty baritone which, abetted
by good chorus work from his con-
stabulary constituents, fitted the situ-
ations adequately. Anna Galbraith,
playing Ruth, the buccaneering maid
of-work, gave meritoriouS support over
the rough spots, and Marjorie Brett
sang her relatively small part very
agreeably
In the main roles, Elizabeth Bar
ringer as Major Generals youngest
progeny, and Pirate Chief Edwin
Plowman performed creditably. John
Greenip will doubtless brush up on
his part for tomorrow.
THE Modern Major General" ditty
rendered principally by William
DoWney was popular but was sur
passed by the police chorus Of
"Tarantara
Dore Walton, conducting the Tech
Orchestra and drawing rapt attention
from the singers, is open for praise, as
usual. j. S.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Nj. Gravel Is a Movie Man
To Stir a Maiden'S Heart
New French Stars Film Screened by Earle.
"Good Earth" Begins to Rumble Locally.
Hepburn to Double Here
BY JAY CARMODY.

THE reports OF reliable are correct French
be
Evening star., 1937-03-19

all things. too realistic, non-com-
prehensible French accent! Rob-
ert Rlskin leaves for England shortly
10 see the coronation and Elizabeth
Allan.
The case of Barbara Stanwyck, who
s,fpped publicity mans face because
ne called her Honey" recalls the
horror in which Kay Francis also
holds the word when addressed to
her by men she does not know very
well. And this includes the bows
working in Warmers publicity depart
ment Clark Gable has been spend-
ing his free evenings at the Garden
OF Allah Hotel. There's a certain ladv
living there of whom he is quite fond
And her name is not Carole I,ono-
bard Tyrone Power and Alice
Fay were both born May S, % wears
ago Jean Harlow, who sleeps in
the nude, always takes a nightgown
with her when staying with friends
or in hotels-"so as not to shock the
servants"
Copyright, 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1937-03-19
THREE TACT PLAYS
GIVEN AT CENTRAL HIGH
Triple Bill Takes Place of Single
Full-Length Production by
Dramatic Club.

FsCHEWING a single full-length
production in favor of three one
act plays, the Dramatic Club of Gen.
tral High School presented it's Spring
dramatic program last evening in the
school auditorium. Providing an
opportunity for a large complement
OF CentralS students to satisfy the
thespic urge, the array, considered as
an entertainment unit. represented a
worthy addition to the roll of meri-
torious efforts at the Mount Pleasant
institution
The trio provided pleasing variety.
with w. D. Howell's The Mouse
Trap receiving first attention. The
cast handled their respective assign
ments capably, the players including
VIVIAN Yeager, Wilbert Locklin.
Christine Thoroe, Edith Rathbun,
Mildred Thompson, Norma Kallio
and Mary Sanders Next in order
was The Birthday of the Infanta, +"
by Stuart Walker, enacted with a
musical arrangement by Bowie Lii
lard. The title role found Jane
Fletcher delivering a well-turned per-
formance, while Ted Smith. as the
Fantastic, was also among the best
Acceptable, too was the work of Lee
Jamison, Jean Duke, Rodney McCath-
ran, Robert Marshall and Bill Baylies.
Romance Is a Racket" creation
OF John kirkpatrick, concluded the
program, the participants in activities
at an Italian inn being Joe Mascola,
Frances Moskey, Edith Proper.
Charles Davidson. Elise Pinckney.
Suzanne Morse and Bernard Milloff-
uniformly effective in their work.
Sergt. Horace Butterworth directed
the school band in a musical program
comprising The Royal Highway"
(MustoD, "Valse des Fleurs' CTschai-
kowsky), prelude in c Minor" (Rach-
maninofD, Les Millions d'Arleuuin"
Drigo) and March Militaire"
(Schubert.
The entertainment will be repeated
this evening. Curtain at 8:l5.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
NEW THEATER GROUP
HARD-WORKING BAND
shadowgraph Technique Is Tried.
Several Fine Singing Voices
Mark Presentation.
IT SHOULD be recorded to the credit

TT SHOULD be recorded to the credit
of the New Theater Group OF
Washington that it is an ambitious, a
persistent, a hard-Working band OF
stagecrafters. Striving always to drive
home an argument, it seeks, neverthe-
less, novel means to the end. The
presentations to date have not sue
ceeded in establishing the organization
among the top-ranking local amateur
groups, but perseverance may bear
fruit. In the meantime, however, it
becomes necessary to jab somewhat
cruelty at its efforts.
Last evening, for instance, the prac-
titioners Of preachment espoused the
"shadowgraph" technique being util-
lied by the living newspapers" of the
w P. A. theater projects, Offering
Protest" delineation of the down.
trodden existence of the American
Negro in the South. Figures move be-
hind a cloth screen upon which their
silhouettes are cast. There is song
and speech before and in back of the
curtain, and an announcer "keynotes"
the scenes through an off-stage mike"
Several fine singing voices, but pro-
duction rather sad, pace Jagged, images
were frequently an incoherent tumble.
New and interesting, however-the
group should try again.
The balance of the program COM
prsed Mighty Winds a Blowin'." by
Alice H. Ware, treating of the share
croppers-both white and black-in-
.olcatlng the way out" through CO.
operative association; THE Drought"
interpretive dance by Ruth Riley,
and Home of the Brave" satiric skit
from the production Parade" dealing
with what might come to pass if super
natlonallsm struck this country (every
body goes Indian, and one can't eat
Irish potatoes). Best efforts: William
Beverly and Mack Dagget in Mighty
Winds Blown" Arthur Price. Will
liam Goodwin, Cy Whitehill and Lucia
Hill in Protest"
y Inc program will be repeated this
evening and tomorrow night in Odd
Fellows Hall, Ninth and T streets,
advertised curtain, $780, curtain last
night at 9:05. GAM
Evening star., 1937-03-19
One Polite Photographer
Is Friend of All Stars
Hymie Fink Remains in Good Graces by
Refusing to Release Stills With
out Consent.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

oLLYWooD March 10 (NANA)-Marlene Dietrich has kissed him
Crawford
Katharine Hepburn recently sent him check
posed willingly for him
other
My taVote
Evening star., 1937-03-19

WINI SHAW comes naturally by
that ability to get wistfulness
into those sweet, sad songs she will
sing for week at Loew's Capitol. She
is part Hawaiian and from the
Hawaiian parent she inherited her
musical talent. Shaw pere was a royal
troubador who played plaintive melo-
dies for, maybe, Kameamea, or how
ever the old kings name went Her
stage career has included shows with
Joe Cook, Phil Baker, Ed Wynn and
Florenz Ziegfeld. Since then she has
been in 20 pictures.
X i; x X
X ATHARINE HEPBURN is going to
be sort of all over town here next
week. Between performances at the
National in Jane Eyre she can jour-
nev up to Keith's and see herself in
Quality Street" She may not want
to, of course, but Noel Coward went
to see himself il The Scoundrel" at
the Rialto when he last was here
AS soon as they can say AYE"
again. Variety Club members are going
to give DR.. Shyne a vote of thanks
for that Cruise to Ireland" party.
Every section of the country was
represented and, perhaps. every pro-
feSsion. The Army Air Corps had its
Capt. Larry Carr there. - And Holly
wood contributed Rufus Blair. Z.
Silver Spring, Nd, sent Willie Wilcox
Wisconsin was represented by
Jennie Goodman and Russia by Il
beautiful lady whose name was not
"Simone' and who sat at the same
table with Miss Goodman. The
volume OF scrambled eggs and bacon
consumed at a nearby all-nighterie
after the party was an imposition on
the country's hens. Eddie Plohn
of the National was host in fashion
that must have made St Patrick proud
of him. Coronation Crisis
Child Labor" and "Harlem's Black
Magic" are the subjects of the next
issue of March of Time. =. 1t opens
at Keiths on March "a. . 1t prob
ably never will be known which had
the better time at Paul Whitemans
concert Wednesday night, the per-
formers or the orchestra. Music
never was more fun to any one. . {.
Movies of the Loudoun Hunt were
shown at the Log Cabin, near Lees
burg, Va, last night. Make Way
for Tomorrow" is Paramount's title for
The Years Are So Long" Josephine
Lawrence's best seller novel. E.
Burgess Meredith may not get to play
the film lead in Stage Door" after
all. R-K-O is going to make the pic
ture soon-sooner than Meredith can
get away from his New York appear
ance in "Tigh Tor" James Stewart
is being mentioned as substitute.
Evening star., 1937-03-19


the shine on their noses.
That is what the report says, at
least 1t is based upon the screening
of the Gravel picture by Warner
Bros Earle yesterday. 1t is COM
ing to that house a week from today.
1t was screened in advance in order
that the towns drama writer's might
have a chance to get precision into
the adjectives which they eventually
American heartbreak.
The next week no doubt, will be
spent with Roget's thesaurus trying
to find exactly the right words in
which to dress Gravet's charm Or
perhaps because French is such an
expressive language, they will use
French dictionaries.
Whatever the merits Of Gravet's
picture, which sound promising, the
man himself is held destined to climb
to an enviable spot in the affections
of the motion picture public. Whether
1t is his charm or that feminine fam
dom is tickle is one of those things
which this department leaves to more
embittered men.
"THE GOOD EARTH" sounded
almost upon us when Norman
Pyle came in for final promotion
gesture yesterday. BY way of i'm
pressing the world with the virtues
O. M-GMs tWo-and-one-half- lf-mil-
hon-dollar picture, he threatens to
appear one day soon with water
buffalo. The film seems fairly to
abound in Chinese and water buffalo
and Mr., Pyle, with M-G-Ms backing
rates the latter as higher in publicity
appeal.
The thoroughneSs with which the
company has gone into the promotion
of the picture gives at least a little
logic to the question as to how much
of the two and one-half million went
into still pictures and literature de-
signed to sell it. MI Pyle carried a
brief case so full of both that it was
two and one-half times as large as
q w P. A project.
Every time a question concerning
the film was raised, Mr.. Pyle had the
answer ready in the form of a COM
plete story. Yes, and with illustra-
tons The mimeograph and ink peo-
pie, not to mention the paper manu-
facturers, must already have a for
tune out Of the picture
The Good Earth is going to be
shown at the National Theater for
three weeks beginning April 4. Critics
will have chance to see it at
special preview performance next
Wednesday night, the preview pre-
ceded by a dinner at which someone
probably will speak a few words
Evening star., 1937-03-19

Marlene never forgets Mr.. Fink's
birthday or Christmas present Il
usually get card from her when
she is abroad" said Hymie 1T didn't
arrive last Christmas and I thought
she'd forgotten me. On December 25,
one of my busiest working days be-
cause of the many parties, I arrived
home late and there in the living
room was Marlene'S present-a beauti-
full combination phonograph-radio set,
installed and working as per her
cabled instructions.
The 500 paid Fink by Miss Hep
burn was the outcome of a wager
made between the pair-to wit, that
Hymie would be unable to photograph
the actress during an air dash to New
York. Fink got his picture-a blurred
snap of Hepburn scampering aboard
the plane.
"Hepburns a good sport. She
Evening star., 1937-03-19

r e S p o n d e n t .
They are both SO
considerate and
helpful. Take to-
night, for in
stance. l saw Miss
Dietrich at a pre-
view and wanted
a picture of her
in the new green
sports coat and
hat. There we're
100 many people
at the theater, so
l asked her to
meet me h er e
afterwards. And
here she is"
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Passes Teacher Paw Bill.

= COLUMBIA, S. c., March 10 [P).-
The House of Representatives passed
q bill for higher teachers salaries YES
ferday and sent it to the Senate.
= AS passed the bill provides s75 a
month for the first year, $50 a month
Tor the second year, s85 for the third
year and $50 month for the fourth
and succeeding years.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
CHILDREN WILL PLAY
" MERCHANT OF VENICE
Young People to Do Another
Shakespearean Drama in
Their Own Words.

THE children's Community Theater
will present its own version of
Shakespeare's THE Merchant of
Venice" next Wednesday evening at
Roosevelt High School Auditorium.
The group, which is under the di-
rectlon Of Helen l. Burton, has at
tracted considerable attention in
Washington dramatic circles for its
presentation of various Shakespearean
plays. The children study the charac-
ters, then make up their own words
to play the bard's scenes.
The Community Center Department
has sponsored the group for several
seasons. The work has become so
well known that Miss Burton has been
asked to teach the technique at the
University of Maryland.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
DRAMA SCHOLARSHIPS

Greet School to Award Four at
Additions This Month.
EOUR scholarships at the Greet
Dramatic Academy will be award
ed March rs following public additions
and tryouts to be held at the school in
the La Sale Building
Maurice Greet, director of the acad-
emy, will award annually four Ben
Greet free scholarships, paying tribute
to his uncles name. The contest is
open to any one who believes he has
the talent.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

always pays, which is more than
can say for lot of others here"
Hymie limited darkly, adding, Miriam
Hopkins is about the most nervous
OF the stars in public I've seen her
creep timidly into theater, white as
ghost, had, because people stared
at her, leave before the play started.
around her. She's frightened by them.
But she'll always pose for me if I
can arrange for it to be done secretly.
l usually meet her at San Bernardino
(60 miles from Los Angeles) when
she returns from Europe"
The secret of Fink's success with
the temperamental ladies and gentle
men of the screen is that he has
never yet published picture without
the consent of the subject, to whom
he submits everything he snaps. And
in this day of the great candid cam
era Hollywood scare, Mr.. Fink and
his tolerance are mama from Heaven
for the glamour kings and queens.
And, incidentally, very good business
on the part of Hymie.
Notes from a gadabout's diary :.
John Barrymore was lonely. His es-
tranged wife, Elaine Barrie, was a
flop during her recent San Francisco
stage engagement. The net result of
both items is probable reconciliation
between the middle-aged Caliban and
his youthful Ariel . Jimmy Stewart
is-in his own screen words-"a very
remarkable fellow" in the talkie re-
hash of the old silent success, Sew
enth Heaven Simone Simon, play
ing the Janet Gaynor part Of Diane,
a French Girl, is handicapped by of
Evening star., 1937-03-19
DRAMA GROUPS MEET

Plans to Be Made Sunday for
Next Play Tourney
x REPRESENTATIVES of local drama
groups will meet Sunday at 2
pm. with Mrs. Elizabeth K. PEOPLES
at the board room of the Franklin
school to make plans for the 1887
one-act play tournament.
The tourney, held under the aus
pices of the Community Center De-
partment, is scheduled for October.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Noted Engineer Dies.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla March
l9 P).-Gardner Tufts Voorhies. 81,
nationally known refrigeration engi-
neer Of Boston, Mass died in a hos
pital yesterday after a short illness.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

IIIIIStII away lTOW WaTItne DleLTlCn
and Douglas Fairbanks, jr., at the
Brown Derby to inform your cor
Evening star., 1937-04-10
REALTORS SEEKING
HOUSING POLICY
North Central Convention to
Consider Need of Lower
Payments.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

OMAHA, Nebr, April 10-Present
proposals for action in regard to ma
tional housing policy and plans under
way for meeting the need OF sound
home development as the new home
building period opens up will be dis
cussed at the opening session of the
North Central regional convention
OF the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, which opened here
today at the Hotel Fontenelle.
Paul E. Stark, Madison, Wis, ma
tional realtor president, will review
action now under way under the
leadership of the association to the
end OF laying sound foundation for
coming real estate advance.
Lower Interest Held Need.
Stark will outline the Importance
OF lowering as far as possible the
carrying charges for the home owner
IF we are to widen the group OF
American families for whom home
ownership is possible" He emphasizes
Q) the need of lower interest rates
for the home owner and a longer
period of home amortization than was
prevalent in the pre-depression period
CD the part which fair tax conditions
for real estate play in the reduction
Evening star., 1937-04-10

gency, but the genuine discovery Of the
limitations of the beneficial operation
of subsidies which led to their rigorous
curtailment in 1928
Subsidies to private enterprise rap
idly declined from 1928 to 1881, in
which year they virtually ceased.
A comprehensive investigation into
housing conditions in 1881 led to
radical change of policy. In circular,
issued in January, 1882, the ministry
of health limited the housing activities
of the local authorities to the erection
of small houses to be let at low rentals
to the poorer classes of the community.
Private enterprise was thereby freed
from the competition of the local
authorities in the building of better
class houses.
Low Rates Utilized.
This policy was announced at pre-
ciSely the right moment to take ad-
vantage of the low rates of interest
then becoming possible. The Bank
of England lowered its bank rate to
2 per cent in June, 1882, and, two
months later, the Ottawa conference
announced that low rates Of interest
we're to be the basis of British none
tary policy. This enabled the building
societies to keep their mortgage rates
of interest down to 5 per cent. Early
in 1885 they were enabled to lower
them still further to AZ per cent.
Considering the class OF enterprise
these rates of interest were financing
and the status and credit of the
borrowers, they were as low as could
safety be adopted.
The new housing policy adopted in
1882 greatly cleared the situation. 1t
defined the spheres of public and
private enterprise, and settled the
principles by which each was to be
stimulated to supply the housing needs
Of the people. The ministry of health
used its powers of sanction to the
loans issued by the local authorities
so vigorously, that by 1934-5, the num-
Der of houses they built fell to Al ,593.
In the last two years, however, 1885
and 1886, much more liberal policy
has been adopted. Action to remove
slums and to diminish over -crowding
are now obligatory on all local author
tiles, and the issue of loans for these
purposes is automatically sanctioned.
This liberal policy has already pro-
duced q considerable increase in the
Evening star., 1937-04-10

Of the home owners annual carrying
charges.
Stark says: whether family with
an income of $4,000 year or a family
Of any other income level can afford
to own home depends not so much
on the total valuation placed on the
dwelling but upon how much per
month or per year they would have to
pay out tor its ownership. We have
long engaged and will continue to
engage in studies to cut in every
way we can the production cost OF q
home, but believe that the most
effective way of widening the field
Of home ownership lies in cutting the
monthly carrying cost.
1T is the best protection we can
set up against another wave OF fore
closures such as we saw in the past
depression period"
Protection in Lower Charles.
He holds that lower total monthly
carrying charges for home owner
ship, including interest payments,
amortization charges and taxes, are
the best safeguards for the country
in the new investment and building
period ahead. In his inaugural ad-
dress at st. Louis in January he said
ITO these three objectives, I believe,
the National Association OF Real
Estate Boards should dedicate itself
during 1887"
Stark emphasizes the very active
work now going on under the leader
ship Of the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards to build up q
better understanding Of real estate
and better factual record OF those
elements of the changing economic
picture affecting real estate uses.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
HOME TO BE EXHIBITED
Low-Cost House Open 2 Days for

Low-Cost House Open 2 Days for
Inspection.
The loW-cost demonstration home
built by Alexander T. SAKE and Rob-
ert F. Yaffey in Huntington terrace
Bethesda, will be shown formally to
the public and Government housing
officials today and tomorrow. The
structure Is located at 302 Lincoln
street.
Sake, the designer, and Yaffey, the
owner, state the house was erected
at cost Of 19 cents per cubic foot
The house will be open today and
Sunday from 10 am. until pm.
Evening star., 1937-04-10

housing activities of the local author
tiles, an increase which will continue
at least until 1899.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Cultivate Plants Often.

Cultivate the soil around your plants
thoroughly and often; 1t will prevent
weeds from growing and conserve
the moisture in the soil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
Quits Oil Heir
Wed Again

PITTSBURGH, July 20 0.N.S0 .
Mrs. Virginia Lincoln Rogers, who
last week was divorced in Florida
from Henry Huddleston Rogers, II,
heir to a Standard Oil fortune. to.
day confirmed reports of her i'm
pending marriage to Alfred
Waters, of Pittsburgh, employed
in the sales department of a chain
store office at Youngstown, Ohio.
Mrs. Rogers is prominent III
Cleveland (Ohio) society. Her
fiance is the son of a former
Pittsburgh cleric. Her recently
divorced husband was the son of
the late Col. H. H. Rogers. who
several years ago left a $4,000.
0000 fortune.
The wedding date has been set
for August IA, Mrs. Rogers said
in the home of her sister, Mrs.
Ralph Root, in Cleveland. She
declared:
1T will be very quiet-just
the family. There will be no
announcement"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29

This sent the women'S tongues
into action and today the Mary
land branch, of the National
Womens' Party, asked Jones
when his office was given the
power of Hitler or a Mussolini.
Miss Sophia K. Nordenholz, an
attorney and once president of
the local womenS' bar association.
said Jones ruling will cause many
of the married women to lose their
Jobs when absent on maternity
leave.
All the commissioner would say
about the protests being stormed
upon him was:
We are NOT In the business
Of having babies, but of running
the State government"
His new regulation stipulates
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29

Nine. De Fontanges also was
sentenced to year in prison, but
this penalty was Immediately sus-
pended.
The defendants was charged
with assault with deadly weapon.
She shot De Chambrun, formerly
French ambassador to Rome, as
he was about to board a train at
the Care Du Nord.
After hearing her story, the
Judge who presided at the secret
trial found her guilty and imposed
the fine of 100 francs.
Her attempt to tell the story Of
her alleged "love life" with II Duce