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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07

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lently in minor roles.
Gus Arnheim on Stage
On the stage Gus Arnheim
and his orchestra render a
varied number of selections,
mostly of the sweet" and "hot"
variety. Mr.. Arnheim at the pi-
ano leads the orchestra through
a medley of three songs which
he authored, an especially note
worthy feature of his program.
Four instrumentalists from
the orchestra, called the "Rhy-
thmaniacs," give the audience .
pluperfect example Of swing.
Featured singer with this out
fit is June Robbins, who in adj
dition to a sweet voice, has
pretty red hair and a comely
face.
Charles "Slim" Timblin stages
for us again his blackface act
in which he is the parson. His
sermon" is a funny and wise
cracking monologue. The we'd
ding ceremony at the end of his
act ranks as a fine piece Of
novelty comedy.
The stage show is opened with
Don Francisco, who is a wizard
on the slack wire.
The usual subsidiary films are
shown. j. w. B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07
Burgess Meredith Is
Back From Film Work

HOLLYWOOD, July 3.-BurgesS
Meredith, New York stage star
who made his film debut last year
in "Winterset," is back in Holly
wood to resume his screen work.
He is slated to star with An Soth-
ern in RKO Radios Don't For
get to Remember" which starts
next month with AL Lewis produc-
ing and Joseph Santley at the
megaphone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07

Still Thorne Smith was far
from being just an ordinary
humoriSt and what emergeS on
the screen Is still, to my mind
at least, the ranking comedy of
the year. And while Topper"
has been righteouSly scrubbed
UP and washed behind the ears
for family theater viewing. there
still remains a scene or two that
might cause the old lady from
Dubuque to blush a little.
A Wild Bit Of Whimsy
The story of Topper" con-
Germs a henpecked banker who
had some wild and merry expe-
rienceS with a couple Of ghosts.
The things they did, the con-
sternation they caused and the
embarrassment that Mr.. Top
per suffered are ingredients Of
as wild a piece of whimsy as
you'll ever see.
In q long and harried career
as a screen reviewer I have
never heard an audience laugh
more heartily at a picture and
the large and jovial gentleman
who sat next to me at the Capt.
toll last night was displaying I'm
mistakable signs Of hysteria be-
fore the play was finished.
A happy casting is given this
picture. I am convinced that
nobody would have made as
good q Mr.. Topper as Roland
Young. Mr.. Young, a topfHght
star in the more polite forms Of
comedy, adds to his artistic stat
ure by his work in the film.
Constance Bennett and Cary
Grant, as the Kerbys, the bon
vivants who led Topper such a
merry chase after they had left
this vale of tears, were happy
choices for these parts. In a
play, hard to make realistic, to
say the least, they impart every
semblance of actuality.
Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07

swing and the Harlem mood.
His finale almost laid an egg
late yesterday matinee through
poor lighting for the radium
effect. Specialties that won APP
plause were provided by Jerry
Perkins, vocalist, by Joe Cab
ansro, slap-happy bull fiddler,
by Frankie earle a fast rhythm
manipulation of the piano key
board, by Teddy Grace a torch
singer who needs a new gown
if she would look more like
Audrey Seiber.
An Edgar Kennedy comedy,
society at Newport in the news
reel and the smiling Audrey in
cool summer garb complete a
good program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07
La Dietrich Fears
War, Nav Stay Here

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 3.
Cminous political developments in
Europe with their threat Of war
may prompt Marlene Dietrich to
call off her trip to Europe, SEIZED
uled to take place next month. her
friends disclosed today.
Miss Dietrich's principal reason
for making the journey, it was
pointed out, lies in her wish to
place Maria, her daughter, in a
school in Switzerland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07
Film Features Night
Spots at HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, July 3.-Many
of the famous night spots, beach
resorts and business sections Of
Hollywood will be used as back
grounds and settings for scenes In
RKO-Radio's Super Sleuth," Co
starring Jack Oakie and Ann
Sothern.
Hollywood Boulevard, the Santa
Monica pier and amusement con-
cesSionS, the Brown Derby and the
interior and exterior of a major
film studio will be included in the
shots of the cinema capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07

is WELL ACTED
Pat O'Brien is the captain of
the prison yard, who refuses to
believe that all of his grey CARRIED
boarders are hopeless cases. He
sees a chance to reform some by
the upright methods that proved
useful with the army'S recalci-
trants.
Humphrey Bogart plays the
tough egg who is hard to bend
to discipline. Yard Keeper
OBrien has a double problem
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07
"SAN QUENTIN" AT EARLE
Pat O'Brien-Humphrey Bogort
Divide Top Honors, With
HoIIett Band on STAGE
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Life in CALIFORNIA; grim and gray State penitentiary,
San Quentin is graphically pictured in the feature of that
title which fills the Earle Theaer screen this week.
You might call it routine prison bars story with convict
Instructions escape and mite of romance except that it
has been clevcry daogued exceptionally we'll acted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07
TOPPER" AT CAPITOL
Topper" Is a Laugh Jubilee
At the Capitol Theoter;
Arnheim Bond on Stage

That bawdy but deriousy funny story by Thorne Smith,
called Topper" is brought rotous life on the Capitol
this True certain liberties have been taken
with the original Thorne Smith version Some OF the more
vivid and coorul of Mr. Toppers experiences have been
toned down in the version, out Of respect no DOUBT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-07

Exciting Prison Story Provides Main
Screen Attraction of Good Program
Evening star., 1937-07-10

car ride. She went out the front door
coaxing and explaining to kitty tucked
in neat ball under the arm. At
first signs Of traffic, kittys ears went
back. Signal number one They
boarded the street car. Kitty and the
means Of transportation went into
action together. He left his cozy
resting place in the corner of his
guardians arm and proceeded to imi-
tate the telephone lineman, pursued by
bee while going up a post. All
actions were set to musical accompani-
ment, contributed in equal parts by
climber and climbee. The sound
effects startled fellow passengers to
such an extent that they moved to
the farthest location possible. BY
that time, kitty had dug in up to his
elbows. One of the passengers had a
bit more nerve than the rest. He
rushed forward to remove the cat
from the girls shoulder. AS he lifted
kitty, she followed. For a time. 1t
looked as tho the feline had settled
permanently. Things were finally
settled. Kitty finished the trip
wrapped up from the neck down,
protesting vigorously.
To make q satisfied tourist out Of
kitty one should start with kittenhood.
Nice carrying cases are On the market
nowadays. One Of these placed on the
floor makes a grand play house for the
kitten. Jumping in and out, he gets
used to the thing and learns that it
isn't going to explode. Such activity
with regular rides now and then, avert
much trouble.
For the grown cat about to go
travelling for the first time, only this
can be said. Everything new is bad
Ito him or herr til it's proven other
wise. See that he or she Is physically
comfortable in carrying case or
similar object. That means topside
up, plenty Of air and comforting
amount of darkness. Don't allow the
case to be juggled around. Kitty's
probably scared silly anyhow. Talk to
her q bit. She'll stop bowling after
= while and settle down tor . nice,
long brood
Evening star., 1937-07-10
Various
Problems
S DIV e d
Several Ways of En-
craving Titles on
Visiting Cards.
BY EMILY POST.

b1 EMILY POST.
YEAR MRS. POST: On an NJ DIS
visiting card. should the title
doctor be engraved in full or abbre-
waited? I believe most OF them are
abbreviated, but I wondered whether
the other form was not correct also
AnsWer-They are equally correct.
Doctor is used perhaps most often
when the name is short, and the ab-
breviation DR.. when the name is very
long.
nEAR MRS. POST: How is
clergyman's visiting card en-
graved, with and without the title of
doctor Of divinity? Is this same card
used both in church circles and So
cially?
Answer-1t is always in best taste
to prefix "the" to the title reverend.
The Rev. DR.. Samuel Smith" or The
Rev. Samuel Smith, D: d." or "The
Rev. Samuel Smith" are all proper
forms for whatever card he uses
Without the title Of doctor of divinity
some people prefer that the word
reverend be written in full, but the
abbreviation Is just as correct. (See
answer to preceding letter..
DEAR MRS. POST: I am young
stepmother of three half grown
boys. They are willing to call me
civ 11o;r l..
dead. but the difference in our ages
Is not enough to make that term seem
suitable. Would it be suggesting
something for which others might I'M
justly criticize them If I asked them
to call me LouiSe-my first name?
Allowing this, how would they intro
duce me to their friends, since
would not want every one to call me
Louise, of course? And how should
they refer to me when speaking to
our maid?
Answer-1n speaking of you to their
friends they would call you my step
mother To servants they would
speak Of you as Mrs. Jones.
YEAR MRS. POST: Our club would
like to send present to a friend
outside of the group and we all think
it would be nicer, because more per-
sonal, to list the names in each ones
own handwriting on a card to be
inclosed rather than to say From the
x Club" There are, however. two
Of the club members away from home
for the Summer and one of the other
members thinks that since the names
Of these two who are absent would
have to be omitted, 1t would be better
to simply send the gift from the club.
We would like to have your opinion.
Answer don't see what you can
do except have those who are actually
sending the present sign their names
and say nothing about those who are
absent. You can't very we'll initiate
Louises and James signatures, nor
say that they shared in the gift, If
they did not. OF course, If they did
agree to contribute or if you know so
well that they would want to that you
can take the responsibility for them,
then you could write in their names
in printed letters rather than as writ
ten signatures, which might be taken
as an imitation of theirs.
Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-07-10

ing women to the cause and subse.
quent intensive Statewide campaign
for suffrage, attracted the attention Of
Carrie Chapman Gait, who invited
Mrs. Blair to join forces in Washing
ton. But Mrs. Blair felt that sl =
could not then leave her husband and
children. Should the time ever
come the great suffrage leader said,
when you can work in the East, let
me know Mrs. Blair promised shs
would.
TRUE to her promise, when her
husband, Harry w. Blair, joined
the American Army and went overseas,
Emily Newell Blair moved to Washing
ton and allied herself with the band
OF women workers in the Capital dur
ing the memorable drive for women's
suffrage.
Assisting DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
Mrs. Blair studied women at work and
the difdculties they encountered. Her
lAiOAllSo AloPAlNu llSI W NllJC Jll9
History OF Women's Committee,
Council OF National Defense" which
was printed by the United States
Government. The author deems this
an interpretative report OF vomen's
work during the World War.
Because Of her experience and
knowledge OF womens organiza tons,
President Wilson appointed her Vice
Chairman of the Democratic Com
mittee, a position she held until 1923.
The public followed Emily Newell
Blair's brilliant career as she blazed
the trail for women's rights, both in
speech and writing. AS an associate
editor of Good Housekeeping and
writing in varied fields, she has made
many valuable contributions to the
literary world Little did she dream
when she wrote some years ago, The
Creation Of Home" that she would
ever create a home in an historic
place such as the Crocker House, built
in 1899, on Fairfax street. in Alex
andria, Va, where she now resides.
But she is doing that very thing and
the process is both hectic and anus
ing" she admits.
The readers Of fiction will look
forward to her new stories and who
knows but that ghosts from the old
Presbyterian Meeting House next door
to her and other illustrious Colonial
characters win be recreated at the
bidding Of her famous pen.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
Dorothy Dix Says
Here Is "Technique" That Should Help
Land the Man of Your Dreams.

getaway II he knew some one was
hot on his trail. OF course. women S
real business in life Is husband hunt
ing, but still men like to delude them
selves with the belief that they are
the pursuers instead Of the pursued; ;
therefore, it behooves a girl to do her
work under cover.
II you run after a man. he will run
away from you and he can outsprint
you. But If he thinks you are running
away from him, he will run after you.
Very few men want to marry Or at
least they don't want to do it for a
long time. Somewhere far in the
future. And this makes them afraid
Of the girl who openly shows that she
has designs upon them. Hence. the
more girl wants to marry, the less
chance she has OF doing SO.
Your mental attitude is all wrong
on the subject. You are boy crazy. If
you could change this and just take
them in your stride, so to speak, as
one OF the minor interests of life,
they would proba bly, be crazy about
you. They still crave the peach that
hangs highest on the tree, not the
overripe one that is ready to drop into
any mouth.
Evening star., 1937-07-10

travel outside of the front yard. They
loaded her into the bus! Soon q nice
park loomed in view. With the air of
those about to do good even at personal
inconvenience, they deposited her
upon the turf. She assembled tree!
After much heartbreak, she was
brought down, by dad climbing up
after her. Cost: one pair Of pants
and sizable quantity of flesh.
Whereupon she Immediately SUBJ
merged herself, tail and all, In 4
likely looking sewer. Dad refused to
follow. Coaxing and hunger brought
her out, with the darkness.
Oat comforting rs very difncult.
There's the party who found it nsc-
essary to take her kitty for . street
Evening star., 1937-07-10

Ill ROlIlR W keI lile lIldIl.
~ I'm not going to sit around
and be an old maid" and they 60 out
and get fellow Just like that Now
I am a normal 23-year- girl, wear
nice clothes and do all of the things
girls of my age like to do. But can
get a fellow when I go after him?
No. Just the fact that I am after
him" puts me on a tension-makes
me so scared I'll fail, since it means
so much to me, makes me so afraid
he will catch on that can't be natu-
raj and easy and little independent
any way to cure this, or am I just
one of those girls who are doomed
from the beginning to be an old
maid?-M. P
Answer: Evidently the flaw in your
technique is that you are overanxious
for masculine attention, and you are
so pleased and fustered when boy
deigns to notice you that he perceives
at once that you belong in the date
less class. Nothing could be more
fatal giveaway and nothing could do
more to queer your chances Of popu-
larity with the boys, because men are
like sheep when it comes to women
They all follow the leader. No man
seems to have any confidence in his
own Judgment about a girl. He has
to have the OK. on her from his fell
low. That is why the girl who has
seven boy friends can get another
seven. while the girl who has only
one has him taken from her.
X Y
OF COURSE, it doesn't do to assume
the role of dear Lady Disdain in
these days when even drugstore cow
boys are at a premium, but while a
girl should show proper appreciation
of men, she should conceal the fact
that she regards boy as an answer
to maiden's prayer. Her proper at
titude should be I-can-take-you-o or
leave-you. That piques his curiosity
to know why and how she can be so
indifferent to such good thing as
he feels himself to be. Also it makes
him infer that there must be others,
and competition is the life of trade
in love as in business.
Another blunder that you make Is
in stalking your prey in the open.
A blind man could see your intentions.
and even blind man would make
Evening star., 1937-07-10

number OF women working, particu-
larly in clerical jobs, Is 50 overwhelm-
ingly much greater in proportion to
the population that the proportion OF
professional jobs Is reduced at the
same time that the general average
is raised
How many more women work in
Washington than hold jobs in other
places is indicated by an earlier
Census Bureau analysis also based on
1880 census returns. This revealed that
among the large American cities
Washington had the highest propor-
ton of its women Is years old or older
gainfully employed. The Districts
record of providing jobs for 434 per
cent of all girls and women Of working
age was nearly twice the national
average Of "a per cent.
That nearly two and half times as
many Washington women continue in
their jobs after marriage as do those
IN most places is strong indication
that local women make careers OF
their jobs, even to the point of giving
wholesale test to the moot question Of
whether woman can successfully
have both home and career. Apro-
pos of this overly debated issue, the
District divorce rate happens not to be
considered unduly high despite the
high percentage Of career-Uives, 50
apparently the local women are sue
ceeding admirably in doing two jobs
at once.
A S REGARDS the claim Of District
women for supremacy as wage
earners, an examination of a recent
compilation of income figures from
the 1884 tax returns yields interesting
data. Not only was the proportion of
Washington residents filing income
tax returns about four times greater
than for the Nation G48 per cent
against 1922 per cent?, but the propor-
ton of women among the total number
filing returns here was greater than
throughout the United States.
Out Of the approximately $4,000
District residents who filed income tax
returns in 1884, more single women
filed returns than did single men. The
reverse was true for the Nation, indi-
eating that the local girls did better
than four times as well as the national
average for women in earning taxable
incomes for themselves.
While the average net taxable in
come of the District was lower than
in many Substantially New York,
where Wall Street proverbially clinks
the money bags, and California, where
the movie stars get their pay checks
this is not so significant as the larger
numbers here sharing a general pros
perity.
Before the members of less favored
communities are prompted to crack
wise about "fat Government salaries" :"
closer examination of the facts is
warranted. Picked from all over the
country for their efficiency, Washing
ton women emphatically earn the
salaries paid them. Always q stanch
exponent Of opportunities for the sex,
the Woman's Bureau OF the Depart
ment of Labor points to study made
some years ago by the Personnel
Classification Board Of Civil Service.
This study indicated that while Gov
ernment salaries for women in the
lower classifications compare favorably
with wages paid in industry, Uncle
Sam pays professional women less
than the business world pays for the
same work and qualifications.
Evening star., 1937-07-10

AA@s 4oAiAy PlioISSl dpIl Was CdkcI
about the time I was 'stumping' the
State Of Missouri for women's SUI
frage"
Never shall forget my first suf-
frage speech" she continued; "it Wa.
In the Summer OF 1914 when ar
amendment to the State constitution
was to be acted upon The Suffrage As.
sociation felt that if they could get the
suffrage amendment mentioned on the
Bryan platform the Associated Press
would carry the story William Jennings
Bryan, then Secretary Of State in
President Wilson'S cabinet, was sched-
uled soon to address the coal miners
Of Joplin. They had gone through q
long, hard siege Of depression and were
desperate"
Mr.. Bryan and the chairman con-
descendingly consented to a 10-minute
suffrage talk at this epochal political
meeting. On account Of the prominent
association OF the men OF her family
with the Democratic party, Mrs. Blair
was chosen to speak, because under the
circumstances it was thought that she
would be less criticized than others.
A LTHOUGH Mr.. Bryans train va,
late, he stopped to eat a hearty
dinner, the crowd was not in sympa thy
with any change in Government, much
less votes for women, all OF which
added to the unrest OF the waiting
mob.
AS soon" Mrs. Blair said, "as the
chairman announced that I was to
have 10 minutes to speak on the suf-
frage amendment-the crowd roared
In dlssent-booed and stomped, We
-want-Byran' they chanted hysteri-
cally. But the Great Commoner'
gallantly raised his hand and his deep
voice thundered above the uproar
'there were no microphones in those
days. You will hear the lady first he
announced"
As she looked into the seething mass
OF dsgruntled faces, Mrs. Blair was
paralyzed with fright. Il had never
made public speech before and was
extremely nervous" she said. Il knew
by my husbands manner that he also
was apprehensive and that did not
help my quaking spirits.
However" she smiled, 'they did
hear me, but for only OF my To-
minute allotment" Although she has
since made many public speeches,
none were so fraught with drama as
that first one.
Her courage to carry on by educat-
Evening star., 1937-07-10
BY BARBARA BELL.

Z YOUVE been wanting dress to
" wear to all the informal
parties Of the Summer -
L something with = jacket that
is tailored enough for street wear and
soft and hattering enough to make
you look your loveliest at the luncheon
or bridge table. Here Is such a de-
sign.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1853 is
available in sizes IL, IA, l6, 18, 20 and
40. Corresponding bust measurements
80, 81, "a, 36, SO and 10. Size IA (32)
requires ~ yards Of IS or 80 inch
material. (Jacket alone requires AZ
yards Of 36.inch materially
Evening star., 1937-07-10
The Old Gardener Says:

Window boxes. which were
made early in the season, are
likely to show signs of wear now.
Plants which grow vigorously
make a heavy drain on the small
amount of plant food that the
earth in a window box can con-
tain. Fertilizers sold in the
stores for house plants will be
satisfactory. Sometimes, it is a
simple matter to remove part of
the top soil, replacing it with new
rich loan from the garden. This
will be helpful. Sheep manure
in small quantities dug into the
soil around the plants is also
beneficial. 1t may be that the
window boxes were planted with
pansies at the beginning Of the
season and that these pansies
have now run their course. In
that event, they should be taken
out and replaced with other
plants which will last the season
through.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

~ UTILIZATION and kitty are
great pals, sometimes, but
there's always bit of the
~ wild in the family feline.
She may get used to certain rules but
kheu make reservations about their
complete acceptance. The point of
travel has caused more upheavals in
her life than any two other issues
combined. Either leash or q cage
Is apt to be met with fright If brought
n,o her life too suddenly.
Once upon time there was family
who decided that kitty needed an
airing. Shed never been in the car
OF her own volition. AS q matter Of
fact shed never been permitted to
Evening star., 1937-07-10
Business Women Hold
My Neighbor Says:

Freesias are bulbous flowers,
which need to be started early
because they require q long sea-
son. Orders should be placed now
and the bulbs potted up as soon
as they arrive.
Do not beat the egg whites
too much for angel cake or it will
be too dry. They should be
beaten until they form a point
when egg beater is removed.
Do not pack Jars too tightly
when preserving fruits and vege-
tables. Leave = space OF one
half inch at the top OF each jar
for water.
Dry fullers' earth will remove
spots and stains on a taffeta dress.
Rub 1t on and let stand for an
hour or 50. then brush of.