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symptoms of talent. 1t even will look
into the matter OF subsidization and
dramatic education. FOO, the sponsors
of the convention want to know what
can and should be done to encourage
literary workers Of other brands to
write for the theater.
Interest in that subject would indi-
cate new concern on the part Of
the stage with the condition Of its
foundation, the writer possessed Of
ideas and articulateness.
THE movies also are listed on the
program, not with the thought Of
making war upon them but rather to
find ways in which the two elements
can cooperate. Under this heading,
Broadway Is not going to ask Holly
wood to pass q city ordinance deport-
ing all ex-New Yorkers. It intends
to limit its request (mind you) to more
flexible contracts which will permit de-
serters from the stage to return to
legitimate production for certain Pc
riods each year.
Another thing it would like to talk
over with the picture people Is the
matter Of opening movie houses to
legitimate attractions. Elks' halls and
high school auditoriums are all right
for road shows when nothing else In
the way OF building is available. But
the legitimate theater people do wish
ha 4.
able seats, air conditioning, cleanli-
ness and public address systems. were
available So they are going to see
what can be done about it.
On the whole, it is q searching in
quiry that the convention plans to
make into the-stage-and-w what-ought-
to-be e-done-about-it Ambitious &C.
tors, like aspiring writers, will be
given consideration. Summer stock
experimental and amateur theaters
are scheduled for examination from
the standpoint of what they are do
ing to train 4 new generation Of ac-
tors. And what they ought to do.
X
HELEN HAYES will make the ad-
dress OF welcome to the conven-
ton delegates. The Hotel Astor will
be the scene Of the sessions.
Any one with an idea. or even with
| out one, but with an interest In the
stage, can attend. Early registrations
according to Helen Deutch and Ray
Henderson, indicate that nearly every
one is planning to do so.
Registrations are being received at
the League OF New York Theaters, 234
West Forty-fourth street, 1T the rate
| Of $40 q registration.
Evening star., 1937-05-02


Roosevelt.
The convention, Of course, Is the
first ever held by those identified with
the living stage. 1t is designed to
initiate an era Of good feeling be-
tween every one associated with the
drama; to convince electrician and
leading lady, stage hand and juvenile
lead, press agent and house manager
that they have common destiny and
II they want to make it happy one
they had better get together. So all
OF them, in convention assembled,
are going to look for the secret of
something bigger and better than the
venerable old art ever has had before.
The seriousness of the whole busi-
ness is indicated in the scope Of the
finally crystalized program. Under eight
general headings, every thing from
art to conditioning is coming be-
fore the delegates. And, under sub
headings in the eight groups, any,
where from to Is specific problems
are laid down for the brightest boys
and girls in the class to work out.
TAKE, for example, The Road" In
that category the delegates can
cerebrate on the following: Securing
continuity Of production for theaters
outside Of New York; methods of
creating new road audiences. includ-
ing consideration of box Office prices
tboy, there's topic, ticket distribu-
tion, parking, early curtains for subur-
ban patrons, excursions, size, archi-
lecture and equipment of new theaters
on the road; types of plays suitable
Tor the road; are especially adapted
revlvals desirable; subscription audi
ences; may community theaters be
adapted for the legitimate, and, per-
haps OF the road manager who is pre-
senting road attraction, including
the question of bookings.
II the delegates ever get back from
that road, one of the most devious ever
mapped, they can take up subject
OF even more fundamental Importance.
That would be the one programmed
as The Dramatist and the Theater." !"
What is there to talk about under
that heading? For one very impor-
tant item, there is the matter of in
creasing the output of playwrights.
With first-rate dramatics deserting
Broadway for Hollywood in compara-
tive droves, the movies have made
themselves felt too, too acutely and in
new way. So, in addition to finding
the bait that will bring the wander
ing boys home, the convention will
consider how the theater can aid as
piring beginners who suffer from
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Evening star., 1937-05-02
Ruth Draper.

Tomorrow night At the National
Theater Ruth Draper will begin a
weeks engagement in her world
famous Character Sketches" Dur
ing her Washington engagement Miss
Draper will present n sketches, and
will play about 40 characters.
This Is the first time in this amaz-
ing actress career that she has played
an entire weeks engagement in WASH
ington, although she has appeared
for the same length of time in many
other cities In the United States and
Canada, including Toronto. Chicago,
Evening star., 1937-05-02
TODAY'S FILM SCHEDULE

CAP1TOL-"Personal Property"
at 2, 4::30, 7:2O and 10 pm.
Stage shows at $40, $50 and
9:10 pm.
EARLE-"Mountain Justice" at
2, 4:32, tbs and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows at 3:45, 6:25 and
9:05 pm.
PALACE-"Wake Up and Live"
at 2:30, 4;45, 7:l0 and $50
pm.
METROPOLITAN - Thunder
in the City," at 2, 3:55, $50,
7:50 and 9:45 pm.
BELASCO-''Ecstasy," at 2;05,
4:O5, sos, sos and 1905 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Charlie Chan at
the Olympics," at 2, 4, $50.
7:50 and $50 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Shows run l hour and IS
minutes, continuous from 2
pm. till midnight.
RIALTO-"Private Worlds at
$40, $50 and $40 pm.
LITTLE-"Vanessa," at 2, 3:55,
$50, 7:45 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Hollywood's Army.

THE strangest military outfit in the
world, the newly organized Cinema
Troop, appears In David o. selznick's
"Ihe Prisoner Of Zenda." Capt.
Richard Won Ope, former Austrian
ofncer, organized the troops 100 men,
bers when he noticed how much
trouble Hollywood's casting oflces had
when making military Aims.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

founded on an actual fact, and one
Of the most tender and whimsical
which she presents. In Church in
Italy" closes the performance.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

Opening with Opening . Bazaar" T."
In which she portrays an English
woman Of title, Miss Draper will
follow this with I'm County Kerry
the only sketch in her repertoire
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Four Days Seem Too Few
For First Stage Convention
Outlined Program Hints of Enough Material
to Provide Talk for Much Longer Time
Than That Scheduled for Sessions.
By Jay Carm0dy.

WILL take than four days for that convention Of the legitimate
heater be held month heater
talk
that probably
they really talking everything
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:


VALE football trainer Frank Wan
lie gets a higher salary than eli
Their Ducky Pond or Greasy Neaie,
the head coaches Tennessee's
football admirers still are squawk-
ing something awful about the OH
ciating during that Alabama defeat
Although he has little time
for baseball now, Jordan Oliver, the
young Staten island giant who plays
SO much tackle for ViIlanova, was
being watched by big league scouts
while still in high school Ralph
Wolfe, Ohio State center and cap
tain, played 43O minutes out OF
possible 480 last year Ohio
State, by the way, cleaned up cool
40 CPS on that trip to California
even though losing to U. S. C.
Although six more eminent foot
ball universities were after him and
his dad was willing, young John Nc
Laughry, who is most of the Brown
team, refused to listen. 81 can solve
at least part of your problems, Pop,
and my place is here" classmates
quote him as having told Coach
fuss McLaughry During the
five years their teams have clashed
Mylin-coached Lafayette outfit never
has lost to one coached by Pop
Warner.
His polo friends say the duke OF
WiudSor is in better standing with
British bigwigs than the press indi-
Gates. Say he really is making those
trips, including the one to the United
States, for propaganda purposes.
Sort of hands across the sea ges-
ture from a popular guy in case our
cousins need help later on, you
know Jockey Willie Obert, who
still is riding around Rockingham
park, is forty-seven years old and
weighs los pounds Retired
Jockey Silvi0 Coucci is so busy play
ing golf that he doesn't even visit
the tracks nowadays Eastern
horsemen are changing their minds
about racing at Santa Anita this
winter. They put the blame ON Cali
fOrnia's insistence upon displaying
its native son spirit Debaters
of the pari-mutuels VS.. books propo-
sition are noting that Jim Buffers
Laurel, Maryland, pari mutuel
course is for sale while business
continues brisk at his bOOkmaking
Empire City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
ZIPPERS ON SHOES
LATEST CREATION
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

Anticipating the tremendous
vogue for zippers now sweeping two
continents, Newton Elkin, designer
of shoes, has cleverly employed the
slide fastener to create the sleekest
shoe of the season.
In talk at a recent fashion meet
ing, Mr.. Elkin said, "Women are
tipping themselves into their
dresses, their coats, their suits.
Now, with so much emphasis on
nodded, sculptured lines, it is more
important than ever that shoes have
that neat, uncluttered look. de-
cided that if a Upper could be
used as an ornament and practical
closing device on some of the smart
est, most expensive dresses and
coats coming out of the Paris
ateliers, fashion-conscious women
would welcome the convenience Of
the Upper in their shoes, if it could
be used in an attractive way. I
tried out dozens of patterns with
variations on the upper theme, and
finally created what, I think is the
perfect shoe-a high-cut sheath Of
suede, sculptural in line, with a slide
fastener streaking up the instep."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

wasn't equipped with handles forty
years ago, either. In 1895 PENIS
great guard, Willy Woodruff, fun
bled five times within Lafayette's 10
yard line, and Penn lost, to4.
There has been considerable mis-
understanding of the Graham plan
by which the president of the Uni
versity OF North Carolina has been
seeking to remove some of the
hypocrisy from college sports. Per-
haps a letter from a member of the
North Carolina faculty best explains
the university heads aims:
president Graham is anxious to
see to it that scholarships and other
help to athletes shall be granted ON
the same terms as those on which
similar fav0rs are granted to other
students. Under the Graham plan
the student is required to submit
sworn statement of all monies and
other help received by him together
with the names of the donors. I
might add in passing that since the
application Of this plan to our local
athletic situation, there has been no
great falling of in our athletic
standing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

keep velvet spick-ana-span.
The velvet day fashions here pic
tured are to be recommended from
both the practical and esthetic point
of view. Wearing any one of
these handsome types you are sure
to look properly costumed the whole
day through. Dashing and very
Spanish-fashion is the youthful day.
time dress posed to the left with its
gayly striped velvet blouse and SIM
pie straight skirt. The Spanish
sailor is the type young girls de-
light in wearing this season. The
velvet gloves are tres chic. The
plaque of the exotic looking bracelet
Stimulates old coin. Which reminds
us to remind you to look to your
costume jewelry! Bracelets are
huge, necklaces have big pendants,
clips are gorgeous and so on and
on.
A handsome all-day suit of brown
velvet centers the illustration. It
has the slim sheath skirt which is
the correct thing for day wear. The
loose straight coat bespeaks the
newest silhouette-no fare, just
straight. Its collar of sumptuous
fur adds yet another luxurious note.
An up-and-off the face quilted and
shirred velvet hat is worn. There's
a scrumptious metal cloth blouse
ready to blaze forth when the coat
is removed.
The all-important daytime dress
of crush-resistant velvet shown to
the right makes a perfect back
ground for dramatic accessories.
Note the bracelet. It is of two
tone gold, modern and heavy. And
the gloves! They are the newest
thing by Arts, being velvet with
leather palms, with white stitchings
for color contrast.
A few postscript items, namely
plaid velvet for an extra blouse, all
the fur you care to pile on your day
velvet suit, a separate glittering
sequin bolero to wear with your
decollette evening velvet, a bizarre
jewellet' belt to give accent for
dressy afternoon wear, a gold en-
broidered velvet bolero.
G western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

MORE velvet and more and more
AVA and still fashion keeps calling
for more. All signs point to rec
ord breaking season for the wearing
of velvet. In the majority of cou-
turier collections velvet predomi-
mates. Everything is being made of
velvet, hats, shoes, gloves, bags,
blouses, daytime suits, coats and
street ensembles, evening dresses
and wraps, hostess gowns, Longing
robes, pajamas and negligees-all
is velvet. Yes, and "nighties," if
you are wanting to know, for there
are velvets that wash easily as
pocket handkerchief.
Why do women make velvet first
choice? Answering by asking an
other questions there any mate
rial more flattering, more kind to
maid and matron than velvet?
Then, too, velvet has that luxurious
look that fits especially into the
scheme of things this season, for
the whole trend of fashion is toward
greater elegance such as has not
been equalled for years.
However, it is not merely femi-
nine vanity that is inspiring the
present vogue for velvet, back of it
all there is an intensely practical
explanation that can be told in two
brief words with a hyphen between
-crush-resistant!
It is an age of scientific discov-
cries and crush-resistant velvet is
one of them. Heretofore the one
great barrier to wearing velvet for
other than important dress occa-
sion was that it would crush and
wrinkle easily. To maintain it with
out blemish entailed an upkeep pro-
gram of repeated steamings and
coaxings which was both costly and
wearing upon the nerves. The adj
vent of businessman velvet gives
promise, to a reasonable degree,
of doing away with this anxiety to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

ward pass for the first touchdown
Peter Bradley, Princeton miller
who came so fast last summer, is
running cross country to tougher his
legs. He believes he can do 4:10 on
the boards this winter and that he
may get under 4:06 before June {.
His friends are hoping Paul Runyan
soon will learn all there is to know
about rhumba-ing and so resume his
proper place as one of the nations
top pro golfers.
Credit the good old Dodgers with
a big assist in keeping Pie Tray
nor's Pittsburgh managerial job for
him. The teams late season squirt
earned Pie another chance. Players
insist the main reason for the squirt
was the spark plug playing Of
Catcher Ray Berries, who was
hauled i'm from Louisville where
Brooklyn had traded him for Gibby
Brack Keep an eye on Make
Farber, the young Ghetto light
weight who has been coming along
so nicely The boys claim Jesse
James, Hollywood Greek grappler,
came near giving Danno O'Mahoney
the business the other night
Murray Brazen of the Dusek Offices
is trying to organize a team of
wrestlers to play pro football.
Joe DiMaggio's Ma has become
an ardent baseball fan. Had an in
terpreter translate the World Series
reports into Italian so that she could
appreciate them properly Quip
by Rogers Hornsby after hearing
Michigan State had defeated the
Missouri eleven, 2 to 0: "They sure
must use the dead ball in that
league, too" One of the rail-
roads estimates it lost $25, 900 worth
of business when the Giants. instead
of the Cubs, won the National league
pennant Bob Teller confdes
that his off-season desire is to catch
I'D on his sleep. "I'm sure tired"
the famed youngster tells reporters
Best minor league managing
lob of the year was done by former
Dodger Jake Flowers who, in his
first try as a pilot. won the Eastern
Shore league pennant for Salisbury.
Harry Balogh, the fight announc-
err, started as a jewelry salesman
and made his announcing debut at
Grupps gym Frank Doc Bag
ley, the famed handler of boxers,
is doing nicely after an operation
performed on an abscessed left eye
Ralph Chong, the boxer, do
mates part Of each purse to Chinese
war sufferers The L0uis-Farr
movies were a worse flop than the
fight.
international leaguers doubt that
Second Baseman Gordon is ready
to replace Tony Lazzeri in the
Yankee infield next season. They
whisper that the Yankees really are
whooping it up for the kid in the
hope that they can peddle him to
Brooklyn for fancy price.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

requires 3ss yards of 35-inch mate
rial. In full length 31A yards
(short sleeves). &
Pattern 1853 is designed in sizes
So to So. Size SO requires AS yards
of 39-inch material. "
Pattern 1857 is designed for sizes
IL to 20 $50 to 40 bust). Size ID
requires 21a yards of 54-inch MAJ
terial. n
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 247 w.
F'orty-third street, New York.
N. Y. Price of patterns, is cents
Tin coins) each. -,
New Pattern Book.
Send Is cents for the Barbara
Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book.
Make yourself attractive, practical
and becoming clothes, selecting
designs from Barbara Bell WE'LL
planned, easy-to-make patterns
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
This Game Called
Football Has Many
Confusing Angles
@ New York Post.-wNU Service.

THIS game called football:
NOtre Dame and Marquette tied
for three consecutive games from
1909 to 1911. In 1912 the Irish won,
50 to 0.
Year after year Pittsburgh has
one of the nations superior teams.
But it has been seventeen years
since the Panthers have had an un-
defeated team, nineteen years since
they have had an undefeated and UNI
tied team, and twenty-seven years
since they have had an indicated,
united and unsecured upon team.
So you're a football expert, Ell?
Then:
1.-Name the coach at Iowa uni
versity.
2-What is the "C0ffin Corner?
3-What time out is permitted be-
tween the first and second quarters
of a game, between the third and
fourth quarters, between the second
and third quarters?
4-What college team is nick
named "The Friars"?
5-Name the "Four Horsemen"
and what they are doing now.
Sure, you knew them all along,
but here are the answers, anyhow:
1-Irl Tubbs of William Jewell
college.
2-The angle formed by the side
line and the goal line.
3-One minute between the first
and second periods and the third
and fourth periods. Fifteen min
utes between the halves.
4Providence college of Provi-
dence, r. I.
5-Elmer Layden, head coach at
Notre Dame; Jim Crowley, head
coach at Fordham; Harry Stuhldre-
her, head coach at Wisconsin; Don
Miller, practicing law.
From a Pennsylvania gentleman
who so often makes this weekly
football piece so easy to write:
"Footban is some game! 1t lasts
but three months, yet symbolizes
college activity for the whole year.
It's just an amateur sport, yet puts
hundreds of boys through colleges,
supplies employment to thousands
and provides good living for hum
dreds of coaches. 1t supports the
athletic programs for other games,
yet is played by but twenty-five to
fifty boys per school. 1t builds sta
diums, but pays no cash to the
participants theoretically, at least.
"Its 'All-America' teams are
dominated by foreign-sounding
names. It's the toughest game in
America, but girls love it. It's wit
messed by millions each week, yet
only a few hundred really under
stand it. 1t reaches its apex
N the picking of 'All-America' teams
when every honest fan knows one
team can't honor all the best play
ers,
"F0otball Is some game!-fOr
contradiction"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

LIE RE'S something new in the
l. \ way Of triple-threats, Milady:
This trio of smart contestants in
the thrilling game of Sew-Your-
Own! With all three in your ward
robe you'll know stadium style,
classroom coquetry, and sorority
chic. Best of all, you won't
spend a kings ransom nor a "long
stretch" in their making, thanks
to the economy and simplicity of
these modern Sew-Your- Owns! ri
Sorority Chic.
Sorority chic begins and ends
in the boudoirs on the third floor.
This highly tasteful smock (above
left) is sorority requirement of
the first order. You may choose
either the short length to work in
or the long length to be lazy in.
Use percale, gingham or silk print.
Classroom Coquetry.
What if your knowledge of bugs
or battles, or what have you, is
limited? You can count on a GER
tain coquettish smile and GER
tain smooth-lined frock (above
center) to take you through any
inquisition. Try your version in
dull crepe or sheer wool.
Stadium Style.
Big moments come fast and
furious when you're roofing for
dear old Alma Mater, but you
have to look the part to be one
with that glamour and fun. Sew
Your-Own suggests it's newest
spectator dress just for this pur-
pose-that you may look the part,
feel the part and be on the win
ming side, no matter when or
where the competition takes place.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1897 is designed in sizes
IA to 20; 80 to A bust. Size 16
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Fur Is Now Important ON
New Winter Fabric Coats

Embroideries combine with furs
for winter, running alongside them.
White ermine makes a scarf that is
tied in bow to front a black duve-
tyne suit. An ermine muff accom-
panies it. Both fur pieces are
trimmed with black ermine tails.
Many a fabric coat has sleeves
made entirely of fur-ir beaver or
seal. Some have backs of fur and
fronts of fabric.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Pride in Perfection
80

A GREAT deal of the joy of
= life consists in doing per-
fectly, or at least to the best OF
ones ability, everything which
he attempts to do.
There is a sense OF satisfac-
ton, a pride in surveying such
work--a work which is round
ed, full, exact, complete in all
its parts-which the superficial
man, who leaves his work in a
slovenly, slipshod, half-finished
condition, can never know.
It is this conscientious COM
pleteness which turns work into
art. The smallest thing, be it
well done, becomes artistic
William Matthews.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

nus, IL to o, in
1918. Next year they
slapped a 121 to O
score on Colby
Columbia w e n {
twenty : one years
without getting a
man on the ALI
American. From the
time Richard S.
Smith was named at
fullback in 1903 I'M
til Wally Koppisch
got the halfback call
w. 1904 IT'LL tn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

STnlLn are seeking
relaxation by watch
ing big-tine football
games Ohio
State misses Frank
Cuniskey, the end
now starring for
B r o o k l y MS pro
Dodgers. Against
Michigan, last fall,
he made three con-
secutive tackles to
hold the foe on the
vineyard line. Then,
-LL E.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12

Queenly in its rich magnifcence
Is this formal ensemble of black
velvet with ermine bolero jacket.
And you should see the gown with
the bolero removed 1t is perfectly
stunning in that it has ermine short
sleeves and looks adorable without
hint of any trimming other than
the superb ermine. The full skirt
shows the new "up-in-front and
down-in-back" hemline-as exqui-
site as ever a portrait of lady"
might be. This is one of the hun
dreds of stunning costumes, all orig
inal designs, shown by the Style
Creators of Chicago in the whole
sale district. Il,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Flowers Important

The gorgeously colored tropical
flowers that bloom so luxuriantly in
Miami throughout the year are be-
ing repeated in chiffon and silk for
fall wear.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Pro Golfers Relax as
Pro Football Fans

After a strenuous summer Of golf,
Pros Jimmy Thomson and Horton
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-12
Gloomy Gil Had Ace
Record at Navy

When Gil Dobie was coaching at
Navy, the Middies defeated Ursi-