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Evening star., 1937-10-17

wiggling her toes in their rattan
slippers and sits up straight in her
chaise Tongue, to remark darkly, And
another thing. I never have a thing
to wear"
"Oh, no, with hundred dresses on
the rack at time"
ITS a fact, though" insists Miss
Sieber. II look them over and think,
I'm tired of this, and tired OF that,
don't want train because I'm going
dancing later. I've worn that a million
times, and hundred other objections.
You see, every gown lasts about two
months, and If you consider that I'm
in evening dress from noon until 10
o'clock every day of my life, you can
get some idea of how weary one can
grow of even a hundred dresses"
And what becomes of them ALP"
was the natural question-one, I am
informed, that all Washington is
interested in, especially the men folks,
curiously enough.
GONE just wear out and have to be
thrown away. Others I can
sometimes sell, either to my friends or
to members Of the different acts. In
such cases the theater Is reimbursed
whatever am paid for them, Of course,
and gets that much back on the pur-
chase price. Then I am allowed to
keep any for myself that I want. But
there isn't much point in that, be-
cause wear them all, anyway. All
that are left that can't be disposed OF
in these ways are sent to costumers
here in town and sold for the material
that is in them"
Evening star., 1937-10-17

what dresses do Washington audi
ences respond best to?"
White or black or turqulse blue"
says Audrey promptly. and they are
my favorites, too. OF course. any
dress that is very striking arouses a
lot Of comment. I can hear the abs
and obs going up from the audience
when I appear in one like that. 1
caused a riot every time I wore it. 1t
was frock OF striped tafieta and the
comment almost drowned out the be-
ginning of my first announcement.
Then there was another gown that
always started the front rows buzzing.
That was white satin with black
cellophane drapped about the shoul-
ders. The high school boys like black
and white. They sometimes whistle
something that sounds like wheel
between their teeth when ! wear
them"
1t is doubtful if any one in the
United States gets bigger kick out of
his daily job than does the Earle's
mistress Of ceremonies. She has
formed friendships with long line of
stage folks. many Of whom went from
the boards of vaudeville to the big
spots and Hollywood. Out of the
accumulated memories OF four years
association with the great or near
great OF the entertainment world,
certain individuals stand out for
Audrey Sieber because of kindliness,
q sense Of humor which she finds
appealing, simplicity or charm and
talent. One of her special favorites,
Evening star., 1937-10-17

died in 1882 from An infected tooth
extraction.
Benjamin Warner came to the
United States in 1888, started as a
shoe salesman in Baltimore and was
operating two shoe stores. Later he
moved with his family to West Vir-
ginia, opened general store. Finding
himself with 100000 in the bank. Ben
jamin migrated to London, Ontario,
and invested his savings in q fur
store-which failed completely. The
birth OF Jack Warner, youngest of the
sons, was slight compensation.
GAM WARNER, the third son. was
the first to steer the family toward
motion pictures, with the film. The
Great Train Robbery" cost
$3.50. 1t was shown first in Niles,
Ohio. One sister sold tickets. one
played the piano. Jack Warner, still in
short pants, sang illustrated songs.
Sam worked the protector Father
and Harry were more interested at
this point in their meat market,
pickle and saloon ventures. The
Great Train Robbery netted $500 the
first week. And the whole family
moved in. The f1lm migrated to
Newcastle, Pa. to the first Warner
Theater, a nickleodeon.
The brothers then branched into
the exchange business, being bought
out (actually forced out) by the
General Film Co. This sale netted
both Harry and Albert s50,00o each.
Harry invested his money in a huge
butcher shop in Youngstown, and
Albert went to New York. BIZ pic
lures were now in their blood. They
started making Warner features in
Brooklyn.
Jack L. Warner. the vice president
in charge Of production. now lives in
Beverly Hills in one Of the most BEAU
tiful houses in the picture colony.
H. M. Warner lives in New York but
spends much time in Hollywood. Al
bert Warner is in New York. Sam
died in 1927-48 hours before THE
Jazz Singer" was shown on Broad
way. Three sisters live In or near
Hollywood, one in New York.
A few years ago Harry Warner wss
included with the so men who control
the business future of America.
L repeat: You've got to hand It to
the Warmers.
tCopyrisht. 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1937-10-17


In Outward Bound" Constance Ben
nett received the highest salary then
paid-S30,000 per week for the War
ner-produced Bought" Paul Mum
was discovered in Il Am q Fugitive
From a Chain Gang" for which fall
ure was predicted before production.
Dangerous" pushed a new PERSONAL
ity-Bette Davis-to the stardom fore
ground and won for her the Academy
Award. The unusual Mauch Twins
have to thank the Warner Bros. for
their existence as An acting par In
"The Prince and the Pauper."
Thes brothers have often been ac-
cused Of hard dealing. They reply,
We are business men. When We
make a contract. we expect it to be
fulfilled" And for this reason they
remain adamant when stars indulge in
salary strikes-as Bette Davis dis
covered to her cost.
One thing is certain, Warmers have
done more to advance the motion pic
ture industry than all the other studios
PAs tO8ChAASAs Va eAAS
Warner boys include THE jazz
Singer" the first all-talkie picture;
"Forty-second Street." the first after
the depression million dollar ALL
dancing. all-singing musical film; "On
With the Show" first technicolor
film. They were the first producers
to use the screen for preaching i'm
portant citizenship lessons-"The
Black Legion" exposing the Midwest
terrorsts-"They Won't Forget" mag
nifying dangerous North and South
prejudices.
THE Warner brothers have been
credited with one ambition-to
make money, as much Of it as possible
in the shortest time possible Maybe
they do, but you have to hand it to
them for gambling with picture like
Louis Pasteur" And now their latest
achievement, The Life Of Emile
Zola." For this one film alone the
entire existence Of the Warner boys
is justified.
The strength OF the brothers is in
unity. They are the most clannish OF
all the families of filmdom. BENJAMIN
Warner, father Of the Warner brothers,
was meat cutter and salesman in
Poland, where he was born and mar
ried, and the birthplace of several of
his many children, including Harry
(present president of the company
and Albert zone of the vice presi-
dents).
Harry is the financial genius of the
company. 1t was he who induced the
public to invest in 500 theaters and
equipment for the showing of the new
talking pictures. A few years ago his
daughter Doris married Director-Pro-
Queer Marvyn lie Roy. His only son
Evening star., 1937-10-17
DANCING.

Dance smartly in few private lessons. One
of Washington's foremost dance instruc-
tress. Catherine Bale. I341 Conn. Ave.
Lanslot1 Studios. 21I5 Connecticut-Pri-
Tate lessons, day or night. Ball room classes
Wednesday nights; also stage and reducing
classes. Branch Studio. Cherrydale. Va.
PEYTON PENN STUDIO, iS45 r st. NV.
Met 3O50. Modern dancing. ballroom a
speciAlty; standard routines, ballroom
etiauette. Please telephone evenings.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Warner Brothers Rose
From a Meat Market
Now Many of Hollywood's Firsts
Are Numbered Among Their
Film Achievements.
By Sh@Iah Graham.

HOLLYWOOD NANA-You have to hand to the Warner Bros
~ meat market saloon
hlm studio that is the efncient machinery
Hollywood
Unknovrs brought to overnight fame
lcude Enrol Olivia Howard made his
Evening star., 1937-05-23
ALL FLYING EVENTS
ARE ENTERED BY RAE
Will Seek Speed, Stunt and Para
chute Titles in Aerobatic
Contest.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. May 22.-On versatility,
if not on ability, Roger Don Rae of
Lansing. Mich, 1886 American cham
pion racing pilot. should win top hon.
ors at the St. Louis air show and
international aerobatic contest, May
29-3l. The entry list showed today
he is the only flyer in every event
speed, stunt and parachute.
Rae was chosen the Nations racing
champion by the National Aeronautic
Association on the basis Of points won
in major air meets last year In the
st. Louis speed events he will have
the opposition of Arthur Chester Of
Los Angeles. whom the association
named second. and Harold Neumann,
Kansas City, who was third, among
others.
Noted stunt pilots who will COM
pete with Rae for the international
title and $1,000 in prizes include Capt.
Alexandra de Papana of Rumania
Capt. Leonard J. Povey, head of the
Cuban air forces: Paul Mantz Miss
| Amelia Earhart's technical adviser,
Tex Rankin, veteran movie stunt flyer,
and Lieut.. Joe Mackey Of Findlay,
Ohio.
The parachuting events include in
dividual jumps to a marked spot on
Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport,
where the show will be held, and a
mass jump of all 10 entrants.
Evening star., 1937-05-23

The spirit that has enabled
Madrid to withstand the onslaughts
OF the rebels for seven months, as
e1emplifed in the personalities OF
the series OF chaufeurs 1Dho droue
him about the shell-torn city, is
described here by the famous
American nouelist, Ernest Hem
ingwdy. Mr.. Hemingway has just
returned from Madrid, ,Dhere for
seueral months he DdS correspond
ent for the NortF American NetDS-
paper Alliance.
Evening star., 1937-05-23

hit just overhead. I saw the car. 1t
was covered with dust and rubble.
MY God," said, they've got Hipo-
Ito"
He was lying with his head back in
the drivers seat. went up to him
feeling very badly. I had got very
fond OF Hipolito. Hipolito was asleep.
Il thought you were dead" I said.
He woke and wiped a yawn on the
back Of his hand.
Mp Habit Conquers.
"Que va. hombre," he said. Il am
always accustomed to sleep after lunch
II I have time"
I'VE are going to Chicotes' bar" !
said.
Have they got good coffee there?"
Excellent"
Come on he said. Lets CO."
tried to give him some money when
I left Madrid
I don't want anything from YOU" he
said.
NO" said. Take it, Go on. Buy
something for the family"
NO" he said. Listen, We had a good
time, didn't we?"
You can bet on Franco, or Mussolini
or Hitler, If you want. But my money
goes on Hipolito.
tCopyright, 1887 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-05-23
MANNACT SUSPECT
IN DISTRICT JAIL
Edward Brink|ey Awaits Ex'
tradition Hearing Early
This Week,

Fighting removal to Baltimore un-
der Federal charges of white slave
conspiracy, Edward Brinkley, arrest
ed here Friday by the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation, was in the
District Jail last night awaiting an
extradition hearing early this week.
Jail officials said Brinkley was
brought to the Jail yesterday after
noon by deputy marshals after he
had failed to raise a $4,000 bond
demanded for his release.
When he refused to return volun-
tarily to Baltimore, Brinkley was
named in a new warrant at Balti-
more as fugitive from Federal juris-
dlctlon there. This warrant was
en- route here last night and it will
be the basis OF a special hearing,
pobably tomorrow, before United
Evening star., 1937-05-23
Hitolito Spells Defeat for Franco
Correspondents Chauffeur Typifes Stubborn Spirit
of Madrid.

finally, to write a dispatch, and we
sent David around to place near the
Plaza Mayor to get some petrol !
had almost finished the dispatch when
in came David.
Come and look at the car" he said.
cts full of blood. It's a terrible
thing" He was pretty shaky. He
had a dark face and his lips trembled.
What was it?"
"A shell hit ,ine of women wait
ing to buy food. 1t killed seven. I
took three to the hospital"
Good boy"
But you can't imagine it," he said.
"Its terrible. I did not know there
were such things"
Listen, David" I said, you're a
brave boy. You must remember that.
But all day you have been being brave
about noises. What you see now is
what those noises do. Now you must
be brave about the noises, knowing
what they can do"
Yes, man." he said. But it is a
terrible thing, just the same, to see"
Then Comes Hipolito.
David was brave, though. I don't
think he ever thought 1t was quite as
beautiful as he did that first day; but
he never shirked any of it, On the
other hand, he never learned to drive
car. But he was a good. if fairly use
less, kid and I loved to hear his awful
language. The only thing that devel-
oped in David was his vocabulary. He
went off to the village where the mo-
ton picture outfit was making a film
and, after having one more particu-
larly useless chauffeur that there is
no point in going into, we got Hipo-
Tito. Hipolito is the point of this story
Hipolito was not much taller thar
Tomas, but he looked carved out of a
granite block. He walked with a roll
putting his feet down fiat at each
stride; and he had an automatic pisto
so big it came halfway down his leg
He always said, "Salud" with a rising
Injection as though it were something
you said to hounds. Good hounds thai
knew their business. He knew motors
he could drive, and If you told him tc
show up at 6 am, he was there at lC
minutes before the hour. He hac
fought at the taking of Montana bar.
racks in the first days of the war. anc
he had never been a member of an
political party. He was a trade union
man for the last 20 years in the So.
clalist Union, the U. G.. T. He said
when I asked him what he believed in
that he believed in the republic.
Personification of Determination,
He was our chauffeur in Madrid
and at the front during a l9-day
bombardment of the capital that was
almost too bad to write anything about
All the time he was as solid as the
rock he looked to be cut from, as
sound as a good bell and as regular
and accurate as a railway mans watch
He made you realize why Franco
never took Madrid when he had the
chance. Hipolito and the others like
him would have fought from street
to street, and house to house, as long
as any one of them was left alive; and
the last ones left would have burned
the town. They are tough and they
are efflcient. They are the Spaniards
Evening star., 1937-05-23

that once conquered the Western
world. They are not romantic like
the anarchists and they are not afraid
to die, Only they never mention it.
The anarchists talk a little bit too
much about it, the way the Italians
dO
On the day we had over 300 shells
come into Madrid, SO the main streets
were a glass-strewn brick-dust pow
dered smoking shambles, Hipolito had
the car parked in the lee OF a building
in narrow street beside the hotel.
1t looked like good safe place, and
after he had sat around the room
while I was working until he was
thoroughly bored, he said he'd go
down and sit in the car. He hadn't
been gone 10 minutes when 6-inch
shell hit the hotel just at the junction
of the main floor and the sidewalk.
1t went deep in out of sight and didn't
explode. If it had burst, there would
not have been enough left of Hipolito
and the car to take picture Of. They
were about Is feet away from where
the shell hit l looked out OF the
window, saw he was all right, and
then went downstairs.
Philosophy Practical.
How are you?" was fairly average
breathless.
Fine" he said.
Put the car farther down the
street"
Don't be foolish" he said. AN
other one wouldn't drop there in a
thousand years. Besides 1t didn't
explode >,
put it farther along the street"
Whats the matter with you?" he
said. You getting windy?'
You've got to be sensible
GO ahead ant do your work. he
said. Don't worry about me-"
The details of that day are little
confused because, after 10 days OF
heavy shelling, some of the days get
merged into others; but at O'Clock
the shelling stopped and we decided to
60 to the Hotel Grand Via, about SIN
blocks away, to get some lunch. l was
going to walk by very tortuous and
extremely safe way had worked out,
utilizing the angles Of least danger,
when Hipolito said, Where are you
going?"
ITO eat
Get in the car"
you're crazy"
Come on, we'll drive down the Gran
Via. It's stopped. They are eating
their lunch, too
Through Street Of Dead.
Four of us got into the car and drove
down the Gran Via 1t was solid with
| broken glass. There were great holes
all down the sidewalks. Buildings we're
smashed and we had to walk around a
heap of rubble and smashed stone
cornice to get into the hotel. There
was not living person on either side
CT this street, which had been. always,
Madrid's Fifth avenue and Broadway
combined. There we're many dead. We
were the only motor car.
Hipolito put the car up side street
and we all ate together. We were still
eating when Hipolito finished and
went up to the car. There was some
more shelling, sounding, in the hotel
basement, like muffled blasting, and
when we finished the lunch of bean
soup. paper-thin sliced sausage and
an orange, we went upstairs. The
streets we're full of smoke and clouds
of dust. There was new smashed
cement work all over the sidewalk. !
| looked around the corner for the car
There was 'rubble scattered all down
! that street from a new shell that had
Evening star., 1937-05-23

an anarchist boy from a little town
near Toledo. He used language that
was so utterly and inconceivably
foul that half the time you could not
believe what your ears were hearing.
Being with David has changed my
whole conception of profanity. He
was absolutely brave and he had
only one real defect as a chauffeur.
He couldn't drive car He was like
horse which has two gaits-walk-
ing and running away.
David could sneak along in second
speed and hit practically no one in
the streets, due to his clearing a
sWathe ahead of him with his vocab-
ulary He could also drive with the
car wide open, hanging to the wheel,
in sort of fatalism that was, how
ever, never tinged with despair. We
solved the problem by driving for
David ourselves. He liked this, and
it gave him a chance to work with
his vocabulary. His vocabulary was
terrific.
Delighted by War.
He liked the war and he thought
shelling was beautiful. Look at
that! Ole! That's the stuff to give
the unmentionab BILE, unspeakable, alb
solutely unutterables," he would say
in delight. Come on, let's get
closerw
He was watching his first battle in
the Casa de Campo and it was like
super-fireworks show to him. The
spouting clouds of stone and plaster
dust that pulsed up as the government
shells landed on house the Moors
held with machine guns, and the
great, tremendous, slither of automatic
rifles, machine guns and rapid fire
combine into at the moment of the
assault moved David very deeply.
"Ayee! Ayee!" he said. That's
war That's really war"
He liked the tearing rush Of the
incomers just as much as the crack
and the chu-chu chu-ing, parting
rustic of sound that came from the
battery which was firing over our
heads on to the rebel positions.
"Ole," said David as a IS burst a
little way down the street.
Listen" / said. Those are the
bad ones. Those are the ones that
kill US"
That's Of no Importance David
said. Listen to- that unspeakable,
unmentionable noise"
David Encounters Slaughter.
Wen, I went back to the hotel
Evening star., 1937-05-23
TWO CIVIL SERVICE
JOBS TO BE FILLED

Openings for two positions here for
which applications will be received
through Tuesday were announced yes.
terday by the manager of the fourth
civil service district, 9l6 G street.
They are; Firemens helper at the
National Training School at $3.50 an
nually-less $500 for quarters and
subslstence-and brick and stone ma
son at $3.50.
1he maximum age is 48, except fqr
veterans, for whom there is no limit.
and there are certain experience reou;-
sites. Applications are available at
the fourth district office.
Evening star., 1937-05-23
States Commissioner Needham {

States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage.
At the hearing G-men will be re-
quired to prove that Brinkley is the
man named in the warrant and that
he is wanted in Baltimore for alleged
violation of the Mann act which
makes it Federal crime to trans
port women across State lines for i'm
moral purposes.
Brinkley is charged By F. B. I.
agents with taking Caroline St. John
from Washington to Baltimore last
August in violation of the act The
st. John girl, arrested by F.. B. I.
agents during series of white slave
raids last week, is regarded as a key
witness for the Government in its
roundup Of vice racketeers in Mary
land.
Testimony by the girl, who is from
North Carolina, already has resulted
in suspension of lieutenant and a
sergeant from the Baltimore Police
Department.
Evening star., 1937-05-23
Cute Little Dog.

ALBEMARLE, N. c. (P).-Mrs. w.
H. Flythe was cooking Her cute
little dog brought her stick and she
tossed it into the fire.
There was an explosion, Mrs. Flythe
suffered broken bones which required
hospital treatment, the kitchen was
wrecked. Neighbors said the stick was
dynamite
Evening star., 1937-04-11

consider the setting of table of Ordi-
nary size. A table either round or square
of such width as to cut off general CON
versation and separate people into
segregated groups of twos is probably
exactly why formal dinners have been
growing fewer and fewer, and big
dinners at little tables of four have
been growing more and more popular
On the other hand, if your dining
room is long enough or if it would be
practical to set your table in the living
room instead there is much to be said
for long refectory table (Which can
be made to come apart and be stored
in your attic or your CELLAR. The
effect of friendlineSS is magical, be
cause each person is seated within easy
talking distance of the three people
opposite, as we'll as the two seated on
either side.
However, let us for this time think
about a typical dinner table. Since 1t
is to be set for real dinner party,
it is necessary that there be cloth. |
Evening star., 1937-04-11

- ECAUSE OfitS eCStatlC enthusiasm,
perhaps some of my readers
may remember a letter that
- was jointly written by Jane
and Jim who asked ME to help them
with the plans for their house, which
was to be built on a gloriously big lot
l0Oxl0O! Since then they have. as |
know. followed our idea and built a
long shallow L-shaped house that
turns the corner of the street and will
eventually enclose an evergreen gar
came from Jane and | can't resist
printing it:
We'll, we have moved in and really
the house is perfect, And we love it
every bit as much as we thought we
would - if possible even more.
And now, having done so much
for us, will you do just one thing more
- help us to decide on what to get in
the way of dinner party table setting?
We have very pretty inexpensive
whole set of china for breakfast and
lunch and dinner every day. So if you
were us would you get whole set of
fine china, or would you get plates in
odd dozens, for best! And what in
the way of linen and glass? Uncle jim
gave us an astounding check for Christ
mas, which we kept for dinner party
china Git might get glass too. Espe-
cially, would like a table setting Sug-
gestive of Spring - which probably
sounds idiotically sentimental. But as
we want to begin asking people now,
think we might as we'll keep in mind
the loveliest season there is, don't
you?
And for really big dinner shall we
get put-on round top or a square one
for the table? This means a cloth to
cover it, of white damask, | suppose.
Not very colorful with our putty
colored walls and yellow curtains. l
love big dinner at little tables but |
want to be able to give real dinner
party Oh, and tell me do you like
colored glass, or is white safer? And
should it be thin or heavy?"
First, then, in direct reply to this
letter, but also answering several read
ers whose questions are similar, let us