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The Washington times., 1937-02-23

shepherd for Jane and Lydia.
Smart, discerning, frank, and a
match for the best with a witty re-
joiner, willing to sacrifice her own
chances any time for her sisters.
The sweet Jane, whose first love
seemed destined to be cruelty
crushed until the sun Shone into
her garden.
Lydia, the impulsive kid of the
family, who liked military uni
forms and finally landed her SOL
dier with the help of an elope-
ment and a generous dowry.
Even Charlotte Lucas, who
seemed destined to be an old
maid, nabbed the fawning Mr..
Collins with his sermons.
These are the girls Of "Pride
and Prejudice" who eventually
become Mrs. Bingley, Mrs. Darcy
and Mrs. Wickham and, let's
hope, lived happily ever after.
BEAUTIFULLY ACTED
I thought Max Gordon assem-
bled as fine cast as ever I saw
act for the original production of
Pride and Prejudice" and, on its
second and last trip around the
atrical highways. you will find the
acting considerably above par, if
not gilt edged.
You will be won particularly, /
feel sure, by the persuasive whole
SomenesS of Papa Bennett, as
played by Robert Conness, by the
altogether blundering but loveable
Mrs. Bennett Of Molly Pearson.
Same Molly Pearson whose record
book shines for "Bunty Pulls the
Strings"
The three Bennett girls are
played with solid appeal by Muriel
Kirkland, Eugenia RaWlS and
Evelyn Bird and there are tip-top
performances by Lowell Gilmore,
Stats Cotsworth, Philip Tonge,
David Orrick, Chouteau Dyer and,
by all means, Helen Strickland.
pride and Prejudice" has some
of Joe Meilziner'S choicest settings,
the Robert Sinclair direction is
beautifully paced, the costumes
have the lace valentine quaintness
that serves the soft mood Of the
play.
See pride and Prejudice" before
it is revived to make box-office
dividends in 1945. This is the last
week. For the play is on its
way to Hollywood where Norma
Shearer will be the Elizabeth of
the M-G-M production, which
should rival, I predict, Little
Women" for screen popularity.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Loretta Young, Don
Ameche, "Love Is News 10:45
a. M, 1885, 4:25, 7:15, 1905
p. m. Stage, 12:40, $3.50, $40,
9:15 p. m.
PALACE-Madeline Carroll, Ty-
rome Power, "Lloyds of Lon
don," 1885, a. M, 2:05, 4:30, 7,
$50 p. m.
EARLE-Errol Flynn, Margaret
Lindsay, Green Light" 10:45
a. M, 1:30, Ais. 7:15, 1000
p. m. Stage, 1875, 3:25, $40,
9:10 p. m.
LITTLE-Ronald Colman, "a Tale
of Two Cities" II a. m, 1:04,
3:14, 5:18, 1929, $50 p. m.
RIALTO-"Amateur Gentleman"
11:43, 2:39, 5:43, 8:47. Duck
Soup" 1:20, 4:16. 1920, 1924.
R-K-O KEITHS-Preston Foster,
Ida Lupino, Sea Devils" 1885
a. M, 1888, 3:41. 5:44. 7:47, $50
p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Billy Mauch,
"Penrod and SAM" 11:10 a. M,
1. 2:45, 4:30, $40, sos. $50
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jean Arthur, Gary
Cooper, The Plainsman," 1875,
2:05, 4:30, 7:05, $50 p. m.
HOWARD - Glenda Farrell,
Smart Blonde" 1915, 2:45,
$40, 7:35, 1920 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
80 HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
IDDIN Heller eoA Of Jane
"Green Light"
Means Go

Margaret Lindsay Is the typical
screen actress" Among girls
chosen in q recent studio survey
for their beauty, intelligence and
perfection Of figure, the lovely
brunette from Dubuque walks off
with the greatest number Of points
in her favor.
Miss Lindsay has one Of the
eading roles in Green Light" the
Cosmopolitan production at the
Earle Theater.
A study Of the background Of
more than 80 noted actresses dis
closes this-the greatest percent
age of feminine film favorites are
in their early twenties; are I'M
married; hail from the Middle
West: have had stage experience;
have excellent family back
grounds; have attended fine girls
schools or colleges; do not use
their own name on the screen; are
excellent dancers: are well read
and interested in sports.
Margaret Lindsay is the right
age; has never been married; was
born in Dubuque, Iowa; had stage
experience in London; comes from
a family prominent in the bust
ness and political worlds Of Du-
buque; attended the National Park
Seminary at Washington, D. c.:
changes her name from KieS to
Lindsay for the screen; is such
a good dancer that she would
teach it II anything ever happened
to her screen career; is an omni-
vorouS reader, and such a fine
athlete she was made captain Of
athletics in her senior year at
college.
AS to physical perfection, Mar
garet comes closer to the ideal
measurements and coloring than
any other girl on the Warner
BroS.-FirSt National lot.
The average sizes are: Head,
%: glove, 61a: shoe, SO. The
average measurements are: Neck,
121a inches; bust, "a inches;
waist, 25h inches: hips, "a inches;
weight, ia pounds: height, 5 feet
Az inches.
Margaret carries off first honors
with a 211a head size; 614 glove;
5A shoes; neck, IL inches; bust,
"a inches; waist, 251a inches:
hips, "a inches; weight, lis
pounds; height, 5 feet inches,
with eyes and hair Of brown.
"Green Light" is a romantic
drama by Lloyd c. Douglas, which
as a novel couple Of years ago
headed the list of best sellers.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Seven Long Girls Are
Guests at Capitol

Weekend guests Of honor at
Loew'S Capitol Theater were Mr..
and Mrs. Ida Long and their
seven daughters who are "unof-
ficial" claimants Of the title Of
Washington's largest "all-girl"
family.
They were adjudged winners in
the quest for such a family con-
Quoted by the Capitol manage
ment who are currently present.
ing on the stage Major Bowes'
all-girl revue. The Longs live at
626 H st. S. w. The oldest
daughter is 33 and the youngest
8 years of age.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
"Bnef Candle"
AtArtsCIub

"Brief Candle" by Robert Hare
Powell, will be given its first per-
formance in Washington Tuesday
night of this week, February %,
when at $50 o'clock in the charm
ing little Arts Club auditorium,
it is offered by the dramatic COM
mittee of the club by q group Of
Arts Club players directed by Caro-
line Mckinley AShbrook.
Belle Howell Bohn will have the
leading role of Miss Natica Taylor
of Newport. and Maurice Jarvis
will play the elderly Admiral Stan
dish, her longtime lover; Harold
Allen and Wilma Flood will appear
as servants in her household, and
]. w. Fallows will make his first
appearance with the Arts Club
Players as the young nephew,
Rodney, playing opposite to Jane
Ellison as Cynthia.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Ed Arnold for
The Capitol

The compelling story Of a man
who married one woman to spite
another is to be unfolded in John
Meade's Woman" the new screen
attraction for Loew's Capitol Thea
ter the week Of Friday, Febru-
airy 26.
Edward Arnold Is once again
seen in the vlriIe role Of q master
Of man, but to whom the love Of q
woman Is more important than all
Of the millions he has made and
lost. In support are Francine Lar.
rimore, George Bancroft and Gail
Patrick, with others, including Sid
ney Blackmer, Aileen Pringle,
Jonathan Hale, John Trent, and
others.
On the stage "Fats" Waller,
master Of hot rhythm, and his
famous misunderstanding orches-
ira will appear in person. In addi-
ton to the tantalizing musical
moods of Waller and his hench-
men the stage will be filled with
a long list of entertainment spe-
cialiSts recruited by Waller for his
new rhythm revue.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23

GIRLS WIN HUSBANDS
All mothers with eligible daugh-
ters must find interest in the
technique Of Matchmaking Nam
ma Bennett, who goSSips and flut-
ters, but somehow manages to
place her girls in the right arms
before the curtain comes down on
act three.
It was an endearing novel that
Jane Austen wrote and Helen Je-
rome transformed it into a sweet
heart of a play. The BennettS of
Longhourne, are well-bred and de-
lightful family and you find your
self cheering them on in the matrl-
monial sweepstakes.
Mamma Bennett suffers from
nerves and acute heartache every
time an eligible male leaves their
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
I Cover HOLLYWOOD

away. Whether she will buy Doug
rs or Marys share, we don't
know, but either Of them will come
high since those two have plenty
in the bank and don't need to sell
until they get good and ready.
To prove again that Hollywood
styles affect the world, the smart
mems shops Of Cairo and Alex
andria in Egypt are showing, as
the latest thing in fezzeS and
burnooses, numbers copied from
those worn in Marlene Dietrich's
"The Garden of Allah" which,
curiously enough, were copied
from the regular ones in Cairo and
Alexandria, but slightly modified
for their appearance on the screen
to be more becoming to the beans
Of Joseph Schildkraut and others
playing native parts in the picture.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
KELLEYGRAMS

the stage version of Elsie Schauf-
fler's play. "Parnell' has been
booked into the Belasco Theater
for the week of March Z.
Broadway saw two productions
of "Parnell" last season. First
production closed after a few
weeks and then it was revived,
with Dennis King and Edith Bar
rett as the romantic pair.
ABOUT MRS. CHENEY"
In answer to several CORE
spondents who desire the history
of Last of Mrs. Cheyney," here
it is: The Frederick Lonsdale play
opened at the Fulton Theater in
New York October 10, 1925. with
Ina Claire starred, A. E. Matthews
and Roland Young as her chief
support. First made as a sound
motion picture by Metro-G -Goldwyn-
Mayer and released July Is, 1929,
with Norma Shearer, Basil Rath-
bone and George Berraud as her
chief aids.
In the new version opening at
Loew'S Palace Theater on Friday,
Joan Crawford will be the light
fingered lady, with Bill Powell as
her pal and Robert Montgomery
as the nobleman.
Clifford Brooke, erstwhile of
Washington, directed the dialogue
in the Norma Shearer version.
More about "Cheyney" tomor-
row, since it was previewed this
afternoon.
Not word was changed in "The
Mulatto" after the official inspec-
ton. Leonard B. Mclaughlin, Of
the Auditorium Theater in Balti-
more, looked over the play Sunday
night, decided it was "too strong"
for his home town.
WHO TELL is RED"
Red" is on his way. What a
personality" Who is Red? A.
Raymond Bell, of Loew's, Inc,
sends this cryptic message and
inquiry in a baby cedar chest
which I opened up expecting to
find a shamrock from Uncle Pat
of Roscommon.
Who is Red? I'll give it up.
Might be Red Donahue and his
mule, Red Nichols or maybe Stain
Or it might be one of those Grade
B movies that makes managers
Red, red sails in the sunset, or the
fellow who wrote the Districts red
rider. I'm SEEM Red trying to
figure it out.
The Washington times., 1937-02-23

WaShington'S birthday matlneeS
found all theaters crowded yester-
day and night business was the
kind that brings cheers when
counted up.
Green Light" is the boX-office
wallop of the week. Not only is
it giving the Earl Theater lobby
overflows but on Sunday it rolled
in more than $4,000 on the day
to the aristocratic Ambassador
Theater on upper Eighteenth
Street.
SHORT "SIT DOWN" STRIKE
The shortest sit-down strike on
record is in Pride and Prejudice"
at the National. 1t is staged by
the dowdy Lady Catherine de
Bourgh, who is put in her place
by Elizabeth Bennett.
I'm going to sit down right here
until you change your mind" she
tells the spunky Elizabeth. Then
the Bennett girl pulls the tassel
for the butler and Lady Catherine
ends her strike forthwith. Evi-
IDENTIFY no John L. Lewis around
IN those days.
KIDS ON A "SIT DOWN"
This sit-down idea has evidently
spread to the youngsters for Mo
tion Picture Daily reports from
Lewiston. Mont:
Jack Edwards, manager Of a
local theater, had a "Sit-down''
strike in his auditorium when
more than 100 youngsters refused
to leave because a western thriller
advertised for the matinee per,
formance failed to arrive. Tnap
peaSed by a substitute feature
the boys and girls stayed an hour
after show ended, demanding the
western or their money back. Ed
wards cleared the house by pass
ing out rain checks"
HARVARD BOYS COMING
HarVard'S Hasty Pudding Club
wants to play Washington after
Easter and has written for a date
at the BelaSco Theater. Same has
been furnished and an acceptance
is expected at any moment.
Young Franklin Roosevelt, jr.
was in the last Hasty Pudding
frolic and expects to be in this
one. Big kick for the college lads
from Cambridge is the before-the
show White House reception. Las
time Mrs. Roosevelt gave it since
the President was in Florida. Thi!
time, they hope, the Chief Execu
tive will be present to cheer hi
alumni.
"PARNELL" ON THE STAGE
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer has jus
completed "Parnell," with Clarl
Gable as the Irish patriot ant
Myrna 10y as the lovely Kit!
O'Shea, who wrecked home rule b!
stealing his heart.
Here in Washington, the M-G-N
picture will have to compete witt
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
RxL LLOYD PANTAGES

HOLLYWOOD, February %.
Looking ahead. They do say that
a prophet is without honor in his
own town, but I must take the
chance, I fear, because there are
indications in the wind which
point to profound changes in the
setup at United Artists. In the
first place, Mary Pickford is sick
and tired Of being a lady pro-
ducereSs, and her selling out is
only a matter of the right sum
being offered, after which she
will retire to private life as Mrs.
Buddy Rogers.
Douglas Fairbanks, ST., and his
wife, Lady Ashley, are tired Of
Hollywood, and don't want ever
again to be tied down to just one
spot, since they have much more
fun while en- route from some
where to somewhere, particularly
England. So unless "The Adven-
lures of Marco Polo" is a colossal
success, which they are pretty
dubious, you will also see Mr..
Fairbanks, sr., bowling out Of the
film scene altogether in the next
few months.
Charlie Chaplin puts up his own
money for his own productions,
and pockets his own profits, so he
can hardly really be called mem
ber Of the corporation at all.
Walter Wanger doesn't care
who releases his pictures as long
as they are released nationwide
and worldwide. and since the
enormous success Of "You Only
Live Once" he can go anywhere
he chooses and has had bids all
over town.
Constance Bennett. who has q
pretty penny laid away here and
there, wants to be a lady pro-
duceress herself, and her deal with
the Maharajah Of Indore is not off
at all. but merely postponed until
the proper moment ripens. She is
doing one picture for Hal Roach,
and then she will quit acting al
together, as she never did care for
it, and you may lay a little wager
that she will be one of the United
artists when the smoke clears
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
PIoy of Charm and Sentiment
Is Delightfully."- Acted by
A Max Gordon Cast
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Charm think is the word that fits perfectly Helen Jerome
exquisite adoption of Jane Austens "Prde Preuce
When the curtain lifted the Washingtons Birthday
matinee the National Theater, your critic viewing the
sentimental play for the third m is still in the spell of its
gentle humors bends low in salute its old fashioned
fragrance.
This all very strange for pride and Prejudice presumed
to be ideal play for All the girls who expect
day find Prince Charming be enraptured the
of the three Bennett girls gathering orange blossoms
The Washington times., 1937-02-23

drawing room without making
Sleeps eyes, or an offer for one of
her attractive beauties.
Papa Bennett, phlegmatic and
reserved English gentleman, pre-
tends to be indifferent, but is
more interested than Mamma in
seeing his girls mated.
Then there are three girls. Eliz-
abeth, the oldest, sort of sister
The Washington times., 1937-02-23
Fans Want Auto

Clark Gable has received more
than 500 offers from fans to pur-
chase the small roadster Carole
Lombard gave him as a Valentine
present.
The Washington times., 1937-04-29

H. r. Knickerbocker's series Of
articles on the situation in Spain,
which started with the publication
yesterday of the famous Interaa-
tional News Service foreign cor
respondents account of his incar-
ceration in a death cell" in San
Sebastian, promises to eclipse in
Importance and interest anything
that has yet come out of that war
torn country.
Todays article gives the story
of the condemned cell mate of
Knickerbocker, as related just be-
fore he was led before q firing
squad.
Knickerbocker has Just COM
pleted an exhaustive survey of the
entire lines of General Frances
armies. He flew back to London
before writing his stories in order
that he could give complete pic
ture of the situation without cen
sorShip interference. Knicker-
booker cabled that his later stories
will include:
Origin of this most bitter civil
war in modern history and why
it cannot be solved with q COM
promise.
Who will VIM
Frances position with his own
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
SENATE HEARS
KY. ATTORNEY
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page ~
jury convened in Harlan to inves-
tigate two dynamitings of a labor
organizers hotel was composed of
friends and relatives" of coal
operators.
Smith said when he took office
January /, 1884, he told the coal
operators he was "a prosecutor
first" and their attorney sec
ond."
He testified that since taking
office he has prosecuted 25 coal
company deputies for major
crimes and that most Of them
were convicted"
Asked for PardOnS
He also said q few weeks after
he became commonwealth attorney
he asked former Governor Ruby
Laffoon to pardon organizers for
the U. M. w., whom he had de-
Tended a year before. He said
the organizers had been Illegally
convicted" for alleged crimes
growing out of industrial warfare
by the contaminated conditions"
Of Harlan county courts.
Smith testified he receives a re-
tainer fee of 500 per month
from the Harlan Wallins Com
pany: $25 from the Mary Helen
Company: $50 from the r. C..
Tway Company, and irregular
fees from the Black Mountain
Company.
He said his salary as common.
wealth attorney is $500 year and
that he is permitted by law to re.
ceive $500 a year in fines and
other office fees.
U. M. w. Candidate
Smith testified that his candi.
dacy was backed by U. M. W. and
that his association with the coal
companies has not jeopardiEed
their support.
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
NORRIS COURT
|. PLAN STUDIED
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

Definitely committed against
President Roosevelt's Supreme
Court bill, the Senate Judiciary
Committee today debated the Nor
ris proposal to end the courts
power to declare legislation I'M
constitutional by majority vote.
The plan, offered by Senator
Norris, veteran Nebraskan Pro
gressive, would call for a better
than twothirds majority of the
court to declare any State law or
act of Congress unconstitutional.
1t would require a 7-to-2 vote by
the present nine justice court or
an 11-to-4 vote by a 15-justice
court to hold laws unconStitution-
al. Norris was Spurred to the pro-
posal by his opposition to 5-to-4
decisions.
Three Join Opponents
Administration leaders, mean
while, rallied from the loss of
three hitherto "noncommittal"
Senators on the communicable
Carran CD of Nevada, Hatch Cd
of New Mexico, and O'Mahoney
CD of Wyoming. Their an
nounced opposition definitely as
sured an unfavorable report by
the committee on the proposal to
add six new justices to the court.
The opposition now lists As Sen
atorS who have declared against
the Presidents plan. They need
but three more votes to defeat the
bill in the Senate.
Fresh rumorS Of compromise
were started in the wake of this
development. Both McCarran and
Hatch have proposed compromises
only to have them condemned by
Administration leaders and oppoSi.
ton spokesman.
Sc Senators For Compromise
One Administration leader said
he had found Sc of the 96 Se1A-
tors ready to support a com.
promise, authorizing two new
justices.
In opposing the Presidents bill,
McCarran and O'Mahoney At
tackled its prNpriety while Hatch
assailed its constitutionality.
McCarrAn said it would set a
dangerous precedent and destroy
public confidence in the court
O'Mahoney declared an increase
in the court was neither "neces-
sary nor desirable" He added
that If one President were allowed
to pack the court" other Presi.
dents would do likewise. Hatch
said Congress has no Constitu
tional power to enlarge the Su,
preme Court in order to change
its views"
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
SL0WIE NAMED
SECRETARY0F
FEC HERE
Iowa Members Aide
Wins Federal Plum
Over Berger

A long-awaited patronage plum
today fell into the lap Of Thomas
j. Slowie, AZ, secretary to Repre-
sentative william S. Jacobsen CD,
Of Iowa, who will take office 81
secretary to the Federal Com
m unications Commission on
May 1.
For more than a year the post
has been vacant with many ap
plicants.
Outstanding in the field Of
applicants had been Robert I
Berger, radio director Of the
Democratic national committee
It is a sort of tradition that the
radio director geS the post Of
FEC secretary. AS one official
of the national committee ex
pressed it:
ITS Just like the tradition
that campaign chairmen be-
come Postmaster Generals"
FARLEY FOR BERGER
From all indications, Post
mas-er General Farley supported
the tradition. According to vari
Gus informants, he favored Mr.
pnrUer'e onnofntYnnYt
However, Mr.. Slowie, who Is
from Clinton, Iowa, and also was
secretary to the present Congress
mans father, the late Bernhard
M. Jacobsen, is said to have had
the backing Of President Roosevelt
The stage had been set for Mr.
Berger's appointment when WORD
came from the White House that
Mr.. Slowie was to be the lucky
man.
Indignant Is Denial
Mr.. Slowie strenuously denied
that either the backing of the
Iowa delegation or support Of the
Presidents court plan had any
thing to do with his appointment
in the following words:
ats q damn lie. There Is not
. word of truth in 1t. 1 did not
get the backing of the Iowa
State legislation for the job. AS
. matter Of fact about three
fourths of the delegation did
not know anything about It. If
anybody says that the question
Of backing the Presidents court
plan enters into 1t, its libel"
Mr.. Berger:
81 have nothing to say. am
happy in my present job. 1 have
. number Of plans. But who
can tell. Maybe none Of them
will come out"
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
Teacher Upheld
In Whipping
Md. Youth

FREDERICK, Md, April 80.
James C. Skidmore, principal of
the Burkittsville School, was not
unreasonable in administering a
whipping to 11-year-old Charles E.
Yopnkins. one of his pupils, Mag
istrate Walter E. Sim ruled last
night. in police court. He found
Skidmore not guilty of a charge
of assault and battery preferred by
Elmer C. Younkins, the boys
father.
Many patrons of the school
crowded in the city hall to hear
the boy and his father tell of
bruises that marked his body after
the whipping. Robert Butts and
Chester Mentzer, two other boys
who received whippings, also told
the judge they received bruises.
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
GEN. DENHARDT
TO TESTIFY IN
0WN.DEFENSE
Judge Refuses Plea
to Dismiss Murder
Accusation

NEW CASTLE, KY, April 80
G.N.SJ.-Judge Charles C. Mar
shall today definitely turned down
defense plea for dismissal of the
case of Brig. Gen. Henry H. Den.
hardt, charged with numbering his
fiancee, Mrs. Verna Carr Taylor.
The way thus was paved for the
World War hero to tell his story in
support of the defense contention
that the attractive widow was q
suicide.
Judge Marshall yesterday over
ruled a motion for a dismissal Of
the case, but later said he would
make final decision today.
With the decision the defense
promptly called to the stand
for additional cross.examination
George r. Baker, on whose farm
the bullet-pierced body of Mrs.
Taylor was found.
Three other witnesses followed
Baker to the stand.
The jury of ~ men was taken
in a school bus to the scene of
the alleged crime.
The scene they viewed is q
muddy roadside ditch near
Bakers farm, where the distin-
guished Mrs. Taylor's body, her
heart pierced by a bullet from
Denhardt's heavy revolver, was
found.