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Evening star., 1937-02-20

screen, but in Love Is News" she
turns up as twice an agreeable q
comedienne as, for example, Joan
Crawford and Greta Garbo or some
of the other glamour girls, albeit I
don't remember Garbo trying very
hard to sell gag in the last six
months.
The hero Of the tale is young
Tyrone Power, whose sudden mastery
of all that is supposed to be the
secrets of screen technique must be
giving jimjams to such histrionic
scholars as Robert Taylor and Enrol
Flynn, to name a couple at random.
Other characters include Walter
Catlett, infallible and not very diff
ferent as q dizzy news hound, and
Don Ameche, whose imperSonation Of
a modern city editor convinces me
once again that Mr.. Ameche hit his
meter and then deserted it after
that picture where he played the next
to the last Mohican or something
He seems to miss his war bonnet in
Love Is News"
Il
THE Maj. Bowes all-girl swing band
and revue on the Capitol stage
this week is neither disappointment
nor bowling success Jean Rose
leads pleasing musical ensemble in
some clever arrangements of modern
hits, and her entertainers include
everything from marimba player to
a hill-billy yodeler. There is also
girl named Jean Clark who initiates
birds. and for my money she was
the hit Of the show, but you have
to set that down to prejudice
That business aside, credits must
go to Rita Frucht for her impersona-
tions. the singing of the Dixie Three,
Clara Wellman's fiddling and Kay
Krivokucha's amazing voca. antics in
the hill-hillv numbers
Evening star., 1937-02-20

OF Mr. Douglas, "Magn1f1cent OBJ
session." Warner Bros. should be very
happy. It probably will and so will
they.
There is a quiet philosophy run
ming through the drama of Green
Light" but it rarely retards the &C
tion. The philosophy is that the in
dividual is unimportant; that only
the progress of the species counts.
On that foundation Douglas and War
ner Bros. have reared several lives
dedicated to the proposition that SUBJ
mergence of self is the way to happi-
ness. It works out that way, too, in
the picture.
There is some smooth acting to
brighten the spark Of life in Green
Light" Enrol Flynn contributes his
mede OF it in the part of young
surgeon who piles self-sacriflce on
top of self-sacrifice until it becomes
almost incredible. First he takes the
blame for a fatal operation to spare
the reputation of an older man. Next
he gives up the girl of his dreams and
hies himself to Montana to be bitten
by wood tick in a spotted fever ex-
pertinent. (Here the film adheres
closely to the absolute fact of a SINH.
lar experiment involving Federal sci
entists, and here 1t achieves its great
est dramatic force)
Sir Cedric Hardwicke portrays the
deformed cleric who expounds the
philosophy Of Green Light" It is a
quiet character that he interprets and
one that might have lost none of its
essential spirituality with bit more
humor about it.
Anita Louise merely decorates the
character Of the girl with whom Flynn
Is In love, but after all 1t is that kind
of a part. Spring Byington and Mar
garet Lindsay divide feminine acting
honors, the former as the victim OF
that fatal operation. Miss Lindsay
Is cast as the nurse who demurs at the
foolhardiness of the young surgeons
sacrifice, but loves him just the same
and vainly.
On the whole Green Light" prob
Evening star., 1937-02-20

eff I were you. I'd take off that lip
stick" says Doris Weston to Dick
Powell on the sidelines of the Sing
ing Marine" set. Dick looks foolish,
replies, "oh-er-yes." Your CORE
spondent wonders what wife Joan
Blondell will have to say when she
hears of this. Miss Weston repeats
the line. Mr.. Powell repeats his re-
action. It Is only q rehearsal for a
sequence in the picture. Miss Weston
is newcomer to the screen. She was
discovered by a Warmers Bros. talent
scout. singing in New York. "She's
a mixture of Ruby Keeler and Sonia
Henie," he wired his bosses. Push
her out within six days" telephoned
the latter. That was six months ago.
Singing Marine" is her first film.
Powell tells me he is pleased with
the notices given his Twentieth
Century-Fox picture, "On the Ave-
nue." But I haven't seen it yet
too busy" Remembering the diff
culties of his own movie debut, Dick
gently coaches Miss Weston with the
line they have been rehearsing since
IL noon. 1t is now 3 o'clock. "All
right, let's 60" says Director Ray En-
right. As usual, he wears a white cap.
Before the camera, Miss Weston loses
her nerve and memory. They are
still shooting the scene when the
writer leaves the studio at 6 o'clock.
(copyright, 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-02-20

the theme and it's something to be
seen.
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur en-
dow the principal roles in THE Plains
man." wild Bill" Hickock and Ca
lamity Jane" with considerable au-
thenticity, and Porter Hall, John Mil
jan, Charles Bickford and a number
of others give them excellent support.
Mr.. De Mile has done a fine job on
this blend of American history and
American folklore. H. M.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

complete the pic
ture prior to WIS.,
sting Brazil.
It's awful to
think 7 m u s I
work five years
for the fortune
that could be
made In two years
II I didn't have to
give so much to
the Government" "
he sighs. When
the fortune Is a
concrete fact, the
handsome Irish
man will leave
HOLLYWOOD for
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Goes TO China to Wed.

Taking her bridal gown with her.
Miss Winnie Jones. a graduate Of
Bangor University, England, is on her
way to Shanghai, China, to wed E.
Stewardson, professor of physics in
Marking University.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
MONTGOMERY PLAYERS
IN IBSEN PLAY TONIGHT
Group to Present Social Drama,
"The Pillars of Society,"" at
Leland School,

THE Montgomery Players will pre-
sent Henrik Ibsen's social drama,
THE Pillars of Society,"" tonight at
$3.50 o'clock at Leland Junior High
School, Forty-fourth and Elm streets,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Martha Williams has directed the
play, which is to be performed by
cast of 10.
Clifton A. Whyte is in the leading
male role and Jane Plummer Rice and
Patricia Lucas, the latter making her
debut with the Montgomery group,
have the two prominent feminine
parts.
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Capitol Film Enjoyable
Despite Hackneyed Story
'Love Is News" Is About That Heiress and
That Reporter Bowes' All-Girl
Revue on Stage.
Revue on Stage.
BY ROBERT p. PHILLIPS. Jr.

sc ND there this there this
heis. heireS didn't
~ he
a
Evening star., 1937-02-20
"Green Light Keeps Faith
With Best-Selling Novel
Warner Bros Film at Earle Faithful to For.
mula Which Made Magnificent
Obsession" Popular.
BY Jay CARMODY.

ME Earle Tea this week place for of established nsm
all Light"
among
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Taxes Annoy Errol Flynn,
Keep Him in Filmland
Thinks '1t's Awful He Must Work Five
Years For Fortune Bette Davis Loses
Her Temper.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

oYWooD February 20 NANA)-Errol Flynn wants to kiss
- barmad
Keghey mo want keep character dgnihed"
~ bad smell the medieval
believes in aismalso
producer
Evening star., 1937-02-20
Indian Costumes Hobby.

For nearly 80 years William A.
Forbes of Peoria, Ill, has made Indian
head-dresses and costumes as a hobby.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

Belgium's Industrial leaders are
convinced that the depression is over.
Evening star., 1937-02-20

ago for a three months vacation. And
has been here ever since. Flynn
has left a flu sick bed in order to
Evening star., 1937-02-20

5 Shows Todoy-Doors Open 9 AN.
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

=
Journey
TRAVANCORE.


Many travellers who visit India
to gaze upon her wondrouS sights
and scenic perfection insist that
much Of their Joy is destroyed by
the poverty, the vast distinction
between casteS and the sordid
atmosphere that aboundS in SO
many of the most beautiful places.
But this accusation can never be
made against the state Of Travan-
core, which is not only beautiful
but more advanced and enlight-
ened than almost any other Indian
province or state.
In Tranvancore the decay Of a
gorgeous past is not matched with
sad present and an apparently
hopeless future. Its BACKGROUND is
but the foil for a busy and en-
lightened people.
Tranvancore, in southern India,
has highlands and lowlands. seas.
salt lagoonS, great forests and
plantations. DenSely populated, 1t
has few ugly villages. There are
no contrasts of excessive wealth
and extreme poverty, no palatial
dwellings and rude huts and no
rags and iewel-studded silks.
From the palace of the ruler,
or the simple house, residents go
forth clad in white cottonS with
very few ornaments. They have
similar habits. and their diet con-
sistS chiefly Of boiled rice and
curry.
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

AS the eyes are the fingers" of the mind,
grasping facts that should become wisdom, so
MEMORY is the Savings bank" of the &C
tive brain, in which are stored all the facts
and experiences, drawing compound interest,
always there to be used when you need them
as is your money in q real savings bank.
Cultivate eyes that not only look, but also
SEE.
Cultivate a memory that stores up for
future use what your eyes see and UNDER
STAND.
Cultivate mind that will USE THE WIS
DOM THAT YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN
AND YOUR MEMORY HAS STORED
AWAY.
The Washington times., 1937-01-16
Marry-Go-
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

If Youth but knew, these magic,
exciting hours Of uncertainty and
expectation "just BEFORE" are
the best and sweetest part Of
Christmas. Just as the best part
Of life is before we KNOW too
much about it.
If Youth but knew-most women
do nearly all their real Giving"
after thirty!
It is then that we know how to
play the game according to Hoyle
and to take our winnings without
Growing and our losses without
whimpering. It Is then that we
love, sing, write, work or play our
best. Up to thirty we are mere
tyroS-apprentices at the art Of
living. We are merely expecting,
hoping and guessing. But why
rush "life's Christmas Eve"?
Nowadays, so many girls Of the
debutante age seem awfully bored
and sophisticated. To them, Life
is so real, so material, so proSaic!
Men are just something to dance
with, to run around with, to
"catch," to marry: "boy friends" /"
"old dears" or good Spenders." \
So few young women have star
dust in their eyes; they're not
looking for tine glamour in Life.
It's got to be something with q
"kick" in it. Love is just petting-
or appleSauce. A kiss iS-juSt q
kiss! Romance is just "the bunk" I"
The average young girl Of today
wants to know everything-right
at the start. She wants to squeeze
all the juice out Of the fruit be-
fore it is ripe-to read the last
chapter first! She is like a trunk
that has never been farther than
the next station, but which has
been pasted all over with foreign
labels. So sophisticated! But only
in appearance. -,
If Youth but knew-it's not
knowing ALL about Life that
makes it worth living. It's not
knowing what SURPRISE awaits
you, just around the corner, that
gives it its tang and zeSt, and helps
to turn the journey through this
Vale Of Tears from a dull duty
into a gay adventure.
It's NOT knowing what kind OF
''hand" Fate may deal you that
constitutes the Essence of Living
which keeps you in the game-and
fully awake! It's not knowing who
is at the other end of the wire that
makes the sound of the telephone
bell thrill you. And not knowing
where a road may lead that makes
You want to follow.
To all Of us, Life iS-or ought to
be-a Great Adventure; a beauti-
full, exciting game Of chance.
Sophistication is the stuff that
furnishes the stars and the sun
sets.
The whole joy Of Living is to be
able to look forward to all our
TomorrowS with that thrilling feel
ing that something new, un'
expected and wonderful may hap,
pen to us at any moment.
Those people who seem to stay
YOUNG forever are the ones who
have managed to keep life always
one long Christmas Eve"!
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
syndicate Inc }
The Washington times., 1937-01-16
Irish Have a Word for It

VOU may thinkAmerican slang is something new un-
der the sun, but take it direct from the Ould Sod,
the Irish knew all about that sort of thing centuries
Joseph Conboy railroad man and Irish scholar, rises
to remark wrathfu that Gaelic is the true source of
much of the language that springs readily today to the
tongue of the American schoolboy
Take "smithereens." We have Mr.. Conboys word
that it comes from the Gaelic "smidirini," which
means "atoms" And how about "galore"? He says
that comes from "go leor, meaning plentiful Well
even take "quid which he points out is derived from
"cuid, meaning share
Who says Gaelic is littleused tongue7 Not Mr. Con-
boy, for one and the millions who mangle American
slang daily are his witnesses.
The Washington times., 1937-01-16
COMPARISONS

President Roosevelt is going to
find that there is a little personal
note in his reorganization plan
that will probably give him as
much trouble as the most i'm
portant proposal.
He suggested that the salaries
Of the Cabinet officers be raised
to $4,000. one of the Senators
in discussing the plan, exclaimed
81 see that this reorganization
plan suggests raising the salaries
Of the Cabinet members and
their assistants. If they are go
ing to raise their salaries they're
going to raise mine, too.
ut cost me a whole years sal.
ary to finance my campaign. 1t
doesn't cost a Cabinet member
one cent to get his job, and If
they are going to raise his salary
they're going to raise mine, so I
can meet my expenses"
The Senators now get $4,000.
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

birth: To each Of US is given pair Of eyes.
The equality ceases when different minds di-
rect the eyes to look and see different things,
different courses in life.
''The difference between landscape and
landscape is small, but there is great differ
ence in the BEHoLDERs. ."-Emerson.
No two people see the same thing when
they look at weeping child, at an injured
dog, at horse race, or at book.
And few people retain in their memory
the knowledge that passes through their eyes
into their minds.
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

Years back, in the days Of Henry
M. Stanley, the quest for ivory
left a trail of blood and sorrow
across a continent. The natives
were forced by rapacious Arab
ivory raiders, by all kinds OF tor
lures, to give up their accumula-
tionS Of ivory, and when they had
given all in their possession were
made slaves and sold to cannibal
tribes for human food in exchange
for additional ivory.
Still more of them we're enslaved
to carry the ivory to the coast,
enduring the most incredible hard
ships and crueltieS all the way, SO
that not more than one out Of five
survived the march. The survivors
were sold along with the ivory.
IN TRANSIT
Today ivory is bought honestly,
in open market, from the natives,
and shipped without any sem
blance Of packing or wrapping
Shippers have found that their
mark, and the port of destination
stenciled on the bare tusk, is the
best means Of protecting the valu
able freight from damage in tran
sit, for the appeal of the visible
ivory is in itself sufficient to insure
careful handling. Long and eX
penSive experience has taught this
lesson.
The greatest use for ivory today
is in making keys for pianos, and
the largest individual users IN the
world are the three American corr
panies that make the keyboards
for the piano manufacturers Of
America, Canada and Australia.
After the tusks are cut into
blocks of the proper length, they
are sliced into thin sections that
cover the keys. Every saving
operation is done under q stream
Of water, to prevent burning the
ivory. The pieces are then whit
ened in hydrogen peroxide ano
placed in glass houses to whiter
in the sun. They are graded &C
cording to grain, and matched
into sets for the keyboard.
Each tusk of ivory has its indi
vidual qualities, and each presents
a different problem in handling
The manufacture of piano keys il
a very difficult matter, requiring
careful, expert Judgment as to the
method Of handling each piece o1
ivory.
One of the most fascinating
legends having to do with ivory
is in the African jungle and dealS
with the never-diScovered elephant
graveyardS and the incredible
stores Of ivory tusk those ceme
terieS are supposed to contain.
The legend is that when an ele
phant is about to die inStinct
drives him with his last strength
to an inaccessible place in tht
jungle. And there, with the bones
and tusks Of his kind, he lies dowr
and expires.
Mrs. Akeley discredits the legenS
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

would accrue Senator Reynolds
from horse racing in the District
His story went something like this;
"When we had prohibition in
some States and didn't have it in
others, this is what happened:
A man would call up q few Of
his friends and say: Let's jump
in my car and go across the
line and get a couple Of quarts
So the four would go to the
neighbOring city and each buy a
couple of bottles. Then they
would buy an extra pint and
say: Let's go UP to the hotel
and drink the pint and then go
home
$50 the four go up to the
hotel. They kill the pint. They
feel pretty good; so one of them
opens one Of the quarts. Well,
sir, when they open that quart
they are there. When the cork
comes out Of that bottle they're
stuck.
$50 they get two or three
rooms in the hotel. They order
up some food and they stay all
night. The next morning they
wake up in a remorSeful mood.
They go down, pay their hotel
bill and then they go to the
shops. They buy perfume, candy,
dresses and the like to help
pacify their wives who will be
pretty sore because they stayed
out all night. Then they have
the car filled with gas and oil
and they leave.
'NOw, you see, they spent
four times as much on the Incl
dentaIs as they did on the liquor
which they came to buy. And
that would be the way when the
people come to see horse racing
in the District-the indirect
revenue would be enormous"
The Washington times., 1937-01-16
The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

what he was going to DO ana now
he was going to do it. The ele-
vator stopped at the first floor.
He started to get off; stopped and
exclaimed:
''Not this floor, I want to 30
to the restaurant"
The operator told him that this
was the floor the restaurant was
on.
The Representative looked sur
prised and glanced out Of the door
He turned to the two men from
back home and covered up his
embarrassment with:
':NOw, isn't that funny? I
should know where the reStau-
rant is as many times as I'-e
been here"
And Congress has been in Ses'
sion how many days?
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

and believes that 1t may nave
originated from the finding Of
skeletons and tuslSS of elephants
that were trapped in swamps and
perished before they could extri-
cate themselves from the grip Of
mud or quickSand.
This brings to mind the curious
story Of one such quickSand which
has been trapping its victims for
thousands Of years and stripping
them to their glistening bones.
EtoSha Pan, it is called, or the
Lake Of Slime" rs miles long
and so miles wide, so sinister and
terrifying that the African natives
believe it to be the home Of evil
spirits, and even the Stolid and
hard-headed Beers pass by with
shudder, whipping up their oxen.
Approached by moonlight from
the northeast, the Pan presents
a terrifying spectacle. Thousands
Of bleached skeletons gleam in
the moonlight, skeletons which
seem unable to rest, even in death,
for many still stand in the tor
tuous attitude caused by frantic
efforts to escape. Grinning and
naked stand the gruesome Skele-
ton herd.
Far into the distance extends
the Lake of Slime" but it's vic
tins are gathered most thickly
near the edge Of the firm ground
from which they had Strayed.
Skeletons Of almost every crea-
ture known to Africa may be
seen from some spot on the bush
lined fringe of Etosha Pan. The
slime is sufficiently stiff to main
tain the bodies once all struggles
have ceased.
They stand there, distorted and
still, as though about to answer
some ghostly challenge from the
wilds. The scene is like some
grim and terrifying scene from
the albums Of Gustave Dore.
UNMOLESTED
One skeleton dominates them
all. It is the frame of a giant
elephant. Probably the poor
beast perished quickly, sinking
deep into the slime. His tuSks
are huge and in good condition.
but valuable though they be, no
native can be persuaded to dare
the swamp to rob the. skeleton.
An old hunter once asked his
"boys" to retrieve the tuSks, but
the blacks refused, saying that
they did not fear the swamp, fol
could not the white man devise
a means of overcoming its treach
eryP But they dreaded the evf
spirits that fnhabit it. And so the
skeleton Of the giant elephant re
mained unmolested.
Etosha Pan has mysteries othel
than the skeleton army. Tit
WGSGSTI1 SlOC ID A1Ou111dA4AOAoS eS4AS
by the road pass the wagons o.
many an adventurous Boer who
in the old days, preferred thu
dangers of the great uneXplorec
parts to life in a country ruled by
foreigners unwilling to allow hin
to keep the slaves, who formed
so important a part Of his wealth
Many wagons arrived at Etoshs
Pan, but not all passed on. Per
haps the drivers were careless, per
hapS they were even unwar!
enough to negotiate the difficul
country in their heavy vehicles BY
night-surely a most unlikely pro
cedure for experienced dwellers OF
the veldt! But be all this as i
may, the story goes that sunl
somewhere in Etosha Pan ART
many wagons and their luckles!
drivers, there for all eternity will
the bones of the wild creature!
they feared in life.
Copyright, 1887. BY King Features
Syndicate Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-16
TRIALS OF THE PRESS

It's catching. Harry Gauss, of
the Chicago Daily News, is Just
going to have to run for Congress.
Not long ago an elevator boy
took him for q Senator. The day
afterWard he was riding on the
House elevator with a new member
of the Illinois delegation who was
showing a constituent the sights.
He turned to Harry and said:
"Mr. Congressman, don't
know your name, but 1 want you
to meet q friend of ours from
back home"
Harry had to confess this time,
although the Senate elevator boy
still thinks he's q Senator,
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

The principal
re a son offered
by the distin-
guiShed natural
ist and African
explorer, Mrs.
Mary L. j o b e
Akeley, is the in,
creased. protec.
ton offered by
African govern.
n1entS to the
elephant h e. d.
But the demand
for ivory con.
tinUeS, and with
8 lesser supply
com e S tn e
.AAz AAak
The Washington times., 1937-01-16

the good times
during prohibi-
ton, and, being
a world trav-
eler, he h a S
gone around q
bit himself.
At any rate,
he held the at
tention of three
reporters very
cl oSe ly this
week as he eX-
planned W h a t
he meant by
the in d ir e c t
revenue which
The Washington times., 1937-01-16
A FAST PACE

Senator Joseph Guffey CD of
Pennsylvania is rolling up a list
Of "firsts" that is the envy of more
than one statesman.
Last session his coal bill was
81. This year it was given the
same number. He is the first
Pennsylvania in 80 years to swing
his State to the Democratic
column. He is the first of the new
Senators to make the Steering
Committee.
He saw to it that his State was
the first to get it's electoral vote
to Washington and he was the
first to be congratulated on his
work in the campaign by the
Democratic caucus in the Senate.