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The Washington times., 1937-12-10

deal of thrill
to both chill
d r e n a n d
their parents.
The story Of
Santa Claus
is ia S cinat-
ing to all
children and
I can't see
W h ere any
harm to them
e v er comes
Of bel ieving
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

For children
C h ri S tmas
W Id not
m e a n very
m u ch if it
we're not for
t h e ir belief
in S a n t a
Claus and for
the gifts that
the S a j n t
b ri n g S. AS
children grow
oil ID er and
find out what
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Nd, beautician: :

great deal to children If they
did not look forward to Santa's
visit, because most parents
give their children toys through,
out the year."
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

"I thin k
the greatest
thrill of a
C hild is to
nix that
Santa Claus
C o m e S on
Christmas to
reward them
on t h cir
90 d behaV-
ior. Christ
mas W o ul d
not mean a
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

THE tallow fields lovely, the crops have gone
There strength and dignity to resting earththere
meaning to the naked sothat you do not feel when
misted with the springs bright foam maned with the
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

IN It. us good ST. NlchoIaS that
makes Christmas what it is for
the kiddies."
X \ X
Miss Bertha thinner, SO
Prince Edward ST., EdmonSton,
Md heaIItician.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

able things than fairy stories.
Honesty is an important thing
in raising children, even to tell
ing about where toys come from
at Christmas.
X + \
Harry Raflo, of Leesburg, Va,
accountant:
mo. can't see how believ-
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

children with
the S a n t a
Claus story.
I do not think
Santa Claus
is any vital
p a r t in a
child's life,
and I fe e !
that parents
an tie a c h
their C h i l.
dren so many
m o r e valu-
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

ing in Santa
c l a u S can
p o S S i b l y
hurt a child
in any way.
It's cruel to
take S a n t a
a W ay from
the children
and I h p e
there is no
such drive on
because Of a
f e W theories
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

of certain psychologists. It
would be as bad as taking dolls
away from little girls"
X 4
Miss Jane Eichlin, 1904 JEFF
ferson st. N. W., stenographer:
Santa Claus supplies a great
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
The Inquiring.
photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
Should small children be told
there is no Santa Claus?
THE ANSWERS

Miss Marion Lee Harden,
1014 TauSsig Pl. N. E., stenogrs-
nhor.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Traffic Toll

The mounting list of traffic
victims in the District of Co.
lumbia since January /, 1887,
is graphically shown by the
death watch:
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
N. W, druggist:
"Of course not.

the real Santa is, then they are
old enough to be taught the real
meaning of Christmas.
X i X
Miss Esther Leenov, 1889
Newton st. N. W., secretary:
Eyes. I disapprove of fooling
Evening star., 1937-02-06
"Outcast's" Drama Strikes
Snag in Excessive Plot
Capitol Film Carries Heavy Story Burden.
Ray Mobiles Band, as Usual, Proves
Audience FavOrite.
BY JAY CARMODY.

ingredients Of good film went into the making OF Outcas
the Capitol Theate Unfortunately Its
they added bit Of this and
periodic opate toward what
happening would picture from being
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Great Guy
Has Action
At Keith S
But Cagney's Picture
Lacks Other Quail
tiles of Interest.

"HEY tagged great" to Jimmy
Cagney's newest picture by
making it the adjective in the
L title, Great Guy" The picture,
which opened yesterday at Keith's, is
pretty far from being great, but by the
same token it escapes badness by
sufficient margin to held a degree Of
interest.
Great Guy" is about chap who
department Of weights and measures.
He carries honesty in his heart,
dynamite in his fists, and chip on
his shoulder Cagney is the guy and
no one should need a more elaborate
sketch to guess the rest Of the story.
Douglass MacLean, who directed
"Great Guy" for Grand National,
keeps it moving at q pace which lot
more artistic pictures well could envy.
When Cagney, as Johnny Cave. is not
whamming the minor miscreant on the
chin, he Is sneering in the face of one
of the major figures in the racket of
preying upon citizens through the
practice of short-weighting them. 1t
makes for swift, If familiar, action.
Apart from Cagney's work after a
long absence, the chief interest in the
film centers in its expose of the meth
DDS of the short-weight rings. Foul
fellows they are, too. Especially the
one who uses a flying mare to toss
Cagney against the marble wall of the
municipal building into which he is
trying to introduce honesty.
There Is some smart dialogue to
Evening star., 1937-02-06

clear. but Mr.. Rains Is good, anyway.
Mr.. Hunter, too. is natural and be-
lievable, and Alison Skipworth con-
tributes just enough comedy to be in
the proper mood.
Miss Francis, Of course. Is one Of
the sleekest and handsomeSt OF the
women of the screen. She Is, as
always, pleasant to look upon, her
manner Is assured and her voice Is
a cool, deep and limpid pool. Since
she is generally accorded the title of
"best-dreSsed woman on the screen"
and has not so long ago been pointed
out as one of the worlds 10 best
dressed women, it is fitting that
Stolen Holiday" should be plenti-
fully sprinkled with femme fashions.
Gown parades are introduced for Miss
Francis like songs for Dick Powell
in a musical and the film Is prac-
tically flooded with fashions that will
have feminine hearts atwitter-prob-
ably. Stolen Holiday" is, in fact,
a picture that should prove a de-
light to the gals who attend the
matinees, and if the gals drag their
spouses and boy friends at night it
shouldn't prove too boring for them.
After all, there's Kay Francis.
THE Earle's stage show Is topped
by a song and dance revue con-
tributed by the Mattison Rhythms,
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Hamlet," at 2:l5 and
BIS pm.
Keith's-"Great Guy" at 1901,
2:O1, 4:0l, Sol, 8:ol and 1901 pm.
Earle-"Stolen Holiday" at II am,
1:25, AIS. 7:05 and e:55 pm. Stage
shows at 12:40, $3.50, $40 and 9:10 pm.
Capitol-"Outcast," at II am, las,
4:3o, 7:20, and 1905 pm. Stage
shows at 1855, $40, $50 and 9:15
pm.
PaIace-"The Plainsman," at 11:45
am, 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan-"Bull Drummond
Escapes" at 1850 am, 1:5o, $50,
$50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Stowaw at 11:15
am, 1:20. 3:25, $50, TAO and $40
pm.
RiaIto-"Scarface," at l:57. 4:33,
TIA and 9:56 pm.
Little-"Strange Interlude," at
1915 am. 1927. 2:47. sos, 1925 and
9:46 pm.
"Hideaway Girl" at
2:2O, 4:20. $40, sos and 1850 pm.
Tivoli-"More Than a Secretary"
at l AS, 3:55, 6, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Uptown-"Charlie Chan at the
Opera" continuous afternoon and
evening.
Howard-"Sing Me Love Song" at
1890, 3:25, 20 and 9:15 pm. Stage
shows at 2:10, sos, 8 and 10:40 pm.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
"PLAlNSMAN" SHOWING
POPULARITY AT PALACE

A MOTHER look at Mr.. Cecil B. De-
Miles THE Plainsman," at the
Palace, confirms the first opinion Of
the film-that it is top-notch enter
tainment. 1t is in many respects one
of those wild west films that go great
guns in the neighborhoods on Satur-
day afternoons. but it has been made
with that skill which convinces you
Mr.. DeMille could make a stirring
photoplay out of the Congressional
Record.
The Plainsman," Of course. is much
more than just an action story of the
West. It's thrilling and moving his
tory of segment of the days when
hardy, two-gun pioneers pushed the
country's frontier across hot plains,
driving Indian and buffalo before them.
It's a history of part Of the life Of
wild Bill' Hickock. played by Gary
Cooper.
The cast supporting Cooper includes
Jean Arthur. James Ellison. Charles
Bickford, Porter Hall, and John Mil
jan, and they're all good. H. M.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

wherein Leo O'Neill and four girls
dance, a young fellow sings, and a
couple Of guys dance and play saxo-
phones at the same time, which
makes them look a little silly. They're
good, maybe, but it is awfully hard
to keep from looking silly while
dancing and playing a saxophone at
the same time.
Another performer who scores Is
Rachel Carley, French singer, who
practically knocks herself out doing
dramatic song about an Apache" !"
She works hard for her money and
the people like her. The rest Of the
bill Is contributed by lie Paul, who
is clever with cards, and the Bred
wins, who do something called Funny
Feats." 1t may be a new definition
of the word.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

Paris model bright Bank and gowns,
not Left Bank and oils) unwittingly
helps Claude Rains perpetrate bit OF
minor fraudulence. 1t Is successful
and starts them both of in business.
so that few years later Miss Francis
has a shop Of her own and IS the talk
of the hemstitchers and Mr.. Rains Is
selling fake stock right and left and
has watered the whole industry
far past flood stage. There was
fellow who did this in Paris not so
long ago, but "Stolen Holiday" bears
one of those precedes which announces
that the story has no connection
with anybody, living, dead or other
wise. So it could not be he the War
ner Bros. are talking about.
Anyhow, Miss Francis falls in love
with Ian Hunter, who is British
diplomat and a nice guy. Then about
this time the hounds Of the law are
getting warm on the trail Of fox,
yclept Rains. So Claude howls for
Kay, and on account of the bond be-
tween them for having started to-
innocent and marries him. Time after
time she sticks her neck out be-
cause of this bond. If she'd been
smart she'd have married Hunter in
the first place She should have
known from seeing Claude Rains in
other pictures that he is villainous
citizen.
xk
THE three central performers in all
this are very skillful people,
though, and they play it with a
suavity and a smooth naturalness
which are sufficient recompense for
any facets Of the story which might
strike you as being out Of line.
Mr.. Rains is exceedingly convincing
As the sly trouble maker Of the piece.
His talents are such that he is able
to show what a deceitful and I'M
trustworthy lad he is and at the
same time remain convincingly de-
cent enough to make it understand
able that the people who believed
him really would. Maybe that isn't
Evening star., 1937-02-06

ornament the non-violent sequences
Of Great Guy" And. apart from
Cagney, there are good enough per-
formances by Henry Kolker, Edward
Brophy, Mae Clark and Edward j..
Mcnamara. Edward Gargan, Holly
woods favorite muscle-man. gives a
good account Of himself again. He is
cast as muscle-man.
The Dionne quintuplets, bundled up
for 20 degrees below zero, are cute in
the Pathe newsreel. They fall in the
snow, coast a bit on a crash-proof
slide, and have a nice time generally.
The rest of the news reel is full Of
strike violence and flood terror.
The Hall Johnston singers, as al
ways, give an excellent vocal account
of themselves in short subject on a
bill completed by an item dealing with
the life of Norton I, first and only
emperor" of the United States.
J. c.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

To Be Educated in England.
Crown Prince Tomislav of Yugo-
slavaia will attend school in England.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Excitement
Feature of
Nets Film
"Bulldog Drummond
Escapes" Stars
Milland.
THIS Bulldog Drummond lad is
not a fellow who enjoys the
life of leisure, good book.
y onnd uoman q good drink bY

"H1S Bulldog DrummOnQ lao IS
not fellow who enjoys the
life of leisure, good book. a
L good woman, good drink by
the fireside. Excitement is the stuff
on which he thrives and he has plenty
of it in his latest adventure, Bull
dog Drummond Escapes" the Metro
politan's new motion picture.
In Bulldog Drummond Escapes"
Capt. Drummond is engaged in the
cheering and soul-stirring occupation
of rescuing a fair damsel from dis
tress. the distress consisting of chap
with beard, occupied with counter
feiting bonds, filming Miss Heather
Angels money, keeping her prisoner
and dropping people in bogs. The
chap is occupied with all this, not his
beard. Anyhow it is all very exciting
and if you think it isn't you should
have heard the yell when somebody
slammed a desk here in the Office just
now.
Capt. Drummond has all sorts of
troubles, starting in the first reel when
the QanSel In QlSCreSS BOTTOMS Ills
automobile after hailing him and
leaves him standing by the bog look
ing at some recently deceased citizens
hat. From there it keeps right on
going at merry clip and there are
buffers who sneak up behind people,
sinister gents who give a poor girl
sleeping pills, and plenty of fog, gum
fire and hand-to-hand battling.
Director James Hogan happily
hasn't allowed the melodrama of the
piece to take itself too seriously and
he has generously sprinkled the film
with humor. The result is that it all
Is no end entertaining even If you
do suspect that such going-ons are
slightly fictional.
Bulldog Drummond Escapes" gives
Ray Milland nice long role to play
and he plays it with the right blend
Of seriousness and lightness that is
demanded. He's going places in this
movie business. The lighter side OF
the film probably owes much of its
life to the presence Of Reginald Denny
Evening star., 1937-02-06

Miss Dale gives it her all and that is
quite lot. Others in the cast merit
ing mention are Karen Morley, the
girl, and Christian Rub, a servant who
carries the comedy burden on the
point of Swedish accent.
If you are not in an analytical mood
and are willing to take "Outcast"
without rejecting too much upon cer-
tain Of its slower moments, you prob
ably will enjoy it.
~ X
However, even If you don't get a
full measure of glow out of the film
attraction, just forget it for Ray Noble
and his orchestra are bound to come
along. There is more than your
moneys worth right there.
Mr.. Mobiles band is one of the
pleasantest groups Of musicians ever
assembled under a vaudeville baton.
1t blows and bows and twangs as
sweet melodies as any one could imag-
inc.
Most elaborate of its undertakings
WdS d 4NOo1CoQuC
tation of the Blue Danube" the most
durable waltz in history and often the
most badly played. Noble and his
boys got a large hand for that, but
not nearly such loud and long one
as when they played the English mais-
tro's own compositions. I'll See You
in My Dreams" and Good Night
Sweetheart" done with sax, violin. or
vocal accents showed Noble still
composer in tune with the wistfulness
Of his times.
The voices Of Howard Barrie, Lynn
Martin and the Merry Macs and the
dancing feet of Gloria Franklin sup
plement the orchestra nicely.
Lowe, Hite and Stanley (average
man, giant and midget are a gen.
timely funny group, getting laughs for
just the way they look. Rector and
Doreen. equilibrists or whatever you
call them, are pretty good equilibrists.
or whatever you call them.
Phil Lampkin and his orchestra
took two bows for an overture that
was worth more.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

QrdmaGlC OlOIIlellCS.
OF the dramatic moments, one might
1ust as well mention at the outset
that in which one of the most awful
mothers who ever got into pictures
kills her child by undoing the effects
of an emergency operation. The audi
ence put lot of anger into the loud
groan which was its very audible reac-
ton to that particular bit of action.
"Outcast" fares better in maintain
ing suspense than it probably deserves
in view Of its excessive plot. You
never quite lose interest in what next
can happen to great surgeon plunged
toward oblivion by crime of which
he was accused and acquitted. Just
when you feel you will quit caring.
the thing takes a more rational twist
and you are back on the trail again.
X X X X
WARREN WILLIAM, as DR.. Wen
dell Phillips Jones, does very well
by character which asks him to
carry nobility to the point of COM
parative absurdity. He is going to
keep his mouth shut about the truth
of a woman'S death if it kills him.
1t very nearly does. A mob (out OF
Fury" by Paramount) has a rope
around his neck before truth and
love. justice and sanity triumph.
Next to William, playing honors
must be bestowed upon the ever-reli-
able Lewis Stone. Mr.. Stone is a
retired lawyer, an elderly, benevolent
gentleman full Of wisdom. 1t is he
who must drive back the mob by
directing a stream of reason and elo-
quence in its face. He does it to the
manner born, if a little too simply.
OF all the mobs which have been
turned loose on film heroes since
Fury" this one seems easiest to
handle. At least one member of the
audience felt like saying, Get in
there, mob, and fight" 1t may be, of
course, that the movies have exhibited
so many mobs in the last few months
that audiences no longer are afraid
Of them.
Contrasted with Stones role of
learned tolerance. the one of Esther
Dale IS drenched in stupid bigotry.
Evening star., 1937-02-06

and E. E. Give. Denny. as the chap
who is about to become father all
through the film, and Give, as the
butler who always has the right
answer-be it knockout drops in a
drink or a toll to jimmy door, GER
tainly give their comedy assignments
the advantage Of excellent perform
ances. Porter Hall also is fine as the
william. H. M.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
"Stolen Holiday" Aided
Bv CleverneSs in Cast
Kay Francis Sustains Standing in Ability
and Beauty, While Claude Rains and
Ian Hunter Are in Strong Trio.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

-HERE "soen Holiday this
several people whose
its merits to be and they
reminds "Romso and
Juliet of the
involved their heads
all thereabout Francis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28

Crop production control to ''build
an all-weather farm program so
that in the long run prices will be
more stable"
Wage and hour standards to
"make millions of our lowest paid
workers actual buyers of billions of
dollars of industrial and farm prod
ucts."
Regional planning to conserve nat
ural resources, prevent floods and
produce electric power for general
use.
Government reorganization to pro-
vide Twentieth century machin-
cry" to make the democratic proc
ess work more efficiently"
Stronger antitrust laws in further
ance of "a low price policy which
encourages the widest possible con-
sumption"
Chairman O'Connor of the house
rules committee predicted the house
would pass a farm bill in the first
week of the session and then take
up the wage and hour measure.
Some Democratic leaders said the
labor bill, which was passed by the
senate in the last session but held
up in the house rules committee,
would probably be the only one of
the five measures to get through
congress in the special session.
Even that is strongly opposed by
southern Democrats and has been
condemned by the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28

alterations. Some students of labor
politics were inclined to think peace
was not yet in sight and could not
be brought about without the remov-
al of Green from the A. F. of L..
presidency and the elimination Of
Lewis from consideration for that
post. Their suggestion was that
peace might be negotiated eventual
ly by replacing Green with some
such labor figure as Charles P. How
ard, president of the International
Typographical union, or Edward F.
McGrady, former assistant secre-
tary of labor and now Radio Cor
poration labor relations chief, and
by giving industrial union groups
stronger representation in shaping
the federation's policies.
President Roosevelt displayed ac-
tive interest in the labor controversy
and received Secretary of Labor
Perkins at his Hyde Park home,
where for three hours they dis
cussed the subject. The restoration
of harmony in labor's ranks is con-
sidered of great importance to the
administration for both economic
and political reasons.
Secretary Perkins announced in
Washington that she had named a
federal committee on apprentice
training to become a permanent
agency in the Labor department. It's
purpose, she said, is ''to provide a
sufficient number of highly skilled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28

THE crazy patch is the oldest
= of quilt patterns, yet there is
something amazingly modern in
its angular lines. So whether your
living room is traditional in style
or newer than tomorrow you will
be interested in the revival of
crazy patch work for what our
grandmothers and great-grand-
mothers called "slumber
throw"
A corner of one of these old silk
crazy quilts is shown here at the
lower right. The pieces were
small-many not more than 1R
inches wide or long. A variety of
embroidery stitches joins the
pieces. Both plain and figured
silks were used, the plain patches
often being embroidered with
flowers, fans and other amusing
motifs-note the beetle embroid-
cred on one patch. Several colors
of silk embroidery thread were
generally used but in the most
artistic of these quilts one color
predominated in the embroidery.
Larger patches with simple
feather stitch and clearinghouse
stitch at the Jennings also give a
good effect. The pieces are sewed
to a foundation of some firm soft
material. Outing flannel or an old
wool blanket are good. Pin a
piece in place over the space to
be filled, trim the edges to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28
Brady Gang Wiped Out

T Asst of the big "mobs' of bank
- robbers and murderers, the
Brady gang was wiped out in gun
battle with federal agents at Bangor,
Maine. Al Brady, the leader, and
Clarence Shaffer, Jr., his lieutenant,
were killed; and James Dalhover
was wounded and captured. The
outlaws were recognized by clerk
in a sporting goods store and the
Omen were summoned. Dalhover
was to be taken to Indiana to stand
trial for the murder of state po-
iceman, one of four killings attrib-
uted to the gang. He made full
confession, and search began for
persons who had been aiding them.
The gangsters' capture was be-
lieved to have nipped a potential
New England crime wave. Floor
plans of two banks were found in
Dalhover's possession with maps OF
nearby roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28

right shape, as at A, allowing
enough to turn under, as at B,
where the patch laps over the one
next to it. Basic the turned edges
down as shown. When d number
Of patches have been basted in
place. sew them down to the foun-
dalton with the embroidery
stitches and then remove the bast-
ings. The backing is tied to the
front with silk embroidery thread
as comforters are tied. Little or
no padding may be used and a
plain band around the edge is
effective.
Every Honlemaker should have
a copy of Mrs. Spears new book,
SEWING. Forty-eight pages of
step-by-step directions for making
slipcovers and dressing tables;
restoring and upholstering chairs,
touches; making curtains for ev-
cry type of room and purpose.
Making lampshades, rugs, otto
mans and other useful articles for
the home. Readers wishing copy
should send name and address,
enclosing Is cents, to Mrs. Spears,
210 South Desplaines St., Chicago,
Illinois.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28
Bio Battle at Shanghai

CHANGHAI was witnessing the
y fercest battle of the Sino-Jap-
anese war. Land and air forces of
both sides were fighting furiously
and the casualties were piling up
hour by hour. The Chinese were
making great counter-offensive for
which they had massed men and
guns about the city. The Japanese
were ready for the attack, and des-
perately battled to turn back their
foes. Observers described the hand
to-hand fighting as that of madmen,
especially in the Chinese quarter.
A big fleet of Chinese airplanes
was sent down the Yangtse and
bombs were showered on the Jap
anese warships along the Japanese
occupied shore of the Whangpoo.