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eeeLHcO A41 Tile more astonishing Wnen
he went on to make the curious OBJ
servation that "he must also be a
Scotchman, because the Scotch write
even better English than the Irish"
Since it happens that Shaw and
O'Casey, the most distinguished play
wrights writing in English, are Irish
men, and that O'Casey was preceded
by a fellow named John Millington
Synge. one may be inclined to suspect
that there must be something to the
belief that If you want to be 4 first
rate dramatist it Is good idea to ar
range to be born an IrShman. In fact,
II you look back over the list Of great
English" dramatists you will discover
that most OF them. save Shakespeare,
were Irish by birth. And 1 once re-
celved very eloquent letter from an
anonymous and only slightly eccentric
gentleman who insisted that even
Shakespeare had Irish blood in him.
Then, when Mr.. Anderson puts the
Scots ahead Of the Irish rs writer's of
English prose and dramatic literature,
you may conceivably think of Sir
James Barrie, compare him with Shaw
and O'Casey, and begin to wonder
what Mr.. Anderson was driving at.
No matter what sort Of curious para
dox he may have thought he was up
to, the author OF High Tor" hit upon
a profound truth when he reminded US
OF the importance Of the Irish to the
English-speaking drama.
HE 1rishman has natural gift for
the drama, and when you think
OF An Irish writing man you are likely
to wonder If he has yet done his duty
to the theater. I think, for example,
that any one who reads Oliver St.
John Gogarty's "As I was Going Down
Sackville Street" will want to know II
the celebrated doctor, wit, sage, scholar
and poet has any particular comments
to make about writing for the stage,
and II the good doctor has yet made
his proper obeisance to the theater.
Well, for one thing, you will find that
he has written a play, = brief piece
called "A Serious Thing" which was
performed by the Abbey Theater In
Dublin during the grim times Of the
Black and Tans. It was, it seems, a
work which showed Judea occupied
by troops in khaki In the days when
Pontius PLATE was procurator." As
you may have gathered, the drama was
not without its political Implications
IT NEVER has been my good fortune
= to read or see the play, but I am
sure that it could not be without its
interest. Nothing, it seems, that this
fascinating man does can be without
interest, even in the cases when he
Is being as exasperating as he is fas-
cinating. Dr.. Gogarty IS . curious
paradox, in fact, 4 Dublin paradox,
As another brilliant Irishman, Francis
Hackett, proves in his incisive intro
duction to "As I Was Going Down
Sackville Street." Mr.. Hackett points
out that in DR.. Gogarty We observe
the strange spectacle Of two nations,
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the days Of Pontius Plate to sneer at
the British domination of Ireland in
the days Of Sir Hamar Greenwood and
his Black and Tans. 1t appears, too,
that the doctor had lot Of fun laugh
ing with typical Gogarty scorn at the
English soldiery who sat there in the
Abbey Theater and enjoyed = satirical
picture of the old Romans and the
Jews. not realizing that 1t was they
themselves who were being Knocked
1t is that typically Irish enjoyment
OF what they cannot help believing is
the dull-wittedness Of their English
neighbors, and sometimes rulers, that
proves how deep seated is the Irish
quality in Gogarty. despite the OBJ
jections Of British Oliver st. John.
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ing one-half Of the company's next
season output. Presumably the pro-
ducer making stage Door" can 70
over and borrow money from the chap
working on, say, Nellie, the Beau
tiful Cloak Model" in case he should
run short.
WASHINGTON, which could not
have been praised more highly
II it were the home town of most
delegates to the recent New York
theater convention, is going to be re-
Warded for its high place in the
stages affections next season. Its old
reputation for coldness dissolved in
its readiness to lay its money on the
line, the National Capital is a hoy
den which virtually every producer
Is ready now to court.
Reports have 1t that not a single
one OF the current or recent sue
cesses on Broadway will detour around
Washington when it takes to the
road. Either the original company or
a nrst road group will get into make
up and mime its hardest to please
National Theater audiences.
Maurice Evans Richard II" is one
OF the items that probably will BE-
seen. One that might break the
house record, some persons are think
ing. Incidentally, it is held at the
moment by Katharine Cornell.
WHEN Richard Watts, jr., writing
- in this page, and others, calcu-
lated that Evans was worth six John
Gielguds it seemed that Mr.. Watts
was being pretty awful fellow.
Seemed SO, we mean, to Gielgud en-
thuslasts. Comes now John Ander-
son, another Gotham critic, who adds
his insult to the injury of Watts
judgment.
In his 40 best" performances of
the year on Broadway Anderson can
not even find it in his heart to men,
ton Gielgud's Hamlet.
Putting Evans at the top, he runs
through list that includes Ruth
Gordon. Burgess Meredith. Katharine
Cornell (for Candida, not Oparre in
"Wlngless VictoryD Henry Travers.
Gertrude Lawrence, Marta Abba. Rus
sell Collins, Tallulah Bankhead and
Beatrice Lille.
Leslie Howard, out in HOLLYWOOD
ought to feel better about his own
Hamlet If he is reading the year
end summaries Of the New York
critics these days.
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q national culture which had been
kept in subjection for centuries, and
that they should be faced and fought
as Incidental blights upon that sptrit,
not as proofs of its essential wrong
headedness and stupidity.
THIS IS being written on the Allan
tic, not tremendously far from
the southern coast OF ireland, and It
Is therefore impossible for me to find
any more details OF DR.. Gogarty's "A
Serious Thing" than he gives in his
book. 1t seems, however, to have been
bitter and sardonic work that used
the pretended background Of Judea in
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ant as swimming by daylight
Y out at Glen Echo Park, where
the Crystal Pool is fitted with
an illuminating system and remains
open until 1870 every night. There
are accommodations at the pool for
$500 people. and in addition to the
regular swimming area there's q div
ing tank, a pool for children, and
sand beach adjoining for sun and
moon bathing. There are a lot OF
other attractions at Glen Echo and
every week night there's dancing in
the Spanish garden ball room to
music by Dave McWilllams' Orchestra.
Only trouble that's shown up aboard
the City of Washington is the prob
lem OF whether to sit on the top
deck and cool of under the moon or
dance. Lot Of people favor dancing
because the music is supplied by
Sammy Marks and his orchestra and
It's known about town that Sammy
knows music. He has Russ Cullen
with him to sing, too. The moon
light cruise sails every evening At
$50 o'clock and there are three daily
trips to Marshall Hall Park, at 10
am. and 2 and $50 pm.
Seaside Amusement Park, over at
Chesapeake Beach, reports it is OF
to one Of the finest seasons in years.
Seaside has all of the features of
a seashore resort, with saltwater
bathing, fishing and Grabbing and 4
score of amusements. There's dane
ing. too, in the cool pavilion over
looking the bay and the shady picnic
grove will accommodate 5000 persons.
Bernie Jarboe and his Nighthaw wks
supply The dance music every night
on the steamer Potomac, which makes
moonlight jaunt down the river
every evening at 8:45 pm. Every
Sunday the Potomac makes the trip
to Colonial Beach, with ARRANGEMENTS
for bus trip to Wakefield, George
Wasf1ngton's birthplace.
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H..
large producing company has decided
the matter Of classifying pictures
ought to be thrown overheard en-
tirely. Virtually all companies have
announced their intention to cut down
on B pictures. AS substitute, an
ultra-substitute, understand, one Of
the larger concerns plans an entirely
new classification of pictures. an AA
group. It's chaos, that's what it is.
Mutlny at the very least.
One of the elements of picture grad
ing which Broadway seemed to ignore
when 1t thought plays should be
treated the same way is that merit
4 not the factor in classification It
appears to be. Putting picture in
the B category has not meant it was
inferior entertainment to one dropped
an the rack. Frequently it has
peen simply a matter of dollars, not
ARTISTIC sense. The B picture,
budgetary proposition, has been known
10 make box Office sucker out of
Its more expensive brother. The pub
ds Is not always taken in, by huge
cash splurge. Hollywood frequently
is. 1t fools itself but not the GUS
toners
A comparatively recert illustration
that comes to mind is the film The
Top OF the Town" It, cost enough
money to be super-colossal and turned
out to be magnificent4 dud. 1t was
Glass A on the cost sheets, and w in
the estimation of CRITICS and movie
goers.
1t does not follow thad money spent
and merit achieved :nre always so
far apart as in this instance. But
they have been so, If to a lesser de-
gree, on sufficiently Numerous occa-
sions to bring the grading system into
considerable disrepute. Hollywood
seems to be turning tpold to the idea
Just when Broadway warns up to it.
The situation is a Left more amusing
than many incorporst Fed in some re-
cent products Of both stage and screen
+*
Q-K-O, the company which is
disposed to weiYt until the box
ONCE girls add upl the cash before
thinking of pictnre as A, B or
any other letter, lpas achieved that
attitude through one of the neatest
tricks Of the week. Heretofore, like
every other produ cling outfit, it has
budgeted pictures individually. The
new plan is to deal with both money
and pictures in vads, so to speak. An
appropriation has been made cover
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TODAY'S FILM SCHEDULE

CAP1TOL-"Pick a STAR" at 2,
4:50, 7:35 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows ut 4:l0, 6:55 and $50
pm.
EARLE-"Slim," at ?. AS, tbs
and 9:55 pm. Stage shows at
$40. 6:25 and 8 pm.
KE1THS-"Meet the Missus,"
at 2:25, AIS, $40. 3 and
9:55 pm.
PALACE-"Captains Courage
Gus" at 2. 4:30, 7 and $50 p m.
METROPOL1TAN-"Kid Gala
had" at 2:25, 4:50. tbs and
9:45 pm.
COLUMBIA - might Must
FALL" at 2:05, 4:35, 7 and
$50 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Complete show lasts l hour
and Is minutes. continuous
from ? pm.
RIALTO-"Gallant Lady" at
2:05. Sis and 8:25 pm. Rom
an Scandals" at $3.50, 6:45 and
9:55 pm.
L1TTLE-"Dark Angel" at $50,
$50, tbs and $40 pm.
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Now It's Dorothy Vernon.

nOROTHY VERNON hereafter will
be the screen name Of 16-year-
old Marilyn Miller, recently signed to
term contract by R-K-O Radio and
currently playing In 1ngenue role In
Annapolis Salute" The young pros
pect. whose family name Is Miller,
was christened Marilyn because OF
her mothers admiration for Marilyn
Miller, the late Ziegfeld star.
Scenes for Annapolis Salute" with
James Ellison, Marsha Hunt and
Harry Carey featured, were filmed at
the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Robert Sisk is the producer. Christy
Cabanne the director.
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Seeks New Faces.

ROB MAYO. casting director for Co.
lumbia Studios, and Patricia Farr,
his actress wife, are en- route East
on combined business, and pleasure
Jaunt. Mayo will look for new screen
faces in New Orleans. New York,
Madison. Wis, his home town. and
Chicago.
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Bofes at Radio.

John BOLES will return to R-K-O
Radio June % to team with Ann
Sothern in Don't Forget to Remem-
ber,' film version Of an original story
by David Garth. AL Lewis will pro-
duce, with Joseph santley directing
Walter Abel, who came back to
Hollywood a few days ago after 20
weeks on tour with Katharine Cor
nell in "Wingless Victory" and Will
liam Brisbane also will be in the cast
OF the new feature. Boles recently
completed Stella Dallas' with Bar
bara Stanwyck.
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Coming
Attractions
Downtown Theaters
Book Films for :
Next Week. .
= 0ARLE-"Another Dawn" with
4 Kay Francis and Enrol Flynn
together for the first time and

~ Kay Francis and Enrol Flynn
together for the first time and
Ian Hunter and F1ieda Ines
court in the supporting cast. Set
ting Is British garrison off in Iraq,
where lot Of excitement can happen.
On the stage therell be Owen Nc
Giveney (you know his bill Sykes')
the Three Were Bros, Arren and
Broderick. and a couple of other acts.
Bill starts Friday.
Capitol-War-st stricken Spain comes
to the screen as the background TO.
the drama, Last Train From Ma
drid." The players are Dorothy La
mour, Gilbert Roland, Karen Morley,
Lionel Atwill, Anthony Quinn. Helen
Mack. Lew Ayres. others. The va
riety vaudeville bill will be headlined
by Comics Smith and Dale and Screen
Songster Joe Morrison. Starts Fri
day.
Keith's-Joe E. Browns new COM
edy, Riding on Air" turns him into
a snall-town newspaper man who
outsmarts a gang of big-city conf
dence men. His leading lady is Flor
ence Rice, and there's comedy sup
port by Guy Kibbee. Opens Wednes-
day.
Palace-"A Day at the Races" the
new Marx Bros. madhouse, is due
to follow Captains Courageous" This
will not be this coming Friday, and
1t may even not be the Friday after.
Metroplitan-One of the gayest of
the years cinema comedies, Il met
Him in Paris" comes down here to
continue the local success it started
with a week at the Earle. Claudette
Colbert, Melvyn Douglas and Robert
Young are the stars. Director Wes-
ley Ruggles and Writer Claude Bin
yon are stars, too.
Columbia-"Parnell," the M-G-M
screen version of the play, starts
Friday. Clark Gable and Myrna Low
are the top members of the cast.
Lhtle-"Dark Angel with Merle
Oberon, Leslie Howard and Fredric
March. comes back today for weeks
revival.
Rialto-The revival bill, starting to-
day, teams Ann Hardings Gallant
Lady" with Eddie Cantors Roman
Scandals"
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Irish Gifts Ornament
Literature Of Stage
Recognition Given by Anderson in His Re-
marks Before Critics Directs Attention
to Qualities in Gogarty Work.
By Richard Watts. T.

HIS speech acceptance before the New York Drama Critics Circle
awarded critics
Maxwell Anderson outlined
quote him from think that
damast he said
the Irish the best English
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Before Publication.

CAMUEL GOODWIN has purchased
the screen rights to 1.-THE Duchess
OF Broadway" soon-to-be published
novel by Barry Trivers and Robert
Andrews,
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Stage May Grade Wares
AS Screen AbandOns Idea
Broadways Intent to Follow HOLLYWOOD
Comes Just When Latter Decides It
Doesn't Want to Lead.
BY Jay Carmodv.

~d1NeS quite dth
Broadway nlavs
hollywood grades movies designating another class
D. nu stopping well this side of
e whole thing rating the idea Gin momens the yy
Aviation OF the legitimate ~ ~ '
the face of this bow its wisdom thing you may be sure
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Outdoor
.Amusements
Moonlight Cruises and
Parks Offer Heat
Relief.

1GHT bathing is just as pleas
ant as swimming by daylight
out at Glen Echo Park, where
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-10
YOU KNOW IT'S so

The notion is constantly spread that President
Roosevelt is man of marvellous ability and poll
tician of unparalleled skill. 1t may be so. we
pose this question: were the subsidies to cotton.
the WPA and PWA allotments, the "relief,' with
drawn and the new Offices abolished how many
supporters would remain to him in South Caro-
lima? Had he balanced the budget the last two
years several congressman in South Carolina would
have deserted him. He may be man of great
ability but there is no measure to apply to him,
for the reason that no other president in time OF
peace has spent any sum comparable with the
thirty thousand millions of dollars that his ad
ministration has spent in less than five years. He
has increased the public debt to the tallest peak in
history the period of the World war not excepted.
He may be man of SURPRISING mentality, but
any man, however dumb, who, with a congress
trading with him. could have gotten his clutches
on one-fourth the money that the Roosevelt ad-
ministrationS have had to scatter would be esteem
ed the greatest president of all times" You know
that's so.-Charleston News and Courier
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS ,
BENUMBEp BY PAINLESS TAXES

In spite of the enormity of the taxes they pay
the American people are still half asleep as 10 '"e
fearsomeness of this burden which they pear
Probably, this calousness is caused by the cir
cumstance that such a huge proportion OF inc az
gregate tax bill is covered up and strikes upon
the people in Disguise sort OF painless ihP'nse
ment upon their pocketbooks
Perhaps also, the American people really 40
not know what taxes they are paying, so re" VI
them being subject to the direct method OF sepa-
rating them from their tithes and offerings 1or
public service.
Actually, under the existing tax structure IN
free America, it is virtually impossible Tor any
man to say with certainty exactly HOW MUCH ne
pays for the support of government, or what ne
gets in return.
Here the figures regarding direct and lndi-
rect taxes as compiled by the Tax Policy League
from the best available estimates
The combined tax revenue of federal, state and
local governments in 1887, will be approximately
S12,50O, 100000
Of this the federal government will collect So
500 000, 900, of which $267O, 100000, or 4S4 per
cent, will come from customs, liquor, payroll, to-
bacco, gasoline and lengthy miscellany of other
indirect taxes.
State governments will collect S2700,O0O,O 900,
of which $4,000 000, 900, IA per cent will come
from indirect taxes, chiefly sales, gasoline and
liquor, and so per cent of the $4,000, 000 900 that
local governments will collect likewise will come
from indirect taxation.
Throughout the nation, SO per cen. of all tax
revenue will come from indirect levies.
In the face of these facts, it is not surprising
that the masses are usually in favor Of some form
of new public service from which they expect ire
mendously to benefit without having to pay for it,
as they kid themselves into believing.
1t may also account for the circumstance that
even though congress may appropriate nine billion
dollars as it did during its recent session, multi
tudes are totally unconcerned to the seriousness
of such wild and profligate spending of the public
funds
Conceivable, also, is it that the Psychology pro-
duced upon the public mind by the clever strategy
of concealed taxes has made the people immune to
the personal peril to them in having the national
debt run up to the dizzy total of more than $780,
900, 100000.
But direct or disguised, taxes now being laid
upon the American people threaten to pave the
way for the undoing of the nation and all of its
people of all classes and ondtions-Charlotte
Observer.
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lo.BILLIoN.DoLLAR CONGRESS?

1t seems to be difficult to determine exactly how
much money the last session of congress authorized
to be spent
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia not long ago
estimated the total at nine billion, four hundred
million dollars. But now comes Congressman John
Taber of New York, with a little sharper pencil
and calculates the amount at around ten and a
quarter billions Included in this total are what
are called "reappropratons," or money appropri-
ated but not expended last year and authorized to
be spent this year. But even leaving all these out
the total would be around nine and half billions
of new" expenditure and authorizations.
But whatever the exact figure, it is rather clear
from such calculations that the ECONOMY" move
ments of the last session lacked lot of Clicking
In the face of that situation, it is not difficult to
understand the average citizens inability to share
in the optimistic views of certain officials concern
ing balanced budget at any time soon.-Green-
vile News
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BIBLE THOUGHT
ONLY A WORD
TRIBUTE TO A CHRISTIAN LEADER

The Rev. E. Gibson Davis, pastor OF the
First Baptist church of Ashevllle, trans
fers to the First Baptist church OF spar
tanburg. The move is OF more than pass
ing interest in Hendersonville and TINS sec
ton, where DR.. Davis is widely and well
known and has a host Of friends. AS All
Asheville pastor, a leader in civic organi-
cations, a citizen of impressive talents and
attachments, Mr.. Davis was in frequent
contact with many of our people. His resi-
dence in Spartanburg will be approximate
" twice the distance from Hendersonvllle
of his former residence in Asheville, but
at that Spartanburg is one of our nearest
city neighbors; and it is not too far away
for Mr.. Davis to continue his friendly and
inspiring relations with our people.
His numerous friends in this city and
section will continue to be interested in
DIR. Davis and his work and their friendly
interest and appreciation and hearty good
wishes follow to his new field.
The standing of the Baptist pastor in
his Asheville church and in that city is in
dictated by the tribute of The Asheville
Citizen, which says of the departure OF
DR.. Davis to Spartanburg:
There are few closer relationships than that of
pastor and people; and the severance Of this rela-
tionship is AN affecting thing when the pastorate
has been as fruitful that of the Rev. E. Gibson
Davis at the First Baptist church of this city.
Preaching from his pulpit, ably and forcefully,
Gospel sermons that inspire in others the spirit of
reverence which they themselves exhibit, and ex-
ereising in the community, with enviable energy
and fine intelligence, and widely helpful influence,
Mr.. Davis will be missed by the people of Ashe-
vile as well as by the people of the congregation
he has served here.
1.-The Citizens best wishes and the best wishes,
we are sure of those who have known him in
Asheville will be with him as he goes to Spartan
burg to carry forward there the work for which he
has been commissioned and to which he has conse-
Grated his rich talents and fine personality"
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FIRST ON THE LIST?

Albert l.. Warner writing in the New York
Herald Tribune from Washington, says it has been
learned that President Roosevelt has given an nti-
mate political friend the clear impression that if
he had to choose among possible successors in the
White House his personal inclination at this stage
of affairs would be towards Senator Robert M.
LaFolette of Wisconsin.
LaFollette is member of the Progressive party
which at present has little weight outside the state
of Wisconsin He is not member of the presi-
dents party
It will be interesting to note how some of the
Democratic party "loyalists," who have been fight
ing tooth and toena for the chief executive, will
react to the suggestion ,-Greenville Piedmont.
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ACROSS the Potomac FROM
IA Washington in the hallowcd
ground of Arlington National
Cemetery rest 10000 American
patriots. White Getty OF the De-
parted" Arlington is ore of the
most remarkable. monuments to
national courage and love Of
country ever conceived.
The federal government seized
The Arlington property in 1864,
for non-payment of taxes ($92.07)
oy the owner, Mrs. Robert E. Lee.
Payment of $4,000 to Mrs. Lee
was authorized. After her death
in 1873, however, these proceed
inps were contested by her son,
who won his case in the Supreme
Court. Thereupon he sold the
property to the United States for
S150,000.
Covering 408 acres, Arlington is
The last bivouac for more than
10000 soldier dead and national
heroes. In one stately tomb the
bones of Pill unknown victims of
The Battle Of Bull Run repose. In
Arlington, too, rests the Unknown
Soldier of the World War.
Latest addition to Arlington is
the Memorial amphitheater. built
of white marble and overlooking
the peaceful Potomac. 1t provides
seating capacity for thousands
during memorial services. The
amphitheater is shown on u 1923
lanD