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for 48 hours, not because Sne
thought the defendant guilty,
but because she did not like his
attorney and, to use her own
words, would not help him win
a case if we have to stay here
until Christmas
Men try cases with their
heads, not their hearts. They
go home, sleep soundly and
awake clear-headed. But the
woman does not use her head
at all. At the end Of the day
every nerve is Screaming-she's
a nervous wreck for fear she may
do wrong. I lost 10 pounds dur
ing my three months Of jury
duty and wouldn't go through
that experience again for $50
a day. KEEP WOMEN OFF
JURIES, I SAY!
MRS. PEARL ALLGOOD,
Aged %. Bell Gardens, Cal"
($10 prize winner.
\
A grand battle, but still I'm
wondering-WHO'S THE WIN.
NER?
And now a short but powerful
sermon on THE AMERICAN
TRAGEDY OUR OUTDOOR
BILLB CARDS" And the
preacher is only 13-ALLAN
SEGAL, of LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Dear Miss Robinson:
1.-THE worlds most beautiful
scenery is here in America. But
how many Of our 100000
ever see it, blocked as it is by
a monStrous conglomeration Of
wood, glue, paper and paint
which informs us that we should
use 'BLA-BLA FOR A BEAUTI-
Full SMILE!
ogden Nash once wrote, in
more than jest
I think that I shall never see
"A Billboard lovely as q tree;
Perhaps until the Billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all!'
Something beside humor lies
in those words. I once heard
someone say that 'billboards are
everyone's pleasure. The color.
ing is gay, the wording is en-
joyable.' But I wonder how can
ANYONE get enjoyment from a
sign that says, Fine funerals at
lowest prices
1T pays to advertise. Every
reliable establishment has q
right to. But have they a right
to hog the scenery? No! AND
PARTICULARLY NOT NOW,
WHEN WE NEED BEAUTY
AND INSPIRATION AS NEVER
BEFORE.
ALLAN SEGAL, aged 10.
John Burroughs Junior High
School, 100 N. Vista st., Los
Cal"
($5 prize winner.)
X X X
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ing letters to The Gang.
Dear Elsie Robinson:
Il advise Doris Mosebach to
have a little more respect for her
own sex. From actual expert.
ence as a trial juror in the Los
Angeles county civil courts, I
have found that women jurors
are usuall.' better fitted for jury
duty than men. When it comes
to sickly sentimentality and
crooked reasoning, the men
take all the honors.
zone male juror 1Danted to
render a Uerdict against an in
Sured bus company solely be-
cause they 1Dere 10edlthy and 1t
wdS our duty to stick them to
the limit. Another man 1Uanted
to give an old lady a huge sum
OF money for an improved in.
jury. Just because the mean old
railroad company had forced
her to come to court instead OF
settling 1Dith her Immediately.
One man reported so drunk he
1OGS unfit for SerDice. HIS little
spree cost the county a great
deal of money. One prosperous
gentleman suggested that We
withhold a uerdict for several
hours so we could get q free
meal.
Women are more conscien-
tious than men. They have a
keener sense Of responsibility to-
ward society and a greater re-
Spect for law. They are not
only better informed on social
problems but are quicker to de-
tect fraud and trickery. OF
course, there are many stupid
women jurors and many intel
ligent men jurors. The fault
lies not with either sex but with
the system.
irrespective jurors should be
subjected to more rigid examina-
ton. They should be made to
witness two or more court trials
and be tested on their under.
standing Of those cases. If the
tests were designed to determine
the emotional balance of the
jurors, lot of sentimental Sob
sisters Of both sexes would be
eliminated, and poor blind JUS
tice would have at least an even
break.
OPAL TAYLOR, aged %,
Manhattan Beach, Cal"
($10 prize winner)
Sounds wonderful, Opal. But
here's PEARL ALLGOOD, of
BELL GARDENS, CALIFORNIA,
who says 'tiSn't so!
Dear Elsie Robinson:
II heartily agree that women
aren't fit for jury duty. I know
whereof I speak, for served on
a jury myself and when it was
over, wS.s emotionally squeezed
dry. I agonized over every
criminal convicted and ran the
gamut of remorse, indecision and
joy over every one released!
"When the Jurors 90 to de.
Hberate, you 1Uill find the men
sitting quietly. talking the case
over. But the 1Donen!!!!!...
Some of them are Sobbing oUer.
the prisoners Dite or mother. :.
others are Shrilly accusing the
men jurors of being 'bruteS'..
and the rest of the girls UiH
be exchanging cooking recipes
and snapshots of their children.
IT WILL ADMIT FRANKLY
THAT I DID NOT HEAR HALF
THE EVIDENCE. I WAS TOO
BUSY IMAGINING MY BOY
IN THE CRIMINALS PLACE
AND TRYING THE CASE
THROUGH A HEART-BROKEN
MOTHERS EYES!
"I saw one woman hold out
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He was born
in this coun-
try and it's
the fin e S t
country in
the world to
live in. He
h a S earned
most of his
fortune here.
Why not stay
here and not
t a X e his
money out Of
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look up to
him as their
No. l hero.
The tragedy
that b e + ell
might ha p
pen in any
country and
he should not
forSake h S
native la n d
for that rea-
SON."
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Of the world more If he would
come back and stick it out.
He'd be the only famous man
to be chased out by reporters"
X X X
Mrs. Marie Jones, 205 Chan
ming st. N. E., stenographer:
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1T is en-
ly up to
Lin d b e rgh
a n d W h a t.
ever his de-
cision, this
C o u n t r y
S h o III be
S a t is / e d,
as his private
life has been
Drie into
entirely too
much"
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clerk, S e a t
P l e a S a n t,
Md:
'If Lin d.
bergh prefers
England and
intends to
make it his
D e + m q nenC
h o m e, h e
should give
up his Amer
ican citizen
ship and be-
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RULES OF THE CONTEST

/. The writer Of a letter in
competition for one of the three
weekly prizes-two Of $40 each
and one Of $5-muSt be under
80 years Of age.
2. The letter must be upon
some subject Of Importance to
American youth.
3. The letter must not exceed
500 words in length.
4. The writer must give his or
her age and full name and ad-
dress, and the name Of each
writer awarded a prize will be
published.
5. To be eligible for one of the
prizes awarded each Monday a
letter must bear postmark not
later than noon of the preceding
Saturday.
6. Miss Elsie Robinson is to
be sole judge of the merits of let.
terS submitted in the contest,
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Criticizes Lady Astor

AS a brief sojourner in this
mans commonwealth and a
faithful peruser of it's daily
newspapers, I am moved by
printed reports Of what's doing
in the Virginia General Assembly
now in session, to smite me on
the brow and ask myself Am I
awake? Is this State the vaunted
Mother Of Presidents, the his
toried home of Washington. JEFF
ferson, John Marshall and Rob
ert e. Lee2"
I learn from a report carried
in the newspapers today that
Lady Nancy Astor, M. p, is be-
ing much lionized at the Ma
tional Capital. I quote q press
dispatch:
'"The Senate stopped its delib'
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R. M. Hodgson, 1914 Sixteenth
st. N. w., clerk.
mo. He should not, because
the people of America are those
who acclaimed him and who
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HAAASSA 61A
S h ould re-
m a / n a n
American citi-
zen inaSnuch
as the United
S t a t e S sup
ported him at
the time of
flig h t and
most Of his
m on e y was
made in the
U n i t e d
States"
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Job for Southern SOlons

700 TOF SOUInSTU 0OkOtS
The Southern Senators had
better start investigating the
rumor that Japan is organizing
American colored people by
promising them equal rights
under a Japanese government
here. That would be more
sensible than the anti-lynch bill
filibuster, which is making the
world think white supremacy
in the South is maintained only
by lynching colored people. I
had an idea that. white superior
ity was based on decency. F. D.
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Wise Words

They only have lived long who
have lived virtuously.-Sheri-
dan.
Poverty consists in feeling
poor.-EnerSon.
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The Inquiring|
Photographer
The Washington Times In
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you agree with Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh in his reported
plan to abandon his American
citizenship to become a British
subject?
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Admiral Leahy's Testimony

TESTIFYING most of last week before the House
Naval Affairs Committee, Admiral William D.
Leahy made some interesting and ominous observa-
The Washington times., 1938-02-07

seem to overlook the fact that
China also sells us large guam
tities Of silk, hence her product
would he affected. Over a period
of many years Japan has bought
tremendous quantities Of cotton
and hundreds Of other products.
The trade balance in our favor
aggregates many millions Of dol
lars, whereas the reverse applies
to our business relations with
China-especially during 1885
and 1896, when China sold us
about so million dollars worth
more than we bought from that
country. The netatrade balance
in our favor with Japan, during
that period, aggregates approx
J mately IS million dollars.
Talking of a boycott is one
thing, but due deliberation
should be given to the serious
effect such a move would have
upon our own workers.
M. M. THOMAS.
II
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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the United States, the land OF
his fathers"
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THE ANSWERS

Mary A. Lathram, 426 New
Jersey Ave. S. E., secretary:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Editor Names addresses Of
write be omit
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle-"The Adventures Of Robin
Hood" Enrol Flynn is the Sherwood
Forest boss man: II am. 1885, 4:20
7:10 and Gas pm. Stage shows: 1905
$50, $40 and 9:15 pm.
Capitol - Kentucky Moonshine,
the brothers Ritz go hillbilly: IL am
l:45. 4:30. 7:20 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 1850. 3:35. $40 and 9:1o pm
Metropolitan-"Torchy Blame ir
Panama" Lola Lane plays the adven.
turesome young lady: 1l:15 am. los
$50. 4:35. 6:25, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Palace-"The Adventures Of Marco
Polo" Explorer Gary Cooper meets
Princess Sigrid Gurie: IL noon, 2:25
4:50, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Columbia-"Test Pilot" the Gable
Loy-Tracy sky thriller: 1l:25 am, 2
4:35, ITO and 9:40 pm
Keith's-"Vivacious Lady" Jimmy
Stewart is Ginger Rogers leading man
in this comedy romance: 11:44 am
1:44, 3:44. 5:44, 7:44 and. 9:45 pm
"The March of Time: 1923 am.
1:23, 1913, 5:23, 1928 and 1928 pm.
Belasco-"The Life and Loves OF
Beethoven" with much OF his superb
music: 4:30, 7:25 and 1920 pm.
"Mayerling." fine film story Of the
tragedy: $50 and 8:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Con.
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-'The Wave" splendid pho
Biography and powerful story Of fight
for existence: II am, 1:25, 1855, $40
and $50 pm. THE Gay Desparado,' u
revival Of a bright comedy: 11:55 am,
2:25. 4:50, 7:20 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Rehearsals Begun
By Players Club.

EnEEN FOWLER. director of the
Players Club Of Central Com.
munity Center. has selected the cast
for "Moonshine and Honeysuckle" and
has started rehearsals, preparing to
present the play June Is at Roosevelt
High School auditorium.
Joe Joslyn and Ethel McKeon head
the cast, with other roles being played
by Lillian Harlan, Wayne Bobst, Thur
man Weaver, Jack Rollins, Cecelie
Carney, James Carroll, Joe Bourne,
Dorothy Braun. Mildred Hope, Sam
Lightman and Hugh Smythe.
An innovation is the groups use
of understudies for this show, Marian
Leigh, Ed Thrasher, Ed Lewis, William
Shaeffer and Elsie Boyce attending
all rehearsals and taking an occasional
turn at the parts. In addition to pro-
viding safeguard for the production
of "Moonshine and Honeysuckle, the
system works as part of the training
program of the Players Club.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
HooTING FROM THE CUFF

SHOOTING FROM THE CUFF -.
Stephen LeSieur pronounced
Stephen LeSieur and not Steve Le-
Soor) should feel pretty happy as he
looks ahead to season OF band
leading on the Powhatan Roof; for
didn't the fates provide him with good
omens, and didn't this weather OF
last week and yesterday let up long
enough Saturday night for 1t to be
summer when the Powhatan Roof
opened? . Anna Neagle, for her play
ing of the leading role in Victoria
the Great" has just been voted re-
sponsible for the finest performance
of the season, in a poll conducted by
Great Britain's leading fan magazine,
Picturegoer Weekly Allan Jones,
who was at the Capitol not so long
back, will be co-starred with Eleanor
Powell in new musical, now being
called Honolulu" Bay Bolger has
been called back to the coast to play
an important role in "Sweethearts, -
in which w. S. Van Dyke is guiding
Nelson Eddy and jeanette Macdonald
Pare Lorentz's THE River" will
make its first appearance in Great
Britain, not in a film theater, but on
a television broadcast today. 1t is
the first government film to be tele-
vised anywhere From j. Henry
Hiser comes news that construction
work will begin soon on the new film
house the Hiser Amusement Corp. is
erecting in Bethesda, at 6838 Wiscon-
sin avenue Col. Jason S. Joy. di-
rector of public relations for Twentieth
Century-Fox, is due in town this week,
will confer with Navy officials anent
Splinter Fleet" which the studio will
make shortly. filming some scenes at
the Naval Academy. John Ford will
direct and Richard Greene, the Brit
ish actor you first saw in -Four Men
and a Prayer" will play the leading
role.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Helen Hayes Return
To Screen Seen.

HOLLYWOOD again has beckoned
to Helen Hayes in such manner
that Americas No. stage attraction
may return to film work
For more than five years Miss Hayes
has lodged Hollywood's monetary
bouquets with the misincerpreted
statement that "the stage comes first"
In San Francisco today, appearing
In Victoria Regina" which has
crossed more than sl.000,000 in 80
weeks on the road Miss Hayes said
that If Hollywood has the right story
she will take time out from the boards
to do film role.
Virtually every studio in Hollywood
has been making offers to Miss Hayes
recently, and when asked her opinion
of the various proposals she said
If I could do another picture like
"A Farewell to Arms I would talk
business. "A Farewell to Arms is the
best thing 1 ever did-and still is.
never turned my back on Hollywood
and I never have said would not
make another movie. Don't get me
wrong. I'm not looking for job. I
have a big one right now
But I have said that could not
divide my time between the stage and
pictures-for the usual kind of Holly
wood pictures. Frankly. feel more at
homo m, the sfaoe and tho stage is
an insurance for a longer career"
Evening star., 1938-05-30

opinion) 1t is on par with the highly
effective things Robert Flaherty has
done with cameras and simple peasant
folk. Paul Strand made THE Wave"
in Alvarado, Mexico. giving simple
story OF the fishermen's struggle to
exc out a living power and force by
using the fisherfolk themselves to be
the actors and giving 1t sweeping
beauty by deft pointing of the CAM
eras. Photographically The Wave"
is superb, and as the story OF the
struggle of a people it has a force and
conviction which lift it out of its sur
roundings and make it universal.
This combination at the Belasco is
a surprising one. for neither OF the
films needs the support Of the other.
The Life and Loves OF Beethoven"
is a powerful and moving film biog-
raphy, with the composer portrayed
with a wealth Of honest feeling by
Harry Baur. The score OF the picture
is a treat for music lovers, including
Beethoven's third. fifth. seventh and
ninth symphonies and his Moon
light Sonata" all played well and
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Maude Adams Set
To Star in First
Photoplay.

MAUDE ADAMS. one Of Americas
most celebrated actresses and
most beloved troupers, whose memo
rable performances as Peter Pan, Lady
Babbie and Maggie Wylie placed her
in that inner circle Of theatrical first
ladies which includes Sarah Bern
hardt. Eleonora Duse and Ellen Terry,
will star in her first motion picture
under the banner Of David o. SelZ-
nick Miss Adams camera tests at
the Selznick International Studios re-
vealed that her remarkable stage per-
sonality can be faithfully transferred
to the screen. and production plans are
now being furthered.
Miss Adams career on the stage
began when she was baby in arms,
when at the age of 9 months she ap-
peared in The Lost Child" in her
native city Of Salt Lake. Her first
performance as leading lady was
opposite John Drew in THE Masked
Ball." under the management of
Charles Frohman. Her vital and
imaginative performance brought tre-
mendous plaudits and in September.
1897, Frohman promoted her to the
rank OF star; she made her first ap-
pearance in New York in that capacity
at the Empire Theater when she ap-
peared as Lady Babbie in THE Little
Minister" Subsequently she played
Peter Pan in Barrie's play of that
name, with such outstanding success
that the piece was played throughout
the New York season Of 1866;
the play also formed the chief attrac-
ton for her season of 1906-7. during
which she also acted in Quality
Street." "L'Aiglon" and THE Little
Minister"
The Empire Theater also first saw
her as Maggie Wylie in What Every
Woman Knows" The Legend of
Leonora" and "A Kiss for Cinderella" 7"
At the end of 1918 Miss Adams retired
from the stage and was absent for
l3 years. In 1891 she made her re-
appearance In Cleveland. Ohio. when
she played Portia in revival of The
Merchant of Venice" in which she
subsequently toured.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
CarOle Lombard Gets
Dramatic Role.

CAROLE LOMBARD, one OF the
~ screens leading condolences. has
done a sudden about-face and signed
with David o. Selznick to star in
Made for Each Other" a straight
dramatic story. The new screen story
was written by Rose Franken, author
of Another Language" Miss LAM
bard recently scored her highest COM
cry honors in Selznick's technicolor
farce comedy. Nothing Sacred" in
which she co-starred with Fredric
March.
Made for Each Other will 60 be-
fore the cameras in July. 1t will be
picturized from the screen play now
being written by 10 Swerling, whose
film work includes Mans Castle" mo
Greater Glory" washington Merry
Go-Round," forbidden" and "Diri-
gible." Director and featured cast for
the production will be announced
shortly.
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Astaire.Rogers Film
Title Is 'C.arefree.'

"CAREFREE' has been decided
upon by R-K-O Radio as the
definite title of the new Fred Astaire-
Ginger Rogers picture now facing
the cameras.
The director of this Pandro S. Ber-
man production is Mark Sandrich,
who has to his credit such hits as
Shall We Dance" Follow the
Fleet" TOP Hat" ''The Gay Di-
vorcee" and "A Woman Rebels. "
Seven melodies were specially devised
for this picture by Irving Berlin.
Astaire, who is good enough at his
golf strokes to give anybody a fight,
has golf dancing sequence in Care
free" in which he muf1s the ball re-
peatedly, is covered with shame and
derision, and then turns the trick of
going into a dance routine and wham-
ming the ball several hundred yards
out.
Luella Gear, Broadway comedienne
specially signed for this picture, is
among the headliners in the support
ing cast that includes Ralph Bellamy,
Jack Carson. Richard Lane. Kay SUIT
ton and Franklin Pangborn.
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blended skillfully into the action Of
the story.
"Mayerling" you will find tragic
romance which has the power to
strike right at your heart and wiring
tear from your eye. And romanti-
cists will readily toss aside any other
theories and happily accept this ver-
sion of the events which led up to
the tragedy at the Mayerling hunt
ing lodge. Charles Boyer and Dan
ielle Darrieux play the prince and
the lass he loved not wisely but too
well.
The Gay Desperate" the revival
which accompanies the second week Of
THE Wave" at the Little. you prob
ably will recall, for it was praised
no little when first released. It's a
lively and gay story of Mexican
bandit chief who attempts to adopt
the methods he learns from American
gangster pictures. and it is played in
a light-hearted manner by Leo Car
rillo, Nino Martini and Ida Lupino.
H. M.
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the preferred type because 1t hatterS
your civic pride and calls to mind the
fountain in Jim Farley's Post Once
Building court. But people like that
are pretty hard to interview, because
they want to ask all the questions.
Take Penny Singleton, for exam
pie. She is a Warner starlet, tall,
slim, blond and blue-eyed. Because
we pointed to Miss Singleton when
Carlisle Jones asked us who We want
ed to meet in the commissary, we were
taken right over to her table. Miss
Singleton was dressed as a coed,
being dressed as a coed involving a
pair of blue slacks, a coat that looked
like some kind of negligee and tiny.
casual hat that looked no more, or
less, silly than any other hat.
The most interesting thing about
Miss Singleton at quick glance is
her freckles. They are blue. Even
out here that is a curious if not a
surprising thing, so you look at Miss
Singleton and observe with impress
sive tact:
What silly freckles. Or are they?"
Aren't they" Miss Singleton
agrees. looking up from a plateful
of food large enough to justify "colos-
sal" if Cecil B. De Mile had not re-
served the word for use in connection
with his next picture.
Those are technicolor freckles. -
Miss Singleton explains. I'm sup
posed to be a freckled campus cutie
in a color picture, so I have to be
speckled blue in order that III look
natural on the screen. But, tell me
about Washington"
1t develops that what Miss Single
ton wants to know about specifically
Is of all things, Polls Theater.
That's the sort of thing that knocks
you right back on your heels. because
you have been thinking all the time
that starlets are things in their
teens.
You must not ask questions like
that" you tell Miss Singleton. Polls
has been just strip of grass north OF
the Department of Commerce Build
ing for so long that the memory OF
man runneth not to the contrary. You
must let us keep our illusions about
starlets being tender, young and full
OF hope. Please, please never mention
Polls to us again in connection with
yourself"
Miss Singleton promises that she
won't and by sternly refusing to an
swer her further questions, you earn
the right to ask some of your own.
One of them, a tactful query if there
ever was one. has to do with the plate
of food which Miss Singleton is so
obviously enjoying.
Don't they watch your diet?" you
ask
Sure" with amazement, says Miss
Singleton. I'm the kind of girl that
needs a lot of good solid food. You
can't be dropping flower in this
business What's more, remember that
I am up every morning at 6. I was
this morning. And here it Is
O'Clock. Ever since they speckled me
with blue freckles, I've been sitting out
on blue lagoon being made love to
in a canoe incidentally, if you would
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Stage Role Repeated
Bv Chester Morris.

TT ISN'T often that an actor gets
an opportunity to repeat his stage
successes on the screen. But Chester
Morris had that experience in making
R-K-O Radios new gangland drama,
Law of the Underworld" More than
decade ago Morris appeared In
Crime" on Broadway, the stage play
on which the film Is based. The show
ran for more than 130 performances
and its success had much to do with
giving Morris his first boost toward
stardom, for in it he played the same
leading char1cter.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Gold in the Hills
To Be Repeated.

THE Falls Church Community Thea
ter will give repeat performance
Of Gold in the Hills" three-act melo-
drama which played to a capacity
house in February, at Sis pm. Fri
day in the Madison School auditorium,
Falls Church, Va.
The original cast will appear in the
play, which is directed by Mrs. ]. H.
Chambliss. A part of the proceeds
will go toward the purchase of base
ball uniforms for the Crusaders. q
boys organization under the direction
Of Edward G. Fenwick.