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S. How late is she permitted to
stay out? About midnight.
6. Is she athletic? Yes.
7. What is her musical taste
Swing or the classics? Swing.
8. Does she have her own spend
ing money? Yes.
9. Does she buy her own clothes?
Her mother helps her.
10. Can she drive a car? Yes.
IL. Does she belong to any clubs?
Yes.
IL. Does she plan a professional
career? Yes.
13. Does she look forward to mar
riage? Yes.
IA. What are her political opin-
ions? Liberal.
Is. What is her attitude toward
her parents? Tolerant affection.
16. Is she "tomboy" or "crinoline"
feminine? Both at different times.
II. Does she discuss sex? Yes. AS
a great mystery? No. Does she
know all about it? Pretends she
does. but doesn't.
10. What are her literary tastes?
Love stories.
10. Is she aggressively independ-
ent? Yes.
20. Can she cook? No.
Put these all together and they
spell Miss America, aged 16.
Evening star., 1938-11-13


go out and they seldom entertain
more than four or six at dinner.
When they go out it's usually be-
cause of a social obligation or to
a show. After show they go horne
to eat bowl of cereal before bed
When Joan decided to knit cir
cular rug of tied-and-dyed tWine.
she kept at it and completed it in
three weeks. The rug is IL feet
across. After it was finished, Dick
noticed Joan had put on only %
instead of "a decorative little knots
of twine.
So he sat right down, being a
precise fellow who likes everything
in its place you've never seen his
hair mussed, have you? and knitted
the Oath knot. It was lop- sided, but
Dick was satisfied.
The Powels have just moved into
a big rented house while they pom
der what to build. Joan didn't like
the bachelor house Dick built, so
they bought a conventional place
They just sold that at profit
Dick wants to build in more or
less isolated section and put high
fence or hedge around the grounds
The reason would be to escape
the lockers. The Powells resent
nothing so much as amateur spies
although they realize being looked
at is part Of the price.
"1'll tell you what I'd like to do, 81
said Dick, "since you've pinned me
down to something definite: I'D
like to NOW my own lawn. But ]
can't. That's the trouble with life
in Hollywood. The neighbors
wouldn't like to see me, in bare feet
and without a shirt, pushing a
mower around. Neither would my
wife like it.
Maybe Charlie Chaplin or John
Barrymore could NOV their lawns
They're geniuses. But Grooming
juvenile so-called, would just be
showing of.
Il like to go to church occasionally
I used to sing in choirs and like tc
Join in the singing at church Blu,
if do anything like that now Id be
showing off again. When l go tt
church I don't sing. When cant
sing I don't go to church.
In other words. I'm Just a sus-
pender- snapper. I mean, I'd like
to take off my coat once in while
But in Hollywood you can't"
| Dick was explaining, not complain
ing. Success in pictures always
Evening star., 1938-11-13

cramps ones style. He admits he's
thankful for the success and glad
that people are interested enough in
him and Joan to bring about these
difficulties. If they weren't Dick
could NOW his lawn in peace, bare
footed and all-if he had a lawn
to NOV.
Joan won't permit any pictures to
be made Of their baby, Ellen manned
after Dicks mother), but many have
been made of Norman Scott, her A.
year-old by previous marriage.
Dick legally adopted Norman, who
came to regard him as a foster
father long before his mothers mar
riage
Both Joan and Dick support their
parents in Hollywood. Dick pays
the household expenses and for the
staff of servants and guards, usually
six people. He says it costs him
SIS, 900 a year for help.
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it until it COMES up," he said. "Play-
ing a historical figure is a most
difficult job. because if you deviate
from history In the slightest degree
in the interests of your story, you
are deluged with protests from
historians.
"The only other historical char
acter I can remember playing at
the moment was Wild Bill Hicock,
and that got me in trouble because
of some slight points we had in the
story that did not agree with all
historians. So you can imagine what
would happen with Lincoln"
Accompanying Cooper to the Scot
tish moors is his wife, Sandra Shaw.
who quit her own movie career when
they were married in 1888. She is
the former Veronica Balfe, once a
Park avenue debutante.
Evening star., 1938-11-13

sketched by Emily Post, Kathleen
Norris, Elizabeth Brown, Angelo
Patri and others who replied to a
Warner QUESTIONABLE which was to
serve as a guide for Bonita Gran
vile in Nancy Drew, Detective"
Most of these authorities said that
16-year -old girls smoke, either OPEN
ly or in secret. More than half of
the girls who wanted to work in the
picture said they did not smoke,
but offered to learn if it were nee
essary for the picture. 1t wasn't
necessary. Bonita, playing the title
role in the Nancy Drew series. has
never smoked and doesn't intend to
try for some time.
On most other details Of sub-deb
life the girls themselves agreed
quite closely with the experts on
youthful feminine psychology. From
the voluminous collection of opin-
ions and confessions" compiled by
Warmers in research preparation
for the picture the following COM
post portrait of Sweet Sixteen has
been evolved:
/. Does she smoke? No.
2. Does she use lipstick and rouge?
Yes.
3. Does she have boy friends?
Yes. A steady? Yes.
T. Does she 60 out nights? Yes.
Unchaperoned? Yes.
Evening star., 1938-11-13
COMING
ATTRACTIONS

Stage.
NATIONAL-"Herod and Mari
anne" the new play which
brings katharine Cornell
back to us, opens its one
week engagement tomorrow
night.
THE Sisters" film
version of Myron Brings
novel. directed by Anatole
Litvak and co-starring Bette
Davis and Enrol Flynn, opens
Friday. The stage bill will
be headlined by Dancers
CLANCY and Fox and will
have once more the 16 Earle
RoXyettes.
CAPITOL-Here Friday will be
Joan Crawford's latest, The
Shining Hour" story OF a
dancer, in which she has such
able co-stars as Margaret
SULLIVAN, Melvyn Douglas,
Robert Young and Fay Balm
ter. Harriet Hoctor and her
supporting ballet will be held
over on the stage.
KEITH H'S-"Service de Luxe,
new comedy starring Con-
stance Bennett and intro
ducing to film fans Vincent
Price of the stage, is next
here, following the current
run of The Mad Miss Man.
ton"
METROPOLITAN-"Men With
Wings" the technicolor his
tory of mans triumph over
the air. with Louise Camp
bell, Ray Milland and Fred
MacMurray, comes back Fri
day for another downtown
week.
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SoAlASooSAA viz oAAAy ScAAAAS Az eAASS&6AAe
he could kill ever again would be
cock reaches. Nevertheless, he is
taking a vacation from Hollywood
to find out.
II know now I could never kill a
deer again, and I'll know when I
get to Scotland if I'm still the big,
bad wolf and can be the hunter" :"
he commented. I've found I'm
becoming nature lover. or, perhaps,
I'm just growing up. You know that
elusive African game-the dix diks.
So many times on lean safari they
pop up just at the time that food Is
most needed, and they are very
elusive game to kill. They are such
beautiful animals I don't think I
would have the heart to hunt again
unless it was necessary for food
Editors Note.-The dik-dlk is
small African gazelle with not much
more edible meat on them than the
large American jackrabbit. But,
they are plentiful and were a large
source of meat supply to the troops
in the Ethiopian war when
food supplies from back of the front
lines were cut OFF,
This marked eight years since this
reporter last talked to Cooper and
there was little change evident. He
is slim, sunburned and his blond
hair reflects the light oddly so that
it seems gray at times. He wears
conservative clothes and says that
fans rarely recognize him in public
unless he stands around in one place
100 long.
He is still the silent type unless
rou talk about things he is interested
in, and then he will talk your head
of. He humorously ridicules those
who try to get him to talk about MS
deal of the American girl, his idea
If sex appeal (he arrived in New
York still bit ruffled by the galaxy
Of girls that sWarmed on him IN
Chicago on his way East or ms
reaction to swing music.
But, he will talk about Africa and
hunting and his latest picture, The
Cowboy and the Lady and his next
picture, to be made when he re-
turns from Europe, The Last
Frontier This latter is to be a
story of the American scouts in the
Philippines.
On his one night here he went to
see the Broadway hit" Abe Lincoln
in Illinois, the principal role OF
which it has been reported he Will
play when it is sold to pictures. ,
II wouldn't know about that, and
. I'm not going to get excited about
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Graham
Continued From First Page)

minus a contract, and I doubt
whether at any time his salary ex-
ceeded Maureen's approximate ST.
500 a week.
Buddy Rogers would have been a
good catch-hnancially-for almost
any one else-but Mary Pickford
who had, and has, millions against
Buddy's thousands.
Ditto to ,Franchot Tone, whose
salary in the four figure class looked
big until compared with Joan Craw-
ford's, then 100000 a year.
Rich wife-poor man marriages
that hit the divorce or separation
rocks include Joan Blondell's with
Cameraman George Barnes: the late
Jean Harlow's with Cameraman Hal
Rosson; Bette Davis with Orchestra
Leader-now-t turned agent Harmon
Nelson; and Constance Benefits
with the Marquis de la Falaise, who
also married Gloria Swanson at the
height of her earning power
Dr. Francis Griffin, we'll known
New York doctor, would be consid-
cred money catch for her daughter
by any other mama except Irene
Dunn's. It is impossible for any
doctor to make $150,000 for a few
weeks work-Irene's stipend per pic
ture.
Tony Martin would be accounted
very we'll paid anywhere except in
Hollywood and by most girls out
side Hollywood But he happens to
have married Alice Faye.
Jean Arthur has attempted to
overcome the bugaboo of possessing
more money than her husband by
making him her manager. Ditto
Gladys Swarthout and Grace Moore
It is a significant fact that all these
managerial marriages are success
full.
INCEST of all the poor husband
wealthier-wife duos is that of Betty
Cradle and Jackie Coogan. Betty
thought Jackie had at least million
dollars in the bank when she mar
ried him. 1t turned out to be in
some one else's bank, but Betty didn't
quit on that account. And threw
in her finances-as we'll as her lot
with the lucky Mr. Coogan.
Copyright 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Two MOreCast

Gene Lockhart and Betty Comp
son have checked in at Paramount
to start work in Hotel Imperial, 4"
in which Isa Miranda and Ray Mil
land are co-starred.
In addition. Michael Werboff, in
ternationally famous portrait paint
er. also was called for his first day
OF film work, deserting his studio
temporarily to turn actor in order
to study Miss Miranda for the por-
trait he is painting.
Robert Florey is directing the
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Bonita Granville to Follow
A Composite Portrait
By Carlisle Jones.
HOLLYWOOD.


young
eight girls
the qualifications.
them wife and mother She left baby
while the studio casting
unkissed is.
Evening star., 1938-11-13

Little Mother" has been selected
by R. x. o. Radio for Ginger Rog-
ers' next solo starring vehicle.
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Just a Suspender Snapper
Is This Lad Dick Powell
He'd Like to Now the Front Lawn, Too
And Wife Joan Blondell Can
Knit Like Fiend
By Hubbard Keavy.
Associated Press Stan Writer.
HOLLYWOOD.
fastest knitter and


just spent foksy with Holywoods
her husband would-be uspender snapper.
right nice folks these Dick Pow great home bodies and
fond Of their children their
she likes knit I'll take Dicks that he
at heart since he unable to demonstrate
Powels
Evening star., 1938-11-13
ANU SEMENTs.
Gary to Roam Scottish MOOrs
To See If He's Still a Hunter
The Lean MIR. Cooper Once Bold
Huntsman, Finds He's Becoming
A Nature Lover
By Mark Barron.
By Mark Barron.
Associated Press Stan Writer.


luncheon with
reverted to the tenderfoot
veteran has climbed
ekked African safars hunt
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Alunnae Luncheon
Next Saturday.

The Washington Chapter Of the
Alumnae Of St. Joseph's College,
Emmitsburg, Md. will hold the an
nual closing luncheon and bridge on
Saturday at 1880 pm. at the Colum-
bia Country Club. Miss Mary Colum-
bus, regent of Washington Chapter.
will preside. Mrs. John A. Reilly is
in charge of arrangements.
Miss Louise Sebold of Emmitsburg,
national president, will be a guest.
Others attending the luncheon and
bridge will be Mrs Daniel O'Don-
oghue, Mrs. Walter Distler, Miss
Pauline Fqannery, Mrs. Frances Coli
bart, Mrs. Dwight Bracken, Mrs.
Francis Emmet, Mrs. Robert Conlon,
Mrs. Peter Faerber, Mrs. Frank
Roach, Mrs Armitead Burroughs,
Mrs. Jere Walsh, Mrs. Ferdinand
Hermens, Mrs. Mary De Burr, Mrs.
Robert Studds, Mrs. John Mcdonald,
Mrs. Edward Talbot, Mrs Thomas
Devlin and the Misses Margaret Nc
Kiever, Agnes Stock, Margaret Dunn,
Mary Martha Golibart, Blanche May
Golibart, Madeline King, Honor
Keane, Rose Mcdonald, Marie Rob-
ertscn, Margaret Thompson and
Frances Edelen.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Phi Delta Gammas
Will Meet Today.

Phi Delta Gamma, national sorority
for graduate women, will meet this
afternoon at the home Of Miss Frances
Alexander, 72l4 Blair road NV, with
the newly-elected officers in charge.
They are: President. Mildred Green:
vice president, Nellie Shannon; record
ing secretary. Clara Hitler: corre-
spending secretary, Rose Wildman;
treasurer. Helen Knight Crane; his
torian, Marguerite Vogeding; editor,
Ruth Kemp, and registrar, Elizabeth
Fielden. The meeting will be con-
cluded with musical program by Miss
Sara Lerch, the retiring president.
Mildred Green and Sara Lerch,
delegates, and Helen Knight Crane
and Helen Fadden, alternates, will at
tend the Phi Delta Gamma National
Convention June "A to 20 at Pocono
Manor, Pa.
The Washington Alumnae Associa-
ton of Phi Mu Sorority will hold
its last meeting Of the season Tues
day at pm. at the home of Mrs. F.
Nelson Strawbridge. 2210 Nichols ave-
nue. Sc. Plans for the coming ma
tional convention at Asheville, N. c.,
July 10 to IA will be discussed.
Newly-elected officers are: Mrs. Har-
old Stepler. president; Mrs Donald
Christy, vice president; Miss Elva
Krogh. recording secretary: Miss Flor
ence Evans, corresponding secretary.
and Mrs. F. N. strawbridge, treasurer.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Woman's Clubs

pm, Epiphany Branch, dessert"
party with Mrs. Grace Berry, 55l8
Chevy Chase parkway NV. Sat-
urday, 3 to pm, annual garden
party for all members of the So
ciety in the diocese of Washington
at Holiday House.
Business Womens Council, Covenant
First Presbyterian Church-Annual
missionary dinner, Tuesday, 7 pm,
in the chapel Of the church Speaker
and guest of honor, Miss Lucille
Smith, home missionary teacher at
Brevard College, Brevard. N. c.
Members may bring guests. For res
ervations call Miss Elizabeth Groves.
Curley Club Strawberry festival,
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Metzger, Seminary Hill, Alexandria,
Va. Group will assemble at the
Continental Hotel at pm. Regular
club meeting. Thursday, 8:l5 pm.
Dancing and cards.
Hadassah-Annual spring luncheon,
Wednesday, 1890 pm, Mayfiower
Hotel Speaker, Mrs. David B.
Greenberg of Mount Vernon, N. Y.
community Clubs.
Petworth Woman's Club Annual
meeting, Monday, pm, Petworth
School. Reports of the years work
by officers. section and committee
chairmen. Club luncheon, Friday, l
pm, Congressional Country Club.
Mrs. Carl K. Maholm, general chair
man. Mrs. Raymond S. Hart. trans
portation chairman. y"
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Mrs. Paul Here
For Reunion.

Mrs. Paul, widow of DR.. Edward
A. Paul, who was superintendent OF
the old Washington High School, now
known as Central High School,, Is
the guest of DR.. Julia Green for sew
eral days. Mrs. Paul came to attend
the reunion Of the class of 1883 at
Washington High School and will be
the guest of honor at the party Tues
day evening at the Washington Ho-
tel which has been arranged for the
members of that class. DR.. Paul met
q tragic death shortly before the grad
uation of the class of 1888.
Arrangements for the party are be-
ing made by Or, Harry Wheaton How
ard, assisted by Mrs. Mabel Coleman
Fishback, widow of Mr.. Frederick l..
Fishback, who also was member of
the class of 1888, and MIS-. Adelia
Doolittle Bauer.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
P. (. 0. Sisterhood.

Chapter G met Tuesday for lunch
con at the Columbia Country Club,
when the president, Mrs. John A.
Smith, presided at the business ses-
sion which followed.
Mrs. Harry L. Underwood, program
chairman, outlined the coming years
meetings and Mrs. Richard z. Claush-
ton reported proceedings of the State
convention. A Short story was pre-
sented by Mrs. Luther F. Speer. A
special guest was Mrs. Robert G. Tracy.
The occasion took the form OF a
homecoming for the following mem
bers, who, because of illness or absence
from the city, had been unable to at
tend meetings for some months: Mrs.
Faber Stevenson, Mrs. w. G. Waldo,
Mrs. George Middleton, Mrs. Walter
Reed, Mrs. Richard L. Hoxie and Mrs.
Robert c. Sheriff..
This meeting closed activities for the
season.
Chapter G celebrated its s2d ami
versary at . meeting at the home of
Mrs. Bertha Mattocks. Mrs. Mary
Ashley OF Florida was guest
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Memorial Rites.

The Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett was the
speaker at the memorial exercises held
last Monday at the Argonne Cross in
Arlington National Cemetery by the
American Womens Legion of the
World War. Following the address,
Mrs. Charles Demonet, the national
president, placed a wreath of palms
and white peonies at the bast of the
cross. TAPS" sounded by a bugler
from Fort Myer, concluded the cere-
mony.
Representatives from the George
Baldwin Mccoy, Quentin Roosevelt,
Gen. Leonard Wood and Gen. Charles
A. Doyen units were In attendance.
Services were also held at the graves
OF George Baldwin Mccoy, son of the
late Judge and Mrs. Walter I. Mccoy,
an.-. Gen. Wood. Color bearers at all
Of the services were two Boy Scouts,
Oliver Turner and Warren Starbard.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Civic and Study Clubs.


Women's City Club-Meetings at the
clubhouse, 1856 jackson place NV.
Wednesday $50 pm, business and
professional group dinner. Speaker,
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, retiring
president. will tell of her recent
trip around the world Mrs Clifford
Lewis presiding Thursday $50 pm,
informal dinner with program; Mrs
May Belle Raymond, hostess. Fri
day pm, luncheon: Friday after
noon, Bridge Club sections final
meeting of the season Prize to be
presented by Mrs. Wiley. Mrs.
George B. Hartman, hostess. Sat-
urday, 1880 pm, bridge luncheon
in the club garden; Mrs. Raymond
H. Keller, hostess.
American Association of University
Women-Meeting at the clubhouse,
1884 street NV. Monday, pm,
tea; Miss Floreine Hurley. soloist;
Mrs. Harold Morrison, hostess.
Miscellaneous Clubs.
Columbia Floral Circle-Outing and
picnic tomorrow with Mrs. Lillian
c. Timberlake. at North Beach, Md.
Luncheon at 1890. For transporta-
ton arrangements call Ge. 1886.
Women's Auxiliary to the Railway
Mail Association - Study group,
Monday, 1880 pm, with Mrs. r. E.
Plymale, 1858 Seventeenth street.
Arlington, Va.
Girls Friendly Society-Monday, $50
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Join in Services.

William B. Gushing Auxiliary No.
4, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil
War, took part in the observance OF
Memorial Day at Holy Rood Gene
terry, Oak Hill. and the Abbey Mauso-
leum at Arlington. A wreath was also
placed by the department on the
Tomb of the Civil War Unknown.
The department convention will be
held in Baltimore June 14-15 at the
Lord Baltimore Hotel, the president,
Mrs. Bertha Rannels, presiding. Mrs.
Carolyn Little is the president OF the
auxiliary.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Help for Cupid.

MADISON. Wise. (P.-"Oldsters"
were urged by Miss Zoe Bayliss, as
sistant dean Of women at the Univers-
ity of Wisconsin, to provide places for
honest love-making" for young
people.
Love among young people in the
springtime is inevitable" she told the
university housemothers' association.
I'VE must keep good parlors where
young people can meet on a good
social basis. We must look upon love
making as natural and normal"
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Takoma Park Women's Club
Is Asset to Community
Sponsored First PIT. A. and Red
Gross Chapters and
Health Center.
BY RUTH MONTGOMERY,

years of its the
a
with the continuing problems
and by
worthy
the
section
Takoma period
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Hibernian Auxiliary.

A junior division OF the Ladies'
Auxiliary will be formed today at 3
O'Clock at the Mayfower Hotel by Mrs.
D. M. Stanton, vice president of the
District Board. She will be assisted
by the Rev. Timothy N. Maccarthy.
district chaplain; Miss Teresa Collins,
district president, and the vice presi-
dents Of the other divisions.
Division No. viii meet at the
home Of Miss Mary q. Cleary, 1904
Thirteenth street NE. Bingo and re-
freshments win follow the business
meeting.
Evening star., 1938-06-05

s. C.. Mrs. Clagett Is the former
Miss Margaret Speir. 7Ts
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh McKinnie, with
their young son, are planning to leave
the latter part Of this month for CHI
cago, where they will spend a few.
weeks. *
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Potter and
their two sons, Douglas and Billy, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Tatterfall of
Ware, Mass, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Earnest Potter in Takoma Park.