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entertained if the figures were of
conventional stripe.
NOVELTY in presentation is being
sought in all lots and while none
of the efforts are breathtaking, they
tend to revoluioniZe picture making
and many of them provoke a pleas
urable reaction among the customers
"Carefree," the new Fred Astaire- Gin
ger Rogers film at R-K-O, is resort
ing to long sequences in which lyrics
will take the place of dialogue. The
studio promises that the yarn will be
a departure from formula and should
revive interest in the pair which lag
ged because of the repetitious quail
ity of their last two offerings While
dancing comes under the general head
ing of amusement, it Is regarded in
a different light by Astaire. For six
weeks the dancer rehearsed six hours
a day-a total of 216 hours-which will
be resolved into four minutes on the
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Without a Name.

A Lam CURTIS and Sam Levene
have been cast as "the guy with
thin lips" and "the guy with a leer''
in M-G-M's "Shopworn Angel" with
Margaret Sullivan, James Stewart and
Walter Pidgeon. The two actors are
known throughout the picture only
by those phrases and have no charac-
ter names although their parts run
throughout the story Curtis made
his film debut with Joan Crawford in
"Mannequin." Both he and Levene
have just finished parts in yellow
Jack"
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Interview With Kiepura
Is Game of Charades
And Very Amusing
Tenor Who Fought Hollywood
Likes 1t Nevertheless.
Miss Heming's Career.
By jay Carm0dy.

INTERVIEW with Jan Kiepura, the great
n Mr. Kepua the Polish
interviewing him Before the session question
Mr. involves
everything exeu juggling
on MS handsome mobile face the mockns ones with downright
ireverent M There snatches Of fitting
else one knows and something far hter than in tho % ~ ~ m @
1t is like Kiepura
difficulty understanding
an engaging confusion that even he finds amusing
the mind his
have had dagreeabe moment He gives the IMPRESSION
being artist and
be amabe
person suc Aoo z Samuel Goodwin L. Mayer Jack Warner
Regardless of how Hollywood feels
him with profit he has the highest admiration
what the movies the cinema
And closing
take good idea and make good picture You with your
can take good idea and made grand Great The advantages
making pictures Ensho market
patrons The Germans reach only onhrd
THE practical Kpura
boadcastng
should be the subject incidentally of his
These 25 cents people Mr. Kepua meaning free translation
the l4year-od mind know what
the
1t must make sense in the they
Mr. Kepu has for these 2 thinks
they ought always have their moneys WORTH and That why
he scraps often with picture producers.
The Charm OF La Bohem screen adaptation of the which
makes of most of te pleasant of the original
had saw bah" and The German word m anesce" (which %
had intention Of third
Any Hollywood
either
and admres the industry While
he will
proud
Metropolitan will
the will chaades with
o.
captivating divorce "Y My Darling Daughter probably
Three centuries OF followed
The
the the
incidentally nothing
English
while all Americans English.
The fact that the Eemng prominent English
noabes
1887
heroine
correctly has
sending for
publicity Bradnas
that it will
be than few minutes after the schedule has been
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Color Takes
Next Week
Two Films Provide
Comparison in
Technique.
By Harry Macarthur.

- TUDENTS of the cinema and its
advances will have an oppor-
tunity, come Friday. to see how
- far along technicolor has come
in the last couple of years. And any
Of those interested in the subject will
not have to rely on memory, either,
for there will be opportunity for direct
comparison. At Loew's Capitol will be
the latest color epic (and after reading
all the publicity it can't be called any
thing less than that, Her Jungle
Love-" while the Metropolitan will have
on display The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine
Her jungle Love-" in which Miss
Dorothy Lamour appears once more
and for the last time, she AYERS, in a
sarong and scampers about q South
Sea isle. has Paramounts Department
Of Adjectivial Ecstasy practically
frothing at the mouth The boys out
there are mighty proud of the things
color cameras have done to lush trop-
ical jungles. The color in Her Jungle
Love-" according to the lads at Para
mount, is really something. and they
go on and on about the way it en-
hances the exotic charm and beauty
Of tropical background"
To get the proper slant on the COM
parison between the color of today and
the color of 1886 it should be remem-
bered that Trail of the Lonesome
Pine which starred Sylvia Sidney,
Fred MacMurray and Henry Fonda,
was one of the milestones in color
photography. 1t was the FIRST natural
color film made outdoors. The green's
Of its trees and the blues of its skies
were natural blues and green's that had
not before been achieved. Miss Sid
ney looked slightly like an Indian once
or twice. too, if We remember cor
rectly Anyhow the comparison be-
tween the color of Her Jungle Love"
and the color of "The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" ought to be an inter-
esting one to make
\ ND there are other things Of in
terest on the horizon, in addition
to color.
Aviation fans will be camped on the
doorstep at Angie Ratios Palace The
ater Friday. For there will be M-G-M's
saga of commercial aviation, TEST
Pilot" which has Myrna 10y. Clark
Gable and Spencer Tracy and which
promises to display lot Of spectacular
flying scenes.
Deanna Durbin fans will be at
Keiths. For, finally, at long last,
comes Mad About Music" Miss Dur
bins latest film, which has been held
out Of town for so long by the success
Of Snow White" Bringing Up Baby
and "The Joy of Living" The new
picture. in addition to the bright young
singing star who put Universal back in
business, has Herbert Marshall and
Gail Patrick.
The Earle gets new musical from
the Paramount campus. this one with
Oracle Allen, George Burns, Martha
Raye, Bob Hope. Ben Blue, Edward
Everett Horton, Betty Cradle and =
number Of other people driving COL
lege practically batty. It's called Col
lege Swing" and if that crew couldn't
swing any college right into the nut
house no one could. The Earle's stage
show will be contrived and presented
by Al Pearce, who brings to town all
the stars of his Watch the Fun Go
By" radio show
At the Columbia, incidentally, will
be another color film Of today, for
those who want to make really thor
ough investigation Of the situation.
(see MACARTHUR, Page F-2.)
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For Once Critics Almost
Agree When Selecting
Seasons Best Plays
Shadow and Substance Unanimous
Choice and OF Mice and Mem
Also Wins With Ease.
By Richard Wafts, Jr.
By Richard Watts, Jr.
NEW YORK.

members a remarkably
tacabe mood lost little time
peedy hy accord attribute the generally smesbe 1 ~ une @
meeting to the Carros
Shadow and Substance"
mpoaiors this Gaelic victory with the resulting
ncucation spirit put an amicabe
umo that there the embaled customary
meetings "heupon required only four quietly ballots
about the sensible decision that "o Mice
American works result which not
Town" objected o
requires vote
you must have read there were
nine votes for of Mice and Men, four "our
Golden 1.-THE On the fourth
and final
think the decisions splendid A.
production Prologue to Glory
Borrowed Time"
IT unaueonay Men, Is the best
American play Of the
see e @ new foreign play but by szab margin 1t is think
decidedly better drama than Our Town although
were given to the best show Of the that t t the m [ @
rewardng years foremost
Show them an
Pud acclaim whether popu
lar critical obviously fabricated
piece made by carefully mixing the
ana stirring them about dety be regarded quality
distinction What sets brilliantly
deserves enthusiastic a distinguished play If the
award were given for the achievement of sheer theatrical
agree with Haywood Broun that should have THE Cradle
But hat is not It's purpose either
they do not keep me from realizing that Mr. ld ca
New moving do prevent me
from thinking that Our Town important play
summarize them again is nv convictn
that Mr. Wuders third while interesting potentially
moving conception of immortality Perhaps
I
is likewise due inherent failure
noceaoe IN the last " but which nter
quent put Is not dramatic
people gentle
American life and comforting
aive descriptive and elsac rather dramatic
fact that by Town might not
be considered play at ALL but rather
any interfere with
And
OF the piece and nder played by
becomes lovely stage entertainment
ana technical
the best American the play all
OF its virtues and its defects
Men just tender just beautifully
American as Our Town.
| writing
That has deep insight moving tragedy
nat It's understanding
losing their feeling
play OF nen distinction IN dramatic
sgnncance OF Our Town which
for all time
too IL not historically
unlike the
portance DON'T think that
he the w. W.
matter the migratory worker the Pacific
Selnbecks play
understandable thereby
as any OF
get on less lofty grounds Of Mice
and sousatyg speech of the
OF MS many years before to the
thinks dirty
makes you laugh and SO strangely beautiful
American letters It Is pleasure for be
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Now Hollywood Decides
That a Cycle Must End
If the Public Doesn't Like Bad
Comedies, Producers Agree
It's Tired of Comedies.
By Douglas ". Churchill.
HOLLYWOOD.


HE surge OF whimsical and aldy sophisticated
by The Thin Man and my Man Godfrey"
pears to be on the wan series of badly
a oox ONCE revolt which Hollywood
order that whimsical
that there shall be of the
industry
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Todoy's Film Schedule

(See CHURCHILL. Page F-2)
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(see GRAHAM. Page Fay
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Jackie COOGAN'S Stepfather
threw quite bomb into this vii
lage by his publicized statement
that all the money earned by the
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- TUDENTS Of the cinema and its
advances will have an oppor-
tunity. come Friday, to see how
- far along technicolor has come
Evening star., 1938-08-22

their way up or down the stalk be-
fore they are ready for another chap
ter in their life story. Then they
spin fine silken cocoons, and in this
protecting garment pupate, which to
us means turn into a moth.
Soon moths are to be seen issuing
from the cocoons, and their offspring
will devote themselves to the lower
part of the stalk. What chance does
q cornstalk have with such efficient
methods? When these borers thave
done all the harm they can to the
cornstalk they will be ready to work
to the short distance necessary to
be on the ground and will burrow
into the tap root. Here they spend
the winter.
To know the actions Of your foes
is to have the upper hand, especially
when he is unaware Of your advantage.
So the farmer learns to outWit the
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ages. Windows and showcases shone.
An electric refrigerator had been in
stalled in the meat department.
Ezra was proud. Let the chain
stores come. There wasn't a store
anywhere in the State that was bet
ter equipped. more sanitary, more at
tractively arranged than his. He was
prepared, he felt, to meet any COM
petition.
Folks came in and looked around
and exclaimed, and Ezra swelled up
with pride. And then curious thing
began happening. Trade dropped of.
1t dropped off alarmingly. Ezra couldn't
understand it. True, now that every
thing had place and was labeled
and attractively arranged, he and his
clerks were having difficulty in locat-
ing desired articles. 1t wasn't like
the old days, when the establishment
was a cluttered heap and you could
put your finger on any article be-
cause you remembered where you'd
placed it. But he and his clerks wo,.
get used to the new way soon enou :,
and give just as prompt service. No,
it was something more than that.
EZRA'S concern grew when in August
another chain store opened up
across the street. 1t grew still more
when he noticed this new chain store
was being we'll patronized He didn't
know what to make of it. He be-
came desperate. thinking of his note
at the bank and all He wished now
he'd left things the way they were
Then one day reporter from
city newspaper dropped in, looked
around. asked Ezra a few questions,
shrugged indifferently and went out
Ezra stared after him, the words the
reporter had spoken ringing in his
ears: Thought you had a real old
fashioned general store here. I was
going to write about it. But this!
Humph!"
The next year when the summer
folks arrived. they got another sur
prise. Thatcher's General Store had
reverted back to its old self. The
worn old sign was above the door
Paint had been scraped off the out
side. The inside had been painted a
dingy brown. Windows were dirty.
The refrigerator was missing. and
everything was cluttered heap.
Folks looked around and beamed
! Standing behind the counter Ezra
| heard such words as the real thing"
atmosphere" charm" Hhe shrug-
ged his shoulders and shook his head
He didn't understand city folks. Even
when the new chain store had to move
out because Thatcher's was getting
all the business. he didn't understand.
But what difference did it make, any,
| how?
(Copyrisht. 1889
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over the beautiful stand Of corn he
had. When his back was turned
his foes crept from their daytime re-
treats and, flying at once to the
young corn stalk, selected the leaves
as a most promising place on which
to anchor their future offspring.
OF course, the under side OF the leaf
Is used-still secretive in action and
determination. You would be amazed
II you could actually see Madam Borer.
brownish moth with a wing ex-
panse of about IL inches. But she
lays mainy eggs, and in numbers there
Is strength.
In short time, incuheSed By the
sun, the young larvae step out OF their
shells and get busy at once, boring
into the tender stalk, most of the
time destroying the tip or "bud" OF
the corn.
For about one month the borers eat
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This didn't bother old Charlie
Thatcher much, He had been in
business over so years and made
some money and was now willing to
sit around on cracker boxes amid
the helter- -skelter of merchandise and
chin with old cronies. The settle
ment that has grown up around
Thatcher's is known as the Land
ing, by virtue of the fact that the
pleasure steamer Bluebird, cruising up
the lake from Lakeport. stops there,
leaving mail and supplies and TAX
Ing on any passengers who might wish
to reach the railroad.
In 1880 Charlie Thatcher died and
his son Ezra took over the busl-
ness. That same summer a real
estate development company bought
some land near the Landing and be-
gan selling lots to summer people.
Three years later colony was oc-
cupying neWly-erected cottages along
the lake shore, and young Ezra found
he had to get in more supplies to &C
commodate the demands.
Another year passed, the summer
population doubled, and there was
talk of making winter sports resort
out of The Landing. Ezra had to
hire two extra clerks to wait on trade.
In August of that year a chain store
opened a branch across the street,
and Ezra, looking at the gay red and
white front through one of his dusty
windows, frowned and thought of all
the independent grocers the chains
had put out of business.
But curiously enough, folks didn't
patroniZe the chain store. When the
next spring came, the building across
the street was empty. Still Ezra was
worried. Old Charlie hadn't left near
iy as much money as folks thought
and Ezra, though not poor, was am
bilious to build up his business. If
The Landing grew the way 1t had
the past three years. another chain
store would soon make try at open
ing branch, and this time he bet
they wouldn't quit.
THAT very afternoon Ezra was cast
ing about in his mind for means
of preparing for the inevitable on
slaught Of chain stores. Two new
customers were in the store. city folks
and Ezra heard one of them say
looking around at the clutter of things
In an amused fashion: What a mess
of Junk? How do they find anything
when they want it in a hurry?"
Which gave Ezra an idea. He
turned the idea over in his mind
for a month, then went down to Lake
port to a bank and arranged for q
loan. When spring came the next year
small army of painters, carpen-
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Broin TwizzIers
By PROF. ]. n. FLINT.

THE police were working on kid
naping case. A little boy had been
taken to an abandoned farmhouse and
kept there for one night. The police
found clues which led them to the
farmhouse. but by the time they got
there, the kidnapers had departed.
Two candles were found on a table
and since there we're no electric lights
1t was assumed that the candles had
been burned the night before. They
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Natures Children
COrn.Stalk BOrer.
Diatraea Saccharalis.

dance and scarcity-affects all Of us
one way or the other.
However. we are going only into
the life history of these underhanded
workers. They are known as the
pests of corn throughout many parts
of the United States.
Their tactics are under cover, and
the results of their efforts cause a
loss Of Is to so per cent, and some-
times when they have headway,
the crop is a total loss.
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corn borer by blowing up the roots,
letting them dry with the wind and
setting fire to them. Their ashes
mingled with that of the corn will
then be Of value to the soil. If this
precaution has not been taken, starve
the villains to death by planting .
crop upon which they cannot live.
Copyright, 1880
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BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

by LILLIAN COA ATHEY.
YOU may think because you are
living in the city and not in the
country raising corn, borers Of corn
stalks do not interfere with you eco
nomically. Maybe this is true-if you
do not enjoy feasting on ears of
sweet, juicy corn. If you do not like
corn, borers still haye way of max
ing you pay for their keep, since corn
is one Of our most important prod
ucts. And farm produce-its abun-
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DAILY SHORT STORY
GENERAL STORE

ters. designers. ar
chitects, plumbers
and laborers set to
work on 'Thatcher's
old general store.
BY the time the
first of the summer
folks arrived, a
miracle had taken
place. The weather.
beaten old building
had been painted a
soft cream. A new
sign, bearing the
words: "Thatcher's S
M o d ern Grocery
Store and Meat
Market" had been
erected over the
door. Inside, walls
and floors were a
spotless white. New
shelves W e r e
weighted down with
labeled cans and
l:-L& 1A1~~AI NG
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Every action Of the borer Is Sc
cretive. After the farmer has re-
tired from his fields and is resting
for another days battle with the
pests that infest his crops, out come
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what time they had been put out the
night before How long had the can
Gles burned?
(Answer on Page B-l2)
(Copyright, 1881
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THATC H e r. S

THATc I H E r. S $;
general a n d
variety store is on
an arm of Lake
Sunset that pro-
trudes into the
woods toward the
base Of Mount Bal
dy. The entire
southern slope OF
Badly is now a
State forest pre-
serve, hence the
fish e rm e n ana
hunters and camp
ers who used to
stop at Thatcher's
for supplies have
ceased doing so,
and as the logging
operations in the
vicinity have long
since been discon-
tinued, the store
gets very little
Sro Io
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Prosperity in Indies.

Financial men Of Netherlands Indies
report that improved business condi.
tions in the United States are being
reflected there.
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were traced to the dealer who had sold
them and the police found from him
that one was a fve-hour candle, the
other a four-hour candle. They had
been the same length Next the police
found out what time the sun had set
the day before and then they meas
ured the candles and found that one
was just four times as long as the
other. From this the police were able
to figure out how long the candles had
burned and then they knew about
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Photograph Traffic Offenders.

Highway patrol officers in England
have been equipped with cameras to
gather pictorial evidence OF trafhc
offenses.
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Televised in Motor Cycle.

Jasmine Bligh, London television
hostess, was teleVtsed while in a
careening motorcycle side car which
had wheel missing.
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the winged females Of the borer tribe.
and they are many, all intent upon
finding handsome stalks Of young corn
In a fiourishing condition. The farmer
may easily have walked through his
corn fields at eventide and rejoiced
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Dickens Letters Sold.

A batch Of letters written by Charles
Dickens to his friend Thomas Beard
was sold in London recently for $4,000,
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Sanforized, fancy-woven pat
terms excellent for everyday
wear now and school next
month. These well-made slacks
are a remarkable value at this
sale price. Sizes s to 16 years.
Boys Shop -. First Floor
Evening star., 1938-11-26

Accepting the post Of Congress
sional representative for the Christ
mas Campaign of The Star, Warner
Brothers and the National Broad
casting Co., Col. Edwin A. Halsey,
secretary of the Senate, today began
developing his program for an "All-
America" presentation to the poor OF
Washington.
Under Col. Halsey's idea, each OF
the 48 States, through its Sena-
tors and Representatives, will send
samples of native products here as
holiday gifts to the Capitals needy.
The Christmas campaign is organ
lied as an insurance that no family
in Washington shall go without real
Christmas cheer.
Col. Halsey's Office will be head
quarters for the campaign for dona-
tions in the Capitol, the House
ONCE Building and the Senate Once
Building. Col. Halsey will balance
Evening star., 1938-11-26
Bowie Card Cancelled
Due 10 UnfavorabIe
Weather Conditions
Third Delay in Tracks
History Will Extend
Schedule One Day
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star.
BOWIE, Md, Nov. 26.-With
horsemen reluctant to send out their
charges because of the condition of
the track. the racing program carded
for this afternoon has been called
off.
It is the third time in local his
tory that weather forced cancella-
ton of the races and when a re-
port was made to the Maryland
Racing Commission. permission was
granted to extend the meeting an
other day and close Thursday in
stead of Wednesday, as scheduled.
The cancellation of todays card
first was proposed by group Of
horsemen who inspected the track
this morning and urged this action
on Racing Secretary Jack Campbell.
He conveyed their views to General
Manager Joseph B. Boyle and the
latter acquiesced.
Mr.. Boyle, who was in Baltimore,
got in touch with the Racing Com
mission, and obtained permission to
run an extra day. He announced
that the $500 Endurance Handicap,
the mile and sixteenth feature
scheduled for today, will be run
Monday.
Because Of the extra day at Bowie,
there will be a conflict with the
opening at Charlestown, w. Va,
which starts 15-day meeting
Thursday.
Snow halted racing one day in
1915. and postponed the Bowie open
ing in April, 1924.