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Evening star., 1938-03-19

Mr.. Dorsey purveys. The Earle's only
worry this week will be how to get
one batch Of swing-mad youngsters
out at the end of show-so there
will be room for new batch for the
next show.
RUT maybe the Earle management
thought of that, too. Maybe
that's why they booked Thrill of a
Lifetime" as the screen attraction.
The Paramount musical has its mo-
ments, Of course, but most Of the
time it's pretty dull going. 1t has
something to do with summer camp
where romance is guaranteed to bloom
and, of course, romance blooms pref
tily among some standard Paramount
romantic settings and some standard
trappings by Fanchon, the producer,
which make the whole thing look like
photographed Fanchon and Marco
presentation house stage show.
The bright moments are supplied by
Judy Canova and Ben Blue. Miss
Canova has couple of hill-billy bal
lads that are masterpieces; Mr.. Blue
has lot Of opportunity for his zany
comedy; and together they make a
romantic team which probably tops
any romantic team you ever saw.
And there's dance by Eleanore
Whitney; Betty Cradle. Lief Erik
son, Johnny Downs and some other
people take care Of the story; there's
a song by Dorothy Lamour for no
particular reason except that she can
sing song, and the Yacht Club Boys
are ever about. If you like the Yacht
Club Boys it raises the score of the
picture SO per cent, for they certainly
are omnipresent. But if you don't
like them-ouch!
Evening star., 1938-03-19

ever hear the one about the girl who
wanted to go into show business, but
couldn't get break? Well, this is
about three girls Misses Faye, Davis
and Weaver and boy tTony MARTINI
who wanted to 60 into show business
and couldn't get break. So finally
one OF them inherited steamboat and
turned it into night club and they
put on show of their own. How's
that for pitching the muse around?
Il Ado fans came tumbling out Of
their caves like so many rabbits
on the way to the lettuce patch yester-
day when the news got around that
Jimmy Scribner was to headline the
Capitol stage bill Mr.. Scribner is
the creator of the johnson Family> and
the johnson Family must be a tre-
mendous institution in America, judg-
ing by the reception given each of its
characters as Mr.. Scribner introduced
them yesterday. He plays all the parts
himself. enunciating faster than a
suffering Greek, and displaying a
wonderful capacity for keeping his
ardent followers excited about what
ever it is that the johnson Family rep
resents. He also displayed tendency
to weave and bob while reading lines.
habit which perhaps does not bother
those who are never accustomed to
seeing their actors anyhow.
Rest Of the stage show consists of
variety turn. Billy Wells and the
Four Fays. embodying novelty dances,
contortionists. hooters, and all that:
Bobby Pinkus and Ruth Foster, the
former a splendid eccentric dancer
who wastes his time attempting to be
funny, the latter an adept hoofer; the
Royal Swedish Bellringers, which is
just what you think-a lot of bell
ringing.
This weeks orchestral overture is a
rarity. 1t is based on waltz themes.
is not vociferously noisy, and features
a piano solo by Burrus Williams that
was for our part. sufficient consola ton
for many a dull moment in the re-
ma1nder of the DAYS entertainment
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Joe E. Brown
Is Here
Again
Wide Open Faces
Now Opening
At the Met.

THE admirers of Joe E. Brown
are not to be discouraged.
They like his sneeze, the size
L Of his mouth, his abysmal
yowls. his fidgety braggadocio. In
Wide Open Faces" at the Metro
politan this week all these admirable
characteristics are on display ad in
flnitum in another sample of Mr..
Browns good. clean fun. AS is not
infrequently the case, the antics of
the living yawn are quite clean but
only passing funny in his new picture.
Once more our hero is a village
smart aleck who becomes entangled
in the Vaccinations of some horrid
gangsters, circumstance which not
only offers him repetition of one of
his favorite roles. but, it seems to me,
actually gives him chance to play
over again about three of his recent
pictures Girl in the case is Jane
Wyman. and the other paid guests
in the film include Sidney Toler and
Alison Skipworth. both obviously not
very happy with their home work.
There are also numerous tough faces
and voices cast in the gangster parts
and few sequences to demonstrate
that. given half chance, LYDIA Rob-
erti had true fair for the more in
telligent types of slapstick comedy.
AS you guessed before we began talk
ing about it, Mr. Brown foils the
gangsters, saves the girls, tears the
plot to shreds and performs with
apparently genuine good humor, proof
Of his patience in view of the in
cessantly hammy stories handed him
in recent years. Strictly an item for
Brown devotees.
The Met has another Of those swell
"Porky" cartoons on its bill this week
and one of the Floyd Gibbons short
subjects to remind you that the short
can be grim experience unless care
fully nurtured. r. B. P, Jr.
Evening star., 1938-03-19

doesn't move fast enough sometimes.
To get action into scene yesterday,
we did everything except throw our
pants at each other. You see I'm
scenario writer Of the Gene ToWne
type"
Your wife wants to see you," per-
sists the grip" man. Tell her to
wait-1'm busy" replies her spouse.
Il saw my first big picture, Public
Enemy, in New York a few weeks
ago." Cagney tells me. II couldn't sit
still in my seat. How I burned! It
was terrible according to present-day
standards"
Your wife wants to see you," says
the grip" patiently. Its the brush
off," says Mr.. Cagney's dresser. Tell
my wife I'll be right out" says Jimmy
magnanimously.
The Amazing DR.. Clitterhouse"
Evening star., 1938-03-19
in Play.

"CPEAK FOR YOURSELF, JOAN"
romantic comedy, was pre-
sented last night at Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Protestant Church
by members of the Senior Christian
Endeavor Society. The love interest
was supplied by Charlotte Wood and
Charles Richardson, with Mrs. Mar
garet Gilligan Harris playing prom
inent supporting role.
1t is planned to repeat the presenta-
ton in the near future.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Historic Toys.

worn by three stars, now
dead, make up one outfit used by
Robert Taylor in Three Comrades" 4"
A misfit dress suit was needed for the
scene and the wardrobe department
dug up trousers once worn by Ru-
dolph Valentino, coat belonging to
John Gilbert and white vest often
used by Lew Cody. Taylor's entire
wardrobe for the picture cost $40 and,
besides the dress suit, comprises two
secondhand, ready-made suits bought
as unclaimed clothes tn Los Angeles,
Evening star., 1938-03-19

Ann Sheridan. using fine, tough,
but extremely pliable wire for thread,
is knitting bullet-proof vest, of all
things! She is using a stitch of her
own origination which, she believes,
will defect bullet, but denies she has
induced her husband, Edward Norris,
to wear the vest so she can try it out.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Snow White Enters
Its Sixth Week.

"CNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN
DWARFS,' from the studio of
Walt Disney, entered their sixth week
of residence at Keith's Theater yes
terday. If there is any one in WASH
ington who does not know it is mar
velous, it is not our fault. J. C.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
For Evidence.

THE last time Clark Gable roped
two mountain lions in Arizona,
his friends accused him of telling
fish" tales. A few days ago Gable
set out to capture more lions in the
same manner in the interior of
Mexico With him is an experienced
photographer, who will bring back
pictorial proof-if Gable is successful
again.
Evening star., 1938-03-19

put up a 6 ID
fight against me,
but yielded grace
fully. They're all
right"
"Oh, Mr.. Gag
n e " says a
g r i D." ~ ur
wife's waiting for
you out S i d e."
"Tell her to wait"
3 avs tough-guy
j i m m y. I'm
busy, can't you
see? The 1y
trouble with this
picture, +" il mmy
continues. "iS IT.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Tommy Dorsey's Swing
Drives the Fans Wild
There's Whistling and Stomping for
His Trombone Tootling at Earle.
Musical on Screen.
By HARRY MACARTHUR.

yHEN Mist Tommy Dorsey poked the first strains of Getting seni-
w Yesterday he found himself with call
hep audience
everything
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Palace Film Is Lavish
Display of Stars
Goodwin Follies' Bright Beauty
Marred Only by Dizziness
OF the Three Ritzes. -
By JAY CARMODY.

might know that when Samuel dod"yn gave his boys their heads
something lavish beautiful generally consistent
standards
hat
Palace would
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Cagney Confesses Liking
For the Warmers Now
Formerly Rebellious Star
Shamed by His Big Film.
Touring the Sets.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

G mar Marcn 2 ls 1NANAo|Fun on the
wilson whose eyes pued him The
Ooctor says It's Nerves.,
says us the shock of picture" saws jimmy Capney
And they say she's dumb something" he tells mo-
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Zanuck's Troupers Hit Hard
Shedding in New Film
Stage Vaudeville Not So Rosy
Either This Week at
The Capitol.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, Jr.

r. DARRYL zANucKs HOLLYWOOD vaudeville troupe picking
members but gathering speed
present rather long
and Mary the assorted
n Aanck company having fairly tough shedding
Capitol
Evening star., 1938-03-19

feel I've never been away from War
ners. Every one is here-just as I
left them lover year ago.. like
them. They like me-" The Warner
brothers, too?" We ask. "Sure-the
Warner brothers" says James. They
Evening star., 1938-03-19

admirers of Joe E. Brown
are not to be discouraged.
They like his sneeze, the size
Il of his mouth, his abysmal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Area of Sahara Desert

The Sahara desert has an area of
approximately 100000 square
miles. A portion was under water at
one time, most likely in the Creta-
ceous period, but some of the sur
face was later elevated so that wa
ter remained only in some lakes
near the coast of the Mediterranean.
The belief in the marine origin of
its vast quantity of sand has been
supplanted by the theory that rock
and soil disintegration occurred dur
ing the great Ice age, at which time
the desert lay in warm, moist eli
mate. The recession Of the ice
brought about changed meteorolog-
ical conditions which caused the
winds to become dry and the soil to
lose its moisture. Without this
moisture it was impossible for vege-
tation to survive and the entire
area became barren.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Fish Hook Is Alive

The sucking fish, or Remora, al
though sucker in the literal sense,
is really very cute fellow and he
can make suckers" out Of sharks
and whales. On his head Is a fiat,
oval sucking organ by which he
fixes himself to the side of whale,
shark or large fish-sometimes
even a ship-that will take him to
the vicinity of food. But his favorite
trick is to slip inside the mouth of
a shark or shale, fix himself to the
roof of its mouth and then as his
host feeds, Mr.. Sucking Fish grabs
all the grub as it enters. Natives Of
the South seas use the sucking fish
instead of a hook. They attach a
line to its tail, throw it overheard
and then, when 1t fixes its head on
a fish or turtle, pull in the catch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Size and Color Of Egg
+ Controlled by Feeding

The old theory that egg size and
quality were Influenced only by he
redity has now been proven false,
and discarded. Experiments have
shown that, like production, the con-
tents of the egg may be greatly al
tered by feeding, notes a writer
in the Montreal Herald.
There are three chief influences
on egg size: The first is the heredity
of the bird; hens bred for egg size
will usually produce large eggs. 1t
is also true that larger birds lay
bigger eggs. But it is not so COM
monty known that birds fed rations
supplemented with animal proteins
such as meat meal lay slightly larg-
er eggs than those receiving vegeta-
BILE proteins only.
Calcium is required to produce
shell; but too large quantities OF
this mineral may produce abnormal
conditions. About 2h per cent of
the ration is all the calcium re-
CURED for normal production. The
vitamin content of an egg is gov
erned by the hens vitamin intake;
but 2 per cent of a vitamin-rich oil
appears to be sufficient to insure
shell quality.
AS a matter of interest to COM
mercial poultrymen, it has been
found that hens fed rations contain
ing l per cent of ground pinento
produce eggs with rich yolk color.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Agricultural Briefs

Poultry breeders who have had
trouble with pullorum disease should
plan to blood-test their stock.
The average southern farm is 106
acres. The average in the rest of the
United States is 2O5 acres.
Goslings are better not fed the
first two days. Then scalded corn
meal and tender greens make them
happy.
There are now an average of only
90 work animals per farm in the
United States.
In cu1ling pullets, strive to select
as layers early maturing, well de-
veloped, strong, and vigorous birds.
Farmers cooperative associa-
lions report the addition of more
than 500, 900 members in the last 10
years.
Treating the soil with lead arse
nate is the most effective control
over the Japanese beetle, but is too
expensive for use in large areas.
It is estimated that China annu-
ally raises 300, OOO, 900 chickens.
80
The boil weevil inflicts an annual
damage on the cotton crop of 1884,
100000.
All things considered, pullets viii
usually do best when kept separate
from older hens. +
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02

time. The train dispatcher's job de-
mands that his mind be kept clear for
concentration and quick decision.
Finally, the movement director re-
ceives a message from the dispatcher
by means of the teletypewriter, which
is sent to the ticket Office, baggage
room, station master and information
blackboard in the concourse. The mes
sage says: "Train on time" The
movement director handles all calls
for cars, engines and other equipment.
He must know whether one locomotive
is sufficient to haul a long freight
train over grades. He also directs the
preparation of special trains and
crews that carry holiday and week
end travellers,
When a train starts on It's trip, full
information is sent by telephone from
the terminal to be marked on the train
sheet: train number, engine number,
engineer, fireman, conductor and train
crew, number of cars, and so on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
BRIEFLY TOLD

Rock wool is now being fabricated
in Texas.
Death rides the forest when man
is careless.
Houses will be counted in the
United States 1910 census.
The manufacture of artificial ice
became general 38 years ago.
The largest game animal in Eu-
rope, the elk, is still abundant in
Norway.
California has $500 amateur ra-
dio stations, the largest number in
any state.
London will stop growing in seven
years, according to one experts cal
culations.
There are some 100000 United
States adults who are hard Of hear
ing, reports the American Society
for the Hard of Hearing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
FARM
Tories
DAMAGED GRAIN is
GOOD STOCK FEED
Ground or Rolled Wheat Is
Equal to Ground Corn.

BY DR.. George E. Taylor. EXte eI,s S Dairy
man. Rutgers University.-WNu Service.
Unfavorable weather conditions
during the harvest season caused
considerable damage to cereal
grains, but total loss of these crops
can be averted by using the dam
aged grain as feed for dairy cattle
and other live stock.
Wheat especially has been dam
aged to the extent that much OF 1t
is not suitable to market for human
consumption. Although it is not or
dinarily used extensively as live
stock feed because of its high mar
ket value, experiments have proved
that wheat is a satisfactory feed for
all farm animals when it is fed in
suitable rations.
Ground or rolled wheat is equal
to ground corn in feeding value for
dairy cattle and may be substituted
in the ration pound for pound. On
account of it's pasty nature the best
results are probably secured when
wheat does not make up more than
so per cent of the concentrate mix
ture.
Wheat is about to per cent
higher in protein than corn and con-
tains about the same amount OF total
digestible nutrients. When wheat is
used the amount of protein-rich sup
plement used to balance the ration
from a protein standpoint may be
reduced slightly. Damaged wheat
may have somewhat lower feeding
value, but unless it is badly dam
aged, it will still be comparable to
corn for dairy cattle feeding pur-
poses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE sERvICEA

"God the Only Cause and Creator"
will be the subject of the Lesson-Ser.;
mon in all Churches Of Christ
Scientist, on Sunday, December Z.
The Golden Text will be from Isas
43:15. II am the Lord, your holy
One, the creator OF Israel, ycul
King"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol.
lowing from the Bible, Acts. 1879
known unto God are all his works
from the beginning of the world.r
The Lesson-Sermon also will ine
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science snA
Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy. among which
is the following, page 331: "The
Scriptures imply that God Is All-in-
all. From this it follows that noth-
ing possesses reality nor existence
except the divine Mind end ito
IDEAS"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02

The train dispatcher's telephone
serves in emergencies, too. Once a
passenger was suddenly taken i'll on a
train speeding from Wilmington, Del.
to Baltimore, Md. The conductor
wrote some information on a scrap of
paper, wrapped it around a weight
and threw it from the rear of the train
as it passed a signal tower. The
tower man, attracted by the conduc-
tors waving arm, went down for the
message and telephoned it to the Bal
timore dispatcher as per instructions.
When the train pulled into Baltimore,
twenty-five minutes later, an ambu-
lance was waiting to rush the patient
to the hospital.
Old time methods of train dispatch
ing lacked the speed and f1exibility
demanded by today's faster sched-
ules. The dispatching telephone was
the logical answer, born of the knowl-
edge of Bell System technicians.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02

Telephone dispatching equipment
plays an important part in safely
speeding trains to their destination
and today covers a large majority of
the railroad mileage of the country. If
there were only one train and one
track, there would be no problem, but
today with an average of $4,000 daily
trains and Assoc miles of track, the
matter of safely dispatching trains is
an important one.
In the train dispatcher's Office one
man keeps his eyes on the tracks, his
mouth near telephone transmitter.
No sooner is a train under way than
the train dispatcher telephones orders
to the signal tower just ahead, giving
this information, the tower man re-
porting back that it passed his window
at a particular time. The telephone
order is sent still further so that when
the train reaches certain section, the
switch will be open, freight train re-
routed, and the train will arrive on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Drouth Apples Keep Best

Dry year apples are smaller, less
juicy than apples in years of ample
rainfall, but the small apples keep
better in storage. Horticulturists of
the bureau of plant industry found
that well-watered trees produced
higher yields of better quality fruit
but the fruit grown under conditions
of ample moisture cannot be held as
long in storage These conclusions
were reached by the federal men
after checking irrigated against non
irrigated apples in the same orchard
over period of years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Stripes of Barber Pole
Recall Early Surgeons

The barber pole with spiral stripes
is relic of the days when BARRIERS
were also surgeons. When the Lon
don BARRIERS were Incorporated in
1851, they were the only persons
practicing surgery in the city. Dur
ing the reign of Henry VIII, parlia-
ment passed a law providing that
BARRIERS should confine themselves
to minor operations such as blood
letting and drawing teeth, while sur
geons were prohibited from "bar-
berry or shaving" It was not until
1745, only 30 years before the out
break of the American Revolution,
that the BARRIERS and surgeons of
London were separated into dis
tinct corporations.
The practice of surgery by bar
bers was not abolished in France,
Germany and other European coun-
tries until much later. The symbol
of the barber-surgeons was spiral
ly-striped pole from which was sus-
pended brass basin with semi
circular opening in the rim, notes a
writer in the Indianapolis News.
The fillet around the pole indicated
the bandage or ribbon around the
arm in blood-letting, and the basin
represented the vessel used to re-
ceive the blood. BARRIERS have re-
tanned in a modified form this an
cient symbol of their profession. In
the United States the brass basin
is generally omitted from the bar
Der pole, but it is common in Eng
land.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Key, Noted Song Writer,
Was Native of Maryland

Francis Scott Key was born Au-
gust /, 1779, on the family estate,
Terra Rubra, then in Frederick but
now in Carroll county, Md. He was
of English ancestry, his great
grandfather, Philip Key, having
come to Maryland from England
about the year 1920. Key was edu-
Gated at st. Johns college, Annapo-
lis, and commenced the practice of
law in Frederick city. Subsequent
ly he removed to Washington, where
he was for many years district at
torney of the District of Columbia.
He wrote a number of songs, re-
counts a writer in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, but is chiefly known
for his lyric, "The Star Spangled
Banner"
He was detained on board the
British fleet during the lombard
ment Of Fort McHenry, near Balti-
more, in the War of 1872, and while
watching for the result of the at
tack, the idea of writing the poem
'The Star Spangled Banner" &C.
Cured to him. 1t was partly writ
ten before he left the British ship.
A collection of his poems was pub
hshed in New York in 1857.
On January 10, 1902, Francis Scott
Key was married to Miss Mary Tay-
loe Lloyd, daughter of Col. Edward
Lloyd of Annapolis, by whom he had
six sons and five daughters. He
died January II, 1843, of pleurisy,
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Charles Howard, Mount Vernon
Place, Baltimore. His body was
placed first in the Howard vault in
St. Paul's cemetery, Baltimore,
then transferred in 1866 to Mount
Olivet cemetery, Frederick, where
the United States government keeps
flag floating continually over the
grave.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
Tribute to Ordinance Of 1857

Daniel Webster, in 1880, paid his
tribute to the ordinance of 1887, the
code for the Northwest Territory:
"We are accustomed to praise the
law-givers of antiquity; we help to
perpetuate the fame of Scion and
Lycurgus; but doubt whether one
single law of any law-giver, ancient
or modern, has produced effects of
more distinct, marked and lasting
character than the ordinance Of
1887. We see its consequences at
this moment, and we shall never
cease to see them, perhaps, while
the Ohio shall faW,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-02
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Finland was the first country to
concede woman suffrage.
Of the 1850 licensed airplane pi-
lots in America 486 are women.
The girl scouts have a national
membership of approximately 49,
600.
Women are eligible to serve as
jurors in all state, county, federal
and municipal courts in New York
state.
Ballot boxes were passed round in
maternity hospitals in Russia to per-
NIT mothers to vote at the last
election.
Only one London girl in ninety
becomes nurse, compared with
one in every twenty-four from coun-
try districts.
For their progress in mechanical
blowing, members of Russia's wom-
ems tractor brigade have been pre-
scented with automobiles.