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Evening star., 1938-01-13
VOTE MAY DECIDE
DOMEST|CS' WAGE
Conference Committee Acts
Tomorrow on Plea to Ex-
empt Small Houses.

Whether the domestics employed ir
. vide range Of small boarding and
fooming houses Of the city are to be
exempted from the, provisions of the
minimum wage law, as in the case OF
domestic help In private homes, hinges
probably on a vote that will be taken
tomorrow afternoon by the Minimum
. Wage Boards Conference Committee
The committee deferred "hasty
Judgment" yesteday afternoon when
IN effort was made by Mrs r. Thomas
West, public representative, to force
An immediate vote. The postponement
appeared to be keen disappointment
to so or more landladies whose repre-
sentatives clamored for exemption
under the law.
The pending motion is to exclude
from the law the room1ng houses
which rent rooms to less than 10 per-
sons and those boarding houses which
serve meals to less than 10 persons.
At present the limitation in each
classification is four paying guests" 3"
A. A. Wren Of the Washington Room
Exchange appeared as chief spokes-
man for the boarding and rooming
house keepers. No one appeared for
the domestic employees.
Would Set Precedent.
While the motion would convey
merely recommendation to the board
a vote for adoption no doubt would
Be recognized and followed.
The hearing had been arranged as
q result of an earlier protest that the
boarding and rooming house indus
try" Is different and that their EN-.
ployes should not be considered in
connection with workers In hotels
restaurants and similar industries.
Among the witnesses yesterday were
Mrs. G. A. Power. 1445 Massachusetts
avenue NV; Mrs. Ella M. Jarvis
1880 Vermont avenue NV; Mrs. Lors
Sherwin. 1915 Twentieth street NV;
Mrs. Hamilton F. Morrison, 1745 and
17o9 N street NV, and Mrs. James C
Van Story. 1909 Riggs place NV.
With rents coming as high as $25s
ASor a 2l-room house, as reported by
Mrs. Sherwin, and maximum pay av-
eraging $40 a month, or $40 a week,
With board thrown in, the boarding
house business was represented as
scarcely rendering living return"
If minimum wage higher than So
week with meals Is allowed by the
board, the witnesses agreed, many OF
them will have to go out Of business.
Mr. Wren blamed the World War
Tor the start of Washingtons ex-
panded rooming business. He also
blamed the start Of high rents on
eSirls doubling up in apartments.
Operators Need Homes.
The industry Is now supported, he
said. by women who are forced by
necessity to rent rooms or take in
boarders In order to have a home of
their own. Many of these are widows,
he said and they number thousands. !"
In fact Mr.. Wren claimed that a ma
tority of the homes in Washington
have one or more paying guests"
The Conference Committee tomor-
ROW will continue its consideration of
budgets. It will hear several groups
Of employees who wish to be included
IN minimum wage. The question
Evening star., 1938-01-13
of "tips" viii enter largely into the

Of "tips" viii enter largely into the
discussions.
Among the witnesses scheduled ct :
o'clock are Charles 4. Sands, execu-
tive secretary Of the Bartenders' Un.
ion, known as "Old Local 75."
Others are Rose Brunswick Of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees ALL
ance; q delegation Of the League Of
Women Shoppers and fve girls, Ruth
Carroll, Fanny Brown, Mary Walker,
Eunice Butte and Margaret Edmon-
ston, who are representatives Of cafe
terra workers.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
NATURE TALKS DELAYED
Temporary Halt Called by Illness
Of Naturalist. @

Of Naturalist. ~.
The National Capital Parks indoor
nature program for the winter season
will be temporarily delayed. c. Mar
shall Finnan. superintendent Of the
Washington park system, announced
today.
Donald Edward McHenry, natural
ist Of the local parks, recently was
operated on for appendicitis. causing
postponement Of the program.
Evening star., 1938-01-13

This famous. soothing. healing cream Is
as much part Of the modern households
indispensable remedies as the iodine" or
castor OIL" For trrating minor burns.
soothing after shaving, and healing
chapped skin.
Evening star., 1938-01-13

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The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Mickey Given
Second Week

Love Finds Andy Hardy" an
other of the natural and charm
ing accounts Of everyday life
at Judge Hardy's home, goes into
a second week at Loew's Palace
Theater. The crowds last eve
ming forgot the weather in the
complete enjoyment of this new
story of Andy mickey Rooney's)
heart throbs.
Adroitly written, the episodes
in the life at the Hardys' at
Christmas time add up to top
grade entertainment for the
whole family. Andy makes a
down payment on car to take
his girl to the holiday dance. He
finds himself with two girls and
no car, and more trouble than
ordinarily could be conjured in
one short fortnight.
Lewis Stone essays the role Of
the Judge, giving his very best
acting to the portrayal of this
person, making him typify h
fathers of today. Vivacious Judy
Garland is the city child who
blossoms into young lady for
the night of the big party and
saves the day, not to mention a
dash all her own. Fay Holden
and Cecilia Parker complete the
Hardy circle.
Mickey Rooney it is who really
causes the riot of laughter, with
his ingratiating manner and his
boyish ego. A couple of weeks
ago the lad was coming off the
set at tn e Hollywood studio,
prancing to the commisSary for
luncheon, and it was more than
amusing to see this typical boy
acting off-stage exactly as he
does for the camera.
Added features include a trib-
ute to the scientists who tracked
down the cause of sleeping sick
ness: a news release, and a spe-
cialty. H. K.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Happy FroIics at Glen Echo

It's always fair weather when
folks get together at Glen Echo
Park, one of the coolest spots
around the city, and with plenty
of recreational facilities and
amusements to make anyone
forget the heat.
In the beautiful Spanish gar
den ballroom there is dancing
every night to the tunes Of
MacWilliamS' Orchestra, the
hometown boy who made good
and who has just returned to
the park. Mac is ably assisted
by a star band, including Larry
Hendrick at the console.
Another four-star attraction
at Glen Echo these hot days is
the crystal pool, second to none
in the country for size and
equipment.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPTTOL-Don Ameche, Arleen
Weaver, Binnie Barnes, Gate
way" II a. m; 1:45, 4::3O,
7:15, 10 p. m. Stage, 12:45,
$3.50, 6:15, 9 p. m.
PALACE-Judy Garland, Mick
ey Rooney. Love Finds Andy
Hardy" II a. M; ITO, 800,
$50, 7:40, 9:50 p. m.
COLUMBIA - George Murphy,
Shirley Temple, Little Miss
Broadway" IL noon. 2, 4,
5:55, 7:55, $50 p. m.
EARLE-Harold Lloyd, ''Profes-
Sor Beware" IL a. m, 1:4O,
4:25, 7:10, 9:55 p. m. Stage,
Frances Langford, 12:40,
$3.50, 6; 10, 1855 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Clark Ga
BILE, Claudette Colbert, 1T
Happened One Night" II
a. M. 1:05. $40, $40, 1880,
$40 p. m.
b. K. o. KEITH'S-George Muir.
ply, Andrea Leeds, Letter OF
Introduction" 1890 a. m;
Introduction, 1880 a. m:
l:S0. $3.50. $50. 7:S0, $3.50
p. m.
LITTLE-"The Golem" at IL.
1880, 2:30. 4:20. GOT. 7:55
and $50 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NewS and shorts.
10 T. m, to midnight. shows
Us minutes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Old Fovorite
At the MET"

"It Happened One Night" con.
tinues to be filmdom's best all
around comedy to date and
a return engagement of this
engaging comedy is playing
Warner Brothers Metropolitan
where youngsters are joining
the oldSters in the merriment
evoked by spontaneous laughter.
You will remember, or do
you, that this is the picture
which made film fans and ex-
hibitors alike sit up and take
notice of Columbia Pictures,
for the magic touch of Frank
Capra, director, and the very
pleasant work of Clark Gable
and Claudette Colbert turned
out movie history.
This is the story, briefly, Of a
spoiled child of the indulgent
rich, who married a fortune
hunter and whose father took
her to Miami aboard the family
yacht to try and get over the
affair; she eluded her bodyguard
and boarded a bus bound for
New York, was met by a news
paperman who recognized her
as headline material and took
her under his wing, only to fall
in love with her; theirs was a
romance which interested the
entire nation, and with the aid
of an ever fond father, the walls
of Jericho fell and happiness on
a South Sea isle lay in the offing
for these gallant two who fought
each other constantly because
they loved so much.
Claudette has never appeared
so charming, nor has she ever
before nor since acted so well or
seemed to be so thoroughly in
accord with the role; this same
may be said for Clark Gable for
little bits, Gable mannerisms,
are so in keeping with the gen.
eral character Of the play that
Gable gives the illusion Of flaw
less comedy.
Walter Connolly, Alan Hale,
Roscoe Karns and a buSload of
people who swing into the lifting
Flying Trapeze" song with en-
thuSiasm.
There are numerous added
features, which include a news
reel and a scientific film devoted
to miracles which we accept as
routine events, but the spice OF
the program is the main attrac-
ton which proves as amusing as
it did at its midnight previeW
some four years ago. KY.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Program
At 7 rQns-Lux

Back again, Corrigan's trium-
phant return to America is the
highlight of the new Trans-Lux
program. Pictures show the tu
multuous greeting in New York
for the Irish-American flier.
Fom the war zones are shots
of the bombings and riots IN
the Holy Land, scenes of the
Japanese strife.
Father Divine's parade on the
acquisition of a heavenly home"
adjoining President Roosevelt's
summer estate, Royalty at the
funeral of Queen Marie, a
Washington father, 80, cele-
brateS the birth of his twenty
sixth baby, a movie star base
ball game, Henry Ford honored
on his seventy-fifth birthday,
Governor Winship's escape from
an assassin at Puerto Rico and
the use of tear gas bombs to foil
auto thieves, are some Of the
interesting news subjects.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Shirley Bow S
AtCoIumbio

The dancing team Of Temple
and Murphy now appearing in
Little Miss Broadway" at
Loew'S Columbia threatens to
make the show world forget
there were ever such hoofing
combinations as the Rooneys,
Castles and AStaireS.
Shirley and George perform
three dance routineS in the pic
ture which are about as near
perfection as anything human
has a right to be. They high
light the entire film.
Shirley portrays another Of
her lovable little ladies, this
time one who comes to the as
Sistance of some brokendown
troupers stranded in a theatrical
boarding house.
BY means of some precocious
headwork she manges to dis
suade a crusty old lady, Edna
May Oliver from evicting her
theatrical friends. The footlght
atmosphere enables Shirley to
sing and dance as she never has
before.
George Murphy, Edna May
Oliver, Phyllis Brooks and Senor
James Durante complement the
stars portrayal with some bril-
liant make believing of their
own.
The picture hasn't a flaw, al
though Durante fans might like
to see more of their Cyrano.
But that's like finding fault with
Santa Claus. After all, two hours
of Shirley Temple!
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Oracle Fields
Film Booked

Oracle Fields. famous British
comedienne who began her car
eer singing for pennies in the
streets of Lancashire Village,
sang at a royal command per-
formance recently in London.
1t was attended by King George
VI and Queen Elizabeth and the
Duke and Duchess of Kent.
To enable Oracle to attend re-
hearsalS, studio officials SuS-
pended production on her CO.
starring film with Victor Nc
La g en-. Were Going to Be
Rich" opening Friday, August
IL. at the Columbia.
The comedy will introduce
Britain'S No. / comedienne to
American audiences for the first
time.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Jorboe SWING
On Potomac

In talking to a cab driver Zone
of the talkative kinO recently
on one Of our sweltering days,
he remarked, "The coolest spot
in town is along this Potomac
River"
And that's one cab driver who
felt he was telling the truth, for,
they say, there's no spot cooler
these hot nights than the decks
of the palatial river steamer
Potomac.
And this Saturday night you
can enjoy another Of the popu-
lar midnight moonlights, when
the Potomac sails on a long
cruise, starting at 1890 a. M,
accompanied by Bernie Jarboe
and his seven-piece band, the
might Hawks" playing for free
dancing.
A loud-Speaker system covers
the entire boat for those who'd
rather enjoy the breezeS and
the comfortable deck chairs.
This midnight cruise is in addi-
ton to the regular moonlight
trip that leaves the Seventh
and Water Street docks at 8:45
nightly, which also has the
popular Jarboe musicians.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

Of laughs. William Frawley, Lilo
mel Stander and Raymond Wal
burn are his chief accomplices
in fun. Phyllis WEIGH is ami
mated and gay as his vis-a-vis
and Thurston Hall huffs and
puffs as the Snobbish j. j. Van
Buren.
Director Elliott Nugent sets a
fast pace. maintains it, and
though Professor Beware" is
manufactured from a venerable
formula, it will stack up with
any of the 1888 FULL e n g t h
comedies.
Earle's stage headliner is the
$500 per week No. / singer of
popular songs on the radio,
Frances Langford.
Miss Langford knows the value
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
"GATEWAY" AT CAPITOL
"Gotewoy" on CopitoIs Screen
Presents Don Ameche in
MeIodromotic Tale

stage bill without weak spot and hilarious picture,
Gateway combine this week at Loews Capitol to provide
one of the balanced pieces of entertainment in
Washington in many moon.
Charles Care seemingly lone tenor survival in radio
world cluered with barones, heads the stage program
and reveals splendid voice well a completely winning
stage presence.
The radio and muscomedy star sings "Theres Faraway
Look in Your Eyes, Gypsy Sweetheart" "You Go to My
of his real Pccards-they hit the musical rato
snher
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

IRISH TENOR TOPS
For one of his encores, it must
have been at least the tenth, he
reviveS the jaunty Irish air,
Nights of the Kerry Dances.
A pretty tune, he gives it hand
some airing.
Jack Powell, the percussionist
who can make rhythm with
toothpickS, seems to get more
agile with the drumSticks with
the passing of time.
He has literally and figura-
lively been knocking around for
81 years. Rhythm is his business
and when he graspS a pair Of
drumsticks the literal knocking
around is terrific.
Joe and Jane McKenna dis
play about as much concern for
one another'S anatomy as Clay
ton and jackson used to show
for Jimmy Durante's nose.
Their rough-and-tumble burleS-
que of an adagio team is more
fun than a day with the Brook
lyn Dodgers.
The animal-act industry is rep
resented by Carlton Emmy and
his collection of clever CANNES.
Chester Hale'S Texas Comets top
off IA karat program with
some splendid precision dancing.
Their Surrealist number Is par
ticularly worthwhile.
Gateway" is one of those pic
lures arriving without benefit Of
ballyhoo and captivating every
one by its unexpected sparkle
and high spirits.
INTERESTING MOVIE
Idea Of the story is not new,
several characters collected
aboard a transatlantic liner in
quasi Grand Hotel" fashion, but
the dialog and directorial treat
ment cause the picture to Scin-
tillate from beginning to end.
Don Ameche, the perennial ju-
venile, portrays a newspaper
man who comes to the aid of an
Irish immigrant, Arleen Whelan.
after the young lday has inad-
vertently involved herself in a
scandal aboard ship.
AS a result of the scandal her
entry is delayed at Ellis Island,
a difficulty which seems to be-
set every other passenger aboard
ship. Picture-stealer Binnie
Barnes is one of the unwanted
group, but with the help Of Don
Ameche she manages to extri-
cate the colleen from the tolls
of the gendarmes and the pic:
ture ends on a happy note.
Phil Lampkin'S overture de-
serves a posy or two. It's a med
ley of Chopin melodies and in
cludes the lovely Fantasia I'm
promptu." That's the piece they
found in the composers scrap
basket after his death and which
some Tin Pan Alley genius bor-
rowed to write, I'm Always
Chasing Rainbows." R. ON.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
By ED SULLIVAN
The Subject of Heroes
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8.


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its inner toe know that a drug derived from morphine
the Baptist but what exactly % cOns McG @ Sa
showing him to possess these Qualities
@ e name nance % @ O nSoy & or manne In fiction the hero
That uppose brings US to the heroes are
Grant oBrien, Ameche Robert Taycr GeoFTe Brent
Scott George Raft Gary Cooper James Stewart
HeroesP Pardon me for sneerng at them require
hero to make love to 10y with Crawford nch Colbert
date De- Hsvsnd9 Does % oz 1soT o 5
with Lombard oge oberon have manly
Rainer9 Heroes, phooey '''1'1
Not mind that these heroes two
sends in and to o ~Sen s e
man with the stick rake 1t away AmeChe didn't learn how to
caIses from riding in day
life as Robin Hood was in gend RanS
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chImp No. taken by and large these
and they any smoking session. they
manly that And lucky toO IN Certainly sivs
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nation You nasty nick e9i in hulTied mds
brain gup some Juice and n e gn o @ @
train to the city where office The train viii
tavots BAN that sssSait 'Uas Sas
to find the boss grouhng o7er so@ehne mne
Where do bosses find the things they That NV
countrymen YOUR typical day, night
your Wte tells that Junior
Wnoong cough and the there got
Szz tomorrow he'd have to take the car away.
But the movie herOe Jeeves Jarvis poes room I'm
the morning and asks them they
that phraSng would Outside the
California in shining brightly, singing and inside
JeeVeS wants to know the breakfast Whv
shouldn't he like to breakfast Jeves
breakfast jarvis the second the
be exactly the right temperature Jerome third man laws ont
the and the hard day at the
studO the movie hero frefuy hours will
have to make love to Virginia news JeeveS
Jarvis and Jerome clukcuck sympaheticay don't know how
you stand it, sir" sympathizes Jeeves
Does the hero then rush do? Not
He climbs into $4,000 and drives from the hills
BeAr At the studio he makes love to Virginia Bruce
through the sheer fighting spirit power
that permits him hold his the after
the ded hero out ngewood sit in
and see the
So hero distinguished for vaO fortude
enterprise actor who lives
yacht and racing stable who makes
beauties the world
week. and who has three dependents Jeeve Jarvis
You feminine readers will that jealous
like to make at 10y Crawford Colbert Havand
Oberon and You'll that I'd
Gable the honest face of Tracy the
hair of Grant You'll that $4,000
week for squeezing Shearer Sokng Simon with Sohe
You'll that this nothing but
Jeves breakfast Jarvis adjust the
into $14 1000 Well
hero business soft touch and I'd like join
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

Those who do not swim or
dance (if there be such) can
cool off in the world cruise"
where underground boats visit"
all parts of the world, or they
can have a fine time on the
dodgem rides, which are
equipped with new streamlined
cars.
Other attractions to beat the
heat include the boats on the
waterway canal, the big coaster
dips, the whip, pretzel and air
plane swings, plus many smaller
amusements. The picnic grounds
also are a complete answer to
the heat puzzle.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
WELL.GAGGED STORY

He decides to join an expedi-
ton to Egypt for some scientific
research on his hobby when he
becomes tanglod with bibulous
stranger, lends him his clothing.
The complications h a enSue
make it necessary for the Pro
fessor to leave without explana-
ton, if he is to make the boat
for the Far East.
He picks up a couple of genial
hoboes on the highway, and the
adventures of the trio are fast,
furious and funny. The touring
vagabonds have a narrow escape
when their freight train runs
through a tunnel, Lloyd is COM
PEELED to impersonate a chicken
to confound his pursuers, at the
wharf, and on the yacht runs
into a free-for-all rough house.
AS the innocent victim of mis-
understanding Harold Lloyd is
well served by his gagmen, works
every situation for its full quota
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

of clear enunciation, sings and
gets way with the slightly
naughty, weekend of Private
Secretary" { lyrical tidbit that is
barred by NB.C. and Mutual
networks), offers Cole Porter's
Night and Day." besides two IA
vorites from the pop catalogue,
II Hadn't Anyone Till You" and
Music. Maestro Please"
Noisily acclaimed, the vocal
ist for her encore bows led out
her honeymooning husband,
Jon Hall (star of Goldwyn'S
"HurricaneD, handsome Holly
wood he-man, who announced
the Halls were celebrating their
eighth anniversary CSC days.
hence the speech, and the flow
ers. Okay for surprise finish.
A SURPRISE ENCORE
Other good acts, Gall-Galli,
a magician whose best tricks
employ live chickens; the Three
Samuels and Harriet Hayes,
clever comedy tap dancer; the
Six AntalekS in skilled balanc-
ing feats; Eddie White, voluble
emcee.
Joe Lombardi's interpretive
overture this week employs
Freddy Clark on the stage i'm
personating the immortal Franz
Schubert composing his unfin-
ished symphony. Both acting
and music were AL, and Freddy
should be eligible for an Equity
card.
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
GoIem"
Second Week

THE Golem," French picturi-
zation of an old legend of
Prague's ghetto, will remain for
a second week at the Little
Theater. Harry Baur, Europe's
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

of them slightly familiar all of them hitting the fun
target close to the bul's-eye.
At various whistle stops trailer camps and stations
the picture pauses just long enough let the audience in
what all the pell-mel chase is about.
Seems Harold Lloyd archaeologst dgnfed college
professor who believes he is reincarnaon of mummy
named Neferus who buried alive 5000 years ago by
king of Egypt because he dared to marry princess named
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

Theater follows the formula, stages the
longest and most hilarious cross country
chase of all Lloyd features.
Pursuing the spectacled comic from coast
to coast are the police, love-smitten coed
a California moneybags and various country
Sheriffs.
To reach his goal, Pier 10, North River,
New York, after precipitate flight from
Los Angeles Harold Lloyd employs motor
cycle, trailer freight train station wagon,
taxi, fire engine and Shank s mare.
His crossing the continent jaunt of excite
mont 1aavaS trail Of smart comedv oa0c
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

most distinguished film actor,
plays the mad Emperor Rudolph
II in this story of the final
awakening of a huge being in
human form created by a rabbi
as a protector of his race.
The cast includes Germaine
AuSsey and Jony Hart, popular
French players.
The film is being shown with
dialogue subtitles in English,
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Page Pops Off

One of the screens most
popular character actors. Brad
ley Page, appears as an excit-
able film studio executive in
"The Affairs of Annabel."
The Washington times., 1938-08-06
Frances Longford, Singer Of
Typical Tunes, Headlines
Vaudeville Program
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Like Walt Disney Comedian Harold Lloyd never loses
sight of the objectvethat motion pictures should
professor Beware his latest button burster at the Earle
The Washington times., 1938-08-06

In Professor Beware" He Has Fast-MoVing
Comedy With Hilarious Cross-Country Chase