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Evening star., 1938-12-25
Spell Woven by Folger
Library and Exhibits
By Florence s. Berrvman.

shire busts and figures of Shakes
peare and the characters in his
plays. that she fears that, in an
unguarded moment. she might break
the glass cases and try to purloin
some of them
On the other hand. an impassive
lawyer from the hills of Vermont was
left cold" by these little figures
Being shown through the Folger
Library by his hostess as part of a
sightseeing program, he was un-
impressed by the $4,000 first folios:
he made no comment on the jeweled
crown worn by E. H. Sothern as
Macbeth" he gazed unmoved at
the prompt books once used by such
great actors as Charles Kean, Sir
Henry Irving and Robert Mantell.
The portraits of David Garrick and
other actors of an earlier day by
Reynolds. Opie and Lawrence might
have been so many clippings from
Sunday supplement, and the let
tiers signed by Henry VIII and
Queen Elizabeth elected no more
enthusiasm than a batch of bills
deposited in his letter box on the
first of the month.
1T doesn't seem possible" thought
his detected hostess, but he's bored
to DEATH"
Suddenly he caught sight of the
iron chest or strong box used in the
Belasco revival of The Merchant of
Venice and he became electrified.
They've got something there" he
exclaimed, and went on his knees
the better to examine the intricate
workmanship of the multiple lock.
His hostess discovered that he was
himself mental craftsman of con-
siderable ability, who had made but
terf1y hinges and other hardware for
his own and his friends homes.
But probably only minority of
visitors find their interest circum-
scribed by their own aptitude for
some medium. Most peoples inter-
est can occasionally take intangible
turns. as expressed by ore Washing
ton woman who periodically visits
the Folger Library's gallery.
"Of all the things here, I am most
fascinated by an entry in this diary
of John Ward (one-time vicar Of
StratfordD, which says, 'Shakespear,
Drayton and Ben Jonson had
merry meeting, and it seems drank
too hard, for Shakespear died of
feavour there contracted. When I
read that ordinary bit of gossip
about the Bard by one who knew
him personally, he seems so close to
me that feel might have met him
myself somewhere, but can't quite
remember"
One who visits the Folger Library
for the first time may well be de-
ceived by it's size, and say to oneself.
II can do this place in half an hour
and then go to a movie" In all
probability, one will wander from
case to case. oblivious of the fieeting
minutes and even of the 4:30 gong,
until guard taps one on the
shoulder and says:
Sorry. but it's closing time"
Evening star., 1938-12-25

airplane; landscapes with pine trees,
visions of the artists themselves on
Christmas morning with lavish
still-life of toys in the foreground
'these paintings ought to be helpful
to parents, have all received a share
of attention from the exhibitors.
In addition to the Corcorar School
and civic agencies which sponsor
D. C. Federal art project classes the
Yard School of Art and the Landor
School for Boys, Bethesda. are rep
resented. The exhibition opened
December II and will remain
through the 30th. F.S.B.
Evening star., 1938-12-25

planned color design, and by Dor
othy Miller There is naive rem
dering of Christ in the Manger, by
Ephriam Brinson. 8 years old, of
st. Johns Orphanage, and a num-
Der Of other paintings and drawings
with religious themes.
Yet there is no scarcity of worldly
subjects. Snow Peaks an imagi-
native painting by Enid Smith. aged
10, is given the position of honor,
as a work Of considerable promise
Boys coasting on a snowy hill, Santa
Claus in number of poses, one by a
boy of II showing him arriving by
Evening star., 1938-12-25

The 3l5th anniversary of the pub
lication of the first folio of Shake
speare was celebrated at the Folger
Shakespeare Library recently with
an address by DR.. A. S. w. Rosen-
bach, distinguished bibliophile, of
Philadelphia. on Adventures With
the Shakespeare Quartos' before a
capacity audience in the hbrarys
beautiful little auditorium. After
the address the audience went into
the gallery, where copies of Shakes
peare quartos were on exhibition.
These delightful but infrequent
occasions put the Folger Library
temporarily in the news. But be-
cause its gallery is not among those
which change their exhibitions every
fortnight or so during the season,
and which in consequence receive
frequent reviews in the press, many
Washingtonians forget to visit the
Folger Library at intervals. Yet its
art and manuscript collections. all
relating in some way to Shakespeare,
possess variety and interest out of
all proportion to their limited
numbers.
IT one studies the personalities of
buildings just as one does those of
people, one will undoubtedly come to
regard the unpretentious Folger Lii
brary as the possessor of charm,
friendlineSs and a sense of humor.
1t is an institution with a twinkle
In its eye, as compared to its hand
some, serious minded and awe in
spring neighbor, the Supreme Court.
Three women about to enter the
Folger Library, on one of the un-
seasonably warm afternoons recent
ly. were standing on the corner ad-
miring its simple architectural lines.
when a gardener, watering its north
lawn, moved forward into the sun
shine and the spray from the. hose
instantly became a rainbow. I'm
aware of the miracle, he continued
to sprinkle the grass with green,
orange, violet and yellow mist. 1t
seemed entirely appropriate that the
Folger's garden hose should behave
thus, instead of emitting ordinary
water. For the Shakespeare Library
begins to enchant and entertain its
guests before they get inside. 1t
spreads picture book of the bards
greatest plays, in the series of bas-
relief panels sculptued by John
Gregory on its north facade.
Once one goes within, the walls
begin to speak. Il shower a welcome
on ye, welcome all" says the carving
over the entrance to the gallery.
For the time being, one lays aside
all thought of the evils that beset
the world, as we'll as all fretting
personal troubles, and gives oneself
up to the spell woven by the exhib-
its. Not all of the paintings on the
walls, nor the carvings, jewelry and
other items in the cases are fine
art" by any manner of means. They
are In the gallery because of their
associational, rather than esthetic,
value. Nevertheless, there are su-
perb objects of such varied character
that it is nearly impossible to con-
ceive Of visitor who will not find
something to intrigue him.
One local collector Of ceramics
says she no longer dares to go alone
to the Folger Library; she Is 80
covetous Of its groups Of Stafford
Evening star., 1938-11-09
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

The lizard family is a big one.
There are about $500 kinds OF
lizards!
From time to time. you probably
have seen small lizards which do
no harm to people. They live chiefly
on insects and worms.
OF all the worlds lizards only
two kinds are poisonous. They are
the Gila monster and the horrid
heloderm.
The Gila monster was named
after the Gila River in Arizona. 1t
is rather stout animal and often
grows to a length of feet. It lives
lin Southwestern parts of the United
States, chiefly in very dry sections
of Arizona and New Mexico.
The "horrid heloderm" is found
IN Mexico. 1t is a relative of the
Eila monster, and is about equally
Rs poisonous.
Far larger lizards are to be found
bn certain islands of the Pacific.
There are big members of the fam
ly on the Galapagos Islands, but
they are not the only ones of giant
kize.
The largest of all lizards are the
dragons of Komodo." These ami
nals were discovered in recent times
(n Komodo and two other small
Stands of the East Indies.
The dragons of Komodo some
mes grow to a length of 10 to IL
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Lizard Family

ever, it fights by whipping its tail
back and forth.
That West African lizard has an
other strange habit. When it is
frightened by some enemy it rolls
over on its back and puts one of
its hind feet in its mouth. Then 1t
lies until the enemy goes away.
Australia has, the frilled lizard,
which is just about as strange. It
can get up and run on its hind legs.
The frilled lizard was so named
because Of a collar, or frill, around
its neck. Most Of the time the
frill is folded, but it is raised as a
result of anger or fright. If the
animal is chased it may rise on its
hind legs and run to the nearest
tree. Then it will either climb the
tree, or turn around and wait with
its frill raised and its mouth wide
open.
For nature section of your scrap
book.)
Riddles, games and puzzles will
be found in the "Funmaker"
leaflet. If you would like q copy
send = Scent, stamped, return
envelope to me in care of The
Evening Star.
I~e& HAd
Tomorrow-Prairie dogs.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1938-11-09
SIom-Bonq Slam

SS'
Oswald Jacoby has always been
noted for his am-bang style of
bidding. Apparently living in Texas,
has, if anything, accentuated it, as
may be seen by the following hand,
played by him the first day after he
arrived in New York for brief visit.
East. dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
Charles Lochridge.
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Mr.. Jacoby.
The bidding:
East South West North
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Pass
Evening star., 1938-11-09

MI Jacoby's explanation of the
terrific bidding he gave with one
king and two queens was that he
felt certain his partner would not
have more than one heart. and he
was disappointed when his partner
showed up with two.
The king of diamonds was opened.
Mr.. Jacoby ruffed with the three of
spades and took quick stock. He
counted five trumps and two aces in
dummy as seven tricks, his own king
OF clubs as eight, and four diamond
rufts as IL. However, in order to get
four diamond ruffs, he had to get to
dummy three more times. His first
thought was that low trump lead
overtaken by dummy's king would
be one of these entries, but if he
made that play. he would eventually
have to ruff with both the queen ana
jack OF spades, and if East held all
three missing trumps, East would
then have trump trick.
The bidding indicated that West
must hold at least 10 red cards
hence 80 break in trumps was not
unlikely. Accordingly, Mr.. Jacoby
played the hand as follows: First, he
laid down the queen of spades, then
played a club to the ace, trumped a
diamond, played heart to the ace.
trumped another diamond, played
the king of clubs, ruffed third club,
trumped the last diamond with his
Jack of trumpS. ruffed the fourth
club and made his 11th and 18th
tricks with dummy's ace-king of
spades, thereby making the hand.
Copyright. 1889
The Four Aces will be pleased to an
sWer letters from readers II stamped,
C3cl, self f-addressed envelope is inclosed
with each communication addressed to
the Four Aces, care The Evening Star.
Il you desire the pocket outline of the
Four Aces system of contract bridge.
send with your request to the Four Aces,
care The Evening Star. a stamped t3c).
sef-addressed. large-size envelope and
you will receive an outline without any
rharre
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D.
Maier Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenck-
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ventors of the system that has beaten
every other system in existence.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01

the country danced celebrate the birthday
him in his inane paralysis ne
posed for this picture House The Presidents
favore charity Foundation nfante Paralysis at
Warm Springs G chief beneficiary of the nationwide celebration
~ ~Re' 80 Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01

April Fool after midday on the
first Of April, the joke rebounds
onto YOU"
"I can see no joke" said Will
Iliams.
Nor T." said Mgr. Smith. 81
see no joke here at ALL"
When DR.. Thurston had left us
the atmosphere of constraint
which had been noticeable in his
|presence was at once dissipated,
and everyone seemed to return
with some relief to the excitement
of the chase. Bereavement, on
these occasions, as have often
noticed, is bore; detection is
what matters. So that the inquiry
was taken up with gSusto.
The first person to be questioned
was the mechanic sent by the
telephone service to repair the
wire. He had found it cut clean
through where it passed outside
the window of the little cloak
room on the ground floor. He
seemed an intelligent young man.
eager to add his quota of sug-
gestions.
There was a pair of little clip
pers, like you use for pruning
rose-trees, lying on the window
SILL" he said. 81 should think
more than likely it 'ud been done
with them. All anyone had to do"
he explained enthusiastically,
twas to shove open the window.
lean out, and snip! the telephone
was out Of order"
''Have these so important clip
pers been examined?" asked M.
Picon. Perhaps the good Boeuf
has seen whether there are finger
prints on them?"
The Sergeant cleared his throat,
and looked trif1e uncomfortable.
IT didn't 'ardly think it worth
WHILE" he admitted, seeing as I
know oo'd done it."
M. Picon gave vent to gut
tural gallicism, but Lord Simon
drawled, my man Butterfield has
looked at the beastly things. No
fingerprints.
The mechanic was not to be ex-
cluded. "Ah, but I tell you what"
he said, leaning forward knowing
ly, there was pair of old gar
dening gloves there beside them.
Whoever cut that wire could have
pulled 'em on"-and he, gave an
appropriate gesture-"cut it, and
taken 'em off again"
"Voila! said M. Picon ironi-
cally.
ut would be more to the point
if you could tell us when the ex-
change discovered that the line
was out of ORDER"
II can tell you that. It wasn't
till this morning. There was no
call for this house last night, and
no one came down to report it till
10 O'clock today"
DO you know who came then 2"
"Yes. The chauffeur"
ITO Be Continuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
READ THIS FIRST:

Three famous detectives. Lord Simon.
NJ. Picon and Monsignor Smith, are
investigating the murder of Mrs. Mary
ThurstOn, middle-aged wife Of a re-
tired English physician who has been
found slain In bed during weekend
party at the ThurSton home near Lon
don. Those in the house when Mrs.
Thurston retired were her husband:
Townsend. the author; Williams. the
family lawyer; Strickland, a sports
man, and the servants. Three pierre
ing screams preceded the discovery Of
the tragedy. Mrs. Thurston'S bed
room door was bolted from the inside
and the only open window revealed a
2O-foot drop to the ground. In the
garden below Townsend found the
murder weapon. a Chinese knife. taken
from the Thurston hallway. Mr.. Rider,
the vicar, a dinner guest the evening
of the murder. left the Thurston home
shortly before the Staying occurred.
Townsend and Mgr. Smith are investi-
eating the Thurston gymnasium. The
three detectives and Sergeant Beef, the
local constable, conduct their re-
searches Independently. DR.; Thurston
reveals some of the family history for
the benefit of the investigators. The
doctor reveals his dead wife had a
step-son by first marriage who had
bad name. He had not been heard
of for years.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01

would have been preached jus
then.
Every well, then" he said, "I'l
say good night. I have told Stal
Ito give you anything you ma.
want" With evident relief he lef
the room.
Lord Simon turned to Williams
'There can be no doubt about tina
WILL" he asked, "the stepson will
inherit 2"
said, at have always understood
that it was like that. I was no
the old mans lawyer. But tina
was his will"
Looks pretty bad for the step
son, whoever he is" observed.
But Mgr. Smith blinked at me-
gently. "You mustn't say that,
he observed. "The fact that it il
a piece of parchment does moi
mean that it is a piece of prophecy
You are like so many Of these
modern thinkers. Because it was
a new will you want to turn il
into an Old Testament"
what is more of moment,
said M. Picon, turning to Will
liams, sis the will of the lady
herself. What can be said OF
that?"
Rather unexpectedly Williams
smiled. "Mrs. Thurston," he said
twas in some ways very ingen-
uous person. AS Mr.. Townsend
here will tell you, her great pride
was her house. She devoted her
life to making it comfortable. And
she had an idea by which she
hoped to get very good service.
She got me to draw up a will
leaving her personal belongings to
her husband, but all the money of
which she might die possessed
was to be divided equally among
such employees as were with her at
the time Of her death. This was,
Of course, after her husband had
come into his own fortune"
But" I said. "since she had
only a life interest ;"
Exactly. That was the idea.
She never had very much money
in her possession at any time. She
received her income quarterly, and
spent it, or gave it away. So that
what the servants would receive
was the sum actually to her credit
in the bank at the time Of her
death. That would be about the
amount normally left to servants.
But of course they were not to
know that. It was common
knowledge among them that Mrs.
Thurston was rich. And certain
ly the plan seemed to work, for
she has not changed the staff
since then"
I'm other words it was trick"
said Mgr. Smith. ~
Il should hardly call it that"
snapped Williams.
"And tricks can work both;
ways" reflected the little cleric
IF you try to make anyone an
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01
CHAPTER 16

M. AMER PICON had been
moving about in his chair in a
most restless way as DR.. Thurston
concluded his family history. and
now spoke impatiently. Monsieur
lie docteur." he said, you will for
give Picon. He may seem-what
you all-impertinent. But there
is little question, difficult to ask.
Yet it is necessary. You permit :?
A thousand thanks. It is this.
Do you remember if ever your so
unfortunate Madame seemed to
have something concealed from
you? Oh, I mean nothing Of
what you say?-a guilty secret.
Some little thing, which she
might have concealed as one hides
a Christmas present before Christ
mas, perhaps?"
DR.. Thurston took this quietly.
He seemed to appreciate the
dainty way in which Picon had
put it to him. He was silent for
nearly a minute, then he said,
"Only once. I do remember such
an incident-but it is a long time
ago; soon after we were married.
Your speaking of Christmas
presents reminds me, because it
was just before Christmas, and I
accounted for it at the time in
that way. thought it was little
ingenious secret such as she
loved, connected with a gift for
me. But when Christmas came
I could not see that it had any
thing to do with her gift. But I
never attached any real impor-
lance to it."
Picon could scarcely wait. Eyes,
yes, Monsieur le docteur?" he
said.
Zone afternoon I came into her
room and found her sitting at the
little bureau she always used
when she had any letters to write.
She had not heard me come in, but
when she saw me she looked very
startled, and quickly tore up the
envelope she was writing. I can
give you no idea how innocent
such behavior made her seem. No
really deceitful person could have
blushed and been so confused as
she was"
"But is that ALL" queried M.
Picon anxiously. "You read
nothing that was written?"
DR.. Thurston looked wistfully
towards him. eff I tell you read
mans name," he said, you must
not let your imagination start
working. You must believe me
when I tell that my wife was in
capable of carrying on anything
like an intrigue. The mere
thought Of it, to anyone who knew
her, is absurd. But it was a mans
name that I read on that piece of
paper, and I can tell it you. It
was Sidney Sewell."
Just the name? You saw no
more 2"
THAT was all. But really, you
should attach no Importance to
1t. Ask Williams here. He knew
my wife. Whatever significance
the matter had it did not mean
That there was some clandestine
love affair in her life."
There was a sympathetic MUIR
muir of assent, and Williams said
something to the effect that it had
never been doubted.
Fhurston rose painfully from
ms chair. "And now, gentlemen,
isSthere anything else you wish
to ask me?" He looked so ex-
nausted and wretched that even
nao tnere been any further ques-
tions to put to him after his very
lucid narrative. doubt if they
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01

A heartrending story Of denied
motherhood was told in Boston
when Mrs. Shirley Marcantonio
(above) claimed 6 founding as her
own baby. She risked a jail sem
tence and public scorn to get the
baby, whose faint cries were heard
above the carols on Beacon Hill.
Unable to bear child, she wept
!. when her hoax was uncovered.
5saa6 central Pressl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01

George Renna is shown In CUSTODY
in New York, following at
temped holdup Of a paw1ishop Dy
a bandit gang of five, in winch
a police sergeant was killed our
ing fusillade Of bullets ana an
other policeman was injured. one
of the bandits also was paoiy
wounded. s.
frnl PfG11
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-01

Earle e. Kynette, acting captain
Of Los Angeles detectives, Is
shown behind Jail bars after ne
surrendered on charges of at
tempting to kill Vice Investigator
Harry Raymond. Raymond was
injured seriously when a bomb ex-
ploded as he tried to start his car.
Kynette's special intelligence
squad has been linked with the
bombing, investigators say.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-10
FOLLIES SHOW BIG FEATURE
 FOR CAPITOL
Glorious TechnicoIor Screen Musical has Bergen
 and Mccarthy

l All the greatest entertainers of the stage, the screen. the radio, the dance and grand opera put on U great show in Samuel Goldwyn's glorious technicolor screen musical, "The Goldwyn Follies." which opens Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. Produced on the most magnificent scale of any musical in cinema his tory, this most ambitious of all the great Goldwyn's screen ventures does great credit to the name it bears.
 Offering a cast headed by Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy, ra- dios No. stars, Adolphe Menjou, The Ritz Brothers, zorina, the beautiful young premiere ballerina of the Ballet Russe, who is splen- did actress as well as a great dancer; Kenny Baker, Helen Jepson, the lovely Metropolitan Opera star who makes a brilliant film debut; An drea Leeds, Phil Baker, Ella Logan, DOUUy Slolh, cCiOillC OOWoii' IAN American Ballet of the Metropoli- tan Opera and the gorgeous Gold wyn Girls, "The Goldwyn FollieS" is a movie fans dream, combining every element of great entertain ment in magnificent measure.
 Built around a grand yarn about Hollywood from the pen of Ben Hecht, the musical casts Adolphe Menjou as film producer who loses touch with the public taste and hires Andrea Leeds as Miss Hu- manity,7 to tell him what the great American movie fan wants. Ending tonight is the double fea- ture, Navy Blues" and "Adventur- CTS End"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-10

some young Scot Tard n.au and loretta find tnel lives in the midst If SUI greater Eouble The foreign city ls bomba r5ed from the 1l. an troops mo1 j. on ram pagt, blasting {, ban1 in arch of
 tain jeweis of high value. "a officer. learning that ag English speaking girl Aas beaten them to ghe jewels SIT sts Lore sa.
 III endeavoring to escape from the country, Loretta and Doll u , pursued by a foreign officer who ia threatened with death by the firing squad unless he recovers the jewels Their airplane is fired on b. pat teries of anti-aircraft, and their car narrowly escapes as a burning airplane falls beside it; but Loretta and Don finally escape to a Brit ish merchant ship.
 With death awaiting them If they are caught with the jewels, they are pursued by an enemy gunboat which captures them agaln. Lor- etta turns to the foreign officer, believing that Don plans to im- prison her on his return to Eng land with her. She learns just ii time, however, that such was nof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-10

millions as the hit star of radios biggest Sunday night air-show, go romancing tempestuously in turbu- lent Spain in the Twentieth Gen. tury- OK fast-moying comedy-dram of romance, intrigue, and mad ad venture, Love Under Fire, which opens Sunday at the Coliseum Theatre.
 Concerned in the swift-novin story is a frightened girl, Loretta Young, fleeing madly about Europe, seeking to evade capture and im- prisonment for a crime she mis- takenly believes she has committed. A Scotland Yard detective, Don Ameche, pursues her as a criminal, until he discovers certain facts which clear up matters.
 Meanwhile, however, both nand-