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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04
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Tuesday

Dion Bouccicault's famous
Irish melodram colleen
Bawn," or THE Brides of Gar
ryowen," originally produced at
Laura Keene's Theater in New
York city in 1860, with the
author himself as member Of
the cast. will be revived for Syl-
van Theater presentation by the
Langley Lambs Club, under the
direction of Forney Reese, and
will be offered as the highlight
of the eighth Summer Festival,
on Tuesday of next week, Au-
gust 9, at o'clock, preceded by
a half-hour of appropriate music
by the washington Gas Light
Company Band.
It has been many years since
colleen Bawn" has been played
in the Capital City, and there
is a lot of interest in drama cir.
Giles in this production, which
will feature, in addition to the
players in the cast, a complete
olio program of old and mod
ern Irish songs and dances by
the Estelle Wentworth Opera
Group.
Larry Lawrence will play the
hero, Hardness Cregan, who is
secretly married to Ely O'Con-
nor, played by Jane Lawrence,
but who decided to cast her
aside, in order to marry a wealthy
young woman to save his family
fortunes. Plot and counter plot
are developed by the many
characters in the story, with
telling effect, the cast including
Margaret King, as the heiress;
Betty Ramsay, as Mrs. Cregan;
Carol Jasperson, Roy Bartsche,
Lonny Alison, Raymond Mary
lam, Frank Anderson, Chriss
Clayton, William Reeve and 10y
Hallman. Forney Reese will him.
self appear as Father Tom, the
lovable but imbibing priest in
the parish.
Spectacular effects have been
planned for this production,
which is to be given in 10 rapidly
moving episodes-one of which
presents a storm on the lake,
during which the hapless heroine
is all but drowned by the faith
full but murderous Danny, and
is saved by the humble but noble
Miles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04

front of a taXicab, passes on
without ever disclosing that Kay
Martin was his daughter.
CHARLIE-Stop right there,
Kelley. You haven't said a
word about me and Bergen.
You know we're in the picture
also. Get big billing, too. Don't
let Hardie Meakin forget it.
ME- was coming to that,
Charlie. Bergen and you, being
a couple of clearinghouse pals
of Andrea Leeds and George
Murphy, have great chance to
do your ventriloqual routineS.
They are brought in logically
and the patter is immense. Yes,
sir, your Edgar can sure write
good comedy stuff.
CHARLIE-What about Nor
timer? Don't tell me you liked
that knot hole. I resent him as
a barnacle on our family tree.
Buck Tooth Mort is what I call
him.
ME-Wait a minute, Charlie.
That's professional jealousy. I
think you're sore because Ber-
gen gave Mortimer a couple of
the best laughs. I didn't like
the way they tried to use him
for a laugh finish. Not strong
enough after all that emotional
suspense.
CHARLIE-Slip it to me on
the @. T. What did you think
of Bergen? Has Johnny Barry
more got to worry?
ME-Bergen was great. No
kiddin' A bally good trouper,
and all of Hollywood ought to
watch the technique used in
weaving you into the story.
Smooth stuff.
CHARLIE-I go for that girl
Andrea Leeds. Just between
you and I, Bergen goes for her
in a big sentimental way. They
look to me like a case of real
love. The Mccoy, I mean. He
thinks Andrea is not only a
swell strip of celluloid, but a
great gal.
Newell, after all Menjou
and Miss Leeds are supposed to
do the big acting in this picture.
And they do it to a well-turned
brown. Miss Leeds gets her
greatest opportunity since she
grabbed important attention in
stage Door" Menjou carries
her right through to new glory.
There is good acting by George
Murphy, Rita Johnson, Ann
Sheridan, Eve Arden and Ernest
Cossart. In fact, the acting
throughout is Grade A creamy.
CHARLIE-Okay Kelley. You
liked the picture BUT. Like
Wrong Direction Corrigan, we
set out to make a comedy flight
and wound up at the port OF
Tragedy. Is that it?
ME - Not exactly, Charlie
Letter of Introduction" is what
I call a smash hit. An extra-base
blow. I just pointed out what
I considered one error in an
otherwise perfect piece of enter
tainment.
CHARLIE-How did you like
John Stahl's direction. Wasn't
that something?
ME-So good, I forgive him
for "Parnell" When better pic,
lures are made by Universal,
Stahl should do 'em.
CHARLIE-So long, Kelley
And don't forget my 10 per cent
commission when you collect for
this review.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04
Gle a ning S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

pulled string or with Charlie Mccarthy and got a
few words about his first fuengh feature Letter of In
troducton prevewed yesterday opening at RkO Keths
Theater today
CHARLIE-So that's you, Kelley? Iszatso Bergen tells
me YOU are good wooden reviews Id like to know what
YOU think of my picture You take the words right
of my mouth
Newell I'm going to be nice to YOU Charlie think
"Leter of Introduction grand job. Great story Beau
tifulv directed by John NJ Stahl Splendid acting by
Adophe Menou and your girl friend Andrea Leeds In fact
don't know why can't qualify with the Ten Best of 1885,
BUT
CHARLIE-Oh so you're "yesbut" guy. You like it,
But What's all the buttng about?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04
A Grand Foursome

Associated with Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers in their ire
union" RKO-Radio vehicle,
''Carefree," are Irving Berlin,
who wrote the melodies for the
film as we'll as for two of their
earlier pictures. and Mark San
drich, who directed it as his
fifth Astaire- Rogers offering.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04

Audiences who have seen the
famous comedy seem to delight
in seeing it again: Americans
who have missed it grow scarcer
every year.
The dunking lesson, the hitch
hiking sequence, the Walls of
Jerlcho-and a dozen other
famous moments in the picture
are hailed with new pleasure
every time they are seen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04
Honest Film Fare

A home spun drama laid in
the mellow decade that saw the
turn of the century Mother
Carey's Chickens" RKO-Radio's
film version of Kate Douglas
Virgins memorable n ovel,
brings Anne Shirley, James ELI
son and Ruby Keeler to the
screen in leading roles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04
George Wins Aqain

Famed for his portrayal of
tWo-fisted, hard-riding outdoor
characters, Gorge OBrien
plays the role of a Western
rancher pitted against treach-
cry and impending disaster in
THE Painted Desert" his lat
est RKO-Radio film.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-08-04
Encore For Ellison

James Ellison, who recently
scored as James Stewards rival
for Ginger Rogers affections in
"Vivacious Lady" now plays the
top masculine role in RKO's
Mother Carey's Chickens" also
featuring Anne Shirley and
Ruby Keller.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Dale
Offers Nelv
CdrdGQtne

Life is a game, they say, and
Dale Carnegie tells you how to
play it. Named and patterned
after his best seller, "How to
Win Friends and Influence Peo-
ple," it is actually a game
which you play with cards.
chips, dice, bell and a board
marked with goal paths, "suc.
cess areas. and "gates to OPP
portunity." A group of tantar
lizing speech cards" bid you
stand up and talk for one and
a half minutes. Score is kept
for each player and even your
best friends will let YOU know,
by giving you the bell" II
they're not impressed with your
oratory. The object, as you've
already guessed, is to win four
friends and obtain a high rat
ing for influencing people by
golden speeches.
The game plays quickly and
easily and offers interest as well
as novelty. The up-to-the min
ute hostess can furnish a lively
evenings entertainment with
this popular game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
They Were
Much SLoUer

In ordinary children the in
cisors came through in the tenth
month, the CUNTS we're from
five to six months slower with
these. They were three to six
months slower than the average
20 months in getting their
cuspids, and from three to five
months slow with the first
molars. Second molars usually
come through at 80 months; as
I have said before, Yvonne was
40 months before she had hers.
But we didn't wait for them
all to come through before we
started brushing. AS soon as
each Quint was the proud pos
SCISSOR of two teeth, she auto
matically became the owner of
a tooth brush too.
We had another unusual prob
lem to face with the Quintuplets.
At birth, all five suffered from
anaemia and as a result all had
to be given medicine with high
iron content. AS a result their
teeth were quite badly stained.
At least some of them were.
When the children were two
and a half years OF age we were
afraid that decay might get a
start underneath those stains.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
From Bridal Veil
toREGoN'
G z7~Y n*><
Professor of Home EcOnOnnlcs UuvsrSity Of idaho
PURCHASING SOFA PILLOW TOPS
Penny Wise:
Professor Of Home EcOnOmIcs. UnivsrSity Of

"Sho1U me some SGteen In soft
colors to match the colorS in
this printed linen. I 10Gnt to
use them for pilloWs for my
davenport upholstered in this
MATERIAL"
DENNY is buying sateen fer
L davenport pillows, because
hers are actually used and she
wants them always fresh and
clean. Good sateen is washable,
color fast and with enough lister
to throw it in contrast with the
linen background, yet not too
much to cause it to jump off
the davenport when one enters
the room. She uses the soft
colors in sateen to repeat the
tones she wishes to bring out in
the printed linen. She might
have used linen pillows with
equally good effect, but the
sateen does not crush so readily,
therefore it holds the fresh look
for a longer time than a linen
pillow. Penny likes quilted pill
lows in her Cape Cod house and
she finds that good quality
sateen lends itself admirably to
this treatment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

peratures. I am convinced this
is not true; at all events, our
experiences with the QuintS in
this regard are interesting.
We watched their mouths
with utmost care every day. We
would see the little bumps under
the gums that showed where
the tiny tooth was pushing its
way through the gum. In some
cases these teeth came through
in day, but the only evidence
the child gave that it was cut
ting a tooth was a tendency to
drool-and a desire to chew on
things.
After the teeth were through
we began brushing them. We
used a very soft brush, and we
brushed them up and down as
well as crosswiSe to clean out all
food particles that might lodge
around or between them.
The CUNTS were in their thir-
tenth month before their teeth
began to appear. This was
nearly five months slower than
average. The two front uppers
came through in the thirteenth
month, the two corresponding
lowers came along a little less
than a month later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Betty LittleWit:

"I ,punt sofa pillo1Ds in pretty
greens and Colds to use on my
davenport. 1DGnt The SOFT,
Squ1shy kind, rather luxurious
looking. / never use them to lie
upon, Just for effect. Therefore
they do not need to be durGoLe.
IN the first place, Betty, any
l. thing to create the right ef-
feet mus have a purpose. Pill
lows strewn about which are
obviously not for use are poor
decoration. The luxurious pill
lows so seductively arrayed IN
department stores are usually
so shiny, gaudy and overdeco'
rated that they could never be-
come a part of any room in
which they are used. Neither
can they be washed or dry
cleaned with any degree OF sat
isfaction. Penny covers good
pillow1 to suit her needs, Tut
Betty buys cover and pillow at
one time, trying tU get a great
deal for her money, and con-
seouently gets either a good
pillow nor a good cover.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Home Service

away but my boy friends says he
missed me plenty"
But even if your spelling and
grammar were correct, your let
ter's deadly dull. Why not say:
1T was sweet Of you to write to
me Now I'm back in the home
pastures it's hard to believe l
ever strayed so far away. But
my best beau-bleSS h1m!-ln-
sists he missed me every min
ute"
Good letters give glimpses OF
YOUR thoughts, feelings. They're
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
NesO Dog Haircut
Comes From Paris

The most individual spectator
at this event, however, was a
French poodle just arrived from
Paris with the newest hair cut"
We girls may think that this
"upward-downward hair-do" has
been the greatest subject OF dis
cussion since the World War,
but we're wrong.
The canine world has been
having a few problems OF its
own and the result is that the
poodles no longer stick to shaved
middles and curly backs. In
stead they're clipped right down
to the tail with busy locks grow
ing "trouser fashion" over the
legs. This particular dog, held
on a leash by Peggy Brokaw
Croker sported silver studded
turquoise collar.
You asked me to be sure to
tell you what was most novel at
Monday nights Metropolitan
opening, so here goes! Offhand,
I'd say it was the colored elbow
length gloves!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
A Silver Tray

7 had my breakfast served in
L bed
Like princess-on a silver tray,
OF lovely and antique design
But the heart of me was not in
line.
The city noises hurt my ears
The high stone buildings reused
my fears
I longed for quiet and country
peace
And the feeling of my souls
release.
Thick stone walls so shut me in
That I couldn't breathe and I
couldn't spin
Lovely stories out of the air.
How glad I am that I left you
there!
ELEANOR HERRICK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

one, her 1O-year-o1d daughter.
and the other a small adopted
son. She was an only child, and
she likes big families and before
very long she's going to adopt
another little CIR. And al
though she can do every job any
worker does on her 40-acre farm,
except operate the dish-machine,
which is very large, she manages
to be romantic, too, about music
at dusk.
1--WE always meant" she says,
ito have an inn where people
can spend the night, and per
haps their vacations. I wanted
to do it so could buy a string
quartet, to play at twilight. 1t
slounds slightly romantical, but
I did want that quartet"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
New York Letter:
Hair
Poodles
Changed
By JOSEPHINE HUGHES

DEAR Peggy:
~ Paul Flato's sensational
jewel display came off Tues
day in the Oval Room of the
Ritz-Carlton before a gather
ing of Mayfair's most fasci-
mating, fashionable set.
No socialite model in the en-.
tire showing looked lovelier
than Town and Country's Dolly
De Milhau, gowned in a pale
Nile green and delicate pink
satin creation, with her neck
ablaze with Flato's magnificent
diamond necklace.
Everyone from tennis-play.
ing Alice Marble, who, inciden-
ally. starts her singing engage
ment at the Waldorf's Sert
Room December l, to Mrs. Will
liam Paley was present at this
unique fashion revue. Mrs. Paley
looked her usual smart self in
a tiny nutria pillbox which
matched the wide revers Of her
fitted suit. Mrs. Frank Croker
was another to sport a minia-
ture chapeau. Her model was
wreathed with pheasant feath-
ers, but, my goodness, you would
not have believed your eyes If
you'd have seen Mrs. James
Forrestal'S "get-up." In fact, If
you'd caught one glimpse of this
daguerrotype come to life you
wouldn't have wanted to think
you we're seeing straight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Child
Question
Child's Question Editor:

Child's Question Editor:
While picking from samples
of different materials for a suit
my dad was asking the salesman
a f-w questions about the suit,
and put the book of samples on
the chair. My younger brother
came along and looked at the
samples puzzled. AS he turned
he asked, Dad, are these samples
of wallpaper"
Miss Josephine DeCeSariS,
1910 Morse st. N. E.,
Washington, D. C.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Dr.. Dafoe Says:
Extra Care Needed
In Teething Period
OF Your Youngster
By ALLAN ROY DAFoE, MD.
Personal Physician to the DiOnne Quntuplets
WHEN TEETH SHOULD COME


YESTERDAY told YOU something of the Importance of
teeth in the scheme of human well-beng and happi-
ness II subject which cannot be dismissed careessly
because the happiness and of individuals whole
life depends good deal the that taken of the
teeth when he she is infant too young and helpless
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

What an unpleasant surprise!
Could that charming girl Polly
and Joe met on vacation really
have written this silly letter?
Listen to what Alice writes:
"It sure was nice to here from
you. I don't feel like I'd been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Turquoise Shade
Becomes Popular

Mrs. A. B. See, of elevator
fame, sported a pair of turquoise
gloves with her black costume,
and this color, we might add,
was most favored next to white
and black, while quite a few
women chose their elbow num-
bers in shocking pink and pale
mauve. JOE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Mrs. Downey's Dreams of Living in Country
Realized Through Operating Restaurant
BY BETTY NOVEL;

CLARA DowNEY wanted live the country but she couldn't AFFORD
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26

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Until a baby is about eight
months old its gums usually are
toothless. At that age teeth
begin to appear. They continue
to grow until there are 20 OF
them in the set. This usually
is from two to two and half
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Atmosphere
OF Old South

Mrs. Downey has IS employees.
Some are tall, slim receptioniSts
who look like models. Some are
mattresses who, in their aprons
and bandanas, make you feel as
though you're having dinner on
your old southern plantation,
even if you were born and raised
in South Washington and got
no further south.
Despite her efficiency and her
responsibility for the care and
feeding of hundreds Of people 8.
day, MIS-. Downey manages tc be
pretty. She also manages to be
Q mother. She has two children,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Quintuplets
Were Premature

With the Quintuplets this
process was somewhat slower
than that. But remember, they
were premature. Also they were
quintuplets, the only ones who
ever lived, so we haven't any
other similar observations to
compare them with. Their baby
teeth were from three to seven
months slower than the aver
age in appearing. But the re
markable thing was that the
teeth appeared about the same
time in all five. Yvonne was
the exception. She didn't get
her right lower second molar
until nearly 10 months after
the others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26
Tendency to
Chew Things

Too many parents think that
the cutting of teeth in babies
is attended by illness and tenn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-26


She thought she'd start a
country restaurant, where city
people could relax and recu-
perate from the business of liv-
ing in town. She looked all
over, but she couldn't find a
place. One day in 1926, she was
driving through Montgomery
county, in Maryland, and she
had a flat tire. She had a flat
tire right in front of a farm
house, and in the farmhouse
was a farmer. He came out to
help her. She bought his farm,
and now his farm is Olney Inn,
another name for gold mine.
Fixing Responsibility
Imperative In Organization
Mrs. Downey knows how to
cook, and there were two things
she had learned in her Govern
ment work that helped a lot,
too, in starting the country res
taurant. These were that def
mite instructions must be given
and responsibility fixed in any
organization, if it's gong to be a
success.
1--WE have a kitchen schedule
that can't go wrong" she says.
1--WE know about how long it
takes to eat each course. So we
mark down in the kitchen the
time the food leaves there, and
we record the time the plates
come back in. In this way, if
a customer complains that he's
had to wait too long between
courses, we know whether the
kitchen was late or whether the
diner is just hungry"
The customers have reason to
be hungry. Mrs. Downey's re-
cipes are mostly old southern
ones. and she defies you and
anybody else to find food like
hers. She has a cocktail bar,
but the patrons don't stay there
long. Olney Inn is one eating
place at which eating is much
more important than drinking
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Britain Pushes Plans
For Pact on Volunteers

LONDON, Feb. 9 G.N.S0.-De-
termined to let no obstacle stand
in the way of the long-sought
Anglo-Italian understanding, Great
Britain today moved to settle the
question of volunteers" in Spain
without let or hindrance from So
Wet Russia.
Britain, France and Italy may
get together outside the semi
comatose nonintervention commits
sion to avoid "Soviet obstructio1-
ism," it was authoritatively sug-
gested.
If Premier Mussolini will reduce
the Italian volunteers" in Spain
to the number known to exist on
the loyalist side, Britain and
France will agree to grant belliger-
ents' rights to the insurgents, it
was reported.
With Italy and the Soviets again
at ioggerheadS, the noninterven-
ton committee scheduled for Fri
day was postponed until next
week,
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
COage to Speak
On Negro History

jefferson S. Coage, former re
corder of deeds of the District of
Columbia, will speak at the an
nual Negro History Week celebra-
tion tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
at the Garfield Community
Center.
Music will be provided by the
Garfield Choral Club. A one-act
play, THE Broken Banjo" by
Willis Richardson, local play
wright, will be presented by the
Center Dramatic Club. The Gar
field advisory council and civic
groups are sponsoring the pro-
gram. Negro History Week was
observed at the Burrville Center
last night. The speaker was
Prof. Charles M. Thomas, of Arm
strong High School. Music was
provided by the Burrville Boys
Club.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
N|EMOELLER'S
TRIAL RECESSES

BERLIN, Feb. 9 Q.N.S0.-The
court secretly trying the Rev.
Martin Niemoeller, famous Pro
testant pastor accused Of using
his pulpit to preach anti-Nazi
propaganda, was in recess today
presumably to permit the prose
cution and defense to draw up
further plans for contesting the
case.
Yesterday was understood to
have been given over to question
ing the pastor, former World War
submarine commander, who was
said to have given strongly
phrased and detailed evidence in
his own defense.