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Evening star., 1938-02-06
Le0nardtown
Social News
Of Week
Capt. McWilliams
To Entertain
For Guests.
EONARDTOWN. Nd, Feb. S.
Mr.. Edward Bunch of this city

4 AvAA. GA"0A0 x9u4lSAA Vi CllAS Clty
left to spend the week end with
- his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Bunch Of Washington.
Mr.. William H. Lyon OF Clements
is spending a fortnight with her
sister. Miss Daisey Alwine, in WASH
ington.
Mrs. Paul ]. Bailey Of Clements
was the guest in whose honor Mrs. Carl
Bergman of Washington entertained
at Wardman Park Hotel Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett McWilliams
OF Washington are the guests in
whose honor Capt. and Mrs. Frederick
McWilliams of Dynard will entertain
at dinner tomorrow. Other guests will
be Mr.. George McWilliams, ST., and
Mr.. Ralph McWilliams of Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j. Waring
will entertain at dinner tomorrow in
honor of Mrs Warnings brother, Mr..
Edmund Hickey Of Washington.
Mrs. Charles S. Myers and Mrs.
Reah o. Dodson of Journeys End are
spending a week in Washington with
Mrs. Myers son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Frazier.
Mr.. and Mrs. knight
Hosts At Dinner Tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Morgan knight
entertained at dinner tonight in honor
of Capt. William S. Thrall, chairman
of the St. Marys County Republican
State Central Committee. and Miss
Anna Mae Boyd. Tuesday night Mr..
and Mrs. Knight were hosts for the
Rev. Franklin Lee Metcalf of Me-
chanicsville.
Mrs. Daniel Mattingly Of Abell en-
tertained at dinner and bridge Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Vought Of
Washington are spending the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Abell at Clements, Md.
Miss Mary Gwynn Hamilton Of
Washington Is spending the week end
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E.
Hamilton.
Mrs. Margaret Belle Wigginton and
her son, Mr. Richard Wigginton. Of
Washington are spending the week
end with the formers SON. in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Loker.
MIR. Lewis Russell. jr.. Of Washing
ton is spending the week end with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs L. Russell of
Newton Neck Md
Mr. and Mrs. James Beacon Of
Washington are spending the week
end as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Magrogan OF Newton Neck,
Md.
Miss Edith Browne
And Mr.. Hammett Wed.
Miss Edith Browne. daughter of
Mrs. ]. E. Browne Of Pittsburgh. and
Mr.. David Hammett, ir.. son of Mr..
and Mrs G. David Hammett of st.
Marys City, Md. were married Janu-
ary IS in St. Joseph's Church in
Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Hammett
will make their home in Washington.
Mrs. Michael Stone entertained at
a bridge luncheon this afternoon
Maj. and Mrs Edward Cartwright
entertained at a dinner party tonight.
Mrs. L. A. Wilmer has as her guest
Evening star., 1938-02-06
FOUNTAIN PLANNED
Colored Teachers Will Honor
Famed Escaped Slave.

Famed Escaped Slave.
The Douglass Home Memorial Com
mlttee. composed of Washington COL
ored teachers, is opening a project
this week to set up fountain in
the garden Of the home of Frederick
Douglass, famed colored orator and
escaped slave. at Cedar Hill in Ana
costa.
The garden at the home already
is decorated with cedar trees given
by colored public school children.
Evening star., 1938-02-06

" " HaSerlck and Miss Jane
Wilbur expect to leave
about the middle of the month for
Vero Beach, Fla. Miss Wilbur will
spend a week or more in Camden. S.
c.. with her aunt, Mrs. l.. V. Froment,
Tor the Virginian's Horse Show. Feb
ruary 10, of which her cousin, Mr.. j.
North Fletcher, is president and man.
ager. and she is one of the directors.
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul D. Bowden
will leave Monday by motor for a VIM
ter vacation at Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Mrs. Bowdens mother and sister, Mrs,
B. D. Spilman and Mrs. j. C. Williams,
will GO by train and join them later
IN the week
Mr.. and Mrs John Arthur Hincklev
are spending some time at Aiken, S. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Fletcher, 3D.,
have rented an apartment in the Hill
leary House, Lee street, and took pos
session this week
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ H. Newman have
gone on southern trip to include At
lanta, Charleston and Miami.
Mr.. George Wilmer of Florida and
Washington is spending some time
here as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
d. H. Lees
Mr. Harry Worcester Smith has re-
turned to Middleburg after motor
trip during which ne hunted with
various packs in Maryland and Penn
sylvania
Mrs. Alexander Duer entertained at
bridge Friday afternoon at her home
near Warrenton.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince
Return From Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince,
Sr, have returned from Long Island
to their Virginia home. Orange Hill,
and have with them Mrs Princes par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell.
Mrs. John B. Rose of Clarendon. Va,
Is the week end guest of Miss Eliza
beth Carter Mcintyre
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh Fontaine have
returned from a two weeks stay in
Florida and have moved from Mount
Airy Uppervllle, to the Aldrich Dudley
place at Middleburg.
Mrs. Walter H. Robertson enter
tanned at luncheon at the Blue Parrot
Wednesday.
Miss Mae Frances Lewis entertained
at supper recently at Mount Eccen-
trio. The Plains, in honor of Mr.. Ar
thur Seccombe of the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary. Alexandria. who is
supplying Grace Church. The Plains,
while the rector is absent on cruise
in the Mediterranean.
Mrs. William Mitchell, who is living
at Crosse Pointe, Mich, has recently
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. C..
Oliver Ieslin at Middleburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pryabil of New
York were at North Wales for
luncheon today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould Shaw, Miss
Youlanda Shaw and Miss Dorothy
Neyhart will leave Sunday to spend
some time at Miami Beach.
Mrs. De Forrest w. Morton and
Miss Margie Morton have returned
to Montgomery. Ala. after spending
several weeks at their country home
near Warrenton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rawlings of The
Plains are in Florida for a month.
Mrs. Rawlings children. Miss Betty
Herman and George Herman, are stay
Ing with Miss Hunter Smith.
Miss Sally Appleton returned Thurs
day from Florida, where she spent
a month with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Zieger at Fort Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill Beverley Wexford
have returned to their home in Ra-
leigh, N. c., after a visit to relatives
at The Plains.
Lewises Will Leave
For Stay in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Lewis and Miss
Mae Frances Lewis of The Plains will
Evening star., 1938-02-06
Irak's King Quits Elephant.

Forsaking the elephant. the mount
Of his ancestors, the King Of Irak Is
using motorcycle for travelling short
distances
Evening star., 1938-02-06

Old Channel Argument.
England has an argument as to
whether bridge should be constructed
over or a tunnel under the English
Channel.
Evening star., 1938-02-06
'WarrentOn
Residents
G0S0uth
Many Will Spend
Some Time in
Florida.

w YARRENTON, Va. Feb. S.
~ Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
" " Haserick and Miss Jane
Wilbur eXpect to leave
Evening star., 1938-01-06
STOCKS MOVE Up
FRACTIONS TO %
IndustriaIs Join RaiIs-VoI-
ume Small Until Final
Rally.
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Industrial
stocks hitched on to the rails in to-
days market and chugged up the re-
covery track for gains running to 4
points generally. There were a few
wider swings.
While extreme advances were cut
down in some instances in the clos
ing hour by profit realizing, many
favorites finished at or near best levels
of the day. Volume was small the
greater part of the session. but the
ticker tape fell behind for a brief
interval on the concluding sprint.
Strength in secondary carrier bonds
and wheat futures was thought to
have been a factor in the buying
revival.
Steels, coppers, motors, oils, rub
bers, farm Implements and miscel-
laneous issues were we'll out in front.
Even utilities, hesitant for a time.
achieved some popularity on the final
lap
Brokers attributed the better per-
formance of the list partly to the
speculative belief many sour corpora
ton profits figures expected for the
last quarter may have been discounted
and that an intermediate comeback
at least was in order.
Transfers approximated 100000
shares.
Helping to buoy market spirits,
especially in the carriers, was the
agreement OF the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. subject to approval of
the I. c. c., to tide over the Balti-
more e. Ohio with loans totaling more
than 100000. The roads stocks
and bonds pushed up briskly.
Conspicuous on the right-about
were Santa Fe, New York Central,
Southern Pacific, Great Northern,
Northern Pacific, Union Pacific,
United States Steel, Bethlehem, Ana
conda, Kennecott, American Smelling,
Chrysler, General Motors, Continental
Oil, Standard Oil of New Jersey,
United States Rubber, Goodyear, j. /.
Case, International Harvester, West
inghouse, Du Pont, Allied Chemical.
Union Carbide, Philip Morris, Climax
Molybdenum. North American, Doug
las Aircraft, Consolidated Edison,
Electric Power & Light and Coca
Cola.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
COPPER PRICE BOOSTED
TO 10H.CENT LEVEL
pr the Axsoriatsd press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Leading
smelters yesterday raised the price of
copper 1s Of a cent to 10H cents q
pound on news Of heavy buying
abroad.
Trade sources reported brisk buying
at the new price. Primary producers,
who have not needed recent smelter
price changes, continued their nomi-
nal quotation at II cents.
The export price jumped during the
day from yesterdays 995 cents a
pound to final 1925 . pound, with
considerable movement accompanying
the rise.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
intent TO RESIGN
DENIED BY ELLIOTT
Assistant Controller Scouts Re.
ports Following Blast at Lax
US. Accounting.

Areport that Acting Controller Cen
eral Richard N. Elliott was preparing
to resign on the heels Of his blast at
lax accounting practices in Federal
agencies. brought a denial today from
that official.
Mr.. Elliott, assistant controller gen.
eral, has been serving as head of the
General Accounting Office since June
80 last, when the 15-year term of Con-
troller General John R. McCarl ended.
He will be subject to retirement for
age in April, 1943, but unless his office
is abolished. as is contemplated by the
reorganization bill, he could be re-
moved only by Congress
Evening star., 1938-01-06
Hide Quotations
Boosted Further
By Swift & Co
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Trade sources
reported today q sale by Swift g. Co.
Of Chicago Of 10000 Milwaukee calf
hides at 16 cents q pound, or ~ cents
above the previous sale. It was also
reported the firm declined to accept
this bid for further supplies.
Hide market prices have risen
sharply since November, both for i'm
mediate and future delivery. The rise
was most pronounced in spot hides in
response to active demand for re-
placement Of depleted inventories.
For light native COWS the quotation
has been boosted to around IL centa
compared with . cents ut the low rate
Evening star., 1938-01-06
CHICAGO GRAIN
By the Associated Press.

oS tic ASSOCIdleQ FISSS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Five-cent Jumps
to season new peak price records Cor
wheat at Winnipeg hoisted the Chi
cago wheat market 81 cents a bushel
ma ximum today
Reports that Canada may soon have
to import United States wheat in
quantity owing to scantiness of sup
plies available were current. Rapidity
of consequent upturns of values re-
suited in forced execution of stop loss
buying orders that much accelerated
advances.
At the close, Chicago wheat futures
were 2 to cents above yesterdays
finish, May, 96A-as; July, S97s 80;
corn 4 off to ~ up: May. 621s-l4;
July, 61a-7s, and oats as-a ad-
yanced
Evening star., 1938-01-06
New Orleans Prices.

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. g UP.-Cotton fu-
lures opened l to 2 points net higher to-
day under trade price fixing and some COW
ering by shorts
January opened at $40 bid; March,
$50; May. s5s; July, s.63, and October.
S.6S.
Trading was confined to May and July
positions after the start and toward the
end Of the lrst half hour those options
were selling to 6 points above the previ-
GUS close. /,
Cottonseed oil opened steady: January
6.72b: March. 6.S7b: May, 6o2; July.
6.90b: September. 6.92b; October. 6.84b.
Bid.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
Chicago Cash Market.

SHCdgO SdSn Market.
Cash wheat, no sales; corn. No 4
mixed, 58l2-a4; No. 3 yellow, 60-6112:
No. white, 63 oats, No. l feed. 33;
No. white, 35l4-12 no rye, no buck
wheat; soy beans, No. yellow, 90:
barley. feed. 1880; mailing, 1898.
Timothy seed. 26O-95: red clover seed,
30.00-35.00 sweet clover seed. 9.25-
1000.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. Jan. lP1.-Wheat, No. 2
red winter. garlicky, spot, domestic, 99l7;
January, 99l2.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
new YORK COTTON
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6-Irregular
fluctuations over narrow range
characterized light trading in cotton
today. Moderate rallies attracted
hedging and realizing, but on the re-
actions the trade absorbed contracts
and locals bought.
March sold up from 8.39 to 8.44 and in
midafternoon was quoted at 843, when
the list was to 8 points net higher.
Evening star., 1938-01-06
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6 P.-Early gains
Of ] to points in sugar futures on trade
hedge lifting were lost later under q re-
March No. 3. sold down from go to
2.2s and July from 2.32 to 2.3O. leaving
lower No 4 was u point net lower. as
March reacted from lis to LIZ and
September from "a to 1.23.
Evening star., 1938-01-06

S Actual sales: unit of trading 10 shares
5ankruptcy Act securities assumed by companies
Rates dividends
busements declara-
otherwise
included " N NN~ A0'
Ex dividend rights Also extra or extras b1-1o
share of
stock stock
Paid last Accumulated dividend paid
or declared '
Evening star., 1938-01-06

International Business Machines
Corp-Company announced that its
entire $5,000,000 issue Of 10-year 81
per cent sinking fund debentures was
sold December 20, 1887, to Prudential
Insurance Co,
Evening star., 1938-01-06

in 1887. However, prices for this
grade are still about 6la cents under
the 1887 peak.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

Having recently announced
Gene Ford's appointment as
permanent producer. Loew's
Capitol Theater breaks out with
more exciting news today reveal
ing that those Chester Hale
precision dancers who scored so
solidly with local stage fans,
are coming back for an indefi-
mite stay.
In fact, Division Manager
Carter Barron intimates that If
the popularity evidenced on
their previous appearances at
the Capitol continues to mount
as it has, he may induce Chester
Hale to leave the girls per-
manently in Washington as a
regular weekly feature of Capt.
tol stage shows.
Mr.. Hale Is currently In Lon
don but is expected to return
in time for the first appearance
of the "a comely and talented
girls. Friday, September %, is
slated as the opening day for
this Chester Hale ensemble.
The girls possess not only
beauty, but each has been Sc
lected personally by Mr.. Hale
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

who has a high standard that
calls for a combination Of
beauty, brains and definite dane
ing talent. These qualities
backed by the skilled instruc-
ton of Chester Hale, have
brought about a chorus line that
has been lauded for beauty,
precision and novelty of routine.
Whereve this particular
group has appeared, critics and
audiences alike have laviShed
no end of praise on them and
when these dancing daughters
completed their last chore here
it was a reluctant theater popu-
lation that bid them farewell.
And now it appears that the
country's most popular dancing
group will embellish each sue
ceeding weeks stage show Pt
Loew's Capitol. Thus with Gene
Ford to producer, Chester Hale
and his talented ladies of the en-
semble to dance and divert, and
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
Tracy No. 4 Is
Due Friday

The last seen Of Dick Tracy
in Episode Three Of the thrilling
serial "Dick Tracy Returns"
was when a box car on which
he was riding plunged over a
deep ravine at the end Of o
railroad track.
Did he live through this ex-
perience?
Fans can find out by going
to the Columbia Theater Fri
day for Episode -Four, entitled
-Four Seconds to Live"
"Dick Tracy Returns" con.
Germs the activities Of the Oman
ace while on the trail of the
Starks, an arch criminal family
composed of a father and five
sons. How Tracy finally brings
them in supplies the climax to
the thrilling 15-chapter picture.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

CLOCK

CAPITOL-George Murphy,
Marjorie Weaver, Jack Haley,
Hold That Coed" IL a. m,
1:46, 4::32, 7:18, 1904 p. m.
Stage, Red Skelton," 1874,
$3.50, 6:16, 900 p. m.
PALACE-Norma Shearer, Ty.
rome Power, Gladys George,
Marie Antoinette," 1925
a. m, 2:40, 6. 9:15 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Randolph Scott,
Joan Bennett, "The Texans"
11:15 a. m, 1870, 1925, $50.
7::35. $40 p. m.
EARLE-George Brent, Gloria
Dickson, Humphrey Bogart,
Racket Busters" ii a. m,
1:4O. 4:30, 7:15. 10 p. m. Stage,
Chester Morris, 12:45, $3.50.
500, 9:05 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Ma d ge
Evans, Preston Foster, Army
GIRL" II a. M, 1:O5, 3:15,
S:25, 7:35, 9:45 p. m.
R.K.O. KETTH'S-Ginger Rog.
erS, Fred Astaire, Luella Gear,
"Carefree," 1880 q. M, 1:15,
3, 4:40, 6:25. S:05, $50 p. m.
LTTTLE-Darrielle Darr eux,
Charles Boyer, "Mayerling,"
11:15, q. m, 1:20, 3:25, $50,
1885, 9:40 p. m.
TRANS-LUX-NewS and shorts,
10 a. M, to midnight. shows
IS minutes.
MT. VERNON - Drive In -
Anna Neagle, Victoria the
Great" 1887. 1910 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
KELLEYGRAMS

While Alan Hale was cutting
himself a large slice Of credit
at the ''Valley Of the Giants"
screening in the Earle bijourium
yesterday, that actor was dis
covered by Beverly Moffett, the
Herald'S Seeing-eye at the air
port Alan Hale is really Alex
ander MacKahn, is one Of the
few movie greats actually born
in Washington d. He's East to
do a Broadway play .. Has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. John F.
Maurey, while trying to market
q new theater seat invention -.
AS "Oxen" in his latest picture,
he is a sensation as a one-man
tornado Perhaps more impor.
tant Is the news that Wayne
Morris, star Of the picture, will
make a personal appearance on
Thirteenth Street a week from
Friday .. Picture will be -Four
Daughters" which makes it a
double-heade attraction for the
Earle Variety will hop its
price from is cents to a quarter
next month, another indication
that show business is on the up
beat.
$4,000 IN CURVES
Col. James ]. Lake Is promis-
ing q $4,000 pair Of legs when
the oayety Theater opens next
Sunday . Stems belong to
Eve, who claims Earl Carroll
rated her figure, perfection,
when she appeared in his Vani-
ties Has also posed for
Howard Chandler Christy and
worked In N.T.G.'s revue {.
A bulletin calls her Eve Arden,
and that lady on the R-K-O con-
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

the interior with new carpets,
and a general, shining Prom
ises the brightest kind of bur-
lesque for those who get down
Ninth Street way, beginning
Sunday.
BILL HOYLE'S NEW JOB
Bill Hoyle. who has been man.
aging the Seco theater at Silver
Spring, bowed out Of the War.
ner Brothers organization yes
terday. to become general press
representative for the theaterS
in the AL Litchman chain. ..
Takes up his new duties next
week, and will pay particular at
tention to the Howard Theater,
which has the top in Sepia at.
fractions lined up for the new
season
PEEVED OVER PRE-VIEWS
Movie exhibitors all over the
country are up in arms over the
Hollywood custom of previewing
pictures for network broad
casters.
They are asking producers,
''What are you going to do about
it?" and when are we going to
get action?" For the purpose Of
forcing an immediate answer,
exhibitor committees from key
cities will meet an executive
group in New York and bring
the issue to a head.
Charles MoSkowitz Of Loew's,
Joseph Bernard Of Warner Bros,
John O'Connor of R-K-O, Frank
Freeman Of Paramount and
George p. SkouraS of Twentieth
Century-Fox comprise the execu-
tive group which will discuss
ways and means with the dis
satisfied exhibitors who would
end preview picture opinion, par.
ticularly over the air. A delega-
ton to be sent direct to Holly.
wood for conferences with the
high command is what they de-
sire.
As one disgruntIed exhibitor
phrased his howl: ''Demmit, we
pay the highest price for the
best product to these producers.
Then what do they do? They
have it previewed, let some
smart aleck Solomon get on the
air and blow the whistle ON .
picture, before we even have o
chance to see it. The entire
country from Coast to Coast
often is told q piece Of ShOddy
b on the way, practically warn
mOviegOerS to stay away. This
is weeks, and sometimes months,
before we get the picture, but
the curse has already been ap-
piled. And for doing this they
buy him handsome Christmas
presents. Good pictures don't
need Coast preview opinion, and
/ prefer to let the mOviegOer call
the foul balls, rather than
somebody In California who Is
roasting his own chestnuts-at
our expense"
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

CULs JAMES ]. LAKE
tract list in Hollywood and a
radio starlet, is liable to object
.. Also called Park Avenues
Lady Godiva, and I wonder
what Park Avenue thinks Of
that As far as other attrac-
tionS 60, Colonel Lake says he
spent ten grand fixing up the
front Of his house, decorating
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

nominating Pat O'Brien to be
the Cagney Stooge.
Those Of us who looked upon
the first night Of Hey Diddle
Diddle," at the BelaSco two sea-
sons ago, have a painful memory
Of how inept a scenario writer
can be when he turns play
wright Even though his cast
had such Hollywood stardust
as Conway Tearle, Alice White
and Lucille Ball.
I was privileged to read
in manuscript Myron Fagin's
Hollywood Be Thy Name" and
so l did not waste gasoline this
summer going to Cape May, for
an August tryout by a Seashore
company.
A PLAY ABOUT GARBO
Four seasons ago your cor.
respondent travelled to Atlantic
City, to see the first, and the
only play I know of, written with
the Great Garbo as its heroine.
At least Beth Merrill was made
up like the glamorous Swede of
M-G-M royalty, and Mr.. James
Rennie as a small town fireman,
was the handsome he-man who
caused her to disappear. If it
were today, there might have
been q music master hero. AS it
was, they left this footlight
Carlo at the Apollo Theater,
with no mournerS.
It all leave US, then, with
"Once in q Lifetime" and per
sonal Appearance" as the plays
which have had the Sharpest Sa-
tirical shafts for that fantasti-
cal land of make believe, in and
around the California studios.
The comedy writers appear to
do better, typing directly for the
screen.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

FUN WITH HOLLYWOOD
It purports to tell what hap
pened to a scenario writer who
fell off the water wagon after
q five-year ride, went on a short
but thorough binge. During his
jubilation he outlined the great
movie to one of Hollywood's ace
producers, sold the idea, next
day can't remember a single
thing about the story. There u
q $4,000 check awaiting, as
soon as he can provide the syn
opsis of his tale, but his mind
Is q blank.
I try to see all the plays about
Hollywood that hover around
this territory. because somehow
I feel the right playwright will
some day wake up with q
Pulitzer prize for a bullseye
drama. "Once Upon a Night"
is not this play, but in Difference
to its Saturday night debut on
Broadway, I postpone further
analysis.
Perhaps the fact that Pro
ducer Schwab, and his collabo-
rator, have been too close to the
merry whirl in California, &C
counts for some Of its frailties.
Propinquity can be a handicap,
as well as an asset for playwrit-
erS.
At any rate the best recent
comedy about Hollywood came
from q novice author who had
never been there, Lawrence
Riley, who wrote Personal Ap-
pearance."
The artless company which
presented the Spewacks boy
Meets Girl" in Washington,
robbed it Of any merit. Nor did
Hollywood improve the play by