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Evening star., 1939-06-27
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Earle-"Naughty but Nice" Dick
Powell VS.. swing and Ann Sheridan:
10:15 am, LOS, 4, 7 and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1910, 3:O5, Cos and
pm.
Palace-'Invitation to Happiness, ~
the prize fighter Erred MacMurray)
and the lady 0rene Dunne): 1910,
2:30, 4:55, tbs and 9:35 pm.
Keith's-"The Sun Never Sets"
the far-flung British empire is saved
again: II, 2:25, 4:50, ITO and 9:35
pm. March of Time: 11::4O am,
2:05, 4:3O, $50 and 9:15 pm.
Capitol "Susannah of the Noun
ties" redskins bite the dust for Shir-
ley Temple: II am, LAS, 4:3O, tbs
and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1880,
3:35, $40 and 9:05 pm.
Metropolitan - Blind Alley"
through the criminal mind with gun
and camera: 11:20 am, 1:25, $3.50,
$40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Rose of Washington
Square," romance with nostalgia
music: 11:15 am, 1:20, $3.50, 5:35,
TAO and $50 pm.
Little-"The Great Waltz" Strauss
cavalcade: 1920 am, 1:5O, 4:O5,
6:15 and 800 pm. South Riding:
l0:15 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuouS from 10 am.
en-Air-"The Hoosier School
boy" with Mickey Rooney: 8:45
and 10:45 pm.
Evening star., 1939-06-27


you" The last part of the sem
tence is not an affection. The SWed-
iSh actress is absolutely unable to
remember her lines when strangers
are on the set.
The history Of "Maisie" 1t cost
$235 900. Was first begun in 1885
with Jean Harlow in the lead. 1t
ended in 1899 with Ann Sothern.
Four writer's and three producers
worked on it. Four young leading
women were tested before Ann Soth-
ern got the part. 1t is great sue
cess and an executive tells me will
make more money for Metro than
any other picture this year.
Mrs. Nelson Eddy is not encour-
aged to lunch with her husband in
the studio. And photographs of the
happy couple together are conspicu-
Gus by their absense. The plan is
for Nelson to retain his glamour ap-
peal for Iovesick maidens a while
longer Gable and Lombard,
stymied in their plans for a Euro
pean vacation, are now planning a
South American trip in the fall u.
Norma Shearer. however, goes to
Europe with the Charles Boyers.
The last time Norma went abroad
she was with her late husband, Irv-
ing Thaiberg, and there will be
plenty of sad memories for her, but
according to Norma: ITO a woman,
memories are important. Even
though they are sad memories, I
enjoy them"
Greer Carson is begging Metro to
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Tonight's Festival
Is Musical Plav

Sidney Jones two-act musical
play, The Geisha," will be staged
at the Sylvan Theater tonight by
the Columbia Light Opera Co., as
the second summer festival of the
season.
Special settings suggestive of the
Tea House of Ten Thousand Joys
and Cherry Blossom Day in the
Palace Gardens, are especially ap-
propriate to the outdoor theater on
the Monument slope.
The cast of THE Geisha" includes
more than so local singers. The
operetta is being directed by Ethel
Manning.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Cinema Warns Its Public
Against Its Architecture
Film Sets Unsuitable for Living,
Designer Admonishes Nation;
Warmers to Continue Fight
By JAY CARMODY.

For all the impression to the contrary have picked in
his Hollywood sometimes is
public it overly notion
likelihood
SCREEN
Evening star., 1939-06-27

God," the narrative of a great
Lutheran minister who preferred a
concentration camp to a compromise
with his determination to worship
as he chose, will be the first to get
under way. Underground" another
picture with a German background,
will deal with the conditions of those
secretly opposed to, and active
against, the Nazi regime.
X X
Writing, it seems, does not always
produce the effects it seeks; and
that refers exclusively to the writing
of Hollywood publicity departments.
Specifically, the reference is to an
article dedicated to the discourage
ment of people who want to be movie
producers. 1t is a hard, virtually
impossible road leading to such a
job, the writer says and he backs up
the statement with specific cases.
Arthur Hornblow," he writes,
used to be highbrow dramatic
critic. He got out of this nasty
predicament ('predicament' seems
hardly the word by writing several
successful plays and becoming q
stage producer, which brought him
to Hollywood when the talkies came
in"
Up to that point, the writer was
on the trail of the desired effect.
1t takes a pretty robust character
to support an ambition that must
serve an apprenticeship involving
successful playwrighting and stage
producing. Even the fttest might
not have cared to survive had the
author stopped there, but he didn't.
Instead, he went on to say of Mr..
Hornblow:
Now he's married to Myrna
Loy."
If Hollywood's million-dolla di-
rectors, such being the ones who
cannot make picture for less,
ever should get angry at the B
boys (makers of inexpensive films)
some recent pictures might be to
blame Currently exciting the
industry are Five Came Back" an
inexpensive picture on which the
director actually failed to use up
his appropriation, and "Maisie,"
which ran up the grand total of
less than $250000 Washington
apparently is just another spot
| of historical interest" At any
rate, it is not specifically mentioned
as being on the itinerary of Olympic
Dradna, who is planning to see
America thoroughly this summer
-. However. Mount Vernon is listed,
so Miss Bradna (no longer un-
kissedD undoubtedly will drop by
on her way to Baltimore The
trip will take 10 weeks John
Garfield, who is feeling none too
happy about being sent to prison in
at least every other picture he
makes for Warmers, is being eyed
by the studio for the role of an ex-
convict :. He ought to make that
one with lot of enthusiasm. as
we'll as deep feeling for the part.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Chaplin Picture by Fall
Predicted by Paulette
Letter From Her Food Expert
Best Way to Meet Garbo;
Mrs. Eddy Out of Picture
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.



Pulete Goddard
Chaplin studio Charles first talking steadily
the picture titled The Dcaor)
three months Pauette who has always been optimistic
OF getting
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Baltimore Is Added
To Guild Schedule

Bess Davis Schreiner, Washington
subscription secretary for the Thea
ter Guild and the American Theater
Society, has been appointed to serve
in the same capacity for Baltimore
also. That city recently was added
to the Guild-A. T. S. regular SUBJ
scription schedule, which now en-
braces Boston, Chicago, Philadel-
phia and Pittsburgh in addition to
Washington and Baltimore.
Miss Schreiner will spend each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday in
Baltimore during the summer. The
local Office, at the National Theater
will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, from noon until 6
pm.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

JnaJ relates 10 l1OlIy WOou dICluCCC-
ture, including interior decoration.
So definitely does it carry the ring
of sincerity, or is it just the ring
OF a publicity writer desperate for
something to say, that this depart
ment feels it virtually public duty
to quote as follows:
Don't try to make your new home
look like movie set. Not only is it
impractical, it quite often is i'm
possible. An authority such as Hans
Dreier, chief of Paramount's art de-
partment and one of Hollywood's
leading set designers, advises home
owners not to follow too literally the
types of architecture and furnish
tngs they see on the SCREEN
There it is, simple, blunt, straight
to the point. Any one copying the
grand ballroom in Conquest" that
magnificent beauty parlor with a
production line like a factory in
Artists and Models Abroad" or any
of the grandeur which springs eter-
nal from the minds of set designers
will do so hereafter at his own risk.
Any one who stubbornly insists
upon a more detailed warning from
Mr.. Dreier can find it in the fol-
lowing words:
Film sets don't have ceilings be-
cause they must be lighted from
above. And when we eliminate the
ceiling then we have to make other
changes. Obviously no home owner
can do that"
Obviously.
X X X X
Warner Bros. war with Germany
opened with Confessions of Nazi
Spy" will continue. Despite pro-
tests, collectivist and individual
against that startling piece of screen
drama, the company is so convinced
of a demand for robust films on the
same general theme that it is ad-
vancing the starting dates of two
other films.
THE Bishop Who Walked With
Evening star., 1939-06-27

as q blond, nondcsogipt as a brunei.
Which reminds me. Mrs. Hedy
Lamar Markey is q wonderful cook
according to Mr.. Markey. I am
not surprised. Among Hedy's lesser
known accomplishments is owning
the biggest appetite in Hollywood
male or female.
Neleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-06-27

let her do May Flavin," while wait
ing for Susan and God" Bette
Davis has found new excuse to see
George Brent. She says she wants
him to teach her an Irish brogue
for future radio assignment. To
hide the Disagreement of her shaved
head, Bette wears a large all-cover-
ing handkerchief for the Brent
dates Some one should tell
Anita Louise she is getting much too
thin The sole stumbling block
now remaining on jeanette Mac
Donald's new movie contract is her
demand for six months leave OF
absence next year for a personal ap-
pearance tour in Europe and Aus
tralia Talking about contracts:
Jimmy Cagney will not sign his new
ticket at Warmers until he is given
the right to choose his picture direc-
tors.
Joan Bennett wears another black
wig for her role in The Housekeep-
er's Daughter" Joan's prediction
for black tresses is the current mys-
terry in Hollywood. She IS beautiful
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Arts Club to See
Tabloid Comedy

katharine and Petruchio," the
tabloid arrangement of Shakespeare's
Tanning Of the Shrew," as it was
done by Edwin Booth, will be pre-
sented at the Arts Club Thursday
night by the Washington Players.
The cast is headed by Yerby Pam
mill as Katharine and Herman P.
Reiss as Petruchio. Others are
j. Edmond Veitch, Joseph Custer,
Clarence E. Ruebsam, Theodore
Freter, Arthur Rhyn, Elise Whitmer
and Doris Colquitt.
Mr.. Veitch is directing the comedy.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Sailor Yarn Bought
For Jimmy Caonev

Warner Bros. have bought City
of Iron Men," Ted Reeves story of
New York's famous Seamen's In
stitute, as vehicle for two-fsted
James Cagney. 1t will show the
rich and colorful drama of life
among sailors of all natioalities
after they reach port.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

brought a letter
to the studio
from the Carlo
food doctor, and
to the surprise Of
every one in the
picture Gre t a
said, eyes, let
t h e m be ad-
m / t t e d." She
met them her
self at the door
OF the S o u n q
stage, told them,
"I'll show you
around, but I am
sorry I won t be
oh1e To oct for
Evening star., 1939-06-27

Minister to Japan and his wife re-
Gently crashed "Ninotchka." They
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Sheer Curtains Best Choice
For Large Bay Windows;
Use Wolfe or Organdie
Large Collection of Bibelots
May Be Marked in Indelible
Inks and Clear Lacquer
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.


DEAR NOVEL;
bay window in living another dining
both garden
stationary and the two small side should
windows be and should curtains?
house is New England type with furnishings mahogany the
Evening star., 1939-12-29

Send for the pattern this very
minute! You can finish the apron
in a few hours, because it's simply
nothing to make. And the first time
you slip it over your head, tie the
sash bow, discover how pretty 1t
looks and comfortable it feels-youll
go ahead and make up several, in
order to have q fresh, clean one al
ways ready. Tuck some away for
bridge prizes and shower gifts, too.
Gingham, percale, calico and cham
bray are pretty for this.
Barbara Bell pattern No 1888
is designed for sizes "a. SO, 50, 10,
AZ, A, 46 and 48. Size 36 requires
31s yards Of 35-inch material; l yard
trimming.
It's smart to sew your own! It's
easy to do! Send IS cents for our
fascinating pattern book. Choose
from more than 100 new designs for
all occasions and sizes. Make your
own becoming clothes with these
simple patterns. step-by.step sew
chart With each ons.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Your Living Room Stale?

II you are bit tired of your
living room, have you considered
how new piece of furniture might
perk it up? Maybe a rearrange-
ment or the addition of single
piece of furniture will change it
completely. If your present furni-
ture is dark mahogany, then per-
haps a new breakfront desk or cabi-
net will be just the thing. 1t may
be in the lighter finish, such as
harvest or honey mahogany or even
in knotty pine as an accent piece
The market is so full of exquisitely
designed 18th century occasional
pieces, all useful, that there is sure
to be one that will make your living
room look like new. Many of these
occasional pieces are of a design
that can be used in any room in the
house.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
If Quarrelling Is Daily Event
Marriage Will Go on Rocks

tied down by the children, and why
can't she have a new car, and why
can't he make money like other
men. And if he tries to tell her
that business is bad she bursts into
tears and walls that she is a poor
neglected wife.
1t makes no real difference to
the husband and wife whether they
make themselves agreeable to
strangers or not, but their whole
well being. their happiness. their
keeping their family together de-
pends on their speaking to each
other pretty" as children say. Yet
how few of them do it. They think
it doesn't matter what they say to
each other. but every cruel word
deals a wound in the heart that
never heals, and that finally bleeds
love to death.-DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-12-29

three sides inclosed, built in as a
part of the house. There Is marked
interest in his work now as this
style combines so beautifully with
modern design for both exterior and
interior.
DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
We have a cement floor in our
basement recreation room. The
color is so uninteresting that we
would like to paint it, but under
stand this must be done by spe-
cial process or the paint will flake
of. Can you give us the best pro-
cess for this? r. E. S.
AnsWer-Here is a good one, and
unless you have some unusual sur
face this should be satisfactory.
First, make sure that the surface
is thoroughly clean and dry. Next,
wash it with a solution of zinc sui
phate and warm water to neutralize
any alkaline spots there may be.
When the surface is dry again, apply
printing coat consisting of oil
paint mixed with varnish to close
the pores of the cement and to make
good bonding surface for the
final coat. The final coat should be
heavy oil paint of the desired color.
There are paints mixed especially
for use on cement.
Questions on household fur
nishings, interior decorations,
etc, should be addressed to
Margaret NOVEL; at The Evening
Star. The answer will appear
in this column as quickly as space
permits.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
WeFed Cookie Jar Is Essential During the Holiday Fesvte
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.
OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST:


Exquisite Florentine picture
frames and cigarette boxes are
charming accessories for the draw
ing room that boasts antique Euro
pean furniture. These are made Of
mellowed ivory and gold wood, en-
bellished with pieces of old brocade
in muted tones. One box, which is
lacquered all over, has a center
made of an old, hand-painted fan.
To add to the Joy of an open fire
on cold days, a Cape Cod lighter
in its brass container eliminates all
the fuss attendant to starting a
blaze. The porous stone, wired to
its brass handle, soaks up the kero-
sene with which the container is
filled. Touch a match to the stone
and lay 1t beneath the logs; presto!
the fire Is lit. ...
Newest charm bracelets are of
silver, with tiny figures, appropri-
ately dressed, carrying out the
theme of rich man, poor man, beg
gar man, thief" etc. -.
A Sheffield cocktail set for two
consists of a small shaker, two
glasses and matching tray. -.
Swedish silver, similar to the
pieces so much admired at the
Worlds Fair, can be purchased here
in Washington. -.
Persian pottery urns and bowls
go well in room where copper is
stressed as part of the decorative
scheme. Some come in a deep,
mellow shade of turquoise blue and
others boast typical black line draw
ings and designs. :.
Page the cook who has a passion
for accuracy and gadgets! Now we
have the butter measurer-a metal
gauge made to fit the top of
quarter-pound stick of butter. This
is notched along one side, with
the proper amount listed beside each
notch. If third of a cup of butter
is called for, cut the stick where
that notch indicates. -.
The same gadget-loving individual
would rejoice in new egg sep
arator, which neatly retains the
yolk in miniature fish net, allow.
ing the white to slip through into
bowl :.
Most soft-boiled egg eaters de.
mand that their favorite breakfas
dish be served to them intact in thu
shell. Their enjoyment would be
increased by set of tongs, whose
little teeth bite off the top of the
shell with neatness and precision.
Ones "horsy" friends would well
come a wooden tray, with stirrup
handle, holding four highball glasses
decorated with crossed riding crops.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
All Deficient
Youngsters
NeedHelp
But From a Highly
Skilled Teacher,
Not Parents
By ANGELO PATRI.

Teaching is an art that must be
learned by long practice by one
who has the capacity for learning it.
The grade teacher has spent many
years in schools, given many hours
Of earnest work and thought to pre-
pare himself for his highly RESPONSE
bic position. When he fails to teach
a child it is not usually possible
for the family to succeed. That
situation calls for a highly skilled
specialist-teacher.
Dick Is 10 years old, in the third
grade in school. That means he
is over a year behind his group. He
fails to learn enough Of the grade
work to pass. Reading. number,
spelling-all deficient. His conduct
is excellent. I'm sorry" says the
teacher. "He tries hard and so do
I, but he doesn't seem able to learn" :"
Give me his lessons and I'll teach
him at home,' says mother. Some
times she says, I'll make him learn
or know the reason why" She sits
down with the boy after supper
when she Is tired, when the boy is
exhausted, to teach him what the
teacher has failed to teach in school.
His skill, the inspiration Of the
working group. special methods. all
have failed. What can mother hope
to do?
Read that" says she, pointing
to the line at the top of the page.
The boy reads two words right and
three words any old way. What?
Can't you see that that word is
'which?' Now read 1t right" He
reads that word right, maybe, but
surely, the next two are wrong. If
she is the impatient sort she soon
slaps the boy. He cries; she storms
and the last is, "O1 to bed with
you. You're dumber than dumb.
You don't want to learn. that's
what's the matter. You want to be
dumb"
No such thing. He wants with
all his might to be smart, to be
praised. He feels bad about the
whole business. but he is unable
to help himself. He has no place
of refuge. School is hard on him,
home is impatient with all his ways.
The playground wants none OF him.
Who does want him?
OF course father and mother do
want him, do long for him to sue
ceed. That is why they fuss and
scold and try to help with his les
sons. The child must have the
specialists help. If the school has
no psychologist, no special teacher
for retarded children, take him to
the best children's clinic you can
reach. Here he is to be examined,
physically and mentally, and a plan
for his redemption laid out.
This plan includes help from the
family, a daily routine to establish
health, the right diet, care about
wearing glasses when glasses are
needed, watchfulness about sleep
and play and free time. It requires
the cooperation of the teacher
Home, school and the specialists
work out the scheme.
Drill never helped . retarded
child, nor punishment, nor tears.
Encouragement, work within the
power of the child, work that be-
comes the expression of his char
acteristic powers, always helps. Be-
fore beginning home teaching get
the plan, the method and the neces-
sary assistance. Otherwise the trou-
BILE Is doubled.
Evening star., 1939-12-29

A Judge recently ruled that man
| was entitled to use rude and abusive
language to his wife. provided he
did it in the privacy of their home
Probably this represents the un-
official attitude Of the great ma
jority of husbands and wives to-
ward matrimony Their conception
Of home is place where one can
dispense with all of the amenities
of civilization. and they hold that
husbands and wives are the only
people in the world to whom one
does not have to be even decently
polite.
OF course, no one will admit 1t,
but it is not to be denied that in
most houses courtesy and consid-
Grafton and diplomacy are not con-
sidered everyday dishes for family
consumption. They are saved. like
the caviar and filet mignon. to be
served to strangers whom we wish
to impress. Anything is good
enough for home folks and, if they
don't like 1t, they know where they
can 60. Which is only too often to
Reno.
But right here in this naive belief
that so many husbands and wives
entertain that marriage automati-
cally gives them the privilege of
being disagreeable and insulting to
each other, so long as they do not
bawl each other out in public, is
the answer to the whole terrible
domestic muddle that fills the world
with woe. For the real reason
below all other reasons-Why mar
riage Is failure; why husbands
philander and wives take to cults
or gigolos; why homes are broken
up and children orphaned, and di-
vorce grows more and more COM
mon, Is the lack of politeness in the
home: husbands and wives saying
things to each other they would
not have said to their worst enemies.
oCAAA6 AAoA 1Cu OOOo 1lOl, al lCl dll,
make us cease to be human or to
have natural human reactions to
the way we are treated. It does
not kill our vanity and make us
enjoy having our faults and weak
nesses pointed out to us. It does
not cause us to find delight in having
our opinions derided, our tastes
scof1ed at, and to be told that we
are getting fat and homely, dull and
bOreSOme.
Yet such is the staple of conversa-
ton in only too many homes. The
husband comes home tired and
grouchy and merely grunts when
his wife tries to welcome him. He
growls over the dinner and, If she
essays to make table talk, he tells
her to shut up, that she doesn't
know what she is talking about. And
often enough the wife is no more
civil to her husband than he is tC
her. Her idea of pleasant eve
ning's entertainment for a tired
man is long string Of reproaches
and complaints about how she Is
Evening star., 1939-12-29

grinder with medium blade). Add
one cup sifted flour resifted with y
teaspoon salt.
Make into tiny balls or rolls. Bake
in slow 30O-degree oven until done
They do not get brown. Time de-
pends on size, from about 20 min
utes up.
Roll in powdered sugar while still
hot and again when cold.
FIG COOKIE SQUARES.
~ cups dried figs.
cup butter.
cups granulated sugar.
l tablespoon mace.
l tablespoon cinnamon.
1 tablespoon nutmeg.
y teaspoon salt.
eggs.
+. l cup drained crushed pineapple.
sla cups sifted all-purpose flour.
teaspoons soda.
"a cup granulated sugar.
4 cup heavy cream.
Pour boiling water over figs. cover
and let stand about five minutes.
Drain. dry on towel. clip stems and
slice fine. Cream butter, add
cups sugar, spices and salt and
cream thoroughly. Add beaten eggs
and blend. Add pineapple and mix.
Add flour sifted with soda and beat
we'll. Add figs and stir to blend.
Pour into three well-greased baking
pans (about 11x7x1Ia inches)
Smooth tops with spatula and
spread with blended "a cup sugar
and cream. Bake in a moderately
hot oven 400 degrees F. 20 to Is
minutes. Cut into squares. Serve
hot or cold.
PICKLED STUFFED FIGS.
2la cups dried figs.
Walnut meats.
~ cups white sugar.
l cup brown sugar.
u cup cider vinegar.
l teaspoon ground Glove"
l teaspoon cinnamon.
teaspoon mace.
2 cups water.
u tablespoon salt.
u teaspoon salt.
Boil figs in sufficient water to
cover, 10 to Is minutes, depending
on dryness. Drain, slit down one
side and stuff each fig with a nut
meat. Press cut edges of figs firmly
together, overlapping slightly. Com
bine sugar. vinegar, spices, water,
salt and flavoring in kettle and
bring to q boil. Add figs and cook
slowly until sirup is thick (about 80
minutes). These are ready to serve
as soon as cold or may be sealed
in sterilized preserve jars. If evap-
grafton is very rapid more water
may be needed. Makes about IA
pints.