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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
Contract Bridge
sNuisance" Ovsrca Is Dangerous Practice in Face of
 Opponents Bid
By VIM. K. MCKINNEY Secretary ef the American Bridge Leasm

one of the most dangerous bsds in bridge is the defensive ovsrcal. One opponent has already shown some strength by opening the bidding. If the other opponent also has strength. especially in the suit of the overcall. . sisahle penalty may be tlae result, Since this is true even
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

gray hairs and look on the thirtieth and fortieth birth days as hated milestones.
 They made jokes about the woman W h 0 lied about her age, and the W 0 m an who lover twenty one" shield.
 But with 50 much lover 70 propaganda in eiFeuia ton, n en hay chaneg their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
.y OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Frankie had been very bad boy again. He had been SO bad in school that Miss Morris had writ- ten e note about him.
 Not only that, but lately he had mocked everything his sister did. And tonight he had jerked her chair
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
Of Interest To Women

Have you . household problem to solve? Write your question clearly, sign your name and ad. dress, enclose three-eent post. agc stamp and mall Co The W Q m . ms Editor. Washington Service Bureau, The Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Washington, D. O., for . personal rcrly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
COMPUTES BY AIR

With Wallace Beery's family in Palm Springs, he is planning to park" his plane ct the Culver City airport so that he can hop back and forth during his work in Metro doldwyn-Mayer's sergeant Mad. den."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

when the cvercai k reasonably sound, 1t follows that c psychic or '.nuisance" overeali is even more dangerous A demonstration of this principle was given recently by Lou Holtz, the famous humorist.
 South suspected that the oppo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
Latest Styles
WOMAN,S REALM
Ho1C To Keeb WeII
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY. MD.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
Caroline Chatfield Say To-day

Woman uncertain Of her position boasng has good wife, standing sentinel by her huoands rade to be sure he doesn't put the He on her.
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 Maybe the best reading matter exant . doesn't hesitate . dirty And the dictionary doesn't leave puzzled and befuddled. CAROLINE CHATFIELD n .ss css .. Letter. peSscs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
BY BILL PORTER AND GEORGE SCARED
q. ~. RHO. Q. 6. PAT. or.

GEORGE SCARED
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

dictionary the best reading matter exant At spade and doesn't hesitate to dirty the dictionary doesn't leave puzzled and hefuddled, CAROLINE CHATFIELD
Evening star., 1939-09-25
Local Drama GROUPS
Now New Season Rears
Its Handsome Head
By HARRY MacARTHJJR

For the time this season. The Drunkard umped
Roadside
So with the the
their hiding places nosr
happy glare ootght
Already there has been activity
Evening star., 1939-09-25
Clock for Buthers

For the benefit of bathers a clock
face 10 feet across has been erected
in BiarritZ, France, and man sets
the hands every two minutes.
Evening star., 1939-09-25
Fugitive

Million Dollar Fugitive" has been
decided on as the title for the
screen play purchased by Warner
Bros. as waiting for Lepke."
Evening star., 1939-09-25

held tomorrow and Wednesday
nights at 8 o'clock at the Guild Hall,
under the direction of the Rev.
Gilbert v. Hartke, o. p, who will
direct the play.
Brother Orchid" dramatized by
Mr.. Brady from a magazine story,
first was staged last season at Cath
olic University.
Pierce Halls first play, THE Show
on" is scheduled for October Is and
26. According to present plans,
which the group admits may be
modified at an organization meeting
this week, this years schedule will
include four plays, all comedies.
There may also be a fifth bonus"
play to wind up the season in May.
Escape from the dreary noise made
by war bulletins is the reason given
by Director Wentworth for the all
comedy program.
"A Bill of Divorcement" is the
Agriculture Players first Offering of
the season. Director John L. Stew
art will hold tryouts Thursday and
Friday nights at O'Clock at the
Agriculture Auditorium.
The Players Club of Central Com
munity helps the Shakespeare So
ciety open its twenty-third season
October 8, at Perkins Hall, Uni
versalist Church, Sixteenth and S
streets. The piece de resistance
uook. he talks FrenchD of the eve
ming will be- the Players Clubs pro-
duction of The Merry Wives of
Windsor" directed by Kent Dyer, j.
Edmond Veitch and Alice Louise
Hunter.
The Greenbelt Players fall opener
is Three Cornered Moon" which
will be presented October and 4
at the Greenbelt Theater. That's in
Greenbelt.
Evening star., 1939-09-25


the nose at the substitute words as
If they might change the whole
meaning of Miss Boothe's play.
Well, time changes all things, in
cluding the attitude of people who
must write columns on Mondays.
Since that one was written, THE
Women" has come to town. In its
vast stretch of pungent dialogue are
all the Heretofore underlined syno-
nyms for Miss Boothe'S good old
Anglo-Saxon, and otherwise, words.
One hears ladies called such names
as bezel, micklish, sleeper, chotsie,
trech and kronker. Odd noises they
are in the human ear, but the women
and the situations to which they
apply make them extremely mean
ingful; as meaningful as words one
might have been hearing all ones
life. The original skeptic as to their
effect owes some one an apology.
Most particularly he owes an
apology to Anita Loos and Jane
Murfin. Translators of the play into
Hays Office, and the general public's,
terms, they did a virtually perfect
job. Not single one of their newly
minted words fails to get across its
precise meaning.
1t is silly, no doubt, to try to put
the excellence of Ginger Rogers as
a comedienne into a few words, even
when the few words happen to be a
line of dialogue which Miss Rogers
reads in specific picture. However,
If it were not silly, one might cite
a single side which Miss Rogers han
dies in her current Fifth Avenue
Girl" at Keith's.
The line happens to be the one
in which she answers Walter Con-
nolly's question as to her feeling to-
ward the rich. 4'You dislike the
rich" says he.
NO" says Ginger. After all,
rich people are only poor people
with money"
AS the plot of Fifth Avenue Girl"
goes, there is lot of meaning in
that one observation. Miss Rogers
gets the utmost out of it. No ac-
tress could do more.
Brenda Marshall, Warmers new
find" who plays opposite Joel Nc
Crea in Espionage Agent" obviously
played her difficult part in that pic
ture sufficiently well to satisfy her
employers.
What makes it obvious, if that
first paragraph did not, is that Miss
Marshall has been assigned to CO.
Evening star., 1939-09-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Keith's-"Fifth Avenue Girl" Gin
ger Rogers being cure for your
morbidity: 1l:5o m, 1:5o, $3.50. $50,
7:50 and $50 pm.
Palace-"The Women" with claws
barred and fangs dripping acid !:
10:15 am, LOS, 3:35, $50 and 9:4O
pm.
Earle-"Espionage Agent" being
chased by the State Department:
II am, 1:35, 4:25, tbs and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 12:40, 3:35, 6:25 and
9:05 pm.
Capitol-"Adventur of Sherlock
Holmes" with Basil Rathbone the
sleuth: II am, las, 4:30. tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: 1910, 1925,
$40 and 8:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"Gol Boy" the
lad who breaks his artists heart and
hands: II am, los, 3:15, $50, TAO
and $50 pm.
Columbia-"The Wizard of o."
and the wizardry of the technical
department.: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925,
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux-Eewsa and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Little-"Cavalcade," screen version
of the Noel Coward drama: II am,
ITO, 3:15, 5:25, 7:25, and 9:45 pm.
Open-Air-"Lost Squadron" ad-
venture in the air: 7:55 and 1918
pm.
Evening star., 1939-09-25
DOnAmeche
Must Learn
Many Tricks
Soft Shoe Dancing
Part of Role in
'SWanee River
HOLLYWOOD

AAOASA ! w SSO.
To fit himself for his starring role
in "Swanee River" the techni-
color production in which he por-
trays Stephen Foster, famous early
day song writer. Don Ameche is
becoming something of a Jack of all
show-world trades.
Five tutors, each an expert. have
been assigned by the studio to
teach Ameche their respective tricks
by way of equipping him for the
part.
From professional whistler he is
learning to warble and trill with
the best of them. Geneva SAWYER
ana NICK Castle are instructing him
IN the intricacies of the soft shoe
and buck and wing routines of the
type popular three-fourths of a
century ago.
A studio violinist has taken him
IN hand for lessons on the fiddle, and
pianist is doing the same for him
as regards the keyboard.
Foster was pretty much a master
OF all these mediums, and Ameche.
though he will not have to perform
any OF these tasks with polish.
still must know enough of each to
pass muster before the camera.
Its lucky I don't have to 90 in
for juggling" he said. THAT would
have stumped me. I never could
Coordinate that we'll"
Ameche also will have to sing
some OF the songs Foster left to
posterity in "Swanee River" but
that presents no difficulties. since
ms voice is one of his major as
sets.
Evening star., 1939-09-25

tive historian, In Motion Picture
Herald. Famous Players-Lasky and
its Paramount came into dominance.
Dramatic, picturesque Lewis j. Selz-
nick Gather of David drove from
the management of world films into
spectacular magnate status under
his own flag. The persistent mud
die genius Of Carl Laemmle made
Universal a world success. The
brothers Warner, less conspicuous,
started carving a niche that was to
grow into q castle The allies in
the spring of 1916 paid 81 900 900
cash to access of the two-reel prod
uct OF one single comedian, Charles
Chaplin William Fox, in the
period, built an independent do
main which was destined to write
its story in major millions"
The war of 1914 brought substan-
tial surrender of the world to the
American motion picture-and to-
day, rs years later, the lords of the
cinema in Hollywood are slightly
hysterical as they see this suprem-
acy and its profits being squeezed
from their grasp.
Released BY the North American y
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-09-25

dA1u CeACcOCo, dll grown I'D SINCE
the last world conflict, which, to
most Of the towns first citizens,
still remains a recent event OF vivid
memory. A checkup shows that
most big-time stars of today were
In rompers when their fathers and
uncles were marching away under
Uncle Sans colors in 1917. Many
more were unborn.
Over at Warmers the other day,
Jane Bryan was enacting a scene
IN I'VE Are Not Alone" depicting
the outbreak Of the World War, in
1914. While the situation visibly af-
fected Edmund Goulding, who was
directing, as well as many a mid
dle-aged old-timer along the side
lines, Heroine Bryan took it pro-
fessionally and in stride. To Jane
Bryan, the last war was only some
thing she'd read about in her school
history books. She was born June
IL, 1918. just a few months before
the Armistice was signed.
OF the Is leading box -office stars
OF the screen for 1898, only three
Wallace Beery, Bob Burns and Will
liam Powell-were old enough to
take up arms when the United
States was drawn into the World
War. Ann Sheridan might have
been able to gurgle something
sounding like "oomph" when the
Lusitania was torpedoed, but GER
tainly not much more.
Other war babies" now shining
brightly in screen affairs are Wayne
Morris, born 1914; William Holden
now just %; Olivia De Havilland
Robert Preston and Priscilla Lane
the latter months old when Presi-
dent Wilson signed his name to the
war proclamation.
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
Deanna Durbin, Shirley Temple
Jackie Cooper, Gloria Jean and
other strong juvenile cards are
members Of a class so young they'd
probably relegate our strife in Eu-
rope to a spot somewhere back near
the Civil War period.
10 all CneSe youngsters, With tnelr
worldwide following, war is a new
remote experience, and yet, judging
by past experiences, it may exert
powerful influence on the careers
OF many of them.
The last war, it will be recalled
pushed the stars of such screen i'm
mortals as Rudolph Valentino and
John Gilbert into the ascendancy
Neither was more than an average
drawing card until Valentines The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
and Gilberts The Big Parade" the
two finest war pictures of the era.
As matter of history, motion
picture operation enjoyed its first
real burst of prosperity in the strife
torn world of 19l4-1918. That was
the period in which the allies bought
abundantly of Hollywood's product
and when the American film indus
try developed into the world in
dustry.
In that period the pioneers rose
to prominence" writes Terry Ram
saye, the screens most authorita-
Evening star., 1939-09-25
New Gayety Star
Is ANY FOn6

Oriental is the word for the Gay
ety's new show, or at least for part
OF 1T. The revue, which opened
Yesterday afternoon, is titled "China
Dolls" and its star is Amy Fong, a
lass who is known, as you might
guess, as China's gift to burlesoue.
Supporting Miss Amy Cor, If she
is Americanized and has the sur
name last, Miss Fong) is a large and
capable cast. The comics are Billy
Hagan and Billy Fields, both we'll
known to regular burlesque patrons
Others in China Dolls" are
Charles Harris, whistling master of
ceremonies; Denny Lyons, singer
and ventriloquist; Jean Wade and
Vicki Welles. specially artists; Wynn
and Hurwyn, acrobatic and adagio
dancers, and Jack Morrison, imper-
senator Of screen and radio celebrt-
ties.
Evening star., 1939-09-25

star with Enrol Flynn in 1.-THE Sea
Hawk" It was the Warmers original
intention to give the part to Geral-
dine Fitzgerald, the Irish colleen,
who is pretty close to 1885 best
supporting player as a result of
her performances in "Wuthering
Heights" and Dark Victory"
That Miss Marshall went in as
substitute is considerable tribute to
the studios conviction that she
belongs IN the movies.
With Ann Sheridan booked as the
stage headliner of the Earle's stage
show starting Friday, the following
from Frank La Falce and Dan
Terrell was virtually inevitable:
Nov that Ann Sheridan has been
elected Americas 'oomph girl"
statisticians have discovered that
she has the ideal figure for red
heads. (They would, or the studio
would have to fire them.-EdD
"YeS, indeed. There's an ideal
blond figure. And an ideal brunei
figure and of course the redheads
have figures, too.
THE ideal standard is arrived
at by a composite of all the dimen-
sions of glamour girls of various
types. -
Miss Sheridan is 1l8 pounds in
weight, feet S inches tall, has a
26-inch waist, 36-inch hips and q
36-inch bust"
The memo goes on from there, but
we don't.
Ofdcials of the Foreign Ofiicers'
Training School of the Department
OF State, together with members of
the current class, have been invited
to see Espionage Agent" at the
Earle tonight And speaking of
invitations, the local drama desks
have been invited to the Fox Film
Exchange tomorrow to see the
screening of Dancing Co-Ed"
That's the picture which brings
Artie Shaw to the screen for a
debut i. AS a prelude to the
borscht, shashlik and capricious Rus
sian entertainment season, Olga
Baclanova, Iliana, Sasha Lucas and
the other stars Helen Hamilton has
gathered for the Troika opening
Wednesday night staged a colorful
rehearsal yesterday afternoon
Auditioned at the same session was
Celia Villa, daughter of the late
Pancho Of Mexico who may appear
on a subsequent Troika program.
Evening star., 1939-09-25

Players director, Howard Went
worth, sat himself down to look at
all corners, with an eye toward cast
ing The Show-Of1," which is first
on the groups schedule this year.
And Saturday night the Blackfriars
Guild started its season with the
first monthly Laboratory night" at
its new little theater in the Guild
Hall, Fifteenth and v streets.
The program included a one-act
play, "The Cobweb," by F. Jay; two
radio plays. solo by Barry" and
For Them the Land" and an ad-
dress by the Rev. Mark Eagan, o. p,
on Virtues and Vices Dramatized. Z"
And, as these laboratory programs
are staged with the idea of develop
ing new material, both among the
players and among playwrights, the
conclusion of the evenings activi-
ties was devoted to forum period
of criticism.
4A4
The Falls Church Community
Theater gets its third season under
way tonight, its first activity of the
fall being business session at 8
o'clock at Madison School. Serious
matters will be followed by the pres
entation Of one-act play. quiet,
Please" under the direction of
James E. Martin. The cast includes
Mrs. John Ball. Mrs. j. o. Martin
Mrs. w. S. Hinman, jr.; Charles
Pendleton, Loren Pope and John
Melby. Lawrence E. Proctor, new
managing director of the group, will
preside over the business meeting.
First of the four major produc-
tions on the Falls Church Theaters
schedule will be James Reach's mys-
tery-comedy, "One Mad Night"
Production is salted for -four weeks
after casting is completed" First
tryouts were held Saturday after
noon under the direction of Mrs.
j. H. Chambliss, who will direct,
and another Is tentatively scheduled
for 7:30 pm. tomorrow at Madison
School.
The Blackfriars Guild will start its
season with "Borther Orchid" Leo
Bradys comedy which has won him
so much praise. Tryouts will be
Evening star., 1939-09-25
New Hiser Theater
Opens Tonight

Bethesda's new Hiser Theater,
formerly the State, and now COM
pletely renovated, will hold its gala
opening tonight. Doors will open at
$50 pm. and performances will be
at and $50 pm.
On the stage, Phil Lampkin and
his orchestra will be presented. The
screen attraction is Elsa Maxwell's S
Hotel for Women" The organ
logue will be by Pearl Hauer.
This same program will be pre-
sented Tuesday and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1939-09-25
War Is a New Experience
For Some Film Veterans
Fresh Generation of Actors Since
1917 Reminds Hollywood
OF Its Venerability
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD

Scattered sights and HoIywoods war 'front.'
The deped kicked
5h long since leaed whiske
taken culture and forged into the
And nowadays requires something like that catastrophe
make Hollywood realize venerable
We suddenly generation of
Evening star., 1939-09-25
Loos>Murfin Synonyms
In The Women Are Good
And Any One Who Doubted Them
Is Proved to Be Sadly Wrong;
Miss Ro9ers Is Comic
BY JAY CARMODY.

weeks ago on sterile Monday this wrote family
Mayer take of natural Hays oe anpathy Claire
1otnght language IN Women At the being nerce
objective sadly that
reproduce Boothe verbatim Accordingly
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-08-03
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION NO.. 359

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
That on the 1st day of August,
1899, the City Council of the
City of Hardin, Montana, passed
a resolution assessing the cost
of maintaining Improvement
District No. 4 in the said City
to the property owners within
said District.
That the City Council will be
in Regular Session in the Coun-
Gil Chambers at the City Hall
on the 18th day of August, 1889,
at 800 o'clock P. M. when and
where it will hear objections
to the final adoption of said
resolution, at which time and
place any person or persons
who are owners or agents OF
owners of any lot or parcel of
land within said District may
apepar in person or by Coun-
sci and show cause, if any there
be, why said assessment should
not be levied.
BY Order of the City Council
M. L. BULLS, City Clerk.
Pub. Aug. 3, 1887
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-08-03
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION NO. 363

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
to all lot owners, that the City
Council of the City of Hardin,
Montana, did on the LIST day of
August, 1899, Professionally pass
Resolution No. 1868, assessing
and levying a tax, upon ali
property in Special Improve
ment District No. 80, for the
purpose of defraying the cost
and expense of making i'm
provements therein, to the
property owners within the said
District.
That the CITY Council will
be in Regular Session in the
Council Chambers at the City
Hall, at 500 o'clock P. M. ON
the 18th day of August, 1889,
when and where they will hear
objections to the final passage
and adoption of said resolution,
at which time and place, any
person or persons who are own
ers or agents of owners of any
lot or parcel of land within
said District, may appear in
person or by Counsel and show
cause, if any there be, why said
assessment should not be levied.
BY Order of the CITY Council
M. L. BULLS, CITY Clerk.
pub. Aug. 3, 1880
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-08-03
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION NO. 800

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
That on the 1st day of August.
1899 the City Council of the
City of Hardin, Montana, passed
a resolution assessing the cost
Of maintaining Improvement
District No. 6 in the said City
to the property owners within
the said District.
That the City Council will
be in regular Session in the
Council Chambers at the City
Hall at 800 o'clock P. M. on
the 18th day of August. 1889
when and where they Will hear
objections to the final passage
and adoption of said resolution,
at which time and place any
person or persons who are own
ers or agents of owners of any
lot or parcel of land within
said District may appear In
person or bU Counsel and show
cause, if any there be, why
said assessment should not be
levied.
BY Order of the City Council
M. L. BULLS, CITY Clerk.
Pub. Aug. 8, 1880