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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-25
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hind the times" "a giggle from
Isabele.) "Why, Mrs. jerks across
the street looks younger than her
daughters!"
"And a red dress, tool" Edith
added. Imagine her going down
town in it. A woman of her age!"
And so they talked, back and
forth, with the merciless, cruel
speeches of youth.
Say, Edith, cut it out" yawned
Bob.
Aunt Sues cheeks were getting
pinker and pinker. At last she laid
down her sewing.
Il think" she said quietly, chat
with a car and five young people
on the porch, she wouldn't have to
leave the house. But, then, she's
never had much done for her."
"Why, Aunt Sue," they chorused,
as if this were news.
She turned her shining eyes upon
them. Let me tell you about a
little girl l knew, the fourth in a
family of IA children who lived in
the unsettled regions of Canada.
The children then had no toys, no
books-no shoes, sometimes, even in
winter. The child l am telling you
of was named Mary" "a gasp from
Edith.) "a pretty name, isn't it?
The name of the best loved mother
in the world.
MARY loved colors as much as
life. They were life to her. She
loved the pink of the apple bios
SONS, the color of the first blue
birds, the yellow of the baby's hair,
the green of the new grass. But
best of all she loved the scarlet of
the peoples that blew among the
field of rye.
81 remember once the minister
told her that red was the color of
courage and she loved it more.
She always wanted a dress of it.
But there were brothers and sisters
to help educate, a mother to care
for. 1t was this girl who made her
at the last-the last-folded her
hands"
Aunt Sues voice broke and the
twins held hands tightly.
"This same girl waited until all
had had their chance. She married
and had five children. When her
baby was four the father died"
"a little cry from Warren.)
"But this woman did not give up.
She worked in a store, she took in
washing and did all she could.
''She sent her Oldest to- college,"
"a groan from Bob.) "She sent her
daughter to business school," edith
raised a pitiful face.)
'She found a position in the botan-
ical gardens for another son." "a
cry from Warren)
Her twins are still in high school.
And all these years these feet have
never faltered, those lips have never
spoken a hopeless word. My chill
dren will be my staff in life she
told me once. Their joy will color
my life But this mother, with her
love of colors, had so little, that only
two days ago she made herself a
dress of crimson, out of old por-
there's dyed red!
"Oh, Mary, Maryl They are your
cross, not your STAFF And the gray
head lay upon the arm of the chair.
Don't, Aunt Sue!" They COM
forted her, one and all, in their way.
1--WE never knew"
''She shall wear red forever, if
she wants." Edith said, brokenly.
Dear mother!"
1.-The funny thing is" Aunt Sue
lifted her head-''if red is for cou-
rage, she's never worn any other
color all her life--in spirit"
Suddenly there was a great cry
from all of them. One would have
thought a queen was coming up
the walk. 1t was only little wom-
an, her arms filled with bundles, her
red dress blowing softly about her
as she walked!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-25
My Visit to F.DougIass
By Edward A. Johnson

In the fall of 1886, Miss Ednorah
Nahar, elocutionist, and Miss Addie
Smith, singer, started out from the
hub (Boston) where they had already
made quite a reputation as entertain
ers, having as their patrons such per-
sonages as Marie Baldwin, the famous
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-25
The Only Girl
By SELMA A. CAREY
g Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.

THOMAS BLAKE, civil engineer,
u just arrived from a distant city,
felt through his pockets again. It
was gone. He found himself in the
Central station of the metropolis
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-25

without a penny to
his name and many
miles from his des-
tination. He had
been the victim of a
pickpocket.
Him." he solilo-
quiZed, as he drew
The Washington times., 1939-01-13

A memory feat was demon.
strated before IS astonished men
at the Cosmopolitan Club lunch.
con yesterday at the Carlton
Hotel when Granville B. Jacobs
correctly called the names of
members and their guests after
meeting them only once. Mr..
Jacobs, who trains business men
and women, stood at the head
table and identified the persons
present, table by table.
Edmund o. Carl officiated for
the first time as president. He
Arthur w. Defenderfer and Ed A.
Rule were given prizes for best
attendance during the year. The
The Washington times., 1939-01-13

mystery. =. How can he be-? He
drives an automobile.
Maybe that's the answer, at
that. Most people read a warn
ing sign and say to themselves H..
THAT DOESN'T MEAN ME. But
EVERY driver of an automobile
becomes a PEDESTRIAN the min
ute he parks his car even to
mail letter.
Now may WE ask a question?
.. Thanks. why does chicken
cross the road?" Yes, we know
that is an old one and the usual
answer is >. ITO get to the other
side" but WATCH that same
chicken it will pick up a few
crumbs and when the next auto
mobile comes along, it will DASH
ACROSS THE ROAD AGAIN. OF
course, the answer to that is +.
the chicken does not have BRAINS
enough to REALIZE its danger
are we making ourselves clear?
No. we are not going to COM
pare the brains angle to the pedes-
trian, for most people DO realize
the danger but they are simply
THOUGHTLESS at the time.
Rushing here and there on urgent
business, or on a shopping tour
most people DREAM as they walk.
We watched one shopper dash
through traffic >. reach the other
curb safely change her mind
dash BACK across both
times AGAINST the light e.
LUCK was with her L. . but Lady
Luck" is a tickle companion in
traffic and will desert you when
you need her most.
Until 5:45 this afternoon, when
we meet again over WJSV, the
"Old Skipper" is warning be
careful =. this is Friday the 18th
Ship Alloy.
THE OLD SKIPPER.
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
AWARDS
Bridge Game Winners
Get Silver Cups

Four silver cups were awarded
by the Patterson Newspapers last
night to the winners of the first
game of the midwinter duplicate
contract bridge series being played
at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Winners in the North and South
positions we're: First place, Mrs.
Rose Robins and Mrs. Fannie
Samuel; second. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. ]. Voss; third, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond E. Kerr.
Winners in the East and West
positions were: First place, Mrs.
j. L. Parrott; second, Miss Peggy
Monroe and William Cheeks;
third, Mrs. Ralph Werner and
Miss Faith Bronson.
William Cheeks is director of
the tournament. Winners receive
national rating in the American
Contract Bridge League.
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
MARIE
Et-Grand Duchess Gets
Summons IN Suit

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 13 G.N.SD.
The former Grand Duchess Marie
of Russia looked over a summons
in damage suit today and won
dered what it was all about.
In Hollywood and Los Angeles
on lecture tour, the cousin Of
Car Nicholas II said that Mil.
dred w. Forney. Long Beach lee.
ture sponsor, had sued her for
$26,049 damages, alleging she
failed to appear for lecture in
1882.
But I can't seem to remember
anything much about it," she said,
except that nobody came to the
lecture, so it was called off,"
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
Church Will Stage
Binqo Party, Dance

The combined societies Of Holy
Comforter Church are sponsoring
q bingo and dance to be given
February 2 at the Willard Hotel.
The bingo will begin at 8 p. m.
The dance at 10. Funds received
will be used to present gift to
the church now being erected.
The Washington times., 1939-01-13

a few remarks
about the pedes'
trianS and the
risks they run.
I'm m e d i ately
after the talk a
youngster cor
nered us with
the question
wv h a t IS a
p e d e S trian?"
Your Daddy is
is a pc d e s.
trian," was our
reply. but still
the young fel-
low persisted in
rlippinp intn the
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
leopard Of the Air.
Lecture Topic tonight

Leopard Of the Air" will be the
subject OF an illustrated lecture
on the crowned eagle Of South
Africa by Capt. C. w. R. Knight
before members of the National
Geographic Society tonight at
Constitution Hall.
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
new TANSMAN
MUSIC ADOPTS
NOISY PATTERN
Hear ModerniSt'S Work
Here For First Time
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

The fame enjoyed by Alexander
Tansman, aggressive Russian mod
ernist, of Paris, is justified in the
work for string quartet entitled
"Triptyque," dedicated to Mrs.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and
given its first performance here
by the Coolidge Quartet last night
at the Library of Congress.
Its interest lies in the rhythmical
invention which the composer here
displays. In the first and last
divisions of the work he expert
ments with the effect of inceSSant
repetition of conflicting rhythmS
to project sound-patterns COM
posed entirely of dissonanceS.
GREAT FURY OF SOUND
That is his prescription and in
mere verbal definition it sounds
sufficiently unattlactive for the
popular music of the day does the
same thing, but with a paucity of
resource that destroys it's variety
and interest. There is power in
this TanSman music and great
fury of sound, which Immediately
sets up nervous reactions that the
listener finds novel and exciting.
BY way of contrast the second
movement elevates the so-called
lyric idiom of swing, together
with its spurious and artificial
countermelodies to such eminence
as a Superlative technical imagi-
nation can give it. The mood is
changed from the sentimental
melancholy of popular music -
a peevish and itching discomfort
Of the soul.
SENTIMENTAL ENDING
The finale combines both kinds
of cacophony, revives the rhythmic
aggressiveness of the first move
ment and all its acoustic harsh
ness so that the listener may en-
JOY both the squeak Of abused
instruments and the spiritual itch
of tortured melody. Suddenly the
composer gives up the struggle
and surrenders in the most con-
ventional kind of sentimental end
ing.
Because of this curious contra
diction, this causeless yielding TO
inherited feeling, this abandon
ment of all his acquired traits
and resources, one is tempted 30
question TanSman's sincerity. At
least there can he no question as
to quality of the performance
given this music and the older
works on the program. The Cool
idge Quartet plays any and all
music with authority. discrimina-
tion, impeccahle taste and SEEM
ingly limitlesS technical capacity,
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
Pedestrians
Warned by
Skipper
BY DON HIX

Heigh-Ho, Shipmates. Speaking
before a Parent t-Teacher gather
ing, the "Old Skipper" closed with
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
Wizard Visits COSno Club

days attendance prize, donated
by DR.. George Albert Smith, was
won by DR.. J. Rozier Biggs.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Keith's-"East Side of Heaven" :"
Bing sings: 1875 am, 1:35, $40,
$40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Capitol - Broadway Serenade," :"
jeanette Macdonald in a new musi-
cal romance: 10:30 am, 1:2O, 4:l0,
7 and $50 pm. Stage shows: 1890,
3:20, 610 and 8 pm.
Earle-"Man of Conquest" the
life and romance of Sam Houston
10:45 am, 1:30, 4:20, 7:O5 and 9:55
pm. Stage shows: 1890, 3:20, 6:1O
and pm.
Metropolitan - You Can't Get
Away With Murder" drama with
bullets: 11:40 am, lao, $40, $40
TAO and $40 pm.
Columbia - "Stagecoach," drama
in the West: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925
$50, 7:35 and 9:4O pm.
Palace-"The Hardys Ride High
sixth edition of the popular Hardy
family: 1l:00 am, los, 3:15, $50
7:30 and $40 pm.
Little-"Courier of Lyons" drama
OF a miscarriage of justice: 11:5O
am, 2.20, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:40 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Open Air "Annabel Takes a
Tour" at 9:25 pm. Also Europe
May, 1899, on at 7:45 and 1926 pm.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

George Brent, 7 wouldn't be at all
surprised if the love" developed
into the real thing. The publicity
has focused Bettes attention on
George and vice versa, and they
are finding that they like each other,
in spite of, or because of, the err
roneous ballyhoo Metro spent
around $4,000 during the past two
years in preparations for the film.
ing of kim" to star Freddie Bar
tholomeW. But now that every
thing is more or less ready, it has
been discovered that Freddie is too
old and too tall~for the role. An
other half-inch has brought Bar
tholomew's height to feet inches
His pocket money, however. has not
kept pace with his physical growth
it is only $3.50 a week The
prettiest thing on the Universal
lot is the new Danielle Darrieux
bungalow symphony in white
So far, it has had only one occu
pant-Bing Crosby!
Mrs. Spencer Tracy had quite a
lot to say to British reporters dur
ing her recent visit to England
There is no glamour in Hollywood, >
said Mrs. Tracy. Also-"We Holly
wood wives live a very simple life
and keep away from the studios as
much as we can The work (of
the husbands comes first. and. If
we want to be happy, we must
make ourselves comfortable in the
back seat . We are lucky if we
get two weeks vacation every three
years" I still wouldn't say no
to exchanging places with Mrs. Gary
Cooper or Mrs. Clark Gable. Wou!i
you?
Marlene Dietrich, who sometimes
complains of lack of Hollywood e.
corts, had three for the "Goodbye
Mr.. Chips" preview-among them
Erich Remarque, who is extremely
good-looking. and Joseph Won Stern
berg. Greer Carson, the feminine
star of the picture. will have to
diet and be photographed differ
emily II she wants to get to the
head of the movie procession. Blu
you will love Robert Donat as the
dear old schoolmaster.
Elsa Maxwell has been dubbed by
her studio the New Marie Dress
ler." Which is absurd. The two
ladies are as different as wish and
fulfllment. Elsa gives parties
Marie gave pleasure. Elsa caters
to celebrities Marie catered t..
the masses Miss Maxwell is the
slave of the fashionable world. The
entire world was the slave of Mis-;
Dressler. So let's have no more
of this comparison nonsense,
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-05-19


to resist over-acting. In giving mir.
his first taste of fancy living. the
authors of the drama provided him
with role that is very funny.
1t would be funnier il he had
enough confidence in the authors
to play it as written.
In The Hardys Ride High" an
episode laid in Detroit incidentally.
the family feels the hot breath of
unexpected millions on its neck
There is some dubiety about tre
collection of the inheritance, but
not enough to keep the family from
going on spending bender. Andy's
part in it consists of taking up
night life in way so serious that
he blossoms out in white tie and
tails and as the boy friend of a
saucy chlorine
This frivolity involves the usual
philosophic discussions between the
lad and his dad. the items involved
being when chap might logically
smoke his first cigarette and chase
his first gilded lily
The pleasant old-shoe quality
hangs over every foot of the film
The noble episodes, without whi,h
no Hardy picture would be possible,
reach a climax in the scene in
which the honorable judge surren-
ders his claim to the fortune. He
himself is the only one who knows
that the family's claim is invalld
but the noble course is the one
he chooses to follow.
An element of glamour is intro
duced into the series on this occa-
sion. Supplying it is very pretty
Virginia Grey, the siren who is the
object of Andy's affections. Their
Inflated romance. Inflated because
Andy cannot make the grade OF
sophistication. injects a bit of glitter
and music into the family saga. 1t
also gives its juvenile star an oppor-
tunity to show again his burlesoue
heritage, the thing that makes him
quite dancer. if you remember.
Another respect in which the high
ride Of the family opens up the story
for further development in later
episodes is the blossoming of Aunt
Milly. With lot of new clothes, as
who would not have a lot with a
fortune just around the corner,
Aunt Milly works herself into a
romantic mood that has its mirthful
moments. The chap turns out to be
a bounder, but who knows when
something better will come along?
The same competence of per-
formance is evident in this chapter
of the story as in the others. A pair
OF former Washingtonians make
their fleeting appearance in very
well done small parts. They are
Evening star., 1939-05-19

Marsha Hunt and Minor Watson.
the latter once leading man in the
National Players.
George Seitz' direction of the film
also has the same skillful quality as
in the past. Mr.. Seitz sewers his
connection with the Hardys with this
picture, however His role as director
will be taken over by w. S. Van Dyke
II. The shift is designed, the story
goes, to put Master Rooney in more
stern hands
If Mr.. Van Dyke can temper
Mickeys playing it will remove the
only blot on the Hardy escutcheon.
J. c.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

nomlc development, as fine a one
as has been spun by the clever gen.
tlemen who make Mr.. Luce's PIC
torial journalism such appealing
stuff. Then, as if that was not
enough, the theater also offers a
new chapter in the dizzy life ot
Donald Duck. 1t is very good
chapter, too.
A lot of inventiveneSs, some of
1t not altogether successful, has
gone into the writing Of East Sioe
of Heaven" in which Crosby has
the assistance of Joan Blon6ell
Micha Auer, C. Aubrey Smith, Irene
Hervey, etc.
The star is introduced in tie
guise of telegraph company en-
ploye whose Job it is to Groom greet
ings to members of the community.
The thing, you can see for yourself
has interesting possibilities, the
most interesting one, it turns out,
being that in which the crooner
is fired for talking back to a Gus
toner who hates singing. Ana
who hates virtually everything else
too.
After that. one crazy thing leads
to another until Crosby and Auer
find themselves with a baby on
their hands, a baby left in their
charge by the daughter-in-law of
the irascible old customer who is
trying to keep 1t out of his custody
The goings-on get pretty dizzy in
this area of the action, but they
have their pleasant comedy aspects
even when they seem most implaus-
ible.
X X
The baby is the most talented
picture-stealer Hollywood has un-
earthed in years. Sandvs its name
Evening star., 1939-05-19

and if it does not turn out to be the
academy award winner for the best
supporting performance it should at
least get special prize of some kind.
The baby's milkman father, who got
it into pictures by the eXpedient of
leaving its photograph with a cinema
magnate'S whipping cream, has done
every one great favor, himself in
cluded, of course.
In addition to having some droll
dialogue to handle, Crosby has many
a melodious moment to deal out in
East Side of Heaven" All of the
tunes are tailored to fit the pictures
star. That Sly Old Gentleman"
and Hang Your Heart on a Hickory
Limb" are the pair most likely to
go places; places like hit parades,
etc.
In the role of crazy horoscopist,
Auer gives one of his better comedy
performances. 1t is the zany kind
Of thing for which destiny has so
we'll prepared him. Miss Blondell,
who is photographed as if she had
lnSulted the cameraman, has not q
great deal to do in the film and does
that none too we'll.
The March of Times Dixie mar
rative is highly dramatic affair.
The full issue is devoted to the story
of the South and the camera crew
covered tremendous area in getting
its comprehensive story. 1t makes
clear that the section is putting up a
lusty fight for larger place in the
industrial sun, that it has settled
down to the task of finally effacing
the Gripping effects of the Civil
War
The Disney contribution to the
bill is in the masters best manner.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Two Decades
Later 'OzcOt'
Still Stands
Wizard of or Was
Written in House
In HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOoD.
Twenty years ago this week, L.
Farnk Baum died in Hollywood in
a gray frame house he had built
as the place to write his OF books,
in what he found TO be a sleepy
little California village. Twenty
years after his death, his Oz books
are still selling at the rate of
about 100000 a year and his first
book, The Wizard of o." written
in 1900 and which has sold nine
million copies, is being made in
technicolor and music by M-G-M.
His widow still lives in that house
In the front yard is a tower palm
tree he planted. Although his sign,
"Ozcot," was taken down when he
died in 1919, people still hunt out
the house where OF stories were
written.
The palm Baum planted in 1911
when he built his home is still
growing, In 1911 Hollywood boule-
ward was just country street. To-
day, 1t stands block from the
house, hustling business street.
All around the house are great
apartments.
In 1911 movie" folks would
timidly ask permission to make
scenes around the Baum house.
Today, like the palm. the industry
has grown. Baum never realized
his own Wizard of OF" would one
day take year to make, use 1900
actors, $50 workers on the set, 6.275
workers representing l65 arts and
crafts in the production, employ
3,210 costumes, 8,248 separate make
ups, 65 settings. 212,180 individual
sound effects, IS trick effects. ex-
pose half million feet of color
film and quarter million feet of
sound track.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Music Club Session

The May meeting of the Carrie
V. Byram Music Club will be held
this evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Paul D. Gable, 4616 Fiji
teenth street NV.
Russian music and composers will
be the theme for the evening.
Among the performers will be Bar
rett Fuchs who will sing The Pill
grim and None But the Lovely
Heart" by Tschaikovsky. Mrs. Will
liam Fuchs will play In the
Mosque" and In the Def1le," by
Ipollitov-Ivanov. Carrie Byram will
play Melody" by Tschaikovsky.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

house and 10 of her 80 acres in the
valley, But her agent has advised
her she will probably have to ac-
cept third of the money. TIE
Robert Taylor estate in the val
ley has an asking price of arouhd
$4,000. The house alone recently
ate up $4,000 in improvements
The loss on both properties Will
be about so per cent. Why are they
selling them? Because they wan:
privacy-which is now impossible
in the valley, with its hordes of
tourists every Saturday and Sum-
day.
Now that the studio publicity
department is denying the pur-
ported romance of Bette Davis and
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Mitchell Revue Toniqht

A sparkling musical revue, THE
New York Worlds Fair" will be pre-
sented this evening by the Anna T.
Mitchell Studio of Dancing in Cliff
ton Terrace West, Fourteenth and
Clifton streets. This annual per-
formance Of the pupils Of Miss
Mitchell always has attracted large
audience and has been one Of the
outstanding events in amateur dance
circles for years, offering a well-bal-
anced program of the dance in its
various phases.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Ballet Tryouts

The Washington Civic Ballet will
have open try-outs tomorrow morn
ing at l0:l5 o'clock at the Ben
Murch School to fill two vacancies
which have recently occurred in the
group. Only girls between Is and
20 years of age who are relatively
as advanced in ballet technique as
other members of the dance group
will be accepted.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Pianist to Act

Dalies Frantz, internationally
known pianist, who recently made
his screen debut as jeanette Mac
Donalds accompanist in Sweet
hearts" has been signed to a long
term contract to act by M-G-M.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

don't know OF
another film &C
tress who would
sacrifice all that
money for a pic
ture role. Most
Of them, as Kay
Francis during
ner last year at
Warmers, will
appear in any,
! thing just as
long as the STU
Idio pays a high
salary.
Barbara STAN
wyck is asking
$4,000 for her
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Three Join Cast

Phillip Terry, Truman Bradley
and Nat Pendleton have been cast
in "On Borrowed Time" with Lionel
Barrymore. Terry will play the
sweetheart Of Una Merkel, Bradley
Barrymore's son and Pendleton an
asylum guard.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Started in Vienna

Virginia Field, appearing opposite
Douglas Fairbanks, jr, in Universals
THE Sun Never Sets" started her
acting career while she was attend
ing finishing school in Vienna.