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Evening star., 1939-02-15

Ealph P. Dunn, DR.. end Mrs.
James II. Early, Miss Nellie E.
Fealy, DR.. and Mrs. Einar p.
Flint. Mr.. and Mrs. George Foley,
MIR. and Mrs. Julien N. Friant, Mrs.
Vincent A. German, Mrs. Pierre
Hamilton, Mrs. Christian Heurich,
ST.; Mr.. and Mrs. p. F. Hannah, DR..
Jane M. Hoey, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Peyton Howard, ST.; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lane, Mr.. and Mrs. William
L. Lebling, Mrs. Joseph Letter, Mrs.
E. ]. Loughman, DR.. and Mrs.
Charles G. Marbury, Col. and Mrs.
William McCawl, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Mccarthy, Mr.. Paul w.
McGovern, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
McKeever, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Meehan. Mrs. Harry Meeln, DR.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Millwater, Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Monaghan, Mr.. Gordon
A. O'Neill, MI. and Mrs. P. j. Multi
gan, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick v.
Murphy, Mrs. John J. Noonan, Mrs.
jeremiah j. OConnor, DR.. and Mrs.
William F. ODonnell, Miss Florence
~ ODO1AAAO6IlAC, MI dllu MID. I4dT lii
F. ODonoghue, Mrs. j. H. Phelan,
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Prior, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry I. Quinn, Mr.. Will
liam K. Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Rover, Miss Erin Samson, Miss
Marion Schwartz, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward A. Tamm, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
mund Toland, Mr.. and Mrs. Vim
cent Toomey, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Win
ship Wheatley, ST.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert w. Wilson, the Glass of 1899,
the Glass of 1910, the Glass of 1941,
the Glass of 1912 and the Washing
ton Club of Trinity College.
Miss Regis Boyle is chairman of
the dance, and the chairmen of the
various committees are Mrs. S. Dolan
Donohue, Miss Minnie E. Carroll,
Miss Eileen Collins, Miss Elizabeth
Eealy and Mrs. Joseph Cantwell
The officers who are assisting the
various groups are Mrs. Martin
ODonoghue, president; Mrs. William
Lebling, Mrs. Ralph Dunn and Miss
Kathleen HarloWe.
Evening star., 1939-02-15

appeared with aprons, brooms and
dust pans for their supposed Monday
evening duties.
The theme song Of the finale, sung
to the tune Of -Four Little Angels
OF Peace" from "Pins and Needles"
began:
Monday night martyrs to tea are We,
While our wives visit sociably."
q. Charter Heslep, newspaperman
was author Of the skit. The cast
included Onward v. sandifer, Rich
ard Hogue. Leslie II. Whitten, G. r,
Wilhelm, Hampton D. Percy, Ed
mu1id Campbell, Edmund =. Vial
and Gregory Hankin.
In addition the program included
music by q quartet from the Uni
versity of Maryland and group sing
ing led by Mrs. Edmund Campbell.
Miss Mercedes Berry was the
hostess and Mrs. Robert Olesep,
president of the Washington branch,
was among those present.
Evening star., 1939-02-15
WOmen's Archives

The Washington Branch of the
World Center for Women's Archives
will meet at 1890 pm. Friday at
the American Association Of Uni
versity Women clubhouse to make
plans for a luncheon on March 4
in honor Of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt,
Evening star., 1939-02-15
Panhellenic Lunch

Miss Miriam o. johnson of 1880
Irving street NV, who is In charge
OF reservations for the annual
luncheon to be held February Is
by the Panhellenic Association of
Washington, announces reservations
must be made by Saturday,
Evening star., 1939-02-15
De,phian H.Eeesind

Columbia De,pllian Chapter w.lI'
meet tomorrow at 10:30 am. at
Woodward & Lothrop's conference
rooms. Mrs. A. r. Horn will lead
the program on "Rudyard Kiphng,
Voice Of Empire" The discussional
summary will be led by Mrs. w. w.
Spaid.
Evening star., 1939-02-15

Czechoslovakia Is making paper
bags with cellophane windows.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
Endorsements
Pay Sandy
Royalty
BY the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD.
It's beginning to look like very
large Christmas for the movies
youngest lady-Sandy.
The 17-month-old starlet's par
ents have been signing Endorsements
right and left these days. And so
panties and furniture, books and
dolls, bonnets and ribbons, soap and
suckers will be named after Sandy.
She is Sandra Lee Henville, in real
life, and in her first two pictures she
impersonated g. young man. How
ever, in her next, Hello, Stranger, !"
Sandy will be herself. Her hair is
being allowed to grow for the occa-
sion.
Sandy's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Henville, were amazed when she
clicked in the movies. But they
were just about overcome when the
Endorsement and tie-up offers began
pouring in. Sandy will get sizable
cut from sales of every item bearing
her name.
The Henvilles are reluctant to say
how much money they expect their
only daughter to take in this year,
but guesses put it close to $4,000.
Her film salary, for approximately
20 weeks work, is $500 a week, or
$4,000, with the balance coming from
sales percentages.
The manufacturer Of Sandy dolls
expects to sell a million of them by
Christmas. He will make them In
i've sizes, beginning with life.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
Hollywood
Tradition
Is Ended
HOLLYWOOD.

HULL WOOO.
Tradition has been shattered-a
tradition which insisted a child
movie star could not attain success
as an adult.
Brunette and radiant Helen Par
rish is the living, walking proof that
the above mentioned tradition no
longer holds water. Helen broke
into the movies when she was 3
years old, her. first picture being
with Babe Ruth in Babe Comes
Home"
Today Helen has attained young
womanhood. And a very lovely
young lady she is. But that's beside
the point. The thing that counts is
that she is attaining even greater
success than she ever enjoyed as a
child.
True, she went through the "awk-
ward age" and was away from the
movie cameras for three years. Two
years ago she came back, playing
the role of the little "meanie" in
Deanna Durbin's Mad About Mu-
sic" Since then she has been cast
in increasingly important roles, top
ping them all with her present role
Of Miss Durbin's wealthy society
cousin in the singing stars new
Universal picture, FIRST Love-" This
is Helen's most important part to
date and it will probably do much to
advance her toward eventual star
dom.
Helen's achievement means more
than merely success for herself. 1t
has broken down a barrier which for
years has blocked the progress of
other child actors who wanted to
continue acting after they grew up
For some reason or other that rarely
happened. Hollywood had a buga-
boo about youngsters and put them
on shelf as soon as they showed
signs of becoming adults. There was
only one conspicuous exception
Madge Evans. But there have beer
a hundred other children who died
professionally soon after they were
born.
| Helen hopes she has helped t.
change al that.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
Discovered ,
Again, Bob }
Is Busy
Deanna's Last Film
Gave Cummings
New Career
HOLLYWOOD.

Businer than a one-armed paper
hanger (to coin phrase is Holly
woods Robert Cummings, who burst
out of comparative obscurity a few
months ago when he set the cinema
city on its heels with his perform
ance with Deanna Durbin In Three
Smart Girls Grow Up"
Bob, who is taking his sudden
popularity and fame with becoming
grace, has just finished one of the
top roles in Universal's 1.-THE Under
Pup" which will introduce the stu
dos newcomer, Gloria Jean. No
sooner had Bob toweled the last Of
the makeup from his face than he
received a call to report to Director
John Brahm for one of the key roles
in Rio" with Basil Rathbone, Sigrid
Gurie, Victor McLaglen and a big
and powerful cast.
Cummings hacked around Holly
wood for three and a half years, ;
playing in several pictures but grow
ing more and more discouraged. His
hopes had been high when he came
to Hollywood after streaking a
bright path among the marquee r
lights of Broadway, but casting di-
rectors allowed him to become one of
Hollywood's forgotten men, obscured
In a maze of supporting roles. The
part with Deanna Durbin rediscov-
cred him, popularized him, brought
him his contract with Universal and
a parade of parts which keep him
too busy to fit around in the air.
plane which, next to his wife, the
former Vivien Janis, is his most
priced possession.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
Outdoor Amusements

GLEN ECHO PARK - Only
local outdoor amusement re-
sort with all the usual park
rides, a midway and a pic
mic grove. There's dancing
nightly Except Sundays in
the Spanish Garden Ball
room to name" band.
Swimmers delight is the
Crystal Pool.
SEASIDE PARK - At Chesa-
peake Beach, Md. In addi-
tion to the amusement park
attractions there's a mile of
boardwalk and half-mile
pier out into Chesapeake Bay.
CITY OF WASHINGTON-The
Wilson Line steamer sails for
Marshall Hall Park and
Mount Vernon daily at 10 am.
and 2 pm. Other cruises are
the Sunset" at $50, stopping
at Marshall Hall just long
enough to load and unload
passengers, and the nightly
moonlight at $50, with
dancing to McWilliams' Or
chestra.
S. S. POTOMAC - There's a
three hour moonlight" dance
cruise every night at 8:45
o'clock, with a midnight"
Saturday nights at 1890 am.
Every Sunday morning the
boat makes a trip to Colonial
Beach, leaving at 9 o'clock,
returning in the evening.
Evening star., 1939-09-03

story OF the romance OF Nurse Cath
crime Barkley and her soldier sweet
heart on the World War front in
Italy.
That was the introduction to
Broadway of the blond, emotional
star, ELISA Landi, and it was her
farewell to Europe.
Today, Miss Landi, an Austrian
countess who was born in Venice,
works here in the hills overlooking
the valleys leading to the Hudson
River, a peaceful and verdant set
ting where she writes her novels and
plays between acting assignments
in the movies and on the stage.
Despite the peace and quiet
here" she said as she walked
through her 18th century house,
Evening star., 1939-09-03

"it's been a terribly busy session Of
work.
Aside from the work of trans
forming this house into the good
condition it's in now, I have just
about finished my new novel and
did finish my new play"
Her new play, a comedy called
Holiday House" had a pre-Broad-
way engagement last week at Wood
stock, N. Y, summer playhouse IN
an artists colony near here.
In addition to her writing and
redecorating her house, Miss Landi
has been playing several engage
ments in summer stock through
New England.
The house. the first part of which
was built in 1896, is partly thick
stone walls with connecting walls
of dull, polished oak. Long. sloping
meadows edged with large, shady
trees ramble over the 165-acre
estate.
What really decided me on this
house for my studio is that its rough
stone walls and Colonial architec-
ture fitted the furniture I had. My
long, heavy dining table fits per-
fectly against the background of the
huge stone fireplace The slanting
top of the door and other such Colo
nial touches go we'll with my an
tique Spanish desk. 1t is large and
rather austere, but good place on
which to write. When I write my
novels, sometimes use typewriter,
but I also use pen and ink a lot
and that takes so many pages Of
paper that I need large desk to
scatter them on"
Miss Landi has written such
novels as Nelson" The Helmers,"
House for Sale" and The An
cestor." She also has done much
writing for the films
Her just completed novel will be
published in England this fall al
though she hasn't as yet decided on
a title.
- 1t is quite likely that she will play
the leading role in her new play on
Broadway this fall.
Evening star., 1939-09-03

appropriate places. CThe stumps
came at $40 PERI
On location, a picture company
works from sun-up to sun-down and
seven days a week. This company Is
quartered in hotel in Eugene and is
transported back and forth, a dis
tance Of six miles, in two large buses.
Meals are on the company. There
is no need for any one to spend
money, except for relaxation. As a
rule, every one is too tagged for any
thing except mild bowling and poker
sprees.
Costs run high. r. K. O.'s daily
bill here, exclusive of salaries to the
principal players, is 5000. That is
mainly for housing, meals, transpor-
tation and extras pay.
A town such as this soon accepts
Hollywoodites casually More casu-
ally than Hollywood itself. For the
first few days there is mad scram-
BILE for autographs. When the re-
quests stop, the actors always won-
der whether they've done something
to offend or are slipping Manager
Lewis, who has engineered scores of
such trips as this, merely assures the
actors the autograph hunters are
just tired. Or bored.
This is farming community and
the advance scouts were certain
they'd find set dressings and props
in stores and homes and on farms.
But they didn't.
There weren't any oxen or geese
or mules in this part of Oregon. They
had to be hauled up from Hollywood,
where there is everything-except
Illinois scenery.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
IlOna Proud
OF Learning
English
Miss Massey Has
Mastered It
In Two Years
By the Associated Press,

HOLLYWOOD.
Iona Massey has climbed the trail
to stardom in her second motion
picture, but she's more thrilled at
having mastered the English Ian
guage in two years.
Her vivid personality made
small role in "Rosalie" memorable
a couple of years ago. Her accent
was heavy then.
Now she's finishing ''Balalaika," in
which she is starred with Nelson
Eddy. Her accent now is slight
enough to be merely distinctive. 1t
spices her dialogue and the songs
she sings.
I'VE Hungarians," she says, proud
ly, usually learn other languages
more readily than most people be-
cause our language is itself so diff
cult and so different from other Eu-
ropean tongues.
1T has meant much work For
two years now, at night, after leav-
ing the studio I have gone right
home and studied English, two
hours each night-not to mention
my singing lessons. But 1t has been
fun"
Lillian Burns, dramatic coach,
calls Miss Massey "one of the
brightest pupils ever had"
She's learned not only to speak
correctly, but to speak for pictures
to put expression into her words"
says Miss Burns. There's a world
of difference"
Ilona, who also speaks German
f1uently, makes a deprecating ges-
ture and changes the subject.
when I want to make big i'm
preston" she says, brightly, II rattle
this off "a long series of strange
sounding syllables which she refuses
to translate) and dare any one to re-
peat it.
1T is Hungarian-all one word
the longest in the dictionary"
Evening star., 1939-09-03

Scandals"
Now. for the first time since 1885,
White has returned with part of the
tradition to present a new edition
of his f1orescent Scandals" a revue
that attempts little in modern
motif and delightfully."- holds to the
time-Worn and time-proven for
mula used in the past by White,
Ziegfeld and Carroll.
There is a wealth of scenery,
scantiness of costumes, a bountiful
supply of girls, jokes that are some
times funny and sometimes shock
ing, few familiar faces and few
new faces.
This Scandals" is not as over
flowing with star names as was his
last one which opened on Christmas
night in 1885 with Rudy Vallee, Bert
Lahr and Willie and Eugene Howard
heading the cast. That was a good
revue, but it ran for only 16 weeks
which is just fair run for such
an expensive musical.
This scandals" does bring back,
with a roar of laughter. the Howard
brothers. It has Ben Blue. sleek
comedian who was first introduced
in one of the 'Follies" about 1925.
And it has Ella Logan, who sings
with both humor and romance.
But the new faces are the ones
who really score in this scandals" !"
one of them stopping the show,
which is a feat seldom seen before
present-day sophisticated audiences.
The lithesome lass who did most
about this is brunette and slim Ann
Miller. who comes from Hollywood
via Chireno pop. $3.50 and Houston,
Tex. She began as a child dancer
because it was believed good for
her ailing health. 1t was, and she
went to Hollywood to appear in
stage Door," You Can't Take it
With You" and half dozen other
movies.
In The Scandals" she dances
THE Mexiconga" and a couple of
other numbers with an effervescent
spirit that enraptured first night
duuleIlC6 dS IL IldSIl l. UcCll SlIlC6
that other Texas girl, Mary Martin,
sang MY Heart Belongs to Daddy"
at a Rialto premiere.
She was applauded so long that
the comical Howard brothers found
it difficult to get back on stage with
their sometimes ribald, sometimes
funny sketches Probably the best
of these is "I Can Get It for You
Wholesale" depicting Willie finally
going to purchase a s4.25 radio
which Eugene had failed to get
after spending $500 in long distance
tolls over Willie's telephone trying
to get it wholesale.
The finale of the first act is an
extravagant and melodious tribute
to Tin Pan alley. 1t tells the story
of that noisy lane where Gershwin,
Berlin and so many other great song
writer's have battered out the hit
music in tunes that every one could
understand Naturally it brings in
Evening star., 1939-09-03

of the Eastman School Of Music during
his first appearance as guest conductor Of
the N B. C. Orchestra.
9:00-WMAIl WRC, VOL, WJSV, President
Roosevelt will discuss the European situ-
alton.
930-WJSV, a news broadcast by H. v. Kalten-
born is presented.
10 l0:00-WOL, Author. Author" has as its guests
Lin Yutang brilliant Chinese writer and
philosopher and John Chapman and Hey
wood Broun, coumpists.
10 3o-wMAL, Norman Thomas, leader of the
Socialist party In the United States is
heard addressing convention of the Young
Peoples Socialist League in Cleveland.
Evening star., 1939-09-03

Illinois" 1t is the successful Robert
Sherwood play pioneered by Ray
mond Massey; he is carrying on
here.
A location man." after flying and
motoring for 10 weeks over most of
Western United States, finally played
a hunch. Why, he wondered, were
two towns in Oregon-Salem and
Springfield-named after two towns
in Illinois? Was it because migrants
from Illinois in the early days found
in these places country similar to
that which they had left?
The, scenery hunters questions
were indirectly answered when, not
far from the little town Of Spring.
field, he found illinois" 1t looked
like the Illinois of the pictures in
his portfolio and, although he knew
his studio would have to spend many
extra dollars getting its people and
props here. he rented the site.
r. K. o. Studio had considered
filming its picture in Illinois and 1t
even sent its scouts to look at the
reconstructed New Salem. But the
latter was not surrounded by a vir-
gin forest.
Nor, AL Lewis insists, are the re-
constructed buildings in New Salem
exactly as they were in Lincoln's
time, a statement which may pro-
woke an argument from the Illinois
State Historical Society Lewis, man.
ager of the company and guide to
visitors-he's so proud you'd think
1t was his home toWn-says some of
the chimneys of Illinois New Salem
are made wholly of stone, whereas
most of them originally had stone
bases and wooden tops. He has pic
lures to prove it, too.
The order to be filled for the Lin
coin location was large one. And
exacting. There had to be naples
and cottonwoods, at least 300 feet
high. They're here. (There are three
un-Illinois frs right in the heart of
this New Salem, but you'll never see
them in the picture. Cameraman
James Wong Howe gets around them
some way.
The site also had to be near a
winding, crystal clear river, one to
double. of course, for Illinois Sanga-
mon. This town is on the Mckenzie
and the resemblance to the river
where Lincoln accidentally spilled
his shoats is amazing. There are
salmon, however, in this Sangamon
When Lincoln and his townspeople
cleared the trees to build their homes,
they left stumps three or four feet
high. There were no stumps here,
but the movie men weren't stumped
They went out and bought stumps,
dozens of them, and planted them in
Evening star., 1939-09-03
Shaw on Swing

Ever popular is the stunt of hav-
ing some celebrity pick his or her
ideal Miss Somethin-or Other. So
Artie Shaw has chosen Miss Swing,
mythical girl composed Of: Eleanor
Powells dancing feet, Carole Lom-
hards vitality, Ann Sheridan's legs,
Judy Garland's rhythm, Ginger
Rogers shimmering shoulders, Ann
Rutherford's swapping eyes, Dorothy
Lamour's hips and Lana Turner's
6rure.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
Bob Is Saved

For weeks Robert Taylor has been
training his 190-pound Great Dane,
Hager, to rescue any one who might
be in distress in his swimming pool.
Last week end, cavorting in the pool,
Taylor came up under the huge
animal, finally freed himself and
choked momentarily. Hager, think
ing he had rescue" promptly
grabbed the stars trunks and towed
the protesting Taylor to shallow
water.
Evening star., 1939-09-03

a melange of all Tin Pan alley hits.
With fetching Colette Lyons as
Nine. Du Barry there is rough and
ready sketch showing how that noted
French courtesan would have Sc
duced Robert Taylor and Tyrone
Power. She finally loses her strug-
gle with Walt Disney and he exits
from her boudoir in triumph with
the Seven Dwarfs singing his praises.
There is rousing slapstick vignette
of Hollywood movie studios called
THE Stand In," where the three
stooges do little more than bash
each other in the face with squashy
pies. Even long after Chaplin's two
reelers, it is still funny.
So is THE Scandals still funny
and entertaining, even though it is
still in the old-fashioned formula.
Evening star., 1939-09-03
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAM
September ond 4 1889

i 100 am-WMAI, Viola Philo, soprano, and
Henrietta Schumann, pianist, are heard
with the string orchestra, Maurice Baron
conducting. Miss Phio sings two COM
positions by Baron "Tipperary' and My
Lips Would Sing" Chopin's "Andante
Spianato" and "Grande Polonaise Bril-
lante' are played by Miss Schumann
Baron conducts Handel's Concerto Gros-
SO" No. 2. Beghon's "Serenade Galante" ;"
Felix's "Valse Capricieuse' and Salta S
Sorrow of a Lonely Heart" and Hun
garian Farewell"
100-WJSV the work of Government bureaus
in aiding the country's labor is drama
tized on Democracy in Action"