The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-11
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By LEMUEL F. PARTON

IAIk(C 1NA0A VIC . &SSSAAe 0AA AtSA
here after successful exploits at
Wimbledon and elsewhere, it would
Gift Kept Tennis Sernr si'a' as s,le
Champ From a citation of John
D.L~u~s. McCorm a ok,
0ase0ott Career the eminent
Irish tenor, with the fair Wimble-
don and United States national title
holder in London as a singing teach
err was someone's flight of fancy.
Miss Marble, as may be recalled,
made her debut as night club SOLO
list last winter, and, after the cur
rent tennis season is over, she will
go to Hollywood to make a motion
picture provided the entrepreneur
with whom she has signed is able
to place her to advantage.
The first woman to hold three
Wimbledon. and three American
titles at one and the same time,
designer Of sports clothes, sing
,er, potential actress, Miss Mar
ble's versatility is not confined
to these things. She could, If
she had MOTTO her expressed
regret-got beyond such things,
play softbaH baseball with facil-
ity equal to that of most men.
Also proficient in basketball as
a member of the Polytechnic
high, San Francisco, team, she
was likewise a track athlete Of
no small ability. And, before
that, sandlot football with her.
brothers and other boys claimed
her enthusiasm. As a six-year-
old she started playing hard
ball baseball with younger
Brother, Harry (Tim) Marble,
who later joined the Pacific
Coast League Missions team as
shortstop.
It is said that. Marble Pere, a
farmer in Plumas county, Calf,
at one time doubted whether he ever
could wean the girl from baseball
bat which she swung on clubs other
wise composed of male players. But
the gift of a tennis racquet at the
age of 10 and subtle encouragements
turned her thoughts to tennis. This
happened when, in lieu of a career
as a ball player, she had become
the official mascot of the San Fran
cisco Seals of the Pacific Coast
League.
Blonde, statuesque, with gray
eyes, gracious in manner as she is
in appearance lovely, Miss Marble
won much favor wherever she went
abroad.
"A SSUM1NG Laurence Olivier's
AZ role in support Of Katharine
Cornell in a current Broadway hit,
Francis Lederer, the engaging
yu,o young Czech
0's'O' ~ - actor whose
Lederer Now a American fame
Peace A d,ocote h a S b n
S-ss'Sls gained in mo-
ton pictures, finds his facility for
mastering Y y native RECOMMENDATIONS
serving him well. In this connec-
ton, be lit recalled that, when he
made his first stage appearance in
London four years ago, he was I'M
able to speak word of English.
Nonetheless, by apingl the. diction
of the, coach, later resorting to the
dictionary to. learn the meaning of
that which he had said, he sue
ceeded admirably, in rendering his
role. -. 49, s 49,. 4. . I. ..,.ssss.l
He is passionately devoted to
he cause of world peace
through the World Peace fed
Grafton, which he himself or
lganized--it now has branches
throughout the civilized world.
His advocacy of peaceful adjust
ment- of international issues re-
suited from experience, in the
World war, i'm which he served
as a lad of IL, winning two
medals for gaIlantry. Entering !
the war to avenge the death I'M
action, of q beloved cider BROTH
or, he, found his age no bar to-
SERVICES He asserts; indeed
tha4y at.sthe time. of shis ~enlist4
ment, the Czechs had boys who
were but eight years old under
arms 500 aysis asis &tyE
His biography opens at Prague,
where, at is, he was playing walk
on parts at the Deutches, Landes
theateRza soldier in Il .nhengrin,n q
servant in social comedy, anything,
everything Of extremely lsubordi-
nate character. Gaining "a rather
important speaking part, through
ability displayed in reading the lines
of an indisposed actor, he subse-
quently' received d scholarship in
the aAcadenyfof Dramatic Art in
Prague. He then went to Breslau,
where Kaethe Dorsch, the German
actress. discovered him and intro
ducedA him TO the Berlin theater,
where he became. overnight the
adored of feminine Berlin.
He married Ada Nejed1y, an opera
singer Gin Prague in 1928, from
whom subsequently he was di-
v0rced. Two years ago, he mar
ried '.Margo," Margarita Ba1ando,
stage and screen dancer. He is
tall and slight. his features extrerne-