davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-10-23
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Oct. % lP.-Esss 1856:
irregular. Mixed colors: FANCY, to extra
fancy. 27-3lI. standards 26ia: firsts,
2ais seconds la-l9i2; mediums. 1sh-!2;
dirties No /: 1sl.' AVERAGE checks, 17,1..
21,,2 standards. ls: firsts, l7A-la; sec
ondy ISL: medums d. ls1 l6ro; dirties - 2.
90 nearby and Mdwsstern pFemigm "
exchange standards, 3ll2; Resale of
nearby heavier mediums: 26l2.3I, Nearby
bullets u: peewees. 10. RefriRerator,
nearby specials. 49,; nearby and Mid
Browns: Nearby. fancy to extra fancy,
3Ol5-34. Nearby and .Midwestern. ex-
change specials 80: exchange standards.
271a Nearby. EXCHANGE mediums. pa:
pullets 10
Butter, 362,4Os. firmer Creamery: High
er than extra. 2a,29a4; extra 192 score,.
esN: frsts. tss-9p. 25la-27a.: seconds
ts4.S7. 1925.
Cheese. 81, 7,573. steady; State. whole
milk flats, held 1898. 21-22: Junes, 19h-
90: other fresh. 17a4-1s1a.
Evening star., 1939-10-23
Failures Total Rises

NEW YORK, Oct. % LP.-Busi-
ness failures in the United States
rose to 218 during the week ended
October 10 from 179 in the pre-
ceding week, which included the
Columbus Day holiday, Dun &
Bradstreet reported today. In the
comparable 1888 week the total was
227.
Evening star., 1939-10-23
Trance Awards
| White Motor
Big Order
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-The
French government was disclosed to-
day by an authoritative source to
have placed a new order for $500
to 1000 motor trucks with the White
Motor Co.
This is in addition to an order for
1000 trucks placed last Friday with
Studebaker Corp.
The final number of White trucks
to be shipped depends upon how
many the company can deliver be-
fore January !.
Evening star., 1939-10-23

IN BANKRUPTCY or receivership or hein o
, reorganlzeo under Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed by such Companies
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or Semi-annual declaration. I'm
less otherWlse noted special or extra diyi
dends are not included
xd Elk dividend xr Ex rights. Also
extra or extras e Paid last year fPay-
able in stock. Declared or paid SO lar
thls year h Cash or stock k Accumu-
lated dividend paid or declared this year
ur Under rule. WV With warrants. "
Evening star., 1939-10-23

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers. Inc, which
states they do not necessarily reflect
actual transactions or firm bids or offers
but should indicate approximate prices.
and unless otherwise indicated, are as
quoted by the sponsors or issuers.
'Asterisk indicates. Not quoted by spon-
sorS or issuers'
Evening star., 1939-10-23
North American Cement
Reduces Deficit
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. %. North
American Cement Co., reported for
IL months ended September 80 net
loss of $439,875 compared with net
loss of s582.334 for preceding IL
months.
Evening star., 1939-10-23
Freight Loudinqs

NEW YORK. Oct. % tR.-Revenue
freight carloadings on railroads reporting
today for the week ended October 21 in
cluded:
Oct 21. Prev wk Yr ago.
galt; q Ohio 5555,973 555'99s aaa5534
Evening star., 1939-10-23
odd-Lot Dealings
By the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
purchases involving 1855 shares: 3.25s
sales involving $4,000 shares. including
81 short sales, involving 1.016 shares
Evening star., 1939-10-23
New York Sugar

NEW YORK, Oct. % R.-susar future.
No 3 opened lower January, ! 93b;
March. 2. 2.03b: May. 2. .O6b; July, 2.13: sep
tember. 217b. Bid.
Evening star., 1939-10-23
"ds'''ngton Exchange

National Savings g. Trust Co.-3 at
ITS.
Capital Transit Co.'s at 1919.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 175s.
Evening star., 1939-10-23

.Ex-dividend zoe paid June IS. 1889
tPus extras e2% extra f3qo extra
S14 90 extra paid December 20. 1888.
septsmber 20 1858 " ssoo o o.id In0 II 1855 ss
$500 paid so far this year. yS5.0o
extra
Evening star., 1939-10-23
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. Oct % tRl.-National AS
sociation Securities Dealers Inc;
moon quota tionsD
Evening star., 1939-10-23
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Oct. 23 GP,.--National As
soclation Securities Dealers, Inc:
IQuOtat tons as of . n'clnck
Evening star., 1939-10-23

soS - - 81
3 II II n
2 4ss Az IN
l50s 146 l45As l45A
3 "A 4h Al
250s 25h 25 25A
l 4 4 4
26 N u II
5 Ia IN Ia
6 Az ~ ~
Sos 4 4 4
SOS 107 107 lot
l 8 8 8
zoos 57h 57ls 57h
8 ~ ~ AZ
/ IL AZ IL
g 6h/ GA 81
2 ~ IN ~
zoos 20 % 23
Evening star., 1939-10-23
United Stotes Treasury Position

By the Associated Press.
The position Of the Treasury October 2
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Southern Senators Win
Freight Rate Hearing
BY the Associated Press,

oy tHe ASSUClaled FIeSS.
Southern Senators were assured
yesterday that a public hearing
would be held on proposals which,
the Senators declared, would estab-
lish national equality in railroad
freight rates.
Senator Hill. Democrat, of Ala
bama became chairman of an Inter-
state Commerce Subcommittee to
hear testimony on the rate problem.
To serve with him, Committee
Chairman Wheeler named Senators
Andrews, Democrat, of Florida; Lun-
deem, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota i;
Gurney, Republican, of South Da-
kota and Tobey, Republican, of New
Hampshire.
In the House a West-South bloc
voted to demand that rate eQualiza-
ton be written into the administra-
tons general railroad legislation.
Members of the bloc complained that
Northeastern States had preferential
rates at the expense of other Sec
tions.
Chairman Ramspeck was in
structed to request that a hearing
date be set by the Interstate Com
merce Committee, which already has
started hearings on a general trans
portation bill.
Senator Hill did not set a hearing
date Immediately, explaining that
the Senate group was awaiting an
expression from the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which was asked
for report on three bills relating
to freight rate adjustments.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Wallace in New Book,
Defends Spending

Criticizing interest in "petty say
lngS for the purpose of avoiding
higher income taxes" Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, in his new
book published today, urges con-
tinued spending for recovery and a
system of accounting which cata-
logues such spending as invest
ment.' However. he cautioned:
Strong and vigorous plans must
be made for the eventual balancing
OF the budget and for prevention of
uncontrolled imitation"
The book is entitled Paths to
Plenty" the fifth by the most pro-
life author in the cabinet. 1t is
published by the National Home
Library Foundation of Washington.
1t was more than year in the
writing, although 1t is a slim VOL
ume, dedicated chiefly to the con-
cept that democracy will survive if
America will adopt a certain view
point.
"Our democracy must be efficient
and it must have purpose Mr.
Wallace writes. 1t is vital that the
wills and hearts of all the people
of the United States be captured
by the doctrine of the general well
fare in the capitalistic- democratic
sense of the term.
eve should seek it more enthu-
SiaStically, more efficiently, and
more righteously under our setup
than do the Nazis and Communists
under theirs
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.',

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Stocks
hesltated on the rallying side in
today's market and after an early
mild advance most turned downward
at the close. Losses of fractions to
around a point predominated.
Dealings never were lively enough
to warm up the ticker tape and
transfers for the two hours approxi-
mated 100000 shares.
The belief was still present in
financial quarters that the dictator
nations would get together with
France and England to avoid
disastrous war, but speculative con-
tlngents inclined to step carefully
in view of forthcoming speeches of
Chamberlain and Hitler which, it
was recognized, might prove i'm
portant market factors.
The strong plea for peace, broad
cast to Germany by l3 prominent
Englishmen, stressed to market fol-
lowers the tension which exists
abroad and was interpreted as a.
move toward cooperation on both
sides of the Rhine.
The sharp runup in the stock list
Friday, it was saie, at least called
for a brief resting period, even if
the forward march is to be resumed.
The New Deal defeat in the Sem
ate on the relief appropriation con-
test was received with mixed feelings
in boardrooms and was thought to
have been a neutral market mott
vator. The concensus was that
spending in the long run would be
curtalled but little. -
American securities pushed higher
in Amsterdam, the only large Eu-
ropean market open on Saturday.
Some buying from abroad was also
noted IN New York, but this was
minor.
Although the domestic business
picture was still bit spotty, Oh
servers had the idea seasonal de-
clines in some industries may be
leVeling off
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Deaths Reported

Susan Reinhart 81, Gallinger Hospital.
Donaldson Cologne rs. sos Whittier pl
Charlotte r. Johnston. rs 254O Mass. ave
Alice Bailey. 73, Galiinger Hospital
Anna M. Gruny. II. Providence Hospital
Lucy D. Higgins, 20, 229 7th St ne
Florence Evans. 65, Providence Hospital
Leila G. Mead. 65. Walter Reed Hospital.
Frank E. Middleton. 81. 1850 Wis. ave.
Charles 2. Whit 60 1885 18th St ne
Frances E. Bradford, 60 Garfield Hospital
Chester Moftett. SO, George Washington
Flora A. Ergenbright. 81. 1900 Bay st. Sc.
Lois z; Green, 81. Sibley Hospital.
julius R. May. 35. Gallinger Hospital.
Clyde E. Dexter. 81. Casualty Hospital
Peggy. A.. Widfing: 2, 5sO1 East Capitol st.
Infant Ness, Sibley Hospital.
Robert Davis. 73 5341 Jay st. ne.
Mary Pollard 65, 2O1O Bird st.
Levi johnson. g. 1925 Ga. ave.
Mary Taylor. 90, 2424 18th st.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Marriage License
Applications
Walter R. Murphy, 26, $50

Waiter and Nse sf Aesb 5f9 p
ST. NV; the Rev. Austin l.. Healy.
Arthur l.. Brew, 30. 706 Montgomery ave.
Silver Spring. Nd and Eugenie T. Pow
ell 23. 1855 Little Falls I'd. Arlington,
Va; the Rev, Hugh J. Dalton;
both Of 1549 4th st. n.w.s the Rev. John
John A. singerho1. % 2o2 Webster ST.
catur st. NV; the Rev. Theodore NJ
Victor salvin. 80. Cumberland. Nd. and
the Rev. Norman ,Gerstenfeld.
Wallace E. Satterheld. 81. 1927 I ST. Sc.
and Margaret Y. Grant. 90 1928 L st.
Francis A.: Khuen. 30; u New York aye.
st. me-: the Rev. James A. Caulf1eld.
Richard T. Adam. "a. Oconomowoc. Wis.
and Elizabeth M. Lochnislear, 23 917
18th st. NV; the Rev. ]. Frederic Wen
Daniel coachman. %. 1442 @ st. NV. and
,.ns m;W.; t6ss Rev George , E seSNsDsi. &
Minnie B. Bynum, 20. 924 1st st. NV;
Wilbert A. Garner. 22. 1850 .25th st. NV.
and Katie L. Lewis. 81. I'LL Irving st..
NV: the Rev. oscar L. Rand.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Washington Produce

BUTTER-9O score 1-pound prints, 27:
tub, %: l4-pound prints 2s 90 score l.
pound prints. 20. 4-pound prints. 80.
MEATS-Choice beef 10; good beef. IL:
calves. is; lambs. u. veal 10, pork loln
- SMOKED regular ham, 2l smoked
skinned nam. rs large smoked skinned
ham %; bacon. sliced. 25: bacon. piece.
- compound. 10: pure lard. 9i4.
LIVESTOCK = Piss. 12O-14o pounds.
6.s5-1.Io Iight PICS I4O-160 pounds.
nSo-'2o: 10000 pounds. 1.25-145;
2lo-24O pounds 66n-6s5; 25O-3OO
pounds. e lO-6.1u: calves. good grade
down. =
Prices paid shippers. net fol b. washing
ton. BY The United States Bureau of AgTl-
EGGS-Market steady. Government
Graded and. dated eggs january PSI:
Whites U. s. extras. large. 20; U. S. ex-
tras mediums. l6 U. S. standards large,
u; U. s standards. mediums. Is; U S.
trades. IA. Nearby ungraded eggs. Current
receipts. whites, l6 10 Il, mixed colors.
10 to l6.
LIVE PoULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Colored, all sizes, Ii TO is: No IS. 10 to
j., Leghorns. L. TO l3: roosters. 10 to | /
ChickenS Vlrelnia Rocks broilers -,and
lryerS. all sizes. ! : to is No. IS 70 to
10 DeIaWare Rocks and crosses: Brollers
ana lFEefS, all sizes, lH to II: No. 2s II
70 IL: mixed colored fryerS. IA Capons,
pounds and UP, 23 to IS: slips and small
sizes. : TO 20. Gulneas. . pounds and
over, 90 pair.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Hopson Associates
To Assist Inquiry
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The H. C. Hopson utilities in
terests indicated yesterday they
would comply completely with Fed
eral Power Commission demands
for books, records and testimony in
the Governments investigation of
the Associated Gas and Electric
System.
Associates of Mr.. Hopson an
nounced through Moultrie Hit,
Washington attorney for the power
leader, that they would appear for
oral questioning, without subpoena
whenever called.
Earlier in the week, attorneys for
the respondent companies an
nounced reversal of position and
permitted company officials to
testify. They previously held the
commission had no jurisdiction.
The decision to submit records
and testimony, Mr.. Hit said, was
prompted by a desire to escape in
ference that they had anything to
hide rather than any conviction
whatsoever that the commission had
Jurisdiction
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Births Reported

James and Thelma Dowling, boy.
Howard and Mary Grimm. boy
archibald and Eleanor Reid, boy
Bernard and Alice Essex. boy.
James and Mildred Labriola, boy
Clarence and Mary German, boy,
Lacy and virginia Hughes, boy,
FRANK and Edna Manuel, girl,
Paul and Margaret Imler, girl.
joseph and Birdie Pitts, girl.
George and Elizabeth Heale girl.
Banks and Florence Murray, girl,
Sobert and Stella Weir. girl.
Dante and Rina Faina. girl.
richard and Stella brennan boy.
Lake and Hester Walton, boy.
Joseph and Anne Harsch. boy.
James and Ruth McBee. boy.
Monroe and Glovapaa Shipley, I'd, boy.
Waiter and Margaret Kramer boy.
Harry and Ruth Crow, boy.
James and Amelie Riddleberger, boy.
Myrle and Mary Mercilliott, girl
Joseph ard Margaret Drury. girl,
RuSSell and Margaret Smith. girl
William and Adeline Morris, girl
george and Margaret Templeman, girl,
Leon and Marie Leveaue, girl,
Garrett and Rebecca Eindle, girl
Theodore and Pauline Alston. hoy.
Albert and Louise Williams pirl
Walter and Judah Washinpton girl
Robert and Beatrice Cole, boy.
Percy and Elsie Samuels. girl.
Danlel and Laura Robinson, girl.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
ESQ Murketers Plan
Lake Placid 'Meetino

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-The three
day annual sales conference of the
northern division of the ESQ Mar
keters will open Monday at Lake
Placid, N. Y. Sales plans and poll
cies for 1899 will be discussed.
Some 100 of the division sales
management staff, including district
managers, will gather from Della
ware, Maryland, District of Colum-
bia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York and the New England States to
attend the sessions.
The meetings will be in charge of
A. Clarke Bedford, president of
the Colonial Beacon Oil Co.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO Jan. 20 LPp-Butter arrivals.
l0.62l; steady; prices unclaimed.
EGGS, 1888: steady: current receipts.
l5I2: other prices unchansed
Potatoes. -: on track PA: total U. s.
shipments. 55l: old stock supplies mod
Clures, best quality, good color stock fair;
other varieties about steady. New stock
tone moderate; supplies slow; demand dull:
no carlot track sales recorded: track sales
L. G. L. bushel crates Florida Bliss Tri-
umphs U. s. l, few sales 1.S5-95: sacked
l 1.6212-75: Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. 90 per
cent U. s. I, car ,s5; Colorado Red NC
6auI CluIes y S. ]; cotton and buTlap SACKS.
sin Round Whites. U. S. !. 115-17H: b.
8. commercials: 1.1O-15: Michigan Russet
Bliss Triumphs. s5 per cent U. s. / and
better, 1.32R-50; CobbleIs, s5 per cent
s l and better, .25-32h; Early ohios
1.35: Minnesota Red River Valley section
C~"t.erS, 80 per cent y. S. /, car 13O.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
U. S. Treasury Position
BY the Associated Press

The position of the Treasury January
26 Receipts, S7916.246.61; expenditures,
S22, 1S4 .399 6s: net baalnce, S2,94O, 7O2-
0S4. including S2,296.47S. .4O2.55 work.
ing balance: customs receipts for the
month, $50 967. 1922 80
Receipts for the fiscal year (since July
y, S3.1S1,524. .292.02 expenditures, S.
l35,664, 563 80. including S1.73O,2s1.-
Of expenditures ST .954, ,14O.27I. .ss: gross
debt, S39. .611. .723,25376. an increase Of
ST. .s27. .433 OF over the previous day; gold
assets, S14,639, ,S33O69. So
Evening star., 1939-01-28

NEW YORK. Jan. % LP.-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot 11.25; ex-
port 1907. Tin steady; spot and
nearby $500; forward 1910. Lead
steady: spot, New York 4!75-5:
East st. Louis 460. Zinc steady !:
East st. Louis spot and forward
4.5O. Pig iron, aluminium, antimony,
quicksilver, platinum and Chinese
Wolframite UNCHANGED,
Evening star., 1939-01-28

tion meeting
held yesterday
afternoon, and
Wrisley Brown
was again cho-
sen president
and 6 n e r a !
counsel.
Other officers
include Fred
o p h u ! S, vice
president; Sim
con T. Price, vice
president, Will
liam M. Hannay,
vice president;
Jerry P. john
Snfl canrat q 1,1r.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
AIS Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, Jan. % (P.-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reports Is tons of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $3.50 per 100 pounds,
East st. Louis: $50 tons at $4.8O,
New York.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Montreal Silver

MONTREAL. Jan. % P-silver futures
closed UNCLAIMED. No sales. Bids: jan
uary. 100; February 4110.
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Refrigerating Corp.
Elects W. D. Hoover
Chairman Of Board
Wrisley Brown Again
Named President
And Counsel
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

William D. Hoover was reelected
chairman of the board of directors
of the Terminal Refrigerating &y
Warehousing Corp. at the organiaa-
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Rockville.

Rockville.
Peter joseph Deer. 25. Bethesda. Md. and
Estelle Marie Voight, 21.- Washington.
Charles MulitZ. 81 and Lillian Boggs, ~,
both of Washington.
Otto A. Becker .55, Silver Spring, Md. and
Cassie n. knight ~. WASHINGTON.
Mae Diehr. 49, both of Washington.
Paul A. Welsh. "a. Damascus. Md. and
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Jan. % (Pt.-Lnvestnent
Bankers Conference, Inc:
Evening star., 1939-01-28

approximate Soes OF STOCKS on the NJ r. Stock EXCHANGE
11:00 AM M--------- 900 1900 Noon .-. $50 900
sUnit of trading shares
f!n bankruptcy receiverhip
oaRs+eptey AG or securities assumed BY such COMPANIES
olVldend m the
ets nad on the as quarterly
otheWlse noted
xd Ex dlVldend M Ex rights Also
year Cash stock Accumulated paid or de-
Evening star., 1939-01-28
Metal Marker

Declared or paid so far this year.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
CLOCK

CAPTTOL-wallace Beery. Rob
ert Taylor, Stand Up and
Fight" 10:3O a. m, 1:20, 4:10,
7:05, 9:55 p. m. Stage, 1890,
800, 6:10, 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Richard Greene, Lo-
retta Young, TX entucky,"
1910, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, $3.50
p. m.
LUMBIA-N Nelson Eddy,
"Sweethearts," 1875 a. m,
2:05, ABS, 7:05, 9:35 p. m.
EARLE-Claudette Colbert,
Genevieve Tobin, "zaza," II
a. M, lao, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55
p. m. Stage, 12:45, $3.50, 6:15,
9 p. m.
ROPOLITAN - Bing
Crosby, Paris Honeymoon,
II a. m, los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35,
9:45 p. m.
R.K.O. KEITH'S-
Hutchinson, Bella Lugosi,
"Son of Frankenstein," 1875
a. M, 1885, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35,
9:35 p. m.
LITTLE-"Edge Of the World. I"
1890, 800, 6:10, 9 p. m.
"Mayerling," II a. m, 1:50,
4:35, 1885, 10:15 p. m.
TRANS-LUX - Newsreel and
shorts, 10, 11:45 a. M, 1890,
1:45, 3. AIS, $50, 6:45, 8,
9:15. 10:45 p. m.
BELASCO Grand Illusion" I"
Ais, sos, 8, $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Crawford Designs
Skater Costumes

Dolly Trees assistant de-
signer is a screen star. But she
didn't know it until she OBJ
served several elaborate Apache
costumes being carried onto the
"Ice FollieS" set.
Miss Tree takes great pride
in personally supervising the
making of each garment worn
in any picture to which she is
assigned. She sought out Harry
Rapf, found the producer admir-
ing the clothes being modelled
by MCGOWAN and Mack, Spe-
cialty ice skaters, who will wear
them in their "Cafe de pApa-
che" number.
Fine, but who designed
them?" asked Miss Tree.
Rapf smiled mysteriously.
"Oh, hello, I've been saving
these as a surprise for you.
Don't you think the costumes
are clever?"
She nodded. Superb, but
who designed them?"
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Peter Pan on
Jonuory28

"Peter PAN" the most cele-
brated children's play of the
Twentieth century, will be seen
at the National Theater Satur-
day morning, January %, when
it is to be presented by Clare
Tree Majors Children's Theater
of New York for one perform
ance.
"Peter Pan" was first pro-
duced in 1904, when Charles
Frohman, the distingui S h e d
American producer, presented it
in London. Two years later he
brought it to America.
In the role of Peter Pan" was
the delicate, wistfully beautiful
young actress, Maude Adams,
who created a never-to-be for
gotten theater tradition as the
hoy who wouldn't grow up"
Just the other day Maude
Adams told a capacity audience
in New York's Town Hall that
Peter Pan" gave her open
sesame to the world of children.
"Oh, the. pleasure of that
play!" she exclaimed. "Oh, the
happy, happy life of an actor!"
She told of hearing whispered
advice from the dark house
when Peter faced danger. "It
was not hard to heed those
warnings and let the plot go
hang"
"Peter Pan" ran in New York
for a full year. and was then
taken on tour to the leading
cities of the United States. Miss
Adams revived it several times
thereafter. Years later, Eva
LeGallienne again offered the
famous play both in New York
and on tour, with herself as
"Peter"
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
'sDear Mr.. Kelley:

"Dear Mr.. Kelley:
''NOw that the shouting is over
and the Washington critics, with
the singing of a collective hOSan-
ma, have sent "Set To Music on
its way to New York, perhaps the
atmosphere has cleared Suffi-
ciently for a minority report.
"Rereading the five notices
Set To Music received here 1
am astOniShed and diSmayed at
the unanimity of the panegyricS.
Ordinarily / would be awed by
the absence of a single dissent
ing voice but my feelings on
coming away from MIR. COWard'S
latest cOntretempS were SO
strongly defined l find they can
not be diluted by inner doubts
that my reaction was q Singu-
larly perverSe one.
ITO come bluntly to the point,
Set To Music was, by any self
respecting critical standard Su-
perficial claptrap. Its humOr
was shallow and spurious for the
simple reason that it set out to
do a significant and trenchant
thing in a shallow and spurious
way. Set To Music tried to be
q Semi-tOpical satiric revue, q
satire on the effete English
upper classes that have nothing
left but their stately homes and
precious manners.
Set to Music failed because
with the richly fecund material
that decadent ariStOcracy pro.
vides for satire, the lampOOning
never went deeper than a sur
face pin-pricking. In short. it
was precisely the sort of mild
badgering that treadS on no
bOdy'S toes and which the
victims can enjoy thoroughly be.
cause they feel, in their broad
mindedneSS,' they can indulge
themselves a certain amount of
humOr at their own expense.
THE only lasting impression
that Set To Music could
validIy leave is that of a leisure
class stratum so clOyed with its
own reckless pursuit Of diStrac
ton that it finally turned fOl
Utilization to the satirizing of its
own more superficial utilities,
This is not to gainSay Miss
Lille, who is all the superb
cOmedienne, and perhaps more
that the critics have said she
Is. But it was more than the
bOuntiful Beatrice or anyone
else could do to vitaliZe SET
TO Music 1t was painful ID
see her waste that extraordinary
talent on q futile attempt tC
give the Illusion that she was
puncturing o m e { hing OtheI