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Evening star., 1939-12-17
tor Anatol Litvak {. Maurice Co.'S
tello, first movie matinee idol, weds
Top song: Beer Barrel Polka"

tor Anatol Litvak :. Maurice Co.'S
tello, first movie matinee idol, weds
:. Top song: Beer Barrel Polka"
September-European war drums
panic movie leaders =. France and
England market close clips 80 per
cent of revenue Vacationing
stars get home by narrow squeaks
Producers in daily huddles, slash
budgets. trim pay rolls . Freddie
Bartholomew sisters sue him . :.
War stories food lots Hays puts
ban on all Isa Miranda weds
manager . Pioneer Carl Laemmle
dies Best song: "Over the Rain
bow"
October-Theater business booms
Stocks leap Baby lie Roy
essays fourth comeback Retires
eight days later :. M-G-M decides
to salvage Il Take This Woman" :.
Hedy Lamar walks off lot. demand
ing 500 per cent salary iift-to S.
600 week . Bette Davis, nettled by
overwork, goes on strike {. Slapsy
Make Rosenbloom takes wife {.
Ford Sterling, famous Sennett comic,
dies Andrea Leeds, Bob Howard
wed :. Nelson Eddy quits radio :. :.
Zane Grey, only author ever billed
by exhibs, dies George Givot
sued for divorce Alice Brady
dies g.. Top song: South of the
Border"
November-Bette and Warmers
make up So do Hedy and M-G-M
-. Both actresses losers Chester
Morris sued for divorce Bert
(Cowardly LionD Lahr weds Bob
Breen, voice changing, quits screen
:. Leslie Howard hurt in London
blackout :. Produced B. P. Schulz
berg elopes Veteran Claude
Gillingwater. Writer Lois Weber,
Comedian Etienne Girardot, Silent
Star John Haron called by death
. .. Ruby Keeler sues AL Jolson for
divorce Fannie Brice divorced
-. General movie strike averted by
hours when producers bow to union
demands Lyle Talbot sued for
divorce -. Top song: "scatterbrain. ="
Observation-Disclosures gets Christ
mas spirit as Santa, f1anked by
movie stars, begins nightly ride
down boulevard Miriam Hop
kins and Anatole Litvak start keep
ing company all over again .
Director Leo McCarey, Writer Gene
Fowler seriously hurt in auto smash
>. Gone With Wind" finally fin
ished, gets gala world premiere in
home town locale, Atlanta, Ga.
Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche off
radio, leaving only three screen stars
Hope, Crosby, Benny-to worry
exhibs on air programs Kent
Taylor divorced from Astrid Alwyn
-. Auto accident puts Joe E. Brown
in hospital Death takes Douglas
Fairbanks, sr. Top song: "Oh,
Johnny"
Released b. the North American
Newspapse Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1939-12-17

the democratic way of living. And
they will have the courage to meet
depression and hardships should
they come"
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of national sorrow is another. But
most important is safety.
IF one must be prepared at any
moment to flee an air raid, for ex-
ample, she won't be encountered by
long skirts and heavy materials.
She will be dressed as lightly and
as simply as possible.
This brings up the rather dis
tasteful subject of slacks. I'm
afraid they will become too popu-
lar. It's logical, because they give
comfort and freedom of movement.
Stacks are all right in their place,
but their place is not on many
women. It's a trend I view with
some concern"
In America, Adrian says, the in
fluence may or may not be heavy.
1t depends on the reaction of the
unpredictable American mind to
war news, it's horrors and atrocities.
He goes on:
Hollywood, I believe, has det1-
mite part to play in counteracting
wars effects. People go to MOVIES
to be entertained. If very-day
clothing is drab and colorless. then
films should help Offset such a trenu,
Light, bright things should be en-
phasized. But nothing elaborate,
except perhaps in musicals"
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been signed to a new contract by
the studio and will direct the star
IN city for Conquest" as his next
assignment.
City for Conquest is to enter
production when Cagney returns
from his vacation in New York and
at Martha's Vineyard 1t is from the
novel about Manhattan by Aben
Handel.
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Walsh Will Direct
Cagney Again

Roaul Walsh. who directed "The
Roaring Twenties." James Cagney's
latest picture for Warner Bros. has
Evening star., 1939-12-17
'Disraeli' Is Named
Prime Minister

THE Prime Minister" is the new
title decided on by Warner Bros. for
the production Of the Laurence Oliv-
ier-Geraldine Fitzgerald production
first scheduled as "Disraeli."
The studio decided on a distinct
change Of title because the film,
while concerned with the great Brit
ish statesman, deals with entirely
different aspects of his life than
those involved in the early George
Arliss film.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
War to Mean
Simplicity
In Styles
But Adrian Fears
A Return to
HOrrid Stacks
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Continental salons may be closed
by war, but Europe will continue to
influence American dress styles.
So says Gilbert Adrian, tall, dark
haired film studio designer, whose
creations for Metros lovelies often
find their way into corner shops the
country over.
He thinks the war will accentuate
two already noticeable trends,
gowns simpler and shorter. He eX-
plains:
women, in time of war, turn
away from ornate designs Econ
omy is one reason. A desire to
wear nothing ostentatious in time
Evening star., 1939-12-17

the women are too feminine. Girls
are taught to scott at men. Boys
are made to feel ashamed that they
are men"
Such false ideals. DR.. Baruch be-
lieves, "endanger the democracy we
are trying to maintain in this
country"
Children who are used to facing
reality are not concerned with mag
mary ills. They are concerned with
actual ills and with carrying out
Evening star., 1939-12-17
'Vasabond King

Screen rights for THE Vagabond
King have been secured by M-G-M
from Paramount. 1t will be pre-
pared as starring vehicle for Nell
son Eddy. "Balalaika," co-starring
Eddy and Ilona Massey. is set for
release late in December.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Mr.. Moto's Last
Warning" and
Guilty Trail"

Charlie Chan in
Reno and Overland
| Stage Raiders"
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babies, usually two to a litter and
sometimes born by Caesarian op-
Grafton, are never left alone. When
the mother wishes to relax outside
the nest the father minds the chill
dren.
The babies are born fully furred
and with their eyes open. When
barely an hour old they are up on
their feet and hopping shout the
pen. When IS days old they are
weaned, and then, no longer babies,
they are paired OF with mates and
given nests of their own. They
attain parenthood in q year and
from then on they are blessed with
new babies two or three times an
nually. The life of the chinchilla
varies little throughout the seasons.
During the summer he sheds some of
his very thick fur, but by about
February the skin Is prime, and it
is at this time that pelts are taken
to be made into wraps.
Not only is each nest carefully
planned but each building is scien-
tifically constructed. From the first
unit of 30 pens the housing has
grown to five units, each built of
wood, with the pens separated by
wire. They lie In the craggy noun
Evening star., 1939-12-17

his eyes are wet. or his ears droop,
he is rushed to his private quarters
and given the professional care of
a first-class animal sanitarium. No
contagious disease has been known
to strike the Virginia chinchillas.
They are remarkably free from epi-
denies, though occasionally one
sniffles with q cold, suffers from q
cyst, or. more commonly, digestive
disorder.
Every month they are weighed and
gone over thoroughly for any un-
healthy sign. Teeth and eyes are
examined, scratches located. AS
does each of the other ranches in
the United States, the Virginia farm
receives the latest information on
research done at the California OUT
fit, which is the original experiment
tai farm and center of chilchilla
information in the world.
The Virginia proprietors have
built separate pens for each pair of
chinchillas, to comply with the
homogeneous instincts of the ami
mails and also to keep them from
quarreling. A faithful animal, the
chinchilla has its own mate and
stays with 1t until death, which is
sometimes rs long as 20 years. Their
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The Chnha Coveted for of Virginia

was found only in the highest An
des, at attitudes of 1900 to 10000
feet. It seemed almost a hopeless
task, for besides the scarcity of
chinchillas it was difficult to cap
ture them alive, since they moved,
as the Indians said, with the speed
of light" With the promise of gold,
however, % Indian trappers for
three years ranged the higher Andes
in Northern Chile, through Peru
and Southern Bolivia and brought
back II of the animals.
The trek down the mountain had
to be taken by stages to allow the
chinchillas to adjust themselves to
the differences in climate. Once at
sea level, Mr.. Chapman persuaded
the government to let him export his
valuable cargo, but he encountered
opposition from the skipper of his
boat, who insisted that the animals
ride in the hold. Chapman de-
INJURED. knowing the chinchillas
would not survive such journey.
Finally he rigged up a cage in a
trunk and smuggled them on board
The captain discovered them but
was eventually won over. For three
weeks Chapman and his wife took
turns guarding their precious cargo.
When they arrived in California
the animals were still alive, and
there was an additional one that
had been born en- route. But on the
journey, perhaps because of sudden
climatic changes and unusual con-
finement, all the animals lost their
blue-gray fur.
Throughout the next two years
Chapman had reason to doubt the
wisdom of his venture. There were
many adjustments to be made. The
climate was different, and the ami
mails refused to breed. But in the
third year they apparently became
acclimated. The fur, even more
luxurious than before, returned and
the industry took an upward turn.
At one time the pelt of the do
mestic chinchilla was not considered
so beautiful as that of his wild an
cestors. That is no longer true.
The careful attention to diet, health
and personal pecuhalities which the
tame chinchillas receive have pro-
duced a fur more durable, more
silky and more desirable from every
standpoint than that grown in the
wild state.
Yet it will perhaps be 80 years
before the industry will have ex-
panded sufficiently to supply the
present demand, and even then a
chinchilla coat will cost no less
than $4,000 or $4,000. AS in the
case of the mink, bargain-price
tags do not follow domestication.
A demonstration coat is priced at
$35 ,O0O, but even that is much lower
than some previous prices. Full
length coats have been bought from
a low of $4,000 to a known high Of
500, ,000-and in recent years, no
money could purchase full-length
coat.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

this latter firm that Roger Chew
Weightman apprenticed himself to
learn the printers trade.
He evidently made a good printer,
for in few years he became an as
sistant to William Duane, printer
and publisher, with Office at the
northwest corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and Sixth street. Here he
was enterprising, and in 1907, he
bought out the Duane business. Sue
cess seems to havet followed him
throughout life, and in 1924 to 1926
he served as Mayor Of Washington.
But Roger Weightman was not
the only Printer Mayor of Washing
ton, for there we're six in all. Dan.
iel Rapine was the first, then came
in order, Mayor Weightman, Joseph
Gales, jr.: Peter Force, William
w. Seaton and John T. Towers.
Daniel Rapine was the first mayor
Of Washington elected by the peo-
pie. He came here at the time the
Federal Government moved here
from Philadelphia and engaged in
the stationery and publishing busi-
ness. He died May IL, 1926, and is
buried In an unmarked grave in
Congressional Cemetery.
Joseph Gales, jr., though mayor
from 1927 to 1929, will probably al
ways be best remembered as one Of
the famous editors of the National
Intelligencer.
Forces Place.
Peter Force was one Of the most
celebrated men Of Washington, serv-
ing as mayor OF the city from 1896
to 1889. His National Calendar,
published annually from 1920 to
1885, except for the years f825-1827,
and his National Government Jour-
nal and Register of Ofhcial Papers
are Of great value to those seeking
early information regarding the Ma
tional Government and the City Of
Washington. For many years his
residence stood back from the street
at the northeast corner of Tenth
and D streets northwest, surrounded
by an old-fashioned garden.
Forty-one years ago Mrs. Jennie
Tree Rives read a paper before the
Columbia Historical Society on
"Old-Tme Places and People in
Washington" including a sketch of
the Peter Force garden, in which
she said, in part:
80 . " The old Peter Force garden,
situated on the north side of D
street between Ninth and Tenth
streets. 1t extended nearly as far
as Frank Wards dairy. on the D
street side, and to the gas Office,
on the east side of Tenth street. AS
child I played in the quaint old
garden with my little cousin, George
Evening star., 1939-12-17

Lo,Der.:
WILLIAM r. MCLEAN,
First foreman OF The Stars
composing room, and president
of the organization In 1864,
1Dhen it 1D1s the Columbia Ty-
biographical Society.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

public printing, the first to hold
this position. His ONCE was in the
Capitol.
He evidently was a member OF the
American party, generally referred
to as the Know nothing party, for
he was swept into this Office in 1854,
under the motto America for
Americans. He died August II,
1857, in the 47th year of his age,
and is buried In Congressional Gem
etery.
Columbia Typographical Society
in June, 1867, was merged into the
National Typographical Union and
its name changed to Columbia Ty-
biographical Union No. l01, and it is
interesting to note that the first
woman member, Mary L. Greene,
joined three years later, on June II,
1870.
One of the strongest supports to
the printers union in Washington
has always been the Government
Printing Office where nearly half of
the organization's members are now
employed, and today there is no
greater supporter to the cause OF
unionism in the Federal service than
Public Printer Augustus E. Giegen-
gack, who is power of strength for
organized labor. Mr.. Giegengack
had very lowly beginning in the
trade when a mere lad in New York
Indeed he likes tn tell Of the menial
jobs he was often called upon to do
But when he once got going there
was nothing to keep him back, and
today he is the most important
printer in the world, and a mighty
fine man at that. Best of all, he is
a member of No. 10l, and pays his
dues, just like any other member.
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Force. 1t contained some stately
old trees. Beds of wild strawberries
grew at their roots. The garden
was interseceted by gravel walks,
bordered with box. Tall, white
lilacs nodded their graceful heads
and threw out sweet perfume. Great
beds Of gay tiger lilies famed in
the sun. The spicy Glove pink. the
moss rose, marigolds, great beds OF
lilies Of the valley, with their tiny
bells and sweet perfume; lilacs,
larkspur, lady's slipper and four
o'clocks all grew in their dear old
fashioned garden.
Here Mr.. Force, dressed invariably
in dark blue coat, with brass but
tons and white ruffled shirt,
walked daily, pacing the gravel walk,
his old dog by his side. beautiful
st. Bernard. We children left the
garden as he entered. No one was
allowed to intrude upon or disturb
grandfather 1t was the household
rule
The house was a low, two-story
brick structure, rather rambling in
character, having two entrances. It
always seemed gloomy and shut up.
"Of the four sons of Mr.. Force,
Gen. Manning Force is the only one
still living, I believe. His only
daughter married and died. Mr..
Force was very strong, fancy, in
his attachments 7 remember thot
my cousin told me her grand
mothers room was closed after her
death. It remained so until after
Mr.. Force died. When it was opened.
on her sewing table rested the little
work basket. the dainty work still
in it. the needle all rusted from
disuse. Her clothes hung in their
accustomed places in the wardrobes,
and all the little trifles a woman
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brick; from Seventh to Ninth street,
on the north side, q gravel walk, and
from Ninth to Tenth street brick
pavement: from Tenth to Four
teenth street q gravel walk and
from Fourteenth to Fifteenth q
pavement; from there to George
town a gravel walk. F street NV.
was then deemed the boundary Of
the city, as almost all the ground
beyond that point was occupied by
fields Of corn or wheat, or, when
not under cultivation, overgrown
with scrub or briar bushes.
The island, or South Washing
ton, had but few residences, the
larger portion Of the land being
under cultivation, and I have often
heard in that section the Negroes
singing while engaged in shucking
corn or stripping tobacco. Capitol
Hill was almost as sparsely settled
as the island. CAROLS row, Laws
row and a few houses on the east
side OF New Jersey avenue, one OF
which was occupied by the late Dr.
Fred May, father OF the present DR.
May, constituted the bulk Of the
Improvements in this section Of the
city"
Another Mayor.
Following Peter Force as Mayor
of Washington came William w
Seaton, joint owner and editor with
Joseph Gales, jr., of the National
Intelligencer, both of whom the
writer has written about on pre-
vious occasions.
The next two Mayors were not
printers, so far as known, but fol-
lowing these came John Thomas
Towers, who held Office from 1854 to
1858. He came to Washington prior
to February, 1884, since it was upon
this date that he Joined the local
union. He was strong for unionism
and upon one occasion had this to
say on the subject:
LAS far back as 1882, in the city
of New York, I was a member Of the
first trades union in America,
pledged to maintain the '10-hour
system and the principles sustained
by me then as a journeyman printer
have been and ever will be sus-
tanned by me as an employer"
In 1852 Mr.. Towers was appointed
by Congress superintendent Of the
Evening star., 1939-12-17

The Star has one Of the largest
forces Of union printers in Wash
ington. employing something like
lat men and keeping busy Al type
setting machines. From its very
beginning. in 1852, 1t has had among
its force men who have been identi-
fled with Columbia Union. It's first
foreman, William r. Mclean, was
president Of the union in 1868 and
1854 and served on many COM
mittees. as well as having been presi-
dent of the International Typo
graphical Union.
Another president Of the union
who was member~of The Star fam
lily was William w. Maloney, who
was in his 90s when he died
about eight years ago. He was a
member of the Oldest Inhabitants
and frequent attendant up to
within few years OF his death.
Shortly before Mr.. Maloney
passed away, in speaking of his
service on The Star to the writer,
he said:
my time while on the paper was
the happiest Of my working life, as
I enjoyed greater independence
than all others combined. AS have
stated upon a former occasion, ]
consider The Star one of the ablest
cleanest and best financially con-
Quoted papers in the United States
Mr. Noyes ever watchful for the well
fare of our people and the success
of the District. Its Iberality is well
known and its generosity to its en-
ployes proverbial.'
The Mr.. Noyes here referred to is
the present editor. However, Crosby
S. Noyes, the father, was also always
greatly interested in the welfare oI
The Stars employees. whom he re.
garded as just one big family, ane
when he attended a banquet of tn,
printers, as far back as 1865, he un.
doubtedly responded to the toast
"The Typographical Society o,
Washington with great pleasure.
Other presidents of the union wht
have worked on The Star include
Eugene F. Smith, Clyde M. Mill,
and T. c. Parsons. George Gordon
Seibold, who was secretary of the
union for % years and who has beer
a member of that body for 56 years
has for a number of years past beer
employed in The Stars composing
room. Charles Long and j. Marior
Castell, who have held a number o
committee posts in the union, ar
also of this department, as wa
James I. Crockett until he becam,
secretary of No. 10l last spring.
A well-known printer who worked
at the Government Printing Offic'
for many years and who has beer
Evening star., 1939-12-17
By Elizabeth Cabifaine.

The regal South American chin
chilla, coveted for 900 years by
nobility, celebrities and wealthy
women for its unbelievably soft and
luxurious blue-gray pelt, is now be-
ing successfully raised not far from
Washington.
In its storied past, the chinchilla
was so desired by the Chincha In
dians, the Incas and the Spaniards
that it was hunted almost to ex-
tinction. Now this darling of the
rich lives in pampered Incidence
near Luray, Va, on farm that is
one of the % ranches of a new
Nationwide chinchilla industry.
Eighteen months ago, six pairs OF
chinchillas, valued at $4,000 a pair.
arrived in Virginia from California,
to be followed several months later
by four more pairs. Since then, 108
chinchillas have been shipped from
the parent California ranch, for
none are obtainable as yet in the
East. With natural increase about
100 per cent annually, the chinchilla
population of the farm has grown
to $50, and the proprietors expect
that number to be doubled in an
other year.
Many a curious stranger stops at
the ranch to see these precious balls
of fur. But the chinchilla sleeps
during the day, so he must be drawn
unwillingly from his nest to be
exhibited. Unlike many humans,
however, he is quite friendly after
being aroused from slumber. The
visitor is Immediately impressed by
the marvellous texture and color of
his fur. It is gray, yes; but a gray
enhanced by a mysterious blue in
its depths. A woman instinctively
reaches her hand to touch the chin
chilla, whose pelt is so unbelievably
soft that if you shut your eyes and
touch the fur, you cannot feel it.
Blow on it, and 1t will hatten cir
cularly. It is finer by far than
milady's swansdown powder puff
and many times softer than her own
hair.
Unafraid, the small, furry animal
will rest quietly on your outstretched
palm. He is very different from his
relative, the rat, looking more like
a squirrel or a rabbit. His pliable
little ears stand erect; his bright
Leyes peer at you amiably. His fore
paws are short, his hind legs are
strong and look as If they belonged
to a miniature kangaroo. His tail
is long and generously furred. II
is hard to realize that this likeable
bit of fluff is-tritely, but truly
worth his weight in gold. His pelt
as such, brings from 500 to 500
and it takes from 120 to 40 skins
to make coat.
These valuable animals must be
protected, not only against thieves
but against their natural enemies
snakes, hawks, weasels and other
preying animals. At present, chin
chilla owners must rely on their own
protective measures because Of the