Evening star., 1940-02-26

are Miss Katherine L. Hinwood,
Miss Jeanne Rose, Rebecca Koonce
Pecot, Mary Robertson, Miss Serena
E. Richardson, M. H. .Addington,
Mrs. Olive Van Horn, Stephanie
Griffin, Angela Tuly, Mary p. Adams
and Mary Beadle. Then there was
G. r., whose ''Tsk, tsk" was only q
mild reproof for our ignorance.
Miss Tuly, who sings for the peo-
pie at Napoleon's, went the others
one better. She sang "Plaisirs
d'Amour" for us.
News to plant bliss on the counte-
nance of Nationals Manager Ed
mund Plohn is that the Lunts finally
have that new play, that 1t is by
Robert E. Sherwood and that it will
come to Washington in April. Early
In April.
Revelation" is the title of the
drama and its theme is the timely
one Of a Finnish-American family
in Helsinki between October, 1898,
and today. Five weeks on the road
will precede the New York opening.
Washington will provide the NTH Of
them, by which time any warm-up
difficulties should be thoroughly
overcome.
The Lunts and Mr.. Sherwood last
served each other as players and
playwright in the memorable 1--WE
do remember that in Idiots De-
light" which walked away with vir-
tually every available drama prize
three years ago.
Customers of "The Streets Of
Paris" which comes to the National
next week, will not have to get along
without Abbott and Costello. It
looked for a time as If they might,
what with the comedians thinking
Of staying in New York even though
the show did not stay there.
Mr.. Joe Flynn called up breath
lessly to say that everything had
been Strengthened out and that the
boys would be along with Carmen
Miranda and others of the cast Of
the fiery frolic.
Society Department: Gay was
Carter Barron's party Saturday
afternoon in honor of the 18th we'd
ding anniversary Of the Phil Regans.
The most likable tenor in the Irish
tenor profession and his pretty wife
spent the whole period between the
second and third shows at the party
being very engaging guests of honor.
Mother, father and the four Regan
children had quiet family celebra-
ton Of the same occasion yesterday
at the Shoreham.
Next party was that which the Lee
D. Buffers gave yesterday morning
at their Kenwood home in compli-
ment to Miss Luise Rainer, a brisk
breakfast which fed waf{les, scram-
bled eggs, sausages, ETC., to some
two dozen of the most active per-
sons in civic theater affairs. Among
the various non-grave notes which
crept into the festivities was q
movement to canonize Miss Rainer
upon completion of her engagement
in Shaw's Saint Joan" the week Of
March 10, the canonization to be q
reward not merely for artistic ac-
complishment but the energy which
the production has required.
Down from New York for the week
end and the party was Mrs. Day
Tuttle, but not so the four little
Tuttles, who stayed home.
Miss Ruth Gordon, who proved
such q good information pleaser at
the Newspaper Women's Club broad
cast at the Raleigh several weeks
ago, and an even better one in that
Tuesday radio special, is getting
the habit She will be the first
woman to appear in the Informa-
ton Please cast in the next filming
of the program by Pathe Broad
way Melody of 1940," Capitol's next
attraction, will be screened tomor-
row afternoon, which among other
things will be just a few days before
Loew Publicist Ray Bell starts for
Hollywood to get his prize as the
promotion genius of 1899 Mr.. J.
Fidler, like Louella Parsons, is an
other Hollywood columnist who goes
a-touring now and then with col
lection of cinema beaus and bellies
He comes soon with his troupe
-Melen Mack, Michael Whalen.
Olympic Bradna, Cecilia Parker,
Edith Fellowes and Mary Healy-
to the Capitol After that Col
umnist Ed Sullivan will come along
with another batch Of cinema per-
sonalities >. Practically amounts to
a trend, doesn't 1t?