Evening star., 1940-08-01

IIlc. IL ! tcIlueO b uedO OF lettuce,
it would no sooner get its little nog-
gin stuck out of the loan than I'd
start tracing history for it. 1t would
turn right around and grow down.
ward to get away from the reality
of it ALL"
Van Voorhis is doubtful that 1t is
worth while even to make the effort
to escape. He did that once, with
all the energy he could muster.
nothing came of it except disap-
pointment. The effort took the form
OF building cabin atop lonely
mountain in Vermont, 20 miles from
the nearest railroad, IS miles from
the nearest telephone.
The thing Van Voorhis forgot in
getting so far away from the lux
uries of life was that he might
also be getting away from the neces-
sites. The place did not have
water - although the contractor
built a bathroom in it-nor was it
possible to get water. Milk, food
and other indispensables were so
many impossibles.
Even those things were not enough
to keep him away from the place.
He went there last spring for a rest.
First day, however, and in spite of
the lack OF communication. the Of
flee got In touch with him for the
narrative OF THE Ramparts." He
went back. He's been back ever
since. He thinks he'll stay. Time
marches on and apparently he has
to be around to report it.
X X
The tremendousnesS of trif1es has
fascinated so many persons for so
long time that it was inevitable
it would eventually become a movie
subject. 1t has. John Nesbitt has
seized upon it as short subject.
which comes to the Palace tomor-
row, companion piece to Pride and
Prejudice"
The trifles which Nesbitt eX-
amines for their influence upon the
careers of important people or the
affairs of the people in general in
clude such items as suit of
clothes, supposedly meaningless
pencil scrawls and the number 7.
The short goes to show how tre-
mendous they really were.
**A
Most piquant line of the week to
pass over this desk has to do with
Ida Lupino. 1t reads:
"One year ago she was the un-
happiest actress in Hollywood. Al
though making s1,740 a week, she
did not feel she was getting proper
chance to act
Two things We want to know
about it all: % How could any one
be unhappy on $1,740 week merely
because she couldn't act as she
thought she was able; and Cd Why
didn't the studio make it $3.50
week so it would be easier on
the accounting department?
X X
Belated answers to questions de-
partment: The one to whatever
happened to Anna Sten?" is that
she is making her picture come
back in THE Man I Married"
Miss Sten is the girl upon whom
more than million was spent in
making her an actress That
was back in the days when movies
| didn't have to count millions as
the average person counted pen
nies . Sascha Guitry pictures may
disappear from American screens
now that what's happened to France
has happened. but R-K-O is doing
its best to fill the void It's
Lucky Partners" starring Ginger
Rogers and Ronald Colman and is
based upon an original by the droll
and subtle Frenchmen whose wares
used to convulse American audi
ences :. . Locally, mostly those who
went to the Little Where, in
cidentally, the enduringly popular
Count of Monte Cristo" returned
yesterday to remind audiences how
well Dumas wrote And how
well also, Robert Donat Of Mr..
Chips fame could act in the DAYS
long before Goodbye Mr.. Chips. +"