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called plain, in a nice way, of
course.
Whatever she grows into, or is
transformed into by the cinemas
geniuses for making its ladies lovely,
Virginia's plainness has been
decided asset. She has been allowed
to act, to win her constantly larger
public and the correlatively larger
income, because her forte is make
believe and not preciousness.
With her performances in "Out
West with the Hardys," THE
Women" THE Under-pup," ETC.,
Virginia acquired standing as an
artist that puts her well beyond the
danger of being made into a cute
cinema kiddie. She is an actress,
serious. intelligent, workmanlike ac-
tress, who has just finished diff
cult role in "All This, and Heaven,
Too" and who now steps into one
of her most promising parts ip THE
Philadelphia Story
The part, which certainly should
be remembered by those who saw
Katharine Hepburn's play here two
seasons ago, is that of Dinah Lord,
the hrattish, impish child who sees,
hears and says everything she
should not.
1t should just about cinch her
the honor of being the best child
actress of the year.
All during the making of Boom
Town" one of the major fascina-
tions on the sound stage has been
a majestic blond. Despite the pres
ence of C. Gable, S. Tracy, Hedy
Lamar and Claudette Colbert-to
mention only the headliners-the
statuesque newcomer to pictures has
been able to command her share of
attention of passersby. And to hold
attention after attracting it. Her
name is Marion Martin, quite a
different person from and not to
be confused with Mary Martin.
Perhaps, or perhaps not, Miss
Martin will be recalled as the girl
who substituted for Gypsy Rose Lee
when the last "Follies" came here
a year ago in May. She made a big
and beautiful substitute for Mile.
Lee and a not bad one in the art
Of the strip tease.
But what's to be said of Miss
Martin is less of that and more of
the fact that she has brought new
wisdom to Hollywood, the knowledge
that big girls who do not know how
to fight make the most realistic
type of screen fighter. Part of Miss
Martins contribution to Boom
Town" is a lusty knockabout with
girl named Carlotta. Neither of
them having had any experience,
they did not know how to give the
impression of fighting without fight
ing. So they fought exactly like
two large ladies-if that's the word
who meant it.
Best darn scrap you ever saw,
we're told.
Let the rest of the country wait,
Evening star., 1940-06-17

Washington will see four consecu-
tive pictures pre-released at the
Earle starting next Friday. First of
the quartet will be THE Ghost
Breakers" with Bob Hope and
Paulette Goddard. The other three
are Man Who Talked Too Much"
with George Brent and Virginia
Bruce; MY Love Came Back" with
Olivia de Havilland and jeffrey
Lynn, and HE Stayed for Break
FAST" starring Loretta Young and
Melvyn Douglas.
The last mentioned, by a process
TOO devious for us to fathom, started
out to be a picture called lode to
Liberty
One drama critic not afraid to
get out of the second guessing side
OF show business is Norman Clark
OF Baltimore. With his old collab-
orator, Louis Shecter, Clark has Just
completed third farce comedy,
She Ate Her Cake" What's more,
1t has been purchased by Producer
Ronald Hammond, who will produce
II this summer at Stony Greek,
Conn, as one of those prior to
Broadway arrangements.
Window Shopping" last Shecter-
Clark composition, got as far as
Broadway, but did not linger long.
George Sidney played the lead.
Original name of that drama. for
whatever it meant, was TN Gar
f1nckel's Window"
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Boland"
A stuff" girl. he goes on to ex-
plain, is sort of sub-species of the
"oomph" girl; the other two Cross
Roads exhibits being Izetta Jewel,
jr., and Peggy Johnston. Now we
do not know Miss Ryan except across
footlights, but chivalry is not dead
and prompts us to leap into the fray
maintaining there is nothing sub"
about the species of "oomph" ema-
mating from Miss Jewel and Miss
Johnston And for all we know
Miss Ryan might even be "glex"
girl. which is another of the titles
Hollywood thought up.
For that matter. any one of the
three could perhaps wrest from it's
current holder that latest publicity
inspired title for that which was
TT when Clara Bow had it. Would
you, Miss Ryan. or Miss Jewel, or
you, Miss Johnston. prefer being a
ping" girl to being a stuff" girl?
Meet the Wife" incidentally, is
Lynn Starling's version of that plot
which has provided Hollywood with
two of its better recent comedy
efforts-"My Favorite Wife and
TOO Many Husbands" Miss Ryan
is the twice married woman who
suddenly discovers, considerably to
her surprise. that her first husband
is not nearly so dead as she has
been thinking. Others involved are
Miss Johnston, M. Forney Reese,
Wilhelmina Van Slyke, William
Draper, Lowell Goad. Rand Gardner
and Burt Coleman Howard F.
Wentworth is directing
While the secrets of THE Sealed
Well" continue to occupy one Road
side Theater cast all this week, an
other cast and Director Ralph
Fowler, Designer-Technician Don
Jones, Costume Designer Dorothy
Croissant, ct al, are focusing their
attention on the next production
This is Charles Hoyts comedy, "A
Black Sheep" which starts its two
week run next Monday night.
The plot on which Mr.. Hoyt hung
his farcical situations in "A Black
Sheep" is the one about the family
ne'er-do-well inheriting the fortune
on fulfillment of certain conditions
The ne'er-do-well is a lad named
Goodrich Mudd, familiarly known
as Hot Stuff" and among the peo-
pie whose paths cross his are such
intriguingly named characters as
Percy We're, Ada Steele, Hyde Sim
and Count Smorltok.
There's even a stranded burlesque
troupe, which Mr. Hoyt brought
along both for purposes of comedy
and to permit introduction of song
and dance numbers, with which he
used to like to spice his comedies.
Betty Gray, Roadside's pianist, has
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stars can't stay awake to play the
big scene in the picture"
It's not the hour, it's the atmos-
phere.' Colman retorts. Might
clothing, balconies, moonlight and
all that sort of thing. In the story
it's really midnight, you know
Congratulations snaps Mile
stone. only very good artists can
SC realistically feel the mood of a
scene. Let's try it again, and this
time remember you're in love-and
people in love are never sleepy at
midnight"
A poker-playing scene in Rangers
OF Fortune" involving Fred Mac
Murray, Albert Decker and Gilbert
Roland Is called off by Director
Sam Wood while a lighting adjust
ment is made.
MacMurray idly pokes under the
canvas covering Of an ancient
wooden table on which the game
had been progressing. He pulls out
yellowed newspaper. Suddenly
his eyes open wide.
Look at this" he shouts to the
company, holding up the paper
They all gather round.
What they see is a COPY of the
San Francisco Call of September
IL, 1915. And the news is of World
War No. l. 1t reads, Berlin, via
Copenhagen and London, Septembe,
II 6:40 ann No details of the
battles eastward of Paris ano
around Verdun have been received
either from the general staff or the
correspondents attached to head.
quarters. A telegram has been made
public which was sent by Emperio,
William to the King of Saxony
congratulating him on the achieve.
ments of his army on Septembe,
8. after hot fighting. The Telegram
throws little light on the fighting
near paris -
Time marches on" says Mac.
Murray. He folds the old pape,
carefully, puts it in his pocket ano
goes back to the roistering card
game.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1940-06-17

1nterludes in Lucky Partners" CO.
starring Ginger and Ronald Col
man. This is something about an
artist and girl who go away on a
platonic trip and then, unable to
resist the romantic lure of the sur
roundings. fall in love.
To audiences this quiet scene may
be the pictures big moment. In the
next, they may be in each others
arms. Good suspense. What will
the girl do? Will the man hear her
footsteps? Will she flee in panic
back to her room?
AS Milestone had carefully in
structed. Ginger registers a little
start Of surprise and confusion as
she discovers Mr.. Colman there on
the balcony. He's thinking of her,
perhaps, longing to tell her of his
love, yet maintaining the gallant
restraint Of the male who waits for
the lady to make the first gesture
of interest.
Suddenly Ginger puts her hand
to her lips-but it's no use. Her
mouth opens wide in a huge, re-
laxing yawn!
Intuition tells Colman somethinA's S
gone wrong. He isn't supposed to
look around, but involuntarily he
does so. A faint smile plays about
his lips and then the smile disap-
pears. Colman, too, is yawning.
Swell stuff" berates Milestone,
waving his camera to stop. "Only
3 o'clock in the afternoon and my
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Niblos Can't Stay
Out of His Life

Fred Nlblo, the once famous Holly
wood movie director, who has re-
sumed active work in motion pic
lures as an actor, is portraying
Jackie Cooper's father in Para
mounts "The Aldrich Family in
Life With Henry" which stars
Cooper.
And therein lies a story.
For Mrs. Fred Niblo enid Ben
netD portrayed Cooper's mother in
"Skippy," Jackie's first big film sue
cess, in 1882.
And Fred Niblo directed "Dono-
vans Boy" one of Coopers best
pictures.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

obtained copies of the original
Black Sheep" numbers, written by
Hoyt himself.
Government groups:
The Interior Players will turn over
proceeds of ticket sale for their
forthcoming production of Public
Futilities' to the Red Cross war
relief fund. Public Futilities" is an
original three-act melodrama, writ
ten and directed by Joe BLY,. Date
OF its presentation will be announced
in the near future.
The Drama Group of the Federal
Employees Playhouse will hold try
outs tomorrow night at o'clock at
Thomson School to complete the
cast of Lighthouse Nan" which
will be staged soon. Already as
signed roles In the melodrama are
Mary Bannerman, Lena Abbott,
Austin Brannen, Violet Hellman,
Harold Langsdorf and Cecilia Gro
nan. j. Beryl Lawless is directing
Rural Note: Children between 7
and 13 years of age of the Piscat-
away Parish in Southern Maryland
will stage The Birthday of the
Infanta' tonight. June % and June
%. at st. Mary's Hall in Piscat-
away for the benefit of st. Mary's
Catholic Church there. The cos
tune play is adapted from Oscar
Wilde's classic by Harriet Sabra
Wright in her New Plays from Old
Tales"
The program also will include
"Kiddie Kut-Ups Minstrels" and
Pirates Gold" Children partici-
pating are DECIDE Davis, Nina Davis,
Buster Boswell, June Boswell, Lii
liam Renner. Mary Baden, Margaret
Woodall and Dolores, Rudolf, Fritz
and Mary Virginia Adler.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Piano PROGRAM

Rae Alice Elmer will present her
piano pupils in recital on Friday
8 o'clock, in the assembly hall
fourth floor, Y. w. C. A.. Seven
teenth and K streets NV. The
following pupils will perform: Mar
garet Colston. Evelyn Cooley, Fran
ces Kimmerling, Robert Matthias
Jone McEntee, Patricia McEntee,
Stanley Miller and Anne Ramos
Miss Elmer will close the program
with "Gnomenreigen," by Liszt.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

Scrawny, 1mpish Virginia
Gets More Good Roles
Best of Cinema's Youngsters Cast
In Support of Katharine Hepburn;
Novices Best Screen Scrappers
BY JAY CARMODY.

Reference to child actress
dugence 1t
applies to Virginia Weidler Among Hollywood players open
to question that Virginia the
whether she later achieves
she that elders from whom she
likely to be 0-to-1 as
Seaer Nord
Evening star., 1940-06-17
WHERE TO DINE.

Let the rest of the country wait
Evening star., 1940-06-17

scene merely by
being a cunning
little darling, or
b a b y I a c e d
angel.
AS a matter of
fact, one resem-
blance of Vir-
& ia to Miss
Hayes Is h a t
neither of them
is of the BREATH
taking beauty
type. Both are
small and Vir-
ginia could be
scrawny. S h e
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Palace - "The Mortal Storm
Margaret Sullivan caught in the
one that engulfed Germany: IL,
2:25, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Slightly Honorable" mys-
terry in the mad comedy manner:
II am, 1:40, 4:30, tbs and 1905
pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $3.50, $40
and 9:05 pm.
Capitol "Turnabout," Thorne
Smiths daft tale of the husband
and wife who traded places: II am,
1:40, 4:30, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 12:45, 3::35, 6:25 and 9:O5
pm.
Keith's - my Favorite Wife, !"
Irene Dunno is Cary Grants: 11:15
am, l, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, sos and
$50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures of a
Nazi Spy" fifth column case history
brought up to date: 11:20 am, 1:25,
1928, $50. 7:35 and $40 pm.
Columbia - Waterloo Bridge" !"
Vivien Leigh in a poignantly dra-
matte romance: 11:50 am, 2:15,
4:40, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Little-"The Mill on the Floss, "
screen version of the George Eliot
novel: II am, 2:05, $40 and 8:25
pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
In the Country.
Cr0ss-Roads-"Meet the Wife,"
comedy with q touch of bigamy:
$50 pm.
Roadside-"The Sealed Well" rip
roaring old-time nelodrama: $50
pm.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Vocal Recital

Elsa Koppel will present a group
Of her vocal students at a recital
given In her studio at 5000 Con.
recticut avenue NV, Thursday al
8 pm. Those participating are
Harol Lee, Hanna Carpenter
Thelma johnson, Elenor Morrison
Louis Dreeben, Beatrice Silverman
Marion Weinstein and Philns
Schwartz.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

. Nor does she, like
hid player, capture the
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
The Submarine Terror

The British government acknowl-
edges that German submarines are
sinking British ships faster than
they can be built. The Germans got
terrible advantage when they Oc-
cupied the ports on the English
channel and the North sea, from
which they can send out the hor-
nets of the ocean to sting and sink
many of the ships on which the life
of Britain depends.
Our people living on a vast con-
tinent that can always feed itself, do
not comprehend what it is to dwell
on a narrow island which can only
raise a fraction of its food supply.
Also if the ships don't get in. there
will be- lack of war supplies.
The British are having to pay a
great penalty for their tardiness in
getting ready to meet the Nazi ter
ror. But they are a bull dog race,
and when they set their teeth into
a foe. they do not let go. They will
scour the world for ships before they
lie down in despair.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Marriage Failures

The San Francisco Family Rela-
tions Center states a number of con-
ditions which tend toward unhappy
homes and divorce. It has issued
a warning in regard to marrying
under 81 years of age, also against
romantic illusions in marriage. 1t
is also suggested that courses in
marriage be included in high school
programs.
AS TO early marriages. opinions
differ. Many folks have contended
that when people marry quite young
they are less set in their habits. and
hence reconcile themselves more
readily to the sacrifices necessary
in a successful marriage. Young
people often take sudden fancies at
an early age, and fall violently in
love with someone. Then after a
time they may get all over this
feeling, and see that the person
with whom they became infatuated
would not make a suitable mate.
If young people have been close
friends through childhood. and al
ways got along harmoniOusly to-
gether and are thoroughly acquaint-
ed over a period of years, they
stand an excellent chance of making
a successful marriage. That is quite
different from the sudden desire to
marry some newly-found flame:
Romantic illusions have led many
into a disastrous matrimonial step.
Youth often invests the boy or girl
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Nieht Bombing

The air war over Britain has be-
come something so horrible that the
human mind can hardly take it in.
The worst feature of it is the sue
cess which has been attained in
bombing in the night time.
1t had been hoped that the foggy
weather of England's winter would
stop this bombing to a large extent.
Apparently the bombing is done with
a good deal more success on moon
light nights. The skies are at least
clear enough so the enemy planes
find the cities they want good part
of the time. - 9 ESas
The British air force has done a
marvellous job in protecting those
cities to large extent from day
light bombing. Under cover of the
dark, the messengers of Satan rain
their deadly hail. Anti-aircraft fire
hinders them, yet not enough so far
to avert a terrible total of destruc-
tion. The one reassuring feature is
that it is not so easy to hit mu-
nitions factory among a crowd of
ordinary buildings
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
The Morale OF The People

Wars are determined largely by
what is called the popular morale.
The word morale" refers to the
peoples state of mind, the extent to
which they possess hope, confidence,
and courage.
The battle between Britain and
Germany will be. won by the nation
whose morale holds out the longer.
Up to date the British have shown
superb morale. They see houses
falling around them in ruins. friends
and neighbors carried out on STREET
chers. but they still keep strong and
courageous. Their morale astonish-
es the world. The German people
are exceptionally scientific and efi-
cient, but it is doubtful If they have
this quality of morale to an equal
degree.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Duty OF Self Support

An educational authority remarks
that the schools should teach the
children that their first duty is to
learn to support themselves. The
young people will say they want to
be self supporting, but many of them
are unable to find jobs.
There is already a shortage of
skilled workers in many mechanical
trades. The boys at least would bet
ter learn such a trade if there is
nothing else in sight. If the girls
can't find the particular job they
want, they can at least learn to
cook and do housework. It is a kind
of fundamental law of life that when
children pass the school age, they
should stand on their own feet and
pay their own way, even if this
means doing forms of work they do
not particularly enjoy.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Silk Stocking Army

An organization called the Ma
tional Service League motor corps
is being organized among young wO-
men. to take on semi-military jobs in
case of war. The country profound
ly hopes they will not be called on
for such service. II war did come,
they would be extremely useful.
Young women show excellent
skill in driving automobiles. and
they could do almost anything to a
car which a man could do. In time
of war it would be quite a problem
to keep all motor equipment tuned
up and in good running order. and
the girls will do well to learn how
to do it,
These girls are now being called
the silk stocking army. Silk sug-
gests something soft and shiny. The
modern athletic girl who can do
those powerful swimming and golf
strokes is capable of hard and rough
work. if she feels it is needed.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Milford, Friday, December 6, 1910
The Christmas Rush

Do you realize how soon Christ
mas will be here? Only few days
now, and the grand annual rush
will be on us. Have you done any
thing so far about the many pur-
chases that have to be made?
The annual American habit of
crowding into the stores during a
period of 10 days or two weeks,
making a heap Of purchases, and
getting them all off in a heap, is
wrong, and one that makes a lot of
trouble. In many cases store clerks
and owners have to put in very ex-
hausting days. Post-0t1ceu people
work a great deal harder than usu-
al. Probably many cases of sickness
can be traced to oVerworE during the
gift season. 1t is not fair to ask
people to attend to all these things
in such a short time, when the great
part of it could just as well be done
weeks in advance
People often do their holiday
shopping through this rush under
unfavorable conditions. They have
to wait in line for those ahead of
them, and clerks can't give them
proper attention. 1t would be SEN
sible if people could get this kind of
work out of the way at least two
weeks before the holiday.
There are many who say they
never have a dollar ahead. and they
just have to wait until the last min
ute to get the money to make their
purchases. The money has to be
saved out of their weekly pay, and
it would probably be just as easy to
save it out of their pay in the first
week in December as in the third
The post-office people take what is
perhaps the worst of the rush. in the
perfect mountain of parcels that
have to be weighed. and many of
them insured. Christmas is said TO
be time of peace and good will to
men. There is little peace among
people who have to do twice the
usual amount of work. Let us all
buy and send out gifts at the earliest
possible date.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
The Per Capita Debt

How great a sum will the aver
age. American owe when the national
defense program is completed? It
would now seem when that job is
done, that the average debt per per-
son would be from $3.50 to $500. And
that figure does not include the debts
owed by states, cities. and counties.
The average American may say
that the rich folks will have to take
the bulk of that burden. As the rich
folks are already heavily taxed, and
as they have the right to put their
money into tax exempt bonds, there
are limits to the sums to be pulled
out of them. Mr.. Average Citizen
will have to pay very heavily on that
debt. Money will be obtained from
him by taxing the production or sale
of goods. with the tax usually added
to the cost of the goods. If Mr.. Av-
erage Citizen does not like that idea.
he might write to his Congressman.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Prompt Obedience

One of the first things a soldier
should learn, it is said at the train
ing camps, is to obey orders instant
ly. In time of war, a moments hest
tation might do great harm.
In a well drilled military company,
the men learn to act instantly. and
the quick precision with which they
execute orders and change their for
nations or perform duties gives an
impression of speed and power. They
get a strong feeling of confidence
through this ability to do things
quickly.
This habit of quick obedience was
probably one factor inN the amazing
success which the Germans had in
vading neutral countries. They were
supposed to have taken big chances.
for instance, when they invaded Nor
way, since they had to transport
great bodies of troops over consid-
cradle space of water. This snap and
precision, which grows out of the
habit of instant obedience, probably
contributed largely to their achieve
ment.
In ordinary American life,
prompt obedience is not very popu-
lar. The old time parent used to is
sue orders to his children, and he
expected them to be obeyed without
lettering or dilly dallying. The mod
ern easy going parent has to do a
lot of arguing with children. 1t E,ay
take half an hour of cajoling and
reasoning before you can get the
modern independent kid to go to
bed.
"IIl do it when l get good and
ready is typical American
phrase. In this land of freedom and
in ordinary civil life, people don't
like to be ordered around and they
can't be drilled into line like Ger
man goosesteppers. Yet those who
are slow and hesitating in carrying
out orders are not popular with
bosses. Children need to learn a
greater promptness, and to realize
that orders from parents and teach
ers should be quickly obeyed.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Training Pedestrians

A police authority in Maryland re-
marks that about SO per cent Of the
victims of traffic fatalities are pedes-
trians. Therefore it is as important
to train pedestrians as TO train aJ-
tomObile drivers.
Some people may think that pedes-
trians have the right to do risky
things if they want to, since that is
their own lookout They usually
have families more or less depend
ent on them, so the community
should try to see that they avoid
accidents. Until they learn not to
do things like jumping from behind
parked cars into congested traffic,
they need words of warning. Some
cities make a special effort TO warn
such pedestrians in a conspicuous
way, to attract attention to their
heedlessness. and it is a mighty good
idea.