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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

and concrete and the floors are con-
crete throughout.
The ventilating, cooling and heat
ing equipment are provided with
automatic safety devices which func-
ton in case of emergency. The seats
are made of steel, comfortably up
holstered in leather and mohair.
Exits have been provided far in
excess Of requirements. 1t is said
that the theatre, when filled, can
be completely emptied in less than
five minutes. The theatre is air
conditioned by Carrier and the heat
ing is an innovation in that it is
the only one of it's type ever to be
used in a theatre in Wilmington.
Humidity is kept at a healthy degree
both winter and summer.
Foundations for the building are
of reinforced concrete and steel and
sunk deep into the ground. The
building is insulated.
Those who have inspected the
from the standpoint of safety
and comfort las we'll as attractive
ness say it is one of the south's
finest and would be a distinct credit
to a city much larger than Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
It's a Grand Welcome
For Allen And Benny

Fred Allen, hands in the pockets
of a huge overcoat, a derby hat
crushed down on his head, looked
over the huge expanse of the OPEN
ing scene for Love Thy Neigh
boz" opening Christmas v mid
night at the Bailey theatre, in
which he co-stars with Jack Ben
nv and Mary Martin.
It was a New York street with
taxicabs, automobiles and hum
dreds of extras. Snow was falling
and so was confetti. Horns and
balloons added to the general con-
fusion-for it was New Years eve.
Fred turned to Mark Sandrich,
producer : director of h Para
mount picture, and sighed SOFTLY
..Just think, all this-and Benny,
tool" :
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RAILEY THEATRE
SETS HIGH MARK
New Movie House Here Is
Marked BY Comfort, Safe
ty Features

within the motion picture indus.
.rv In the Carolinas word has gone
,,,t that the Bailey theatre will in
Tho future serve as something of a
s+andard for comfort and safety.
The Bailey was designed by Erie
n stillWell, of Hendersonville, N.
r who has designed more theatres
.han any other architect in the
coroIinas and probably more than
~ southern architect. 1t was de-
stoned for safety and permanency,
With added strength being given in
,be walls and structure throughout.
The theatre contains one of the
largest single pieces of steel in this
soction. this being the main girdle
which passes under the balcony. The
traminr steel elsewhere was given
tho same careful attention as to
design, structure and s%upersize.
Latest Type Booth
The projection booth is said to
no 81 constructed that a fire could
10 huilt on the floor Of that room
and patrons in the theatre would
never know 1t. The booth is equip
nod with the latest type Of auto
matte shutters which close without
human help in cas Of need.
The walls are of solid masonry
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Album Pages
Play Important Part
In Garland Picture

Pages from the Garland family
album play an important part in
Little Nellie Kelly" starring
Judy Garland and coming to the
Bailey theatre tomorrow for an
engagement of two days.
Some method was needed to
show, in a short space of time, lit
tie Miss Garland growing up from
the age of three months to seven
teen years. Director Norman Tau
rog solved the problem when Miss
Garland's mother accidentally
showed up on the set carrying the
family album. Actual pictures of
Judy Garland we're used through
out the sequence, the final one be-
ing her recent high school gradua-
ton photo.
Little Nellie Kelly gives Miss
Garland her first solo starring role
and her first grown up" love
affair. George Murphy has the
leading male role, with other prom
inent parts played by Charles
Winninger and Douglas McPhail,
young baritone of BABES in
Arms" fame. The picture was di-
rected by Norman Taurog, direc-
tor of the memorable "Boys
Town"
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North West Mounted Police
Coming To Bailey House Soon

Starring Gary Cooper and Made
leine Carroll, and boasting a sup
porting cast headed by a long list
of stars including Paulette God
dard, Preston Foster, Robert Pres
ton, Akin Tamicroft, Lynne Over
man., George Bncroft, and Walter
Hampden, Lon Clancy, Jr., Cecil
B. DeMille's production in Techni-
color of North West Mounted
Police" will open soon at the
Bailey theatre. Set in the period
when Canada was threatened by a
Civil War of its own as thousands
of h%alf-breeds revolted against the
government, the picture relates
magnificent story of the courage
which made the Northwest Mount
ed one of the most respected forces
in the world. 1t tells the love
stories of two Mounted Policemen
lone in love with a gallant nurse,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Movie Theatres Play Big
Part In American Life

There's a strange magic about
this institution called a motion
picture theatre.
It's been with us a long time
now, yet not so long ago that its
origin has been forgotten. Who
forgets those first nickelettes, the
crude, if earnest, effort to at
tract patronage; h cubby-hole
in which you stood in sun or rain
to buy your ticket; the musty,
gloomy interior; the hard seat;
the Pickering, yellow shadows on
the screen; the frequent Interrupt
tons when the film was broken;
the oppressive heat in the summer,
the chill drafts in the winter.
The development from such
humble entertainment houses into
the luxury theatre of today is,
however, no magic. 1t is, simply
enough, a story of something the
public discovered and liked and
supported until it became a large
industry.
The quality of magic lies in the
ever broadening importance Of
the moving picture theatres as a
tremendous force in the lives OF
individuals who make up the com
munity about it. It is today a
human institution, transcending
its original purpose as a place OF
amusement, leaving a fine fmpres-
sion upon the minds and charac-
tiers of the people. Only the news
paper, traditional moulder of pub
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
FOX SPEED

The best speed of an average fox
is estimated at about rs miles per
hour-faster than a coyote, but slow
er than a jackrabbit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
New Bailey's Seats
Are Tops In Comfort

Seats which have been INSTALL
ed in the new Carolina are of
the very latest design, made by
the manufacturer with but one
thought in mind comfort.
The seats, however, are not only
easy to sit in but also easy to
look at. They are of the air.
cushion type and upholstered
both back and bottom in a beau
tiful shade of soft coral leather.
Twelve hundred and fifty of
these have been placed in the
auditorium and balcony. Special
care has been taken not to
crowd the rows too closely to-
gether. Each row is placed far
enough from the row in front to
assure even the talIest person
ample '1eg" room so that one
may sit through the longest
photoplay without becoming
cramped or unduly tired.
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lie thought, has a comparable
power in modern society.
And yet, of the great forces, the
theatre is probably the most hui
man. 1t spares no effort to create
. friendly courteous atmosphere,
1t is for rich man and poor man.
1t welcomes all with its promise
of clean, wholesome relaxation.
And it exerts a strange magic
over the thousands of persons of
all positions who accept it's in
vitation.
In a world notorious for it's
strain, it's tenseness, its nerve
racking worries, the motion pic
ture theatre stands as a constant
refuge.
Motion Picture Theater
Important Role
Troubles and lonesomeness and
heart-ache are checked at the
door.
The world passes through it's
portals, and emerges refreshed,
clear-eyed happy.
Wide-eyed children learn of the
character, of course, of foreign
land and other ways of living, OF
history and biography. The tired,
the heart-sick, the lonesome find
escape and stimulating compan-
ionship here. N e viewpoints,
daily in this hub of community &C
tivity, new energy, new hope are
born.
Doctors agree that relaxation is
necessary to healthful living. The
theatre gives relaxation and it
gives more. 1t gives t h e whole
world. Night and day around the
globe men are checking their lives
fate to make the scenes that
one may enjoy in the restful dim
ness of ones theatre a week or two
from now.
All these things the theatre is to
it's community, yet when all the fac
tors have been tabulated and added
there is still that strange magic
which shows on the faces and in
The eyes of the millions Of people
walking out of the theatres of the
1t is indescribably myster-
ious and passing and strange, but it
is real.
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Comedian Jack Benney
Is Hollywood Veteran

Although the belief is general
that Jack Benny became a screen
personality only in very recent
years, the truth is that the noted
comedian has been a Hollywood
veteran for more than a decade.
He made his first picture in 1929,
and Paramount's Love Thy
Neighbour" starring him and Fred
Allen, with Mary Martin and Roch-
ester, which opens Christmas eve
midnight at the Bailey theatre, is
his fifteenth film.
Others featured in the films big
cast are Veree Teasdale, Virginia
Dale and The Merry Macs. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

and the other fascinated by an In
dian girl who is about as tame as
a tiger. Thrilling incidents mark
every reel of the film, as the po-
lice, aided by an equally gallant
Texas Ranger, seek to quell the
rebellion of the half-breeds. One
startling climax is reached as fifty
Mounted Police face thousands of
half-breeds and a Calling gun
and that's just one of the thrilling
moments which mark this as a
Cecil B. DeMille masterpiece.
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ABOUT FANS

In the early part of the eighteenth
century, leaves of the finest fans
were made of Chicken skin," which
was not chicken skin at all, but the
skin Of the youngest of small ami
mails. The best fans were made of
the skins of unborn animals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
NON.CHRISTIANS

The worlds non-Christian sects
have a membership totaling 1885,
$4,000, including a combined to-
tai Of $50, 600, 900 in the closely re-
lated Chinese religions of Confu-
cianism and Taoism, and Buddhism's
23O,150,0O0.
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TEMPERANCE SOCIETY

LIBERTY, Dec. 20.-R-The
Pleasant Hill Temperance society,
founded in 1888 by State Senator
William Albright of Chatham coun-
ty, will hold it's semi-annual meet
ing Dec. 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BRIDGE OF BOATS

To enable his army to cross the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers the en-
peror of Japan had built a bridge OF
boats made of skins stretched tight
ly over osier frames.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

London's growth is so rapid, it is
estimated, that there are a half mill
lion people living on its borders for
whom there are no church accom-
modations.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Miscellaneous Clubs

League of Republican Women-To-
morrow, pm, bridge; pm,
- tea, at club headquarters. Speak
er, Representative Chester Bolton.
Democratic Womens National Coun-
cil-Friday, 8 pm. at Democratic
headquarters, Burlington Hotel.
Speaker, Melvin D. Hildreth.
Kenilworth Ladies' Guild-Wednes-
day, 1:3O pm, with Mrs. William
Mortfeldt, 1903 Kenilworth avenue
NV.
Women's Association of the Univer-
salist National Memorial Church
Tuesday, pm, review luncheon,
at church. Reviewer, Miss Eliza
beth Du Vail.
woman's Christian Temperance Un-
ion-Emma Sanford Shelton Unit,
Tuesday, with Mrs. Clifford Hur-
ley, 407 Baltimore road, Silver
Spring, Md. Echoes From the
National Convention"
Women's Auxiliary of Argo Lodge
Wednesday, 2:l5 pm, at the Jew
ish Community Center. Speaker,
DR.. Abram L. Sachar.
Pioneer Women of Palestine-Tues-
day afternoon, Hanita Group, tea,
with Mrs. H. S. Gildenhorn, STA
Sixth street NV, speaker, Rabbi
. Solomon Metz; Wednesday eve
ming. Misunderstanding Group
Evening star., 1940-09-22

The scene is a typical club
editors office In late September
or early october.
The editor, after a summer
slump, suddenly finds stacks Of
mail announcing opening meet
ings" and such news bits as COM
mittee appointments.
The telephone rings steadily
and every few minutes the door
opens to admit a visitor.
The letters, the telephone calls,
the visitors, may each have a
story to offer, but each one also
puts a question: What must our
club do this year to get good
publicity?"
That's long story, of course,
and one not always told in an
entire season. But a few simple
rules may be observed to make
club publicity copy easy to handle
and therefore most apt to find
its way into the papers.
Let's begin with the headlines,
which, strange as it may seem,
exist in real newspaper life as
well as in the movies. Deadlines
for average club news are not
very complicated, though highly
important.
News for Sundays Issue
Should Arrive Wednesday.
Most organizations like to an
nounce their future meetings in
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Club Activities Announced

1924 Connecticut avenue NV,
speaker, DR.. Sonia Kaminetzky.
Washington Chapter of Women's
American Ort-WedneSday, 8:15
pm, at Jewish Community Gen.
ter. Speaker, Aron B. Tart
Women's Volunteer Church Com
mittee of the Washington Self
Help EXchange-Tomorrow, meet
ing at 2:30 pm. at headquarters,
1929 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
followed by tea.
Kappa Phi Epsilon Law Sorority of
Southeastern University-Today
4 pm, tea at Mayf1ower Hotel.
Beta Sigma Phi-Tuesday, pm,
Gamma Chapter, with Miss Ruth
Gilbert, 921 Nineteenth street
NV: 8 pm, Zeta Mu Chapter, at
1927 Colorado avenue NV; Thurs
day, 8 pm, Delta Chapter, 2460
Sixteenth street NV.
Alpha Xi Delta-Thursday, 2 pm,
benefit bridge. with Mrs. Harold
Keopka, 6511 Connecticut avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion-Tomorrow at 2 pm, Victory
Chapter, with Mrs. Ethel T. Full
ton. 1849 Irving street NV, speak
er, Mrs. F. w. Pennoyer; Tuesday,
2pm.. Livingston Manor Chapter,
with Mrs. Paul J. Culhane, 1872
Forty-s sixth street NV, speakers
Mrs. Russell H. Stine, Miss Ethel
Lacy: 8 pm, Capt. Wendell Wolfe
Chapter, at Chapter House, 1892
Massachusetts avenue NV; We'd
nesday, 8 pm, Press Relations
Committee of the District, at
Chapter House; Friday, 8 pm, D
C. Filing and Lending Bureau
Committee, at Chapter House
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy-Tomorrow evening, Asha
Faison Colwell Williams Chapter
benefit card party and dance, at
Hillcrest, 2800 Thirteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Two Gifts Totaling 5000
For War Aid Announced
By University Women
British Federation Receives
$4,O5O, and Finnish Group
$1,000 for Relief Work

One gift of S4050 the equivalent of 1000
Federation of University another of Finnish
Federation University
lief Committee of the Association
The funds will be used help
OF assistance result the cabling the
the president Morriss
without delay
gifts
In contributions
visions of the A. A. W. Before the capuaon
1925 that
The A A. u W. also ready to house refugee children British
families their transportation this country arranged
than 5000 available
them outside the A. A. u
the A. A. U. w. money will occupied territory
Esther Caukn Brunaue international
Evening star., 1940-09-22

since her marriage she has lived
several years in Washington and its
suburbs. Housekeeping, her hus-
band and son and daughter have
necessitated retirement from former
activities with the Women's Ma
tional Democratic Club. She is still
active in the Smith College Club
and in the Progress Club of College
Park.
Mrs. Pote believes that both her
newspaper training and her art
studies have helped in her aerial
photography
She does much of her own devel-
oping and printing. conducting her
work in the kitchen after the chill
dren are asleep.
Il hope to qualify as aerial pho
tographer under the regulations of
the Civil Aeronautics Board" she
concluded Il understand that a
permit is to be required in the fu-
ture as many places may not be
photographed during the national
emergency"
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Kappa Phi Epsilon
Sorority Tea Today

Women law students at South
eastern University will be enter
tanned by Kappa Phi Epsilon Law
Sorority at tea from 4 to 6 o'clock
this afternoon. Guests will include
the president of the university, Dr.
James A. Bell and Mrs Bell, and
members of the law school faculty
and their wives.
Mrs. Gladys Whaley is program
chairman. The program will in
clude q musical entertainment.
Kappa Phi Epsilon Sorority was
organized to improve the educa-
tional standards of women in pro-
fessional fields. officers include
Mrs. Estelle Baldwin, dean; Mrs.
Lena Mead. associate dean; Mrs.
Whalley. treasurer: Miss Helen
Frawnfelter. secretary, and Mrs.
Catherine Clark, corresponding Sec
retary.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
U. D. c.. Will Give
A Tea in Honor
Of Veterans

A tea and a breakfast will be
among the opening events this
season to be given by the District
division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
The tea will be held October 10
at the Confederate Memorial Hall
1922 Vermont avenue NV, in honor
of the Confederate veterans, who
will hold their 50th reunion October
8-11, in Washington. Gen. Julius
Franklin Howell, commander in
chief, of Bristol, Va, will attend.
The breakfast will be given
October II at noon at one of the
local hotels, in honor of Mrs.
Charles E. Boiling, of Richmond,
Va, president general of the
United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy.
Mrs. Livingston Vann. jr., is pres
ident of the District division.
A benefit card party and dance
will be given by the Asha Faison
Colwell Williams Chapter tomorrow
night at Hillcrest, 28OO Thirteenth
street NV.
Guests of honor include, Maj
Peter P. Smith, commander of Camp
I'll, U. C. ": Mrs. Vann and other
officers of the division Mrs John
D. Milligan is president of the
chapter.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Palestine Women
Will Hold Tea

The Pioneer Women Of Palestine
will open the season with series of
membership teas, the first Of which
will be given by the Hanita Group,
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. H. S.
Gildenhorn, STA Sixth street NV.
Rabbi Solomon Metz, the guest
speaker, will be introduced by Mrs.
Oscar Fisher. The tea will be fol-
lowed by a social hour.
The Yiddish Speaking Group will
hold a membership drive Wednes-
day, at 1924 Connecticut avenue
NV. DR.. Sonia Kaminetzky, a re-
cent arrival from Palestine, will
speak on the present day conditions
there. The meeting will be followed
by musical program.
Mrs. William Leven is member
ship chairman of the Hanita Group,
and Mrs. Nathan Tash Of the Yid-
dish Speaking Group.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Sea Shell Collection
To Be Exhibited

A collection of sea shells, gathered
from many beaches throughout the
United States, will be exhibited by
Mrs. H L. Richardson, chairman of
the Red Cross Committee of the
Women's City Club. Thursday at
pm at the club, 736 Jackson place
NV.
The display is of unusual interest,
as Mrs. Richardson has made the
shells into dolls. bouquets, pictures
and other different figures.
musical program, including songs
by Miss Jeanne Tyser. will precede
the exhibit. Miss Tyser will be ac-
companied by Miss Leathanna
Bready at the piano. Leigh Bright,
jr, will present flute solos, accom-
panied by his mother at the piano.
Punch and home made cookies
will be served following the program.
An art exhibit of etchings and oils
by various European and American
artists from the collection of F. j.
Rishawi. is now on display at the
club. The subjects and scenes are
from Belgium. Holland, France. Aus
tria, Czecho-Slovakia and Norway.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
D. A. r. Press
Group Meets
Other Committees
And Chapters
Plan Activities

The Press Relations Committee
OF the District Daughters of the
American Revolution has planned
meeting Of the chapter publicity
chalrmen in order to prepare them
for their duties during the coming
season. The club editors of the local
papers will be present to explain
their individual requirements at
the session scheduled for 8 pm.
Wednesday at the Chapter House,
1892 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Mrs. Brinkley E. Callicott is State
chairman of the committee and Mrs.
Enoch Vann. vice chairman. Mrs.
Harry c. Oberholser. the State re-
gent, will attend and regents OF
the various local chapters also are
being invited.
Lending Bureau Meets.
The State Filing and Lending
Bureau Committee will open Its
season with meeting at pm. Fri
day at the Chapter House to dis
cuss plans for the year. The COM
mittee. of which Mrs. Wilfred J.
Chairman is chairman. expects to
function as an independent group
this year Its work will be devoted
primarily to the study of bureau
material in relation to chapter pro-
grams but will include the collecting
and writing of new papers.
Mrs. F. w. Pennoyer of the Amer
lean Red Cross, will address Victory
Chapter at pm. tomorrow at the
home of Mrs Ethel T. Fulton, 1s4e
Irving street NV.
Livingston Manor Chapters.
The Livingston Manor Chapter
will have Mrs. Russell H. Stine.
junior American citizenship chair
man, and Miss Ethel Lacy, curator
of the Washingtonianna Division of
the Public Library, as speakers at
a meeting at 2 pm. Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Paul j. Culhane. 4612
Forty sixth street NV. The regent,
Mrs. Ford E. Young, jr.. will return
from summer vacation in Ken
lucky, to preside and assist the host
ess. Others assisting will include
Mrs. Samuel Mcintosh. Mrs Elliott
Brumbaugh, Mrs Addams McAllis-
ter and Mrs. Sherwood Shankland.
Miss Dorothy B. Bixby will give
vocal selections. accompanied by
Miss Rosemary Hadley.
Mrs Oberholser and the State vice
regent, Mrs. Godfrey Creyke, will
be honor guests.
Wendell Wolfe Chapter.
The Capt. Wendell Wolfe Chapter
will meet at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
chapter house with Miss Frances
Davis Shirley, the regent, presiding.
Miss Phebe Stine will present a mu-
sical program after the business ses-
sion.
Mrs. Roy c. Black, vice chairman
of Keystone Chapter, will leave next
week for Los Angeles, Calf, to re-
side with her family there. She was
honored by members of the chapter
at luncheon at Taft House re-
Gently
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Bethesda WOmen's
Tea Tuesday to
Honor Mrs. Bulser

The Woman's Club of Bethesda
will honor it's retiring president,
Mrs. Jacob Bulger, at tea Tues
day from to pm. at the club
house. Mrs. Bulger will leave
soon to make her home in New
Jersey.
The first vice president. Mrs.
Frank Preston Farley, will sue
ceed Mrs. Bulger, and Mrs. J.
Frederick Imirie has been elected
first vice president.
Mrs. Farley, who will preside at
the first business meeting of the
season October 8, has been a
prominent worker in organiza-
tions of Washington and nearby
Maryland. She is a past presi-
dent of the State Woman's Aux
iliary of the American Legion of
Maryland.
The entire Executive Board of
the club will be hostesses Tues
day, with Mrs. Louis A. Gravelle
as chairman.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Self.Help Exchange
Tea TOrnOrrOw

Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. exec
utive director of the Washington
Self-Help Exchange. will entertain
members of the Women's Volunteer
Church Committee of the exchange
at tea tomorrow, following its first
meeting of the season at headquar-
ters of the exchange at 2:30 pm.
Members of the Women's Com
mittee are, Mrs. Susan Craighill,
chairman; Mrs. c. Benham Bald
win. Mrs. Carlton Ball. Miss Lilly
Bass, Miss Janet Brown, Mrs. S. C.
Brez. Mrs. C. B. Churchill, Mrs. S.
G. Churchill, Miss Mary Hobart,
Mrs Kenton L. Harris. Mrs. L. B.
Houff, Mrs. Charles Kennon, Mrs.
Samuel Levy, Mrs. Jerome Lyle, Mrs.
Richard S. Meyer, Mrs. w. Peasants
Redd. jr.; Mrs. William w. Swift.
Mrs. J. E. Whaley and Mrs. Henry
L. Wyman.