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Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
has taken two planes with him on
his latest trip to the Antarctic-a
single.engined Beechcraft, q n d a
twin-engined Barley a maximum
range Of 920 miles at a cruising
speed of 172 miles an hour.
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WASHINGTON. - On March 20,
1917, tall, husky young man from
Perth Amboy, N. j., heard Theo-
dore Roosevelt speak at a rally in
Madison Square Garden, New York.
When the youngster left the meet
ing he was so fired with patriotism
that he stopped at the first recruit
ing station and enlisted in the navy.
He rose quickly. Because of his
knowledge of seamanship, gained as
kid on the Jersey coast, he began
his service as bosun in command
of a coast patrol boat. A little later
he was commissioned an ensign and
ordered to transport which car
ried thousands of troops to France.
Today this youthful patriot sits at
a desk in a second floor office of the
great, sprawling, white succeed
Navy building on upper Constitution
avenue, the acting boss of the navy.
That Lewis Compton is acting boss
of the navy is known to few even
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CHAPTER iii

you're not goin' there like that?"
81 am, tool"
They'll give you another fifty,
you big liar" Joe grinned.
''No, but honestly, do you see how
they can help handing it all back
to me?" Sheila asked complacently.
ooh, Mrs. Carscadden, dear'r," she
parodied, sitting down at the table,
and fixing her mother with tragic
young eyes, cts har'rd winter on
the poor'r-it is, indade. Me man
has been home it's tree weeks now,
wit his fut swelled up the size of
gourd, and me bad luck is that an
other little one is comm"
"I'll take you over my knee, and
learn you a little more, since you
know all that" Mrs. Carscadden
said with outraged dignity. But her
mouth twitched.
And as her only further comment
after general inspection of Sheila's
costume was a reluctantly admiring
"You're holy terror, and wouldn't
wonder did the police take you up!"
Sheila was free to escape, with one
more burst of laughter, into the win
ter streets, to follow up the invita-
ton to adventure.
She descended through the house
quietly enough-the few returning
workers who were coming in, tired
and grimy, at half past six, were
not interested in the girl who slipped
by them so northumberland once
in the street she aroused no interest
at all.
She took a downtown train, and
came to the surface again only a
few blocks east of her destination.
The neighborhood into which she
assembled was rather like her own
home environment in the Bronx, but
as she walked westward the street
improved, with that abruptness
characteristic of the biggest city,
and the brownstone house before
which she finally stopped was not
only handsome in an old-fashioned
way, but decorously set in line of
similar homes, and close to the
white winter park.
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air, and reverted to the moments
problem again.
whats that street number
there, Angela?"
Angela reluctantly consulted the
purse, read out the number.
SIS that annywheres near where
you work, Sheila?"
mo, ma am" Sheila answered re-
spectfully, but with bitterness in
her tone. cts way up on the East
Side"
'But you cud get up there tomor-
row, dear?"
"Sheila was silent for a full min
ute, during which she looked down
at her own fingers, twisting the
purse.
Listen, Mamma, I bought this!"
she burst out presently.
"Now, that's no way to talk, Shei-
la," her mother murmured, unruf-
fled.
"But Mamma, l bought it. If a
girl is such a fool that she gives
away a purse with money in it,
doesn't she give away the money as
we'll as the purse? Doesn't she,
MAJ"
Doesn't she?" Angela echoed ca
gerly.
'That's the devil timptin' ye,"
Mrs. Carscadden said, inflexibly, but
gently, as to a persistent child.
That's no way to talk"
cts a perfectly sensible way to
talk" Sheila muttered, under her
breath.
mo, dear, it's her money. It's
not yours"
Mamma, how many people do
you suppose would take it back?"
This kind of sophistry got nowhere
with Mrs. Carscadden. She had new
er read book of philosophy or
theology, but she was sure of her
ground here.
"That has nothing to do with it,
lovey."
Mamma, listen. They're proba-
bly, rich people-this came from Tiff
fany's. She's forgotten it hun
dred tines
Silence. Sheila opened, shut,
snapped, reopened the bag, before
adding:
IF Joe says it's all right, can
keep it? Listen, Mamma, I'll not
waste it, honest won't. There was
coat at the rummage today that
would save money.-I'd wear it two
years, I'd wear it three years"
The mother did not speak. She
looked up from her tea, looked down
again.
mo wonder we're poor!" Sheila
said angrily, eff we can throw mon
ey away like this!"
Mother" Angela said earnestly,
her hands clasped imploringly, her
f1ower-like face pale with emotion.
"Mightn't God intend Sheila to have
it?"
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IRISH EYES : Kathleen. '.,''.
VICE

priestess who has been officiating
at the oldest of earth's mysteries.
"Well, the Bur-rkes've got their
boy!" she observed, sitting down
heavily, and wiping her forehead.
Nov maybe they'll make little
fuss over their ger'rls. Light the
kettle there, Sheila-I've been weak
for a cup of tay this hour gone.
The girls spread their treasure be-
fore her amazed eyes; her look
frightened.
"It's well you have their street
number there, that you can take it
back to them and not Fave amy of
the rummage sale ger'rls forget to
RETURN it," she observed instantly.
Mamma, it's hers!"
Mrs. Carscadden's brow clouded.
you'll take it back, of course,
Sheila," she said.
Listen, Mamma"
Ponderously, Mrs. Carscadden re-
turned from the stove with the new
boiling kettle, poured the hot water
upon the cool tea leaves in the emp
ty pot. :,
"Save your breath, Sheila," she
directed. 'We'l have no stealth
here, thanks be to the glory of
God!"
She stirred her tea, took a heart
ening sip, and pushed the hair from
her wet forehead with great clum-
sy hand that was like a caricature
of Sheila's fine, square, young one.
eff there's anything cud make
widowhood light to We, it'd be SEEM
ger'rl in that fix!" she muttered.
Immediately she perceived that
there was small sympathy in the
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cutting if there is no front open,
ing. Cut the paper by the dimen.
sions in the diagram. Mark point
A in 14-inches from the upper
left corner. Measure up from the
lower right corner a distance
equaling the length of the skirt
from A to the left edge Of the
paper and mark point c. Connect
these points with lines drawn, as
shown.
NOTE: The new 32-page edi-
ton of Book 1-'Sewing for the
Home Decorator" shows three
other interesting styles of dress
ing tables, with detailed directions
for making. Also slip covers,
draw curtains; and numerous
household articles. Write Mrs.
Spears for copy, enclosing 10
cents to cover cost. Address:
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All you need is good assistant


in Washington. He is not politi-
clan. He is a business man who
believes in running public affairs in
businesslike manner. He didn't
seek out the job. It sought him out
and was offered to him strictly be-
cause of his qualification.
1t happened this way: In the fall
of 1886, when Roosevelt persuaded
Charles Edison, son of the famed
inventor, to take the post of assist
ant secretary, the first man to con-
graduate him, in his Office in East
Orange, was Lewis Compton.
Thanks, Luke" said Edison,
''but I have no business taking this
job. I don't know the bow of a ship
from the stern"
"You don't need to-" said Comp
ton. "In the navy there are plenty
of men who do. All you need is
good assistant Count me in"
EDO you mean it?" said Edison.
"Sure," was the reply.
"What are you doing Monday?"
said Edison. "Come down to Wash
ington with me and We'll fix things
up"
Won Edison's Admiration.
The two men had become ac-
quainted only the year before, when
Compton was state director of re-
lief in New Jersey. Edison, presi-
dent of Thomas A. Edison Indus
tries, Inc, was also starting lab
oratory experiment in federal hous-
ing in New Jersey, and needed some
white-collar relief workers.
Compton assigned relief workers
to the housing project in way that
evoked Edison's admiration. In
stead of handing him lot of butch
ers and bakers, he allowed Edison
free range to select skilled men,
regardless of politics, with the re-
suit that the New Jersey FILA had
the most efficient record in the
country. ~ pi
This was the beginning of mu-
tual admiration between the two
men.
A clear-sighted perseverance lies
behind Compton's work today in re-
organizing the navy department.
He and Edison, both with the back
ground of business men, insist that
the shore establishments of the
navy, which employ 100000 civilian
workmen - riveters, steam-fitters,
electricians, designers = cannot be
we'll directed by an officer trained
only in commanding a ship.
In other words, you can't build
submarines by throwing steam
filter into the brig if he doesn't
salute and say "Aye, aye, sir!" The
navy's shore establishments consti-
tute one of the largest industrial
enterprises in the country, and
Compton and Edison hold that they
should be directed by men trained
in industrial management.
These and other administrative
reforms of Edison and Compton are
regarded as heresy by the brass
hats, but they have the support of
President Roosevelt and they are
being put through.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Experts say that airplane types
change SO rapidly that new plane
is out of date in almost six months.
Therefore British and French pur-
chases are enabling the United
States to develop both types and
factories, giving the army and navy
the cream of the crop.
When the Germans got an offer of
Red Cross aid from Norman Davis,
they said, "No, thanks"
Dave Dubinsky will take his pow
erful International Ladies Garment
Workers union into the A. F. of L.
in May.
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Make Flared Skirt
For Dressing able
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

LOW to cut a fared dressing
IL table skirt without fullness at
the top, is something worth know
ing. You may be making
smartly tailored affair of white
pique with pink bindings and but
tons, like the one shown here; or
an under lining for full skirt OF
transparent material.
The diagram shows how to
make a pattern for half of the
skirt. The center front may be
placed on a fold of the goods in
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SYNOPSIS

haired and 81, loses her job in New York
by offering useful but unwelcome sugges-
tons to her boss. Typically feminine. she
chooses that time to show her new purse
which she bought at secondhand store.
to her cousin, Cecilia Moore. The purse
revives memories of boy she had met
the previous summer-a boy whose first
name, all she remembered. was Peter. At
home that evening, waiting for her. are her
mother; Joe. her brother, and Angela. her
crippled sister. Joe. too. has lost his job.
Evening star., 1940-12-06
Little Mem
Has Turn
On Screen
Keith's Plays Host
To Miss AlcOtt's
Old Story

The spectacle Of Miss Kay Fran
els milking a COW Is something to
see. If it were not, Little Men" at
Keith's would have virtually moth
ing to recommend it. Unlike Little
Women" which came of as an en-
tertaining bit of sentiment, Little
Men" is hokum as pure as the
milk which Miss Francis pretends
to get from Elsie. Americas most
beautiful COW. Apparently the in
spiration of hiring Elsie and Miss
Francis for the same picture left
the once inspired producing team
of Gene Towne and Graham Baker
too exhausted to carry on. At any
rate, whatever the reason, they did
not carry on beyond the point of
making a picture that the young
est members of the family might
enjoy for the sight Of Elsie.
In marked contrast to the imagi-
native scripts which they once
wrote, the producers of Little
Men" have accepted one which is
routine recital life in a progressive
rural school. There is Dan. Of
course, the knockabout kid, who
doesn't At into the social life of
the place. There is also the TOM
boy Nan, the skinflint banker, the
cute tot, the squealer, the reformed
criminal guardian of Dan and his
unregenerate stooge, in fact all the
characters straight out of Louisa
M. Olcott's book. None of them
ever takes on the appearance Of
reality, however. as if the spirit of
the book were too old fashioned to
be believable even to them. No.
body felt that way about Little
Women" and what a difference it
made!
The sole exception to. the rule
is Elsie, whose bovine imperturba-
bility remains untouched even when
Miss Francis sits beside her and
goes through that milking routine.
Much less at home in their roles
are Jack Oakie, George Bancroft,
Ann Gillis, Jimmy Lydon Gas DAM
and other members of the cast.
"The Plough and the Land" So
minute subject filmed by the Rural
Electrification Administration, Is
the supplemental feature. Quite
informative it is. J.C.
Evening star., 1940-12-06

free to steal "One Night in the
Tropics" Of course, not being wrap
ped firmly in the confines of its
plot as are Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly
and the others. Miss Kelly and Mr..
Jones are brave in their battle with
this yarn about q lad who insured
his chum's marriage, then fell in
love with the girl, but it's Just fitting
with a windmill that goes round
and round in the breeze without
getting anywhere. Mr.. Jones, try
as he will, can't even make the music
sound distinguished though 1t is by
Jerome Kern and probably will ar
rive on the Hit Parade any day
just to prove we're wrong about 1t.
The Earle's stage show is hardly
more notable than the film that
accompanies 1t, but 1t does seem
louder and livelier. 1t certainly is
alive enough when Miss Patricia
Norman is out there using the micro
phone as an electric grill on which
to broil a few sizzling songs of the
day, including her now famous
version Of "Old Man Nose" The
Roxyettes keep up the pace. too,
from their opening bit of fast
rhythm to their somewhat spectac-
ular skating routine. The others are
the Walkmirs with some balancing
stunts you'd think impossible; Shea
and Raymond and Dancer Willard
Gary,
Evening star., 1940-12-06
'Floradora' Well Sung
In Finished Offering
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.


Forty years ago all New York was
talking Of the new operetta, 'Flora-
dora" which had proved such q
great success the preceding win
ter in London. Last evening its
popular melodies were heard again
at Roosevelt High School where the
Columbia Light Opera Co. revived
it under the direction of Ethyl Man.
ming, its first hearing in this city
in some years. Its light, charming
music held little of the snappiness
that must have delighted another
generation, viewed by present day
standards, although the amateur
cast brought a youthful zest to the
singing of it. The shades of Gilbert
and Sullivan are visible through it
and the pattern of the plot is fami-
liar, yet the genius of the English
writer's of melodies and clever text
was not bestowed on Leslie Stuart
and Owen Hall when they conceived
this operetta.
Very excellent work was done by
Jeannette Bittner in the role Of
Dolores and Eugene Kressin as
Frank Abercoed. Miss Bittner's voice
is strong and pure and in ensembles
carried over the entire volume of
the chorus. The solos and duets of
the young singers formed some Of
the most charming bits of the op-
eretta. Next in Importance from a
vocal standpoint was Howard Moore
in the part of Cyrus w. Gilfain, who
played the character skillfully and
whose mellow voice contributed con-
siderably to the musical effect.
The comedy portions of ''Flora-
dora" were made outstanding in the
hands of Margaret Ogden as Lady
Holyrood and Florenz Hinz as An
thony Tweedlepunch. These two ex-
cellent actors have a fair for the
style popular at the first produc-
ton of "Floradora" and played with
professional aplomb. Miss Ogden, .
Billy Burke in appearance, brought
many fine touches to the role while
Mr.. HIM was as spontaneous In his
comedy as only born comedian can
b. Henry Andrews - Capt. Arthur
Evening star., 1940-12-06

Donegal, Ruby Arnold as Angela
Gilfain and James Magill as Lean
dro the Overseer, completed the
principals around whom the story
revolves and made much of their
parts.
The famous sextet, Tell me,
Pretty Maiden" discovered some of
the best voices in the company and
in acting and singing the sextet
drew the major share of the ap-
plause of the evening with a Gus
tomary encore. Each of the numbers
and ensembles was given with spirit
and finish, showing both how
talented is this company of young
singers and how thorough is the
training given them by Mrs. Man.
ming. A small but well-rehearsed
orchestra accompanied the singers.
In matters of production, the
Columbia Light Opera Co. scored
another success. There was no care
lessness of any kind to be discovered
IN the preparation of the scenery,
which was colorful and ADEQUATE,
or the costumes, well-fitting and
smart in their style. A large chorus
which sang and acted with anima-
ton and good tone formed a splen-
did background for the principal
characters. All details which often
can MARI a performance If not
properly looked after were care
fully supervised and there was not
q hitch in the smoothness of the
operas presentation. Mrs. Man
ming has gained a reputation for
staging the company's performances
expertly as well as training the
large group of singers in all the
traditions of the lighter form of
opera. Special recognition also
should be given Herbert Kadushin
and Chaloner Barnes for their stage
management.
The operetta will be repeated this
evening with the same cast.
Evening star., 1940-12-06
The Mark of Zorro
Now at Columbia

"The Mark of Zorro" which
served Douglas Fairbanks 50 happily
as q vehicle two decades ago has
been overhauled to serve a similar
purpose now for Tyrone Power. The
overhauling job, suitably, recognizes
that there is a difference between
the late Fairbanks and the later
Power. The result Is an agreeable,
unpretentious, nicely diverting pic
ture which yesterday took up its
abode at the Columbia.
As the hero of this romantic piece
of swashbuckling, Power is sup
ported by a cast which includes j.
Edward Bromberg and Basil Rath-
bone as villains, Gale Sondergaard
as villainess, pretty Linda Darnell
and paunchy Eugene Palette as CO.
liberators Of the downtrodden early
CalifornianS. j. G.
Evening star., 1940-12-06

heightens the very human comedy
played by the principals.
The role which Charles Bracket
and Billy Wilder imagined so
brightly for Miss Colbert is that of
. reporter. Full of ambition to get
away from recording the doings of
Paris courtourriers, she concocts one
Of the widest schemes ever to come
out Of sober moment. 1t involves
the rescue OF an American flyer who
Is just a few minutes away from
being executed by Gen. Frances
forces in Spain, a release she ac-
complshes by pretending to be the
poor guys wife and using her wiliest
wiles on the foreman of the firing
squad.
Miss Colbert's beauty, plus her
story, plus his 10 months in Jail
have put the chap in a susceptible
mood which makes it completely in
comprehensive to him that she has
gone to so much trouble for the
sake Of story. He never stops
finding it incomprehensible with
stubbornness that persists through
bombings, torpedoings and a mis-
cellany of similar catastrophes which
normally might be expected to
divert a pursuer Never did the
course of love, light or dark, run
less smooth and one will be hard
Evening star., 1940-12-06

new picture at LOeWS CdplIOl. rOI
Judy's latest photoplay seems a
waste-not an atrocious waste.
maybe, but a lamentable one-of
her talent for setting of fireworks
inside a filmusical.
There is no place for fireworks in
Little Nellie Kelly" a screen ver-
sion of one of those George M.
Cohan pieces, which manages to be
sentimentally awash in treacle be-
fore it is through. Judy is allowed
a couple of Irish ballads with a Tilt,
but only once does that hidden or
chestra Of NJ G. M. musicals rock
out rhythm which gets her in the
groove. Most of the time she is
occupied with being first the Nellie
Noonan who marries Jerry Kelly and
later the Little Nellie Kelly who in
herits her mothers woe, the fact
that Michael Noonan won't speak
to Jerry because Jerry stole his
daughter.
Miss Garland brings OF the dual
role with the exuberance and youth
full charm one might expect, of
course. and the sense that she is
solidly alive is a great help. Her
presence lends some point to a story
that is, among other things, i'm
probable, though no more so, to be
sure, than Romeo and Juliet" Miss
Garland provides a welcome note OF
reality, too, in the face of the fact
that Little Nellie Kelly being
originally from Mr.. Cohan, is hardly
subtle about either its Irish senti-
ment or its patriotism. Sentiment
and patriotism are fine, we hasten
to add, but they are served in large
chunks here.
Among the other things you will
discover in the new film, though it
hardly will surprise you, is that
George Murphy and Charles Win
ninger look downright silly when
they weep.
Headliner of the Capitol's stage
show is Johnny Burke, the mono
logist In misfit soldiers uniform,
who always has been and always
will be a mystery to us. In all
Evening star., 1940-12-06
Bette Davis
In Fine Role
At Met
Maugham's Letter
Is Given Superb
Translation

Long before any one thought to
write a song to the effect that
The Lady Is a Tramp" Somerset
Vaughan felt that way about it.
To mention but few of his tramps,
there were Mildred Of Human
Bondage. Sadie Thompson in
Rain" and Leslie Crosbie in THE
Letter" Bad. bad girls, all of them,
but fascinating in every wicked
ounce of themselves.
No one ever has been more fasci-
mated by them than Bette Davis.
They are the sort of foul versions
Of the fair sex she likes to bring
to full, rich life on the screen.
Latest to undergo this dramatic
recreation process is Mrs. Crosbie,
the lady Of "The Letter" Her
presence on the screen of the Met
ropolitan is one of the more i'm
portant things Of the movie season,
quite out of the ordinary and darkly
exciting You just can't beat the
combination Of Vaughan and Miss
Davis for a thing like that.
A brief run through Of the ac-
comphshments of Mrs Crosbie in
THE Letter" covers such items as
infidelity, murder, lying, grotesque
disregard for the simplest forms oi
decency. all of them masked by an
ability to turn out the neatest en-
broidery you ever saw. Without the
flair for embroidering. Leslie might
be the kind Of heroine you would
hate, but it offers such a fine con-
trast for her criminal gifts that
she is enabled to carry the whole
thing off with a kind of beguiling
charm. Miss Davis makes it the
years best performance by an
actress.
Others who contribute handsome
ly are James Stephenson, Herbert
Marshall and Gale Sondergaard.
Stephenson is the lawyer, a lawyer
acted with all kinds Of skill, as
Maugham's lawyers should be.
Marshall, Of course, is the betrayed
husband, as usual. Miss Sender
gard is an inscrutable Eurasian,
50 effectively an inscrutable Eu-
rasian that she may give you night
mares afterward. j. c.