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member of the family, the fairy or
pichiciago, pigmy armadillo, 5
inches in length.
This wee one is very colorful in
comparisonswith its larger relatives.
It's shell has pinkish hue and its
hair is snow white. Along the line
somewhere 1t departed radically
from family traditions, in that it
wears a coat of mail over crown
and shoulders, whereas its cousins
are encased in bony armor.
However, the pattern of life
enjoyed for countless centuries by
their ancestors, whose fossil re-
mains indicate some Of them
resembled giant turtles, is almost
identical. So we find that today,
the pigmy armadillo and its Texas
cousin act alike under the same
conditions.
Protected by its bony coat, the
armadillo has long known how to
roll up into a ball when attacked,
and in this shape it is difficult to
injure. BY preference this animal
lives where cover Of tall grass, or
other vegetation, brushy growths,
stumps and easily worked soil is
present. 1t will dig home or
refuge in short order if necessary,
but it sees the advantages OF small,
natural caves in hillside or among
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ICES VI q Le Jay Osrmooy.
Davis, Enrol Flynn, James Cagney
and Priscilla Lane. What the story
shall be like is not mentioned. The
cast is regarded as quite enough.
Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer, which can
make any other studio look almost
silly when it comes to combinations
of stars, is reported on the verge of
going Boom Town" several better.
Whereas that picture offered Clark
Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette
Colbert borrowed from Paramount
and Hedy Lamar, the idea for a
proper successor is even more prof.
ligate. In addition to Gable, Tracy
and Miss Lamar, the 1941 one in
M-G-M's mind is reported to include
Norma Shearer and Lionel Barry
more as well. Beat that. If you can,
for ma1qHee strength, irrespective
of the story which brings the quin-
tent together.
Without reference to that particu-
lar combination of names, Twentieth
Century-FoX has notions along the
same line. Its idea is that the ulti-
mately perfect picture from an audi
ence standpoint is one which will
utilize the talents of Irene Dunno,
Ronald Colman and Charles Boyer.
1t ought to produce something to
see.
X X Il
The holdover pictures:
Acting performance of the week
in the opinion of those who like
acting is the few-minute appear
ance of Albert Basserman in "Es-
cape" now in its second week at
the Palace.
Basserman, a voluntary exile
from what used to be Germany, has
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former times when Barbara was
pushed roughly to one side while the
autographists besieged Bob.
Merle Oberon has to watch the
distribution of her weight. Her
hips are her Achilles heel-if you
get what mean! +. Sylvia Sidney
is furious at losing the lead in
Fiesta in Manhattan" and swears
that this time she really is through
with Hollywood. Sylvia came back
to do wagons Roll at Night" but
has returned to New York; Oh,
well, I guess Hollywood will con-
trive to exist without Sylvia
There are six well-known masculine
charmers in pictures who wear
toupees to hide badness. Who are
they?
Ellen Drew in Browns confec-
tionery enjoying a Cinderella sun
dae. Ellen used to serve behind the
counter here, and the sundae is
named in her honor. Warner
Baxter decided to sell his yacht and
had a farewell two-weeks' trip be-
fore turning it in. He then decided
to keep the yacht and sell his
house. Warner is free-lancing now
after IL years at Fox on a 52-weeks-
a-year salary. He says it's nice to
free-lance. But there's quite a
lot to be said for getting a regular
salary, rain or shine-sick or vel"
I think he has something there.
Relsased By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
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but one sequence in the picture.
Playing the lawyer, Henning, in
that particular area of the film and
never appearing thereafter, he sue
ceeds in conveying more than any
other person the sense of terror
which pervaded the original story
by Ethel Vance.
In his final line he leaves an i'm
preston that is not forgotten de-
spite all that follows in the Aim.
Most popular scene in 1.-THE Die
tator," now at the Columbia, APP
parently is the satirical sequence
in which Chaplin as Herr Hynkel
does that bubble dance
Even those who maintain that
Chaplin should stick to his last
the one of the little man with the
derby, the splayed feet and the visit
full expression - have apparently
come to the conclusion that this
departure from the norm is forgiv-
able because of its complete revela-
ton of the megalomaniac soul.
Whatever the faults one has to
find with the picture, that sequence
alone would make it worth while.
And the Chaplin who plays it Is
far from the standard Chaplin.
Flash (from the Washington
Theater): Ethel Barrymore Colt ar
rives tomorrow to play lead in %.
C. Melody" opening Sunday night,
December 8, at Wardman Park
Theater.
II Bette Davis does not win the
academy award for her perform
ance as Leslie Crosbie in 1.-THE Let
ter" Hollywood is betting that it
goes to Joan Fontaine for her por-
trait of the unnamed young wife in
"Rebecca." James Roosevelt is
not the only H'wood figure who
stands to win if slot machine movies
are a success. Cecil B. De Mile is
another reported interested in the
genre. Tough Guy Gin pictures)
James Cagney is a fine model for
any American youth in real life.
. He does not smoke, drink or
give night life even nod. He
even gets so seasick on his yacht
that he may give up yachting en-
tirely in favor of vegetable grow
ing. See how a mans screen
roles can give a false impression
that way.
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Cagney?" she is asked Gin Warmers
strawberry Blonde'o. "Oh, he's
SWELL" says Rita enthusiastically.
How about working with Olivia
de Havilland?" she is asked.
'Oh, she's all right guess" says
Rita. P. S.-The two girls are not
what you might call overfiowing
with friendship for each other.
Joan Bennett is walking down a
street in the United Artist studio.
A man waves to her. She cuts him
dead. "Who was that?" she asks
the girl with her. That was Wal
ter Wanger," she is told. Joan
rushes after her husband to apollo
gize and explain that she was not
wearing her glasses and so did not
recognize him. Mrs. Ronald
Colman (Benita Hume is acting
again. She plays Greer Garson's
part in ways and Means" for the
San Francisco version of Tonight
at $780," Colman would prefer his
wife to refrain absolutely from an
acting career-except on local radio
Ronnie, incidentally, has to date
given $25o,000 to the British relief
fund.
Deanna Durbin saunters down the
crowded Hollywood boulevard, stops
at a shop selling sweaters, with a
sale" sign on the window, goes in,
pays a dollar and comes out with her
bargain. And no one recognized
me-" she tells me. This incident
happened a year ago. Her disguise
was hat over one eye and sophis-
ticated grown-up clothes. AT that
time they thought of me as kid"
says Deanna. And even if they
had thought looked like Deanna
Durbin, they'd have said, 1T can't
bel" Deanna will do her Christ
mas shopping at home this year.
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert
Taylor are trying to attend a pre-
view. They are stopped by Photo
grapher Hymie Fink, who says.
Come on. Barbara, let me see your
face She obediently turns 1t to
the camera. Then the fans rush for
her autograph, neglecting Mr.. Tay-
lor. This is quite a reversal of
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

and Time of Showing
Stage.
NatiOnal-'Du Barry Was Lady"
Bert Lahr in q Broadway hit with
Cole Porter music: 2:30 and $50
pm.
Screen.
Palace-"Escape," film version Of
the Ethel Vance novel: 11:45 am,
2:10, 4:40, ITO and $40 pm.
Metropolitan - Angels over
Broadway" drama with an original
touch, by Ben Hecht: 1l:10 an,
lis, $40, $50, TBS and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Rangers of Fortune"
light-hearted adventure in the West:
IL am, las, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1875, 3:25, $40 and
1855 pm.
EarIe-"The Lady With the Red
Hair" Miriam Hopkins as Mrs. Leslie
Carter: II am, lao. 4:25. tbs and
10 pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $3.50,
els and 8 pm.
Keith's-"Seven Sinners" Mar
lene Dietrich VS.. the Navy: HAS
am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and Gas
pm.
Columbia-"The Great Dictator,
Charlie Chaplin looks at today:
11:l0 am, las, 400, SIS and $50
pm.
Little-"The Bakers Wife" who
runs away and causes crisis in this
bright French film: II am, 12:45,
2:30, Ais, 6, 7:55 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
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Topper Again

Hal Roach has completed casting
his forthcoming production. Topper
Returns" The list of players in
cludes Roland Young in the title
role, Joan Blondell, Billie Burke,
Carole Lands, Patsy Kelly, Dennis
OKeefe, H. B. Warner, Eddie
Rochester Anderson, Rafaela Of
tiano, Trevor Bardette and George
Zucco.
Topper Returns" is from an orig
inal story by Jonathan Latimer. car
rying the famous characters created
by the late Thorne Smith still
further into the realm of ecto-
plasmic high pinks 1t is under the
direction of Roy Del Ruth.
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Natures Children
Fairy Armadillo
acknowledgements truncatus)

rocks. 1t has learned to adapt it.
self and, of course, has prospered.
Being highly specialized in many
ways-anatomy, exterior and habits
An armadillo always interests a
nature student. Its claws are like
those of giant mole, it has body
fashioned like that of the badger,
and its tongue works on a hair
trigger schedule when its food is
present, which is, as you know. ants.
There is much yet to be discov-
cred about these strange and
fascinating animals. Their court
ship is still closed book. Their
family life to great extent is a
secret.
There are usually Identical
quadruplets. Their eyes are open
at birth and their armor is soft
and flexible The hardening of this
leatherlike coat into a bony coat of
mail is progressive. AS soon as the
youngsters can trust their legs they
follow their mother on her foraging
trips.
The claws attack an ant hill as a
prospect shaft. If the prospector
has guessed correctly, the ants will
swarm out of their home to find
out what caused the earthquake
Thereupon, they meet the long,
sticky tongue which works in and
among the agitated ants, entangling
them so they have been transferred
into the mouth before they are
aware of their danger.
Perseverance and concentration are
the leading virtues of the armadillo
He has been know to sit beside an
ant hill for hours or to rest beside
the trail of an ant colony on the
march. AS each wee traveller came
along he was Tapped up-thus an
entire thriving community Of ants
became history or perhaps we should
say-armadillo.
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BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

The armadillos have met and
overcome every obstacle presented
to them. Therefore they are q
successful species. This means
their natural enemies have not Jared
so well and that they themselves
have attended strictly to their own
business of prospecting.
The armadillos are strictly Amer
lean. Their center of abundance is
in the warm areas of South Amer
lea from Argentina northward.
The well-known nine-banded arma-
dillo ranges from Argentina to
Texas. Naturally 1t has split up into
many races. In the forests of
Brazil and Paraguay lives the great
armadillo, whose body length is
about feet, with Is inches more
of tail. In Argentina is the smallest
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Choirs Participate
In HYMN Festival

The massed choirs of six local
Episcopal Churches will sing tomor-
row night at hymn festival in
Epiphany Church, 1917 G street
NV, under the direction of Hugh
Ross, noted leader of the Schola
Cantorum of New York. Mr.. Ross is
one of the best-known choral
leaders and authorities in this field
in the country. The six choirs will
number more than 200 voices. They
are from Trinity, St. Adams, st.
Margaret's, st. Thomas, All Saints
of Chevy Chase and the host choir
of Epiphany. Charlotte Klein, or
ganiSt and choirmaster of st. Mar
garet's will be at the organ. DR..
ZeBarney T. Phillips, rector of
Epiphany will conduct the de-
votions.
The congregation will take an
active part in the singing under the
direction of the visiting conductor.
Mr. Ross will also lecture on congre-
gational singing.
Miss Klein's organ selections will
consist of "Chorale Preludes," by
Buxtehude, (Margery Moore, and
Karg-Elert on hymns, which will
be sung at the service. The choirs
will unite in the singing of three
anthems: "Jesu, Joy of Mans De-
string" by Bach; Let Us Now
Praise Famous Men," by Vaughan
williams, and a selection from
Bach's Church Cantata No. 140-
"Sleepers wake"
Brenda Marshall is able to bring
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Swedish Film

The Swedish dialogue comedy,
"Hennes Lille Majestat," with Eng
lish sub-titles, will be shown by the
Foreign Language Cinema League
in Pierce Hall tonight at o'clock.
Scenes of the rural districts OF
Sweden add considerably to the in
terest. The Norwegian star, Sonia
Wigert, plays the leading role.
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I II e I n ! n g. 1t
looks Xix the
style for 1941,
come what may.
Warner Bros,
for instance, are
t h ! n k i n 6 how
p r o + | t a b / e 1t
would be to make
a picture whose
cast shall include
the studios most
alluring people.
Accordingly, they
are preparing a
story which shall
require the serv-
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overheard :.
Claudette Col
b e r t advising
some one how to
get rid Of q cold.
She stops her
s e II suddenly
and says, There
I 60 again -
practicing with
out a licensed"
Rita Hayworth
pays a flying
visit to her home
studio (Colum-
bia). How dye
like working
with linn m "
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Boom Town Starts Notion
Casts Shall Be All>Star
Many Studios Dabble With the Idea
That Big Names Are Solution
OF Problem of Big Box Office
By JAY CARMoDY.

Art is art and all that Of thing drag money
into the box office That at least the conclusion
looking the profit sheets discover
low" Will have been the second largest
year The largest of course will have been Gone With the Wind
does count that
Mediatng the virtues of Boom
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Rehearsal for Romance
Behind a Smoke Screen
Margaret SULLIVAN and Mr.. Boyer
Speak Words of Love Through
A Cigarette Haze
By sHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.


Stewart taking lessons in the rmba He shakes
Charles Margaret SULLIVAN rehearse passionate love
pufhng furious a invites
then apple
dimensions bites
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METRoNOME ROOM. wardman Park Hotel,
Conn. Ave. at Woodley Rd. Grant Thomp-
sons Orchestra Dancing 10 to 2. Sat.
9:30-1 80. Min. 81. Sats. 81 30. CO. 1000.
JENE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1907 De
Sales St., opposite Mayflower Hotel. Spe-
cializing in ravioli and spaghetti. Phone
Sterling 9S9S.
CAVALIER RESTAURANT, 1850 14th
NV. American-Italian dinners, Special
izing in Spaghetti. Ravioli, Steaks, Chops,
Sea Food. Excellent cocktails. mixed drinks.
LOG CABIN mn, wheaton. Md. 4 mi.
beyond Silver Spring on I'd. to Oiney. Bring
your own. No cover Sat, 81 min. Open
all night Sat Kensington 176.
SHOREHAM BLUEROOM, Connecticut At
Calvert. Dining and dancing. Two door
shows, $3.50 and 1870 Dinner, So 90. in
cludins cover Supper cover. Soc AID. 0700.
MADRMLON RESTAURANT, Washinston
Building, 18th and New York Ave. The
favorite place to dine, the popular place
to dance.
RAINBOW ROOM, Hamilton Hotel. 18th
at X. Cocktail and dinner dancing. 90;
supper dancing to Milt Davis Orchestra,
10-1. Min. Saturday only 81. DI $3.50.
HAY-ADAMs HOUSE-Overieeking White
House At 18th and h SITS. pining ID "a
atmosphere Of charm. disnity and ssn-
orsan music nishtly duft1s dinner.
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TOMORROW, 800 P.M. -
CONSTITUTION HALL
New York Philharmonic
JOHN BARBIRoLLI, Conductor

Program: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. No. 5;
Tschaikowsky-Romeo and Juliet: works
by Foote and Bach-Barbirolh. Only con-
cert in Washington this season.
Tickets from soc to SO now on sale NJ
symphony Box Office in Homer L. Kit
Music Store, 1880 G St. National 1892.
&. c Capped, Mgr.
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Brenda Marshall is able to bring
tears to her eyes faster than any
other actress in Hollywood.
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cinema shall be, have come to tho
conclusion that the all-star cast is
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To do Dotty justice, I don't think
she knew she was being rude. .. /.
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former times when Barbara was
pushed roughly to one side while the
autographists besleged Bob.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-23
SWEDEN WARNED

The Kremlin may be expected to offer
Sweden apology for the bombing of Pajala,
six miles from the Finnish frontier, by Red
airmen, and offer to do something about re-
storing property destroyed, but a mere apology
accompanied with a promise to pay, if Rus
STA goes that far, cannot be expected to close
Swedish eyes to the danger Of other bomb
ings, whether by accident or poorly disguised
design. This il not the first time Russian
filters have used Swedish targets, nor is it
likely to be the last.
Renewal of appeal for direct, material help
for Finland is seen. Surely, with this demon.
stration of Russia's disregard for frontiers
and Russia's known desire to include Sweden
among her conquests, the government, sup.
ported by the king, cannot longer withhold
it's hand without exposing the nation to
probable invasion, should STAINS attack on
Finland ultimately be successful.
Self interest alone should call Sweden to
arms against the Reds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-23
EXCHANGE CLUB TO BE HOST

It is particularly appropriate that Whining
toms Exchange club should be host to other
clubs Of both Carolinas in joint sessions and
festivities on Saturday.
The Wilmington organization, which is
nineteen years old, is the Exchange pioneer
in the two states, and is proud of it's parental
position. That it is passing up no chance OF
giving it's guests the best time of their lives
goes without saying. That the gathering will
also be tops in entertainment and accomplish
ment is eually obvious.
The occasion will mark the visit of a ma
tional president in Wilmington for the first
time. In fact, it will be the first official visit
of a national president to the Carolinas, ar
honor naturally falling to the Oldest club ir
the states. Mr.. N. R. THuRsroN of Crane
Rapids, chief executive Of Exchange clubs
will find a cordial welcome, not only from
the host club but from every unit participat
4nT in the program: -. - =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-23
"SIGNERY" ON THE CARPET

The women of South Carolina have taken
up the fight against highway billboards with
the determination to do what they can to
promote passage by the legislature of a bill
to regulate them in their state.
Answering testimony by representatives of
the American Highway Sign association and
the Coastal Outdoor Advertising company,
that if the boards are banned the legislature
will practically eliminate a legitimate bust.
ness from the state, the women told the sen.
ate highway committee at it's hearing in
Columbia that users of the states highways
were confronted with 'signery' instead OF
scenery and were not pleased with what they
saw.
What the action Of the legislature may b.
is not easily forseen, but it may be sale
that when the women of a state go to ba
for something they want, they usually get it
In this case, it is to be hoped that they do
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-23
THE LAWS DELAYS

n EMEMBER the pomposity, the procrasti-
IN nation, the bewigged~ incompetence OF the
Circumulation Office, where pathetic little
Miss Flight, with her reticule and fluttery
hopes, spent so many years looking in vain
for justice, only to find her cause at law
finally dead of attrition?
DICKENS did a marvellous piece OF writing
about the flaws delay and the "insolence OF
Office when he created this satire on British
Jurisprudence.
It might have changed things for the bet
ter, and to som extent did give rise to
minor reforms; but the practices OF the Cir
emulation Office, the stalling, the dawdling
and expedients that DICKENS exposed still
linger. And because law in the United States
is the offspring of British law, our legal pro-
cesses are subject to many of the same faults.
Actions at law that should be settled quickly
are allowed to drag on for years, to the bit
ter disappointment of all parties, costs pile
up needlessly, juries at heavy personal sacrl'
flee are held long beyond time for their nor
NAL dismissal is past. Altogether we do very
we'll in our circumlocutionary legal methods,
out IL is nOL dppdIeuL tudt Tue AStuouo dAo
wise.
On the contrary, they have been proved I'M
wise, so much so, that the American Bar AS
ISOLATION has undertaken a crusade for i'm
provement. As a part of this crusade GEORGE
RouNrREE, JR., of the Wilmington bar, ad-
dressed the Kiwanis club on Wednesday, cit
ing new rules promulgated by the U. S. Su-
preme court for use in all federal courts, by
which much of the delay in time and excess
siye costs are eliminated and under which
litigants may bring an action with assurance
that their cause will be heard promptly.
MI RoUNRREE's opinion is that adoption OF
similar rules in state courts will bring i'm.
provement there to compare favorably with
the improvement so noticeable IN federal
courts since the new rules were put into eff.
feet. He encouraged his hearers to take up
the crusade by pleading with legislators to
support the reform.
Certainly, no one who has ever gone to
court and sweated under the useless and cost
ly waste of time can oppose the effort to put
the courts on a basis which will approximate
ordinary efficiency in business. Both the PEG
pie who have had experience in court and
those lucky enough to escape all court action
but do their duty if they help, as far
as their power extends, to revamp the clum.
sy forces of law in our state courts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-23
BRITAIN AND TOBACCO

News from London that Great Britain
seriously considers lifting the ban on Ameri-
can tobacco imports and is quite liable to
restore the American product to its good
graces confirms press rumors which have
emanated from Washington frequently of late.
Secretary of State HULL has been in consul
tation with British representatives several
times since the ban was instituted, with re-
suit, we must believe, that His Majesty's gov
eminent has softened it's view, and despite
the desirability of helping Turkey discharge
a large debt to England with large quantities
of tobacco for British consumption, is in
clined to permit American purchases again,
especially as the American supply in British
warehouses is playing out.
In addition to the effort of Secretary HULL,
which has been important, there has been
building up a strong sentiment among Brit
ish tobacco interests for establishment of
tobacco trade with the United States on an
approximately normal footing. British manu-.
%facturers have found the ban almost as irk'
some as American growers, and are not pre-
disposed to accept the governments edict
lying down. Their voice has been raised
against the prohibition and the British voice
is not without power in London, at least in
trade matters.
As illustrating the viewpoint of British to.
bacco men the Star prints on this page a
letter originally appearing in the London
Times, written by LORD DULvERToN, chairman
Of the Imperial Tobacco Company, which ex'
poses misstatements previously appearing in
the Times respecting tobacco imports from
Balkan states and particularly from Turkey
It is interesting for it's impartiality and clear
reasoning.