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Evening star., 1940-12-15

| When he leaves Hollywood for
Broadway, the farewells imply, oh,
so you're going back to the tent
shows, eh?"
"It ought to be different-an at
titude based on the realization that
stage and screen are tonic for each
other, and each has much to give
the other"
Meredith, right now, is SCREEN
minded because, he said, he likes to
work where he finds the best mate
rial and, at present, he has found it
in Hollywood rather than on
Broadway. But he keeps reading
play scripts with an eye to a return
after present movie commitments
are fulfilled.
Though his recent film roles Gin
Second Chorus" and THAT Uncer-
tain FeelingO are farcical in nature,
Meredith was in serious mood He
was concerned, among other things,
with the future Of the theater.
In his opinion the movies have
forced upon the stage, through their
qualities of realism, a challenge to
adjust itself and it is "very hard"
for the stage to meet the challenge.
"The cost of (stage) production is
so high as practically to need an
endowment to go through the ex-
periments necessary to successful
adjustment" he said. can audience
expects something special for $3.50
and q stage show has to charge
$3.50 in order to pay out"
Evening star., 1940-12-15

But Hollywood ought to help and
consider the problems of the thea
ter, he insisted. for their mutual
self f-interest. Stage training, he
pointed out, undoubtedly helps
actors who come to Hollywood and
nowhere but in the theater can
writer's develop into the finished
technicians they should be before
essaying pictures.
writers need" he said, Ito work
and develop by themselves-then to
follow their work through from the
tryouts to the New York opening,
changing, reshaping, revising as
need is indicated. This Is as i'm
portant to them as scales and early
training to a pianist. BY the time
he reaches the movies the writer
should be a good technician, thus
saving on the frequent necessity
for retakes."
One trouble with the stage, he
suggested. is that now 1t has only
one major center, New York.
There should be theaters in all
the large cities-sending their road
shows to New York" he said.
Perhaps theaters could be de-
veloped in the cities, each speaking
for its own locality"
Meanwhile. he said, the best plays
in New York continue to be those
which would not be so good in
the mOyies"-those written dis.
tinctively for the theater.
Evening star., 1940-12-15

She uses her own name and not
something she thought up over a
pineapple delight at Schwabs.
Something which further sets Miss
Hussey apart is that she is not one
of those movie lassies who will tell
you she started to act little plays OF
her own devising at the age of
and has been headed for screen
stardom ever since. Ruth, as a
matter of fairly well-authenticated
fact, is girl who never knew quite
where she was going, but is happy
now to be on her way there.
The evidence that she is on her
way lies in the report from the
movie factories that Metro-Go
wyn-Mayer has Just elevated her
from the ranks Of its featured play
ers to the stratospheric realm of
stardom, as reward for her work
for dear old M-G-M in Flight
Command" Henceforth Miss Hus-
sey will see her name listed before
instead of after the titles of the
pictures in which she appears, cer-
tainly quite an honor, even if she
can't eat it.
Miss Hussey, while not knowing
Just where she was going, was a
serious child, and one with a pur-
pose. those who knew her then
would have you know. The diff
Guilty was that she was long time
Evening star., 1940-12-15

Town" from WnaC mas Deen seem
and heard in numerous visits to the
set, the script seems to contain much
more suspense and pathos than its
predecessor, Boys Town." which
won Tracy the 1899 statuette-and
M-G-M a gross of more than $2,-
100000.
Filming is being done now on a
huge auditorium set. with 500 young
citizens of Boys Town sitting in
chairs, listening intently to talk
from Father Edward j. Flanagan,
founder and supervisor OF the now
famous institution near Omaha,
Nebr. This, of course, is the role
enacted by Tracy.
Father Flanagan appears down.
cast as he begins his speech from
the stage of the auditorium. His
detection is reflected in the tense
faces of the youthful audience,
Many of the boys lean forward in
their seats, hanging on every word
uttered by their mentor. 1t becomes
apparent at once that Father
Flanagan's situation is a drastic one.
He Is about to lose Boys Town be-
cause of financial difficulties-ac-
tually an old story in the real life
experience OF Father Flanagan.
Feels His Failure.
"Boys, this place-Boys Town
was my first dream" Tracy begins
his address, slowly, haltingly and
with that characteristic chin-down,
eyes-up head stance. ut was a
dream come true. 1t made many
boys happy. More than 1000 boys
have gone through here-and out
into the world-out to become good
citizens. Not one of them has ever
failed me-not one of the many
thousands. No one has ever failed
Boys ToWn-ever-untll now
Tracy is referring to his unsuc-
cessful fight to reclaim the twisted
soul of an embittered boy, Ted
Marley. The youngsters back had
been broken by a brutal reform
school guard. Later he killed his
guard, went on trial and the judge
placed him in the custody of Father
Flanagan. The boy, almost hope
lessly crippled, fails to respond. The
priest feels his failure strongly and
it is more on his mind now than the
prospective loss of the whole town
project.
q. But I suppose it was inev-
liable that some day somebody
would fail" Father Flanagan con-
tinues. "We have our human weak
Evening star., 1940-12-15
ANU S E M E N IS.
Ruth Hussey Didn't Know
Where She Was Going
But She Has Arrived at Position
Of Eminence in the Film World,
And Is Hailed Now as Star
By Harry Macarthur.

Ruth Hssey was born in Providence October 20 "a little
ago. the
in protect actress
the George Richard Husseys 9
cristened
young cinema
Evening star., 1940-12-15
By Mark Barron,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

NEW YORK.
Margaret Tallichet is the type of
girl reporter who not only assigns
herself to a story, but comes back
with the story plus glamour girl
career for herself.
1t began few years ago on the
city desk of the News in Dallas,
Tex; shifted from there to Holly
wood movie stndios and now has
reached it's newest triumph at the
Guild Theater on Broadway, where
Miss Tallichet is playing the lead
ing feminine role opposite Lee Tracy
in Every Man For HIMSELF" the
new comedy by Milton Lazarus.
ut was really feature story I was
after, and not career on stage and
SCREEN" the slim. brunette Miss
Tallichet said as she came in out
of a snowstorm that was whirling
past the theater where she was re-
hearsing.
IT was a reporter on the Dallas
News and at the same time I was
studying at Southern Methodist
University. A Hollywood talent
scout came to town to see some Of
those beautiful girls for whom Dallas
is famous.
Scout Encouraged Her.
my editor didn't give me the
assignment, but I thought it would
be good story to see what the talent
scout thought about the beauty and
ability of Dallas girls.
HE kept insisting that I had
good face for pictures, so after had
gone back to the office and wrote my
interview I began making plans to
60 to Hollywood, encouraged because
the talent scout said he would get
me a screen test"
Arriving at the studio, Miss Tai
lichet discovered her friend, the
talent scout, had gone East. But
there was job as q stenographer
open in the press department and
she was given that, although she
didn't know shorthand and she
used the accepted newspaper system
of typewriting-two fingers and a
bit of mild profanity.
AS soon as studio officials dis
covered dn about 80 minutes) that
she wasn't a stenographer, they
made her a member of the staff to
guide newspapermen about locations
where pictures were being shot.
Married a Director.
"One Of my first assignments, j"
she said, was to take Boyd Martin,
critic of the Louisville Courier
Journal, over to see Carole Lombard.
had been 30 accustomed to doing
interviews myself ! didn't realize
! should have introduced than and
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Ought to Get Acquainted
Stage and Screen Should Stop Being
Strangers, Meredith Says
By Robin Coons,
Associated Press Stan Writer.


treating other like strangers"
called
m n attitude" al feud.
Broadway for Hollywood he said the
like embarkng strange adventure
Evening star., 1940-12-15
There'll Be a 1912 Award,
And Mr.. Tracy Eyes 1t
He's Busy Now With His Dramatics
In Men of Boys Town. Sequel
To His Winning Boys Town
HOLLYWOOD.


working toward candidacy
movie released
already
the
predicting March, 1912
literally spnked through Men Of BOYS
Evening star., 1940-12-15

nesses and out of those frailties
failure was bound to come. The
failure is here. Somebody has failed
Boys Town, badly-horribly-and
that somebody-that failure-is -"
The Widest Scene.
Suddenly, from the rear Of the
hall there is piercing scream. 1t
comes from little Bobs Watson. He
Is pointing toward the open door,
way to the street. Father Flanagan
halts his speech. ALI eyes turn to
the rear of the hall.
"It's Bohunk-he's been run over
shrieks Bobs. Bohunk is the prob
lem boys dog-the only thing In
the world he loves.
All this time the camera. aboard
rolling dolly. has been grindin~
away at Father Flanaga from 2
position in the center aisle, just a
few feet from the>stage.
Bobs' words are the signal for
launching the widest scene In the
movie
Tracy leaps from the stage and
dashes down the aisle. followed by
Mickey Rooney mayor of BOYS
TOWN. and directors who had gath
cred on the platform to hear Father
Flanagan's swan song speech.
But fast as they are. the moving
camera is faster. Still grinding
away, it retreats toward the exit,
recording in closeup the strained
features of Tracy and the pande-
monium reigning in the hall as 500
excited boys topple over chairs and
each other in the mad scramble to
reach Bohunk's side
Right there Director Norman
Taurog calls halt for lunch. leav-
ing us hanging on the edge of the
cliff
/ (Released by the North American
| Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1940-12-15

II had the type of roles I've been
doing impressed on me ever so
forcibly on a recent trip East" she
recalls. Several times I heard
autograph hunters whisper: Why,
she's young, isn't she?' Believe me,
I still feel young"
But If you think the star Of
'The Great Life is enthusiastic.
you should hear Tony Gaudio, her
favorite cameraman. Says he:
''I've never photographed Bette
Davis before. Sure, I've been photo
graphing her starring pictures for
close to nine years. But always be-
fore she's been character she
created-not at all like she is.
I'm 'Bordertown' she was a girl
, who went mad. In 'Juarez' she
Evening star., 1940-12-15
No More of Hot and Heavy Film Drama
Out of Those Period Gowns, Bette Davis Is Learning
Again How to Be Modern Girl

was a tragic empress, who also went
mad. In The Letter she was
murderess. In Elizabeth she was
a bitter old woman. And so it went.
THE new type changes camera
technique, too. In the past, my
lighting had to accentuate the dra-
matte. The photography was keyed
to her moods and emotions. Now
there's no accentuation. The light
ing for the real Bette is soft and
natural"
The actress still doesn't realize
two of her great ambitions-to wear
bathing suit and ride horseback.
But at least the picture is up-to-
date, and:
IT think that's step in the right
direction"
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Coming Attractions

Stage.
NAIIONAFigh to the West drama Of adventure aboard
transatlantic clipper written Elmer Rice opens weeks
tomorrow night Betty Field returns from the
to the stage to play leading role.
Screen.
African dia
backdrop arrives Thursday. George Brent
Brenda Marshall and George Tobias the principally
involved in both the adventure the Design
Fun with host Of entertainers will be the stage show
Kidares Crisis which inferno
against problems both medical and romantic
Thursday Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore and Laane
their usual roles Robert Young will be the guest
There will be a variety the stage
Thief of Bagdad" Alexander Kordas imaginative
technicoor film fabulous Arabian Nights tales will
Christmas attraction following Tin Pan Alley Conrad
Veidt Sabu Duprez and Rex Ingram have important
things to do with the adventure
KEITHSThe Dick comedy froc by and considerably
with that old bufoon, W. c. Fields will follow Trail OF the
Vigantes."
Out Loud" comedy affair in which
involved aiding their neigh
Thursday Langford Frank
q couple of the neighbors.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
B, the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
The trouble with being out Of
character parts, Bette Davis finds,
is that 1t makes her feel out Of
character.
I'D almost forgotten how to act
naturally" she says, but it's COM
ing back. Most Of all I like the
comfort. Those period gowns were
hot and heavy"
Bette now is finally making a
modern f1lm-one about modern
girl who just acts naturally. Clos
est she has come to such a role in
the years she has been star was
Dark Victory" and even then, as
she tells it:
with the threat of death over
her, how could she be natural?"
One reason she is SO pleased is
that she thinks it will remind her
fans that she's not a doddering old
lady.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Added to Cast

Ernst Lubitsch has added Sig
Rumann and Rolfe Sedan to the
cast of his forthcoming production,
THAT Uncertain Feeling"
Evening star., 1940-12-15
She Sought Story, Found a Career
Margaret Talchet Started to Write an Interview
And Discovered Herself Launched on Film Career

is producing new picture and the
baby is too used to that warm CAL
ifornia climate. I don't think my
Texas blood likes these New York
snowstorms so we'll either"
Although this Is her first ap-
pearance on the Broadway stage,
she has philosophic attitude about
the fact that she will be playing to
tough audiences.
II couldn't find tougher critic
or audience than some of the city
editors for whom I've worked"
she said, "and this is just another
assignment I've given myself"
Evening star., 1940-12-15

then left. Instead, I stayed there
and did as much talking as Miss
Lombard did, so Mr.. Martin sug-
gested that Miss Lombard ought
to sponsor me in a career as a
movie actress. And she did"
While playing screen roles in
"a Star Is Born" and Girls School"
Miss Tallichet met William Wyler,
the director, and they were married.
Now they have laughing, blond
baby boy whom Miss Tallichet left
in California with her husband.
II wanted to bring them both
East with me-" she said, "but Bill
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Joan STAYS On

Joan Leslie will continue to be
featured at Warner Bros, the studio
announces. The option on the
young actress services has just been
renewed. Two pictures in which
she is featured, High Sierra" and
THE Wagons Roll at Night" are
yet to be released. She is now APP
pearing with Eddie Albert in Stuff
of Heroes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

vides just enough restraint and up
lift. And it's cut in accurate sizes
for misses and women from IA to A.
You'll find it not only substan-
TALLY economical to buy your own
superior materials and make your
own slips, but also more satisfactory,
because you'll get, in that way, other
wise impossible perfection of fit.
Make plenty of light and dark ones
both-in satin, lingerie crepe or taft
feta.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1240-B
is designed for sizes IA, 16, 10, 20:
40, AZ and A. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, SO, 80, 40, AZ
and A. Size Is $40 requires 27s
yards of 39-inch material without
nap; l yard ribbon for straps.
Have you sent Is cents for your
Fall and Winter Pattern Book? It's
trimming over with smart fashions
and clever ideas for gifts to wear
and to use. More than 100 fascinat-
ing designs! Every one of these
carefully planned, accurately cut
patterns Is easy to make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Dorothy Dix Says 80
Woman Acquires Greatest Power
After She Has Passed 80

At what age is woman most
attractive to men? This question
was brought up in the recent trial
for murder of a young man who
had killed the husband of the
woman with whom he was in love,
and in which the lawyer for the
defense in pleading for clemency
for the boy said: when this affair
began this lad was only %, while
the woman was much older and
experienced. History shows that
man of % is but clay in the hands
of a woman in her 30s." This pro-
nouncement will come with a shock
to all the sweet-and-20S who think
that youth is the essence of a
woman'S charm. But that the years
can give a fatal fascination to a
woman that makes her irresistible
to men, we need no better illustra-
ton than that which we have re-
Gently had when We saw a king
throw away his crown for the sake
of woman who had passed through
her 30s into her 40s. There are
many reasons why men should fall
before woman of 80 like ripe wheat
before the sickle. To begin, she is
then generally at the height of her
beauty. She is the full-blown rose,
not the immature bud, and she has
learned how to dress and how to
play up her attractions. Her arti-
fees have become art. More isl
portant still, she has developed a
technique in handling men. The
young girl is a bungling amateur
whose methods are raw. She treats
men with brutal frankness and
tramples ruthlesSly over their vani-
ties. She is full of egotism herself,
and expects men to devote their
time and money to entertaining and
amusing her, and to tell her how
wonderful she is and that she is
more beautiful than any cinema
star.
But the woman in her 30s knows
men. Therefore she does not use
the crude tactics the girl employs
She does not mount a pedestal and
beat upon the cymbals and ballyhoo
her own charms and graces.
On the contrary, she turns the
spotlight upon the man and sings
a song of praise in his honor about
how big and strong and clever he is.
And while it bores a man to tears
to hear woman talk about herself,
he could listen on forever as long as
she talks about him.
The woman of 80 knows how to
skate skillfully around those places
where the conversational ice is thin
and a boy gets sunk in the cold
waters of silence. That is another
reason why any woman in her 30s
who wants to bother with them can
have a trail of cake-eaters following
her.
The real reason why widows can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Aging Compilations
Benefit by Well
Chosen Lotion
Nv PATRICIA LINDSAY.

The aging skin definitely bene-
fits by the use of a well-chosen
makeup foundation. I say well
chosen" for certain skins require
certain mixtures. A very dry
wrinkled skin definitely requires
richer mixture than the youthful
dry skin The normal skin re-
quires quickly setting lotion
You've seen women with make
up which hits you in the eye" so
to speak. The rouge is blatant
and powder caked. Such an I'M
becoming appearance could be COR
rected if the proper makeup foun-
dalton had been used correctly.
AS the foundation itself is tinted
less powder is required than if you
used none. With a fresh fluffy
piece Of absorbent cotton, powder
the skin lightly after the cream
has set. Liquid rouge should be
used instead of a powdered rouge,
and this should be blended on the
cheeks before the powder is busted
on.
Women with wrinkled skin should
stretch the skin between two fin
gers as they rouge and powder, so
that the slight crevices will not be
a different color than the rest of
the face. And the neck should
not be forgotten-it should get the
same nice treatment as the face!
No girl under 18 requires a foun-
dation cream unless her skin is I'M
usually sensitive. Then she should
select a soothing formula which
will protect her face from all irrita-
lions.
Keep Slim. Send for Miss
Lindsay's Hip Reducing Exer-
cises. Inclose a self addressed,
stamped Scent envelope to COW
er postage cost. Write her care
of this paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06

outstanding examples of ground
meat are meat loaf and hamburger.
Unless you have complete conf
dence in your butcher, do not ac-
cept ground meat of unknown origin.
Either grind your meat in your own
kitchen, or have it ground to order
so that you know it comes from
good quality, Government inspected
animal, and from what part. Meat
previously ground may contain too
large proportion of fat and gristle.
or it may have lain around the
butchers case for so long that its
juices have escaped. If you grind
the piece of meat you have selected
at nome in your own kitchen, you
know there is nc possibility of your
getting anything but what you paid
for. But if you have the butcher
grind it, and you are stickler for
quality, remember that his grinder
always contains about quarter of
8 pound of meat from his last order,
and the last order may not be as
high quality meat as what you are
buying. If you stand over the
grinder, and watch the meat come
through, you will observe when
your fresh cut first energies, that
the color of the meat becomes
lighter and you can stand on your
rights to have the butcher lay aside
the first quarter of a pound, and
grind through the pound Of your
own choice. If you want to be sure
that the meat is tender, you can
have it run through the grinder
twice"
AS rule, ground beef and ground
lamb are most highly thought of in
this type of meat. There are any
number of ways to prepare them, as
We mentioned before, but here are
a few suggestions that might prove
useful when you wish to vary the
menus a bit. These recipes call for
raw ground meat, rather than that
from cooked leftovers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Culinary Uses
By FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.


OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST
For your first cocktail party of
the season serve tiny cream puff
cases with a spicy cheese filling. If
you are planning a tea and want
sweet things, fill them with custard.
You may buy the cases and fill them
at home or have them delivered to
you already filled.
II your living room has Regency
furniture, you should have the vic
trOla table done in the same period.
The top will hold the victrola and
the four shelves below will take
care of the record books and the
records.
Give your little girl her first piece
of jewelry on her next birthday. A
small slide bracelet, with a single
crystal containing the head of a
horse or dog would bring joy to
her heart.
An amusing gift for the BRIDE
groom-to-be is a tie holder that re-
Sembles clothes pin.
Small, hand-carved wooden peas
ant figures, that have been painted
to give a very life-like effect, add
charm to room. These figures are
posed going about their various
daily tasks, and one of the most in
teresting is the Padre.
In the small apartment we know
what trouble you have with extra
bath towels and hand towels, when
you have weekend guests. Now
this problem is easily solved with
the Lucite towel rack that is re-
movable. When needed this rack
hooks on to the stationary one
giving you two extra bars.
Lalique glass has been a favorite
for years, but nowadays it is hard
to get, except in small odd pieces
However, we know where there is a
beautiful clock made of this glass
in the form of small birds flying in
a circle forming halo around the
dial. 1t has an eight-day move
ment, too.
An old watch fob fashioned OF
gold and a large sardonyx is an at
tractlve piece to hang on your
heavy gold chain bracelet.
THE compact of the hour" is de-
finitely new! Large fiat, round ano
enameled, in almost all colors that
you could desire. The center con-
tains powder and mirror COM
partment, while around the edge
numbers are placed to form the
face of clock. There are tiny
little hands that you set to the
hour of your next appointment, SC
that you won't forget. The entire
bottom of the clock is a mirror
so that you can get a good look at
yourself.
Wooden cigarette cases are attrac-
tive at all times, but we have found
one with a new trick to it. Instead
of opening in the usual way the end
of this one slides back. and as il
does so the cigarette pops up tc
greet you.
If your son likes dogs give him a
pair of metal'bOOk ends, each depict
ing Skye terrier playing a big bass
fiddle, or a bass drum that rests on
wheels.
An unusual set of salt and pep
pers" for the rustic cottage resemble
two chefs in all-white outfits with
great big caps. One carries a soup
ladle, while the other is holding up
a fine fish.