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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20
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LOCAL THEATRES
FIRST SHOWING
BLuE MISUNDERSTANDING Fitz-
gerald and Jeffrey Lynn IN "a
Child Ia Born" ITO. 4:lp. 7;l0,
io.io, also Virginia Bruce and
walter Pidgeon in Stronger
Than Desire" 1850, $50. $50.
MUSIC BON--Robert Taylor
and Greer Carson IN Remem-
Der, I1:30. AIS, 500, f:bo.
1890: also Walter pidscon ana
Rita johnson IN Nick Carter,
Detective. l:o5. s:5e. $40,
RIALTo-Melvyn Douglas and
Joan Biondeil in THE Amazing
Mr.. Williams" 1880, 2 40, 4 so,
f:26: also the Weaver Brothers
and Elvfry in "Jeepers Creep
ers." los, s:4s. gao. 600.
RIyIERA--c harles Bicktord
and barton MacLane in .fMu-
tiny IN the Big House" 1880,
2.Ib, 4:50, 7:30. 1910; also
Gladys Swarthout and Lloyd
Nolan in Ambush" l.o5. $50,
Gao. e:o5 Alahpsf ~
ROxy-Charles Laugh ton,
Hardwiek In a.T'he Hunchback
OF Notre Dame" 1i:3o. 2:o5.
4;4o. 7:lo. $50.
RETURN SHOWING
BEvERLY-Jean Arthur. James
Stewart and Edward Arnold in
Mr.. Smith Goes to Washing
ton: also The Dionne Quin-
tuplets In Five Times Five"
COMMUNITY - Conrad Veidt
and Valerie Hobson In u
Boat 49,; also Ann Sheridan
and Pat O'Brien in Indian
apolis Speedway"
KAY sTREET-George Raft and
Claire Trevor in I Stole
Million" also Conrad veidt and
Valerie Hobson in "U-Boat 20"
PARK-Bobby Breen and Allan
Nov bray in Way Down
SOUTH" also The Gleasons in
Meet the Higgins Family"
PROCToR-Gary Cooper and
Ray Miliand In Beau Geste."
also Buster Keaton in Pest
From the West"
REX-Pat O'Brien and John
Payne in Indianapolis Speed
way" also Lee Tracy and Vir-
ginia Weidler in "Fixer Dugan.'
REALART-G enc Autry and
Smiley Brunette in Mountain
Rhythm" also Joe Z. Brown
and Martha Raye in 1000 a
Touchdown"
sHELL-Johnny Mack Brown
and Beth Marion in Between
Men" also Laurence Olivier and
Ralph Richardson in Clouds
Over Europe"
suNSET-Gary Cooper and
Robert Preston in Beau Geste'
also Peter LORE in Mr.. Motto
Takes a Vacation"
TEMPLE - George Brent and
John Payne In wings of the
Navy: also Bette Davis and
Jane Bryan in The Sisters"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20
Walter Pidgeon Sparks Rita Johnson
In Current Blue Mouse Attraction

Pretty Rita Johnson received the first spanking admins
tered to her since she eight years old result of be-
coming Hollywood actress Walter Pdgeon did the spanking
and, Rita attests did good Job of il.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20
FIND, KEPT BUSY

Linda Hayes, former hat-check
girl in a San Francisco night club
before being discovered" by
movie talent scouts, is currently
seen in her fifth featured role
with Lupe Velez in RKO Radios
Mexican Spitfire."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20

This scene is one OF the comedy
highlights in Stronger Than De-
sire" society melodrama with yir-
ginia Bruce, Lee Bowman, Ann
Dvorak, Ilka Chase. Richard Lane
and large cast. 1t is now playing
at the Blue Mouse theater.
Miss johnson plays spoiled
heiress who continually gets into
troubles or romances. Pidgeon, as
the lawyer who gets her out Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20
TURNS THE TABLES

How . resourceful wife turns
the tables on her slluring rival and
holds her home together In the face
Of disaster N revealed in Rko
Radios new screen drama, Mar
ried and In Love"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20

her latest scrape, remarks that
what she needs is a good spanking
and proceeds to administer it to
her.
Shaping a heroine made Clark
Gable a star" remarks Pidgeon. Il
wonder what spanking an actress
will do for me %
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-20

I1s Amanlng N. WiIliams" y
: unkAe super-slsuth Who'd rather
snlvs ! murdsr than get married.
A ~ flaneee knows bow to
so1vo nurdsss tDo. bit she doesn't
knGw ~ T. est her man! the
Evening star., 1940-05-14
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

BY FRANCESCA McKENNEY.
OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST
As gift for the bride who Is
planning to do her own cooking
there's an attractive Shellleld holder
with . removable ovenware glass
baking dish. The glass dish can be
taken from the oven and put into
the Shefneld frame making it per-
feet to place directly on the table i.
A lovely big scrap-book made of q
leather-like composition in Nile
green, with numerous gold pin stripe
lines forming q wide border, would
make an ideal gift for the girl who
is making her debut this spring. She
will then be able to keep q neat
record Of this outstanding year in
her life =.
If you love jade. (and have the
price,, don't miss the lovely carved
jade Oriental lady. She is tall and
willowy and rests ON . tiny teak
wood stand
Pewter ash trays with an inlaid
floral design of brass are interest,"
ing and most attractive, both in city
and country homes. Most unusual
is one that is copy Of an old
Chinese iron. Ashes and finished
cigarettes 60 where burning Goals
used to
Vegetable salt and peppers should
be most colorful and certainly novel
on the out-of-door dinner table,
They are made Of painted porcelain
and come in pairs of carrots,
turnips or radishes: If you want to
add . true garden touch have 4
pair Of the little grey field mice in
the set
II you use q pretty strawberry
pink hand-lotion, buy one Of the
heavy crystal bottles to put It in, Is
it will look lovely on your dessinR
tables with your perfume and
cologne bottles >.
Get . set Of cocktail, old-fash-
ioned and highball glasses with
painted field flowers around the base
for your sun-porch or garden; they
will give just the right touch for
those late afternoon or evening
parties
A pair Of green bronze leaf stands,
holding candles and glass hurricane
chimney would be charming on out
door tables. The chimneys prevent
the evening breeses III there are
any) from blowing out the candles,
and also keeps candle grease from
dripping all over the table
II you have trouble keeping
matches around your house try
using the colored paper stemmed
ones that stand upright in . 6-inch
metal base. Pick up the holder, tear
Oh match and strike on the rough
surface on the bottom. We guarantee
that no absent-minded person viii
be able to put these In their pocket
and walk on with them -.
Be smart and up-to-date and wear
one Of the heavy chain bracelets
with . huge nnedalisA name plata.
These may be had In either gold Of
silver metal -.
II your hostess-to-he for the week.
end u slender and likes candy, take
her some delicious chocolates put
up In . round gsld metal bsx that
can b used for many things attee
III tAs candy has bosn eatsn 80.
Evening star., 1940-05-14

smock on cooler days. Both the
overall and the smock are sum-
ciently easy and ample 30 that
they afford complete freedom for
all the strenuous outdoor activities
that little girls 60 in for during
summertime. and they're decidedly
cute to look at.
Make this-make 1t several times
in fact-of chambray, gabardine,
gingham or calico, al one color, or
with contrasting smock trimmed
with the overall material. It's an
easy pattern to make, and even
beginners can easily follow the
step-by-step sew chart.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1o47-B
is designed for sizes 2, 5, 4, 5 and 8
years. Size 3 requires ~ yards
Of 35-inch material an monotone,
without nap.
Evening star., 1940-05-14

a New York shop were the OPEN
shank shoes which have been SO
widely advertised and discussed.
These have no support at all be-
tween the toe and heel, but we tried
on a pair and they are surprisingly
comfortable. They come in open
toe and heel models in pastels and in
closed versions in black, and while
we wouldn't recommend them for
hiking they're smart and different
for cocktail or evening wear. Boot
ees, built higher, were also dis
played and look as though they may
be an influence for fall.
Last Tuesday Woodward Il 10TH
rop presented another of their we'll
done and interesting fashion shows
Of summer clothes. All types Of
street and evening gowns, play
clothes and sports outfits were Of
fered, with such highlights as
shawls, parasols and polka dots in
the spotlight. Interesting feature
was the summer wedding party, the
gowns Of both bride and attendants
done in the apron silhouette and
parasols, instead of bouquets car
ried by the bridesmaids. 'Twould
make q perfect garden wedding.
The Saturday luncheon shows
carry on At the Shoreham q
display Of summer fashions by Eliz-
abeth Shepherd nicely carried out
our theory that warm weather
clothes should be bought early in
order to find the widest and most
attractive selection.
At the Raleigh on Saturday the
Hecht Co. did well by the seasons
fashions with a promenade of styles
in the newest manner. All types of
clothes were the order of the day,
with the smartest trends very much
in evidence throughout the collec-
ton.
Because instability and styling
are two features that most WASH
ington women demand for summer,
the showing of smart models with
this combination made an interest,"
ing display at Lansburgh's yester-
day. Inexpensive dresses that be-
lied their price tags were offered at
the three shows, and all were smart
enough to form the perfect solu-
ton to the problem of finding SEN
sible and good looking summer wear.
Evening star., 1940-05-14

SNA AAVAAA0 w AAssSAS, ooVAAAo eAo AASAAA
making q host of decisions and
choices about minor matters. We
handle our routine efhciently be-
cause We are grooved in it. But
there isn't too much difference be-
tween q groove and q rutland that's
where the danger Of boredom turks.
The cure? It's evident in the very
nature of the disease. Do something
different! Don't allow your life to
become narrow at this stage of the
game. Your interests will inevitably
become more specialized and con-
centrated later on, Is you acquire
greater responsibilities. But don't
let that happen sooner than is
necessary. Spread out, while the
spreading Is still good!
New Things
To Do.
How many interesting places are
there in your city or your county
which you have never visited? How
many games or sports are there
which you have never tried? How
many hobbies are there which
you've thought about, but never
bothered to investigate?
And how many fellows and girls
are there in your school or your
once, your church or your neigh
borhood, whom you might get to
know better If you'd just take the
trouble? How many party games
and stunts have you read about in
this column, but done nothing but
say. That ought to be fun. I'll
have to try 1t some time?"
Well wager the answer to all
these questions Is "Plenty!" And
We haven't even mentioned such
boredom -banishing, rut removing
measures as reading new books, 60
ing in for crafts that make you use
your hands, joining q club, adopt
ing q new social or civic interest
and forming q group to promote it,
and dozens Of others.
The man who said Variety is
the spice Of life" didn't merely say
. mouthfuEhs shouted q full eight
course dinner. And the young mod
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Married Couples Want Praise,
Not Truth, From Each Other

tell her just how she stands with
him In his secret thoughts. When
one tells her husband that she
wants him to be perfectly frank
with her she is telling q tarrididdle
that makes it lucky for her that
snap judgment isn't taken on liars,
as 1t was in the days of Sapphira.
What the wife who Is clamoring
for the truth wants her husband
to say is that to him she is more
beautiful than she was on their
bridal day and that she is the
grandest wife any man ever had
and that what he would have been
without her help he doesn't know.
And so on, ad lib.
And, whether it is true or false,
the man is q chump If he doesn't
say 1t. There are times when Z
husband should ditch the moral
code and lie like a gentleman.
But / read between the lines OF
your letter that you are making q
terrible mistake In thinking that
you are not In love with your wife
and that all that she means to you
is just household convenience for
whom you have no warmer feeling
than you have for the gas range or
the electric refrigerator. If that
was the case you wouldn't worry
over her being melancholy, nor
would you feel that you would be
a forlorn and lonely old man ii
she would leave you.
AS to what to do, that is as plain
as the nose on your face. Tell her
that seeing her unhappy has made
you realize that you were mistaken
in your former diagnosis of your
feelings.
Tell her what she wants to hear
and don't worry about her not be-
lieving it. Women can believe any
thing they want to believe. It Is
q gift. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Make Child
Of Time
Promptness Is Best
Taught by Giving
Him a Watch
By ANGELO PATRI.

I'm going down to the lot to play
ball, ma"
"All right, but remember to get
back here by S. You have to prac-
tice and set the table. Now don't
forget. Remember. Five o'clock.
"All right. I'll be back"
Five o'clock-half- -past-10 min
utes to 6-and then comes the boy,
painting for breath and as dirty rs
q grimy boy can be.
Didn't I tell you to get home by
S? And didn't you say you would?
Here I've been looking for you, watt
ing for you. Not even washed for
dinner. Go upstairs and don't let
me see your face again tonight. This
Is the finish"
Glad to escape, the boy races
ahead upstairs where he makes q
hasty toilet and waits for the din
ner call which he knows is certain
to come, for father will not allow
him to 60 without his dinner. He
Is right. He is called to dinner.
Mother looks severe but she Is silent
and serves him literally. BY and by
father says, What did you do to-
day?"
He played all afternoon and he
never came home for practice, nor
to help me, nor even to wash his
face. That's what he did, If you
ask me. And it is. the last after
noon he goes out to play for the
next month. He's going to learn
to come home when he is told, or
I'm going to know why"
It Is provoking, and one cannot
blame a mother for feeling put out
with 13-year-old boy who forgets
his responsibilities. But he is still
young, still inexperienced, and he
does not mean to be as neglectful as
he seems. He has no idea of time.
When q child is told to come home
at q set time there ought to be some
way for him to know when that time
has arrived. Children at play lose
track OF time. An hour passes like
five minutes. They are late before
they begin to think the playtime
ended.
Sometimes there is a train pass
ing at the time set; sometimes there
Is a factory whistle, or q clock bell.
Such things are a great help.
But the best of all helps is the
time consciousness of the child.
Teach him that by giving him q
watch and asking him to time him
self repeatedly during the day. It
takes long time to make Z child
conscious of the measurement OF
time, but this is the best possible
way to fix the idea in his mind.
It Is scarcely reasonable to ask
. child to come home at ret time
unless he has some definite way Of
knowing when that time arrives,
II you find It dificult to ret
your boy or girl to mind, che fault
is probably yours. Send for An
gelo Patri's booklet, Obedience"
inclosing 10 cents In coin. Ad-
dress, Angelo Patri, In care Of
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-05-14


displayed.
The copper tones of last season
are definitely "out" and so are the
mauve shades, for they have been
replaced by soft colors that could
easily pass for skin effects and have
been so named in many cases.
Lastex Tops
Excellent.
Until we talked with this hos
iery expert, we never quite real
lied. the value and Importance of
lastex tops in stockings. We knew,
of course, that the stretchy feature
was an aid to long wear and helped
to prevent many runs, but the fact
that a band of lastex is now woven
into the top of the hose, making a
decorative lacy pattern a la Lillian
Russell era, was something we had
overlooked. It's nice to know, too,
that this feature is an aid to the
fit of hose, especially for women
with large ankles, and that it also
assists in keeping the seams
straighter. A wonderful hint for
Washington inhabitants is that the
lastex top will keep your hose up
without q girdle If you're just going
to be around the house on summer
evenings. It won't work well with
out support If you're going to do a
great deal Of walking, but it's ade-
quate under q housecoat at home
and what q relief to dof all en-
cumberances on warm evening!
Now, about this nylon business.
Tomorrow these stockings will be
In some of the stores and you'll be
buying them, so just let us remind
you of one or two things. Remember
that they will run If not given the
same care that any hose receives
and that they will likewise snag.
They do seem to be longer lasting,
launder more easily, for the dirt
washes of instead of out and they
look more sheer and transparent
It's a good idea to buy them . shade
deeper than usual for this latter
reason, for they look lighter on
the leg than in the box. Remember
that they come in gauges instead OF
weights, such as two or three thread
and have fun experimenting with
them!
Fashion Shows
Are Offered.
Chief attraction for this writer
at recent showing Of footwear by
Evening star., 1940-05-14

Answer am surprised that a
man of your age and intelligence
and experience of life hasn't found
out that when people tell you that
they want you to be perfectly frank
and tell them just exactly what you
think, the truth is the last thing
they desire. They are fishing for a
compliment and woe betide you If
you hang criticism instead Of fiat-
'tery on the hook.
And If this is the case with your
friends and acquaintance, it is
doubly the case with your wife. No
woman ever wants to hear the truth
about herself or have her husband
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Natural Tones in Regular
Stockings Are Advised
With Summer Wear
Lastex Tops Are Very Useful;
Fashion Shows Offer a Wide
Selection of New Modes
By HELEN VOGT.

Every once in while even the most sheltered fashion writer comes
pertinent problem other
standing hosiery counter oveear
the buyer What going do with all these
them them fraction
regular price?" rather
interest in nylon terrific and that there were many mistaken ideas
its qualities hadn't the faintest notion that
thought would the discard its arrival
As matter of fact although nyon in the
there ordinary stocks
they constantly improving and
experimenting types chat with
the fashion director hosiery firm whose ideas of the style i'm
stocking this logical trust useful Legs
she said will be calm not screaming This OF course Is just another
that trend hosiery shades toward natural tone
anything colorful this
requiring hosiery certainly found in
Evening star., 1940-05-14
If You Are Always Bored
You Are in Real Danger
OF Becoming a Bore!
Getting in Too Much of a Rut
May Be Cause of Inability
To Keep on Your Toes
By KAY CALDWELL and ALDEN HARRISON.

Are you your dayoday
q s boarding -house soup?
that's current your chronic outlook you'd better watch
signal Healthy
naturally interested alert alive energetic Like
they want be doing things Who sitting around with
stockings be snagged draperies to mangled?
state Of suspended animation
good goinsover the family can Perhaps it's digestion
thyroid gland But these
another malady physical but social and psychological Perhaps
just In . rut!
things slip nto youth Experts the
body and brain tell nothing dus
thing repetition Yet repetition
jobs nve days and study subjects
clothes
the heater the with the
A a Of
Evening star., 1940-05-14

II you find II difIacult to ret
your boy or girl to mind, che fault
IL probably yours. Send for An
gelo Patri's booklet, obedience"
fnclosing 10 cents In coin. Ad-
dress. Angelo Patri, In care Of
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-05-14
By BARBARA BELL,

Here's a very practical idea for
summer play. Design No. 1947-B
includes q rough-and-tumble over
al, that can be worn all by itself
when the play yard or sea sands
are unusually sun drenched, or
topped with q full and comfy
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Jam and Pancakes

For something different for break
fast or luncheon serving spread q
thin layer of orange marmalade or
apricot jam on baked pancakes. Roll
quickly and sprinkle with confec-
toners sugar. Pass pineapple sirup.
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Floor Treatment

Vanished floors need careful
treatment. To remove spots, wipe
Oh with . cloth dipped In luke
warm, sudsy water. Wipe dry Inn
mediately with Z soft cloth and
rub with . floor polish.
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Cookie Baking

Immediately after removal from
the oven, cookies should be lifted
OF the baking sheet with . spatula
and allowed to cool On . cais cooler
oe wire tfaua,
Evening star., 1940-05-14

ern who has within him even a lit
tie of the adventurous, try-any-
thing-once spirit, knows 1t. The
people who are bored are the ones
who sit around in the same old posi-
Evening star., 1940-05-14
1uh Discussed Not Intended Replace Present Stock Of Hosiery

ton In the identical chair, thinking
duplicates Of yesterdays thoughts.
and vainly waiting for something to-
happen.
Your Town Isn't Dull;
You Are!
It's amazing how few interesting
things do happen to . person who
insulates himself with q thick layer
Of lazy hstlessness. The only way
to make things happen Is to do
things. And incidentally, that's
also just about the best way to make
yourself interesting. Because you
can bet the last dime Of your next
weeks allowance that the young
modern who is bored is also boring.
So don't blame that too-tired-of-
it-all feeling on the weather. Don't
resign yourself to the fact that you
live in q duh town with q lot OF
drippy people, where there's nothing
interesting to do. Boredom isn't
caused by towns or people. It's
caused by letting your mind and.
your muscles get weary from doing
the same things over and over
again.
Snap out of 1t! We don't care
whether you dig up q blind date,
start patchwork quilt, or launch
a campaign to develop new rice
recipes for Chinese coolies. Just 50
it's different from what you've been
doing!
Then, as variety walks in the door
of your life, watch boredom fly out
the window.
II your dates seem monot0nous,
you need our leafflet called "The
Different Date" Send five cents
in coin to Kay Caldwell and Al
den Harrison, in care of this
newspaper.
Evening star., 1940-05-14

Dear Dorothy DIX am mar
ried to q women for whom I have
great respect. She makes me a
comfortable home and takes good
care Of me in every way. and sup
port eher the hest I can. We have
got along finely together until she
muddled up our lives by saying that
she was very sincere and that she
always preferred every one to be
perfectly frank with her, so she in
sisted on my telling her just how
much thought Of her. I told her
/ loved her, but only because she
makes . good home for me and
that I would love any one else as
much who did the job as well as
she does. I didn't tell her that
thought she was beautiful and
grand and all that soft stuff. Well,
1t just changed everything. Every.
body notices how miserable she ap-
pears. Seems broken hearted. Has
lost interest in everything. Goes
around like she was in q trance.
Says she would be willing to live in
chicken coop and dress in bag
If she could just be sure that I
loved her for herself alone. I don't
know what to do. I am afraid she
will leave me. If she does, we
would both be the most lonely two
on earth. I want her the same as
she was before, but don't tell me
to make love to her because I can't
do it and she wouldn't believe me
If I did. What's the answer?
JACK.
La gaceta., 1940-02-06
DIES PIDE ACCION A LA
OFICINA DEL AVOCADO
GENERAL

Washington, Feb. Gel Co
mite de Dies sntreg6 aver a la
Oficina del abogado general del
Estado las declaraciones Y prue
bas d~ocrmentales relacionadas
con un ataque hecl.O por ell re-
presentante Hook, democratic
de Michigan, contra ell presiden
te del Comite investigator de
las actividades antiamericanas
ASegura ell Comite que los do
curnentos preSentados por Hook
son falsificlados, pero no dice
que los ''falsific6'' un individuo
que estuvo al servicio del Conf
te, cOmo investigator.
Pidieron Sc tomara esa ac-
ci6n el representante Hook y
Donald E. Montgomery, direc-
tor de rn negociado en- la secre-
taria de agriculture.
Entregara las pruebas al abo-
oado general Jackson Ell secre-