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Evening star., 1941-02-09
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.

Guides delegated to the thankless
Job of escorting visiting firemen
through the sound stages always
listen for two standard questions
Cor their derivatives) which seem
to be on the tip of every sight
seer's tongue:
rs she that way in real life?"
And
rs that the way he is all the
time?"
Guides have long since learned
to smile knowingly and answer such
queries in the affirmative. Saves
time and. what's most important to
the box Office, a soft answer shat
terS no long-nursed illusions.
But what a story those guides
could tell AS a matter of record,
most Of the boys and girls who
have become famous for a certain
type of screen performance aren't
anywhere near the same off the
set.
Sooner try to judge a book by its
cover than a Hollywood film player
by what you see on the screenl
No more striking example comes
to mind than Gary Cooper. In
most of Garys screen stories he's
a mighty congenial young man,
knows the right answers and the
correct conversations starters. Those
who see him in Meet John Doe, u
the new Frank Capra epic, will get
the idea that Gary possesses the
oratorical powers of a Robert In
gersoll. a Bryan or a Congressman
from South Carolina.
Hedy Talks, All Right.
And what happens? If you get to
know Gary Cooper you discover
he's Hollywood's silent man, the
exact opposite of his voluble screen
character. Actually. the tall out
door star from Montana is the most
taciturn man in town. He listens
we'll but seldom speaks. One of
Gary's hunting pals. Carl L. Jones
of Rocky Mountain fame, told us he
and Gary once went on a three
day hunt for mountain lions and
that Gary. by actual count, spoke
% words in all that time.
Just the opposite is also true of
Hedy Lamar. The beautiful, exotic
brunette speaks sparingly in all her
screen roles. Looks are almost
enough in Hedy's case. Invariably
she's in distress and other char
acters are advising her how to get
out of tangles.
But once the cameras stop rolling
Hedy becomes the sound stages
most incessant chatterbox And
she's always offering free advice to
others.
Judy, why don't you wear your
hair shorter?" she'll say to Judy
Garland. Once she overheard a
cameraman complaining about his
garden. He couldn't get his camel
las to grow-or his roses to blossom.
Next day Hedy sent her gardener
over to the cameraman's house to
see what he could do about making
those plants thrive.
"She can't mind her own busi-
ness may be fighting words to
some. but not to Hedy. I'm never
happier than when I'm giving ad-
vice" she says
And Cagney's Mild.
Bette Davis screen roles give one
the idea that she spends her eve
nings reading Tolstoy, wringing her
hands over all the tragedies of this
world. Bette does nothing of the
kind. Actually she is one of the
gayest, most affable folks in the
screen colony. Her heavy" roles
are completely shaken off the mo-
ment scene is in the can. Her
capacity for small talk and fun in
large quantities exhausts many of
her friends with far less energy.
James Cagney is no snarling fist
thrower, as you might rightfully
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Julie Hayden Is Another
Who Prefers the Stage .
Feminine Star of MIR. Saroyan's
Time of Your Life Hopes She
Never Returns to Films
By Harry MacArfhnr
Gn the Temporary Absence of jay Carmody

quality found actresses who turn their
pretty the cinema found only in young actresses who turn up
anything
Holywoods gold It's almost religious
highest.
in Flight to the West"
Evening star., 1941-02-09
These Two See Eye to Eye,
But After Arguments
Frank Capra and Robert Riskin,
Who'd Rather Work Together,
Started With Sharp Words
By Carlisle Jones.

There great deal of activity recently the chae white
bungalow building
Rikn writer planned their picture Doe
the level Of poenes all that from that
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Producers Read Books,
An Author Discovers
Writer of One Foot in Heaven
Hartzell Spence, Is Happily
Surprised by Filmdom
By HartseH Spence,
Author of the Best-Sellng "One Foot in Heaven"

HOLLYWOOD
Somebody told
know what balancing until reached Hollywood.
Sunday,
me a. the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Early Reservations
Caution for South

While skiing and other winter
sports have increased at resorts
of northwestern United States
and Canada. early reservations
are cautioned for those who ex-
pect TO spend their winter va
cations in the South or South
west, according to information
released by the ASK Mr.. Eos
ter" travel bureau of the j. l..
Hudson Company.
1t is more important than In
any previous year that trans
portation reservations also be
made we'll in advance in order
to make certain of accommoda-
tions Of the class desired.
Where travel is particularly
crowded, in some instances, res
ervations are delayed as much
as a week.
The Foster travel bureau pro-
vides complete travel service,
even including details of hotel
reservations, and by co-opera-
ton with their other offices
renders unique services for trav-
elers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Viicksburs
Perfect FOR
Vacation

VICKSBURC, Miss, Dec. -.
WITH a romantic and historic
past serving as a back
drop TO a modern playground,
Vicksburg. Miss, is perfect
spot for a vacation this Winter.
Vicksburg was the pivotal
point OF the campaign Of the
West. in the Civil War. and its
fall on July 4, 1863 sealed the
fate Of the Confederacy." as
Gen. u. S. Grant stated in his
dispatch 10 President Lincoln.
However, the heroic tenacity Of
the citizens earned for the city
the epithet THE Gibraltar OF the
Confederacy."
The battle-ground on which
the siege was fought is in
Guided in the Vicksburg National
Military Park and presents a
spectacle of paramount interest
TO all Americans.
In Vicksburg. itself, the
ravages Of the siege were soon
repaired. Now there are we'll
kept reminders Of the boom
days of the South when King
Cotton and the river trade
built an empire that was the
last outpost of chivalry; where
people enjoyed themselves in
gracious, carefree way OF life
that has not been duplicated
since.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Plan YuIe Fetes
For White Sui phur

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, Dec. 13.-The Decem-
Der program at The Greenbrier
here, additionally full, but in
formal, this year will include a
college week schedule between
Christmas and the New Year.
1t is designed to entertain the
many college students who viii
spend the holidays with their
parents here.
One of the events is the an
nual Christmas week golf
championship which was in
Stituted last year, in honor {,
an annual tournament which
traditionally was played on
Christmas Day between 1884
and about 1893 at nearby Oak
hust, the nations first organ
lied golf club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Every-Nieht Pullman

Leaving New York shortly
after noon. its patrons can be
on the links in St. Augustine or
Daytona Beach the next morning
early, while Palm Beach and
Miami passengers can lunch IN
their hotels there the day after
leaving New York. A Boston
Washington section is another
feature, while a regular second
section from New York will also
be operated later on.
From Chicago, the three rail-
roads operating services 10 Palm
Beach and Miami are rotating
their departures. effective De-
cember II, with an all-Pullman
train on each route every night.
In addition. commencing jan
uary 2. the Floridan will depart
every three days from Chicago,
with through Pullmans for both
coasts of Florida, and through,
de luxe coach to st. Petersburg,
interpreting its departure with
the other lines in the same man
ner that the streamlined. de luxe
coach and the Pullman trains are
rotated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Robes Smarter

Spectator sport or ShirtwalSt
dress, and equally so Stacks,
play clothes and bathing suit
are 'musts" for your Miami
Beach wardrobe. They are to
your southern wardrobe what
the tailored suit is 10 your
northern dress.
These are the clothes you will
wear on the beach, in the ca
bana. shopping, at luncheon,
sometimes even in the late aft
ernoon or evening. II your pres
ent wardrobe doesn't include
them. you'll find a wide selec-
ton on Lincoln road, the Fifth
Avenue of the South. in clothes
especially designed for wear at
Miami Beach.
Smart bathing robes will be
featured this winter as never
before, because the new city
ordinance requires covering
from the shoulder 10 knees for
street wear. Bathing ensembles,
with robe and shoes TO match
your suit will be the rule this
winter, and removed from the
scene will be the barefoot
beauty strolling the streets in a
one-piece or midriff bathing
Suit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Daytona Plans
YuIetide Fete

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla,
Dec. 13.--With street lights 10
be- in red, white and blue and
all the palm trees in her river
front park being decorated with
Christmas lights. Day ona
Beach is preparing its public
celebration for the yuletide
holidays.
A great section Of the city's
principal park will be decorated
in the tropical mood. The citys
riverfront park is a focal CEN
ter OF Christmas decoration. but
hundreds Of homes and estates
in the whole community make
lavish decorations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
AAA Intensifies
Travel Programs

WASHINGTON. Dec. BIN
tenSified travel promotion pro-
grams are being undertaken by
the American Automobile Asso-
citation and its affiliated clubs as
the result of action taken at the
recent annual convention of the
AAA at Greenbrier Hotel, White
Sulphur Springs. w. Va, il is re-
ported by Elmer Jenkins, man
ager OF the AAA's national tour
ing bureau.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Dec. 10.
IN PLANNING a wardrobe for
i your winter visit TO Miami
Beach, remember the three car
dinal rules.
First. life in Miami Beach is
keyed TO the sunshine, the out
doors. Therefore, spectator
sports and casual clothes are
smart for most occasions.
Second, no color is too bright.
Third. bring an empty trunk
In which TO take home the ire
sistible play clothes originating
in Miami Beach. Styles shown
in Miami Beach in January are
what you'll find in the north
next June.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Winter s
I rave|ers
On Move
BY FRANKLIN SNOW

NEW YORK, Dec. is.
RNIIE advance guard of this
i winter's'hegira of travellers
has commenced to fill the re-
sorts of Florida. California and
Mexico, or the nearby play
lands. such as Atlantic City
and the winter sports regions
OF the Adirondacks, and Christ
mas week will see the rail
movement TO many OF these
spots reaching unprecedented
proportions.
That America will be ION
the move" this winter is a fore
gone conclusion. for 1t appears
TO be a generally-accepted
theory now that every one needs
the tonic Of a winter vacation
at one of the popular resorts.
With indications that motor
travel may diminish to some
extent, the railroads are con-
fronted with the most difficult
operating problem in a score OF
years. in setting up schedules
and finding equipment to handle
this pleasure travel in the midst
of a heavy freight traffic and
a constant flow of troop move
ments and furlough travel.
Hotels Face Problem
That they will meet IL. as
always. is a tribute TO the re-
sourcefulness OF their traffic
and operating officials, and the
12-hour days which most OF
them devote 10 the job daily.
No less difficult than secur-
ing compartments on the City
Of Los Angeles; seats on the
Champion TO Miami, or space
on the Floridan to Palm Beach.
Is the problem facing hotel
managers. be il in the MARI
borough-Blenheim. at Atlantic
City; the Vinoy Park, at st.
Petersburg. or Sun Valley
lodge in Idaho. in meeting
peak demands FOR rooms In the
winter vacation period soon 10
ensue.
Whether il be along the Sun
shine boulevard of the Florida
east coast; out on the speed
way OF the Great Overland
route from Chicago TO all
coastal cities. or along the trail
OF the Green Diamond or City
OF Miami, the problem Is uni
versal to all rail Managers
more cars: sufficient motive
power 10 handle all types Of
trains now moving. and an at
tempt TO persuade travellers that
the early part of the week is
the best time 10 commence a
Journey. when trains are lighter
and the specific space desired
Is more likely 10 be available.
either 10 Palm Beach. Atlantic
City, New Orleans or Pasadena.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Dude Ranches Plan
To Remain Open

ASHEVILLE, n. C.. Dec. 10.
Dude ranches in the Great
Smokes and Nantahala and
Pisgah National Forests are re-
naming open throughout the
winter this year. These re-
sorts enjoyed the best patron
age in history last summer and
the unusually mild autumn ex-
tended the season for weeks
beyond its normal peak.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Colors Brighter Here

Also acceptable for street
wear is a playsuit. provided the
shoulders are covered, and you
can combine shirtwaist blouses
with pleated or gored shorts and
achieve a variety of costumes.
Colors are bright in Miami
Beach as nowhere else under
the sun. Your clothes, hat,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Taxpayers Get Break

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Dec.
l3.-All homesteads here are
exempted from taxation up to
5000. st. Petersburg owns its
gas, water, street lighting and
trolley systems.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
FIoshiest Of CoIors
RAGE at Miami Beach

dress and shoes. should be light
and bright. One dark outfit,
probably the one you wear on
your trip south will be enough.
Men can go just as far as
women in wearing loud" colors
and still be in good taste.
Hats i'm felt and straw are
equally appropriate. For the
ladies. large hats 10 shade your
eyes from the sun, small hats
10 stay on in the warm breeze.
And again. the turban, which
Miami Beach women will not
gfve up. for it can be dresSy or
sporty, holds the couture in
place, and won't blow off.
Shoes important
Shoes, too, take on new i'm
portance in Miami Beach, for
here again color dareS hold
sway. Play shoes, cool. COM
Portable, colorful, are worn by
the smart men and women in
Stacks and playsuits; sport shoes
for your spectator clothes; cork
soled beach shoes for your bath
ing ensemble.
Evening clothes are whatever
you care to make them. Women
who don't like TO dress don't
have to. for neat Stacks are
worn even 10 night clubs. But
daytime in Miami Beach Is so
informal so full of swimming,
Sun-bathing, golf and tennis
that most women welcome the
chance 10 90 formal after dark.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Must Curb Tree Growth

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Dec.
Banyan trees transplanted
from India in public parks here,
if permitted to expand in growth,
will cover an entire acre.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Came Introduced

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Dec.
13.-Lawn bowling. Oldest game
known TO man. was introduced
here by Canadian winter visi-
tors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14

All-expense tour will be OPP
Grated as usual this winter. The
damon tour OF Mexico. depart
ing any day from all cities and
sold by local travel agents every
where on an independent, yet
semi-escorted basis, will be avail
able as usual. In addition, the
same tours offer trips OF varying
duration TO New Orleans. or 10
Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf
Coast, or both, together with
visits TO hatcher, in late winter,
for the annual Garden Club pill
gTfmages.
Then there are the customary
escorted tours of California, Of
fered by the Chicago * North
Union Pacific railroads.
some OF which include Boulder
Dam, old Mexico, a trip through
the orange groves OF Southern
alifornia and visits TO the Mis-
ions and TO the beautiful re-
sorts of the Golden State, includ-
ing Pasadena, Santa Barbara,
Monterey, and the customary
sightseeing OF Hollywood and its
studios.
The fastest schedules ever
operated between New York and
Palm Beach Miami have been in
augurated this winter by the
Pennsylvania. F. & P.-Coast
Line-Florida East Coast Rail-
ways. with the Florida Special
now stepping the distance in "a
hours fat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

the bullet fit his gun.
The dead man was a stranger yet Ledru
knew he had committed the crime in his sleep.
AS he said when giving himself up to his
superior God knows why"
The case was marked 'unsolved" and Ledru
permitted to retire. spending most Of the re-
naming years of his long life as a night
Waterman who took care to get plenty of rest.
Before the war, half dozen .agitated bust
ness men of Lyons, France, brought to the
police anonymous letters received by their
wives. All were in the same handwriting
and all conveyed the following statement:
"A friend who wishes you well warns you
that your husband is in love with his typist,
who is plotting to bring about divorce. Act
upon this warning"
Some of the ladies were acting vigorously
the sympathetic police got busy. Their
first guess that the writer must be some
sort Of mental or at least nervous case and
therefore they sent photographic copies of the
letters to all nerve specialists in the vicinity.
One doctor identified the writer as typist
who had broken down nervously, after her
employers jealous wife had gotten her dis
charged. Detectives watched the girls home
and one night saw her slip out the door in her
nghtgown.
Walking rapidly to the letter box, close by,
she was about to drop in a seventh poison-pen
letter when they seized her
What surprised them was that she neither
avoided them nor tried to hide the letter when
she saw them converging on her. She simply
stared at them uncomprehendingy
The seven typists she had maligned turned
out to be her best friends and the somnambu-
list though recognizing her own writing,
could not believe that she had done it.
The somnambulist state may sometimes
come while the victim is walking in the
street. Mrs. Laura Beckstrom stepped out
Of her hotel at Palm Springs, California, one
evening, wearing furs and jewels and carrying
$3.50 in her purse.
1t seemed only an instant later that she
found herself, the next evening, at FL Monte,
100 miles away, wearing a suit of dirty over
alls. Jewels. money and dress had vanished.
All that had happened in the "a hours was
a blank, except the faint impression Of trying
to telephone her mother. Further to torment
her mind. there turned up an escaped lunatic.
wearing a white mask, 1t was Larry Dono-
van, known as the white hobgoblin Of the
desert"
Murmuring something about the pursuit
of love, life and liberty" he said that he had
been her protector" during those missing "A
hours Mrs. Beckstrom's form Of somnambu-
lism Is known as amnesia and is sometimes
permanent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

In all sincerity Lord Ampthill denied the
parenthood of Lady Ampthill's baby boy, on
the ground that they had made and kept
prenuptial agreement that their marriage
should be on strictly platonic basis.
Lady Ampthill admitted the existence OF
the pact, which she said was her husbands
idea. but asserted that he used to visit her
at night, walking in his sleep
This was too much for the lower court TO
believe but the House of Lords accepted the
explanation declaring the famous dream
baby" to be his legitimate son and heir
OF all times when even the most chronic
sleepwalxer might be expected to forget his
habit, the most likely would seem TO be on the
honeymoon. Yet this is an occasion when
sleepwallxing often occurs.
Lieutenant John Dwyer Foley. Of the Ma
a hotel in New York City. He awoke with a
broken leg, on roof three stories below their
hotel bedroom. The Navy man was AW.OL.
with a vengeance.
Some might assume that this indicated dis
appointment. Quite as likely it was just the
opposite and the leutenant's unconscious lolf
may have thought it was on the way to Eng
land 20 fetch his bride the crown jewels from
the Tower of London. Anyhow that might
have been a good story to tell her.
Occasionally some wisps OF a somnambu-
lists night deeds haunt his waking self in the
form of dreams.
One Of the leading cases of a dream-clue
xry..,-t.. ~...4 r,.t,ot. nit. ia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

no conceivable motive for the murder.
He was never even tried and the facts were
not revealed until after his death a few years
ago, at the age of 50.
Ledru. one of the most promising and alb
solutely the most Woodworking of all agents
of the French Surete, underwent one of the
periodical medical examinations They found
him strong as a bull" but cautioned him that
unless he took a rest they saw signs of a ner-
vous breakdown.
Nonsense hard work never hurt any
man." replied the Iron man" and kept right
on. A few months later while working on
minor case he was transferred to murder
at Sainte Addresse, nearby.
A man had undressed at night near the
beach, gone for swim and upon coming out
been shot through the heart.
The dead man was a bameless, colorless
person, with no sweethearts, enemies or any
other association which would have made him
worth killing.
The killer had walked right over his clothes
without touching a considerable amount Of
money and jewelry in them
There was just one clue. The murderer
had removed his shoes and the footprints re-
vealed that the big toe on his right foot was
missing.
Ledru remembered that on the morning
after the murder, he had found his own socks
and shoes full Of sand.
The big toe on his own right foot was also
missing, the footprints fitted his and SO did
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

1t killed his sleeping mother instantly then
went back TO bed. Aroused by his father,
Jackie knew nothing Of the killing, not even
whether he had been a cop or a robber in
his dream.
Anna Walthers, 15-year-od school girl took
prodigious walk in her sleep, from Brooklyn,
N. Y, to Elizabeth, New Jersey, paying her
way on the ferry without attracting attention.
She came to no harm except that the soles
of her thin slippers were worn through and
her feet painfully blistered.
Not so fortunate was the lovely actress.
Amy Alters who walked in her sleep once
too often stepping out of her bedroom in Lon
don TO her death. The same thing happened TO
Esther Sears Boston society girl, daughter Of
Or. Edward C. Sears of the Harvard Medical
School
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

him. In reality they frequently fall and
sometimes kill themselves
Also nobody knows what dangerous or
criminal plan is in the seepwalkers subcon-
scious mind.
Another common error is the notion that
awaking a somnambulist under any circum-
stances will cause dangerous and perhaps
fatal shock. .
Common sense would restrain anyone
from yelling at a seepwalker while he was
teetering precariously along a ridgepole, but
the moment he reaches safety it should be
done
Modern psychiatrists find no evidence
that the shock of awakening is harmful
one would imagine that firing a shotgun
would awaken anyone but the dead but even
that may not, If 1t fits in with the somnam-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

IN LONG record Of seepwaers crimes the latest and of
the that Leonard Macon
the railway mail clerk recently $4,000 his sleep
honestly denied while while talking his
asleep questoners
the loot, eight miles away.
includes robbery writing
against a
vernty father the result proving the castle
his sleep.
st the detective Robert
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

Strange and PuzzIing Have Been
the Unconscious Deeds Of Somnom-
buIisfs. Including Murder. Suicide.
Robbery and Poison-Pen Plots. But
Mr.. chaneey's $4,000 Theft Has
just Turned Out All Right Because
He Went to Sleep Again and Made
Restitution Before He Woke Up
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-26

Duane of Specula-
tor, N. Y. In camp
with a guild e,
named Eula Davis,
he a w ok e with
recollections of a
dream that he had
killed the guide.
One look showed
Duane that he had
dreamed true" A
jury refused to ac-
cept the somnam-
bulism defense but
President r 90 s e.
welt, then Cover
nor Of New York,
reviewed the evil
dence and par
doned the man.
1t is probable
that no jury would
have hesitated to
acquit Robert Le-
dru, the most fam
tastic of all known
sleep = killers, be-
cause there was