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Evening star., 1941-09-04

Governor, then President. A press
agent comes to help him and to
help the press agent come a couple
of writer's, q dizzy blond and an
even dizzier male companion.
Once they are introduced, In
rapid fire fashion, things begin to
happen. The philanthropist storms
out of his palace-a San Simeonish
place if there ever was one-and al
most before the air has closed in
behind him, the publicity staff has
turned the place into a tourist inn.
The first act ends with the descent
upon the hostelry of some 20 madly
assorted passengers from snow
bound bus. Then, zowie! 1f you
don't know what "zowie', neither
do we, and neither do the authorso
Most of the passengers are we'll
done stereotypes, each indulging his
private yagary, but the bulk of the
action centerS around q pair OF
comic killers. their victim, and the
publicity staff which discovers the
corpse and realizes what a corpse
will do to the political aspirations
of the philanthropist. Subsequent
developments make a super-mini-
mum of sense. That is quite all
right SO long as they make for hi
larity. 1t is when they are neither
as they are at times-that one
realizes The More the Merrier" Is
more a promise than an accom-
plishment in farce.
In his direction of the Gabriel
son-Pincus opus, co-Producer Prem
niger has put the accent properly
on a pace so fast that no one
will have time to think. He has
earned the full collaboration Of the
cast, the competence of which is
best expressed in young Wynn
Father Ed was there to approve.
The addle- Drained writer is played
by the young man strictly for the
laughs in it, There being a lot
of laughs, none of which remains
unrealized, the lad must be credited
with an excellent performance.
Others who do capably by their
chores are Albertson as the ha-
rasSed young press agent who would
like TO bring order out of the chaos;
Louis Hector as the POLITICAL
minded philanthropist; J. c. Nugent
as his party committeeman stooge:
Grace Mcdonald as the attractive
young magazine writer bent on a
biography of the great man; Teddy
Hart as the unwilling murderer
and Millard Mitchell as the straight
man in the duo.
A special paragraph perhaps is
due Jack Riano as the most
astoundingly active corpse that ever
found its way into a murder farce.
Corpses have moved before, but
none ever did flying split. Riano
does.
1t is surprising what a help the
trick Is TO THE More the Merrier." !"
Evening star., 1941-09-04

iected them into a situation fraught
with farcical promise. All they
need now is a third act that doeSn t
turn into conversation piece and
the kind of sickness which George
Abbott gets into similarly zany
drama. With the help of a wildly
energized cast, Frank Albertson,
Grace Mcdonald, keenan, Wynn
Teddy Hart, Millard Mitchell, ETC.,
1t seems logical to assume the thing
will turn out all right. Razzle-
dazzle football never looks perfect
In the first game, either.
x 4 x X
A rough idea of the rough idea OF
"The More the Merrier" is about all
anyone could hope to give. 1t re-
wolves around the bombastic un-
moral philanthropist, who hopes his
orphans homes, gymnasia, art gal
leries and comfort stations will win
enough public gratitude to elect him
Evening star., 1941-09-04

film colony and at U. c. L. A. work
ing for her. To support her large
adopted family, the actress said, I'm
sending back nearly everything I
make.
"I have become very stingy. I
live cheaply. Have the servant ques-
ton down to q minimum. I have
no personal maid. My chauffeur
and his wife run my home. It's re-
markable how simply you can live
couldn't live extravagantly again,
ever!"
Miss CAROLS chauffeur is COM
bination butler and gardener. The
last is no mean task. She leases
for comparatively small rental one
of the Vanderlip houses at Palos
Verdes, which is no longer the fash
ionable place it was. One of the
features of the place is very beau
tiful garden with a flower -bordered
tree-lined stairway leading to the
| top of q hill.
Evening star., 1941-09-04

ADJUSTMENTS. A
Evening star., 1941-09-04

she continued. '"Ihe Mother Su-
perior tried SO hard to and out what
she was crying for. Finally the
child said: Because Of the war /
cry. I shant cry when 1t Is over
at don't think we can understand
what q nervous strain the children
in Europe have been living under.
Three times these same children
have been evacuated from Paris.
The last time was when the Ger
mans took over my house and the
children had to be sent into unoc-
cupied territory. I was so happy
when q cable came from the Mother
Superior in charge Of the children,
saying the Germans were giving up
the house and allowing them to
come back"
As long as the way was open
Madeleine Carroll regularly sent
packing cases of woolen and knitted
garments. She had groups in the
Evening star., 1941-09-04

During Miss CAROLS six weeks
absence on location in the Bahamas
with her last picture, Bahama Pas
sage" Stirling Hayden's mother took
care of her home. Romantic ru-
mors have linked the names of
Madeleine and Stirling. However,
her heart belongs to a former
French captain Of aviation who is
now ferrying bombers from Canada
to England. AS this is written she
has gone to Ottawa, Canada, in
Evening star., 1941-09-04

States. 1t sounds wacky? You
ought to see it if you think it sounds
Evening star., 1941-09-04

1t was then she gave an account
OF her last visit: Two of the little
girls, years old. never left my
side" she said. They were very
silent, just looked at me all the
time and held on gently to my dress.
When it was time for me to go,
they clung a little more tightly.
They seemed to think was good
angel suddenly descended from
Heaven!
"One child had cried for weeks" f"
Evening star., 1941-09-04

uldIlldCdl.
1t is not be-
yond reasonable
hope that The
More the Mer-
rier" will evolve
as some t h in G
better than 1t
was open i n g
n i G h t. It's au-
I h ors Fra n k
GabrielSon a n d
Irwin Pin C u S
have assembled
as W cir d and
varied a group
of characters as
poSSible and in
Evening star., 1941-09-04

color to reveal the vital warmth
of beauty which to Hollywood had
seemed cold and aloof, without feel
ing. But it took helpless. homeless
children really to reveal the woman
behind the actress.
She came to Hollywood as Eng
lands highest-paid star. She then
was the wife of Capt. Philip Ashley,
member of London't inner circle
and at one time aide de- camp to the
Prince of Wales. The British stars
jewel case was crammed with rare
rubies, emeralds, diamonds-many
of them heirloOms of her husband s
family The Astleys had beautiful
homes in England, France and Italy,
where they entertained lsvishly. :
Whether Hollywood, and what 1t
stands for. or an ocean and a con-
tinent divorced them, do not know.
With the marriage settlement Miss
Carroll got their chateau at Saudre-
vile. Is miles from Paris. This
eventually was to house her large
adopted family OF children. When
the war broke out she turned over
the lovely estate to the orphanage
run by the Sisters of st. Vincent of
Paul as q haven during the general
evacuation of children from Paris.
FF .
This orphanage, which ordinarily
had cared for so children, was ex-
psnded through gifts from Made
leine Carroll to care for 200. Tents
were erected on the grounds to ac-
commodate the children, and later
she took as a personal responsible
ity 81 more children whose fathers
were in the war. 3e ~ -+sa
Before the fall Of France she Wis
tied them twice-her third attempt
got her no farther than Spain
France was dying then" she said,
land 1 had the passport Of an Eng
lish belligerent. I could not get in
to see my children"
Evening star., 1941-09-04
More Than an Actress
A Note on Madeleine Carroll and
Her War.Refusee Dependents
By MAYME ODER PEAK.

against Internal
extraordinary
transformation Of "he worlds beautiful
blond classic into angel took Tehni
Evening star., 1941-09-04
Even the Corpse Is Cyclonic
In The More the Merrier'
And Because 1t Is Seasons First Farce
1t Gives Promise of Surviving Some
Flaws of Its Baltimore Premiere
BY JAY CARMODY.


sheer movement made
being here at the Maryland thaer by Otto Pnnger and
Norman Pncus would 101 shot for Pulitzer Critics Circle
prizes Even the this feless swrng
around roller skates doing
the palace phinthop millions planning
TO steal the presidency o
So waIhy' 1ou
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22

over marshes and climb anything
short Of the side. Of q building.
This isn't one Of those trick au-
tomobiies built by the prop de-
partment, nor something exist
Ing only In the imagination Of
. press agent. It's the four
wheel-drive vehicle which was
developed for military maneu-
vers. Gable has been testing q
demonstration model Ill over the
Metro lot and his ranch, but he
may not be able to get delivery
now; national defense orders
come first.
The reason the actors 30 anx-
ious to get one IL because his
hunting and fishing junkets are
no tame trips, and he carries
plenty Of equipment. On tn elast
expedition, deep In Mexico's in
terror, he wasted two days while
his overloaded car was dug out
Of the mud.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

team-of-four championship at
Harrisburg. Pa, our team, con-
sisting Of John Law, Joseph Co
han, A. M. Sobel and myself, IN
ished In q tie for second place.
During the second session Of
the contest Joe Conan, q con-
tractor from Wooster, O., helped
our score by his Ane play on
today's hand.
East won the opening lead
with the king Of clubs and shift
ed 70 . heart. which Conan won.
The queen Of spades was led
and allowed to win, and the bad
trump break showed up when
East discarded heart.
Cohn continued with the ten
of diamonds, which was over
taken by dummy's jack. Then .
club lead brought out East's ace.
East led another heart.
Now Cohan cashed his two
good clubs. discsrdlns dismonds
from dummy. He led the zee md
king with q low spade. dummy
oveerulsed. led the last heart
Cor South 70 run. end Wset
eeul9 win only e. 0V6np.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22

The boys 90 off to comp. Their
mothers and fothers, their intimate
fomiIies, their sweetheorts, won't forget
them. They will send letters that mean
much to q young man in comp.
But that doesn't let the rest Of US out.
Many Of US who hoven't anyone Of our
immediate fomiIy in comp hove friends
there or boys We know. And We ought
not to forget, either. An occasional let
ter, q pair of socks or q handkerchief. q
box Of condy, postooe stamps. a book,
the hometown poper. Any or all Of
those things are appreciated They help
to remind the boys that they're not for
gotten, even though they're away.
rs Don't lot q week poss without send
Inc lettps ~ augso small article to
!hct ,tct q scl,s \; 4 ,cIntones in the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
THE WAR GROWS GRIMMER

Hidden away in an inconspicuous
story, many days otter the event itself,
was the Official announcement that the
recent German roids on the Merseyside
near Glasgow took q toll in two nights
Of 1000 decd, ! 800 wounded.
Beer in mind that these we're nearly
all civilian men, women, and children.
Fifteen hundred lives were lost in the
Titonci disoster. and for 70 years it has
been remembered with horror. Twelve
hundred went down with the Lusitonio.
and world shuddered. Yetneither was
worse than these two nights Of bomb
ing.
Some ideo of the blind destruction
that is coming With spring may be had
from the Merseyside raids. The worst
wars Of borborous Genehis Khan never
slaughtered the innocent and unormed
more bIindIy than this - nay, not so
bIindIy, for the morals Of thot time we're
simply kill them thot breed enemies. I"
Today such people die, not by will, but
simply because as the bombers reoch
blindIy downword toward unseen obiec-
tives, striking without aim, these un-
offending people just happened to be
in the way.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

WAR Is crowdins collectors nj.
" buns with almost 800 stamp
issues. Rate revisions and occu-
patton of conquered territories
have contributed to the dood Of
new varieties. Propaganda items
and charity semi-postals also
swell the total.
Greece takes q philatelic cue
from the Nazis In issuing Greek
overprints for use In occupied AL.
bantam territory. Twenty-six
items have been surcharsed
Greek Administration"
Argentina honors two patriots,
Gen. Domingo French and Col.
Antonio Beruti in q new stamp In
GLIDING both portraits. French and
Beruti are credited with selecting
blue and white for the Argentine
Gag.
Liberia has overprinted stamps
OF the Commonwealth commence
rative series for Red Gross and
for the centenary Of postage. The
portrait Of Sir Rowland Hill, orig
inally scheduled for special com.
memorative issue, is shown in the
overprint.
Russia adds to it's stamps hon.
oring industry and agriculture
with . new series Of seven de-
signs, including coal miners, blast
furnace, workshops. Three types
OF locomotives, shown on one
value, 10 an important addition for
railroad collections.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
. Hiehliehts From
The Latest Books .

As refreshing as an Atlantic
breeze and - fragrant q = New
England garden, II singing
Beach" (Harper: $2.50), first
novel Of Elizabeth Foster.
The story. set on . tiny island
off the coast of Maine, revolves
around q mysterious English
couple who have leased Juniper
cottage. Nicholas Chadbourne,
q charming artist, and his beauu-
full wife, Edwine, captivate the
aristocratic natives. Nicholas
particularly, fascinates Linda
Heseltine, who not only finds
her own dormant artistic talent
but inspires his Is well.
Maiden Aunt Harriet. once
disappointed In love, u the Is
land gossip. but she Is always
the last to discover the juiciest
morsels.
The book has enough mystery
and enchantmsnt 10 offset and
cover the Inconsistencies Of the
characters In the closing chap
tiers.
"Unfinished Tapestry" by
Dascomb Atwood (Liveright:
$2.50). Is the story Of the Hos
ton Prebles, transplanted into
the whirlpool Of New York.
Anne Preble, mother Of three
married children, can forsee CO.
tastrophe In her family. and she
decides Il will be better Il she
and her aged husband are away
when the storms break. 50 Al
fred and Anne spend . year
cruising around the world. And
while they are gone, everything
that could possibly happen 70
one family happens.
There are deaths. marital -
arrangements, divorce and finan-
cial disaster. Anne sees Il build
UP In the letters she receives
from home. end che tries - hiee
it from Allied until The butoon
becomes too greet, She comee
home to . world that has eruln-
bled.
Z What happens aftse that sesses
q little no mirscuIous. bat y
brings the stogy % D eoueluooo
that sheuA sets(S nsesly ewosy-,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22


Paul Harrison, nou touring army
cdmps and defence tndxstrtes.
BY LUCIE NEVILLE.
NEA Service start Csrssspsndsat
HOLLY WOOL. - William
Powell's most priced possession
the dapper mustache he has
nourished, tended and cherished
for 20 years-is lao more. There
was no mournful ceremony. with
the barber shop quartet singing
"Coodby Forever" because the
actor intends to let the mustache
grow again Immediately Diana
Lewis Powell is very fond Of
IT,. He had to shave it off for
q scene In "Lcve Crazy" in
which he masquerades as a wom-
an.
That's the mildest Of the
wacky antics outlined for him in
the script. About all that's miss
ing is q wrassling match with
Gargantua, and Metro probably
would have put that in il Para
mount and Bob Hope hadn't beat
them to IL in Road to Zsnzi-
bar" The fun starts with Pow
ell plunging into q pool, fully
clothes. Next, he takes a header
from q second-story window.
minus clothes. Episode Three
finds our hero trying to escape
from IN elevator that's stuck be-
tween floors and getting his head
caught between the sliding doors
just as the car starts. Out Of
that danger, Powell next is trap
ped In . steaming shower-room.
Scaling q stone wall, he slips,
becomes tangled in some wire
netting and is suspended head
downward 20 feet above ground.
A chat with q cockatoo ends in
rout, with screams and flying
feathers. Then comes an old
time cops-and-robber c h e
through the street. Naturally,
there'll be a lot of fancy stunt
man work and Powell only
wishes somebody could double
for him In that female imper-
sonation scene, to-.
Grocie Fields, pho ,ods cNssed
the length and breadth of Brit.
oIn beco1se she left her country
Tith more money than the fans
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
: SO THEY SAY

You make men love their gov
eminent and country BY giving
them the kind Of government
and the kind Of country that IN
spire respect and love.--Irof.
Zechariah chanes, Harvard Law
School.
When private business does
not take risks Il gives iteeI3 up.
and then we no longer nsed pfi-
vate ENTERPRISE walter FUNK,
Nazi minister Of eeouomics.
The Naxis hate 70 b listed. -
Daniel J. Mahoney. American
newsmen Just back from France.
Status quo y Lstin for "ths fix
were in."-william 3. Knudssn,
defense commisDioner.
Our country was not built by
boys skfaid - take q chance.
Fosf q enc q the CHIEF enemies
% eur youth.-Cr. C., W. Hall,
plneoan6nt odvisorS Western Re-
ssrvs University.
Hour young men are 70 DO our
nSlitins, why can't hey run ths
oouu1ryS-lgOry Ford, %. az
y country b safe when Il y
capob)e q hearing the truth
froon sbo pro&:.--ThonsS Mann,
oogusun tsfusse.uovslist.
Whan sl,sll We Learn 10 lieui-
- 0Asw. DssslsA pl15vsl6lk
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22

q bto hsort. Il hds olwoys beoss alert 70
spring to the rsIisf,of distress.
= Thot Is true todoy us III IRE past, and
millions in money and goods have pour
ed ocross the seos 70 q dozen lands
where misery rules. But troffic ls b.
ginning to jam on tl,ot broad highway
Of mercy. Some 300 relief organize
lions ore todoy registered with ths
Stote Department to furnish money,
clothing, or other supplies to people
obrood., They ore beginning 10 get in
EACH others way, competing for funds
among generous Amerieons olreody
somewhot bedeviled by demands, COM
petino for spoce in ships olreody over
crowded.
Secretary Hull, than whom there is
no areoter Humanitarian in the country,
hos had to ask for troffic regulation on
the mercy highway. In response to his
request, the President has appointed q
committee to look over the situation
and see what can be done in the way
Of "priorities" in relief work.
So far as we have seen, there hos
been no move to prohibit solicitation by
any reputable supporter Of any couse.
After all, its free country. ond peo-
pie have a right to give away their
money to anybody they choose. But
they have right, also, to be oble to
find out what ore the prospects Of their
did effectively reaching the people for
whom it IS intended
Secretary Hull was eorefuI to point
out that "oll OF these efforts are inspir-
ed by the finest human instincts. but
otter all, more is needed these dogs
than mere kindly impulse. The Red
Cross, for exomple is the key American
ooency for relief work obrood, and Hull
properly suggests that the work Of all
Others BE considered in its relation to
that Of the Red Cross. There is the mot
ter Of seeing that they do not conflict
with locol welfare services, and that
they do not attempt to furnish moteriol
not asked or needed. moterioI thot IS
oIreody being supplied. or that cannot
Be shipped otter II IS collected.
There is also the unpleasant foct
that during the World War many solicit
lotions were organized that turned out
to be plain foxes.
60 1890
NOT, then, in any sense Of censor
ina" causes which moke claims on Am
ericon generosity, but in q sense Of CO.
ordinoting efforts 50 thot the most good
can be accomplished with the least lost
motion, the proposed survey moy we'll
supplement heart with head.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22

oofA1soq plodsSctios 49,
ally eets hist call IN ID
production In 0lM5ll1l1vn
Moon Monufoct,jro ~ ,6
ksttlss foS osnsy Held kltrly
o. pcts ond pans ~ s,ov,f
Sfroyekt or mess Hits to- ~
Therefor, otter defouso l16lS
tries have had ti,oiv Quotes ~.
Iotted. whatever 3 jeft vii
dtvid "a up propogtionofoly
ortone other industries.
~ this connection. h sl,ouIe
- hQrne IA mind ti,oe H. rs
ond rs osodss q soft olunsj-|
MIN which 90 jnto DOTS oni|
Pans ore no GOOD fcr To I Isl
o. BIS anodes of hard olusnfs,
nun or dusuliuno alleys Which
90 Into the mdnufoeturo ri
o'rcroft and engines.
70 throw HE entire ol,ssa.|
mum utsnsii industry a. ofIv|
Other similor Industry out of1
business right now would
the height Of folly. e 100
throw tens OF thousos ds 81
workers out OF Jobs and ~
economic upset thereby I'D.
denly crsoted would b lnboe-
slble to rectify in months. Tho.
plonts could not b odoptod
to war work, for they ore tool
Cd to hondls soft metal ard
couldn't begin to stomp OUT
oirplone ports Of hard alloys.
One trouble IS that olumj-
mum to most people n,eoi1s
only pots and pans. Enolond
went through mis- s,epesisnee.
when II began to feel an oluvn-
inum shortoos and SOMEBODY
storted q oreo, crusade 10 hove
housewives give their eooI<inn
utensils Is the government for
the good Of the cause. scrop
piles rose to moks GOOD pie
lures and propaganda, but the
metal was no good for plstons
Or crank coSes, 90 II Wos melt
Cd DOM, and mode into new
pots and pans.
The point Of all this Is thot
II an hysterio Of this kind con
b erected ovsr aluminium, Il
can hoppsni to long woolen I'M
derweoF, or shoes, or homburo-
or. Later on, thsre may s.
calls for sacrifices, and Short
ooes which will mean hioher
prices. In the focs Of fhot.
business as usuol cont 40 81,
forever, but az Harriet Elliott,
schoivmon Of ne 6onsunYet a.
vision In the defense commls.
sion pointed out, consumer NJ
NOR IS q needless epidemic, Tor
at present there IS no donear
Of shortoees in the necessities
Of life.
Hence the need to keep on
the national collective shirt
and pontywoist.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
~ VIM. e. MCKINNEY
America's Card Authority

Apparently q second place
Jonah has attached itself to me.
At Richmond ! finished second.
at Baltimore In q tie for second,
and recently, at the district
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

thought che shoxId take. y going
back soon, ,cith q check for $780,
900 for sDdr relief, 5d:sed by an er-
housting tour In Cdnddd and the
United States.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .


FIVE xBA1e0 AOV xVVAx
1855
Grace Church Guild Il study.
Ing the book THAT Other Amsri-
ca"
Jackie Passheld u scheduled
to tap dance in Masonic Temple
on May ~. "a
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Tsh Macomb county sherin's
Office has been decorated this
week, and new filing cabinets
have been Installed.
Much excitement swept
through the county ct the discov.
cry Of some bones in the attie Of
. homo In Romeo. The family
who hid recently movsd into the
house made further investiga-
ton, only to discover that the
skeleton was part Of . collection
Of . doctor who had lived there
formerly.
Is YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1oee
A little smudge at Burke's
store yesterday did . damage
estimated ut 80.
The Republican caucus for tho
township Of Clinton win b held
Saturday.
90 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1891
Il II expected that the bic guns
for the. court house. square VIII
b shippsd from Philadslphis 10
day.
The John N. Lehnsr stock has
been sold 70 Christian oclsoo&.
8. 1EAas AGO TODAY
". c. High's real sstats agpusy
has sold 70 Mathew 9luGA ~
Presbyterian society lot a Coss
avenue.
Chas. G. Lamb o6ers M Ane
peopogty, corner q New md
0satjet strsete 1or sale.
*
= YEARS AGO TO-DAY
1854
Lswysr Frank willissns NV
sses y Oxford thrss layS =
go WoG3ss ~
M TiIlsu retusnsd yseeoe-
- - = ~ - Nv 3eek |
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-22
CLARK GABLE
AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

When Clark Gable heads into
the wilds soon on vacation, he
hopes Il will be In vehicle which
literally can wade streams. glide