davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-27

nervous syste m responds 10
three kinds of stimuli:
Cd Ordinary stimuli of light
sound. heat. cold and touch;
~ Volitional stimuli, which
causes YOU 10 move muscle;
~ Reflex stimuli, usually from
the skin and muscles. which
have an action on the blood sup
PLY of the part and the nerve
sensation of the part
So we may say on thoroughly
scientific grounds that stlm-
illus applied TO the skin of a
certain part Of the body pro-
duces a reflex action in an IN
DERIVING organ.
The Japanese for years have
used treatment called 'moNa
which consists Of cauteri1ing the
skin over the area affected and
fhe Chinese have a system
called acupuncture which con-
SI,ts az plckinc the body in GER
ta.n diseases
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-27
W Notes

st. Antoine ~ Forty-Niners
Club will entertain their friends
during a holiday party beginning
at 10 p. m. tonight at the st. An
tome branch. A scavenger hunt,
directed by Henry Mitchell, chair
man. will highlight the evenings
entertainment.
Service men are urged TO attend
the weekly Sunday afternoon open
house program. sponsored by De-
troit YMCAS~in conjunction with
the USO, from 2:30 to 5 p. m. at
the downtown unit. The young
peoples group of Bethel Evangel-
ical Church, under the leadership
of the Rev. Robert c. Stanger. will
conduct tho aptart n ipuoapt
Evening star., 1941-01-19

stantaneous hit here as it did during
its tryout in Baltimore, proving that
We are not special case in New
York. Everybody seems to like it
Immediately and love it forever.
Even I. struggling with grisly feel
ings and with boredom over the
fundamental uninventiveness of the
farce. found myself laughing most
OF the time-laughing. I hurry to
add. for the benefit of those future
men of science. at the frantic luna
CieS of the authors, not of the char
acters.
Boris Karloff. making his debut
on the big-time stage, has said he
was frightened to death opening
night. Maybe that was how he
established a rapport with his au-
dience during his scenes. Anyway,
he was equal to his part. properly
lethal in a somber way. But jose
phine Hull and Jean Adair, as the
futtery spinsters, stole the show
from everybody.
A Corpse in the Closet.
Directly after this graveyard
stomp came trotting an amiable
and busy and comiCal little murder
mystery called Mr.. and Mrs.
North" Owen Davis wrote the play
from a novel and stories by Richard
Evening star., 1941-01-19

These two old ladies have one
nephew who is plain crazy. not
murderouslv so. He has decided he
is Teddy Roosevelt. Whenever his
darling atlnts bump off somebody
they set him to work building a new
lock" for the Panama Canal" in
the cellar. The lock" is a grave.
The aunts identify their victims as
yellow fever cases, and the nephew
slows them away quietly because
they are state secrets
Into this house comes a sane
nephew (the drama critic, and he
happens on the remains of his
auntS' 18th victim and is, of course,
paralyzed by their sweet, reasonable
explanation for what they are doing.
While he is struggling over what
he himself should do about it. an
other nephew arrives. This one is
played by Boris Karlof and has a
habit of killing any one who says
he looks like Boris Karlof.
The homicidal. auntS don't like
their homicidal nephew and object
to his victims. And so the frothy
humors of the piece run on. most
of them being devoted to outlining
the demure- spinster qualities of the
old ladies and their placidity over
murder.
The play has become an in
Evening star., 1941-01-19
1t Is to Laugh, but at Some Very Strange Doings
The Antics of Pair of Pleasant but Homcidaly Inclined
Spnsters Provide Broadway Its Latest Good Time

Lockridge, the New York Suns
drama critic. and his wife, Frances
The Norths, in case you do not
know. are nice people in an almost
pathologically meek way Mrs. North
is a chatterboX whose mind splinters
attractively at the drop of a hat
on it Mr North is a mOusy little
guy. with cultivation, but not much
brains. who takes pushing around
ard hardly ever firms up.
So they return to their apart
ment, after a day away, and Mrs
North goes to the liquor closet for
a drink and finds a corpse therein.
The cops who finally arrive are very
believable, the most believable yet
put on a stage in a murder case.
One is a student of criminology in
a cop-pery way and the other is
just a plain cop. However. they
are all set at naught by Mrs. North
who finally sticks one of the splin-
ters of her sundered mind under
the finger-nail of the murderer and
he squeals a confession.
The dialogue Is amusing in a
nice, meek way and the plot is as
nice and meek as a suddenly i'm
provised corpse and another i'm
provised murder will allow it to be-
While Mr. and Mrs North" is not
a sturdy evening in the theater, it
is an entertaining one.
Then there was Cray With the
Heat" a big otg-and- dance busi-
ness with Willie Howard and Luella
Gear and a covey of youngsters,
some OF them quite talented. There
was nothing wrong with it. 1t wasn't
pathoiogically funny. 1t wasn't nice
and meek. 1t wouldn't leave you
Wild-eyed with laughter or pleas
antly animated with laughter. 1t
would simply bore you-that is, if
you were me.
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1941-01-19


hours each day for these improve
mentS, but for a reason not at all
like Charles.
TITS stretching the elastic" she
says. practice hard things and the
easy things come easier. Id never
try singing opera in public (although
I'm not bad my husband SAYS but
suppose I get part some day of a
broken down opera singer: Shed
have to sing some. I'd be much
more convincing if I actually did
whatever singing this character was
supposed to do.
Il don't suppose Ill ever have to
do much dancing, but it's good eX-
ercise and it keeps me graceful and
I just might get a chance TO use 1t
sometime. Say, perhaps, as a broken
down danCer?"
A Very Fine Line.
A play about Elizabeth of Eng
land by a famous author has in
trigued Miss Greenwood for years
and she knows it by heart. And
she believes that despite her back
ground and her reputation as an
angular buffoon. acquired through
the succession of lefty" plays and
lately in varied movie roles. she
might be a convincing Elizabeth If
the public would accept me"
There's a very fine line between
comedy and tragedy, isn't there?"
she asks in support of her conten-
ton.
But could Elizabeth make an exit
on all fourS?"
Miss Greenwood has much time
Evening star., 1941-01-19

and sympathy for girls, who self
consciously hunCh their shoulders,
Or who dress in checks or horizontal
stripes to make themselves look
taller than they are. For them she
changes "act your age" to "act your
height
She gets just ScadS of mail from
tall girls and tall girls mamaS Won-
dering what to do about it. They
have the impression, Charlotte be-
lieves, that she is about feet 4.
So did I. Charlotte stood up and
asked me to do the same. In front
of a mirror, shoulder to shoulder, 1
saw that she was at least four inches
less than my 6 feet l.
That's right-Im So" she said.
But I suppose I'm thought to be
taller because I've always accentu-
ated my height.
Might as Well Be Graceful.
"a long time ago when I began
to realize I lowered over most girls,
I decided to make the most of it:
can remember what a wall flower I
was at the high school dances in
Philadelphia. None of the bows
ever danced with me-except the
little guys who only came up to my
waist. When I was in school plays
I was forever tripping over chairs
and rugs. They used to say, isn't
she Notwithstanding so realis-
tiCally.'
Il decided that since I was awk-
ward and tall, I might as we'll be
graceful about it. Maybe I had
grace all the time and maybe I &C
qulred it, | don't know"
She religiously answers every Won
dering letter from a tall girl be-
cause. having overcome the handi-
cap herself, she feels like a standard
bearer
Her pet epistle reminds the suffer-
ing subject that it is the tallest tree
in the forest that gets the atten-
ton. That there are many Jobs like
modelling and posing. And that. like
she. they call attention to their
height with proper clothes.
She always wears severely tailored
clothes, and many of them have
perpendicular stripes.
She's Been Around a Spell.
Charlotte's hus and, Martin
BTooneS, the song writer, keeps urg-
ing her to collect her notes and
write that book of Tall Tales"
Charlotte is always having expe-
riences with tall people-funnv
stories about herself and others
which ought to make an unusual
document.
She'll introduce her story by tell
ing that she's been around for some
time. In New York recently a
friend saw her name in front of
the Roxy as one Of the stars of
Down Argentine Way" The friend
recalled that he had seen her name
in front Of the Winter Garden
Theater as a star Of The Passing
Show That was the first time her
name was up" The year was 1912.
Il have been around a spell,
| haven't -"
A Greenwood appearance is not
complete without the Greenwood
exit. It's done on all fours.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
By Ira W0lfert.
NEW YORK.

The psychologists, pSyCho-analysls
and so forth of the future are go
ing to have a time with us. And one
of their chemical delights, no doubt,
will be the huge volume of local en-
joyment in arsenic and Old Lace
a farcical horror play by Joseph
Kesselring, produced and touched
up, in the head at least, by Howard
Lindsay and Russell Grouse.
The hands and eyes of those
scientific boys of the future are at
present uniformed. But, more GER
tainly than anything else in the
current unruly world, here is a
phenomenon that will cause scien-
tific hands to rub and scientific eyes
to gloat. For nothing but large
scale disintegration and rather un-
pleasant ferment in the mass libido
could explain why thousands of
people-and eventually, it is ex-
pected, millions-gathered up at ran
dom could sit and howl their heads
off over the homicidal desperatlons
of lunatics-which is what arsenic
and Old Lace" is about.
Technically, the piece is a con-
ventional farce. EVERYTHING in it
is turned exactly upside down. 1t
establishes a premise and, once the
premise is accepted, everything flows
naturally from it and logically. A
sane person, in this case, as a
tasty tribute to the craft, a drama
critic, is threatened through the ac-
tion to remind the audience at con-
venient intervals that what it is
seeing is not logic, but exactly the
opposite-in fact, no less than the
logic of farce.
The premise in this play is not
merely uninventive. 1t is in shock
ingly bad taste. 1t tells of two
sweet spinster ladies who are in
sane. They sympathize with sad,
lonely old men and take pleasure in
putting them out of their misery by
poisoning the elderberry wine with
which they serve them. At the time
the play begins. they have just
poisoned their 18th victim.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
She Didn't
Know She
Was Through
So Vita Ann Borg,
After Three Years,
Is Back in Films
HOLLYWOOD.

Her face literally cut TO ribbons
three years ago, Vita Ann Borg
of Boston is back on a M-G-M sound
stage enacting one of the leading
roles in "Roosty," featuring Lionel
Barrymore, Edward Arnold and
young Gene Reynolds.
The part called for a beautiful
girl to play Gunman Arnold's
"mOll-and Miss Borg appeared
to be just that. AS Harold Bucquet
rehearsed a scene between Miss
Borg and Gene, Al Rosson, head
cameraman, peered hard and long
through his finder. He walked back
to the edge of the set, shaking his
head in amaZement.
knowing her case history, I
can't understand how we'll this
camera can treat her" said Rosson.
That girls face has been stitched
in seven different places and her
nose banged out of place. She was
in the hospital for months. Plastic
surgery has performed many Won
ders, but this has them all whipped.
The camera won't pick up the
slightest blemish on her face"
Brilliant Career Ahead.
Miss Borg came to Hollywood
in 1898. headed toward a brilliant
career in pictures. She had been
screen-tested by Paramount's East
ern Offices and given a term con-
tract A week after her arrival
she was cast in a leading role in
Make WAY for Tomorrow.
That title must have been pro-
phetic," Miss Borg said after fin
ishing her scene. "I was five days
along in the picture when the ac-
cident occurred. I landed in q
hospital and remained there six
months. People were sympathetic
for a while. BY the time I was
able to go home, my face still badly
SCARED, every one kindly changed
the subject when motion pictures
were mentioned. They knew I was
| through in that field. But I didn't
I looked up the best plastic sur
/ geons and had them go to work on
me 1t took nearly three years to
make me presentable and then !
began trying for screen parts
again"
/ Started Her Comeback.
| Miss Borg got her first come
back break a few months ago, a
small part in "BitterSweet," with
Nelson Eddy and jeanette Mac
Donald. She looked good and han
died her assignment with marked
ability. So when Virginia GRAY was
taken i'll with the flu on the day
"Roosty' was scheduled to start
shooting, she was called in and
handed one of the leads.
During the dark days of recupera-
ton. when her few remaining
friends kept advising her to forget
about movies, Miss Borg was in
spired by the courage and perse-
verance of another actress-Carole
Lombard-who fought her way
through a soaring accident to one
of the top spots in the film world
CReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncD
Evening star., 1941-01-19

around and tell anybody that would
listen: Say. that's my brother.
Good, amt he?'
But dancing would never satisfy
him. I could always feel it COM
ing. He'd edge down to the foot
lights, usually with his arm around
some gal from the chorus, and a
baby spot would pour pink light
on him, and Jimmie would sing.
Buy. I sunk down into my seat
then. I wanted to be out of the
way when they started throwing
things. 1t was awful. I mean poi
sonous.
"You know what? That guy still
wants to sing. Honest, I asked him
the other day. I said: Now, Jimmie,
Evening star., 1941-01-19
In LlOyd's Film

Edward Arnold is being borrowed
from M-G-M for a prominent char
acter role, with Loretta Young and
Robert Preston, in The Lady From
Cheyenne" first of three produc-
tions which Frank Lloyd will pro-
duce for Universal release this sea
son. Lloyd will direct the new film
himself.
Evening star., 1941-01-19

tell me the truth. Which would you
prefer? Would you rather be a
motion picture actor or would you
rather sing better than you do?'
He said he'd rather sing"
Evening star., 1941-01-19
She Studies Grand Opera.
But Not With Yearnings
Charlotte Greenwood Just Thinks
1t Might Come in Handy Some Day,
But She'll Stick to Comedy
BY Hubbard Keavy.
Associated Press Staff Writer.
HOLLYWOOD.


Chaplain said
Charlotte Greenwood a
Charlotte
With these, what
actress living
She studies takes lessons dancing
Evening star., 1941-01-19
A Corpse in the Closet.
He Still Wants to Sing
Jimmy Cagney Used to Try 1t, Too,
Though Unsuccessfully
HOLLYWOOD.
BY the Associated Press.


When James Cagney poorly paid unappauded dancer
producing brothers pictures tells it:
to poison when
Jimmie came pretty I'd look
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
Arm Of Honor Sponsors
Dance in M'Kenny Hall

Arm OF Honor Fraternity mem
bers gave a dance from to IL
Saturday evening In the Fred Green
ballroom of Charles McKenny Hall.
A replica OF the fraternity pin was
attractively centered on the back
drop.
Dancers went to the cafeteria for
refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton ]. Rynearson
were chaperones.
Guests included: Clemens P.
Steimle. Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Brownrigg. Mrs. Florence l.. Lyman.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Blackenburg,
Marius Fossenkemper. DIR. and Mrs.
John r. Alden. and DR.. and Mrs.
Jacob W. Kelder.
Joseph Bartolacci, Ann Arbor. Is
president of Arm of Honor and
Michael Drusbacky. Port Clinton,
o.. and Ed Kontrymowicz. Ham
tramck, served as co-chairmen of
the party. They were assisted by
Paul Spata, Rockaway Beach. n. Y.
Dick Karpinski. Detroit. and Ken
Carakostas, Detroit.
II has been announced by the
Arm OF Honor Fraternity that its
members only may dance during a
pin dance. Members of other fra
ternities may not.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12

Miss Chloe Todd. the sorority's fac
ulty advisor. was present.
Following the dinner, all sd.
journed to the alumni lounge where
the Mothers Club meeting was
held. The mothers OF all Delta Sig
ma Epsilon girls have formed a
club OF their own. At this time
mothers OF new sorority girls were
Initiated into the club.
Mothers and daughters were
guests in the afternoon AZ Miss
Todd's home for tea.
Miss Helen Holt. lronwood, was
general chairman OF the dinner.
She was assisted by the following
committees decorations - Miss
Barbara Forker. Flint. and Miss
Phyllis Long. Flint; church arrange
ments Miss Grace Otto, Saginaw;
dinner-Miss Violet Marti, Sagi-
nav. and Miss Marian Hayden.
Grand Rapids; program Miss
Doris Benford, Saginaw, and Miss
Betty Dorrell. Ludington: flowers
Miss Marion Peters, Flat Rock; re-
ception- Miss Lois Peters, Flat
Rock
Miss Marguerite Sherman. Owos'
so, is president OF Delta Sigma Ep-
silon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
Delightful Performance
Given by Miss Erickson
in Voice, Piano ReCita

: AN event OF community interest
was the recital of Miss Frances
Ann Erickson at Charles McKen.
ny Hall Sunday afternoon under
the auspices of the Normal College
Conservatory Of Music. Miss
Erickson, yet a high school stu
dent. appeared with the grace and
ease of seasoned performer at
the piano and in singing a group
OF four songs. or these "In the
Luxembourg Gardens" by kath-
leen Manning. was most pleasing,
being particularly well suited to
her youthfully sweet and nicely
true voice which holds promise Of
a delightful maturity.
Piano numbers were chosen
from the works OF Bach, Beetho-
ven, Schumann and Lack and were
interpreted with a meticulous I'M
derstanding not too often found
in the young student.
Miss Erickson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur G. Erickson. long
residents OF Ypsilanti, now SEN
Tor at Ecorse High School, with
her parents greeted her many
friends following the recital in the
lounge. where tea was served.
Many lovely flowers spoke the
good wishes of her friends who
had the pleasure of attending.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
Meeting of Westminster
League Featured by Quiz

A Bible quiz, conducted by Miss
Barbara Hall, Pontiac, and Miss
Rose Marie Service. Houghton, pro-
Vided entertainment and informa-
ton for members OF Westminster
League at their meeting Sunday
evening at the Presbyterian Church
Granville Lobb, Bessemer, and
Miss Shirley Dibbert, Ypsilantl
chose sides. each of which drew
questions alternately.
Devotions were appropriate for
Mothers Day. Scripture was given
by Miss Leota Williams. Mrs. Ralph
Witherspoon. director of Westmin-
ster League, gave a reading and
prayer.
Miss Geneyieve Lowry, Fort
Wayne, Ind, president OF the
league, and Mr.. Lobb were in charge
of the social hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
News From The Normal Campus
Activities of General Interest Concerning
Faculty Members And Students
New Officers Announced
For Youth Fellowship

Results OF the election for next
years officers were announced by
Miss Lois Phillips. Three Oaks, at
the Sunday evening meeting OF the
Christian Youth Fellowship, organ
ization composed of Baptist and
Congregational students.
Miss Josephine Hampstead. OK
ford, is the new president. Vaughan
Koppin. Ypsilanti. will be vice pres
ident. Miss Marie Turner. Ypsilanti,
and Lloyd Schultz, Ypsilanti, were
elected secretary and treasurer, re-
spectively. a
Mrs. Leonard MenZi, speaker of
the evening, gave very interest
ing description of present day
China, stating that 1t is being united
by the war, even more than dur
ing the years l927-S7 when II be-
came more united than at any 9th
er time in its history. Mrs. Menzi
said that Chinese women are doing
much to fight against the invaders.
There is no spirit of hate in
China she asserted.
She described the languages
taught in the mission schools, stat
ing that Japanese is taught, and
English. which at one time was
taught four times a week, is now
given only once a week. The speak
err believes that the missionaries
have done more for Christianity
during the war years than in any
other time of the past.
A special offering was for the
World Student Service Fund.
Miss Kathleen Shannon, director
of the Christian Youth Fellowship,
led devotionals.
A vocal solo was given by Miss
Betty Green. Hillsdale. Her selec-
ton was Mother. My Dear" Miss
Josephine Hampstead, Oxford, &C.
companied her.
Following the program, there was
a social hour. Refreshments were
served.
Friday evening at o'clock in the
formal lounge OF Charles Mckenny
Hall the Fellowship will hold a re-
ception for high school seniors plan
ming to enter college next year, and
for college seniors to be graduated
this June.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
Mothers Entertained by -
Delta Sigma Epsilon

After attending church in a body.
members of the Delta Sigma Epsi-
Ion Sorority and their mothers en-
joyed a delightful Mothers Day
dinner in Charles McKenny Hall
Sunday. =
Miss Grace Otto. Saginaw, gave
the welcome to the mothers. the
response to which was given by
Mrs. John Neary, Ypsilanti. Mrs.
James Parker, Grand Rapids. gave
a Toast to Youth" and the toast
to the mothers was by Miss Violet
MART, Saginaw. Miss Virginia
Vlaicu, East Dearborn, sang Moth.
er Machree."
The tables and room were beau.
tifully decorated with spring flow
ers,
Guests at dinner were Dean of
Women Susan B. Hill, and Assistant
Dean of Women Frances Farnham.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12

mountains are in your blood, bu
make her the sort Of girl your pub
lie expects from William Randall
Latham. need a good yarn fol
my new list, so send it on. Anc
mind you, no calico-clad bit o.
wide-eyed femininity. Send me
girl who knows her way around o.
elsew
There was more to the letter, pu,
Bill didn't read it very carefully. H,
was mad through and through. TIL,
idea of that man daring to tel
him what to write! And after HI
and Eve had discussed his new
heroine, Fauna, He was through
being told. What If the publisher
had helped him to build up a repu.
tation? Did that mean that he
must go on indefinitely repeating
himself? Did that mean that HI
wasn't at liberty to try for a little
versatility in his work? He flung
the letter down upon the table anC
muttered, "I'll show him."
Joel looked up.
did you say something? h,
asked.
NO" said Bill. "Just thinking
out loud"
Joel laid aside a letter from the
mills which he had been readine
and picked up another one.
Here's a letter from Aunt Sal.
lie." he said. He opened 1t and be.
gan to read. Then suddenly he ex.
claimed, Good Lord"
Whats the matter?" Bill asked
HAS one of our neighbors hae
quints?"
NO! It's Ritaw
What! What In heck are YOU
talking about?"
Rita! She didn't marry that
man after all. And she's left home.
Grandma Linwood telephoned Aunt
Sallie, and said"
Let me have that letter." sale
Bill. He made grab for It. He read
in a sort of holding-hls-b breath at.
titude, and then he said: well, III
be-
Go on, read the rest Of it aloud"
said Joel.
Bill did so.
and so II would seem thai
Rita has run of to get away from
unpleasant publicity Just as Bill
did. Her grandmother was as mac
as a hornet when she telephonec
me. 1t seems that Don didn't gel
the California job after all, anc
that may be the reason Rita ha,
changed her mind again. l reckon
it's just as well tina. she did, sine,
l can't picture her married to
jobless man. .Ier grandmother say
she is hiding out with some OF her
countless cousins"
Ito Be Continued)