Evening star., 1943-01-13

ClCdClng ne Is as Anirew H. Kelley.
well grounded On general informa-
tion as John Kieran, hence he
Graves a place on a quiz progran1,
perhaps to show off some of his
cry, biting wit. We yield the plat
form to Mr.. Woolley:
Nobody asks Monty Woolley the
s64 question. and Monty Woolley is
beginning to lose a little faith in
copybook maxims and all that stuff
about the rewards of faithful effort.
Il have always believed in a good
education. One of the symbols of
America is the schoolroom: people
are universally educated. And since
though most people take me for
an Englishman-my forefathers
came to this country in 1907, I am
doubly convinced that to know
things other people don't know is
the most intriguing part about the
American way of life.
Concentrates on Drama.
ITO that end, and following copy
book maXims to the letter, I went
to fine Eastern schools. 1 studied
hard. I got plenty of tutoring on
the side. All of this took a great
deal of time and money. But at
last, when my prep school days
were over, made another big Amer
lean step and went to college. Here
I applied myself triply hard. I
studied constantly. I have had my
nose in more books than handker-
chiefs. The years passed slowly
-Four of them. And finally I was
graduated. This was not enough,
Il concentrated on the drama. I
took t-graduate courses. And
since, in studying drama, it Is nee
essary to study little about almost
everything, it was necessary for me
to study harder than ever.
Eventually I got my reward. I
was made a professor at Yale Uni
versity. My knowledge Of the stage
and matters pertaining thereto was
supposed to be profound. I could
tell you in an instant and to
fraction the number of plays Men
an6er wrote without confusing him
with Meleager, and the number of
States in Malay Confederation in
the next moment and the square
root of 7731-all without batting
an eve.
"All this took time and money
and more time. But this was not
enough A weu-rounded education
demands living experience as we'll
as book learning. 1 left Yale Since
that time I have devoted myself to
the science of living. and of being
an actor, and after The Man Who
Came to Dinner" I came to Holly
wood and learned about the pic
ture business. I completed "The
Pied Piper" for Twentieth Century,
Fox and have just finished Life
Begins at 8:30."
Envies Lucky Ones.
Out of all this lifetime of study I
sit by my radio and hear dozens
upon dozens of lucky people getting
cars, radios and suits of clothes and
good, hard money-just for answer
ing questions. Quiz questions. Ques-
tons whose answers my whole life
has been devoted to. Everybody, but
Monty Woolley.
II know that Nightingale holds
the worlds record for 3-mile trotting
won it at Nashville, Tenn, October
20, 1893, in $751;. I know that all
the flowers in the world belong to
nine primary types. That the first
submarine torpedo was launched
in-hold your breath, brother-1776!
That the steamboat was invented
by Fitch-not Fulton-in 1877. That
British quart or gallon holds more
than an American ditto. The dis
tance from Adrianople to Istanbul
is 1913 miles, and from London to
Folkstone is only II. That the first
person to go over Niagara Falls
In a barrel was a woman-Anna
Edison Taylor-and she did 1t in
1901. That there have been 2507
wars in the past $500 years-and
the index for the Goth century
reached a total eight times greater
than all preceding centuries.
NidtCS SVf VuCStIUu.
Spain leads with wars during ST
per cent Of the years of her history,
England is next with Sc per cert.
And Germany is low man on the
list with % per cent-but with the
worst all-round record The popu-
lation of Iceland is 115,870 and that
there are IL universal languages,
ranging from Volapuk, Esperanto,
Ro and Novilatin, to lido, Anglic and
Mondolingue. The water power of
Alaska is 1,400, 900 horsepower. Will
liam Shakespeare was born in 1864
and died in 1916, and Fraunces
Tavern is at Broad and Pearl streets,
New York.
"Thatll give you some idea of
what I'm sitting back here stuck
with. listening on the set of Life
Begins at $50" every day to other
people winning millions of things in