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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Bright Sayings
of Children

Bright sayings OF children con-
stitute, some of Americas best
humor. Your child or any
child is apt to make some
matter-of-fact remark rich with
fun and possibly wisdom.
The Times is publishing such re-
marks and paying 81 for each pub
lished.
Today 81 goes 10 Mrs. Dewey
Noe. 1929 Rochelle avenue. whose
7-year-old daughter remarked
after being reprimanded for strip
ping her mothers tulips of their
petals:
"Tll paste them on again,
mama"
Mail your favorite child's sayings
to Bright Sayings of Children, De-
troit Times, Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Connolly Answers

la Lillian Hellman: (b)
Ethel Waters; (c) Jan
Struther.
2-tal concert pianist: (b)
diplomat; (c) actor.
3-ta) January 8; tb) February
2; (c) March II.
4-ta) James Hilton; (b) Eric
Knight; (c) Hugh Walpole.
5-(a) Magellan. 1921; (b)
Cain; (c) Raphael.
6-(a) Arsenic and Old Lace"
Kesselring; (b) There Shall
BE No Night" Sherwood;
(c) Eve of ST. Mark"
Copyright. 1913. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
The Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
PITFALLS
LOVE
BY ADELE GARRISON

MARY'S HEAD went up spirit
eddy at Noels angry accusation.
and / knew a caustic retort was
on her lips, for Mary does not take
rebukes meekly. But ] also Knew
thSt a fire OF anger was burning
in Noel which must not be fed by
any show of wifely resentment.
Finding Redfield on their Aoor
the very next day after the
swinish exhibition for which Noel
had knocked the actor SenselessI
had driven Mary's husband again
to the brink of murderous anger.
"You are mistaken. Noel"
said, hoping the recording angel
was not keeping too strict an
eye on me. "Redfeld primarily
wanted TO see me, and suppose
he found out I was here through
one OF Mr.. Miners telephone
listening posts for 1 am sure
my father did not tell him."
MADGE DUETS NOEL
Some OF the savage tenseness
left Noels face, but with unerring
accuracy he aimed at my one vul-
nerable word.
you say he primarily wanted
TO see YOU" he said. IL suppose
secondariIy he wanted TO talk
to Mary
Eyes, ne did" I assented. but
n he had found me at my own
apartment, he would not have
tried to see Mary"
HE has colossal gall" Noel
said after a pause "tO come to
you for anything, Aunt Madge,
after staging what he did"
Next he put the terse question:
"What did he WANT"
WILD WITH JEALOUSY
brsced myself TO answer so
as not again 10 rouse his murder
Gus anger against Redfield.
"You know that Doctor
TwitcheII told your father IL
would be inadvisable for Red
field TO 20 on tonight" / parried.
"Yes. And i wish I'd hit him
harder, so he wouldn't be able
10 60 back at ALL"
WELL" went on. "when Red
field was told that, and that
John Hayes was TO take his role
tonight, he was wild with jeai-
ousy and fear that Hayes was
going to steal his role. So he
hunted me up and asked me to
intercede with your father to
scrap Hayes and permit Redfield
to 90 on tonight"
THE unspeakable cad" Noel
said. He'd sell his own mother
In IL would help his career"
EXPLAINS ABOUT GUARD
"Of course neither Mary nor
could do anything TO help him,
and we both refused TO speak to
your father"
81 gather that he turned ugly.
i see you had a guard here, or 1
suppose he Is guard"
HE Is" ! answered. 'I ar
ranged with my father 70 send
ONO ONtf WHICH, SttNC, dIitf Try
ing 10 get me at my own apart
ment, telephoned me here that
he wished TO talk to me. He
had sounded so furious felt
that he was dangerous. But
was able to calm Steve down,
and he went away quietly"
And then" Noel said with
self reproach, 81 had 10 jump
In and make a spectacle Of my
SELF"
STEVE is FRIGHTENED
This was a good mood in which
TO leave him with Mary. knew
she would be able TO manage him.
and l had two or three holes TO
plug so that the story I had told
Noel of Stephens wishing TO see
me primarily should be safe from
his discovery that it was false.
"I think IL was Steve who
presented the spectacle" / said.
'I'll see you about the party
for Georges tonight" / said, as
I closed the door after me.
Continued tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22

Answer to yesterdays puzzle:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-22
Quick Answers

False. 1t is a large flying
boat.
parachute troops.
3-Civil Air Patrol.
4-Artemus Ward.
5-Hohenzollern.
6-"The Legend Of Sleepy Hol-
low"
7-Refraction and reflection OF
suns light by raindrops.
Copyright. 1919, b. King Features
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Georgia Tech Coach Sees Tulsa
As Real Hurricane on Attack

1t marks Tulsas second successive
appearance in the New Orleans
classic. Last year the Hurricane
dropped a l4-7 decision to Tennes-
see.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Takoma Women Gain
In Pin Flag Chase

With a 80 victory over Red Circle,
Takoma cut the Hi-Skors' lead to
four games in the Ladies District
Bowling League flag chase as the
pace-setters dropped a game to the
Ast-place Arcadia quint. Evelyn
Gays 1873 and Vickie Croggons 358
were the heaviest wallops for Ia
koma. Firing top set of 384, Bing
Moen shone as Hi-Skor tailed L.
6o8 for the third highest team set of
the season.
Anacostia Spillway also posted a
1893. but dropped the rubber game
to Lafayette, 591 to 578. Edith
Peterson's 357 paved the way for
King Pin to trim Rosslyn, 2-l Mary
Heine, replacing Capt Madge Lewis
In the King Pin lineup, rolled 1924
and 3l8 in her seasons debut in the
fast feminine circuit. Mrs. Lewis
temporarily has retired with knee
injury.
Columbia won two games from the
skidding Rendezvous quint, with
Martha Biggs' 1868 the big poke.
Margaret Lynn was best for the
losers with 361 Ice Palace and Be-
theSda POSTPONED
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Kirk on -Four Winners.
Charles Town Score
Now Is in 5 Days
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A 22-year -old youngster from
Silver Spring, Nd, Carson N. Kirk.
is providing the jockey players with
coffee and cake around the Charles
Town three-quarter-mile racing
oval
Young Kirk, who is one Of three
brothers riding at the West Virginia
meeting, knocked in four more win
ners yesterday to stretch his victory
parade to l6 winning mounts In the
last five days.
Two winners last Saturday, four
Monday, one on Tuesday and four
yesterday served to boost his i've
day average to better than three q
day.
Merrie Shot, Miss Beeville, Roman
Boy and Wise Timmie were Kinks
triumphs yesterday. He placed on
Pilot Boat and failed to get in the
money on Omastone in the third.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Fiqhts at U|ine Give Robinson,
Banks Chance at Comeback

An opportunity to restore them
selves to favor among District box
ing fans will be given Billy Banks,
Washington colored lightweight,
and Ernest (Cat) Robinson, the
rough Negro welter from Long
Island.
Both were losers here recently in
disputed decisions. Banks had a
tight match against Vic Creelman,
dropping a split verdict, and called
for rematch. A cut under Creel-
mans eye is keeping the latter out
of action for a while and until
he returns Banks is keeping in
shape by fighting Willie Speary of
Nanticoke, Pa, on Monday night
card at Uline Arena.
Robinson also lost a close one
when defeated by Frankie Wills re-
Gently and on Mondays card takes
on Make Berger, popular Canadian
Welter. These two matches share
the feature spot and each will be
over the 10-round route.
Speary will provide plenty of op-
position for Banks. A veteran of
the ring game, his record includes
victories over joey Archibald and
Harry Jeffra. Berger, Robinson's s
opponent, also has been in the mitt
business long time with his record
going back to 1885. Recently dis
charged from the Canadian Army.
he is staging boxing comeback and
IL successful against the hard
punching Robinson will be seen in
several more matches here.
Meanwhile Matchmaker Gabe
Menendez is preparing a program
for Tuesday night at Turner's Arena
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Open Cross-Country Race
Scheduled by Co|ored Y

The annual Twelfth Street YMCA
open cross-country run will be held
on Saturday at II am. starting and
finishing at the Y. Two races will
be combined in one, with juniors
running 2.7 miles and seniors 35
miles.
Among the clubs to be represented
are Howard University. Baltimore
Y, Alexandria A. c., Dunbar, Car
dozo and Armstrong High Schools,
Southwest House, District Recrea-
ton Department and Police Boys
Club No. 2.
DR.. G. J. Gather, 6O-year-old vet
eran Of distance running, and Al
fred J. Patton, As years old, are
among the well-known runners who
have entered
Evening star., 1943-12-09
By The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Dec. 9.-Coach w. A.
Alexander called up his Georgia
Tech football squad today-and No.
item on the agenda was: How to
stop Tulsa's At hurricane?"
Idle since November 27, when they
beat Georgia, 48-0, the Engineers
were expected to start preparations
for their Sugar Bowl engagement
with light workout and some pre-
liminary study of known Tulsa for
nations.
Tulsa's coach, Henry Frnka,
secuted Tech in it's final game. Tech
did not scout Tulsa because the
latterS Bowl invitation was accepted
after Tulsa's final game.
Techs line was expected to get
particularly emphatic drills against
plays, built around Tulsas
ace, Clyde LIE Force. Ofensively,
Techs blue chips will be on Eddie
Prokop, No. 2 ground-gainer of the
Nation and this years ablest passer
in the South.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.

TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
American U. at Bridgewater,
Bridgewater, Va.
Georgetown Prep at Coolidge, 4.
Western at Montgomery Blair,
Silver Spring, 8 preliminary
7:15.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Quantico Marines at Maryland,
College Park, 8.
Gallaudet at Loyola, Baltimore.
American U. at Washington
College, Chestertown, Md.
Football.
High School All-Stars VS.. PREF
Griffith Stadium, 200.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Helps Lucky Strikes
To Victory in Hot
D. |. Flag Race
BY ROD THOMAS.

Frank (Bub) Guethler OF the
Lucky Strike team in the District
League today held the lead among
male participants in The Stars big
War Bond bowling tournament fol-
lowing a brilliant performance last
night at the Lucky Strike in which
he shot 431. but Bub will be FORUM
ate if he wins the top prize.
His handicap was only nine pins,
for a gross 440. score likely to be
surpassed many times by bowlers
with fat handicaps, based on a
scratch Of 1913, with full difference
between that and league averages
allowed.
Guethler, at 125, is one of the
highest men eligible for
the tournament. His games last
night were 154, l56 and 12l.
They helped Lucky Strike score
a sweep over Arcadia in the hot
District League pennant race; also
won Guethler his entry fee of $12
in the Bethesda Open to be held
Sunday at the Bethesda Bowling
Center. George w. Huguely, jr.,
sponsor of the Bethesda event, put
up the II bucks for District Leaguers
to shoot for
Temple Has Big Night.
Winning five of six games from
HyattSville, one with a season record
of 706, Northeast Temple spurted to
a fourth place tie with Greenway
and Lucky Strike, three games be-
hind the pacesetting King Pins, who
maintained a one-game lead with
a 81 victory over the GreenwayS.
Paced by Alfred Cutie Hayre's
800, the Temples swept the invading
Hyattsville team with a score of
1909 in a postponed match at King
Pin and in the regular match won,
81, with a set of 1862, opened with
the record 706. Larry Smiths 172
featured the big tally, to which
Johnny Shea contributed 158 and
Ray Watson 1853.
Lucky Strike, recovered from
many early-season setbacks, gained
a fourth-place tie in sweeping Ar
cadia. While Guethler's 431 was topI
set, Capt. Ollie Pacini's timely
double header strike and Tony San
tinl's spare and strike in the last
two boxes supplied the punch that
put Lucky Strike across in the de-
Gliding game, 595 to SOL, after easy
wins in the first two with 631 and
652. Pacini posted 403 and San
TIM, 39l.
Chevy Chase Beats Champs.
Chevy Chase Ice Palace continued
to knock down the leaders in nick
ing the champion Clarendon team,
81. with Everett Gardner'S 154 WIN
ming a hot middle game, 638 to 635,
and Elmer Wesley's 3S4 as high set
George Linkins fired his third
straight 400 set with 403 and won
the final game for Clarendon with
l52.
Paul Jarman's Isl and Bob Mici-
otto's 800 were the big blows as King
Pin trimmed Greenway, 81, with a
final game count of 676. Ed Nash's
Isl won the first game for Green
way.
Lafayette, led by Ed Cleary's ISL
and 389, won two games from Ana
costa Spillway and gained undis-
puted possession of second place as
Hi-Skor dropped into a third-place
tie with Clarendon by losing two
games to Colonial Village. Beth
esda trimmed BrOokland, 81.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Golden G|overs Offer
18 Matches Toniqht

Eighteen matches, three of them
In the senior division, are scheduled
for tomorrow's second round of the
Golden Gloves boxing tournament
at Turner's Arena.
Feature of tomorrow's senior &C
tivities may be the 135-pound match
IN which Ray Hanbury, Lewis
brother, takes on Leonard Zuniga of
Fort Meade.
Other senior matches offer Harry
1smer of Apollo Club against Johnny
Blnns Of the Washington Boys
Club at 126 pounds, and George
Espine, Merrick. against Maurice
Evans, Boiling Field, in the 147-
pound division.
Seniors took their physical ex-
animation last night and all Is
passed.
vs. Frank Moroney (Apollo A. c.: Able
Guard Mount Rainier Boys Club VS.
Tony Anastasi washington Boys Club
Us; vs. IN Nick X Loretto tMerrick Club. Bernie
aa RaaFY Yyed ID 81 vs. Esssne G5ert Bo
Station) VS., Willie Hodges (Merrick CiubI
bob tso Kaiser Boiling Field VS.. Eddie Haas
~ pounds Harold Taylor IN. T. 81
vs. Buddy Gaines (Merrick Club. BlacEie
Annisi ~. S. NJ. c. VS.. Dan Hallon (Apollo
A. G.: Ruby Colds tein (Merrick Club VS..
Ted Mcintosh IN. T. s., Pete Trotto IN
T. s. VS.. Frank Caruso wv B. CD, Bob
BALDWIN tSt. Mary.s) VS.. James Balderson
N T s., Max Brenner (W. B. c. VS.
Cliff Hart Petes A. CT.
80 pounds-Bill Gable tMerrick Club
Us Earl Elkins tGallaudet, Benny Aaui-
,ino Apollo. A. c. VS.. Gerard, Drum (St,
Mary's), Pat Palumbo tMerrick Club VS.
Norman Blumenthal tW. B. c..
Senior Glass.
126 pounds-Harry Ismer apollo A. c.
VS. Johnny BinnS (W. B. c..
30 pounds-Ray Hanbury tMerrck
Club VS.. Leonard Zunisa tFort Meade).
~ pounds-George Espine tMerrck
Club VS.. Maurice Evans Boiling Field.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Cold Weather Draws
Big League Players
To Florida Haunts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SARASOTA, Fla, Dec. Gold
weather seems to have the same
effect on baseball players as on geese
and ducks, and many of all three are
beginning to show up in their old
Florida haunts.
Next spring, for the second success
sive year, Florida will be without a
training camp. but many of the old
timers of the baseball colony already
have checked in for the duration of
cold weather.
Pitcher Paul Derringer of the
Cincinnati Reds and veterans Paul
Waner and Johnny Cooney, with
Brooklyn last season, are among
early arrivals Others include Ted
McGrew, scout for the Philadelphia
Nationals, DOME Bush. owner of the
Indianapolis club, and Butch Hen
line, international League umpire.
Sewell Fails Draft Exam.
Truett Rip) Sewel of the Pitts
burgh Pirates. whose "blooper" ball
was sensation last season, has re-
turned to Plant City for the season.
He was classified IA by his draft
board and sent to Camp Blanding
for induction but failed to pass the
physical.
Outfielder Gerald (Gee) Walker
Of the Cincinnati Reds is back in
Orlando working in drug store
Johnny Nee, veteran New York
Yankees talent hunter, is wintering
at St. Petersburg, peacetime training
camp for the Yankees and st. Louis
Cardinals.
Passed Up Title Series.
James Wren Bach" Taylor, st.
Louis Browns coach, didn't even wait
to see the World Series before re-
turing to his home at Winter Park.
Bill KLEIN. National League umpire,
is at Miami Beach.
Among old timers who have come
to stay are Joe Strip, former major
Lacquer, who operates a baseball
school at Orlando each year in
peacetime, and DaZzy Vance, who
achieved fame as pitcher for
Brooklyn. now operating hotel and
hunting camp at Homosassa Spring
Evening star., 1943-12-09

He plans two eight-rounders to top
this show and already has signed
Charley Bennett against Nick
Latsios for one of these. Bennett
recently stopped Eddie Kane's a.
match winning streak and made 1t
stick by taking return match only
last Monday. Now he will be out to
stop the long string run up by
Latsios. Nick has taken all 13 OF
his pro fights.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Masters Golf Seen for IA

Augusta hears that the Masters
golf tournament may be revised
next year.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
4,019 War Boxers
Share Neil Trophy

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Four
thousand and nineteen former
boxers, scattered from Italy to
Tarawa, today held collective title
to the Edward j. Neil memorial
plaque awarded annually by the
Boxing Writers Association of
New York for outstanding service
to the sport.
In voting the award to the
fighting boxers the writer's
strayed from their usual pro-
cedure of honoring an individual.
Former winners include Jack
Dempsey, Billy Conn, Henry Arm
strong, Joe Louis and Barney
Ross.
Evening star., 1943-12-09

E0EEV New book,
INGIs Take Care
of Your Cooling Sys-
tenn gives special,
money-saving tipsevery
motorist should know.
Just send a penny postal
card to Room 2496, Ne
mours Bldg, E. l.
du Pont de Nemours &
Co. (Inc.), Wilmington,
Delaware.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Two Capital Gridders
.On Military Team

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. o.-Two
Washington boys are on the Vir-
ginia All-State prep school foot
ball team selected by coaches.
Bill Mckay of Fork Union was
voted ONE of the end positions, while
Joe Glenn of Randolph-M Macon was
named a guard
The other end assignment went
to Bill Marsh of HagerstoWn, Md.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Turf Amount to Double
So, 200, 900 for Relief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Racing has
raised s4,200000 for war relief 50
far this year and expects the amount
to grow another $4o0 900 before
January 1. delegates to the meeting
of the Thoroughbred Racing Asso-
citation were told
Evening star., 1943-12-09
IMacricostas Mat Victor
AS Referee Gusts Leone

George Macricostas, the Golden
Greek, won the feature rassling bout
last night at Turner's Arena on a
disqualification. Michele Leone, the
Greeks opponent. was tossed out by
the referee after 80 minutes of slug
ging. strangling, stomping and
gouging.
Also stopped by the referee was
the Yellow Masks opponent, DR..
John Bonica, for a double leg lock,
with the decision going to the Mask
Billy Bartush pinned Henry Piers
after 2llA minutes with a crotch
hold, body bend and press.
In the other two maches, Frank
Bronowicz won over Cliff Olson,
while Jimmy Britt and Chief Bamba
Tabu drew in the opener.
Evening star., 1943-03-28

penter, an electrician, two stage
managers, three personal maids, the
mems dressers, the company man
ayers and the three Cornell dachs-
hunds.
Not precisely of the proportions
OF circus, but big enough to sug-
gest a few headaches.
But Miss Cornell is happy about
the whole thing, happy particularly
that in the more than three months
the company has been playing there
has been virtually no friction. And
that is saying a good deal of COM
pany which numbers Judith Ander-
son, Ruth Gordon, Gertrude Mus
grove, Dennis King. Edmund GWenn,
Mckay Morris, Tom Powers and
Alexander Knox.
Star trouble" the curse of SINH
lar productions, has been singularly
lacking.
I'VE all get along beautifully. -
Miss Cornell said as she hurried
away to the waiting hairdresser.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
MelOdramas in BackwOOds
Eventually Led to Barrymore
Twenty Years the Stage Manager
For the Theater's Great Ethel,
Eddie McHugh Got an Early Start

seasons. In the summers he stage
managed at Elitchs Gardens in
Denver.
After 20 years in the hinterlands,
McHugh girded his loins and in
vaded Broadway. Luckier than
most, he landed a job several weeks
after his arrival in town when Ar
thur Hopkins engaged him to stage
manage his production of "The
Claw" starring Lionel Barrymore.
Lionel was so pleased with his work
that when his sister, Ethel, went in
to production on Rose Bernd" he
recommended Eddie as her stage
manager, a position he has held
ever since. Only one Ethel Barry
more play has not had its backstage
manned by McHugh and that was
THE Constant Wife; the reason
McHugh had to pass up that one
was because he was already tied up
managing What Price Glory"
Extensive Traveller.
During the 20 years he has
worked for Ethel Barrymore, Nc
Hugh has played in every State in
the union with the exception of
New Mexico. His travel record will
probably be completed during the
two-season tour of The Corn Is
Green" as the Shumlin office may
obligingly book it into Santa Fe.
The Corn Is Green" marks the
17th Ethel Barrymore play McHugh
has staged managed. His other
plays for the royal family's distaff
head include Rose Bernd,"
Romeo and Juliet" The Laughing
Lady" The School for Scandal"
"a Royal Fandango," The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray," Hamlet" The
Merchant of Venice" The Twelve
Pound Look "LAiglon," The
Ghost of Yankee Doodle" white
oaks" and Farm of Three Echoes" J"
When Miss Barrymore took Sir
James Barrie's "Twelve-Pound
Look" to England, McHugh went
along.
When not working. which is sell
dom, McHugh visits his brother in
44oiiy "oou. oSVClol SCdIo o5o ilC
and Frank revived a scene from
their familys vehicle for Lambs
Club Gambol. 1t was a laugh-pro-
voking skit, even when played
straight
McHugh is the only stage man.
ager who has worked for all three
Barrymores. His Barrymore flush
was completed when John hired
him for revival of The Jest" His
most successful non-Barrymore
play in recent semesters was The
Petrifled Forest" With that one, he
recalls, one of his hardest tasks was
seeing Leslie Howard delivered
home to his wife and child safe in
body and limb on matinee days.
Each Wednesday and Saturday he
would have to charge like a lines
man through a bevy of stage door
James, waiting for a glimpse of
Howard or stray buttons off the
movie stars vestments. Eddie, ac-
customed to the more sedate Miss
B.. couldn't get used to such undig-
nified didoes.
Evening star., 1943-03-28

usually more palatable than con-
temporary happenings, unless it
happens to be dull, and The
Patriots certainly isn't. Still, for
all the parallels observers have
found between it's jefferson and
Hamilton and some of today's Amer
ican leaders, it certainly is release.
Unblushingly Escapist.
Most of the others openly boast
of being escapist in nature: The de-
lightful Dark Eyes" "Blithe Spirit, "
The Skin of Our Teeth" Junior
Miss" Arsenic and Old Lace" the
imperishable Life With Father"
Angel Street." Uncle Harry" and
Lady in the Dark
Perhaps next season or five sea-
sons from now there will be war
play.
The artistic and commercial sue
cess OF Our Town" and The Skin
of Our Teeth" seem to have affected
Charles Schnee. playwright, and Lee
Strasberg, producer, so much that
they offered this past Monday a
piece called Apology" which moved
reviewers to the unanimous declara-
ton that something more than an
apology was needed
ELISA Landi, as a commentator
carries big physical load, though
by the time this is printed she will
probably be relieved of the onerous
job. The play was bad, the actors
good, and among the best were
Erin OBrien-Moore, Clay Clement,
Ben Smith and Thelma Schnee.
Apology" raises the old question
OF how and why bad plays reach
Broadway; but there apparently is
no answer.