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Evening star., 1944-02-04
BY J. w. STEPP.

"The Red Poppy" was not the
only resuscitation act which the
Ballet Russo staged on its latest
visit which ended last night in a
Constitution Hall bulging with pa
irons. Last night two more of rela-
lively hoary vintage were intro
duced to Washington as they have
been and will be in other cities dur
ing the current season. "Etude"
and "The Cuckold's Fair" are their
names, and 1t is questionable wheth-
er their introduction was worth
the effort.
Perhaps it is unfair to, say such
thing OF Bronislava Nijinska' s
Bachbased work-not that Nine
Nijinska, in her accumulated pros
perity. would be particularly ag-
grieved. "Etude" is kind to the
eye; it is also theatrical, in the
Hollywood sense of the word Some
how those tableau effects smack of
Busby Berkeley; the handling of
the moving masses is too neatly
and meaninglessly worked out. The
costuming. the rigid music Of Fa-
ther Bach and the intense sobriety
of expression of the dancers do
have an appeal considered as a
whole. But it is that of stark
row Of Doric columns. "Etude" is
Evening star., 1944-02-04

Fred MacMurray to present the
thesis that housing here Is a mad
sort of joke, there is nothing for
even the sensitive citizen to do but
Join In the laughter. Living any
where else is just as tough, Of
course, but this Is the worlds CLAM
our town now and picture of con-
ditions in Worcester, Mass, or Lon
don, England, would not have the
same appeal. Moreover, in addition
10 kidding about how uncozy it is
to sleep under Andrew Jackson's
iron horse in Lafayette Park, Para
mount takes some laughable side
swipes at bureaucracy. That modi-
hes the sting of the purely munich
pal aspects Of its jibe. The proud
est old Washingtonian will be the
first to agree with Hollywood that
that way, we are very funny.
Paramount's travesty on the mis-
cry Of strangers within the local
gate is an amusing piece Of far
fetched fiction, less subtle and deft
than THE More the Merrier" but
Just as mirthful. 1t introduces Miss
Goddard as the artful secretary
of a middle Western businessman
(MacMurray) who accompanies him
here on some Government contract
business. After they have spent
the first rainy night in town under
Gen. Jackson's horse, Miss Goddard
unknown to the boss-gets them
Jobs as cook and butler in a wealthy
Washington home.
That. you have to grant, Is mad
situation and Paramount works its
every preposterous angle for the
ultimate laugh. Ere Standing
Room Only" runs its dizzy and only
occasionally dull course the aggre-
gate of hilarity reaches pretty
impressive sum.
There Is a lot of it, for example,
in Mr.. MacMurray's outrage at flnd-
ing himself, a tycoon, being treated
as butler by a little wolf1sh squirt
played by Roland Young. Mr.. Mac
Murray's high indifference to the
bells the boss pushes is not whit
more funny than the boss terrified
hesitation to protest, terror based
upon his experience that even a
servant who won't work Is impos-
sible to get. The servant situa-
ton gag you can be certain is fairly
exhausted before standing Room
Only" is finished with it, but 1t Is
never so repetitiously handled that
Washingtonians will not find it one
of the most ribald and amusing
stretches of the drama.
Miss Goddard, who wears her
maids costume with devastating
chic, is the HARDEST working men,
Der Of the cast Of Paramount's
farce. While MacMurray succeeds
In talking the boss out Of every
day off in order to 60 down and
wait for an audience at the WPB,
she is in the kitchen cooking elab-
crate meals. serving them, and 9TH
erwise doing the house work while
Evening star., 1944-02-04
more Ballets Out of the Past

as cold and mechanical as the Bran
denburg concertos to which 1t is
mostly set. How the good Nine.
could ever have considered Bach
danceable, beyond bourree or
two!
THE Cuckold's Fair" is a crea-
ton of Pillar Lopez, now dancing
with the Argentinita company, and
as might be expected is relentlessly
in the Spanish idiom. According to
the program notes, 1t tells a story.
This was not readily apparent in
the Ballet Russe's performance last
night. 1t has to do with an old
Spanish ceremony wherein sterile
women set out to the forests to
Evening star., 1944-02-04

trying to evade the advances Of
the wolfsh Young. No girl ever
had a combination Of duties better
calculated to make the customers
laugh, and Miss Goddard plays every
angle with the special zest Of an
actress enjoying herself.
Darrell Ware and Karl Tunberg
have written the bureaucracy angle
Of standing Room Only" with the
fervor of two gents who might have
been waiting in an anteroom for a
couple of months. Day after day,
they show MacMurray taking his
place at the end of a line outside
the door of WPB executive, reach
ing the end of it just as the eXecu-
tive rushes out to dinner without
seeing him. 1t Is the pictures long
est running gag and the longer it
runs, the more ludicrous it becomes.
There is sound reason to suspect
that the public will find it the most
amusing area of the highly colored
Jest.
In addition to their resourceful-
ness in the situations of their fable,
the authors Of standing Room
Only" have done an acceptable job
of character creation and a more
than acceptable one with reference
to dialogue that is sharp. discern
ing and provocative of more mirth
than any other picture of its kind.
An incidental actor who helps out
with the situation, character and
dialogue. very ably in all three, is
Edward Arnold.
As we say, no matter what your
degree OF civic pride, you will find
yourself laughing with Hollywood
in this one. You know how easy
1t is to go back to laughing at it.
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Student Prince:
$50 pm.
CapitoI-"The Lodger": II am,
l:4O, 4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, 3:35, Sis and pm.
Columbia-"Cry Havoc: 11:35
am, 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and 9:35
pm.
Earle-"The Miracle Of Morgan's
Creek: II a m, lao, 4:25. ITO, 9:55
pm. Stage shows: /, $50, 6:35 and
9:25 pm.
Keiths - His Buffers Sister:
Ills am, 1:2o, 3:25, $50, TAO and
GAS pm.
Little-"Jeannie": II am. 1880,
2:35, 4:20, sos, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Fighting Sea-
bees: II am, los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Palace standing Room Only:
II am, los, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and
e:45 pm.
Pix-"Lady From Kentucky: /,
$40, $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts:
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-02-04

ind verbena, the first to do 80 and
return to the fair being destined
to find fulfillment. For all prac-
tical ballet purposes the function
is no more than an orgy of stomp
ing heels, clapping hands and snap
ping fingers, such as you will find in
any Argentinita program, or, to
much better effect, in Three Cor
nered Hat" There seem to be more
masses in this one. Gustavo Pitta-
luga supplies the music, which
doesn't begin to compare with his
compatriot's, DeFalla, any way you
listen to 1t. You might even say
that Signore Pittaluga is to Spain
Evening star., 1944-02-04
Four One.Act Plays
To Benefit Refugees

"A Salute to the Children of the
United Nations a group of four
one-act plays, will be presented next
Sunday at 3 O'Clock in the Ward
man Park Theater for the benefit of
the International Red Cross helping
refugee children.
Students of Rose Robson Cohen S
Children's Studios of Speech and
Drama will stage the entertainment
consisting of Russian fairy tale
entitled "Katinka and the Jeweled
Tree, "Theseus," a Greek classic:
Market Day in Amsterdam" from
the Dutch. and Chinese legend,
The Thrice Promised Bride"
Evening star., 1944-02-04

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1944-02-04

what Aaron Copland b to America: !:
You can tolerate q bar here and
there.
Mr.. COPELAND. in fact. was rep
resented on last nights program,
too-in conjunction with Agnes
COklahoma'D DeMille: "Rodeo." +"
That gay and wholly western"
number was brought here last year
by the same company. The un-
diluted square dance, the shenan:-
(See STEPP. Page B-11.)
Evening star., 1944-02-04
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. G.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, lsl4.
Standing Room Only Spoofs
Life in Washington Cleverly
BY JAY CARMODY.

Hollywood which used to be the butt Of the Nations
It's best these point that Washington
one.
Honesty demands the admission that gay
for itself in Standing which
Evening star., 1944-02-04

STANDING ROOM ONLY" q Paramount
picture starring Paulette Goddard and Fred
MacMurray, associate producer Paul Jones.
directed by Sidney Lansheld, based on
story by AL Martin. At the Palace.
Evening star., 1944-04-05

High school graduate, under 35. already
serving a streetcar repair shop. No ex-
perience necessary, but must be in good
health and active. Permanent work, with
excellent opportunity for promotion Six
day. 4S-hour week. About $3.50 per month
TO start, with automatic increases. Apply
employment office, Room 1888. Capital
Transit Co, 36th and Prospect ave. NV,
GEORGETOWN. Take Route No. 20, Cabin
John Streetcar
Evening star., 1944-04-05
HELP MEN.
TIRE CHANGERS

Experienced or inexperienced Good work
ing conditions. Uniforms furnished Appiy
Mr.. GIN. Croker General Tire Co.. 1902
14th ST. NV
Evening star., 1944-04-05
Newsprint Supplies
Increased Slightly
For Second Quarter
BY the Associated Press.

LSS Nht hoSOSiatSd 400.
Newsprint available for second
quarter requirements in the United
States will total approximately
835 900 tons, or $1,000 tons more
than in the first three months of
the year, the War Production Board
said yesterday.
Saying that no new percentage
cuts in usage are anticipated during
the second period, the agency esti-
mated orders in the new quarter at
about $4,000 tons, leaving approx
imately 10000 tons for contingent
cies. including appeals" At the
same time, however, any possibility
of rebuilding publishers inventories
was ruled out.
Arthur w. Treanor, director of
WPBs Printing and Publishing Di-
vision, reported that first quarter
newsprint orders placed with North
American mills by United States
publishers and other consumers
totaled approximately $4,000 tons
against $4,000 tons available, re-
sulting in balance of $4,000 tons.
OF this balance, approximately
10000 tons were allocated for addi-
tional governmental and other war
urgency orders, leaving net carry
over of $4,000 tons available from
Canadian sources.
BY agreement with Canada, this
supply will be added to the new
stock available from that country
Harold Boeschenstein, acting direc-
tor of the Forest Products Bureau
said. The carry-over supply, to-
gether with the production of United
States and Newfoundland mills, will
provide the total of 5000 tons ex-
pected for second-quarter needs.
Evening star., 1944-04-05
Tito Asks UNNRA Council
For Seat on That Body
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 5.-Marshal Tito,
leader of the Yugoslav Partisans,
has asked the council of the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration for a seat on that
body, according to a broadcast by
the Free Yugoslav radio recorded
yesterday by the Ministry of Infor-
nation.
Tito's request said that a total of
50,159 square miles of Yugoslav ter
ritory with a population of approxi-
mately 100000 persons has been
freed from Axis domination and
Evening star., 1944-04-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.

iurn., etc, from Cumberland, Hagerstown
or Frederick. Md. on April .. EN-. 1858.
sible for debts unless incurred BY me. j. p.
Gooch, Gig S. Randolph, Arlington, Va.
6s
AFTER THIS DATE, will not be respon-
sible for debts unless incurred by me,
Esau w Samuels. 919 End st. s.w. &c
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
meeting Of the stockholders of the Allied
Drug Corporation will be held at 649
Florida ave. NV. Washington, D. c., on
April II, 1914 at 6 O'Clock. pm. for the
purpose of amending the charter to In
crease the number and change the type OF
shares issuable hereunder.
tS) THEODORE BRADFORD, Chairman.
Attest. PERCY JACKSON. SeCrntarY. =
Evening star., 1944-04-05

that "this population is in urgent
need ="
The news that Director General
Lehman of the UNRRA former
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New
York; has gone to Cairo for con-
situations with the Yugoslav refugee
government has caused a painful
impression on the nation Tito
added.
Evening star., 1944-04-05
u. S. Tunkmen Snup
Snipers Out of Trees
BY the Associated Press,

BY the ASSOclated Press.
BOUGAINVILLE, Solomon Islands
April 5.-Tankmen here have great
sport slingShooting japanese snipers
out of trees.
When sniper is spotted the crew
drives the tank against the sniper's
tree, bending it several degrees. Then
the driver puts the tank into reverse
gar and gives her the gas, and the
tree whips back so smartly it hurls
the sniper, or snipers, few hun
dred feet, stunning them.
Evening star., 1944-04-05
JANTTOR
CHIEF ENGINEER.

Must hold 1st class stationary en-
gineers license and-or 1st, class marine
engineers license; must be qualified to
iaS OUT and ana dirset operation ana repairs
ing system: starting salary OPEN perma-
nent position with nationally known or
ganization; appointment arranged day or
evening. Phone TIE. 1000 between 10
Evening star., 1944-04-05
PRFSSFR
LIQUOR SALESMAN,
YOUNG MAN.

Must be experienced; good salary: excellent
opportunity for advancement. Box 391-G.
Star
Evening star., 1944-04-05
HELP MEN AND WOMEN.

COUPLE, white. butler and chambermaid,
experienced local references: live in. Phone
DU. 1871. call bet. and pm
DAY ELEVATOR OPERATOR; salary. $40
per month references required. Box 279-
SILK AND WOOL PREssERs, men or
women 4S-hour week: pleasant working
conditions; good pay Apply at orce
Dependable Cleaners and DyerS, 3OOS Co.
lumbia pike. Arlington. Va
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30

Those little fiX-up jobs around the
house are lot more necessary now
than in the halcyon days of peace
when it seemed easier and cheaper
to discard and replace than to re-
pair. Yet keeping a house in apple
pie order is more important than in
abundant times.
Fixing F'loors-If your hardwood
floors aren't too bad, clean with ben
zine and, when dry, give them a
good waxing. If they need more
than that, yet can do without a re-
scraping, clean with benzine, then
give them a fresh coat of varnish or
shellac Cor shellac substituted. This
isn't quite orthodox but it makes
pretty good fresh-up.
Broken Chair Legs-A split chair
leg usually cracks with the grain of
the wood, so it's easy to fit it back
together. Hold it in place with c
clamps and drill through both pieces
with a small ooWel-bit. White a
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
Keep House in ApplePie Order
With These Simple Brush-Up Tips
By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN

small wooden pin or wooden nail,
called doWel-stick, to fit into the
drilled hole. Next take off clamp
and apply thick coat of glue on
each surface, then refit the pieces
together, replace c clamps, ham,
mer in the dowel-stick and leave for
two days to DIR, Aoroughly. Then
remove clamps and sandpaper the
end of the dowel-stick and refinish
it to match. If loose legs Or rungs
are your worry, remove them and
clean off all the old dry glue from
hole and rung, using sharp knife
for this job, finishing with sandpa-
per. Apply fresh glue, refit rung
or leg into hole, then draw tightly
together with tourniquet, using a
rope and a stick between the two.
posts. Leave to dry day or SO be-
fore removing tourniquet. If the
hole is too large for the rung, fill
with a curved metal wedge or with
plastic wood.
Consolidated Features.-W NU Release.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30

Americas typical 1914 baby
weighs seven pounds, five ounces at
birth. He Cor she) is born with a
rather heavy head of hair. The 1914
infant is not afraid of furry ami
mails, such as cats, dogs and squir-
rels. This composite characterize
ton of the babies born in this war
time year was synthesized from re-
plies to 1000 questionnaires sent out
to users of a baby record book,
"Baby's First Seven Years." which
is published by committee of the
Chicago Lying-In hospital.
Contrary to the tradition that
more boy babies are born in war
years, it was found that there were
practically as many of one sex as
the other. which is the usual proper
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
7hisHone-kAixed
Cough Syrup Is
Most Effective
Easily Mixed. Needs No Cooking.

Cough medicines usually contain a
large quantity of plain syrup-a good
ingredient, but one which you can
easily make at home. Take 2 cups Of
granulated sugar and cup of water,
and stir a few moments until dis
solved. Or use corn syrup or liquid
honey, instead of sugar syrup.
Then get from any druggist 211a
ounces of PineX, pour it into a pint
bottle, and add your syrup. This gives
you full pint of wonderful medicine
for coughs due to colds. It makes a
real saving because it gives you about
four times as much for your money.
It never spoils, and tastes fine.
This is actually surprisingly eff
fective, quick-acting cough relief.
Promptly, you feel it taking hold. It
loosens the phlegm, soothes the irri-
tated membranes and makes breath
ing easy. You've never seen anything
better for prompt and pleasing results.
Pinex is special compound of
proven ingredients, in concentrated
form, a most reliable soothing agent
for throat and bronchial membranes.
Money refunded if it doesn't please
you in every way.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30

EAVORITE toy for little tots to
L take to bed. This life-like doll is
% inches long and is adorable in
outing flannel, fur cloth, sateen or
percale. Use yarn scraps for hair.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
Composing Concert Music
Found to Be Improbable

Composing concert music in
the United States is so I'M
profitable that even the most sue
cessful composers have to earn
their livelihood in another occupa-
ton, says Golfers. A major or
chestra pays only from $25 to $50
for the right to perform a SYM
picnic work, while most choral
societies, small orchestras and
chamber music groups seldom
pay anything.
One famous symphony, although
performed many times by lead
ing orchestras, earned only SITS,
or 1920 less than the composers
expenses.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
THREE LETTER GALS

Everybody's wearing initials on
practically everything. We don't
have to tell you about those dime
store plastic initials that all the
gals are swooning about and we
don't have to tell you how to use
alphabet noodles for monograms.
When group of gals get together
these days they look like an ami
mated game of anagrams. Here
are some of the new initial inspira-
tons.
Soapy Stuff-Take a sample size
cake of soap and scratch your ini-
tials in it with pin or toothpick.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
CLASSIFIED
D E P a r T M E N r
REMNANTS

$50 Lovely Quilt Pieces S1.OO Postpaid!
Good quality colorfaSt prints, percales.
100, 81 SO. Sample 100, Csc. Free patterns!
Woods r emnants ID ept. WB, Bedford p Jenna.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
War Babies Are Big and Fearless, and Have Thick Hair

ton. Recent scientific investigation
of the widely-held belief indicates
that the preponderance Of males in
wartime is very slight.
While the average baby weighed
7 pounds and 5 ounces at birth. he
had reached 171z pounds within six
months At the age of one year he had
grown to q pounds and ounces.
Thicker hair at birth seemed to
be the rule this year. No particular
significance was attached to this
phenomenon, unless it could be con-
sidered in line with a general
toughness of body and spirit that
these war babies exhibit. It was
noted, for instance, that few Of this
years babies were afraid Of furry
animals. -.-- 4
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
Vicious Ants and Hollow
Tree a Team Of Nature

One of the most unusual of trees
is the barrasanta or can't tree"
grown in sparsely populated east
ern Colombia (South America). A
small slender tree with red flow
err, the barrasanta has a hollow
trunk which houses a swarm of
vicious, biting ants.
A perfect team of nature-tree
protects the ants against the ele-
ments, the ants protect the tree
against animals and man.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
ON SCHEDULE


Your life is SO crowded these days
that you're apt to forget important
things like the next Bob Hope radio
program or what sweater your wore
yesterday. Put yourself on sched-
ules like these.
Are you Listenin' - Doesn't it
make you simmer to hear the kids
at school talking about radio pro-
gram that you forgot to listen to
the night before? 1t won't happen
again if you keep a small calendar
right on your radio table with a
day-by-day listing of all the pro-
grams you want to listen to.
Combination Chronology-You can
make limited wardrobe of ''sepa-
rates" seem like big one if you
vary the combinations every day,
according to schedule. Get all your
sweaters, jackets and skirts togeth-
err, now. List all the combinations
you can make with them; then list
different combination for each day
in the week on a special fashion cal
endar. Be sure you follow it every
YnOrninp
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
TRIXIE TEEN SAYS

Tenshun! Ho,U many of you are in
good standing? Or do you droop
around Nth slouched shoulders, stick.
ing out sohere you should stick in and
vice versa? Take look around you at
the WAVES, the WACs, and all the 9TH
er gals in uniform. Don't they took
slick and smart? It's not just the uni.
form-it's the ,uay they sOear it. In one
,Uord, chun,, its posture. So, square
your shoulders, keep your chin up and
your fun1ny in. after all, you sUear a
uniform, soo-euen though it's only a
sweater and skirt.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
NATURAL NECKLACE

Loose Leaves - We don't mean
notebooks, we mean colorful autumn
leaves that are blowing your way
these days, Dip them in wax and
string when cool and hard-wonder-
full necklace for sweaters. while
we're talking about autumn leaves,
lots of girls are giving vicente roasts
right now. They invite their guests
to come in overalls and with rakes.
Instead of dancing, everybody rakes
the leaves and then weenies are
roasted over the burning leaf fires)
Rings on Your Fingers-Match up
your pearl necklace with a pearl
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
Can't Swing Classics

For more than two years, the
British Broadcasting corporation
has ruled off the air, in Difference
to listener sensibility, all jazz and
swing versions of themes which
have been taken from the COM
positions of the great masters,
such as Chopin, Schubert, Tchai-
kovsky and Wagner.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
"GAY CADETS"
By NANCY PEPPER
Associated Newspapers-wNU Features.

Fill in the ridges with red nail
polish; make border around the
soap with the polish; then attach a
pin to the back with adhesive tape
and wear on your lapel or beanie.
Makes good scents, too.
Is Your Name Mary?-Or is it
Mildred or Myrtle? If it's anything
that begins with an I'M" you can
make tricky lapel initial out of
two chicken wishbones colored with
nail polish. Go on, Margaret, try it.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30

any short hat pin (you know,
straight pin with a little knob on
the top). Cover the knob with
large heart cut out of two pieces of
felt and sewn together. Decorate
the heart in beads or sequins. Stick
into your lapel like a mans stick
pin.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30

ring. Easy to make
if you string some
pearls from a bro
ken necklace on a
small piece of thin
wire. Just twist
around your finger
and--didn't we tell
you - you have q
pearl ring.
Hat Pins Into
Heart Pins - Take
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-30
SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK -
Lovable Sleepy Time Gift Doll

For complete cutting, pattern, sewing
and finishing instructions for the Crib Doll
(Pattern No. 5643) send 16 cents in coins,
your name, address and the pattern num-
Der.