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Evening star., 1950-07-07

Of the script is intimated in Q
dozen aspects of "Rogues of Sher-
wood Forest" In one passage, fol
example. the dainty Lady Mari
anne slips saw to the imprisoned
young Robin, not in the contem.
porary cake, but in one Of those
long, dainty scarfs 18th century
ladies gave knights to carry into
battle.
This is satirically funny touch
another of which is to cast Billy
House. an old burlesque heavy
weight, as Friar Tuck; and still
another being the employment OF
sinister George MacReady, once
a busy villain in anti-Nazi Aims
as King John.
It would take a man with STOP
watch to measure the exact tempo
of 'Rogues of Sherwood Forest" "
but even the naked eye can see
that it is about as helter-skelter
as anything this season. Young
Robin and his gang. and King
Johns rival gang. spend as much
time in the saddle as they do on
various parts of their own anat-
omy, and the speed at which they
move aboar| their horses is never
less than ,k-neck.
The equestrian scene best cal
culated to reduce you to a mirth-
full mess is that in which the
Sherwood forest team hooks up
with the kings outfit in the cli-
mactic battle. Even the horses in
this sequence seem to be playing it
with an air that they are not get
ting paid enough to take chance
Of getting a skinned fetlock.
This probably is the only SEN
sible attitude to take toward any
modern-day version of Robin
Hoods 735-year-old story.
X X n II
Although it may be due to a
mirage created by Hollywood S
1850 interest in economical pro-
duction, Sherwood Forest seems to
be smaller than in earlier films.
What there is Of it. however, is
a sound piece Of real estate for
short. hard spurts of riding. It
also is ample for the erection of
few small palaces and feudal
courtyards in which the Kings
men beat the citizens for nom
payment of taxes and the citizens
retaliate by shooting the tax COL
lectorS.
If you are in a mood for nom
sense, you should try the Warner.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
fathers old gang needs to restore

fathers old gang needs to restore
it's youthful verve.
Unlike other Hoods. fathers or
sons, the one Derek plays is not
much of a swordsman. Although
he wins every bout, including the
main event with the Count of
Flanders, each obviously is fixed.
Actually, an alley kid with rusty
bread knife would prove more than
Derek could handle without the
aid of movie script. II he ever
gets into a real duel, he's dead.
It would be a libel on Columbia
to suggest that it ever expected
"Rogues OF, Sherwood Forest" to
be taken seriously. It's latest ver-
sion of the old legend is kind of
costume slapstick, a roistering ad-
venture designed for the young
to take straight-if they are that
young-and for their elders to
take with a pound of salt.
This tongue-in-cheek treatment
Evening star., 1950-07-07
By Harry Macarthur

With sudden burst of enthu-
siasm for vaudeville. the Capitol
Theater has come up this week
with not one but three headline
acts. Jerry Colonna is one OF
them, Andy and Della Russell are
another and the Three Suns are
the third. It is quite an array OF
talent for one stage show, con-
sidering the way things usually
go around these parts. It should
prove quite a help to the box
office. too, since the picture is
something called Spy Hunt
which is not going to. cause any
shouting In the streets even If IL
does have Marta loren on dis
play.
Mr.. Colonna probably is the
headline headline act of the three.
He acts as master of ceremonies.
rambles through some of his mad
"reminiscences, sings (if. indeed.
that is what 1t is that he does
with his voice) and in general
creates an air of good cheer. He's
a pretty funny man most of the
time. That voice probably could
have been used for serious sing
ing. but fortunately It's owner was
of a something less than serious
turn of mind. He does some won
derfully comic things with those
vocal chords.
Mr.. Colonna also goes back to
an old love-the trombone-dur-
ing the course of his frolicking
at the Capitol. He doesn't play
very much, but he plays enough
to remind you, in case you have
forgotten, that he once could
WELD a trombone in Tommy Dor
sey's league. Good man to have
Mr.. Colonna.
The songs done by Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell come off well enough.
They are special arrangements,
only infrequently too cute, and
the Russell voices make a pleas
ant blend. The Three Suns have
made a considerable reputation
for themselves and have a loyal
following and there is not much
point In saying much about them.
They are obviously talented,
though this fact may be lost on
those who do not consider the
sounds made by accordions, elec-
trio organs or electrically amplified
guitars as the last word in music.
The young team of Pryde and
Day and the Sam Jack Kaufman
orchestra round out the bill.
Spy Hunt" presents Miss loren
as an agent Of British intelligence
who is trying to smuggle out OF
Italy the microfilm containing the
proof that the premier Of a myth
cal Middle European country was
assassinated by the you-know-
whattists. It seems there is an
(Howard Duff escort
ing two black panthers to a
circus and Miss loren slips the
microfilm into the collar of one
of the beasts (after drugging him,
of course).
1t seems also that the villains
resent this. wreck a freight car,
almost wreck Mr.. Duff and in
advertently let the panthers
loose near a Swiss inn. This
evacuates the countryside but 1t
fills the inn with a motley as
sortment of sinister parties bent
upon shooting the panthers and
or each other. Mr.. Duff is all
for getting out of there, which
seems eminently sensible, but did
Marta loren ever turn those eyes
on you?
Director George Sherman has
managed to keep his panther hunt
suspenseful enough but there is
something silly about the spectacle
of all these people loping over
some Alpine foothills in pursuit
Of pair of Asiatic black panthers.
Evening star., 1950-07-07

"RoGUEs OF SHERWOOD FOREST" q
Packard, directed by Gordon Douglas
screenplay by George Bruce from q stors
by Ralph Bettinson. At the Warner.
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|rY 4sls Mass. Ave. NV.

Special Preview at 10 PM. To-
night of One of the Years Most
Outstanding Pictures Come at
$3.50 and See Both the Regular
Attraction and Special Previewl
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Drama News and Reviews
Robin Hoods Rogues Ronnp
Aquin in Sherwood Woods
By jay Curmody

where things change Sherwood Forest Robin
dead Robin carries doughty
high and wicked King his old
What all the old Robins henclmen still alive. Little
John, Alan a-Dale, Frar Tuck and Will Scarlet
flaming shot into the night brings all
Evening star., 1950-06-30

point for q doubleton. This auto
matically takes care Of all dis
tribution, whether your hand con-
tains a four, five, six or seven
card suit.
If your hand contains IL points
you may open If you have good
Irebiddable suit and two quick
tricks.
If your hand contains IS points
you have an optional opening and
you may open if you feel like it.
If your hand contains IA points
it is mandatory opening.
In valuing your hand as dummy,
if you are proceeding with your
own suit, you value it as you would
an opening hand, but if you are
contemplating a raise of partner,
count high cards, then add one for
doubleton, three for singleton.
and five for a void. Deduct point
If you have only three trumps.
In order to make an opening
two-demand bid, opener must have
at least Is of the game points in
his own hand, If he has but a five
card suit. (Only % will be re-
quired with six-card suit.) This
formula keeps harmless the play
ers of the old school who used to
make the error of opening with a
demand bid when they held five
and one-half honor tricks. In to-
days hand they will not yield to
the temptation, for the hand is
worth only 81 points. Twenty in
high cards and one for distribu-
ton. 1t Is therefore four points
short of a two-bid and should be
opened with one spade.
(Copyrigft, 1880, by Charles n (;oren
Evening star., 1950-06-30
Uncle Rays Corner By so"eo cet"eo

Most seeds grow only while
touching soil, but some care nothing
for soil. They get along only when
they reach the branch of a tree.
Among those seeds is the mistle-
toe, but others exist as well.
Certain aerial plants produce
seeds of that kind. They have
been given the wrong name, and
perhaps never will get rid OF
it. They are known as Spanish
moss"
True moss produces spores in
stead of seeds, but Spanish moss
sends seeds into the wild each
year. Instead of being a moss, it is
la distant relative Of the pineapple!
Sad to say, Spanish moss fails
to produce any pineapples, either
large or. small, but 1t does lend
beauty to many trees in Southern
parts of the United States, also in
parts of Latin America. The oak
tree seems to be its favorite home.
Often there are hundreds of
trees ddth Spanish moss on them.
Evening star., 1950-06-30

Both vulnerable, South deals.
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WEST EAST
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South West North East
| spade Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1950-06-30
'Goren on Bridue

We continue today our discus
sion of my point count method, TO
which frequent reference is made
in this column. For many years it
has been the universally accepted
practice for no-trump purposes,
but recently 1t has been extended
to suit bidding. I delayed publish
ing my work on this subject until
I was able to provide a satisfactory
formula. After a great deal of ex-
perimentation I recently submitted
it to my readers and am deeply
gratifled over the warmth of the
reception.
AS I pointed out yesterday, the
point count is not a new system.
Players contemplating its use need
not change their way of life. The
bidding system remains intact in
every detail. I have simply taken
the methods employed by 95 per
cent of the successful players of
the world and translated them into
a tangible medium, one that the
less experienced player could COM
prehend. If you have been in the
habit of valuing your hand accord
ing to playing tricks, you have
nothing to relearn. Here it is in a
simpler form. It is an easier way
for the student to Judge when to
give a single raise, when to give
a double raise, when to make a
jump rebid, when to abandon hope
for game.
The basic principle Of my valu-
alton is this: An opening bid fac
ing an opening bid will produce
game provided convenient con-
tract can be found. No reasonable
player will dispute the soundness
Of this theory. Translated into
points this reads: 26 points will
produce game. Why? Because
the normal minimum opening bid
consists of 13 points and two open
ing bids equal 26 points. When,
therefore, you ascertain that the
partnership possesses 26 points
and convenient place to play the
hand you are practically assured
of making game.
For purposes Of valuing the
opening hand we use the following
formula, which results in our open
ing exactly the same hands that
all the other big leaguers do.
Count your high-card points and
add three points for a void, two
points for a singleton and one
Evening star., 1950-06-30

The so-called moss drapes the en-
tire woods, and makes a person
feel almost as If he were entering
a fairyland.
Instead of taking its food from
the tree on which 1t rests, the
plant has its own food factory"
1t has leaves of a sort and gets
moisture and sunshine from the
air. 1t grows well only in areas
where there is plenty of warmth
and rain.
The plant gains in size as time
passes, and at length hangs down
for many inches on each side of
the branch. 1t takes on a silver
gray color, and this explains the
nickname of "old mans beard"
which is used at times.
Spanish moss has value on the
market. It is used as a filler in
some boxes Of goods. also as a
stuffing for mattresses and cush-
ions. Mattresses with Spanish
moss In them usually are sold at
Evening star., 1950-06-30

a lower price than those which
contain other material.
The seeds Of Spanish moss are
hairlike. They have little weight.
and the wind picks them up and
blows them around. They fail to
sprout IL they drop on the soil.
but they grow into plants after
they come to rest on a tree branch.
Evening star., 1950-06-30
Florist Group Elects

Bernard Klateman, president Of
Palace Florists, has been elected
District representative of the Ma
tional Florist Telegraph Delivery
Association. Other officers Of the
Washington group are Charles
Prick, chairman: Everett Man.
ming, vice chairman: z. ID. Blacki-
stone. III. secretary. and Dick
Schaeffer, treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-06-30

Susan-Fixing up my room Is
my summer project. I've nearly
finished my painting and I'm
going to make new curtains and a
bedspread.
Evening star., 1950-06-30
By Edyth Thomos wolIocs

Mother-These curtains viii 90
very well with the color scheme
we've chosen for your room. The
painters viii start their work TO.
morrow. II
Evening star., 1950-06-30
Word Come
Find As or more words in
ADNASCENT,
Fred Quimby

meaning. growing on something
else" Average Is A: limit, 35I
minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of IS" such as bats"
Cats" are not used. Only one form of q
word is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-06-30

The first New Years Day visi-
tor in an English home tradition
ally enters ly the front door and
leaves by tt back door.
Evening star., 1950-06-30

Facts about Mexico's people and their
strange eustens, also about the ancient
Aztecs appear in the leafiet called
Mexico and the Mexicans. This leanet
will be sent to you without charge II you
inclose q stamped. seh-addressed enve-
lope. Send your letter to Uncle Ray in
care Of The star.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
By PouI R. Leach
Chicooo Dojly News Service

Shico9o Dolly news service
The top military defense
bureau is about to be revised to
meet any war emergency.
That, Cabinet sources say, ex-
plains President Truman's re-
ported plan to move w. Stuart
Symington from Secretary of the
Air Force to Craftsmanship of the
National Security Resources Board.
Mr.. Symington is regarded at
the White House as one Of the
most able executives in the Gov
ernment. In wartime, the NSRB
post could be of equal Importance
to that of Defense Secretary
Johnson.
1t is far from that now because
decisions have not been made
since it was created in 1947 as
to whether it should continue
merely as an advisor" to the
President. or be prepared to
direct the mammoth job of man
aging the civilian life of the
Nation.
Steelman Acting Chairman.
In a closed session of the Sem
ate Armed Services Committee
a few days ago, NSRB General
Counsel Charles H. Kendall was
asked to report within a few
weeks whether any new legis-
lation is needed. None is ex-
pected to be asked for Immediately.
Meanwhile, the NSRB has op-
Grated under the part-time acting
craftsmanship Of Presidential As
sistant John Steelman. whose
White House job is to take on any
assignment the President hands
him.
1t has drawn up plans for total
national mobilization to back the
armed forces on a scale far be-
yond what was done from 1941 to
1945.
A bill, details of which are kept
secret, has been written to pro-
vide for all emergency legislation
such as developed piecemeal after
Pearl Harbor.
Question of Authority.
This ranges from war powers
the President may exercise by
Executive order, most of which
have been repealed since VI
Day, to civilian defense, man
power management. food and ma
terial rationing and wage controls,
censorship and directing the Ma
tons factories in all-out mill
tary production.
The big question which never
has been decided is whether, in
event of hostilities. one man
should direct all this or should
it be split up into recreated war
bureaus.
Until recently, the President
was regarded by Congress as not
taking the NSRB Craftsmanship
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Repeal Of u. 5. Taxes
On Goods Advocated

Repeal Of taxes on consumer
goods and enactment of higher
taxes on inheritances and high.
level incomes" were suggested las
night by DR.. Colston E. Warne
professor of economics at Amherst
College.
DR.. Warne, addressing a meet
ing sponsored by Peoples Lobby
last night at the YWCA, said "the
whole Federal tax system should
be revamped to conform with
consumer interests"
The gathering, called to ZAP
praise the prospects for a con-
sumers' program in this Congress,
also heard talks by Charles M
LaFollette, director of Americans
for Democratic Action; DR.. Dewey
Anderson, director of the Public
Affairs Institute. and Mrs. Sarah
Newman of the Cooperative
League.
Calling for repeal of "the ex-
tensive war time roster Of taxes
on consumption" DR.. Warne, who
is also president of Consumers
Union, declared:
If, as a Nation, we believe in q
system of progressive taxation
which I think we dove should
really employ it instead of follow
ing the inconsistent policy of put
ting taxes on everything from
light bulbs to telephone bills"
DR.. j. T. Sanders, legislative
counsel for the National Grange
was chairman of the meeting.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
plan to Gear Resources Board
To Any Emergency Reported

too seriously. Arthur M. Hill. OF
Charleston, w. ", resigned De-
cember Is, 1948, after differences
of opinion with the White House.
The place has been vacant since.
Wallgren Appointment Recalled.
At that time, the idea was to
continue the NSRB as study
group, whereas Mr.. Hill wanted
to make it a much more active
bureau.
In February, 1949, Mr.. Truman
appointed his old Senate crony
and former governor of Washing
ton State, Mon c. Wallgren, to
the group.
The Senate Armed Services
Committee, regarding Mr.. Wall
gren as not qualified, refused to
vote his confirmation, and last
May the President withdrew the
nomination. Mr.. Wallgren later
was confirmed as member of
the Federal Power Commission.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Catholic Library Group
To Hold Session Here

The Catholic Library Association
will hold its oath annual confer
ence April 10 through IA at Catho-
lie University.
Delegates from throughout the
United States and Canada are ex-
pected to attend the meeting
which will focus attention on
THE Catholic Librarians Role in
the Peace Plan"
Although delegates will begin
arriving and registering April 10,
the formal opening will be at
a m, April IL with celebration of a
mass in the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
ChoroIe From Florida
Sinos Tomorrow Nidht

The Florida Christian College
Chorale, a capella group. will
present a varied program Of music
at pm. tomorrow at the Church
of Christ. 1850 Fourteenth street
NV.
The choir. which began its spring
tour in ST. Petersburg. Fla, will
visit nine States in addition to the
District.
Tomorrow nights program will
be made up Of numerous Bach
chorales, old and new hymns, secu-
lar songs and quartet numbers.
. Richard Rivers, Juillard School
Of Music graduate, will direct the
choir.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
D. {. Arts Club 10 Honor
Senator Thomas for Book

The Arts Club will hold a re-
ception tomorrow in honor OF
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Utah, author of a new book.
About 1000 persons, including
diplomatic cabinet officers, men,
bers of Congress and some of Mr..
Thomas Utah friends are expected
to attend. The reception will be
held at pm. at the club, 2017
I street NV.
Senator Thomas historical book
is titled This Nation Under God"
1t was published this week.
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Mems Club to Meet

The Mems Club of the North
east Hebrew Congregation will
hold its first meeting at 8:15 pm.
April in the haywood Gardens,
4316 Twenty eighth place. Mount
Rainier,
Evening star., 1950-03-30
Gray Haired
and NegIeeted...
5::R8 \
~ lAJH~~ IVY

leo often fray hair means lonely and TN
0d'stAd." And it's so easy to avoid Simply
eomb few drops of Kolor-Bak into your
hair each day. Grayness disappears so
syGdnoaly even closest friends don notice
The change To maintain the effect, con.
tlnue using kolor-Bak when needed.
Money-back guarantee. Get an economical
bottle today at any drug store.
Evening star., 1950-07-30

Greenland is to have two new
radio stations.
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Dorothy Dix
UnseIfishness Exploited as Virtue,
But Generally Is Sign of Weakness

DEAR MISS DIX: In a recent
checkup of myself I find I am
what is known as a "giver" per-
sonality. I remember birthdays
of friends and relatives. yet my
own passes unheeded. I write
letters of cheer and sympathy
that people love to receive, yet
my sorrows and joys are borne
in gruesome loneliness. I speak
kindly and Loyalty of all I know,
yet unkind and hurting criticisms
are my lot. I am so disguised
with living because I seem utterly
unable to cultivate selfishness as
a virtue. My only consolation is
the fact that I am only % and
still can change, but how does one
strike a happy medium?
M. r. K.
Answer-I suppose the only
workable suggestion would be for
you to reverse the golden rule
and do unto others as they do
unto you.
The only trouble in pursuing
this line of conduct is that it
will hurt you hundred times
more than it will those to whom
you apply it. For generous ma
ture loves to give and finds far
more happiness in giving than in
receiving. A loving heart over
flows with tenderness that it must
expend on those about it, and
an unselflSh nature gets an ex-
quisite joy in sacrificing its own
pleasures to those near and dear
to it and making life easier for
them.
Unselfishness is exploited as a
virtue, but it is, in reality, gen.
orally just a manifestation of
weakness, laziness and lack of
backbone. A wife thinks she is
unself1sh to her husband when she
gives in to all of his whims and
lets him inf1ict petty tyrannies
upon her and ride roughshod over
her, but it is because she lacks the
nerve to stand up and fight him
and force him to treat her proper
| ly. The woman who makes of
herself doormat for her children
thinks she is an unselfish mother
when she spoils them to death
and makes them little hellions, but
it is because it is easier to give in
to them than it is to make them
behave themselves.
Because this is a selfish world
we have scant respect for those
who lack courage to stand up for
their own rights and who let us
impose upon them. 1t is never the
enslaved wife or husband who is
the adored one. It is never the
mother who looks like human
ragbag while her daughters are
daily hints from Paris, whose chill
dren look up to her. Visiting rel
atives think more of being asked
to Cousin Sophronia's to tea than
they do out of grating a three
week hotel bill off Aunt Emma
Nobody loves the family goat or
makes a pet of it.
Evening star., 1950-07-30

So you are a wise young woman
to realize at % that you have the
self-sacrif1ce complex. because you
have to modify it. And this ad-
wise you to do both for your sake
and the sakes of those about you.
There is neither dignity nor virtue
in being an easy mark.
DEAR MISS DIX: What can I do
with my leisure time? I am a
young. healthy, married woman
with a college education, no chill
dren, and living in a hotel. My
husband lately has given evidence
of feeling of irritation because
I do nothing all day but loaf, yet
he does not want me to get a
job. I used to be a teacher. What
would you suggest?
MRS. ]. w. P.
Answer: You might ally yourself
with some philanthropic organi-
cation. or do club or lodge work.
Nearly every church has some sort
of a club or society that is glad
to have volunteer workers.
My real suggestion is that you
go to housekeeping. That will
give you plenty of work and plenty
to think about, and it is a far
more wholesome way for young
married couple to live than in 8
hotel.
Evening star., 1950-07-30
Outgrown Shop
PIunninQ Sale

The Outgrown Shop of the Jun
ior League of Washington will hold
a clearance sale Thursday and
Friday from $50 am. to $50
pm. at the league headquarters,
2001 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Proceeds will be donated for the
support of the department of pSy-
chiatry at Children's Hospital.
The shop, which will continue
operations all summer, will accept
consignments of winter clothing
following August 7. The clothing
will go on sale Immediately.
In preparation for the clearance
sale the shop will be closed all day
Wednesday, according to the man
ager, Mrs. David Porter Guest.