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Evening star., 1950-10-16
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is almost feother-weieht to hondIe
Yet, its body and glaze are so
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and choose from exquisite patterns,
either modern or traditional
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

S0IICUt iuGotGI @lu0StIUUS
and Time Of Showing
STAGE.
Catholic University Theater-
Lucky Day; $3.50 pm.
New Gayety-"Private Lives;
2:30 and $50 pm.
SCREEN.
Ambassador THE Damned
Don't Cry; l, $40, 500, 7:30 and
9:40 pm.
Capitol THE Outriders"; II
am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: /, S:45, $50 and
9:15 pm.
Columbia-"Davy Crockett. In
dian Scout; 11:15 am, l, 2:45,
4:35, $40, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Dupont-"A Canterbury Tale;
11:40 am, lao, $40. $40, TAO
and $40 pm.
Keiths-"Guilty of Treason; =;
1880 am, 1:40, 3:45. 5:45, 7:45
and 9:45 pm.
Little - Hangover Square; +;
12:40, $40. $40, and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan - Daughter of
Rosie O'Grady";; 1880 a. M, 1885,
3:35, $40, 7:45 and GAS pm.
National THE Yellow Cab
Man: 11:10 am, 1855, 2:40,
4:25, 6:15, 8 and GAS pm.
Palace - wv q b a sh Avenue;
11:15 am, 1920, 3:25, $50. 1885
and 9:40 pm.
Playhouse-"The Third Man;
11:15 am, 1:25, 1928, 5:25, 7:35
and $40 pm.
Plaza-"Salt to the Devil; $50
am, 1910. 2:30. 4:45. 7:o5, 9:25
and 1880 pm.
Pix "Pygmalion"; 1880 and
1920 pm.
Trans-Lux The Bicycle
Thief; 1:10, 2:55. 4:40, 6:25, $40
and 9::55 pm.
Warner-"The Damned Don't
Cry; 1870 am, 1880, 3:35, 5:35,
7:40 and GAS pm.
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the American sergeant is an ex-
planation of his girls failure to
write; of the girl, an escape from
the loneliness she has felt since
her fiance was shot down over
Germany: of the British soldier
a chance to play organ in a cathe-
dral instead of a cinema palace as
he did before the war.
Canterbury works out the bless
ings of all three and, what is more,
it works out a proper penance for
the Portman character, who, for
all his moral goodness, turns out
to be the man who pours glue in
the hair of girl pilgrims such as
Miss Sim.
Even for a fantasy, "A Canter-
bury Tale" is sometimes guilty of
an excessive vagueness and the
spectator is frequently in the posi-
tion of being unwilling to give it
the required focus of his atten-
tion. Another of it's faults is that
in it's intent to be properly mys-
terious, it is given to needless VOL
ume of talk.
Against these defects, however,
there is the fact that the perform
ances are generally agreeable. Miss
Sim is a truly charming girl with
a singularly fresh appearance and
a wiStful one on whose side it is
pleasant to be. Portman is one
of the seasons more attractive
semi-vallainS; real-life American
Sgt. John Sweet is winning
enough; Dennis Price is agreeable
as the British sergeant, and Miss
Hunter, in her small part, makes
a charming American girl.
The Canterbury country, as
everyone must know, Is as pretty
a background as any movie could
wish.
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Drama News and Reviews
Canterbury Tale Is Modern
Version of Old, DroI| Story
By Joy Cormody

Michael Powell and Erneric Presburgr who Red
Shoes also the producers Of "A Canterbury Tale which opened
the Dupont heater latter ary wistful
which of
desk
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Local Actress
Gets Film Role

Muriel Maddox, daughter of
Capt. Charles Hamilton Mad
dox, retired, and Mrs. Maddox of
Washington, has been signed by
Columbia Pictures for a featured
role in THAT Bedside Manner, u
starring Larry Parks and Barbara
Hale.
Miss Maddox currently is appear
ing in the Moss Hart play, Light
Up the Sky" at the Las Palmas
Theater in Hollywood. and will
commute between the theater and
Columbia studios.
She makes her screen debut in
the United Artists production,
THE Men," which will be shown
throughout the country within a
few weeks.
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ANOTHER DAUGHTER-Deb-
bic Reynolds plays the young-
est of three daughters OF a
famous mother in "The DGugh-
ter of Rosie O'Grady," star
ring June HdUer. The Techni-
color musical moUeS today to
the Metropolitan for a second
Week do,0ntOlDn.
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To Play Comedy
In Alexandria

The Little Theater of Alexan-
dria has completed casting and
started rehearsals of George
Washington Slept Here" to be
presented May %. % and "a at
the Cameron street recreation
center in Alexandria.
Kay Burn, a newcomer to the
group, will play the leading role
in the George S. kaufman Moss
Hart comedy. Other leading roles
will be played by Ray Hagerty,
Murray Sheehan and Ethel Casey.
The cast also includes Kenneth
Downes, Jennifer Barton, Tom
Butler. Helen Doniphan, Lunette
Kyrke, Robert Hogan, Dorthea
Rose. B. T. Sisson, John Watson,
Joe Bell III, Jean Porter, Edna
Brinton and William Mccormick.
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The Washington Chapter of the
National Society Of Arts and
Sciences is offering $500 scholar
ship for the coming year in the
Speech and Drama Department of
Catholic University. 1t is to be
known as the Beatrice Straight
Scholarship and is given through
the William C. Whitney trust
fund.
Additions will be held May 20
at pm. in the theater at Cath
olic University. The competition
is open to sophomores and juniors
in all local colleges and to any
resident of Washington or vicinity
who has completed the sophomore
year in college and is academically
prepared for the junior year.
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Talent Hunt

The Montgomery County Post
No. 1858 of the Veterans Of For
eign Wars is seeking talent to
take part in its first annual variety
show. to be presented in Bethesda
on June z and 8 at $50 pm.
Song and dance teams, musical
acts. comedians, singers and choral
groups are needed. Those inter-
ested are invited to get in touch
with the shows producer. Lee
Paulin, 800 Wisconsin avenue,
telephone Oliver 5225.
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1t is aimed apparently at those
who find all British whimsy ir-
resiStible, a local statistic on which
the Dupont should be able to re-
port within a few days. These
also will find that the Canter-
bury country, and especially the
famous cathedral. is one of
England's most photogenic areas,
as gentle in its beauty as the tale
which unfolds in the Dupont film
"a Canterbury Tale" is not at
all of the time. but still much
of the flavor, of those which
Chaucer put so enduringly into
English literature.
1t is about modern pilgrimage
made to the old shrine, chiefly
by an American Army sergeant in
World War II and a lovely English
girl who comes up from London on
the same train. If you jump to
the conclusion right now that you
know how these characters end
up, you are in for a surprise.
They live happily ever after. all
right, but with two other people
and neither of the latter has much
to do with the action in the
picture. One, indeed, never ap-
pears at all and the other, played
by American Kim Hunter. only
for brief footage at the begin
ming and the end.
Chief among the charms of "a
Canterbury Tale" is it's artless-
ness. If 1t breaches a sermon, it
does so quite unwittingly and if
1T achieves a kind Of endearing
drollery. which it also does, it
comes by 1t seemingly without de-
sign.
Powell and Pressburger, as
usual, not merely produced, but
also wrote and directed "A Can
terbury Tale"
They have given it quite COM
pletely the appearance of a labor
Of love in making it an account
Of four lives which drifted into
Canterbury in one Of the middle
years Of the war. Quite unlike
Chaucer's pilgrims, who came to
the shrine of Thomas Beckett for
either a blessing or a penance,
three of these four come on orders
having to do with the war.
Their first contact in Canter-
bury Is with a mystery man, a
furtive figure who uses the black
out as an excuse for pouring glue
into the hair of newly come girls,
in this case, Sheila Sim. AS Miss
Sims companions on the train,
the American and British SER
geantS set themselves to find out
the explanation of this strange
greeting.
The most interesting character
they met in this odd venture in
crime hunting is a native Canter-
buryian played by Eric Portman.
He Is man of great pride in
his north country and he wants
1t understood by these strangers
who overrun it during wartime
that there was truth in Chaucer's
flve centuries old tales of Canter-
bury. His study of the areas lore
has proved to him that even those
who unwittingly are pilgrims are
subject to the Canterbury atmos-
phere.
X X
Whatever they have coming to
them, a blessing or a penance,
they will get in spite of them
selves.
What they want in the case of
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Molly Picon
To Appear Here

Molly Picon, the noted Jewish
actress and comedimne will give
her first Washington performance
in several years when she appears
Sunday night at the Cafritz Audi
torium Of the Jewish Community
Center. Miss Picon, q special
Mothers Day attraction. will pre-
sent a program Of songs and
monologues in Yiddish and Eng
lish. A highlight of the evening
will be Miss Picon's original
sketch. The Immigrant Boy"
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HISER. BETHESDA '"'. ", W.; -: Ave.

ELLA RAINEs in "a DANGEROUS PRO-
FESSION" at 5:45 and s:35 pm. Plus:
FARLEY GRANGER In THEY LIVE BY
NIGHT" ct z and e;6B pm.
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"a CANTERBURY TALE" J. Arthur
Rank hlm, released by Eagle-Lion, written,
produced and directed by Michael Powell
and Emeric Pressburger. At the Dupont
The Cast
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Uncle Roy's Corner
Uncle Roy's Corner
Lives Saved in Ship Disaster
.ByBuoyoncyo Of Cotton Bales
By Romon Coffmon

The fact that a bale of cotton
will float in the ocean proved vital
to some of those aboard the
steamer Lexington on a January
night ITO years ago.
The Lexington was making one
of her regular short trips from
New York Harbor to Stonington.
Conn. After the evening meal the
cry of "Fire!" was heard.
There was. indeed. a burning
area near the snokestack. In
great h haste seamen obtained
buckets and threw water on the
flames. Such fire-fighting was not
enough to stop the blaze. Soon
Capt. George Child gave orders to
get into the lifeboats.
In those days lifeboats seldom
could take care Of all those on a
vessel, In this case the majority
Of passengers were left on the
burning steamer. She burned un-
til 3 o'clock the next morning.
When people on board could not
stand the heat any longer. they
leaped into the water. seizing
drifting wood when possible.
Among those who took steps to
save themselves was q passenger
Evening star., 1950-05-28
Cash Prizes Offered
For Work of Younq
Writers and Artists

Cash prizes of 81 are awarded
for original stories. articles, poems
and cartoons published in The
Junior Star. Contributors of ma
terial which the editor considers
of sufficient merit also are issued
reporters cards.
The contest is open to boys and
girls of high school age and under.
Write on one side of paper (dou-
BILE space If you type) and put
your name, age. address, tele-
phone number and school in the
upper left-hand corner. Draw
ings must be in black and white.
No contributions will be returned.
The editor reserves the right to
publish any contribution in what
ever form he thinks best, regard
less of whether it is awarded a
prize. He also may withhold
prizes awarded for contributions
found not to be original.
Checks for prizes are mailed
during the week following publica-
ton. Address: The Junior Star
727 Star Building, Washington 4.
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Drama in Mexico
Prize Contribution
By Ruth Winters, 10

Madison School
The gate swings wide as the bull
charges out;
The crowd comes to its feet.
They are eager to watch the fight
to the death.
AS the beast and the matador
meet.
The matador fiaunts his scarlet
cloak;
The bull rushes toward it with
hate.
Then he bellows with fury as his
foe steps back,
And calmly prepares to wait.
To wait for another mad attack
OF the bull with his horns held
low,
To taunt the beast to a greater
rage,
So the fans will enjoy the show.
The crowd leans forward and all
are still,
For the bull Is weakening now.
Comes the fash of steel-the
scream Of the crowd,
And the matador takes his bow.
Evening star., 1950-05-28
IGuide to New Books
For Younu Readers

Fifty Learning Games Chart;
$1.25).-Almost all of the material
in this book has been reduced
to pictures in order to make the
approach to the information
easier for the reader. All of the
contents has been presented In
play and game form.
Swan of Denmark, by Ruth
M aiming Sanders Mcbride;
$2.5O.-The story of Hans Chris
tian Andersen. for boys and girls,
with special emphasis on his child
hood. For readers 10 to 16.
Commodore Barry, by Francis
E. Benz Dodd, Mead; $2.5O.-
A dramatized biography of Johr
Barry, naval hero of the American
Revolution. This sea story is for
older boys.
Shorty Makes First Team, by
Gary Jackson CWilcox: $2).-A
story Of Danny Cleary's fight to
make the school basketball team
in spite of his small size.
Sunshine, by Ludwig Bemel-
mans (Simon: $2.50).-The story
of how a gentle, little music
school teacher outwits a Scrooge-
like landlord. The book, a unique
guide to New York City, is illus
trated nicely by the author with
48 pages of pictures, 16 of which
are in full color.
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named Hilliard. He believed that
bales of cotton which he saw on
the deck would serve as RATS, and
called sailors to help him cast
them overheard. About a dozen
Of the bales were put into the
water.
A fireman named Cox joined
Hilliard In using one Of the bales
as a raft. Despite the weight Of
both Of them, the bale stayed.
afioat. A fresh wind slowly car
ried them away from the Lexing-
ton.
With the help Of q stick which
they found In the water, they
padded the bale as well as pos
sible, trying to make progress
toward shore. At 4 o'clock the
next morning, the bale rolled over
and both were drenched. They
got back. but another lurch swept
Cox OF and he was drowned. The
paddle had been lost, but Hilliard
kept his place until he was picked
up by a sailing vessel.
Thanks to the good advice Hill.
lard had given. several other per-
sons saved their lives that night
by riding on bales Of cotton.
Evening star., 1950-05-28
Three Business Groups
To Meet This Week

Three business groups have
scheduled meetings this week.
Most associations have disbanded
for the summer.
The Washington. D. c., Retail
Liquor Dealers Association will
meet at $50 pm. Wednesday in
the Old Georgetown Hospitality
Room, Twenty-sixth and D streets
NV.
The Board of Directors Of the
Central Businessmen's Association
will hold its monthly dinner meet
ing at $50 pm. Thursday in the
Burlington Hotel. with the regular
association meeting following.
At $3.50 pm. Thursday the Mas
ter Plumbers Association will
meet at the Washington Gas
Light Co.
Evening star., 1950-05-28
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield. direc-
tor Of The Stars school safety
program and former chief of the
Metropolitan Police Departments
Detective Bureau, IS giving a series
Of chalk talks on safety to pupils
of District. Maryland and Vir-
ginia schools.
The safety circus" cartoon
talks are sponsored by The Star,
in cooperation with the District
Board of Education and school
authorities in nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Talks are scheduled this week
at the following Maryland and
Virginia schools: .sfs~
Monday, 10 am, Ager road. Prince
qecrsss County; Wednesday, 10 am,
an. Jefferson. Alexandria.
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Ny Doll
Prize Contribution
BY jeanne Dent, 8
s.. Jerome's ScohoI

My dolls name is Patricia Lucy.
She has pretty golden curls, and
her eyes open and close. She also
has pretty teeth and tongue.
/, When ! first saw her Christmas
morning she had on a gorgeous
bridal outfit. Beside her on tiny
hangers were a corduroy suit and
blue satin gown.
The other day when I came
home from school, she was in new
pajamas which Mommy had made
during the day. Soon as I have
time I am planning to add to
her wardrobe, myself.
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Study Of Egypt
Prise Contribution
By Marcia {. Wilson, lC
Chevy Chose Elementary School

Chevy Chose Elementary School
In our class at school we are
studying about Egypt. It Is very
interesting. We are writing stories
and making maps. pictures and a
mural about this country. At the
end Of our study we are going
to write a play about Egypt.
Our main interest in this an
cient country is the Nile River.
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practice at home with a phono-
graph oscillator, and in three
years had a neighborhood audi
ence for his broadcasts.
When the two boys joined forces
in 1916, Roger, SGT -Four Mile road
was already planning a career as
a sports announcer. He had
worked for RKO in New York
City, doing vaudeville and tap
dancing routines. He and Willard
organized a local radio club, which
got a spot on Station WPIK.
Two years later Willard won a
news show addition at George
Washington High School. He was
given q disc Jockey show on
WCFM. Gordon followed a year
later with a similar program, and
now both are on every Saturday
evening.
Both students also are on the
staff of the school paper, The Sur
veyor. Roger. who is feature edi-
tor, recently won gold key award
for news story in The Stars
Scholastic Writing Awards Con-
test.
Willard has been president of
his class for three years. He won
the school award for best acting
in 1947 and took the part of
George Washington in the recent
Alexandria hicentennial produc-
ton, Alexandria, Thy Sons"
Roger plans to attend Ameri-
can University this fall. and Will
lard will join him there next year
They will major in radio and
television work.
Evening star., 1950-05-28
Just Between
Ourselves
BY Philip n. Love

II you've spent your LIE IN the
District or its Maryland suburbs,
you probably assume that Memo
rial Day is . national" holiday.
But 1t isn't.
Fact is. the United States has
no national holidays. Neither
the President nor ConareSS has
authority to declare q holiday ex-
lcept in the District and for
Government employees elsewhere.
Some holidays are observed ma
tionally. of course, but these ars
designated by the Governors and
Legislatures of the various States
and Territories.
Memorial Day. for example.
stin is not legal holiday in
Alabama. Georgia. Mississippi.
South Carolina. Virginia and West
Virginia. according to the 1850
World Almanac.
This is not to say. however. that
May 80 isn't holiday in the Old
Dominion. AS q matter OF fact,
1t is: but its official designation .
Confederate Memorial Day.
Other Southern States observe
Confederate Memorial Day on
other dates-Alabama. Florida.
Georgia and Mississippi on April
rs. North and South Carolina on
May 10. and Kentucky, Louisiana
and Tennessee on June 3. This
last date. incidentally. Is cele-
brated in Alabama, Florida.
Georgia, Mississippi, South Caro-
lima. Texas and West Virginia as
the birthday of jefferson Davis.
President Of the Confederacy.
y y
Credit for having originated the
Memorial Day practice of decorat-
ing the graves of war dead Is
claimed for two Pennsylvania
women by that States Department
of Commerce.
"On July 4. 1854" the depart
ment says. while Emma Hunter
and Sofia Keller were decorating
the grave of Miss Hunters father,
a Union Army surgeon who had
died in service, they decided also
to place flowers upon the other
soldiers graves in the small ceme-
terry at Boalsburg, Centre County.
This practice not only became
popular with the residents of that
community but spread to other
parts of the State and Nation.
-Four years later. Gen. John A.
Logan. the first commander
chief Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, issued his first general
order proclaiming May 80 as Me-
mortal Day throughout the North
in tribute to Union soldiers who
had passed on"
Although Memorial Day was OBJ
served nearly everywhere but In
the South by 1859. it did not be-
come a legal holiday until 1874.
and then in only one State, Rhode
Island. Vermont followed suit in
1876. however, and New Hamp-
shire came along a year later. BY
1910, the holiday had been adopt
ed officially by all the States and
Territories save Alabama, Alaska,
Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi. the Carolinas,
Texas. Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. 1t was not until quite re-
Gently that Alaska, Arkansas,
Florida. Louisiana. North Caro-
lima and Texas fell in line. And
in North Carolina May 80 still is
a holiday only for the banks.
At first May 80 was generally
known as Decoration Day. But
in 1882 the GAR urged the adop-
ton of Memorial Day as the
proper designation"
Now. Of course, Memorial Day Is
popularly dedicated to all our
fallen warriors. not merely to
those who fought IN the War Be-
tween the States.
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outlived its usefulness and is ready for the scrap
heap.
Today the same need exists for the operation of
a general co-ordinating civic body as when. 40
years ago, the federation was formed. During
this period of four decades good service has gen.
orally been rendered and. though it has had its
ups and downs, the federation has usually repre-
sented fair section of local public opinion.
After years of close observation and study Of
this problem Of organization, it appears that
the trouble frequently has been more through the
failure to adhere strictly to the intent and letter of
the constitution, bylaws and rules of order than
through any imperfections in those documents.
There has been gradual trend to exalt the
Of asser,nLl,, q hndv instead
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Skippy
Prise Contribution
By Lawrence B. Sorensen. Jr.. 9

BY Lawrence B. Sorensen, Jr., 9
Movry School, Alexondrio
There was little frog that used
to pass my house just as 1t was
beginning to get dark. I named
him Skippy, because of the way he
skipped over the lines in the side
walk.
One evening / decided to follow
him to see where he was going.
I waited on my porch steps until
Skppy came along. Then I fol-
lowed quietly behind him.
He went so far that I became
tired and came home. I never
have found out II Skippy was on
his way home or Just going
visiting.
Evening star., 1950-05-28
BY Som Eostmon

by Som eoStmon
Willard Scott 49, and Roger Gordon 49, decided four
that their mutual ambition to break radio
would be lot easier to attain they pooled their Today
each has 15mnute radio
and they plan continue working toward their
Willard 125 Commonwealth became
Station 8. He began to
Evening star., 1950-05-28
Spring Flowers
Prize Contribution
Rv Tommv Rion< q

BY Tommy Biees, 9
Peabody School
Spring showers bring flowers,
Like perfume 50 sweet.
Soon they will tower
Higher than our feet.
Evening star., 1950-05-28
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Citizens Federation Still Needed;
On InpIen7enting Stroyer Report
By Jesse c. Suter
By Jesse c. Suter

Citizens Federation Has Not Outlived Usefulness
Mounting criticisms of the operation of the Assembly of the Fed
probably expressions
among
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Meetings this week:
Friday - Potomac Auxiliary
Northeast Masonic Temple; Wash
ington Auxiliary, Willard Hotel.