Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-11
T own and Country Folk

ing naturally; his mother, daugh-
ter of Capt. Guy Hatrick of the
Capital, once played the Straw
Hat circuit; his dad, Don, ST., USED
to be a lead i'm Western High
School productions.
Hatch and match (births anc
marriages.: Myrna Logs intend.
ed, Howard Sergeant. also is ir
the movies-he appears in a State
Department sequence in a cur.
rent March of Time. In addi-
ton, Mr.. Sergeant has an article
on the theater in current maya
zine. He and his intelligent
bride to be have much in com.
mon. estes Kefauver, gang.
busting Senator from Tennessee
is also in a current cinema, Civ.
ing a foreword for THE Enforc-
err" the story of Murder, Inc. The
Senator displays the poise of q
veteran before the camera.)
DR.. and Mrs. Frederick Wright
now living on the Philadelphia
main line, are the brand-new par.
ents of red-headed son, 7-pound
10-ounce James Stewart, named
for his maternal grandfather. Mrs
Wright, the former Vita Krarup
is the daughter of Mrs. McCaulley
Krarup of Washington.
When Tania Shields stepped of
the elevator in the Shields house
carrying a card table loaded with
such bleak items as a saucer OF
mud, an undarned sock, a hear
Of broken china and a burned
out light bulb, the servicemen who
were their supper guests looked
gaped. then shrugged, Things are
tough everywhere"
Tania laughed her infectious
giggle, and explained that the
revolving objects were part of a
guessing game introduced by Mrs
James Pease. The boys were given
lists Of such titles as THE Light
That Failed" The Bust of q
Great Commentator" and so forth
and asked to match them to the
items on the table. Policeman
on duty" for instance, was rep
resented by a penny lying on a
beet-"copper on beat" Catch?
A pair of dice, lying on some soil,
was Paradise on Earth" Uncle
Sam will be glad to know that
the boys got scores of an aver
age 95.
Although the soldiers and
Marines were disappointed when
singer Martha Wright was unable
to appear, many of them enjoyed
meeting Mug Richardson over
the phone and listening to the
songs of pretty. brunette Dolores
Sloane. It Is not surprising that
there were more requests for ave
Maria" than for popular songs
since there is always that trend
with servicemen during wartime
At the Stage Door Canteen dur
ing World War II there were more
requests for the Lords Prayer
than any other composition, with
White Christmas in second place!
Another game that is fun to
play, by the way. although it is q
lot more active and hilarious than
the guessing game, Is passing the
orange" It is a game which has
served, sometimes, as an introduce
ton at the maids, bachelors and
widows picnics. The idea is to
divide the guests into two teams,
giving each team a medium sized,
compact orange. The orange
must be held between the chin
and breast bone, and passed onto
the next person without using the
hands. The contortions of the
players, as they twist and bend
can only be likened to the en-
braces-of Rudolph Valentino and
Mae Murray. The orange must
be passed the length Of the line,
with the first team to do so with
out dropping it, or using hands,
declared the winner. Better issue
bibs with this one, though; the