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in Gentlemen Be Seated" It
performs with a spirit that
speaks a conviction it is about
the most important task of mid
May. It is having a lot of fun
with the past and Peoria, un-
aware apparently of the sprawl
ing nature of the musicals book
and the derivative flavor OF its
music
On the stage, as least. no one
minds that this is an excessively
sentimental journey backward.
often rather like juvenile
dress-up performance in a musty
attic.
Through the first act. the
players led by Dick Sykes and
Ann Chodoff busy themselves
chiefly with a triangular romance
between AL White. the big min
strel man, the wide-eyed Peoria
belle and the beau her own age
who really loves his gasmobile
more. This pretty dull affair in
spires a few songs, none with any
lyrical or musical distinction.
Their titles, 1.-The Real Thing"
Fancy You and Me" !" "The Padu-
cab Waltz" and Back to Old
Broadway" suggest that the au-
thor composer lyricist is not
being very original.
1t is in the opening of the
second act that Gentlemen Be
Seated" hits its peak. In this
scene, eastman catches what
must have been the spirit and
tempo of the old-faShioned min
strel performance. He opens it
with the shows best song. Roll
Those Eyes" and follows with
the big show stopper in Lou
siana Lou" solo that is lyri-
cally sprightly and pleasantly
sung.
This is not characteristic of
the solo numbers, incidentally.
most of which are handled by
actors trapped in vocal assign
ments. Chorally. the music is
much more effective.
X X X
Minstrel shows were not the
sort of entertainment that in
spired choreographers to any
thing that resembled modern
show dancing. "Gentlemen Be
Seated" is no exception to this
rule save for a cake-walk rou-
tine interpolated in the opening
of the second act.
! X X X II
The cast Of Gentlemen Be
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The cast of Gentlemen B
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time OF Showing

Stage.
NatiOnal-"Stalag IT.; 2:30
and $3.50 pm.
Arena-"ArmS and the Man;
$50 pm.
Catholic University-"Gentle-
men, Be Seated; $3.50 pm.
Screen.
ADMINISTRATIONS of Wax:
/. 2:45, 4:35. 6:25, $40 and 10
pm.
Capitol Remains To Be
Seen; II am, LAS, 4:30, tbs
and 10 pm. Stage: 1880. 1886.
6:2O and 9:05 pm.
Columbia-"Call Me Madam:
11:15 am, 1:20, $3.50, $40, 1850
and 10 pm.
DupOnt-"Leonardo da Vinci";;
lis, 3. 4:40, 6:25, 8:15 and 10
pm.
Keith'S-"Man IN the Dark:
11:15 am. l. 2:45. 4:30. 6:15,
8 and 9:45 pm.
Little-"La Ronde";; 6, 1925,
$50 and 1920 pm.
Macarthur The Franchise
AEair";; 6:15. sos and 10 pm.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the
Nile; l1:l5 am. 1880. 2:40,
4:25. $40, 8 and $50 pm.
Ontario - Jamaica Run;
l:35, $40. $50, 7:50 and $50
pm.
Palace - Moulin Rogue;
10:45 am. 1855, $40, 5:25. TAO
and $50 pm.
Playhouse -" The Star; II
am, 12:4O, 2:30, 4:2O, 6:1O, 8
and 9:55 pm.
Plaza-"The Beauty of the
Devil";; II am, 1880. 2:40, $40
Sis and 1905 pm.
"Salome": II am
1880, 2:45, 4:36. $50. $40 and
1915 pm.
Warner House of Wax;
1890 a m, 1920, 2:15, 4:10, 6:05
8 and $50 pm.
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Seated" finds it's major strength
in Sykes as the top minstrel, AL
White, and Miss Chodoff as his
hard-bitten show gal compaD-
ion. These two are completely
at home in their work. more so
than Otto Kvapil as the roman
tic hero and Natalie MULTI as
his opposite number. These do
their best with a pair of un-
happy roles, as do such more
Evening star., 1953-05-13

favorably endowed performers
as Frank Mccormick. Jack Carr,
Tom Carlin. Joan Kendall and
Bob Conforti. It is the latter
who sings the shows hit tune,
Lou 'siana Lou"
Jim Waring has done his usual
artistic job with the sets Of
Gentlemen Be Seated" which
is not the most inspiring produc-
ton he has had to work with.
Evening star., 1953-05-13

CSIeDfaCeQ vary. OOLu6 are 4dL
and some are lean.
This, sad to report, is one of
the lean ones.
It's yield is a musical by Ed
ward eastman. Gentleman, Be
Seated" and it is not up to the
standard set when Walter Kerr
and Leon Brady, Singly and as
q team. we're establishing the
golden age of c. U. song shows.
Their successors of course may
we'll ask when they will stop
being compared with Kerr and
Brady. This is a good question
and any one with a good answer
should send it in, with or without
q box top.
It is not entirely Author
CaShman's fault and his musi-
cal throwback to the age of
minstrelry. as its title implies,
is below par. 1t takes a lot of
talent of various kinds to make
a college musical better than a
college musical. This is what
the university drama depart
ment does NOT have to work
with in this show.
Il Il ~
The basic flaw of Gentlemen
Be Seated" is that it has too
much respect for it's creators
elders. It is clearly CaShman's
notion that there was something
about old-fashioned minstrel
shows that deserved resurrec-
ton, perhaps like old movies on
television. The one notion is as
mistaken as the other.
The truth about minStrelry is
that it died a natural, inevitable
death, on whose certificate the
coroner might written "exhaus-
ton" as the cause.
This is affirmed by Gentle
men Be Seated" which is set in
turn-of -the-century Peoria. 1t
undertakes to recall the care
free ways of minstrels, but un-
happily with the effect of Sug-
geSting that 1853 actually is
we'll rid of them.
X Y 4
There are fugitive moments
when this is not the case in
Gentlemen Be Seated" In these,
when the echo of minstrelry is
ringing trueSt, it is apparent
what it must have meant to COM
munity life when the entertain
erS in blackface came to town.
The large, youthful cast di-
rected by Joseph Lewis is inno-
cent of knowledge of any flaws
Evening star., 1953-05-13
National to Get
.KrQsnu Comedy

Kind Sir" the new Norman
Krasna comedy. starring Mary
Martin and Charles Boyer will
play four cities including WASH
ington in its pre-Broadway run.
The play will have it's premiere
in New Orleans and will open
here on October 10 for a two
week run at the National Thea
ter.
Evening star., 1953-05-13
Odets Play Next
At Arena StuQe

Arena Stages production of
Clifford Odets' The Country
Girl" will be the first professional
showing the play has had in
this country since it closed on
Broadway in 1851.
The play which opens next
Monday will be directed by Alan
Schneider,
Evening star., 1953-05-13
House OfW Wax
Starts Final Week

House of Wax" will start its
fourth and final week at the Am
bassador and Warner TheaterS
tomorrow.
The Sd film stars Vincent
Price, Frank Lovejoy and Phyllis
Kirk.
Evening star., 1953-05-13
The Possinq Show
The Passing Show
Era Of Minstre|ry Echoes
In Musical at Catholic u.
By Jay Carmody

One established of spring the
annual Catholic University musical This is usually happy time
back their heads and for the Joy of
living and learning
Naturally the of all folk festivals the being
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
CounseIors Visit
Camp 0uachita

Camp Ouachita the Girl scout
camp in Thornburg, Perry county,
was visited by the following cOun-
sellers: Connie HollingsWorth, Will
mer Lyles, Mrs. Evelyn Dean, Ire
opia Green, Cloe Lay, Mrs Mae
Otis Hall, Mrs. Emma Jean Nor
wood, Mrs. Sue Davy, Joyce
Montgomery, and Camp Director
Bessie Ward.
The counselors expressed the
warm welcome and the close re-
lationship of counselors a n d
campers who are now in session.
After dinner the visiting coun-
sellers took a short hike in order
to observe the program organiza-
ton. This is the first camp in the
south that has the Unit Plan of
work.
The present counselors showed
great enthusiasm for the coming
camp session. These counSelors
have completed 10 hours of pre-
camp training. Sunday the coun-
sellers will leave for two days of
training at Camp Ouachita
Other couselors not mentioned
above are Mrs. Carol Brown, Mrs.
Henrietta Williams, Gloria Lewis,
Mrs. Maggie Gates, Mrs. Zelma
Miller and Mrs. Billie Jean Wash
ington. The Junior counselors are
Nell Cooper, Jackie Talley, Jackie
Jordan, Audrey Taylor, Grace
Hayes, Dorothy Streeter, Rosalyn
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

George Steel, Atty. F. B. Gle
ments Nashville, Atty. Harold w.
Flowers, Pine Bluff, Mesdames j..
S. Hopkins, Latimore, Beans, AL
ford, Clements and J, L. Hill,
Nashville. Mrs. Hill presented a
book to the church in honor of
the late Hence Wilder and Mrs.
Sylvia Wilder. The title of the
book was, The Greatest Story
Ever Told" Mrs. Essie Lee Will
der and Mrs. Annie Kelly were
sponsors of the program Mrs.
Ethel ]. White has returned from
California after spending several
months W n her husband,
Cpl. Wilbur White, who is sta
toned at Camp Roberts. Calf. :.
Misses Mary Helen Crofton
and Lenora Shaw are in the city
for few days after attending
summer school in Pine Bluff &.
Booker T. Jackson, student at
Philander Smith college is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Jodie Coulter i.
Mrs. Geneva S. Jackson is WIS.,
ting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Simpson of the city. Mrs.
Jackson is dean of women at Ar
kansas Baptist college, Little Rock
Mrs. Matte Whitmore is Wis
ting relatives in Detroit Miss
Vivian Ann Hickerson is at home
after an eye operation in TeXar-
kama recently She is getting a.
long fine . J. c. Sampson and
family of East St Louis are Wis
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Neatest campers are Eylvia Burt
Jamie Sears. Ann Woods, Mario
RE Session. and Lois Edwards.
Most pleasing Personalities are
June Betton, Gloria Thompson,
Marilyn Green, Joyce McClinton,
and Alice Faye Barnes. B e t
Sports, Harrietta Ann Pipes, Al
ma Minton, Kathryn Rigmaiden,
Roberta Whitfield, Dorothy Cool
ely. Youngest Campers, Betsy Ann
Carpenter. Names of those girls
winning honorable mention for
excellence and progress as swim
mers will be announced next
week.
Mrs. R. A. Glasco, chairman of
the camp committee was in
charge of the kitchen and with
her helpers produced miracles of
good things to eat.
Mrs. F. l.. Alexander, camp di-
rector wishes to thank clubs and
individuals who donated camp
ships and her able corps OF
counselors and lifeguards for their
part in making possible this fine
camping period.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Cassie D. Young. Martha r a e
Brown and Joeree Cuffee, jr, at
tended the Arkansas school for
Christian Workers which was
held at Pine Bluff Major Will
der of st. Louis spent a week
visiting his mother, Mrs. Sylvia
Wilder Claude Wright and
daughter. Jamie V. nave returned
to their home in Kansas City,
Kansas after spending a week in
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Wesson Mr.. and Mrs. Ford,
Mrs. Emma Washington and Mrs,
knight of Texarkana visited Syl-
liza Wilder and daughters recently
Mesdames Myrtiss Williams
and Mary E. Coca, Misses Bonnie
Tatum, Barbara J. Taylor and
Juanita Jackson attended the SW
District SIS, BTU and Usher Board
congress which was held at Mt.
Zion Baptist church. Malvern. The
Rev. R. G.. Gloster was host pas
tor Miss Fannie D. Hamilton
is visiting her uncle and aunt,
Mr., and Mrs, George Wilder of
Hot Springs Miss Virginia
j. Williams is spending her vaca,
ton with her brothers, w. r.
Williams, st. Paul, MINI. and Fl.
c. Williams, Chicago Miss
Bonnie Jewel Tatum left the city
Saturday night for a vacation in
Detroit She will remain there two
weeks, She accompanied her
nephew, Erskin Anderson home -.
The appreciation services for
the Rev. l.. c. Keys were success
full. Some of the guests who APP
peared on program were: Hon
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
INVITED NATIONS NOTES
LAWSON Accredited uN Correspondent

lame'
NATIONS, NJ Y. (GlobaD-SOUTHERN RHO
uNlED william H. Ball. the American business man sent
EA eisenhower as special delegate with the rank of
Preae b Ruawayo Rhodes Centennial Central African
ef d shortly after his arrival here that he favors
hbao" Cor equal work. irrespective of race.
pa! said that Negro workers in his factory belong
MI % union and get the same rates of pay as white
the nu some of his competitors felt that differentia
Se essary he said he did not This is one of the hot
p Sss IN this part of the world
is vice president and director of the Ball Bros
MI p pliora fruit jar and rubber product company
)nae director of the Merchants National bank in Mum
n volunteer the information since local reporters
o such embarrassing issues, Mr. Ball obviously was
not % hill bv the horns to prevent any misunderstanding
% the representative OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER STOOD on
WHICH, moo issue of America.
e pn aid he was "bowled over by the excellence of
hion and lauded the pioneer spirit that was evident
The United States flag was flown over the exhibition
! rds in his honor ,,,
four hours in outbreaks of nationalist vo-
,ta, sgfd A third pro-French Arab leader escaped
from an attack, Ben Mohammed was shot twice in the
h Nv a group who attacked his home 300 miles from
T.vpT Egypt's proposed new constitution would bar
bor of the nations royal family from becoming Pres
rorId also give women the ballot still a bold step
Arab world The text of the draft constitution drawn
~ Gftv-man committee, made public recently. Its
5rpp articles still must be approved by fifteenman
4+ and a national referendum before it into eff
Tnts old constitution, enacted in 1923 was torn up
| ae bv President Premier Mohammed Naguib's reVo-
r government and threeyear transition period was
5 with no political activities permitted Under the
(d document the President would be elected Tor live
T. Init would not be eligible for reelection
/ rprsATFM The Arab bloc of nations in the uN
the request of Iraq to discuss raising in the regular
sson of the UN General Assembly, Israels recent de-
IN move its Foreign Ministry from Tel AVV to Jerusa
The bloc has already protested that the move violates
Assembly resolutions calling for the Observation-Disclosures OF
[r.pm Iraus chief delegate, Awn Khady informed the
that he under instructions from his government to
| hp issue before the Assembly.
ro0SOC The UN Economic and Social Council con-
Id its sixteenth session in Geneva after voting to post
consideration of the relief and rehabilitation OF Korea
its next session after the General Assembly debate
Korea Belgums Raymond Sheyven president OF the couh
ppred satisfaction in his closing address, with the couh-
work and said the session marked by an atmosphere
harmony perhaps nearly of friendship
| KDONFSTA The UN Technical Assistance Admins
has completed the recruitment of nine experts VINO WI"
ute national planning bureau IN lndohesla TO ADVISE
hionesian government officials economic development
les Creation of the bureau decided upon last year
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Phyllis Wheatley branch 'YWCA
k:l0Sed another successful camp
|CearfOrk. GA tanned but happy
4 returned Sunday after hav-
/ spent 8 days in swimming,
Ping boating, camp fires, parti-
fang in creative activities, de-
Fonal periods and making new
kds
Ps Gloria Vinson was chosen
+ Clearfork for 1858. Little
Re Flakes was chosen junior
r Clearfork, l3 girls won the
F|hGtlon Of being named as 100
FEM campers, They are Anita
\ Barnes, June Renee Betton,
1a Surrat Gloria Vinson, Toni
Fsa Devine, Lois Estelle Ed
fvonne Hayman, Grace
\ E~sfShed, Marva Faye Smith,
h9Paugh, Margaret Flakes,
| Alice Dennis, Alice Flakes.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
Fri, Aug. Fl, 1858 STATE PRESS

Flint, Michigan and Cleveland
Mrs. Y. C. Jordan left this week
for Cleveland Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Norrell and children of
Detroit are visiting their relatives
and friends here =. Eddie L.
Sutton is home visiting his rela-
tives and friends Mr.. and
Mrs. J. B. Henderson left this
week for Los Angeles. They are
travelling from Little Rock thru
the airWays John Wesley
Fisher and son, Dalton, and soma
friends from Corning. N. Y. are
visiting friends and relatives here.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Finn, Lula Davis and Rosie Hamp-
ton. Our nurse will be Mrs. Ruth
Taylor, our dietician is Keola
Clopton, our water front is head
ed by William McElroy, the bust
ness manager and librarian with
an assistant will be Clothilde
Bush, Camp director is Bessie
Ward. The above mentioned jun
Tor counselors are senior Girl
Scouts.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
Monticello
Addie Brown

Mrs. o. w. Jordan has return
ed nome from a visit with her sis
ter, Mrs, G., G. Banks in Cleve-
land Mrs. Addie Brown has
returned from the AME conven-
tional laymans meeting, She re-
ports a very fine meeting and
largely attended one The Boy
Scouts left August 10 for camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Hicks and
son left this week for Milwaukee,
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
tkiirls
A. +. Cunningham

The Usher boards program was
a success. Amount raised was sat-
so, Miss Margaret Sanders is di-
rectress -. Doyle Fletcher, son
Of Jones Fletcher of Happybend
was funeralized recently. Burial
was in the BlackviIle cemetery.
Other survivors are a mother, and
several sisters and brothers.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

iting his mother. Mrs. JAMIE
Sampson and other relatives IN
the city Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Brown have returned to the city
after spending several months in
Arizona
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
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Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
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Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Chocolate Crested Coconut Pie
4 eggs, slightly beaten
Il to ~ cup sugar
4 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coconut
I unbaked 9-inch pie shell
z tablespoons sugar
I square unsweetened chocolate,
melted
2 tablespoons hot water
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

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Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Combine eggs, sugar, salt, milk,
vanilla and coconut; mix well. Pour
into pie shell. Bake in hot oven
(425 FL 30 minutes, or until GUS
tard is set.
Combine sugar and chocolate.
Add hot water gradually, blending
well. Pour chocolate mixture on
top Of baked pie. Reduce oven to
300' F. and bake Z to 10 minutes
longer, or until chocolate IS set.
Cool. Garnish with additional coco
nut.
Evening star., 1953-08-12

mands for general salary In
creases and the custer Of what
it termed Mr.. Laniel's reaction
ary" cabinet.
Both Communists and Social
lists urged the recall Of Parlia-
ment. now vacationing until Oc-
tober. That is a long procedure.
calling for signed letters from
200 Deputies, one-third Of the
National Assembly.
To add further to Mr.. Laniel's
harassment the wine growers Of
Southern France announced
plans for their third widespread
barricading Of highways in their
section-for IL hours on Friday.
Demanding that the government
buy their huge surplus of wine.
they have already blockaded
traffic in the. region twice. for
four hours two weeks ago and
for six last week.
Evening star., 1953-08-12
Dulles
Continued From First page.)

AVAAA~CO CAOuI 0SG FdSCsJ
return Of any condemned by
them to prison sentences"
His statement was an ampli-
flcation Of his remarks on thx
prisoner issue after his return
Monday from an eight-day trip
to Korea.
Mr.. Dulles recalled that some
returning American soldiers say
the Communists have recently
imposed prison sentences on
some American captives. He
said, however, I'VE do not vet
know whether such alleged con-
victions will be used as an ex-
cuse not to repatriate the prison.
ers concerned. -
He added:
Il repeat that for the Commu-
niSts to do this would be consid-
cred by us to be a violation of
the armiStice terms. Until, how
ever, it is clear that the armistice
is being applied the same way by
both OF us we should not adopt
one construction while the Com
munistS adopt another.
Our overriding objective has
and will continue to be to obtain
the return from the Communists
OF all prisoners held by them"
COrrectS One Statement.
Mr.. Dulles made one correc-
ton in his remarks on this mat
ter Monday, when he had said
the o. N. command holds a sub
stantlal number of Communist
Evening star., 1953-08-12
Text in Trud Reveals.
MaIenkoy Didn't Say
Reds Have H-Bomb
By The Assoeiatsd Pres.

NEW YORK, Aug. t2.-The
first Soviet newspapers arriving
here with accounts Of Premier
Georgi MaIenkov's hydrogen
bomb speech fail to tell the So
Wet people that the q. S. s. r.
either has the big bomb or has
mastered its production. He
simply limited broadly that this
was so.
In direct and indirect quota
tions of the speech to the SUI
preme Soviet. permitted through
Moscow censorship Saturday, va
rious correspondents attributed
to Premier Malenkov assertions
that the Soviet Union had the
bomb and had mastered it's pro-
duction.
Statement Doesn't Appear.
No such statement appeared in
the version broadcast by Moscow
Radio, nor does any such state
ment appear in the Russian Ian
guage text as printed by the
newspaper Trud, first of the So
Wet papers to reach here. The
Trud text says this:
"It is known that abroad. the
partisans of war for a long time
have cherished the Illusion about
q monopoly of the United States
OF America in the matter of pro-
duction of the atom bomb. His
tory. however, has shown that
there was profound illusion
here, The United States for a
long time has ceased to have a
monopoly in the matter of pro-
duction of the atomic bombs.
THE transatlantic enemies of
peace in recent times have found
a new consolation. The United
States. if you please, masters q
greater force than the atom bomb
and is the monopolist Of the hy-
drogen bomb. This. apparently,
would be some consolation to
them II it was in accordance
with reality. But this is not so.
The government considers it nec-
eSsary to report to the Supreme
Soviet that the United States is
not the monopolist in the produc-
tion Of the hydrogen bomb,
either. (Stormy, long g-lasting ap-
plause.)"
Only q Hint.
This does not say that the
Soviet Union either has the
bomb or has mastered its pro-
duction. It hints at it and in
dicates it but fails to say so out
right. According to this text.
this is all that Malenkov had to
say on this particular matter.
There have been instances in
the past when Soviet censors
knowingly have let through CEN
sorship information which was
not in accordance with the ac-
tual facts. There is a possibility
that Malenkov used the words
attributed to him and that the
words did not show up in the
official text. It is also possible
that correspondents were given
q mis-translation of Malenkov's
remarks.
Evening star., 1953-08-12

prisoners. convicted OF crimes.
The fact Is, he said today that
the allied side holds q substala-
tial number Of Communist pris-
onerS Of war who are under
charges Of having committed
crimes while in custody. but who
have not been actually convicted.
He explained that the Geneva
Convention Jumps together in
the same category prisoners con-
Victed and those under charges,
providing that these might be
withheld from exchange.
But he emphasized the Korean
armiStice provides that "all''
prisoners will be repatriated di-
rectly or transferred to the Gus
tody Of the neutral repatriation
commission. In the armistice
terms, he said. "all means all,
and we do not accept the view
that prisoners can be withheld
because they have been con-
victed Of alleged offenses.
Communist Record Cited.
The secretary was asked
whether it would be possible
grounds for resuming the war if
it were found that the Commu-
nistS were deliberately withhold
ing prisoners from exchange. He
replied he SuppoSeS so, but does
not think that anyone Is very
likely to accept that alternate.
He pointed out it is still un-
known whether the Communists
will use conviction for an al
legged crime as an excuse not to
release allied prisoners. He added
that he has no thought at all
that an armistice violation ne
cesSitating a resumption Of hos
tilities is likely to happen.
But, he said, if there is an
open violation of the armistice
terms without excuse that would
of course raise the whole ques-
ton Of whether the truce had
broken down.
Mr.. Dulles warned "there is