Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-17

These things are not at al
toned citizen. He makes his littl
and goes home. either to feel
that he has done his patriotic
duty or to live realizing what an
idiot he has been. Whatever the
result, he at least has the conso-
lation of seeing himself as a man
of decision, even a wrong one.
What does a voteless Wash
ingtonian do?
Chronologically he does this.
He opens the envelope contain
ing the ballot, notes what it is
and throws it in the wastebasket.
Then he has second thought.
Why not at least see what the
ballot is about? Give it a little
study. make little beside one
of the names and perhaps learn
vicariously something of the Joy
of voting even for some one pre-
Sumably as ridiculouSly funny as
these nominees?
This. in turn. leads to a third
thought which leaves the second
one in a shambles and demon
strates the hardened hostility of
a man inexperienced in ballot
casting.
How is this demonstrated?
Quite easily and quickly by
convincing the prospective voter
that the national laugh week
people do not know a suitable
candidate when they see one.
They have submitted a list of
approximately so names, from
Abbott and Costello to Ronald
Young. as eligibles for what is
called the Humor Hall of Fame.
Nowhere on the ballot, how
ever, and this is what hurts, are
the names of the two most hui
morous contemporary Ameri-
cans, Writer E. B. White and
Judy Holiday. Any one who has
ever read the one, or seen the
other. of these knows that Mil
ton Berle and George Jessel do
not belong in the same league.
1t is quite possible, although
unnecessary inti1iS kind of COM
petition, that Mr.. White is the
warmest.S wisest and wittiest-as
well as the most likeable-Amer-
lean in 1854.
AS for Miss Holiday, no men,
Der of her sex back to Eve has
been so hilariously adroit in
proving that the dumb blond is
thessmartest type Of female ever
developed.
But where are they on ma
tional laugh weeks ballot? No.
where! There's not room enough
for them among the Berries, Jes-
sells. Ritz brothers, etc. So, back
into the wastebasket with it. A
man would rather not vote than
be denied the right to stuff a
ballot box in favor of Mr.. White
or Miss Holiday.
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HOLIDAY COMING UP: The
alter homogeneous are taking an
agile attitude toward the WASH
ington's birthday holiday. Not If
they can help it are idle citizens
to have nothing to do that day.
The National, for instance, is
going to break with the tradi-
ton of a Wednesday matinee
next week by shifting it's mid
week performance of 1.-THE
Burning Glass" to Monday aft
ernoon And Arena Stage, nor
= mally dark on Monday nights,
will present holiday perform
ance that night of its current
hit. Summer and Smoke"
All neighborhood movie chains
also will offer special afternoon
showings of their regular fea-
lures.
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SUMAC TIME-Yma Sumac,
now on her own as a concert
artist. will make her first appear
ance with her new troupe of
Andean dancers. drummers and
tnStrume1taliStS on Saturday
night at Constitution Hall. Miss
Sumac. the girl with the strange
voice and name. will offer a
program of original music, much
of it based upon ancient Inca
themes.
Her husband accompanist,
Noises Vicanco, who created
much of the Saturday program is
regarded as the foremost author
ity on Inca music.
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BULLETIN BOARD - Alan
Schneider. Arena Stage director,
is in New York discussing an Of
fer to direct "Antigone," by
Sonhnclle-, vIl television's Omni-
bus Srogram. Also, while
th.I-, he will make a change in
the cast of his current Broadway
hit, "The Remarkable Mr..
Pennypacker," starring Burgess
Meredith and Martha Scott. =. i.
Hate and Prejudice, a Menace
to Democracy" is the theme of
the third in the monthly film
series of the Washington Docu-
mentary Theater. It will be
presented February Is at 8:15
pm. in Cafritz Auditorium. 4.
Courteline's La Paix Chez Sol"
will be the next production of
Marion Vandal's Tricolor Thea