Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23

getting ready for its annual sum
day. This is how come we
know about ice. :. For instance,
that it is no trouble at all to
keep an open-air stage iced
in a heat wave. And. if you
are worried about rain damage
as to the pond you used to skate
on as a kid-don't. !. II those
chemical wizards can lick the
heat menace, as to ice at least,
they can take care Of rain. :.
And do.
Still, nature has not been en-
tirely tanned. Its arsenal. OF
which we have felt the full brunt
this summer. includes one anti
Ice weapon that is deadly. J.
This happens to be wind. {.
Blows such as those felt during
the recent visits of Connie, in
particular. and Diane, inciden-
tally. would clear the amphithea-
ter stage in no time. The
inch and one-half covering
would not disappear like smoke.
but something like. Our ice
man, or expert, says it would
take about an hour to take the
stage down to the bare wood.
-, Since it takes a full week
to freeze the Ice-Capades rink,
this would knock the daylights
out Of the local booking. :.
However. in common with the
rest Of us. the Field brothers feel
that we've had our hurricanes
for the summer.
4 Il X
ABRUPT PROFILE: The
movies. bless them, are never
one to leave a man unbriefed
about the girl he is to have
breakfast with. The covering
statistics may be abrupt, but
they are conclusive. :. Let's take
the case of Jarma Lewis with
whom we shall be splitting a
honey dew melon one day this
week.
In q glance at MGM's form
sheet, we learn that Miss Lewis
is 5 feet. Z inches tall; weighs
129 pounds; has green eyes and
reddish brown hair: was born
June S (year unspecified) in
Tuscaloosa, Ala; is single and
naturally childless; has lived in
10 cities. including Richmond
and Quantico; and went to a lot
of schools. including City Col
lege in Los Angeles.
She's en- route now to Rich
mond for the premiere of THE
Bar Sinister" on Thursday night;
is English Irish in ancestry; pre-
fers blue jeans and sneakers;
reads constantly as far from
Mickey Spillane as a girl can
get: and did not fare any better
in mathematics than you per-
haps did. Or we certainly
did. It's just that there are
some people who do not need
calculus
STOUT FELLOWS, WE: Ma
jor Robert Murray and his police
force are the heroes Of the trans
1t strike, but movie manage
ment are impressed too by the
doughty spirit Of their patrons.
- Back in the early days of
the busmen's holiday. they
declared against opening new.
high-powered films. :. When
the strike lasted. this policy went
out the window.
New pictures not only opened.
but prospered, everywhere.
mot AS A Stranger" for in
stance. stays a fifth smashing
week at the Palace. 1.-THE
Lady and the Tramp" booked
to close tomorrow at Keith's,
will remain until August 80. now
that the strike is ended. "Mr.
Roberts" will hang on for seven
weeks, until August 81, at the
Metropolitan and Ambassador
where it has broken all records:
Chance Meeting" is setting a
blistering pace at the Macarthur
ever since 1t opened on the night
OF Comics visit; and ITO Catch
A Thief" is off at a first week
pace that threatens to establish
a new record at the Capitol. =
THE Seven Little Foys" which
began before the strike, outlasted
1t at the Playhouse, but will