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Under d. c. la,U couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day. wait three full days
and receipe the license on the
nth day. Sundays and holi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
Wilt La H T RSryU Il ~ + E sne
ST. ne.
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st. NV.
Lonnie C. Hare. 81, 1929 Lee hwy, Ar.
lingttonn;; and Pauline l. Tus'sinE. 81
Thomas D. Huffman, 23 7400 Flower
ave, Takoma Park, and Mary r. Egan
20. Waterbury. Conn.
Norbert r. Levandosky. a; 9s3l Twenty
seventh ST. NV. and Helen J. Lutz, ~
253g Woodiey pl NV.
Paul Z, Waters, 81, Harrisburg, Pa, ant
Jean b Williams, II, 1911 Buchanan
Wexford Baylor, 80, 1915 H st, Sc. and
NV; and 3, T h II H TOom''' AZ l7i'
Beverly c, Freeman, 49, 221 Hsmp
ton st.. Glassmanor, Md
Clarence j. Powers, 80, 900 Kenilworu
ave, ne, and Audrey e. Handy 10
pe bert + B. 81 TODD Id 40. 1929 calvert st
NV, and Mary A. carraher. A. 1863
Donald +. FRANKIE, 40. Ann Arbor. Mich
and Gloria F. Niemeyer, 33, 2600 Wis
! conSin ave. NV.
Philip A Lansehough. 81, 1875 n
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and Constance Bishop, ~ l440 Cliff
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and Joane NJ, shimel, IS, 33"s Four
teenth pl Sc.
James e. b 91bt Of 5aoa % Bs shS Magas S'0
NV. and Elaine M henderson. Is
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Richard W. Butler. II. 1i@ Third st. e.
and Janet |. Myers, 10, @749 Iyerson 8
Everett F. Draushan, 81, 10IS Carol
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hha ayss Y washington 90 AZ
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silver Spring, and Catherine A. Lehm
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Mill I'd. NV, and Mariette J. Esty,
"a, SOLO Forty-second st. NV
Frederick s Foster. 90, Andrews ALB,
and Margaret r. Guthrie, 10, 1912 D
st Sc.
Verne Hedgpeth, 81. 400 o st. NV. and
Laurie B. Nelson, 81. 407 Twelfth
Robert q, Franklin. 10, 4s1s Livingston
I'd. Sc. and Wanda r. GFellers, 20.
$500 Wheeler I'd. sc.
LLOYD c. Martin, Is. ia Eleventh st.
ne, and Francine d. Newkirk, 20,
45la Douglas st. ne.
Edward R, Osborn. .27. Davenport Iowa,
and Patricia Anne O'Donovan, %,
300 Massachusetts ave. NV.
Alfred l.. Williams. rs, New York, N y.
and Agnes !. Spriggs, 1909 FsrraRut
st NV.
Melvin l.. Stevens. 30, o1a Third st. Sc,
and Margaret E. Miller, 80. 1904
Twenty-second ST. sc.
David H Page. 20. 14Il N st NV. and
Mary A. Greenwood, 20. 1928 Massa-
chuSetts ave. NV
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First Friday Club
To Hear Professor

The Rev. Joseph Durkin. pro-
fessor Of Constitutional history
at Georgetown University. will
address the Catholic Laymen's
First Friday Club at 1890 pm
tomorrow in the Willard Hotel.
Father Durkin will talk on
"The Catholics Potential Con-
tribution to Contemporary Amer
lean Society,"" AL Philip Kane,
club president, will introduce the
speaker. The Rev. Edward H.
Roach is moderator of the group.
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1000 Men to Join
In PRAYER ViqiI

More than 1000 men from IS
Catholic parishes in the District
Montgomery, Prince Georges
Charles and st. Mary's County
tonight join in an all-night
prayer vigil in the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street
and Park road NV.
Special prayers for peace in
the Holy Land will be said. as
well as prayers for world peace,
the welfare of the Nation, fam
lilies and friends.
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Rutgers Club Speaker

DR.. Mason w. Gross. provost
of Rutgers University, will
address meeting of the Rutgers
Club Of Washington at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the home of Mar
tin Agronsky. 2605 Tilden place
NV.
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regularly or if perfect,
I.99 and more
500 bIovsss reduced fes elserenee.
NyIon, daeFon, cotton and rsyon in
dressy and teiIorsd styles. Sizes 81
10 SO.
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You can't vote in the Dis
trict IL you don't register. Now
Is the time to qualify. Regis
tratiOn headquarters on ground
floor of the District Building.
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and suits 10

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toppeEs. Sizes 10 70 Is.
20 misses washable orion toppsrs,
fully lined. White and postels in
broken sizes 10 Is. Were 1895,
100
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with umbrellas and hots, fully lined.
Assorted coIors in sizes 10 10 Is
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famous name AAs
foundations

Ipere S.y9
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$50 famous nome irregular gar
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royon sotin. Smoll, medium ond
Jorge II perfect, much more. l.39
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group Of misses
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80 misses roincoots Of corduroy
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Were much more. 400
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remn0nfs-Frid0y only
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wool. 500 royon with Snuotex
wolst bond. Brown, blue ond qroy
in group. Sizes 10 ond Il. Were
$50 2.SS
70 poirs prep boys dress sloeks
OF AO'o wool, 500 royon with
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81 Were 799 3.8s
265 irresulor cotton knit shirts
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10 2.o9 SSe
700 white cotton knit T-shihs
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combed cotton. lrreoulors in
sizes medium ond loros. Were
89e 2le
$40 pairs socks OF spun nyIon in
plain colors, 7 to u; nylon
stretch oreyles, one size fer 7
TO l0l2 Were soc 2le
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name nyIon hose
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II perfect, SIC and more
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shees in group with self end dork
seams. Spring shodes. Sizes ga 10
~.
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X mems famous 1ss
make dress shirts

if perfect, 2.99 and more
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ton broodeloth and oxford cloth.
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spreed button down, short point soft
slotted. White and plain eoloEs in
sizes IA to ~.
500 oil silk neekties in repp stripes
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jackets IL

IS ell-wooI ioekets with slea
plaid royon Innings. patch poek-
cts. Sizes 10 TO Is.
10 compus eoots Of woter repei-
lent cotton popIin, notchino
hood, quilted lining. Sizes 10
to IS. Navy oroy, red in group.
Were 1899 7.4o
100 misses oII-wooI skirts in
ploln color tlonneI, felt or tweed.
Sizes 10 TO l8 in group. Were
100 ond 1899 --5. 500
200 misses SweoteEs in orion and
orion blends, Cordcons and dol
man sleeve ond short sleeve pull
ons. Sizes ga to 40. Were 3.oe
70 1889 80 10 500
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*girIs' coats,
suits, toppers
6''' to 1888

REGULARLY Ivy 10 Ib.Y5
50 eoots. suits and toppers in group Of
assorted styles and fobries. Broken
sizes 3 70 6x, 7 to ~ and 10 70 IA.
$50 cotton and nylon dresses in group
OF samples and irreouIors. Broken
sizes 3 TO Ok and 7 10 IA. If perfect,
2 80 to 500 2.5e, z for 500
ZOO pieces Of sportsweor including
solcloth pedol pushers, iockets, Ber-
mudo shorts and sleeveless bouses.
Sizes ) TO 6x and 7 to IA. l.39 10
2.49
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cere 4.99 S'SS

ts(( =
200 pein OF sings. ties and
strops OF soft crushed kid with
cubon heel. Beige, red and black
in sizes 5 TO 10, narrow, medium
and wide.
40 poirs fomous nome factory
Damaged shoes in broken sizes
ond colors. If perfect. 9.95 ond
1895 l.99
so poirs hond-loeed moeeosins
with composition soles Broken
sizes in brown, block ond oroY
glove leather Were 4.9o 9ee
so poirs women's genuine hond-
sewn loefen in brown only
Broken sizes 5 TO 9, morrow ond
medium. Were $50 2.99
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mems list quality
and Irregular 1,ss
sports shirts

were 1879 and 2.99
$50 shirts Of fIanneIette, cotton
knit. or reyon sobardine. Small.
medium and large sizes.
8 reversible nylon jackets. COM
pletely washable; 4 oil wool sub
urbon coots with wool Innings.
Were 1895 to 1895 9.99
4s wool sweaters and fIonneIette
lined popIin jackets. Were 4,99
70 $50 BIS
500 pairs socks Of nyIon ond
cotton. royon ond cotton, and
mercerized cotton. IrrequIors in
ploin colors. Sizes 10 TO -. II
perfect 49c and SOC, 5 prs. 100
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Models Of Maturity
By JOHN r. HAMILTON

MMOST people think of fashion mod
lXl els as gay young things, fitting
from designers to photographers to
fashion salons. jauntingly swinging a
hatbox and looking as though one
square meal would double their weight.
In the broad field of fashion display,
this is largely true. But when it comes
to elegance, chic, and the introduction
of some of the coStliest creations OF top
designers, the models chosen often have
a different look
For instance, for his American show
ings, Christian Dior relies on charming
vet fully sophisticated women. His lead
ing lady for showing off his new handi-
work is Mabel Glemby, who, except for
the perfection of her grooming, looks
like any smart suburban matron.
The reason behind this, according to
Dior, is that women are not really
aware of their womanhood until they
reach their 3OS Also, since the age
range of most women who can afford
to buy original couturier frocks is
usually in the middle-age bracket, the
potential customer has an easier time
visualizing what garment will-or
won't-do for her when seeing it on
mannequin in her own-age group
For leading models like Miss Glemby,
the job is an exciting one. Besides
regular tours of leading American cities
for fashion shows, she commutes to
Paris twice year SO the clothes she
will show off can be tailored for her
directly These photos show some OF
Dior's new fall garments.
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THE LUNTS WILL GO ON ACTING
UNTIL WE DROP SAYS LYNN
BY WARD MOREHOUSE

NEW YORK April (NANA).-"Oh darling of course
we'll and on--weu keep playing until We drop"
said Lynn Fontanne.
Il sometimes wonder how long these old bones will
last said Alfred Lunt, But do know that they'll
HAYES to shoot to get of the theaer wouldn't
know how to do anything else"
Alfred and Lynn, the foremost acting team in the
history of the American heater having
New York in THE Sebastians the 10Th play
OF remarkable partnership that began with The
man" 1924
They will stay on in New York until the hot weather.
Then they'll be off for Wisconsin their beautiful
Swedish manor house. which has been part-time home
for them since their marriage Perhaps they'll reopen
Broadway with The Great Sebastians" the fall and
they may later go in for lot of touring.
We just don't know right now" said Alfred, But
feel that along with this play for
we finish with it we'll do another 1t Macbeth
however. although have thought of it from time
to time. We're too old to try anything that difficult The
physical strain would be much too much for but
sure Lynn take it.
Lynn said, "Oh, We so wish that great and dear
friend, Bob Sherwood could The Great Sebastians
We were in Philadelphia when word that Bob
had heart attack. During the night Alfred awake
and pacing the floor awoke and asked him what was
matter. He said Bob isn't going live. Several hours
later Bob died Bob wrote three fine pays-Reunion
Vienna There Shall Be No Night and Idiots Delight
We loved him very much He certainly of the
dearest friends two actors had"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

WOOD, April 7
(NANA).-S Hayward has
been nominated for-and lost
an Academy Award four
times. was near her in the
Pantages Theater last month
when Anna Migrants name
was announced for the best
actress Oscar for her perform
ance in THE Rose Tattoo"
Quite a few people here had
expected Susan would win for
her portrayal of Lillian Roth in
"I'll Cry Tomorrow.
Susan was disappointed, of
course, but not a flicker of her
feelings showed on hel face.
Maybe next time" she said,
and later, at the party she had
planned before-"win or
lose"-she was the gayeSt per-
son there.
It's hard to believe that Just
about this time year ago. the
red-haired emotional actress
from Brooklyn was hospital
lied after swallowing too many
sleeping pills. The change in
her outlook on life is fantastic.
A Free Woman
Susan explained at dinner.
She referred to her divorce
from Jess Barker and it seems
now that the bitterly contested
suit with all the blush-making
publicity is over and she will
be a free woman-"Not only in
my private life, but with my
career"
Susan's 7-year contract with
20th-Fox will end in August.
And then? II have so many
plans" she said. I'll have my
own company. If the terms
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complaint and was kind to
everybody.
But on the average of once
a week, Blanke, also the pro-
Queer Of the Liberace picture,
would get a phone call at
night.
1T was always the same"
the producer recalls. THE con-
versation would start off
sweetly, just like Lee, and
then whammo-Id get baWled
out in a way that would make
a top sergeant blush.
THE next day on the set,
Lee would be just as sweet
as ever and l hated to bring
it up. Finally, l did. 1t took
some doing but we found out
Mario was the culprit."
Once LAMA called up Blanke
and suggested that the high
tenor Of the Ink Spots be put
in "Serenade." Blanke pro-
tested that there was no place
in a LAMA picture for q tenor
from such a quartet.
The next call came purport-
edly from the Ink Spots tenor,
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imitators-and I doubt If I
could give a very good imita-
ton of myself"
-
Busy SOngsmith
Sammy Calm. one Of the
country's most prolific song
writer's ("Three Coins"
Tender Trap" Man With
the Golden Arm" and on and
on Is busily shutting between
here and the coast to keep up
on film tune chores and work
on a couple of prospective
Broadway shows.
For Broadway he has Casey
Jones" about 80 per cent COM
plete, is also juggling material
of another musical titled 1.-The
Countess to Boot"
Writing is the easy part"
says Calm. Then comes the
craftsmanship. that's what
really puts the song over"
When he and his melody
collaboration of the moment
finish a new item, Sammy
stages it for the prospective
buyer.
Il really can't sing a note"
Calm cheerfully admits. "but
! do know what a songs got,
and the best way it should be
delivered"
During his craftsmanship,
See GLOVER, Page E-3
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THE BROADWAY WEEK
There Is Still So Much
Robinson Wants to Do

man and a woman 80 years
younger. it was written by
Paddy Chayefsky of Marty
fame.
Like Marty" its success
relies primarily on emotional
intangibles rather than plot.
These ingredients were what
persuaded Robinson to come
back to the stage from Holly
wood. The yen to return had
been sticking in my throat for
long time" Robinson de-
clareS.
What he does after Middle
Of the Night will depend on
what affords the biggest i'm
mediate challenge-stage films
or a television guest shot.
Although he may stray in
fancy to other fields. acting is
still the career 62-year-old
Robinson would select if he
had it to do all over again.
A Philosopher
Il have a bit Of philosophy
that each of us must be a little
bit of every other person, he
says. For what l understand
about you is what l understand
about myself. And that is the
way in which people can best
find their way together"
And in what way could this
philosophy be better expressed
than in acting?
Robinson, who has been per-
forming to the public for 43
years, doesn't rule out future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK, April 7 (P).-
Now that he has returned to
Broadway in triumph after 26
years. Edward G. Robinson
doesn't know how long he
wants to stay.
The uncertainty. he says. is
one of the most fascinating
things about the business that
has made him famous. There
are many other things he has
wanted-and still wants-to
do.
Il would like to have been a
great musician or dancer" he
says thoughtfully. I'd like to
have a good singing voice and
be able to make a good speech
that has something important
to say for the good Of peo-
Pile.
Il put it all into acting. a
sort of vicarious release for
them all"
The warm brown eyes
crInkle as he adds couple OF
lesser unattalned items:
I've never played in a cir
Gus or worked in a burlesque
show, either. I guess it's too
late for that now.
Lured By Intangibles
Robinson is currently en-
gagged in the dramatic hit
Middle of the Night" at the
ANITA Theater. Concerned with
the romance of a middleaged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
BY JAMES BACON

HOLLYWOOD. April 7
P).-It's known only to a long
list of victims that Mario
LAMA is a piXy, a sort of Jerry
Lewis of the tenors.
Half the Warner lot, includ-
Ing Studio Boss Jack L. War
ner and Producer Henry
Blanke; a woman gossip
columnist: mild-mannered Lib
Grace and acid tongued
George Sanders are Just a few
OF the LAMA casualties.
Once the columnist printed
an unkind item about LAMA
after one of his publicized es-
capades. LAMA picked up the
phone and told her off in
language no family newspaper
could ever print.
But he did it with an English
accent so pear-shaped and so
perfect in diction that, to this
day, the columnist suspects 1t
was George Sanders. She adj
mits that she neither spoke
to nor wrote about Sanders
for months afterwards.
LAMA. like Lewis, can mimic
anyone's voice. The Warner
publicity department was a
special target. When LAMA
was making "Serenade" on the
lot. some Of the craziest ideas
for publicity stunts ever
dreamed UP came over the
phone, sometimes in the voice
Of Studio Boss Warner and
other times in the voice of
Producer Blanke.
"The ideas were so fantastic
that we had to ask the boss if
he were kidding-and you
don't usually do that in a
movie studio" one publicity
executive reports.
Liberace is one of Lanzas
better limitations. The pian-
lists picture was shooting on
the lot at the same time as
Lanza's.
Now there is no sweeter
man to work with than Lib
s,ace. He never uttered a
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
! Fancy" pm.
SCREEN

Observation-Disclosures Goes; 1920 1926 525 1880 and
9:35 pm.
CAPITOL Alexander the Great; $780, 4:10 $50 and
$3.50 pm.
COLONY" Maddelena" 230, 1920, Cos 1855 and 9:45 pm
CoLuMBIA-"Forbdden Planet 1880. $780, $685. TAO and
9:45 pm.
DUPoNr-The Ballet of Romeo and Juliet rs $780, 535
7;40 and 9:45 pm.
KEITHS-" Cockeshel Heroes. 7.5n and
9:55 pm.
LTTTLE-"Marty'; L. PAS 4:35. 625, $40 and 10 pm
MacARTHUR-"The Ladykiers"; 2:15, 4O5, 6, 1855 and
9:55
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Goes; 1926 1926 $500 7:S5
and $40 pm.
oNIARIo-"The Rose Tattoo; /, 3:1O $780, 7:3O and
GAS pm.
PALACE"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. l:10 ass
$40 and 9:25 pm.
PLAYHOUSE" Richard III" l. $40. 500 and 9:O5 pm.
PLAzA-The Littlest outlaw; 1870, $780, $685. 800
and 10 pm.
NS-LUX-'Picnic'; l. 3l5s SOS 1885 and $3.50 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Holiday; 2, s and $3.50 pm.
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THE PASSING SHOW
It'll Wonder You,
ThisAmish Drama

lish than otherwise it takes on
shapes that are enchantingly
different, as in the title of one
of the early songs, 1T Won
ders Me-"
From this tune to Plenty
of Pennsylvania" which closes
the show with an "Oklahomal
like" proud gusto, the audience
is wondered by everything that
happens.
Yet It's Familiar
The wonder of this is that
what happens, in its simplest
plot terms, is pretty much the
conventional stuff of musical
comedy. This includes the girl
whose fanatical father wants
her to marry the solid neigh
Dor farmer instead of the
handsome f1rebrand she loves.
1t further offers, as its major
threads of comedy, the wide
eyed curiosity of the blond
Amish lass for the New York
SophisticateS who drop into
her life. and the effort of the
Gotham divorce to adjust to
Amish ways. And, even harder
for the latter, Amish plumbing.
That Plain and Fancy'S"
novel geography should be so
happy an item in Washing
tons April should not be sur
priSing, of course.
Over the last is years, the
best of musical shows have
owed their popularity to get
ting away from it all. There
was oklahoma" which ap-
parently will last forever now
that it is a cinema eXtrava-
ganza. 1t was a new slice Of
life and "Carousel' which fol-
lowed with its down-east set
ing (Maine) was another just
as novel.
And South Pacific"
South Pacific" was the
most remote of all. or was 1t
THE King and T.?
To be sure. it is not an in
fallible rule that an unsophiS-
ticated location is a guarantee
of success. The critics, at least.
were unenthusiastic over the
landscape Of Marseilles in
Fanny" and coldly unen-
chanted with the California
setting of Pipe Dream"
What saved both Of these 70
the reputation Of Rodgers and
HammerStein.
Then, too. there is the mega
tive evidence of the musical
deemed the greatest since
South Pacific" This one b
MY Fair Lady" the setting
of which is London, even
though a period London. And,
long before the Shaw comedy
was adapted, there was an
other, pal joey"
The exceptions, however,
have been merely enough to
prove the rule that if you
would like to make half a mil
lion dollars, or so, writing a
musical comedy or operetta,
get out of town. That is where
the people live who are most
sure to delight the people who
live in cities and have access
to the theater.