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tanning is done at small din
ner parties.
The groups intermingle. but
there are some clearly defined
nuclei. Among them:
A. The whimsical Holmby
Hills Rat Pack with Lauren
Bacall as dean mother; Frank
Sinatra. packmaster; Hum
phrey Bogart. rat in charge Of
public relations. Also David
Niven, Spencer Tracy ire
Gently elected)
B. The Irish group, headed
by John Ford and John Wayne.
C. The Beverly Hills group.
including the Jack BennyS.
Danny Hayes, George Burns
and Oracle Allen, DR.. Joel
Pressman and Claudette Col
bert.
Quiet But Stellar
D. The social group. includ-
ing Dick Powell and June Ally
son, the Edgar Bergens and
industrialists Justin Dart and
Lecnard Firestone.
E. A quite but stellar group
including Lana Turner and
Lex Barker, Ursula Thesis and
Robert Taylor, Joan Caulfield
and Frank Ross, Elizabeth
Taylor and Michael Wilding,
June Haver and Fred Mac
Murray.
3. Young Marrieds. These
are the ones who have come
to fame more recently and
whose fortunes are not yet
made. Many of them move in
the settled set. but most travel
in a less established crowd.
They include such names as:
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie
Fisher, Janet Leigh and Tony
Curtis. Marge and Cover
Champion, the Gordon Mac
Raes, Jane Powell and Pat
, Nearney. etc.
4. Cafe Society. These find
their social life not at home
but in the cafes and night
clubs. Most of them are un-
married or divorced and there
fore not able or inclined to
entertain at home. Many Of
them are seeking to establish
their names in show business
via publicity. Others just like
the gay life. You read their
names constantly in the gossip
columns.
Main Element is Success
So much for categories. II
you don't mind some more
numerals, I might add some
other observations on the
Hollywood Social scene:
/. Hollywood society is prob
ably as democratic as any
you will find in America. The
movies have drawn creative
people from all backgrounds
and nationalit1es. The main
See THOMAS, Page E-3
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TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

neutrality-suspicious. of the August Moon" starts
May 81.
Observation-Disclosures Honeymoon" Molly Picon; 23O
pm.
SCREEN
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THE PASSING SHOW
Tiger Captured
As OIney Opener

Of Giraudoux became avail
able. it was snapped up at
once. to give the theater's sea-
son its most suspicious start.
Others of the plays are less
sensational in their implica-
tons, naturally. Nevertheless
they will give Olney, in its
third season of operation by
Players, Inc, an impressive
balance. The quartet to follow
Tiger at the Gates" includes
in order a comedy classic of
native origin. another Broad
way hit that Washington never
saw. Shakespeare's nimblest
romantic comedy and a new
play by an Irish dramatist.
Coming, "Sabrina"
Specifically these are You
Can't Take 1t With You"
"Sabrina Fair" Much Ado
About Nothing" and a play
called "Tolka Row."
The most piquant-sounding
Of these, with a bow to Shakes
peare, is the last mentioned.
"Tolka Row" which sounds
like a variation of "Toko-Ri"
of the famed bridges story by
James Kitchener, is unlikely to
be played here under that title.
1t is the work of an Irish
playwright, Maura Laverty,
and there is no questioning
either the aptness or the
legitimacy of her plays title.
The name derives from a
street of teeming life in Dub
lin, one that Miss Laverty
knows in all its drama and
about which she has written
wildly enough to impress
Olney's sharp-eyed manage
ment.
1t is the latter which is
concerned with eliminating
any possible confusion in a
play title such as "Tolka
Row." Accordingly. Miss Law
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BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK, May IL (P.--
Bert Lahr. renowned clown
and master buffoon, is having
the big thrill of his theater
career-because he listened to
his wife
The maestro of a thousand
grimaces and gurgles feels he
is living in a new theatrical
dimension.
I've never had such an ex-
perience before" says Bert.
ITS the most challenging
thing I've ever done. l just had
to do 1t to find out if ! could,
and I'm a sort of lazy guy"
The role that has thus
stirred the veteran comic-a
normally calm and undemon-
strative gent off stage--is his
part in the unusual drama by
Samuel Beckett, waiting for
Godot."
The shows limited engage
ment at the Golden Theater
has Just been extended two
weeks until the end of May.
And Lahr hopes to appear in
it on National tour.
Full of Laughs
The play was brought to
Lahr's attention last summer
by Producer Michael Myer-
berg. a man who likes to
shuttle the ingredients of usual
show success in unexpected
ways.
After I read it, my wife
did," recounts Bert. when she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
BY BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD, May IL CPl.
What is Hollywood society?
You can ask a hundred peo-
pie in this town and not get
the same answer. Several will
hotly deny that there even
exists a Hollywood society.
But every town, big or small,
establishes a social scheme
over the years. and Hollywood
is no exception. Recently 1
have undertaken a sociological
study, combining years of OBJ
servation and off-the-record
talks with many prominent
figures.
Hollywood social life circa
1856 appears to have reached
a settled stage. This seems to
be the natural result of the
passing of almost a half cen
fury since the town became
the movie capital. The history
of society can be roughly di-
vided into four eras:
/. The wild years. Extend
ing from the start of the film
business to the early '20s, this
was the period when fortunes
were made and lost fast. Most
of the new stars and tycoons
of the infant industry came
from humble backgrounds.
Many lacked the social graces.
and entertaining was gay and
gariSh.
Time Of Scandal
This was a time of scandal,
the most notable being Fatty
Arbuckle's trial on rape
charges, William Desmond
Taylor's murder and Wally
Reds death after revelations
he was a dope addict.
2. The Pickfair period. From
the mid-'20s to early '30s.
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks ruled Hollywood So
ciety from their white Geor-
gian mansion. They enter
tanned kings and queens and
helped counterfeit the Nations
low opinion of Hollywood after
the scandals.
3. The thriving '30s. With
the divorce of Mary and Doug
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THE BROADWAY WEEK
Bert Lair Can Hardly Wait to Play
Waiting for Godot' Each Night

buffoonery. He still wears
baggy pants in "Godot. but
the humor has elusive, provo
cative complexity beneath the
surface.
"It's a show full of laughs
be sure and tell them that"
Lahr stresses, aware that his
new fame may make fans
think he's gone longhair.
Whether this is the greatest
performance of his career-an
accolade awarded by several of
the leading New York critics
Lahr feels he can't judge.
I'll have to take their word
for anything like that" he
says.
Lahr's work was about the
only thing that drew any gen.
eral critical approval. Inability
to understand what the play
was about seemed to be an
almost universal problem.
BafIied at First
He was baffled at first by
the different writing approach
of Playwright Beckett. but
Lahr says he now walks around
thinking about this show all
the time" and can hardly wait
to get to the theater to do it
again"
He is aware that "Godot"
has been found incompetent
sible by q certain group Of
playgoers. This he is willing
to accept--but he doesn't like
jaundiced criticism.
II don't understand Greek
Continued on Pc. E-3, Col. Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13
BY JAY CARMODY

Olney, a summer theater with
admirable taste and artistic
standards in the hands of
Players, Inc. will undertake
this summer to reduce some
gaps in our communal culture.
Its program of five plays of
two weeks each, starting rather
late on June 26, will have
quite a range. Rather more of a
range, indeed. than is the prac-
tice in summer theaters, even
in a period when the run of
these is thinking more loftily.
In its second-to-none re-
spect for the tastes of its
patrons, Olney will start its
season with the correction of
Broadway lapse. This is the
failure of the latter TO give
Washington theatergoers a
chance to see Tiger at the
Gates" c christopher Fry'S
translation of Jean Giraudoux
brilliant and bitter comedy.
The Wide DetOur
Washington, the seething
center of the problem of war
or peace, would have seemed
the natural place for Tiger
at the Gates" which deals
with so much wit and wisdom
with the problem of war or
peace. Moreover, the Play
wrights' Company, which pro-
duced the Giraudoux-Fry work.
would seem the natural one of
all play sponsors to remember
this truth.
But, nothing happened.
Neither prior to, nor after its
Broadway triumph, could IT
ger at the Gates" be headed in
this direction. Happily. the
'naturals" involved were not
exhausted with the first two.
Fry. who is hardly the type, is
Olney's most popular play
wright. When his translation
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working. Those in TV work
almost continuously. Film &C
tors may be up at dawn and in
bed early.
Thus the only entertaining
they can do is small home
gatherings.
How is Hollywood society
stratified?
1t can't be. Unlike society in
New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton or other cities, there is
no clearly defined elite here.
Faces come and go with the
changes of fame and fortune.
But, with the mastering of
courage, I can define the four
main groups of Hollywood So
ciety. This will no doubt be
greeted with boots and howls
from those of each group. The
most notable feature of social
categories here is that no one
likes to be categorical.
Not Necessarily Rigid
Here are the groups: The
pioneers, the settled set, the
young marrieds. cafe society.
These are not necessarily in
order of Importance. Nor are
the categorieS rigid; some fig
ures may travel in two or even
all of the groups. To explain:
/. The Pioneers. Those hold
q position of eminence by
their power. wealth and long
evity in the film industry.
They include such figures as
Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd,
Louis B. Mayer, Walt Disney,
Cecil B. DeMille, Daryl
Zanuck. Samuel Goldwyn,
the Warner brothers and other
heads of studios. Most of them
are millionaires.
If royalty or a head of state
should come here. one of these
would probably give a dinner
in the visitors honor and
many of the other pioneers
would attend.
Family Feuds
However, there is not too
much entertaining among
each other. Nearly all have
their own tight groups around
them. And many antagonismS
have developed over the years
over business deals, etc. Feuds
can even develop within FAM
lilies. Mayer, an ardent Repub-
lican, doesn't speak to his
daughter, Mrs. William Goetz,
and her producer husband re-
portedly because they sup
ported Adlai Stevenson in 1852.
2. The Settled Set. This is
the group that sets the pat
tern for the social life of the
town-the big. established
stars. On rare occasions. one
might toss a stable party for
visitors like Noel Coward or
Laurence Olivier, But, as noted
above, most of their enter
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finished it she said ought
to do it, I read it two or three
more times and began to get
it. This Beckett is a very
astute guy
Lahr's fame to date has
been strictly that Of the Gus
tard pie or burlesque type Of
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AMBASSADOR-"The Maverick QUEEN 1920 1926 $780, 1885
and $40 pm.
CAPITOL-"Meet Me in Las Vegas 1:15 1926 $780, TAO
and $50 pm.
COLONY-The Ladykiers' 2:25 Ais, sos, $50 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Tribute Bad Man; $780, $780, $780, TAO
and 9:55 pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING" 2:45 AGO. 20 805 and 9:55 pm.
KEITHS-"ot Blood; 1:40 3:45 5:45 1850 and $50 pm.
LTTTLE-Flesh Merchant; l. 235 A. $685. T. 840 GAS
Observation-Disclosures at Sea-; 215, A. 555, 755, $50 pm.
METROPOLITAN-"The Maverick Queen; las, 3:45 545,
7:45 and 9:45 pm
ONTARIo-"The Birds and the Bees; 1885, 1885. $685. 1888
and 9:35 pm
PALACE-"The Revolt of Mamie Slower; 30 1885, 540 7:45
and $50 pm
PLAYHoUsE-"Patterns"; 1:1o 255 44o $780, BIS and 10
pm.
PLAzA-"Ctizen Kane" l. 3:15. 5:25. TAO and s55 pm
TRANS-LUX-"Picnic" L. 315, 5:25, 1885 and $50 pm.
WARNER-"Cinerama Holiday; 2, S and $3.50 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
WORD GAME
Find IS or more words In
FASC1ATE,
BEETLE BAILEY
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THE To0DLEs
MUTT AND JEFF

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dour' done, drone. dune, dude, odder
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
BY Rouson Out-AnqIes Spouse

Mrs. Henry Eathorne OF Brix.
ham was particularly pleased
when she broke an English fish,
ing record by landing a 1852.
pound porbeagle shark of Looe
Cornwall. Previous record holder
was her husband, who made q
300-pound catch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
Answers to Our Presidents

William Frederick Cody
better known as Buffalo Bill, died
on January 10, 1917. while Wood
row Wilson was President.
Thomas Jefferson and Mar.
tin Van Buren, are the only two
Presidents who had previously
served both as Vice President
and Secretary Of State.
3-Mississippi seeded on Jan
uary ., 1851 and Florida on Jan
uary 10, while James Buchanan
was still President.
Questions on Preceding Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-10
The White House

Washington the father of country believed it
for the head Of Government to special
residence to add dignity and prestige to the highest Office
the land
result the White House. the first public building
completed the Capital Originally, gray
and called the Presidents Palace.
laid october 49, 1892 but President
Washington not lived in the
Adams the first President to occupy It, moved in
During Madisons administration August a. 1914 the
building burned the British When rebuilding
pleted 1877 the walls painted white
of the FIRE.
Since then the building has called the Presidents
the Executive Mansion 1902 President Theodore
Roosevelt had Congress officially the
Visitors enter the White House
many famous gifts and historic objects display
the Junior Editors the House by
coong the picture with paints your scrapbook
TOMORROW: The great documents
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June 4

c." 1852. oIorio Swanson, james
Worren.
1.-The Russles. Dromo.
9-Theoter of Stars.
Gift of the Devil" Will Rogers,
Jr., stors.
1880
7-Roeket Squad. Premiere.
Reed HodIey stors.
GAS the World Turns. Serial.
200
5-Lodies Be Seated. Movie.
", Hours. "Redheod. +" lo4l. A
young girl is offered $4,000 by
the fother Of q disinherited vast
rel if she con noke q man of
him. June Long. Johnny Downs.
7-Lodies' TheateF. Dramas.
| Hour. Luxurious Lodies."
EiilIory Brooks. THE Word"
John Hudson.
9-Donno Douglas. Women.
2:l5
9-Johnny corson. Variety.
2:3O
4-Tennessee Ernie Show.
9-House Party. Variety.
500
4-Motinee TheoteE.
Hour. THE Good Time Boys"
Dromo of conflict in ethics be-
tween the founder of a publish
ing house and his son.
7-Film Festival. Movie.
z Hours. ~ Believe in You"
1852. A woyword young girl and
hoodlum ore cored for by q
kindly probation officer. Cecil
Parker.
9-The Big Poyoff. Quiz.
$3.50
5-Teo Time Theoter. Dromo.
"A Season TO Love-" lido Lupino.
9-Bob Crosby. Music.
400
4-Dote With Life. SerioI.
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6:35
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6:55
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TOO
4-Todoy. Variety.
9-Good Morning. Variety.
500
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8:55
4-lnso. Cooking.
900
4-LittIe RoseoIs. Our Gang.
9-Mork Evons. Voriety.
9:05
5-Thousht. lnspirotionoI.
9:l0
5-Kortoon KIub. Kids.
$50
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1000
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5-KoIeidoseope. Shorts.
9-GoFFy Moore. Variety.
1890
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9-AFthuT Godfrey. Variety.
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The Nome nugget., 1956-07-30
Sourdoughs Will Start Jubilee
 Reunion Aug. l6
By HAZEL LINDBERG Publicity Chairman. San Francisco Oakland Sourdough Assn.

Four wonderful days jam packed" with exciting events are in store for all who attend the 1856 International Sourdough Ju- bilee Reunion in Portland, Ore, August Is thru 19 at the Multno- nah Hotel.
 For one thing, top flight profes- sional radio and " entertainers and a popular dance orchestra have been engaged for the pleas ure of Convention guests. Procur- ing the services of such reeog- nized talent was made possible thru the successful fund-raising efforts of International Vice Pres ident Sarah Berthelsen.
 Distinguished former Dawson ite Mrs. Frank Osborn, O.B.E., and her daughter, Miss Harriet Osborn, have graciously made their lovely Portland home avail able for the Tea for the women. The hostesses are giving the en- tire tea as a courtesy to Conven- tion guests, and they extend special invitation to their many Canadian and south of f-the-border friends to be present.
 While the women are enjoying their gala tea, the men will be treated to a wonderful Smorgas- bord Luncheon at the famed Am atos Supper Club.
 Special and equally interesting plans have been made for every day of the Sourdough Reunion. Space does not permit full details of every event. In fact. the Com mittee is holding out some sur prisesl
 Multnomah Hotel, the headquar- ters hotel, has set aside a block of 100 rooms for the Sourdoughs.
 Reservations should be made as early as possible. Happy days are almost here.
The Nome nugget., 1956-07-30
WIEN AIRLINES

From Kotzebue: Bessie Voyle, Carol Weston, Alice Ludise, Anita Browlowsky, Miss L. Malloy, L. Malloy.
 From Kotzebue: Roy Rader and Herman Bernhard.
 From Fairbanks: Geo. Meeker, Bertha Blair, N. Garland, Chas. Rubey, R. Hennessey, N. King, K. Williams, H. Harding.
 To Fairbanks: AR. Reese, GA. Fich, Major F. Siegwart, Hugo Ford, Ida Akins, B.L. Campbell, L. Guraine, L. Malloy, L. Maloy, R.C. Johnson, CA. Schneider, w. C. Parmalee, Richard Fambro.
The Nome nugget., 1956-07-30

4aF M sE eTT b
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place award in general category
for project of creating Capitol
Prayer Room; $50 and George
Washington Honor Medal.
David Lawrence, U. s. News
and World Report, Freedom
Leadership Medal Award. En-
Icased George Washington Honor
Medal and plaque.
The Rev. c. S. Longacre. 102
Park avenue. Takoma Park,
George Washington Honor Medal
Award for essay, THE Constitu-
ton and the Bill of Rights"
Glare Booth Luce, Ambassador
to Italy. second place award for
address. The Permanent Revo-
LUTON; $50 and George WASH
ington Honor Medal.
National Association of Food
Chains, 726 jackson place NV.
George Washington Honor Medal
Award in general category for
citizenship award program.
ONCE of Armed Forces Infor-
nation and Education. Depart
|ment of Defense. special award;
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second place award. for address,
1.-THE Mind and the Spirit in
National Security: $50 and
George Washington Honor Med
al.
DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo, professor
of religion. George Washington
University. George Washington
Honor Medal Award for sermon.
I'VE Give Thanks"
Troop Information and Edu-
cational Division. Department OF
the Army. George Washington
Honor Medal for radio program,
Army Hour" series.
Woodrow Wilson High School,
Nebraska avenue at Chesapeake
street, High School Editorial
Award for Who's Clipper at
1882" in THE Beacon; 500 and
George Washington Honor Med
al.
Department of the Army, Army
Reserve and ROTC Affairs.
George Washington Honor Medal
Award for motion picture,
Whites of Their Eyes"
One of the Freedoms Founda-
ton directors is Mrs. Theodore
| Chapman, president Of General
Federation of Women's Clubs. A
member of the 1855 awards jury
was Joseph F. Barr. national
commander of the Jewish War
Veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22
|StohI Quits Defense
For Industry Post

Ralph N. Stohl. who has been
in Government service since 1888,
yesterday resigned as director Of
the ONCE of Domestic Security
Programs of the Defense De-
partment.
Mr.. Stohl, who lives at 5815
Nineteenth street North, Airing
ton, will become an assistant to
William C. Foster, executive vice
president of the Olin Mathieson
Chemical Corp, and formerly
Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22
Economist to Speak

DR.. William G. Welk. Export
Import Bank economist, will
speak on economic development
in Iran before the Georgetown
University Economics Round
table at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
lMcDonough Gymnasium, Thirty
seventh and o streets NV.
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encased George Washington
Honor Medal and plaque.
Presidents Committee on Gov
eminent Contracts, George
Washington Honor Medal Award
for motion picture. Commence
ment."
The Rev. Raymond j. Purnell,
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Lewis Memorial Methodist
Church, 800 Hamilton street
NV, second place award for
sermon, why I Am Proud to Be
An American: $50 and George
Washington Honor Medal.
Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,