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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Gems of Thought
Sometimes the best thing that
can happen to a young man in
his first business venture is
failure.
Ion can always tell a country
ftrl from a city girl; when a
gust of wind hits them, the
country girl will grab for her
skirt, the city girl will grab for
her hat.
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The Questions
1. Name a popular novel in
which the heroine’s name was
never mentioned.
2. Where are the Great Smoky
Mountains located?
3. With what newspaper do you
associate the name of Horace
Greeley?
4. Name the two famous men
who lost their lives when the
‘‘Winnie Mae” crashed in 1935.
The Answers
1. “Rebecca,” by Daphne Du
Maurier.
2. North Carolina and Tennes
see.
3. The New York Tribune.
4. Wiley Post and Will Rogers.
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BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
Quality of Mercy Was Strained
When Mantell Played 'Richard'
By BILLY ROSE
A few years back, I got the nobby notion of reviving “Henry
VIH,” by one W. Shakespeare, and the day after the first three-line
announcement appeared on the drama pages my office was cram-
jammed with well known actors who were willing to work for what
ordinarily would have been their agents’ commissions.
Subsequently, for reasons that have nothing to do with this piece, I
pigeon-holed my plans for doing “Henry,” but I sure learned a lot about
show folks during the month I was buddying up to the Bard.
To nine out of ten of them, I found,
the pentameters of William the
Sreat are the
chocolate sauce
on the profiterole,
and during re
hearsals they go
about their busk
ness as if they
were in a temple
of worship. On
opening night, as
far as the cast is
concerned, the
theater has
stained glass windows, and I’m not
exaggerating when I say the ac
tors would probably kill anyone
who tried to foul up the perform
ance.
Billy Rose
If you think I’m using “kill”
carelessly, try this one on for
Tighs ....
BACK IN 1904, an obscure thes-
pian named Robert Mantell, who
had been playing desultory one-
nighters in the Midwest, received
word that a choice Broadway thea
ter would be available during the
Christmas season. He promptly
cancelled his road engagement
and brought his troupe to New York,
but shortly after his arrival he dis
covered that the “choice” theater
he had been offered was the Prin
cess, a small second-story audi
torium on Broadway between 27th
and 28th streets.
No more daunted than solvent,
Mantell announced he would pre
sent bis production of "Richard
III” on December 5, and when
friends and colleagues warned
him that not a hundred people
would climb a flight of rickety
stairs to see a Shakespearean play
during the holidays, he shrugged
bis threadbare shoulders and post
ed his rehearsal schedule.
Immediately, however, there
was trouble. The stage crew in
sisted on a scenic rehearsal, and
when the impoverished actor re
fused they decided to get even by
lousing up his show on opening
night.
On the evening of the 5th, a
minute after Mantell began to deci
bel his way through the initial lines,
a stagehand lunged at him from be
hind a cloth drop and almost
knocked him into the pit. And a
few moments later the same “ac
cident” happened again.
When the act was over, Mantell
quietly told the crew that he would
kill the next man who tried to dis
rupt his performance—and halfway
through the second act he darned
near did. In the middle of a speech,
he saw the outline of a hand behind
the curtain trying to locate him and,
never faltering in his lines, he drew
his dagger and plunged the blade
full-force into the drop.
When he went into the wings at
the end of the scene, one of the
crew grabbed him and said, “You’ve
killed our head carpenter.”
.. “I hope to Heaven I did,” said
Mantell. But when he examined
the stagehand he found the wound
was only a gash in the thigh.
THE RIGHTEOUS
BY GRACE NOLL CROWELL
F RIEND, do you mourn the passing
Of some loved one today?
Try to remember that often
“He taketh the righteous away
From the evil to come.” He watches
Above us with infinite care,
And He sees that the future may be
Too hard for a heart to bear;
And so in His loving mercy
He signals that one to come
Into the light and the glory
Of an eternal home.
To be safe and sheltered forever.
"He taketh the righteous,” He said,
'From the evil to come.” O mourner,
May you be comforted.
TO MAKE SURE no one would
misunderstand how he felt, the ac
tor went up to his dressing room
and came down wearing the iron-
studded glove that was part of his
costume in the last act. “Any more
trouble,” he said, “and I shall
brain each and every one of you.”
The stagehands looked at Man
tell, at the mailed glove, and at
the bleeding man on the floor. And
from then until the final curtain,
the crew was as quiet as a Scottish
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Fiction IRONCLAD
EXCUSE ^ ^
Corner
S HORTLY AFTER his marriage
to Lynn Harvey it became evi
dent to Burt Englewood that his
wife was a procrastinator of the
first order.
This was annoying because Burt
was used to order and system and
routine and regular schedules. He
had definite time for doing things,
and he did them as planned. He
was never late for an appointment,
and never left articles of clothing
strewn around. He never set over
until tomorrow things that could
be done today.
Despite his annoyance, Burt
tried to be fair. He realized that
there must be
certain things
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Fiction ^ abl ‘ s ‘hatproved
distract mg to
Lynn. And so,
complaining, he en-
Instead of
deavored to discover his own faults
and rectify them in the hopes that
she would take notice and try to
Improve her own deficiencies.
But no matter to what ends he
went his endeavors and sacrifices
made no impression whatever on
Lynn. She continued blithely to
procrastinate, and the blase inno
cence with which she accomplished
It fairly caused Burt to writhe. At
length he was driven to complaint.
The occasion was provoked by a
bureau drawer void of socks when
Burt was in sore need of these ar
ticles of apparel.
“Good heavens, Lynn!” he
blurted. “I own two dozen pairs of
the things. Certainly there must be
one washed and mended.”
Lynn’s eyes widened. She
looked apologetic and contrite.
“Darling! I’m so sorry. I in
tended to finish them up last
night, but as you know, the
Westlands dropped in and I
simply couldn’t.”
Which was true.
After awhile Burt began to sus
pect his wife of strategy, of manu
facturing excuses for the sole pur-
M . . . You’re just downright
lazy, and I don’t mind telling
you it’s getting on my nerves.”
pose of evading the inconvenience
of household duties. He began to
suspect her of being lazy. The
more he thought about it, the more
convinced he became and present
ly he accused her openly.
Lynn looked at him with a hurt
and angry expression. “Burt Engle
wood! You think that! Of all
things! Why, I can’t believe it! And
I have been trying to improve, too.
Only— only. I haven’t been feeling
well lately. I’ve even thought of go
ing to a doctor.”
“Doctor!” Burt scoffed. “You
don’t need any doctor. What you
need is a little backbone and ambi
tion! You’re just downright lazy,
and I don’t mind telling you it’s
getting on my nerves.”
pOR A MONTH THINGS were
serene. And then one day Burt
came home and found Lynn asleep
on the living room couch, and the
breakfast dishes still in the sink
and dinner not yet started. He
woke her roughly.
“Well, what’s your iron-clad ex
cuse this time? Have a pain in
your foot or something?”
“No,” said Lynn, “it’s in my
side. I don’t know what it is, Burt.
Besides, I was dreadfully tired.
I’m awfully sorry.”
“Tired? Lazy, you mean!”
Lynn sighed and' started for the
kitchen. “All right, Burt. I’m sor
ry you don’t believe me.”
Burt was mightily pleased with
himself. Moreover, it gave him a
certain feeling of superiority, ap
peased his vanity.
Thus having satisfied himself
that Lynn was once and for aD
definitely cured and having
promised himself that he would
never again break down when
she offered her excuses, it was
something of a shock to return
home two days later and find
her stretched full length on the
conch.
“Well,” he roared, “what is this,
a game? There’s plenty to be done
around here, yet you seem to find
time enough to take a snooze. Just
what is your excuse this time?
Now don’t tell me you’re sick or
something. That gag’s worn out.”
But Lynn didn’t move. She lay
there, very stilL And presently
Burt came nearer, bent down to
peer at her face. A horrible, sick
ening fear clutched at his heart;
a wretched sense of shame and
guilt and self-condemnation.
For Lynn had an iron-clad ex
cuse at last that wps flawless.
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meeting house after a call for con
tributions.
Next day, the critics bailed
Mantell's performance as "the
greatest 'Richard’ since the days
of Booth,” and before the week
was out be had been signed by
the late William A. Brady, under
whose management he went on to
achieve recognition as one of
Americans leading classic actors ..
Recently, Theresa Helbum of the
Theatre Guild offered to let me
buy a small piece of “As You Like
It,” starring Katharine Hepburn.
“In all fairness,” she said, “I think
I ought to tell you that Katy’s con
tract is only until June.”
“I’m not going to brood about
that,” I said. “The play is by
Shakespeare, and if it gets over, I
doubt whether Hollywood will see
her again until - both she and the
scenery fall apart.”
By INEZ GERHARD
M ONA FREEMAN, pretty, hajel-
eyed, blonde, is 24; in “Dear
Wife” she plays a 16-year-old girl,
in “Copper Canyon” she is a-young
widow. She prefers adult roles, but
teen-age ones haunt her, because
she looks the part in real life. Prob
ably her favorite role, however, is
MONA FREEMAN
that of mother. Her daughter, Mona,
who must be enchanting, is three.
One of the year’s most pleasant in
terviews was the recent one with
Miss Freeman and her husband, in
New York for “Dear Wife”, which
was barely mentioned, because the
stories they told about their little
girl were so completely delightful.
When two “Truth or Conse
quences” contestants failed to com
plete a consequence—falling asleep
in Chicago’s Union Terminal for a
$5,000 prize — Ralph Edwards re
ceived an avalanche of letters. More
than 350 listeners said they could
fall asleep in the railroad station
without half trying, and asked for a
chance to prove it.
Jack Buetel got into the movies
with no trouble at all. Three weeks
after he reached Hollywood and be
gan trying for a screen career,
Howard Hughes picked him to por
tray Billy the Kid in “The Outlaw.”
Jean Hersholt (renewed as
“Dr. Christian” for five years)
really needed a doctor when he
finished signing 2,500 copies of
his translation of Hans Chris
tian Anderson’s fairy tales for
the Heritage dab. Incidentally,
the awards in the 19th annual
Dr. Christian radio script con
test will be announced May 17.
Prizes so far awarded total
$110,000.
Danny Kaye ended a wonderful
contract with Warners — five pic
tures to be made in five years.
Kingly Recipes
Here are several tips on proper
preparation and cooking of the
smaller varieties of perch and
crappie, many of which are still
being taken—and will be taken—
from our .northern lakes before
King Winter releases his grip on
the landlocked waters:
For the smaller varieties, the
heads may be cut off or left on, as
desired. Remove the fins and tails,
open down the stomach, wash and
drain. Then dip, one by one, into
a bowl containing some salted milk
and then into finely-sifted bread
crumbs.
Arrange in a row on an oiled
baking pan, sprinkle with pure pea
nut oil, and bake in a very hot
oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove
from the oven and place on a hot
platter, garnish with pieces of
lemon and sprigs of parsley. Then
serve with maitre d’hotel butter or
sauce tartare.
For the larger varieties of these
fish, cut off the heads, fins and
tails. Open down the stomach, wash
and drain. Remove the backbone
by cutting down close to it on either
side just to the skin. Then lay the
fish out flat on an oiled baking
pan. Sprinkle with salt and blanket
the fish with finely-sifted bread
crumbs to keep in all the juices.
Sprinkle over with a little pure
peanut oil and bake in a very hot
oven for 10 to 20 minutes, according
to the thickness of the fish. Re
move to a hot platter by placing a
pancake turner under the fish.
Garnish as with the smaller fish.
Large crappies also may be
poached. For this, one needs two
fillets of fish and enough boiling
water to cover, two tablespoons of
lemon juice, or vinegar and salt
and pepper.
First, prepare the boiling water
in a shallow pan. Drop in the fillets
and allow to simmer 10 to 20 min
utes. Remove to a hot platter with
out breaking the fish. Serve with
rich sauce, such as hollandaise.
allemande, butter sauce or drawn
butter and parsley cream.
AAA
Historic Rifle
An historic rifle instead of a
flesh-and-blood actor, is the
“hero” of the new movie,
’’Winchester 73,” that has gone
into prodnetion at Tucson,
Arizona. Above are the two
stars, Jimmy Stewart and the
famous Model 73 “rifle that
won the west.” Known to con
noisseurs as the “one of one
thousand,” it was the most ac
curate rifle of its time.
AAA
Greater Koodoo carries the longest
boms of any of the African antelopes,
AAA
The 'Payoff 1
According to reports out of Jef
ferson City, Mo., it doesn’t pay to
go around trying to thwart Mother
Nature, or perform some cruelty
to a specimen of wildlife. The
tables might be turned in such a
manner as literally to knock your
block off.
Here are two examples:
A* Missouri farmer decided to
play an atrociously cruel prank on
a hawk which he had taken alive.
He tied a stick of dynamite to the
hawk’s leg, lit a short fuse and
turned the bird loose. Instead of
flying away, however, the hawk
dived dangerously near his male
factor several times, then alighted
atop the roof of the farmer’s barn.
A few seconds later the explosion
ripped off a large chunk of the
barn roof.
In another county, a rabbit hun
ter saw what he thought to be a
large covey of quail on the ground.
Raising his gun, he took careful
aim and fired. To his dismay he
learned that he had blown the head
off his 'avorite beagle hound.
Truly two outstandings bits of
evidence of the possible “payoff’
when the rules of nature and human
conduct are violated in the field.
AAA
Tall Tales
All tall tales don’t originate in
Texas. These are vouched for by
California conservationists: A coy
ote was seen racing madly away
from a black-tail doe ... A por
cupine ate a wooden pump pulley,
shutting off a forest ranger’s water
supply . . . Another forest ranger
lost his lunch to a bear which was
drinking coffee from the ranger’s
thermos bottle ... A beaver col
ony destroyed a man-made dam,
and constructed one of their own.
Cut-Out Lawn Figures
Add Sparkle To a Yard
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CUT-OUT LAWN FIGURES
C HILDREN and grown-ups will
be delighted with this little
girl cut out of plywood. Her blue
frock, white apron, red watering
can and fetching hat are easy to
paint.
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Patterns 328 and 327 give actual-size
cutting guides and directions. Price of
patterns is 25c each. Address order to
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EDEN
New Site for Garden
LONDON, ENGLAND. — The
Garden of Eden wasn’t in the
Middle East at all, but in Eng
land’s southwestern Somerset
county, according to a former
Fleet street journalist — and
Edinburgh stands on the site
of the original Jerusalem.
As for Sodom—that was some
where near Brussels, in Bel
gium. And Lot and his daugh
ters fled to the caves of south
ern England when the city was
destroyed by fire along with
Gomorrah.
These assertions are contained
in a book by Cowyns Beaumont,
“Britain—the Key to the World.”
The book has' been avidly
seized upon by the British
Israel society, whose members
hold that the Angles, Saxons
and Jutes, as well as the ancient
Britons, who form the core of
the population of the British
Isles, were descended from a
lost tribe of Israel. Their theo
ries are regarded skeptically
by archeologists and others.
Beaumont claims that the
Bristol channel was once the
sea of Galilee, and that the
Gadar boar harried the inhabi
tants of the Seven cliffs.
As for Edinburgh, the details
of Jerusalem was written by
Josephus and Nehemiah, as
well as in the gospels, have all
been located by Beaumont in
the Scottish capital: King Dav
id’s palace stood on Mount Zion
where Edinburgh castle now is
raised and the park touching on
Princess st. once was the valley
of Jehosaphat.
Cancer Experts. Say
Leukemia Is Stopped
By Hormone ACTH
NEW YORK.—Three cancer ex
perts have reported that acute
leukemia is being stopped by the
hormone ACTH.
Five patients made dramatic
improvement after treatment with
the drug, according to Drs. O. H.
Pearson, L. P. Eliel and T. R. Tal
bot, Jr., of the Sloan-Kettering in
stitute and Memorial hospital.
One child had a relapse three
weeks later, but again was brought
back toward health with ACTH.
The others, two children and two
adults, still were better one day
to five weeks after getting the hor
mone. They had almost no signs of
the disease. They had received
daily injections for 24 to 30 days.
Whether they will have relapses
is not known yet, Dr. Pearson said.
He said these improvements still
must be called temporary and in
complete.
Other treatments bring tempor
ary relief in leukemia. But the best
of these has been only about 90
per cent effective in children.
ACTH appears to be the beet drug
to help these patients.
Leukemia is a cancer of the
blood, with the body making too
many white blood cells. Acute or
fast acting attacks usually kill in
a few weeks or months.
Chronic leukemia, which people
may have for years, also is halted
temporarily by ACTH. It comes
back later, but then the hormone
can bring improvement a second
time
OUT OF THE PAST
Zither Gains
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Many Friends
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MILWAUKEE, WIS.—The good m
old zither, with its 40 or so string*
and its quaint charm, is having a
revival. Probably the least exciting
musical instrument in the world,
when it begins to make a come
back in popularity, that’s news.
It is rapidly gaining favor here
and London, England, seems to be
in the throes of a mild zither
“craze.” An English movie, “The
Third Man,” which stars Orson
Welles in the role of a Vienna rack-'
eteer named Harry Lime, was
made by Carol Reed. Reed had
heard one Anton Karas playing a
tune in a Vienna beer garden. He
hired Kara? to play it for film.
Theme Became Favorite
The result was that the '‘Harry
Lime theme” became a favorite
tune in Britain and zither players
were dug up for the fashionable
saloon trade.
Nothing goes away forever. Most
people have an irresistible longing
to do and Use the things that
pleased their granddads. The psy
choanalysts have an explanation
for it—the instinctive longing tor a
return to the security of prenatal
life. But no matter how you explain
it, the evidence is all around you,
in sizable stacks.
The bustle was a symbol of Vic
torian primness, and yet it was ac
cepted in the 1940’s. The plunk-
plunk of the banjo gave way to the
slap-slap of the string bass in
dance bands nearly 20 years agot
and the banjo was counted out.
But a few seasons back the Ir
repressible Art Mooney vowed that
the banjo was too valuable an in
strument to be neglected, and he
and his band recorded “I’m Look
ing Over a Four Leaf Clover” for
a new generation, and the banjo
stole the show.
The banjo has been taken up by
other bandsmen anA showmen, too.
Billy Rose’s latest Broadway revue
was called “Banjo on My Knee”
and was pretty much of a revival
of the old minstrel 'show and “The
Black Crook” extravaganza ‘ of
graudfather’s youth. The maestro
himself wrote the theme song,
“Bring Back Those Old Minstrel
Days” and he hired as many vet
erans as he could accomodate
from the old Primrose and West
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era.
Old Things Liked
Youngsters today ride .fast cars,
but they concede that the old-fash
ioned hayride and sleigh ride par
ties have their undeniable attrac
tion. The phonograph and radio
bring huge and dependable blasts
of music, but they haven’t driven
out the delicate little music boxes,
which still arf sold in quantities,
and which still tinkle their inter
pretations of “Merrily We Boll
Along” and “How Dry I Am.”
Television is a big thing these
days, but it hasn’t displaced the
stereopticon, not by a grand canyon
full. The newfangled stereopticon*
use small colored film squares in
stead of the old big picture post
cards, but they still reveal all the
gleaming wonders of nature’s stand
bys—the Wisconsin Dells and Yel
lowstone Park, Mount Lassen vol
cano and hundreds of other views.
Released by WNU restores
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COD) DEMONS
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Don’t let “Cold Demons” make
his chest feel sore and con
gested—rub on Mentbolatum.
Fast, safe Mentbolatum helps
lessen congestion. Its vapors
soothe inflamed passages, ease
coughing spasms. For head
colds, too... makes breathing
easier. In jars, tubes.
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