Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1947 — Page 9

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the two hams, Oink afid Oinkie, get the biggest bellylaugh during an evening's work. It's disconcerting for the 13 members of the cast,

who have worked hard for a month to put on a good

shaw, to have a couple of week-old porkers, fresh

frog the stockyards, bring down tne house with their

80-second appearance in “January Thaw.” And all

* this without a single rehearsal. All this with one line

of dialogue—or more—depending on how the squeal

; Moves them,

- Oink and Oinkie are lucky they are go tiny. The cast had big plans for them after the show closes. ‘The actors envisioned Oink and Oinkie with apples in thelr mouths and giving off an aroma much more pleasant to the nostrils than what they're giving off

-.now. A just fate for a couple of ham actors, I might

add, but Oink and Oinkie are slipping out of this. The script called for two suckling pigs. Property men at the Civic contacted the stockyards and found that the only available ham actors were Qink and Oinkie. Better than nothing, they reasoned, because there will come a day when the scene-stealers will be big enough to hold apples without dropping them. There are plenty of laughs in “January Thaw.” Earl Davis and Beth Schofield playing the parts of Jonathan Rockwood and Mathilda Rockwood, foxy Connecticut Yankee couple, get their share of audience response.

Plenty of Laugh Lines '. MR. DAVIS, in the part,of the earthy unbeliever in “modern inconveniences,” plays havoc with the equanimity of the audience. Mrs. Schofield, as his condescending wife, makes the rafters creak in the second scene of act one when she carries a chamber pot into the living room even though modern plumbing is to be had upstairs. Other players get their share of laugh lines during the fast-moving first two acts. But it's Oink and Oinkie who’ give the customers what they want. There's no justice the way they do it. While the rest of the cast is worrying about makeup, cues, costume changes throughout, they fight over the bottle of milk in their crate filled with straw. While the actors are sweating out the lines, giving their all for the arts, Oink and Oinkie horse around oblivious of everything and everybody. While the property people break their backs to change and rearrange the setting the two hams: just go oinking along. Perfectly quiet all this time, understand, not an oink between them. The second act begins to run in high gear, the audience is wound up, and the play is nearing the climax. Very gently Oink and Oinkie are brought from the dressing room in their two by two suite with milk

Under Cover

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—If -the ladies kindly will turn their heads to avoid blushing, I will expound on my personal crisis in lingerie. I have

exhausted all other means. The blue-white glare of publicity on my underwear is the last resort. All my life, until recently, I have been unconcerned about my lack of hips. Did it matter that my middle was bigger? Not to me, it didn't, because I wore union suits. These hung from the shoulder. They did not depend on a waistline smaller than a hipline forsthe mechanics of their support. Came the war and my kind of chemises started getting scarce. I bought a pair here and a couple there. I hoarded 'em. A good thing I did, too, because they disappeared from the market altogether back in 1944. Time and the took: their. toll. My bride, says my union suits ay are 8 disgrace. She is tired of patching patches, particularly since new rips now appear between each mend. In her ignorance of my dimensions, she said why didn't I get some shorts?

They Had Blue Spots

1 DID. They were beauties with blue spots. They cost $3. An intricate system of seaming, buttons and hips was responsible for keeping them. It did not. Not on me, it didn’t. I bought a the man said didn’t need hips. TW waist kept them in place, he said. A It did, but it bit me in the d around my equator and in general mide me miserable. The man said I must have had it too tight. He sold me a third, looser pair. Same old trouble. Collapsed. This, as any psychiatrist knows, warped my per-

Tierney Moving East

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 13. — Gene Tierney will make her permanent home in New York following completion of “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” To be near that big radio executive or to forget Tyrone Power? Jack Carson and Janis Paige have discovered each other. His romance with Chili Williams is chilly. Eve Arden, estranged from husband Ned Burgin, says to call it a trial separation, “We're going to wait for six months before doing anything about it.” . Ann Sheridan's coy reply to the Sueliion “Are you and Steve Hannegan married?” 1s , “He hasn't asked me yet.” y Ann's new picture, “The Unfaithful,” is the nearest Hollywood has, come yet to discussing adultery on the screen. The plot is baséd on the current high divorce rate. Ann plays a girl unfalintu] to her serviceman husband. The talk of Hollywood is 1h vend Claude Jarman Jr.’s performance in “The Yearling.” It is Claude's first acting performance anywhere and a tribute to the patience and skill of director Clarence Brown.

Big Deal by Selznick

DAVID ©O. SELZNICK is rated as Hollywood's shrewdest business man, Here's another reason why: David wanted Orso Wells to do the narration for “Duel in the Sun.” Orson balked at what David wanted to pay, and the pair's agents haggled about it for a few days. Finally Selznick phoned Orson himself and said, “Let's get together on this. I want you to do that narration.”

LEAVE'TT TO the ham sclors to steal. the scene ; of & play. Worse than stealing the scene, if a | laugh-o-meter were used at the Civic theater's current - play “January Thaw,” it would probably show that

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- CIVIC'S BIGGEST HAMS-Oink and Oinkie_ don’ t give a squeal for lines—all they want is the Giver Phyllis Kayser, property girl, holds .for them,

bottles attached. Not a whimper. They act like veterans waiting for the cue,

All Quiet in the Rear ON STAGE the Gage household is in an uproar and a snowstorm is brewing. Jonathan Rockwood is out lookin" after his stock. Actually he’s standing in the wing looking at Oink and Oinkie who are as quiet as a couple of church mice. It's a play, you understand. Jonathan gets his “get ready" cue line. He| reaches into the crate, picks up Oink and Oinkie and |. waits. All is jake with the ham actors. Cue--on stage-—and Jonathan walks into the glare of the stage lights. The pair of hammies hit the top of the crescendo of squeals. His line “Too cold in the barn for these little pigs. They'll have to stay in here,” is drowned out., Edward Hinkle, as Herbert Gage, the distraught author of a would-be best seller, struggles vainly to put across his punch line “Pigs, too!” Nothing doing—the hams have taken over. The audience is reeling, the hams are squealing and everything after that is a mild anti-climax. Oink and Oinkie are not so dumb. Curtain, end of second act. They turn the squeal machine off and return to their bottles of milk. Before the end of the third act théy’re sound asleep. Not a care in the world. They're at peace with everyone, The cast is in agreement that of all the animals that have appeared on the stage of the Civic, Oink and Oinkie are the biggest muggers—in other words, hams. Oink and Oinkie may be a big hit in “January Thaw” but they'll nevér make big time, Big plans] are being made by members of the theater just as soon as “the hams” are big enough: Roast pig.

By Frederick C. Othman

sonality. Soured my outlook and caused me to snap at haberdashery salesmen. I consulted a history book, “As We Were,” by Partridge and Bettman, and discovered that not until the civil war did most American men wear underwear at all. The Union army issued same, insisted that soldiers use it, and men ever since have been addicted to the custom. -I referred the book to the lady who patches my union suits and what she said I shall not repeat. In following her instructions I have for the last two days ignored congress, the patent office, the White House, and the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. I have spent my waking hours tramping from habérdasher to haoerdasher looking for union suits. I have been sneered at and smiled upon as an oldfashioned fellow. One sympathetic storekeeper rummaged in his cellar and came up with some pre-war union suits, size 320 Said if I could reduce eight inches he'd save them for me. :

Calls for a Showdown AT THE biggest shop in town I had a showdown.’ I called for the proprietor and demanded an explanation of tHe great union suit mystery. He said it was simple. A $2 union suit takes no more cloth than a $1.50 pair of shorts plus a $1 undershirt. Why should the manufacturers make union suits? He added that most of the union suit makers were in the sports shirt business now, anyhow. He said he had a nice selection of sports shirts. I shot him. My attorney insisted on a jury of hipless males in shorts. The verdict: Justifiable homicide.

By Erskine Johnson

“But,. Selznick,” protested Orson, “the price isn't right. I want to do it, but I'd rather do it for nothing than for what you want to pay me.” “You've got a deal,” shouted Selznick. “You can have an ef¥pense acount for taxi fare to the. studio. Be here Monday morning at 9 o'clock.” Orson was there at 9, did the narration and turned in an expense account for taxi fare for $8.84. Next day Welles got a check from Selznick—for the amount Selznick offered him to begin with. .

Bogart Boils It Down HERE'S ANOTHER sidelight to that 68-page con-

tract Humphrey Bogart just signed with Warner Bros. |"

When his agent, Sam Jaffe, showed it to him for the first time, Bogie said: “It's too long for me to read. Boil it down.” So Jaffe wrote up a digest of the contract, boiling down the paragraphs to one line each. The digest ran 15 pages. Director John Ford is turning out what he regards as the most interesting film in his career. It's

SECOND SECTION

12 Decisions That Shaped the

Mine Union Leader May Join fen Whose Suits Have Set Precedents for United States

By 8S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan, 13.—Hear ye! Hear ye! Lewis before the supreme court of the United States. A decision will be made which may.become one of the historic legal landmarks. Lewis will join the procession of men and women whose Sages before the supreme Bench have shaped the nation’s law and preceent. A tuppeny Washington politician! named Bill Marbury . . . a homicidal Cherokee Indian named Corn Tassel , . . a Georgia sea dog, Capt. Tom Gibbons . . . a tired-out helps in Lochner’s Utica bakeshop . | poor Seattle slavey, Elsie Parrish . & stubborn neighborhood grocer; named Nebbia in Rochester, N. Y. . the wandering Missouri serf, Dred Scott. All these in the great process of evolution whereunder the court has shaped the law have been the human instruments of change. It|late. Congress, and Adams, had to was the troubles of these simple, |rush. The nominations were made undistinguished people which led just two days before Adams must the austere justices to 12 decisions|turn over the keys of the White which—in the opinion of authori. House to Jefferson. ties on. constitutional law—more| So elim the time margin, that thati any others, have shaped the imaginative lawyers have come to political, economic and social de-|know Marbury and his 41 fellows as velopment of the United States. ..-pihe. “Midnight Judges.”

in brief local obituary notices if John Adams hadn't tried to make them lame ducks. Adams’ Federalist administration had been soundly trounced by the Republican Thomas JefTerson. Before leaving office they tried to take care of a few of the boys by making 23 new justices of the peace in Washington and 19 in Alexandria county. »

. = BUT THE INSPIRATION came

Marshall for life in the chief justice~ WHEN THE justices sit down aliship But things were easy-going the great mahogany table under and informal in those days, and a priceless crystal chandelier in{pafarshall continued to serve as sectheir oval conference room to de- retary of state. It was in his office

bate the merits of John Lewis’|that the 42 commissions were preconviction and $10,000 fine for con- pared after —many believe — the

tempt of Justice T. Alan Goldsbor- president had signed them in ough’s court, it will be bolstered pjank. by numerous learned and logical| ‘On the morning of inauguration decisions of the past. day the chief justice's brother, Of those decisions the court will James Marshall, drove over from interpret the case of the coal| Alexandria to pick up some commisunion's boss, for that "is° how the|sions, so that there might be judges

MONDAY, JANUARY 5

Now comes John L.|

Adams already had named -Johni .

N ation—

SYMBOL OF LAW—This statue is one of the fi igures which decorate the supreme court building within which the nine. justices of the court will-decide the Lewis case.

supreme court “legislates.” process is carefully evolutionary— never revolutionary.

Its | to handle the rioting cases expected that evening.

John gave him a dozen to take

current finding is not only logical

Always the court proves that its|pack, but they were bulky, so James

left most of them behind. but utterly consistent. Yet minori-

ties—that sometimes grow into majorities—often take exactly opposite positions and prove, with equal logic, that they, too, are uHatly consistent.

¥ » » THAT DAY Adams and Jefferson rode down Pennsylvania Avenue to the capitol. The “Great Democrat,” then called a “Republican,” was sworn in, Adams returned temporarily to private life. Jefferson rode back to the White House. There, having nothing much to do, he examined some impressive-look-

“ » »

THEREFORE FEW argue with the oft-quoted remark of Charles Evans Hughes, who left the supreme court to run for President and went back as chief justice..to become one of the tribunal's outstanding figures, that “the consti~ tution is what the judges say it is.” If that is so, it is because back in 1803, old John Marshall, in the Case of the Midnight Judges, proclaimed the supreme court's inherent right to tell congress where to get off and the President what he ought to do. By a clever judicial trick, lMarshall ducked a showdown test with Thomas Jefferson, then President. By the time he faced such a clash— with Andrew Jackson—the court's right to veto legislation for unconstitutionality was safely accepted. » » » AND SO, any study of supreme court decisions that have made history must begin with what lawyers and judges cite prosaically as “Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137.” William Marbury was a smalltime Federalist politician in the county of Washington (District of Columbia). Daniel Ramsey, Rob-

were some of the Judges,”

them,

mere nullities,” he remarked. But to Marbury, Ramsey, Hooe and Harper the commissions weren't “nullities.” They were bread and butter, prestige in the community. And they didn’t trouble with lower courts. They went to the supreme court and asked for an order directing Jefferson to hand over the

commissions. »

# ” IN A SEDATE way the hearings were funny. Though Marshall himself, as skcretary: of state, had prepared the commissions, Charles Lee had the devil's own time proving, for the court record, that they ever had existed

ing documents lying on a desk. They “Midnight commissions — signed, sealed, but not yet delivered. He told Chief Clerk Wagner to hold onto

“The nominations crowded in by Mr: Adams after he knew he was not appointing for himself I treat as

THE JUDGE—Justice T. Alan Goldsborough who sentenced John L. Lewis for contempt and whose decision has beep appealed to the supreme court.

DEFENDANT—John L. Lewis, whose conviction for contempt may form the basis for another of the precedent making decisions of the supreme court,

It is a long time now since any- to examine into the conduct of body has questioned, with straight!/the other branches of the governface, the supreme court's right and ment,” shouted Senator John

;|duty to determine when congress, | Breckinridge of Kentucky.

the President, or anybody else; high! It seemed probable that Presi-

or low, has acted unconstitutionally. | dent Jefferson would defy, or at But in 1803 the issue had never, least ignore, any order that the risen. Many Republicans thought it | court might issue, directing delivery 'was a vile Federalist plot to wreck {of the Midnight Judges’ commis- | the Jefferson administration. sions. ® =» = So the court, with its chief justice “NO COURT on earth can control | as spokesman and very probably as the legislature,” warned Senator! principal strategist, worked out a

ert R. Hooe and William Harper were small fry Federalist politicians

just across the river in Alexandria, Va.

sit back and pretend that he had never heard of his own actions as|

Their names would have vanished secretary of state. ' the pretensions set up by the judges | duly executed, and it was the Presi-

"As chief justice, Marshall had to

Wright of Maryland on the floor of neat solution.

Rehabilitation of America’s Civilian Casvalties—

Discontented Patient Is One Who First ; Finds The Way Toward A New Life

Keeping -Everlastingly at It Is Secret set up by the Army’ Air Forces dur- (Physical Medicine at the New York

Of Rebuilding Damaged, Useless Muscles

(Fourth of a Series)

“The Fugitive,” being made in Mexico City. Ford's production crew is all Mexican. The flim | is being shot in both Spanish and English with a| Mexican actor named Mel Ferrer replacing Henry Fonda in. the Spanish version. Delores del Rio, bilingual, plays her role opposite both men. Since Lucille Ball filed suit against RCA-Victor records for billing her on Desi Arnaz's latest record, “Carnival in Rio,” orders for the song have piled in beyond supply—which we're sure everybody, including Lucille, Desi and BoA -Victor, knew would happen.

We, the Women

By Ruth Millet

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THE HUSBAND who wants to let his wife keep the illusion that she is still young: should never do any of these things: Say, “It's a nice hat—but, somehow, it doesn't seem to be your type,” when she comes proudly home

- with a bonnet too young for her face, in the happy , belief that it makes her look ‘as young as it makes

her feel. Stop calling her by a favorite pet name instead of by her rightful first name.

A Few ‘Don'ts

TALK ABOUT “people our age.” Comment on how old another woman of about his wife's age looks. Ask innocently, “Aren't you putting on a little

: ME

Switch from personal, frivolous gifts to practical ones.

Jealousy Is Flattering

ACT BORED with her friends. Let a wedding anniversary pass without making a special occasion of it. Take her to dinner at a place where there is dancing and then not ask her to dance, or ask her grudgingly. Fail to notice a new hat, dress, or hairdo, Say, in an effort to make her feel good, “You're just as pretty as the day I met you'"—a comparison that makes any woman feel uneasy. Act surprised or amused when another man pays attention to her at a party. Any of those things makes a woman feel as old M dots having. snothar birthday.

By ALLAN KELLER Scripps-Howard Staff Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—There was an old top sergeant at the veterans hospital in Albuquerque who had been sitting in a wheelchair since

world war I. To him the future was as bright as the inside of a closet. Then a rehabilitation program was initiated to retrain men for new jobs. A physician and an occupational therapist interviewed old top kick. He was diffident until they sked him if he ‘ever thought of leaving the

hospital. “Sure, I've been dreaming,” he said, “Everyone here does, even the guys flat on.their backs. I've often thought how nice it would be to have a lunch wagon.” Well, the story had a happy ending. Although he was past any hope of leaving the wheel-chair he was given instruction in business, practice, in dietetics, cooking and restaurant management. The Rotary Club or the Kiwanis ‘Club found ‘a building. The Lions or the Junier Chamber of Commerce fitted it out as. a diner with a space behind the counter wide enough for a wheelchair, The. local bank lent him $2000 with nothing but his courage for collateral, Citizens. of the community painted and repaired the structure. There was a celebration when it opened. . = »

BUT THE MOST remarkable thing about it is that the diner is still running and the old sarge is as happy as a worm in dn apple.

There are millions of civilians, as well as veterans, who need Just such retraining. Wi is a Jaiona) sliiie. that the

by insurance arrangements, have no | place to go for such rehabilitation!

outside of a handful of widely scat- |

tered and usually poorly supported institutions. The state and federal rehabilitation programs do not do the actual physical restoration and vocational retraining of the disabled. They supply funds, but the actual work is done by the agencies such as vocational schools, trade schools, group clinics, hospitals and similar organs zations. ' - » . IT IS A PECULIARLY bad way of trying to cope with a heartrending problem, and, being a bad way, it doesn't work. The trade school that tries to teach a young man to use a crippled. hand without knowing the physical factors involved in his injury can do more harm than good.

The clinic that teaches a girl to make leather gadgets without teach- |

ing her to cqre for herself or to get | to a place of’ business is not contributing much to the welfare of our disabled millions. The best solution lies in the com- | pletely furnished and staffed rehabilitation center, such as those

that proud body. | “It is dangerous to countenance)

yy. THE COMMISSIONS had been

ing the war and recommended by |University-Bellevue Medical Center,

the Baruch committee on physical there had never been an effort to continue

medicine.

all methods and treat-

Until the recent establishment of ments for disabled persons under

SILLY NOTIONS

|the Institute of Rehabilitation and 'one roof.

By Palumbo

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