The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1936, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE..FRIDAY NOV. 27, 1936 | fNext she played a season with 3 =i B R Mary Mannering, and then opened . ” with Margaret Anglin in “Zira,” e g 3 remaining with Miss Anglin and a To N I G H T ! SHuws LATEST enry Miller during the season| ; at the ! NS £ ] < Show Place of Junean - In Prominent Parts TONIGHT | §§\\ From that time until 1920 Mrs. ——Big Features—— | I Whiffen had prominent parts in| : many popular plays, including “The | = _ ! K : t SR C Divide,” “Cousin Kat Al —arid a fortune I = .ol Western and Air Mysteries| | ' . . R L . e s prwttickess: | rid.s on the wi g g Make Up Coliseum | . § . : and “The Advertising of | N ¥ : i in this Double Bill | i Although her years graduany| [ Pl : ! of disaster in this P it i | B S : } [were getting her into the old age ; A ~G thrilling, d“""" 4 - Piccadilly boulevardiers, whimsi-| . : : class she retained her vigor and thusiasm for the stage and there screen M . ¢ i |cal souls in Soho, high London so- 3 t : > b i lciety and the folk of the music| | . : {came an annual demand for her {halls, mingle in a merry romancs of London life in Metro-Goldwyn- | . : < 3 and grandmother. She was with Mayer's “The Perfect Gentleman, £ A he company in which John Drew which brings Frank Morgan to the y, S was starred in the revival of screen with Cicely Courtneidge, | . K il Trelawney of the Well and British stage and screen comedy 3 3 which proved to be the final play star. The picture opens at the % : . - |for that famous actor. His death Capitol Theatre tonight. i i % - LR C {occurred while the company was on Originally written by Edward | 4 . 4 X |tour on the Pacific Co Childs Carpenter for Morgan as a After sing her ei; i stage vehicle, it was decided to | o g ¥ g 1 birthday anniversary, Mrs. Whiffen with screen it first and Carpenter wrote | g ¥ |was asked if she never intended A E the adaptation. | it ¥ 3 to retire, = Miss Courtneidge, reigning fa- | AR ! || I am one of tue few who do from Gaumont British and brought | | plied. “Once I was playing under| to the United States specially for | o S 4 & ; - ! {Mr. Frohman's management in .mahn;erry romance of an impov- - E ¥R : % Tha Beautiful Adventure,’ and he erished army major and a music- | . § i - 1 |announced my retireme: . § A i A ’ 2 annc y retirement. I was| Trigger Thrills and Action hall singer, and their amazing and : oy AF | o s o gl ilari {quite angry hilarious adventures together. | 4 3 q 8y . ' 3 il ’ then. Mr. Frohman beamed at me | BUCK JONES in Heather Angel, English actress, | i E A Snd sald that ofcourse T wed] The season’s gayest comedy “SILVER SPURS" Sitocs, “incluning oavees| | i L (R [ Syl oot o) starring FRANK MORGAN and S i 4 i |it would run four years. Confident, CICELY COURTNEIDGE with MURIEL EVANS re,” “Romance in the Rain” and soul. We closed after four inonths,| ——PLUS— others, plays the romantic lead as i ; < § y thers, plays | ; i e play." with Heathe Anqnlh' bertMuadin, Una O'Connor YREAT AIR MYSTERY Late fiance to the young vicar, enacted {although it was a fine play | x er ugadin, Una n by Richard Waring, ‘young English | rvices for parts portraying moth- Stage Contracts Gallienne on the New York stage. member of the American stage| Herbert Mundin plays the comical . v 5 | who could contrast from personal | ALSO ill collector, Henry Stephenson the 5 1 {experience the condition between | Another Headliner—“Wedtime Story” bishop, Forrester Harvey, the mu- X 3 2 | the days of the kerosene fuutlll-‘.'lhs[ Going Places daramount News LAST EVENING FIREM E N UINT In hall manager and Ivan Simpson |and the modern days of the bril- Ly the money lender. ¥ i llant electrical stage equipment.| v N TN T ; > Remance as well as hard battling ; MEeiaeing—of the early wini: e il & CHILDREN’S MATINEE—— URDAY, 1 P. M. mark “Silver Spurs,” Universal ac- ' |said New York had introduced the | “THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN” DELAYED TRIP T H I s EVEN l NG Hon;' drams ' which comes_ to the : gas footlights many years while the | Comedy Cartoon Candy ;‘mm(um Theatre tonight. $ ‘ provinces” still clung to kero- fibn SR s 3 wctor who has been with Eva Le ; e 2 ‘ Mrs. Whiffen was the one active | With its many scenes of majestic T @] | s o A sene, and told how greatly relieved beauty; with its photography of < m— . . W all the players were when gas fin- Mo! o ive from ‘harac& and cattle on the move; with & . . : s|up to make a pillow. Thcre were torship Takes Fiv, Cuiison Deats WA Show ine ‘v lovely-o-Jook-upen. women| For Evenifig Glamor (Bl took the place of the oil ughts| 0 (8 DS & BUOW: TUEE YOO CATHOL]C DAUGHTERS Juneau on Regular Against Douglas Eagles |who are in the cast, “Silver Spurs" bl o AT X {we had to jump out and get 1t ot & 4 g |15 trent to thaseye ATl the how Black and brilliant color, romance and modernism are com- We never dreamed of electric W€ "€ 'O JAHIF WlLL BE HOSTS AT r ilights ® ahe Nk ¢ o wayside station.” Weekly__Run in Second Encounter ir\er, is incidental to a fast-moviny,| bined in this glamorous black evening costume designed by Rose- ”';"‘\j“,“ \"‘.:\m p“"’:) 'w;‘} ”‘“m‘:;)‘; e i i CARD PARTY SOON 3 action-filled story vl - 4 BITAAE ovie s Binck oMz Gat with : Leaving twenty-four hours later| This cvening at 7:30, at the Ju- | 4 moeel oot et | viape. A slengor tulle gown Is magle over a black slip cut with 8 |, 0nt 11004 and ' border lights |NORLITEMEN TROOP ON §bo8 vbiidl Inachuse. of the TRankE- | Do Hizt Sihce n. the Ds|somger sl desien for murder is pre- | deep decollete and topped by a knee-length cape accented With | Anq when T played in the movies | e gh & 1 Gym, tk sented in “Forced La 2.” the Re SR t . % < Sariat 5 i C e O aughters - giving holiday, the Motorship Molay City League hoopsters car _v) ced Landing,” the Re- | applications of bright bouquets cut from flowered silk. It reflects oh, yes, I played in the movies— | HIKE TO NEVADA CREEK “‘W ‘“ |“levamgml\’ i PATRE th nublic photoplay, featuring Esthe: ' R Ealites ot iy Sork sty nit] 6h ety ERARREY fo! Mol o it ana lOn;mw Steveri ‘:h“‘l | the season’s trend for black accented by color. |1 vas simply floored by the intri- RS ‘:‘,t; n at the Parish Hall Fri- evening at six oclock on her reg-| thoir last year's championships sea- |js the second attraction sl - cacy of the lighting.” Boy Scouts from the Norlitemen day evening, November 1. ular weekly freight, passenger and son in a meeting with the Juneau|the Coliseum Theatre tonight, AGTRESS UF [Whiffen then was seventeen and| Another contrast which she liked | Troop, under the direction of Wayne| g john George Wengel ' is | el unyigp aasal ARG NS, pBIIED. ; As the New York bound air liner | made such an. unsatisfactory im-|tO Tecall was that of the traveling|young, hiked to Nevada Creek to-| hairman - of the -commitbes -dn Passengers outbound from Ju-| On past showings this season, the|is forced to land as an isolated land- ! pression upon her mol that the jconditions |day. They left the Northern Light | harge of the party, and assisting neau on the Etebeth last night| Juneau lads figure to outspeed the|ing field, a shot rings out, under “Blanche should nev-{ "1 Was strongly reminded of the|Presbyterian Church at 7 0'clock|yer are Mrs. G. H. Walmsley, Mrs. latter vowed were: For Hoonah—Emma May-| Firemen, in tonight's contest, fo|cover of a clap of thunder, and er again set foot on a stage jcarly days when I went out with|this morning and were taken as|y g Monagle and Mrs. Ted Kea- eda, George Meyeda, Oscar Han- | w; t 7, although they may be|when the plane comes to a stop, one | |George Tyler's revival of ‘Trelaw- |far as Treadwell in cars driven by | yopn m?k /:t?::xs Kolbevik. For Sitka— rered by the .;‘.d height (;fl the passengers has been killed S e “"*'*” ; 1;;1:[ of 1nw Wells,'” she Iunri “I|George B. Rice and the Rev. John | 2 e arris. f th noke-Easters. The DeMo- | The last one to board the plane ar | 0 help carry out that man- had a drawing room on the train.|A. Glasse, and from there they On its special trip to Skagway s have flashed the flashiest at-|Los Angeles—the 13th—is the vic- d Mrs. Whiffen was sent to In my youth there were wooden | hiked to Nevada Creek and were| Heavy rains, soaking drought- and return, the first of the week, tack of the league so far, making|tim. Each of the other passenger | i » study music, but the cars and uncomfor le chairs. No|to return this afternoon. stricken Larned, Kas., confused evem the Estebeth carried besides some a good night for the spectators/has a motive for the murder, and B2 drudgery of practicing soon dis-!pullmams. 1 learned to sleep on - - | the fish: Jesse Ragsdale, a farmer, freight, Elmer Jake N. A. Mc- | whenever they appear. Although each one of them is armed, s(') that . - leot d her and > returned to zhmc chairs with my ‘coat rolled | a classifiea—mplre. 'mund a live cum.m in. the.roads Eachran, E. W. Pakne and G. B. they have dropped one game to the,it proves an almost impossible task Ml’S. Thomas Whlflen DK“ London. She prevailed upon her e e el - e Rice, as round trip passengers, and Douglas Eagles, the Firemen are|for a government investigator to de- at Home in Blue mother to change her attitude to- § Gertrude Willis, for Skagway. On enough ball team to make plenty of | termine who actually committed tho Ridge M . ward the stage and at 20 made the return voyage, the motorship opposition for the best of them, and! crime. 1dge Mountains her formal debut, taking the part brought Martin Iszen, P. S. Murray | should force the DeMolay quint to ———————— of a fairy in a musical extrava- and Audrey Watkins, daughter of show its full hand. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — Mrs.|ganza at the Royalty Theatre. Mrs. Gut Brickson, slide vietm,| “The Junean igh Crimson Bears CONFERENCE PINMEN |mhomas whisten is dead at her| After that ehgagement she made ‘ e )J rom Skagway; and one passenger once again substitute for the Ta alla- | i -~ |a short tour with her aunt, Louis o 3 THRIFTY from Haines to Juneau. { poosa squad in the second contest| BACK lN ACTION AT ‘Bm.“ Rldge.Mou::a:;‘:?Te ,“‘_PX:(, Payne, of the famous P“n‘\ 1»-{{:\\'- (WAEl]I_gbKTLIS F 010 B R e on the evening's program, meeting ELKS THIS EVENING & accoring veS TECEVE i on company, and then in 1868 COMMENTS NEWS SON IS BORN the Douglas Eagles in an exhibi- here. She had been ill for moOr¢ .;me {5 America with the Galton A son was born to Mrs. Robert tion game at 8:30. | All spry and vigorous, after “’:ha‘n one. year. & her home 10/ opery Compar he others of the McKinley Wednesday morning, No- i T |two-day layoff, conference bowlers|¥Dich she retired after nearly thre¢ company were her husband, Thom- vember 25, at 2:35 o'clock, at the ALFRED ZENGER, JR. HAS g0 back to work at the Elks' again|5C0T® Years on the professional s whiffen, to whom she had heen 5 A e Government Hospital. TONSILS OUT WEDNESDAY this evening, with Yale facing ofr|stase. The body will be brought nayied a month before; her moth- ‘A Newspaper Within a Newspaper e e e { against Richmond, at 7:30, followed | €re for cremation and the ashes ¢ her sister, and a baritone nam- DANCE PGSTPONED Alfred Zenger, Jr., is recovering by 8:30 by the Princeton-Lafayette Scht to England. Hart. From that time Mus. The Viking Club dance that was rapidly from a tonsilectomy per- tussle, and at 9:30 by the Notre| Played 400 Roles Whiffen had remained in the Am- === to have been held Saturday night, | formed at the Medical Clinic on Dame vs. Vanderbilt meeting. | /After playing upNards ‘of 400/ crigan thegtre. THE FRIENDLY STOR £ FRIDAY, NOV. 27,1936 THE FRIENDLY STORE November 28, has been postponed | Wednesday by Dr. W. M. White- ———— roles over a period of Tnore thzfn st Tt e i —aty. thesa : Try a classified—inipire, fEhsee | aootel AR M TRt | sk o boan e e i erioan | Whiffen still suffered from stage | fright debut the day after she landed in DIFFERENT METHODS CANADIAN | CANNED MILK I A | v i ijs New York with Galton Opera Com- :“ Tha’t .“’35 e on? t});ungg thl” F PH Charlie: “I certainly have bc(‘u B T T E } Dairyman: “Yes, this is the gracious old lady of the stage, Biscsigrithens: s ool l' R ‘ : L] Mlel] ‘TO] ! r(] ’)ll t \ n o~ i ( s she was affectionately -called 5 < Harr; “What a slrallgc‘ way of Z;ri:;e"?"fi el L | ? R during her later years, was unable ; 2 getting it! My wife kisses me Pound 6°c : § to overcofme a:d :h: admlm;d \n £ when she wants money. " City Lady: “But do you think |shortly after she had reached the Ais adhines S [ / Clst 7_ o / 4//'0 / / . bragle Qi o ; ‘:;‘ of :':.m .nm(.'l:ll.l:s make as (e 7z ‘//// ce % | While awaiting the cue for her Wi . CANADIAN §osd itk as cows dgt e b p o | appearance in “Just Fancy,” a . O CHARGE o—0—o pecause we offer 3 . W¥- | musical comedy, she was recalling 4 ; A E G G s ;,m.mwmlmm" sad i i ¢ ‘.fur an interviewer some of the : i v Telephone Operator: “It costs TIME MARCHES ON he success we've | 4 5 ts to talk to Bl field.” 3 ".“mm;m(flll( & i |incidents of her many years on 3 9 cents to talk to Bloomfiel 6 T ustomers. When you se0 our new cars Po— {the stage. When the cue came she 1 o : > : “Can’'t you make a ozen c “T notics the Biewns thelt 80 more new ! y|rose slowly from her chair, trem- 3 : ; »peunl rate for just listening? 1 get along much better these gving wmmndm.um.mm"’""“‘ ] @ | bling—not with decrepitude but ¥ want to call my wife.” 5 ] |with stage fright. N 3 —0-—o RELIEF BOAT C- 3 “I've never gotten over it,” she % E i SXPECTED “Yes, ever since he went home St said with a smile. “It was jusL the i - _"‘\"l‘( TEI summer and saw the girl he [same sixty-two years ago.” 7 ; e A D NEXT WEDNESDAY | s in love with fifteen years I The reason may have been an Question: “Does the moon af- incident attendant upon her first fect the tide?” |stage appearance which Mrs. Whif- | : ki I LARGE SWEET 0—0—o |fen related while discussing the Boswens Mo only e wntied |plays in which she had taken part. 0—0—o : ‘ Land on Nose at Detroit EAY naw | “I really don't know how many ¢ HOT STUFF Doctor: “What is your trouble?” parts I have played,” she said, “but Y gs. e Tll always remember on: — 1 G Q She: “What heavenly jazz New Patient: “I am lmluen:ly debut. I played a fairy in a musi- mm let’s dance!” 3oc afflicted with loss of memory. |c8] Reon. 1 wab sypposed (0 come | \IREERBIOMAS WHIFFEN, (B, st imrtle mik Doctor: “Don’t you think you :g:ndg were assigned to lift me j i3 . (add no sugar) should let me have my fee in ad- [ i { | pany which came to the United 0—0—0 i up through the trapdoor. One of P At};s gt Ca"["' t o o vance? | them was absent-minded and I was ~" LA RgenG A foTIE8 G Opbr y Ihurled to the stage and landed on 'l‘“ ”“}‘]—*‘““l plays by 0“““‘*“{“ THE HOLLYWOOD TEST MOTHERS 00 | —most, _distresst for a Llater she toured the country under i cRUsHED [ Gt oSy cistressing 0T %ine management of John Temple- Tatiana—I wonder if my hus- FEMININE INTUITION | 4 age r for 3 band will leve me when my hair | ‘Through the long years of her |° Who first engaged her for the b e T h— | st et it vk thten role of Butter cup in “HM.S. Pina- is 5n‘y? . m:lr: a:::::::f ;hrk ‘:mm 2 '::‘: NASH LAFAY ETTE “400" NASH AMBASSADOR |had lived by the creed of “Love, fore,” Mrs. Whiffen claiming from sonia—I can’t see why not. He e y laugh and work,” and long after all that engagement to have been the loved you when you had black with CHINA DISH brains? Today, Nash is showing America how gy found a way to build into | . cay | first Buttercup in this country hair, he loved you when you had 2 Sl 4 J Y, Nash has foun y {her old associates had passed away £ bale’ KO8 e hnad vou Whe She: “Because no matter how big a low-priced car ¢an be. It's the 5 ' this car that thousands can aford— ishe was still beloved, still laughing | Subsequently she appeared in ° ¥ ¢ Nash LaFayette-400”. 117 inches of $595 every imporlant advantage of the most $7 55 |and still hard at work. After she | “Hazel Kirk,” “Emex'alzlu + wIhe you changed »w a platinum speCIal 38c stulmfI a man is, he is seldom wheelbase! More than sisteen feet expensive cars. See the big, luxurious |had passed 75 she earned larger Rajah” “May Blossom,” “The Pri- blonde, didn’t he? blind. long from bumper lo“hulf{per' 90 AND Ut 121-inch wheelbase Ambassador Six ANDUP* |salaries than ever before had been vate Secretary” and a score of horsepower gas-saving 400 motnfl. i A ¥and the 125-inch wheelbase Eight! |paid to her . other productions. Joining Daniel - ON THE AIR Floyd | Born in London March 12, 1845, Frohman's compapy in 1887, she " 7 Gibbons,Vincent Lopez |as Blanche Galton, Mrs. Whiffen appeared in a number of successt .:;ctee’x’(:?'c'?umry'smfllnflnfi_ S 19 and his Orchestra. was the daughter of Joseph and including “The Wife,” “Sweet La on all models at extra :«m. M-:W Guest stars. C. B. S, {Mary Galton. Her mother was a ender” and “The Charity Ball” NASH-C.I.T. BUDGE Saturday. 7 PM.(EST) |teacher of singing and was assist- Under the management of Charles ing in the management of Covent Frohman she was cast in several i Garden when he daughter took part plays, among. which “Brother | 150 So. an St. JUNEAU Moron co- Phone 30 1m a musical entertainment. Mrs. bfflun." and “;'mwe;sflde::es‘.' “purng the past yoar a2 127 the public ‘mory car’ for the moneY -+ mmum...w-mtsfll ‘or 1837, T conpident you'h agee e Mmmmmummm days.”