Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1931, Page 7

AUGH AT TEAPOT TEMPESTS Some WUSBANDS THINK THEY ART m‘wnrmm:':lx . MPANION WHEN THEY SIT Dow mu“ DINNERE AD PLAY SOLTAWE ! Man husbands and wives do not apprecm'}e the rich humor. that there is in their teapot +empes‘|’s. If you have a husband like Jo'—or a wnfe like Vi—you know what we mean. Jo' and Vi are "MR. and MRS." appearing every Sunday in THE STAR. Their domestic ad- ventures are those of yourself and your friends—and that is what makes them so interesting, so hu- man and so humorous. What they do on week days You are no doubt familiar with the life rand incidents of "MR. and .MRS." because you have fol- lowed their adventures in the Sun- day Comic Section of The Star. Now their daily doings are to be revealed in the comic strip which will appear every week day. Follow "MR. and MRS." and enjoy their human and humorous adventures. ‘Wednesday. ARNOLD BENNET, || ovete s | YOUNG REPUBLIAN AUTHOR, EXPIRES Creator of “Old Wives’ Tale,” Il Seven Weeks, Dies of Typhoid Fever. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 28.—Typhold fever has written & “finis” to the life of Ar- nold Bennett, one of the world’s leading men of letters, whose works, acclaimed by the scholarly, did not disdain the common touch. ‘The end had been foreseen since Stricken with influenza seven weeks ago he was thought to be recovering when typhom fever b him down again. Blood transf n yesterday gave him temporary relief, but he weakened and early last nl‘ht passed away peacefully, He was 63 years-old. Bennett in his lifetime came to his own works, particularly the * ld Wives' Tale,” which he published in 1908, rated as classics. He was most widely kmwn g:n for that work and the wns" series, which depicted the duhnm of England’s pottery district. One of the five towns, Hanbridge, was his own na- tive Hanley, Stratfordshire. In less serious works he acted as a guide to what is best in literature, travel and recreation, and maintained & conversational contact with the com- mon man in his writings which few authors of his caliber have been able to do. His works include novels, plays | and essays. Among ‘the novels is Prohack,” published in 1927, and "l'he Return Joumey" of the succeed! He was not an educated man the generally accepted sense, but began life as-a solicitor’s clerk and did not decide upon a literary career until he was 33 years old. Works Show Much Detail Between 1898 and 1925 Bennett vl‘n- duced some 30 novels and more than a dozen plays. All his works show me- ticulous detail. Bennett was known to devote an entire page to the description of the tick of a clock. The man who wrote the stories of the Pive Towns started his literary work as an assistant editor of Woman. For seven years he was assistant editor; then editor, of the magazine. Arnold Bennett never was destined by his parents to be an author. He was trained for the law. He was born at Hanley in Staffordshire, in the potteries AMBULANCES Bigger and Better Funerals At Half the Usual Cost Are Done by Chambers Amrllllllf-lls75 PERRY & WALSH Funeral Home 29 H St. NW. National 6736 UALITY, service; first, last and always, together with moderation in prices. Complete funerals as low as may be arranged. SIH M WES&STORES &;S"{ 'fi'f - ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. and La. Ave. N.W. 65th Issue of Stock Now Open Tor Subscription Money loaned to members on _easy monthly payments James E. Connelly James F. Shea President ecretary instruction Like other professions, radio yewards oaly those who excel. The poorly trained will never rise higher than the place in ‘which they started. Others will climb step by step to positions of power in radio telephony. . . broadeasting . .. sound pie- tures.. . aviation radio. . . radio merchan- dising. And among these will be those ‘who planned years in advance. .. studied, ‘worked, stuck to it. Te be a graduate of RCA Institutes knows the real boratory Training Course. ‘Write for free book that tells you the complete story of what R CA Institutes offers you. RCA Institutes, Inc. Dept. M, 75 Variek 8t., N. Y. C. Alfred B. Gawler Walter A. Gawler ARNOLD BENNETT. district, May 27, 1867, and christened “Enoch Arnold Bennett.” He was edu- cated at the New Castle School and | cate, placed in a lawyer's office. There he remained until he was 26, During the GROUP ORGANED Party Principles to Be Pro- moted in Practically All States. iblican” group, which to take over Em Douglas Whitlock of Indiana wul hnve Ch‘med“ the ’?n'hlggmu w m nounce ‘wi - vo- wmna m-mmn the iblicanis: time he was supposed to.be poring over | tee: cases, syllabuses and commentaries, he was trying his hand at composing arti- cles. When the opportunity to Jozn the staff of Woman came, he eagerly took advantage of it. Begins to Write Novels. In 1900 Bennett withdrew i the editorial office and went to the country - | coLeERT, ALICE LOUISE. Sudden to devote himself solely to his novels. | pre His novels followed in rapid succession. In 1908 he’ founded his reputation with “Old Wives' Tales.” Bennett sallied into other flelds of fiction, producing sensational, humorous and ironical effects. “The Grand Babylon Hotel,” “Sacred and Profane Love” and “Buried Alive” are examples of this departure. Arnold t the Puhlle ist in modern comedy. Of late years Bennetc embroiled him- self in literary conflict by criticizing England’s founnr ‘writers, sa; they were too lazy to produce worthwhile work.- They retorted t Bennett w(nt to the other extreme and. wrote much and that his latest worn did not lnpnmuh his earlier books excel- In lIZG Bennett declared that the tawo best books of fiction he read during the year were by American writers—Theo- %ore Dreiser’s “An American Tragedy” and Herman Melville's “Plerre,” written years before. istrict 1;{ Columbia—Rain this after- ‘Thermometer—4 8 pm, B4; 12 midnight, 47; dl.m 44; 8am, 42; noon, 45. ennett’s series of plays, “The | in be- m ,0f whoever receives p&?‘mjm MISS SALLIE MACKALL DIES IN GEORGETOWN Wrote “Early Days in Washing- ton” and Launched Daughters of Royal Descent. yesterday. She confined to her ied for about five years, but had been seriously ill only since last Miss Mackall, author of “Early Days in Washington,” & book which has be- come rare and of which » limited 558 330 s seoeday . uwuc'umpenaun 41, occurred at am. Tempentum same d.uu last year— Highest, 54; lowest, 34. Tide Tables. by United States Coast urvey. pm.; high tide, lu nm. and 4:17 pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 6:01 am.; sun sets 6°27 pm. mormw—sun rises 6 am.; sun sets 6:28 p. )lmrlmlzupm m!umm Automobile be lighted one- hl‘l)wurumrmme Weather in Various Citles. & Temperature. > i Eme % l E!‘ Weather. epmnac ." EEE P 2 s 88858288002, 58828 il‘ pEEN R P E R e s S S Havana, € Colon, Canal William A. Gawler soseph GAWLER’S Sone F UNERAL DIRECTORS ESTABLISHED 1850 Chapel Lady Attendant Cremations 1750-2-4 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. ‘Phones: NAtional 5.51.2-6813: EE;EE Deaths Reported ), £ aths Bave been xeported ; .8 g'“b.:m Waas- n@. ‘ng.:!mk;"o‘ Sie ital. - G r Hmml. 1, U. 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