Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 24

B8 == B S MECHANE | NEXCAN GOVERNOR Col. Roberto Fierro Is Induct- ed Into Chihuahua Office. Is Noted Flyer. By the Associated Press EL PASO, Tex., November 3—A for mer garage mechanic s the new Gover nor of Chihuahua, one of the most im- portant states in Mexico He s Col. Roberto Pierro, 36, noted fiyer, who was Inducted into office yes. terday by the Chihuahus Legisiature succesding Andres Ortiz Ortiz resigned as a result of a flerce holitical struggle between himsel! and Pouls Leon. & former Governor Played in El Paso Streets. Only a few years ago Flerro was a mechanic in a small garage in El Paso, on whose streets he played as a child He learned about motors there. He #aw American Army planes landing departing from Fort Bliss He caught in the post-war enthusiasm over sviation f | | One day in 1019 Plerro left his garage | and went to Mexico City, where he en- | rollsd in an aviation school. A yeai later he became a cacet in the Mexi- | can Army Aviation Corps and in 1924 was commissioned s lieutenant Dispatches told of his exploits in fighting the stubborn Escobar rebels in 1920, He bombed & rebel ammuni- tion train st Jiminez, routed a force dvaneing Escobar adherents and ise served as the spearhead of federnl aerial attack. Rejoice at Return. He became & national hero Mexican nation was stricken when a report was circulated he had been shot down by rebel planes and killed, It rejoiced when, & week later, he led A squadron of bombine pianes to Junrez, then held by the rebels He had been shot down, it developed but had landed his crippled plane safely and escaped to the federal lin After the war Pierro made seves good-will flights to foreign countries. June 24, 1930, he flev from New York to Mexico City in approximately 16 hours. He was chief of civil aviation in Mex- ‘The | | THE EVENING From the Front Row Rcviews and Ncws of Walhinqton.s Tl’:eaterfl. “Merry Wives of Windsor™ By Stratford-Upon-Aven Players. HAKESPERARE is handled in the off-hand way of perfec- tion by the Stratford-Upon- Avon Pestival Co. which last d upon a week's Y tional Theater A p of players which brings the atmosphere of the home of the great dri tist, approaches his plays with a spi that Washington had alfeady appro®- ed. The frst fmpression 1 8 a under- standing of the dramatic pur- pose of the or- ganization. Here is no undertak- ing which e pioits the ta ents of & sin gle great sta surrounded by a few who are Just actors, but a company which itself enjoys the task, and is able to impart this pleasure to its audiences, in a study of drama which has the double merit of representing the beginning and the fruition of that form of stage entertainment in our own language which holds all types with its charm and its understanding of average people. e Merry Wives of Windsor” offers & good Introduction, for the members of the company are enabled to use their individual talents in a light and joyful way. Most of them have something to give which filu- minates the story of the attempts of the massive Sir John Palstaff to be romantic. There is also the juvenile variation of the theme in the battle for the favor of the daughter of one of the “wives.” The tempo which is required in presenting the un- abridged text of the play, in this in- stance at least, gives force to scenes which are veried and kaleidoscopic, and range frém the intensely prac- tical to the poetic. 1t is here that the genius of the Roy Brferd umental joke. the company, Pabla Drake and Dor- othy M: gham, have the mag- netism that for all time has been assoclated with such teams. They arouse keen curiosity as to what use will be made of their spirit in the succeeding plays. So far as this piay is concerned, they arrive and are found to eommand the proceedings. Roy Byford’s role of Sir John Palstaff is the most conspicuous in the performance, and is uniquely achieved, with an unregenerate de- votion to evil purposes, yet he holds the attention to a splendid plece of acting. Masfive in rmmam the embodiment of self-esteem, com- pletely deceived as to his own win- ning ways, he ents the part with the complete devotion to a_purpose which is the essence of the play. His desire to play the lover to two married women at the same time inspires an exhibition of traits which in the hands of a less capabie actor might be lost. Of the other members of the com- Eln_v. credit should be given to ! as the jealous hus- band, for the convincing nature of his vindictive schemes. That he is int roles in the other selections for the week is as- surance of further acquaintance with his talents. Numerous players could be mentioned for the of their work, including the more comic characters, and the young lovers, presented by Hilda Coxhead and Oyles Isham. Ethel Harper as Mistress Quickly, who is & go-be- tween for several affairs, has many lines and maintains her distinctive character ti thout. Ernest Ha: as the second of the aggrieved hus- bands, has few impressive lines, but in bearing and action during the play impresses the fineness of the character. ‘This com| is commissioned to bring forward the real Shakespeare the immortal. who uses the tools of STAR, WASHINGTON, is, breathing and ting a healthy kiek pleasure of Jiving. The ment enhances the modern cistion of the suthor of best seliers of all time.® “Brief Moment™ » At Shubert-Belasco. AN evening with Alexander Wooll- X cott, or Woolicottism throughout an evening, or what goes on on the stage when words and the man together—this is the main sum- mit of amusement which Mr. (yes) Woolleott contributes to Mr. Behr man's new piay, “Brief Momen opened before an ermind eoated audience last night at the Belasco Mr. it of ence. plumped against tated pillows—in & llow mind. ambling on eating and sieeping and getting excited about ments of this world. mofl which is going on between s millionaire husband and his night club, “hotsy-totsy” wife), about those poor unfortunates who are content with “fiat stomacks”—and gazes rthapsodically at his own, which is smoothly rotund and which rises happily all around him out of the pillows. ‘The dound of Mr. Woollcott's amiable if wicked and spicy and sometimes downright are the rarest lozenges which an unprofessional sctor has contributed this side of Elysium. JFar from the haunts of his native tvpewriter, Mr. Woolicott proves that even if his histrionics do not carry him volcanically across the stage on the wings of Mierva or Pegasus, he is yet one of the most Amusing of recumbent funny men. Each line of his, “written, it is said, for his particular solemn-faced wit, evokes screams of laughter from the multitudes, and is the real and practically the only reason for see- ing this pia; herwise Mr. Behrman's Tnew comed: a frail yarn about a night club who married a Sutton place dreamer without loving him and én:nd in the end, of course, that she id. As Mr. Woollcott remarks at one I ) VBER 1931. CRATING PACKING 8 SHIPPING | AGENTS ALLIED VANLINES | FURSE::5 PHONE NORTH-3342- 4344 | & career woman. " and this because the young faming Iady has done Iittle but clog her doorsteps with people commonly supposed to be famous. Unfortnately, Mr. Behrman seems to have some troubls in finding enough to do with his two main characters. They get mad at each other for the same reason every 5 minutes or so0, and fall into each other's arms for the second reason, every other 5 minutes. By the time they have talked themselves out at the end of a most surprisingly inade- quate last sct, you feel that they might have spared themselves all the trouble. Francine Larrimore is, most pleasing to the various entrances and good in the begi 1l however, ter than hough her acts later on are br the flick . Robert Douglas is en- tirely excellent in the young Sutton Place Hamlet role. and may be as- sured of a uture, if he stays in this count enough. Calhern is well cast as the violent lover, as is also Paul Harvey as &5 TORAGE 1313 YOU STREET, NW. the noted gangster, who suffers from stomach trouble. \ and soul to the play, it must in- Since, however, there is littla body b evitably lie on Mr. Woollcots' berth, and from that vantage point pplaaded and there it finds a very warm | ahould be loudly = 5 + E. de 8 Melcher. 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