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University Daily Kansan Monday, February 4, 1952
Katharine Cornell's Current Hit Marks 21 Years Of Producing
New York—(U.P.)—Katharine Cornell "came of age" as an actress-
manager this week and found herself with her biggest hit since her
first effort as a producer. ◇
Twenty-one years ago on Jan. 29 the star appeared for the first time as Elizabeth Barrett in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." That was in Cleveland and it was the first time she had produced a play. She has worked for herself ever since.
"Oddly enough, I bought the American rights to 'The Barretts' without any thought of appearing in it myself," Miss Cornell said in her dressing room at the National theater as she was preparing for a performance in "The Constant Wife."
"I was on a ship en route from New York to California for a vacation and I had some scripts with me, 'The Barretts' was one of them and as soon as I read it I began sending cables to secure the rights.
"I was thinking of the play only in terms of something my husband, Guthrie McClintick, might like to direct and produce. I gave scarcely any thought to Elizabeth as a character I might want to or could play. My husband and friends talked me into it."
Miss Cornell's current success with Somerset Maughan's 25-year-old "The Constant Wife," which originally served Ethel Barrymore, also came about without much design.
"The people who run the annual summer festival in Central City, Colo., asked me to appear last year in anything I might want to do." Miss Cornell explained. "Well, I had been wanting to do comedy for some time and Maugham's play had been suggested to me by several persons.
"When I was able to get the people I wanted we decided to go ahead with it for the three weeks at Central City. The business really surprised everyone and a fourth week was added. By that time we realized that there might be several public games old play, so we reassembled practically the same cast a few months later and brought it here."
Miss Cornell said that playing Juliet was probably her "most amazing experience" in the theater. Although she didn't necessarily reward the role as her favorite. She said she actually couldn't say which of her many roles she liked best.
"I never go to see others play tables in which I have appeared," he said. "If I saw them doing things I didn't do I would be furious for not having thought of them myself, and if they didn't do things I did I would think they were stupid for not doing them."
The theater has shrunk considerably since Miss Cornell got her start 35 years ago, but she said she didn't think she should feel too sorry for youngsters trying to break in today.
"It's true that we no longer have rock companies on every hand for the youngsters to learn their trade," he said, "but I've found that nothing stops those who are really interested
Miss Owen Engaged To Thomas Lovitt
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Owen, Emporia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Althea Lucile, to Thomas Charles Lovitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lovitt, Burton.
from getting together in groups and working out their problems.
Both Miss Owen and Mr. Lovitt are education seniors. Miss Owen is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, and Mr. Lovitt is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Advertising Sorority To Initiate Thursday
Edna Marie Dunn, fashion illustrator for the Kansas City Star, will become an honor initiate of Gamma Alpha Chi at the professional advertising sorority's initiation and honor's day banquet Thursday evening.
The ceremonies will be held at the Castle Tea room. Miss Dunn will deliver the after-dinner speech. Mrs Richard G. Zimmerman of Lawrence will also be honorarily initiated.
An award will be presented to the most outstanding girl in the advertising department. She will be selected by a committee consisting of Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism; Robert W. Doores, journalism instructor and sponsor of the group, and Pat Brown, president of Gamma Alpha Chi.
Betty Bull is chairman of the invitations committee; Lucinda Stevens is in charge of decorations; Dorothy Hedrick is chairman of the speakers committee, and Kay Peters is in charge of publicity.
Business Organization Offers Fellowship
A $1,500 fellowship for a woman graduate student is being offered by the South Central Region of the American Federation of Soroptimist clubs, an international organization of executive business and professional women.
The fellowship is intended for a woman student undertaking graduate or professional work in preparation for public service. All applicants are expected to be holders of baccalaureate degrees and prospective candidates for a graduate degree.
The selection of the candidate will be based on previous academic record, probability of success in graduate or professional study and personal qualifications.
Those interested should inquire in the Scholarship office, 220 Strong hall about applications.
Hollywood Designer Says Today's Woman Overdresses In Comparison To Flappers
Hollywood—(U.P.) Juel Park, who designs high-priced piercing, believes the American Women's Institute must have a short memory if it thinks women of today run around in a state of "shocking exposure."
"Nonsense!" snorted Miss Park who concocts frothy negliges, nightgowns and unmentionables for each mentionables as Joan Craword, Claudette Colbert, Barbara Stanwyck, Ginger Rogers and Ann Baxter.
The institute arrived at its conclusion after a survey of women's lashions.
"I can't imagine what women were covered—or was it uncovered?—by this survey," she said. "For myself, I can't remember when women have been better, or more completely, dressed."
She recalled that it was 1929 when she first opened her underwear store in Beverly Hills.
"Now, that was a day when the words 'shocking exposure' really meant something," she said. "Dresses barely reached from shoulder to knee. Necklines frequently plunged
She remembered that a girl was apt to get a reputation for bundling up if she wore so much as a simple chemise underneath.
"The average dress, for day or evening, was sleeveless low-necked, collarless and barely knee-length," she said. "You could cut it from two yards of fabric and still have left-over.
"Today's woman is more completely dressed at almost any hour than were her predecessors. A woman used to think one dressing gown would do for all her leisure hours. Now she has a whole wardrobe of negligees, robes, and hostess robes."
clear to the waistline. And remember where waistlines were then?"
Miss Park, who naturally is happy about such a trend, first began to suspect the American woman is over-dressing just a teenys bit when a Texas customer ordered a robe of metallic gold cloth to wear over her swimming suit on the way to her private pool. She said her husband liked her to look her best at all times.
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Moses, Junction City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Janice, to Mr. Rush Scott, son of Mrs. Hallie Scott, Sullivan, mo.
Miss Moses To Wed MU Graduate
Miss Moses is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University in January. Mr. Scott received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Missouri in 1950. He is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Official Bulletin
Quill club, 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Pine room, Memorial Union.
Jay Janes, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Myers hall.
Chess club, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, 111 Strong.
ASTE, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Fowler shops.
International club meeting. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Pine Room, Memorial Union. Dr. Sandelius, speaker, "Constitutional Government and World Crisis." Foreign and American graduate students invited.
Student Union Board meeting, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, East room, Memorial Union.
Campus Affairs committee, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, 222 Strong.
Le Cercle Francais se reunira mardi 5 fevrier a sept heures et demie dans la salle 113 Strong.
IFC important meeting, 9 tonight. 206 Strong. All representatives must be present.
Intramural Bridge tournament
Feb. 12, 13, 14, 7:15 p.m., Recreation room, Memorial Union. Register SUA office by Monday noon, enter as a team, entry fee 50c per team.
All students welcome.
Upstream society meeting, 7:30 tonight. Hawk's Nest.
J. Paul Sheedy* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test
**POOR PAUl** was having a fowl time. Even his best gal didn't give a hoot for him. "Wise she hate me so?" he asked his roommate. "Simple, you stiffly old bird—because your hair's always ruffled up! Better try Wildroot Cream-Oil hair tonic. It's non-alcoholic. Contains soothing Lanolin. And does tree things: Relieves annoying dryness. Removes loose, ugly dandruff. Grooms hair neatly and naturally all day long. (Even limb-ers up your scalp. And helps you pass the Finger-Nail Nest-er, Test!) Paul got Wildroot Cream-Oil and now he's a 'owling success. So why don't you take a taxi-dermist to any drug or toilet goods counter to get a bottle or tube of Wildroot Cream-Oil. It's your hair's best friend! And ask for it at your barber shop. Then there's no talon how the chick's go for you."
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Admission Free Film Showing-Group Discussion Hawk's Nest-Feb.6-7:30 p.m. EUROPE 1952
All those interested in traveling through Europe this summer are invited to attend a special film showing and discussion in the Hawk's Nest, balcony, February 6th, at 7:30 p.m. Free coke and coffee. Admission free.
Don't delay in making your summer travel plans definite. Space.on sailings and flights to Europe are extremely limited. Make reservations promptly. For descriptive literature on tours and places to go, phone 3661 or see—
DOWNS TRAVEL SERVICE
1015 Massachusetts
Mrs. Lois Odaffer
Phone 3661 Mr. Joe Brown