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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Jul 1935, p. 20

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I 'lUE BAZES ECGNO TRAML"Mi eumu U aONS *'*..* es e a thu.kgaa»" ol aingsuicki4pUake blaze a WaY tlw.usgb tràcklOss wat- up the différence in price. landeinlutheO Furat ait."wrttîROY Chapmau AiWw, fam.us explorer. Drive a Dodge yourseif. Make the "And nmow Dodge bUsses a ,.w tran - PIRE *conotry test. Ses how pieus- the aconomy traIL 1 huow my ev*w sut, coofortabie it is ta drive with its Daige scte lens te run timan a "Aihgiide Ride" and "S.ynchromatic aIlicure" Contrai." Dadge gîves you the protec- Diodge own.rseverywhere are gittlflg tion of al-_steel bodies and genuine gaianid ail mileage huretofare con- hydrauiic brakes, yet cauts oniy a few sidered beyond reach. Many figure it dollars more than the iowest-priced conaet to own, a Dodge than a cars. List price now only $645 and amali, competiti ve make. Tb.y asay Up at factory, DetrQit. HOLEP ROOFý KNEE - HIGH HOSE 4-thrruI Ringles Chiffons "The Crime at Blossoms," ridicules people wbo have ta appease part of their emotional life by following al the gruesome. murder stories i - the newspapers. The more. gory and horrible the details the more thrilled are tbose individuals. The. newspaper,- bowever, says it, is a ppealîng to a sympathy that *is natural and in- stinctive in, people, nd 50 it -pro- ceeds to give the public what it wants. The author of "The Crime at Blos.- soms" is Mordaunt. Shairp,, a young Englishman and former Oxford. stu- dent1 who is, even better 'known for "The Green Bay Tree," He takes the oppotunty ereof poking fun: at al the. murder ."fans," and a mighty witty and, entertaining Job he.makes of. it. Au Impracticai Huaband, *The story concerns a newly married English couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chris- topher Merryman, wbo have rented their bouse in Sussex. while traveling abroad., Their returfi is sooner than. pianined bee&use the lady tenant had died in a mysterious manner, having been found with an unknown man murdered at ber feet. With no in- come n ow, and being beset with bill collectorsValerie Merryman (Jessie Royce Landis) urges ber busband to fnd work somewhere in order to meet the influx of bills. But Chris- topber Merryman, who is an idealistic, nature-loving sort of person, much prefers to tend his garden, feed. bis chickens, and live 'a leisurely if e.. However, bis wife tells him that "you can't go irito the butcher shop witb a bouquet of liiacs and côme out witb a Ieg of mutton !" Stranger Starts Thiags At the "'psychological" moment a s tranger in the person of Mrs. Car- rington (Edith Atwater) stops. at Blossomns (the name of the Merry- man home) to inqire wbere. she might get a cup of tea. She is in- trigued with tbe cottage, and despite: Valerie's lack. of cordiality she enters the bouse, gushes over the cbarming room, and goes into ecstacy over vari- on% biets . t tiirns out that she bas Bus loads of tourists corne daily te Blossoms to see the scene of the crime. And in order te give the tourists their fuil mon èes wortb Valerie puts on a melodramatic act in ,.which she gives, an imaginery story of the characters, and avividý descrip- tion of how things .looked on. the mnorning after the murder. She ap- pears in'a brilliant red: chiffon gown wi1th a "Queen Marie" head piece,, and recites her "part" 'to the music of. a. wheezy. phonograph which, grinds out "the very same re cord that was playing durinig the murder.". Despite entreaties from her1 hus- band, the curate (J. W. Austin), and shocked neighbors to cease'her busi-, ness'project, she will continue it. In fact, its popularity se0 grows that moonlight rides to,.Blossoms ýare planned*by the bus drivers., Valerie works herseif into such a pitch' of, bysteria that one thinksthere is go- ing te be another mnurder in the last act ivhen she is crossed by ber bus- band, who finally forbids the moon- light visit altogether. Appears The Miarderer The. tension of the moment is> finally broken by the murderer himself. (Edgar Kent) who breaks into the house to beg Vaierie to cease niaking a public exhibition of bis crime, which was done in a fit of ternporary anger. bordering on madness. He tells his' wbole story an'd it so impresses Val-~ erie that she is completely cured of her own flare for grue some melo- crama. Miss Landis's role is a difficuit one because she bas to go thrôuàh sev- eral important psychological changes which require keen interpretation and strong acting. She makes t1hese transitions with remarkable'ease 'and outstanding acting. 1On the. ope ning nigbt last Friday, the ca st of players -met With great entbusiasm f rom.the audience, and it certainly deserved ail praise. A lice John, Ernest Glendinning, and J. W.ý 1Austin were bighlights in the play, Ask LORD Ys J'ON fountala Square Dowi.towu Ivaste. ig 1- cottage to the drama-crazing public. Wben she bad returned, the mutder Mrs. Carl 'W. Krohl,. 511 Linden' in ber bome had given ber nigbt- avenue, and ber dâuightér tJorotby mares and she bad begged ber bus- returned recently ft'om the western band to take ber away, but.now the part of Nebraska wbere they* had crime becomes a successful *business been visiting, Mrs. Krohl's mnotherý for project from ,which she is to get some twa weeks.

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