THE EAST HAMPTON STAR. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1940

What's New in New YorkBy DOROTHY QUICK

Home Economics Girls Enjoying New Stoves

Many of the girls of Home Econ­omics VII are redecorating and re­arranging their rooms. Some are making dressing-tables out of old tables and orange crates. When trim­med, these make very nice furniture. Other girls are preserving vegetables and fruits, and some are studying iiow to select and buy and budget Still others are studying child care.

Two new electric stoves have been installed in Miss Shanahan’s Home Economics Department Each stove has three burners, a deep-well cook­er, a supply drawer and a larg? oven. The oven can be divided so that more than one thing can be baked in it at one time, Mrs. Jack­son and Mrs. Pidgeon from the Southampton cooking school will give the girls in the Home Economics classes demonstrations on the stoves November 13.

ART CLASSES' POSTERSWith fish, lighthouses, windmills,

fruit, and flowers as inspirations, Warren Whipple’s Design I Class has been creating some very clever de­signs. Some of the more complicated objects are reduced to their simplest

The Design II class has been mak­ing posters to be used at the Harvest Dance at Springs. This class is also beginning work on the posters for the Junior Prom.

Some colorful posters for the grade school rooms have just been com­pleted by the Advanced Representa­tion class. The class is now begin­ning designs for three-panel screens.

EDITORIALThe cheer leaders again ask for

your cooperation as well as a little enthusiasm at the football games. Whether or not victory is at stake, it is the duty of all students to cheer and follow the leaders faithfully. They are working for the team; why

help them a little more?

TIGER SALAMANDERThe inhabitants of Mark Hall’s

aquarium have recently been joined by a tiger salamander. One of Mr. Hall’s students found it under some boards in an old building in Ama- gansett and brought it to him.

This particular species of sala­mander is uncommon this time of year, since it normally spends the winter months underground in

During the last two weeks Charles Juckett has spotted his fifth period typing class 35 and 40 words a min­ute. The first week 12 of the 22 stu­dents beat him. The second week, however, only one out of the class succeeded in beating him. For this honor a "no mistake” mark was giv­en in typing.

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The golf tournament was played i the course of the East Hampton

Golf and Country Club on Thursday and Friday. Bernard Clark is the head of the golf instruction.

On Friday James Cassidy scored 48 plus his Thursday score of 42

ir a 90. Robert Vetault’s score of 47 on Friday plus 43, for Thursday,

roard Clark in all the boys’ gym classes is instructing boys in pitch-

.g horseshoes.Fil Edwards is the second high

scorer in Suffolk County, with a score of 32 points made in four

football games.

CLASS VISITS DAIRYThe students of Charles Juckett’s

Economic Geography class went to Gould’s Dairy on Monday of last week as part of their work on dairy projects.

Jack Blackmoro, Jim Cassidy, Vio­let Clark, Edith Ely, Louden Rampe, Walter Macomber, and Donald Nor­ton were in the group.

Donald Gould generously offered his time to explain the difficult parts of dairy work and the operation of various machines.

Miss Helen Bond’s seventh grade class in Room 19 has elected its of­ficers. They are: Hostess, Romona Zakas; Librarian, Charles Green; ushers, Paul Nugent, Gail Hender­son. These four officers also make up the board which will settle home­room problems.

LOST AND FOUNDThe Lost and Found department

of the Student Council, in charge of Raymond Bauer and Robert McDon­ald, is open each afternoon after school except Fridays so that stu­dents may claim lost property.

At present, in addition to several books and notebooks, the department has had no claim for eight fountain pens, two combs, a flag pin and a

In Miss Finkenor’s class fourth graders are continuing their study of pre-historic mamals such as the wild pig, the elephant and the hip­popotamus. They are also studying

zones of the earth. Last Thurs­day they saw movies on "Crime Does Not Pay" in the assembly.

A special fruit pie-plate is now on le market; it is extra deep, has an mer rim to make crimping the edge isier, and beyond that has a curved uice-catcher” rim.

In the Shorthand II class four of the eight students took a dictation of 100 words a minute in unfamiliar

Mrs. Riborg Mann is now enrolled ,in Mr. Juckett’s Shorthand I class, j

’ lBottles Now Seal Easily i

Made possible by the invention of an unusual sealing cap, food can i

stored in air-tight . are sealed by a simple tap hand. They are opened quickly by lifting the thin rubber edge of lid with the fingers or a small ob­ject such as a toothpick, to admit air. Suction is created by a groove that circles the edge under the cap. A broad rim at the top of the jar forms a seat for the lid.

The wide-mouthed cor rubber covers are easy to wash and sterilize, says Popular Mechanics. When used as refrigerator sets they stop discoloration of fruits, pre' transfer of food odors, protect against spoilage, eliminate dr>' out and seal in the freshness flavor of stored foods. They ideal for the cold-pack method preserving food, since it is not i essary to handle the hot jars w applying the tops. A vacuum side the jar helps make a stronger seal, which may be so strong that straight pull of more than 225 pourn is required to dislodge the cove yet it lifts off easily if air is a> mitted under its edge.

It's only fair to admit that a lot of adventures turn out better than

place like New York, us year it's more vibrant than rer been. There's a quicken-

and speed to its tempo that I’ve noticed before.as though the city's hearth- as blazing a friendly welcome, ling it far and near. The very pregnant with excitement

[ because it's presidential

other presidential years without this alertness. It's something new. I haven’t been here long enough to discern the actual cause, but I feel it and enjoy it along with the rest of the people.

The trip in was exciting, too, dodg­ing truckloads of Long Island's best industry—potatoes—and, what I'm sure must come a close second, cauliflowers, for a hundred and some odd miles, has a fillip of its own; especially when combined with the luscious Autumn foliage, the paper-

roads of the Parkways, and in the Restaurant of the La i Airport. Not being particu­

larly air-minded, the aviation indus­try has suddenly sneaked up on me. It wasn't until I watched those sil-

planes winging in and out at rate of one a minute, that I re­

alized how far air travel has ad- completely fascinated lese mammoth planes isition as precisely as

a Chinese checker fits into its hole. They are so big and ungainly on the ground, and yet their huge wings seem as manageable as though they weren’t there. Each time I thought: ‘That plane can't fit into' that space,"—and each time it did—with not the slightest difficulty. The ex­pressions of the incoming and out­going passengers will make a whole column someday!

The Triborough Bridge is one of the minor miracles of the century, and the East River Drive is another. I expect it’s an old story to New Yorkers, by this time, but follow­ing it down to Fifty Third Street was a new experience to me, and very pleasant when I remember bouts with traffic on my homecom­ings heretofor. With daily use, thing becomes a habit and so much part of our lives that we forget hoi things were before it came into on lives; and something that we one regarded as wonderful becomes commonplace. I often think that we would give more appreciation to just the every-day things, like a road, for instance, that make up our lives, we would have less ti for the dissatisfactions that crop

This new drive actually is sor what in the nature of a masterpiece of engineering, and there are signs all along that tell you what part is “made” land, and what part founded on bedrock, along with a great many other technical details of its con­struction which are well worth tak­ing time to read.

The major event of the week was Charlie Chaplin, I .beg your pardon, Charles Chaplin's picture "The Great Dictator." I expect Mr. Chap­lin felt that it was high time he ac­quired the dignity of his given name, as it is Charles Chaplin on the pro­gram, but by Charlie, he will be known and loved wherever English

spoken. "The Great Dictator” is entirely a one-man affair. Mr. Chap­lin not only wrote the story and dia­logue, but produced, directed and edited the film as well as writing the

and playing , the dual star roles. Now I have always been a contender that this “one man" idea

be overdone, but Mr. Chaplin makes me eat my words.

lets you down, and his performance is not only breathtaking

dramatic achievement, t rumored Mr. Chaplin’s

ambition is to act Napoleon. I here­

by unhesitatingly announce I be­lieve he could do it magnificently; but I hope he won’t. There are many actors that could do a good job

the part of Napoleon, but there > one who can fill Chaplin’s

shoes and the hearts of the people ith laughter as he does.It’s a great pity this picture

couldn't have been released long ago, for it might have averted the present state of affairs in Europe,

statement I make in all seriousness, r there is nothing as devastating any build-up as ridicule, and even

though the picture would not have been allowed in the countries where it would have done the most good,

auld have reached them by of mouth, and who knows how of all this misery might have

ather players don't matter, except incidentally to carry along the ac­tion; for it is Chaplin who domin­ates the screen, and he does it bril-

It is unfortunate that people are so adjusted to expecting laughs from

that they can't chahge their conception quickly enough to take

serious part as they would, were they more prepared for it. They

to leave the theatre still gig­gling at "Chariot's" antics and re-

a little the intrusion into their gaiety, but I believe that later on, they realize the innate fineness of

the truth, and the hope that last long speech expresses. For in it are

same fundamental truths that in Robert Sherwood's “There

Shall Be No Night" and whereas :hat fine play can only be seen by i comparative few, "The Great Dic- :ator" will carry Mr. Chaplin's mes­sage to millions.

been verted?The picture certainly deflates the

balloon of Dictatorship—somewhere I have read that Hitler deliberately cultivated a likeness to Charlie Chaplin in his early career, because

knew Charlie was beloved andmght the people would more eas- take to a familiar figure already

enshrined affectionately in their minds. If this is true, "Charlie" has now gotten even by debunking the pattern. All the foibles, histerias, and inherent nastiness are mercilessly dissected by some of the most adroit downing the screen has ever : unforgettable funny moments which will long linger in your mind, laughs and as symbols.

For instance, in a series of in dents that bring forth the kind laughs that make you shake like 1 bowl of jelly mentioned in the fam­ous poem, one of the most ami is that where The Great Dictator, told by Garbitsch that he will be Emperor of the World, does a bub­ble dance with a globe of the world. During which Mr. Chaplin proves he could easily have been a ballet dancer, and brings in his famous back-kick. At the end of the dance, the bubble explodes in his face. There is symbolism, garnered from the past, and prophetic of the future, so subtly put over that it isn't until long after that the force of its inner meaning strikes home.

All the beloved Chaplin manner­isms are there: the baggy trousers, big shoes, twirling cane, plus a re­markably good speaking voice, two, in fact, for his tones for the Dictator and the barber are completely dif­ferent. His Dictator speeches are not only wonderful mimicrv. but go a long way toward the debunk­ing process.

The picture’s plot in itself is un­important. The tale of the shell­shocked barber, with his delicate love-story, who eventually is n taken for the Dictator, serves show the persecution of a people and the inner workings of the tota“ ian schemes, all wrapped around with humor. Then, at the very end, Mr. Chaplin turns serious. The Bar­ber from the Ghetto, in the Dicta­tor’s place, makes a speech but not as the Great Man would make it. Instead, he pours forth a message— "The way of life is wonderful, but we have lost the way,” and puts the blame for everything in hate and greed, and says that "the misery we are going through is the passing away of greed,” ending, on a note of hope for the future in telling the girl he loves to lift up her head and look toward the rainbow of promise, which Paulette Goddard, who plays Hannah, does very beautifully.

Miss Goddard is lovely in the pic­ture, and once more proves herself a real actress. In fact, all the char-

ception of Billy Gilbert’s overplay­ing of "Herring.” I would have liked to have seen Edwin Arnold in that part, and have it as well handled as "Henry Daniell's "Garbitsch" and Jack Oakie's "Napoloni." But the

Recent progress in science has led to vast improvements, but we don’t

hat its improved anybody's dis­position.

A woman without a sense of hu­mor just hasn't got anything of much

humor.

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