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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1957)
t o f fair Lady' Starts Second Ifear With S3 Million on Books J ii.Ct CATEH qpeaXt Inn Sraaaa laile t I"! -Uf. "My rair CJfcS l Jin it cond Broad fH fear f ridt ith $3,493,520 A pf li ffjr the first 52 evnt t3 contributed tustomers of nhom standees at the rate M Jr performance. 5C grc for the first year ft cm 'rm a record in Broad $ nna!,. but tha attendance is ot. r4 if tha comparatively Qent tthel Merman musical "Hppy Hunting," should con tinue its current pace for 52 weeks, it would shade "My Fair Lady" on both counts. "My Fair i.aciy" took in more dollars in year because its prices ar- higher than those of past musicals of similar smash Jt proportions with which it frfust be compared. Ticktt Costs High For example, it played for the first six months at a top price of $7.50. Since then the orches tra seats have sold for S8.05. But "South Pacific," which had just as sensational a first year back in 1949-50, had a top price of only $8 and grossed approx imately 2,600,000 in its first 52 weeks. However. "South Pacific" played to more persons in the comparable period because it was in a theater of greater seat ing capacity than that of the Mark Hellinger Theater where "My Fair Lady" is housed. "South Pacific" accommodated approximately 690,000 paying cutomers in its first year. "Oklahoma!" Suffered The long run record holder for musicals, "Oklahoma", which lasted five years and nine weeks, has to suffer in comparison with both of the other shows because it was in a house of considerably less seating capacity and during its 1943-48 career the top price was $4.80. The pressure to see "My Fair Lady" is just as great as ever. Tickets must be bought legiti mately months in advance, and the scalpers still find persons willing to pay $50 and up a pair. This pressure may become a little less before the year is out. at least from out of towners visiting New York, because the national, or second company of the production goes into action Monday night in Rochester. N.Y. This company, headed by Brian Aherne will swing quickly to the West Coast and San Fran cisco and tour widely after that. Cabled Protest dm V&fwmVwDSi "i- &JI2i STEVEHS .E ESSE. oMichiMn State university and the Vest Coast Lumbermen's as sociation have joined .forces to dsin and supply farmers with a ttndrd, general - purpose farm building that can be bought in a package, at a package price, from retail lumber dealers across th country. Tha) basic design is for clear- n construction, with parts for lls and roof cut at the retail yard, all ready for erection upon faViver at the farm. Clear spans may be had from 24 to 40 feet, providing shelter for trfctor and other heavy farm afluipment and for such uses as hay storage and automat ic feeding of livestock. A frey to this clear-span ser vice is roof truss of Douglas fir lumber, which is cut to pat tern and bolted up at the retail yard. The bolted joints are forti fied by use of the modern ring connectors of timber engineer ing. Main Features j Agricultural Engineers James S. Boyd, M. L. Esmay, and B. F. Cargill, of Michigan State uni versity, have worked for sever aVyears on developing and test iiaa clear-span farm-building con- The success, of the show has the parodists busy. Composer Frederick Loewe and librettist lyricist Alan Lerner sent a tele gram of protest this week to the proprietor of the current "Ziegfeld Follies" because of a ske'.ch called "My Late, Late Lady." Possibility of legal action seemed to be behind the pro test, although such parodies have been commonplace in the ater history and generally are regarded as not actionable. A recently issued 12 inch LP record entitled "My Square Lady" reverses the story line of the original by having a couple of gals from Brooklyn remold the speech habits of a swell to match their own. On Tlie Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Therp are two births, th one when light. First strikes the new awakened senre. The other when two souls unite And we must count our life Irom sense. When you loved me and I loved you. The both of as were horn anew. Love makes those young whom aee doth rhill. And whom he linds young, keeps young sun. Cartwright Can you say offhand what is an appropriate gift for a 20th wedding anniversary? If not please be reminded that the 20th anniversary is the China wedding. On May 1 this year, the General Douglas MacAr- thurs will celebrate their china wedding. They were married in the City Hall in Manhattan on May 1. 1937. For. their wedding breakfast at the Waldorf-Astoria they ordered ham and eggs. Sidelights In Sweden and Norway auto ists who can prove they are to tal abstainers from strong alco holic drinks get a 10 per cent reduction on accident insur ance policies . . . Which do young women named Elizabeth prefer to be called, "Betty" or "Liz?" Queen Elizabeth of England is called '"Betty" by her husband. Asking Queries from clients. Q. Where in New York was the night spot known as "The Club Napoleon?" A. Thirty-Three West 56th st. Was operated by Tommy Guinan, brother of Texas Gui nan. That spot was the inspira tion of Louis Bromfield's story "Night After Night," the film version of which gave Mae West her first big chance . . . Q. How is the surname of Bernard Ba- Monday. March 18. 1S57 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVX ruch pronounced? A. The first syllable should be pronounced as if spelled "Baah'.' and the second as if spelled "rook," pro nounced to rhypie with "spook." Horses and Women Monsieur Christian "New Look" Dior, the world's most fi nancially successful dressmaker, says his dress designing ideas are based on the belief that the average intelligent woman pos sessed of style sense "wants to look as much like a woman as possible, and as different from a man as she can. She wants to be feminine plus." Asides In Dublin, Ireland, all pubs and bars close for one hour every afternoon. This is known as the "Holy Hour" Although the Scotch have mastered the art of playing the bagpipe, they are not very skilful in manufac turing, the instrument. The . , world's best bagpipes are made in England. Even the Scots Guards play English-made bag pipes. Remembering Of which of your life's accom plishments are you most proud? Thomas Jefferson believed peo ple should write their own epi tsphs and in them indicate which of their accomplishments they wished remembered. For him self, Jefferson rote the follow ing epitaph: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Inde pendence and of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and father of the University of Virginia.'' San Diego, Calif. (U.R) Cor oner Al Gallagher has sent out invitations to tea, cookies and punch for an open house affair celebrating the opening of tha county's first morgue. Free Book an Arthritis And Rheumatism HOW TO AVOID CRIPPUNs'offOKMITlIS An amazing book entitled "Rheumatism" will be sent free to anyone who will write for it. It reveals why drugs and medicines give only temporary relief and fail to remove tha crises of the trouble; explains a specialized non - surgical, non medical treatment which has proven successful for the past 37 years. You incur no obligation in sending for this instructive book. It may be the means of saving you years of untold mis ery. Write today to The Ball Clinic, Dept. 2609, Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Adv. The word Nevada is Spanish and means "snow-clad." HALF & tm ettn-ikout half the tfetanw mi eaffee cream but feat mm a the same texture it is homogenized ... Was exaensive con ba vtyi mm cereals, fruits, etc. . . . Tar's buy " by the qua. SSBER'S fiftD AWARD W891S5 BILK struction principles right out on typical Michigan farms. The goal was to demonstrate that general-purpose farm buil dings could be cut to pattern in the retail lumber yard, and then sold to farmers as a package at a package price. To get clear spans in buildings 24 to 40 feet wide, and do so economically, some type of roof truss had to be employed. The engineers discovered that wood trusses, fortified by ring con nectors developed by modern timber engineering would do the job. Their tests proved that simple lumber trusses that could be cut, framed and bolted right in the retail lumber yard would bear roof loads of 24 to 40 feet when spaced four feet apart. Then it was demonstrated that big. rugged Douglas fir trees had just the right kind of wood in them to meet the specifica tions of the buildings designed by the Michigan State engineers and that a permanent supply of farm-building lumber was growing on millions of acres of West Coast tree farms in Wash ington, Oregon and California. How to Buy a Barn There are dependable retail lumber firms everywhere. Call on one during your next trip to town while your wife does her shopping. Your local lumberman is pretty sure to have sets of diagrams and instructions for each of four building sizes 24 feet, 30 feet. 36 feet, and 40 feet of clear span width. You tell him your choice of width. and he will explain page one of the instruction booklet that sketches the correct foundation plan. Page two of the instruction booklet is a cost sheet. There's a space for the lumber dealer to enter all costs of materials, item by item, to arrive at the pack age price. The remaining pages give framing and erection details for the crew that actually puts up the building on your farm whether furnished by the deal er or done by you and your help. You can easily come to an agreement with the dealer on erection, for the package plan supplied each dealer includes suggestions even on this prob lem. Actually, more and more farmers want a one-stop source of complete building service from plans to erection just like they buy tractors and other products. Havana Students Proclaim Mourning i Havana -IU.R) Students at eight Havana high schools pro claimed six days of mourning Saturday for the teen-age rebels killed in Wednesday's attempt to assassinate President Fulgencio Batista. Leaders of high school student organizations designated March 18-23 as the period of mourning and appealed to students throughout Cuba to observe it. Millo Ochoa, president of ousted ex-President Carlos Prio's "Orthodox" party, left by air Saturday for Miami, saying "My life is in danger" in Cuba. Cuban authorities had sought Ochoa during the hours immed iately following Wednesday's at tack on the presidential palace, but they made no attempt to prevent his departure yesterday. MO KITTEN'S MITTENS Morrice, Mich. (U.R) Rob ert Shellito thinks his cat will have trouble if she decided to knit mittens for her six new little kittens. Shelito said the distribution of toes per kitten respectively is 25. 24. 22. 18. 17 J . V j' Wherever you are, wherever, you go , ' ' i nVPk I consider this: New Royal 76 . ! is the West's most powerful premium J WWf4m ' '22'.- fx Vr - vj: ' ly Wt!?,? Jr, . THSCHsa8Lt8ACM HOLM Doesn't new Royal 76 belong in your piduretoo? It's the West's most powerful premium gasoline. It makes driving there almost as enjoyable as what you do" after you arrive. 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