Show WHO'S A NEWS H R. R THIS THISBy WEEK By LEMUEL F. F PARTON T EW In YORK YORK In Indianola Iowa NEW the only member of the Mullican Multi Mull can family who stayed that way was Doc Mullican the Only Doc town dentist One Mullican of his daughters married and the Stayed Put Pat four others became became became be be- came the Lane sisters of Hollywood Had he lived a few months longer the father would have witnessed the fue grand slam success of three of the girls Priscilla Rosemary and Lola in the new film Four Daughters The home background of the Lane girls is such that it suggests Meg Beth Jo and Amy these antecedents antecedents dents somehow easing casing into the picture picture picture pic pic- ture to the delight of the audience and the fue quite unrestrained enthusiasm of the critics It is too bad that Leota couldn't have been the fourth daughter thIs daughter this without disparagement disparagement dis dis- of Gale Page who gets a full share of honors Leota is aiming at the Metropolitan and is isnow isnow isnow now studying at the Juilliard School of or Music The only sources of excitement in Indianola 21 miles south of Des DesMoines DesMoines Moines on the Rock Island were the 3 15 train and the Methodist col col- lege The Mullican girls all nIl musically musically musically musi musi- cally gifted and all good looking became locally famous for their home musicales and their party stunts Lola eldest of the four met Gus Edwards away out on the kerosene circuit 18 miles Lola Leads from Indianola Trek to She S h e persuaded U hi to give he her a Holl Hollywood y wood tryout That led to toa toa a vaudeville engagement and later to Hollywood It was Edwards who I tagged her Lola Lane Leota moved out next also in vaudeville while Pr Priscilla and Rosemary were still in school But at the fue ages of 14 and 16 respectively the fue two latter rounded out the quartette In Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood in Varsity Show They have a grand house showy cars silks and sables and what not in the Hollywood routine routine but but their public doesn't begrudge them their slice of the American dream as long as they fuey so faithfully portray its Little Women of poignant mem mem- ory Four Daughters of modest production production production pro pro- cost was quietly unveiled without any fuss whatsoever Critics Critics Critics Crit Crit- ics headline it as a sensational su success The l lesson seems to be that the picture moguls downhearted ed about the business and ready to spend until it hurts are overlooking the pulling power of not necessarily expensive taste simplicity and sound dramatic craftsmanship In lieu of a n m million dollars I TF F IT hasn't already happened It ItA itIs itis A is pretty nearly a certainty that someone will give Commodore RobI Robere Robert Rob Rob- I ert ere B. B Irving master of the Queen Mary a pipe for I Master of breaking the At- At Queen Mary Ian antic lantic tic speed rec- rec o ord fd- fd d. d He Hc collects Likas Lik Likes as Pipes Pipe r pipes and smokes I them alm almost st c constantly y and tant occasions in his life are usually signalized by the ceremonious presentation presentation presentation pre pre- pre pre- of a BBB Best Best British Br Briar which Briar which type of pipes features feat res his collection of several hundred The tall smiling wind sun tanned skipper is a border Scotsman Scotsman Scotsman Scots Scots- man of Kirtlebridge 51 l years old a sailing man for 47 years 35 years with the Cunard line barring time out for war service He is deliberate friendly chatty and going easy-going the last man in the world to pose for the portrait of a speed demon Next to pipes his hobby is collecting carvings of at mini miniature min min- i elephants The son of at a retired army colonel with no seafaring folk anywhere in his line he went to sea at 12 1 on the school chool ship Conway and at 14 shipped on a master four-master around the horn to San Francisco He joined the Cunard line as fourth officer His first command was the Venno- Venno nia and later he was master of many of the crack ships of the line Including the Lusitania In 1914 and the AquItania In his native Kirtlebridge he lives in a house built in 1770 tramps through his 1500 acres of copse and moors works in his garden and I raises spaniels As one who has ranged the world through nearly I half hall a century he is happiest when headed homeward for there he hc is the kilted killed chief of the ancient Irving Irving irvIne Irv irv- ing Ine clan and there his heart is D Consolidated News Features Service |