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Show BEAVER PRESS " ' r I 1 'WayBackWhen By STAR DUST OUR COMIC SECTION JEANNE A Events MATISSE, one of the of modern French artists, whose works now sell for hundreds of thousands of francs, might have been a commonplace lawyer had not Fate stepped in when she did. He was born in a small town in Picardy in 1869, son of a wheat dealer. His childhood was uneventful and he became a lawyer's apprentice. Then, Fate came along with an attack of appendicitis HENRI m i In of Lives which left him an invalid for many months. In order to keep occupied while convalescing, he took up painting; and it proved so fascinating that he never opened another law book. Matisse's first paintings, In the early 1900s, brought but a few CtUn quart milk Ice cream pauKane had to wait two long FANS for the Marx il I wNf to strawbtrry late' flavor) mo,1'..i Add milk very cream powder J Broth- . place in freezer alV: ers' new picture, "A Day at the Races," but it was well can (use 8 !' mm i ( Men 1 VIRGINIA VALE By rm rrrT vw r ir t n the in Little h T- Radio J Movie LAWYER'S AI'I'RKNTICE AKTIST WAS tCLVOrU worth waiting for. It is almost too funny, the laughs coming in such quick succession that you are still shouting over one comic scene when the next hits you. . This picture tops their previous masterpieces of hilarity by several lengths. Groucho is, as usual, the wise guy but when he goes to the race track he is a gullible customer for Chico's sales talk on tips on the races. Chico performs one of those piano solos that makes enough tough little boys want to become piano virtuosos so they can copy his tricks. And Harpo is even greater than usuaL He talks in pantomime only at great length, and it is a toss-u- p whether his pantomime or Chico's efforts to translate it into words is funnier. salt). Turn then rapidly til frozen. cream. Anv nf making L and cream Jf' 0D iltJ !i He and the group with francs. which he associated himself, all famous now, were called "the wild beasts" because of their mad style. Their paintings outraged conservatives of the art world. Matisse was accused of willful eccentricity, senseless disregard of nature, and a deliberate intent to advertise himself. His paintings were refused exhibition space in many galleries, but slowly he built recognition for his work. In 1927, his "Fruits and Flowers" won first prize in the Carnegie International exhibition. 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B"r rhui rt threw heard? o is JepU' tool 'V ar'"" '"' you i" s ODDS "Haven't rcit SdlUi A St NEWEST LAKE'S SALT 2SO Directions The Boss (smiling) On the way to Lmith 4 Sons you will pass a baseball field and Office Boy (hopefully) Yes, sir? The Boss (still smiling) Well, pass it. Boys' Life. ilelai 0m b. ati ' I R. ft Everybody would like to have an employer like Walter Vange-- . He thinks that every workman ought to have three months a year in which to get away from his job. His hired help are supposed to relas and seek new impressions but Joan Bennett, Sylvia Sidney, and Henry Fonda are all going on the stage during their vacations, Madeleine Carroll is going yachting off the coast of Great Britain, Charle Boyer and Pat Patterson are going to France to make a picture. Any time Henry Fonda and Gory Cooper want to stop acting and open traveling art ex hibit, they havt plenty of lucrative offers. Both are candid camera fans, and when they have a few minutes It;, sure between scenes they stroll around whatever studic they are working in ar.d snap pictures of players off guard. "'wifufitOit They have some fine Gary Cooper snaps cf stars snooz ing in chairs, of directors watching scenes with obvious disgust, of roglaring at each umer Delwei n scenes. But the j v.on't sell Uiem! jar cuit packer for the National Biscuit company. None of her jobs lasted long, for her eyes were always on the stage. She sang occasionally in cabarets and finally got a job through Ziegfeid in the chorus of "Sally." Dissatisfied, she quit, and Billy Rose hired her to sing in his Backstage club That was Helen Morgan's lucky chance. The Backstage club was so small that she was forced to sit on the piano! Most of us would consider it a disadvantage, and perhaps she did, too. But the public was interested; she became a sensation, and speedily rose to fame. Musical comedies and motion pictures starred her, and soon she was NEEDS THE TUNCH singing in a night club named for her, at a salary of $Ir00 per week. Today she Is known the world over. Perhaps, if Helen Morgan had not had to sit on the piano in the Backstage club, she would never have risen to stardom. Perhaps, she would have sung comparatively unknown for a couple of years, and Cone back to manicuring or biscuit "Do you think he'll ever go packing. But, remember, she had ahead?" something worth delivering when "Not till he gets a good backing she sat on that piano. up." V.NU Service. Pact D. Dept. A, 41 So. Main picture producers have just about given up hope of interesting their public in Shakespeare, but broadcasting companies have decid- ed the bard's stirring lines are just what the public wants. John Barry-more'- s NBC program has proved a tremendous success since the first Monday night a few weeks ago when he presented a foreshortened version of "Hamlet." For its competing hour, Columbia has signed up an impressive array of talent. milM Nv to ylv Motion VOU control So 1 best-dress- we are inclined to give credit to chance or luck in analyzing the success of 1 pictures world's USUALLY .47 ;futhe :?ei ti creaZ,, cup Zasu Pitts PACKER prominent people, forgetting that without the talent to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity they could not have risen. Helen Morgan's sudden rise to fame is an example. Born in Danville, Illinois, her fattier died when she was very young, leaving Helen Morgan and her mother practically penniless. When she was five years old, paint thrown by another child partially blinded her, and she had to spend a full year in a dark room. She sang to herself to pass the long dark hours and later she sang in a church choir in Chicago. There, she worked as a manicurist, a waitress, a comptometer operator, and a model. She was a ribbon clerk at Marshall Field's department store and a bis- - pla r 2 cups cups milk n, InT; long enough to appear on an air regularly. Putting t h i i program together Is a job for a magician, for while Zasu is always a comedienne to her public, at home she Is just the c A . pro-gra- m if ilpany 1 con: fii 1 CTAC Cent substituted ipe: 1 quart Planned for fall is a household hints program starring Zasu Pitts, if she can ever stop 13 11 slowly -- k. p tMf - ,TMl - 0 |