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Show i 237 Madison Ave., New York 16, N. March 28, 1954 -- v - - Y. - . ... Leonard S. Davidow, Publisher Ben Kartman, Assistant to the Publisher Walter 0. Osborne, Managing Editor Dorothy Woolf, Associate Editor Melanie De Proff, Food Editor Malcojm J. Fleming, Production Director ' V t A . , I Proof that nations can work together in harmony is presented War in Richard Halvorsen's "One-Worlon Crime," a gripping story by a top reporter on how the police of different countries cooperate in an international dragnet.' It appears on page 4 . . . "Thy Licked the Nurse Shortage" (page 3 ) tells what the businessmen of Allentown, Pa., did wben they discovered what was keeping girls from entering . nursing schools. . . . By prolonging life, antibiotics mean more people in the world to feed. Farmers are finding the miracle drugs also mean more 'food for those people. The story, "Good News for You From the Food Front," is on page 11. IN THIS ISSUE . . . d v jv AVI , :F--'H- fcV'- 1 : (JJ as jusr , i 1 iruAMs.vAq... 0 CONTENTS 1 J 1 . . . THE MONOTONE was ruining the effect of the whole Junior choir. Even the choir director seemeddistraught. "Bringing in the sheaves' sang the shrill little voices, but monotone dragged his the mi . rm, i, sneaves aiong nan a ucau behind all the rest of the singers. sunshine latticed the The Sunday-morniwall and wrapped itself around the white surplices. The little girl on the end wore a smudge of lipO of her The a round stick and pony tail. mouth was echoed by the fat small face beside her, whose black bangs almost met d the glasses. The freckled boy in the third row mouthed the words, but his lethargic gaze lay on a fly crawling on a pigtail next door. The pigtails quivered a bit with the intensity of sheave bearing, The choir director was young, too, and earnest and laboring. Perspiration lay like raindrops on his exalted nose and across the downy tremble of his lips, hissing the next line at the choir. in a futile effort The organist to keep from submerging the whispery, silvery voices. The stiff collar was a continual irritation to damp throats; here and there a shoe wandered idly up and down a trouser leg, and the notes rose and fell. And the monotone sang as loud as all the rest and never knew he was alone. I i in 1 M ng stiff-starch- self-conscio- us thick-rimme- -- soft-pedal- ed ed cheek bulged ; the model child was angelic; the earnest child was devout, and a boy in the back row squirmed. The anxious mothers, proud fathers, and indulgent neighbors sat stiff and still as the wooden pews. A fretful baby was hushed into gum-fu- ll submission. The young voicesgathered themselves for a final burst of "amens," and the sun warmed the cup of the room. Somehow the choir director managed by sheer will power to bring the voices all together at the last chord. All but the monotone. His sheaves were gathered last, and his "amen" thudded into the solemn stillness of the moment after. The choir director winced; a sigh of sympathetic amusement rustled across the congregation, but the monotone was blissfully unaware. His unruly hair perched triumphantly above his pink forehead. His lopsided smile gaped wide between the vacant lots where teeth had been and were to be. He needs no pity. He never knew his voice was a travesty of melody. He never knew he couldn't sing a note. The indiscriminate sun gilded him with all the rest and perhaps ears. And he rested longer on his was supremely happy. It's just possible that God in his infinite tenderness could love a humble monotone fuzz-edg- THEY LICKED THE NURSE SHORTAGE MARCH 28. 1954 . . 3 . WAR ON CRIME ONE-WORL- D by Richard MEATLESS MEALS GOOD NEWS THE 4 Halvorstfn CAN BE ..... WONDERFUL ... FOR YOU FROM FOOD FRONT by Arthur Myrhoff 11 ( YOU CAN MAKE ROOMFOR A HOME WORKSHOP. . ... 12 A DAY WITH A KITE AND THE KIDS 13 HOT RODDING U . ... by Jerry Kein SPEED 4- - SAFETY by M. Robert Wolhon CROSSWORD PUZZLE - .... ... FAMILY WEEKLY PATTERN . . 15 1 . 5 March winds mean kites and kites mean fun for the whole family. Our cover portrays a typical view of this popular pastime, while on page 13 you may read how three kids tell their THE COVER: ed i pi13 well-know- father best of all. Black n to go fly his kite. star photograph. Address all advertising communications to John 237 Madison AveGilmer, Advertising Manager, ' nue, New York 14 N. Y. Name and descriptions of all character in fiction stories and articles in thit magazine are wholly imoginary. Any nam that happens to be the some as that of any person, living or dead, it entirely coincidental.! Content COPYRIGHTED 1924, by family Weekly Mogazine, Inc. All right reserved. semi-fiction FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE . |