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Show tV jjj( Mirc .WJSSUtJ' 4., , 31 1938 f THE WEEKLY REFLEX PAGE THRE2S ' Very Smart New Fashions oiv to Be a Social Success With Balloons ! ! STAR 5 it DUST 1 Movie Radio J A By A VIRGINIA VALE YOU have read Damon IFRunyons short stories and roared over them, or even if you havent, mark down A Slight Case of Murder as a picture that will make yoirr laugh until you ache all over. j You may think it improbable and Incongruous that f uir corpses could rouse you to such hilarity, but these are .character that would be disposed of witht tears In any picture. The inspired casting of the picture is hat mnkes it such fun, for Edward G. Robinson plays a comic gangster. Instead of the domineering, swaggering, ruthless menace that he has played so often and so well, he plays here a blundering mugg who just isnt quite bright. y- - jasinmniiPrfrAA r fc Richard Himber gave a rarty for Kay Thompson. Lou Holtz, and the on his radio rest of the program and ever since the CBS studios have looked like a meeting of the Society of Amateur Magi cians. Himber did card tricks at these games at your next vy trty! Above: Balloon juggle, in-- I player places his mouth of a milk bottle. Wn signal they walk at rapid The player be Sit oss the room. 'Pact it 1 o first covers the distance 's theta; losing his balloon. n hert? Balloon basketball. Place basket or inverted lamp mingtt,,, Puffier lor i an object five or six feet iach end of the room. Select rs bal-o- n each the 1 sars latest Jideryoci lety embni ated; ! embroidn I players. Each team its goal. At a bats a balloon into to their each player-trie- s nto the opponents basket ips of isket as sig-play- er breaking the balloon or to touch the floor is pairing; bj, cessorits.Fi A HOUSE dress with long slcn- der lines, a dress and apron for little girls, and a popular bolero frock for slim young figures! You will certainly want one of these, and more likely will ant all three. With each pattern, you receive a complete and detailed sew chart specially planned to help beginners, so that the making will be easy, and save you money besides. Popular Bolero Frock. Make it up of silk crepe or a pretty print, and see how expen- - per-tdis-- t . i to readta ad address "I tell you he's mine, and I'm coin prefer Spears, iiicago. going to have him. r Red-tai- srnment THORNTON W. BURGESS i nothing so bad that tt couldn't r ental hsct States bH executiTt bs wotse, as old as the j saying k Peter Rabbit, he's s true. he'll tell you I of the Pr hills. proved that tl 1 5. a story of thrills. lee, Peter has thrills almost He has grown so rery day. tfl them that a day that didn't him at least one thrill, a real. rj thrill, like reaching the dear U e appoints! ith the coor abinet ofia Briar Patch only one of Reddy Fox, would i two seta': jump seem there was something wrong 1 But of all the thrills Peter had perhaps the greatest was he sat under the pile of brush Green Forest, while just Reddy Fox, Granny Fox, Man Coyote, and Redtail the There he was far from the safe Old Briar Patch and and watching were four of ungriest and fiercest of Peters ies. It would have been bad to have had one waiting and kmg, but here were four! Peter d a tight place. Yes. sir, r Rabbit was in as tight a place rer he had been in all his life.' Peter isnt the kind to worry he has to. He was so thankful icape under the pile of brush d tation is tioned oa on. lip of die ho two yean, the ro out-we- senate yean EG!?; PEP noth .Ml ptrua.Licit und, i ika snarled Reddy. "No such thing!" retorted "He belongs to the one who catches him, and that is going to be me. Then Peter heard a new voice. It was smooth and Peter knew it right away. It was the voice of Old Man Coyote. Peter stopped chuckling and listened as hard as ever he could, for he is more afraid of Old Man Coyote than of all three of the others together. He is very crafty and has an oily tongue, has Old Man Coyote. "Friends, said he, and Feter pricked up his ears, for he knew that Reddy and Granny Fox hated Old Man Coyote. "Friends, what is the use of quarreling over something none of us has got?" he asked. "Peter Rabbit is safe now, but he cant stay in this brush pile forever. Let us think of a plan to get him when he comes out. Instead of fighting, why not try a plan which will give one of us a good rabbit dinner." Reddy and Granny Fox looked at Old Man Coyote suspiciously, but as they were afraid of him anyway, and as they could see nothing to lose, they agreed. Redtail the Hawk thought it over and at last he agreed, too. And so a plan was made to catch poor Peter Rabbit. a' qoep OOtOM re 1 alia Un!') irtattCaOH) iijmiao o theta, I that he didn't waste any time worrying over how he was to get away from there. He just worked h.s way under the very thickest part of the brush and there he sat trjing to get his breath, for he had lost it in that last hard run for safety with Reddy Fox at his heels. Granny Fox he hadn't seen at all, nor Old Man Coyote. It wasnt that he knew that they were around. He had heard the swish of Redtails wings just as he wriggled under the brush, and he knew what that meant, for he had heard it before. Presently Peter began to chuckle. You wouldnt suppose he could have found anything to chuckle about when he was in such a tight place, would you? But he did. The fact there was a quarrel. going on outside that heap of brush, and Peter heard it Reddy Fox was is, calling Redtail the Hawk all the bad names he could think of. and Granny Fox was helping him. "If it hadnt been for you Id have caught him! snarled Reddy. "No such thing! screamed "You weren't within two jumps of him. Besides, he didnt belong to you, anyway. I had just as muCh right to him as you had. Red-tai- L T. W. Burgess pouM m- WNU Service. Sunny Sun Suit ! rtaxhn. IIo tv to Utilize Everyone Mahes By BETTY WELLS So many, of us homemakers have brainstorms in buying every now and then that we may be heartened by this story of the lady who bought a pair of bedspreads. problem Oh, they were pretty enough with a bow-kno- t design tn chenille so before Mrs. Martin could say "better not they were bought and paid for. It was their color, you see, that was the problem natural back- - m- AMAZE A MINUTE ' Titus B ff M-G-- )Wo-;.hnu- te IOGRAPIHES l1LUAM O. DOUGLAS e an who heads the Securi-- 7fkange commission has one stock market f trans-fahULf- e. That was in 1928. yala!le money, but quit the Pressed with the hazards L culation. U4ni 0. Douglas was born in Maine, Minn., the son of a Presbyterian minister. His father died before young Douglas was six. and Wash. the family moved to Yakima, college Whitman In 1916 he entered at Walla Walla with one spare shirt and a. second hand bicycle, emergwith a Phi Beta ing four years later an degree. and AR Kappa key to study law funds Working for on an in$500 lost he in the East, 'then went to surance agency and backfinancial without New York cents In his six with ing, arriving the aid of a pocket- .- By existing j I Lou Holts his party. Not, to be outdone, Lou Holtz learned to pick watches out of the air. Kay Thompson is specializing In those old scarf tricka where one small handkerchief torn to bits turns into yards and yards of scarfs. vari-colore- She was audacious with accessories. ground with chenille design in brown and rust. When she put them on the twin maple beds in her room the result was nothing to brag about. The walls were cream color and. with the brown and natural tones of both spread; and furniture, the whole efTect was along toward dull But Mrs. Martin was not to be stumped, so that bedroom turned out to be unusual, sedate, and a little on the masculine side which she claims, is as it should be since it is her husbands room too. She chose a deep woodsy green for her rug. and painted the w.alli of the room a cool light green as a com plement. At the four casement windows she curtains of brown placed draw-typ- e linen edged with beige chenille. A slipper chair she covered with a slip cover made out of an old bedspread which was simply covered with bands of chenille in natural beige. A pillow for the chair was covered with a hooked slip she made herself, copying the lovely designs of the bedspreads in natural, brown and rust yarns Accessories might have proved a problem if Mra. Martin had not been audacious for it occurred to her that there was no law that forbade her using brass in a bedroom so her lamp bases are of brass. A little maple table beside the chair has a large brass tray for decoration and brass bowls on the window sills hold flowers and, in winter. small green plant. The whole ,,eff?ct Jsasp!easing as can be and as this smart lady says "Ail because I bought foolish' ly but planned wisely! er ot lce When you hear the Radio Rubes singing old ballads from all parts of the country, you can be sure the songs are authentic. Mountain music and old Southern ditties are the special hobby of Eddie Smith and Luke Davia of the quintet who come from North Carolina. Zeb Turney, who la the Rubea announcer, was brought up on the Western plains. He knew a big repertoire of cowboy tongs when he was just a youngster. 7 fraternity brother and preparing a correspondence course in law Mr. hard-heade- d fir" ( ' By the time Universal gets around to making their first picture starring Charlie McCarthy, Shirley Temple may be old enough to play the leading role. First Irene Dunne was supposed to play the lead. Then Margaret Sullavan was engaged. Now the latest word is that Andrea Leeds, the pretty heroine of "The Goldwyn Follies," is going to have the fun of making the picture. A General Quiz 1. Which of our states has only three counties? 2. What is the record made in the major baseball leagues for circling the bases? 3. When was paper money first issued in this country? 4. Why is the stage referred to as the legitimate stage? 5. Were any decisive battles fought on German soil during the World war? 6. Is the new San Francisco-Oaklan- d bridge high enough to permit all boats to pass under it? 7. In the expression, "Poor as Jobs turkey," is the Job of the Old Testament meant? 8. Was Edward Everett Hale related to Nathan Hale, the patriot of the Revolution? 9. IIow many parts of speech are there? 10. What part of what state Is farther north than any other in the Union? Thlslstnebnhe prettiest' after- noon dresses you could choose for this spring. Dress and Apron for Tots. Your little girl will be so proud of having this apron to put on over her best dress when she plays house! And the square-neckedress is adorable. You can make the two of them in no time. For the dress, choose dimity or organdy for dress-up- ; gingham or percale for every day. Dimity or lawn for the apron., , House Dress for Large Figures. This is such a becoming, comdress to fortable, work in, round the house. The lines are so straight and unhampering, and pleats in the short sleeves give plenty of room for stretching and reaching. It takes inches off the figure, too. Make it up in seersucker, gingham, linen or percale printed in small designs. heart-shape- d pufT-sleeve- soft-hearte- d, d good-lookin- The g Patterns, 1478 is designed for sizes 14, 18, 18, 20, 40 and 42. Size 16 requires 6i yards of 39-in- ch material. designed for sizes 2, 4, 6, 1468 is years. Size 4 requires 1 yards material for the dress, with 6 yards of narrow ribbon to trim and 1 yard wider ribbon for the belt. Size 4 requires ! yard of material for the apron, 8 of 35-in- ch 35-ka- and 2'A yards of ruffling. 1476 is designed for sizes 36, 38. 40. 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 requires 5 yards of al The Answer without nap. 1. The state of Delaware has Spring-SummPattern Book. only three counties. It has only 15 cents for the Barbara Send one city (Wilmington) with a popBell Spring and Summer Pattern ulation of over 100,000. 2. The recognized record for cir- Book which is now ready. It contains 109 attractive, practical and cling the bases is 13.4 seconds, made by Evar Swanson of the becoming designs. The Barbara Cincinnati Reds, September 15, Bell patterns are well planned, accurately cut and easy to follow. 1929. rt 3. In 1690 by the Massachusetts Each pattern includes a which even enables a to beginner iswas Bay colony. It gradually cut and own make her clothes. sued by other colonies until in Send your order to The Sewing general use by all. 4. It is so called in the sense of Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New its being normal, regular, con- Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, formable to a recognized standard Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) eaehr type. e Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. 35-in- ch mi-teri- er sew-cha- 5. No. 6. The vertical clearance at the center of the bridge is 220 feet Rudy Vallee, who from time to above mean high water, so boats time geta into battle with news pho- can easily pass under it. turned tographers, 7. As turkey is American by orirecently gin, it seems incorrect to associand helped them get ate this Jobwith theancient Hesome picture of brew.' Poor, of course, refers to a Bing Crosby. Bing thin and weak fowl, not to the flatly refuses to pose lack of money. fir news picture 8. He was his grandnephew. Ed before or after his ward Everett Hales father, Nabroadcasts. He usuthan Hale, was a nephew of the ally wears an old Nathan Hale who was hanged by sweater or a shirt the British as an American spy. What a difference good bowel open at the neck 9. Eight: Nouns; pronouns, adand he ia afraid that habits Can make! To keep food jectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositoo much attention wastes soft and moving, many tions, conjunctions and interjecmight be called to doctors recommend Nujol tions. his informal attire. Bing's love for 10. Lake of the Woods county, o:i Ge;ui;:E real Maine lobsters was hi down falL A friend had shipped some to Minnesota. Vallee and he offered to share them with Bing only if he would pose for 1 pictures when th e presen tati on took lifeVAY place. d insist ODDS AOE. Darken Cajuor moved Into Janet dressing toon mL. national studio to ilart work oh a new picture, the only personal furnishing the brought along were lot and lot of 'photograph of Tyrone Power . . . Only a few day bo fore Tyrone had confided to Leila llyamt that ha wa I ha only motion-pictur- e ttar he ever wrote a fan letter to . . . Child labor law Hand in tha way of Bobby Breen personal appearance in tom cities. So at not to fan, ha ttand in the lobby and greet the customer wherever he it not ellowed to eppeer on the itage . . . IT eyne Morris he named hi new police dog " Kid Galahad" , C Western Newspaper Uni the Douglas got through Columbia university law school .and rose rapidly. He entered private practice upon graduation but was soon asked to join Columbias law faculty. Thus he started a teaching career which led to the government appointment last November. Wall street is suspicious of him. westI Mr. Douglas is a erner and has introduced reform propoials that give financial experts ' the "jitters. d Metro-Goldwya-Ma- ;CBz.Pe(ty.,Wtl)-WNUSrrv-- joatch, O he bow-kn- Leatrice Joy Gilbert, daughter of Leatrice Joy and the Ute John GIL bertr.vmakex.ber...creen debut in "Of Unman Hearts.. Here she la wearing a gay linen print sun suitwith white linen sandals to Jlsk Me Another Robert Benchley, whose short film comedies have been such a auroras, will soon be launched on a radio program of his own. The Stroud twins will stay' with the program through June 19, and Frank Morgan has cancelled a vacation trip to Europe because fans wrote and urged that he bo kept on the "Good News" hour. low-post- eif , Silly Purchases l. sive, how flattering, it looks! The short bolero and wide shoulders make the slim lines of the frock even more graceful. Notice how cleverly the dress is shirred into the front panel at the waistline. Selznick-lnte- r a. teM 0m wijoi MiM) a FHVIE 31lnu. fw TOttJIHL Leave and WRONG? Wall, yaa no. The arithmetic ol you r school day taught that "If Mary had hvs dollars and apant two . . . thraa dollars remained. But that ia mathematic not ahopplngi la managing a horn . . , guarding a limited family inoom weve simply got to do better than Mary did V.e mnat sharpen our buying wits . . . ascertain where the dollars of extra value lurk . . . toko five dollars to town and get much more for the money spent fortunately, there are guides right at hand the odrart m- ... erer-wiHi- nj oment e in thie newspaper. Advertised merchandise ia often exceptional value merchandise. It makes dollars |