| Show tvuctions Evitake Sho p Ito :citing entuze ge-r- ig t Women Rule Supreme Women have been 4 tr- Ir fighting 3e for supremacyand dominance for a long time and one place where they'have achieved their goal is in an auction room Note the picture at the right There are a few men present but they're merely accessories before during and after the fact of the sale In the photo below two women plot tactics and strats egy—or maybe they're figuring how high they ought to bid on the next item up for sale No matter how they do It—by plotting or by bold forceful moves—the "weaker" sex finds its strength in these surroundings Auctions are exciting Pic- ture at the right shows the multitude of objects offered for sale—ranging from salt and pepper shakers up to and including living room rugs and furniture But it takes a determined man to beat the "No Man's Land" is in auction room This flat statement is made after carefully considering such other likely places as the open area between enemy trenches a nylon line and a bridge luncheon Attending auctions is one of the most popular of feminine daytimesports and for three good reasons: First it gives a woman an unequaled opportunity to rummage and browse I among odds and ends second It puts her in direct and keen corn- petition with other women and third it satisfies the craving to get "something for nothing" One Dominant Man Any time a woman has three good reasons for doing something—let the man beware The only dominant masculine personality at an auction is the auctioneer Other males find are to get within unable they shouting distance of the main table and consequently the only things they buy at auctions are those on which there are no women bidders Auction-goer- s are much like other people until they get in the auction 'room Then the habitue's face gets the same glow noticed in Brooklyn when the Dodgers are winning It affects young smartly dressed matrons who hope to pick up antiques or the housewife looking for a bargain in dishes Like Caeserts Gaul women who attend auctions maya be divided into three parts: the those looking for a "regulars"item and the "Just specific ( V V 4 sk I te'1 ie "211000§51' r ' or-- ' women S 1r1'12 dV All are easily iden- - curious" The "regular" is up close to the auctioneer She's usually the owner of or the buyer for an antique shop or a small general merchandise store She knows what she wants and how much she's willing to pay She rarely voices her bid—as the auctioneer barks off the rising figure she either blinks her eyes or nods her head to show that she'll pay the price When her limit is reached there's a short sharp nod from east to west and that's that Housewives who come in looking for a certain item—a rug a platter a foot stool are susceptible to the other wares "You know how it is" one of them said "you just can't stand around and not buy anything" In the "curious" group you visitors women find who have acompanied their husbands to Salt Lake on business While John's at a meeting Jane's killing time at an auction Others seem to derive great satisfaction just watching and commenting: "Yes that was a good buy' or "Oh that fool The vase wasn't worth a dollar Did you see the chip in the side?" Quick Decisions The action is spirited and there's no time for lengthy de CifliOnS As soon as the object Is held up you must decide whether you can use a chipped cloisorme vase whether that platter will match turkey-siz- e your other dishes or how you can repair that lamp Then it's outjust a question of not being aucbid and of making sure the tioneer sees you nod or hears your offer There are the familiar jokes which everyone expects but which manage to draw a smile from even the grimmest bidder "Here's a genu-win- e imitation marble pedestal" or "Look at this fine pitcher It may have a few extra cuts but it's CUT glass isn't it?" When a bid seems final and too low the auctioneer's voice goes up the scale like a child's piano lesson "Only three and a half for this electric clock?" starts at his shoe laces and ends at Continued on Following Page ' - cut-gla- out-of-to- - ss 0 I 1 i ho't11 e?It 'sws IP rld TREMENDOUS VARIETY 4 7 ae - There's a Book For Everyone 0 THIN MINTS Choco kite covered mint potties with delightful mint flavorecicream ters By BIAUDE ROBINSON Tribune Literary Editor O McIntyre's famous Charles B Driscoll inherited' column and is known country-wid- e for his syndicated trenchant comment on life and affairs Just out is "Country Jake" the second in a trilogy which is to be his biography The first told the tale of his father "Kansas Irish" The present book goes back to his own boyhood on a Kansas farm and the years that shaped his future He has written lectured and done radio Devoted to pirates and buried treasure he has flown over jungles and oceans in search the American stage with SRO of story material his book rep- signs for everyone and which resents the longings and strugrang up the biggest gross at the gles of midwestern youth espe- box offices Here's the list: "Uncle Tom's daily for an education The cour- age with which he made his Cabin" "East Lynne" "The Two come dream true after he and a Orphans" "The Old Homestead" brother were left alone to run "nip Van Winkle" "The Man the farm is an inspiring thread From Home" "Peg o My Heart" through his readable story "Lightnin'" "The Bat" "Able's ("Country Jake by Charles B Irish Rose" "Tobacco Road" Driscoll MacMillan Co New "Life With Father" "Arsenic and York) Old Lace" "Oklahoma SurRemember the box prised? office is the last frontier—and it Night Climb never lies "The Most Successful Plays of the American Stage" Outdoorsmen' will find thrillGarden City Publishing Co) ing Frank Harpers "Night Climb" Ostensibly a fictionized account of the exploits of the Horses and Americans colorful lOth mountain division e which trained at Camp Hale Here Is a new ediColo until they were a fabuloustion of Phil stong's "Horses and n Americans" This ly skillful company of skiers and Iowa author ("State Fair") has climbers the author deals with done a colorful and fascinating the exploits of half a dozen men Afterward he takes the story to story of the horse's role in the Italy where the 10th dumbfound country's development Its illused the Nazis by Impossible mountrations by Kurt Wiese reprotain exploits The narrative style ductions of old prints and modIs excellent and vivid ern photographs point up the "Night Climb" by Frank Harper Long-mastory from early Spanish conGreen & Co New York) querors through New England the south overland mail Pony Plant Magic Express and Conestoga wagon trails Mr Stong has made immense research and produced Put forth in plain words for the layman in "Plant Magic" something all horse lovers will is the explanation of how nacherish and even auto owners ture creates new plant species regard nostalgically (Garden and what we know about it City Publishing Co) James P Haworth the author has a wealth of experience Weegee's People through travel and scientific rewho has been dubbed Weegee search Plant experimentation by those who know "An O has been his hobby for 25 years Henry with a camera" has He confides all the latest secrets caught a lot more of New York in the fascinating work of makand its streets and people in his a do otherwise than ing plant book "Weegee's People" latest It intended (Binton' and Marts This immiPortland Ore) grant boy who is now one of New York's most famous phoStage Flays tographers roams its streets which he loves making lasting There have been anthologies of plays before this They were pictures of all sections of metroFrom opera and politan life plays the compilers thought the night clubs to Harlem and the population should like Now arrives Bennett Cerf and Van H Bowery—to street life in the Cartmell with a book of plays gutter and romance in Central that said population picked out park he bends all his talent and itself There are 14 of the most imagination (Duel' Sloane & successful dramas ever seen on Pearce Inc New York) FRUITS AND NUTS fro 7 a - Cherry cordials roasted almonds and other chocolate covered nuts and fruits (1 lb gift pkg) a !:!!!!!!!!747 s MINIATURE CHOCOLATES Dainty chocolates — delicious variety in handsome 1 lb package '4f 7 I 071 '01 family of fal ous can les 011 17 !'511:::"1 ORANGE STICKS ii4tILL141-A- 4':::-414- I Dainty chocolate covered candy sticks with delicious orange marmalade centers 771 7 77--r--- ' '16 tt Jr low-pric- well-know- e14 4 - MAYFAIR Beautiful gift box of light ns rbe Siatt gnice Trribunt Sunday Dec 15 1946 1 and dark °rites CI chocolate km and 2 lb sizes) 77 t I 1t RENOWA '1 -- - assortment of America's fidest chocolates (1 cad 2 lb sizes) Famous - it!) 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