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Show THE BULLETIN Star liust if Cottons Take on Importance In l' Wardrobe 'Back-to-Schoo- it ADVENTURERS' CLUB Doctor lie Shall Be! By CIIERIE MC1TOLAS HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! Tot's Shyness May Result in Backwardness Not Tempting Fate? Bergen Takes Horse I Ily Virginia Vale O WISE HANDLING plan under way THERE'S adramatic radio necessary to eliminate hand- offerings may reach the icap of constant embarrass' screen, with you, the public, ment. Parents should assist selecting them. youngsters to rise above Radio Guild Productions, timidity and nc, of Hollywood, is behind to enjoy social life. it. The idea is that monthly contests will be held, the contestants writing to headquar- - By MARGARET CONN BJIOADS ers and giving their reasons WE ALL realize that the child and constantly emor thinking that certain pro barrassed is shy bashfulness has a by should be screened. No se- "Wild Night Afloat" EVERYBODY: know, sometimes Old Lady Adventure puts you through the paces in a second or two, and then lets up on you. I've told you boys and girls a couple of yarns, at least, that didn't last more than five or six seconds at the most. But there are also times when the old girl with the thrill bag seems to take delight in teasing her victims, as a cat would tease a mouse tossing one bit of hard luck after another at them, until she has them worn down and ready to quit. Floyd Smith of Chicago could tell you a yarn like that. A tale of terror for hours on end. And as a matter of fact, Floyd will tell you that story. For we've got him here with us at the Adventurers' campfire tonight and he's all ready to go. It's a story of the World war and, incidentally, Floyd wants me to announce that if any of the three fellows who HELLO went through it with him thould read thii story well he sure hopes line. theyD drop him The scene of this yarn is Brest, France, where Floyd was attached to the U. S. naval air station. He was one of a crew of four on a speed boat the type of craft that is known as i gig in the navy and it was one day in August, 1018, that the gig and its crew was sent out for an battle with Old Lady Adventure. Men Ordered Taken Off Pensacola. was about eight o'clock in the evening when the officer of the day It brought their orders. The U. S. S. Pensacola had weighed anchor a short detail time before and was putting out to sea. Aboard her was a from the air station, which had been helping to unload the ship. They were to have been taken oil before the Pensacola sailed, but the orders had been mixed up, and there they were, getting a ride they were never intended to have. The gig's orders were to catch the Pensacola and take the men off. Says Floyd: "We took out after the ship, which was already In the narrow channel that leads from the bay to the open sea. In about II minutes we were a hundred yards astern ef the Fensa-colwhen suddenly our motor quit. Well It goes without saying that we did not catch the Fensacela. As lock weald have B the tide was going out, and It swept as rat to sea." The water out there was too deep for the anchor line, so they kept right on drifting. It was growing dark by that time, so no one ashore saw their predicament With no means to stop the boat from drifting, ever-prese- BBa. TlfflU WW JKJ m VdBunuBBBBl aGfWKB BUM lsnTCnnBT. m grams rials included. Just plays that are complete in one broadcast At the end of three months, the winning script would be adapted for the screen. Prizes will be awarded handicap that needs very wise han dling. Many times a parent can help a child to rise above this timidity and become happily sociable, delighting in personal contacts. 'June started out to be one of those little children who hide behind their mother's skirts at the approach of a stranger; her lips quiv ered if she were singled out for attention and she evsded the mailman and the milkman when they cam on their daily rounds." related. a mother before a group of parent students. "I determined that aha should never hear any of the family comment on her shyness. I also made up my mind to think of ways of helping the baby to overcome this handicap. I knew I should have to go very carefully along the way or I might make matters worse, but today June is such an unusually responsive child and meets people so easily that I feel my carefully laid plans were well worth while. "I began with the mailman as ho came each day. I allowed June to stick the stamp on my letter. This seemed such a big thing to herF Then, with the letter hi her hand to give the mailman, she forgot her fear and ran out to meet him. Ho helped me by not getting too friendly with her all at once. And hi much this .same simple way I acquainted June with the milkman and the grocery boy. I let her put the tickets in the milk bottles and let her set the bottles out That gave her an Interest In the man who delivered the milk. I would empty the grocery boy's basket and hand her tht empty container to give to him. Get Acquainted Gradually. "When guests came to the house I would ask her to open the door. She soon learned to ask them to be seated especially If their manner when they greeted her was not too familiar. Most little boys and girls like to get acquainted with a strange person gradually, but many older people are apt to gush over children, the moment they meet them. When June started for nursery school she wss somewhat afraid of the experience. But each morning I let her take some small gift to the teacher and her Joy in carrying the flower or the red apple or the cutout the contestants. Madge Evans, of movie fame, is sandwiching her honeymoon with Sidney Kingsley, the playwright in between performances at summer theaters. She's worked conscientiously and done well, but when she found all-nig- ht ' 15-m- a, ward DLANNING a robe for young 1939 sophisticates? Here's news of smart cottons, for cottons are gaining in style prestige. They are the more persuasive in that they are such grand and glorious washable successes, added to which they are durable as well as back-to-scho- ol smart True aristocrats among the newer fabrics are the fine shantung cottons and the highly mercerized poplins, both of which actually seem to improve with repeated laundering!, for the iron brings out the native luster of the cotton. FaQ prints are more subdued. The backgrounds are darker. .No wise mother chooses any print these days that is leu than perfectly waiha' ble, completely forized shrunk. "Wo were a hundred yards astern ef the Pensacola, when suddenly ear motor quit." those four lads worked frantically, trying to get the motor started again, but they only made matters worse. They ran the batter down and then they were left without lights. The Gig Drifts Slowly Out to Sea. to "By this time," says Floyd, "it was pitch dark and it had started we so drifted." to do but drift, was There nothing rain. And under that casual statement, there lies a world ef terror. Those four lads every one of them knew what It meant to drift out to sea. If they were lucky they might be picked up by a passing steamer. But on the ether hand, it was an too easy to drift unsighted for days on end, and finally perish of thirst and ,w tn 9 m " -Flavd nir.E u u bVUj IU1IU . "and then the sea besan . iavL ww to get rough and we really had something to worry about, for there were mine fields all about the entrance ox me naroor ana we ugurca we ama tvi minM wen moored 12 feet below the surface. j.im.4 swells bobbing us up and down, we stood a good chance but with the high of hitting one of them. We began holding our breaths." that was the About an hour later, they sighted a blinker light-a- nd more for panic. signal "It was too high to be on a ship," says Floyd, "so it must have been on a cliff. Were we going to be washed against this cliff? We an prepared for the worst We put on life preservers and let out the anchor. But the anchor didn't hold. The boat still drifted. see After a while we had drifted to a place where we could In were we the true that be It lights In the distance. Could Brest?" toward back channel, heading ,,-- VI 1 color-fa- and san- st For dress-up- , little girls win wear stunning cloque piques, fine linens, washable spun rayons and new crashes that resemble linens but are actually serviceable cotton. Another outstanding favorite is washable gabardine for school and for all autumn activities. Blouses, shorts, skirts, culottes in fact every conceivable type of garment for youthful wearers of both sexes who lead a strenuous outdoor life are showing in cotton gabardines that are processed so they cannot shrink out of fit Destined to be a schoolgirl favorite is the cunning dress pictured to the left at the top in the group. As much like mother's bolero Jacket outfit as possible is this modish frock designed so cleverly for little daughter with whom it is most certain to prove first choice to wear "first day of school." Made of fine quality shantung broadcloth guarank of course, this modteed el is most attractive. The bolero comes off and leaves a smart little short-sleeve- d frock. Worn with a new fall felt the outfit makes a chic pre-shrun- Leading Vogue The boat had drifted right back to where it had started. . , s i R,t thnu lade i till had the worst of their ad venture to co through. Back on shore, someone had spotted them. The T . blinker on the cliff was signaling, duiui s "Would they open ore on usi" we were half until on us searchHghte were afraid of. They kept we saw swlftmevlng vessel way through the channel, and then It When get with a hundred y.rds of direction. coming In our beamed erald see that It was a torpedo boat Its searchlight n - down." .an Floyd.'"and they to our station, and when we were nlfht we would long rememoer.WMterB Re,eKd Ntwipapr Union.! Least Effort Best Pleasures Simplest, Require thewe can The best pleasures are first ths simplest pleasures which require least machinery. least effort on the the least expart of others; second, accessible; most pensive; third, the most widebe can that those fourth, can be that those ly shared; fifth, most often repeated without doing harm to body, mind, or soul; sixth, those that call into action the highest qualities of life The best ures sre what mignt pleasures; that Is, the top-flo- pleas, ures of mind and spirit If we test our pleasures by such laws as these, ik.. arm take us outdoors instead of indoors; to nature, and not to arti ficial things; to wnoiesome exercise, Mn lust to Idle entertainment: to music, friendship, and books rath, er than to excitement and things that are srtinciai. hand-fagotti- ... no-fa- fabrics. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Flare for Suede Knows No Bounds Sweaters in for Big Run for Fall if k.ii ol high-fashio- wl speed ahead, and with no intention of Straight at them it came-f-tul with a force that spun the boat--but of stern the stopping. Jt Just grazed -kmr lt around and almost anocaeu come to our senses." says Floyd, "it By the time we had another ram at us. AH had turned and was coming back to takeour ef lungs, Amerlcan-sus began yelling at the top four AS?Eat"c.me on. It came within a few feet of the gig. and aside. The boys kept right en then, suddenly, it turned sharply the French torpedo boat came yeng. "American.." the. from back-to-scho- It's going to prove a record sea son for suede. Paris cables say "suede" with emphasis, citing accessory ensembles of hat bag, belt and gloves done in richly colorful suede. Some suede enthusiasts are dressing in suede from head foot The new suede processing is so amazing, the results are a lightness and softness that yields perfectly to fabric treatments. In conn women are sequence taking to wearing stunning dresses of suede or perhaps a suede topper completes a tweed suit It's a complete conquest that suede has made in tne fashionable world. Roat Drifts Back to Starting Point. And that's Just where they were. MADGE EVANS Junior ensemble to snuggle under a good warm coat when cool weather sets in. An ideal tubster is the cunning dress wom by the youngster seated in the foreground. It is made of a modern print the excellent shantung cotton print that mothers know and approve for wardrobes. Note the dainty in the collar and please observe that a generous shirring gives plenty of front and back fullness. The pockets are clever and new. The smiling young bicyclist on the right wears a very intriguing frock styled of a striped cotton print that is almost as sturdy a weave as could be found in any collection of materials, added to which is its attractiveness. The skirt is pleated and a gypsy sash of the material ties at the waist who possess almost The teen-ag- e an uncanny style sense are having great fun ensembling gabardine outfits that make color their theme. A marine blue gabardine skirt a yellow blouse, a magenta kid belt a yellow Jacket a bright headkerchief square that has peasant figurines dancing around the wide border goes to the color limit and yet how effective it is and best of all de pendably washable. In choosing the new bright cottons we can't urge mothers too strongly to stop, look and be cautious before they buy. Look at the label whether it be an garment you are selecting for Junior or little sister or a washable fabric by the yard. Look for service guarantees and of on the It's going to be a tremendous sweater season. You can get any type of sweater in any color, keyed to any occasion from the most for mal to the most sportsy. Sweaters, ever the schoolgirls' delight resort to all sorts of tricky devices, such as the names of lead Here is a charming interpretation ing colleges scribbled in gay print of the "little dinner" suit It con- all over. Bars of music embroidskirt ered across the front of your sweat trasts a forma with a wee Jacket blouse. The fab- er is something to sttract the eye, ric that fashions this attractive din- Latest college girl whim is to wear ner dress is tecla twill, a crimped the long cardigan sweater back of buttoning it up at spun acetate rayon weave that looks wardsinstead at front button it the back. wool suedelike sheer feels and like like duvetyn. The modish jacket From the Wings of a Bird that buttons around the waist acMainbocher s "aviary" pinks are is in dusty centing a deep pink. The skirt in an Indian wine like exotic birds the ibis, flamingo, shade, is styled with a front fullness cocxaioo ana are as orignt as that lends it sculptural grace. spilled red ink. floor-lengt- h nt that she was billed for "A Bill of Divorcement" not long after the elopement took place she backed out not superstitious, it s said, but Just didn't like the idea, 35 William Powell is back at work again, in "Another Thin Man," apparently completely recovered from his serious illness. Asta, the dog. has a prominent part in this sequel to the famous "Thin Man," and a year-ol- d baby makes its debut Tyrone Power and his bride, An-nabella, had a sort of busman s noli day in Italy, touring the Italian movie-makin- g center, Cinecitta. The high spot of their stay in Rome was their presentation to the Pope. National Broadcasting Company Is grooming a new singer for radio stardom. Her name la Dinah Shore, and she halls from Winchester, Tenn. She's a pretty girl with a distinc tive style of singing. At present she Is being featured three times a week over both the red and blue networks you might listen In and see If your opinion of her talents agrees with the star-maker- s'. Mark Warnow, the Hit Parade con ductor, is arranging with a large music school for a scholarship to be awarded to children who show the most promise at playing a musical instrument had made lessened her consciousness of self and the problem wai solved happily. "Shyness or backwardness Is often regarded by parents as a trait the child will outgrow and so they feel it need not be given special concern. I like to think that in our home wo are always helping the children to develop the traits that win benefit them. They should be able to meet people happily, be sufficiently to enter into child activities and reap the Joy of personal contacts. They should have the assurance within themselves that they are capable of Joining in a conversation with a group of their age or of playing games with as much vim as the other children. "Shyness induces an inferiority complex in the child that later makes the grownup cheat himself of much advancement and many pleasures that are rightly his. Today June at five can meet the guests in our home pleasantly, totally unconWhat picture scious of herself. would she have presented had we ignored her baby tendency or constantly commented on it? She would have been timid stilL and little by little would have become more certain that she would always be a shy person." ed Don Ameche and Dorothy Lam our have been making life miserable for Edgar Bergen at rehearsals of that Charlie McCarthy program, by razz ing him because, although he went fishing, he never caught any fish. The only way he could stop it was to give up fishing. Nowadays he's getting his exercise by riding horsebackhe can always catch the horse! fre-auent-ly Fred Barron is the first male mem ber of his family In aix generations doctor. He who didn't become voted for acting Instead. So he got a role In the radio serial, "The Life and Love ef Dr. Susan," and found he'd been castas a doctor! Dave Elman, while convalescing from an appendectomy in a Fargo, N. D hospital, had the unusual experience of listening to his own program, "Hobby Lobby," with the President's wife substituting for him. Ken Carpenter, who also had his appendix out bad trouble pursuad-in- g the doctor that he ought to listen in on his program. The doctor was afraid he'd laugh so hard at Bob Burns that he'd break the stitches. He finally got a script of the show for Carpenter, figuring that after he'd read the Jokes,, they wouldn't be so funny. He quite forgot Burns' rehabit of making National Ktrtitewrten Asaoelatloa IWNU Sarvlee.) Indian Clan The sachem was a functionary of an Indian clan a common division of the Indian tribe. The clan had two distinct kinds of leaders, a sachem and a chief. The sachem was Judge and administrator of ancient customs and his functions were those of peace time. He was chosen by the adult members of the clan and his election usually depended upon the Influence of his immediate family In the clan group. The chief, on the contrary, won bis title by Individual prowess. Ho wss chosen because of some special marks that the script writer didn't deed or because of some outstandthink of. ing trait The chief was the war time leader. In current thought the ODDS ifVD ENDS Joan Blondell term sachem applies to the prinand Dick Powell could have had tht cipal dignitaries of Tammany Hall the New York political organisaleading ralrt in a mm muticul ihow on Broadway this fall, but turned it down tion. The Society of St Tammany, . . . Spencer Tracy and Sir Cedrie Hard-H'irfthe name under which Tammany maka it worth your while to to Hall was Incorporated, takes its tone" and Lilian to "Stanley they're name from the Indian who Is patron both excellent . . . And don't mist the of the organization. spectacular "Four Feathert" . . . Fran-ch- saint Tone it back at Metro, working on "Foul and Furum," in which he longest Railway Tunnel with Ann Sothern . , . "The Old The Simplon tunnel in the Alps, Maid," with Betta Davit and Miriam 12a miles long, Is the longest railllopkint, it worth teeing. tunnel In the world. It was Ificlcastd bjr Western Newspaper Union.) way built between 1898 and 1005 and cost nearly $18,000,000. last-minu- te ot co-tlrn-rt |