The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-17
CLARA, LII N EN-
ARE TROUBLEDBY
PROGRAM SCRIPTS
Write Notes in longhand,
Have Them Transcribed,
Worry at Studio

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Youll never
guess what has caused Clara, Lu
n EN-, radios three gossipy girls,
the most trouble! It's not the labor
Of preparing five radio scripts every
week, nor the responsibility of get
ting to the NBC studio in time for
their broadcasts over an NBC-WEAF
network at 9:l5 (CST) each morning.
Most Of their harassing moments
are caused by the notes" as they
call their continuities. Getting the
notes to the typist, from the typist
and then to the studio Is a task
which, on occasions. has not only
caused acute distress to the three girls
who create the Clara, Lu n En- char
acters, but to their husbands, as we'll.
The girls write their scripts in
long-hand. Then this copy has to be
taken to the typist every afternoon
and returned to one or another Of
the girls sometime that day In order
that It may be on hand for them
early In the next morning when they
motor from their homes In Evanston,
Illinois, to the MIC studios II Chi
cago for their broadcasts.
Forgetting the Notes
That means that the notes pass
through q number Of hands before
the girls finally use them In front Of
the microphone. More than once
Louise 6tarkey (Clara) has gone to
bed only to remember, In the last
moments Of consciousness, that this
uvaQ 1,nss Vronkp ~ S,iN1r ,,vH <1,n s,ntAC a ;
the typists and that she had forgot
ten to do 50.
The note-forgetting classic, which
the girls still tell at dinner parties,
happened at . time when the hus-
band Of Helen (Em) Kingdom
Mitchell-was convalescing from an
appendicitis operation. His talented
young wife was almost in Chicago
when she discovered that she had
forgotten the scripts. Miss King was
frantic. Rushing into little way
side store, she telephoned her hus-
band.
John wasn't feeling well. When
he had talked to his wife he felt
even worse. But he met the ener-
gency. He telephoned for cab and
struggled into q few clothes While
waiting for It. In the meantime the
girls were In the studio trying to
remember their story and jotting
down notes to use In case John did
not make It In time.
Just In Time
But John got there. Holding his
side, he staggered into the studio
waving the notes. His wife had time
to catch brief glimpse OF him with
out q tie. his shirt open at the throat,
his pajamas showing under It. and
what looked Ike weeks growth Of
whkkers on his face. Then It was
time to 60 on the air.
On another occasion, the typist de-
livering the notes at Isobel Club
Carothers' house, found nobody home
50 she slipped them halfway under
tho front door. t was dark when
Miss oarothers' husband, Howard
Berolzheimer, walked up the front
stairs. But he could sec that the
front yard, which was muddy from
recent rain, was Uttered with white
scraps Of paper. He investigated
THE hottest" he cried, and proceeded
to pick up the scattered soiled sheets
OF paper. He found everything bu.
the first page.
Recently the girls evolved . new
system. They have q little errant
boy call for the notes ct lsobel,i
house every day, deliver them to the
typist, and bring back the three type.
written copies ct dinner time. This
service costs them 81 and the only
thing none Of the six people In
volved can understand Is why the!
failed to think Of this before.