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The Washington times., 1935-11-30
Girls With Good Legs, Demand to Show En-

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30.-Youth-
full Hollywood pulchritude is up
in arms. Tired Of hiding their
light under a buShel and their
limbs under garments prescribed
by various codes, bans and prohi:
bitions, they demand a chance to
seek public approval Of their
charms.
A few years ago, newspapers
and magazines were filled with
pictures Of these young beauties
in bathing suits, shorts and dane
ing costumes which drew wide
admiration Of their Shapely limbs.
Since then, major studios have
passed a ban on such photo
graphs with the result that these
girls have lost one Of the biggest
mediums through which to bring
their faces, shapes and names be-
fore the public.
Realizing this, so girls currently
employed as dancers on king OF
Burlesque" at Twentieth Century
Fox, and several of the younger
contract players at that studio
have joined in asking that the
ban be lifted.
Headed by Dixie Dunbar and
Shirley Deane, two new contract
players, they claim discrimination
in pressing their demand. Ac-
cording to them, Marlene Dietrich
is still allowed the Photographic
publicizing Of her famous legs
while they are denied the pr1v1-
aege of making theirs famous.
Siding with these youngsters
are such players as Airline Judge
and Rochelle Hudson. During
their early days in pictures their
names were intrenched IN the
public mind through innumerable
''leg pictures" taken and pub
lished before the ban.
Almost 100 young women were
concerned in the movement
against this ban on the Twentieth
Century-Fox lot alone. Beside the
so chorus girls and others men
toned above, featured actresses
who sided with them were Astrid
Allwyn, Delma Byron, Rita Can
sino, Alice Faye, the Paxton sis
ters, Maxine Reiner and even the
recent French import, Simone
Simon.
And each girl has two good
votes apiece.
The Washington times., 1935-11-30
Magazine Tale
For HARDING

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30.-'Wit
ness Chair" q dramatic story
which appeared in a recent issue
Of the Cosmopolitan Magazine,
has been purchased by RKO Ra-
dio Pictures as q starring vehicle
for Ann Harding.
The story has for its key
sequence an exciting courtroom
scene and is frightened by q
strong romantic interest. Cast
and director have not yet been
chosen.
Miss Harding recently returned
to the RKO studios after nearly
a year spent in travel and in film
appearances on other lots. RKO
Radio Pictures has already an
nounced the purchase, for her
use Of "The Indestructible Mrs.
Talbot" an original story by j.
p. Wolfson.
The Washington times., 1935-11-30
They Kill the Gossip Rumors

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 30.-The
Melvyn DouglaseS (Helen Gaha-
gan) expect those separtion
rumors to be revived when he
goes to New York shortly. and
she to San Francisco, but they
say please do not believe them.
They've an agreement not to
interfere with each others career
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Luise Rainer Wins Choice Part

liam Powell In "Escapade," fol
lowed by her role Of Anna Held,
also opposite Powell. in THE
Great Ziegfeld."
The new role now gives hs1 q
Characterization unlike anN Ii her
entire career.
Victor Fleming 10 to direct THE
Good Earth" with elaborate loca-
tionS reproducing whole areas Of
farm lands, villages and towns Of
China. Thousands Of players. all
Chinese. are to be used to depict
China'S population m the epic
Of the Orient.
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'Tother night, Irwin S. Cobb was
invited TO a party at Pat OBrien's
house. Cobb arrived a little late
and as he came in, he paused in
the doorway, as he caught sight
of an intent cluster of people that
included an O'Brien, a McHugh,
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and the arrangement has worked
perfectly so far.
Miss Gahagan has refused to
sign a 1ong-term picture contract.
but may do another film If the
proper story presents itself.
Douglas goes to Broadway as
soon as he finishes MARY Burns,
Fugitive" for Walter Wanger, but
is due back here In April. 49,,
The Washington times., 1935-11-30
Henry WiIcoxon Is
"Samson" Prospect

That Henry Wilcoxon Is still be-
ing considered by Cecil B. De Mile
as a possibility for Samson in his
scheduled Samson and Delilah"
was indicated in a letter received
at Paramount's Hollywood studios
recently.
Wilcoxon wrote De Mile that
he is anxious to return to Hol-
lywood and will do so as soon as
he is clear of a British film he
Is doing for Element Pictures. Ltd.
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Kid Gets a Start

Bonita Granville, H. year . old
daughter Of Bernard Granville,
former Broadway stage star, has
been signed by Samuel Goldwyn
for These Three" screen preSen-
tatior Of Lillian Hellman's stage
hit, "Ths Children's Hour"
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a Cavanaugh, a Connolly, a Healy,
a McManus, a Gleason, a Cagney
and an Oakie.
Cobb struck a pose like a light
houSekeeper peering over wintry
sea and cried out: God pity the
poor ProteStantS on a night like
thiS!"
Lou Naye insists that If all the
ham actors in Hollywood were
laid end to end, what a relief it
would be to theater audiences!
When Ralph Kohn resigned his
post at Columbia, somebody asked
Leonard GoldStein, whats the
score at Columbian"
And the never-at-a-loSS-for-ar-an
swer Leonard replied. zone Kohn
down, and three to go!"
Fanny Brice overheard this lit
tie tit-bit between two chorines on
The Great Ziegfeld" set.
Blonde chlorine (after trying out
her voice for a small part): do
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you think can ever do anything
with my voice2"
Natural chlorine: "sure, 1t might
come in handy in case Of fire!"
Matthew Betz, always in sym.
pathy with Agricultural Relief
Movements, has decided that what
the farmer really needs is the in
PRODUCTION Of a graSshopper which
eats nothing but mortgages!
Billy Bevan remarks that in
the picture business If you give
a high-salaried midget an inch
he'll lose his contractl
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
Five Best. Movie Love Teams
Are Picked BY Borzaqe

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14.-F1lm-
land was plunged into q contro-
verSy today as Frank Borzage,
ace director, undertook to name
the five greatest love teams Of the
screen.
The Borzage selection, emitting
some Of the traditional favorites,
seems sure Of being challenged In
part. Here 1t. is:
Janet Gaynor and Charles Far.
rell, Joan Crawford and Clark
Gable, Myrna 10y and william
Powell, Marlene Dietrich and
Gary Cooper, and Claudette Col
bert and Fred MacMurray.
But, half q minute before the
argument starts. The director also
has chosen an alternate list. His
second choice would be: Beverly
Bayne and Francis x. Bushman,
Alice Terry and Rudolph Valen-
tino, Greta Carlo and John Gill
bert, Gloria Swanson and Wallace
Reid and Ruby Keller and Dick
Powell.
One Of the most perfect teams
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-Sometimes I buy . dollars worth
Of sodaS q day. One afternoon
when I was working in THE Lit
tlest Rebel / treated 16 little plea
ninnies and then I was broke. You
see my doctor says should only
have two sodas every day, thanks
I would like to.
So you see, 7 have to have
more money, because there are
lots Of things I want to do and
can't afford to on my pin money.
I want to buy q fox and . little
bantam chicken, and then maybe
some day I will have more, just
like my rabbits. I started with
two Dummies, then I went to Homo
lulu. When I came back there
were nine. But you can't make
money with rabbits. If I can
raise foxes like rabbits I viii be
able to make q lot more than my
$3.50. Foxes are very valuable
for furs and I could sell q lot Of
them.
I also want to raise chickens
when / grow old. So I am going
to start on bantamS which are
small and easy to handle. Their
eggs are too small to sell, but I
don't care about that. What I
want to do is practice on these
little chickens and then get some
big ones. Mother says this Is o
good way to leran. !.
Mr., Zanuck, who Is the head
Of the Twentieth Century-Fox
studios, says he will help me build
cages for the foxes and bantamS
and that he viii put them up in
back Of my bungalow where my
rabbits are. In this way I won't
have to spend my own money, ex-
cept for the foxes and bantams.
1 think I can get out Of buying
them, so am going to ask Mr.
Schenck. I am not going to ask
him outright, but I am going to
say that foxes and bantamS would
look nice In the yard. II I tell
him I can save money by getting
him to buy them he will give
them to me.
Mother says that would be too
forward and that I shouldn't ask
for too much. She says every
thing should be on o business
basis, so when I talk to Mr..
.Schenck I am going to ask him
to share in my profits II he win
give me the foxes and bantamS
and buy the food they eat.
I have figured out that it viii
The Washington times., 1935-12-14

the screen has ever discovered,
contends Borzage. is Joan Craw-
ford and Clark Gable.
"AEiss Crawford represents the
Broadway supper-club Sophisti-
cate" he declares, "and Mr.. Ca
BILE the rugged quality Of the soil.
The balance Is ideal"
Janet Gaynor and Charles Far
relI were such Q hit, the director
believes, because she represented
the girl next door, and Charlie.
with the quality Of carefree hap
piness, was Q perfect complement.
It may surprise some Of Myrna
Ioy's fans to hear Borzage an
alyze her appeal as that Of the
college widow. He thinks this
blends perfectly with Powell's
suave nonchalance. Gary Cooper's
quiet charm sets off equally well
the Dietrich quality Of mystery,
declares the director. AS for
Claudette Colbert and Fred Mac
Murray, he says they stand for
the youth Of today.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
Shirley Temple Wants Pay Raise Of 50 Gents Week

thing so I will never be poor, but
wish she would give me more
than $3.50 now. / really can't get
along on that. Next week there
are going to be 20 boys and girls
with me in Captain January"
and I have to treat them with
Sodas.
would rather be rich now than
later.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14

I don't save much except IL
cents q week, which I put in q
great big bank my father gave
me. But I guess ] must have
more than that. Mother says that
all my money goes into q trust
fund which nobody can touch ex-
cept me when I grow UP and 60
to college.
She says she has fixed every
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cost $1.s5 q week for food for'
them, and you see why I can't
afford to buy anything more
when I have so much expense
now.
Mother says she will give me
the So after January, but not q
cent more. So you see ! have to
60 cut and earn some.
The Washington times., 1935-12-14
By SHIRLEY TEMPLE

Whose pen, perhaps, tDGs
guided a little by her press agent,
Harry Brandt.
WOOD, Dee. IA.
Mother. says that am a lucky
girl because I get $3.50 a week for
spending money. She says this is
The Washington times., 1935-12-14

more than other six-and-a-haH-
year-old girls get. She says, I get
much more than that for working
in pictures, but I can't have any
Of that. It all goes in the bank.
I don't think my $3.50 q week
is enough, because I don't have
any Of it left at the end Of the
week, SO I am going to ask mother
to give me So. I think I can buy
all the things I want with So.
I have to spend most Of my
money treating other children to
sodaS, and I have to buy Mary
Lou, my stand-in, some presents.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
She's Afraid

Sally j., who is 80, is in fact
on the point of breaking her en-
Eagement to her fiance who is
IS. She's afraid, she says, that
he looks even younger than that.
They love each other devotedly
and no one would ask for hus-
band nearer perfection than
this one.
So far as she knows, he
hasn't a single fear or heslta'
ton about the marriage. But
she is in despair over the dit'
ference Of their ages.
MY advice to her is to stop
worrying, which is an aging
process, marry her fiance and
cut out all birthdays for the
next five years. She can then
continue life, hand-in-hand,
with a husband precisely her
own age.
If she is actually afraid OF
looking older than her husband,
she should take special care OF
her hair and complexion, follow
regular exercises and wear be-
coming (though not necessarily
eXpensive) clothes.
I can assure her, and all other
worrying brides, that I have
known numbers of uncommonly
happy marriages where precise
" this difference in ages exists,
and I've known happy wives who
were more than five years older
than their equally contented
husbands.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Protect Plants
From Pests

When those minute worms
called nematodes invade the
stems of phlox, they produce
monstroSities instead of normal
plants.
First a long swelling appears
at the tip of the plant, and the
stem bends slightly to one side.
Then strange things begin to
occur to the leaves. Some curl
inward, others become ruffled,
some are twisted all out OF
shape, many are dwarfed, and
often develop no wider than a
needle. Some times they grow
in closest punches, like a
witch's broom.
Eventually the leaf-stalk of
these crazy growths turns brown
and dry, and before long the
whole plant is dead without
ever having produced a blossom.
Such plants should be removed
and burned, and the soil in
which they grew should be either
burned or sterilized with formal
dehyde.
To be safe, some other crop
should be planted on that site
next year.
However, narcissus and straw.
berries should be kept away;
also potatoes, alfalfa, clover,
oats, rye, and onions, for the
same nematode happens to in
fest all of these plants, and 1t
may pass from one to another
and infect them all.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25

Jacket worn over the shorts
will convert this into a brand
new Malnbocher fashion, for
this designer started the vogue
of English Schoolboy jackets in
vivid colors used in this con-
nection. Smart color comblna-
lions are: pottery blue with
copper-rust, bright yellow with
Dubonnet, carnation with pot
terry blue, pink, aqua or yellow.
A very new combination is dark
bottle green with white.
New Linen Weaves
An important golf fashion Is
in hemp linen worn with a SIM
pie contrasting blouse in a
bright color. With summer
suits of pique, cotton suiting or
peasant linen, the halter top
may replace the blouse and con-
vert a tailored spectator outfit
into an active sports costume.
Swagger coats in light weight
plaid woolens, heavy linens, pas
tel tweeds, bright velveteen or
corduroy may be worn over any
number of costumes, but vel
low, amber or chamois woolens
are Paris choice, and these are
worn over gold, navy, brown or
deep wine.
For q Cruise
To sail away on the great
blue sea for a summer holiday
is a. glorious adventure at any
score, according to Helen
Koues, fashion director of Good
Housekeeping, but to sail away
with the right clothes is very
near perfection. An easy thing
to achieve if one simple rule is
followed. Take only two types
of clothes, sports and evening.
Sports clothes are the backbone
of the proper cruise outfit.
Clothes to walk the deck in,
to play games in, to lunch in,
play bridge in.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25

pastel Pink, -" 'i0
aqua blue, bright yellow, pottery
blue, and the new copper rust.
or two fabric combinations, such
as a coin dot or plaid for the
jacket and a plain color for the
skirt.
Old FavOrites
The shirtwaist frock and
swagger coat are adaptable in
town or out. and are shown in
many combinations; for in
stance, an awing-striped linen,
topped by a vivid Kelly green
coat. White with flower COM
binations, such as carnation
red, or iris blue for the coat are
also in demand. Two-piece
sports frocks for spectator wear
are smart in printed satins,
glazed chintz, lowered linens,
confetti-dotted linen crash, plaid
seersucker, and colorful pure
dye silks. Often the blouse and
skirt are of contrasting colors.
For Play Hours
For a beach ensemble, a
smart idea is a wrap-around
frock and bathing suit. The
dress buttons in the back and
is suitable for beach. tennis. or
spectator wear. Another popu-
lar ensemble Is the play suit.
consisting Of a skirt, shorts and
adjustable skirt. An extra
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
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the next three months, he shall
allow you to wear a more un-
usual color on your eyel1ds!
Whether it is the vogue or no.
the girls in Hollywood believe in
sun bathing, and you do see
some of the most gorgeous sum-
mer tans around the film col
ony. Fay Wray acquires the
beautiful light gypsy shade that
is so stunning with scarlets,
strong yellows and even with
the pastels that are so popular
this season.
I'd like to give you the names
of a summer tan makeup en-
semble that suits almost every
woman. It has been thought
fully chosen, and the powder.
rouge and lipstick, purchased
separately, harmonic perfectly.
You'll be we'll content with
yourself if you toast to a nice
even coffee-with-cream shade
and then use these three
cosmetics.
If you become a little less
metieulous in the hot weather
than you are in the winter
months, making one powder,
one rouge and one lipstick sui
flee for both day and evening,
you will take joy in the three 1
have chosen, for they are flat
tering under the sumne:-: sun
and the nights artificial glow.
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The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Baby's Wiles

When baby's bedtime comes
he should be put in a bed alone
and left in a quiet, darkened
room to go to sleep. If he cries,
then or later in the night, when
nothing is wrong and he simply
wants to be held or rocked or
talked to, the father, like the
mother, should refuse to sur
render.
Giving in once means giving
in over and over again, forming
a bad behavior pattern early in
life.
If a young father won't take
the mothers word for it that
this is so. let him talk to the
family physician. He surely
cannot dispute that experienced
mans explanation of a small
baby's wiles for getting his own
way.
Let father harden his heart,
like Pharaoh, to the temporary,
or he will be a hindrance in the
nursery instead of the splendid
help he can be.
DR.. Allan Roy Dutoe's 01D1t
column on Babies" WiU be
continued Monday.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25

peanut butter together with
egg beaten, then add gradually
to dry ingredients while beat.
ing with a spoon. Pour into
a creased and Toured loaf pan
about 812 by Az inches and
bake in a moderate oven of
$50 degrees F. for one hour.
Serves six to eight. An electric
beater may be used in mixing
this bread.
Chicken and Pineapple Sand
witches
u cup canned crushed pine
apple
u cup chopped cooked or
canned chicken
2 taplespoonfuls mayonnaise
Bread
Butter or margarine
Combine the pineapple with
the chicken and mayonnaise.
Use as a filling between but
tered slices of bread. Makes
u cup filling and fills 4 full
sized sandwiches.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Double DeUOtiOn

A woman's attitude toward a
younger husband is that, OF
course, of a. wife plus mother.
It's a double devotion, and if
she's sensible enough not to let
her love become too possessive
or too cloying, she has every
chance at being happy in mar
rage, and every chance OF being
successful.
Such marriage has, you see,
q somewhat different character
from the ordinary marriage,
but that is no reason for its
being a failure.
I should merely suggest that
0 man should be at least Is or
26 years of age, before he mar.
ries an older woman, so that he
may thoroughly understand
what he's doing, and it is well
not to have the age difference
exceed seven or eight years.
Love and understanding are
indispensable to married life,
and indeed to completely sue
cessful parenthood. Parity in
birthdays may be overlooked.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Black and White

Most important IS the simple
black and white frock that is
smart enough to appear at an
ordinary luncheon or a gala
event Such a frock is a slim
model of cracked black taffeta
with white organdie used in
an exaggerated ruffled jabot
effect, There is a large square
buckle of mother-of-pearl to
close the belt.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
Fathers Mistake

AS the child grows older, but
Is still on strictly limited diet,
the father may demand that he
be brought to the family table
so that his doting sire can give
him morsels from his own plate.
This correspondent explained
that her own little daughter had
become all but demoralized as a
result of her fathers mistaken
fondneSs. Before he returned
for supper the mother would
feed the little girl, put her to
bed and make her comfortable
for the night.
When husband and wife sat
down to the table and a wall
came from the baby'S crib the
mother very sensibly urged that
she be let alone, since she was
all right and only wanted atten.
ton.
The father, however, calling
the mother inconsiderate, would
drop knife and fork, pick up the
baby and hold her until-appar-
ently-she had dropped off to
sleep. Yet when he started to
lay her back gently in her crib,
her eyes would pop open and
she would stage the same per-
Torrance over again-simply
imposing upon his doting affec-
ton.
He repeated his foolish be-
havior so often that, as soon as
the child heard his footstep,
she would whimper to be taken
up, although in her mothers
care she was quiet and seldom
cried.
The Washington times., 1935-05-25
SPINACH AND TOMATOES

Wash the spinach thoroughly
and carefully and cook until
tender. When finished, chop
fine after draining. To make
the tomato cases use
6 tomatoes
1A cups chopped cooked
spinach
Salt and pepper to taste
cup cooked ham
/ tablespoon mustard (Scant)
"a cup buttered bread crumbs
6 bacon slices
Cut a slice from each tomato
and carefully scoop out the cen
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Etiquette
Gifts Are Sent
Early
BY MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

BY RS.CORNELIUs BEECKMAN
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
My husband and have been
invited to a wedding supper.
All the Others who have been in.
vited are relatives, and al.
though we are very good friends,
we are flattered to be included.
1T will be very informal but
q very happy occasion, so I do
want to do the right thing. In
the absence Of wedding an.
nOuncements being sent out,
when does one send the gift?
who proposes the toast to
the bride, and what are some
appropriate tOasts? H."
This is indeed a very flatter-
ing invitation to be the only
ones included who are not
relatives.
Send your gift as soon as you
can-two weeks or ten days
before the wedding date is a
good time.
The best man is the one who
usually suggests a toast to the
bride and groom. And it is the
groom who responds for both
the bride and himself. The
toasts are usually very simply
Worded:
Lets drink to the happiness
Of the bride and groom" or
"TO Mary and Tom-and to
their happiness always"