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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
Mouie Notes

An unusual romance that blooms between a neWspaperman and an actress while engaged as police de- coys trying to trap members of a sWindling ring, is depicted in RKO Radios Crime Ring" Allan Lane and Frances Mercer are featured.
 Fay Bainter, who recently scored in White Banners" and "Jezebel, ,' plays the mother role in RKO Ra- dio's Mother Carey's Chickens. ' The cast is headed by Anne Shirley James Ellison and Ruby Keeler.
 The marooning of three flyers In an Alaskan wilderness, and their struggles to reach civilization against tremendous handicaps, leads to the climax of Sky Giant" new RKO Radio film starring Richard Dix, Chester Morris and Joan Fon- taine.
 Joe Penner, splutter-v voiced come- dian, now playing in his second RKO Radio starring comedy, "I'm From the City," was born Joe Pinter in little village not far from Budapest, Hungary.
 His ability as an aerialist, &C., quired as a circus performer in his youth, won coveted role in Para mounts Artists and Models Abroad for Charley Grapewin, veteran character actor.
 Although Betty Grable'S role in her new Paramount comedy, Give Me Sailor" portrays her as a clinging vine who can't cook, she is really an accomplished kitchen engineer. Her bridegroom, Jackie Coogan, won't eat in restaurants now that they are married.
 Bing Crosby, crooner and stable owner, whose horses appear with him in Paramount's Sing You Sin ners," says the best system" if any, for betting on the horses consists of picking only those in the cen ter post positions. More win from those positions than from any other.
 Billy Cook, l1-year-old prodigy has appeared on every major radio program originating in Hollywood and in Paramount's outstanding re- lease for 1938-39, Men With Wings, in the year he has been in the film capital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
STRAND FEATURES
 NOLAN, CARLISLE
Hunted Men" Ends En= gagement Saturday With
 "COc0anut Grove"

Attractions to be seen today and
 tomorrow at Warner Brothers Strand theater include "Cocoanut Grove" starring Fred MacMurray with Harriet Hilliard also Lloyd Nolan and Mary Carlisle in Hunted Men"
 Unlike several other Stevenson stories, this film never before has appeared in either silent or sound films.
 Every person conversant with so much as high school English has thrilled to the adventure in the story, so the picture is destined to meet host of familiam friends.
 Warner Baxter portrays in all his swashbucking, vigorous best, the never-to- be forgotten Alan Breck, fugitive clansman of the highlands. And Freddie Bartholomew, size or two larger than when he last ap- peared so brilliantly on the screen, gives fine performance to the role of David Balfour, the boy hero of the piece.
 The movie takes liberty with the original script in introducing a "heart interest" to the life of Alan Breck. But even Robert Louis Stevenson might have rewritten his story had he known Arleen WhaI- en. This bright-eyed, mischievous Irish lass brings freshness and beauty to the story that makes this film treat for eyes jaded with glamor girl after glamor girl.
 The story concerns Alan Brecks leading the clans in revolt against union of the North Country with George HIS domain. David Bal four is the lad with the unscrupu- lous uncle who tries to keep the boys rightful estate by having him Kidnapped and shipped to America. The lives of Alan Breck and David Balfour cross at the point where the girl, financee of a lesser rebel, falls in love with Breck.
 The impressive supporting cast is | headed by c. Aubrey Smith and includes Reginald Owen, John Car rideen, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander, and Ralph Forbes besides five thousand others.
 Co-featuring the Strand program is Fools For Scandal a film that has been classed as the comedy event of the year. Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravel are co-starred. The picture depicts light and gay romance of London and Paris, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
'SH0PWORN ANGEL AT LOEW'S POLL
Love Story Features Trio of Sullavan, Stewart
 and PidgeOn

Every so often picture comes out of Hollywood that stands au- diences everywhere on their collec- tive ear and sends them rushing into theaters to see it. Such is the case in the production of "The Shopworn Angel" opening tomor- row at the cool Loew Poli theater.
 "Shopworn Angel' is one of those cant miss" pictures with punch and drama, set in eye-filling sur roundings, beautifully appointed, with wealth of color that starts from Broadway backstage and leads through rich backgrounds into the ominously dramatic settings of death-dealing army in the throes of mobilization. There is no war on the screen, but the sugges- tion of an army being concentrated serves to imbue the story with tre- mendous power as the principal figures in Dana Burnett's tale try to untangle their little lives in the shadow world upheaval.
 "The Shopworn Angel" stars Mar garet Sullavan, reaping new laurels after her magnificent triumph as the lovely heroine in Three Com rades" Co-Starred with her arc James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon.
 It is doubtful if a sweeter love story ever was told than that in "Shopworn Angel" The idealistic doughboy, the girl who had forgot ten how to love, and the playboy who loved her but didn't raelize 1t until he was in danger of losing her, are integral parts of a romance, the conclusion of which will leave au- diences breathless because of its vital drama.
 No one can deny the acting abil- itieS of Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon. Their names have stood for sterling per- formances since they first appeared on the screen. They have made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
COMPOUNCE BILLS
 BERICAN'S BAND
Trumpet King in Bristol Sunday; Fireworks To-
 morrow Night

Bunny Berigan, one of the coun- try'S leading trumpet players, will bring his orchestra to the Lake Compounce ballroom in Bristol next Sunday night. Berigan has estab- lished an envious reputation for his swing music through an exten- Sive series of coast-to-coast radio programs, theatre, hotel and ball. room appearances. Last winter the orchestra enjoyed long engage ment at the Palomar in Los An- geles and recently followed Kay Kyser in the Paramount Theater, New York. Berigan is sensa- tion on the trumpet and his or chestra is sure to click with their unique arrangements and enter tainment features. Following Bun- ny Berigan, on Sunday, July IT, Oz- zie Nelson and his orchestra will make their initial appearance in the Compounce Music Shell.
 An all time record crowd of more than 25,000 people flocked to Lake Compounce on Fourth of July to participate in the holiday celebra- ton and to witness the fireworks display in the evening. This Sat- urday night Lake Compounce will present another fine display of fireworks as one of its regular weekly feature attractions. There will also be roller-skating and dancing to the music of Hal McIn- tyres orchestra. On Sunday after noon the New Departure Band of Bristol will play their first concert Of the season from three to five o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

Haiti is fighting the march of the boil weevil toward the Central Plateau, its most important cotton region.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08
WHITE BANNERS
 STARTSATSTATE
Thrilling Human Story Candidate for l938 Aca.
 demy Award

One of the outstanding candidates for the 1888 Academy Award will be the film White Banners" which appears at Warner Bros. State the- ater this afternoon, the opening day of its scheduled four day engage ment.
 Like its two predecessors, which enjoyed such huge popular success, White Banners" has a message to convey-the message of courage in the face of diversity. But the film does no preaching - it simply lets the extremely capable cast live a thrilling human story that carries its message, by implication, straight to the hearts of the audience.
 That the story seems to be lived rather than acted is a tribute to a splendid cast. Fay Bainter, who has long been celebrated as a stage player, made her first screen im- pression with Quality Street" and followed up with her appealing character role in "Jezebel."
 In this film Fay Bainter is Han nah Parmalee, the humble peddler of kitchen knives who keeps her white banners aloft in the face of spiritual travail that would have defeated anyone with less than the utmost in courage and nobility of Is said to reach a new high in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

alny's all-girl orchestra on the radio a few days after Ramona returned home. Suddenly he got the idea that resulted in the new band.
 If Spitalny could lead an or chestra composed entirely of wo- men, why couldn't Ramona lead 8 band made up of men musicians? :? Spttalny was successful with his belles of music, because he was a good musician. So was Ramona She had proved that with White man and Don Bestor's band, in which she was the first girl to "sit in" and play with male musicians.
 Ramona was thrilled with the idea. However, neither she nor Rosen knew whether a group of male musicians would be just as thrilled. They feared that the men wouldn't take it seriously. The only girl band leaders in the country were directing all-women organiza- tions. Most of them were not musicians and were selected to lead the bands because of their pulchri- tude.
 Finally the band was organized Even then Ramona and her man. ager were sceptical. So they hired an arranger who was also to di- rect at rehearsals. However, after the fourth rehearsal, he stepped out and Ramona came in, for the men in the band were so impressed by her ability as musician that they overlooked the fact that she was woman.
 The. new band made its debut in Minneapolis. It was booked there for four weeks, but proved such a hit, that it was brought into the New Yorker Hotel after two. Fol- lowing a two-Week stay here. 1t left for Dallas. It will also appear
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

A German-designed steel air-raid refuge, guaranteed to be blast and splinter proof, is being exhibited in England
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

Married women of middle age, it has been estimated, have a better chance of long life than either widows or spinsters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

in New Orleans ana then return here in September.
 Ramona directs the band from her piano. She also does more solo work now than she ever did be- fore. However, her tune arrange ments give the young musicians in the band as much of a chance to show off their individual talents as hers. She shares the singing honors with Frank Parrish, whom she picked for the band because of his vocal resemblance to Jack Full ton, her favorite male singer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

soul. After seeing the picture, it is impossible to imagine any other actress but Miss Bainter in that role.
 Claude Rains, as Paul Ward, small town school teacher and amateur inventor, around whose household the story centers, gives an excellent demonstration of the range of his remarkable gifts as an actor, for his is Q thoroughly sympathetic role, and, as all fllm-goers know, he gets most of his acting practice in villain roles.
 The boy around whom much of the story revolves is played by Jackie Cooper, who, at fifteen, is providing that it is not necessary for child stars to retire when they grow up. Playing opposite Jackie. in the part of Paul Wards daugh- ter, is Bonita Granville, erstwhile "meanie," who is not a bit behind Rains in demonstrating that she, too, can play sympathetic charac- ters. Paul Wards wife is portrayed by Kay Johnson, a screen favorite of many years standing.
 Other important parts are moro than adequately filled by Henry O'Neill, James Stephenson and J. Farrell Macdonald, and it is due Edmund Goulding who directed, to point out that he must have been largely responsible for the uniform ly excellent performance of his cast.
 And for your further enjoyment the management presents as the second smash hit Accidents Will Happen" timely and actien- packed drama based upon the flake injuries racket" The excel lent cast is headed by Ronald Rea- gen, Gloria Blondell and Dick Pur- cell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-08

Is said to reach new high in screen entertainment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
HINT-OF-THE-DAY

If you are the nervous, high-strung
type of individual, why not learn
to relax your way to poise. Take
things easy. Rest. Exercise to re-
lax only. Stop worrying.
It is never the thoroughly relaxed
person who suffers from insomnia.
Lack of sleep is usually a symptom
of a harried mind or a nervous dis
order. Much can be done to over
come insomnia.
Regular sleeping hours are quite
necessary. Make it a habit to retire
the same hour and to arise the same
hour until you are relaxed.
Do not overeat or eat too fast.
Both are likely to give you restless
nights. You can skip meal day
if you wish. Or substitute for two
meals each day, glass of milk ev-
cry four hours and glasses of fruit
juices in between. s
Do not resort to nerve sedatives
unless your physician advises them
for you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
Hurd Wood Floors
For Every Home

ONCE time immemorial nothing
~ has ever been able to replace
satisfactorily a good wood floor for
human habitation. From the time
man merged from the cave and
built his first crude house or log
cabin, he hewed rough boards and
laid them on the ground to serve
as floor. AS time went on, re-
finements and artistry In floor lay
ing developed, eliminating in that
exquisite form of flooring called
parquetry or "wood inlay" the
most notable example of which
may be found in the famous pal
ace of Versailles.
This parquetry, as developed
and utilized by the French, con-
sisted of cutting small pieces Of
wood into different sizes and
shapes and laying them as floor
in all sorts of pleasing patterns.
This was tedious process and an
expensive one, even in those days.
Even after advent of the machine
age, it was and still is necessary
for the pieces to be selected for
color and fitted piece by piece on
the floor so as to make a tight,
even, satisfactory job.
Recently a machine has been
invented which produces these fine
floors in blocks SO they are now
available for the most modest
homes. A firm in quaint MEGA
heysville, Va, by use of this ma
chine takes the Appalachian hard
woods, principally red and white
oaks, and from them makes most
of the beautiful patterns known to
parquetry. These are shipped in
blocks, and where formerly it took
one as skilled as cabinet maker
to lay the floors, these can now
be fitted perfectly by even the
most humble carpenter. These
floors are inexpensive and can be
adapted to new house construction
or can even satisfactorily be laid
over old floors, for casein glue is
used to cement splined blocks into
strong integral units.
The machine turns out block
made up of many narrow strips
of carefully selected wood with a
unique provision for solid inter-
locking with all joined blocks. Be-
cause they are made of hard
wood, these blocks can be sawed
in any direction-and they cannot
warp.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

(EEING the beauty, the ele-
gance, the artistry, the charm
and versatility of this seasons
fur fashions 1t would seem as If
each and every designer is pos
sessed with the idea that nothing
short of masterpiece must be
turned out in order to meet the
demands of fastidious public.
1t is fact we are growing more
exacting each year in regard to
the furs we wear. We have come to
expect Of fur that it be styled with
all the versatility of supple fabric,
and that every phase of fashion from
hats to shoes and even dresses livery
smart ones are being turned out
made all of thin supple fur) be ex-
pressed in terms of fur. The en-
couraging thing about it is that the
new fashions in fur not only come
up to expectations but they 60 far
beyond.
This season 1t Is not only that
there are coats and jackets and va
rious apparel wrought in fur but
especial emphasis is being placed
on "little furs" as they are often
called. BY which we mean the most
charming little odd neckpieces and
hats with bags to match and as for
nnuffs, to be properly stylewise you
really must carry muff from now
on until spring.
The new fur showings give the
impression that furriers find it no
"trick" at all to manipulate furs
with as much sang-froid as If it
were the most tractable and supple
fabric. Note to the left in the pic
ture an ultra smart suit tailored
of black galyack. The pelts have
been rendered as pliable as cloth
and are here expertly worked in
achieving this new box-jacket style
with its graceful trirn-fitting slen-
deriving skirt. The high hat is of
black suede and galyack.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
Ostrich Restored
To Ancient GLORY

Comes again the ostrich upon the
fashion scene, as naturally it must,
since the current season is one Of
greater pomp and splendor. It is
true Edwardian elegance that the
new ostrich trims now bring into
the fall and winter millinery pic
ture. The tiny hats with the sweep
of single ostrich plume from back
to front are amusingly quaint and
wonderfully f1attering. Have the fun
Of trying one on, you'll probably de-
eide to buy it at first glance in the
mirror.
Those cunning little tips of yore!
See them this season clustered,
prince of Wales fashion, atop tiny
velvet evening caps or surmounting
upswept curls that give the correct
evening couture.
There Is promise too, that in
triguing ostrich neckwear and os-
trich-trimmed evening wraps will
frequent the winter fashion scene.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

shelves they used long ago." It's
probably the general revival Of
Victorian ideas in decoration that
has started everyone thinking of
spool shelves.
We seemed to remember that
the shelves we had seen years ago
in old parlors were put together
with colored cords. We tried this
but the shelves were not rigid as
the cords stretched. So we used
wire and the result has been
substantial set of shelves strong
enough to hold reasonably heavy
articles. We bought the wire at
a hardware store. 1t should be
just stiff enough to bend easily
with pair of pliers.
A little less than 1914 feet of
wire was used for the shelves
shown here. Two sizes of spools
were used. Shelves, spools, wires
and all were finally painted to
match the brightest tone in the
room color scheme-in our case
it was peacock blue. There are
picture directions like these on ev-
cry page of Book No. 1-SEWING,
for the Home Decorator. If your
house is your hobby, it will be
full of thrills for you. Don't 60
through the holidays with shabby
curtains or slipcovers. This book
illustrates every step in making
new Ones Book q Novelties and
Embroidery, shows how to make
dozens Of Christmas gifts from
odds and ends of material. Books
are Is cents each. II you order
both books an interesting quilt
leafet included free. Address
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St.,
Chicago, III.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

The double breasted REFER new
"longer" jacket centered in the
group is in rich Persian lamb. This
is an ultra chic style with the new"
look that makes it convincingly Of
1898 vintage. The hat worn with it
Is also of Persian. 1t has an insert
of bright grosgrain and little red
leather motifs held with silver en-
broidery.
The smartest fashion going is the
fur-jacket costume. There are such
legions Of fur jackets this season
and they embrace every silhouette
from bolero to the widely exploited
'longer" jacket and the furs em-
ployed in making them run such
gamut Of luxury and novelty, that
the best one can hope to do il to
touch few highspots in describing
them.
A new fur to some Of us, guanaco
by name, is receiving a lot of atten-
ton this season from the spectator
sports angle. This tawny fur is at
tractively streaked with white. It
is a natural guanaco that is so
smartly used in the youthful sports
jacket pictured in the foreground.
The Breton worn with 1t is Of multi
colored hand-woven wool shaped
into a rounded brim.
AS to hats of fur if you keep pace
with fashion fur headpiece to COM
plement your fur coat or your fur
neckpiece or the fur trim on your
dress becomes a necessary luxury.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
How the Expert Shoots

The best and most effective shoot
ing form requires little movement
of the hands and arms, once the gun
has been put on the shoulder and
the comb is against the cheek. From
that point on, the direction Of the
muzzle is changed by moving the
entire upper part of the shooters
body, the gun remaining in the same
relative position with respect to the
cheek and shoulder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
New Season Luces
Most Attractive

Among the lovely new laces
brought out this season comes a
most attractive sequin-embroidered
type. Floral motifs patterned
throughout are widespread, giving
a very new look. Each flower is
worked in part with glittering Sc
quins, color-matched to the lace. A
dance frock in burgundy red lace
worked in sequins in same color is
something to covet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
Follow These
Exercises to
Keep Figure
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY
o Ben Syndicate. --WNu Service.

TKTHY Is It necessary for the mod
Wv ern woman to use an artificial
method to strengthen her muscles
and to promote good health? 1t Is
because our manner Of living Of
fers almost no opportunity to use
the larger, important muscles of
the body-the abdominal, back and
thigh muscles.
We live inactive lives. We travel
by motor or train more than we
walk. We do our homework with
electrical aids or have servants do
1t for us. Most Office jobs demand
eight hours of sitting and frequently
in poor posture. Selling work in
stores requires the over-use of the
legs and feet. Sewing, writing,
bridge and many other so-called ac-
tivities are actually inactivitiesl
Games No Substitute.
You probably think that recrea-
tional sports such as tennis, bowl
ing, badminton, golf and riding are
sufficient exercise. But they are
not. They stimulate the body
through increased circulation and
allow the skin pores to secrete
waste but they do not build the body
symmetrically because they are
"one-sided." Seldom is a woman
adept in using both her right hand
and her left hand in sports.
Walking can be an excellent ac-
~ = - -
lows spring to the step and if the
body is carried with good posture at
a steady pace and if you wear loose
clothing and correct walking shoes.
Swimming is the exception in rec
reational sports. It exercises all
the muscles of the body providing no
one stroke is overpracticed, and it
develops the body symmetrically
and beautifully.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04

This is the time Of year when
town and rural folk are getting
ready for Winter. Your car is as
important then as now. Give it a
thought. Be forehanded. Stop at
your favorite dealer and let him
drain the Summer-worn oil and
put in Acid-Free Quaker State
Winter Oil. You'll be thankful the
first cold morning.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
F all Styles Coll
For New Corsetry

In the new silhouettes the trend is
toward an uplift bustline, that gives
more of a corseted figure. Since the
call is for a slenderized waistline
that extends into a sleek and slim
body line up to the bust it is very
necessary to look into this matter
of the new corsetry that designers
offer in order to conform to de-
mands of a different figure from
that heretofore advocated in FASH
ions realm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-11-04
Modern Bethlehem

Bethlehem in Judea today has a
mayor and a fine police station. A
road sign at it's city limit warns
chauffeurs to "drive slowly" and
the girls who used to carry classic
pottery to the well now arrive
there with an old gasoline can to
carry the water.