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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
WOMAN,S REALM :
Fur Muhs Wi, a Warm Reception On Euery Hand
BY MARIAN YOUNG NEA Service Stan Correspondent

New York-Ths is the winter to spend your leftover Christmas cash on huff or fur hat to match your fur coat the collar of cloth Fur hats and muffs great fsvorites with the smarty grooed this which you may be getting mildly weary And, of course they are right in tune with the current renaissance of Vc torian and Edwardian modes,
 you this mention of them of the but slightly shapeless ones grand pleasant The modern models come masinabe shape and size And her separate closed don't huff and bag You carry one or the other
 Among the smare collections beautiful rather long roll of silver fox with the fur worked round and round little ba rich cleaning fur a small III triangle s of shiny in black brown or gray.
 fur together with strip of matching fur with huge satin the You have of these in sleek beaver with that strikes your fancy.
 among mink sleeyeet designers idea of perfect huff Tight the wrist ared one coat sleeve And worn with brown black felt pbox banded with matching mink makes an ultra chic semble
 Among eyecstchng poxes banded with their peaked The popular Breton sailors are just perfect pert small type will that suggest the richly befurred beau of the old Russian court.
 For college girls muf sleeveless fairly mex mus to match jackets Other ow-pced
 s that s % aaap @ o ss nes p m ] sosa are $ and pony
 For evening" absolutely muffs emne Mink muf match collars on luxurious evening wraps are a small huff to an evening bag these days
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03

hardest job any woman can un- dertake Is to gain the friendship and confidence of her stepchil- dren. Especially if they are past the age of dolls and trains and are beginning to have wills of their own. So here Is my salute to those who have bravely won their laurels.
 Cannot Pose as 'MOther"
 children are likely to think of her ss . substitute for the dear one who has gone. So she can- not deceive them by pretending to be another mother. Not at first. Her best course, and I am not telling her one new thing she does not know, Is simply to enter the household as a friend, 6 per- son whom the children know they can trust and respect.
 For some time she will give more than she receives. But at Inst she will have her reward. Lit- tie by little, the small boys CT gir., and the big ones too, will decide that she is Q swell person, and confidence usually leads to iove.
 Lincoln lost his mother, Nancy Hanks, when he was a boy of ten. The imaginative lad adored his mother, the gentle overworked Nancy who had known nothing but extreme poverty.
 When she died, his father mar sied the brisk but equally gentle Sally Bush Johnson, a widow who instantly recognized the frus- trated. lost look in the boys eyes. She knew that his dream of books and study was something for her to attend to.
 She it was. who gave the world Its immortal Lincoln. He loved her in time as dearly as he had loved his own mother. She did
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
NEW TERED SILHOUETTE

After the holiday rush is @ good time to check up on your niid- winter wardrobe. If you're lookin:.. for a new silhouette. smart shops are introducing the flared tiered skirt
 You might like daytime frock of sheer black wool with a short -sleev- ed. snugly fitted bodice tapering to the rarrow-belted natural waistline and three-tiefed skirt, each tier falling in large, graceful folds. !ge bright buttons fastening the front of the bodice and narrow white pique neck piping relieve Its dark simplicity. This is also in navy wool.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
DIET ALONE
 WON'T DO IT

Exercise is important, too. It's a mistake to try to lose weight by diet alone.
 The ideal system Is tc walk at least mile four or five times a week, striding briskly along with head up, chest high, stomach in, arms relaxed and swinging. And. in addition, to do two or three spe- cial exercise routines twenty or thirty times each every single day.
 One of Hollywood star Joan Blondell's favorite routines for keep ing hips and thighs slender is done this way:
 Stand barefooted or in fiat-heeled shoes about two feet away from Q straight chair, with hands placed lightly on the back of 1t. Now lift heels from floor, placing all weight on toes. Keeping back straight and head erect bend knees and sink downward to a squatting position. Without lowering heels to the floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
TOMORRow's MENU

BREAKFAST: Grapefruit, hot cereal, streusel coffee cake. cof- fee, milk.
 CHILDREN'S LUNCHEON AND SUPPER PARTY: Pine apple juice, princess creamed chicken. wholewheat and water cress sandwiches, peppermint candy ice cream. Ferdinand the Bull cake, tea (for adults), milk.
 DINNER: Stuffed beef heart. mushroom gravy. mashed pota- toes. stewed tomatoes and green peppers, romaine salad, caramel custard. coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
GloTfying Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

Now is the time to decide that you will begin immediately to lose the extra two or three pounds you gain- ed during the holiday season. It really is easy to get rid of few pounds, but certainly not so simple to lose five or ten.
 And, as you well know, once you have gained little weight, you are likely to put on bit more without even realizing it until a saleswo- man tells you that you now need Q larger dress size than the one you've been wearing for years.
 First of all, stop thinking in terms of holiday menus and tidbits. Get back to your low calorie meals, re- membering that if you eat light breakfasts and luncheons you can have one portion of everything on the dinner menu, including dessert.
 An ideal breakfast might in- clude large glass of unsweetened fruit juice, a thin slice of toast, sparingly buttered and hot bever- age. For luncheon, have soup, a large salad and fresh or stewed fruit Then, for dinner. a helping of everything served. No second por- tons, however. and make it rule always to eat every last bit of your salad and vegetables before consid- ering dessert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
KEEPS CREAsEs SHARP

If young son has difiiculty in keeping a neat crease in school trousers, try stitching with the sewing machine very close to the edge of the crease along its en- tire length.
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Ldtest Styles
Ho1e, TO Keeb Well
By DR WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

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hands and pulling 1t upward toward chest as far as possible. Repeat twenty times . day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03

consciousness and other feelings of inferiority. Tells how to develop the warm, happy, vibrant attitude which wins friends.
 Send 10c in coin for your copy of OVERCOMING SELF CON- SCIOUSNESS AND OTHER IN. FERIORITY COMPLEXES to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, e35 Sixth Ave-, New York, ". Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME ADDRESS and the NAME of book let .sR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
nr oLIyE ROBERTS DAYTON

There should be another name for ssstepmother." How in the world 1t syef wedged its way into the dic- houAry it is hard to say.
 But however 1t happened, the stymologists ought to do some- &tTfvnv ohnf1t if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03

When it's Maids Night Ont" and you're preparing supper sracks for your guests wear the prettiest apron in your wardrobel Pattern 649 shows just what you want:- a sweet little style with heart shaped top and pockets to match as well as a palmer version for when you're busy helping with the baking and cooking. Notice that you can slip both these Claire Tilden aprons quickly over your head, and that they unbutton at back to sim- plify laundering. Besides, the straps won't bother you by slipping off your shouldersl The curved waist line gives Q nice fit over the dia- phragm, while the darts just above may be either stitched or pressed. The criss-cross treatment of ric-rac is unusual and pleasing. Use but tons too for trim.
 Pattern 649 is cut in sizes small, medium and large. Small size, view A, requires 7-8 yards 36 inch fab- ric and 2 5-8 yards ric-rac; view B, 2 1-8 yards 36 inch fabric.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to the Waterbury Democrat Pattern Department.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
ANSWER:
DEAR MISS CHATFIELp:

ANSWER:
 My dear woman comfort in the only advice
 
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 the little drama that has come under my & oo the wife Of divorced man with little girl old She too has had to deal with husband who Doubtless she's suffered the same bangs you suffering she's used her head She has cultivated the little gs birthdays and Christmas and every other gifts and sends them to the child with an husband She never loses an portuny invite the child to visit in their home Shes even gone extended vacation motor trip And shes been paid for her pans
 his wife devoted to his daughter as she Consequently he dOesnt spend ms Me trying touch with the child He leaves these matters this has made him love ana ad me he could have she had tried to daughter Mrs has lost nothing ana gaed everything; effort I'd but with determination to hold her husbands love at any cost
 Different say? Maybe but my dear woman the middle great big mess the only way you can is by temperament And when wouldn't be fine you could have baby o your very own?
 Problems readers will be will
 
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Remain that way . second, then rise to original position. Repeat rapidly ten times the first day, hf- teen the second, twenty the third. THE "BLONDELL
 KNEE-BEND"
 Also to keep her thighs and hips slim, Miss Blondell likes this exer- else:
 Stand erect with ankles together. Now bend right knee, grasp 1t with both hands and pull 1t upward to- ward chest. Reverse and repeat, lift- ing left knee, grasp,ng 1t with both
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-03
Sqw Today

Second Wife Sharing Husbands Love and Income With Child of His First Marriage Can Conquer yealousIy by Making Friend of Child. DEAR MISS CHATFIELD
 married divorced against the wishes of my family snd wisdom of their warnings My husband always his ex-wte either hes making arrange little going leave lift for the child or he's phonng recovered cold jealousy and while always having check that out the first or every nothing compared to the heart- aches cannot this way forever
 SECOND WIFE
Evening star., 1939-09-24
New WMarlene
Onthe RANGE
Role in Western
Brings a Change
To Dietrich
By Vern HaueIand,
Associated Press Stan Writer.


HOLLYWOOD.
Marlene Dietrich popped out OF
the violet-scented clouds in which
she's been living for the last two
years and landed smack in the old
corral.
Queen of the silken and sexy roles
for years. she's taking her career
on a back-to-nature cruise. She's
making her first Western movie
Destiny Rides Again." She's new
Marlene, this cattleman's delight.
In the movie she's hardboiled
little entertainer in a frontier dance
hall, working for that old no-good,
Brian Donlevy-but with a weak
ness for certain cowboy, lanky
James powder RiveD Stewart.
Marlene's tearing into her unac-
customed role with q gusto that
surprises everybody.
She's got that Rocky Mountain
twang to her voice. She yells "Ye-
hoo" and 'Yippy" with almost
alarming enthusiasm. She rolls her
own cigarettes, one-handed fashion.
She talks out Of corner of her
mouth, calls people "pardner" and
even croons hillbilly tunes. You'll
be grooming one of 'em-"Little
Joe"-yourself when the picture
comes out.
And she gets into honey of a
fight, a regular scratch-fest, with
Una Merkel.
It's all over Mischa Auer's pants.
Marlene wins 'em in game Of strip
poker, and Una, who plays Mischa's s
better half, objects.
Stewart ends the set-to by dous-
ing a bucket of water upon the war
ring women.
Marlene's changed not only her
acting ways, but her whole per-
sonality, for this picture.
When she was the sultry, naughty
principal of such pictures as dis
honored," Blond Venus" Scarlet
Empress" and Desire. she was in
clined to be bit difficult, If not out
right temperamental.
That's all gone. Now Marlene just
loves to be interviewed. The only
reporter she has refused to see lately
called while she was taking a bath.
She even apologized about that.
She fraternizes with the extras,
handles words with the technicians.
When she was needed for a scene,
her director had been going In
search of her, until she told him,
Just whistle and I'll come"
Now he whistles, and she comes
a-running.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD

oOLI 7 WOOO.
Time draws near for tabulation OF
1939s ofncial "box-ofi champions, u
and plenty of flrst-line stars are
wondering how far up or down the
popularity ladder they're going to
place.
Many observers predict sharp up
sets in star ratings when exhibitors
make their annual world wide report
on who does and doesn't draw pa
irons into theaters.
Two questions are being posed on
every Hollywood side:
/. Can Shirley Temples personal
popularity counteract the effect of
two decidedly mediocre features and
return her to the head of the box
Office pack for a fifth consecutive
year?
2. If not, and another star usurps
her coveted crown. will Shirley ac-
tually retire from the screen, as her
mother has several times indicated?
ION the eve of Shirley's 10th BIRTH
day anniversary last April Mrs,
Temple was reported to have told
friends that an "in-between" box
Office rating was not to be consid-
cred and that 1t would be either the
top spot or graceful exit
Anyway. regardless Of what final
figures divulge, this will be Shirley S
most desperate effort to retain her
position as queen of the movies. In
past annual contests she's won in
long margin romps, showing her
heels last year, for example, to such
sturdy contenders as Clark Gable,
Sonia Henie, Mickey Rooney, Spen-
Ger Tracy, Robert Taylor, Myrna
10y, Jane Withers, Alice Faye and
Tyrone Power-who followed her in
the order named.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Film Making
Progresses
On Wheels
1t Takes Plenty
OF Them, Too,
For One Set
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
New deal!" shouts the assistant
director. Between 100 and 500
wheels start turning. The motion
picture troupe begins one Of those
lightning shifts that have made the
film business one of the most flexible
industries in the world.
From 80 to 200 men-the number
depends on the magnitude of the
set-leap to their individual tasks.
Within few moments the troupe
is ready to shoot again. The move
perhaps to an adjoining set, or even
to . different sound stage-has been
effected in an amazingly short time
and with q minimum Of lost mo-
tion-because everything In movie
making moves on wheels.
The fellow who coined the phrase
"the wheels Of industry" may not
have had the nlm business In mind,
but his words fit the case. A sur
vey of the "City Of Lost Men" set,
where John Garfield, Ann Sheridan,
Pat OBrien and Burgess Meredith
star in the Warden Lewis E. Lawes
story, disclosed that not less than
"a pieces Of equipment move on
wheels.
Every lamp, with the exception
of those permanently attached to
overhead catwalks, is mounted on
wheels. Electricians equipment rolls
on wheels. The sound mixers panel
and his chair are wheeled. The
time clock on the set rests on a
wheeled table. Dressing rooms have
wheels. Even some walls, the So
called wild walls" are mounted on
wheels so they can be easily and
quickly moved about for the sake
Of the camera. The camera, of
course, Is on wheels. Director Ana
tole Litvak's shoulder-hig desk
moves on wheels. The huge trash
bucket and the set telephone roll
on wheels.
If this seems like a lot of wheels,
q brief visit to a motion picture set
will convince you. After every scene
the floor nghts-there may be as
many as 100 bulky carbon arcs in
use-must be shifted to new posi-
tions. The scene just completed
may be a long shot; the next one
q closeup. That means that nearly
every piece Of equipment, including
the telephone and the directors
desk, must be moved In closer to
the center Of activity. Portable
equipment makes the shift COM
partively simple. The crew simply
pushes it around.
Studio production managers esti-
mate that without wheels movies
would take twice as long to nlm.
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Time Draws Near for New List of Box Office Winners
Doeters Even Now Are Attempting Shirley Temple
Will Lead the Pack Fifth elinquih the y

colts, with the field fighting it out
far in the rear.
While Clark Gable did come up
with TOO Hot to Handle" a flimsy
melodrama Of the newsreel hunters,
and Idiots Delight" which appar-
emily appealed only to limited
classes, he has been obliged to spend
most of his 1899 time on Gone With
the Wind" which cannot be released
in time to be entered in his favor.
Last years third-place winner, Sonia
Henie, has had only a pair OF routine
ice-skating stories, and these are
not believed to have helped her
rating to any extent-in fact, many
believe the Norwegian blade expert
is fast slipping in popular favor.
Spencer Tracy had tough breaks,
too, in 1889. First came the devas-
tating debacle of Il Take This
Woman" the initial Hedy Lamar
picture at M-G-M, In which Spencer
played the hero role and which was
discarded finally after nearly five
months work. Stanley and Liv-
4A6oVOAAC AOllOWCu, dAlu tkldt oCCxllo
to be the academy award winners
sole bid for a place among the years
money makers.
Robert Taylor and Myrna 10y,
two others IN the select group, should
be natural contenders, but they ran
amuck early with a dismal flop
known as Lucky Night" Taylor
will have to depend on what box
Office support he can muster from
a supporting role to Hedy Lamar
in Lady Of the Tropics" while
Myrna had nothing after Lucky
Night" until The Rains Came"
which won't get enough distribution
before returns are made to count
in her favor.
Jane Withers. who stood eighth,
has slipped badly, not in numbers.
Evening star., 1939-09-24

but in quality Of offerings. She may
60 out Of the select list entirely. Alice
Faye, in ninth place, had '"Tailspin, "
a flop, and Rose OF Washington
Square," which carried only fairish
appeal at the gate-so Alice's place,
too, is quite insecure. Tyrone Power
scored a solid hit as "Jesse James"
and was the principal draw in Rose
of Washington Square," 50 he may
lift himself a notch or two.
Don't think these ratings, con-
Quoted by Motion Picture Herald
through survey Of certified thea
ter receipts, aren't taken seriously
by actors and producers. On the
contrary, they're the most accurate
barometer a studio has in deter
mining the actual cash value Of
human chattels. A place among the
10 greats gives any actor a powerful
weapon In driving q new contract
deal.
jeanette Macdonald is expected to
land place among the first 10 this
year, and SO are Irene Dunno and
Charles Boyer, the sensational ro-
mantle team Of Love Affair" and
when Tomorrow Comes" Enrol
Flynn is another hot prospect be-
cause Of his Dodge City," while "
year -old Deanna Durbin, with two
powerful efforts. cannot be far out
Of the running.
Which might make that new LIST
line up something like this: /. Mick
ey Rooney; 2. Shirley Temple; 3.
Clark Gable; 4. Tyrone Power; 5.
Deanna Durbin; g. Charles Boyer
and Irene Dunno (as a team: 7.
Sonia Henie; 8. Spencer Tracy; 8.
Enrol Flynn; 10. Jeannette Macdon-
old. You don't think 50? Well, then
try your own.
(Released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-09-24
Todoy's Film Schedules

KE1THSFifth Avenue Girl" Ginger being a
morbidity 2, 3:45, 5:45, TAO and 9:35 pm.
Women with claws barred and dripping acid
2, 4:10, 6:55 and $40 pm.
Agent" being Department.
2 4:40 7:15 and $50 pm Stage shows: $780, 625 and
Observation-Disclosures Sherlock Rathbone
the sleuth: 435 tbs and 10 Stage 345
6:25 and 9:10
Boy" the lad
heart and hands in the prize ring 240
COLUMBIAThe Wizard Of o. the wizardy the special
effects department: g. 1886, $40, 745 and $50 pm.
LITTLECavalcade version of Noel Cowards drama
1855, 555 7:55 and 955 pm.
TRANS -LUX-News and shorts continuous from pm.
NAIR-Tost Squadron revival air adventure hn
pm
Evening star., 1939-09-24

(See GRAHAM, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1939-09-24

AutA PAoPiiSSASo AVA AVA WOO BIB
Cling at something said to her by
her escort, Gregory Bautzer.
Everywhere in Hollywood you
hear the same belief in Miss Turner's
ultimate top-ranking position on the
screen. Her latest picture, Dancing
Co-ed," was sneak-previewed a few
weeks ago, and the audience to a
man-and woman-opined that here
was the Better Davis of 1949. Sounds
a long way off-but Lana in 1949 will
be younger by several years than
Miss Davis is today. And, by that
time, she will have had 13 years of
movie experience.
A few days ago I had lunch with
the embroyo acting giant at the
Hollywood Brown Derby. She is
easy to look at-and easier to talk
to. CA relief from some of her older
colleagues, with whom conversation
is the hardest form of toilD
Lana is dressed up to the hilt-in
a beige and brown suit, with a hood
1or hat. (Another relief, in town
where you can recognize a movie
actress by her slacks and absence of
make-up) And she is completely
natural and frank. More relief for
reporter, who has had to watch the
posturings and premeditated mouth
ings Of Grace Moore, Constance
Bennet, etc.
1--WE had no dramatic training
whatsoever" says Lana. I've never
wanted to be film actress. It was
as big a surprise to meas to YOU
that I. Of all the girls in Hollywood,
was picked out to be a screen &C.
tress."
AS you have probably read, three
years ago, when Lana was a Holly
Evening star., 1939-09-24

wood high school girl Of Is, she wa,
consuming an ice cream cone in q
drug store when a talent scout &C.
costed her, gave her his card and
told her to report next day at the
Warner Bros. studio for a test. 1T
sounds like a publicity story-but it's
absolutely true" Miss Turner assures
me.
Mervyn lie Roy saw the test. gave
her an important "bit" in They
Won't Forget" and raved to every
one who would listen about the bud
ding blond Sarah Bernhardt.
II came to earth with q bang when
Goldwyn borrowed me for Marco
Polo,'" says Lana. Luckily my part
was so small no one knew I was in
the picture" (She appeared with
Binnie Barnes in the rather ridicu-
lous tent scene)
When lie Roy moved his director
and producer chattels to Metro he
brought his two human assets, Miss
Turner and Fernand Gravet-the
latter did not do very well and is
now in France.
Unlike most present-day movie
starlets, Lana likes to have q good
time. She is q throwback to the
period when being q movie star
meant also making whoopee in the
evenings. In other words, she dotes
on night clubs. When her serious
minded movie sisters are eating their
dinners in bed 50 as to look fresh
for the camera next morning, Lana
is hot-footing it at La Conga or the
Cocoanut Grove.
But, If she Is tired the next day,
(See GRAHAM, Page F-2)