Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-11-13
NEW PLEASURE
BEING PURSUED
BY U.S.. PEOPLE
WAR HAS PUT CRIMP IN KIND OF
FUN PREVIOUSLY REACHED
BY AUTOMOBILE

Because the war has put a crimp
in the kind Of fun they used to reach
with an automobile, Americans now
are concentrating their pleasure closer
to fireside, in the yard or neighbor-
hood fun-spots. They are becoming
homefolks.
Ctrtailed automobile driving forces
the typical family to spend less time
on the road and more at actual recre-
alton. Industrial workers with more
money buy entertainment on bigger
scale.
Whole families invaded the parlor
and backyard when they discovered
they couldn't buy gasoline freely and
found the tires becoming worn.
The Book-of- the Month club says
reading took a curious turn-people
developed an Unsuitable appetite for
books about the war. In their spare
time, they absorb material written by
on-the-spot observers and expert in
depreciation on certain phases of the
conflict, a club official says.
.Escapist reading was popular be-
fore Pearl Harbor," he continues, land
fiction books still are going strong, but
non-fiction has reached an eminence
that would not have been possible
without world conflict"
The Macmillan company, publishers,
says that individuals are buying even
the encyclopedia of navies Of the
world, James Fighting Ships" which
sells for sl9 The book first was print
ed in the United States July 81.
For the backyard the family built
or bought an outdoor grill and dis
covered they could enjoy an all-day
picnic right at home.
Other indications of the trend in
clude:
Reports by stores of sensationally
large sales of small stoves; home ath-
letic equipment, games like badmin-
ton or table tennis, outdoor chairs
and other lawn accessories.
Announcement by McCall's mag
aZine that pattern saleS-that means
home sewing-are at new highs.
Those desiring entertainment out
side the home find it in bowling, golf,
movies. tennis, baseball, horse racing
and gymnastics.
Bowling enthusiasts have increased
at dizzy pace since 1894 and in the
past few years women adherents have
sent the game spiraling into a $780,
000,O investment in which 10000, 900
Americans participate.
The bowling ball Is a current prob
lem for manufacturers because it has
rubber core. Production ceased
March 81 but stocks on hand are large
and the balls last "a lifetime" one
producer says
Tennis balls gradually are becoming
extinct with manufacturers limited to
repossessed rubber and allowed to pro-
duce only IS percent of their normal
needs.
Golfers worry only about their tires.
Golf ball manufacturers find they can
overhaul balls-sometimes merely by
repainting them-and most of the rub
Der inside is reusable.
The national council Of the Young
of Y. M. G. A. gymnasiums generally
tered the war.
Movie fans have increased in city
central locations, but neighborhood
moving picture theaters suffer - be-
cause many women who formerly went
to the movies in the afternoon now
are engaged in civilian defense work.
The legitimate stage reports the
best receipts since the last World war
Broadway shows, normally fairly in
active at this time of the year, are
playing to capacity crowds.
Attendance at race tracks and major
league baseball games generally is
comparable to last year, although off
in some cities because of local condi-
lions.