The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-09-26

Its all b n 6
given away on ~
radio programs,
What l don't know is how the radio
people are getting scarce commodi-
ties to give away, but We'll skip
lightly over that.
Following the well-knoWn Queen
for a day program, on which the days
queen is given everything from
sterling silver sceptre to a new hair
do. I ran into a little dilly called
Your Hearts Desire
This is really something believe
me. All anyone has to do is write a
letter to Your Hearts Desire, Holly
wood, 46, California and tell why you
want something The studio audience
helps read the mail and each audi
ence participant selects the letter he
considers most interesting. Then he
or she is called to the mike to read
the letter. For this chore a gift is
also given.
Yesterday one letter was from the
mother of four who needed some
sheets-as who doesn't? Great"
shouted the announcer happily.
Mrs. Soandso you shall have some
sheets. Ladies and gentlemen don't
you think that this mother of four
should have some sheets? Well SO do
1. Mrs. Soandso we're just going to
send you TWELVE PAIRS OF
GLUTZ'S PERCALE SHEETS"
When l picked myself up from a
quiet faint, the gentleman was send
ing a fine electric iron to college
girl whose hearts desire it was be-
cause her roommate was furnishing
the ironing board but she (before she
bethought herself of the radiO) had
been unable to make good on her
promise to furnish an iron. Well,
she doesn't have to worry now!
Radio monograph combinations,
electric stoves and many another
item unseen by anyone outside a
radio studio were give away with the
same airy abandon.
Gee whizz!
Whirling around the mad dial l
finally decided that there isn't much
point in anyone's working these days.
If you can just hit enough radio pro-
grams you can keep yourself well
supplied with everything anyone
needs-including vast sums of coin
of the realm dished out on the myr-
lad quiz programs. Why woman
could make a career of it-and ap-
parently a number of them do.
At this point I'm planning to write
to Your Hearts Desire, Hollywood
or perhaps its Los Angeles-46 or
47-California, and explain that my
hearts desire has long been to view
conditions in Europe at first hand and
would they be so kind as to arrange
little tour for me? If that's asking
too much I'll settle for just one small
can of black pepper.
They can't fool me. Ever since yes
terday afternoon I've known where
all the black pepper is.
The only disadvantage about a
weekly newspaper is little matter
of coverage on such events as the
Great Hagerstown Fair, for instance
AS things stand, the Fair wasn't
ready to be covered on Monday, and
Tuesday noon is our deadline.
However, with the Fair memory
as this goes to press, can't resist of
fering congratulations to the FAN
Board for the incest show I've seer
at the Fairgrounds in the seven years
that I've lived here.
Out over the country the Great
Hagerstown Fair has had, down the
years, a terrific build-up. I had ex
pected it to be miniature of the ele
CANT Indiana State Fair-the only
one 1 really know much about
Frankly, I was most disappointed
Up until this year the Fair has seem
ed to me nothing more than cheal
carnival-noisy, dirty, honlzy-tonk Il
an impossible degree.
This year they seem to hit thei
stride again. Things look better ant
for the first time saw the sort of ex
hibits that one expects at a big fair
The crowd I went with were al
for doing the fair in big way-an'