Hollywood
Siffht* And Sound*
13 * By ROBIN COONS
BOLLYWOOD.-“Playing house”
^ actually an accredited endeavor
. thp movies.
Vr0».i men do it, and get paid
" t Walk mto the office of prac
. iv anv movie studio art direc
» and vou're likely to catch him
- the act. He may have his desk,
chairs and even the floors
with cardboard models of
** flats, apartments, pent
JJuses! medieval castles, or thatch
roof shanties.
Jot all of these at once, of course,
t lcast not all in the same room.
vnur art director keeps his models
„r one Picture all In one place,
lpn thev are all completed, there
"idn't be room for models of
* f0r another picture, anyway.
It s Big Business
TT/p nfdels reprisent big busi
m even if they look like toys for
gild's playroom. Here on Art
Director Alexander Toluboff’s desk
fhich i5 today’s example—is a
wvmoon house to which (when
lt iS' "blown up" to life size on a
wl Mti Henry Fonda will lead
his bride Sylvia Sidney in the pic
ture 'you Only Live Once.” The
houses 1* a rambling two - story
nurture with garden and trees
outside, and very beautifully fur
nished in miniature with chairs,
Ijpds rugs, bookcases, stairs, and
draperies.
Toluboff, who was an architect
Wore he became a movie art di
rector, designs these sets to scale
ind has them fashioned by experts
working under his supervision. For
this particular film there are 40
different sets, and Toluboff expects
to have models of most of them.
Making a "doll house” saves
money and time. When Fritz Lang,
who ir directing, comes in to see
the set he may hava a suggestion
for a change. If the real set is up,
that would mean money. The cam
mi man comes In and figures out
his "angles.” The set dressers take
i look arid start working on the
materials and furnishings they will
need.
Dolls For Acton
The chief electrician can tell,
from the doll’s house, where to
spot his lights. Lang can plan the
movements of his characters, de
ride whether Miss Sidney shall
walk up stairs as she says a line
of dialog, or be sitting a chair
in that cozy fireside group. And the
producer, finally, can see how it all
stacks up. After all this, they can
to ahead and build the set and
know that it pleases everybody.
When an art director takes on a
“spectacle film” he is even more
likely than usual to “play houses”
Wore building a set. For “The
Crusades” one of the most elaborate
medieval castles took shape in a
cardboard miniature on a work
man's table long before the lot
TALK
TO
PARENTS
Tell It Again!'
By BROOKE PETERS CHURCH
"Tell me the story of the three
little pigs.’’
But I told you that story yester
day and the day before, and the day
before that. Let’s have a new story
today."
No, the three little pigs—please!
‘Once upon a time'—you know!"
A child will ask for the same story
again and again, until the story
teller begins to wish he had never
told it in the first place. And woe
betide the narrator who tries to
break the monotony by variations on
the original theme. The child re
members every last detail and in
sists on exact repetition.
A repertory of half a dozen of the
best fairy tales is enough for any
parent to have. “The Three Little
Pigs," “Red Riding Hood,” Hansel
and Gretel,” “Snow White,” “Cin
derella’ and "The Sleeping Beauty”
are probably the best choice, though
"Jack the Giant Killer,” “The Sev
en Little Goats” and “Beauty and
the Beast” are a good second line
of defense.
There is no use in combatting
this love that a child has for the
old and tried. Little children are by
nature conservative. It is an ex
pression of the need for security
which is innate in humanity. When
a child begins to branch out and
seek and demand the new and un
tried, he has passed babyhood and
is beginning to assert his indepen
dence. ,
• Furthermore the child feels a cer
tain satisfaction in knowing the
story beforehand. In a small way it
is an intellectual triumph for him,
and builds up his self esteem, which
in turn gives him a firmer foun
dation.
Telling stories to children may be
monotonous, but it is very satisfac
tory to all concerned. Gradually, as
the child grows older, the written
word must be substituted for the
spoken. But up to six or even seven
years the child whose father or
mother is a good story-teller, not
dependent on reading from books,
is a fortunate person.
The ndte of a cricket is some
times so loud it can be heard a mile
away.
heard the sound of hammer and
saw in actual construction. The in
finite detail lavished on the models
was never more apparent than
here: They carved the figures (rep
resenting actors) from soap so they
would have "roundness” and real
ity—and then dressed them and
applied make-up!
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‘Gift Of God* Baby ,
Plot Told In Court 1
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Appearing aa a prosecution witness
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lie Tipton Mueneh and three others
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Thomasson (above) testified Mrs.
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BALANCED BUDGET
TALK UPPERMOST
IN MIND OF U. S.
Stubborn Figures To
Face President
This Year
By BYRON PRICE
Chief of Bureau, The Associated
Press, Washington
Talk of a balanced national bud
get for the coming year. Indefinite
though It is, has electrified the
poet-election interim as few other
developments could possibly have
done.
Such a consummation may turn
out, in the end, to be only a dream.
Figures are stubborn things, when
marshalled into cold columns on
the ledger. The difficulties in the
way of an actual balance are very
great. Yet there is challenging sig
nificance in the mere fact that re
sponsible officials speak of the pos
sibility.
The apprehension and hesitation
which has hovered so long ovei
the business community may be
traced to three principal causes
One has been the fear of infla
tion—a general distrust of the cur
rency. The international stabilisa
tion agreement has done a great
deal to dissipate that distrust, and
not so much is heard about it as
formerly.
Another has been uncertainty as
to further government regulation
of business. Now the trend of af
fairs on that score seems definitely
toward a “sweet reasonableness."
Government gestures of friendli
ness are followed by business ex
pressions of returning trust and
confidence.
The third fly in the ointment has
been the budget. Big and little
business men have wondered whe
ther the government's habit of liv
ing beyond its income could be
broken before it reached 'the stage
of a wrecked credit structure. Real
assurance on that point should
contribute heavily to the present
upward swing of recovery.
How It Might Be Done
After several successive years ol
deficit, last year saw the govern*
ment spending more than two dol
lars for every one It collected in
taxes. Roughly, for the 12 months
ending June 30, last, the income
was a little over four billions, the
outgo a little under nine billions.
Latest official estimates for the
year ending next June put reve
nue at live and two-thirds billions,
expenditures at seven and three
quarters billions. Better tax collec
tions may boost the revenue figure
somewhat. But expenditures al
ready are proceeding at the rate
indicated — they have been ap
proaching three billions for the flrsl
five months of the 12 month period
—and further heavy relief appro
priations seem certain.
Those who speak of a balanced
budget after next June tVfnk reve
nue and expenditures may aboul
come together at six billions. Or
the revenue side, such a goal seemi
possible, due to the business up
turn. But can upwards of two bil
lions be lopped off expenditures?
The talk of such a possibility Ir
official quarters can only be predi
cated on one or two suppositions
One is that the emergency agen
cies, including relief, 'will be dis
mantled on a wide scale. The othei
is that the treasury is contemplat
ing one of those bookkeeping tran
sactions — such as, for instance
capitalisation of its unrealised pro
fit on gold—for ghich it has beer
so severely criticized in the past.
ROOSEVELT JR.
WILL BE SHOWN
DU PONT CUSTOM
By SI GRID ARNE
Copyright, 1936, by The Associated
Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. — m —
New Year’s Day arrives and the du
Pont families of Wilmington ob
serve a family tradition carried
through many generations.
The i'omen dress their prettiest
and stay at home beside heavy-lad
en buffets and wine-carts to greet
the day’s guests. But the men put
on their top-hats, fill the back seats
of their cars with sweet-meats and
go the rounds of all the du Pont
homes. It’s the one day of the year
in which all the du Ponts see all
the du Ponts.
That’s one custom to which the
young and handsome Franklin
Roosevelt, Jr., probably will be in
troduced when he marries the
beauty of the Wilmington clan.
Ethel du Pont, in June.
But Miss du Pont no doubt will
be inducted into Just as interesting
a Roosevelt custom. Their most fa
mous one centers around birthdays
in the family. The family gathers
wherever the Fjesident and his
wife happetf to be.
A, magnificent cake is brought to
thi dinner table. It never bears
more than 21 candles, for age stops
there for the Roosevelts as far as
the birthday cake is concerned.
Each diner lights one candle and
makes a wish for the birthday
child. If any remain unlighted, the
round starts again, and those lucky
enough to secure a second candle
may make a wish for themselves.
Traditions Flourish
Those are just two outstanding
traditions which will enrich the fu
ture lives of the country’s No. 1 ro
mancers of the day. There are
many others.
For instance, the homes. Each
family has a summer home on the
Maine coast. The du Ponts go to
North East Harbor, Maine, where
they sail and play golf in the tangy
air. ;nie Roosevelts go to Campo
Bello, a resort island in New
Brunswick, Canada, where they sail
and pack picnic hampers.
Each winter both families repair
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HEALTH
The Clinical Thermometer
Of ail the Important medical in
struments in use. the clinical ther
mometer la no doubt the most wide
spread. Practically every family has
to the south.
Even the year-round homes of
the two families are much alike.
The du Pont manor is a big place
with mahogany furniture, fire
places. books and one "showroom."
the two-story entrance hall In
which the bride's father has hung
his hunting troples.
The Roosevelt home Is another
comfortable, rambling place with
books and mahogany. But instead
of huhtlng trophies it has the ma
rine treasures of the President.
There will be a slight difference
in the spirit of the places, however.
The Roosevelts like to play. They
play charades. They spring pranks
on each other.
If the du Ponts are pranksters,
the world doesn't know It. The
term most often applied to the
family is “conservative." But their
conservative habits have given them
a serene clan life.
Du Ponts Enter The Firm
The bride - to - be’a father ex
plains:
“I suppose my daughter will set
tle down to be a good home-maker.
Franklin is a fine lad. And then,
all our women marry young, have
good-sized families and devote their
time to their homes.
“Most of our young men. wheth
er they are du Foots or marry du
Ponts, are brought Into omt plants,
if they wish. They jnust succeed
like non-members of the family,
but we have a system of shifting
employes around until they find
their niche."
He doesn't explain—because Eu
gene du Pont seems an extremely
shy, retiring and gentle person —
but the fact Is obvious. The family
doesn’t Insist that its daughters
marry financial equals. Many have
married poor men, but the young
bridegrooms may have Jobs.
one or more thermometer* and
many are skilled In reading Its
cryptic scale.
The clinical thermometer haa an
Interesting history. To begin with.
It shares with the blood pressure
Instruments an uncommon origin In
that both were Invented not by
physicians, but by non-medical
men of Ingenuity.
Blood pressure was first studied
by Stephen Hales, an English cler
gyman born in 1677. The clinical
thermometer, not of course In Its
present form, was invented by the
Italian scientist and astronomer
Oaltleo, who also was among the
first to measure the pulses rate by
using as a' timing instrument the
excursions of a pendulum of given
length.
The diagnostic significance of
body temperature was long appre
ciated. We find descriptions of fev
ers In the literature of the Greek
physicians. But precise thermomet
ry, that which measures minute
variations in body temperature. Is
an achleveaaeat of the last cen
tury. The thermometer of Galileo
contained alcohol. The modem one
makes use of mercury.
The mercurial theriW>meter was
Invented by Roomer. At first this
valuable Instrument was neglected.
In 1859, howevq-, the German phy
sician, Carl Wunderlich, made a
painstaking study of variations In
body temperature In health and In
disease. Hla work served as a foun
dation for the science of thermo
metry.
The thermometer In use in the
United States, which differs from
those used in western, central and
eastern Europe, was made by the
German Instrument maker, Daniel
Gabriel Fahrenheit, who died 300
years ago. The seals on this ther
mometer, registering normal aver
age body temperature as 98.8. was
arbitrarily arrived at. It has not,
for example, the mors logical scale
of the Celsius thermometer, the
degrees of which are 100th parts of
the temperature range between the
freezing and boiling points of wa
ter.
The clinical thermometer la a val
uable Instrument, but dangerous la
the hands of the untrained. Used as
a crude Index of the severity of Ill
ness. It Is liable to prove very mis
leading.
Miles Coverdale, English Bible
translator, was bom at Coeerdale,
Yorkshire, In 1488.
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LEXINGTON, Ky.-<AV-Comlng
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the University of Kentucky.
Part owner of farms In Roubron
county. Ky., Miss Goodman expects
to assume management of the land
as soon as her studies are complet
ed.
Drivers Throttled
BERLIN. (/FV-Compulsory throt
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the punishment Germany's new po
lice chief, Heinrich Himmler, 1m
poees on traffic violators.
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