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Reducing; Auto Fatalities. SANTA MONICA, CALIF! —Being revolted by our hideous record of mortality resulting from mad automo bilirig—as what decent citi zen is not?—a gentleman writes in some pertinent rec ommendations. He suggests laws providing, in ad dition to such other penalties as may follow a con viction for drunk driving or criminal ly reckless driving, or hit-and-run driv ing, that the convict ed party shall lose his license for five years and that his automobile be sold and the proceeds used for the vic tim’s heirs as the case may be. Irvin S. Cobb Whilst we re on the subject of the disgrace which costs America more lives every month than are being destroyed in the Spanish civil war in any month, here’s another little notion: That a flagrant offender or a chronic offender shall be given a jail sentence, without the option of paying a fine, the only alternative from jail being his or her willing ness to be handcuffed and chained before the public gaze through a period of hours or days at the scene of the accident for which he or she was responsible. That ought to make some con verts to the crusade for prudent driving, don’t you think? • • • Windsor’s Musical Proclivities. LATEST word is that the duke of Windsor has taken up accor dion playing in a serious way after first toying with the deadly saxo phone and then doing some inten sive bagpipe toodling. Obviously the duke is in a fair way to estrange those who, until now, have faith fully supported him through his re cent harrowing experiences. Even loyalty can be pushed just so far. Or maybe he has a lot of close friends who are deaf. Or maybe Mrs. Simpson is prac ticing wearing earmuffs. Or maybe she can wean him on a mouth organ—a comparatively in offensive instrument. Or he may just up and reform of his own accord. Or something. Let’s not be too hasty in our judgments.. Jefferson and Ickes. SECRETARY ICKES is sort of op posed to naming the projected great national auditorium in Wash ington after Thomas Jefferson, be cause it is proposed to hold sport ing events there when the building is not being used for public gath erings. He invites us to imagine the feelings of Jefferson upon look ing down on boxing matches or such-like goings-on under that roof. Well, let’s carry the thing fur ther: Can anybody imagine Jeffer son imagining a Secretary Ickes? • • • Madame Perkins’ Ambitions. MAYBE it’s not wise to add those new departments to the Presi dential cabinet right now. True, Madame Perkins shows a patriotic willingness—or shall we say deter mination?—not only to look after her own portfolio, but to snatch up such responsibilities as her fellow secretaries are so careless as to leave out of nights. Still, it’s expecting an awful lot of one weak woman that she should relieve two more members of their responsibilities, duties and author ity when the task of trying to take over the other nine present jobs be sides her own already has taxed her strength severely. And besides, there’s annoying talk that congress may actually oppose the madame’s latest little suggestion that she be made practically the supreme pow er in all. labor disputes. But she needn’t worry about that Who ever heard of guinea pigs defying a lady lion-tamer? The Flood’s Aftermath. V T 71TH the slackening of the tor VV rents, the peak of drama out of the scene, but the tragedy, less spectacular but nevertheless des perate, lingers on—the tragedy of destitution and ruin and sickness. For the rebuilding of wrecked homes, the rehabilitation of morale. It is necessary that through the Red Cross we give and keep on giving— and I reckon we will. We always have. But there are certain things we need not give the victims, for these be things they never lose and never will—their courage and their sense of humor. We can still laugh at our personal misfortunes even while the world at large weeps for them. I guess, for our race, that’s the main saving grace. IRVIN S. COBB. • Western Newspaper Union. They Might Do It First Worker — Bill made a bad mistake today, and I bet it’ll cost film the election. Second Worker—What was the break? First Worker—He got excited and ypUed "Let the best man win!" and I’ll bet they take him seriously. Newest Silk Prints Go Pictorial By CHERIE NICHOLAS ASA sure antidote to winter gloom, as a reviver of crest-fallen spirits, as an unfailing means of buoying one up with that granc! and glor ious reeling tnat spring is nigh we recommend that you go stepping in a brand new silk print frock, the gayest, the brightest, the most ani mated in its patterning and color ing you can find to wear under your somber fur coat. Hurry up if you want to secure the choicest, the most distinctive and outstanding from among the hundreds and thousands of prints now on display. Seriously is this word of advice offered for it is a fact the new silk prints are that intriguing and alluring we have known it to be a fact that certain particularly attractive patterns are unpacked, priced and displayed in the morning and by nightfall they are sold, not even a remnant left to tell the tale. The new silks look new—distinc tively new! Those that unmistak ably bear a new-this-season stamp follow along unique lines of thought. They are more than mere dress media in that they have gone pictor ial, illustrative, interpretative. They portray ideas, they entertain, they amuse. Some of the better high class silk prints even go by name as an artist would entitle a picture which makes them all the more in teresting. There is, for example, a clever looking new silk print called “film modes.” The French love of American films inspired Schiaparel li to design this amusing print with the names of famous stars printed on colorful scrolls simulating cin ema film. The attractive daytime frock centered in the illustration herewith is made of this star-en scrolled silk print, the color scheme being peacock blue and coral on black. The beret topping this cos tume is worn far back on the head in latest approved manner, so as to show a perfectly groomed hair dress with latest style-correct off face movement. The silk for the dress shown to the left by the same artist designer registers as "subway ol Paris, and its motif carries out the idea quite realistically. This silk tunes per fectly to the gay young dress pic tured to the left in the trio. The dashing cavalier hat is a resort fashion such as bespeaks a coming springtime vogue. The tum-up-at side silhouette is exploited in sev eral Paris collections. Strawberries, fresh strawberries! At any leading silk department where smartest silk prints are flaunting their fascinating colors and breathtaking patternings ask for "fresh strawberries,” and the know ing salesperson will bring out a perfectly charming silk crepe print such as is used for the making of the winsome dress shown to the right in the group. Appliques of the strawberries On net introduce an or nate accent in the bodice. The straw berry corsage is dyed to match the color of the berries in the print. Others among the new and novel pictured prints now so fashionable are enlivened with animated figures, such as golf players teeing off, or “doggie” silks with frolicsome Scotch terriers performing tricks, galloping horses, quaint undersea fish, butterflies on the wing and oth er motifs too numerous to itemize. Most unusual and of high-style im portance are the new landscape prints; marine scenes, too, grace these silks. It is indeed a versatile story of romance, history, music and what not that the smartest prints of the season are telling. First-choice silks for immediate wear play up vivid splotches of striking florals in breathtaking col ors against black or some other pre ferred dark background. The wide spaced flower motifs look newest, these in huge single flowers or in wide-set bouquets. A new and lovely silk prints artful bowknots in gay colors. In Paris black and white prints are acclaimed. C Western Newspaper Union. EASY-MADE DRESS By CHERIE NICHOLAS If you are feeling that make-it yourself urge which the displays of lovely, crisp, fresh-looking spring materials always brings to the wom an who can sew, here is just the type dress that will start the home sewing program oil with a flourish. Almost boyish in its neat, trim lines this m£«ke-it-yourself dress of dubon net nubcord, a sporting modem cot ton fabric with no hidden tendency to shrink, since it has been sanfor ized-shrunk in the finishing of the cloth, offers plenty of reward in chic to the home dress-maker. It has a zipper neck closing and in verted pleats in sleeves, center back and pockets. A smooth black leather belt adds to the effect of tailored smartness. VEILS CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT NEWS By CHERIE NICHOLAS Veils continue to be news in Paris. With the flood of holiday parties, women seem always to wear little hats, oftenest of felt, with double veils floating over their faces. And that is the preferred position for the filmy things for lunch time, too. Cocktail parties give a divided allegiance to veils, some of them over the face, but many draped over the back of the hat, making a frame for the face. Particularly amusing is one of Therese Peter's new cre ations. The tiny pointed skull cap— for it is actually that—is of hand knitted gold thread. Two tiny feather nightingales ornament it at either side of the front, and hold the veil which is also embroidered in night ingales and sweeps back over the entire hat, hanging almost to the shoulders. Violette Marsan, who is definitely a partisan of the small hat dipping a bit over the forehead, prefers her veils to be quite stiffened so that they may be turned back from the face or extended out from the face. These are shorter, not extending beyond the nose. Tiny Watches Are Fitted to the Latest in Gloves Small jeweled watches are being worn everywhere but on the wrist these days. Some of the new tailored suits with heavy cuffs have a small detachable watch encased over the left wrist. Many of the new cigaret cases have small watches fitted on the outside, while purses and gloves that are fitted with watches have been shown for several months. New Slipper Styles Open, airy types of slippers in striking colors, sandalizeu oxfords and wrapped-around-the-foot e f - fects will highlight the style pic ture this spring. In materials, cloth | is first on the list Bofc^ Davi/ tweeds Joy* and Tribulations of a Trailer “All Aboard” IMMEDIATELY following -*■ my interview with “grand mother,” who left her New England home with two grandchildren, set out in a rolling homestead, for rea sons by her set forth more or less minutely, and published in this column, I began prep arations for a trek south ward. I was anxious to know why, after half a century in one section with all the roots and attachments linked with the heart and with the mem ory, a normal human being desired an immediate and perhaps perma nent change. Perusal of all the available lit erature convinced me that in order to know the ways and wherefores, I must join the procession of trail ers and get the truth first hand; In other words, live the life of an auto-Bedouin myself, for better or for worse, and record the result. And so, six days later, traveling light, and with nothing else in mind other than this safari into the balmy South, I boarded a New York train, arriving the next day at St. Louis, Mo., and stepped into a fully equipped auto-trailer, fresh from a Buffalo factory and already, I might say, house-broken by a young mar ried couple who quite opportunely invited me to join them on the open road. May I escort you through the property: The house complete is 19 feet long by 6 feet 8 inches wide; headroom inside 6 feet 4 inches. Two rooms, one at each end of the trailer, con tain adjustable double beds, 4 by 6.6, with cushions, springs and lockers for blankets, pillows and linen. The aft apartment is convertible into a sitting room with dining table and comfortable seating space for four persons. Plenty of Cupboard Space. Cupboards for a complete assort ment of pots and pans, canned goods and cooking utensils are ingeniously arranged within reach of a spacious sink, a two-burner gasoline cook stove, and a small coal-burning stove for heating purposes. Dress ers. five and three-drawer types, ana a full-length closet provide am ple space for wearing apparel. Dome electric lights supplied with power from the motorcar and 110 volt fixtures operating off outside current that can be plugged in at service stations, produce rich illiftn ination. A 24-gallon tank of fresh water supplies the household through pump action. A lavatory, equipped with septic toilet and ev ery modem comfort, is located amidships. The room units are di vided by sliding panels. Six large windows, wire-screened, supply ven tilation. There is but one entrance, and exit. Everything essential to housekeeping on a small but sani tary scale has been installed with an eye to economy of space. Davis Writes While Riding. It may interest the reader to know that this story is being writ ten at forty miles an hour on a portable typewriter occupying a center table that, when the day is done and the hours for rest draw near, will be converted into the mattress floor of a double bed com posed of cushions from the wall settees, snug as a bug in a rug every one of the twenty-four hours that constitute day and night. Over head and cross-current ventilation is such that the trailer can be air conditioned at any time and the odors prevalent and disagreeable in many occupied houses abolished be fore they take over the rolling resi dence. The better class of trailers are all steel, welded construction made up of channel and box sections for maximum strength and rigidity. Brakes and shock absorbers are part of the equipment the former co-ordinated with those of the mo torcar and automatically operated in unison by the driver as the de mands arise in transit. The feeling of security is enhanced by the fact that high speeding with an equip ment of this sort is out of the ques tion. There is a certain insurance in this. No man wants to smash up his motor, his residence and perhaps some of his family to gratify a speed mania or play the role of a road hog. With a vehicle from 35 to 40 feet over all, the eco nomic element is bound to exercise its influence upon the driver, thus making for safety to the nth de gree. About five hours out 01 bt. Louis, over the almost perfect highway routed 66 through Missouri, we slowed down in the suburbs o f Rolla, picked out a level spot upon which to camp for the night and went to housekeeping in the most approved and up-to-date style. From our refrigerator, which carries forty pounds of ice and has three compartments for provender, w e selected a meal of soup, bacon and eggs, fruit and coffee and put the kitchen in shipshape before shaking down the sleeping paraphernalia for a nine o’clock “nighty-nighty.” O—WNU Service. ★★★★★»★★★★★★★★★★★★ ! STAR | j DUST | * jMovie • Radio * ★ ★ ★★★By VIRGINIA VALE^iHr RESULTS of the annual election of radio favor ites, with two hundred and fifty-two radio-column edi tors casting the votes, brought joy to the hearts of Holly wood studios, for film favor ites proved to be the out standing radio favorites too. Paramount is leading the cheer ing for their Jack Benny, for the fourth consecutive year, won the vote for best comedian and best pro gram on the air. Bing Crosby was elected best singer of popular songs. Bob Bums' ran third among comedi ans, and that was no small achieve ment. Benny and Fred Allen had the first two places, and there were no less than ten or twelve famous stage comedians competing for third. M-G-M’s Nelson Eddy was ranked first among classical sing ers, and Universal’s Deanna Dur bin best of all the newcomers to radio. Twentieth Century’s Tony Martin made a good showing, get ting third place among singers of popular songs. And RKO’s Lily Pons took second place among sing ers of classical music. Interview etiquette is next in im portance to romance manners in Hollywood. When ever asked their opinion on the great est actor on the screen, players are supposed to mention someone under con tract to their own studio. Pat O’Brien just won’t play ac cording to that rule. He thinks Spencer Tracy is by all odds the best actor on the screen and in Pat O’Brien sists on saying so. mat aengnts M-G-M, but it is not so pleasant for Warner Brothers to whom Pat is under contract. When M-G-M cast Robert Taylor in “Camille,” it was with the hope that the incomparable Garbo would make him forget all others, but when the last scene was shot, yonng Taylor was still calling her “Miss Garbo.” Next he was cast opposite Jean Harlow, and stndio folks slyly intimated that the huge boxes of flowers she received on the set ev ery morning probably came from him. M-G-M even sent Taylor to Washington, D. C., to attend the President’s birthday ball with Jean. And all to no avail. He still thinks Barbara Stanwyck is the grandest girl In the world. Hal Roach isn’t content with keep ing audiences giggling at his two reel comedies. He has sent for Constance Bennett, dragging her back from her long vacation in New York, and started production on a big feature picture. It is to be a drawing-room comedy, very smart, swift, and swanky. It must be that he heard Constance in that broadcast of “Private Lives” that convinced everyone she had a real flair for high comedy. When you see Eddie Robinson and Bette Davis in “Kid Galahad” take a good look at the handsome giant who plays the heavyweight cham pion. That is Bill Haade, one of the most extraordinary characters the studios have ever found. Not so long ago he was a steel worker in New York, and very proud of his Job. A theatrical producer came along and got him to play on the stage in a short-lived play called “Iron Men.” When that closed War ner Brothers sent for him. Margot Grahame is proudly dis playing a new ring to her friends Margot Grahame these days. It is made up of linked hearts of sapphires and diamonds and was once the prop erty of Sarah Bern hardt Bernhardt gave it to Ellen Ter ry as a tribute to that great lady’s artistry on the stage. Ellen Terry left it to her daugh ter-in - law, Julia Neilson, who gave it to an English ac tress, Mary Glynne. Mary Glynne passed it on to her protegee—who is Margot Grahame. ODDS AND ENDS . . . Charles Boyer is the most envied leading man in Hollywood, for in rapid succession in his next four pictures he will play opposite Garbo, then Sylvia Sidney, Ginger Rogers, and Claudette Colbert , . . Between “Show Boat” broadcasts, Lanny Ross is giving concerts of class ical songs. Eddie Robinson is asking for more pleasant roles on the screen, because his three-year-old son is al ready a moviegoer and he doesn’t want to antagonize him . . . Helen Jepson did not sign that contract with Grand National after all; she signed to make pictures with Sam Goldwyn instead Latest word from London is that the British people like Zasu Pitts best of all the American stars who have tone there to make pictures. C Western Newspaper Union. Division of Time Quiet Pleasures to Punctuate the Rush of Life Are Sought THE rush of life that leaves per sons no time for deliberation, nor the pursuit of happiness in their own special ways, has seemed to reach its apex. Already there ip a trend toward leisurely living, the sort that claims the right to dispose of hours not occu pied in business or housekeeping, in ways of personal choice rather than of group determining. Today, in the modem ways of living, time is divided into two units, one of which is work, the other diversion rather than play. As soon as work is over, or can be interrupted, the time is given over to diversion. Some persons work most of the time and some per sons spend most of their time in diversions. The division of hours between these two things is un even, but however divided, no waking time is left. Spare Time. While each of us should work part of our time, it is the matter of how we spend the rest of our time that is now coming under special consideration. There is a growing discontent that seems to bode good. Why should any of us be bound to do in time which is our own, what this or that group is doing because at the moment it is the popular thing? Can we have no evenings to ourselves? Home Diversions. Shall the rare pleasures of home be invaded? Or shall we decide to spend some quiet evenings in reading favorite books or delving into those new ones we realize would be liked? Shall we have time to devote to needlecraft, to music, to studying some language, to pursuing some hobby or doing anything to enrich ourselves or to make something beautiful? Enriching Diversions. All these things are diversions from necessary work, but they are the sort that repay us by making life more worth living, and not the kinds that merely absorb attention for the time being, and leave us depleted rather than replenished. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. 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