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EATING IN MOVIES - WORRIES BEAUTIES Scenarists Trying To Introduce Curves, Complains Actress Joan Crawford. Hollywood, July 21.—Ice cream, lentil soup, hot dogs and caviar are being written into rotation picture scripts in alarming quantities these days. “It looks like the scenarists are trying to give us girls curves,” Joan Crawford said today, as she sat be fore a large platter of deviled eggs, artichokes and anchovies for a scene in “The Bride Wore Red.” She thought it might be a scenario writ ers’ conspiracy. Five scenes and one day earlier she had consumed four plates of beef stew. And at 9 o’clock in the morning. “These writers,” exclaimed Louise Rainer, “they must be hungry or crazy.” Louise established something of a gastronomic record in a recent picture by doing away withj four pieces of chocolate cake, four ham burgers, meat balls and spaghetti and innumerable ice cream cones. When she was filming “Easy Liv ing,” Jean Arthur had to skip most of her regular meals for three days while she was doing a “mashed po tato sequence.’ She knows she add ed pounds. And Mary Carlisle, in “Double or Nothing,” had her all time fill of hot dogs. Historians record that Napoleon’s favorite dish was lentil soup. This was the tasty tidbit for scenario writers in “Madame Walewska.” Charles Boyer, portraying the Lit tle Corporal, drank innumerable bowls. Greta Garbo dined with Boyer in the eating scenes, and she ate generously of dry codfish and duck. The codfiish was Garbo’s idea. She never tires of it. Claudette Colbert liked cavier be fore a prop man laid a jar after jar of it in front of her for “Tonight’s Our Night.” Sweets and nuts and roast pig, prepared as the South Sea island ers like it, appeared in the script of “Ebb Tide.” After 20 takes— and too many bites—Frances Farmer and Ray Milland crossed Tahiti off their lists of places they want to see. James Hogan, who is directing the picture, gave a very logical rea son why there is a “trend” toward eating—curves or no curves, “ev erybody likes to eat.” FARM QUESTIONS ANSWERED « Question: Will Johnson grass poi son livestock? Answer: Johnson grass produces a poisonous acid, known as hydro cyanic or prussic acid, when the normal growth of the grass has been stopped or retarded by such adverse conditions as drought, bruising, trampling or cutting. Us ually no trouble is experienced from livestock grazing the grass except in extremely dry weather or on the second growth immediately after a cutting. Dr. C. D. Grinnells, veter inarian of the North Carolina Ex periment Station, says chokeberry and black cherry also produce this poisonous acid under adverse grow ing conditions. Question: When is the best time to cut soybeans and oowpeas for hay? Answer: Cut the soybeans when the seed are about half developed in the pods and cowpeas when the first pods begin to yellow. A poor Ilf prey to political enemies and he i K ' -»Jr VI TNV -SMi? ** w S' t ''ljmWi Katie lor divorce, naming Parnell /aSSBItIRIIEanBMIIk \ \\\ }(< • Us\ The Home Rule action iaus because l.'fimMfmHKrttaif#' \ V {S'* ol the scandal Parnell collapses. J V', ; . SERIALIZED FROM THE ftx«tffoktwt/nftya PICTURE • • • • BY LE ITCH ELL I * But despite protests, Parnell insists that (■ . , ■, t « • ,«* , , - ■ jt . w " mm<a^ I Michael taka him to Katie at Kith am He had g&jgp n f1 | ‘CZ’ CjJm. ■ given her hla word that he would oome there aitei -?- R the meeting and he cannot break his promise. Ia HBjvgH^B r >T iiVflß ,-, ■* ,> if the cab. Michael watchoa him sorrowfully. know ll‘ «BJPSk -lMil.. ~tm» ing that the ride la taxing all of Parnell'a strength. fjj . f * *->. ' J ■“ r» T ,,\ ( m u Z' They reach f ■ f * „< r ’. t rijpfy / Katie run* 6ut to throw lectingly* The tear* roll down m jjW . ///; I her checks m eh* sees him, I Bi*%s ■".& ' As Parnell Uea on a in hla office, but- I r<noaathewor*dtoyouto»» *+ ■BHiiIHIiiHIHH^HHHIIIHIII^IHBIIIHBI iowided by the frienda who had turned against \ he tells her. She helps him / „ The next day, when the doctor has left, Katie kneels beside him 'Seta H,*P? ak * to Mlc^ ael Davitt. 1 11 be all up the stairs and sits by /Outside, crowds of people hays gathered, praying for his recovery He iiiji JMMBB|, | l , i' i'll 1 ■i'ii,/Im" 11,1,I 1 , 1 , z "ii','i" l i i " i 'i'i i i , ', /',',, 1 " CUILtk CHILDREN wlm MBfcfissstea- ■ ® B > When taking pictures of children snap them In a natural pose—doing something. “QTAND up straight now and look u at me.” “Put your hands down, darling, and smile. I want to get a good picture to send to Aunt Min nie.” Haven’t you heard these two and many similar expressions on the part of parents when they are tak ing snapshots of their children? Let’s hope you are not numbered among them for unless your child is quite apt at posing the result will be a rather uninteresting snapshot yrhich does not do the child Justice. First of all, as you know, young sters are the cutest when they are perfectly natural. If a lot of fuss Is made to get them to stand just so, or an effort is made to get them to do a certain thing, the chances are they will look too posed in the fin ished print. There are two types of child pic tures, I might say; just plain record pictures and the other kind you should strive to get—story-telling pictures. A little tot standing straight as an arrow with arms stiff ened against the sides of the body and staring at the camera is a good example of a record picture, but snap a picture of that same little rascal making mud pies, or playing traffic policeman, and you have a story-telling picture with real hu man interest appeal. Children’s pictures should always be taken fairly close up, rarely more than ten feet from the camera. If you have an ordinary box camera don’t get closer than six or eight feet unless a portrait attachment is quality of hay is produced from these crops in North Carolina be cause most of us wait too long to cut them for hay. Livestock do not relish stems and tough fiber, but do eat green, leafy hay with excellent results. Question: I have a field of corn on . which I want to turn my hogs.! When is the best stage of growth to do this? Answer: If the best stage of grow th for the corn is meant, then any time after the corn grains have pas sed the dough stage. If the best ■Stage of growth for the pigs is meant, then anytime after the young fellows are weaned. When hogs ere turned into standing corn, the self feeder containing tankage or fish meal should be put into the field. It would be well to have a mineral mixture available also. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. placed over the lens. With a por*. trait attachment you can get as; close as three and a half feet to your; subject and get sharp, distinct pic-! tures that will show every curl andj dimple. By moving a lever on the! newer type box cameras, however,' you can shoot as close as five feet to your subject without a portrait! attachment. With a folding camera of focusing type, the closer the subject is to the lens the more care is required In es timating the distance. Set the point er on the distance scale at the num ber of feet between the lens and the 1 child. If you change your position.- for succeeding pictures, be sure to. , change the pointer to the proper dls-', tance mark. And watch your backgrounds, a] nice, attractive background adds so much to your pictures. Telephone j poles, wires, unattractive fences, ga-1 rages, and what have you, often spoil an otherwise artistic, fascinat ing human interest picture. In fact, any prominent off-side object in the l picture will detract from the inter est in what the child is doing. * Here’s another tip. Try to avoid having the sun shining directly in the child’s eyes, for the poor little fellow can’t help squinting under such conditions and neither could you. Let the sun come from the side. This gives an interesting lighting and what professionals call “round ness.” Follow these “tips" and you’ll get real Joy out of your snapshots. John van Guilder FAMOUS YACHT SOLD London, England—Lady Yule has sold to King Carol of Rumania the $1,400,000 yacht Nahlin on which King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Wai'cield made their Empire-shat tering cruise on the Adriatic last summer. Os 1,574 tons, the Nahlin has a cruising radius of 5,000 miles, | | seats 40 in her dining salon and is | described at the last word in sea going luxury. o ANOTHER CLASH IN CHINA Peiping, China —The temporary truce between Chinese and Japenese |tioops in North China was broken when Japanese planes bombed Chin | ese barracks at Langfang, a garrison town between here and Tiensin. The resulting clash between the oppos ing troops brought many casualties to both armies. CHEVROLET OFFERS TIP ABOUT HORNS Bv J. M. Crawford, Chief En gineer Chevrolet Division > General Motors Cor poration Only a few days ago, the news papers carried a story about a man : who had made a 17,000-mile motor trip without once blowing his horn. This driver emphasized the point ] that he handled his car in such a i way as to obviate the need of warn ing signals at any time. And in spite 1 of the fact that all cars have horns as standard equipment today, his ex ample is one which the average mo- i torist could profitably study and heed. Driving under the traffic condi tions which prevail in most places < today, is a job which requires the 1 undivided attention of the man or ] woman at the wheel. The modern car i is built to respond quickly to the i various controls; but the controls 1 themselves still have to be operated by human agency, and it is just as j vital as it ever was that the driver < concentrate on driving. He can do this best if he maintains a calm state i of mind. And it is hard to remain i calm and cool when horns are screeching on all sides. There can be no denial that the over-use of horns runs counter to the interests of safety. For one thing, < it is a far-from-soothing influence. It : tends to confuse and hurry traffic. It rejects the impatience of trip horn-tooter, and communicates that impatience to others. Startled by the sound of a horn at close quarters, a motorist will frequently pull over too suddenly, endangering his own car and others. Or if he reacts in the other of the two most common ways and gets angry, he will probably refuse to get over at all, and you have one of these private feuds which often lead to “cutting a rcund,” and frequently end in mis haps. , I have seen a driver, rushed by an insistent horn behind him, pull out into heavy traffic .without £ wail, and damage his own car and another, while the horn-blower took advantage of the confusion and went his merry way. And almost every body has seen a driver, startled by a blast from the rear, swerve so suddenly as to endanger himself and others as well. Proper use of? the horn would probably be more general, if every driver would remember that others on thq streets naturally judge him largely by the way he drives, and especially by his horn technique, since that comes forcibly to their attention via the ear. The use of a warning signal when about to pass is legal and proper; but there is no reason why it should be insistent, ear-splitting blast that says: “Out of my way! Here I come!” Neither is there justification for that other practice, prevalent in some sections, of leaning hard on the horn button when the lights change from red to green, to hasten the starting of the 1 cars up in front. The horn is a useful accessory, and one that should be kept in or der. Whether or not it makes its full contribution to the safety and pleasure of driving depends upon | the restraint and judgement with which it is used. HEROIC RESEARCHERS Desplains, 111.—J. Lyell Clark, sanitary engineer in charge of mos quito control in this valley, arrives at the mosquito population by strol j ling through a field with six assis- I tants for five minutes once a week. ■ They base their calculations on the | number of bites received on arms and faces. mAAMA 1 . For Immediate Itesulls Advertise In The “Times.” WHAT’S WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY Question And Answers Given By Social Security Board In Raleigh 26. I am a railroad employee and am paying 3 1-2 percent of my pay toward a pension. My employer is paying the same. Do I also pay one percent to the Federal Government for old-age benefits? Answer: You are excluded from the taxing provisions as set fourth in Title Vin of the Social Security Act since you are already covered under the Railroad Retirement Act. 27. How can I get a job in the Old-Age Benefits office? Answer: The Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits is a department of the Federal Government. All em ployees, with the exception of a few experts in the Bureau, are taken di rectly from the Civil Service regis ters. 28. I only work one day a week. Am I included under the provisions of old-age benefits? Answer: One day’s work ih a year is enough to bring you into the be nefits plan. 29. I am 65 years old now. Do I have to pay taxes for unemploy ment compensation? Answer; The Social Security Act dees not tax employees for unem ployment compensation. A few State acts do. Your employer is not ex empt in paying a tax on you be cause you are over 65. 30. I am a one-man corporation and own all the stock in the corpor- |/» After diving from an airplane, Wf Harold Parkhurst le shown hero WM before ho opened his parachute f ' Harold Parkhurst, parachute . jumper, plummets earthward in a thrilling delayed jump. yJi ♦ He’s calm about it, isn’t he? ||?|||||Pslp; : ' He says about his cigarette: “Camels give mildness a new meaning.Theynever janglemy nerves.” Don’t forget that Camels are made from— AIR-CONDITIONED <y pER r Lfi J mm LUXURY COACHES NORFOLK and WESTERN RAILWAY THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937 ation. Why am I not classed as self employed? ' Answer: Every corporation is con sidered a legal person. Since that is the case, you work for a legal per son and not yourself. 31. I am in business with another partner. Will we be entitled to bene fits under the Social Security Act at 65? Answer: Njb. fare seif-i employed, and as such are not elig ible for old-age benefits. You can get a specific ruling on your parti cular case from thp Collector of Internal Revenue. 32. What must a person do in or der to qualify for old-age benefits? Answer: There are three require ments in the act: (1) You must be at least 65 years old; (2) you must have earned not less than $2,000 to tal wages from covered employ ment after December 31, 1936, and before the age of 65; (3) you must have received wages from employ ment on some day in each of five calendar years after December, 31, 1936, and before the age of 65. o CANCER CRUSADE SPEEDS UP Washington, Q. C.—Bbth houses of Congress unanimously passed a measure providing for an annual grant of $1,400,000 “for the purpos es of conducting researches, inves tigations, experiments, and studies relating to the cause, diagnosis and treatment of cancer" under the di rection of the National Cancer In stitute. This country, with 400,000 cases and 140,000 deaths annually, thus becomes the world’s greatest spender in the world fight against cancer.