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r? *( vv^ i ' • "• "* ' riJ, Ji*'*j i•,L ' miu > > * , L»kiagat *** fwrv? > 4# -C >r*-: Kathleen Norm Says: before You Write to Him--Think Ml anrfHeiiM.-r-WMU Futures. • MIMIMIimMUlIMM II Wonder Lake Qenldtaehmr ~ lODAY'S Solid Samg and their, slick chicks can whistle* Chopin's "'Valse in A Flat" with almost as little trouble as they can "Beat Me, Dadd^ Eight,to the Bar." You can credit that victory for "good music" to the movies. Radio claims some of the credit for familiarizing Joe and Mary Public with - classical selections, but It really has "^een the sound film thai has glamorized symphonies and grand operas. T Time was; and not so long ago, . kiddies, when any music that wasn't • hot-cha was considered "long-hair." ;-Dne sure way to lose not only your •shirt but also ^.your entire wardrobe was to sponsor concerts or ^ opera. Both had n-to be subsidized .until the movies 5came along and 'demonstrated •"that by a new ^showmanship "Chopin, Tsehaikowsky, and the other old boys could have almost as great a mass appeal as Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and Cplt Porter*. Personally, I'd like to own a piece . of "A Song to Remember," the film based on the life qnd music of Frederic Chopin--and Columbia can take me up on that hint any time they want to. This film, which bases its appeal on classical music, is not only a treat for the ears and eyes, ' but it's packing folks into the theaters wherever it's shown. When Cornel Wilde is at the keyboard playing any of the doien sequences, audiences are as thrilled as "though they were listening to selections from this week's "Hit Parade." - In handing out hosannas, one has to be directed toward Charles Vidor, director. That Vidor boy has, gone places -- "Cover Girl," "Together Again," and "A Song to Remember," all in one year! * -- * J I take off my latest colpeau in salute to Harry Cohn for presenting Chopin's music. Harry has championed good music on the screen before and turned it into , a box office hit. \ Daddy of Them All •\ Cecil B De Mille really is responsible for introducing good music to the screen. It was 'way back in the silent days--1915, to be exact--that '* C. 3. lured Geraldine Farrar away „ from the Metropolitan Opera company to appear in "Carmen." The Btoet music accompanied "Carmen when it was shown, and the combination was a hit. ~ When Vitaphone introduced sound to the screen in 1927, Warners experimented with good music. Gio- . .. vanni Martinelli sang "Vesti la Giub- / ba" from "Pagliacci," and the New York Philharmonic played the "Pilgrims' Chorus" from Wagner's "Tannhaueser." In 1930 MGM signed Metropolitan Thrush Gr^ce Moore to play the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind, one of the great singers of the last , century. Grace sang "Casta Diva" , from "Norma," as well as selections from "The Daughter of the Regiment." But when the film was com- ^ pleted it was publicized with no accent on the music. The picture failed. Try, Try Again After Columbia hit pay dirt with "One Night of Love" the rush started for musical compositions of quality. Lilting-voiced Lily Pons made "I Dream Too Much," in which she sang "Cafo Nome," from "Rigoletto," and "The Bell Song," from the score of "Lakme." Nino Martini sang arias from "Pagliacci," "Manon," and "Tosca" in "Here's to Ro- __ mance." Lawrence Tibbett, who had sung only semi-popular music in "The Rogue Song," was permitted to do the operatic type of selection in which he excels in "Metropolitan" and other films. Deaona Durbin has sung arias 4 from many famed operas. Jeannette MacDonald, with a light opera voice suited to the melodies of Victor Herbert and Friml, interpolated several grand opera selections in her pictures with Nelson Eddy. Universal brought Stokowski to the screen with a full symphony orchestra in "A Hundred Men and a Girl," during which he conducted Tsehaikowsky's Fifth symphony and a Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsody." -J Metro will soon release "Music for Millions," in which Jtturbi conducts the fourth movement of Dvorak's "'New World" symphony, and other music in this film includes works by - Debussy and Handel. Yes, the movies have made good music a pal of the average citizen. • • • Story of- 'Way Back When Dining with Mrs. Tommy Meifhan, I learned that sister Blanche Ring was the first to hire Will Rogers. She saw him do his rope act in Texas and engaged him for "Wall Street Girl." He said he talk. Opening night on Broaoway, he was such a hit she asked if he wouldn't say. something. He did; he said, ••Thanks!" . . . Universal has a wonderful story it wants Merle Oberon to do. It's a Bruce Manning script ~ called "As It Was Before." I hear Metro' offered ,$200,000 for it (By Delia Chonay) Dear Reader: That special smile of welcome you seo on Mrs. K. Cristy's face is for her son, John, . home on furlough. Needless to say, Pvt. John Cristy's wife and family of three are mighty "happy also. If 1 may say so, "Pop" Cristy's smile is pretty broad, too. Now, we have to hop our imaginary plane to .England for a visit in Wonder Lake. Many, many with Sjgt. Edward W. Murphy, who j thanks to Mrs. Covalt and her daunts convalescing in a hospital. The^ ter of the McHenry 'Lumber Co., who first signs of complete recovery, came ' have .donated the building while the when Sgt. Murphy saw his first lumber "freeze" is on, tlx the Youth glimpse of an American girl in three Community club of Wpnder Lake, years--one of the nurses at the hos- Relative to this wo w6uld likie to make a little announcement: Neighbors, Attention--Do youhiaVe Mrs. Etama Pyrits of ICeCnllom Lake, who was married twanty --von short years. Other well wishers at the luncheon were Mrs. H. Howorka, Mrs. J. Wilbens, Mrs. C. Christiansen, and Mrs. V. Burch. Not wishing to waste any of the good weather on hand, Alice Hoeft and Mrs. C.' Christiansen went to Chicago by train to shop the next day and spring fever flattened the purses of their husbands. Spring1 fever crept through the bones of the young people Saturday and we found them busy cleaning np the lumber mill build- Cultivation of tomatoes should be shallow, as many roots are only ft short distance below the surface. The heavier the soil, the poorer th« drainage, or the greater the rainfall, the closer the roots will be 4b the surface. Small yrorld, isn't'it? The impatience of youth gnawed , at the heartstrings of Ronnie Wil-! a"y old 'furniture, curtains, drapes, helm, and he yielded to the call of * phonograph not ni use. TTie the navy. Ronnie enlisted in the :You^ club c?uld 8Ure ,use.!hem .and COME IV HQ UBME navy Monday and has been accepted. His buddies, Henry Nell and Ray Guzzardo, enlisted at the same time. Wallie Frost is home from boot training at Great Lakes--It's the call of the sea for Wallie after his leave. would appreciate any donation along, this line. If you have, please call Wonder Lake 298, the telephone number of Virginia Monteleone, president of the Adult Community club, who is sponsoring the Youth club here. May We at this time extend oUr Walter Stromsky, now employed at Sympathy to Mrs. S. Jacobsen, of Ringwood Chemical, will give fovth wickline Bay, for the bereavement music oh the trombone, Sunday,; of her father. Only time can fill the March 4, at 12:30 p.m. over thejvoj,j jn one»8 heart at such a loss. Morris B. Sachs Ajnateur Hour. Mrs A Noren took that sign off her front door, warning all "muddy feeters" to use the rear entrance, long enough to allow Mr. and Mrs. for you, Walter, but don t you dare F SeUs and Mr and Mrs. Richards John J. VycitalHdwe. GREEN STREET M'HENRY e Help diifta end young birds grow and dnd-[ op. Give than TONAX in their mash. Especially aftee'i any disease. Aad as a tioner. Contains mild relieve Enteritis; also blood 1 merits. Tonax helps control intriri--I parasites. It provides trier Minerals md reliable stimulant*. For layus too. la* expensive and conrenieat. 2-lb. cm enough for 400 chicks foe a month, 75c n Street Store McHenry "3? Walter, whose middteWjame is Anthony, has chosen "Anthony Storme" as a professional name. We're all M LETTERS FROM HOME Fighting men have enough to endure without having to read about the "hardships*' back home. They depend a great deal on letters from home to keep up their morale. W hen these letters are merely a constant recital of complaints about shortages and rationing, difficulties of travel, and the scarcity of interesting young men, they may be- worse than no letters at all. To the man at the front, tired and homesick, and living in constant peril, these sort of letters are just one more burden* He would be better off without them. • ,marr**^ •" girl, whose fe4t, after fit* yemn 0/ mm prtvmtUnu, «Mf» probably s o l i d l y on the ground. ' By KATHLEEN NORRIS *•"* FOLKS write, me so much about trouble that I'll be dargonned If I want to go home again," writes Private Tom Willoughby,, from a post somewhere in northern England. _"It's got so bad/' the letter goes on, "that I kind of hate to open the letters! My mother, my father, my' sisters, all write me as if they'd be glad to change^, places with me. I wish they could, for a few weeks. I was in the hospital four weeks, I didn't write them anything about that until I was almost well. I've been over German towns in a bomber seventeen times. I've been wet and cold and scared and hungry, jrmre than once, and homesick all the time. But my lettersjuen't half as depressing as theirs are. "It's all rising prices and shortages and manpower scarcity and how dull the town is in wartime, with no men to dance with <and no .gas to go anywhere. They tell me that the fellows who aren't: in the service are getting a long head start on me in business, and thaL^RSger and Bat have just bought Ylarling homes 'out in the new development and that both their wives are having babies. Ma writes me about her arthritis, arid Dad about his business troubles; the girls don't write often, but when they do it's one long yelp about not having anything to do, nOr any fun, and wishing the rotten old war was over! My sisters are 17 and 15; I am 19. "You don't know how it makes us feel, out here, to know that there's so much trouble at home. Every fellow I know wants to get home, dreams of baked beans and Main street, the local newspaper and the familiar faces. To have the lucky ones, who can stay there, knocking it all the time, is about the limit! Sometimes I think I'll make a fresh start on my own, when I get home, and live in some other place. I know all news can't be good, but I should think they «ould pick out enough that was decent to sort of buck us up over here." ,Wt go "high hat" on us and we'll be sure and cast a vote for you. Lots of luck! . 1 Whizz, and We're back-to--Wonder to pass through the guarded portals and spend a pleasant Sunday evening. Speaking of muddy feet a "Girlee' Spares Labor Because only one man is needed to load hay with the buckrake, and two or three loads may be moved away at one time, one man alone can work efficiently. Tom, I think so too. And I know many mothers and wives who do manage to keep their letters cheerful and inspiring. How eagerly and ttith what passionate delight those letters are received by our lonely, far-away boys, only those boyfe know. Your mother and father and sisters not only should select for you whatever pleasant news there is, but they sKould do something to build it up. 1 » I mean they should, definitely, plan something for your homecoming that will mean a real welcome for you. One mother who w^ote me had taken the room over the family garage and turned it into a study for her son, where h"G can some' day ask his friends to drop in for talkiiig and smoking; his own especial part of the house, not to Jbe used by anyone else. Before^ he went away he shared a room with a younger brother. Another mother and father and sister have bought three small farms, one each for their absent boys. Still another devoted family is going to present their boy when he comes home with a substantial bank account, enough to give him a threeyears- start on the career he has always dreamed- of as an architect. When one of our boys came homesuffering from a nervous complaint a few months ago* his parents sent him, his brother, a hound dog and two horses up into the Sierras for a long summer. He went thin and trefnbling and nervous, he came 'home last week as hard as iron, and brown as an Indian. He already has a good job. -- "All that costs money," protest the whining voices. Of course it costs money! But surely saving for the boy's return, and if possible a definite plan for that return, is the least we can do; A thousand dollars, five hundred--even one hundred dollars ought to be awaiting him, to save his pride, to give him time to look about him for his- work in' the new world. Three Times a Day! An engaged girl. Dean Davis, writes me the other side of the picture. She is so deeply in love that she writes her Qcorjfie two and tt>ree times a day. Georgie is out somewhere in the Phillipines. Three times a day, I think, is too much. EspebiaUjral Georgie probably gets these letters in bunches of 30 or 40. Glad as he is to know that he is so constantly in your thoughts, there is a certain amount Of boredom involved in opening 30 or 40 letters that all say the same thing. Three times a week is better than three times a day, and a good healthy inclusion of clippings from the newspaper and from magazines will give him more pleasure than too much love making. One girl of whom I heard wrote such incessant and poetical letters to her young man that he answered by asking her not to expetft him to match quotations from Coventry Patmore or to tell her which of Millay's poems he liked best. He also married an English girl, whose feet, after five years of Wfer privations, were probably solidly on the ground. What we all have to do is to try to put ourselves in the places of these lpnely, homesick, hardpressed boys, and contribute what we can to their comfort, with theirn'eeds, rather than our own, in- view. Lake with a bit of a warning Don t ^ag almost- lost hef happy home durleave your cottage for any length ing this siushy wither, herfavorite of time without making sure y®ur ; trjf|j' ^ejn^ to- run through the fireplace chimney is closed. A cur-, deepest rivulet, come dripping back ious squirrel found its way down to the house an<j ^th a flourish, chimne$ in one of the Wonder p0Unce on the unsuspecting door Fenter cottages and caused quite a handled and upon opening the door, j"bit of havoc. Not being able to find rUj.yj nearest person with a its way out for food or water, after greetjnff 0#,iy a doe, can think of ; knocking over several lamps and drown the poor victim in a | scratching at the ^ wall^, «this very iavjsh greeting of affection, while foolish squirrel decided t(\try eating mother gets out her mop stick and One of the blankets. As y«u konw, apologies. this diet wouldn't agree witKeven Neighbors, don't forget the Red the best of squirrels, so the sttory Cross Fund Drive js 0n and no ended right there. Not for the o^n- worthier a place for your spare ers of the cottage, however, for th<y change Can be found.- ha<J the wreckage and the corpus , delecti upon their return. s " > | This spring weather whicte„ went j X - Quahog Clamt back around it's corner, was just--ttiW-- The quahogs, a hard-shelled vari- I weather needed for the celebration ety of clam, are plentiful for com- ! of a twenty-seventh wedding anniver- rnerciaI catches on the New Eng- T sary, and Alice Hoeft took the op^- land coast. -They are being used portunity of having a luncheon for lareelv in Harv chowder. WANTED Motor Mechanic and Woodworker "HUNTER BOAT CO. "MO&EY IN.N"~ TAVERN. Located in the Welter Building RINGWOOD, ILL. -- F i s h F r y E v e r y F r i d a y N i g h t ---- ATLAS PRAGER BEER Fred Bowmam Prop. 34,033 BOYS AND GIRLS MARCHED TO VICTORIES ON THE HOME AND FOOD FRONT n Backing Our Fighters With Food. Beef, dmiry, swine, and poultry projects ire favorites with thousands of 4-H'ers like Donald Stoxen of Hampshire, who was chosen as one of America's leading young dairymen at the National 4-H Congress. v to cheer him up. • Bathtub Made of China The plumbing industry announces that a china bathtub will be on the market soon. The main problem vv^a to find a combination of non-critical ceramic material which could resist sudden changes from hot to cold ^ water. The result is a bathtub that looks like fine china, is easy to clean, and is * resistant to acids and scratches. It is flat on the bottom, and not nearly so deep as the familiar tub. Extensive research preceded thi design that was finally adopted. Swiss Chard for Spina en Swiss chard, a specie of beet, may be substituted for spinach during the hot days of summer. It has luxuriant broad leaves, which may be cut at the ground. The roots will send up a new crop of leave*.' Pasteurised Batter Creamery butter, made from pasteurized cream, is often packed in tubs or the familiar pound prints and stored^at zero for six months or longer. Homemade butter churned from unpasteurized sour cream would probably have an undesirable flavor after a few weeks' storage in a unit. Butter made from sweet cream will keep better than that made from sour cream; it will keep still better if made, from pasteurized sweet cream. Fall Crops Both in midsummer, when the .fall I crops are getting a start, and in the cool weather of the autumn, growth will be slower. So do not wait too long to get them started. Maturity dates given in seed catalogue? , intended for fast spring growth;iiM in calculating fall growth should be lengthened appreciably. *•• • - --Ortfe^ your Rubber Stamps at The Plaindealeis^®- • Head as Well at Hands work for Glean Thomas, State Rural Electrification Champ from Prophetstown. Ingenuity and "know how" enabled club members to 'construct hundreds of time, work, and animal-saving devices, enabled them to build many pieces of hard-to-get farm equipment. ' LAST YEAR, inspired by their slogan "Back Our Fighters in 44--Produce, Conserve, and Do Lots More," more than thirty-four thousand Victory- : minded boys and girb in Illinois rolled up their sleeves, went to work and did a man-sized job of helping to win the war. _ Extra effort was placed on the pro- »duction of food needed to fill mess -kits and market baskets. And having {>roduced the food, they went all-out or its conservation through projects involving meal planning and preparation, canning and preserving the "surplus. Other club members ma<Je contributions by learning to repair and remodel old clothing, as well as ' Idesigri and sew new garments. Projects in aU phases of farming and homemaking were completed. Many special wartime services were conducted by these patriotic young folk... tons of waste paper, scrap metal and fats were saved...four ambulances were donated to the services...equipment for a radio shop in an armv general hospital is being purchased. For these, and countless other contributions, we owe our Illinois 4-H'ers a debt of gratitude. Another 4-H Club Week -is. here. Parents are urged to encourage their children t^ join the local club. The advantages of bein£ a club member are numerous. Social activities pro-' vide entertainment, teach community leadership. Contests create a competitive- spirit resulting in a broader, more thorough education. -Physical weU-being is stressed. When Head, Heart, Hands, and Health team up,' you'have an unbeatable combination^ . --the 4-H Cubs. Boys and girls todayui --leaders tomorrow. N A T I O N A L " ^ 4 - H C L U B W E E K March 3rd-llth ^ Get complete details on ctvb membership from your farm or homo advisor now! Food Conservation, meal planning and preparation earned Norma Jean Gahm, Screator, a scholarship at the 4;H Congress. Cooking, canning, sewing and other domestic projects provide fun and. education for future homemaken like Norma Jean. Social Activities and business-like meetings, complete with officers, speakers, and demonstrations, stimulate android interest in 4-H clubwork.give members recreation and a sense of responsibility. Here's the Yorkvilk 4-H Club in session. ' ' Mora than 1 a000,000 boys and girls from everywhere have taken part in 4-H activities--a glowing tribute to our 4-H clubs' worth. The active Manhattan Snip- Snap Club bold their meetings at regular interfilt. -- IMS ADVttTtSBMMT FOt TJ« UMOtS 4-H CUM VOMt « SFONSOMD BY UN NHK SXSV1CK COMPANY Of NOCTMtN RUNO« 1 ' :\