Be pcre __ THE STRATFORD miRROR Friday, June 22, 1945. re) _ @ sy GEORGE LILLEY NEW YORK, N. Y.--Songstress Frances Langford, who has trav- eled some 50,000 miles to enter- tain overseas in this war, now has a new idea: the first radio pro- gram for the entertainment of sgt convalescent service men at home. Her show, with the rowdy Spike Jones. band, guitarist Tony Romano (who accompanied Bob Hope and Miss Langford on their over- sea tours) and | Langford ® pees ha lp eee originates eac nee Sunday night over NBC from a different serv- ice hospital. To make her idea possible, Contralto Langford went to court (and won) against her other radio sponsor (toothpaste) who had demanded her service exclusively. This petite songbird (5-3, 100-pounds), made her pro- fessional debut as a soprano. A tonsilectomy left her with the deep, sultry voice that swept her to fame. BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT Radio's most beautiful girls are probably the serial actresses. Which may lead to the hasty re- mark that brains and beauty do not go together. Actually serial acting is one of the most demand- ing of the radio arts. Given a good script, the average serial ; actress 'will do a better job on the air than most of Holly- wood's big- name glamour gals, Dark, blue-eyed Mary Patton, the ee RE oe Mary Patton cent, "Barbara West," on CBS's °° eral enet too 'Monday-through-Friday 'Bright Horizon," is a good case of the successful, beautiful (see cut) serjal fraternity., She, of course, ygets a good script, "Bright Hori- jzon" being written (at a reported $1000 a week) by click novelist {Kathleen Norris. =. ; pe Little Things ahout*] HE STARS BING'S "BANG"' SHOW «¢ ® Some singers apparently are "tone blind.' With Bing Crosby-- the "Old Man" Bob Hope calls him (Bing is 41; Hope 42)-- it is different. Bing is just color blind. That may account for the flam- -boyant dr-ess but surely does not affect Bing's singing. July 2 this baritone hits an honor- ed spot in his career. He'll BAe s't.star (NBC) on the Peabody Award winning (best ; musical pro- Bing Crosby gram) "T f e- +. all hits phone: Hour," cj which puts. him in a class with such fellows as Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Kreis- ler. Singing two days early, Bing will do a Fourth of July program of typical American songs that have made him famous. These selections should be difficult. Everything Crosby sings becomes a hit. He is the No. 1 darling of the song pluggers. Kate Smith is | second, Sinatra down the list. VERY LITTLE THINGS" Fred Allen, who returns to the, air (Sundays, NBC) in the fall, is lining up four writers. But sel- dom does he use their material. He writes 90 per cent of his stuff, uses the writers simply to "spark" hoicm. dane Wilson, soprano with Fred War- ing's new morn- ing series (NBC), has a distinction: she sneezes in ab- solute pitch (high B flat). Tests ata piano ® key show she never fails ... Arthur Q..~ Jane Wilson Brylan, the ... in tune "wittle wab- -- bit" fellow, can't do the linguistic twist when he has a cold... New: Movers: Wendell Niles and Don Prindle (Ice Box Follies), Mayors: of North Hollywood, to Blue net- work Sunday afternoons. { Simple - Inexpensive - Convenient There are many places you can use rubber stamps to good advantage. Most people think of them as only good for business purposes, but a neat arrangement of your name and address on a rubber stamp is very handy for many purposes. For instance, where you would like to have an inexpensive way of putting your name and ad- dress at the top of your letter, a return address on the envelope. This same stamp could also be used for placing . your name and address on your books. ' Full particulars gladly furnished on those suitable for your particular purpose. The Stratford Mirror Press 123 Ontario St. Phone 115 The Most For Your Money In Furnishing A Home "Friday, June 22, 1945. Careful preliminary planning is an economy measure, for it discourages haphazard buying and hasty selection. But it may emphasize the fact that you have a few "white elephants" which fail to fit into the new plans. Do not discard those "white ele- phants" too hastily. A little furniture surgery skillfully applied solves many problems. For example, if you have a clumsy but comfortable chair, cover its awkwardness with a new slip cover to match or harmonize with the draperies. If a straight chair has knobs on the back posts, or carved fili- gree in the centre, these can be cut off before the tailored slip cover is made. It is easy to have rockers re- moved, or to lower a chair by having the legs shortened. An old-fashioned bed with a high headboard looks extremely modern with the footboard substituted for the headboard. It may either be painted or covered with a gay slip cover to match the bedspread. Remove the "gingerbread" from an old dresser or sideboard, refinish it as a chest of drawers, take off the mirror and hang it separately. A chest of drawers is too useful to part with. Why not paint it a bright color, and put it in the dark corner of the hall? Or, perhaps it would fit in- to a closet and make excellent storage space. If there is no place for the old library table in your new floor plan, refinish the top and put it in Junior's room for a work table or to hold his fast growing collection of this and that. t And perhaps the table-top sewing machine looks out of place now, any- where you may put it, but a dressing table for the guest room is on your list of new purchases. Just have the legs of the sewing machine sawed off two inches, make a ruffled dressing table skirt to fit, and have a piece of plate glass cut to fit the top. Or an inexpensive top can be made of a piece of plywood covered with glazed chintz or light weight cretonne. yf oa is given a thin brushing of clear lac- quer, dust can be wiped off easily. All this can be lifted off when sewing 1s to be done. If the old floor lamp looks very old fashioned, perhaps you can put it be- hind a table or a chair where the base won't show, and a new shade will transform it. If it cannot be hidden, paint the entire frame the color of the wall, and you will be surprised how inconspicuous it will look. There are inexpensive fittings on sale at electric supply stores that will transform many old type lamps into the indirect lighting recommended today. If you are clever at dyeing, strip the color from faded slip covers and draperies, and dye to harmonize with your carefully chosen color scheme. Old picture frames from attic or second-hand store can be refinished mirrors. Chests that are too high can be sawed in half and made into two smaller ones that fit into small spaces. A small dining table with pedestal in two parts can be separated and used for two console tables for the living room or hall, with the flat sides: placed against the wall. Perhaps you have an army cot which you want to keep, but would like to make more presentable. Make a box pleated skirt and attach it to the frame. Get an inexpensive inner- spring mattress, and make a tailored slip cover, which tucks well under. Make a triangular pillow for each end, leaving the covers open at the bottom, so they will slip over the iron head and foot pieces, and snap together, concealing the iron and holding the pillows in place. These are only a few suggestions of the many that can be applied in co- ordinating home furnishings. Ingenu- ity and skill can do a lot in making "white elephants" into useful and at- tractive appointments. -- Courtesy Household Corporation. Don't Suffer! 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Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. ¥g thisie 6-5 -- 87.no KEEP YOUR HEALTH > ~ ACCOUNT BALANCED The vital energy of a human body may be compared to a bank account. - in which everything we do is either a withdrawal or a deposit. We cannot go on indefinitely cashing cheques against our financial accounts unless we keep paying back the amount ex- pended. So too, continuous drawing on our energy demands replacements if we are to escape physical bank- - -yuptcy. It is easy to understand that our - ehief expenditures are found in our sleep are the principal sources of en- ergy revenue. In other words, during sleep or intervals of complete relaxa- tion we balance accounts by replacing the energy lost in daily activity. Con- bodies the proper rest, we will soon be "in the red." Like the house that Jack built--we have to work to earn the money to put in the bank to spend for the things we need and want. In our physical bank accounts, we must give up a few late nights to replace the strength we need to do our work, to feel well and to en- joy our next night off! ae Give it a thought when social activ- ities begin to crowd too thick and fast. It is mighty hard to pay back borrow- og GWAN--@ % "No, I don't command a good salary--1 just earn it. \ My wife commands it!" - sequently, if we neglect to give our 123 Ontario St Ladies' Personal cin ae | There is something quite distinc- tive in fine quality paper with your own name and_ address neatly printed at the top. Few things will give you greater satisfaction for_the small amount | involved. May we show you our line? The Siratford Mirror Press Phone 115 borrowed = COPR. 1945, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, Inc. WORLD RIGHTS R