Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1956)

tfiiai 1 hov iviu iviivdia (Continued from page 45) was silent as they caught their breaths. Together they looked down on the wide sweep of the city stretched below. It was a good day. The sun was high and warm. Off in the distant sky a company , of clouds had gotten together in whipped-cream formation. "What's the very first thing you remember?" Venetia asked. Russ thought for a moment, his face screwed up, as his mind reached back. "I think the first thing I can recall is running away from day nursery school. Yeah, that's it. Running away." Russ settled back against a tree trunk and looked at the sky again. "I must have been about five. My parents were having it tough, financially. Dad was tending a hot dog stand and Mom was playing piano in a small restaurant. "For lunch at the nursery we got liver every day. I hated it. I can remember stuffing it down a hole in the school dining room where we ate.. One day the teacher caught me in the act and scolded me. "I was hurt. No one had ever talked sharply to me before. I had the idea that my father could help me so I set out to find him, through a hole in the yard fence. It seemed to me at the time that Dad worked only a block from the school.* Actually, it was miles. "Well, my feet got tired and I sat down on a curbstone and took my old cowboy hat off. I loved that hat. The next thing I know I see these big black shoes with feet in them on the sidewalk next to me. "I looked at the shoes and then looked up the legs to a policeman. From that angle I thought he was a giant. I got scared and began to cry for my mother. The cop picked me up. The next thing I remember is being in the police station stuffing myself with an ice-cream cone. Then the teacher from the school came to take me back. She was so happy to find me she started to cry herself. Then I started to cry again and dropped the ice cream on her dress. Yankee Doole Tamblyn "When I was in fifth grade, during the war, I was nine. The school wanted to put on a show to encourage the sale of government bonds and my class was picked. The teacher asked for volunteers to sing and dance. I wasn't the shy type, so I took one step forward. They dressed me in an Uncle Sam's costume. Well, as each kid came out to perform I could hardly wait for my turn. "Then the curtains closed and people started to leave. Heck, the ham in me couldn't take that. I ran up on the stage and began bellowing 'I'm a Yankee Doole Dannnnnnndeeeeeee!' and danced!" Russ was laughing. "But a lot of people applauded. I don't know why, I didn't know what I was doing. "I'm not sure but I think I was doing it to show off in front of a girl. I had a heartshaking crush on her. To me she was the most beautiful thing on earth. Blonde curls, bright eyes, blue they were. She was in my room from third grade and I worshiped her from afar, eating my heart out until one day in the sixth grade. "She handed me a note and then ran. I trembled as I unfolded the piece of paper. On it was written, 'I love you.' Until that moment there wasn't anyone more lovesick than I was. But then a strange thing happened. As soon as I read her note I didn't like her any more. I don't even remember her name, but I'll always remember the awful chimes of unrequited love that went off in my head every time I 1 i Now! One dreamy cleansing floats away even long-stay makeup! Now Tussy Dreamy Cleanser lifts out pore-clogging dirt and makeup so fast— you'll think you're dreaming! This fast, deep-reaching flowing Cleanser softens as il cleanses ! Just one application — gets skin so much cleaner. Instantly loosens and floats away even stubborn new-formula lipstick and waterproof mascara. Here's a softening, moisturizing velvet-feeling Cleanser— dreamy-soft on your skin ! For a young, dewy-fresh and radiantly clean skin— cleanse with Tussy Dreamy Cleanser — tonight! only $1.25 plus tax TUSSY Dreamy Cleanser