Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1933)

Photoplay Magazine for March, 1933 107 There is too much opportunity for individual display of laziness, temper, or indifference. That goes for humans, too. Today, Wally believes in the public school system. He does not plan to have a private tutor for his adopted daughter, Carol Ann, or her brothers, George and William, whom he and Mrs. lieery will rear. "It's easier to learn when you are one of a number," he says. "There's a competitive spirit. It's easier. too, to teach when there is an audience of man) rather than one. "Children, like elephants, are quick, to imitate. "They are naturally gregarious, and a successful example is one of the surest ways to teach them." TJ .VISING the young is an acute problem in -^-elephant land. Usually, when an elephant has reached the age of forty-live or fifty—perhaps half its normal captivity lifetime — it has developed the great patience for which elephants are noted. Experience seems to have taught them that antagonism and bullishness do no good. The capricious, experimental desires of youth give way to solid, common sense and patience. Sometimes, of course, a cocky young elephant of twenty-five or thirty years refused to respond to Wally's bribes or coaxing. They had to be prodded a little bit with the bull hook. Hut Wally soon learned a trick that tamed them. He'd chain them to a middle-aged elephant. Then, when the young scamps commenced their capers, up would go Mr. Elephant's trunk and "whango!" another sadder but wiser young pachyderm had learned a lesson in deportment. "Baldy," a nine and a half ton bull, was Wally's favorite disciplinarian. Baldy had been a man-about-elephant-town in his younger days and it is reasonable to assume that he knew most of the facts of life. His great size, the true standard of elephant elegance, seemed to impress the young fellows. Baldy had wisdom, too. He didn't raise his trunk except as a last resort. He chinned with his charges. Perhaps he whispered lessons learned in his own wicked youth. Anyway, Baldy had a sense of sympathetic understanding which sent a young bull from his chains wiser, steadier, almost inspired sometimes. "You know," said Wally, thinking back to the days of Baldy, "I think the secret of success with children, or grown-ups either, lies in really understanding them. "Old Baldy knew every youngster in that herd. He understood their good points and their bad points, and I'm convinced that he knew exactly the kind of treatment each of them most needed." He smiled. "I could trust old Baldy." You can trust Wally Beery', too. Looking at him, I could easily imagine what a splendid tutor little Carol Ann and her brothers are going to have, could understand how thoroughly they will learn to love this rugged, kindly man whose twinkling eyes look out upon a world he has found completely satisfactory. "VX THAT else did you learn from the ele ** phants?" I asked. "What about the female of the species?" Wally roared with laughter. "Oh, that," he said. "Well, you're going to be disappointed, I'm afraid. 'Popsy,' our biggest female, was a killer. And the only thing I learned about women from her was that when a female goes wild there is no male who can compete with her. " That is another theory of ex-elephant tamer Beery. And it's not so dumb, at that! SHOCKING to endanger others with germ-filled handkerchiefs Disposable Tissues Safer Than Handkerchiefs! YOU must expect others to shudder if you flourish a germ-filled handkerchief. No one wants to catch your cold — and germs are easily spread from handkerchiefs. Tests show that nearly all germs may be dislodged from handkerchief fibers. Kleenex is safe! Kleenex fibers, on the other hand, clutch germs tightly. It is almost impossible to dislodge germs from Kleenex in any sort of scientific test. Dangerous germs are therefore held safely embedded until the Kleenex can be destroyed. Thus does the super-absorbency of Kleenex protect your health, protect others. This same absorbency protects your comfort, too. Kleenex absorbs moisture instantly, without rubbing or irritation. It is soft and gentle as down — always soothing, no matter how tender and inflamed your skin. Many ways to buy Kleenex Carry Kleenex always! For general use, buy Kleenex tissues in convenient rolls and packages — a generous quantity newly priced at 25 cents. A larger size Kleenex — three times usual size with tissues as large as a man's handkerchief, is also available; and smart, bordered tissues in the form of finished handkerchiefs known as 'Kerfs. Sold at all drug, dry goods and department stores. * * (l) Linen fiber, highly magnified, from germ-infected handkerchief. Most germs have been dislodged— showing how handkerchiefs spread germs during colds. ( 2 ) This Kleenex fiber defied all attempts to dislodge germs. Thus Kleenex cannot reinfect the user or spread infection to others. KLEENEX <L 'A^tf^-O x2~&ArL£. TISSUES