Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1929)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section One wistful attic treasure is the suite of furniture Mary bouglit with which to furnish a new home for her mother. She thought the home Mrs. Pickford had built was too cheerless. She had bought things to duplicate their old home in Canada — but alas, they arrived too late! Social hfe at Pickfair, in the long evenings, centers in the big 18th Century living room. There, when shadows fall, a silver screen is thrown across one end of the room, and pictures are shown. The house is now wired for sound photoplays. Practically all the pictures turned out are shown, sooner or later, fetched by Charlie in the rattling llivver. The servants gather quietly in the hallway for the screenings, and Doug and Mary set great store by the photoplay opinions of some of them. Other entertainment at Pickfair takes many forms. If the day is fine, there is swimming. Doug and some of his picture friends occasionally take a plunge at night. Then there are many games ivith odd names, all derived from cricket, croquet or golf, that are played on the front lawn. Once brisk horseback rides began the Pickfair day, but recently the time demands of the studio have almost done away with the equine exercise. Within doors, the entertainment depends largely on the guests. TF chums like Chaplin or Tom Geraghty drop -•■in, there may just be long, interesting talks, as between old and valued friends. There are store games to play — or charades and extemporaneous debates on subjects grave or gay. And it is well known that some of Chaplin's greatest pantomime has been seen in the Uving room at Pickfair before his best friends. He is said to have surpassed himself the night of the dinner for Prince George. Indoors the shaded lights play upon the happy faces and the beautiful furnishings of a handsome American home. Outdoors, in the darkness, are the Pickfair dogs — "Robin Hood," a huge St. Bernard; "Zoro," "Bagdad," and "Rooney," who is just plain dog, but greatly beloved. Night falls on Pickfair, and all is well. Doug and Mary, a nice American married couple, are at home! 35 ?? STEP ON IT, MOTHER ► THIS ISN T THE POLKA 99 Watch Your Diet MODERNIZING MOTHER . . . Epiiocie Number Four \ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7,S ] billboards and newspapers flared with the slogan "Have you had your iron today?" People were assured that the humble raisin would supply this necessary mineral, but in order to get enough iron from that source alone one would have to eat four cups of raisins. The appended mineral content table will show you a more pleasant way to get the minerals you need. 'X^ILK contains a small, though important, •'■''•'•amount of iron, but the fats, sugars and starches possess a low iron content — another reason why vegetables and fruits should always have a prominent place in the daUy diet. Though ninety per cent of the mineral content of bone is calcium, the American diet is more often deficient in calcium than any other mineral. One hundred units of calcium a day are essential to provide a margin of safety. It takes fully six pounds of calcium to build the body, from birth until adult age. There is an old saying, "For every child a tooth." This merely means that if there is not enough calcium in an expectant mother's diet, she will draw on her own bones and teeth for this mineral in order that her child may be properly supplied. This is one of nature's ways of fighting what often develops THE HAPPY RHYTHM of her youth, the buoyancy, sparkle and zest of all her ways, her self-reliance and sanity — it is these charms of the modern daughter which are tempting the world away from old-fashioned ideas — preaching the new thought of not growing old. In a gloomier age, women were resigned to drudgery. Today, young womanhood does not permit drudgery to cloud her joy of living. She is the champion of every new device which adds to the pleasure and ease of existence. It is this eagerness of youth for something better which has won for Modess, in so short a time, a nationwide popularity. For Modess is infinitely finer — more comfortable, safer. The softness, pliancy and gracious ease of Modess are due to the remark able new substance of which the filler is made. This filler is as fluffy and downy as cotton, amazingly absorbent and instantly disposable. There are no square edges to irritate — the sides are smoothly rounded. For still greater comfort, the gauze is cushioned with a film of cotton. Modess is made in one size only because its greater efficiency meets all normal requirements without readjusting size of pad. A box lasts longer. Modess is deodorizing. Laboratory tests prove it to be more efficient in tills respea. You are sure to prefer Modess — every woman does. Since it costs no more — why not try it .'' (J NEW BRUNSWICK. (J N J. U. S A. World's largest makers of surgical dressings Modi CSS ^ (Pronounced Mo-dess') When you write to advertisers please mentloo PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE.