Radio Mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

RADIO MIRROR but I'm afraid I couldn't." Jack nodded his head. "Somebody else?" he asked. Gwen nodded. "He's not much good, but there'll never be anyone else," she said. They were silent a moment. "I m sorry," she whispered. The door swung open. It was Bob. His face flushed as he realized who was in the office. "Oh, hello," he said, "I was just going to talk to Jack about you." "It's no use," Jack said. "I already did. I chided her for all this cheap publicity. I even made love to her. Asked her to marry me. But she's in love with somebody else. Bob whirled to face Gwen. The color drained from his cheeks. Who?" "Can't you guess?" Jack said. "Rossman!" "Rossman!" Bob hurled the word out in violent disbelief. Gwen recoiled in amazement. "Jack, wait a minute. . . ." "It's all right." Jack interrupted, "we'll stick by you. We're still your friends." "But Jack, please." Gwen pleaded in a frenzy of terror. She had to stop this burlesque, this nightmare of misunderstanding. She turned to Bob. Certainly he could see what was happening to her, to them. Bob glared at her. "Don't be an ingenue," he snapped, "Why don't you admit it? Why keep it a secret? Why not tell the world about it? Think of the thrill it would give all the yokels. Broadcast it to the four corners of the earth. Why don't you?" "Hey!" Jack shouted. "Bob, you've got something. Why didn't 1 think of this before!" Bob stopped his bitter denunciation. Gwen, speechless, found herself listening in fascination as Jack went on, "There have been great lovers in history, great lovers on stage and screen; but there have never been any great lovers of the air!" "Are you stark raving mad?" Bob demanded. "Shut up," Jack shouted. "Listen: 'Ladies and gentlemen, the Piatt Radio Hour, bringing you those great lovers, Gwen Holmes and Frank Rossman, who will reenact for you the proposal scene that made their two hearts beat as one!'" "Jack, Jack, stop it," Gwen sobbed. "Bob, make him stop it." "Now don't tell me you don't like it," Bob said, sarcasm hardening his voice, "after all those nice wedding pictures you've been posing for?" "Listen," Jack began again, "five will get you ten that it becomes the greatest program on the air." Bob said, "Isn't that great?" Gwen, in blind desperation, nodded. "That's what we're all working for, isn't it?" "Sure," Bob said again, "but count me out. I'm through." Gwen watched him go, powerless to move, to object. She saw the door close, heard it slam, and still she couldn't move. VII WHEN Jack Carson stepped to the dictograph and began to call for reporters, press agents, photographers to build up publicity for the radio romance between Gwen and Frank Rossman, he set in motion a powerful machine which picked Gwen up and carried her helplessly along. She seemed to have lost all will of her own. Like an automaton she posed for pictures, gave interviews, saying what she was told to say, smiling when she was told to smile. In the whirl of activity yihy Dome rsomen are i\atural \Seauties / They intensify natural coloring . . . yet never look "made-up". The Color Change Principle available in Tangee Rouge, Powder and Lipstick brings out your own natural coloring. lou see many more "naturally" beautiful women than you used to. For make-up styles have changed. Gaudy make-up has vanished. The vogue today is for naturalness ! It took a different kind of cosmetic principle to make it possible... the Tangee Color Change Principle. Your own natural color is lovelier . . . but you never risk that "painted" look. _ry Tangee make-up. Begin tonight to be lovelier in your own way. Insist upon Tangee for all your makeup essentials. See how the Tangee Color Change works. Tangee Powder is 55c and $1.10. Rouge, compact and creme, each 83c. Lipstick is 39c and $1.10. Use the coupon for sample. • BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES! There is only one Tangee — don't let anyone switch you. Always ask for tangee natural. // you prefer more color for evening wear, ask for Tangee Theatrical. BBBi World's Most Famous Lipstick ■ ENDS THAT PAINTED LOOK THE GEORGE W. LUFT COMPANY MA116 417 Fifth Avenue, New York City Rush Miracle Make-Up Set of miniature Tangee Lipstick, Rouge Compact, Creme Rouge, Face Powder. I enclose 10^ (stamps or coin). 15^ in Canada. Shade D Flesh □ Rachel □ Light Rachel . Nettie Please Frint Address C.iti State 65