Radio mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

RADIO M I RROR FEIT1ININE nn^cucUL* JL^cud^u/ THE MODERN METHOD Norforms are ready for use. There's nothing to mix, nothing to measure. You don't have to worry about an "overdose" or "burn." No apparatus is needed to apply Norforms. They are the modern way to feminine hygiene. XNorforms have revolutionized feminine hygiene— made it simple, convenient and easy. These antiseptic suppositories are very easy to use . . . much more convenient and satisfactory than the old methods of achieving inner cleanliness. They leave no embarrassing antiseptic odor around the room or about your person. Norforms melt at internal body temperature, releasing a concentrated yet nonirritating antiseptic film that remains in prolonged and effective contact. This antiseptic— anbydro-para-hydroxy-mercuri-meta-cresol— called Parahydrecin for short— is available in no other product for feminine hygiene. Norforms are positively antiseptic and nonirritating. MILLIONS USED EVERY YEAR Send for the new Norforms booklet, "Feminine Hygiene Made Easy." Or, buy a box of Norforms at your druggist's today. 12 in a package, complete with leaflet of instructions. The Norwich Pharmacal Company, Norwich, New York, makers of Vnguentine. NORFORMS IN. P, C. 1937 Known to Physicians as "Vagiformj" What Do You Want to Say? {Continued from page 11) $1.00 PRIZE $1.00 PRIZE DO YOU AGREE? Of all the juvenile movie and radio stars who have appeared before a microphone, who is the greatest? Who has the sweetest, most appealing speaking and singing voice? Is it not little Bobby Breen, Eddie Cantor's protege? No other boy singer ever to stand before a microphone or movie camera has the poise and charming personality so enriched by that golden voice of his as little Bobby Breen! Some of the child singers over the radio may have a fairly good speaking voice, but few child radio stars possess the smooth, enchanting quality of voice Bobby Breen has. Fortunate indeed was Eddie Cantor in obtaining the services of this adorable little nine-year-old lad whose golden voice has brought joy and happiness to many millions of lovers of good music and children. Roy Robert Smith, Denver, Colo. $1.00 PRIZE YESTERDAYS' STARS VS. NEW TALENT Not long ago I read one of the "What Do You Want To Say?" letters in Radio Mirror, written by a lady who seemed to want the yesteryear performers back on the air and screen instead of so much new talent. Since I have the privilege of voicing my own opinion, I would like to differ with her upon this matter. If it were possible, suppose we could and were going to bring back yesteryear's automobiles, trains and other environments in which our ancestors lived. Where would we, including that lady, fit in, in this modern age? Nowhere, that is certain! 1 say, yesteryear's performers had their heyday, now let the talented Youth of America have one of its own. More power to them! MlSS WlLLAVENE DeWITT, Oakland, Maryland. $1.00 PRIZE RADIO'S PROGRESSING The trend to public participation marks, I believe, the beginning of a new era in radio. The cut and dried radio trio — music, comedy and drama — has grown weary from overwork. A new idea is being born, public participation, first dramatized and brought to public attention by Major Bowes' Amateur Hour. Just think for a minute how public participation has flourished. We have the Good Will Court, Columbia's Community Sings, the new Question Bee programs, Vox Pop, Husbands and Wives, the Listener Speaks, and Phillips Lord's new People's Program. These are not a fad, but a trend. "Nothing is more interesting than people," is an old truth, and radio is just finding it out. This evolution holds promise of heightened listener interest in the future. Mrs. Vera I. Mack, Freeport, New York. TEN YEARS OF RADIO Radio has grown up from a squawking, unreliable, sometimes amusing, more often irritating, protege of science to a universally acceptable form of diversified entertainment. But radio has not grown alone — I've grown right along with it. Ten years ago I lived in another era where I had to wind a phonograph or pump a player piano when I yearned for music. My political views were hand-medowns gleaned from the audible opinions of the men in the house. I was too busy or too tired to give anything but a perfunctory glance at newspapers or magazines. In fact I was a narrow minded, apathetic housewife with an intellectual boundary of four walls. But now I have a brand new outlook on life. I form my own opinions after giving all parties concerned a fair hearing. I know as many popular tunes as my sixteen-year-old uaughter. I am as familiar with the situation in Spain as I am with the one that exists next door. Gossip, envy, ignorance have done a fade-out. Music, laughter, knowledge fill my day. I'm younger, happier, smarter. You bet radio has changed, and with a twist of the dial I kept right up with it. Mrs. Wes Saum, Yankton, South Dakota. HONORABLE MENTION "Everyone's kicking at radio's overstocked football forecasts, abstracts, interviews, controversial discussion, and a wealth of stadium filling pre-game comment which over advertise America's most colorful fall sport." — Staunton Moran, San Francisco, Calif. "On Firestone there is the mixed chorus with Margaret Speaks, the brilliant American soprano, more recently termed the Distinguished Firestone Soloist, well known for her high sense of courtesy and prompt acknowledgment of all fan mail." — J. E. Sills, Winston-Salem, N. C. "I predict that the next ten years will see a toning down on advertising, a few more hours per week given to educational programs, and in the good shows we will hear more radio artists than screen stars, and swing music will swing into oblivion, while more music of the Wayne King variety will serve to strengthen and quiet our jangled nerves!" — Mrs. Jack De Merritt, San Antonio, Texas. "It doesn't add to the interest of a program to hear the performers giggling at one another's jokes. Why not let the radio audience do the laughing?" — Mrs. M. N. Wilcox, Lawrence, Kansas. "I enjoy good music, dramas, news and educational reviews, but if my hostess likes something different, it is satisfactory with me. A constructive criticism is always acceptable, but a harsh, rude one, is entirely uncalled for. More cheers and fewer boos!" — L. D. Earle, Berkeley, Calif. "Why can't we have more programs of good music during the day? Do they think we housewives care for nothing but popular music?" — Mrs. Bernard Ellis, Stamford, Nebraska. DON'T MISS The Revealing Major Bowes Story Next Month 60