Radio mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

Mrs. Guy Lombardo recovered nicely from her operation . . . Ditto Loretta Clemens . . . Barbara Blake left George Sterney for Braggiotti. Wedding .bells for Gracie Barrie and Dick Stabile in the spring . . . Gracie is a show girl . . . George Sterney is also marrying, but a girl out of the profession. * * * Joe Haymes, who formed two good bands only to have his best men taken by other leaders, has formed his third . . . Hal Kemp is playing much more swing music lately . . . Lucky Strike changed its Hit Parade from one to a half hour because of pressure from the music publishers who claimed that people were only buying those songs on the weekly list and no others. By the way, if you can think back twenty-five years, here's the songs that were popular then; Alexander's Rag Time Band, Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon, Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Moving Day in Jungle Town, All Aboard for Blanket Bay, Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland. And just one year ago the songs most popular were; Little Bit Independent, On Treasure Island, Red Sails in the Sunset, Thanks a Million, Boots and Saddle. * * * THAT ORGAN GRINDER After a slow start, it's reached the proportions of a minor "Music Goes 'Round and 'Round" — except that most of the people who go around whistling or humming it because they can't get it out of their heads, don't know that it's called "The (Continued on page 93) "What's all the shooting fur?" It's Paul Whiteman (right) saying goodbye to Frank Parker who has taken over Paul's former Sunday night program. QUICKLY CORRECT THESE *T FIGURE FAULTS Pericystic not only CONFINES . . it REMOVES u3ly bulges! Abdominal Fat is Most Common of All if you Do Not Dcni ire . KLUUVX Your Waist and Hips 3 INCHES in 10 DAYS with the PERFOLASTIC GIRDLE . . . it will cost you nothing ! £jf housands of women owe their m r^ slim, youthful figures to Perfo\Ls lastic— the quick, safe way to reduce! Since so many Perfolastic wearers reduce more than 3 inches in 10 days, we believe we are justified in making YOU this amazing offer. You risk nothing . . . simply try it for 10 days at our expense. YOU APPEAR SMALLER AT ONCE! ■ Look at yourself before you put on your Perfolastic Girdle and Brassiere — and afterwards! The difference is amazing. Bulges are smoothed out and you appear inches smaller at once. You are so comfortable, yet every minute you wear these Perfolastic garments you are actually reducing . . . and at hips, thighs, waist and diaphragm— the spots where surplus fat first settles. NO DIET . . . DRUGS ... OR EXERCISES ! ■ No strenuous exercises to wear you out . . . no dangerous drugs to take . . . and no diet to reduce face and neck to wrinkled flabbiness. You do nothing whatever except watch the inches disappear! THE SAFE, QUICK METHOD ■ Every move you make puts your Perfolastic to work taking off unwanted inches. The perforations and soft, silky lining make these Perfolastic garments delightful to wear next to the body. "Reduced my hips 9 inches", writes Miss Healy; "Hips 12 inches smaller", says Miss Richardson; "Lost 60 pounds with Perfolastic", writes Mrs. Derr; "Formerly wore a size 42, now I take an 18. 1 eat everything", writes Mrs. Faust, etc., etc. Why don't you, too, test Perfolastic? SEND TODAY FOR 10-DAY FREE TRIAL OFFER AND SAMPLE OF MATERIAL ■ See for yourself the wonderful quality of the material! Read the astonishing experiences of prominent women who have reduced many inches in a few weeks! You risk nothing . . . we want you to make this test yourself at our expense . . . Mail the coupon NOW! PERFOLASTIC, Inc. Dept. 283, 41 E. 42nd ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. Please send me FREE BOOKLET describing and illustrating the new Perfolastic Girdle and Diaphragm Reducing Brassiere, also sample of perforated material and particulars of your 10 DAY FREE TRIAL OFFER! Name. Address. City_ _State Use Coupon or Send Name and Address on Penny Post Card 11