Radio stars (Oct 1938)

RADIO STARS WEST COAST CHATTER (Continued from page 9) PARKY AKARKUS, believe it or not, is no fake Greek. He can understand the language and even speak it — after a fashion. But he told us the other day about how he fooled an Hellenic friend at a time when he didn't know one zvord from another. The guy cornered him and talked volubly and steadily for an hour, ztith Parky able to get in a "yes" or "no" only at intervals. Later the man returned to his cronies and exclaimed: "Where do youse gents get the idea Mr. Parkyakarkus isn't a real Greek? We've just been talking for an hour!" WARBLING on the air-waves has proved highly remunerative to the Paul Taylor Choristers. And they get generous bonuses, besides, from the boss — bonuses in fish. An ardent fisherman, Paul always brings back more than can be used at home and distributes the remainder among the singers. Recently, when the catch was too many to haul over to the broadcasting station, the choral director had the entire group of twenty over to dinner and cooked the fortyseven bass and four three-pound trout himself. Not bad, either, from all reports. RADIO ROMANCE: The Edmund MacDonalds are honeymooning in a San Fernando Valley bungalow. He's emcee on the Hollywood Showcase program and she's the former Diana Allen of the New York stage . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ray Paige are honeymooning in New York City — sure, they've been married five years, but this is their first vacation together . . . Frances Langford and Jon Hall so-o-o-o in love you'd think they were still at the courtin' stage instead of old-marrieds . . . John Deering, Hollywood Hotel actor, and Irene Matlock, his childhood sweetheart, trekked to Yuma the day the show closed for the summer . . . Jon Slott, ace CBS scripter, and Audrey Ruth Coolish, U. C. L. A. student, flew to Las Vegas for wedding bells . . . Martha Raye is still wearing that four-carat sparkler with which Dave Rose gifted her . . . HELEN JEPSON and Jascha Heifetz arc both in town, awaiting Sam Goldzvyn's decision on when to start the cameras rolling. Miss Jcpson has been putting in time by appearing on the Kraft Music Hall ; the violin virtuoso by drifting off the California coast in his yacht. Jose Iturbi is here for Hollyzvood Bowl concerts and also to fulfill that contract with the M-G-M film factory. He appears in Sweethearts with Jcancttc MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. IN Bing Crosby's new picture, Paris Honeymoon, you'll be seeing Hollywood's prettiest car-hop. She's Dorothy Wright, discovered by Crooner Jean Sablon after an exhaustive search of all the drive-in-eateries in town. This strange scientific research was the result of an argument with Bing in which Jean insisted the purtiest gals in town were the waitresses at the hot-dog stands. "You find one good-looker," said Crooner (Continued on page 90) Ecstatic wiggling of fingers and toes marks the arrival of Frances' supper, which now includes Clapp's Baby Cereal. Like many of her young neighbors in Westfield, N. J., Frances is having pictures taken and growth records kept, as part of a study in infant feeding. Her meals will soon be further enlivened by Clapp's Strained Vegetables. And she's gained an average of more than 1 Vi pounds a month. She gets Clapp's Soups and Fruits now— loves 'em like all her Clapp Foods. Their texture is exactly what baby specialists recommend— finely-strained, but not too liquid. On Clapp's Foods, a baby makes real progress toward the handling of a more solid diet. / Curly Hair, more teeth and added weight aren't the only things she has to brag about. She can walk, and she can feed herself (a trick that Clapp-fed babies, with their eager appetites, often acquire early). And just one look at Frances tells you that her pressure-cooked Clapp's Foods have been chock-full of vitamins and minerals! 16 VARIETIES of Clapp's Strained Baby Foods— Baby Soup Strained or Unstrained.Vegetable Soup, Beef Broth, Liver Soup; Apricots, Prunes, Apple Sauce; Toma toes, Asparagus, Peas, Spinach, Carrots, Beets, Green Beans; Baby Cereal. FREE BOOKLET! Photographs and records of QSO, NEW I. Clop toH .for young children '% Chopped Foods