Radio stars (Dec 1938)

RADIO STARS STARS WITHOUT BALLYHOO {Continued from page 39) and dedicates them to different listeners. Then, every day. she reads a "Secret of Happiness" which seems to find great response among their fans. They send birthday and wedding greetings, and answer requests for songs from sweethearts, happy and unhappy. In 1924. May and Peter sent greetings over the air to Mr. and Mrs. A. Martini of Jersey City on their golden wedding anniversary. Last spring, they sent greetings to the same couple on their sixty-fourth anniversary. The followers of Sweethearts of the Air never leave them. One fan, Florence Camillone of New Rochelle, New York, has been keeping a scrap-book of clippings about Breen and de Rose for eight years. She has kept a record of every song which they have done on every program. If they want to know what songs they did on a certain program three years ago, all they have to do is telephone Florence! In their fourteen years of broadcasting. May and Peter have been off the air only two weeks, during which time they were married and went on a honeymoon. To celebrate that event. Peter wrote When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver. They have never been late for a broadcast. But they had a close call once. That was during the blizzard of 1933, when they were living in New Rochelle. They were the only Westchester County broadcasters to get to their programs on time. They gave themselves three hours to drive twenty miles, and made it by ten seconds. Peter rushed to the piano to play their theme song, still wearing his overcoat and heavy boots, while May sang until her fingers were sufficiently thawed so that she could play her uke. Sammy Herman was not so fortunate. Sammy, the noted xylophonist who has entertained for years with Frank Banta at the piano, lived in Pclham. He couldn't get his car started. Trains weren't running. So, Sammy stood in the road in snow up to his knees, and finally thumbed his way into New York. He missed his show by two hours, but Peter had filled in for him, with a piano interlude. These stars hold to a rigid routine which keeps them toeing the mark and makes them all sympathetic brother-slaves to the alarm clock. By the time you sit down to breakfast, they are already on the air. When the alarm clock rings, they can't stretch and take another forty winks. There's no time to lose. Missing a train may mean missing a broadcast. Most of these early birds of the air shun night life in order to retire early. In order to do their best job, most of them get to bed by 10:30. For five years, the NBC Red network was opened at 7:00 in the morning by the Japanese xylophonist, Yoichi Hiraoka. Yoichi never failed. When he was tempted to ignore his alarm clock, his wife Aould come to the rescue witli a wet towel. That always roused him. One of the mysteries of radio has been the hearty laugh and cheerful nonsense of Jolly Bill Steinke on the Jolly Bill WHY PAY MORE FOR Don't BE wasteful and buy extravagant shelf trimmings when your shelves can be just as smart and colorfully dressed in 5<t Roy ledge! Royledge is excellent taste. Decorators have used it in model kitchens and closets. They recommend it because it is attractive, practical, thrifty. The embossed, curl-proof edge needs no tacks, no laundering. A dust cloth keeps it clean, and it lasts a whole season. Royledge is so popular that every 5-and-10C, department and neighborhood store carries a host of new patterns to match other home furnishings. Look for ROYLEDGE — 5c or IOC packages. You'll see that good decor doesn't need a fancy price. Roylace, 99 Gold Street, Brooklyn, New York. IDEA : Save laundry and improve table service with ROY LIES the radio-advertised doylies. Si and lOc a package. MPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Please turn fo page 18. HAIR THAT HAS BEEN ABUSED Made Soft and Lovely Again Don't put up with "apology" hair any longer. Nobody believes you when you say, "I can't do a thing with my hair." Because thousands know that you can ! Just a few, simple treatments will work wonders with hair that has been abused. If it is parched and dry or if the ends are split and burned to a crisp, you can restore its natural softness by using the same method professional hairdressers use . . . the soapless, latherless olive oil treatment. You can give yourself one of the treatments easily and inexpensively right in your own home with Admiracion Olive Oil Shampoo-Treatment. Don't confuse Admiracion with ordinary shampoos. While Admiracion (pronounced admiration) is called a shampoo it is really more than a shampoo. It is a therapeutic scalp treatment. There is nothing like Admiracion. It is not a soap — makes no lather — contains no alkali or drying chemicals. Try it! Ask your druggist tomorrow for Admiracion Olive Oil Shampoo-Treatment and if your hair doesn't wake up with new softness and beauty, we'll refund your money. NOTICE Admiracion now m the famous Olive O And the new Ad women who preft makes two shampoos — advertised above, on Foamy Oil for ther. Know the Thrill of a ^Lovely, Clear Complexions Popularity, pood romance are the l flawless skin. Tha linrss Kivi'S you pi 1 11R -I, mild. Hi. mak. . of ST1 W;T S I. ANA TIV10 ('l)MI'Ol'M) TAUI.KTS will -lolly son.i you tlicir specially written fa.souu i in_ 1 klet : "AIDS TO ISIC.U TY'' . . . i W!,.i. every woman should do to mako the most of iier looks and lier personality). It contains scores of helpful beauty hmts that may be just what is needed in your case. Ties booklet is yours free, if you will write for FREE SAMPLE STUART'S LAXATIVE COMPOUND TABLETS and a FREE copy of AIDS TO BEAUTY" . . . what every woman should do. Send tiamo and address now. Send to F. A. STUART COMPANY Dept. H. 113 Marshall, Mich. 59