Radio stars (Oct 1935-Sept 1936)

RADIO STARS Her skin looked dull, sallow {Continued from page 15) ability to back up his chatter with his performances on the pitching mound. During the 1934 world series, I was assigned to cover the Deans. It was my job to chat with the two boys daily, before and after the games, and let the doings of the other players go hang. With Diz dofng all the talking, while Paul looked on in open-mouthed admiration, there never was a dearth of copy. Sometimes there would be discrepancies between what Diz told me and what he told other writers, but he never could be pinned down. "I wouldn't wanna tell all you boys the same thing," he would say with a laugh by way of explanation. "If you get different stories, then everybody has a scoop or whatever you call it, and there's no harm done. Trust ole' Diz !" So much for the personality of the man who bids fair to be the first sports figure of radio, the Number One man. Paul will tag along with him, for Diz will insist on it. The younger Dean is content to let Diz do the talking for both, but Paul is not backward before a mike. He showed plenty of stage presence in their skit at New York's Roxy theatre last winter. Because of the rapidity with which Diz changes his tune, it is difficult to determine his broadcasting plans for next year, if any. That he has a $15,000 contract with General Foods for this year is known, but, so far, his exploitation has been limited to cartoons in the comic section, with no radio work. During the visit of the Cardinals to New York in mid-August, Dean made several electrical transcriptions, although he didn't know that they were called that. It was rumored later that the company remade them all with an imitator to get the stutters out of the two-cylinder words. If so, it's readily understandable. In the first place, Diz is a poor reader, even as Ruth was. There is something about the printed word that brings out stammers in the best of us. Reading script, as radio artists found out years ago, is a profession in itself. The pauses, inflections and other trivia were too much for our Diz. On top of that, he had a heavy summer cold, the Giants were in first place and he had to pitch an important game against them in that series. For the purposes of the record, he did pitch that important game and won it, too, beating Hal Schumacher by 1-0. As a guest star, Dizzy was on the Shell hour with Al Jolson and his brother Paul, a bit that enabled them to split $800 or $900 between them. Diz also went on with Kate Smith and made $400 or $500 for that appearance. What Dean receives for his furniture broadcasts in East St. Louis is something only Diz and his sponsor know. The pitcher was haled before the august Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in Chicago this summer because papers quoted Miss Rosalie de Forest Crosby, a beautiful brunette "The right powder makes it brilliant/7 Color Analyst said Here's a girl who thought all brunette powder shades were alike. Dark-haired with pale creamy skin, she had been using "just any" brunette powder. Her skin looked sallow with it — yellowish. Pond's Color Analyst told her why: "Too dull a shade." He smoothed on Pond's Brunette. "Why, this brightens my skin!" Her coloring looked positively alive! Don't THINK Pond's Brunette is like any other brunette shade. Nor Pond's Rose Cream like any other blonde powder! They're not. Pond's Powder shades are the result of a new discovery that adds life to every skin. With an optical machine, Pond's coloranalyzed the skins of over 200 girls. They discovered the secret tints that made each skin what it was. Most astonishing of all, they found that dazzling blonde skin owes its transparency to a hidden blue tint ! Glowing brunette skin gets its creamy clarity from a hidden touch of green! Over 200 girls' skin color-analyzed to find the hidden tints in lovely skin now blended invisibly in Pond's new Face Powder. Pond's blended all these precious tints into their face powder. Invisibly. When you fluff on Pond's, dull skin lights up. Pale skin surges with new vitality. A florid complexion tones down soft. Every skin blooms afresh! Don't use a powder shade that stamps you old-fashioned, dull. See what the new Pond's shades can do for you — Brunette — clears brunette skins Rose Brunette — warms dull skins Rose Cream — gives radiance to fair skins Natural — lighter — a delicate flesh tint Light Cream — a light ivory tone With Pond's, you don't have to be "powdering all the time" — it clings for hours. So delicate, it cannot clog. 55^ size now 35<$1.10 size now 70c 5 Different Shades FREE!— Mail Coupon Today (This offer expires February I. 1936) POND'S, Dept. M-126, Clinton, Conn. Please send me free 5 different shades of Pond's new Powder, enough of each shade for a thorough 5-day test. Name . Street. City_ Copyright, 1935. Pond's Extract Company 61