Radio television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

time, Jerry Malone had disappeared and the new patient kept complaining about not having a radio so that she could find out what was happening to him. "I must know whether he's coming back," she kept repeating. "How can I find out if he's coming back?" Without thinking, Ruth spoke up. "He'll be back next Thursday," she said. "How do you know?" demanded the other, and, of course, the secret was out and Ruth was "Mrs. Malone." Now that Annelle has joined the family, the Beckers' two-bedroom attached duplex house is entirely too small for comfort and Sandy and Ruth are looking for a larger place. Spurring them on is the fact that their home is in desperate need of redecorating, largely due to the imaginative activity of two-year-old Curtis, otherwise known as Butch. His greatest joy in life thus far appears to be marking up walls. Six-year-old Joyce has always liked to draw, but for a long time she seemed uninterested in the mural as a form of creative expression. Then one fine day Ruth discovered that Joyce had caught the bug, too. On the wall over her bed, in in the room she shares with Curtis, Joyce had drawn a group of gay figures. The children have apparently inherited this artistic bent from their father, who spends a good part of his spare time drawing and sculpturing. When the Beckers move and Ruth can redecorate, she expects to buy no pictures. She plans to have Sandy paint them. Until the children are older, there will be no fragile or expensive furniture in the house. That's because Ruth firmly believes that the home should belong to the children as much as to their parents. Another thing that both Ruth and Sandy believe in is discipline. The children are taught that there are rules which must be obeyed. If the occasion demands it, they are spanked. "We give them all the love that we can," Ruth says, "but we also demand respect." There is another important member of the Becker family. A pure-bred German Shepherd, his name is Jocko, and he is crazy about everyone in the family from Sandy to little Annelle, whom he will lick gently as she lies in her carriage. Sandy and Ruth have come a long way since that impulsive beginning almost nine years ago. They have matured into responsible adults, learning, in the process, to counter-balance two very different temperaments. Ruth is the calm, tolerant one; Sandy is the more temperamental, likely to be disappointed in people because he expects too much of them, subject to great enthusiasms. "You never know what he's going to do next," Ruth says, contentedly. "It keeps life interesting." One sure sign of the strength of their marriage is that neither enjoys doing things without the other, whether it's shopping at the supermarket on Saturday for the week's supplies, or playing poker or canasta with the neighbors, or looking for new furniture. With Sandy branching out into television, with a new baby in the family, and with a new house to find and furnish, life has never been more exciting for the Beckers than it is right now. tAs Sandy says: "It makes me feel so A Cup n to 36 B Cup '30 »o 38 C Cup 3*1 to 46 White and STYIJW22 BROADcfcH A Cup 32 to 36 B Cop 32 to 38 While only $2so EXQUISITE FORM BRASSIERE, l«C. New Y0r| 6 \los Aogeles 14 WANTED! Folks Who'd Like EXTRA SPENDING MONEY... in exchange for a few spare-time hours HERE'S good news! Now you can get the extra spending money you want— without taking a job or interfering with family duties. Show lovely Box Assortments of richly-decorated Christmas and All Occasion Greeting Cards, distinctive Stationery, gay Gift Wrappings. Many other items so exquisite, so reasonably priced that your friends, neighbors, co-workers will be delighted to give you big orders. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. Our helpful book (sent FREE) shows how any beginner can make money! You make as much as 50c to 65c on each box. FREE SAMPLES Mail coupon now— without money— for sample boxes on approval; free samples of exciting new "Name-Imprinted" Christmas Cards. No obligation. If friends don't want them at once—teturn approval boxes at our expense. Greeting Card Associates, . Studio GT47, 1 95 West End Ave., New York 23, N. Y. Copyright, 1951, Greeting Card Associates, Inc. 20 Boxes in 2 Hours' Time "T'm thrilled with the beauty of these cards and so are my customers. I have now sold about 20 boxes ... in about two hours." —Bernice Johnson, So. Dakota Greeting Card Associates, Studio GT47 195 West End Ave.. New York 23, N. Y. Please rush— for FREE TRIAL— sample boxes of cards on approval, free samples of "Name-Imprinted" Christmas Cards, money-making plan, and FREE Book of easy ways for me to make money in my spare time. Name.. (Please Print) | Address.. I City.. Please state Zone No. State.. (if any) R M 91