Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

He Believes in Kids (Continued from page 54) bedroom and kitchen. They say they'll never go back to a big one again. Bill is always stubborn where an ideal is concerned. On his recent personal appearance tour, in Atlanta, Georgia, they asked him to hustle up the line of children with whom he was shaking hands in a department store. If he did, they said, they could get a few of the waiting Negro children in. Bill told them to make two lines. It had never happened in the deep South before but Bill stood in the middle — one hand to the white children on one side, the other to the dark children. Everybody was happy. In Brooklyn the cops were afraid the vast crowds would get out of hand and crush Bill standing in the middle of them. Bill prevented that by saying, "All of you, turn to the person nex"t to you, shake hands, say Hi, Neighbor, and smile." In Oklahoma City, the store in which he was supposed to appear was so packed he couldn't get in and the police got scared for the safety of the whole building and asked Bill to do something. He climbed on top a police car, called to the crowd and circled the block twice. They ran laughing out after him, like kids after the Pied Piper — and the danger vanished. Bill never drinks or smokes because, he says, "I'll never willingly disillusion one person who believes in Hoppy." He's been thirty-five years in show business and claims this past one is the happiest. "It's gone to my heart," he says. "What makes me happiest is that floppy's success proves this country is beginning to settle down again. It's a great thing when a wholesome cowboy can keep a whole family together, watching his antics on a screen in their parlor." You don't wonder, do you, when you hear things like that — that the young in heart — no matter what the dates are on their birth certificates — all love him. Little boys and girls cluster around their television sets of a Sunday evening, bug-eyed. It's an event that they wouldn't miss for worlds. Their elders are equally enthusiastic, if somewhat more controlled, for Hoppy strikes a chord that lurks in all human beings, even in those whose childhood is but a nebulous memory. And it's no wonder, for Hoppy believes in people. But most of all, he believes in kids. Veto — Colgate's Deodorant — Gives You DOUBLE PROTECTION ! ., 1. CHECKS PERSPIRATION... Quickly, effectively! Veto safeguards your loveliness night and day. Rubs in easily and checks perspiration at once. Yet Veto is mild, gentle for normal skin . . . safe for clothes. 2. STOPS ODOR INSTANTLY! Veto's scientific formula was perfected by the famous Colgate laboratories. Veto works like a charm, is always delightfully smooth and creamy. Let Veto give your loveliness double protection! Veto Lasts and Lasts From Bath to Bath FASCINATING MONEY-MAKING art careers open to women America's 12 Most Famous Artists Norman Rockwell Al Parker Jon Whitcomb Ben Stahl Stevan Dohanos Robert Faweett Peter Helck Austin Briggs Harold von Schmidt, John Atherton Fred Ludekens Albert Dome lolOMtpnt/ UA£M. Nlejct* turn*. "(04 ^Ifa ( Utteanox AAfulantf protection.) *T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. • 12 world-famous artists teach you professional secrets and know-how. 4. at home ... in your spare time. Write today for big illustrated brochure — "Art as a Career for Women". It's FREE! FAMOUS ARTISTS COURSE Institute of Commercial Art, Inc. Dept. B-54, Westport, Conn. Please send me booklet "Art as a Career for Women." Nante_ _Age_ Street. City, Zone/ State. Phone No. R M 85 i