Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

Busy Bill (Continued from page 57) actually depressed and ulcer-plagued, or masters of ceremonies who secretly hate everybody when off the air. Bill is the same off mike or on, with a sponsor at the Stork Club, or at home over a chicken sandwich with me. Genuinely interested in people, genuinely modest about his ability. A marvelous kind of a man to marry — except that marrying Bill meant marrying a houseful of problems. Marrying a helter-skelter schedule with no vacations, no regular hours, and more than an even chance that in spite of Bill's best intentions, I'd be a neglected wife. How did I get around that? Suppose I tell you a little more about Bill first . . . After spending the first sixteen years of his life in West Virginia, a pleasant childhood as the oldest of the five Slater children, Bill had one modest ambition. He wanted to be a general. World War I was over, but the illusions of war and the reflection of military glories were still in Bill's eyes. So, six foot one inch and two hundred and twenty-eight pounds of manly determination, he entered West Point. The youngest in his class, (just sixteen), tow-headed, with a round, happy iace> he was immediately dubbed "Babe." It was there at the Point that Bill first learned to fence, box, wrestle and even squeeze into the regulation gunmetal dancing pumps with bows. "The Army was making officers and gentlemen of us all," he recalls with a grin. "I enjoyed the questionable distinction of being reported for laughing in ranks more than any other cadet. Everything struck me funny." Bill was always one for extra-curricular activities at West Point. Recently I met one of his classmates who remarked unceremoniously, "I remember Bill, always with his mouth open, convincing somebody of something. I guess you'd call him the class spokesman. What a gift for battin' the breeze!" Bill graduated from the Point and returned to West Virginia, where his father had been taken desperately ill. In his home town Bill taught math and dramatics and coached a football team. Because there was no one else to do the job, Bill became a lay preacher for outlying communities. It was a time of great need for Bill to renew and restore his own faith. Then, at the end of that sad year, Bill's father died. Opportunity doesn't always knock at the most appropriate moment, but when Bill was offered the position of commandant at the Greenbriar Military School, his mother urged him to take it. By this time, he was twenty-two. Bill might have remained an educator to this day if he hadn't had a particularly admiring math student in his next position in a school in Minneapolis. This youngster told his father (a CBS vice-president), that "he had a teacher who could talk better than anybody." This was a rather large order, but the father respected his son's judgment. So in the days of the football double-header, when radio was still a squalling infant, Bill was offered a chance to announce the University of Minnesota football games. He jumped at it! This, he was sure, would be a cinch. He knew football so well, having coached it and played it himself. All he had to do was talk — and the admission was free. . All he had to do was talk . . . For Little Lulu Kleenex* comes in a 'pocket edition, too ! LftHe Lu/u says; you can take it with youth'£ HANDY NEW KLEENEX POCKETPACK TISSUES! SAME SOFT, STRONG KLEENEX TISSUES IN A NEW TINY PACKAGE. SEGI/ES ONE AT A TIME! 24 SHEETS (t2 PULLS) 5t © INTERNATIONAL CELLUCOTTON PRODUCTS CO. *T. M.REG. U.S. PAT. OFT. NO PILLS OR MEDICINES wTrim-me" Pants 398 • Sensational new easy way to have lovelier hips, thighs, legs. • The way Hollywood's Stars do it. • No pills or medicines. • Wear as you work, play or sleep. • Healthful steam-bath effect, without heat discomfort. • Virgin Vinyl, no skin irritation. • Works only on parts of body covered. • Wear over shorts, etc. • One size for men or women, fits up to 54" waist. • Good looking metallic opaque colors. • Patent Pending. • MoneyBack guarantee. FAT DISAPPEARS MAGICALLY the easy Movie-Star Way! ORDER BY MAIL FROM Beth/Co&({ OF HOLLYWOOD START NOW . . . ORDER NOW! Betty Co-Ed of Hollywood Dept. 58-MG 6402 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. Rush me your Money-Back Guaranteed "Trim-me" Pants at $3.98 per pair. After wearing them for 10 days, if I am not satisfied in any way you agree to refund my money. QUANTITY. Payment enclosed □ C.O.D. D ! Ll/l PILLS OR | IW MEDICINES • Trim-me NAME ADDRESS. CITY. .ZONE STATE. In California add 3% Sales Tax Pants Patent Pending Not recommended for elderly people or these suffering from heart conditions. 87