Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

unknown listeners, probably couldn't think of his own phone number right off the bat. A little conversation helps ease the tension." I know just how those contestants feel myself. A few years ago, when anyone who was married was contemplating doing a husband -and -wife radio show, we were approached to try one ourselves. One look at a microphone and I lose my voice. We did try a few television shows together when television was young enough to be forgiven for anything. Even though I only had to hand Bill some props and exchange a few pleasantries with him, I managed to drop the props and blank out completely on my lines. Then and there, I knew that I'd been right all along. One performer in the family is enough. tlveryone raves about the way the i Vanderventers and Herb Polesie manage to guess those tricky subjects on the Twenty Questions program. So that Bill, as quizmaster, will never steer them wrong on a difficult or technical answer, I spend almost fifteen hours a week in the library doing research for him on the selected topics. Then on Saturday evening before the show, I ask Bill every question they could possibly throw at him to be sure he will give perfect answers and not mislead them. On the final program, the pages of research I have accumulated have been boiled down to six or seven little index cards with all the information on them. Even with all that preliminary work, a topic can still throw me. Starting with the information "animal" the panel has to guess subjects as exotic as "Robert Taylor's Widow's Peak." Try to do research on that in your public library! When the fall rolls around and the air is crisp, Bill's eyes take on a special gleam. Why? It's football time of course! Together we go to the Yale and Princeton games — Bill, snug and sheltered in the press box, doing the sportscasting, and me exposed to the elements in the grandstands. (No ladies are ever allowed in the press box.) One of my pre-game tasks is to help Bill memorize the names, numbers and records of the various players. Inevitably I get to know most of them by heart. Last fall on a particularly sleety day, when anyone with any sense had left the stadium, I sat shivering next to an elderly dignified gentleman. Unconsciously, throughout the game I had been yelling things like, "Come on 22, come on Gregorski," or "Here comes Stanckton, what a record he made last year!" After watching me discreetly for a while, the gentleman turned to me and said in a voice full of respect, "Madam, tell me, are you scouting this team?" Most of Bill's regular listeners have caught his repeated references to "My wife, Marion . . ." and sense how close a partnership this is. Now that television has made his face as familiar to TV set owners as his voice has been in all parts of the country, we are often spotted together in restaurants or on the street. "Hey," I've heard people comment frequently as we pass by, "There goes Bill Slater! And that must be 'my wife, Marion'." I have to smile a little whenever I hear it. No title — not "Queen of England," or "Miss America" — could give me half as much as the joy and satisfaction I get from being, "My wife, Marion," to a man who is as wonderful as my husband, Bill Slater. That Qtiwi (j<M Could Lose His Love! Your husband loves the real you— happy, poised, confident of your intimate feminine hygiene. Don't let doubts, misgivings, inhibitions create another you! YOU'RE sure of feminine daintiness when you douche regularly with "Lysol." "Lysol" cleanses the vaginal canal even in the presence of mucous matter. No makeshifts like soap, salt or soda can possibly act the same way! "Lysol" is the famous disinfectant with amazing, proved power to kill germ-life quickly on contact! Yet, gentle, non-caustic "Lysol" will not harm delicate tissue. Correct douching solution in the simple directions on every bottle. Many doctors advise patients to douche regularly with "Lysol," just to insure daintiness alone, and to use it as often as needed. No greasy aftereffect. Don't take chances! Don't let neglect create a "dual personality". . . another you, full of doubts, misgivings and inhibitions ! Don't let that other you destroy your love ! Get "Lysol" brand disinfectant today, and use it regularly. Preferred &ifrf over any other liquid preparation for Feminine Hygiene! Cy > / RtO.U.S.PAXOFF.y^ Product of Lchn &• F»'»ft A Concentrated Germ-Killer R M 89