Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1942)

^t^S^"'^-!^ J^""''v^ ■?:?V''"'''*£S/"^&^'"'^^ SHE USES IRRESISTIBLE PERFUME AND LIPSTICK There's a tantalizing 'come-hiHier' note ... a bright promise of gay adventore in the fairy-like enchantment of Irresistible Perfume. Create a magic mood by touching the golden fire of Irresistible to yoor hair, throat, wrist. Now in adorable Valentine Box. Only 10< at all 5 & 10« stores USE IRRESISTIBLE lipstick Brflliont now rodi ond ruby ton.i.Thollpitick that's WHIPTEXT to ilay on longer . . . tmoolhar 10( "I haven't seen it, yet," MartJia said. Lucy and Lillian led her through the house. And the more she saw, the more she was reminded of the house in Old Port. This one was almost as large. Everything in it was new and carefully chosen. They had saved the living room for last and Martha caught her breath as they entered it. The room was immense and beautiful, but to Martha, it looked like a room on a stage. There were people in it — all her friends — but they looked uncomfortable and out of place. In an alcove, a four-piece orchestra was playing and a few of the younger people were dancing. lY/fARTHA'S presence seemed to ^^^ ease the tension a little. She greeted all her old friends warmly and managed to make them relax. She even joked with them about the waiters Lucy had got from a caterer. "Lucy's doing it up big, isn't she?" she laughed. That seemed to make them feel more at home. Then Lucy sang. Martha looked questioningly at Jim, but he was beaming with pride and happiness. To Martha, Lucy looked and sounded like a caricature. And Martha could feel the discomfort of the others and their polite applause made her ashamed. Afterwards, Lucy brought over a little man with lots of wild, black hair and introduced him as her singing teacher, and suddenly Martha was filled with a vexed, sort of pity, knowing that this misguided excursion of Lucy's into singing was really a desperate attempt to find a way of forgetting Old Port and what had happened there. Martha was bewildered and tired and a little angry. She wondered whether her friends would be very hurt, if she asked them to go home. Happily, they began to leave in groups and, when they had all gone, Martha sank wearily into one of the deep chairs and waited for her family to make some explanations. "It's wonderful to have you home, Martha," Jim said, taking her hand tenderly. "We missed you." They started then, all talking at once. Lucy bubbled, on and on, about her wonderful singing teacher and the future he was promising her. "And only ten dollars a lesson!" Lillian put in. No one seemed to notice Martha's gasp of amazement, but Cora, who pursed her lips as if to say, "Wait, there's more." Jim talked about what a bargain the house was — of course, it wasn't all paid for, yet, but they'd nad no trouble in getting credit and Lucy had really done very well with the interior decorators from Twin Falls. "I hate to spoil your fun," Martha said, a little wearily, a little sadly, "but haven't you run away with yourselves a bit? You know, I still don't know how much money I'm going to get." This was plainly a shock to them. Jim's face grew very serious and fear clutched at Martha's heart. She knew her Jim very well. He hadn't told her everything, yet. Cora went home and the others went upstairs to bed. Martha poked up the fire. "Come sit over here, Jim," she said. "Let's visit — the old way, darling." Jim wheeled his chair over to the fireplace. "Martha," he began a bit timidly, "You wrote that everything was all right." "Yes," she said. "It is. There was no trouble about the will. But it will be a couple of weeks before I get the 3ccoTjnts "Oh," Jim seemed relieved. "That's soon enough." "For what?" "Well," Jim brightened. "You see, Martha, I had a chance to turn a good business deal. I heard — purely by accident, mind you — that there's going to be another defense factory here in Farmington. And — well — I got in on the ground floor. Know what I did?" he asked proudly. "I bought the land where they're going to build it. They'll have to buy from me." "How do you know?" Martha asked. "There were some men here, choosing a site — and I happened to find out which one they decided on," Jim said. "I see," Martha said. "And what did you pay for it?" "Well, I put down the five thousand you sent me from New York and signed a note for the rest." He was beaming again. "That's why I wanted to know when — you see, I have to pay Wilkins the balance in thirty days." IT was very late and there were so many things to straighten out, that Martha didn't have the heart to start them. She was afraid of this deal of Jim's, but she was also afraid of hurting him needlessly. What if he had done the right thing? She pretended to be pleased and proud of him and she kissed him tenderly and went up to her room. In the next few days, she was very busy. She was happy to learn that the liveried butler had disappeared Uoj^ rrecto lo^ VICTOR BORGE — the Danish comedian who made such a hit on his first Kraft Music Hall date that he was immediately signed up as a "regular" and is now heard with Bing Crosby every Thursday night on NBC. Until his guest appearance with Bing, Victor was practically unknown to Americans, although in Europe he'd been a star for a dozen years. He came fo the United States fourteen months ago from Sweden, where he'd been living since the outbreak of the war. He couldn't speak English then, but in six months he had a working acquaintance with the language, gained principally by attending six movies a day. His accent is still pretty funny, but that's an asset to a comedian. 56 HADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR