TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1955)

Why are more and more business girls using Tampax? ■ Ask the company doctor or the staff nurse. They're very apt to tell you that the Tampax user is much more likely to take "those days" in her stride. But the girls themselves are still most impressed by the freedom and assurance that doctor-invented Tampax gives. Here are some of the things they say: "I can't be bothered with all that other rigmarole; Tampax is quick and easy to change." ... "I must have protection that prevents odor." . . . "No telltale bulges for me; not, of all places, in the office!" . . . "Tampax is so comfortable, I almost forget it's 'time-of-the-month.'" Girls starting work often decide on Tampax because of admiration for some older, perfectly poised woman in the organization who uses it. From its daintiness of handling to its ease of disposability, Tampax seems made for the woman who has to be on the go all the time, who has to meet people with charm and assurance under any circumstances. The druggist or notion counter in your neighborhood carries Tampax in all three absorbencies: Regular, Super, Junior. Month's supply goes into purse or tucks in the back of a drawer. Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. 18 Accepted for Advertising by the Journal ol the American Medical Association Information Booth Young Baritone / would like to know about Steve Lawrence, the singer on Steve Allen's NBC-TV show, Tonight. Y. TV., Duquesne, Pa. A network vocalist at nineteen, Steve Lawrence began his singing career as an assistant to his father, a cantor. He is one of three brothers, all of whom had outstanding voices, and Steve was taught to sing in the synagogue when he was eight years old. . . . Since then, his entire life has been centered on music — except for a three-year "layoff," between the ages of 11 and 14, when his voice was changing. Even then, Steve studied arranging and composing. . . . When he entered Thomas Jefferson High School in New York City, Steve was a natural for the glee club. A Jefferson alumnus heard him at one of the club's concerts and arranged for him to sing for disc jockey Ted Brown. Ted sent him to vocal coach Fred Steele, who has trained such singers as Kitty Kallen and Eddie Fisher. After months of concentrated study, Steve appeared on a local New York show. Ted Brown heard a record of the show and suggested that Steve audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. On Steve's first try, Arthur's production staff thought the youngster wasn't quite ready. But Steve tried again after several months. This time he went on the program and won. ... A recording contract was the next step, followed by a singing spot on WRCA-TV's Steve Allen Show. When Steve Allen became a network star on Tonight, so did Steve Lawrence. Newlywed Would you tell me a little about Ann Hillary, who plays Sandra Talbot on The Brighter Day, on CBS Radio and CBS-TV? V. H., Clearwater, Fla. Titian-haired Ann Hillary stepped into the role of Sandra Talbot on The Brighter Day, her first radio role, immediately after returning from a long honeymoon in England. Before going abroad to marry playwright Frederick Knott, author of "Dial Ann Hillary M for Murder," Ann had confined her activities to stage work, including a season as resident ingenue at the famous Elitch's Gardens in Denver and a Broadway appearance in "Be Your Age." . . . Browneyed and five feet, six inches tall, Ann claims Jellico, Tennessee, as her birthplace. "It's famed," she says, "as the home town of Grace Moore," with whom Ann's father sang in the church choir. Ann herself sings and plays the piano. ... A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Ann is now firmly entrenched as a radio and TV actress. She spends her spare minutes collecting French Provincial furniture for her apartment, her husband's first American home. Ann regards cooking as one of the finest creative arts but claims she is much too impulsive to be a success at it. Jack-Of-AII-Trades Please tell me about Jack Mahoney, who plays the title role in the TV series, The Range Rider. Where can I write to hir, Steve Lawrence Tall, muscular, and of French-IrishCherokee Indian ancestry, Jack Mahoney was born in Chicago and made his stage debut at five when he "toe-danced" in a school playlet. But he had no serious thoughts of a show-business career and went on to become a football, basketball, trapeze and swimming star in high school. He earned good grades as well, sang in several operettas, and won an athletic scholarship to the University of Iowa. There he set a national swimming record for the 40-yard free style. . . . After two years of pre-med courses, Jack grew restless and took off for California where he became a swimming instructor. Next he became a mechanic at an airfield and learned to fly, as well. He spent the war years as a fighter pilot with the Marine Corps, then returned to California to take a short-lived venture in raising Arabian horses and enroll at the Del Powers Theatrical School. When no acting jobs were forthcoming, Jack went to work falling off horses and tall (Continued on page 20) K. H., Stockton Springs, Me.