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SEVERAL feminine naAes have inspired whole musical plays. Tnere is "Martha.” There are Vic tor Herbert s “Eileen,” Jerome Kern’s “Sally,” Rudolf Frimi’s “Rose Marie,” Harry Tierney and Joseph Mc Carthy’s “Irene.” Once Broadway shot th. works with “Sally, Irene and Mary.” Louis Reid Foster Showed the Way Jit was Stephen Foster who show ed the way to songwriting glory by .the sentimental use of a feminine name. He paid lasting tribute to iSusannah, to Nellie, to Jeanie Since his time • other songwriters have similarly honored Kathleen, lAnnie, Genevieve, Rosie, Sally and ’Adeline in such enduring melodies as VKathleen Mavourneen,” "I'll 1 frake You Home Again Kathleen,” •^‘.Little Annie Rooney,” the fairly frecent “Annie Doesn't Live Here 'Anv 'More.” “Sweet Genevieve,” Spanish-American war days that Dolly received her greatest glorifica tion), Katie and Kitty. Were a poll to be taken of the moat popular song concerned with a feminine name I would try to get down a little bet on Harry Arm strong's “Sweet Adeline.” Sylvia has inspired greater melody. Gene vieve and Kathleen have been re sponsible for more winsome senti mentality. Dinah and Rosie have exerted a more rhythmic .appeal. .Rut Adeline best expresses man's pursuit and temporary acquisition of happiness. Bali at Last . .Songwriters have been a long time getting to Bali. It's hard to understand their delay. Perhaps it's because they hated to feave Hawaii. First tunesmiths to do something for Bali are Harry Warren and Al Dubi-n, In the movie, “Gold Dig gers in Paris,” they even forget Paris to chant “I Wanna Go Back , to Bali,” though there is no lyrical record that they've ever been there. (“Sweet Rosie 0 Grady, ,“Sally in Our Alley," and, of course, that eternal favorite of man in h1s more fulsome, more celebrating moods, “Sweet Adeline.” . There teas the old Weber and Fields song hit, “Rosie, You Are My Posie," sung by Fay Templeton. Harry von Tilzer gave new life to Nellie, with his song {'Wait Till the Sun ■Shines, Nellie.” Paul 1Dresser wrote a hosan na to Sal. Eddie Leon ard memorialized Ida. Harry Tierney A.S.C.A.P. ine coming ot revo lution to Tin Pah Alley will be recognized when songwriters say in their songs "I Want to” in place of “I Wanna.” Other favorite massa cres of English among songwriters are “What cha” and “Whaddeya" for “What Do You,” “How’d ja” for "How Do You,” “Why’d Ya” for “Why Do You,” “Gonna” for “Going To,” “Gotta" for “Got to.” P P P Widest traveled sing er i» probably John I _ . More recently tunemen have made ’more or less graceful bows to Bar bara, Rosalie, Joan, Margie, a par ticularly well liked bow; Eleanor, , JEmily, Dolly (it' was back in the Charles Thomas. He aivxaes ms time in a year between 100 perform ances that require 40,000 miles of travel, numerous radio appearances and a large number of roles With the Met and other opera companies throughout the country. BEflUTa^RomflncE The Larieuse Beauty Foundation was established by / the Godefroy Manufacturing Company to study methods of preserving women's natural beauty, and to make the results of this research available to the public. I wonder how many of you realize that your hands tell a great deal more about you than any other one feature. You devote hours to your face, giving It proper cleansing and lubrication, smoothing on your foun dation cream, and applying care fully selected cosmetics. You brush your hair until it shines, tintlug it to avoid any drabness or discolora tion, and spend hours in the beauty parlor having it washed and set ac cording to the latest whim of fash ion. Not that I begrudge the time and attention.you give to these ma jor beauty problems, but how much time and thought do you give to your hands? Some people look at your hands almost before they no tice your face. Natural Looking Manicure Preferred If you cannot afford professional manicures you cun do u very tine job of it nt home with a little time and patience. The first rule of good hand-grooming is cleanliness. Regardless of your occupation, see that your hands nre always clean and unstained. Get a good hand brush and give it a good workout. Scrub especially hard around the nails and cuticle where dirt is likely to lodge. When filing your nails, consider the natural shape of your nails first and file accordingly. If your nails are short and wide, you might let them grow a bit longer than the natural line of your finger and shape them Into a slight oval. This will make them seem longer and narrower without giving them an artificial air. Long, extremely pointed fingernails, besides looking like claws, are definitely out of style. Gently tapered, oval nails are more flattering to any hand. And, above all, don’t try to ImL tate the nail polish advertisements too closely If your hands do not correspond to those of the pictured model. Extremely long, bright hued nails are all very well on the model’s hand but then her fortune is in her hands and she probably uses them for little else than poslhg. But for busy housewives and hard working girls such nails are imprac tical. It Is virtually Impossible to keep long tapering nails in condi tion, while washing dishes, dusting, typing, filing, etc. It is far better to have your nails short and well groomed than long and cracked. Color Combinations Important And give a little thought to the color combinations when you select your polish. Startling polishes are not for the fat wide-hand. They merely call attention to the stubbi ness of the hand and nail. If your hands are not all that you would like them to be, limit your polishes to the paler shades. Above all, don’t be ashamed ot your hands Just becuase they are not the long, unlined hands of the models. Your character shows in your hands and anyone would prefer to be judged a useful member of society than a china doll. Keep your hands clean, well-groomed and natural looking (and don’t forget to apply hand lotion after each wash lng to insure softness) and your hands will have a beauty all their own. What are your beauty prob lems? Write Marie Downing, Larieuse Beauty Foundation, Room 321 — 319 North Fourth St., St. Louis, Mo., and she will be glad to answer them. Be sure to enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. FASHIONS (By Hazel Griggs for ANP) That practical materials and double duty ideas have a great deal to do with the chic of a costume. Again and again we find costumes has been effectively brought out at mojit of the Fashion showings recenTT". Again and again we find * ,t costumes aligned to fill more than one need, and some transformed altogether by whising off a skirt or changing from dark to light ac cessories. One very interesting en semble in this category is the “World’s Fair” costume It is a costume with real utility value, and is fashioned, the designers tell us, “to tane the daly knocks of sight seeing at the world’s fair." The outfit consist of a guinrpe drese and jacket, and into the de signing of it, to make it a fashion of importance as well as one of ' utility have gone thxe workman like deas. One is Che use of a fine chocked, non-mu«sing material for the guimpe dress; the second is the separate lingerie guimpe that you can change from day to day—so that the frills which show at the neckline and from the three-quar ter length sleeves of the pockets may keep their fresh crisp appear ance; the third, is the idea of a separate light-weight wool jacket that you can wear or not according to the weather. The lines of the dress and the jacket is very new; it is slightly the dress is softly pleated, making it comfortable and graceful for walking. The feminine trend is ad hered to with the use of the ruf- | fles at the sleeves and neck. The jackeit s very new; it is slightly longer than finger-tip length and is gently fitted. Made double breasted, there are six double rows of buttons down the front. The entire outfit is black ar>d white, “Reform School” Scenes from “Reform school," Louiso “Beavers’ latest starring ve hicle, presented by Harry M. Pop kin executive producer of Million Dollar Productions, Inc. It was directed by Leo. C. Popkin with ! Arthur A. Brooks as supervisor, I Center, Louise Beavers, who ere ates the newest and finest role of her illustrious career ai “Mother Gordon,” superintendent of the re form school. Top photo (felt) Maceo Shefield as ‘Superintendent Stone," prede cessor to Miss BeaveTs, beating up | Reginald Pender-on as 19 year old “i'VoJdie Gordn.” The guard is Monte Nawley as “Jackson.” Top photo introduces “Harlem’s Simmons, De Forrest Oovan, Bob Simmons ,De Forrest Covan, Eddie Lyn, Reginald Fenderson, Eugene Jackson and Freddie Jackson. Bottom photo left): Louise Boa [ vers and her new guavas. Bot tom photo (right) a scene on the parado ground of the “Reform School” at flag-raising with over two hundred boys at assembly. (ANP) IN BUSINESS MRS. JEAN M. STRODE Editor of the new publication, ‘‘Insurance Counsellor,” 2380 East 40th street, Cleveland, O., who is an example of the intelligent and well trained young women of the Negro group launching out into new fields. Mrs Strode’s publica tion is exclusively a trade or busi ness paper, but is attractively and interestingly gotten up, being well illustrated and touching the real interests of business with such dy namic force that the insurance fra ternity is giving wide si^mpont, practically assuring its success from the start. Timely and authori tative articles on business are published. Mrs. Strode recently completed a tour of nearly every insuranco home office of the group and was well received. By her winning personality she secured considerable business for her ma gazine. (Calvin Service.) the jacket black wool and the dress black and wbte check,s and the only note of color is found in the ac cessories. And in the accessories, the wide brimmed hat of rough straw, is a bright shade of green. It is matched by soft, washable gloves. The big, roomy bag is of black suede and the shoes are also of black suede. This costume ia attractive enough to be worn many places besides the World's fair, and is one to con sider whether you stay at home or go merrily off to the fair. NAVAL NOTES • “The following is taken from the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy; and it is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen, and others in the Naval Service diligently to attend Hollywood's Brightest Stars in Midwest for World Premiere (1) Barbara Stanwyck, (2) Joel McCrea, (3) Lynne Overman, (4) Martha Kaye. Joel McCrea, star of Cecil B. De Mille’s “UNION PACIFIC’’ and many other top name film celebrities will come to the Mid dle-West when the World Pre miere, of Cecil B. De Mille’s “Union Pacific’’ is held in Oma ha, Friday, April 28th. The list includes Martha Raye, Lloyd No lan, Lynne Overman, John How ard, Betty Grable, Evelyn Keyes, Akim Tamiroff, Patricia Morri son, Katherine De Mille, Joyce Mathews, and Judith Barrett. Mr. Frank Freeman of Para mount said also that production schedules were being changed and speeded up in an effort to clear other top bracket stars now working in Paramount Pictures so that they also could attend the World Premiere in Omaha. The most elaborate celebra tion plans ever attempted in this section are now nearing comple tion. They are out to top all recent World Premieres. More than 100,000 visitors are expected to swell the population of Omaha during the 4 day celebration. The entire city of 225,000 people will be in gay 1869 costumes. The city will be decorated as it never has been decorated before. A costume ball with Vincent Lopez and his orchestra, is part of the four-day celebration. at every performance of the wor ship of Almighty God." An interesting report just re ceived in connection with the above is the fact that during the recent maneuvers of the Fleet enroute to Panama from the States, one crui ser reported that two Admirals, four coptains, twenty-two officers, eighteen Chief Petty Officers, and 912 enlisted men attended the Div ine Services held on board while underway on January 1939. Did you know th®t Admiral Far ragut was appointed a mid-ship man when he was nine years old; that he commanded a vessel at the age of twelve? He was the Navy’s first Vice-Admiral and first Ad miral. The ranks were created for him by acta of Congress. Squadron Forty-T is a tempor ary U S. Naval Squadron organ ised in 1936, for the purpose of evacuating American National” from the Spanish war areas. The Squadron consists of the light cru iser OMAHA and two destioyers and ba*es in French ports. The International Ice Patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean was est ablished in 1912, shortly after the TITANIC distaster. The U. S. crui ser BIRMINGHAM was the first vessel assigned to this duty”. -oOo Honor Memory of Booker T. Washing ton New York, April 13 (ANP) — The New York Tuskegee Alumni Association celebroted Founder’s Day in memory of the late Booker 'i Washington, Founder ar.d first President of Tuskegee Instii.ut*. Alabama in the Abysinnian Bap tist Church, here last Sunday. The guest speaker was the Hou, Myles A Paigo, Magistrate of Na,v York City. His subject wao “Booker T. Washingtn: The Man.” Frank P. Chisholm, Field Secretary of Tus kegee, was master of ceremonies. The program opened with the spiritual “We Are Climbing Jacobs Ladder,” led by William J. WiLl ianis, a Tuskegee graduate Miss Lucy Anderson read an Ode to Booker T. Washington. George Jones, Jr., accompanied by Miss Grace Hunter, gave pleasure with singing. Marion Jones, a Tuskegee graduate, sang in memory of Dr. Washington “Since you Went A way.” E. L. Dimitry, President of the New York Club, briefly review ed tho year’s work of the club. The speech by Judge Paige was significant in its emphasis upon the practical wisdom and greatness of Booker T Washington and in its challenge to the friends and grad uates of Tuskegee Institute. Mr. Fred R. Moore, Editor of the New York Age, spoke briefly of his long acquaintance and association with Tuskegee’s Founder. Tho exercises closed with the singing of the Tuskegee Alma Ma ter “Tuskegee, Thou Pride of the Swift Growing South.” A large and representative group of grad uates and friends made the occa sion a re-union which was both inspiring and stimulating. _ __ ^ CAB CALLOWAY BAYS OVER RADIO HIS 5-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER CAN TALK New York, April 13 (C)—Cabell Calloway III, king of “Hi-de-Ho," said in a radio interview over WNBW Monday at 7:15 P. M. that his five-month old daughter, Con stance can say “hi de ho.” Cab said when he gets in from work in the morning h% daughter is getting up and he plays with her, and they have another session in the late afternoon when he awakes. -0O0 Patronize ©ur Advertisers BIESEL-PBWEBED BUSES BURLINGTON TRAILWAYR TO INAUGURATE FIRST FLEET OF DIESEL-POWERED AIR-CONDITIONED BUSES Burlington Trail way* one of the original charter mernbera of Na tional Trail way* System, this sum mer will place in service a new fleet of nir-conditioned, Diesel powered buses, according to an nouncement by W. E. Fuller, vice president of. the company. Tho initial order, placed with General Motors, calls for 21 streamline bujes, especially de signed for transcontinental ser vice on through routes between Chicago and California, and in volves a cost of close to a half a mgillion dollars. This will be the first fleet of diesel-powered buses to be opera ted in transcontinental service on American highways. Delivery is expected by June 1st, and initial service runa in all probability will bo preceded Iby an exhibition tpur. Tho company states that every ef fort is being direetd toward mak ing the fleet outstanding in com forts, conveniences, safety ami beauty.... at no extra cost to pas sengers Especially noteworthy is the great attention given to passenger comforts and conveniences. While the usual seating capacty of this typo of coach is 37 passengers, those being built for BurlingtOa Trailway will contain seats for only 27, thus sacrificing consider able earning power. All seats will have at least 6 inches more space between seats than usual, which of course, translates directly into more “leg room” and more com fort. For the benefit of the unusu ally long-legged, one row of 4 chairs actually will have 13 inehe* more space than usual, 9* Chairs are of the individd.J type, qtiickly adjusted to five rest ful positions. Seats are made of the new “air foam” sponge rubber and chair backs are constructed of special rubberize hair. Be cause of the wider seat spacing, there is no interference with the freedom of the passenger just be hind, even when chairs in the most reclined position. I^arge deep ashtrays on the backs of all seats, colorful linen headrests, leather arm rests, and! free pillows for overnight passen ger add to the comforts and con veniences provided. Air-conditioning is of the most advanced type yet developed for highway transporation. Accurate automatic thermostatic control of both humidity and temperature maintains the anterior within the accepted U. S. Comfort Zone, in any weather. The Thermostatic control can be adjusted as desired tubs preventing sudden extreme shocks to passengers boarding the bus. fTRAuJmcos^ \me another job I JULIA- 1 mAT CAN 1 i ID0? J THIS IS WHAT YOU CAM DO... 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