Thinks Him Ideal But Others Find Him Uninteresting
A reader division notes that Helen admires a man who others find dull. Advice suggests dating other boys and setting boundaries with a clingy mother while recognizing differing views on romance.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1938
Page
20
A reader division notes that Helen admires a man who others find dull. Advice suggests dating other boys and setting boundaries with a clingy mother while recognizing differing views on romance.
Jimmie Fidler notes a range of glamour icons from Louise Campbell to Margaret Sullavan and Sonja Henie, with comments on careers, fashion, and celebrity foibles. He riffs on Evel notions, contracts, and industry curios as stars navigate fame and public perception.
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus pitches thirty tents on Wilson Avenue near Sixth Street SW with matinee at 2 PM and an 8 PM show. The company touts modern machinery and the highest salaried act Blacaman the Hindu hypnotist performing without weapons in two daily performances.
A storm at sea reveals a man sees his own face in mirrored salon doors. Ray Orry Kelly designs sky blue studio messenger uniforms prompting early clashes. Kay Francis nervously needles, loses her sewing basket, then calms with nerve tonic as Loretta Young lunches nearby.
A speaker notes fine porcelain figurines on a mantel representing Louis Napoleon and the Empress Eugenie. The pieces were given by an art dealer who admired her early film work, leading to musing whether the dealer could be seen as a prophet. Loretta plays Eugenie in a notable portrayal.
The article notes the role of her career in her current film and warns that superstitions have been built on flimsier foundations.
Senator Hatch of New Mexico endorsed President Roosevelt's bid to realign the two major parties on a liberal versus conservative basis. He said a Democratic shift into the liberal camp would suit him, while Senator King of Utah warned conservative Democrats may resist the president's liberal definition and fight to keep the party as it has been.
In New York President Roosevelt spoke after traveling up a mortar so to speak at the world fair federal building cornerstone ceremony. He said a master mason certified the cornerstone was well laid and he added I hold a union card but gave no details on its type or issuance. An inquiry at union offices did not reveal where it was issued.
The Rialto screens Idol of the Crowds with John Wayne in a fast paced hockey themed tale entwined with underworld figures. Framed by Madison Square Garden finale, Wayne faces crooked gamblers as Painted Trail and S. S. Coast Guard chapter seven complete the program.
At the theaters this week Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr star in Having Wonderful Time and Gangs of New York with Charles Bickford and Ann Dvorak. Loretta Young and Joel McCrea lead Three Blind Mice with David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver and Binnie Barnes. Luise Rainer and Paul Muni headline The Good Earth Beautiful But Dumb with Bus ter West and Tom Patricola. Madeleine Carroll and Henry Fonda appear in Blockade and One Wild Night with June Lang, Dick Baldwin and Lyle Talbot. John Wayne leads Idol of the Crowds and Tom Keene appears in Painted Trail. Alice Brady and Mischa Auer headline Merry Go Round of 1938 with Strand.
A letter recounts dogs plundering berries and grapes with appetite. The author notes multiple terriers, Sunnybank dogs, and neighbors reporting thefts from raspberry bushes and grape arbors. The piece cites New England collies enjoying berries and references Aesop’s tale of the fox and the grapes.
Chicago report says 100 church leaders formed committees at a Thursday meeting to draft plans for unifying the three Methodism branches. The unification conference is set for April 26, 1939 to heal a century old breach and 8,000,000 Methodists would join one church. Site to be fixed.
An 81 year old Chicago grandmother Mrs Amyz Thayer sued her 13 year old grandson Bob Thayer and won 110 dollars a month support. Judge Albert Isley ordered the payment after learning she once gave the boy a 1091 acre Montana ranch. the boy already receives 168 a month from a trust set up by his late father.
Resolutions adopted at the twenty second International Kiwanis convention in San Francisco urge public representation on labor dispute settlement boards and call for primary parties to labor accords to be legally responsible for violations of peace terms.
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