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Tfc« B«ww»n P—>1>^—U—l, Barawll. 8, C. TXrafay, J—ary a. 1W7 i * * * * i * *+******++++ ★ ♦ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ if if if STAR DUST | -M-Ovie • xvaoio * ***By VIRGINIA VALE*** O NE of the trade magazines of the motion picture in* dustry startled .the workers in the business recently by pub lishing a report on the popular ity of the screen stars. For months, people had been told that Robert Taylor had climbed to the very top: that he got more fan mail than Clark Gable did, that his name above a thea ter was magic, because it drew so many paying customers; that, in short, Mr. Taylor was tops. But — according to this report, Clark Gable is the screen’s most popular actor! Last year Shirley Temple held that position. This year she is sec ond. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rog ers as a team come third, Robert Taylor fourth, and William Powell fifth. In case you’re interested, the oth er leading stars are listed in this order; Myrna Loy, Claudette Col bert, Norma Shearer, Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Jeanette MacDon ald and Nelson Eddy as a team, Lionel Barrymore. It is nice to report that James Cagney’s new picture, “Great Guy,” is one of his best. It had to be. He made it for Grand National you know, a new organization, and if it hadn’t turned out well we might have had no more Cagney on the screen for a while, at least. After all his troubles with studios it is pleasant to know that he is once more on the big time and that his comeback is really a triumph. James Cagney Have yon listened to that new radio program, “Do Ton Want to Be an Actor?” If yon haven’t, do! It’s very entertaining. People who are in the audience are given roles in scenes that are done before the microphone, and after each per formance the best woman perform er and the best man are given movie tests by Warner Brothers. It’s quite possible that some of our future stars will be developed in this way. If the radio programs given by “Myrt and Marge” for so long were among your favorites, you’ll be glad to know that a new series done by that popular couple has started. It’s a family affair, for “Myrt’s” son is now on the pro gram, and “Marge” is her daugh ter. The son, George Damerel, used to go to the University of Southern California, but he left college to tour with his mother and sister when they went on the stage. Looks as if “Myrt” had built up a pretty good business for the family by writing those sketches, doesn’t it? Grace Moore has had to abandon her career on the concert stage and on the air, temporarily, in order to take a much needed rest. She has been working hard in pic tures—in fact, she has turned into a real trouper, and the tempera ment that used to cause so much trouble is well under control. In “Stowaway” you’ll see Shirley Temple doing imitations of Eddie Cantor and A1 Jolson and doing them well. The funny thing about it is that the child star never has .seen either of them; just worked the imitations up from what she she was told about the two gentle men’s work. —■¥— Hollywood is still shocked over the suicide of Ross Alexander, al though his friends knew that he had never ceased t o grieve over the death by suicide of his first wife, Aleta Freile, a little more than a year before. It was said that she killed herself be cause, coming t o Hollywood from the New York stage, she could not seem to get ahead in pic tures. Young Alex ander was doing very well with his career, and his second wife, Anne Nagel, is one of the screen’s pret tiest young actresses. ODDS AND ENDS . . . Remember "The Shiek" with Valentino? Nino Mar tini will appear in a picture hated on a amilar ttory . . , Jean Harlow and Rob ert Taylor will appear together in "The Man in Possession" ... It isn't supposed to he know that Joan Fontaine is Olivia da Haviland’s sister, but everybody knows it—and the fact was announced here in "Star Dust" months ago, when the 'sighed with Jesse Lasky . . . Once again "Mad ame X" is to be screened, this tune with Gladys George in the stellar role. • Western Newspaper Union. Ross Alexander IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI 'chool Lesson Br REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQU1ST, Dess el the Moody Bible lutkate el Chicsgo. • Westers Newspaper Uaioa. Lesson for January 31 FINANCIAL COST OF ALCOHOUC BEVERAGES LESSON TEXT—ProvertM >1:17: S3:SO, SI; Matthew 24:«S-61: John 6:». 27. 35. GOLDEN TEXT—Wherefore do ye spend money for that which Is not bread T and your labor for that which satlsfieth not? Isaiah 55:2. PRIMARY TOPIC—Why a Servant Lost His Job. JUNIOR TOPIC—Why a Servant Lost His Job. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— What Drink Really Costs In Dollars and Cants. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Alcoholic Beverages—a Financial Asset er Liability? Temperance Sunday brings a greatly needed opportunity to con sider the entire question of intoxi cating liquors. When the prohibi tion amendment was under fire the proponents of repeal contended that it would reduce taxes, cut down un employment, eliminate bootleg liq uor, return men and women to tem perate and decent habits. It is worthwhile noting that not a single one of these expected benefits has materialized. Taxes on liquor have not reduced general taxes. After all, what de cent American would want his taxes cut with “blood-money”? Bootleg ging thrives more flagrantly than ever. Evasion of liquor taxes in dicates that about half of America’s liquor is “bootleg.” The specter of unemployment still stalks the land. And are our people temperate? One could laugh if it were not so tragic! The consumption of liquor is fast becoming a national disgrace. And the tragedy is that Christians have for the most part supinely said “What can I do?” and have done nothing. The repeal of prohibition was brought about by the indifference of American voters. The issue was finally settled by the votes of less than 23 per cent of the registered voters. Where were the other 77 per cent ? Where are they now? But our lesson goes deeper than the matter of intoxicating liquor. It deals with two contrasted modes of living. What a man is deter mines what he does. If he lives for the flesh he will pander to its tastes. If he lives in the Spirit he will not only be right in his atti tude toward liquor but toward every phase of life, yes, even toward eat ing. Let us consider these two ways of life—and weigh carefully our own life decision. In which way do I walk? Remember that one may live to the flesh even though he is not a winebibber. It is a matter of heart interest and relationship to God. I. Living In the Flesh. The word flesh in Scripture does not refer to our physical flesh and blood, except as it is dominated by self-will. But when self-will rules the body, and God’s will is ruled out, a man lives in the flesh. Our lesson gives a terrifying pic ture of such a life. It makes a man a senseless lover of pleasure for pleasure’s sake (Prov. 21:17). He is a lover of wine, a glutton (Prov. 23:20, 21), careless (Matt. 24:48), disorderly and unfaithful (v. 49), and a professed follower of Christ because of what it brings him (John 6:26). His end even in this world is disgrace and poverty, and in the world to come, eternal judg ment (Matt. 24:51). II. Living in the Spirit. “They that are Christ’s have cru cified the flesh with the affections and hists” (Gal. 5:24). They are therefore admonished to “walk in the Spirit,” that is, to submit their lives to the control and guidance of the Spirit of God. In other words seek God’s will, not self-will. What kind of men and women are those who live in “the spirit”? A re-reading of our lesson texts re veals them as, wise, faithful, dili gent, temperate, not following the Lord because of any gain to them selves. What is their reward? In this life they are entrusted with more work for their Master (Matt. 24:47). The reward for Christian work well done is more work. So if you are lazy, don’t begin. But if the fires of holy ambition to serve him burn within your soul, go on, and he will lead you further on until at last in the world to come you will have the all-sufficient reward of his “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Brave Men All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life or in physical contests.—Hawthorne. Troth In Little Things I have seldom known any one who deserted truth in trifles, that could be trusted in matters of importance. —Paley. Pinnacle of Knowledge The ehd of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love end imitate him.—Milton. Acts of Charity One ect of charity will teach us more of the love of God than a thou sand sermons. UNCOMMON AMERICANS By Elmo Scott Watson • Western Newspaper Union M “Garrison Finish” '"THAT was a garrison finish!” A you exclaim when the home teem, which has been trailing for most of the game, comes *rom be hind to win in the last minute of play. And when you say that you are perpetuating the fame—not of a baseball or a football player, but of a jockey! Edward H. Garrison was his name and he started life as a black smith’s helper in New Haven, Conn. Then he began hanging around the racetracks and occasionally was given the job of exercising one of the thoroughbreds. It wasn’t long until he was a full-fledged jockey, who made it a practice to hold his mounts in during the greater part of a race because he mistrusted the staying power of a “front run ner.” Then he began to boot and whip as they came down into the stretch where, as he said, “the mon ey is.” In 1886 one of these “come-from- behind-to-win” drives carried an outsider, Dutch Roller, owned by James R. Keene, to victory in the Great Eastern handicap at Sheeps- bead Bay, N. Y., and after that a “Garrison finish” became a by word on the turf. But more famous than that was Garrison’s victory on Boundless in the $60,000 World Fair derby in Chicago in 1893. When the entries in this race went to the post, Garrison begsu. to stall. On one pretext or another, such as fixing his straps and his saddle, he n.anaged to delay the start of the race for an hour and 42 minutes! He spent most of this time on the ground, thus taking the weight off his horse, while the other horses were fidgeting and wearing them selves out under the weight of their riders. When at last they were sent away tc the excited cheers of 100,000 spectators, Boundless’ jockey trailed the field for almost the en tire race. Then there was another “Garrison finish” and Boundless, a 15 to 1 shot, came home the win ner of $60,000—or rather $59,000 for the judges fined Garrison $1,000 for his part in the delay at the post. “Snapper” won, lost and partly regained a fortune in racing. He quit as a jockey in 1897 and later served as an official at numerous tracks in the South. His last days were spent in Florida where fie died a few years ago at the age of sixty-two. John Smith T. LJIS name was John T. Smith * But that was too common. So, in order to make people ren ember his name he began signing it “John Smith T.” As such it has come down in history, albeit the figure of the man who bore it is a shadowy one. We know that he was famous in the early days of Missouri as a duelist and land speculator and that he caused considerable trouble for Moses Austin before that worthy went to the Southwest to play an important role in the history of the Republic of Texas. Historians are beginning to sus pect that John Smith T. was deeply involved in the Burr conspiracy, as was another John Smith—a United States senator from Ohio who missed being expelled from the sen ate by just one vote. But how prom inent John Smith T. was in that mis guided adventure is still unknown and he is remembered chiefly be cause he was uniquely successful in escaping oblivion when “Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith!” At least four others who at tempted to thwart Fate thus are re corded in the rolls of the United States army. J. Allen Smith of Pennsylvania changed his name to J. A. S. Izard when he entered the United States Military academy at West Point but when he was gradu ated in 1825 he resumed his real name. One of his classmates was Joseph Brice Smith, who was graduated as Joseph S. Bryce, be came a second lieutenant and re signed from the army in 1832. At the outbreak of the Civil war he be came a captain of volunteers and in 1865 was brevetted a major for gallantry during the war. In 1830 a William Smith entered West Point as “William D. Fraser” but he was graduated^ under his right name. Ha rose to a captaincy and was brevet ted a major in 1848 for “merito rious service” during the Mexican war. The fourth Smith who changed his name rose the highest in military life. He was Morgan Lewis Smith, who for some unknown reason en listed in the army in 1845 under the name of Martin L. Sanford and aerved as private, corporal and ser geant during the next five years. The outbreak of the Civil war found him using his real name again. He became colonel of the Eighth Missouri infantry in 1861 and was made a brigadier-general of volun teers in 1862, holding that rank until he resigned in 1888. A Mental Inventory* ♦ Wishes Are but Wasted Thoughts Unless We Work to Attain Fraition IT is well in these early weeks of L the New Year for us to taka a sort of mental inventory of our selves, and see if we are foster ing any of the good things which we openly spoke of, or silently wished would materialize during 1937. Have these things already gone into the dump heap of futili ty? Have they been scrapped be cause of no effort on our part to further their becoming realities? Are we aware of this scrapping? Or do we still vaguely suspect they will materialize or be fulfilled just becuse we think of them with desire? Action Essential. Most of us remember the Ma- eawberism “Name a wish and gratify it.’ There have to be things set in motion before a wish can come to fruition. Unless we actu ally want a thing enough to try to get it, we cannot want it very much. Our New Year wishes if they are to be fulfilled should be more than thought-seeds by now. They should have been planted and tended and perhaps have be gun to show tiny sprouts. Diversity. As wishes vary according to de sires of individuals and avenues of opportunity for them to materi Foreign Words ^ and Phrases ® Ad Kalendas Graecas. (L.) At the Greek Kalends, never (the Greeks having no Kalends). Bel esprit. (F.) A brilliant mind. Compos mentis. (L.) In posses sions of one’s faculties. De novo. (L.) Anew, afresh. Esprit de corps. (F.) Loyalty to one’s comrades; the spirit of sol idarity. t Improvvisatore, improvvisa- trice. (It.) An impromptu poet or poetess. Mauvaise quart d’heure. (F.) A bad quarter of an hour; an awk ward or uncomfortable experi ence. Pays de Cocagne. (F.) The land of Cockayne, an imaginary coun try in which eveything is to be had in abundance and without labor. alize differ, it is difficult to males helpful suggestions except in very obvious instances. Making Wishes Ceme True. Not every fervid wish can be literally acted upon. But even if not, it can be nurtured. Perhaps in the quiet of one’s own room, one can prepare oneself for calm er and stronger progress, making one ready to work and see things through to a fine and a happy finish. Whatever the wish, it is but wasted breath or thought un less one makes some attempt to attain its fulfillment. e B*n Syndicate.—WNU Service. Continental United States The term “continental United States” is somewhat ambiguous. 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