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T HE loyal motion picture
fans of the country do not
want any substitute for the late
Jean Harlow. Letters, tele
grams and phone calls of pro
test poured into the Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer studio when it
was announced soon after her
death that her unfinished pic
ture “Saratoga” would be re
filmed with a newcomer named
Rita Johnson in her role.
In no uncertain terms the public
demanded that Jean’s last picture
either be released in its unfinished
state or kept from view. Decision
on the matter is being postponed,
but when the public takes such a
whole-hearted stand on any ques
tion, you can be sure that the studio
will not run the risk of offending
them. “Saratoga” will probably
never be seen.
Loretta Young’s household is just
about the happiest, busiest estab
lishment in all Hol
lywood just now.
She has adopted two
little girls, Jane
aged three, and
Judy not quite two,
and is busily confer
ring with architects
about adding a wing
to her house. Just
to add to the air of
Old Home Week, her
sister, Sally Blane,
and Sally’s husband
Norman Foster have
x oung come with their
youngster to stay at Loretta’s house
while they re-build theirs.
Loretta
AO the time that Irene Hervey
was under contract to M-G-M, the
executives just couldn’t see her
when a good role In a big picture
came up fee casting. She married
Allan Jones, her contract expired,
and II looked as If she meant to
retire from the screen. She was
waiting for the fright part,
lug Grand Nationil company with
a role for her In “The Girl Said
No," audiences raved about her at
Md who! m—ummv
to gel her
if None
Lily Pona Is very busy these days
with her radio program and an
extensive concert tour, to say noth
ing of her frensiod trips up to her
homo In Connecticut to see how the
garden Is doing, but she keeps In
touch with the It-K-O studio every
day to get reports on the piano for
Jack went go to i
near New Terh.
In a
Miriam
Hopkins
The best picture of the week, and
n frothy light extravaganza far a
warm evening it Is
I • •, la “Woman
Chases Man.” Mir
iam Hopkins la the
star and dear old
Charles Winniger
plays a giddy rols
delightfully. The pic
ture is fares that
verges on slapstick
most of the time,
and Joel McCrea
plays the thankless
role of the one fair
ly sensible human In
the piece. It isn’t,
frankly, nearly so good a picture
as Claudette Colbert's grand com
edy “I Met. Him in Paris”—but
until that superb bit of entertain
ment comes your way, “Woman
Chases Man” will keep you amused.
ODDS AND ENDS—Grace Moore post
poned starting her next picture for two
soeeks so that her leading man, Melvyn
Douglas, could go to the Salzburg Festi
val, where his wife is going to sing . . .
Ann Sothern’s sister, Bonnie Lake, has
sold a song that sha composed to Buddy
Ebsen . . . That loud studio laugh you
hear intermittently through Walter Win-
cheHTs Sunday night broadcast is W. C.
Fields, his favorite visitor. Walter drates
an audience that is an all-star cast , . .
Hazel Glenn who sings nursery songs am
the Dr. Dafoe broadcast has a fen letter
that sha wemldm'l exchange far a diamond
bracelet. The goad doctor mate her that
dm f nu had listened to erne of their
DAM PROJECTS ATTRACT TOURISTS
Huge ArtiBcial Lake at Boulder ’Dam Proves Magnet; Unde Sam t
Capitalize on It; Bonneville Dam Is Inspiring Scene.
By WILLIAM C. UTLEY
N OT only do some of the vast
government dam projects
provide subjects for controversy
in political circles, irrigation
for desert wastes and electric
power for vast producing areas.
They are assuming a new im
portance in the lives of our peo
ple, especially at this time of
year. They are becoming ma
jor attractions for summer va
cationers.
Mr. Average American, with two
weeks out of the year for his vaca
tion, likes to cram just as much into
that fortnight as he possibly can.
His mountains must be gigantic, his
vistas colossal, his waterfalls ter
rific and his automobile trips long
and rapid. He is usually somewhat
impressed by the Grand Canyon.
Small wonder then, that sights
such as Boulder dam, the Grand
Coulee and the Bonneville dam proj
ects interest him. They are big,
scenic and wonderful. And because
they are government projects they
have that patriotic appeal which is
characteristically American.
The United States government
hardly planned Boulder dam as a
summer recreation project, and it
is not yet as well equipped to enter
tain the thousands of tourists now
visiting the dam as it will be in the
near future. But in great throngs
the vacationers come and after their
souls have been satisfied with the
enormity of it all they find they can
have one whale of a time in, on and
around Lake Mead, above the dam
and the largest man-made body of
water on earth.
Will Develop Appeal.
After all, swimming in the heart
of a desert is a thrill that should
appeal to the American tempera
ment. The clear blue water in the
shadow of the mountain peaks and
the great dam is also a magnificent
setting for boating, fishing and aqua
planing.
In an effort to encourage the
movement already started the gov
ernment has ordered the national
parks service, together with the bu
reau of reclamation, to launch a
program designed to mako the Boul
der dam region more attractive
than ever. First of all a number
of public bath bouses were built on
the beach, which is artificial like the
lake and a short distance from Boul
der City, home of the workers on
the project. Floating rafts have
boon provided, and Ufa guards sit
upon high seats to guard the safety
of bathers. Just as if this might be
Coney Island.
Excursions over the surrounding
area by air are popular, loo. with
the vacationers. Thors is a govern
ment-built airport at Boulder City
from which several planes taka off
daily on theee trips. Pianos of the
most modern typo, equipped with
two way wireless, wing the visitors
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A picturesque scene sgsinst the morning sky of America’s magniflesnt
Northwest are these Bonneville dsm workers.
way of night life out here—there is
only one movie house in Boulder
City—there are enough natural curi
osities and marvels to make the vis
itor lose his taste for night life.
Within 200 miles are, in addition to
the beautiful canyons mentioned
above, the Joshua Tree National
forest, the Painted Desert, Petrified
forests, the Mad Valley of Fire,
Eldorado canyon, and many other
sights, including many Indian settle
ments. Nature in remarkable mood
exists up and down as weU as
across. You can descend to 360 feet
below sea level in Death Valley and,
if you are agile enough, you can get
up 12,900 feet on San Francisco
peak.
The government is stocking Lake
Mead with baas, and although the
fishing is not yet quite up to par
there will be all you can taka car*
of in another two years. Bridle
paths are being laid out and within
a abort time there will also be plen
ty of dude-ranch facilities nearby.
The building of tennis courts as wall
aa desert gardens is included in the
plans. Thera are good hotels near
Boulder dam, and there la a gov
ernment camping ground where the
visitor may camp for nothing.
Are Earlbqaties Possible?
Mead lake itself remains the big
gest vacation attraction. It was
created by the backing up of 41.91I.-
129,000 tons of water from the dam.
The question bas been raised before
the Seismological Society of Amer
ica whether or not this grant, un-
nstursl body of water will cause
earthquakes. The Colorado river In
Its lower course flows through a re
gion where many violent eartb-
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Aquaplaning on Lake Mead, in the heart of the desert.
over the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce
and Death Valley national parks,
the Black canyon, the Kaibab for
est and other famous scenes.
There are also power boats on
Lake Mead which make scheduled
excursion trips, stopping over at
several points. It’s quite a ride
around Lake Mead, a 100-mile body
of water.
lecturers Explain Dam.
The interest of government proj
ects as incidents in a vacation is
apparent from the hundreds who
choose to include a trip through the
dam itself, under the able guidance
of lecturers from the reclamation
service. The long ride in an ala-
valor down into the dam is a swift
one; to many visitors it la also
for tfes fact that
quakes have occurred in the past,
some of them comparatively recent
ly. Scientists have wondered wheth
er the vast weight of water which
will be concentrated along the lake
will put sufficient additional strain
on the crystal rock layers to set off
disturbances. It has been suggested
that seismograph stations be set up
in the region to check the earth’s
slow movements there, since com
plete data are not yet available.
Projects along the Columbia river
are also getting their share of the
tourist trade this summer, for the
Northwest has ever been a popular
vacation spot Thera the throngs
are both surprised and pleased to
see that the work on the giant
Bonneville dam is being cornp.e'.td
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Washington but to the whole course
of life of the people of the United
States.” ,
Bonneville dam rises in some of
the ruggedly beautiful country of
the Northwest. The wild Columbia
has cut a chasm two-thirds of a
mile deep through the mountains.
Bradford island causes the river to
split into two rapid atreama, roar
ing, whirling and throwing spray.
From the island to the Oregon shore
is the power station, and from the
Washington shore to the island la
the spillway. The power house and
spillway are connected by an earth
en dam which runs across the is
land and la 170 feet high. The en
tire chain, which la 3,890 fast long,
will create a lake 69 miles long, up
on which steamers will one day
travel into the Cascade mountsia
region
Coet Is fa.M8.8M.
Bonneville dam will have coet
945,000,000 by the time K is com
pleted. With Grand Coulee dam K
forma the first serious attempt to
harness the Columbia, which river
network la the second largest in the
country. The river basin, wbreh ca
lends into the states of Idaho, Wash
ington, Montana, Oregon, Nevada.
Utah and Wyoming, is said to be
five times aa large aa England.
It has never been poesible before
to navigate the Columbia more than
a short distance inland, but Bonne
ville dam will attempt to change all
that In the dam is the world's high
est navigstien lock—a lift of 72 feet.
On the Panama canal It requires
three greet locks to lift a ship only
a little higher at Gatun lake. Bonne
ville itself is 42 miles east of PerV
land, but It Is hoped that the locks
will enable steamers to go 200 miles
inland along the river.
The town of Bonneville has
up near the dam to hiruss i
the workers os PWA project num
ber 28. It Is composed chiefly of
tarpeper shacks suck ea the trav
eler might hove seen In the earlier
days of the West when the railroads
were being built.
It Is sot likely that the living
quarters of the construction work
ers needed to be buiH substantially
enough to last a long time, for this
la one federal project which la going
ahead as it was planned. There
have been no delays for political
reasons or for lack of funds; only
those caused by the river in some of
its unsociable moods. Since the first
surveyors came, things have moved
right along. The excavating was
done promptly, criba and frame
work were installed, cranes and
derricks started to work, and it was
not long before Bonneville ap
proached being a fact.
Where only a few rugged
boulders once deterred the stream
as it roared through a wilderness
of cottonwoods and firs, today risa
arched spillways and huge power
intakes. The cost of the project
was somewhat more than it was
first estimated. This is because of
an intricate system of locks and
“ladders” for fish, for the salmon
must be allowed to pass Bonneville
to reach the headwaters 6f the
river.
Indiana Are Skeptics.
Here is one point upon which the
government and nature may not
be able to get together; perhaps if
the President’s magic voice could
explain it all to the fish over the
radio everything might be all right,
but there art those who say the
salmon will never use the ladders.
These unbelievers include moet of
the Cayuae Indians along the Co
lumbia, whose ancestors were tak
ing salmon out of the river
before the white
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Lesson for July 11
TEXT—Smdos S:l-U.
GOLDEN TEXT—Ooms sow
and I win asnd tbs*.—Esodua l:IS.
PRIMARY TOPIC—How God
His Poopit’s Prsjrof.
JUNIOR TOPIC—A loadst la tbs Making.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
How to Cot Ready to Work tor God.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
How God Pro video Loaders Today.
God calls men, commissions and
uses them to carry out his plana
and purposes in the earth. What a
great truth that is and how it glori
fies the destiny of man to know that
it is divinely appointed. Aa Joseph
Parker beautifully points out, the
experience of Moses in Midian was
a direct dealing with God, whereas
we who may not be able to “see the
fountain” must “be content to drink
at the stream,” but should always
remember that the stream flows
from that same fountain.
“Every man should put to himself
the questions—What is my destiny?
What does God mean me to be and
to do in the world? ... It is a
most pitiful thing that a man should
read of Moses being divinely called
... to a special work” and fail
to realize “that God has a special
work for every man to do.” Let
us have a care that we do not “so
pervert and misinterpret circum
stances aa to press them into a Justi
fication of self-will,” rather than
recognize them aa “destiny which
is beckoning us to duty/
For our instruction and guidance
w4 consider then the story of the
call of this outstanding leader of
Israel. It presents him as a true
servant of God—one whe was
I. Personally Equipped.
While it is a blessed truth that
God will use any man who sur
renders himself to his control and
guidance no matter how limited that
man’s ability and training may be,
it is also true that, other things be
ing equal, the man with the best
equipment will be the moet useful
servant.
God gave Moeee a unique prepara
tion. He was first of all a Hebrew,
born among the people that he
to load. Ha knew the luxury and
all the cultural advantages ef tha
Egyptian court (Acts 7:22), with
the safeguard ef training by bln
mother as his nursa. Ha
at first hand tha nppraasioa ef Ms
people and made a
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All tha training
to tha world Is worm than useless to
God’s service apart from that spirit
ual qualification that comes from
true regeneration and dedication to
him. Thera to no more pathetic
sight than a spiritually powerless
church worker “going through the
motions" of service for Christ If
we are in that condition we may
be sure that we deceive no one
but ourselves. Let us seek God in
confession and in glad acceptance
of his provision for bo^i our redemp
tion and our sanctification.
m. Divinely Called.
Moses was called (v. 4), commis
sioned (w.6-10), and clad with di
vine authority (w. 11-12) for his
great task.
God calls his servants to different
responsibilities and in different
ways, but the Important thing to
that we should know that we are
in his will and that we are answer
ing his call.
No man or woman has any right
to choose full-time Christian service
simply as a desirable vocation, for
it to a divine calling. Quite unscrip-
tural was the attitude of the man
who said that in a quiet woodland
nook he had faced life’s realities
and had decided “to bet hto life”
on the preaching of tha gospel
Ob Giving ef Alms
In giving of thy alma, inquire not
so much Into the person, as hto
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shades with the same background
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making the afghan and a pillow;
an illustration of it and of tha
stitches used; material require
ments, and color suggestions.
To obtain this pattern send 19
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preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept., 299 W.
Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name and ad
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