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\ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940 By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) A CTQRS usually dread work- j^~V. jng with .qhildren on the (stage-or in pictures because children, l^ke animals, invari- iably ‘ r steart scenes. One cute |gesture, one little smilfe from a 'child can make an Academy Award winner look like a piece iof furniture, so far as audiences are concerned. Nevertheless the members, pf the ;cast of “Shepherd of the Hills” were (delighted to have four-year-old Viri- jta Campbell in their midst while (they were on location in the San Bernardino mountains. On location hours are usually very long, the rule being to shoot from daybreak to sun set to take full advantage of the natural light. Which means that ac tors, stars and all, get up at 5:30 or thereabouts. " / Bat in the eyes of the state labor law Virita is an infant, so she can’t start to work until 8 a,. m.. Conse- , quently the actors who worked with her got two extra hoars of sleep every morning. They brought pres sure to bear on Director Henry Hathaway to extend her part so that it would last for the entire six weeks. —*— Deanna Durbin’s new picture, “Spring Parade,” is a honey, chief ly because she, S. Z. Sakall and Henry Stephenson are in it. The story is just another of those Old Vienna things, but Henry Koster did a good job of directing, the entire DEANNA DURBIN • cast—it includes Allyn Joslyn, Regi nald Denny, Robert Cummings and Franklin Pangborn—is good, and there are some lovely new songs. The grown-up Deanna is charming and sings beautifully, of course—and as the setting is what old Vienna al ways is in the movies, she sings an arrangement of the “Blue Danube.” —*— Practically all the men stars in Hollywood were fired from perfectly good jobs before they turned to the movies: Preston Foster suspects that Nelson Eddy got the one he lost. Foster was working on a Philadel phia newspaper, selling i classified advertising. He got extra jobs sing ing in the chorus and in minor roles in the La Scala Opera company. One day the boss dropped in^at a mati nee, and there was Foster singing when he should have, been out sell ing advertising! Meanwhile Nelson Eddy. was working as a shipping clerk for an iron works company in the same city. He had a habit of bursting into song when he was working hard. The foreman couldn’t stand it, so he fired the singer, who promptly got a job on the Philadel phia paper that hadn’t appreciated Foster’s singing—the job was sell ing classified advertising. Robert Taylor was washing the inside of a windshield in a service station in Beatrice, Neb., when the rag slipped out of his hand and into the lap of a lady. He fled, not wait ing to be fired. —*— One of the nicest stories ever told about Hollywood has as its hero the late Grover Jones, author of many a successful movie scenario. Some years ago he and his wife, who were childless, went to The Cradle, in Chicago, to adopt one. The superintendent showed them hundreds of babies. “How about that one?” asked Jones, pointing to a child with crossed eyes. “That poor baby,” said the super intendent. “He’s been here longer than any of the others. Nobody wants him.” “We’ll take him,” said Jones. Today the child, after being giv en every advantage of medical treatment, is straight-eyed. And three years ago the Joneses had a little girl of their own. * The popularity of a radio program can be judged by its Crosley rat ing, or by the price tickets to its broadcasts bring. They’re not sup posed to be sold, of course, but there is a well-organized group of neat, polite young men who beg people going into the broadcasts for their extra tickets. Westinghouse’s “Musical Americana” is now in the top rank, along with a few other regular, sponsored shows; its tick ets bring 75 cents. Tickets to Tos canini’s first broadcast brought as high as $50. F.B.I. Agents Put On Exhibition for Students Federal Bureau of Investigation agents giving a night-firing exhibition with Tommy guns, using traces bullets, at their Quantico, Va., range. They also demonstrated quick-draw pistol shooting from the hips. Th« exhibition was given before the National Police academy graduates. s Royal Family of Luxembourg Is Reunited < The royal family of Luxembourg is reunited at LaGuardia field. New York. At the right is Grand Duchess Charlotte Adelgonde, who ruled the tiny country for 21 years before Hitler took over. With her is her mother. Grand Duchess Marie Ann. These two arrived on the Yankee Clipper and were reunited with other members of their family, here pictured. Shown are Prince. Consort Felix and some of their six children. To Tell America of the Battle of Britain I R. A. F. Widow Vincent Sheean and H. R. Knickerbocker (right), famed war corre spondents, shown in New York after leaving the Pan-American clipper. They are scanning the map of their separate lecture tours, during which they will give the public an account of the Battle of Britain. Both were in London during weeks of incessant bombing raids. Mrs. Rose Fiske, widow of Wil liam Fiske III, American bobsled ace who died of wounds received while fighting with the R. A. F., shown on her return to New York from England. Jews and Christians Convene Rare Bird Basil O’Connor accepts the chairmanship as the national conference of Christians and Jews opens at the Warwick hotel, in New York. L. to R., Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale of New York; Rev. Father Edward J. Walsh of Brooklyn; Basil O’Connor, chairman; Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, conference director, and Rabbi Samuel Golsenso, of New York. Victor W. Von Hagen, naturalist, brings a pigeon-sized Quetzal from Guatemala to the New York zoo. The Quetzal is said to be the most valuable bird in the world. Frilled Curtains Give, Glamour to Windows By RUTH WYETH SPEARS ^T'HE newest frilled curtains give a full, lavish effect. If they make your old curtains look a bit dejected, like those shown here at the right, don’t be discouraged. The window at the left uses those samq- curtains with a dash of glamour added. This economy trick saved a certain young ma tron enough money to buy a num ber of smart new accessories for her living room. She 1 discovered that a diagonal dart, which took up the curtains at the back, threw more fullness to the front, thus giving the new high drape a smart line. Tie- backs and valance were made of flowered chintz in rose and plum tones, lined with plain plum col ored chintz. One yard of each kind -of chintz was required for each window. * * * NOTE: The chintz covered lamp shade and the spool table also add interest to this window. 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