Secret of Radio's "SHADOW" SPONSOR STIC YEAR OF INFANT GENIUS that time a child mny ht<;ppenling from hi~ or her n~t­ THE ENtGMA OF ARTIST CHILDREN. Study these young~ltrs y Paul Douglas ural cutene~', hangowr hom a p;lmpered balH ho"d, or and consider their ages. Observe the grut nriely 01 uprtssions perh,lp, from ,1 n~tural preco,;jllu'nc". 'J hc pl<l~tic on the litt:, lace~ .nd then note the one charuteristic that runs temper;mlt"nt alrme has heen apparent. But at nine through them ;tll-mingted babyhood and malurity. Front row, ector of "Sunday's Children" this dildi,h charm hegins to f;ld~, ;Illd then we ..:an lelt to right, shows: George Gilbert, 11; Patsy McNeill, 8; Connie H.I. us about your Children's Iiour program Do tell if the hoy or girl has any real actlnll ahdity. Manning, 9; Lloyd Barry, 4: Tommy Brady. 7, and Harris the ~'oung~lers look ;1, CUlt' as they sound? Do vou Berger,l1. Sfcond row: Sugar Cane. (her utu.1l name) 11; T rca!Iy girl' their right age,? Are they tempera­ Any pnSU!l working with m('nl;llf Ilow do you manage to keep them quiet and-- radio arthb, who j, pO'~5SC'! Viotet Benjamin. 11; WiWam (Pinky) Milchell, 12.; Robert and " of unusual patien.:t' and a sense SklU!ng. 6, and Chauncey S~illing, 8 Third row: Ted Reid, H; . The e are the questions which r hear <1:\i1y. in the of humor. (;m get along "'ith Paul OOUgl105, director: Junior, 11: Arnold Allmln. H; Jo Busch . mall an.! among persons I met!1. Thi~ is the first op­ .:hildren. I '\(Jmetimes get 14, "nd Is/dor Schakm"n, 14. Fourth row: Jun, 10; Snah portunity I hal"c had to reach a large audience "ilh out of patien.:c with the Von Kalten, 11: Miltie Von Kolton, H, and Sandy Dougtu, H, the an,WeTS to some of them: kids, but they nel'er on top of the pilno. The youngst~rs sing. dance, plly the Yt'~. the boys and the girls ;Ire Ju~t hirmonfca fa qUiTtet of them), recite a~t in ptays-just H as attractive to look at as they are to Hleran troupers hear on those Sunday morning progr:uns broadc:1st over \VABC. And we really do give their right ages. They Your Birth chart III Tt5pm/je If) ullmerrms request!. RADIO GVIOI I?rfUnls herro;rt/J 0 bnej deportlllt'IIl 0/ Ajtrolo.~y. I he fidd bas beel' cOillbed thorollgbiy ill all "floTI 10 find thl' best (I"!:lli/able allihurily. The uilrcb hdS bUll lIIosl fr/llI/1I1, fOl fbe sa'cicci 0/ I'TO­ fenor A. Relleli. hllve been obtainetl e.... clllsh·ely lor Ibis 011(1 /or /lItllre Issues. By Professor Z. Rellek Were you born during the week ending Feb­ ruary third> Then you share the characterbtics of two prominent star5 of the air, Veronica Wig­ are not as temperamental as adults: they're more nat· know it, rond mothers often pre~ent more of a prob­ gins who was born f'ebruary second. and C. J. ural and have fewer prejudices than grown-ups. Once lem than thclr offspring. The mothers fre<Iuently feel Correll-"Andy" of the evcr popular "Amos and in a while [ come across a prima Jonna complex, but that their child is not receiving the proper treatment, Andy"-who was born Februnry third, Your birth it is easier to reason this out of a child than it is to but ;1.fter a while they realize that [ am working for the chart shows th~t you. like them, are diffcrcnt from reason the notion out of a grown person. best intcrest of the entire show, and that I want each the common run of men inasmuch as the innucnce The secret of handling children successfully, , have performcr to contribute his very best. of Uranus is strong in your hou~e, making it pos­ found, is 10 treat them as grown-Ulh. I think of them Boys and girls seem to have equal ability, but more sible for you 10 be in advance of your fellow men and treat them as ladie, and gcntlemcn, and consider girl performcrs arc available th;m boys, This is prob­ in your thought processes and in your action~, c,lch one my friend_ When I ask for lluiet 1 get it, and ahly because mothers are more likely to think of fcm­ A{]uarius'children have one import:ll1t thing to when I gi"e directions the respon,c is immediate. inine talents being ~uited to singing and dancing, while guard against: They are inclined to lil'e within Young people are excellenT mimics, but there are olher oc.:upations are considered more appropriate for their own shells, so much that even their close limes when they must under~tand the situation thor­ the masculine sex. Among thosc who appear most friends do not under~tand thcm_ Frequently they oughly before they can act their parh properly. Re­ come,lienne, thirteen years old; Lloyd Barry, four. are thousht to be ~Robbish, but they knOll" that cently we were giving our own version of "Cnde Tom's who would rather play his own-inl'entcd gamc of "Pigs" their rctlrement is due to their sensitivity. No­ Cahir(' -we stage everything from min"rei ~hows to than talk to the reporters: Tommy Brady. the sel'en· body kno\\'5 better than Aquarius childrcn how "Alice In Wonderland"-and at the rehearsal. little year-old drummer, Sugar Cane (that's her real name­ hungry they are for robust human associntions. Connie .\lanning, who played lillie f:la. \l'3S. well­ ~he wa, haptized in a New Orlcans Church), cleven; how reticcnt thl'Y are about declaring thcmselves. not ~o good. I explained to her that En died of a Ted Reid, thirteen. who impersonates a fcm~le column­ Bu! then. a firm dl'termination, a penchant for broken heart because her friend Top~y had been taken ist; Robert and Ch~unccy Skilling, 5ix and eight. rc­ doing sen,ational things, a penchant for original away from her. aml Eva had gone to Ile;l\'en because spectivcly: Connie .\Ianning, nine: Pinky Mitchell, 12; thought-the~e arc more than <'nough to com­ she wa~ such a good girl and had su~h a pure heart. Violct Benj~min, II: George Gilbert, II; Eug~l1e Mar­ pensate. And what happened? At the p~rr\)fmance on Sunday tin, ,el'cn, Zlnd II~rris Bcrger, II. Among the illu,trious Aqu~rius children who Connie was grand! The child almo~t dicd of a broken In conclusion I would like to SZly thZlt, re,:tnrdless have proven thcir r('ill capabilities are Prcsrdent heart at thc microphone. Tears TaIbi down her cheeks of whnt progrnm is presented. its ~uccess depends greatly Roosevclt, Colonel Lindbergh. Veronica Wiggins, liS she wellt through the part likc a tmc Bernhardt! on the Zl\1ltude of the sponsors. And !lorn nnd Ilardart, 3nd C. j. "Andy" Correll. Let their cxamplcs I am often asked ;1.t what age child actors show the spon'<Ors of thc Children's Il0ur. have given us ab­ CZlrry YOII on to SlIcee,s! -hether they hal'e any real talent. The crucial test solutely free rein to produce as entertaining a show Me . bout nine ye;lrS old. Up until as we can with these c1n'er and talentcd children. SEC RET of RADIO'S "Shadow" Sponsor E.~lE\IRER your fairy tales? Then it won't be Irma Glen at the cDnsol. diffiwlt to ima~int' a gir! who rubbed Aladdin's of her organ that i~ heard R by her Lady Bountifut lamp. ~nd henceforth had every wish gr;lnlcJ. But Illere's no need to continue imagining. for ~uch a girl is aJil'c and n'ry real-nnd all her wishes have heen grant­ ed. She is Irma Glen~younp; and beautiful and accom­ pli,hed. Further, she's th~ pn,sessor of a I'airy God- 1110111l'T. To put first thin"s nrst. Irma has ]ol'cd rnu~ic ever since ,he could toddle. In fact_ her fir.;! words were "Do, re, mi." instead of the \hua] "Da-da" She took to her pi;mo as most little girls take to dolls-to the ex­ elusion of all cbe ..\nd at fourteen years of age Irma was playing the piano in a nudeville act. I'hcn came a real ch;mce to climb. Irma was award­ eel a degree, after taking a full course in technique, har­ monics, and allied ~ubjects, at the American COll,erYa­ tory of !\lu,ic. While still in her teen~, Irma was offered an engage­ ment 10 play in another vJude\"ille act o\"er the P:m­ lages circuit. Fed up with the hectic pll3S('~ of Irma's prcdou~ experience, both her parents emphatically said "No!" And Irma was heart-hroken. She plc.1ded, she argued-and the argument rc;{)lved itself to thi~: "You're too I'otlng to travel alone!" NOlI' the managers of the circ\lit wanted Irma more th:11l :lIwhody Imew. So they came through with an otTer, in addition to the ca,h they were to pay her. They cnlltrlcted to hear the tran~ling expenses of [rm.1's mnther. The last obst:lc1e II:lS removcd. Irma weill on her ~ecc>nd wide tour.