HY KATE SMITH IS AFRAID OF LOVE A*##*AO#l JUNE MACFADDEN PUBLICATION \v iRRIET HILLIARD BY TCHETCHET WIN CASH PRIZES • .1 Jessica Dragonette CONTEST MAJOR BOWES' amazing friendship with FREDDIE BART TTJnTiT nU tf*j^JljuLfpitirfi&i U/ltoSi my 000 Listerine, the After all, halitosis is the fault unforgivable. They ran three columns about the wedding. The bride, is the pleasant means families safe antiseptic and quick deodorant, they said, was beautiful, the groom rich, and both here for you? Lambert to mention of overcoming it. Is there a hint of fine lineage and tradition. But what they failed engaged, Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, Missouri. was this: that the bride would never have been time that she much less married, if she hadn't discovered in HALITOSIS corrected it. LISTERINE CHECKS had halitosis (unpleasant breath) and promptly —. — /' BSNTIST BMtW SAYS DENTIST (But t/ie civilized way to build firm gums is I PAN A and MASSAGE) You know any matron would say: cooked foods that are primarily to blame your dentist will so often advise—gums "That picture is disgraceful. I see for sensitive, ailing gums—for the more that need the help of Ipana and massage no excuse for such outrageous manners." frequent appearance of that dental warn- — Ipana is especially designed to benefit And she's right. There is no excuse ing "pink tooth brush." your gums as well as clean your teeth socially. "Pink Tooth Brush" is a warning Rub a little extra Ipana into your gums But your dentist will retort: "Excuse? "Pink tooth brush" is simply a distress every time you brush your teeth. You'll —The picture needs no excuse! I hope signal ! When you see it see your dentist. feel those lazy gums quicken. You'll feel everyone sees it. More vigorous, energetic The chances are relatively small that you new circulation waken the tissues and chewing like that, lot and a of gum trou- are in for a serious gum disorder — but soon you'll feel a new healthy firmness in bles would vanish completely." your dentist should make the decision. Usu- the gum walls themselves ... So improve Dental science points out this fact ally, however, it only means gums that your good looks. Heighten the charm of our gums need work, activity, exercise . have grown tender and flabby under our your smile. Make a definite start toward and our modern soft-food diet does not modern soft food diet — gums that need complete oral health . Change to Ipana give it to them. It's our creamy, well- more exercise, more stimulation—and as and massage today. FRED R. SAMMIS, EDITOR 7*MIRROR BELLE LANDESMAN, ASST EDITOR JUNE—1936 VOL. 6—NO. 2 WALLACE H. CAMPBELL, ART EDITOR SPECIAL FEATURES Will Radio Bring the Frank Fays Together Again?. Judy Ashley 18 COMING IN THE JULY ISSUE. What does Frank's success mean to Barbara Stanwyck? ON SALE MAY 22 Major Bowes' Amazing Friendship Josephine Le Sueur 20 Freddie Bartholomew has won his way into this star's heart Why Kate Smith Is . Afraid of Love. John Edwards 22 A millionairess, yet she's still single! Bing Crosby's Secret Charity Dorothy Ann Blank 24 Harriet Hilliard It Says Isn't Romance. Caroline Somers Hoyt 26 Wait 'till Ozzie Nelson hears that How To Be Happy In a Hall Bedroom Katherine Albert 30 Poverty taught Margaret Speaks this lesson The Mystery Woman in Phil Baker's Life Norton Russell 32 Phil owes everything to Aileen Stanley Enter This Big Cash Prize Contest 34 Write the words for Jessica Dragonette's theme song He Reached for the Moon—And Got It Bill Stuart 36 Meet That Super Salesman— Phil Lord Learn Homemaking From the Stars Ruth Geri 38 An exciting new series for every woman How the Ghetto Guides the Goldbergs Dan Wheeler 44 Microphone Masquerade Richard Wormser 46 Concluding this dramatic radio serial Hidden Moments In Their Lives Mary Jacobs 48 Believe it or not, Robert Ripley faced death Love Found a Way for Jan Peerce Louis Underwood 58 Edward MacHugh, the Gospel Singer, gets thousands of letters from all over the country every week—yet none of his fans UNUSUAL DEPARTMENTS really know himl In the July issue, we tell you all about him and his new bride . Reflections in the Radio Mirror 4 you entered the Jessica Dragonette The editor backstage at the Lux Radio Theater Have contest yet? There's a month to go! What's New on Radio Row Jay Peters 6 Chatter, tips, and forecasts! Coast-to-Coast Highlights ADDED ATTRACTIONS- Chicago Chase Giles 10 Gallery of Stars Pacific Dr. Ralph L. Power 10 Lucy Monroe 27 What Do You Want To Say? 12 Ethel Shutta 28 Win prizes with your letters Dick Powell 29 The Critic on the Hearth We-ldon Melick 13 Brief reviews of new programs That "Forever Young family" 56 Meals For Energy Mrs. Margaret Simpson 14 They Hear This Program in Walter Woolf King's recipes for cold cereals Church Jack Harris 73 Facing the Music 16 Hot Weather Preview 88 All you want to know about the dance band world Last Minute News 106 Pageant of the Airwaves 41 Give Your Face a Break Joyce Anderson 51 Radio Mirror Rapid Program Directory 52 COVER New, different, concise your guide — —PORTRAIT OF HARRIET HILLIARD What Do You Want To Know? 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IN THE RADIO MIRROR BY Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., played in a Lux radio version of "The Tony Stanford is the guiding Bride the Sun Shines On," with Broadway star Muriel Kirkland. force behind the Lux programs. THERE'S a guiding force be- COME BACKSTAGE WITH the second the letter B, and inside hind every broadcast of the the third the letter C. When re- Lux Radio Theater Monday hearsal begins we'll find out the nights, a force that is largely re- why and wherefore of these circles sponsible for the sparkle and fresh- THE EDITOR AND WATCH and letters.