WHY KATE SMITH IS AFRAID OF LOVE A MACFADDEN ' '11CATION ARRIET HILLIARD BY TCHETCHET WIN CASH PRIZES -4 in the Jessica Dragonette CONTEST MAJOR BOWES' amazing friendship with FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW 7he C/Ilwois /4 u/!04 spy... I / halitosis is the fault unforgivable. Listerine, the They ran three columns about the wedding. The bride, After all, and quick deodorant, is the pleasant means they said, was beautiful, the groom rich, and both families safe antiseptic overcoming it. Is there a hint here for you? Lambert of fine lineage and tradition. But what they failed to mention of Company, St. Louis, Missouri. was this: that the bride would never have been engaged, Pharmacal much less married, if she hadn't discovered in time that she HALITOSIS had halitosis (unpleasant breath) and promptly corrected it. LISTERINE CHECKS /I AND A A DOWAGER BI1TTL E '1 DENTIST `/ SAYS SAYS DOWAGER TUMMY DENTIST ABOUT A TUEY LEG (But the civilized way to build firm gums is I PA N A and MASSAGE) ou know any matron would say: cooked foods that are primarily to blame your dentist will so often advise-gums I "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 clean socially. as your teeth. "Pink Tooth Brush" is a warning Itub 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! hope I signal ! W'hen you sec it -see your dentist. feel those lazy gums quieken. You'll feel everyone sees it. More vigorous, energetic The chances arc relatively small that you new circulation waken the tissues and chewing like that, and a lot 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 demist 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. A plus massage IP N ablest dentist's t 1 ' is thee e care in the hom assistant gums. teeth and of your FRED R. SAMMIS, EDITOR 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 Whot does Fronk's success mean to Barboro Stonwyck? ON SALE MAY 22 Major Bowes' Amazing Friendship Josephine Le Sueur 20 Freddie Bortholomew hos won his way into this stor's heort Why Kate Smith Is Afraid of Love John Edwords 22 A millionairess, yet she's still single! Bing Crosby's Secret Charity Dorothy Ann Blonk 24 Harriet Hilliard Says It Isn't Romance.... Caroline Somers Hoyt 26 Woit 'till Ozzie Nelson hears that How To Be Happy In a Hall Bedroom Kotherine Albert 30 Poverty taught Morgaret Speoks 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 Stuort 36 Meet Thot Super Solesman -Phil Lord Learn Homemaking From the Stars Ruth Geri 38 An exciting new series for every womon How the Ghetto Guides the Goldbergs Dan Wheeler 44 Microphone Masquerade. Richard Wormser 46 Concluding this dramotic rodio serial Hidden Moments In Their Lives Mory Jacobs 48 Believe it or not, Robert Ripley foced deoth 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 him! In the July iss e, we tell Reflections in the Radio Mirror 4 you all about him and his new bride .. Dragonette The editor bockstage of the Lux Rodio Theoter Have you entered the Jessica contest yet? There's a month to gol What's New on Radio Row Jay Peters 6 Chatter, tips, and forecasts! Coast -to -Coast Highlights ADDED ATTRACTIONS_ Chicogo Chase Giles IO Gallery of Stars Pocific Dr. Rolph L. 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Lena & Fad, Inc. 3 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.