Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1951 — Page 9
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Inside Indianapoli By Ed Sovola
MY BOOK, “Monday Follows Tuesday,” will be published early in September. ~The Allen Smith Co, is the publisher, and the offices are at 340 E. Market St. You can’t miss them if you're in the vicinity. The sidewalk on the north side of Market St, is worn, One guess who wore it out. I think Mr. Smith’s statement, which he made immediately after we signed the contract, should be made public. Mr, Smith said: “Since early 1947, the policy of this firm has been to publish only law books and be respectable. However, since we've agreed to publish ‘Monday Follows Tuesday,’ I've arranged to see a psychiatrist.” My analysis of his statepdent is that he is sorry he didn't meet Keith Bratton, who did the {llustrations, and me sooner.
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OLD FRIENDS will remember -the original discussions, mock autograph parties and drumbeating for “You, Too.” The title has been changed to, the satisfaction of the working threesome. I hope it meets with the approval of the reading public. Right now the manuscript is in its final stages of preparation. printer. Due to the cost of printing and paper, Mr, Smith can’t, at this time, determine exactly what the price will be. He did say the book would sell “in the neighborhood of $3.”
AT LAST . . . the author, publisher (left to right) sign a ‘contract. "Mr. Inside's” book materialized.
It Happe By Earl Wilson
NEW YORK, Apr. 30—My Beautiful Wife's been giving me hell just because I asked her to save a little money. oo Our little spat came about because I discovered a book called “Found Money, 53 Tested
and Approved Ways to Make Your Dollar Go:
Farther.” As so often happens, the B. W. took it in the wrong spirit—and started with the wrong page in the book. Somehow her eye fell on page 8—and this: “MAKE YOUR OWN ATTRACTIVE BUTTONS from the pits of canned apricots. Let them dry thoroughly. put a small screweye in one side of each pit and shellac.” “Ho ho!” she crowed, “I can see you drying the apricot pits in the oven! Then you put on overalls and shellac the pit. What are -you going to use the button for when you finish it? Are you nuts?” 3 “Darling,” 1 protested, “that's not the one I
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BUT SHE was reading from page 10— “MAKE YOUR OWN BEAUTIFUL INK by mixing a little laundry bluing with water. Writes perfectly.” “Well!” the B. W. howled. “Now I can see you, a mess o’ blue from head to foot, finishing your batch of ink—and remembering suddenly that you don't use a pen, but a typewriter.” “Will you stop?” I asked. I tried to tell her that the book, put out by the North American Accident Insurance Co. of Chicago, seemed full of helpful hints; chock full, 1 believe one says. > ¢
“LOOK HERE!” I said, snatching the book from her. “Cigarets too stale for smoking can be freshened in a refrigerator over night . . Airmail postcards cost only 4 cents, while an air-mail letter costs 6 cents . . . Put dull razor blades in a glass of hot water and rub around the inside of glass. You'll have sharp-as-new blades . . . Save shampoo money! Put aside small pieces of soap, dry and put through food chopper. You'll have a fine shampoo and dishwashing aid.” “Those .aren't bad,” she growled, must have made them up.” And again she seized the book from me. * % ¢
“HOW ABOUT this one, Laddy?” she twitted. “SAVE MONEY ON HAIRCUTS by using one of the combination comb-and-blade gadgets that are now on the market.” “Get out your neck-mower and slice out a hunk of hair, Poppy, we're due at ‘a cocktail party and you look like a hillbilly!” she kidded. “Oh, well,” I said, in resignation, “You won't be serious.” “Let Mommy handle the budget,” she said. “Just you keep on writing and doing things that don't take too much common) sense.”
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Love Beats War By James E. Roper
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 30—Federal moviemakers, harried by bureaucracy and bad luck, looked longingly today to Hollywood which makes pictures about a sure-fire subject—love. Uncle Sam’s movie folk at the State Depart-
ment turn out propaganda films. But they have their troubles. For seven months after outbreak of the Korean War, they tried to finish a polished picture about the Red invasion. Every time they got the film ready to show, the war situation changed or somebody in the government changed his mind. The film just had
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INVESTIGATORS for the House Appropriations Committee looked into the case. They found, with some dismay: The State Department's movie men in New York whipped up a two-reel picture as far back as last August. Washington wanted some changes. These were made—and the dialog translated into 30 languages—by Sept. 19. But a week later, U. 8. policy shifted and the movie had to be altered again. It grew into a three-reeler. Then, on Nov. 29, Washington decided on “a completely different ending.” Writers took a month to rehandle the «script, and cut the film to two reels,
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Keith Bratton, Butler University senior ahd my parfher in several fiascoes—artistic, literary and monetary—designed the cover and did the many illustrations which will appear throughout the book. In “Monday Follows Tuesday,” we will introduce a little character called “Boozie.” He will be the symbol of the material you will find in the book. I'm not afraid to say that you're going to love the little guy. '
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MOST of the written material has appeared in print. Some of it is new, Everything has been written and rewritten and arranged in such a way that it will have continuity.. There are 10 chapters. Earl Wilson, Broadway columnist and New York saloon editor, wrote the introduction. It's so beautiful that I get a lump in my throat when I think of it. “Monday Follows Tuesday” will be a clothbound book. The covér and the binding will be such that you will be proud to put it on your book shelf after you have read it. Locally, Keith and I, once “Monday Follows Tuesday” is placed on sale, will be ready and willing to mess up the flyleaf in any way a customer wants it messed up.
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REST ASSURED that “Monday Follows Tuesday” wasn’t thrown together. Many, many long weeks and months of work have gone into it. There were times when Keith and I were ready to throw in the pen and brush, and retire to a banana plantation in picturesque Zionsville. When Keith's drawings and covers came back all marked up, I consoled him. When my copy came back in Shredded Wheat boxes (the only appropriate containers after Mr. Smith was through), Keith consoled me. On those bitter days when we were both in the depths of despair, gasping without the aid of a snorkel breathing device, Keith would produce a secret libation which he protured when he was in the Navy in the South Pacific during War II. In no time at all we were knocking ourselves out with a full head of steam.
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NOW THAT we've weathered the storm with the patient and guiding Mr. Smith_at the helm, we see the wisdom of his uncompromising actions. Our publisher won't sail on a leaky craft or sink his money into a dry well. Mr. Smith showed us that you don’t get anything worth while easily. It takes work. Come September we'd like to prove it to you. The talking and planning and hoping is behind ug, and I don’t mind saying it's a relief. I feel like an expectant father. To the 5000 and more persons who signed their names to letters requesting a book when I was beating the drum a year or so ago, I want to say you won't have much longer to wait. September will soon be here. Save your pennies. Do your Christmas shopping in September.
B.W.and E. W. Enjoy A Row Over Money
ALL OVER: Well, anyway, we were about the first to predict Uncle Miltie might win the Derby. And just look-—he’'s already out! ., , Milton Berle looked sad about it at Toots Shor’'s. . . Producer John C. Wilson limped into the Savoy on a cane. . .. Park East mag captions Tallulah Bankhead as “Milady Television”—but she's never been on TV! . . . Finest talent we've seen lately: Ann Antrim, singing comedienne, protege of Sidney of Washington, whom we saw at the Post-Hall Syndicate party. , . . Billy Eckstine, recovered from his operation, goes on a European tour. . Father Divine and wife will celebrate 5 yrs. wed with a 2-day feast in Philly. tL & @ THE MIDNIGHT EARL... Ethel Merman and her husband, Bob Leavitt, the newspaper promotion whiz, are, as of this week, nearing a separation, though no
now decided they can't seem to make a go of it—to the regret of their friends. * ‘2 GOOD RUMOR MAN: A MacArthur - for - President headqtrs. is already operating on 5th Av, backed by some Pretty Big Shots . . . Anchor Hocking is dropping the Jerry Lester portion of NBC's B'way Open House in June, will take on
Miss Merman
Jack E. Leonard for Tuesday, Thursday and Fri- |
day shows. Jerry, under 5-yr. NBC contract, will probably go on other programs. . worth’s atty., Bartley Crum, postponed the formal statement of the marriage bustup pending Aly Khan's communique. , . . Jim Farley, a Waldorf dweller, neighbor of Gen. MacArthur, totes his dirty shirts in a suitcase to a nearby laundry, counts ‘em out, then shoots off to his fawncy office, Se S$
B'WAY BULLETINS: Look out for a big police mopup of fake charity collectors (S8'about time!). ... With his ex- and future bride (Dorothy Arnold) around, Joe DiMaggio’'s never been happier. . . . Jack Eigen, creator of the cafe disc jockey idea, is currently off the air while looking for a new spot. He has 100 to 500 imitators. He's parted amicably with his long time mgr. Jerry Layton. A ES WISH I'D SAID THAT: “Nice thing about being an artist's model is that you only have to work. when the boss is looking”—Jack Carter.
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EARI’S PEARLS: Modern-day golddiggers, says Gregg Sherwood, don't care about the past or future—just about the presents. 2 dd TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: “She's the kind of a girl you'd like to take home to mother, if you could trust father”—Joe E. Lewis. Adam was the first punster. When his missus fell out of the apple tree, he cracked, “Evesdropping again” , . . That's Earl, brother
Unele Sams Movie Folk Have Troubles
On Jan, 31, Washington gave a go-ahead for production of the picture. Seven days later, “orders were issued to hold the film for mew instructions about additional changes and more footage.”
“It is reported,” say the congressional investi:
gators, “that the producers, who worked overtime
to get the film ready in September, are discouraged.” ‘ Pv. Bb ASSISTANT Secretary of State Edward W. Barrett, asked to explain the case, told an appropriatiofis subcommittee that the delay was not “extraordinarily long—many a Hollywood feature has gone through this process for one year; two years is not extraordinary in Hollywood.” The State Department picture, entitied “In Defense of Peace,” eventually got released in 35 languages—just before the start of the latest Communist offensive in Korea. Now the people of Hollywood-on-the-Potomac shrudder about having to change their film again. “This is what happens,” moaned one official, “when you try to make a topical film—and the topic won't stay still. If only we were in Hollywood making pictures about love. That doesn’t change.” 8.
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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1951
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HERE COMES TROUBLE—Morgmy, Mrs. Greg Smith, of 1512 N. Pennsylvania St., is tired, so Daddy Greg offers to give 4.month-old Kathy her bath. The offer is accepted, but look out.
OIL, AND HOW CRUDE—The book said oil should be applied after the bath. But Daddy,
there are other kinds of oil. Put this back in the garage.
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A NEW START—An expert steps in to teach Daddy the ropes. Miss Ruth Templeton, clinical instructor at Coleman Hospital, says let's wash Kathy's head first, and not with soap flakes.
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PAT DRY WITH TOWEL—See, Daddy, you don't use a clothes dryer. Simply wrap up in a soft towel and pat, pat, pai. National Baby Week starts Monday and lots of people could use Miss Templeton's easy technique, :
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tub and after her head has been washed, rinsed and dried, baby gets her back soaped. Say, this should feel real good. Even a young lady likes a back rub.
HEY, EASY THERE—Lookout, Daddy, babies still don't bounce. Get that gleam out of your eye, this isn't what the books says to do.
THE BACK—Before we put baby in the
HO, HUM; ALL FINISHED AND NOW TO SLEEP—No h clothes. During Baby Week, Apr. 30-May 4, Miss Templeton
ectant or new mothers with her time-saving ideas, in the infants’ department Ror store, Daily sessions will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p. m. The first hour wil
the second period forspersonal consultation.
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SOAP FLAKES, YET—It said use jeep, 5 Daddy uses soap. This is some of that kind that’ does everything—so why won't it wash baby?
FINISHED AT LAST-—Announcing at WXLW never posed a problem like this for Daddy. Where's Mommy?
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NOW FOR THE TUB—After baby is well-soaped then comes the dip in the tub. Not head first as Daddy might try it, but in on the back with head raised. Fa« ther says now he knows, and anybody can learn,
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