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THE EVERYDAY MAGAZINE THURSDAY. JULY 22, 1948 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 3D At 19, Seasoned Campaigner in Show World Gale Sherwood, Here at Park Opera, First Appeared Before Public at Three Years of Age My OPINION Contract Bridge By Ely Culbertson By MARTHA CARR pTH 7J By Clarissa Start Dear' Martha Carr: 1AM a boy aged 15. Several girls are giving a party and have invited me. I said I didn't know -whom to bring and they suggested a certain girl who is older than myself.

They aid that didn't make any difference. She has a nice per finally I said okay so he came by and picked me up and he hasn't been out of my sight since." Gale's parents didn't approve of the idea of her marriage wholeheartedly because of her age 17 at the time but they did like the young man and finally gave their consent. "I think mother was afraid I'd give up my career completely." she says, "but actually I've worked harder since I've been married than I did before." Since her marriage, she's appeared in "Song of My Heart," the film life of Tschaikowskv, "Blonde Savage," and "Rocky with Roddy MacDowell. as yet unreleased. TODAY'S declarer had a pitifully slim chance to fulfill hi slam contract, but he turned in a masterful piece of work.

South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. North-South 40 on score. 4KJS6 VAJ4 4AKQ9 LA sonality and is nice looking and they tell me she is Just the one for me. I have" often gone to this girl's house and sat on the steps and talked to her and her parents.

Xo you think It will be all right for me to take her to the party? J.J. NORTH 00 452 K9 764 K97543 4743 VQ1072 8532 Q6 ER parents live in California SOUTH FOR the first three years of Gale Sherwood's life she did practically nothing. Ate, slept, played with dolls, and led a comparatively useless existence. For the past 16 years, however, pretty 19-year-old Gale, who has light gold hair, deep gold sun-kissed skin, and big blue eyes, has managed to make up for lost time by becoming a musical comedy singer, a radio and movie veteran, and a young married matron two happy anniversaries. "Gale Sherwood? That's -my better half," a rugged-looking young man with curly reddish hair told us as we made our way to the Municipal Opera rehearsal stage through falling drifts of white stuff which looked as if last week's white eagle might have been shedding, but turned out to be cottonwood blossoms.

Having recovered from the shock of discovering our "child star" had a husband, we survived the secondary shock of Gale's mature personality, which is more intelligent composure than precocious sophistication. The young singer who has leading roles in this week's "Jubilee," and the following productions, "Connecticut Yankee" and "Sunny." still looks like the teen-ager that she is but has none of the lack of assurance or the irritating over-assurance of many theatrical youngsters. Hi I see no reason why you shouldn't take this girl to the party if your hostesses have asked you to. now, her father having fol- lowed mother and daughter She can't be exactly doddering if she is to be included in the fun of the crowd. You like her apparently.

Stop being so self-conscious about the matter. If the few months or years difference in your ages weighs you down just to think of them, you an always decline the Invitation to the party. I'd say, go and have fun. Bear Martha Carr: WE ARE two teen-apers. We have a girl friend who sometimes tells things about us that aren't, true, and who is always bragging when she has no special reason to.

tVe aren't the only one who have noticed this, and people are beginning to like her much les. We don't appreciate her conduct one bit and know that if she continues she will all her friends. How can we get this acro.s to her without hurting her We have always been fond of her. B. ANT) H.

mm? GALE SHERWOOD HAS LIGHT GOLD HAIR, SUN-KISSED SKIN AND BIG BLUE EYES. down from Canada in 1943. Her father works for a construction company, as does her husband, Howard Wayne McCoy who is an aeronautical engineer. A young man obviously enamoured of his wife, even to the point of spending his vacation in St. Louis with her watching her work, McCoy says he likes having a career-minded wife.

"I've always been interested in show business myself," he says. "My father was in the exhibiting end of the business. He operated a chain of theaters in New Orleans and when we moved to California I got a contract with R.K.O. and had some small parts. Then I went into service so a movie career didn't work out for me.

but I'm glad it has for Gale." Gale prefers musical comedy and light opera to grand opera, although she considers her years of operatic study wonderful background. Although her last 16 years have been more work than play for her she doesn't feel she's missed much. In keeping with her rapid advancement, we halfway expected the McCoys to have quadruplets, already starring in juvenile roles, but that will be in the future, Gale says. "We're going to have two children, a boy and a girl," she says confidently, "but not until I'm much older, about 21 or 22." She has two older married sisters, one with a 10-month-old baby, the other with a five-year-old. "I look at her five-year-old and she's just playing in the yard," Gale says with some wonderment, "and I think, gosh, et that age I was singing arias.

I guess maybe I wasn't quite normal." AAQ109 V8653 J10 10S2 The bidding: South. West. North. East, Pass Pass 1 Pass 14 Pass 5 A Pass Pass Pass Pass It was only natural that North's "picture gallery" should have spurred him to ambitious bidding when his partner made the "fitting" response of one spade. South, for his rart, felt that had not guaranteed even as much as he had by his one-over-one response, and therefore ventured to the slam under North's violent ursing.

West opened his fourth-highest club, and when dummy appeared. South saw that he would need some extraordiary luck to avoid losing two tricks. He could discard his two club losers on dummy's diamonds, but what about the hearts? It was not to be expected that West had both the king and queen (since he had not opened the suit); nor was it reasonable to hope for any heart position that would automatically limit South to one loser. After due thought. South saw a possible plan and went right out after it! He put up the club ace.

cashed exactly two rounds of spades, then led a heart toward dummy, and when West played the nine, went right up with the ace. Next, he ran the diamond suit, discarding his two remaining clubs. South now trumped the chib jack and, with the stage perfectly set. led a low heart toward th jack-four. West who, incidentally, might well have "ditched" hi heart king on the fourth diamond! was now on lead, and his forced return of a club permitted declarer to discard the heart jack from dummy while he ruffed with his own last spade.

Thus, South lost onlv one heart trick. Study and practice in little theater productions took up most of her time, and a year after her Heifetz film, she appeared in a Bob Crosby film, "Let's Make Music," in which she sang popular songs. "Then I was between ages," she said. "Too tall for juvenile parts and not old enough for the older roles. So from 13 to 17 I did practically nothing but go to school and appear in camp shows; I was in more than 1000 of them." HKR debut at the age of 3 was just a trial balloon, it developed, not the actual beginning of a career for the little girl who was then Jacqueline Nash of Toronto.

Canada. "Mother Drought me to New York on a vacation trip and I sang over a network show," she explained. "I was the youngest Canadian ever to sing over N.B.C. I sang 'Mighty Like a only I couldn't pronounce so it turned out to be 'Mighty Like a Back into comparative retirement. Gale made only minor appearances for the next few years, and began to study singing.

When she was 5, her mother began her voice lessons, and when she was 8 took her to Hollywood to study with Nina Koshetz. From then on her voice study was taken seriously, five lessons a week, while mother and daughter, with her new name, tried to make a dent on the movie makers' the Northwest. The prima donna w-ho opened the chow in Ios Angeles suddenly became iH and she took over the lead with three days' notice, and with heartwarming reviews. "I was pretty proud of that." she says, "because I did it without ever seeing the show, without a dress rehearsal, or a music rehearsal. Then I played 'Rosalie' at the Greek Theater in Hollywood, and then I got married.

"I'd been going with a Navy officer," she said, "but we didn't see eye to eye and it just didn't work out. A friend of mine from high school was going away to college and before she left she gave a birthday party and asked me to come with a friend of hers. I'd never been on a blind date before. She showed me his picture and I didn't like it. He told me later she'd showed him my picture and he didn't like it either.

But "Jiist like all the other mothers of that day, mother thought I looked like Shirley Temple," Gale 4 pays. "Only we were more successful than most. One day we had lunch with a friend and met an agent and he took me to meet Jascha Heifetz. Heifetz liked my voice and requested me for his picture, 'They Shall Have Music' In "They Shall Have Music" the 9-year-old sang "Costa Diva" from "Norma'' and "Caro Nome" from "Rigolerto," and from then on she was pretty definitely in business. Most of this phase of her career she admits she knows from hearsay rather than recollection.

"I don't rememuer that early New York trip at all," she says, "and I don't remember much about first going to Hollywood. It's kind of fuzzy In my mind. I think at 8 you ought to remember what went on, but I don't. Maybe it's because so much has happened since then." I addition to winning 57 citations and honorary titles from her camp appearances, Gale did break the ice on two occasions. One was a role in the film, "Janie." and the other was a leading role in Victor Herbert's "The Only Girl." In which she appeared in San Francisco and a tour of When people nay things about us that aren't true, the best medicine to give them is come wholesome neglect.

If you two will see less of this girl, stop including her for a while, she may wake up and realize why and change her tactics. Or she may come and ask you what gives. Then you can simply tell her you can't afford to have things said against you as she has been doing, and can't claim anyone for a friend who acts like an enemy. As to the bragging, she will eventually learn that is not good taste if her companions will good-naturedly tease her about it when it becomes too objectionable. IN ANSWER TO My "Popularity Hints" and "Sub-deb" leaflets will answer all those questions.

I haven't the space to do so here. Send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope and I'll mail them to you. N'o, don't agree to meet the boy on the street corner or at the show. Have him come to your home for you as a weil-mannered boy should. If he refuses then you don't want that kind of boy for a friend.

TV AXSn-KR TO "I.VnA": You have in mind the hiking ctnb called Missouri Walkaways. This club has social activities, snd you will make many interesting friends there, I mm sure. For full information recording it telephone GArfield 6542. IV ANSWER TO "X.N.B.": Perhaps your pastor or the girl's minister, or one of the social agencies can best help you with your problem. If you are able to support the girl and your child, love her and are willing to marry her as you state it seems to me you should be permitted to do so.

You are both of age. IN ANSWER TO I am sorry I have not the space here to write you any recipes. If you will consult cookbooks at the public library, I am sure you will find the particular recipe you have in mind. I have a "What to Ser'e" leaflet I'll send if you will mail me a stamped, self-addressed envelope. 1s true of "Harvey," thnt runs on and on.

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However, a player holding a four flush will often attempt to win the pot by bluffing, i. pretending to have a five-card flush. This is called "four-flushing." A fourflusher, then, is one who puts up a bluff as to wealth, ability, etc. To use another slang term, he is a phony. St.

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The heart is, however, not constantly involved. The symptoms of rheumatic fever can imitate those of many other diseases and therefore, an accurate diagnosis requires skill, judgment, and trn ininjr. Question: "I have recently no-liood that my vision is much less acute than it was several years n-ro. I have a lot of reading to do. and am 29 years of age.

Occasionally I see spots before my eyes, or a feeling of flecks of light in front of me. Could it possibly be that I need glasses?" Answer: It could be possible. However, it is better to consider the eyes as part of the whole body. A disturbance in the eyes as described may be secondary to some other disease process elsewhere in the body, such as kidney disease, diabetes, tuberculosis. undulant fever, and others.

In addition there are a number of diseases which are peculiar to the eyes which could also produce the symptoms mentioned. It would be in order for you to consult your family physician for a thorough physical examination, including a urinalysis and a blood test. Perhaps, also, certain X-rays may be necessary. After this study your doctor will prob-ablv then refer you to an eye specialist for a complete eye examination. These tests -are all necessary and should be done.

Letters intended for this column must be addressed to Martha Carr at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mrs. Carr will not give advice on matters of a purely legal or medical nature. Those who do not care to have their letters published may inclose an addressed and stamped envelope for personal reply.

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