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10 A BROOKLYN DAILY NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1932 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Truth Is Finer Than Fiction In Story of Barbara Stanwyck, Clutching Hand," grimest of movie melodramas of those days. The daughter of Mrs. Edward H. Avery, 1382 E. 27th, and now Mrs.

Leslie Morris, a teacher In Public School 121, played the villain. Edna Regan, now Mrs. W. N. Hinzs of Detroit, was another member of the neighborhood cast whose favorite playhouse was the backyard and garage of the home of Mrs.

John J. Regan, 1318 E. 27th St. Only Actress Barbara was the only one to be wffh A Cinderella From Flatbush youthful worship. He is Claud Bott, who lives with his bride of one year at 160 Fenimore St.

His chief recollection of his devotion was carrying her roller skates for her. None" of the young folk she went around with in Flatbush have seen her personally In several years, as her visits to the city, usually on business, leave her only time for her sister and the immediate family to whom she is devoted. But they follow her progress on the screen. Mrs. Merkent is kept busy supplying photographs of her sister to insurance men and tradesmen.

Some of Miss Stanwyck's screen successes were "Night Nurse," "Illicit" and "The Miracle Man." A new picture is entitled I BARBARA YESTERDAY AND TODAY 5 i IV I I jf i If it v' 8 si fc' Barbara Stanwyck today and looked child in Flat- bush. come a real actress, oi ine oiners. Helen Miller died, Ruth Young and Mildred Sanders moved out of the neighborhood to parts and occupations unknown, and Agnes Rough is a business woman, married, and living at 1573 E. 17th St. Barbara was also the entertainment star of the Blua Bird Circle of the Grace Reformed Church, Bedford Ave.

and Lincoln Road, according to Mrs. E. H. Thomas, who was the director of this group of Sunday, school children. She remembers her as a "dear, pretty lit tle thing, always ready to sing and recite and dance." One- place, however, where Barbara's talent was not recognized was Erasmus Hall High school, which she attended for a few months after her graduation.

Pos sibly it was this lack of apprecia tion, as well as the desire to help support herself, that caused the budding thesplan to leave so soon. Wound Inflicted The wound inflicted by Erasmus' Indifference was healed on the night Barbara made her dramatic debut In 1927 in Willard Mack's The Noose." After the perform ance a note was delivered from two members of the class entertainment committee, reading, "What fools we were four years ago." Barbara, though flatly denied a place in the class play, was the only student to reach the profes sional stage. But before that triumphant night she had been a telephone operator, stenographer, corset model, night club hoofer and Ziegfeld beauty. After 'The Noose," the climb was swift. Came "Burlesque," where the Brooklyn girl's emoting woa such unanimous, acclaim from the met ropolitan critics that Hollywood ear heard.

Today Miss Stanwyck happily married and living in one of the most palatial show places in the movie colony, dickers casually over $50,000 contracts. The Former Boy Friend No one of her childhood group is happier over her success than the boy who tagged around after her in PUT A TAXPAYER ON I Ha nd exaggerate it so," deplored SUBURBAN AUCTION SALE The first auction sale of suburban home sites near the Hudson River this year will be held by Maj. William Kennelly, as auctioneer, on June 11, when he will sell, on the premises, at 2 o'clock. 250 residential and business plots in Audubon, a home colony at Ossining, in Westchester County. The property commands an unobstructed view of the Hudson and fronts on Albany Post Road, Broadway, Audubon Drive, Cedar Lane and other thoroughfares.

DELEGATE Irving Walsh will represent the New York State Association of Real Estate Boards at the dedication of the Port of Albany June 6 and 7. Peter O. Ten Eyck, chairman of the Albany Port District Commission, has issued invitations to officers and directors of the realty association and delegations from each local real estate board will be in attendance. Mention Eagle When Shopping Dr. Forth Optometrist Examination Hours 10 to a Tal.

TRIangls 5-5373 Eyeglasses LeDtlcuUr-priim Crrectia mt Eye Defects Eyestrain Ophthalmic Muscular Exercises CoDiulutien InTlled No Charge Dr. ARTHUR FORTH, Optometrist 358 Fulton Street Mrs. Merkent yesterday. "Things weren't so hard for her as they make Uiem out to be." The picture of Barbara drawn by her friends shows a happy, carefree youngster whose greatest fun was, not dolls or playing house, but dancing and play-acting. "That little girl is going to be an actress when she grows up," was the prophesy of most of those who knew her.

Barbara liked to hear that, according to the mother of one of her playmates. Starts in Revue The red-headed, blue-eyed tot would dance along E. 27th where the family was living, to the hurdy gurdy, doing hand stands, cartwheels and other acrobatic steps in which she was naturally gifted. Later, incidentally, this ability helped her v.hen at 17 she joined a nightly revue In Manhattan. Barbara loved to the children of the neighborhood in dancing and she was the leading spirit in putting on plays in the backyards with admittance at the popular price of lc or so many pins, her friends tell.

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If the contour of your face Is "droopy" and neck is crepey, write for booklet giving secret rejuvenating treatments. There is an easy route to being always beautifully dressed it lies in knowing where to shop. If you are uncertain, if you wish to talk over your clothes problems, write to Susan, Eagle Building, Brooklyn. ADVERTISEMENT VaTIIB 17 CONVINCE 311, I ll YOURSELF BOM TUT I. I.IFPI.IKK SETS Of TEETH AT TRICES THAT ARK VERY LOW Teeth in One Da, If Desired PI ATE REPAIRED WHILE l'Oll VVAI1 Most Carptnl EXTRACTIONS and FILLINGS Personal Attention Dr.

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5-. PAMOI LOW PRICES REDUCED TO INTRODUCE MY NEW OFFICES Fleas FF3 What is so rare as a day in June? The smell of the earth and flowers lures young and old into the morning and night its freshness makes one feel thankful to to be alive. But, ho! What about the temporarily disabled shut-in or the dear one convalescing after a serious siege of illness wouldn't it be Just divine to get the deserving one out into a wheel chair to bask a bit in the precious sunshine. really, what could be sweeter? Do you know it can be easily arranged. rent a wheel chair by the week or month from the Modern Hospital Supply 726 Nostrand Ave phone LAfayette 3-10400 for a friendly chat with one of the attendants at "The Surgical House of Brooklyn" charge is very moderate.

Cool, crispy, charming slip covers lend an air of glamour to any room. let me remind you to order them now! You can choose lovely colors and beautiful floral designs from nearly one hundred samples, so get in touch with the Artistic Upholstery Shoppe to order 3-piece sets. Prices are $8 and up. By the way 3-piece library suite will be reupholstered equal to new in exquisite fabrics for as little as $18, so phone LUdlow 4-2900 for estimator with complete line of samples. Artistic shops are at 50 Court phone TRiangle 5-7046; Jamaica address, 89-64 163d phone JAmaica 6-2463; Jackson Heights.

37-59 82d phone POm-erov 6-6066, Sunday phone TIovll 2-3316. You "How are wrinkles best ironed out?" Try the Mnslift way it will keep your complexion as young and fresh as a June morning! And without the aid of surgery it lifts and tightens drooping muscles and tissues to make you look 25 at 40! Phone FLatbush 2-4022 or PEnn. 6-5080 stop in at Mile. Reif's Lane Bryant Salon, 1 W. 39th N.

or at 721 Flatbush Ave. for more details. Oh, yes, they do expert permanent waving. Where to? Paris on the swiftest, smartest ship camp in Maine or a club on Long Is land? before you go stop in at W. B.

Faustmann's, 46 Flatbush to gather in a goodly supply of stationery to keep in touch with friends while you're away! Or, maybe you'd like to own a Royal portable typewriter to have at your elbow for correspondence and other particular you can get one at Faustmann's on the convenient payment plan ma'am! Charles, creator of distinctive hair styles, is very successful with white hair as well as blond and brunette. Ask him about a permanent wave to ex actly suit your I know you'll like his "twin" waving just stop in at 550A Flatbush Ave. or phone Cumberland Mr. Charles will cheerfully advise you about a wide, flat wave or lovely neck and cheek the price is really very moderate! uo in ior as many sports as you for your complexion can still look fresh and lovely. This miracle is made possible by Helena Rubinstein's Summer cosmetics which meet the exact needs of the outdoor girl! Stop in at Abraham fc Straus, Loeser's, i there ara saleswomen carefully trained to advise you about Helena Rubinstein's creams and astrin gents to protect against the sun and wind and to bring back youth to the face and neck can, if you will, keep your skin lovely with Helena Rubin- I stein's Summer cosmetics.

the best beauty investment I know! "Please Kill My Rise of Young Actres Told From Orphan's Role to Golden Fame on Hollywood Screen Her Days in Brooklyn Life's Cinderellas are always In popular conception endowed with the rarest of beauty and the sweetest of tempers, and always, always, they are kind and generous to all things great and small. And according to the conglomerate report of sister, nephew, teacher, girlhood chums, girlhood chums' mothers. Sunday school teacher, and lastly, childhood admirer, Brooklyn's own Cinderella, Barbara Stanwyck, who found the golden slipper and also her prince in Hollywood, possesses all the requisites. "It's useless to ask my opinion of her," said her sister, Mrs. Albert Merkent, as she sat in her home, filled with gifts her young sister, fingering a four-skin sable scarf which came to her recently from Hollywood for her birthday.

"I'm so proud of her." Teacher Praisei Her "A great girl," says 22-year-old Albert Merkent who arrived unexpectedly during the interview, dust-begrimed and loaded down with more gifts from a visit to his youthful aunt and her husband, Frank Fay. "A nice, well-behaved little lady she was in school," said her teacher, Miss Cora M. Hagen, from whose class in Public School 152, Flatbush, Barbara Stanwyck grad uated about ten years ago. "No, she never passed any notes that I saw." "A sweet little girl said an other. Such was the praise sung throughout a canvas of Miss Stanwyck's old associates in Flatbush where she lived most of the years before Hollywood beckoned three years ago with golden hands.

A Hotbed of Fans Not that The Eagle scout was seeking anything uncomplimentary about the local girl who made good in a big way." The reporter was trying to obtain information with which to create a mosaic of those early years. But in the lengthy round tributes were gratuitously given and it loomed evident that Flatbush is a hotbed of fans of Barbara Stanwyck, the actress and Ruby Stev ens, the young girl. It was as Ruby Stevens that Miss Stanwyck was known in Flatbush and lower Brooklyn, where she was born on Emerson Place in 1907, the youngest of a family of five. In fact, Mrs. Merkent described Barbara, as the movie star is called B.

I th It wi Sensational Silver Anniversary Offering THE smart clothes worn by Karen Morley in "Man About Town," the film now on the screen at the Fox Brook-, lyn Theater, seems to have been designed especially to bring the new Parisian fashions to moviegoers. stunning negligee of black, white and bright red Salome velvet is a knockout, and I liked her cream colored satin gown trimmed with steel bead embroidery on red Russian another of Miss Morlej's smart gowns is fashioned of gray and black crepe. nail heads provide the trimming and the combined colors feature the gray crepe slippers and suntan hose complete this know you'll like this interesting picture. miss it! Do you phone to "shop prices" for waves and beauty treatments? Don't, my dear; what usually sounds "cheap" is very often a mighty expensive experience. Women who know the art of looking young and beautiful are steady patrons at Mile.

Reif's two salons, on the balcony of Lane Bryant's, 1 W. 39th New York, or 721 Flatbush Ave. they intrust their beauty in the skilled hands of the registered nurses in the Muslilt department, and know full well that only the finest preparations are used in lifting the face (without surgery). And when it comes to permanent waves expert operators dress hundreds of heads, each one differently, but all in sculptured effect this method is without a machine no electricity no disromfort and only takes an hour and a half. Persons with Jumpy nerves usually like the quiet and pleasant atmosphere of Mile.

Reif's exclusive shops please feel free to stop in any time to consult her about an analysis of your face and hair she will be glad to help you get started on your way to loveliness and reallv. charges are no higher than elsewhere, so be particular patronize these salons your appearance will soon reflect it! No more blind shopping for slip covers for a reoreseniaiive with samples from the Crown Upholstery Co. if you are ready to place an order. then take your choice of gayly flowered or striped patterns three to five-piece sets will be cut right in your own home in a choice of damask or cretonne for as little as $8... write to the Crown Upholstery Co.

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182 Flatbush to select a smart pair of breeches. been smartly reduced to as low as $2.50. It's up to you to pick a waistcoat to go with it. Oh. and say, well made boots are as low as $5 95 what could be sweeter than a new outfit before you start out to do your Summer riding? If you would like to have one of the most natural looking waves produced today, phone TRiangle 6-3708 for an appointment at Carlson Carlson's Salon.

284 Livingston St: Highly skilled operators design coiffures of soft, deep waves and curly ends that may be arranged becomingly all means take advantage of this expert service. And the Carlson's also specialize in finger waving, bobbing, manicuring and Linles treatments. Are you in the market for a printed silk jacket dress or a plain silk or chiffon dress of high then go up above Trepel, the florist, to the Beverly Dress Shoppe, 2118 Beverly Read, to try on some of the adorable models. they come in all the new colors and patterns in sizes 40 to 56... they've been drastically reduced lor immedia'e Clearance.

Oh. lady. poin' away for the Summer I urge you to get your figure down to slender proportions! It won't take Christine Midskaug very long to reduce any part of your body with Swedish masrac and other scientific do it now for beauty's ake! Phone Tniaii'le 5-5033 before you so over 'o 3J2 Livingston are very low. owes in the family today, and her brother Malcolm as afterthoughts," who came when the first girls were already married women. Barbara's mother died when she was two years old and sad, sad tales of the little orphan have encircled the globe via the press aent route.

It's good publicity. The public remembers pillar-to-post yarns and a bond of sympathy is created between it and the unfortunate victim. The myth Is based on fact in that Barbara was boarded from house to house, but this condition lasted only a few years until Mrs. Merkent could take er home where she kept her under a motherly wing until the Hollywood. Mr.

Merkent is the proprietor of a butcher shop on Flatbush Ave. and the family is in comfortable circumstances. Their boy is only a few years younger than his famous aunt and they grew up togetheV, pals. i "I wish, they wouldn't emphasize the saddest part of Barbara's life WILLYS need If juuhiii ii Six and Straight Eight specifications and ability that challenge all competitors! Know the facts and figures about Willys-Overland Sixes and Eights, and you know where your money goes furthest in buying size, speed, power and comfort At only $415 world's record low price for a Six a 113-inch wheelbaae, 6S horsepower car And the Willys-Overland Eight is the world's lowest priced straight Eight! Think of owning a 121-inch wheelbase, 80-horsepower, 8-cylinder car for as little as $730 Other Willys-Overland advantages: 100,000 mil Silver Streak Motor, tread, full force-feed lubrication, silent timing chain, Timken bearings, low operating costs Free wheeling and safety glass at slight extra cost The Eight, $730 to $1030; the Willys-Knight, $745 to $1295; Truck Chassis, $415 to $675. All prices Ub.

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