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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 4

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4 A BROOKLYN EAGLE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 193J trip to Havana. During that time she won her first Job in a Paramount short filmed in the company's Astoria studios. Her next essay in the Thespian field was blocked by her father, Windsor Hopes L. I. 'Glamour Girl With a Mind9 To Win Post of Dances, Acts, Writes, Composes WPA Gives Sunset Park Face-Lifting For Sale! Nice Old P.

and Lighthouses Responsibility (Ha.ks Shelley, 2 Insists on Making Own Wav in World Mrs. Foley, Son Honored at Mass Family Observes Her 86lh Year Willi Hi 25lb as Priest Twenty-five members of the family of Mrs. Nellie Foley received communion at a mass said in her home at 1056 E. 18th St.i on Friday morning, in honor of her 86th birthday and the 25th anniversary of the ordination of her son, the Rev. George Foley, to the priesthood.

Father Foley, who Is pastor of the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, in the Bronx, was celebrant of the mans, and two other sorns, the Rev. Joseph Foley, pastor of St. Mary's Church. Shawnee, and the Rev. eager to send her to college, denounced a contract she had signed for a part in "Sweet Adeline" on the ground that she was only 16 and legally irresponsible, i Unwilling to be foiled in her stage ambitions, she ran away from jhome to be premiere ballerina in I "Hello, Parl," which was playing i In Philadelphia, but her dancing career was cut short by an attack 'of appendicitis.

The seizure dampened her terpslchorean hopes and i persuaded her to take up the less I strenuous cudgels of an actress. All IMay and No Work! His En forced Uremic' U. S. Offers Spots, But Don't Expect Them for a Song Her father has a seal on the Stock Kelamlseaping Job To Halt Soil Erosion, Add Improvements Sunset Park, one of the oldest parks ln the borough and which served as a "grandstand seat" at the time fireworks were shot off to celebrate the opening of the Brooklyn Exchange and her husband Is the Since November, owner of Palisades Amusement Park. Washington, Sept.

2 (VP) If you want to buy an ornate old office building full of the ghosts of half-forgotten public servants, or a seaside plot where lighthouse keepers nnnM ffarHaru4 lnninmplv TTnCle Bridge in 1883, has been undergoing major relandscaping. PLAYED ON BROADWAY After learning the ropes in a Lo'ig'sam's your man. The ent: top of the western i Beach stock company, played slope, which rises steeply to 65 feet above 5th is being tapered The old gentleman has a surplus of public property on his hands. Shiny new postoffices have risen in many cities in recent years, raising down 40 feet by WPA forces to con trol soli erosion r.nd eliminate land with them the problem of what to lead roles in the Broadway productions "Baby Pompadour" and "Moon Over Mulberry Street." She was also seen, during the few days it lasted, In the flop, "Money Mad." Meanwhile, friends, confident of her ability as a writer, referred her to a literary agency which, uninterested in the finer things of life. Raymond Foley, pastor of St.

Patrick's Church, Tabeig, served as altar boys. The mass was said at an Improvised altar, covered with a hnnd-embroldered altar cloth, the gift of one of Father George Foley's parLshloners, and decorated with flowers from friends. Breakfast was served to those present after the mass, among them Mrs. Foley's three daughters, Eugene Butler, Miss Kathleen Foley and Mrs. Jere E.

Love of Summit, N. J. do with the old ones. And inventors, finding new ways to operate the Government's ship-warning system, have brought up a similar puzzle concerning lighthouse reservations. Mind you, don't expect to get a prize piece of business property or a choice vacation spot for a song.

slides, it was reported today. Removal of 90,363 cubic yards of earth by hand constitutes a major feature of the work, officials explained, RELOCATE MONUMENT A soldier's monument, which stood near the foot of sloping ground at the top of a flight of stairs at the 5th Ave. entrance to the park is being relocated in a nearby spot. This is an improvement sought by local patriotic organizations for some time. told her it was boklng not for poetry, but for short stories.

Overnight, she produced her first opus this category, "It's Not All Paris, Sept 2 von th? Gladys Shelley. Lawrence's life of the Duke of Windsor, you'd newest claim 10 fame, insists on probably be tired of It by now, making her own way in the world. All play and no work ha been Tnp 24-year-old blonde his enforced itriiiio ever since the u.10 bgvks in he dMCI.ption dark day of Nov. 5. 1937.

when a fjamor witn a nas coll. political uproar caused him to aoan- carved for herself succes-drn his proposed survey of labor sjve gs bamnft mof)f, conditions in America. ms(e nn() rHdi0 acUeff, short story For almnM two years, he anrt the and song writer and poet. Duchess of Windsor have siniUled she even theorizes and lays claim between Paris and t.hc Riwera, tak- to the hypothesis that the composi-, Inn their pastimes where they could inn of lyrics is Rood for the body as find them. All this Summer they well as the soul, a contention that: have passed al th Chateau de la was recently substantiated by Miss Croe on the Mediterranean at Cap Elizabeth Reynard, assistant pro-D'Antibes.

fessor of English at Barnard College. The Impression in Brit Mi circles who asserted: familiar with the Duke is that the "The therapeutic value of poetry man who was brought up to reign writing has been proven to be effec-l over the British Empire is chafing live among patients suffering- from now at his exile and that it Is about 'cardiac ailments, tuberculosis and to end that the Duke is going to other diseases." attempt a comeback. finds LONG-SOIGHT I RE Not the throne he abdicated, but1 Gladys Shelley nee Gladys' fome place of recognition and re- and now Mrs. Irving fponsibility, where he can put his R0nthal, maintains on the basis energies and talents to use, is of her own experience that the pen-1 understood to be his objective. 'njng poems is the long-sought MOPES FOR COMEBACK panacea and cure of all Ills.

After He is said to hope to start his protracted indisposition resulting comeback bv returning to England tm overwork a-s an actress Gladys thus Fall, to his favorite home remedied her physical and financial T-nrt. Belvedere and eventually to deficiencies by turning author. Glamor That Glitters," which the The Federal establishment has other I agency sold to a Canadian newspa-iper for a sum sufficient to her with a $100 check. It's Dangerous, Too, sources of Income and, even If It has a record public debt on its hands, doesn't have to have the money right now. If the market doesn't look attractive, it won't sell.

SEE COL. SAWYER If you do buy surplus real estate New walks will be laid, a huge drainage system will be installed and the 30-year-old comfort station has been razed. The project will en-tall an expenditure of more than 'CAMAY SOAP GIRL' Gladys' recent career Is all confused by the numerous worlds she has been conquering at the same time. While playing the part of a trained nurse in three successive shorts made by Vitagraph in Brooklyn, she became the original Camay soap girl, modeled for well-known $170,000. ONCE INDIAN VILLAGE SITE If You're a Robber Cape Girardeau, Mo Sept 2 There are some straight-shooting folks around Cape Girardeau.

Hubert McCullough was replacing the glass bull's eye that had been knocke dfrom the center of a driving range target when bingo! some one hit it again and. knocked it right out of McCullough 'fr hand. rrom the Government, the chances are you'll have dealings at one time or another with Col. D. H.

Sawyer, Chief of Planning and Space Control of the Public Buildings Administration. Colonel Sawyer will tell you that Objects unearthed at the old water pond several years ago by WPA force In. constructing the I IJW I Ml III I i LJ 'Wj I vy I commercial artists, acted on NBC radio programs and started to write swimming pool, Indicate that an In not all Government buildings sup "It's song lyrics. take hi? olace ar.ioni the royal i Her most recent production, She is the author of the words to i All Nonsense Anyhow," in the man- rt rinpnt Darlrftr 1c salllnir lib family. "Plaza 3-5-8," which is rapidly be Gladys Shelley an Lngnsh i The Duke possesses coming popular, and of a number of other ditties not yet published.

dian Village site was located in the park, which at one time was heavily wooded with wild cherry treees. The kidnapers of Philadelphia's Charley Ross, according to accounts of 1904, made an old abandoned house in Sunset Park their rendezvous while they looted the mansions about Bay Ridge. planted by new structures become a part of the surplus not by a long shot, The first thing he does when postal clerks or other workers vacate a building is to circularize other Government agencies to see whether they might use the vacant offices. Frequently, he says, he can move Federal employes from privately- iwsspuit. nu n.s ii "e-i in nfT ilp slle ls piannjng to itnbly pungent reactions to actual N.

in 1914. She moved to Law-quircments are concerned it rpUm hpr pjnlc of conditlon by com. event. with her mother, father, three understood that he may enter the another slim volume, to be The first ditty she dashed off was brothers and a sister at the age of The original inspiration for her poems ana lyrics goes to bantuei counirj wnenecr ne pica.ses. pntkleri "The Merrv-Go-Rronnri Has Drinted bv H.

I. Phillins in the Sun thr anH ho lived thpr ver tinr Hnffenstein mid Arthur Guiterman WE PROVIDE funerali of distinction in keeping with each family's circumstances. The way is even clearer now that No Brass Rings." which Is to con- Dial and encouraged her in her as- at 195 Central Ave. ln the village's but she stopped reading poetry as George VI. the younger brother who tain the more risque pieces banned pirations for fame and fortune as a largest house, a 26-room mansion.

'soon as she started to write it and succeeded Edward VIII, Is thorough- bv the publisher from "It's All bard. The initial masterpiece, She and her husband ako keep an the style she has been developing owned buildings, and thus cut the jy consonaaiea on me mrone since Nonsense Anyhow." j-rnanns. f. u. wnicn is re- apartment In the Hotel Milburn, 242 Is all her own.

Governments rent bill. Also, the Government may sell me royai visit iasi June io America. STARTED As ACTRESS printed ln her current publication, staffs; or ln a site becoming a public I park. F'alllng to take care of a vacated building by transfer of other Gov-' Edward is understood to have Her start as a poet dates back to went: W. 76th Manhattan, across the Something of a celebrity since the river from Mr.

Rosenthal's place of success of "It's All Nonsense Any-business, how," Gladys has been retaining her She began her varied career at poise over the air waves as a guest supplanted Federal buildings or their sites to local governments for At niyht. nayed away this long, principally her career as an actress, during less ernment agencies or sale to a public continued public use, at not because his American wife, for during which she had ample leisure whom he gave up his crown, would while hanging around the offices of value.l body, the Building Administration artist on such programs as "Author, than half their appraised the age of 15, following her gradua IOI5HalseySL F0iarr.J0O. Instead of counting sheep, I count reforms To help me sleep, Gladys was born in Red Bank, Sometimes this results in a building may advertise it for lease or sale; booking agents to jot down in rhyme not be recognized as her Royal High Author," "Women Make the News" and "Seeing Things at Night." tion from Lawrence High School, while her parents were away on a her frequently cynical and lnev being taken over by city or county to the highest bidder. I ABRAHAMS FULTON ST. AT HOYT CD SHfc WAMTS Trie OWE WM8E ntr'AD' SfiYS 'frou-frou' with oomph xthe sleeves." 1 Smart kids! They know they can get what they want on our r-1 and because the Rritlsh government advised him to remain out of the country at least until October.

In rase of a major European crisis, however, he is expected to go to London immediately to offer his services. If peace prevails through the Fall, he awaits an official opinion that the time has come when he may return. For three years, the Duke's career has been a series of dramatic tips and downs. In that time, he has gone from place of hero-worship to one of lonely idleness. CHEERED BY 100.000 At the heights of his brief reign, on July 26.

1936. Edward VIII came to France to dedicate the monument to Canada's World War dead at Vimy Ridge. Nearly 100,000 persons, massed in the valley below the monument, followed his movements and cheered his words like those of an idol. Soon afterward, the crMs broke over his Intention to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, and the King who had come to the throne Jan.

20, 1936, left it Dec. 11 of the same year. On the night of June 3. 1937, he en NEW Villi PI PUS EOOR SPECIALIZED! Young people want their clothes to fit. of course But it isn often that a child grows according to age-charts, he is more apt to be "individual" and on the little, the chubby, or the tall side for his age Unl ess you know your child is average for his age, give us his height, weight, chest and waist measurements and we II find the proper size.

We are realistic measurement is our rule IVEVV! Young people now have our expansive Second Floor Central to themselves. 25,000 square feet divided into specialized shops: Young Men's, Boys Junior Boys'. Girls', and Twix-teen-size (plus a whole row of shops for underwear and shoes) We have gone to new markets, new resources We re colorful in a spang-up new paint job, and modern even to special fixtures for the small fry. Come see us 1 COORDINATED! Young people want coordinated outfits. We know this and bay items with outfits tn mind.

We are harmonizers from our Junior Boys Merry -Co Round Overall Bar to our Twixteen Size Made to Match Racks We've Rodier-like soft tweed jackets designed for us, with skirts, sweaters, and hats dyed to match. A you-wouldn t-believe-it findl Come and see and the Duchess, just married at the Chateau de Cande in the Loire Valley at Monts. boarded a train at Laroche-Migennes and traveled across Europe to their honeymoon at the Schloss Wasscrleonburg in Austria. They came to Paris in September end a typewritten note. Issued at the Meurice Oct.

3. announced the Duke's fir.n post-rule project A survey of housing and working conditions in Germany and the United States. Bark from Germany after two weeks there, he spoke Oct 27 at a luncheon of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris, his first public address after the abdication, containing the most significant statement of his plans. OPPOSE TO LEISl RE "I am now a very happily married man. but my wife and I are neither content nor willing to lead a purely Inactive life of leisure," he said.

HERE'S WHAT THE KIDS WANT FOR SCHOOL: "We hope and feel that in due course the experiences we gain from our traieis will enable us. if given fair to make some con- tribution as private individuals toward the coking of some of the vital problems that beset the world tor ay But a later r.otp. handed out Nov. I 5 at the Mount e. announced the trip to America was off because of "grave option? which have arisen and misstatements which have appeared rrg.irriir.g "he mo-1 lives and purposes of the industrial tour." I Another im osP immedi-1 stelv.

The planned to go to Pv vMp mL Saint George English Church on Armistice Da v. but was rebuffed by a statement to the Enghsh press of Vicar J. 1, C. Dart that, he "would 1 rather the Dnko did no: attend the services A tew da; la'rr. the Duke and Duchess afenderi Thanksgiving services a' the American church, and then to pass Christmas and close a hectic ear in the Villa Iou Viei at Cannes, which had sheltered the Due during the abdication' crisis.

38 COMPARATIVELY TRANQI II. The next year, 193fl proved rom- paratively tranquil for the Wind-1 sors. Thev spent the Spring In the; Chateau de la Maye at, now the home of fugitive King Zog of Albania In the they; took the Chateau de la Croe on thCj Riviera. I That Fail thev rr'unirri to Paris to stay atain a' the Meurice. and' had two significant mep'incs there- one with the Duke and Duchess of OiourcMer Nov.

11 the other with' Prime Minister I amhorl.iin and I Forelcn Scirrtar. 1ird Nov. 24 Another ear's end pa-sed on the Riviera, ulth iki end to the exile in sight, hut relations wra London had at leait improved, JUNIOR IIUVK want OVERALLS for SCHOOL l.ong popular overalls now go to school. Fine-whale In royal, maroon, rust. 1.98.

AIo overall of rugged, soft-finish cord-urov ith zipper: navy, brown, green and maroon, same price. The "crowd" is wearing our overalls with regimental stripe rntton jerseys to harmonize, 1.00. Sire, 4. 6. 8, 10.

J2. rhe.t 23 28. 39-55. weight 35-70. TWIXTEEN SIZES want HOODED ROY JACKETS New, snazziei seen on the best heads and shoulders.

Green plaid, with detachable hood, 13.98. Sizes 12. 14. 16.Twix- teen-Size Shop Is for the schoolgirl, career girl, "at home" girl: I' complete from hats to shoes. Coordinated, dyed-to-match.

up-to-the-minute outfits. ynurVT, MEN want TWO-SOME SUITS Casualnest In tweed iu: perbly tailored sport jacket with matching slacks in brown, blue-grey, green, 19.95. Jacket does double duty with harmonizing solid slacks, 4.98. Sim 17. 18.

19. 20. 21, 22. che.i 33-38. GIRLS want Suspender 8EIRTS FOR SCHOOL A new skirt from the Shop that bat "launched a thousand styles." Bias box-pleated, in light wool.

navy, brown. wirie.3.98. Siies8, 10. 12,14. Girls' Shop also has blouses and sweaters to harmonize.

W.ist. 23-26. R0Y8 want IIUFFAIO Plaid Bhirtb far School Rugged plaids of red. green, and blue with black give that barrel-chested look. In durable brushed cotton.

98c. We're famed for our shirts! Siztt 10, 12. 14. 16. 18.

necks 12-H'a. chest 27.34. height 53-68, weight 66-135. 48 VFU YOUNG PEOPLE'S FLOUR BECODFLQ0R, CLOSED MONDAY LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER THIS MERCHANDISE. 0.

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