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CATTON’S COMMENT I
E—' BY BRUCE CATION "™ & 7
No American industry represents the strength
and inventiveness of the American production sys
tem quite as well as does the auto industry. It is
our first industry in economic importance, and it is
first also in its hold on the public imagination.
Both in its good points and in its bad ones it
epitomizes the peculiar problems which mass pro
duction has presented to modern society.
An excellent study of the industry is to be found
in the report recently submitted to President
Roosevelt by the Henderson committee, This report
js a close-up piculte of mass production in all its
strength and all its weakness. As such, it is worth
detailed study.
The achievements of the auto industry are found
to be fairly aazzling. Steadily, year after year, it
has been building better cars for less money.
In 1929, for instance, only 54 percent of the cars
produced sold at wholesale for less than $500; in
1933, 81 percent were in that price class. One large
company produced a car a day for each 24 men
employed in 1930; today its rate is a car a day for
each 16 men.
The “spot and flash” welding machine enables
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The “spot and flash” welding machine enables
two men to do what it took six welders to do in
1929. Body framing, which cost $3 in 1929, costs 30
cents today. It cost 60 cents to hang a door in
1929: today four doors can be hung for 9 cents.
A whole column could be filled with similar re
ports; and they reveal an industry which has made
technical strides of almost incredible length.
What the auto industry has done in the way oof
efficient explcitation of the potentialities of modern
mackinery is one of the marvels of the age.
But the social side of the picture is less pleas
ant. The committee finds that after an auto worker
is 40, he is made to feel that he is working on bor
dow; in one company only 30 percent of the men
ting another are bad.
Intensive competition has spurred the speed-up
“heyond human capability to produce day by day.”
Hourly earnings are high, but yearly incomes are
low; in one company onlp 30 percent of the men
worked as many as 40 weeks in one year, and only
23 percent earned as much as $1,200, -
We get, then, a picture which epitomizes the
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great problem of the mass production age—tremen
dous technical advances accompanied by the crea
tion of extremely difficult human problems.
It presents the paramount issue of our era; our
necessity for making progress in the social field
equa! to the progress which can be made in the
field of mechanics.
Major Charles A. Shepard, retired army physi
cian, is going back to Denver to “start over again”
—free, for the first time in five years, of a charge
of murder.
. It was in 1930 that the major was convicted of
murdering his wife. His counsel immediately filed
an appeal, and the mill of the law began to grind—
very deliberately, as is usually the case.
* In the course of time the case reached ithe United
States Suprenie Court, which reversed the convic
tion and ordered a new trial. This trial has finally
been held and Major Shepard has been found (not
guilty.
One cannot read of this case without reflecting
on the shocking injustice which the law’s delay
can inflict on a man. Here is a man who has fi
nally been declared innocent; yet for five years he
has been under a shadow-—under a strain which, to
one who has never been through it, ig {almost un
imaginable. .
“ A legal system which strings a case out to such
length is in great need of drastic revision:
One of the oddest things about the depression is
the fact that the death rate has been falling. When
people are going hungry and are unable to pay for
medical care, you would expect more of them to
die; on the contrary, in such a representative state
as New York, the death rate has dropped from 12.4
per 1.000 inhabitants in 1929 to 111 in 1934,
© The chief explanation, according to P. 3. V. 08
Porte of the New York state health department, is
fairly simple. It is, he says, “the fact that state
and federal governments have assumed ever greater
responsibility for maintaining of life among the
millions of unemployed and their families.”
A sharp commentary on Amercan society, when
you stop to think of it—the fact that so many
people get better attention when they are broke
than they do when they are self-supporting.
~
For uncounted years the postoffice has been a
synonym for partisan politics. To think of it in
any other way is a sort of minor revolution in it
self. E
Yet Senator Norris has introduced a bill in Con
gress which would effectively take the federal
Postoffice Deparmtent out of party polities. It pro
“wides for a postmaster general appointed for 10
years, who would appoint his own postmasters on
a mevit basiz rather than have them appointed
nominally by the President, but really as a reward
for local party work.
Norris' new law is aimed principally at the old
custom of having the chairman of the victorious
party's national committee also act as postmaster
general, with control of the vast patronage at pres
ent attached to that office. All efforts to pry Jim
Farley loose from one of these two jobs so far have
been in vain. Norris' bill would end it not only for
Farley, but for the future.
It s ems visionary. this idea to make the post
office “a business institution based upon merit and
efficiency.” Put XNorris has slain bigger dragons
than this.
" The mountain lion has the widest range of all
game animals: it is found from British Columbia
to the southernmost point of Scuth America.
A single squash vine sometimes has 15 miles of
roets. .
The province of Sze-Chuan, China, does not have
a railroad- :
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‘unable to perspire.
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NOT A SURPRISE VERDICT
( While many did not believe that the
!,iur'_\' in the Hauptmann case would find a
{death verdict, yet the circumstantial evi-
I'(l('n('e was convincing in that the counsel
{for the prosecution laid a thorough foun
’dution for placing the guilt of the kidnap
ing and murder of the Lindbergh baby
;upon Hauptmann, There was, of course,
[an element of doubt in the evidence in
‘troduced in the case, but the character of
‘the witnesses and their testimony for the
‘defense was colored with camoutflage and
strongly tinged “of a frame up,” manu
factured especially for meeting the on
slaught of the prosecution. |
It can be truthfully said that the de
fense was given every opportunity to pre
sent its evidence and to combat in every
way the evidence submitted by the state.
However, the careful preparation of the
prosecution could not be successfully at
tacked by the defense which, no doubt,
satisfied the members of the jury of the
guilt of the defendant.
While Hauptmann received a death pen
alty to be imposed in the electric chair for
the week of March 18, it may be severall
months before the sentencee will be en
forced. It is quite certain that defense will
appeal to the higher courts and through
such pro edure, delays of weeks and
months are likely to occur, all of which
is regular under the laws of that state, but
in the end of all the legal avenues, the law
is bound to take its course and the verdict, !
as justice appertains, will finally win out!
and the penalty imposed by the jury will
be enforced. 2 i i
The state of New Jersey, through the
courts and the offi ials has been untiring
in its efforts to run down every clue per
taining to the case and the presentation
of every detail of evidence has been pre
sented in a most thorough and convincing
manner.
STERILIZATION LAW FOR GEORGIA
Georgia is decadent in its failure to
show the proper interest in the enactment
of a sterilization law. Seventeen states in
the union have enacted such laws which
have proved a boon to humanity and
caused a reduction of crime as well as
estopping the propagation of feeble-mind
ed persons. In the states that have sterili-|
zation laws, the reduction in the numberg
of feeble-minded children has been quitei
noticeable. While the welfare workers and
medical societies have worked dilligently
for the passage of sterilization laws, the
masses of the people do not seem to realize|
the importance of such restrictions, and
no definite or concentrated action and or-‘
ganization has been perfected in this state!
to urge the members of the legislature to
enact such a law.
‘l The Banner-Herald is a pioneer in it3l
advocacy of sterilization, believing it to be
of the greatest protection for preventing
!feeble-mindedness among future genera
tions. Posterity should be considered and
;every precaution taken by the present gen
eration to prevent the spread of feeble
| mindness and diseases.
. Doctor S. S. Smith, of this city, has given
*much thought, study, and carried on ex
'haustive researches in connection with the
benefits to be derived from a thorough
sterilization law. His findings have been
of muech value in enabling the drafting of
a bill for this state. Dr. Smith is much
impressed with the California sterilization
law, California being the original and first
state to adopt such a law.
The Banner-Herald hopes that all agen
cies and citizens interested in the pro
‘posed sterilization law will write to their
representatives and senators and urge
them to support and vote for the bill that
is now pending in the legislature.
WHY ADVERTISING PAYS
There are various and sundry ways to
trace the value of newspaper advertising.
In no instance has judicious advertising in
newspapers failed to bring results. Not'
only in the mercantile business, but in real
estate, insurance, and personal needs. 1
Not long ago, a woman in Paris met
with an accident and lost one of her toes.
She was anxious to have it replaced with
a toe from some human being. She adver
tised for a toe and a reply was received
from a woman who had six toes on one of
her feet which she was glad to have am
putated in order to have a mnormal foot.
She sold her extra toe to the woman who
had only four toes and they were both
happy and profited from the sale.
However, the Talladega, (Ala.) Daily
News tells the story in full, as follows: ‘
“Advertising for what one wants is the
quick and effective way to get it. In Paris
an injury to a woman's foot made it nec
essary to’amputate one of her toes, and to‘
secure another to take its place the surge
on advertised. A woman with six toes on‘
one foot was found, and she was glad to
get rid of the extra digit, which she not
only got removed without cost and grafted
onto the foot of the lady who was to lose
one of her regulation five, but received
pay for it as well. Thus two women were
made happy by advertising.”
If a small advertisement, in a newspa
per, will find a woman with six toes on one
of her feet, who is willing to sell one of
her toes, and finds a customer for the toe,
cuch an incident should be convincing to
the public that newspaper advertising
pays. &l Ll
It has been estimated that under aver
age conditions you can get the most miles
to the gallon out of your car by driving 35
miles an hour. |
A new invention consists of a tiny flash
light fastened to a bunch of keys. enabling
one to find the keyhole on daik nights.
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from population centers,
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO ABOUT IT?
(By Sterilization Committee of
Augusta)
A sinister ang heart-rending si
tuation exists even in these so
called modern and civilized times.
Are we ready to do something about
it? :
Nationally, the grave situation to
which we refer exists on a tremen
dous scale. Reduced to our state,
to our city, its proportions are as
tounding.
Now, to state the case, the condi
tion involves the reproduction of
offspring by mentally deficient
adults. Dr, John W. Oden, who for
the past fifteen years serveq as
superintendent of Georgia's only
school for mental defectives, states
that to his knowledge there has not
been a case on record of a normal
child being born from the union of
two feeble-minded individuals.
In the school at Gracewood now
are practically all of the children
from more than ten definitely fee
ble-minded families. In Richmond
county alone there are two fami
lies which have heen represented
Lby three generations of feeble
inded offspring.
Estimated figures concerning the
feeble-minded in Georgia show that
there are today over 10,000 such
individuals. Forty per cent of the in
mates of our almshouses are feeble
minded, Over one-sixth of the
male inmates and almost one-half
of the women inmates of our prison
farms are feeble--minded. 34 per
cent of the inmates of our county
jails are morons. One out of every
six children brought before our
juvenile courts is r2eble-minded.
Over one-fourth of the inmates of
the state reformatory and of the
Georgia Training School for Girls
are feeble-minded. Over one-half
of the admissions to Gracewood
(Georgia’s only home for mentally
deficient children) are from the in
termarriage of feeble-minded peo
ple. Each year five times as many
people enter homes for the men
tally deficient as enter universities
and colleges,
The maximum number of chil
dren cared for last year in Geor
gia’'s home for mentally deficient
children was 256, and._even now the
waiting list is over 900, with 500
of these termed as special menaces
to society, Since its existence this
home has cost the taxpayers over
$50.000 annually.
After a short period of detention
during which corrective but not
curative measures are employed.
some of these children must be re
leased to make room for others.
Remember these young people are
not cured. They are gradually ab
sorbed by society. The possibility
of one of these unfortunates mar
rying one of our own children is
not at all improbable. The vast
majority are not confined, or car
ed for at all. This principally, be
cause there are mno facilities. A
menace to the future of our entire
state exists!
With many of the more intelli
gent of our social order limiting
the size of their families beecause
of financial econditions, while the
number of feeble-minded is allow
ed to increase, without control, not
only will the tax burden be still
further increased, but intelligence
itself stands in actual danger of be
ing swamped; perhaps eventually
wiped out.
The Remedy—Selective Steriliza
tion.
Sterlization is not a novelty. It
has had 35 years of successful ap
plication in the United States;
'twenty-seven states already have
laws for selective sterilization but,
because of lack of general know
ledge concerning it, there still ex
ists even ameng educated people a
great deal of misinformation and
misunderstanding about it. Such
ignorance ‘is the main obstacle in!
the way of necessary extension of
this humanitarian measure. Ster
ilization is not a puniSshment, but
a protection, It is performed with- |
cut removing any organs or sk»’l
=ues from the body: interferes with
nc blood or nerve supply; produc'ul
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rie physical change. It merely clos
es the tubes through which the life
germ must pass if conception is to
resvlt. It does not unsex the in
dividual—only makes parenthood
impossible; thus relieving unfit men
and women from bringing unwant
ed defective little beings into the
worid for a juvenile court to take
fremm them Woulg you sit by with
hands folded and allow a child of
vour acquaintance to be adopted
by a half witted couple? Has not
every child the right to be well
born?
We do not advocate sterilization
of insane persons; a person maust
have had a mind pbefore he can lose
it. Our endeavor is to safeguard!
our normal children by prevention
of offspring from people confined
in state institutions solely because‘
they never had a mind, and who,
when let out of these institutions,
will produce another generation of
imbeciles, We are afforded a gen
uine opportunity to serve our state
and our city at this time by spon
soring the bill now before our leg
islature, which would give proper
authorities power to sterilize feeble
minded inmates of state institu
tions.
with ‘
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Paul Harrison
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NEW YORK — All around the
town: Sepian Harlem is having no
end of fun with the song called
‘“The Object of My Affection Can
Change My Complexion.”
And Broadway is beginning to
hum “It’s Unbelievable” . . . Paul
Whiteman, who never had-+a nick
name before he lost so many
pounds, is called “Skinny” White
man now . . . Before his death,
nobody realized\ the Valentino-like
popularity of Russ Columbo. Therd's
a Russ Columbo club of women
here who still meet to keep alive
the erooner's memory.
In spite of the last two prosper
ous seasons along the rialto, the
madjority of theaters are owned by
banks . . ~ I hear that Mrs. Bruno
Hauptmann has been signed for a
vaudevile tour at $2,000 a week,
with a generous aavance already
paid . . . London wants to see Mae
West, { and Charles B. Cochrane
will present her there in a musical
. ««. A night club doorman, Louis
Bray, once owned cabarets on
Broadway and Miami’'s Silver Slip
per, where Texas Guinan greeted
the suckers.
My favorite master of ceremonies
is a huge steel robot named Alpha,
who's appearing hereabouts. He
talks, moves, even sings and is a
great favorite with the chorus girls
although he never sends them flow
ers. Not a favorite with the stage
hands, though, because he weighs
a ton. t
. New York has Chinese-American,
lltalian—American and French-Rus
sion restaurants in its league of
!nationities. Strangest entente,
lthough, is La Cucuracha, adver
tised as a “Swedish-Mexican night
spot.” Imagine yodelling a rhumba
tune! . . . Only way I know to dis
tinguish Gloria Vanderbilt from her
| twin, Lady Thelma Furness, is that
' the latter wears a string of black
lpearls .+ . Fuil name of Margo, the
| dancer who rose to movie stardom
under Ben Hecht and Charles Mac-
Arthur, is Donna Maria Marguerita
Guadalupe Bastado Castilla.
~ Joe Cook, the wag, has sent out
his greeting cards for next Christ
mas . .. Few prominent New York
ers are listed in the telephone di
rectory. Spares them calls trom‘l
cranks and nuisances, Other eve
ning, however, President Roosevelt‘
tried to telephone Eddie Dowling,
and operators refused to divulge the
actor’s private number . . . The
Gene Tunneys have econtracted for
a new mansion at Palm Beach.
Robot M.-C.
STATE ATHORITIES
WILL GET RANDALL
Man Pleads Guilty in
Richmond; Waives Ex
tradition to Georgia
RICHMOND, Va. — (#) — Joes
Randall, one of seven persons ar
rested here for possessing burglar
tools and explosives, pleaded guilty
in pqlice court today to possession
of the tools. Justice Elben Folkes
postponed sentence until March 15
when informed that the defendant
was wanted on two charges in
Atlanta and had waived extradi
tion.
Randall will be turned over to
Atlanta authorities, and taken to
the Georgia capital before being
sentenced here.
Charges of possession of the bur
glar equipment against James
Tubrey Smith and John Leland
Harvey, former life-term convicts
in Georgia, were continued inde
finitely. The two prisoners are be
ing helq in Henrico Jail, the state
deciding to relinquish them to fed
eral authorities who want them for
offenses in Georgia.
Justice Folkes gave Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Twyman, of Richmond, and
Lois Reid and Elsie McCall, wha
gave Macon, Ga. addresses, twenty
four hours to leave town, They
were arrested in the raids which
brought Randall, Smith ang Har
vey into the police net.
CATTLE SHOWS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—(®)—Two fat
cattle shows—one in Savannah and
the other in Albany—are scheduled
to be held early in April. The lo
cal show is to take place April 1
and 2, and the one in Albany April
3 and 4.
Both events are annual ones the
first Savannah show having been
held three years ago while the in
itial Albany show was given last
year.
ATLANTA DOCTOR DIES
ATLANTA —(AP)— Dr. Mose G.
Campbell, 70, died unexpectedly at
Lis residence here early today. He
appeared in his usual good heaith
vesterday and was active through
out the day in hig professionzl en
gagemernts
Guess Game
You can still find Adolph Lewi
sohn capering around some of the
quieter night clubs. He's 86 . . .
Angd speaking of oldsters, it tickles
me the way two sets of Broadway
veterans keep the gossips guess
ing—guessing | whether Sophie
Tucker and Al Lackay are divorced
and whether Mae West and James
Timony, her manager-husband are
still friends.
Poor Earl Carroll! A judgement
for more.than SIOO,OOO against him
for the decoration of a theater
which is no longer his, and even
the decorations themselves have
long since gone.
Renoyed Show
' There'll soon be a new Billy Gal
lagher’s for the gourmands and
gourmets who recall the cld one,
‘famous for 30 years . . . At the
ißeno Merry-Go-Round, with west
ern atmosphere and a revelving,
‘roulette-table gance floor. all mem
bers of thé chorus (I've been solem
‘nly told) are Reno divorcees.
~ ,Paul Drapper, the amazing danc
er, wears neither hat nor overcoat
in the coldest weather. Check
room girls in the night clubs are
glad to see him, however, for he
does wear gloves, which he checks
at every stop -on his nocturnal
rounds . . , Other day I met the
step-daughter of Harry Langdom,
the movie comic, She’s a fashion
model—slo #n hour for underwear
posing, $5 for hats—and doing very
well . . . Also met a Nashville news
paperwoman who smokes cigars
Said she ence gave up cigarets for
Lent, trieq a stogie, and has puffed
them ever since. Ssae
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Gale Henderson, pretty and
23, works in a silk mill. She
and her 19-year-old brother,
Phil, support their invalid
father,
Steve Myers, who also works
in the mill, asks Gale to marry
him. She promises to give
him an answer in a few days.
Gale goes skating, breaks
through the ice and is rescued
by Brian Westmore, whose fa
ther, now dead, built the mill.
Brian has come home after two
years in Paris to enter the
mill. Gale disappears before
he learns her name.
Vicky Thatcher, 'daughter of
Robert Thatcher, general man
ager of the mill, schemes to
captivate Brian.
Gale, at work in the mill, is
summoned to ‘the office of Miss
Groves, personnel director. Miss
Groves makes it plain that if
Gale will pass on Intormation
about her fellow employes it
will be to Gale’s advantage.
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CHAPTER XXV
There was a clock on the book
case facing the personnel direc
tor’'s desk. It was a smalil clock
with a case of dark, polished wood.
The ticking of the clock was the
only sound that broke the still
ness. It went “tick-tick, tick-tick,”
and to Gale it seemed to shriek.
She knew Miss Groves was wait
ing for her answer. Gale looked
dwon at her hands, clasped to
gether in her lap, and sair, “I—
couldn’t Miss Groves.”
“Im afraid I don’t understand
you.”
“I don’t know anything about
the meetings you've been talking
about,” Gale said. “I've never been
to any, and I don’t know anyone
who has. But if I did, I wouldn’t
want to come and tell about it. It
sounds—sneaking to me.”
The lines about the older wom
an’s mouth tightened and two
sharp spots of color came into her
cheeks. “Don’t be insolent!” she
snapped. “We have ways to cure
insolence, too. How dare you sug
gest that I gsked you to do any
thing sneaping or underhanded?”
“1 @idn’t mean that, Miss Groves.
I'm sorry it sounded that way. 1
only meant—well, that I'd rather
not.”’
“What you meant is that you're
an impertinent young woman.
You—" The anger died from the
woman’s voice but in her eyes
there was a chilly gleam. “You
will report to your foreman at
once!”
“wyYes, Miss Groves.’
Gale grose and went out into the
corridor. She walked down the
long hallway with rapidly beating
heart. “It's done now,” she thought.
“I'll lose my job now. Oh, why
couldn’t T have told her I'd do it?
Why didn’t I say something—any
thing to make her think I agreed?
I could have gotten out of it some
how later. I'll lose my job now and
what'll T do—?"
There was no harsh words from
the foreman as Gale had expected.
She did not see him again that af
ternoon. She went back to work,
fingers flying with new energy.
She’d work harder, faster, she re
solved. She had to keep that job!
They coudn’'t possibly live, she and
Phil and her father, on the little
Phil made. It was hard enough,
skimping to make things come out
even on her wages and Phil's to
gether.
Over and over, as Gale jerked
bobbins off spindles and clamped
them on again she repeated the
prayer, “They can’t fire me. They
can’t!”
It was when she was walking
home a little later, walking alone
because Steve had stayed behind
to talk to someone, that Gale re
membered his words of the night
before.. Steve had said, *“Brian
Westmore was trying to pump
you, He was trying to get infor
mation so that they could work
us harder, grind us down and
make more money for the com
pany. Youd bettler watch your
step.”
Could Brian have been respon
sible for her interview with Miss
Groves? Was it anything she’d
said to him that had made them
call her into the personnel direc
tor's office? Miss Groves had
never spoken to her before. Why
should she single her out now, just
at this time? Gale didn’'t want to
believe Brian was responsible. She
told herself it couldn’'t be true!
And_yet it was a coincidence—
Steve's warning and what had
happened this afternoon .
Gale hadn’t said anything to
Steve about it. She didn’t want
to tell anyone unless she had to.
Unless she lost her job.
“If they’re going to fire me,”
Gale thought, “I ought to know it
pretty soon. Maybe tomorrow—"
Vicky Thatcher picked up the
long-handled mirror, turned her
head slightly, inspecting her re
flection. “It’'s not bad,” she said.
“Not bad—" The words died away
as she tilted the tiny hat more
severely. g
| “It's- perfect, Miss Thatcher!”
Celeste, proprietor of the shop,
clasped her hands together. “So
new, so smart! And you're ex
‘actly the type to wear it. I knew
the minute that hat came in that
I wanted you to have it So{
many people can't wear the ex
treme, the realy smart hats, but
you—oh, it's perfect on you!” 4
Vicky turned the other side of
her face to the mirror, raised her!
chin. “Yes,” she said, “I think I
like it.” She tugged at the triangle
of black straw that seemed a com
bination of Watteau shepherdess
and urchin’s cap. “It's better than
any of the others” she said. “How
much did you say it is?”
”"“'«l"l‘lh;s:-fylve dollars, Miss That
cher—no, $37,50, Such a beautiful
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1935
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straw—imported. And of poyr
‘ it's an exclusive model. Yoy
| see another like it. Jt's absolytel
| exclusive with us—" 1
Vicks pushea the silver fox onl
she had discarded to one ‘b
There was a muff of the «jjv.. s
on the chair beside her, \, g
up—a trim figure in g 'r,:.u;,.;
with unmistakable elegance m',l,
simplicity of its lines. She regq,
for a handbag that had coma fn
Paris and took out a \':mr;: ‘
There was the flash of pybjes .
she opened the jeweleqd r-h.\xian
took out a powder pufy, Vick
powdered her nose slowly ang
the case back.
“Let me see that b own
again,” she commanded. “The Q
I thought I liked.”
The brown hat was produced
flat bit of fabric of eccles astd
austerity until Vicky percheqd i .
her head. On Vicky the ha sud
denly became jaunty and flatie
ing. 3
“I'll take it, t 00,” she announca
I'm so tired of all the hats T hay
I suppose T’ll be tired of these, 1
In a month but I've simply got 4
have somehting new. Put then
my account and be sure that thd
are sent out this evening.”
“Yes, Miss Thatcher. Now {§
there anything else—?”
“No. Oh, yes, I need some hod
I want the same shade I had M
fore. You can send a dozen paj
no, you might as well make it ¢
dozen. They don’t wear 4t all, Iy
they are lovely and sheer I
there’s something else I want, {
That perfume you carry—'Be Min
The ounce size.”
“Yes, Miss Thatcher. The oum
size is $30.. It's lovely, isn't i
Celeste’s tone implied that S3O g
such a treasure was really a trif
She smiled as she made notaii
on her sales book. Miss Thatch
was a customer to be cultivated
Vicky drew the fox cape ahg
her shoulders and picked up i
handbag. “You'll send them
out,” she said. “And remembe
must have them tonight.”
“Yes, Miss Thtacher. 1 kn
you're going to enjoy your hats
both of them. Come in again so
We “are always getting ne¢
things—"
Vicky disappeared through
door. She walked to the u
where a bright green roadster w
parked. There was a young mi
in the car. He wore a gray i
and blue top-coat and he Wi
smoking a cigaret,
Vicky- said, “Hello, Greg. Is ti
a surprise party?’
He noded. “Saw your car |
said, “and thought you must
somewhere around. I've decided |
let you drive me home.”
“Isn’t that sweet of you'” Vic
smiled.
Greg Harmon got out, held i
door open for her, and seated hir
gels beside her. The car mov
away frem the curb, shiftis
smoothly through its gears.
“I called you last night a
couldn’t get vou,” Greg said abrup
ly. “I thought you told me Ji
were going to be home?”
“But I was! The oparator mi
have rung the wrong number.
“you're sure you weren't o
with Brian Westmore.
“Greg, how can you?”
“Well—were you?”’
“No, of course not. How mat
times do I have to tell you I do
care anything about Brian Wes
more? I have to be nice to him
cause of father’s business I
tions. T've explained that before
wyou've said it,” Gregg admitt
“hut it doesn't look like that
me. It looks—" 4
“Greg, are you going to be Jé
ous of every man I speak to?
vou are, I don’t see what T can
about it. I've told you I don’t o
anvthing about Brian. How Cil
I—when I know you? Darling, ¥
are the only man I care about. I
ought to know that. Only T
like to have you getting f"r"]“
the way you do. It's so foos
Greg. . You ought to know thee
nobody but you-—~
“You really mean that, Vicky
«Of course 1 do.”
1t was two hours jater 1
Vicky, in her bedroom, lifted !
ivory telephone and gave aIU
per. A moment later she e
“Brian? Oh, T'm glad I caught ¥
in. There's something I want!
ask you.”
She listened 2 moment, !
went on. ‘‘Well—it's this, Bri
Greg’s been making & nuisancé
himself again. 1 had to tell B
something, 'so I said I had 2
for tomorrow night. Do you §
pose you could take me S 0
wheé¥el" «*F: ¢
(To Be Continued)
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“Kingfish’s” Soldier
Fatally Wounded on
Statehouse Grov
BATON ROUGE, La. — .
Blood was spilled oOnce £
politically trouble-torn Louis
when Corporal Hugh L
24, of Houma, La. one f LA
tional guardsmen enforcing M
al law here, was fatally woull
on the statehoust grounds
yesterday.
A military court ¢ na*
which succeeded the parish
ner under the martial ]
that the killing was ac identd
declined to reveal the na=
the person responsible for it
Major W. D. Shaffel
adjutant-general, said in New °
leans that Belanger W= KIS
the guard headquarters °7
statehouss grounds when an “g
matic rifle in the hands ol ]
militiaman became jammed
was discharged. He said Be¥T
was shot in the abdom- n > :
As ftw as an accident.” P®
«f don’t think it would do any = !
to advertise the name of the
in whose hands the gun ¥ ent "t
