PAGE TWELVE
The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Mornin?, December 8, 1929
BY ROY VICKERS
CHAPTER I
la a bedroom at tbe Hotel Fel
ton, not far from , Washington
Square. Alan Brennaway was
straggling with bis tie. It bad
looked a good tie when be bought
It, thick and lustrous; but now,
under his nervous fingers, It was
thinning to the dimensions of a
shoe lace. He tugged frantically
and tbe si)k split.
Alan laughed. His laughter
steadied him. He looked around
his littered belongings and com
pared them with the dingy walls
and hangings. Against such a
background even the most bat-
' tered of bis leather cases looked
opulent. What had made him
pick -out this place? He answered
. jls own' question and the answer
steadied him sUU further.
T T came back here, because, in
n sense, 1 started from here. I
wanted to show' myself that I've
.done what I set out to do.-It's so-
curiously bard to realize
; He lit a cigarette and tried yet
again to realise 'things. The suc
cessful culmination - of seven
years' struggle, tbe professional
and social solidity that could nev
er be challenged the two and a
half millions lying at his bank
nothing dream-like about these.
And yet tilt now his waking con
sciousness had not fully grasped
them; perhaps because till now
there bad been no time.
This was his first holiday after
seven grinding Mexican years.
With' that thought came at last a
genuine relaxation; and with the
relaxation came . the memories
tnal.-werc the only measure of Ms
achievement.
- Downstairs in that hotel, sev
en years ago, Shirley had had tea
with him; the day before be left.
Shirley bad slipped out of the
rush and glitter of her world and
come to this hole of a place and
smiled at him over cakes and ices.
It was a time when tbe fashion
had run to big black hats. Shir
ley's had been tilted sideways and
backwards somehow and her face
had seemed to stand out against
a background of darkness, white
and rose and infinitely appealing.
In those seven years the sound
memory of her voice had grown
dim, but tbe memory of her lace
under the black hat was vivid
sometimes torturingly vivid.
He could remember ber voice
best when he could remember her
actual words. To him it seemed
he had odd little tricks of phrase.
There had fallen's silence a si
lence at the wrong time a few
minutes before she would have to
fro. He had offered her a penny
for her thoughts.
-Well, really and truly" it
Dotmtlairs in That Hotel, 7 Yean Ago, Shirley Bad Had
Tea With Himu
wag a favorite old gesture of
theirs and meant that she wjis go
ing to lie - really anjl truly, I
was admiring myself." He waited
and then came the truth. "We
have been together for an hour
and twelve minutes and not by
the faintest flicker of an eyelash
have I shown that I'm sorry yon
are going." And then, abruptly:
"Come back, dear old Alan."
There had been, or he thought
there had been, a tiny pause be
fore the "old Alan." It had lived
in hU memory as "Come back,
dear."
She had got up then and, bend
ing across the tea-table, . said
quickly and prosaically, "I know
you will make a fortune." And
then she had flitted off ten min
utes or so before there was any
need, leaving him staring at the
tea things.
"I know you will make a for
tune." Shirley was 20 then; she
was almost fanatically in love
with life, she was beautiful; her
father's income could hardly be
much under fifty thousand a'year.
Shirley travelled and danced and
yachted and rode and wore frocks
like dew or like- flowers and rev
elled in every minute of every
D
FEAR OF INSOMNIA IS
USUALLY CAUSE OF IT
Stop Thinking About Whether You Will Sleep or
Not, Advises Authority, and Leave Your Busi
ness Worries at the Office. . " - "
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner of Health. Kete York City.
10 you ever try sleeping out-of-doors, under the stars, with the
singing pines above yon and the mountain air to lull you to
sleep?
What an experience this is after a strenuous day in the open!
If yon have had this privilege, you know the
deep and tranquil sleep that restores body and
mind.
A physician will tell you that you cannot '
sleep well unless you are sufficiently tired. Most
of us know from experience that this is true.
A laborer is likely to say be sleeps so soundly
that he never dreams. It would seem that the
type of work or the activity which we indulge
in has much to do with the' quality of -sleep we
enjoy. It has much to do, toe, with the sleep
we may fail to enjoy. '
Bodily activity and mental activity both pro
duce certain poisons which circulate through the
body. These cause chemical changes in the sys
tem. Perhaps one reason we have continued
sleep is because it is only in sleep that these
poisons are eliminated faster than they are pro-
" ' tt COPELAND." duced.
: The brain suffers more from such poisons than do the muscles.
U we use the brain for a long-continued time without sleep, no op
portunity is afforded for getting rid of the accumulating poisons.
Then there may be a tendency not to sleep.
Doubtless you have noticed that
-MS
you have cone 1- bed with your
mind active, and without having had
tbo accessary physical exercise, you
have remained sleepless. Ti should
exercise the body by a long, vigorous
walk before bedtime, tf you nave at
.habit of not sleeping.' Then stop
thinking about whether you are to
sleep or not. People think too much t
about this Insomnia business. Sue
geatlon has much to do with sleep
lessness. If you are fearful that you
will not sleep, the chances are that
.sleepless you will be. i
Dismiss your worms, business or
needle. Tbe work must be done by
an expert skilled In this particular
line. For further Information send a '
self-addresced. stamped envelop and'
repeat your question. 'A.
... v m. i.DQ you ai vise treat
ment for war is 7 f?'
A. yea. For particulars send
elf-addressed. tamped envelop una
repeat your question.
R. 1 P. Q What causes my nose
otherwise, at the end of the day., w sore and red? 1 hav been
Happy Is the man who learns to do wouoieo uis way tince aet January
this. Happy is the woman who re
fuses to worry and holds to an op
timistic outlook on tile in general.
Persons of sedentary habits, and
those : who hn op their mental
energy, should have physical exer
cise. Have a bobby! Play golf or
. tefcnls In moderation. Walking Is
mmm of . the best of exercises. . Any
of these will keep you fit, ' Ton
should make It possible to be out-of-doors
from one to two hours daily,
and if- you cannot be out tn the- day.
- time, take an evening walk, and
thereby, tone up your nervous ays-
Sleep la little understood by tbe
medical profession. People differ
rreatly as to the amount of sleep
they need, 8ome people must have
ten hours and others seem to thrive
sn flvet. Just why Is a mystery.
The, quality of sleep It the tra
soruat - factor. A person cf tbe
servous type' usually requires more
sleep than one with a calm, even
temper ment. A calm mind and. nor
etal hearth are the requisites , tor
tbe healthful sleep that speedily re
freshes. ; It you hare good bean
you will sleep deeply, w . foj -
Answers to HcahlTQacrieaT
A. J
leeds?
E. ' Q. What causes nose
- A Xore bleeds are usually due
to a growth,, ulcer, or high-blood
fressure. During certain stages of
hti nose bleeds, of tea occur. -
....... ... . . ,- .v
J. M. H. Q. Can superfluous ban
M removed?. ., .
- A. Superfluous hair may bo re
- oved by the use of the electric
A. Probably your nose has been
frostbitten. Appl Unguentura chars
phoricum salicylatis to the nose
once or twice a day.
.
READER Q. That do you ad
Vise for uric acid In the blood T
How can 1 oirercorae constlpa
tiont
A. Tou should avoid red meata
sweets, tea and coffee and any al
coholic stimulants.
I. Tou should correct our diet
For full particulars send a self-ad
dressed, stamped envelope and repeat
your question.
MISTY. Q. What causes head
aches?
A. The common causes of betd
acbes: , ye-strala. Infected teeth,
tonsils and sinuses, constipation. In-,
digestion. auto-Intoxication b 1 g b'
blood pressure, kidney conditions, or
catarrh.
O. B. C Q. Do you advise In
ternal baths? ,",
A. Tee, In some Instances." How
ever. If tbe Intestinal tract is kept
cleaa and constipation avoided there
would be no need of taking interna ,
baths. - For other Information send
self-addressed, stamped envelope anc
repeat your ouestloa. '. .s
. '-'
"F. M. O. Q. What do yea advlst
for freckles? .
A.Use eo.ua parts of percxM'"
and lemon yuloe as r. bleach. -
day. -
She said she knew-she was
otbjng but an exuberant young
animal and she had no quarrel
with tbe fact. She said she could
not and would not have life other
wise and so long as the fifty thou
sand a year could buy her what
she liked she would take and take
and take. She said In effect
"Come back, dear old Alan, but
only with enough to give me all
I want forever and ever, amen.
. After she had gone, Alan bad
sat on. V turning It - over la his
mind. It was ftt. of course, the
exuberant -Shirley of 'the " illus
trated papers that be loved. It
was to the Shirley behind all that
that his spirit reached , out; to
the Shirley who might '. emerge
when the delight In pleasure, as
an end in itself, was growing
stale. Might emerge. f
He had gone to Mexico loving
her, but jwt blinded by bis love.
It the real Shirley were, never
born his love- would be mere wist
ful regret. If she shone forth, tri
umphant, bis - rewards would be
great.
So'he had left It on the .laps of
the gods. .He had not gone to
Mexico to make a fortune, though
he had, incidentally, acquired one.
He had gone to set In working or
der a mine in which ' bis father
had sunkv most of bis money, all
his hope, and finally, his health.
Alan bad set the mine going
and: another mine as well and
there had been subsidiary enter
prises. Now there were the mil
lions at the bank and the be3t
years ahead, for Alan was only
thirty-five, . . : . . .
: But :he, looked at least . ten
yearn olderwln a year Mexico can
maio -any youifg man looX 45
and: Mexico had been given' a full
seven years to blot , out' the last
traces of boyishness In Alan Bren
naway. It was the sun, of course,
that bad parched bis skin, but
the sun alone could, hardly have
turned his black hair to iron
gray.
There had been disease, disap
pointment, dirt to account for
that -camps in the paralysing
heat, flies and filth and human
depravity . . . The gray hair
brought the vivid blue of bis
eyes into greater significance, but
he could not guess that. He
stared, frowning, dissatisfied.
Thank beaven, be bad kept fit-
but that was all there was to it
.... His thought flashed back
to Shirley. ' J -
(To be continued tomorrow.)
"I Hubbiurl it
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HUBBARD, Dee. 1. Ifrs. J. C.
Overton, delightfully entertained
at a lavender social afternoon
Thursday. Luncheon 'was served to
the followlngj guests: Mrs. Lucy
Sewell; Mrs. August Relehel, Mrs.
B. Wells, Mrs. J. W. Branstettler,
Mrs. Ed !Wolf er," Mrs. Ben Rector
and daughter, Edith, Mrs. Laura
Jackson, Mrs. Mary Kideton, ,Mrs.
Rilla Zeek, Mrs. Stella Kromling,
Miss Rose Jordon, Mrs. Jake Ott
and Mrs. Hugh Wells.
Julius Stanffer purchased a new
Ford Bedan Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Grimps,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Erickson motor
ed to Portland to attend a smok
er at which "Spud" Murphy bat
tled with Frankie Warnekv at the
auditorium Tuesday night.
Miss Elisabeth Sboenhins and
Miss Ida Christen visited over the
weekend at thehome of the latter.
Mr.- and Mrs. Or lie Bole and
children, Marie and Gordon, spent
the Thanksgiving holidays at the
home of Mr. .BoJe's parents, Mr.
and Mrs.' Fred'' Wagner :- at Pe
Lake; ;- v i r,.--s. ;
r A carload Vof 'Christmas trees
was shipped by- W H-Bear . of
Canby
Give ThOUght tO Useful GiftS .m Home-Making Help
Be a Welcome Santa Clans
ffTVTHAT a pleasant surt
W It would be if I got
w w gift I expected.' U
By ELEANOR ROSS.
surprise, less so. But why anyone aboukl
the
gift I expected.' sighed
Nan. in th midst of a discussion
over holiday list. "My dear family
test wont take hints, and they are
so sure ,1b way to males mother
happy is to surprise her they lnrarta
bly give me something I dont wane
With the best of Intentions. I've
half a mind td tell them, 'Adorable
ones, this Is what I expect and dont
yon dar surprise mef
i -Last year they pinched them
selves to give me a silver tray when
I bad carefully taken each member
(past a certain shop window for
! weeks, admiring a hit of Jade that I
very much wanted. And y year
'fcofnra when I found my old vacuum
' cleaner collapse around Thanksciv
ing time, and held off buying one
myself because I was so sure father
or the boys would notice my need -they
all went on a kid gloves and
silk stockings debauch for mother.
I still have -some of those gloves
and I'm stilt having my old vacuum
cleaner repaired Instead of getting a
new one.-
Often It's difficult to know what
la most wanted, so th gSt takes
ths- ra-tft.ee" hy sutnrtss happily or
chased. If some system of making
sure you're buying the expected,
could be invented. Shall it be a use-1
ful or a frivolous article? Guess
ing tent safe. And the character of j
the person hasnt everything to'
do with the case, because beret
is where - th donor gets a sur-
prise. The Jazzy little bride may pre
fer table linen to a gauzy aanc set.
Or tbe other way round. And although
grandma has complained on several!
occasions that her feet get cold,'
what with the draughts on the floor.!
stiO. she has also admired thatj
curious modernistic necklace that
Maisie Is wearing. Perhaps she's
t ber heart on a necklace that
make an exertion toward surprising
anybody Is a curious chlMlsh survi
Tal. Mostly tf s embarrassing. JZ
you've gone to a groat deal of
trouble to keep tbe thing secret, you
naturally expect a proportionate
amount of hilarious astonishment at
the moment when, th pachas is
opened. Which the recipient knows
full well and. poor thing, always
feels be cant possibly. act as over
whelmingly delighted and surprised
aa he's expected to b. Embarrass
ing moment
On tbe other hand, what a pleas
ant state of affairs if mother, let
ful means of course, that the fur ' Isn't Jet. Just for a change, and wilt
piece or the refrigerator, or pear
or new dinner-set that she earnestly
desires, is even now safely hidden
away in the house. Tbe anticipa
tion of a gift one Is certain of is
delightful. Weeks of feeling pleased
beforehand, lent it much more than
hat one grand moment of surprls
even If It happily turns out to be
the expected surprise?
Incidentally, a great deal of
trouble would be saved to the donors
snd recipients of gifts, not to men
tion the-shops where they were pur-
he unpleasantly surprised by the fur!
lined slippers you're almost bought.
A surprls gift is as risky as ml
gift that Is selected because it's
what Mary ought to want. Whether'
th article be simple or elaborate,
In order te give pleasure of thej
since rest kind, it really should be
something the giftee wants to own.
whether it's good for him er not.
And most people are getting more;
sensible snd less affected about
graceful indications of what would
be a. pleasant Cr-ristmas aumris.
Vrr ?? r- '- " . - ' ,
Cornell ia the- commercial teacher
VT fUn aneWcT from ' -hool.-
Hubbard Tuesday.. The trees were i..- . .. . ... , o
furnished locally. - -, - j . j
Mrs.' L. M. Scholl spent several I
days In Portland the first of the O
Englewood
Claims totaling $1315.70 have
been paid to Statesman readers by
the North American Accident In
surance Co., In the past year.
These claius were paid on the
$1.00 policy issued to Statesman
subscribers.
POLLY AND HER PALS
week. She visited with her daugh
ter. Miss Velma, while there.
Mrs. Andrew Doran- and small
daughter, Joyce Marie left for
their home at Mai tan, Montana,
Thursday. Mrs.. Doran, who came
to Hubbard to attend the funeral
of her mother, Mrs. Agatha Eu
gel a few weeks ago, has been vis
iting her sisters.' Mrs. Garfield
Voget and family at Hubbard and
Mrs. W. R. Munger and family
at Hubbard. t , , , , i , .
One hundred' wentyit?!cJhBt
dren were examined by Dr. Estll
Brunk of 'the Marion county
health, demonstration, at a dental
clinic held at the cchool house on
Wednesday. It was estimated that
about 75 per cent of those exam
ined were in need of dental work.
Mrs. Nellie Cornell, her daugh
ter, Barbara and ber mother. Mrs.
Mattie Crocker, spent the Thanksgiving-
holidays at Portland. Mrs.
It -
ing traffic makes It increasingly
dangerous. ,;. '
E. Bennet,.who recently bought
acreage here from- Cass Gibson,
has added two rooms, to the little
shack which formerly housed
woodcutters and he and his fam
ily will move out from Salem for
the winter. Mr. Bennet has the
material on the ground for a sub-
Walter Bush Is fortifying him- stantial dwelling which he will
self against winter chill by seal-J erect later when the weather per-
KINGWOOD, December 7
Both or j. p. Smart and A. L.
Applewhite are installing new ra
dios In their homes.
ing a part of the -the interior of
his dwelling.-
Mrs. John Cannoy is recoverinsr
from injuries received . in a fall
several weeks ago. She suffered
a broken rib and an infeccd knee.
L.: price, road supervisor, has
haupt prune orchard and inserted
therein a large drainage pipe, 18
inches In diameter and about 40
feet long. It Is expacted and
earnestly hoped that the Polk
county court will soon see fit to
widen the road a tthls dangerous
ly narrow "hog-back." Several
near-serious accidents have occur
red here In past years and grow-
mits,
Mrs. Clara Smith is recovering
from a painful illness of several
weeks duration.
Recent overnight guests of Mr.
and Mrs. - Walter Bush were Mr.
and Mrs. Vf ', H. White whoso
'iome, :1iMJefferflod.: j
' J. P.: Smart" is erecting a sub
stantial dam on his farm as a
storage supply for Irrigation pur
poses. The neighborhood will
watch the success of his experi
ment with interest as Glenn creek
flows through a number of small
farms.
Mrs. J. B. Smith received a
card last week from her niece.
Miss Dorothy Pearce who is tour
Ing in Europe.- She is now ia
Florence, Italy.
J. C. Cannoy has converted his
spring into a well by deepening
it. It formerly furnished an in
sufficient amount of water for
household needs, but nqw con
tains 12 feet of water.
Rickreall
RICKREALL, Dec. 7 Dave
Smith, an old inhabitant of Rick
reall passed away in his home
Thursday at 430. He went to
sleep In his chair and never wak
ed. Dr. Bowman of Dallas was
called but It was to late.
The Rickreall boys' basketball
team won their first game of the
season over Alrlie high boys. The
Rickreall girls' team played a
practice game with Rickreall girls
second team.
The grangers are working
faithfully on a play to be given
at a carnival some time this
month.
"A Sock To Old Santa
By CLIFF STERRETT
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TILLIE, THE TOILER
'The First 'Crier'
By RUSS WESTOVER
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