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The OHEGON STATESMAN, galea, Oregon, Saturday McrtferDtctabcr 1933 "KNAVE'S Hold Tight,Boys,Here She Comes! By JOAN CLAYTON GmJ' rvr i. t' f t "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" ' From First Statesman, Hard) 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Crasles A. Sfracub -; . Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Saccett Managing Editor Member of the The Associated Press U exclusively entitled te the use for publica tion, of all news dispatches credited U It or not otherwise credited to ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B. Bell, Portland, Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant Griffith A Brunson, Inc., Chicago. New York, Detroit, Boston, Atlanta Entered at the Potto f fie at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clata Matter, Published every morning txeept Monday. Butinett office, SIS S. Commercial StreeU SUBSCRIPTION RATES: , Van Subscription Rates, In Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday, X Mo. EO cents; t Mo $1.2 ; Mo. SMI; 1 year 14 00. Elsewhere cents per Mo., or 15.00 for I year tn advance. By City Carrier i 4S cents a month; 5.00 a year in advance. Per Copy I cents. On trains and 'News Stands ( cents, ' The Two-Faced Dollar THE dollar, any dollar, faces two ways. One face is what the exporter sees, and if that face is less comely he is happy. The depreciated dollar is a spur to exports. Smaller sums of foreign currencies can get more American dollars and hence more American goods in terms of exports. But the dollar, the same dollar, has another face. That is the face the importer sees. And when that face is less at tractive the dollar is worth less in foreign currencies, and will buy less goods abroad. Like the debtor-creditor relation, most people are inter ested both in exporting and in importing. For the moment one may feel elated because he f ind3 a readier market abroad for his cotton and prunes. He will be pained a little later when the reverse of the depreciated dollar affects him in higher prices for coffee and rubber and tin and sugar. People do not seem to realize that over the long term our foreign business, exporting and importing must be in approx imate balance. There is a temporary fillip to exporting as a result of the depreciated dollar but the inevitable tendency by the operation of economic laws is for readjustments to be made either by automatic upping of prices of imports or by raising of tariff barriers abroad or by counter-depreciation of foreign currencies, to extinguish the apparent advantage. Meantime it practically results in our giving more of our goods in exchange for smaller amounts of foreign goods, and that is not such a bright business deal either. Fluctuating currencies hamper foreign trade. Steady currencies encourage it. Remember this fundamental thing, that trade must flow two ways, or soon it does not flow at all. "Word-that tie bill to permit municipalities to sell bonds at any price to negotiate for PWA loanB is to die in the legislature is re assuring news to those who look farther than the end of their nose In the safeguarding of the public credit. Salem's bond load is heavy enough and Its warrant debt is embarrassing. It is entirely feasible to add more bonds as revenue bonds to be taken care of out of wa ter revenues; but It is risky business to offer those bonds at a heavy discount. Cities are struggling now from past over-Indulgence of theirs credit, that is why their bonds are at a discount. Let the water deal be financed conservatively to avoid kickbacks on property.- Reprinted in another column is a thoughtful and comprehen sive editorial from the Oregonian .covering Oregon's higher education problems. We find ourselves with nearly all the conclusions therein expressed, and particularly with the last paragraph. It the board can cot solve its own problems then indeed there must be a fresh deal, either in the form of a new board, or a change In the form of organ ization for government of the schools. Higher education 13 the func tion ot the state, and should not be hamstrung by contentious indi viduals or ambitious and jealous communities. V Lafayette Is holding a city election In which riral tickets are in rae field, split over the Issues of beer licensing and the amount of i policing of the town on dance nights. With prohibition repeal we may expect renewal of thebld bitter fights in the villages over the meas ure of law enforcement. Not a pleasant prospect for communities which are all in such great need of unity for their common good A good many people are worried over whether Russia, now that Uncle Sam recognizes the country, will become a panhandler for an other foreign loan. A proper test would be to send la a bill for the last one with the customary first of the month Inscription, "please remit". Good for Herbert Hoover. He couldn't let the San Jose lynchings go by without a protest, and snapped oft Gov. Rolph quickly when -the latter tried a come-back. It is comforting to know that distin guished citizens ot California do not condone the lynching crime nor Gov. Rolpb'a outrageous defense ot it. The women who did the fine Job on the T'giving turkey are the ones entitled to the "processing" tax. And Willie at the far corner ot the table did his share of "processing" in his own way, that proved Quite taxing to his stomach. Col. Louie Htowe seems to have been the one to say "open ses ame" for the money for the Oregon flax-linen development. Let's see, CoL Howe's last big business deal was buying toilet kits for the CCC boys, was it not? Editor Tngmaa of the Eugene "kibitzer" "could have, specified. . worse shape." No, BUI,' you'd look Reciting the alphabetical authorities now operating out of Wash ington, Al Smith remarks:' "It looks as though one ot the absent minded professors had played anagrams with the alphabet soup." 1933 will go down as the first year that Santa Claus started doing business on March 4 th and kept It up aU through the year. December's substitute for "Buy Now" will be "Do your Christ mas shopping early". . Sisters, brace yourselves, the starting. With reference to the commodity dollar people will learn again from painful experience that all is not gold that gutters. ATM FESTIVITY LINCOLN, Dec. 1. Lincoln .. folks observed Thanksgiving day ' with dinners at their houses or , were entertained elsewhere Thurs . day. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hackett - gave a dinner with Mr. .and Mrs. Frank B. Windsor and children, , Irene, Doris and Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. John ChUders of Spring Valley, and Mr, and Mrs. Ben Mc- Kinney of ' Lincoln, Miss ; Daisy Myers ot Sllverton, Misses Lucille : and Mary Hackett, as their guests. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Nelger en- Teriamea a group from Salem, in cluding Mr. and Mrs. Gust Hey den. Miss Gertrude Meyden, Mr. and Mrs. Paul . Fuher and son Paul, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kas per and children Clarissa, Dorothy and John. . ; As guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Buckles were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuan and children Gertrude and Whltezel of West batem. Mrs. Alice Simpson and Ler grandson C.E. Smith had a their guests Mr. and. Mrs,W. N Associated Press It-G remarking about an editorial . . Mae West and put us in still better with a Mae West flgger. Christmas bazaars will soon be Crawford and children Alice, Rob ert and Wilma. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Walling entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Walling, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Fisher and daughter Iris, Mrs. Celia Walling, Juanita, Gene vieve, Dorothy, Marion and George Walling at a family din ner. Mr. and Mrs. George Boyd had Mn and Mrs. Harry Walling ot Salem, as their guests. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Grimm and thefr grandson Robert, who mo tored to Hubbard and spent Thanksgiving day with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Perdue. 115 Persons Allsnd Community Festivity ORCHARD HEIGHTS. Dee. 1. One hundred and fifteen nr- sons attended the community inanxsgmng dinner at Summit. This affair was one in a succes sion of such events celebrated an nually here for many years and many oi me guests were former residents now living elsewhere. An excellent program including mu sic, readings and skits, outstand ing among which were vocal num bers by Rev. F. tj Cannell and his three daughters of Amity. A. party, in the evening for the young t-ua HI e mi. Kit Forum SfarO. Cam Health By Royal S. Copeland, M.D. By ROYAL 3. COPELAND, M. D, United States senator from New Tori Former Commisioner of Health, IKew York City KOTHIKQ IS more diaconcertlnj to a young man than the realization that he is losing hit hair. Hs resorts to any and every means to prevent baldness. It Is a disfigurement of which no man is proud. It Is true he becomes accus tomed to It, but there Is no doubt he casts an en vious eye upon his more fortu nate brother who retains his hair. This Is shown by the many 1 n quirles that ars made concerning the prevention of baldness and the Dr. Copelani many thousands of dollars that are spent annually on patent medicines and so-called "hair restorers". I am often asked, "What is the cause of baldness? Maay Theories It Is due to atrophy or death ot the hair follicles. Many theories have been advanced to explain this unwel-' come aihiction. Why one man will never be bald and another man will lose his hair prematurely, is a prob lem that has baffled us for many years. Everybody knows that baldness is more common among men than women. But I wonder how many of my readers appreciate that baldness among women has become much more common since bobbed hair be came the fashion. This seems to confirm an old belief that baldBess among men can be traced to too close cropping of the hair. It is also be lieved that men are more susceptible to baldness than women for they do not comb and brush their hair as often as women do. Tightly Fitted Hat To my mind, the wearing of heavy and close fitting hats is a factor in baldness. ; The blood vessels are con stricted and the health and vigor giving blood Is kept from the hair roots. i Some authorities believe that bald ness U a hereditary disease. Others regard it as the result of some dis turbance of the scalp, such as dan druff, ringworm or eczema. It is probable that many constitutional diseases play an Important role In the development ot baldness. I am confident that many caaes of premature baldness could have been prevented if the victim had siren proper attention to the hygiene and health of his scalp. Bear In mind that the scalp demands dally, atten tion. Dandruff and other disturbances must be remedied before further loss of hair can be prevented. Comb and brush your hair dally. The hair follicles should be ettora lated by vigorous brushing and mas. saglng ot the scalp. Though 3 am not enthuslastlo about hair tonics, they are ot some value in that thelt ese encourares massage of the scalp. Do not pour the tonic en the hair, but rub it in vigorously and thus improve the blood supply of the scalp. Exposure of the hair to sunlight and air will stimulate the hair fol licles and help maintain their strength and normal growth. An hour or two daily of this treatment wul be helpful. Certain ultra violet lamps have been accredited with value. A strongly beating heart and vigor eus health wul go far towards pre venting baldness. . Answers to Health Qeeriee V N. w. Q. What do you advise for goHerr . AvSend self -addressed, stamped envelope tor further particulars aad repeat your question. (Copvrioht, 1953. X. F. 8., Jncf , folks completed the day's festlvi- Bits For Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS Scraps ot history made by mountain men and first of the covered wagon pioneers: ; (Continuing from yesterday:) The missionaries could not have made much progress without their blacksmiths. The very first party, after Lee and his compan ions arrived overland in 1834, brought a blacksmithing outfit, of course Including a forge, and Mr. Beers, their first blacksmith, to operate it. The blacksmiths' of the mission aries made many things from the iron they brought by sea, or se cured from the Hudson's Bay company. Including plowshares, bolts and rods, etc., and even nails the square kind that were universal before the invention of wire nails. And every covered wagon com pany that came across the plains from 1843 on had its blacksmiths and horseshoers, and also cow and oxen and mule shoers. They could not have come through without those pioneer workmen. They were often masters at their trades. The mission blacksmiths were fine workmen, as were their wag on makers, carpenters, and cab inet makers. When these black smiths were short on iron supply, they used seasoned oak pegs and bolts in framing timbers, and the writer could show the reader samples at the site ot the first buUding for the Oregon Institute on Wallace prairie, and also proofs of the skill of carpenters and cabinet makers in the first and second residences, still stand ing, on the site of Salem. W. H. Willson, of the mission, was a fine ship carpenter. He was the man who platted down town Sa lem. Printers and newspaper men generally will be interested In a list of the first printers in the Oregon country, as no doubt will others who appreciate history. S E. O. Hall was the first printer. He arrived in the summer of 18 3 S from Hololulu,- bringing with him a crude little press and a few fonts of typer This outfit was a gift of the first native church at Hololulu, organized nnder direc tion of the American Board mis sionary society, then that, arm ot the work of the Congregational. Presbyterian and Dutch Reform-. ed churches now of the Congre gatlonalists alone. That first na Uve church in still going, now a large one, In Honolulu. Mr. Hall and his wife visited the Jason Lee mission, before go ing to the Whitman mission at Lapwai, then in charge of Rev. H, H. Spalding and wife, whither he took the press and outfit, and they also were at the Lee mis sion on their way home. At Lap wai, Hall taught the printing trade to Rev. Spalding, and to Cornelius Rogers, lay member of his mission.. . Chief Lawyer ot the Nei Per res assisted the missionary forces In translations of English Into Nes Perce, and they set into type ana printed in the Indian tongue primers and hymns, and, as wfli be noted later on, the book, of St. Matthew, also a grammar. The Indian students, old and young, learned to write and to copy the books' for other learn ers for they became so numer ous that there were not a suffi cient number of the printed books. . .Chief Lawyer was the great grandfather of Mylie Law yer, of the last sector class ot Willamette university. :1s. la Interesting to note.- also. that the Indian church organised by the Spaldlngs at Lapwai (Ida ho) is stUl going, and has been for the nearly 100 years since, all the time with native pastors as well as members. Mrs. Spalding taught the In dians to make drawings Illustrat ing their books, and they thus learned faster than would have been possible without them. The little press brought bv Hall was placed in the state archives in Salem and is now amonr the rel lea In Portland of the Oregon His torical society. It is the s-rand daddy ot the Washington hand press, the Impression taken by turning a screw Instead of Dress mg down with a lever, as with the latter, S The second printer coming to Oregon was M. G. Folsey, with the 1844 covered wagon train He worked at the Lapwai mis sion, setting up the book of Mat thew in Nex Perce, and also an Indian grammar. He went to Cal itornia and worked on Th ri ifornian at Monterey, in English and Spanish, that was merged with the Alta Californian, at San Francisco, the latter a great and able paper of-the old days. The 1845 covered waeon Imml gratlon brought two printers. One was Gideon R. Nightingale, who set type on the first issue ot the Oregon Spectator at Oreron Citv dated Feb. 5. 1846. He afterward located in Marysville, Cal. The other was John Fleming. He was the main printer of the Spectator, and remained at Ore gon City until his death, Dec. 2. 1872, at the age of 78. He came from Ohio and left a family there to whom he never returned, but was highly esteemed in his new home. Fleming was appointed postmaster ot Oregon City in 1856. Afterward he was in the printing and publishing business with T. F. McElroy, and they were succeeded by T. D. Watson and G. D. R. Boyd, then by Boyd a lone. The Spectator press came to Salem in 1855, then to Rose burg, then went to Eugene, where it was used in printing Harrison R. Kincaid's Oregon Journal. In the school years of '81-2, '82-3 and '83-4, the Bits man ran it. Now it is In the printing office of the University of Oregon, used as a proof press. It is a Washing ton hand press; a Hoe press. The Spectator type and mater ials went to Portland, to print the Daily Union, then to Astoria to print the" Marine Gazette, and while there was used in printing the first Issue ot W. H. Gray's History of Oregon; thence back to Portland. V John Davis Crawford came with the 1847 covered wagon immigration.- Born in O n o n d a g o county. N. Y., Aug. U, 1824, he became a printer; thence went to Ohio, where he studied law, but was induced by his brother Hon. Medorem Crawford of the '42 pack train Immigration to come to Oregon. He was in the Cayuse war nnder General Joel Palmer. When Geo. L. Curry, afterward secretary of state and governor, started the Free Press at Oregon City, Crawford was his printer. He joined the California gold rush in 4L returned in '51 with a supply of gold dust, came back and bought a half Interest in the Hoosier, first steamboat- on the Willamette river; in 52 went in to the mercantile business with Robert Newell at Champoeg, where he lived until the 18(1 flood, the first week In Decem ber, washed that , whole town away. He represented Clackamas county in the Eta to legislator ot STNOPSIS To keif support her stepmother aad stepsisters, yeang and beaatiful Patricia Warren, a skilled card player, plays bridge fat fifty cents aa hour at parties gives by the wealihv Mrs. Sveott. Julian Haver holt, noted bridge expert, offers to make Pat Us secretary and partner. Hie amorous advances cause Pat to decline bin business offer much to her atenmother's ebarrin. Pat meets dark Tracy, the polo player and her ideal at Mrs. Syeott's. She Is heart broken to lean he Is engaged to the socially prominent Martha March. Bill McGee. a racketeer, is interested in Pat bat she loathes him. However, afraid to refuse his invitation, she accompanies him te a New Year's Eve dance. He is shot by a rival gangster. Frantic, Pat rashes home only to be pat oat by her stepmother who says the police are looking for Pat. Usable to find employment, Pat tarns te professional bridge. One day, she is stunned when Hsverholt happens to be one of her oppo nenta. She becomes unnerved and loses heavily. Haverholt takes her home and renews his bridge business offer. Pat accepts. While celebrating the nartnershin in Haverholt's home Clark Tracy and another friend. Philip Gove, arrive. Clark does not reeoraize Pat. Haverholt introduces her as his niece. After the men go, Pat is indignant at Haverholt's pre tense. He explains he introduced her as his niece to protect her repute lion. CHAPTER SIXTEEN "And truly I was thinking of yon when I introduced yon as Patricia Haverholt As you're probably heard, my own private reputation is none too spotless. I was trying to protect you for the future, really I was." "Whatever you were trying to do," said Patricia, "I think it's best that we see each other no more until I can pay you the money owe you. IH get it some other way, I can't work for you. And it's im possible for me to live here in this house. She moved away from him. Sud denly he stepped in front of her, in front of the door, and spread his arms. "You can't leave like this, Pa tricia." he said, "I won't let you.1 "Get out of my way," Patricia said. "I'm eoing home." "No," Haverholt said stubbornly resisting her attempts to pass him. "I know that you plan to go home and cry all night and there's no sense in it. I won't have it. We're going to dine first." "I'm not hungry, I tell you. Get out of my way. I want to go home." "Of course you do," he agreed. "You want to creep into your wretched little room, fling yourself across your lumpy, uncomfortable bed and sob and sob. You're all set for an orgy of self pity. I see all the signs of it It won't go down. youngster, not with me." He ended firmly, "Whether you like it or not you're going to eat before you leave this house even if I have to resort to forcible feeding." "You don't know anything about how I feel," protested the girl, half angry, half tearful "If you did, you'd know that I simply couldn't swallow a mouthful. I I'd choke." "I know all about it," he declared in his own high-handed fashion. "You can eat And, if you still feel wretched after roast beef and baked potatoes IH be surprised. Food is a marvelous anodyne for grief and worry and regret and aU the sorrows that man is heir to. If every prospective suicide were com pelled to eat one ham sandwich there would be "Stop it" demanded Patricia. De spite herself she had smiled. She said resentfully, "Oh, all right since I must IH dine with you." Her capitulation was distinctly 1872, and died there in the sum mer ot 1877. The Hoosier, running first be tween Oregon City and Portland and Vancouver, was later trans ferred to the upper Willamette and the Yamhill rivers, and did a flourishing business. W V One of the daughters of Jesse Applegate learned the trade and worked on the Oregon Spectator as a printer. The. covered wagon- Immigra tions from 1848 to 1854 brought many printers to the Oregon country. There were 16 newspa pers in the state of Oregon by 1860, and 35 by 1870. Editorial Comment From Other Papers IN HIGHER EDUCATION The resolution ot the state board of higher education, under which a committee has been ap pointed to investigate the recent Insubordination of J)ean Morse of the university law school, does not authorize the Investigating committee to go beyond that sub ject The board might well have given its committee more latitude. It can by no means get at the heart of all that Is wrong by con fining its inquiries to the youth ful dean. Dean Morse may be the visible head and front of the faculty re volt against the chancellor, but it is obvious he does not act alone. Indeed it has been said by some of his associates that he volun teered to make ot himself a sym bol ot the revolt accepting what ever penalty might ensue. His of fending has been so open that it is difficult to see how hn ran tm. cape condign disciplining, but that wm be onry a beginning of what needs to be done. . The laree issue faclnr the board. as this newspaper has previously aeciarea. is on the question as to who is going to control higher ed neatiottj If -the board,: la. which angradous. Haverholt grinned tri umphantly, seixed her gioTta and pocketbook lest she cnange ner mind, took her hat Beaming, he led her back into the living room, en sconced her in a comfortable chair, said: - - - V "I hart dinner sent m by we caterer around the corner. Or would you prefer a hotel I" j ' "This is all right," said Patrfcls eoldlv from her position on the outermost edge of the chair. Haver holt continued merrily: "The caterer it is thenl Uf s see now" he murmured, "how about squab and new potatoes ana green ncna and ... Td nther have asparagus with hoUsndaise," the girl interposed absently. Haverholt caufht her eye. Petri da was a picture of confusion and guilt Suddenly they both burst out laughing. "And what do you say to straw ftftv mnnsxel" asked the man. "I say grand," she asseniea meekly. naverholt made his phone cau. Thereafter, things moved frith a swiftness and smoothness pewuaer- ing to Patricia,, who had never dreamed of an existence so tmcom- nlieatctL so easy, so luxurious. Hav erholt desired to dine at home. His eook was away. He didn't run to the corner srrocerr for a can of beans or to the delicatessen sor potato salad and cold cuts. He merely phoned the caterer. Within ten minutes after that calltwo taxis drew up outside. A waiter, laden with a tray piled with many covered silver dishes alighted from the first The second taxi dis gorged another waiter, a table, linen, silver, everything requisite to a formal dinner party, even to candlesticks and candles and a low bowl of yellow roses. Five minutes after the ringing of the doorbell the magic was com Dieted. Two waiters, stiff with rec titude and propriety, stood beside .a gleaming table, prepared to serve a bewildering array of steaming dishes. Haverholt rose. "Ready, my dear?" Patricia roused, allowed him to seat her. She looked across the bow of roses into his eyes. In the can dlelight, her own eyes were like stars. "Do you like it I" asked Haver holt twinkling responsively. "I I am so impressed I can hardly speak," murmered Patricia. "It's like rubbing the genie's lamp." Tm always impressed too," said Haverholt as if he were letting out a dead secret "at how they do things in this town." "How they do them if you're a Croesus, amended Patricia. "I'm the last one to decry the value of money. Personally, I think being rich is great I'd as soon be dead as poor. I had my fill of the uses of adversity long ago. "Adversity isn't as bad as all that" Patrida protested in tones not particularly convincing. Dinner was served. Lids popped off the first of the silver dishes. To a girl who had subsided for weeks on drug-store sandwiches, the food seemed fit for the gods. Haverholt had been right; she was hungry. She ate every scrap of the squab, squab served with oranges and stuffed with wild rice. She had never tasted anything like it "What gives it this flavor?" she demanded, taking an alert and pro fessional interest "It isn't thyme; it isn't sage. What do you suppose they have used?" "I wouldn't know," confessed Haverholt "but 111 find out for you." Glancing at one of the wait ers, he said, "Have Jules send over the recipe for this squab in the morning. The young lady would like to try her hand at it some time." "Very well; sir," agreed the ser vant unsmflingly-. that duty and authority are vested by law, does not assert itself by and through this impending inves tigation, then the constituted au thority may as well abdicate. It a dean in any one of the schools may demand publicly the removal of the chancellor, his highest su perior, then any member of any one ot the faculties and may make with Impunity similar demand against any of his superiors or any member of the board Itself. Such a trend is toward chaos.' This newspaper has recently stated and repeated its conclusion that Dr. Kerr's position as chan cellor has become untenable. It assumes now that the board re cognizes that situation and will give it consideration later. It Is proper enough that first there should bo a setting ot the house in order, and investigation of the campaign ot subversion in faculty circles will be a good beginning. One reason why subversion has thrived is that the board has not always given, the chancellor the support to which he was entitled. The board will lack wisdom If It fall to recognise that : half-way measures, will be inadequate to meet tve crisis that has developed in higher education. The situa tion can be saved now only by positive measures. There should be lasting rebuke to insubordina tion. There should be a tempered and considerate settling ot the problem of the : chancellorship. There should be an end to Intern al bickerings in the board. ' If the board cannot seer these neces sities and act upon them, its mem bers ought all to resign together. The welfare of higher education Is more important than the fortunes of individuals. The Oregonian. PATHS GUESTS AT HAYES V ILL E. Dec. X. A number of patrons attended SChOOl WednesdaV tn n1n. tti. Thanksgiving festivities. A few came eariy enough to partake of the ThanksKivinr Inneh. hn th. majority came for the program Roth Patricia .and Haverholt laughed. It was a merry meal. And, Patricia as she finished the last of the strawberry mousse and sipped at her coffee and brandy, was will ing to admit -the man's superior wisdom. Sheer physical comfort was something, was, in fact, a great deal. After such a dinner no ana could contrive to be properly miserable. Certainly, Patricia could not Haverholt aimed the starserinc eheck, The waiters disappeared with the table and with the wreck age. "The time has come began the can. Patricia looked up alertly. "The time has come," he repeat ed implacably, "for you to say that you're going to stay here for good and all." "No. it hasn't" she said with s great deal less than her forme? vigor. She regarded him over her glowing cigarette. She marshalled her. forces. Reasonably and calmly she presented her side of it "Real ly, X couldn't live hsre as your niece. I would be bound to be dis covered and so would you be. I shouldn't think you'd be willing tc face the scandal yourself. Besides "Besides what?" he echoed. "Besides I'm a ribbon derk al heart," she announced defiantly. "I'd rather be earning eighteen dol lars a week behind a counter than earning my living, as I've done the past few months. I dont like taking chances really. I dont like living by my wits." "You lie," he said calmly. "TTou love it You're your father's daugh ter. You're a born gambler, Patri cia Warren." "No," she whispered, "no." "It's nothing to be ashamed of," he said sharply. "The men and wo men who live by their wits have the most fun, they've had a 11 the cream since time began. The world be longs to the chance-takers, to the adventurers, to the gamblers. Stay with me, Patricia. Stay six months with me and I'll put you up amor.g them." "As your njece?" "As my niece and as one of the greatest bridge players in the worlds You've got the stuff. You can do it I wouldn't be arguing with you otherwise." He stopped his restless pacing of the room, ab ruptly faced her. His eyes were shining, compelling. Some of his own excitement infected the girl. Tense and silent she listened as lie swept along: "I'm offering you a great future, offering you every thing. It took me years to get all this " with one wave of the hand he Induded the contents of the luxurious room, " it took me years, and you can do it in as many months. YouTI take chances of course, lots of chances. YouTI work hard but youll get some where; youH achieve something. Youll meet the best and most charming people in the world; I know them all. Youll be somebody. People will fight to meet you. Men will fall in love with you. Youll have cars, clothes, jewels, every thing. Can you turn all those things down because you don't like to live by your wits? Not if I know you, Patricia!" Again he wheeled upon her. Pa tricia was swept by a strange sen sation that the matter was out of her hands. Her will seemed not her own. She had the curious almost hypnotic illusion that somehow this man could bend and twist and mold her purposes to his own desire. She felt that she was being carried away on the wild waters of a rush ing river, far, far from the old familiar moorings and from the things she knew. She made one last stand. (To Be Can tint) f; O 112, Vr Kins Features Syndicate, lac presented by the school children, as follows: America and flag sa lute, poem, Kenneth Robertson: son, first, second and third grades; play, fifth grade; song by school; poem, "A Thanksgiv ing Fable" June George; song, third and fourth grades; "play, "Thanksgiving on the Farm," seventh and eighth grades; piano solo, Jean Stettler; pantomime, sixth grade; riddles, Edris Van Cleave; play, "Six Little Thanks fulls," sixth grade; song by June George and Mary Helen Scchro der; play, "The Pilgrim Fathers." mixed group. I rred Fischer, whose parents have moved into a new home south ot Mr. Wiggins, entered the first grade at school Thurs day from Rickey. y i I A Skilled i Organization Throuirh the work of skilled operators here the utmost that modern scientific research has to create a beautiful, a natural memory picture or the loved one who has gone beyond ----- J- . - I W T d:,j1. jr. 1 Son i ; v , Fnnrrals Siare ksbi f 1 i . i t