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- PAGE FOUR The 03EGON STATESMAN, Saten, "Oregon, Wednesday Mornlagf, December 13, 1933 'KNAyE'SlGIRL;'' il Little Boy With a Sled and a Vision By JOAN CLAYTON . - ' ... ..... ...... ... : r-r II .I II I -ri I ' 11 1 -No Favor Sways Us ; No Fear Shall Awe" , v;.: - From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 ; -T 5 : THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. - Cawu.ES A. Sfsacuc - K&itor-llenmgvt ' - Sheldon F. Sacxett - Managing Editor Member or th Associated Press Th Associated Press to xcIulHy entitled t Tho -ose- for pobnea ' Uon of all mm diapetebae credUe t R or not etherwla eradltad nv this paper, - ' ADVERTISING . Portland Representative Cordon B. Bell. Portland-. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives - - Qryaab GriXiitli Rrunaoa. Inc CMcaso. New York, Detroit. . . Boston, Atlanta - Entered at U Fwtvffic at SaUm. Ores as Stcond-Chut JfsUer. PuMiMked nwry morotnf txetpt Jlowtay. Butitus ffUe, 2S &, Commercial Street. - " . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: UaH SabacrtptMM smZ-Iit Advance Wlths -rson : : UaOy and Sunday. X UiiL itiHi l in; S, Mo. .X2.ti 1 year $4.00. Elsewhre to eeeftspervJCo, erALss for t Teor te edvauea. Br Ctty-Carrhw;. 4S rents -month: t.M4W to advance. For Copy X eonU. Ob trains and News Stands iwti Unemployment Relief ' FTIIED to the Knox plan is . X Falls and Portland spots shonld take nonce of tni3 fact. Portland and Klarnath Falls are twa cities where need for unemployment relief has been greatest. - Portland j has - .reached the end of its resources as a municipality. It must ugVUU V i3WV& (UlU auv.,m ?www a w-'w jtingent om state aid; and state aid now hinges on receipts from the liquor act Knock this'out and etate minds for reiiei . , are gone. , . M . Cities might Imnose liauor" doubtful if they would get as large receipts as the state with its liquor stores. Under a city licensing system the profits would go chiefly to the-vendors. The enforcement too would be purely a city affair. To be effective it would be costly. If ineffective illicit selling would reduce the revenues. State control brings the aid of state police to knock over the speak easy and the bootlegger. Conditions have changed so rapidly since the time of the ? home rule amendment that for cities of any size local option seems very difficult. The same thing is true of states. Dry states will have a difficult struggle to preserve aridity if they are surrounded by oases of wetness. The automobile has caused the change. Thirty years ago ail "transport virtually was by rail ; and by forbidding railroads to accept liquor for transportation to dry areas it was possible to shut out the imports. Now every automobile is a potential carrier of in toxicants ; and it is impossible to stop and search every ve hicle that travels the road. Portland is already retreating from its announcement of intention to contest the Knox plan. It is doubtful if Klamath Falls in the face of overwhelming sentiment over the state will seek to thumb its nose at the action of the. legislature. And the people will have in May, which is only six months away,the chance to end the uncertainty by repealing the hang-over, home rule amendment. Salvage Crews at Work ALBANY'S venture in high finance came to its. fate with the appointment of a receiver for Linn Securities com pany. This was a brain child of R. B. Miller, who came to AI- v. - . x . m. :il "rn c. LKUijr Bum tin 3 ago, Biarieu uui wiiu me siuau ucjr oai- ;incs and Loan association and wound ut with holding com pany control of three banks in are working over the assets of 4.1. U-U: r with his lead pencil and other ' ing a new federal supported savings and loan concern to take . uver iKiti esiaie morigaes ; aiso 1 .i'i. L f erating with government money in loans to industries Miller came to Salem and ana loan association to bis cnain, financing tne acquisition almost entirely with iou's. He . . the local association for a longtime, theugh he spent only a - limited portion of his time here. Albany is essentially conservative as a community. Its county, city and school district affairs are about the best managed of any similar units have been among the soundest because the community is not a boom community. But the financial fraternity got to specu o. lating within itself and pyamided control at high prices with much borrowed money. When the squeeze came the whole tructure toppled. The Albany people have the bank failures as acts of the fragments of the story as -Toom lor inquiry wmcn would the full story of a sorry chapter m high finance. ' THf Cbuntrv Banlc , : TTtUGENE COURTNEY, formerly of Woodburn, now of The JLi Dalles wnere he is manager of a oranch bank, is quoted as telling the farmers at the wheat growers meeting at Moro that the day of the country bank is passed. Mr. Courtney may v i . -1 - l t : ii i 1 1 i . uavc ueea apaiung out oi ms experience witn a DanK inat failed and now as manager of a branch of a strong Portland bank. We think he Is making too extravagant an assertion. Take th villages of Gervais and St. Paul which are smaller than Woodburn, the banks there are operating, reopened without restriction, and are continuing to serve their com munities. It is beginning to be apparent that if small com . munities are to Jiave banks at all they will need to be local banks because the large banks do not want to put branches there. They can't, see any profit in going into the small town imuu i.ne recoru oi city Dames in many parts of the country is no better than that of country banks; and their moral rec ord is worse. Before shoving the country banks off to oblivion Mr. Courtney should take a; look at Gervais and St Paul where good management kept the local banks in condition to L weather the storm. . ;. Sales Tax Rebuttals SENATOR HAZLETT made an eloquent plea for school district consolidation practically on the county unit plan, by virtue of which no additional tax would be needed for schools. The senator, might have gone on to say that the chief reason such an organization is not effected is the opposition of the grange and of farmers. They want to retain control of their own schools. Senator Strayer urged diversion of highway revenues Tor school support la lieu of sales tax. But where do high way revenues come from ? Chiefly from the gas tax : and what 2w?lta,mtA8al? Uxt my 13 general sates tax heseve1ITb0?y Mghtly more offensive than a re SiJ1 tax Uke the gas tax which amounts to about Kd falls only on the motorists? t . penaSaSwl?0 wM? fets the sales tax opposes any tSKSPSv dSnW Pwpertyvtaxes, and IncreW of in wlfvoSJf'S ??0Uld ed before the sales tax EJl!fV?J2-? grange does occupy-the role of obstruc Kli013:168111 indodnf f schools and breakdown of municipal or other local credit. ;;-weSriwrt-.1I'tb-pIentr ofliandIeTS to ,tep forward "d and the Knox Plan unemployment relief. Klamath of revolt against state control -. ; '. taxes ini fees but it is very Albany. Now the salvage crews the barks and a receiver is ! i .... i people money and is orgamz - t 1 auomer leuuiug coucern op sought tc add a sick savings. drew his $300 a month from ' in the state. Its banks should been sort of inclined to accept Goor in the depression. From ther have come to us there is lay before the. people of Albany . - Health Bits for Breakfast Bv fioval S. Corjeland. M.D. Bv IL J. HENDRICKS w : n . 1 NOTHING IS more annoyins at a theater or In church, than tbo sound of persistent coughing. Mora than once I have seen the entire audience disturbed by some body coughing. Indeed, the number of victims of chron ic coughs is amazing. Of course this Is the time of the Tear when coughs and colds are all too com moo. Sometimes the symptom Is more serious, due perhaps to some neglected ailment o&the lungs. Or. Copeland ! ' Perhaps the most common and most neglected ot such ailments Is the disorder called "bronchitis'. Am its names Implies, this Is an Inflammation of the bron chial tube. If the Inflammation Is of sudden origin, it la called "acute bronchitis". When It Is the result of prolonged Irritation, and Inflamma tion, It is spoken of as "chronic bron chitis". Respoct No Ago Chronic bronchitis is usually en countered in persons beyond middle age. But It respects no age and -ts frequently seen in children' and young adults. As a rule, it follows winter colds and coughs and persists for several months. It may even last for years. If you have ever come In contact with a sufferer from chronic bron chitis you will auickly recagnizo tbo characteristic signs of this affliction. Tho victim has difficulty la breath ing. A peculiar wheezing Is heard in his chest which can oftan be detected a few feet off, He has a constant hack and cough and complains ot sbortMsa- of breath upon the slight est exertion. Unfortunately most persons are careless about bronchitis. They be lieve U incurable and so take the at titude that there is no harm or im- modiaU tautger attached to It. r bava often . beard sufferers from chronic bronchitis atato that their parents or grandparents had a similar affnettoa and had lived: to good old ago with out medicine. ' They take It as a mat ter of course.; A Sorioos Disease But chronic bronchitis Is a more serious disease than is generally thought. Aa a result of the constant strain ot coughing the heart may be come enlarged. Tho muscles of the heart become weakened and signs of heart failure appear. If neglected tho heart may become so burdened that it Is unable to continue Its work. For many years little was known about the treatment of chronic bron chitis. ; It ts now definitely known that neglect of focal -points of infec tion lead to this disturbance. For es ample. many cases of chronic bron chitis can be traced to infected teeth, diseased tonsils and adenoids, ort In fected slnuse c&H-btadder or ap pendix. When the source -of Infec tion ts determined and removed., re lief and complete cure are jpoaajbla. Bear in mind that a chronic cough may be a. sign of some other disturb ance. Do not accept It as a aura sign of chronic bronchitis without confirmaUoa bar your doctor. ' - (OopyriaM, IMS. ML T. ff IncJ CWAPiojectWUl Employ 34 Dallas DALLAS, Dec it, Another CWA project: Is expected to be started here noon as Ae state an thorltiea approved the Dallas school project yesterday. This project calls if or repairs to the three school buildings here " rad will employ 24 men. Retting plant at Corvallis, and at Eugene and Albany, too, and perhaps linen mills: S Under the headline, "Oregon Linens," the Corvallis Gaxette Times says editorially: "When Will Lipman gets hack to Oregon, he should he greeted with a brass band and a repre sentative from every city in the Willamette valley. Eyen if his lin en promises are more rosy than real, he still has accomplished a great thing for Oregon. For years, Oregon State college has extolled the value of the linen industry to this state and the wonderful possibilities because of our cli mate for raising the best flax fiber in the world. The late Tom Kay was one ot the enthusiasts on the subject and this writer re calls getting Mr. Kay here to speak to the chamber of commerce on the subject in the hope of in teresting local people in the pos sibilities of a retting plant- He had samples of Oregon flax fiber made into every possible sub stance, from rope, fishnets and bags to the very finest of linen handkerchiefs. The industry was encouraged almost entirely by Sa lem capital, and it the depression had not hit the country, it wonld have turned' out all right even though severely under capitalized. Portland capital that should have gone into the venture failed to some through heavily enough to pat the Industry on a paying basis during Its struggling infancy. Any new Industry needs more actual capital than it really takes to run a going business. This the Salem industry didn't have. "With federal backing, there will be another, big advantage the advantage of a friendly mar ket. The government itself uses a lot of linen. Moreover, the Oregon project will have a million dollars' worth of free advertising. It will not be necessary to convince eith er the wholesale buyer or the public that the best linen on earth comes from tne Willamette val ley. That's an enormous assot, for it means less effort and less money spent In securing a market. 'We do not know what definite plans are hatching for retting plants, but we do know that form er investigations included Corval lis as one of the best sites. We have the water, and the Industry could have the close supervision of the college experts. Her is an op portunity for the chamber of com merce that should not be neglect ed." - Of course, Corvallis will have a; retting plant, and so will Al bany and Eugene, too, and per haps they win have linen mills, taking the industry from the fiber istage to spinning yarn, and, lat er, no doubt, from yarn to weav ing, and la duo time to specialties. V v v 1 They wilt surely have large ret ting plants, If their farmers will cooperate; as they should. Natar any, they should have some of the larger operations among. the pro posed 12 primary plants, with too help of their business men and property holders. It is planned that all the IS primary plants shall have pulling machines,, retting tanks, drying fields, and breaking and scutching equipment. They should have the latest and most economic scutch ing machines: economic as to op eration and the saving of the larg est possible amount of fiber of the finest and . highest priced grades.- V The threshing (called deseed ing), machines should be of the best type to save all the best seed. There should be machines for handling the short and cut flax; making it into upholstering tow, and spinning tow, of the lower grades. a S The larger operations should have humidifiers, in order to al low scutching in the summer sea son. They should all have heating systems, with pipes through the retting tanks, tor the saving of time and the conserving of ret ting space, and the tanks should be of concrete, for long life. AH primary plants should have power driven blowers provided with pipes, to keep down the stifl ing dust to tale care of the solves, after the 'removing ot the fiber from the outside ot the straw. They will need seed clean ing outfits. S The larger plants might early install equipment for making some of the by-products, such as stock feed, druggists' (ground) flax seed, etc. They will all require much shed and warehouse space, for storing both the flax from the farms and the straw after retting and dry ing, and also for storing the threshed seed and the finished fiber and other products. Storing will be found a big Item. Flax products must be kept In the dry. They can be kept without deteri oration for years, if kept dry. S S With only winter scutching, the smaller plants may get along with old fashioned scutching outfits, and without humidifiers. But they will be at a disadvantage compar ed with fully equipped. plants. S The larger communities of the valley, backed by the cities, should lead tbe way, the same as Salem has done. Their people must all get flax and linen minded. They will find that they have the great est of all opportunities, now and In the . future, to build up their communities; to make their cities and towns prosperous, as well as the farmers in their trade terri tories. WOODBURN, Dec. It. The annual dinner ot the Woodburn Golf club will be held Thursday night at the Woodburn hotel. There will be a regular business meetiv in the form of a round table discussion concerning plans for the coming season. Prizes for the fall tournaments will be awarded. All members, their fam ilies and any other persons inter ested In attending the dinner are asked to make reservations with the committee members. The com mittee in charge of the banquet Is S. A. Hoefer, Otto Painter and A. A. DeJardln. . All persons la the vicinity, whe ther, young or old, are being re quested to sign ap ta Woodburn it theyv are Interested In joining a Woodburn community band. C. R. Duncan at the Duncan Tire Ser vice Is signing np all applicants. A plan by which a local fraternal organization will sponsor such a band will be presented to the group at Its meeting this week. - KERXS MOVE TO TOWJC SALEM HEIGHTS. De. ii.. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kerns hare moved from here to the Engle wood district in Salem. The house they vacated will be occupied the first ot the year by Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Fischer ot Salem. GOLFERS TO 11; BAND IS PUHI . synopsis : Fear thaiBUl lleGee, the rack eteer, would wreak vengeance tra her and her family If aha refused to go oat with hiat, caused lovely Patricia Warren to accept hia InvHatioea. riSliasaoilTarrralgaazwtcrwhQe it Pat'a caeapany'. Pat rashea kwsaw la toner aad Mr stcpssother pats fceraat; nsyiag th poBce are look la far Fat, Uaabla to fcd employ ment, Pat resorts to ker card skSl sad plays fnf easi eaal bridge, fafiaa HaverheK, sated bridge expert, make ker Ida partner. Waila they are eUsoassdngv bnaineas details at his basse, Clark Tracy, the polo player aad Pat secret Isrc, call. Rfc- k- am kll bolt hat d-CB aet recognize her. Haverhalt la tra-1 daces Pat aa his niece. She fa faeagr ant, bat he explains later that he vmtttasjnrf her repatatiost and thai it wwuM hewlVBaablwfor her to asaum that role as fear aa aho kt taatav at Ida liaair AecnstoBftcd to poverty Pat revels In the bxxnry lag sutrriage te Martha March, Pat experleneea pangs of JeaJeony. Foi lewis the aetthag ofa bridge arga ant Hamrholt wants to rive Pat a gift to celebrate their costing to aa agreeaieat. 8h sole eta a roao ter Bka UarOui March's. Notiar Pat's disaoBoiatateat whea Clark goes awarwfth Us fancee'a tastily and breaks an appoiataietrt to teach k-v how ta -rive. Havcrholt asks her If she is to lev with Clark. She de nies it, Day! ge by with -othing but bridge, and Pat is exhausted. The xrreat test comes whea Pat and Raverhalt tikr a taeu-tasaeat soon- eared by Reuben Blair, HaverhoJfs bitter rival. CHAPTER TWENTY -FOUR They reached the hotel. The dub rooms were on th fourteenth floor. Somehow, Patricia had expected unusual excitement in the lobby. There was none. The Hotel Win ston, a smart Park Avenue hotel, accepted the fact of a major bridge tournament with surprising equa nimity. One or two of the clerks recognized Haverholt and whisper ed about him and hit young com panion: that was alL "There isnt much baHy-hoo, Is there?" said Patricia, when they were waiting for th elevator. "Reuben Blair's way of doing things,' commented Haverholt dis gustedly. "He thinks the press is vulgar. I'd have this hotel simply- boiling with reporters, Fd have crowds in the street, rd have "A brass band in the lobby? entreated Patricia. . "Net quite that," conceded Haver holt, imsmiSmrly. "But, the day 4s Mining? and Blair will have to see it, when cuxtUact bridge will beloar not to the few but to the pubac "And yon will be kins of it aUT- "I am kingT admitted Haverholt simply. They stepped into the elevator and swooped upward. TBy the way " said th bridge ex pert casually, "Clark is hack from Aiken. He may be on hand tonight. I thoaght it bast to warn yon." "Wfayt she asked calml enough. "I was afraid his presence might upset year play. "Then, yon were quite wrong Patricia told him. But, her heart had set up the old wild tumult and her hands were aa cold as ice. Th fourteenth floor was jammed. tfelbrho r a baflyhoo. the real bridge lovers of the city and their sateUitos had managed to eofleet there. The velvet-carpeted, softly lighted corridors giving on .the card-rooms milled with men in eve ning: dress and bright-eyed, eager women. It was a cosmopolitan. typically New York gatherinr; there were society people pausing SELL IS JAILED DALLAS, Dec 11 Charles and Miles Russell were lodged in the county jail here Moaday after belag committed from the justice court .in West Salem. Charles pleaded guilty to a charge ot be ing drunkr and disorderly and was fined ISO and sent to jail until the fine was paid. Miles pleaded guilty to a charge of drunken driving and was fined $250, sen tenced to 30 days in the county jail, had his car tied up for 30 days, and his license was revok ed. The arresting officer was George TBomason of the state po lice. The Rnssela were arrested ear. ly Sunday . morning by state, po lice Who renorted their tar had run two other machines oft the Salem-Dallas highway. Miles Rus sell, hop grower living on route eignt, was driving. Gale Wengenroth of Woodburn was , reported recovering at Sa lem General hospita. from head injuries be suffered aa the ranlt of an accident . near Uroadacres early Sunday, waiter Vincent of wooa ourn, tne driver, was ar rested ' bv state nolle vestnrdav on a charge of driving while in toxicated. The car skidded off the road and. overturned. Vaint treated- for minor injuries by a wooaDurn physician, 'j,, State officers , also arrested Glea Bane of Woodbnrn Snndav on a charge of being drank on a puoue nignway. School Plans Benefit t Program for Supplies FAIRFIELD, Dee s!lx.--: -il A splendid program . ir being pre pared by Miss Isobel Bigot aad hsr pupils at Fairfield gr a d e social' and an hour's dancing will no enjoyea. ' .proceeds will be used - for much-needed school equipment. Th affair wilt be held at Fairfield grange haU, M DRUNK between dinner and th theater, a dowager or two, splendid la Jewels, reminiadnxcf the days of bridge whist, several actresses, not really interested la cards, but aaxioua to be sees at so smart aa occasion, a sprinklinr Y th more repataUs politicians, preacnt by invitaoon, drifting' arasssily her and there, a nwvU tnarnste. alert for color, a faatoua writer taking bored and. self-consdons, waiting; for his vrifa to comalet her eonveraationk Pro- fesstaalMdc players, of course, la th laajcrityA..--:;' r Tension, aad excitement war xn th air-. People were laahing: and talking; placing bets with each other en favorites far th wvening, discussing" the moat sxUauidinsry hand I rer held, tny dessv . - Immediately asm their appear ance Patricia aad Haverholt werH besieged. Patricia acknowledged" in troductions to dozens of people. She smiled at the movie magnate, she shook laads with the famous writ er, she accepted the good wishes of a aloe-eyed, exotic ectresa, who aad elosed in the most sneeesefmV play of the season Jaat last week; Pa tricia felt herself earrfed along by a- dizzying exciting wave of Tpop- nlaritySaiy she knew, bat she was thrilled by it, It -was fan to be somebody, fun, she confessed to herseir a little shamefacedly, to be Patricia Haverholt. Hero-worship pers, friends of Haverholfs, ac quaintances, utter strangers, hem med her in, exclaiming, admiring. questioning. Yea, she said over and over, it was. her first tournament; yes,, she was excited; thank you. she hoped to do well. ."Has Blair tamed ap yet?" ah board Haverholt ask someone. "I hear he iant coming, that his secretary win make the presenta tion tonighL" ' A little significant langh ran through the group. "He's ducked out because I'm an entrant," Haverholt summed it up with a laugh. "Reuben is busy try ing to save his face." The floodgates were opened. The clamor grew. The reputation of the absent host was npped to shreds by his guests, Haverholt assisting enthusiastically. Patricia liked this leas. But, Just then, she glimpsed Clark- Tracy, browner than when she had last seen him, tanked by the southern sun. He waved; smiled and threaded toward them. - , Patricia had thought she would be shaken by the encounter. She was not, Her taste of success, the coming tournament, her own as sured position, braced her so that she could greet him as she would any other casual acquaintance, nat urally, simply, even n little absent ly. Clark must be introduced all around first, he must speak to his owa friends in the group, he must add his own good wishes for the Haverholt team, before he had his moment with her, and then not alone. Tv been back from Aiken for several days," be began, seeing his chance to get In a word. I've been meaning to give yon a ring." "flav you?" she asked with yoathful bdifierencev Tlushed and lovely In the colden rown, amiliag here and there, nod ding, tsddng for granted the ad- miring gjnnceathat came her way, Patricia was a picture of poised aad confident and exquisite girl hood, ijooatng down into her eves. Clark felt a alow unwilling stir of tbe palses. e had an odd desire to capture the attention she was bsstewing. so lavishly open others, to fix it upon himself. After all h bad known her since1 her first day in the dty, far longer than had any of the babbling fools who now surrounded her. "I was sorry," he resumed awk wartuy, "sorry I waant able to teach yon to drive." "Thai was all right, I ssder- Farmers' Union News RIVERVIEW, Dec. 12. Th social committee of the Farmers union gave . a pie social Friday night to raise funds. About 350 persons were present. A delight ful program waa given by Tom Jones and his entertainers of the Lebanon commercial cluh. The numbers were announced by T. V, Munyan, secretary of the club. Mr. Munyan, who also is the mayor and banker of Lebanon, auctioned the pies. TALBOT. Dec! It. Sidnev- Talbot I Farmers union met in regular session in the Talbot schooihouBe Friday night.- Plans were completed for the Christmas tree to' be on the next meeting night, December 22. This is to be for Sidney - Talbot members aad their families aad also families of Sidney and Talbot communities. Committees appointed: To so licit funds Tor treats, John Potts. William Wledeckel. Ernest Coch ran, Ernest Freeman and A. E. Cole; to get the tree, Delmer Davidson, Fred Jorgenson and D. E. BHnston; purchase treats. Mrs. William Wlederkehr . and Mrs. Bilknop. The membership drive contest will hold over until the first meeting la January. D. E. Tumidge gave a report oa the electric line to bo built to Talbot In the near future. v -. Annual election ot officers re sulted? President, D. E. BHnston; vice - president, D. E. Tarnidge; secretary, Violet Belknap; treas urer, Doris Freeman ; conductor, Jake Gilmaur; door keeper, Wil liam Wlederkehr; executive com mittee, - Ernest Cochran, Ray Reeves and G. M. Belknap. r -; Warren Gray of Marion, county president, iastslled the new offic ers. The program' was givea by Louise Johnston Virgil Salavan, Mr; and Mrs. Cochran, Phyllis Cole and D. E. BHnston. , E. A. BASKS BETTER SILVERTON, Dec. 11. E. A. aaks M Jriag aad Jiaak first. stood," she told him so kindly that be felt vaguely irritated. She spoke to someone beside her, "Yes, Mr. BiHings,'ifs tne that Pre played bridge since th cradle. But, my present game, ' of course. Is based oa Jullaa's."' Her eyes renamed lexQy to Clark. He said a little stiffly, I. had hcrpinr that It wasn't yet too late. Or, are yea driving new?" "Tra a battls scsmd veteran." she declared gayty aad with a total e3sregard forth truth. "X expect to tocal trsdfie-en ICoaday." TatrickL" interrupted Julian sharply, ww most ge fate the card rooms. Theyv sacaei th doors." Clark held her one last moment. "Have I offended yon?"' "How in th world could you?" dema-nded Patricia, wide-eyed, "What made yon ask?" His owa voice had been low. Hers, la a. hall in the general conversa tion, was uncomfortably distinct. Th man flushed. He could not say before ether listeners that she seemed less friendly. Perhaps, she j did not, perhaps he only jraagined j s subtle change in her attitude, a change that distressed him dispro portionately. He said, "I fancied for a minute that I had." "Well, you haven't." "Patrida, do come along, we moat take oar places." , "Witt yea and Miss Haverholt be st Belmont next week for the races?" Clark pot in, hurriedly, al most -desperately' trying to hold them. -, "I may eat . my throat fat the morning," drawled Julian. "On the other hand, I may be at the race track next week. I couldn't say at the moment, Clark." And so they left him, Haverholt, grinning at Clark's discomfiture. That young man should know bet ter than to seek a future appoint ment at the beginning of an im portent tournament. 1 1 Patricia absently agreed. Her whole mind was on the coming or deal. The card rooms, two of them thrown together for the occasion, were severely furnished with two parallel rows of bridge tables, sev en in each row, each table num bered and shining in its separate pool of light. Water pitchers and glasses, ash trays fastened to the tables, dozens of aluminum boards containing the cards, pencils, score pads; straight backed armless chairs for the players. A singularly undramatie setting, thought Pat ricia. The scene itself was dramatie enough. Fifty-six professional bridge players, dissatisfied with the seating, dissatisfied with the ar rangements, nervous as runners awaiting the gun, hostQely eyeing prospective opponents, giving s last word of advice to partners, quarreling with the attendants who ran to and fro trying to get every one settled. Fifty-six professional bridge players, gathered to com pete for a silver cup and the honor of winning it. The good wishes were over. The lightness was gone. Everyone kept his good wishes for himself. No visitors were allowed. Ne one was allowed to watch the play. A few representatives of bridge mag azines, Haverholfs and Blair's magazines among them, skulked in the background, properly author ized to copy the play and bidding of the more interesting hands at tbe end of the evening. "Frightened, Patricia?" asked Haverholt "Not a bit." she denied, white te the lips. "Here we are, I think. We start as North and South, table 3. Patricia, weak-kneed, sat down, watched others seating thtmselves around her. O , y BTttic Feature, Sradkate, I. was reported much improved over the week end and his daughter Miss Olive Banks, who was called home from Bonanza, where she has been teaching, was able to re turn to her work again. Mr. Banks was taken seriously and suddenly. Ill a week ago. MISS DELZELL RETURNS TURNER, Dec. 12. Miss Shei la Delzell who has been at Ana heim, California, for three months at the horn ot her sister, Mrs. Donald Fehlen, arrived home Sat urday, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Ronald Hughe of Fuller ton, Calif. ..who will remain over the holidays , with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. p. C. Delzell. VVTIL AXSANGE FOR A LOAN OF e300 WMiin 24 Hours QUI -COURT C K COURTEOUS S I V J C E STRICT -PRIVACY SMAll 'REPAYMENTS TO.SUIT YOUR INCOME BENEFICIAL - LOAN SOCIETY : ! of Salem ' Room New Bligh BaHding Licenee No. S-122 518 State St. TeL 8-7-4-f MEMBER OF THE NRA no . . m
