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. .if .ft E r. - PAGE SIX The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning November 15, 1935 f 1 Founded "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aice" From Tint Statesman. March 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. . Charles A. Speacuc Editor-Manager Sheldon Y. Sackett ." - - Managing-Editor Member of tho Associated Presj The Associated Press U exclusively entitled to tha dn for pabUca t!on of all niwi dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited lo this paper. - Roper and the ThAN ROPER, secretary of J soaper, is out spreading the apple-sauce in business cir cles again, trying to convince big biz that Roosevelt is "nice doggie" after all, wh6 Kon't bite. Uncle Dan now repre sents that the breathing spell the president promised is really the end of governmental regimentation. Perhaps Uncle Dan is right, at least until the collection plate is passed for the democratic campaign fund for 1936; but many big business men who still have their hands painted with mercurochrome where the doggie did bite, are a bit doubtful. If Take the bankers' national convention now on at New Orleans. A year ago Uncle Dan and his cohorts oozed among them and told them everything was fine, that they would be let alone. He did such a good job that Jackson Reynolds, of the First National Bank of New York, advised the bankers at the 1934 convention that they should endeavor to work with the new dealers. Then came Eccles and the federal reserve act amendments, and the bank crowd saw they had been let down for a hard fall. Likewise Roper's advisory council of business men, formed to offset the hostility of the manufacturers' associat ion, wrote. out memos of suggestions on pending bills, which the Big Chief promptly pigeon-holed. Then the advisers oner by-one resigned, finding they were just window dressing for Uncle Bill. 'fT This year the bankers' convention refused to be roped in. When the nominating committee picked a new dealer for second vice-president (in line for the presidency), the opposition grew so strong, another candidate came out and the former withdrew before the vote was called. Old Dan RopeY doesn't count except as a gumshoe poli tician. The boys who are running the show are the young chaps eager to "make America over," to borrow a phrase of Rex Tugwell's. With billions to spend they are undertaking more than ever previously was attempted since the original six-day construction job reported in the first chapter of Genesis. Easing the THE legislature has passed and the governor has signed SB 48 introduced by Senator Hess and Representative Hock ett, which eases the load on debtors of taxes. Taxes due and payable in 1934 and prior years may have penalty and interest erased if the persons owing the taxes pay up cur rent taxes and one-quarter of the oldest delinquent tax. !j SB 153. of the regular session, which was vetoed wiped out penalties and interest on taxes for years 1931 and 1933, those of prior years having previously been expunged. The new act, which will become a law unless it is referred, makes enjoyment of escape from penalties and interest contingent on keeping up current taxes. The hope is that in this manner real progress will be made in reducing the total of outstand ing taxes. The practice has been for the taxpayer to pay the oldest tax and let current taxes pile up. Now he has ati inducement to pay his current taxes and part of his back taxes. ... The measure works unfairly on the taxpayers who have been punctual in paying their dues. They may say, "whatfs the use?" and refuse to pay their taxes, in expectation that future legislatures will make it easy for them. But the tide is turning the other way. This probably will be the last bill to fund delinquent taxes over a term of years. If by means of it owners of property are enabled to keep possession of their property and so continue to pay taxes, then the whole body of taxpayers benefits. For, if the land goes off the tax rolls the burdens of government become that much heavier on the property which remains on the rolls. jj Instead of viewing the paying of taxes as an intolerable exaction, citizens should come forward with gratitude that they can contribute to the support of the government. It is when the tax load runs out of all reason and the functions of government are spread all over creation that the taxpayers are justified in rebelling. fj Unconstitutional Legislation THE legislature, it seems to us, hardly deals fairly with the supreme court when it enacts legislation which clearly flies in the face of the constitution which it is the duty of the supreme court to uphold. It is not an honest way of enacting laws to "pass the buck" to the court ; or to put the eourt in a "hot spot." The legislators are sworn to uphold the constitution by an oath similar to court justices. They should be equally faithful in making the laws square with the con stitution. Some latitude may be given the legislature because not all its members are lawyers, and because attorneys fre quently disagree over questions of constitutionality. v But where the issues are clear, then it is a mistake to pass bills which the courts must forthwith proceed to hold invalid. ; 1 ' The governor usually obtains the advice of an attorney before he signs bills. He doesn't like to sign a bill which his legal adviser holds is unconstitutional, in the light of supreme court decisions ; although he may do so if be sees fit. The at torney general's office of course does not write either the leg islative act or the opinion of 'the supreme court. It merely endeavors to inform the executive or the legislature whether pending bills do comply with the constitution as interpreted by -the court. It would be incompetent and dishonest if l it failed to supply this opinion in accordance with its best judg ment. 5 '- - , j . ' It is an easy matter to condemn the court, or the attorney general or the governor for holding a measure to be uncon stitutional, .when in fact the legislature is to blame for pass ing an act known by its judiciary committees to be invalid. What the ultimate fate of pending bills may be we do not know; but in the case of some of them if they are ruled out, the responsibility rests squarely with the proponents who , pushed them through the legislature knowing they were skat ing on, thin' ice. . The total number on the federal payroll October 1 was 794,467, the highest number since wartimes. This was In Increase of 10.434 permanent and 14,178 temporary employes daring September. The monthly payroll for the executive branch was $116,094,004. The only .figures which keep going np in the same ratio are those-on the na tional debt. - "On our way" to another big smash. The state planning board got a kick in the slats In the legisla ture.? All its work was tossed aside.. Few read Its final report on the state capitol. While Its recommendations for more land were . impressive they were ignored in the wind-up. Few had a kind wprd for the brain trust: It is not surprising. . Democracies want to mike their own mistakes without expert "'. ; . . Multnomah county lost a deputy sheriff recently when violators of the game laws killed him. King county, Washington, had a dep uty sheriff kiUed this week by a group of chicken thieves. Deputy sheriffs will Just have to learn to stick with, process-serving, where they encounter nothing more violent than a woman' cussword. ( ."J..- '"- -- I"'.- "TV.' , , I ' i i Some Balem folk are commencing to worry about how the new capitol will be built and how many buildings they will try to erect with two and one-half millions.' Since Salem was kicked rather uncer emoniously down the stairs the wise counsel would be to let the rnnmiMinn-to-he decide the bulldinga-to-be. : Then, we can kick Jon their, taste fox fifty rears, it need 1U1 Breathing ; Spell commerce, old political soft ! Tax Burden ad-rice. i , be, . t The Great Game of Politics By FRANK R. KENT Copyright 1933. by Tfce Baltimore So Bad Medicine i WASHINGTON. Nor. 14 THE first impression of those who read Mr. Sinclair Lewis latest book. "It Cannot Happen Heresy" is apt to be .that the terr ible dictator, ship - of the cheap dema gogue and - the dreadful doml- nance of the Government by the most ignor ant and least civilized ele ments which he pictures really could not happ en here. Frank B. Kent Q AND probably it can't . However, a full and understanding view of the kind of men at present equipp ed with large govermental author ity, and any appreciation of the character of their v writings and speech, forces the conclusion that: if it does not happen here it will be through no fault of theirs. On the contrary it seems clear that they are doing their level best 10 bring about exactly the condition of which Mr. Sinclair writes. ELATED by unaccustomed poW er, some of these young men are calculatingly concious of the goal toward which they are;steer ing. Others, either eongenltally abnormal or temporarily unbal anced by their elevation to- high office, merely mouth the Jargon;of their day, under the intoxicating impression that they are great popular leaders engaged J in J a heroic and noble cause. Fortun ately, few of them are really eff-t ectlve. Most of their output la a futile as It is foolish. However; to those who think efforts to array class against class and stir np hatred of the unsuccessful toward the successful are not good, the articulate activity of certain (of these new rulers who are spend ing large gobs cf our money lis somewhat painful. . !; j AT any rate, it is something new In the United States to have In flammatory speeches of this na ture come from those in control. The rule has always been that the preachers of discontent and the fomenters of class strife were! to be found among the irresponsible suffers from political Jaundice. It has been generally recognized I as soap-box stuff. This is the first time in our history the attempt to inflame the people against the existing American system has come from the Government Jtself. Heretofore the Administration, re gardless of the party coloration, has deplored and denounced such efforts. It Is an unique exper ience to find those vested with power trying to move the people in this direction. YET what other view can (be taken, for example, of the uter- ance of Mr. Aubrey W. Williams a few days ago at Charleston, W Va. Mr. Williams is the welfare worker who has been assistant to the impulsive Mr. Hopkins "and is now, by appointment of Mr. Roosevelt, director of the Nation al Touth Administration, the most confused and cloudy of all the New Deal agencies for spending money. In his Charleston .speech made to West Virginia school teachers Mr. Williams let himself go. His discourse was largely de voted to depicting the dreadful oppression of the poor by the rich, and he wound up. with this decla ration to the teachers: "Professional and Intellectual honesty demand that you tell your pupils that seventy per cent of our people must live below the stan dard of decency; that nearly half the national wealth Is concen trated in the hands of two per cent', of the people; that millions now unemployed will never find jobs again; that their - chances of eainin? economic freedom are stacked four to one against them.'" j SEVERAL thoughts will occur to those who read Mr, Williams' woe ful words. One is that this doe trine of despair Is a great contrast to the belief so long and .generally cherished that In this country a man who has nothing can acquire wealth if he has brains, and that every .boy has a chance to become President. Anotnw is mat air, Williams' statement seems design ed to kill hose and ambition, that such a declaration from a high Government official is well calcu lated to foment hate andidiseon tent. A third la that it is mot a proper Junction of the Govern ment or any Government official to tell school teachers what they must tell their Pupils: that it lends color to the charge that .the National Touth Administration is the first step in move I toward Federal supervision and control of education, than which few things could be worse in a free country Twenty Years Ago j ! ! November 15. 1918: : Hermosillo, capital of the state of Sonora In Mexico, was the ob jective of both Villa end Carran za forces In Sonora todayj : F London Winston Spencer Churchill who has been the most severely criticised member of the government defended -himself1 fn the house of commons today after resigning from the cabinet, j Ten Years Ago Amos Burg, jr., had a! drama tic escape from death trying to shoot the Cascade Rapids yester day. His canoe capsized, ; j Twenty - two thousand ! people saw Oregon Stat college defeat the University of Oregon! 24 o i at Eugene yesterday. Seven students at Grant high school in Portland hare been sus pended for affiliations with ! se- cret societies. . ' ;n YAii' Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS ; Salem Tj. S. Indian training school at ." ' Chemawa is In Jt setting that Is highly historical: VI. -. On a recent Sunday evening, the Bits man having been invited to talk to the students and officers of the Salem United States Indian training school at Chemawa, at tempted to impress his audience with the highly historic setting of their institution. Having been asked for a written report ;of the talk, two birds are killed with one stone by present ing It in this column first by no means exactly as given, - how ever, for the talk was from mem ory and very sketchy notes. The result follows: . V , "Curious, is it not', that each of us had a woman in his party?" Deffenbach, Idaho historian, In his book, "Red Heroines," put the quoted words in the mouth of General William Clark in a con versation with Wilson Price Hunt or is it the other way around. Hunt to Clark? In a roregatn ering between the two men in af ter years at St. Louis, Mo. 4 "b In after years, when Clark was United States agent over all the Indians west of the Missouri river, and Hunt was postmaster of 5t. Louis. m No one at all posted In Amer ican history needs to bo told that Clark was a member of the Lewis and Clark'exploring party of 1804-5-8 that made the-freaC Journey from the father of waters o the Pacific at the Columbia's mouth, and return; and that Hunt was the man in command of the overland party of the Astors in 1811-12. Two members of the Lewis and Clark party remained in the Oregon country and became sett lers in the Willamette valley. Baptlste DeLoar was one. He became the first settler in the vi cinity of Salem with his Indian wife. His land claim was next north of what is now the Bpsh farm; had been the place of the fort of the Astorians, erected in the winter of 1812-13: In 1842-3 became the claim of the Oregon Institute, that by change of name became Willamette university. Thus the northSlne of the Bap tlste DeLoar claim came down al most to the south line of land now a part of the Indian school farm. Many Important his t o r 1 c a 1 events transpired at the first Ore gon Institute site. The first book written in Oregon was composed there, "The Prairie Flower," by S. W. Moss, while he was working as a stone mason on the Oregon Institute building, 1842-3. S Narclssa Whitman visited with the W. H. Grays there, and with Moss, while Dr. Whitman was on his famous Journey of 1842-3, to the east and back. Moss had come with the 1842 immigration and had spent some time at the Whit man mission. The first militia company in the Oregon country was drilled there, W. H. Gray being a member and being In charge of the construc tion of the Oregon Institute build ing. The meeting that called the fa mous wolf meeting, that called the Champoeg meeting of May 2, 1843, was held there, at the insti gation of Gray. And many other highly historical events centered about that spot, on Wallace Prai rie, near the present Chemawa. V S Some historians give three members of the Lewis and Clark party as remaining in the Oregon country. They give Philip Degie and DeLoar as two. They were perhaps the same man. Anyway, there was Baptlste DeLoar, and he was the first settler that near to Salem's site. The DeLoars became patriotic Americans. Three of them fought Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States senator from New York Former Commissioner of Halt, lie TorlCGl&Z PERHAPS TOU HSviwonderid about peculiar cases of baldness-In which the hair had disappeared in spots. There may have been several irregular but perfectly Jsare patches on the scalp. This edd disorder la given a big name -"alopecia exeats,". In some eases new hair may grow into these patches. When tt does it is usually white. This gives one who has dark hair an unusual and per haps striking appearance. There may be a streak down the middle of the ncalsv or perhaps an overhaxts; lng lock of perfectly white hair. Alo pecia areata la not always confined to the scalp,' but may involve the beard, eyebrow or mustache. May Follow Shock The caue of the disorder remains more or less obscure. Sometimes it follows severe shock to the nervous system. It may attack more than one member of a family, and for this reason some authorities regard it as hereditary. Strange as It may seem, epidemics of alopecia areata have been report ed, tn England, France, Germany and Italy. Such cases, however, are due to some contagious or Infectious skin trouble. It is probable, too, that In many of the ordinary cases the fault 'lies in some disturbance of the so called ductless glands. Odd Case of It Often the disorder Is associated with exophthalmic goiter and failure of ovarian function. A case of alo pecia areata was reported in a young siri who bad menstrual difficulty. When given appropriate treatment there was noticeable improvement in hair growth as well as a return of menstrual regularity. When more Is learned of the ductless glands, tt may well be the nature of many mew mysterious disorders will become known. - Some believe .that alopecia may follow from a localized infection. For this reason there should be a, care ful examination of the teeth, nasal with the citizen soldiers In! the Cayuse war of 1848, and members of the family were in the Indian wars on the American side! from 1351 to 1858. S The second member of the Lew- is and Clark party to remain! and become a settler was Frandi Ri vet. -It (It is interesting that a des cendant of : his was in the i Audi ence addressed by the Bits iman at Chemawa. She. is a student of the Indian school, -Miss Rivet, from Grand Honde.) jjj Francis Rivet lived in the St. Paul- district until 1852; idled Sept. 15 of that year, aged 95, and was buried in the Catholic cemetery there. The Rivets, too, fought With ,Vars the Americans n the Indian V At least 10 of the Astorians ar riving- in 1811-12 rema 1 n ed in the . Oregon country land eventually became settlers. Among them were Louis LaBonte and Joseph Geryals, who Settled at what was called by the Indians Chemawa, or place of the gravel, a strip along the Willamette riv er a few miles northwest t the site of the Chemawa Indian school. I 1 Solomon Smith, who came! with the Wyeth party of 1832, and who taught school at Fort Vancouver about 18 months, beginning in March, 1833, came also to Chema wa, (Gervais house) after leaving Fort Vancouver, and there opened a Echool for the Gervais. LaBonte and other part white children of the neighborh&od probably In cluding the DeLoar children. Thus Chemawa was the place of the first school taught in pres ent Oregon; opening about!! Sep tember, 1834. !i "W m I It will appear further on that Chemawa was the place of the first Indian school on this i coast north of the Spanish (California) line, for the Indian manual labor school of the Jason Lee mission was established at Chemawa, "place of the gravel." (Continued tomorrow.) FellowSalesmcn Give Surprise For Chapin At Goverdale Home The new home of Mr. and Mrs. Rawson H. Chapin Is Cloverdale was the scene Saturday night of a surprise party given fori the couple by a group of fellow sales men of the Portland area! of a utensil sales force. An enjoyable evening was spent in visiting, playing games and unwrapping gifts. r f Refreshments were seryeid by the group. Those present i were: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bassett. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Eldridge, lit. W. F. Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. iiJ. H. Oppenlander, Miss New. ! 3. D Scott. Mr. and Mrs. C. J.: Soren sen and H. F. Plnkerton, i all of Portland, and Mr. and, Mrs I. E. Casey and Mr. and Mrs. j F. W. Cochrane of Newport. i '. Swegle Community lias Infant Townsend Club; Elect Temporary Heads SWEGLE, Nov. 1,4. As!a re sult of the Interest shown! in this community for the Townsend plan, a meeting was held at the school house Wednesday night to organize a club here. Mr. Nelson outlined the plans and purposes of the club. ! ii temporary organization was formed to recruit sufficient mem bershlp for charter. Tempo rary officers elected are:: i J. C. Simpson, chairman; Mrs. George Kufner, secretary, and Mrsi J. C. Simpson, treasurer. There were 47 present at the meeting.' ij j H sinuses, ears and ether organs that migm oe oiseaseo. An such centers of Infection must be returned to nor mal condition. General measures should be taken, too, t Improve tae general resistance Of the body. Likewise, it is Well to correct a run-down condition due to a diet lacking In Important minerals and vitamins. Doca alopecia areata mean perma nent disfigurement? j Recovery Chances j The chances for complete ery are good if hair growth within two years after onset recov begins of the disorder. The outlook is not so fa vorable If after this period of time no hair has appeared. Bui I cases have been known to recover which have existed for twenty or thirty years. ?! j Avoid the use of any medication of the scalp and hair unless It has been recommended by your physician. The trouble may be made worse by the unwise application of certain! chemi cals. Ne application to ' the i scalp should be used If there Is danger of Its causing Irritation ef the remain ing hair roots. , , j ii In persistent j cases of alopecia, beneficial results are sometimes ob tained by x-ray treatment. Whether It Is wise to employ It will be de cided by yeur physician. - I j Answers to : Health Queries : T. M. -Q. What can I do to over come' enlarged pores and avoid black heads? .. " If . A. Hot and cold water applica tions, applied alternately to the face for IS minutes j night, and morning will prove helpful. , For full particu lars restate your Question and send a stamped, self-addressed envelop. Bee ML Q. What would cause a' dogged nose, especially, a( night? Z do not have a cold. X do not seem to be troubled during the daytime. Aj Rave your nose and throat ex amlned. The trouble may be due te a catarrhal condition. For further particulars send a self-addressed,, stamped envelope' and-repeat your question,. . r ! i JJ . (Copyright. 133, g. T. M! Jne.) 1 1 'sSifV " sr I WIFE IN SYNOPSIS Luxurious to the nt decree of commercial splendor were the es tablishments ox the (Anastasia Beauty Sal one, bat dreary and un kempt were the locker cjuarters of the operators, who dressed i and "made-up" for business in white washed, barzMike rooms. In one room, as they rouged their cheeks and donned their fresh, starched white uniforms, the girls talked . . taiaea cweny snout the lUley sis ters, who managed each of the Anastasia Salons, and about Walter Riley, their brother and the owner of the salons. Among the operators was one who stood oat, from the rest Helen Schiller. She I was pretty, smart and very personable and took little part In the gossip of ins otners. CHAPTER II Helen Schiller was an expert manicurist. It was her specialty in the age of specialization,, which was just aawnmg in beauty parlors. As many as fourteen pairs of hands Sassed under her skillful fingers ally. She had regulars, of course, who were, for the half hour they sat with her over the manicuring table. intimate in en as. sne was a sym- pameuo ana warm listener! and many of them Poured their woes and triumphs into her ears in weekly instalments. All her customers, almost without exception, talked about the Rileys. The Rileys were "Prominent Wo men." They were written up In magazine articles. (Miss Ginsberg, the publicity writer, got one hun dred and fifty dollars a week.) They gave beauty interviews and, syndi- csrcea m aauy neauty guide article in the newspapers. Thv acted a judges in the beauty contests! that were beginning to sweep the Coun try and, of course, their fortune was magnified with. each telling. Helen liked to think her! own thoughts and a silent appointment was a rare blessing. She had never worked anywhere else than for the Anastasia chain, coming right from the manicuring academy in Brook lyn. She had had only one more year to graduate from high school, but the war had brought her education to an abrupt close. Her father had been an "enemy alien." He was Ger man joetic German se German in tradition that after twenty years in America he had still been an un naturalized "foreigner.' Cross- questioned by the Registration Board during the war. the little man saw red. He burst out into a torrent of indignation and outrasred pride. He would undoubtedly have been clamped off to Jail for it, but in his rare ne buraLa blood vessel. I Sirs. Schiller, an apple-faced little hausfran, was stunned by her husband's death. The two sirls. Helen and Belle, were in high school. Helen naa only a year mare to grad uate. It had been Adolph's ambition to make school teachers of them. Mrs. Schiller had only one talent that aha could turn into money, her coo sing, tine eooxea lor private parties and catered at small wed dings and engagement receptions, but fin took her down in one week and the two girls, orphaned in a month, found themselves bewildered and penniless. A cousin. Tante Freda: Havemayer, took them in. Helen, of course, had to leave high schooL but Belle, who was only thir teen, was tn the first year and she stayed on. The Quickest trade Helen could learn to enable her to support cers en ana ceue, it turned out, was manienring. . j ' i After a black month ef job hunt ing, Helen came to the Thirty fourth Street Anastasia, then In charge of Irene Riley. The Anas tasia salons never took beginners, but Irene was attracted bv Helen's beauty and when Helen Durst out that she couldn't get a job because she was German,) Irene was; sym pathetic The Rileys, too, had had their war troubles. I - : Helen became the highest paid beautician outside of the Fifty seventh Street girls, hitting the fifty mark practically every; week. She dressed, well and had a reasonable number of dates. She didnt go around, with the girls in the shop outside of hours, but there were her cousins in Brooklyn, and now that Belle was grown up they were in separable friends- They saw all the best shew from the top of the house and went to f rat dances and te the nicer daneehalla. ; ' 1 -. I . The war, financial independence and the general moral loosening up which; was the result ef the peace ! without victory bad ! completely emancipated most girls. It was the era of the flapper and the dawn of IJLSTUUY " the glorification of bad manners. It was smart to be bold. Petting came into its own as the national pastime among the young. . But Helen Schiller could not be drawn into the maelstrom. Three years of freedom could not counter act the sheltered girlhood and child hood Helen had Had. Liquor made her sick. She went once on a party with two girls from the salon. Helen was through with wild parties after that experience. : The next day the girls were polite in their inquiries about her health. They never asked her again. ;. It was a cold, dismal Monday morning in November. The girls Walter Riley stood behind grumbled and snapped at one an other. A fa)W ntwnt f.. .t4. Helen cam in, her gray- eyes soft 1 - f li . A. I Ii ft mm nun, out wvr m imu Dex veo. mill Sv a m ti7 raincoat ana a small, tan. rub benxed bat. Tfmr iunifi w.V.ImI hair and darker long lashes were bwbw wiui rainarops. Ehe sans? aortJ mm mhm n1Tt ... ibreviated one-niece draa nn, h.. neaa ana stood ihiwim. ir v.. . . . ,im W chemise. II "Do I hear you actually slnrlns. Helen Schiller I" declared 8lnu 2 ally. - - -Oh, Selma, I saw such a grand LOW Satnrdav nie-fct that T'M mt inruig me song. 4 saw Marilyn Miller in Sallv at Ox Nn a m... usun. vrn. sue s wonaerxul. And the music Listen." In a thin, quavering awpraiv mnw sang tne air. "Isn't it eatehvT Tt' 4rt tt. - utjvmtm mix ma vime. J Helen wriggled into her white dress. As mhm flw t.v m-A ti . 7 . . - M tVtUI -v- vL "-"3 VJ yva,Miiiuiuina -j -mow was the dancing? I like the dancing in a musical better than the sins-inar" . ffjeJous. I guess Marilyn stage. She does a dance, something IS JK were through their chorea now. Helen stepped out into the cleared space IS) front OT hm nilnj.. cdId,m.,ew. tentative steps. i awcui aw giri, ueien. Some stepper! Z didn't know it was in Helen laughed gleefully. 1 wish I could danea nn mv iu she does. Then she does a step some thing Lka this. Sort of a Cakewalk." sum iiruwa across U flnnul naee. her eves mllfno mnm u- head. All the girls now were ting ing and beating time with their feet - oe intent were uey ail that Miss by BEATRICE LUfilTZ Vera at the door forgot her vigil, and without warning Walter Riley stood behind her in the doorway, watching. His first impulse was to smile at the charming little figure strutting in the center of the room. He knew her by sight even knew her name was Schiller. Then he re membered the Riley discipline. He was in a dilemna. He was too sen sitive to clear his throat and make his presence known. So he slipped out and then came in again banging the door to the reception room. Miss Vera now saw him. She gave a long piercing whistle and when Walter came through to his sister's office the salon was quiet, the girls busy at their cubicles. He looked neither her la the doorway watching. to the right nor to the left, but went directly into Stella's office. He closed the door behind him and took off his great coat. Stella's office was a small drawing room in the best West End Avenue manner; luxurious Chinese rug. needlepoint chairs, tabourets, carved figure lamps. In the center of the room there was a carved mahogany desk and in the corner a simple stenographer's desk. - No one wss in yet. Walter consulted his wrist watch. It was ten minutes to nine. Stella's secretary wasn't due till nine. He sat down uneasily on the edge of Stella's desk. Ought he tell Stella about the dancing outside or should he talk to the Schiller girl himself 1 It wouldn't do to let discipline be come lax. StilL the salon wasn't officially opened. The girls could really do what they liked these few minutes that they were free. But dancing was out ' cf order. He nervous looking chap, immaculately iwucv in contrasting aara dius and snowy white linen. His blsck hair Was CAinM KaiV f,nm him rather low, square forehead. The cup un was a wmte patn inrougn the thick blue-black hair. He had a small mustache that he habitually gnawed with his strong whita teeth. Ha had a harassed air. bnt this only made- his dark, rather somber face more attnpfiv. tr imA - aa mouth and his rare smile was un- peceajy cnarming. Wait pn. ?t. v. j v... , l , . - ""j aiuv uiu uvea Irish, his mother Polish. The fusion uwss vwo strains had, -curiously enough, produced in Walter a type that ni MAM -v o Till. than either Irish or Polish. He had - .ww-uxa xrame and he moved with a quick, tense efficiency. UOM Continued) 5