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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, OregwV Wedaesdayraing, ecembcrMLg, 193S
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- "No Tavor Svmys Ut; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28. 1S51
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CBAKLE3 A. Spsacue - '? ECitor-Uanager
Sheldon K- Sackett, - Managing-Editor
Mrrobrr of t! Associated Press '
TK, Aasclatrd Prcma is exclusively entitled ta the as for publica
tion of 11 sews dlxpatrhes credited to It r not otherwia credited l
this paper. . S
- State MiningTJoard '
IT is feared that Governor Martin is unduly affected over
the failure of the mining board appropriation of $5000 at
the special session of the legislature. The governor com
plains that with Bonneville being pushed to j completion a
survey-of mineral resources is needed to learn what ores are
available for reduction by the power to be harnessed at the
dam. The picture is painted that the state is lacking in de
tailed information as to its minerals. If that is true it cannet
be because of failure to appropriate money, j Here is the
schedule of appropriations .to the bureau of mines and ge
ology and its successor the state mining board for the past
22 years:-
ACTIVITY ' ,
Bureau of Mine and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology .
State Mining Board :
$213,425.00
This appropriation was not restricted to the biennial period
1929-1930 but was available until used.
Now if after the spending of $213,425 the state doesn't
know what its mineral score is it is difficult to see where the
added spending of $5,000 would reveal it. It is probably true
that-in the archives pf these bureaus will be found quite com
prehensive data respecting Oregon's mineral resources: What
is needed is some person able to answer inquiries from the
data which has been collected. For that purpose the state
planning board, which has a substantial appropriation, may
use part of its money to engage a competent person.
A mining board can neither create mineral wealth nor
develop it. All it can do is to study the superficial signs
of minerals and come to tentative conclusions as to wealth
possibilities and opportunities. In the end mining men them
selves are the ones to unlock the storehouse of mother earth,
sometimes with profit, often with loss to themselves.
Oregon's great deficiency is in minerals. It has some
pockets of gold, some placer workings, some copper and
quicksilver, extensive deposits of diatomaceous earth, and
some building stone. There are no known veins of good coal,
no petroleum, no deposits of iron ores usable under present
processes. There may be deposits of aluminum ores or of
chromium and tungsten; and it may be worth while to fi
nance a state mining agency, to pursue such investigations
further. But the state already has spent over $200,000 and if
it has little to show for it the probability is that there was
little to discover. v
i Gag Rule
"liAG RULE" is a term of opprobrium. It is the frequent
jr cry of turbulent minorities and the frequent tool of
those controlling organizations.. Steam-roller a thing
through, put on the squeeze, shut up the opposition, that's
what is meant by gag rule.
"Another form of gag rule threatens the dear USA at the
present time. It is not the gag rule of suppression of freedom
01 speecn, 01 laws against seaiuon nor xne tyranny 01 arDi
trary rulers, president, governor, mayor or club chairman.
- The gag rule of today is the rule by "gags". Political dis
cussion is one big gridiron club session. Entertainment,
drama, radio, vaudeville is gag dialogue. Listen to Eddie Can
tor, Jack Bennj and the other so-called comedians. The pro
gram is just A concatenation of gags which people are pre
sumed to think funny. Gag rule, all right.
This isn't new, of course. Carlyle in his French! Revolu
tion asks of dying Louis XIV this rhetorical question:
"Do the five hundred thousand ghosts who sank shame
fully on fo many battlefields from Rossbach to Quebec that thy
harlot might take revenge for an epigram, crowd round thee in
this hour?
Costly epigram indeed, was that of Frederick, the Great
which Madame du Barry took umbrage at. One alliteration
"Rum, Romanism and Rebellion cost James G. Blaine the
presidency. Our gags may be. more putrid; they are not so
costly.
The political campaign of 1936 which is now upon us is
already developing into a gag contest. Hugh Johnson seems
to have started it. His reply to Father Coughlin and Huey
Long was a bundle of wisecracks and barnyard metaphors.
He continues his line in his recent speeches, calling Tugwell
for instance, a marcelled ass." It is in the news that Mr.
Hoover, to brighten his none too felicitous style, has engaged
a professional writer; and to him are attributed the fillips
of figurea which now embellish the Hoover speeches : the acid
ironies, the bristling metaphors, the gags" in other words.
It may toe that the demand for gag artists in politics will
equal that in the radio field or in comic strip production.
There the gagsters find steady employment. Their job is to
incubate the gags of stage and screen and ether. Many of
their gags show they are manufactured in mass production,
and others are shopworn ; and some of them are so foul they
gag the. auditors, but the best of "brains run dry at times.
The public should learn to beware of gag-rule of this
type, particularly in politics. The scintillating phrase may be
brilliant but false. Victory should go to the side with best lo
gic, not the side with the cleverest gagsters. Phrase-makers
are among the most dangerous species at large. It takes clear
thinking to see the sophistry in a witticism.
i iracy 01 news nesirainea
IN a decision w)ich went to the very heart of the issue the
federal circuit court of appeals enjoined a radio station,
KVOS, of Bellingham, from pirating the news of the As
sociated Press, which it had been doing by taking the dis
patches from the Bellingham papers fresh from the press.
It directed the lower court to issue an order forbidding the
station from broadcasting the news it stole from the paper
"for the period following its publication in member newspa
pers during which the broadcasting of the pirated news to
KVOS most remote auditors may damage1 the member pa
pers business of procuring or maintaining their .subscrip
tions and advertising j
The fairness of this decision will be immediately appar
ent to any person who knows the facts. Newspapers at great
cost to themselves, collect and disseminate the news. Through
the Associated Press, a cooperative organization, of which
most important newspapers are members, this news is dis
tributed from city to city for republication. The facilities
have been highly perfected for accurate and swift dispatch
of the news ; and the organization is so successful that it is
the marvel of the times. The essential value of news is its
timeliness. An old newspaper is dull and uninteresting. If
after printing and before it is possible to deliver the papers
'throughout the circulation territory of the paper, that news
is filched and used by some other commercial medium, such
as another newspaper or a radio station, then such piracy
works to the serious injury of the newspaper. The circuit
court decision, which confirms a previous decision in a North
Dakota, case, protects the newspapers and the -Associated
Press in their proprietary interest, in the news they collect,
so long as it is live news. , . .
rru ? o ftaiA fn rolirt tTi if rlpveionment in that
liicic Jo a iitiu aw
1S51
;
PERIOD
1513-14
i '. 1915-16
.. 1917-18
1919-20
1921-22
1927-24 .
192S-26
1927-2S
1929-30
AMOUNT
I 40,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
50,000.00
60,000.00
8,425.00
1,200.110
30,000.00
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The Great Game
of Politics
By FRANK R. KENT
Copyright 1933. fry Th Baltiaor Sua
The Federal Bully
Washington. Dec: 17
THAT THIS Administration uses
the Immense power It has acquired
In the: name of emergency to co
erce and Intimi
date those who
oppose its plans
or who stand
up for what
they.be Here
tbeir ri ghta
is a s e r 1 ous
charge.. Invari
ably it is met
with indignant
denial. The off-i
icial spokesmen
lash themselves
Into a rage.
call names,
. rrsnk B. Kant beat their
breasts, proclaim the purity of
their hearts.
NEVERTHELESS there la' truth,
In the charges. The Adminisira
Hnn does do these things and
does them with calculated delib
eration. Under the New Deal the
Government of the United States
Vina hMnm an intolerable bully
and is resorting to methods in its
dealings with private citizens un
precedented in our History ana
tmnnssihle to reconcile with an
elemental conception of fairness
or any standard of public or per
sonal ethics.
AN EXAMPLE is furnished by the
hew clause which an Administra
tion measure has forced into
Government contracts since the
last session of Congress. Here It
is:
"In accordance with the pro
visions of Section 14b of the Bi
tuminous Coal Conservation A
of 1935, the contractor agrees
that he will buy no bituminous
nal 10 use on or In the carrying
out of this contract from any pro
ducer, except such producer be a
member of the Bituminous Coal
rind net ont in accordance . with
Section 4 of said act, as certified
by the National Bituminous coai
Commission."
o
THE plain purpose of this Is to
club the coal companies into ac
ceptance of the Guffey Coal Con
HnA nr lose their, business, have
their best sustomers cut off from
them and are marked as "un
friendly." It is as clear a case 01
rrworctrm 11 rnnM be .had. It is
undisguised governmental boycott.
Tne companies wnicn nave noi
Joined the code are entirely with
in their rights. There is, under
the law, so compulsion to sign up
The act provides a. tax of 15 cents
a ton on all coal mined. Members
of the code later get back ninety
per cent, of this tax, which re
duces it to 1 cents a ton for
them, while those who do not be
come members get no drawback
and pay the full 15 cents, thus a
penalty of 1ZK cents Is imposed
upon these who are not "good
hoys.'
NOW, all the companies regard
the law as injurious and uncon
stitutional. Some, for reasons oi
expediency, determined not to risk
having to pay the full penalty;
others, convinced that the courts
will kill the bill, decided not to
submit to what they consider its
outrageous and damaging pro
visions. There is no question that
these companies have the legal
right to stay out. There Is not the
slightest compulsion to come in
If the law is sustained by the
courts, those who stayed out will
have to pay the full 15-cent tax.
Bat that is the chance they take.
They are doing it with their eyes
open and think it worth the risk
WHAT they seem not to have re
alised is that the Administration
in an incenspicons section ef the
act equipped itself with ar weapon
to savagely strike at them, not
for violating the law, because
with that they are complying, bat
for not "going along" with it, for
having the courage to express dis
sent, for following the advice of
counsel and declining voluntarily
to accept the principles of a
questionable act until they have
been judicially construed. The
clause with which the Government
strikes separates the dissenting
coal companies from their custom
ers. It makes them afraid to deal
with each other.. It creates fear as
to what will happen next. Whether
the coal companies are good or
bad; whether the .Guffey act Is
fair or not. such use of power is
abuse of power. It is inconsistent
with a democratic form of gov
ernment, and repugnant to a free
people. It lends support to the
feeling, that it the Government is
not to grow into something of
which we all stand in fear, the
present tendency has got to be
checked and checked hard. What
is being done to the coal compan
ies can be done to any business
firm or individual. It Just happens
to be coal this time.
Twenty Years Ago
December 18. 1015
Congress has adjourned for
two weeks over the holidays.
Mae Murray, Ziegfield chorus
girl, has . deserted the stage for
films.
Hal V. Bolam is the new wor
shipful master of the Masonic
lodge No. SO of Salem.
Ten Years Ago
December 18. 192.1
Christmas vacation at Willam
ette university begins today.
Col. William Mitchell was
found guilty of insubordination by
field la'tn fw PTnoftod Rn it-
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LamJ
through appropriation of material assembled at Y&avy cost
newspapers, to ineir injury
It cost S2000 to tint the rhrvsanthim
of a wealthy society woman in New
maae tnat color so popular in certain
Chief of the modern fur-bearing
male, human.
Safety
COUXTT AGENT NEEDED
To the Editor: , 1
Of I course, we need a county
agent. Last summer the agent's
office demonstrated to the resi
dents of Sidney and Talbot the
proper way to get rid-of rodents
that are reducing the surplus of
the necessities of life the same as
the agent's office is trying to do.
For years we have been paying
high-priced professors to discover
the proper fertilizers to use to
make the yields of grains and
grasses double those of the old
varieties. Now we make up. to
the mistaken idea' that we are
producing too much of the weeds
to sustain life and paying an agent
-Li
Isolation Policy
Deemed Doubtful
Change in U. S. Attitude
to Belligerents Much
Changed, Declared
i
America's traditional policy of
neutrality lias of late been trans
formed ilnto a policy of isolation
as regards belligerent nations, C
A. Sprague of The Statesman
point out to Klwanlans here yes
terday noon.
Heretofore the nation In times
of werld conflict has insisted that
freedom of the seas be maintain
ed and that trade go on with
belligerent nations, subject to in
ternational rules governing trans
port jof contraband, of war.
Today the nation's policy, un
der the resolution of the last sen
ate, forbids transport of arms to
any nation engaged In war and
Senators Clark and Nye wish the
resolution extended to forbid
granting of credits or of war sup
plies to any belligerent.
j Entry Deemed Error
The speaker assigned two rea
sons lor the change of American
Health
By ;Royal S. Copeland, M.D.
.TIME; HAS been dragging, dear
ctnldren, but Christmas Is here at
last. I And what a day it Is! Crowded
stockings, many gifts, wonderful din
ner and a Christmas tree!
The very mention of Christmas
brings Cheer to the heart. This is
because it is set apart for happiness,
klndljness and good wtIL It Is the
day -cehrated as the birthday of
Jesus.
On reason why the name of Jesus
makes such aa anneal to mankind.
1 because the human sMf of that
life i mo well known. He was once
a tittie boy and had all the experience
of youth. We are told ef his birth
aad babyhood and childhood. St
Luke says of hhn: "And the chad
grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and
was In (he deserts till the day of bis
nhewlnc unto IsraeL"
1 Most Precious Gift
i
His parents were wise In their
bringing: up of their little child. He
was an out-of-door boy. running tn
the sands of the deserts. I expect
those little feet were often stung with
nettles and sand-burs. Perhaps he
got cactus thorns In the hands which
later; were to be more terribly
wounded. But this manner of living
caused the child to grow and he
"waxed strong", the Bible says.
4 Christmas is a day of generous giv
ing. The fond parents, so far as
their means permit, shower their
children with appropriate gifts. But
there' la one Christmas gift more
predoua than any other of worldly
value that Is the gift of a perfect
body and robust health.
8uccess tn life depends largely
upon health. Even the great mission
of Jesus would have been restricted
had he j been hampered by a puny
body land aching limbs. He could not
have waxed strong in spirit had he
been suffering in the flesh.
CbhU Cklld to Heal
If your child or grandchild ts not
vigorous, alert and tireless in energy,
find out why. Talk with your doctor,
but above an use your own common
sensel Do net pamper and spoil the
child.' Watch his weight and color
and the way he sleeps. Give him
good food at regular times.
With care on your part the child
you prize as the apple of your eye.
will grow and wax strong In spirit
Then next Christmas there will be
more than flimsy and short-lived
gifts of toys; with a full year' of
proper supervision you will have
added greatly to Ids health of body
and brain, a priceless gift.
For each of my readers 1 wish a
"Merfy. merry Christmast
i :
Answers to Health Queries
M. js. Q. What can be done for
sleeplessness, wrought up nerves and
a feeling of restlessneas? 1 seem to
eat well and have nothing to upset
me unduly.
A-j-You may need a complete
change and rest. Make every effort
to Improve your general health. For
full particulars send a self addressed,
stamped envelope and repeat your
question.
Dr. Copeland is glad to anttcer
Inquiries from reader who send
erfrfrejsed stamped envelope tcitk
thiir Quettion. All inquirict
iould be eddrested to Mm fa
cafe of thi newspaper.
fCovvrioM. t935. K. r. 8 Inc.)
court.
marshall and suspended
active duty for five years.
from
Slejepii
ng sickness has appeared
in Portland.
oVimitI 4- 4,1 j i
and loss.
ums pink at the wedding
York
It's stunts like that which
quarters.
animals may be listed the fe-
Valve
and his helpers to control the big
yields that the high-priced profes
sors thrust upon us. If at each
demonstration for rodent control
they kill two pocket gophers and
three white-bellied mice they are
doing a heap of good and It will
help further the need of an agent
for years to come. If our fathers
had been smart enough to have
seen the need ofan agent they
could have had plenty to eat and
wear. .;"
Yes.1 the taxpayers- need an
agent and his helpers. Corvallis
produced them, and what Is Pro
duced must be used, traded or
bartered.
E. B: COCHRAN
Jefferson, Ore.
position: First, a prevailing opin
ion that the United States enter
ed the World war because of the
pressure of Big Business for the
cause of the allies and second,
that entrance into the last war
was a mistake. Mr. Sprague said
the evidence that these two posi
tions were true, was not strong
or convincing but declared the
opinions were generally prevalent
in the nation today. '
- Instead of isolation, the United
States would best serve the cause
of peace by cooperating with other
nations, perhaps through the
league of nations, In applying
sanctions against agressor nations,
Sprague averred. At the fame
time , this nation should seek to
bring greater economic .justice to
nations . so that economic de
ficiencies in their supply of raw
materials could be made up.
Isolation was pointed out to be
a policy which usually results In
the unintended help of one of
two or more belligerents. Collec
tive action should L-v'ng collective
results in stopping war, the speak
er declared. Isolation, moreover,
is a temporary polley, be declared;
if war breaks out, it la very doubt
ful if the United States could long
continue a policy of complete iso
lation. Errors Noted in
Lion Accounting
Numerous mistakes have been
made at the citv hall in recording
liens and payments on liens and
the only thing that will help the
. . situation is more care in ac
counting," J. B. Pretzman, audi
tor, reported to the city council
Monday night. He recommended
that the city set up for liens not
yet paid up the uniform account
ing system recommended bv the
state department.
This system, Protzman Etated.
would record liens bv nronertv
rather than bv tvoe of lien. Th
result would be that a Piece of
Property could be checked in
search of Hens and Pavments rm
liens could be recorded by glanc
ing into only one record book.
At present liens must be traced
through five unwieldy, handwrit
ten volumes. The new svstem al
so would permit keeping a record
of ownership of property on
wnicn tne city has liens. Owner
ship is not listed under the pres
ent system.
Protzman's report was In con
nection with a special audit
bringing city records correct to
December 31, 1934, and listing
corrections to be made in books
of the recorder and of the trea
surer. The recorder's office al
ready haa made its books con
form with the audit, Protzman
stated.
Interstate Truck
License Issue Up
Whether the ... Oregon motor
transportation division has au
thority to license trucks operating
interstate under the federal trans
portation law, is the question that
came before Frank C. McColloch.
state utility commissioner, here
today.
McColloch said at least two" in
terstate truck operators with
western termini in Portland, had
refused to obtain state licenses.
"There is only one way in which
to determine whether these inter
state truck operators are subject
to the provisions of the state mo
tor transportation act," McCol
loch said. "This is by arresting
the operators and going into
court. We might as well settle
this matter first as last."
Following a conference with E.
A. Landis, in charge of the state
motor transportation bureau, Mc
Colloch announced that an arrest
would be made in the near fu
ture. This will place the question
squarely before the courts, Mc
Colloch continued.
McColloch said he had no idea
of the number of trucks operat
ing Interstate that would be af
fected by the court decision.
Lions to Do Good
Turn on Thursday
The Salem Lions club will do
its annual Christmas "good turn"
Thursday nieht when it enter
tains 17 children at a dinner and
party at the Woman's clubhouse
at 7 o'clock. Toys and many use-
Iltl gifts Will be .nrovlderi tnr
these children and for three oth
ers who are too young to attend
the party. Children were selected
who it was believed would other
wise have no Christmas.
The program will be in charee
of Dr. Daniel H. Scbuize, the
card party followlnr. dinner in
charge of Roy Stewart. Harry W.
Scott will be the Santa Claus.
The general committee includes
Virgil T. Golden, chairman: AI
Ramseyer, O. D. Olson, B. M.
Donaldson and Dr. Carl W. Em
mons. Gifts are being selected by the
women's aaxiiiaryl
The dinner-party will. take the
place of the club's annual, Thurs
day noon luncheon meeting.
'Never mind a
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"WIFE IN CUSTODY" beatmce mums
CHAPTER XXX
Spring was a miracle ef flowers
and fresh green grass. The first
day the massive English pram was
wheeled into the sunny corner of
the open porch, the first crocuses
had pushed their heads through the
ground and looked bravely about.
Daffodils and jonquils burst into
bloom and the borders of the gar
den were covered with the heavenly
blue of forget-me-nots.
Helen spent most of the time on
the sun porch from which she could
see Antra working in the garden.
The sun porch was a bower of flow
ers. Miss Fredericks brought little
Grace ia for her feeding.
"The prettiest flower of the lot."
she announced cheerily as she
placed the baby In Helen's arms.
Helen Uy on the slider among- the
pillows. The beauty and gracious
ness of the green earth, whose
fragrance cam t her nostrils
through the open windows, filled
her with aa ecstasy that was al
most TMtm. The days rrew cold
again, f course, wnd the brave cro
cuses were selted with baiL but
Helen felt as If she bad been bora
anew in a world whose beauties and
glories she had, In her previous life.
never Known.
In Mar. Helen felt as If the earth
could give forth ne greater beauty.
The weeping willow trees that bor
dered the nool wen Dale creen and
their lacy branches fell from their
limbs like the draperies oi tan nun
dancers. The forsythia bushes were
balls ef solid cold. The fruit trees
were beavy with blossoms and the
rround beneath was snowed ever
with natal.
The days passed In a dream. A
eontentmenL. a fulfillment of her
whole beinc possessed Helen. The
outside world no longer existed.
Here over the meadows buns; the
Sides sheen of early Summer. The
by slept peacefully la her pram.
The white-figured form of Miss
Fredericks wwa charmiag against
the green. Helen was suffused with
lore. She hugged Miss Fredericks
ut ef the sheer necessity for em
bracing a human form. Afternoons
Helen senandered happily in antic
ipation of Walter's homecoming.
They had both decided to forget
thai night when he went away.
They never alluded to ft. It might
never have happened.
Then In the middle -of June, wae
Friday evening. Walter, without
warning, brought Stella back with
him. He was nervoo aad apolo
getic Helea knew by the rats in
his forehead that ha had not wanted
to bring her bat bad been unable to
say no.
Toa said she might come." he
whispered desperately to Helea
Stella was changing her dress.
"Poor kid, she's all broken up. She
lost her baby. It's all over. She's
closed her apartment aad has been
staying at mother's.
"Yes. I did say so. Walter," she
admitted onietly. Then fmpul
sivelr; "Poor thlnr. She looks
dreadful. I am sorry for her."
"You're a darling." Walter
kissed her gratefully. "Yes, she's
aged terribly. She's changed too,
Helen. You'll find her much softer
and subdued. All her old high spir-
It's gone. She wont be any trouble.
Yon dont really mind, do yon,
Helen?"
She rumpled, bis thick black hair.
"No, net very much. After alL ft
Isn't her fault. She's to be pitied.
Ill do all I can to make her com
fortable."
For the first few days it seemed
to Helen that Stella bad really
changed. She was a quietshe
scarcely spoke at alL Most of the
time she just sat staring ahead of
her.
Helen kept little Greet ont of
Stella's range of vision. She knew
Stella must be suffering because of
her frustrated motherhood and her
onlv desire was to snare her and
make her loss easier to bear, bat
Stella's presence in the house was
like a cloud that shuts oat the son.
For the life of her, Helen couldnt
analyze the reason why, when
. Stella came into th room, Walter,
on the sofa before the fire, his arms
around Helen, would suddenly drop
them and et te his feet to search
for a cigarette or a match.
"Dont let me interrupt the little
love scene," she would say lightly.
"I tost came in for a book. Hon
estly. Walter, I didnt know It was
tn you I You're a regular Don
Juan!"
"Quit your kidding." Walter
managed to ssy it lightly. He even
resumed his seat but now Helen sat
stiffly erect. All the magic had gone
out of their evening.
new deal, how about a new deck?9
Or else wnen he ene In at night
and kissed Helen hungrily. Stella
would suggest sardonically. "Shall
ieavt the room I
Most ef the time Helen tried not
to let Stella see their love-making.
She knew ! Stella's love for Jerry
still consumed her. Bat this was
difficult, for Stella was always
about. And 1 Walter too felt her
presence oppressing hhn. She pot
a damper en bts playfulness. Once
when be caught Helea p fa bis
arms t dance with her. Stella's
acid. "Dont be a down, Walter."
sent the blood receding from bis
face so that1 even his lips were
white. He tried to Ignore her but
it was impossible to be gay after
that. i i
Summer melted . Into Fall; Au
tumn aerged into Winter and
Stella was still there.
And now the serenity of Helen's
dars as well as evenings aad ned.
Stella suddenly recovered both her
eoruanimity aad her poise. Bbe
Setting a divorce from Jerry. , ue
ad obligingly f arulshed her with
adequate evidence so that she didnt
need to bother to go to Reno.
She enjoyed her new freedom
from the Salon Miss Norma was
la chare; of 44th t-lihroirh
Stella made a feint of sanervising
by phone, i Daring the late Summer
and early Fall she swam every day,
took us ner horse bade name again
and learned to drive the car so that
Helen found herself obliged to ask
Stella If she was nsins the
whenever ! Helen needed it. At
Stella's behest Walter Joined the
Country dub. -
"My dear," Stella exclaimed,
"there are th most attractive men
there. I took quit a Shin to that
young JeHicott chap. I bear they
have loads of money, and be seems
smitten with me. lly dearl I've
invited him for dinner tomorrow
airht" .
"Maybe j we -can marry her -off,"
waiter suggested aopezally. "After
alV the poor kid has bad a rotten
time of It. I And she's so much
sweeter, dont yon think T"
Helen, who bad hened when win
ter cam that one again her noma
would be her own, and that Stella
would co back, ut and bams.
saw now that her expectations baa
been in vain. Stella decided she was
still too Tua-down I attempt to rv
back to town. Besides. knew
if she returned t Krw York sheM
hav to nestrme bar work set the
Salon. Irene, ef -eeorse, was now
definite Iv ont of 67th St. They w
all a little aghast to see bew beau
tifully th shop ran without Irene.
"Ill keen Helen company throurh
the Winter," she teM Walter
brightly, "nd when Fredericks bae
her day off t can take care of the
baby for Helen. Besides. I dont
feel qnite well enough yet dear."
With th i cessation of' sumroer
sports, however, tiros began to banc
heavily on Stella's hands. She
hadnt the concentration to read.
She was restless and unless she bad
a oat sne d wander about, inter
fere with Helen's management of
the house aad quarrel with ulss
Fredericks, i
The crowning Indignity came on
a Friday? afternoon la November.
Helen had bad a persistent, un
pleasant toothache all morning but
had not been able to ret the dentist
on the phone. His nurse said that
Dr. Bancroft never came ia oa Fri
days but she would try t locate him
at his club and call her back. Helen
chafed all morning under the na
rinr ache of th exoosed nerv
ner tooth or such sh supposed It
was. To add to the strain of the
situation,! Stella was riving a din
ner oartyi that night for eight per
sons and she all but quarreled with
Marl on th proper way to stud
nam with doves.
jured feelings and, what was even
worse, aware of the fact that Stella
didnt know ! what she was talking
about, had t stand by and say noth
ing. She knew better than to re
prove Stella or to take Marie's part
against Stella l
When Helen left the house Stella
was haranguing the florist over the
phone. He had made some slight
mistake ta j filling Stella's order.
Knowing itatt Helen loved red car
nations and always ordered them.
he had sent! a dozVt carnations in
stead of j the red roses Stella had
ordered. .
"Orders the roses, SteHa, but let's
keep the carnations. IH take them
up to my room," Helen suggested
as sn arew on ner gloves.
"Certainly not I It's a matter e
principle. If you're willing to let
tne tradespeople walk ail over yon,
rm notl Why should yon hsve the
additional expense? No. hell bring
th roses and take back the carna
tions. That will be a lesson to him
to pay proper attention to orders.
The ideal"
And she snapped these Instrae- -
tioas into the mouthpiece.
Helen's motor was cold. She
erked the self-starter viciously.
Her face was a vast ache that ex
tended up co ner need ana across
the back of ner aknu down to ner
aeek.
"Oh, Lord," ah prayed oftly as
she backed the car dowa th drive
way to wber it formed a semicircle
that made It possible drive ut
frontwards, "Take away this aeh
and dont let me Jump down Stella's
throat because, dear Cod. I cant
stand It any longer!"
At fir oVlocky Helen drove home
slowly. The pain in the tooth was
gone pot her bead still ached. She
wondered if Stella would mind if
pleaded a headache and re
mained upstairs. Walter wasnt
coming home tonight. He always
worked late, on the last days ex the
month, staying overnight at the
apartment. -
Helen turned np, the driveway.
It was cold and dark. The light
fmm th hntitt ahatu mrmrm mmA
hospitable. She drove into the ga
rage. Yea. she d plead a headache.
SUlla would probably be glad. It
seemea to ueien tor was sn reauy
imagining nowTl that Stella was
even more condescending than usual
when ah aad guests as IX she,
Stella, was the mistress of the bouse
and Helen a poor relation to whom
Stella bad extended her bounty.
Marie took her coat. "How's the
toothache. Mrs. Riley 7"
-Better, titan you. bat I have a
terrible headache.
Oh. what a sham. Take sam
aspirin and lie down. -She gav me
a headache- too." she added bitterly
half under her breath. .
Helea pretended sh didnt hear.
Sh went slowly apstairs. Stella
ia a bathrobe opened her door. She
was Duong her naUs.
-KeUo. feeling better 7"
"A lra& thanks. But I stUl bar
a headache. Do yon mind if I dont
com down ta dinner, 8tella?"
"Not atwll. Oh. by th way, som
relatives arother of yours blew tn.
I said yoa we cent bom and they
wonldnt waft. They acted awfully
queer. I was so busy, yen know,
that I couldnt aatertain them and
Marl was la th cellar helnina
Fredericks use the dryer. She's so
dumb she cant work It yet.".
-Relatives or mine 7 Who!" said
Helen. .
"They came In a car ... said thev
were just driviaw bv. Haverhelmer
or Heimmyer or something. They
text ia a nun, i com for th life ef
ma know way."
"My heavens! My cousins from
Brooklyn, the Havemayera. When
did they leave! When were they
here? Why didnt yoa make them
come In? Why didnt Marie serve
coffee ontfl I rot hack Oh. mw
Lord! And theyV guns! When
was ttT" Helea cried ia distraction.
"I told yon, my dear. Maria was
tn the cellar. I was too busy to fuss
with; them and really before I
turned around, they were rone!"
"Oh, this Is too much! Couldnt
you call Marie T Couldnt you be
nice to them? They're my dearest
relatives. How could yon?" Helen
wailed, tears of despair rising to
her eyes,
StelU shrugged. "How was I to
but I tell yoa I was busy with ray
dinner." (
"Your dinner! You'd think this
wag your house Instead of mine!
Yon're so wrapped op ia yourself
and your darn dinner that yoa
couldnt even be decent and Invit
my cousins tn. Oh,i I cant stand
HI, I cant stand it any longer.
Fredericks, -Fredericks, come here
at once I"
i Fredericks emerged from the
nursery wearing a rubber apron,
spattered with cereal Helen trem
hLin .w4th. 1tation, actually
shoved her into her bedroom. She
couldnt speak: she could enly
whisper over and over. "Oh, Fred
,rV;. a W?'T ot to get out of here I"
SteDa hesitated on the threshold
of her own room, She was sorry
now she had told Helen. She re
sumed her dressing, hut she was
nervous. Helen hsd really been
Vtlly opset; she'd been down
right rude if Steils wanted to be
ngly about It. . . . From Helen's
room and th nursery cam sounds
ef activity.
c7t WvndT what doing."
Stella thought uneasily,
. (To Be Continued)
CwttUU. !. ky fallu Hmm. to.
' OtwrWwuS to kjm r it- tniitmu. I,