iht OREGON STATCSIIAN, Kilqs, Ortn, Wednesday IIcrrL-. II;?,;!, 1933,
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"A'o Faror Sirajr V; No Fear Shall Atce" .
i f ; From First Statesman, March It. 1151
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Chjuozs A. SnucrE - - Editor-Manager
. Sheldon F. Sackett - - - Managing-Editor
Member of the Associated Press
The Associated 1-ress Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica
tion of all new dispatches credited to ft or not otherwise credited la
this paper.
Women in Soviet Russia
A sad picture of the life of women in Russia, particular
f those of the intellectual class, is painted in a new book,
"We, Soviet Women", written by Madame Tatiana Tcher
navin, who With her husband and son escaped about three
years ago from that unhappy land. It might be expected that
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tnose wno naa ueen weu suuaiea unaer me em regime wuum
find fault with the rule of the Soviets, but the author appar
ently made effort to adjust herself to the new, to accept its
rule and live under it. The complexities and absurdities, the
injustices and the uncertainties make life intolerable to any
one with normal human aspiration and mental poise.
A net set of overlords has been set up in the name of the
proletariat. The new masters are more harsh and more un
reasonable than the old. Living conditions are more severe
and costs of necessities are higher. Meantime the new bosses
revel in their power, incompetent as many of them are.
There is a ruthlessness which is almost a form of sadism
in the way the Soviet mind operates in brutal treatment of
-those who disagree with its "ideology". One is amazed at the
official callousness which prevails, and there is no wonder
that out of fear of incurring the distrust or dislike of offi
cialdom the people perform their tasks submissively, fearing
to rebel.
While there has been some improvement in conditions
recently, with more foodstuffs for distribution among the
people, still provisions are scarce, prices very high, and fab
ricated articles scarcely unobtainable.
Editor Ruhl of Medford, now taking the sunshine cure
in southern California, has written to the Mail-Tribune a
report of an address by Mme. Tchernavin which he heard in
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.rasaaena. one nerseu is a ivuicai Russian, a iuiuuie-aueu,
square-faced, square-rigged matron, attired in a white skirt
and a man's reefer jacket, with a very thin, high-pitched
voice." Of her address he writes that she "obviously gave the
exact truth the scientific truth one might say", and sums
up the lecture thus:
"For people of education and ability there is no place in
Soviet Russia. It's a topsy tarry land. Those best fitted by
training-, experience and character to do things are not allowed
to do them or if given the chance are so pestered and thwarted
by the red chiefs, put over them, that they can do nothing.
"Politics. Bolshevik politics, is in complete control, and
unless one Ful-mita not only to a political dictatorship but an
INTELLECTUAL dictatorship, there is no endurable existence.
The first is as cruel as the second is ignorant, and intolerant.
"A the wife of a university graduate$nd a scientist of inter
national reputation a college graduate and a scientist herself
Mme. Tatiana. her husband and her son, decided they would
rather be dead than try to live in such a country, as the Com
munists haxl made of their beloved Russia. So although in prison
they planned to escape, and from the other side of the Arctic
circle finally did escape, and lived to tell the tale.
"That's the story she tells. The experiences that led up to
the final break for liberty. We haven't read the book, but we
can say this for Tatiana Tchernavlna's talk matter of fact, pro
saic, unromactlc as it is for any thinking person we can imagine
no stronger argument against Communism, than the one she
gives."
Before -adopting the philosophy of the collectivist state, a
person ought to read "We, Soviet Women". That intensely
human document, should make the inquirer more loyal to our
own American system, even with its deficiencies and errors.
. .- " Let the Work Proceed
COMES now a Californian to offer to develop a well sys
tem for Salem, the cost of which would be far less than
a pipeline installation from the Santiam. Driller Jann
sen made a similar proposal some time ago.
The council and the commission have made their, de
cision. They should stick to it. They put down test holes
at points selected by an imported expert, with poor success.
Drillings were made in the Willamette valley bottom above
the city, at the airport, and in the Turner gap, five different
holes in three locations. One driller now proposes to go up in
the Turner flat; the Californian thinks there is an under
ground supply near the airport.
Reiterating what this paper has said before: water is
where you find it. It may be where these experts trunk,-
and it ma not be. Also it may be there in abundance this
year, and the supply may dwindle within five years. Added
difficulties are the continued cost of pumping, and the m
creased hardness of the water. Savings would be realized
because of no need for filtration.
On the basis of present information this paper doubts
the practicability of wells. There exists no proven supply
of underground water in or near Salem. Present wells are
no proof of the quantity required for the city; and the lift
would be great to force the water from the well to the reser
voir. The Willamette valley is so badly distorted geologically
and full of faults n the rock strata that the chances of get
ting the water the city needs from wells are not good.
To accept the tender of the driller may cost the city
less than to install a pipeline; but .we have little confidence
that the wells would supply continuously an adequate quan
tity of water, so it might be in a few years the city would
have to revert to surface streams for its supply anyway.
The Salem taxpayers league is conducting just a rear
guard action. It does not represent the general sentiment of
the citizens of the community. Its proposals smack of face
saving guesses. Nothing will be gained by rehearsing old
arguments about wells and rivers. A decision has been made.
.Let the work proceed. "
Legislators "Wanted!
T ANE COUNTY republicans have drafted Earl Hill of
Xl Cushman to run again for the state legislature. He was
one of the few veterans in the last house ; and as the new
assembly will have many new faces it is important to have
some experienced members there to get the house organized
and functioning. The 1935 sessions were a mess due to the
green character of legislators and ineptitude of leadership.
- There has been a dearth of filings for legislative posi
tions over the state, including Marion county. Paid starva
tion wages and then cussed roundly for what they do and do
not do, legislators soon get fed up and drop out. Senators
Hazlett of Hood River and Hess of LaGrande, both men of
more than usual ability, have refused to become candidates
for reelection.
The situation is such that groups of public-spirited cit
izens in the various counties' of the state should do like the
Lane county group did: virtually draft men of ability and
call them into public service as a duty of citizenship. Law
making is of vital importance and should not be left to the
self-starters, the quacks, the gilded promisers or the political
nitwits. While it is a good thing to freshen the membership
with new blood each biennium, it is a mistake to make a com
plete turnover of members with so many freshmen the ses
sion is demoralized.
A Eugene Townsend schemer tried to "kick Jim Mott upstairs"
to leave a holt he thought he might fill himself. Mott refused the
temptation to run against Senator McXary. expressing hla preference
to remain in the house. During the past week Mott has been doing ef
fective work la cornering the admirals on the improvement of Tongue
point near Astoria. In work like that Mott is hard to beat We only
wish he had learned sound economics somewhere along the line.
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- A man needs gymnastic training to be premier of Yugo-Slavia.
There- the- present premier. Milan Stoyadlnovich escaped assassina
tion only by dodging the ballets from theun of a member of parlia
ment. Many countries put' no falth- iir the-apherism that the pen is.
mightier than the twerderthe horse pistol. ;. '
The Great Game
of Politics
By IfRANK R. KENT
Coprrfght 143. ay The BsUbasrs tra
A Vengeful Spirit
Washington. March 1 0.
SOON OR late the significance of
these "coincidences" by which
salts against citizens alleging con
spiracy, fraud
or failure to
pay taxes in
variably hap
pen to be instl
t a t e d against
conspicuous op
ponents of the
idnlili
tration or those
who have in
curred its dis
pleasure as cri
tics, may sink
into the pub-
lie consc 1 o u s-ness.
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Frank B. Krai
THEY SEEM altogether too many
and too well timed to be free
from Intent, At any rate, they
hare succeeded in creating a fear
of the government which never
existed in this country. It is the
sort of thing common enough un
der European dictators but here
tofore unknown here. That men
who openly differ with the admin
istration should feel in danger
of governmental reprisals, and
that others who believe the reelec
tion of Mr. Roosevelt a menace
to the nation should hesitate to
say so and, in fact, cover up by
surface support, lest they be the
object of attack, is a state of af
fairs as un-American as it is out
rageous.
THE LATEST "coincidence" Is
the reported effort to collect gift
taxes on some 13,000.000 given
away by Senator Couzens. of Mich
igan. Some time ago Senator Couz
ens was loosed upon witn con
siderable favor by the new deal
ers, but not now. For the past
few months Mr. Couzens, who is
one member of the senate who al
ways says exactly what is in his
mind, has been telling a good
many people just what kind of a
general mess he thinks the new
deal is.
IT IS said that he so expressed
himself in some very high quar
ters, indeed. Also, he publicly
charged that Walter J. Cummings,
treasurer of the democratic com
mittee, was receiving salaries to
taling $90,000 a year from RFC
borrowers, which, if it does not
border on the scandalous, at least
is ridiculous in an administration
publicly devoted to the "under
privileged." That news of the ef
fort to soak Senator Couzens
should follow so quickly upon the
heels of his assault on Mr. Cum
mings, and other acts of "reeal-
itrancy" may, of course, be a
coincidence." But these "coinci
dences" are happening so often
that they get right hard to believe
in.
o
WHETHER the suit against Mr.
Couzens will be pressed is doubt
ful. Mr. Couzens is a candidate for
reelection this year. But he hap
pens also to be one of the most
nscarable men In public life, as
those who recall the famous Mel-lon-Couzens
feud well know. If the
administration continues the ef
fort, it will get no plaintive plea
to be let alone from Senator Couz
ens. What it will get will be a
pretty stiff fight. It, of course, has
immense advantanges in such a
fight; but that makes no differ
ence to Mr. Couzens. He hasn't
had a good, healthy fight for a
long time and he sorely misses it.
THE point is that, while this ef
fort will not scare the unscarable
Couzens, it .helps spread fear and
inculcate the belief that the tax
branch of the government can be
used as an instrument to punish.
Another instrument about which
this idea exists is the black lobby
committee, whose snooping seiz
ure of private telegrams prepara
tory to reopening its "investiga
tions" has caused an outburst of
indignation in all sections. The
feeling is general that Senator
Black, who heads this committee,
is afflicted with a "persecutor
complex. that he Is more con
cerned with trying to make polit
ical capital for the administration
than anything else, that his at
tacks are directed exclusively
against Individuals and organiza
tions hostile to the new deal, that
those friendly are left entirely
alone.
THE FACT that the federal com
munications commission made it
possible for Senator Black to use
his "secret police" to seize tele
grams of hundreds of private in
dividuals for his Paul Pry pur
poses seems conclusive evidence
that the administration is back
of him. The plain truth is that be
hind all this love your neighbor
and humanitarian slush with
which the new deal propaganda
reeks; back of these professions
of high ideals and noble purpose,
and back of the smug self-righteousness
which characterizes its
principal spokesmen, there is in
this administration a vindictive
streak, a ruthless and vengeful
spirit, which enable it to use gov
ernmental agencies to punish, just
as it is using the weight of the
great federal machine, construct
ed in defiance of the platform
pledge in the effort to continue its
power.
Bits for Breakfast
BjR. J. HENDRICKS
Woman who had been S-ll-JI
governor's -wife wrote
Ruth Rover, Sd Oregon book:
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(Continuing from yesterday:)
It Is evident that Mrs. Bailey was
a food sport, and concealed from
her distinguished and other visit
ors all appearances of her marital
troubles and disappointments.
She bad evidently resolved to
make the best of it; and she per
haps had hopes that her talented,
industrious husband m 1 a h t re
form, and stay sober and act the
part of a good husband.
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Her book shows that they start
ed east together, by water, around
Cape Horn, in 1842. Part way on
that 13.000 -odd mile trip. Dr,
Bailey stopped, intending to re
turn home, and Mrs. Bailey went
on her way alone.
Later, he changed his mind.
and soon after her arrival at her
Massachusetts home he came, too
They returned to Oregon together
in the latter part of 1843.
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As said before, he was not pres
ent to vote at the Champoeg meet
ing of May 2, 1843. He could not
be on both sides of the American
continent the same day. Not with
in less than six to seven months,
as travel was then.
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The Alfred Powers book tells
of a writer on the Portland Ore-
gonian in 1854, under the name
of "Squills," reviewing the book
of Mrs. Bailey, in a very uncom
plimentary, ungallant manner.
"Squills" said the work was a
credit to the printers, but that he
seldom read books of feminine
production, believing their (the
females') province to be darning
stockings, pap and gruel, chil
dren, cook stoves, and the sundry
little affairs that make life com
paratively comfortable and makes
them, what Providence designed
help-meets. '
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"Squills" said Ruth Rover was
a "school marm," evidently a
thing of contempt to him, and he
wrote that her book showed she
had had three lovers, concerning
the last of whom (no donbt Mr.
Eailey), she wrote:
1 ran think of him only as a
grave with a poison flag growing
above it and contaminating the
air with its poisonous breath.' "
He wrote further: "To call it
(the book) trash would be impo
lite, for the writer is an 'au
thoress. Pages 8 6 and 87 contain
some pretty morceaux (morsels)
from Ruth's diary.
"We think, however.' that pri
vate biographies are an affliction
barely tolerable. . . . Who the
dickens cares about the existence
of a fly, or in whose pan of mo
lasses the Insect disappeared?"
S
But Ruth in her second volume
comes bark ai the savage and un
gallant "Squills," giving him
brickbat for mud, better and
cleaner than he sent.
.
Mrs. Bailey had an itch for ex
pression. She contributed rery
early to the Oregon Spectator.
Oregon City, first newspaper pub
lished west of the Missouri river.
"May Horning la Oregon, la the
ninth number of that every other
weekly paper, issue of May .18,
1848, was written by her. It read:
!
'Oh, well I remember those sun
ny mornings
Those sweet lovely mornings
in May,
With blackbirds sweet singing,
and flowers gaily flinging
Their fragrance in silence away.
I
The deer, from the forests, now
venture to" sally
To crop the new grass of the
mead:
The wolves, tired of hunting, bo
longer will dally,
And for sleep to their dens
quickly speed.
The farmer, his wheat which was
sown in the fall.
Leans over bis fence to admire;
"The plowing and sowing Is done
for this spring;
Boys, the oxen some rest do
require.
Unyoke them and turn - them
adrift with the moles;
Till harvest we'll " not need
them again";
Now see them released from their
fetters and toils
Go bounding away o'er the
plain.
The gardens how fair! the green
leaves just peeping
O'er the earth which the dew
has refreshed.
Whose heart is not warmed, when
their beauties beholding
Has winter etill locked in his
breast.
One morning, like this, when the
children assembled
To learn how to read and to
pray.
From my window I saw two ladies
departing.
To spend with a neighbor the
day.
For a moment, the pleasure which
they would receive.
Inhaling the free fragrant air
Bro't a shade o'er my thought,
and caused me to grieve
"Isift It About Time You Fellows Began Building?'
But quickly returning to my duty
again. ' "
I was able tokeep on my way;
Feeling glad I was EVER permit
ted to see
And rejoice in the beauties of
May."
February, 1S4I. M. J. B.
Mrs. Bailey without doubt was
harking back in poetic muse to
her school teaching days at the
Jason Lee mission. Spring mutt
have come in February to the dis
trict around the site of Salem in
one of those years, 1838 to 1840.
(Continued tomorrow.)
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"DAUGHTERS OF VENUS" w
Twenty Years Ago j
March 11, 1916
One hundred and six seniors
will be graduated from Salem high
school this spring.
Newton D. Baker
secretary, of war.
U the new
Painless Parker has taken over
the offices of Dr. W. A. Cox.
J Ten Years Ago J
March 11. 1121
A man believed to be Roy
D'Autremont was seen in Redding,
Calif., yesterday.
The state
opens today.
basketball tourney
Wetzel Denies Assault,
Battery Charges Made
Against Him by Wife
SILVERTON, March 10 AlU
Wetiel pleaded not guilty to a
charge of assault and battery be
fore Judge Air O. Nelson at Sil
verton Monday. Wetiel was re
leased on a $250 bond with the
trial set for April 9. The warnnt
was sworn out by Mrs. Wetzel
Saturday night.
Heated debate on prohibition
stirred both houses of congress.
Carl McGhees Vigit
LYONS, March 10. Mr. and
Mrs. Carl McGhee of Cashmere,
Wash., visited here over the week
end. The McGhees have a variety
store in Cashmere and are well
pleased with their new location.
Joseph Doerfler, Sr.,
Is Home Seriously Dl at
Home in Waldo Hills
WALDO HILLS, March 10.
Joseph Doerfler is seriously ill at
his home here suffering from the
effects of flu. Mr. and Mrs. Doerf
ler celebrated their 54 th wedding
anniversary in January.
Mr. and llrs. Victor Rue left
Tuesday on the first lap of their
journey back to Juneau, Alaska,
their home.
Hosts For Dance
SILVER FALLS, March 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Parkhurst
entertained Saturday night at
their home for a group of 50
friends at an old time dance. Mu
sic for the dance was furnished by
Jack Patton and the Stark Broth
ers. Refreshments were served.
F6ur-H Club Meets
RIVERVIEW, March 10. The
Riverview 4-H stock club held its
regular monthly meeting Monday.
The newly organized Farm Ac?
count club also held a business
meeting at this time.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COP ELAND, M. D.
United Slates senator from New York
Former CotnmUtioner of Health,
Ilea York City
, MAN IS born to trouble as ths
sparks fly upward. H suffers from
many aliments. Som of thm are
only partially understood, Tet by
means of modern methods of treat
ment many of them can b controlled.
Among such, on of ths most com
mon is diabetes.
Medical rt search workers are daily
seeking the solution of ths mysteries
surrounding this disease. So far no
on has discovered the actual cause
of diabetes. Nor is yet baa there
been devised a remedy which will ac
tually cure this affliction.
I venture to say that a goodly
number of persons believe diabetes Is
curable. They point to the discovery
of insulin and Its marvelous "curs
tlv" effects. Insulin has Indeed
proved to be a great boon In tb
treatment of diabetes, and the con
trol of Its symptoms, but unfortu
nately it is not a curs for ths dls-
Wills Going Home
SILVERTON. March 10 Tom
Wills who has been at the Sil-
verton hospital for the past few
days suffering from pneumonia:
was able to- b. removed to kis
home-Monday, tj
Tb victim of this trouble has an
Insufficient supply of ths natural In
sulin which is secreted by certain
cells of the pancreas If that organ la
normal. Tbs substance is required
to help burn starches and sugars. If
there Is a deficiency, foods that are
vital to health are not properly util
ized. Ttasrs Is n accumulation of
sugar In ths tissues of ths body.
It Cons a met Sugar
When the artificially prepared in
sulin Is given to diabetic ths i
cess of sugar found In the blood and
tissues is properly Consumed. Then
there are developed beat and energy
which are essentia to -food beaKh.
Insulin . Is t . given - In varying
amounts, depending npoi the age and.
weight of the patient and the extent
of ths disease. It .must be injected
through a needle. If taken by mouth
It is destroyed by the juices of the
stomach. Accurate dosage and proper
administration are imperative. If
taken Incorrectly serious disturbances
occur. An overdose may mean shock,
convulsions or even more serious
effect. But if taken nnder medical
supervision there Is no danger.
Within recent years ths adminis
tration of Insulin bas been so per
fected that it is given to young children.
Not every rase of diabetes requires
insulin.. Often the disorder Is mild
In Its nature and due to overweight
and indiscretions In the diet When
such patients are placed on a suit
able diet, one free from an excess of
starches and fatty food, the symp
toms disappear. Where diet alone
is not sufficient to get rid of ths over-
accumulation of sugar. Insulin should
be given.
Answers to Health Que rial
O. B. M. Q. Would a severe Ill
ness cause the hair to fall out? I
am only 24 years of age and have
never been troubled In this way be
fore. What do you advise?
A. Thla condition la not nsusual
under such circumstances. Improve
your general health. The use of a
good, stimulating hair tonic win help
to overcome the trouble. For further
particulars send a self -addressed,
stamped envelope and repeat your
question.
Dr. Copelani U glad to cancer
rsqsfries from reader tefco mtnd '
mddreoted stamped envelopes with
their question a. All inquiries
should ee mddressed to alas i -
cmre of this newspaper. . .
(Copyright. UStF.MJai
SYNOPSIS
Juliet Rankin's pulchritude wins
her an execoti ve position in the beau
ty institute operated by wealthy
Madame Hubert. At nrst. Thomas
O'Hara. the handsome manager, is
antagonistic cowards Juliet, but he
finally admits he is in love with her
and has-been trying to fight It. Dae
to bis fatal resemblance to her dead
sweetheart, Juliet submits to his
caresses. Finding them together.
Dr. Frans von Guerdon, beauty
specialist, also in love with Juliet,
is insanely jealous. Later, Juliet
tries to convince O'Hara that they
do not love each other but were
both overcome with emotion that
night she permitted him te kiss her
He shows her an engagement and a
wedding ring saying. "Here's how
much I meant it sap that I wast
Juliet is assigned to work with Von
Guerdon. It is when he concen
trates on bis work, ignoring her.
that Juliet likes him best. Katie
Schmidt, a homely, poorly dressed,
illiterate girl, calls for an estimate
on a facial operation. Without
flinching. Katie hears it would cost
$3,000, Saying T ain't got it and I
will never have that much" she
disappears into the obscurity from
which th hid come. Juliet refuses
Voa Guerdons invitation to din
ner. That night, lonely and rest
leas, she regrets her action. She
tven welcomes a visit from meek.
little lfcSpadden who brings Juliet
some plants tor her new apart
sent. Mrs. McSpadden arrives just
as they are having a cocktail and
literally drags her husband out.
Juliet is put in charge of the "Ap-
T-I..L. m w Amm
Schmidt returns with the S3.000
for her ooeration. claiming she sold
her farm. Katie asks Juliet to put
in a good word for her with O'Hara
after she Is beautified. McSpadden
informs Juliet that bis wife plans
to make trouble. Von Guerdon
learns of the incident and takes
Juliet's part knowing her interest
in McSpadden was one of sympa
thy. When Juliet voices ner sur
prise at bis attitude, he replies.
"Jut be cans you prefer O Hara
to me doesn't necessarily indicate
that I d a scoundrel.
CHAPTER XVIII
Now for the first time she began
to feel at ease in the companionship
of Von Guerdon.
"I said I didn't prefer O'Hara
and I don't," she informed him
slowly. "But that aoesnt mean
that I'm anywhere near falling: in
tore with yea either. But I do think
yea're nice.'
"That isn't rood enough,'' he in
formed her stonily.
"I'm sorry, it's the best I can
do," said Juliet frankly. BOX
wfll be friends, wont we?"
"Friends! What an empty word
between us. Believe me please, well
leave friendship far behind some
day. The trouble with yon, Juliet,
is that yon are bund.1
Von Guerdon drove Juliet heme
in his roadster. She was tempted
to ask him up for a cocktail but ft
seemed like inviting more declara
tion of love.
As a friend, a companion, a danc
ing partner, he would have been ad
mirable, cut utere coma oe no
pleasure in an association where
she would be constantly hounded
with his determined assaults.
At the present moment the re
spected him more than ever before
if he persisted in his love-making
be would aeon he ridiculous, u -was
better for both their takes to eat It
short. -
Next day disaster like a thunder
clap descended upon the Institute.
It looked like the end of everything.
Madame Hubert was crashed in a
traffic accident and rushed to a hos
pital with scant hopes of living un
til sunset.
Voa Guerdon, dashirg for the
hospital, gave Juliet the news as
the entered the Institute. For once,
he seemed agitated.
"If she's conscious when you get
there tell her . I'm saying a
prayer . . ."
Juliet found O'Hara sitting at his
desk a figure of dismay, trying to
be bustling and active although
there was a strange whiteness in his
skin.
"What's the latest you've heard?"
Juliet asked.
A pale humorless smile not pleas
ant to see formed on O'Hara s lips.
"She's darned bad off. The spine
is injured and they're going to oper
ate. Von Guerdon is on the way to
the hospital now."
Juliet sat down staring at him.
-WiD she liver
"Ifs a miracle if she does."
O'Hara declared. "It was all that
rotten chauffeur's fault probably
drunk. Her limousine was busted
wide open, like a paper shoebox."
"Is she suffering much?"
"Better for her if she was." he
grunted. "She's practically para
lyzed and only conscious about half
the tune they say.
"That's bad," said Juliet.
"Her age is against her too. A
fine woman a great woman good
for any number of years when this
brutal accident had to come. Makes
me tick at the stomach. Well it
means the lie's up with the Insti
tate." The whole room seemed to darken
with tragedy. Energy and initia
tive had vanished out of everything.
The place was a complicated ma
chine, gone suddenly inert because
the Dover v&s tu rad off.
"Oh, I cant believe that." said
Juliet. "It's too unfair that a life
Hke hers could be crushed out for
no reason at all Like an insect .. ."
"Only her will-power has been
holding everything- together."
U liara told her despondently. "Ton
might as weil know now yoa 11
find it out sooner or later, we're
in rotten shape. Have been for
over a year. Stretched to the break-
a . w at
mg pome ii we were mcorporatea
it might be different. We couid have
sold stock and bolstered things an.
Hubert would never stand for that.
thoogt. It has been a one-woman
concern and she owned everything."
I aunt understand how the busi
ness could be in bad thtpe," Juliet
said thoughtfully. "Of course, I
dont know the figures but it
seems to me the income must be
tremendous."
"So it has been although not as
large as you might suspect," said
O'Hara. -"Hubert's pride was ter
rific That' why she always kept
the place over-staffed, even during
the dull periods. And there is a
dead drag of bad debts. You'd be
surnrised at the neonie who irnore
their bills, because they know it is
bad adverusinr for us to sue. On
top of that, the demand for our
cosmetics hat been going down huL
Too much competition from those
Frenchmen and the big firms in
New York."
"I can understand about the cos
metics falling off." said Juliet
thoughtfully.
I cant. ThevTs as rood as an
on the market." O 'Hare's voice
was stubborn. "The only difference
is in the bottles and the DaeJcares.
Cold creams and lotions and
I sticks are about the same whoever
makes them."
"No. they arent all alike and
the difference is mainly in the fra
grance," said Juliet firmly. "A man
wouldn't know the difference. Our
stuff simply reeks with those heavy
oriental perfumes musk and am
ber and the like. That was all right
years ago when, women tried to be
exotic and mysterious. Those odors
suggest an airless French boedoir.
They mirht seem distinguished to
Madame Hubert but the modern
"This whole place will fall apart
like a jig-saw puzxle if she dies."
he- said hurriedly. "She's a .fiend
and a devil and a fool bat, bj hea
en, she's geniasl"
Juliet followed him to his ear, n
ghastly ernptiness in her heart. She
didnt lore the add. witch-like eld
creature, scarcely like her wren.
Bat. as with Won Guerdon, Juliet
felt an admiration that, in at crista,
amounted nearly to tenderness. ,
American woman is going in for a
sort of outdoor naturalness. More
(Train ins and fresh air."
I hadn't noticed it" minted
OHira.
His eyes focused noon Jnliet
with a rathering interest. Talk
ike this had never occurred in his
office bef ere.
"Ton miarht be right, at that."
he said slowly. "If yoa had ideas
ike this why dldnl yoa jpuj them
before? But ft doesart matter now.
it's too late. The whole thing is
down the hatch, I ha vent even the
authority to sign this week's salary
checks. Well all be in the streets
by Saturday night."
Nothing. Juliet felt, could onibs
justify O'Hara's pessimism. It-was
a shock to find the Institute was
not highly profitable, for Juliet bad
imagined it simply reeked with
profit.
"I dont know much about busi
ness," she told him. "but after all
it's just common sense. If we need
the money to carry on, I'm quite
sure one of the big banks would be
glad to lend almost any sum. This
building alone "
O'Hara made a grating noise like
a laugh which was unpleasant to
hear. It Jangled Juliet s nerves.
"We know all about banks! Hu
bert owned this lot but she bor
rowed the money to put up the
building. Part of the loan is paid
back but there is two hundred thou
sand dollars outstandings Trust the
banks as soon as they heard that
Hubert had an accident they phoned
here to say that they could give us
no more extensions. There s fifty
thousand dollars coming due next
month and if we don't pay on the
nail they'll foreclose. Ifs business
and yoa cant blame them. With
Madame Hubert out of the picture
they're scared strff.
Juliet kept telling; herself over
and over that things could not be as
bad as O'Hara believed. A business
that looked solid as a reck couldn't
jost crumble to dost tike that
There was a bad side to it of
course but there must also be a
rood side. All of them she, O'Hara,
Von Guerdon, Madame Hubert
were like people climbing a dark
and dusty flight of stairs. There
would be relief and sunshine at the
landing on the top.
Uut you cant rive up just be
cause Ton 're in a tight soot I" she
cried. "In comparison with a busi
ness like this, fifty thousand dollars
is nothing. Madame Hubert can
sell that diamond dog-collar of hers
and the rest of her jewels can bor
row on them "
Somethinr tike a sneer came to
O'Hara's face.
"That diamond dor-coflar.V he
said, "has been paste for the fast
two years. The eld lady is a dead
game sport, and she threw every
thinr she had into the pot Ne. the
plain fact is that we bit off too
much. We are over-built. Yon
didnt know, did you. that we have
three floors that arent even fur
nished. This plant hat a capacity
ef four times the business we are
doing, and we've cot to nay for the
excess. If Hubert has to die, I hope
it happens before she realizes the
crash has come."
It dawned apoa Juliet that O'Hara
had not for an instant thought
about himself in this debacle. His
despair was aQ for the Institute
for Madame Hubert.
A curious thinr about this place
was that it had absorbed her. too.
She scarcely remembered self.
There was nothinjr particularly ad
mirable about the business Juliet
was smart enough to know that a
lot of it was Dure charlatanry. Nor
was Madame Hubert a heroic fig
ure. Indeed, the harsh rusty crea
ture showed uttle loveliness of
character and less ef personality,
yet somehow she had created an at
mosphere that had worth and fas
cination.
"Whether Madame Hubert lives
or dies," said Juliet, "I simply will
not allow myself to believe that
everything here must perish. Who
are her heirs?"
"I dont know nrobahlT soma
distant nephews In France she's
never even teen. Maybe none at
au. Who knows! I m supposed to
be general manager, yet I know
scarcely anything. This whole busi
ness rat made op of eold creams
and bricks and real estate and peo
ple like ns. The whole thinr is Just
an idea that exists in the old lady's
skulL It's aU there an when she
dies it die with hex."
The telephone ran?. O'Hara
rpokt Into it briefly aid then lis
tened. When he hnnr rap he turned
his back to Jnliet and looked silent
ly out the window.
-well?-
It looks like the last curtain."
he said despondently, without turn
ing. "Get on your hat and coat,
we're roinr to the hospital. Von
Guerdon is with her and she has
sent for us too. Be says her con
dition looks blacker than ever
f Jnliet went and stood behind hiri.
One ef her hands rested onifci
shoulder. He reached t and tot
a in a ngnt eiasp.
(To Be Continued)
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