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'if CZZQ021 STATIIXAII, Ealen. Oregon, Sunday Slorntas, June 2I,1S3o
Founded
" ?No Favor Sway Us; Xo Fear ShaU Atee"
' From First Statesman, March 28. 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
, Charles -A. Spsacue EditorSlanager
Sheldon F. Sackett - . - - llanagiug-EdiioT
,' Tt ilembrt of the Associated Press
The AjuocbJtrt Press to exclusively entitled to the us tor publica
tion ef aU cwa dispatches credited te It or not otherwise credited ts
tiiis paper. -
V "Wings Over lh& World
RECENTLY a dinner was given in honor of Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, intrepid explorer. At the dinner Ad
. rniral Byrd declared his intention of devoting the re
mainder of his life to promote international amity, save for
two years which he may devote to further exploration in a
field he did not name. Tbeimpulse to consecrate his life in be
half of world concord came to him while he was alone in the
outh Arctic. There he pondered over the problems of the
tvorld and concluded it was the airplane which gave the world
Its new war fears. He said:
Tit. la the fear of wings over the world that Is helping to
drive as deeper and deeper into International insanity.'
Admiral Byrd then read, a page from his diary written
it Advance Base when he did not know that he would return
7iv TliJewas tiTt9W! " v r - -s. " .
. I find that I mast take charge of my mind or It- will take
' charge of me. One of my diversions Is to try to set an unpreju
diced mental picture of civilisations The distance and detach
ment of thia place seem to soften some human tollies. Others
take on added significance. But from here the great folly of aU
follies is the amazing attitude of civilized nations towards each
. other. It seems a great madness. If this attitude is not changed,
- f Hnn'l most Iiav our hrilizattnm u wa Vnnw It will mrviva T
wonder if it i possible that the infinite diversions of civilization
-. act as a narcotic to doll the mind ot the human race to Its dan
. gr. - - ' . ; . ' 'vv
'Fear, antagonism and reprisals seem to be the. role
among nations which. In their conduct toward each ether, are, '
I believe, 20,t00 rears behind the Individual civilised citizen In
, his conduct toward his neighbor. In fact, international relations
are often highly primitive. The well-being of a nation depends ,
upon the well-being of its' neighbor nation and fair and friend
ly trade relations with those nations. , , ,.
? Therefore, it appear to me that if a citizen desires reas
onable prosperity and. well-being for his family. and his fellow ,
citizenst-he should strive for friendly understanding among the
. family of nations. That seems the, loyal and efficient thing to do
for his country.. I feel this so keenly that If I survive this or
deal 1 shall devote what is left of my life largely to trying to
help further the friendship ot my country with other nations of
the world.; ".V . ' -: - '-v . - - ,."
Wings over the world. WlH ihey. be black wings, the
wrings of fear that ride on the grey bombers of war? Or will
they be "white wings, the wings of peace that ride on the
planes of commerce and travel? Admiral Byrd will dedicate
bis life to making the wings white instead of black, to driv
ing out black fears which foment wars, and building up
tnderstanding which sustains peace.
A-Backward Step
TTT-I t - " WW 3.. A. - X
Itrtxi announcea piaa .-. oi "jrovernor iuaixm 10 ixansiex
youthful convicts' from the state penitentiary to the.boya
training school is a throw-back to antiquated ideas of
penology that Oregon ought not to tolerate. It defies all
progress in treatment of wayward youth. If carried out it
will probably demoralize the constructive work of the state
training school. It may be granted that it is a mistake to in
carcerate youthful criminals with mature and old - felons.
By the same logic it is dangerous to include with boys guilty
if minor offenses, some of them mere children, the young
men who have committed crimes
mitment to the psnitentiary. .
The proper person to assign
finement is the judge. He'hears the case, knows the prin
cipals, knows the conditions surrounding the youth and
should know something of his possibilities for reform. He is
the committing magistrate. He has wide latitude in exercise
of parole powers. When therefore the judge commits a young
man to the penitentiary or a boy to the training school that
rommitment should stand until the sentence is completed or
arole is granted. - :
If to save money, because, the penitentiary is filling up,
Hie state transfers the young convicts to the training school,
It is apt to breed more convicts for the future. Undoubtedly
the announcement of the transfer will arouse those interested
In the training school and its inmates to strenuous protest
The state does need an intermediate institution where
first offenders may be confined, and thus segregated from
hardened criminals. That the
an institution does not justify shipping the young convicts
to the training school where,boys are sent whose offenses are
minor and whose prospect of reformation through training is
ood. -
' . ; With no previously developed program for receiving the
convicts or for their instruction and training, and no special
staff trained for this new type of work the training school
:annot help but suffer in the task for which it was created.
; Turning loose a few tough eggs of 19 and 20 with the child
ren of 13 and 14, whose steps already have faltered in the
path of right conduct is a threat which, citizens interested
la the training of boys will not fail to recognize. :
l- r - Lcmkc a Caadidatc
HERE on the country's rim it is hard to see where William
Lemke will get far as third party candidate for pres
idency. He is not very well known, and his annbunce
ment was prefaced by no "build-up of his name. Father
Coughlin announced his support after Lemke declared his
candidacy. Dr. Townsend said the matter would be referred
to the Townsend convention which meets later in the sum
, trier in Cleveland. .
Lemke is not the candidate of the nascent farmer-labor
party. That group plans no national ticket for this year. It
looks to 1940 with Governor Olson of Minnesota or Senator
LaFoIlette. Organized labor will not back him officially, be
cause labor leaders are more astute and try to throw their
influence where it win have real weight. , v
While the chance for Lemke's winning the election are
so slim as to be negligible, in spite of the talk of 20,000,000
votes and all that, his vote might have influence as a balance
ef power factor. Even there the result is not dear. Some re
publicans predict that Lemke will 1 draw off the radical
fringe from Roosevelt, thus weakening the latter. Here again
. one may not be too sure. Lemke is .best known in the centra
northwest which is normally
might injure the Landon cause.
A safer conjecture, it seems at this stage. is that the
Lemke vote will be small, far
Bob LaFoIlette in 1924. Most
where it wiU really count. That has always meant in this
country a two-man race. Only
. group to Lemke would give him
there partisan feelings are apt
the Townsend followers in their regular parties.
. : .... ... .... ,
The democrats are considering abolishing the two-thirds rule.
The results in the future can hardly be foretold; but looking at the
past the Baltimore convention of 1911 cornea to mind when Champ
. Clark had a majority bat failed of two-thirds and Bryan finally
twitched the nomination to Wilson. Speculators may spin their
iuight-hare-be.enon that Instance
rule.. - .
- A speaker before the Pacific
olorr and medicine said the other
b beneficial in eases of diabetes and kidney disease. Looking at the
statistics of eirarette sales one would hardly, think there were that
many diabetics ta the world. -
District of Columbia 'doctors
hi3i thev are considering keeping bim confined -until after the
Washington state primaries. That
tar. Seattle once elected a man
Jail on a morals charge.
US!
as heinous as to meritcom-
youth for correction or con
state has not established such
republican. :z Defection there
-Ziy-'MX'-j-'--'---
smaller than that of Senator
folk want to use their vote
the "switch of the Townsend
a vote of much size : and even
to be strong-enough to hold
ot the operation of the two thirds
- . - .."y
coast society for experimental bi
day that cigarette 'smoking may
:
are puzzled over ZIoncheck. Per-
doesn't promise to solve the-mat
to the legislature while he was In
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Tlie Great Game
of Politics
; By FRANK R. KENT
Ooprrisfci 19JV f The Bittlmore Ins
Democratic Dissenters
v 1 ; Vaabington, June 18.
THERE ARB a great many regu
lar Democrats this year in as un
comfortable position. They have
to cnoo8 one
ot three alter
natives first,
they can - re
main Democra
tic and support
a man whose
Judgment they
distrust, whose
policies th ey
ebhor and
whose Democ
racy they deny;
or t h e y c a a
stay away front
the polls; or
i
frank B. Km they e a a Tote
the Republics ticket.
WHAT THE Individual Democrat
does will depend upoa the depth
of his dislike, of Mr. Roosevelt and
the strength with him of the party
labeL It la the first time such a
choice has been forced upon reg
ular Democrats in a good msny
years. Ko one whose memory
goes back, to the days of William
Jennings 'Bryan - can help being
impressed with the similarity ef
the present situation to. that ex
isting d Briar Mr. Bryan's three
candidacies for the Presidency.
While there are many differences,
of coarse, still the party is split
along identical lines and the po
litical strategy as well as the po
litical phllosophr of Mr. Bryan
and Mr. Roosevelt are essentially
the same. The Bryan effort was
to array the workers and the
farmers against , what he called
the "Interests." This is exsctly
the Roosevelt plan as made plain
by hia i own speeches. Ty pro
nouncements from such spokesmen;
as Dr. Tugwell and by the general
tone of the Democratic publicity.
Both men make precisely, -the
same class appeal. Each pictures
the opposition to him as wicktd
and each has the same effect up
on conservative Democrats. .
IT IS TRUE that the Constitu
tional Issue was not raised in the
Bryan campaign, but the revolt
within the party was against what
was considered the unsoundness
of his economic policies,- It la
true, too, that Mr. Bryan did not
go as far to the left as Mr. Roose
velt, bat he had the support, of the
labor leaders of his day and, like
Mr. Roosevelt, he was the hero ef
the silver statesmen and inflation
ists. And he had the support of
the Progressive Republicans of
his period, plus the,, crackpot rad
icals. Mr. Bryan was beaten three
times, because In addition te op
position from the almost solid
business element, a vast number
of regular Democrats would not
vote for blm. That is exactly the
situation today. The business and
professional elements are over
whelmingly against the New Deal
and in every State there are Dem
ocrats who will choose one of the
three alternatives above mention
ed. -
HOWEVER, this does not mean
that Mr. Roosevelt will be beaten,
because Mr. Roosevelt has politi
cal advantages ot which Mr. Bry
an was completely destitute. For
example, Mr. 'Roosevelt is Presi
dent ot the United States, backed
by the weight of the greatest office-holding
. machine the world
has ever seen. He is clothed with
immense Federal powers and the
full strength of the State Demo
cratic organizations. Mr. Bryan
was on the outside, without mon
ey, machine, patronage or power.
And he was not in position to
force hostile politicians of his own
party into line. As a Roosevelt
asset, too, can be listed the bil
lions ot dollars placed in his
hands for relief and public works
and the other billions poured out
la subsidies to the farmers. How
ever much he may disclaim any
political .use of, these vast sums.
the fact remains that the local
politicians supporting him -and
his own political managers are
squeezing the last ounce of polit
ical advantage out of this money.
Then, too, Mr. Roosevelt has the
radio, which Mr. Bryan lacked.
He has besides the most elaborate
and extensive propaganda and
publicity organization ever dream
ed of in politics and a large army
of press agents oa the Govern
ment pay roll whose real Job la to
popularize his Administration. AH
of these things Mr. Bryan lacked
and yet it required a great deal
of work to defeat him.
THOSE WHO feel that Mr. R.
velt can be. defeated despite his
great advantages.rest their hopes
upon two ' general eoavtettons
first, that the Republicans
normally the major party and are
united behind the Landon ticket.
There is no sack. Republican dis
affection as caused by prohibition
and the depression in 1932. Sec
ond, that the Democrats are nor
mally In minority and are now
badly split. Those things being
true, under normal conditions the
Democratic ticket should be
doomed. But these are not nor
mal conditions and It narrows
down to two things first, the
Extending
ONE of the most hopeful signs for good government is the
growing sentiment for civil service in federal offices.
Already the civil service
departments of government.
the new agencies which were
democratic "clearance". Friday the lower house defeated a
biD to put aO first, second and third class postmasters under
civil service. A roll call on the bill was, forced by Minority
Leader SneH but it failed to receive a majority of the whole
membership, the vote being 204 for to 112 against. Eventual
ly the reform will come, however. - -
, One of the bold stands taken by Governor Landon was
his unqualified endorsement of universal civil service for all
officials in the government under the higher ranks, irach as
assistant secretaries of departments, and including all' post-masterships.-
He made this clear in a telegram read at the
convention before his nomination. It is a challenge for real
political reform. - ,
"
James Montgomery Flagg.
oft the list of the six most handsome actors. That is all right with us; money raised in Oregon will be
he could even be left off the list of actors as far as we are concerned, come part of a' national endow-
Bits for Breakfast
-. -By R. J. HENDRICKS
Dick Smith the "Kid" , . ,- 1-31 1
character In tha story . : ; :" ,
of Kit Carson; who can .'.
elucidate this history? 4
.v : .
(Continuing from yesterday?
Quoting farther from Vestal: i
rrhe others stood and - watched
him, somehow aware that the mo
ment was Important. ; " -1 -
"Kit glanced " at them, then
passed the ban of his thumb over
the sharp edge of the knife. He
looked . Inquiringly at Swing
Young. It would be-.war up to
the hilt up to 'Green River
rwhar's the grindstone, Cap's? be
asked. .....
S W .
"Swing Young let every ene la
Taos suppose he was headln for
the Slates. He led his 49 mount
ain men oa the trail to the Ratoa
pass and the Arkansas river, then
the boundary between the United
States and Mexico.
-' V '.
"But after 50 miles or so. as
soon as he had left the Mexican
officials safely behind, he turned
hs face to the southwest back
to the country of those Apaches
who had bested his last brigade.
"We'JI see who has a right to
this country said the Captain
(Young).
The 40 trappers rode with hia,
a motley cavalcade, the French
Canadians gay and garrulous, the
Americans grim and tectum as
usual, though ready to burst out
into furious - spasms ef roifk
mirth or profsnity. -
m
" Their ' ponies moved steadily
along at rack or Indian fox trot,
and the pack males scuffled after
through -the dun, to the- move
ment of flopping possible (sup
ply) sacks snd the clink ot traps.
Most of the men wore bine
shirts, long, full skirted buck
skin hunting coats, leather
breeches and leggins, moccasins
slouch hats.' or bandanas -turban-
ed around thefr heads.
" AI1 ; carried rifles, -sheath
knives, bullet poaches and powd
er horns; whetstones, cases for
pipe and tobacco, . . . Some had
pistols In their belts, some hatch
ets. - - ?.
"They pushed on day after day.
passing through the country of
the Navajo, passing the pueblo of
Zuni, where Kit . looked tn rain
for the 'white Injuns' fabled to
Inhabit there.
At last they reached the head
waters of . Salt river, here swift
and fresh and wooded quite un
like the brackish stream It would
be below the salt beds down
stream.
- "Soon after they made camp.
Jim Higgins saw Indians on the
skyline and Swing Young made
preparations to receive his guests.
He knew he would have to enter
tain them in camp. .
Tbe . Apaches were in great
force, and full of the pride of
their late' victory. Young had no
desire to stand a siege. And the
Indians, as usual, wished To hare
a look around before they attck
ed the party. . i , ' ' S
"They approached, and Cap
tain Young beckoned them on.
. U
"At the first alarm. Kit and
three-fourths of the men were or
dered to conceal themselves. Be
fore the Indians had time to esti
mate the number ot whites, the
ambush was" laid. -
"Young and the rest of his men
stood In the midst ef their packs
to receive the redskins, who
poured down from the hills on er
ery side, expecting' to recounolter
at their leisure, to Intimidate the
trappers, confiscate their stock.
perhaps kill them. Down they
came . . . until half a hundred
stoeM . In the middle of the en
campment. Then the captain
(Yotng) gave the signal, caned
out, fired. "
'Kit . . . heard the cries, the
Twenty Years Ago
1
Jane 21. 1930
. The Salem planning and zoning
commission resigned is s body to
day. .
Charles Meachel. 15. was re
vive after nearly drowning today
at Taylor's hath house.
Dr. C
Calllster
rectors.
A. Do was sad Mark Me
tre the new school di-
.Ten Yean Ago
. -7aae 21, 13 -
Twenty-eight thousand soldiers
will be mobilised on the Mexican
border this week. ,
The biggest naval demonstra
tion In the history ef the Pacific
fleet is planned off the coast of
Mexico....
Motion pictures wftt be used
during the presidential campaign
for the first time.
weight and effectiveness, ef the
unusual Roosevelt assets; second,
the number of disaffected Demo
crats. No man can accurately an
swer these questions. They can
guess bat there Is no way of
knowing.,.
Civil Service
extends to most of the regular
Unfortunately it was evaded in
filled with appointees who had
''in bor from this stste.
artist, has left Clark Gable's name
oaths, the glee of the mountain
men, as the Indiana fell, and the
survivors ran. As the smoke arose
he saw oa the gseund among the
packs the strangely distorted
brown bodies, the blood, the bows
and lances dropped.
Kit Carson examined the body
of the Indian he himself was sore
h had brought down. Rather
proudly." wrote , V e s t s I. -he
hammered Brass tack number one
Into the old brown stock (of his
gas) . . . All around him was the
ebseene merriment of me a who
had Just killed ... He himself
was. quite content. - being new to
danger. He had aimed and fired
with all the deadly singleness ot
purpose that belongs to 19 years.
But now he. too. felt a little queer
. . His reward came when he
overheard Captaia Young sar. KH
tnara a likely young an. - He'll
make a mountain mas ylt"
W
Reading on: "Young and his
meor trapped down the Salt river
and units tributaries, t s k I n g
great quantities of furs. -
"Sometimes they found dams
that could, be broken down and
the beaver killed with dabs and
hatchets; sometimes thev had to
use all their finest skill ta wadlnc.
placing their traps, using the lur
ing castor, to outwit the cunning
creatures. - -- v - ; - ..,
"So much far was taken that
Yousg decided to send back St of
his mea with the catch, and to
lead the remaining It into Cal
ifornia and up the Sacramento.
pasture that lured the trapper.
and the: Indians had become very
troublesome since the late, mass
acre (by Tonne and men.
"JJearlr every night thev crest
into camp, stole traps and packs.
cot the: throats of .h ors.es .and
mules, made themselves generally
a nuisance.
"When the news of th Intend-
! ed 'division, of the mea got about,
'ms- ' i. . . ... :
wi itvu m aeui saa a. tie was
the youngest. ' More'n likelT the
Cap's would send him home with
the packs. .
"But when the names were call
ed. Kit found himself among -the
cnosea is. He was making good.'
( Continued on Tuesday.)
Ordered, Howell
Cowdeo, Steffen Renamed
Directors For Centra
Howell District
CENTRAL HOWELL. June 20
Al Cowdes and D. A. Steffen
were reelected director and clerk
at the annual school meeting.
jasper jung ana w. A. Roth are
the holdover directors. - About
100 persons were present st the
meeting. It was voted -to give
the board authority, to repair and
remodel the basement stairs.
Clifford Q. Dougherty of Clov-
erdale and Jean -Dougherty
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. R.
uougnerty of Seattle, went to
Brownsville Monday .after spend
ing a week with the Clarence
Simmons family. Miss Ethel Sim
mons -of Portland who visited
friends and relatives . In Salens
Tuesday spent Tuesday night and
Wednesday at the Simmons home.
Fanners Making Hay
Farmers hare been anxiously
awaiting the advent of good
weather to cut hay. The clover
hay is fully ready for cuttinc.
Picking of strawberries and cher
ries Is in fall swing. Both crops
are very short this year.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kuenzi
Donald and Erma. returned from
a week's trip to visit relatives st
Aberdeen. . - Wash., Wednesday.
They drove as far as Seattle while
there. '. - - -
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Werner
snd Mr. and Mrs. Walter Binegar
spent a day at the Rose Festival
last week. '
Caliloniia Folks
Visitors at Gates
GATES, Jase 1 Mr. and Mrs.
Ek Collins had as guests this week
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barns and
daughter of Saa Fraaefaea. Barns
Is a nephew of Ed Collins and
was bora ta the Gates vicinity.
While here they visited Breiten-
bash. Detroit and other places.
nr. and Mrs. Paul Smith who
hare occupied the -house belong
ing te Mrs. John Gardener moved
recently to Mill City. - - , , 3
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Settard and
family visited at Toledo. Wash.,
recently, where a reunloa of the
Sellard family was held. Rela
tives front a : distance were Mr.
and Mrs. Casper Dtppold of Vir
ginia, Minn. - - ' tfr,
- Mr.' and Mrs. Cart Sylvester of
Everett, Wash., are at the .home
ef Mrs.i Sylvester's parents, Mr,
snd Mrs. Ferdinand Klutke for an
extended visit Mrs. Sylvester
was Dorothy Klutke before her
marriage. Her husband te a
teacher In the Lutheran school at
Everett. ...
Edison Memorial
Drive Is Started
With the appointment by State
Chairman Franklin T. Griffith, of
IS members of the Oregon Spon
soring Committee, including
Charles P. Bishop of Salem, the
Oregon drive for participation In
the nation-wide - campaign to es
tablish a r "living memorial' te
Thomas Alva Edison .opened late
Isst week. - -
The foundation will grant schol
arships for 1 Oft gifted American
youths every year. At least one
scholarship each year will go to
Mr. Bishop announced that
Repairing
1 . Always a Coward, and Every Inch a Fool
"BLIND TO LOVE
CHAPTER XXXIV
' HaiyV brand new Indifference
to the heir to the Todd fortune had
a new and rather alarming effect
on him. Perhaps he was piqued by
it. Perhaps he thought it was as
sumed, and wanted te call her bluff.
He fairly dogged her footsteps sow.
Hang around the cabin. Whistled.
Wared. 8ent her notes.
Tim Fried. Janet's husband, was
unmistakably seeking her eat, toe.
Why did it hare to be they, instead
of any ene of tie .perfectly good
unmarried men?
Certain Fried rot no encour
agement from; herT Be looked so
ranch like Milt Holden that it gars
her the horrors ' every time she
looked at him. Besides, she 'hadn't
any desire to flirt with married
man! 1
Jamie . . . well, It was a little dif
ferent with Jamie. She hadn't any
particular desire to flirt with him
either, but he had bean taken away
from ner once. She, wouldn't bare
any scruples about it. Vesta had
it coming to her mean little snob!
They were all snobs, even Dr.
Crawford, who had talked so much
about despisin? there, and had been
so chummy with Mary on the trip
when she didnt hare anyone else
to be chummy with. And now she'd
forgotten all about that. Took good
care to remind her about her
"place."
Old Mr. Todd, Jamie's father,
wasn't like the rest, though.
He was away, fishing, most of
the -time, but whenever they met
be spoke to her just as he would to
any of the ethers. Not polite and
cool, like the guests. Not cool and
patronizing like his wife and daugh
ter. Just nice.
Once there was a special little
and the maid who brought it said
that t was trout that Mr. Todd
had caught, and he had given or
ders that "the nice little girl who
worked with Dr. Crawford5 should
hare some, toot -Ene
thanked him, shyW. when she
met him on the pier next morning.
"Oh, yon like trout, eh? . Then
you shall bars it every morning.
Why donl I see yon around with
the others in the evenings? Don't
von dance, eh?
"Tea, bat I Tar. pretty busy''
"Stall and nonsense. Now yon
let me see yon dancing with the
ethers after thisi" -It
warmed her heart Net that
she dared accept hia invitation with
out permission from Mrs. Todd, or
lr. Crawxord. ' ; .
- She didnt mind much. , .
v After alL she wasnt here oa a
holiday I She waa getting paid for
worknav ."--:
a Bat sittint atone on the little
veranda tn front of her room tn the
dark, listening to the laughter and
the music, was hard, sometimes.
After all. .she waa young . . and
ifs hard to be left out.
Saturday was the hardest.' They
were baring a real party. Lan
terns and cnampagne, and guests
from all ever the country. Even a
country "orchestra' of three gris-
sled eld men who played ."fiddle,'
banjo and trumpet! - -Sha
iust ached to sro.
Up to the very last minute she
sort of expected that Dr. Crawford
would speak ef it, or Jamie's
mother. Mavbe Jamie sooilt her
chances. He'd been hanging around
the cabin all afternoon, teasing his
aunt, and showing off. ;
Dr. Crawford was In fine humor
nntil she said something to him
about the party and Jamie said,
"Oh yes, the party that reminds
me that I havent dated op year
secretary yet. Donl forget, class
mate, that the first dance Is mine.
You're got to save it for year alma
- Mary just smiled,' and pretended
to go riffet on with her work, bat
Jamie didn't hare sense enough to
let t go at that. He said. "Aaat
Emilie. will yon speak to her? She
ignores mel ,- '
And Dr. Crawford said, "My sec
retary can tell you. Jamie, that 1
meat fund which will be devoted
to the perpetuation of Edison's
interest in the advancement of
American youth tn aclence, engi
neering and Invention.
? 9
never interfere 1 1 rely absolutely
on her own good judgment."
. Thai settled it.
- ft was as good as an order.
She wasnt to go.
It's aH right to be philosophical,
bat when night came, and the lan
terns were li and she knew that
every other girl was adding a last
minute dab ef powder or rouge
while she sat alone like a little old
maid, it wasnt so easy. She could
hardly hold back the tears. It
wooldat hare hurt them to ask her f
Ther might let her have SOME
fun I . . .. --.-:-, '
t The guests were beginning to ar
rive. - 'V.-. . ... . r . . .-.
Two beautiful speed - boats
whirred up to the pier, onlosded
their cargo of gayly, chattering
boys and girls.
The "orchestra' began to worn
op
Mary looked down 'at the plain
little pique dress she had worn all
dsr. It would be fun to chanre
just for her own satisfaction. No
body would know. "
She went into. the room, opened
the closet door. The sheer pink
cotton "formal" 'that she had
bought the last minute, thinking it
would be just the thing for a party
in the woods, was hanging there.
She lifted it oat. It wss just the
thing, all right. Just the sort of
tains the other rirls were wearing.
Mary Shannon slipped the soft
pink ruSes over her head, zelt bet
ter immedistely.
from the petaMika ptnkness 01
the dress, her head emerged, like a
rose, -..v.--
Of course that isnt Just the thing
to say ef oneself, bat there certain
ly wasnt anyone else to say it. Ex
cept Jamie, maybe, and Jamie
wasnt going; to see her tonight.
Early to bed. for lack of any-
thins better to do. wasnt making
her partknlarfy Wise er wealthy.
bat it was evidently rood for her
health. She'd never looked better.
Her skin was Just as smooth and
fresh snd glowing as it used to be
ta the eld days when she bred at
home with the folks and Ma made
her get eight hours sleep every
night. . -cUtt
eye, that had been heary
and dark-shadowed, were the dear,
est blue now, and there was no
doubt about ft, she did bare nice
brows and lashes. They werent
long, bat anyway they were thick
and4ark.
Too bad there waa ne one to see
ber! . . .
She evened her too bareea
drawer, took oat a piece of narrow
French blue satin ribbon . . . that
shade ef blue is se nice with pink.
. . . sta nsed to cau it -affected
when she tied a ribbon around her
head, bat sine there was ne ens to
s her, anyway . . .
She tied it carefully, the perky
little bow at the top, let her dark
hair curt around it.
"Affected., if rea felt that war
about it, but flattering t - Anyway,
there was no one to see her. She
was just pleasing hersehV-
, She wished Stephen Bennet could
see her. If be thought she was
"disturbingly pretty in plain little
office clothes, when she was all worn
out with worry over that miserable
Holden affair and had dark circles
under her eyes and ererytbimr else,
he'd certainly think se now.
If things had been different, if
she'd mtt bint at a place like this
anywhere bat in an office, where
he was boss and she waa steaog
ranher . . . -
. Well, there's no nse starting that
"it might hare been. It wasnt
and that was that. And here she
wss, all dressed up and nowhere to
roi --'-w
It was getting dark now. - She
could ro out and ait on the veranda
without being seen.
She arranged aer romed turu la
the deck chair, settled herself to
enjoy the sweetness of the night.
She thought, I'm like Cinderella
only I lack the prince to take me to
thebaui :- ;
The moonlight bad turned the
lake to silver, sad all about her was
Bliss Coberiy Visits
SILVERTON HILLS, June 21
MIsa Frances Coberiy has been
making a short visit with her
by HAZEL
LIVINGSTON
the velvet blackness ef the night.
Hidden shrubs sen up their faint,
spicy sweetness, the bobbing lan
terns turned the distant lodge to
fairyland,
Thia is really the way to enjoy
dance music ... having it float to
yop orei the water, through the
trees. The dancers couldn't bear
the lap, lap. lap of the water
against the lake-shore, as she could.
They couldnt hesr the little night
noises, the rustling of the trees, the
crsekly stirring ot fallen leaves .
Oh. what's the use of fooling
yourself?
She didnt care a thing about the
beauty of the night she wanted to
DANCE I - - v- ' : . :
There' wouldnt be any barm la
walking down to the pier. .
Everyone was orer at the lodge,
dancing.
NobodyM see her.
And if Janet's silly husband was
looking around for her, as he had
threatened, or Jamie should just
happened to be taking a walk, she
could say that she'd just come down
to the lake for a little row.
The pier was a little nearer the
music, but that was about the only
advantage it had orer the cottage.
- So lonely ; . . how do people en
joy things, alone? Dont they hon
estly want someone near them? Can
they just lore beauty for its own
sake? . - : .
Oh, ' it wss mesn of them
MEAN, MEAN. MEAN not to ask
her I She wouldn't treat her worst
enemy that way . . . and how would
she ever stand it, just going on snd
on. never having any fun? Careers
are all right if you like them, but
personally she'd rather go to ene
good dance. ... - "
Someone was cominnv She moved
behind a pSe.
I dont mind your making lore
to Caroline von Hess," Vesta Todd
sarins in her anmistakable
Vestaish roice-but her husband
does. So please try to control ...
ahem . Jamie, dear, is that Janet
ever there by the boats?"
I dont rtve, a darn who ...
why, it's Mary I I've been looking
au.erer the cock-eyed plantation
for you " - , .iv-... t ,
"Oh. hello. Jamie! Good crenmg.
Mrs. Todd. 1 I was just going for.
a rowl"
Ifs a lovely night for it Miss
Shannon, Come, Jamie we nrast
be getting back, dear
She walked ahead. '
Walked ahead, like a is Her. ex
pecting the trusty to follow.
Well if that was aU the spirit
Jam&shad left. . ? -
Mary began to untie one of the
ats. Perhaps she took a little
longer than necessary, fussing over
the knots, looking for the right
oars. -
At last she had them adjusted la
the oar-locks. . ? - - -
She didnt care what he did it
was nothing to her and she de
spised him already. But Vesta's
cocksure attitude. . . . Hadnt she
heard that husbands were easier to
get than to keep? , Didnt she real
ise that Jamie was a man and that
a very pretty girl was going rowing
alone on the lake? ,
She stepped into the bosJL poshed
off from the pier.
-Oh, Mary waitl
She grinned.
He'd come back, aS right.
Now Mrs. Vests, what da rou
think about that? ,
"Mary." be called era in. "Come
on back, and hare that dance with
me!" ;
Sha - restmf on : tli nirt , rWn
thanks. I dont feel like dancing.
its too nice a night.-
"Then well go for a walk. IVs
got a raart of champagne right
herel v "
: "What a pity I dont drmki
7 "Mary, coma in closer. want te
talk te yea."
"Can'V I'm In a hurry." .
Very well.- IH get in another
boat and follow you."
Again she grinned In the dark.
What a picture that would make!
? . v ,' (To be continued
itas t cw r
mother, Mrs. Emma Coberiy ut
her home here before entering tN
University of Oregon sumrict
courses at Portland. Miss Cober
iy taught at Burns the past year