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From First Statesman. jMarch 21. 1SS1
Chjjuxs A- Sfbagitc -Sheldon
F. Sacxett
V" THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
! - Mmtkv r t!m Associated 1reas !
The AMOdated Press Is cl oai
do of a:l dwi dlspatrhes enditM
this psper. -
! . .'.; Tugwell to
p.,
irEXFORD G. TUGWELL has
j government to accept a position with a private corpora
tion. Whether he was tired of his work, had a thance at
a better job, or whether President Roosevelt sort of handed
him his hat the country does not know. There were numerdus
pre-election rumors from democratic", sources that TugweU
would retire after the election. During the campaign he was
if kept in the provinces", at least given no part'in publicly de-
fending the administration. . m . - j ; . J j- . !
Tugwell was strenuously attacked by the anti-new deal
i iers and painted in "infra-red" colors. Many quotations from
" his writings and speeches added 6 the pigmentation. He was
? indeed a pacemaker in new deal theory. His ideal wa&a social
r j directed economy, with a few kt the top to blueprint' the
economic life of the nation. TugweU was a mild enough person
i himself, but judging from his writings, he favored methods
-as radical as his ideas.
Unfortunately for Tugwell
fell far. short of bis theorizing capacity. Given tens of mil
y lions of dollars and a wide area of power to engage in' reset
. xtlement, -set up new. communities! retire marginal lands, ex
iperiment with subsistence homesteads, Tugwell failed to make
a showing & all commensurate
hunit costs were excessive: delays were many. The organiza
t tion was top heavy. Here in Oregon the experiment in resettle
. Lment has been marked by indecision and change and lack of
'accomplishment. In time the organization might have func
htioned efficiently : but it was very slow and very costly.;,
H In one field, that of rural
;"lera was much simpler, the results were much better. Genuine
tsuccess appears to have attendee this administration, which
lunclertook to make failing farmers self-supporting by small
f loans to take care of pressing deits, purchase livestock and
improperly farm their places under jwise counsel. Many farmers
vinf this vicinity have been tided
places, with a greatly improved
It is rather surprising for
'business. His . theory was that
j;would have to make way for. an
( He will learn much in business;
t; cause him to alter some of his
..- Observers on the left will wonder if TugweHs retirement
Ijinarks a fresh "zag" by Mr. Roosevelt, whose course remains
s.-a baffling enigma to those who adhere to strict political f orm-
uulas. The, leftists will be alert
tjwill be prompt to accuse'RooseVelt II of making , the same
P failure as Koosevelt I, to follow through on the revolution
he launched. If the new deal theory is really. translated into
f reality, then Tugwell will merit a place in the pantheon of its
i:pioneers. -- )- -
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ft j ' Another
ITIHE STATE PLANNING
report recommending the
the State Department of
,The initial appropriation .requested is $50,000. i The draft. of.
; the bill to be submitted to the legislature empowers the board
to conduct studies and surveys ih its field, and to study kin
;dred scientific and economic questions; to cooperate with
;" other agencies ; serve as a bureau to information ; collect specie
. j;mens 'and develop a museum; assemble a library; test ore
; samples free of charge; study the possibilities of improved
r mining methods. j
j. The proposal is one of Governor Martib's pet hobbies.
jiAt 1935 sessions of the legislature requests were made for
,$15,000 for the mining board, Jater reduced to! $5000; but
"these .were refused, .Senator Sxayer from Baker county,
;i leading producer of mineral wealth in the stated killing the
:'. appropriation in the senate. ; j
) The report of the "planning commission is not a particu
;larly impressive document; andi there are some! serious ob
! jections which may be raised to tjhe expensive program which
t; is outlined. It would seem far more practical to tie in the
V mining division with the department of geology and mining
V. now established 'at the State college. Laboratories, museum
rV and libraries are there now. Creation of a new organization
' would perforce duplicate those facilities and expenses. Ore-
gon id a poor state, poor in minerals and poor in wealth ; and
rtit isineither necessary nor expedient. At present the State
college cooperates with ike highway department in testing
I: of road materials. Its professors rendered extensive service
" in geologic studies at Bonneville and have done a great deal
more in gathering information respecting mineral resources
Uhe conversion of which might provide industries for Bonne
?ville power. The state survey of higher education recom
- mended the discontinuance of the separate school of mines,
which recommendation was carried out, though mining
J courses are continued in the schdol of scidnce. Itj would seem
a much wiser course for the stat, if it wants to promote Tnin
; ing development, to make additional appropriation to ex
"'tpand ; the facilities and scope of work of the existing depart
, ment of geology at the State' colaege. r
7 , At great expense of time nd effort the state has sue
Jceededjn eradicating a great deal of duplication at the two
2 major state institutions. It would seem tq be folly now to
establish another department
expense would to a considerable
1 - r ing agencies.
Speakership Stakes
npHERE is probably considerable "wishful thinking in the
; X announcement of Harry Boitin of Klamath Falls that he
has enough pledges to assure him of the speakership. There
are nearly a sufficient number of other candidates to consti
tute a majority; and legislators are generally halter-shy until
.thev really see the location of the crib. Boivin's annouhce-
rrienta may be interpreted as
-boys climbing on the band wagon, -- ,r 1 - v
' Republican members . think they hold the balance of
power; but they do not, if usual! politics prevail The demo
crats, holding a majority, will jcaucus;!and the nominee of
;the caucus will become the nominee of the partyj A year ago
the caucus nominated Howard Latoiirette ; j and he was
Selected. However his opponent, Henry Semon, relying on
his republican bloc, stayed out of the caucus. Enough repub
1 licans switched to Latourette to give him a one-voted leadU It
-.would seem foolish for any candidate jto try to; win without
: getting the majority of the democrat?, because the caucus
: will undoubtedly prove bindingf on the; party; members. If
'this is true then the Multnomah blod with thirteen votes,
counting the joint representative with Clackamas, holds a
I strong position; and it appears hostile to Boivizu The Lane
county democrats have come out in; favor of Bull of Union
county, who seems to have thet favor of the old. Latourette
organization, of which he was a lieutenant. ' f !
; The friends pf the Martini administration are backing
Eolvin, while the loia Latourette organization is trying to
: coalesce behind some one else, with Bull the apparent favor
ite.' The stakes are not only
the coming legislature, but
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. crauc crgamzauon ox me siaxej
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' Editor-Manager '
Managing-Editor
rely en tttld to the ass for publJca-
m r ot nwrwiM j . u
Business : j .
resigned his post with the
his ability as administrator
with the expenditures." The
rehabilitation, where the prob-
-'over and remain on their
outlook.
Tuewell to switch over into
business as now constituted
entirely new type of control.
and practical experience may
college views. rJ '
to lany shifts to the right: and
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Commission
COMMISSION is but with a
creation of another commission :
Geology and Mineral Industries.
ih a field none too rosy, whose
extent duplicate that of exist-
't;
the) old squeeze play to start the
the power in the organization of
control in the reviving demo-
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Bits for
Brcclcfost
By R. J. HjENDRICKS
Adam family In 1 1-20-3 S
pioneer Oregon like .
Massacliiisetts Adamses .
tn pioneer American lifer k
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"And this la good old Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells talk to the Ca-
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And the Cabota talk only to God."
From Bossldr on the.. Arts-;
tocracy ot Hanrard. ?
That fling fits the original Ad
ams 't am Hy of American pioneer
life. ' - -':r ' t-:-, ': .
It would fit the Adams family of
pioneer Oregon, excepting that the
Oregon Adamses did not feel aris
tocratic. The original John Adams, sec
ond president of the-United States,
beliered that It woald be danger
ous to extend the Tote to the or
dinary man even to the miU run
white man ot 21 or older, r .
He held that the Vote should be
kept in the hands f "the rich, the
wise and the good." And Alexan
der Hamilton and aU that brand
of patriots were in accord with
John Adams.
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Jefferson saw that a democracy
must be democratic,' a government
of, by and for j the people that Is
white and free males of 21 or over.
Even Jefferson never Imagined
a United ' States in which, women
wonld have the right to rote.
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The beginning of that develop
ment, for the United States and
the world, was made on the 'free
and open prairies and fields of the
westermost west where men are
Lmen;" where the air is pure and
ftbe- sunlight clear, and men own
their own souls.
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Wyoming Territory, in 1869,
when she had less than 9000 peo
ple, much more than half of them
men, and a large proportion of the
men cowboys and chuck wagon
cooks, gave women the right to
vote, by an act of her first terri
torial legislature.
And she was the first common
wealth in the modern world to so
recognize the natural -Tights of
women and by the same sign to
proclaim that a woman in law is a
person!
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Came then votes for women in
all the ultimate west, until, in
1914, when all the far west was
"white,? in the language of the
suffragists, excepting only Neva
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Oregon went white in 1912, aft
er five state wide elections had
denied suffrage to her women.
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One of the outstanding and most
able women who joined early in
that crusade was a pioneer of the
pioneers and who fought
through to victory, was , Abigail
Scott Duniway.
But back to the Adams family
of Oregon.
This is suggested by the find
ing in an old house in Salem, on
one of its walls, ot a copy of the
Oregon Argus of date Not. 5, 1859,
then published in Oregon City.
The Argus had been started
there in 1855, by W. I Adams.
D. W. Craig was employed by Ad
ams to have charge of the print
ing plant and to be assistant ed
itor. After four years. Mr. Craig
bought a half interest, in the prop
perty, and at the end of eight
years, or in May 1863, Mr. Craig
bought the interest of Adams and
removed the plant and business to
Salem, at the same time Joining
with J. N. Gale of the Eugene Re
publican. The Argus was publish
ed in Salem for six months by
Craig and Gale. '
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Then, in November, 1863, Mr.
Craig cooperated with a company
that was buying The Statesman
property from Honv A. Bush, its
founder, and the businesses of the
former Eugene Republican, the
Oregon Argus and The Oregon
Statesman were joined together
in the name of the latter.
Mri Craig went with the newly
organized business, and remained
for a, long generation. Among the
principal stockholders of the new
company" was J. i W. Perit Hunt
ington, whose life makes another
story; that has appeared In this
column. .
W. L,. Adams had bought, the
outfit of the first newspaper west
of the Rocky mountains with
which to print the Argus. 'T 1
That newspaper was the Ore
gon -Spectator, first issue that of
Feb. 5, 1846, and published at
Oregon City. i' .
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The original press, ot the Spec
tator. land the Argus, went to Eu
gene printed the Oregon Journal
of that city, and is still tn ase, in
the printing department of the
university or Oregon there.
For three school years, While in
attendance at the University of
Oregon the writer ran that press.
printing the Oregon Journal.
- (Continued tomorrow.) i
' Our esteemed evening contemporary echoes the demand of Prof.
Ripley that business should cooperate with the new deal to effect
the changes which it contemplates or has Initiated. , ;WelL the Initial
post-election refusal to cooperate comes net; from republican New
England, not from hardy Maine and rugged Vermont, but from Ala
bama, home ot TV A. A group of four hundred firms there banded
together to bring a test ot the- constitutionality of the social security
act. Democratic Alabama; which plunked heavily for Roosevelt rn
both elections, offers the first resistance to the application of social
security legislation. i ' . . - . i j- .-j- , . : v
. One of the tecommendatlons laid before! the interim committee
on reorganization was the transfer ot auditing from the secretary of
state's office to the budget office. Apparently ; the authors of the idea
hadn't read the state constitution which says! the secretary of state
shall be by virtue ot his office.' auditor! of public accounts. The
blueprint boys often fall down
proper background ot practical information.
t The government is calling for tenders of ships by. which it. can
haul supplies to Alaska; and the Seattle labor council insists the
government recognise the rights of maritime unions. Why shouldn't
they bring the government to terms? Didn't the unions elect the
president T " ;--". :.r; i- k 1 "' '
: Now an order comes through curtailing the quota' for WPA relief.
That will be something of a disappointment for the folk on the rolls
who voted for Santa ClausJ But then, they can buy a paper and read
aoout the flood of dividends shaken
; the OREGON STATESMAN, Salea,
age or
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There's a sort of ' sadness o'er .- a
fellow creeps,' -i ' .
' Looking- back across . the
; tMi , Wgone resrt: : t "
Dancing shallows passing strug
gles jthrpugh the deeps.' :
:i : Days and nights of laugh
1 ' ter-and of .tears: ; -s r
life, 1 reckon. Is the same for aU
ot vs. . ti . jr v t'v;-5-
-;; And: complaining makes
what seems bad! worse:
Then why j the protesting! Why
the fume and russT ; i--
i Curses swift react on them
' ' who curse;
A lonesomeness yes, he . thinks
. it majr be that, , :u-' : '
( Half darkening the bright
' Bess of the day;; -
Which makes .him mopish and
throw things ; at . tne cat . -.
. ;. Because old. friends have
I t - passed . away ;. -
Old . friends who knew , him and
with hist traded trait
In him &w that worth the
paying for: , ,
Friends to I depend on, if e'er he
lelt he must,- r
j' . Now gone,! all gone, for
. evermore:
So 'a sort of sadness o'er a. feUow
creeps, -
Nonsense passes " on, re
.turns again; .
Mostly very pleasant, . pictures
mem'ry keeps, ;!j .. ..
But one does feel lonesome
;now and then.
It is not unreasonable, I think,
to state! that lonesomeness Is of
two kinds, healthful and unhealth
fuL The one is kindly, beneficial;
the other, suggestive as It Is ot
melancholia! and hopelessness, is
something else. Furthermore, the
one produces bad poetry and the
other produces much worse poet
ry. Sentiment may be a fountain
ot sweet waters or of bitter. I
fear the Individual who has no
sentiment. But I ' fear more the
individual who has too much and
mostly of the wrong kind.
A certain! man tells me of feel
ing generally out of s o r t s on
Mondays. He says be does not
know how to account for it, un
less it be too much piety on Sun
day. Likely, that is it m 1 n c e
piety. ; i -.
Hank Budd has been reading
Carlyle of late. Carlyle says make
yourself an honest man and then
you may be sure there Is one
less rascal
In the world. Yeah,
but what does one
says .Hank,
man amount to? Hank, 1 suspect.
is threatened with an attack ot
cynicism.
A good neighbor, when he or
she leaves a neighborhood, usual
ly leaves good neighbors behind.
(Thirty or forty lines of Raskin
boiled down.)
A golfer once made a hole In
one. Years lago, it was. But we
still hear the patter of his little
feat. I
Lese majesty! Irr Cobb says
Haille Selassie looks like a Fili
pino bellboy on his Sunday off.
. Some men look well In a derby
hat. Others do not. The late emp
eror of Ethiopia probably chose
that style of hat because the pres
ent king of England and emperor
of India was at the lime stepping
around with; a derby on his head.
By the war, the king's derby, if
the pictures are to be relied upon,
is a size or two overlarge. A derby
lt it is to look ; well, should be
neither too small or, too large. Al
Smith looks well in derby. But
opinions differ.
ff!Ii!
men
Were all men agreed as to hats
there would be but one style. A
sameness which ! In the very
thought of It causes' a shudder. :
v As to ladies' hats and the styles
thereof I hesitate to make any
remarks. I j seem to be with the
minority on many questions in
this day. i Hpndreds of newspaper
wisecrackerjs hare during the
reign of the late George V flash
ed what they fondly hoped fwould
bo mstaaea lor wit
upon the
r?HiW,! -VSiVS- ?M
Of these gentlemen's favorite top
ics has been and is Queen Mary's
hat. She was a real queen, the
Teck prlfieess who married
George V, tod her hat was char
acteristic of her -plain and sens
ible, ever the same. X have never
been disposed to make fun of
Queen Mary's hat I would not If
I could discuss the hat as a thing
of beauty or otherwise. I have
never seen; a picture of Queen
Mary and her hat which did not
remind mej of my mother. Which
being the lease, there Is nothing
for me to do hut entertain an af
fectionate thought or two and say
nothing, i j ; . , . .
because they
fan "to start -with the
-h-:
out by mew deal prosperity.
Oregon, Friday Morniag, November 23, 1933
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Of this' I am sure George V
of England and Princess Mary cf
Tech: were splendidly, faithful1 to
the Victorian tradition daring the
more than 20 years of their reign.
The next queen of Great Britain
and. Empress of India may-have
a different notion about hats. We
shall see In due time. : f : ;:i i -
. Ah. There; Oldtlmer! i
When all the world is old, : lad,
I And all the trees are brown; ;
And all the sport Is sUler lad.
: And all. the- wheels. run. down;
Creep home, and take, your place
; : .-.-'there,: r-;';-
The - spent ; and ' maimed among;
God' grant yea find-one face there
jTou loved, when all was young.
. - . Charles Ktngsley.
A: few J personals: William
(Bill) Thrapp. who five years age
left the office of the Prudential
insurance company here id take
up i work la California," Is In the
veterans' hospital at Portland, a
very sick man , from cancer : . .
Tressa . Goheen is again . on the
dining , room force .at . the Peter
Pan' cafe ; Audrey Converse
Watson has resumed charge of the
accounts at the Commercial Book
store ... A proof-sheet of a fea
ture service for newspapers "and
other publications, , titled . "The
Church Mouse Says, written and
illustrated by Naomt Phelps, tal
ented daughter. of Salem, now in
New -.York, ' comes to this desk.
Mighty good. Should find a ready
Sarket -. . . Lloyd Rlelly, late of
e Sehaefer drug store, departed
Slinday night for Los Angeles to
enter upon a course in medical
college . . Rosa Ponselle, grand
opera star, has adopted a baby in
Chicago . Edna Garfield, after
a1 term In the hospital with throat
trouble, is out and about again.
Miss Garfield is one ot Oregon's
leading patriotic poets' . . . Wil
fred Hagedorn begins his career
as director of the Elslnore Mickey
Mouse club Saturday. -
Ten Years Ago
November 20, 1926
Evangeline Hall, Lyman Mc
Donald, Nancy Thielson, Louise
Towns end and Mrs.' Gene Howard
appeared in a musical program at
the Y.M.C.A. last night
! Banks- of Marlon county In fav
of of a county agent, industries
would receive assistance. .
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i F. A. Elliott, state forester, re
ported that 225 million board feet
ot merchantable timber under
jurisdiction pf state forestry de
partment destroyed by fire during
season.
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Twenty Years Ago
l November SO, 1910
C. N. Matlock, administrator of
estate of Mrs. Cora Matlock, filed
suit ot S 7500 against Julius Ann,
Sflverton, on account of death of
Mrs. Matlock in automobile cot
illion October 13. -
200 convicts at prison plead for
appointment of warden who wiU
treat them "humanely and fairly."
(Mrs. Mildred Brooks, county
recorder, led Marion county ticket
In this year's election, received
mbre rotes than any other candi
date with opposition. Total rotes
11,602.
Women's Glub to .
t Give Yule Treats
fHUBBARD, Nov. 19- The
Hubbard Women's club met Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Lester Will and made 'plans
for . a Christmas party and ap
pointed a committee to look after
the candy which always Is given
toi the school children. at Christ
mks time. The committee appoint
ed is Mrs. Julius Stauffer. Mrs.
LLawrence Scholl and Mrs. E. P.
Rich. 'i ;- v ; :.-
Wort progrlm waThW .Twhic
After tne . business meeung, a
time Mrs.; Glen Larklna and Mrs.
Lena Miller gave reports on the
book, "Powers History ot Oregon
Literature," which the club Is
Studying. ,,- j , J...
Musical numbers by the girls
harmonica , orchestra 'of White
school finished the program. Re
freshments were served at the
close of .the meeting. Mrs.' E.
Bra den helped Mrs. Will serve. ;
rs. Howard Strout and
G. E. Vannice Winners
In Briige Play, Amity
AMITY. Nov.; 19. Mr. and
Mrs.- Em ll Lindroff entertained
with abridge party at their home
on Tupesday night Five tables
were in play. Mrs. Howard Strout
won first prise for the women and
GL E. Vannice held high score for
the men. . - ' ,
LDatnty refreshments were serv
ed to Mr. and Mrs. F. C h a s e
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Roth,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard 8trout, Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Rierson, Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Abraham. Mr. a a d
Mrs. . J. L. . Payne, Mr. and Mrs.
T, W. Dickey, Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
Vannlee, . Mr. and Mrs Frank
Rosenheim and Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Cochran. : " . .
Elk Iluntera Retnrn '
; 1 TJNIONVALE; Nov. II. Ersel
dubser and J. W. Marley, who
spent one week elk hunting. In
Union county, returned home Sat
urday evening with one elk; They
report beautiful sunny weather
br day and se.ro weather at night
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1; - The Bis Good Neighbor 1
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Diana Darlington, of a socially prom
inent, though Impoverished, 'family.
loves the eligible yoang bachelor. Ro
ger Dexter, but what chance had she
when the fabulously wealthy Re1n
Hyde had set her cap for him? Bertha
ahrayasot everything she wanted. Al
though Rogers family enjoyed a social
prestige far above Rerina's, she made
up for ft by the lavishness of her par
ties and her debut was to be the last
word la eztravasance. Diana soes to
Reaina's week-end party Just because
Roger will be there. At the United
Hunts races, Diana Is thrilled when
Roger whispers she must save . him
five -dances that evening If their horse
wins but their choice loses. Back at
the palatial Hyde estate. Phyllis, an
other guet, has decided that she will
do all In her power to help Diana win
! CHAPTER III ;
! She went into Diana's bedroom
before dinner. ' There had been
rounds of cocktails. In the hall,
but Diana had not taken any. Di
ana had seemed quiet and a lit
tle distrait. She-was lying on the
bed now, resting.
f "Wise child! Reglna's cock
eyed already! She's dragged Rog
er off for a set of tennis. She bet
him five hundred dollars she can
beat him. I hope she loses," said
Phyllis, seating herself at the
bottom of the bed and lighting
a cigarette..
' Diana said nothing but looked
wistful. Phyllis said to herself:
"She's crazy about him!" She
couldn't resist rubbing It in a lit
tle, because somehow it seemed
to even her own raw deal in life
If she could hurt people, even
when they happened to be good
sorts, like Diana.
! - "I'm rather suprprised at Roger
with Regina; She's so obvious.
She makes such a play for htm. I
believe he's flattered! And sinse
he has so much money himself. It
can't be that he's after. I believe
he likes being commandered and
bossed about!"
i "Possibly." said Diana In a
Small voice.
She had a headache. The drive
home had, been : unsatisfactory.
True, she had come in Roger's
car. But he had not seemed to be
so interested in her as at the com
mencement ot the races. Perhaps
because Clarence Thyne an d
Maude : were in the - back seat,
keeping up a flow of idiotic ar
gument' that was distracting.
When Roger spoke, lt was of Re
gina, and what acumen Regina
showed in everythng. Witness her
backing "Hoopla" against her fa
ther's horse, and winning two
thousand dollars! r " r '
1 "Yes Reglna's clever; Diana
had agreed with forced brlghU
ness, though somehow her heart
was like lead.
' Clarence, the fool, had started
kidding Roger about Regina in
his exaggerated. English .accent,
"Why don't you give- us poor
blighters a chance, you jolly old
poacher?" Clarence had chirrup
ed. Vf, .;-;:.; - v. '..f - -
K Maude bad taken up her theme
song,' obviously on the principle
that what she had said about Re
gina might be repeated to her.
i Not one of them .was a real
friend, thought Diana with the ex
ception, of course, of Roger. All
that they wasted, of you was mon
ey and entertainment. - If you
could give them neither, you were
nobody.. Ton were out.
.Roger said nothing of the five
dances that Diana was to give hint
had she won her bet.
"Spoken on an Impulse. He's
thought-better of it," she thought
drearily. ' w : v-
Lying on her bed before din
ner, with Phyllis sitting there and
saying the wrong thing; to her,
she was doubly sure of It. ;
Let Roger have Regina and be
done with it. To him that hath
shall be given! ,
A .party of sixteen was at din
ner. Roger sat at Reglna's lett.
Diana was on the opposite side,
away down the table, and part
nered by Clarence, of all people
i Clarence was half tight. He
babied of JoHjr old England. Of
merry hoote-parties where only
mm M
imM 4 a
"Let's forget about everybody else
Si- i
the blue-blooded were gathered.
Of pheasant shooting in October.
Of .following the hounds later in
the season. Of - midnight advent
ures that might be better left un
told, and ot which he was the ho
ro and; manipulator. r -;
"Wnat a, devil you've been,
Clarence!" exclaimed Diana ab
sently,' looking involuntarily to
wards Roger, who was her ideal
of a real he-man and no non
sense.'! A !' li '"- ;.:i:i ..: 4;;''-.r '
Regtna was talking to him ani
matedly. Regina looked gorgeous
this evening in a chifon gown of
lipstick red!
DUna thought: "And! I had to
wear white! I looked all washed
out beilde her!
; Washed out, and washed op!
Wel make the best of the f.it
uation4 - i .
About fifty people arrived from
neighboring houses and from
town for; the dance that followed
dinner v If one were going to
make a big splash at one's -debut,
why not be original and have
a preliminary canter or two first,
thought Begina. r ; ; ,
Conventions were out. This was
a-new! era. To the discard with
the old-fashioned rules. .
She had engaged a small color
ed orchestra for the evening m
a. throaty baritone, the leader
sang the newest dance hits.
Roger was delightfully attent
ive. Regina thought it would be
wonderful if she could bring him
to the point tonight. What a tri
umph to be engaged to the one
man Infthe world even before one
had made one's official debut!
r What gullible fools people were
to swallow that taradiddle about
her being only nineteen, when she
would ) be twenty-one at Christ
mas! ti Y r,..-.: .
Not -that she wanted to decelv
them, but one couldn't make one's
ilebut j Ma the twenties without
criticism; -,
She;jrould let Roger Into the
Joke after he had given her an
engagement ring -which woubl be
before or at her debut.; It would
oe;fua,lhnd a trlhmph over the
also-rans, to have Dad announce
her engagement at the finale of
her party. - - r.
.Tonight Roger seemed to have
UJtZ orv mnon on berselt.
There had been times when she
k thought he fancied Diana.,
w "i - ow. He was all
hew. Regina glowed with pride
A fortuf e that matched her own,
Blay Christie
and talk about ourselves, Diana."
plus a handsome young mia" ol
good family.
. He danced with her aereral
times. He said charming things to
her. The moon was up. Although
it was October, it was' a balmy
night, like Spring. She would try
to get aim out in the rose-garden!
i . '.''. .. -; '
Tiresome Clarence Thyne, who
was entirely tight now, and very
obstinate, cut In on them and tn
sisted on dancing; with Regina.
She argued with Clarence. She
was angry with him. He was only
here in the house as her bridge
partnerShe had paid him steeply
these last weeks for lessons in
contract. How dare he? ..
-r - How dare., he : . Interrupt what
might easily prove to be the most
Important moment of her life?.
She turned quickly from him to
Roger,-': ;-. -. ;
But no Roger was beside her;
He was gone. ; ; - ' v.. .;
. "Go nd get my partner, you
fool! she said sharply to Clar
ence. ''Go and find Rorer Dexter.
mmtx. apologise W Blm."
But Roger although neither
knew it had vanished, into the
rose-garden with Diana Darlington.-
V.; '- .
Diana looked like a school-girl
in her early .teens as she walked
beside Roger in the moonlight
She had .been sitting la the con
servatory waiting for her partner
who had gone, to fetch a wrap,
since she had voiced a wish to go
outside, it being beyond her to
sit here and watch Roger and Re
fAn degree of tranquil-
The moment Clarence had cut
in, Roger had come swiftly to
Diana. . -
"Lefs out. woman! Out Tor a
breath of air ! " Masterfully, he
hadpropelled her through the
further dor and over the lawns
andinto the scented labyrinths
of the rose-garden. ;.
.Diana felt as though she walk
ln .. " was a divine glddl-
a His arm tn hers, he was so near.
KTsi 5D at Wn. rank In
the Ull handsomeness of him in
profile11- clothe8 hI Ien-cnt
."l" fe Mt heri.ne smiled.
His teeth were a riash of white ia
?.ideJ?lr "ttn-burned face. He
Dl yott know Jook
2?'0..at.tw,m!a"'
"A horrid age. she laughed.
' (ConUnued on Pae 19)