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"No For or Sumy 17 ; No Fear Shall Awe?
From First Slate man. March St. 1851
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;"M "New" -Europe !,."', M
WALTERS MILLIS, author of "The Road to War", a very
competent study of the origins of the world war, is just
, back from a trip to Europe. Much of one's time, he says,
la spent counting his money. When one travels from one
country to another he must not only show his passports, have
his luggage examined, but he must count his money when he
enters and when he leaves a country.,' Many of the currencies
are kept on an artificial basis in foreign exchange, and when
one buys currency within a country he must pay at the ficti
tious gold rate. Strict controls are therefore needed to pre
vent smuggling.
In Russia Millis found that surrendering his passport was
A major occupation : They are always taking up yoni pass
port in Russia." Even when one is in the more consid
erate hands of Intourist, the official travel service,! it is
necessary to get official opproval of one's movements. Russia
has developed the bureaucratic ideal to perfection: when you
check out of a hotel the bellhop has to get from the desk a slip
of paper authorizing him to bring down a given number of
pieces of luggage, then turn tne sup back to tne doorman wnen
he has finished. As Millis writes, in the New York Herald
Tribune: .-'!-'.- . i
,-. "In Russia you cannot do anything: without setting permis
sion, and yon cannot set permission without waiting: for minutes,
hours or days: at a window. These are always about eighteen
Inches square and so low in the wall yon hare to stoop down to see
the mysterious being behind them. ... I found no one who could
tell ma why. or what rast and secret processes, consuming these
- endless hours of waiting, were applied to one's documents behind
these little windows." n . '
He concludes his article; iwith a picture of the "new"
Europe: ; . : "j "'f . ,"-
A Europe afraid of Its money, afraid of Its goods, afraid of
its thoughts a Europe divided and fissured and strangled by the
expedients of Its nervous authoritarlanlams. as they struggle to
rebuild a tolerable continental lite on the hopeless basis of tana-.
tically particularly nationalism. The small irritations of the
tourists are of no consequence in themselves. But they leave their
Impression, and It la an impression of a Europe unreasonably en
meshed In tears of many things but ot a Europe most afraid, in S
ths sad, of war," j !
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! France Makes Gesture I
rriHE FRENCH are making a
I their debt to the United States. In spite ojf their pinch-
. penny characteristics, the
ganon on a debt. They are perhaps the only nation which
persisted in paying coupons on their dollar debt in gold dollar
value after American devaluation. That's! better than the
great United States government has done with little Panama.
The U. S. contract with Panama for rental of the canal zone
was on a gold basis; but since devaluation this government
has endeavored to pay in devalued currency, and little Pan
ama has proudly returned the
There is another reason why France Wants to square the
account with the United States :
In the short span of four years
dictator on the continent. She
sia which the French rightists
on Austria is gone; and on the little entente nations and
Poland relaxed. Great Britain is no longer in close accord
with France. Feeling this isolation France is concerned to
make friends with the United States; so proposals are being
of fered for settling the debt,
France owes us now a little
accrued interest. No agreement for a settlement on a reduced
amount can be made without the consent of the congress,
because congress attached a rider to the Hoover moratorium
law of 1931, barring any
tion, as on the world court matter, the Americans are prone
to emote rather than to think. The isolationists ruffle their
zeatners and irlgnten tnose
; debt-matter should be settled
stepbward world stabilization
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Past Sixty-five
JUST before leaving for California President Roosevelt
made an appeal to industry to give particular favor to the
. older workers. He urged
ployment when new jobs opened
- ry Hopkins, head of WPA, sent
drop from WPA jobs all men
inconsistent with the president
The Oregon Voter interprets the abrupt action as
squeeze play to bring pressure on congress to give generous
appropriations for WPA security. That may be true, because
the plight of the aged workmen is sure to provoke public pro
test. If the move was one of reduction of the rolls to reduce; ex
penses it might seem more just
who would have better chances
One effect of the order will probably be to speed the day
.a . . m" w ww W . m m -m e
ior pensions ior mose oi oo ana over, unaer tne ieaerai law
the reduction of the minimum age from 70 to 65 is not neces
sary until 1940. With all over
employment fresh pressure
sion age. But the pension will
the WPA wage.
It seems heartless and inexcusable to make an arbitrary
age the basis for discharge of workmen, without regard to
need or capacity for work. Many men of 65 are able to hold up
their end or a WPA job, with its limited quota of hours, quite
competently. As long as WPA money is being handed ut,
th'ey should have their opportunity at earning it, being retired
only wnen they become too feeble or reach the pension age.
There really ought to be some inquiry Into the right of individuals
to declare a strike on a plant where labor troubles are not reported.
as appears to do me case with, one of the worsted mills lnrPortland.
When proper protection was provided the workers-returned to their
- jobs, because they were satisfied with conditions.- Here Indeed is a
wholly unwarranted invasion of popular rights, for -the ones most: se-'-
riously affected were the workers themselves who were kept from work
by violence and intimidation.- Isn't there something tin the book about
"human rights being above property rights? ; i . i
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The government la England Is cracking down on King Edward.
The prime minister is said to have applied pressure to resist the bland
ishments of the clever Mrs. Simpson, Perhaps more irritating to the
government was King Edward's remark on his recent visit to the
depressed areas ot Wales: "The government must do more for Wales."
The king is supposed to be a figurehead in government; so when the
king msde such a remark the cabinet got on its ears, because the king
was stepping out ot his constitutional sphere. Salem girls planning
on attending the coronation might
gowns, r ; --' - -
The Oregonlan, In a note appended to a correspondent's letter,
remarks: There Is only one decent government, democracy. Bather
a broad categorical statement, and one subject to question. : For there
have been many democracies In the world's history which would hardly
. rate as "decent"; and there have been monarchies which really hare
been quite "decent". The United States has gotten on very well snder
the republican form ot democracy; and naturally; thinks well of it.
But It is rather sweeping to say. offhand, that no other form of gov
ernment for other peoplesmaybeJdecen. - r - ' : j
The chess club played last night nnder a rule'of a move in thirty
seconds. What could chess be like nnder such a rule? Like Hamlet
without the gloomy Dane, probably. Wasn't the model for Rodin's
Statue, "The Thiaker a chess player "in action"? ! Oh well, perhaps
'thess must be streamlined too. . - .1 , u
They say a new golf technique has developed since the elections
rountrv clubbers are aiming their shots much farther to the left, i -
Linia
mi
Editor-Manager j
Managing-Editor,
few gestures about paying up
French do have a sense of obli
checks tmcashed.
she may want to borrow again.
France has lost her place as a
has an alliance with soviet Rus
themselves oppose. Her hold
on a scale-down of course.
over four billion dollars, with
scale-down. On the war debt ques
with oroader views. Tne war
on some practical basis, as
and expansion of world trade.
that they be considered for em
up. Shortly after he left Har-
through orders summarily to
over 65. His action is amazingly
s counsel to private business.
to throw off the younger men
at getting private jobs.
65 made ineligible for WPA
will come for lowering the Pen
not provide as much income as
postpone buying their coronation
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it'rr: .r.'Tht VIIZUUX aTATtSIAfl, Eilca,
Bits for ;
Breakfast -
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Pioneer women " ; ; ; Ix-1-36
in Oregon country " - ;
among pioneers in the ' -
fight for women's rights:
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(Continuing from Sunday:) The
women with the men. when they
had arrived in the Willamette val
ley, their land of promise, with
native grasses to their, tired- ani
mals' bodies and nature green and
smiling, rejoiced in having reach
ed a Garden of Eden.
And there was no complaining.
either, over the fact 'that they oc
casionally feasted on boiled wheat
washed down with a eoffee substi
tute made from parched grain or
Mrs. Baney. first white woman
to settle on French Prairie; was
literary: she published "Ruth Ro
ver." third book written In Ore
gon. It told ot primitive condi
tions; when a neighbor boasted
he would do no work as long as
he could buy plenty of Indian
wives to perform it; hinted at the
scandalous tongue of Dr. Elijah
White; told of the drunken' carou
sals ot her husband, who was a
governor of Oregon! member of
the 'executive committee, 1844-5;
related that in one period for a
year and five months she had no
social companionship. She was a
good woman; suffered many hard'
ships, bore much abuse. She was
married to Dr. Bailey in 1839, not
1840, as historians have it.
N
The first book written In Oregon
was "The Prairie Flower," by
S. W. Moss; written on the site
of a Salem suburb; the second the
"Melodrame. by "Parson BUly"
Adams, a political satire, on the
"Salem clique, in the spring of
1852. ' I .
The fourth was "Captain Gray's
Company, by Mrs. Dunlway. That
was in 1859. She was 25 then.
Mentioning the name of Abigail
Scott Dunlway is a i reminder ot
the, fact that the movement tor
woman suffrage and other rights
of women had its greatest early
help from the far west, and that
her name, for her militant endea
vors In that pioneering crusade.
deserves a high place In that tem
ple of world embracing fame. $
W
One of the most remarkable ad'
ranees in all history is the com-
paratlrely RECENT and the
QUICK ATTAINMENT of the
rights of women. !
Up to 3 short years ago, woiri
en in the eyes of the law were
scarcely persons.
In 1847, Lucy Stone, recently
graduated from Oberlin College,
began speaking for the rights of
women. The Quakers took notice
and helped.
S S
In June, 1848. at Seneca Falls.
New York, was held the FIRST
WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVEN
TION IN ALL HISTORY.
I - s y
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Lucre
tla Mott. Martha C. Wright (Mrs.
Mott's sister), and Mary Ann Mc
Cllntock four women met at
the latter's home. 1
They called a convention to be
held in that smsll upper New York
state city on July 19-20. at the
Wesleyan Methodist church, and
James Mott of Philadelphia, lead
ing Quaker, husband of Lueretia,
presided. The church was filled.
THERE AND THEN THE MOVE
MENT WAS STARTED.
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The first commonwealth that
gave women the right to rote was
what is your guess T Well, It was
Wyoming Territory, In 1868, In a
law passed by her first legislature,
when she had about 3000 people
principally men, a large propor
tion of them cowboys and miners.
And all the part of Wyoming west
of the summit of the Rocky moun
tains had been in Oregon Territory
when it was created, and proclaim
ed, and organised.
Utah Territory followed next.
In the same manner, la 1870; but
he had then been enjoying the
territorial form tor 20 years. Wyo
ming Toted it Into her state con
stitution nnder which in 1890 she
was admitted as 44 th In the Un
ion's; sisterhood, and Utah did the
same in 1896, as she became the
45 th atate.
In 1893 the electors of the state
of Colorado put equal suffrage In
to the constitution by a majority
vote. Iu 1896 Idaho's! electors
amended her constitution to give
women the vote! i
S V
After these four 1 states had
granted women the right of suf
frage, the opposition was whipped
Into action to fight the movement
all down the line. Various vested
interests feared the results of Its
extension; not the least being dis
tillers of and dealers iin intoxicat
ing beverages. I .
The National Woman Suffrage
association was organized in 1869.
This militant aggregation forced
a neanng oerore congress everyi
year; rrom that time until 1919.
and It headed 100 or more great
campaign battles for the ballot for
women. j :
' Definite results, delayed by the
organized opposition, began again
in 1910, when the state of Wash
ington gave her women the right
of suffrage, after a valiant fight,
by a vote of three to one.
Came California in 1911.
And Oregon, Arizona and Kan
sas in t. : j -
In 1913 Alaska Territory grant
ed equal suffrage by legislative
act.: ; - I . ,.
In 1914 Nevada and Montana
came into the equal suffrage fold.
Thus all far western territory
was "white. in the language of
the suffragists, excepting New
Mexico; with Kansas thrown in. ,
(Continued tomorrow.) ; f .
BlembersbJp Contest is
Started by Rainbow Unit
WOODBTJRN, Nor. 30 Eretv
sreen assembly No. 12. Order of
the Rainbow for Girls has started
a membership contest! with Ger
aldlne Smith and Helen Foedlng
as captains. The losers In this
contest will give a banquet to the
winners at the end of the Rain
bow year. Initiation of candidates
will be held December 123.
Interpreting
By MARK
WASHINGTON. NOT. 30
respects - the ; , direction" events
wiU take after congress , meets
In : - J a n v a ry,
there are :., two
lines of thought.
Account - should
.be taken. of two
-centers . of, influ
ence. : One; I
' congress t Itself;
the other con-
5
1 I
I
tellectuals andil
I. the - major " and
e minor .. radicals
uuk sutHvis and progress
ives In the administration. :U
Many of the intellectuals and
all the radicals still believe, in
one degree or another, in taking
America toward a materially
chaanged order of society. Some
ot them are strongly and deliber
ately determined toward that
end. The attitude ot others Is as
it was once described by Dorothy
Thompson: they "believe that the
traditional social and economic
system is doomed anyhow, audi
that anything done to hasten Its)
demise and prepare for another
one is a steo in tthe right dl-f
rectlon." , i
These still believe In "plan-J
ned economy They know, for
they are students in this fleUj
that, as Stalin has put it and
who eould be a better authority It
planned economy can hardly be
harmonised with the system ot
individual competition for profit
the so-called "capitalist" system!
This group : will continue their
pressure toward change. Bat It
is weakened by the departure of
Professor Tugwell. It is weakens
ed by the absence of the most
powerful of the group ot mindi
that thought i along the line of
planned economy. It is further
weakened In a symbolic sense 4
the resignation ot Professor Tugf
well has been a sign that plant
ned economy is no longer in u6
with the. country. It Is plain that
the intellectuals have not now;
the Initiative and momentum
that they had during 1933 an
1
1934.
The other center of Influence
Is congress and congress has
not only influence but actual
power. The coming congress 1
not radical. The congress of th
past two years was not radical,
By 1935 congress naa pass
the point where it was willing
accept legislation aa written bf
the intellectuals In the admlnfe
stration and enact It without
change. Even before, when con
gress was doing this. It justtified
itself by feeling It was acting in
the spirit ot emergency. )
Evidence of the mental attfr
tude of the first two Roosovel
congresses Is to be found In the
number ot measures upon which
they put a time limitation. Even
NRA. enacted in the very heyday
ot the influence of the Intellects
nals in the administration, 19
Jnne 193 J, within tour months
after Mr. Roosevelt took offlcf
even NRA was given a time
limitation ot two years. It was
just about to expire on June IT.
1935. when the supreme conrtl,
on May 30, invalidated It Everyi
body knew that if the decision of
the court had not come at that
time, congress, in renewing NRA
KA.
"J
would have made a different an
much weaker NRA.
This policy of legislating
the emergency only, putting a;
time limitation on the new legis
lation and on the new powers
granted to the executive, ran
through measure after measure.
The usual period was two years,
I take the following dates from
a compilation made by the Bos
ton Herald: His power to man
age the two : billion dollar fund
to stabilise exchange ends on this
same date. The power of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion to make new loans ends oh
February 1, 193T. The power jottT
the electric farm and home auth
ority to make loans for appl fi
ances ends on the same date. The
power of tthe Federal Housing
Administration to make modern
ization loans ends April 1, 1931.
The power granted to the presi
dent in the neutrality act expiree
May 1, 1937. The authority of
the state department to make
trade agreements ends June jk
1937. The power of the federal
government to prevent Interstate
shipment of oil in excess ot quotj
as adopted by states ends June
30. 1937. There are several
others. .1
Some of these powers will be
renewed. That some should be
renewed, there is general agree
ment. The need, to stabilize ex
change continues and that en
tails continuance of the presi
dent's power over the stabiliza
tion fund and the gold content of
the dollar. Many feel there la
need that the RFC authority to
make loans be extended for is
further year. And so as to sev
eral of the other emergency
powers and agencies.
The point is that the last two
congresses, with respect to some
fifteen Important measures, ! put
a time limit oh them. A congress
that did that was not an nnthink?
ing one nor a careless one nor a
radical one.
True, the last congress passed
'without time limit, the most ex
treme of the new deal legislation,
the potato control act, which
pat a penalty Ot Imprisonment on
raising, and even on buying, po
tatoes not 'authorised by govern-)
meat quotas or not packaged as
the government directs, or with
the packages not bearing a gov-
ermeat stamp. But the vote In the
hotue was close. 174 to 165; and
Immediately afterward it was
felt the act would not have been
passed at all had congress ; un
derstood it, and had the house
leaders not restricted the debate
to one hoar, t , -
On the whole, the record of the
past congress ; was not radical.
The new congress that meets In
January does not materially vary
In personnel. The number of
democrats In the house has been
increased from 322 to 329. The
additional ones are new. There
is ho reason to suppose these are
necessarily radical, and their
number is neglible. It the 332
democrats remaining, who com
pose the rest of the democratic
majority, nearly all are the same
Oregon, TOsZaj ttcrnlssr, UzzzttT 1, K3S
the New
SULLIVAN
who held, seats - last year. ' The
number of members of the house
having, avowedly radical or ex
treme -progressive - views, the
farmer-labor members from Min
nesota aand the progressive ones
from Wisconsin are less than a
score la alL . , 1 . - . h
' In the new congress, In both
senate 'and house, , there! will , be
a disposition to function, to be
conscious ot ths perogatlre of i
the legislative branch of! govern
ment. - In the 1937-8" congress
there will -be1 no sense of iurry
or emergency, as . there was In i
the 1933-4 one;, and to some. ex-,
tent In. the 1935-6 one. Beyond
this, and lo some extent causing
this,, t e spirit of urgency has
been, lifted from the country and
tthe people by the receding of
depression, the the progress into
recovery. ! -
Ten Years Ago
December 1, 1926
Salem Y.M.C.A. la planning to
hold an open house program cn
New Year's day, departments and
classes taking part.
Captain J. K. Stacy ot Salem
Indian school says Indians made j
gotfd American soldiers in World
War In address to Klwanls club.
Twenty Years Ago
December 1, 1918
Superintendent ot- Public In
struction. J, A. Churchill has re
cently published a bulletin on
high school activities.
Luther J. Chapia, chairman of
agricultural bureau of Commerc
ial club, has received many in
quiries as to Marion county corn
show.
Marlon county potato! growers .
will meet early next week to con-
aider handling of exhibits for
potato show, held in conjunction
with county corn show, j
Sweepstakes on Loye
1 SYNOPSIS !
The socially el it Diana Darlington
and Regina Hrde are rivals for the
love of Roser Dexter, elislbl young
bachelor. - AltbouEh Diana.; enjoy a
much highr social positJon than R
gina, the latter's wealth sewns to more
than balance the scalea Diana wants
to work but her mother Genevieve, will
not hear of It. Mrs. Darlington secret
ly make a living by sendtna her friend
to different modistes, beauty salons,
etc. Her one bops Is for Diana to mar
ry wealth as soon as possible. So, she
amrnges for her daughter's debut In a
unite at the Parkview Hotel furnished
"tree" by ths management for the pub
licity to be gained vis, the "beat people"
who would attend the party. Even the
champagne Is gratia donated by the
very "common" Alfred Flegenschults,
former bootlegger but now m respecta
ble liquor merchant. In return, Qene
ivieve is' forced to invite the social
climbing Flegenschults family. Roger
showers Diana -with attention and ev-
lerythins: goes along smoothly until ths
champagne runs out and the spiteful
Regina suggests that th party go to
tier house for further libations. Roger
was among1 the last to leave.! Ha did not
accept Regina' Invitation, however, as
Diana feared, but. Indignant with his
friends for clearing' out so summarily,
went to th Harvard club Instead. La
ter on, Regtna give a play for charity.
She, of course, has th leading role.
Diana Is the hit of th show with her
'beautiful singing and dancing. The en
vious Regtna puts soap flakes on the
tag staircase causing- Diana to falL
Recuperating at home, Diana receives
a movie offer. Next come Regina' de
but. It was to be more lavish than any
thing society had ever before witness
ed. Although lame from her accident.
IDIana attends, accompanied by Roger.
Her happiness knows no bounds when
he tells her of bis love. Regina con
trive to get Roger away from Diana
Iby "spiking" his champagne with bran
jdy. Someone els takes Diana' bom.
Next morning, she do not know what
to think when Roger, through his but
ler, break an appointment with j'ber
land goes on a trip without saying good
bye. It was not Diana Roger was run
ning away from, however, but Regina
to whom he feared he had, committed
raself while intoxicated.
CHAPTER) XI
At half-past four, the inimitable
Perkins mixed him a potent pick-me-up
that had a familiar sauce
as its base, and is known among
he gay blades of England as a
'prairie oyster.'' i
At fire, his merry Harvard
lassmates arrived- Perkins had
hree Tom Collinses ready.
By the time they reached Penn-
ylvanla station, Roger's spirits
had lifted a little. S ,
i A second letter reached .Diana
rom the unknown Mr.j Benes ot
the International Film company.
It urged her to come ;to his of-
lce for a provisory film test.
Genevieve looked up J the com-
any in the telephone book. Under
the New York offices was a studio
address on Long Island. They
might make Diana an excellent of
fer, and her work would not ab
sent her from her home at nights.
Genevieve thought It might be
worth looking Into, anyway, while
Roger was absent. " . : :-
t
But Diana seemed apathetic.
Which was odd. For weeks and
eeks before her debut, hadn't she
been pestering Genevieve to -permit
her to take a Job almost-any
kind ot job?
1 It was fashionable to! be in the
movies,, and undoubtedly it was
lucrative. Genevieve knew that.
Diana, of course, was worrying
ever Roger, which was ajgood sign,
bnt foolish, in that practically all
rich men, with or without looks,
are bound to be spoiled.
I She told Diana so. She told her
that his departure meaat nothing
that all younr men, la love were
fkitUe-eatUe and mast be given
leeway before they . were Induced
to come to the point, as Roger most
certainly would. ;-: . - '
e "It's my belief he went off to
dodge Regina,". said jGenerieve
wisely. "It's my belief she traded
on the fact that he had (drunk too
much at her party, and led him
on to aay more to her than he
meant.,--" ' ;'-H- -:"-'-
1 Then It was cowardly of him
to clear out as he did." Diana's
small chin was "held high,
1 "Nonsense: e numan. cniia.
And be sensible. It will jmake him
think all the more of you if he re
turns to find you starring In a pic
tare. It'll make him corns right to
the ToInt, you'll see."
"Starring:" Diana sailed crooks,
I , 1 Black Snowball! : 1
I I r xTvx -s52 X XX il
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edly. "As an extra maybe. And re
member I'm still lame." I
"Anyway I'm going to call up
Mr. Bones right away and make
the appointment," Genevieve said
firmly.
That afternoon
made.
the test was
Three days later came the offer
One hundred dollars a week on a
three months' contract, with an
option following that. ot three
hundred dollars weekly, over the
period of a year. This option was
to be renewed annually, salary lnx-
creasing m scale, until a tnousanq
a week was reached.
Mother and daughter stared
.1
each other. Mr. Benes had read
the offer over the telephone to her
Diana was white-faced. , ;
"It sounds wonderful, 'but there
Is a snag In It, Genevieve! I
means Hollywood, not Long Is
land! The Long Island studios
closed down three months ago. I
would mean I would have to leave
everything my friends and
all ! j
T understand. Diana. But we
can stave the offer! off for a week;
or two, till Roger Teturns.
Bella brought up the afternoon,
paper. She handed It to her mis-j
tress, and withdrew.
Genevieve glanced at page one,
at first casually, then with widen-;
ing eyes. . -!- I.' I
"What's the matter, Genevieve?
What's the latest murder? Or is;
anybody suing us for the bills we
owe? . . ; - j
Genevieve's mouth had fallen;
open. She was staring at the print-;
ed page. Diana was alarmed.
She jumped np. She took the pa
per from her mother; Headlines
In black type sprang out at her.
"PACIFIC COAST SUFFERS ;
EARTHQUAKE"
"Oil Companies Estimate Losses
May Run to Millions ot Dol
j lars Owing to Fissure Below
; Famous Armour Hill Wells"
1
! "Biggest oil-fields of Santa Bar
bara dry and owners ruined."
! "The Armour Hill wells? Why,
the owners -why,' that's: Roger
and his father! gasped Diana.
! The enormously wealthy Dex
ters were ruined by what is tech
nically . known In. California as
"an act of God. -
I "Though surely God had noth
ing to do with anything so cruel
as an earthquake!" sobbed Gene
vieve who. literally and metaph
orically, had had her hopes crash.
I "It was a fissure in the earth,
Mother, They never knewtlt, but
there was an enormous pocket un
der the wells and around them.
They Just caved In. and the oil dis
appeared. -I',.
Diana was not broken-hearted,
aa was Genevieve, for had she not
had a marvelous letter from, Roger
air-mailed from Santa Barbara?
Terribly sorry for Roger as she
was. would not this catastrophe
give him an opportunity to show
the stuff ot which he was made?
j "Darling Diana.' he had writ
ten. "Ton will know by now how
right I was that night at the
Hyde house when I spoke of fid
dling while Rome , was burning!
la other words, the old family for
tune's gone np in smoke! Or more
accurately, it's burning merrily
somewhere In the ; center of Mo
ther Earth, and we shall see It no
mere! Oil is definitely out, and elbow-grease
is Uu From now on, I
am one ot the world'a workers.
! Naturally, this has hit my old
man hard, but It cheers him some
what, to have me alongside." I've
neglected him appallingly j In the
last few years, but from now on, I
Intend to make amends, and have
told him so, and he believes it. .
: "Perkins 'phoned . me the bad
news directly it broke In the New
York papers. I packed pronto, and
boarded the first plane from Mem
phis to Santa Barbara. .Things
could not be worse. In fact, it we
are to exist. I must get work im
mediately. I'm thinking of accept
ing a Hollywood offer that came to
- er
May Christie
me through a chap called Benes
of the International Film Com
pany (he's a sort of talent-scout
for 'era), during the ran of our lit
tle playlet In New York, and which
I then definitely turned down. Seventy-five
dollars a week In the Art
Department of a Hollywood stu
dio, painting scenery, etc, Bound
ed a bit fantastic at that time, las
you can well imagine but it's the
goods now. I may send a night let
ter to Benes, grabbing it while the
grabbing Is good. How I wish I
could invite you here, but there
won't be a roof-tree to invite you
to, since oar house is to be sold
directly. In order to meet certain
liabilities. ,
"Meantime, write me. Diana- I
could say plenty more and wish I
had said it before I left New York!
but fate intervenes otherwise
the 'well-known "act of God'
which sounds fantastic to me and
I can still hardly believe it. Can
you? '
"God bless you, dear Di
i "As always,
! "ROGER."
She went to the telephone. She
called up Mr. Benes of the Inter
national Film Company. She ac
cepted his offer. It meant Holly
wood and Roger! j
"I I understand a friend of
mine, a very brilliant artist l(Ir.
Roger Dexter ' )
"He's Joining our staff in the
Art Department ot our Hollywood
studio. He starts a week from
Monday," said Mr. Benes briskly.
Genevieve would probably have
been ! dead against the move
Hollywood had she not received
to
aa
offer of fifteen hundred dollars
to
rent her house on East 68 th street
for the four mid-winter months.
That would pay off the three
years accumulation of taxes, and
leave Diana and herself the nec
essary three hundred dollars tor
train fare to the coast. j
One hundred dollars a week
closely followed by an option tor
three hundred weekly was not I to
be sneezed at, in these hard times J
It was cold in New York, butj It
would be gloriously sunny In Cal
ifornia. She had a cough to be Cot
rid of, and Diana too would Tbe
benefitted by the change to L a
warmer climate.
. There was the question of young
Roger, also. She simply did not be
lieve that his fortune had entirely
vanished! Undoubtedly he was in
love with Diana. and . Hollywood
would bring them together.
Fortunately it had removed him
fromr Regina.
Regina Was in none too good; a
humori ;,.,: .; ;:
. - "I clll It rather sneakyvof yen,
Diana, to keep that movie offer up
your sleeve!" Nor had Roger told
her of Mr. Benes's interest In his
handiwork in the scenery ot the
play Regina had starred in. The
motion-picture company or their
scout, rather had not . thought
sufficiently highly of the star to
make her ah offer. It annoyed her
extremely.' -: j
Wasn't she Infinitely better
looking than Diana, and with loads
more talent? '. - -
' To Itell the truth, Regina who
was a decided exhibitionist and al
ways yearning for new worlds to
conquer had cherished a yen for
a long time in connection with the
movies. .. - . v.v T
i Why not go to ; Hollywood hei
self? Why not tackle the movie
moguls In person? . ; . 1.
f She had boundless belief In her
ability as an actress. She would
soon put it over.', . " - -
But not now. It would look too
pointed to follow Roger and Diana
to the west coast at once. - j
i She had already been : twitted
about Roger, and condoled with
ever the loss of his vast fortune.!
"It? won't make a bit of differ
ence between Roger and me!" she
fairly! spat at Diana and her mo
ther when she came rushing round
to thC : house on East 68 th street
to have the disturbing news cor
roborated. ;-.; x .. j:
9 "x on mean about his going to
work fn pictures?" asked Diana
Innocently.
j "No. I mean he told me his feel
ings for me the night of my party
and I shan't let his loss of money
stand between us, Regina rapped
out.;.
' Genevieve looked ; np from her
game ot solitaire. 1 4
"Do you mean to tell me you're
engaged to Roger?" She raised
her eyebrows. "Diana had a long
letter from him. inviting her out
to Santa Barbara which was an
over-eta tement "and he never
said a word about being engaged."
Regina, caught, flushed hotly,
which was a rare, thing for her to
do. ' t
; She tossed her head.
"I didn't say I had accepted him,
did IT" ' ; .
Shortly after that, she left,
r---:::.'';r, (,:.;, , ,-,; .
Quite a crowd of her friends
came to Grand Central station to
see Diana and her mother oft for
the west coast.
Press photographers turned out
In force, and next day's papers car
ried pictures with the caption:
"Beautiful Debutante Wins Splen
did Hollywood Contract."
Her salary, needless to say, was
greatly exaggerated. : .
The moment the train, bearing
Diana and her orchids and her
gifts, started to move, Regina de
clared to Phyllis and Maude:
"She'll flop. Yen mark my words.
She hasn't what it takes to make
any kind of a hit-in pictures."
"Certainly she hasn't," agreed
Maude the stooge. "If I were you,,
Regina, I'd go out and show them
what real ability is!"
"Provided' Regina takes you
with her. Maude!" sneered Phyl
lis. "Such a cheer-leader couldn't
possibly be left behind!" -
VI'll Jolly well hop on the first
train with you. Regina.' chirped
Clarence. "The screen requires
better and brighter Englishmen
wno konw their Jolly way around
That's what I say Noblesse oblige
and bally good manners!"
"Shut up. You're an ass!" snap
ped Regina 111-temperedly, "I
wouldn't take you on a bet!" . . i
They went to the Merry-Makers
for drinks, and tore Diana to pie
ces. -. j - .
Meantime, on the train that was .
carrying them past the sparkling
waters of the Hudson River Diana
sat among her flowers. ,
A new life was opening-out be
fore her. It would contain the oth-
thing essenUal to her happiness,
Roger Dexter. - -
They would be In the same stu
dio! She would see him every day!
She would arrange matters so that
they might meet in the commissary
at mid-day, and he would often be
with her in the evenings.
(To Be Continued)
School Children
nt Program
SILVER FALLS. Nov. SO An
interesting program was present
ed at the local school house Tues
day night under the direction of
Miss Dorothy DenteL teachers
The Thanks giving motif was car
ried out in decoration. A basket"
social with Jack Hollings worth
as autioneer, followed and netted
ISO, which will be applied as
payment on the piano y recently
purchased. -
The program included: "Am
erica The Beautiful," audience;
poems, Dolores Peterson and Bar
bara Zlebart; harmonica solo, Ar
thur Wolfe; poem, Alice Cunnine- N
ham, George Tool ey. Kenneth
Brown; vocal duet. Fern Ellen
and Audrey Fields; poems. Fern
and Betty Smith vocal solo. Bet
Iy Cunningham; dialogue. "Spell
ing Thanksgiving,' third end
fonrth grades; poem, Shirley Bar
ney; tap dance, Evelyn Hamel;
reading, Mr. Hamel; poems. Ma- ,
tilda and Frances Zlebart, Harvey
Barney; vocal duet. Evelyn and
Jimmy Hamel; .1 poem. Audrey
Fields, and - vocal duet, Mrs.
Frank Duerst.