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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
Page Thirteen.
OMEN WANT BEAUTY
WATJJJ.. r.OUTSE HOLMES
Copyright, 1939. NEA Service. Inc.
" .t .ncles. "1 love 11.
CHmov and in- "But you should see Los An-
,mwded with new w shining, ful of atmos-
sensauon,-' phere."
Susie losi h elory fornia," she mused, not quite lik-
i,,mble. Sne wo ,.,onted . this turning of the back on
wanted i lwi i-
- " ... ...nntoH L.rt UIk tiimini? nf the hack on
l.r.V.ncr's office, '
the dance nour iiu.
ItinB tof her heart she was ..Yc
KdeeL r Se Prospect of there.
Matte
festinas w
4th Jff
and Edna
"Se, attenuon, the very
piousness of 1US that
" sort out and
Cm. the various causes im
Ktfdrink of any one hap-
I5- , mnarable to
tarol this, a
diet Bnl. '. . oor entire
Nt 'hat she found
F,acL' was in a delirious
ft SUS! IZI at life's gifts.
F.tSn to her heart, letting
fcs"1 S ' hr arms became
in I "c
,. iwn hours in the shoe
JLnt wh"e hundreds of
iartoe"mJ about for a sight
Ben iw , with her.
Suianne, r-"'" ' ,,,.,
hurriea Dae
b made a supreme wiiei
tt Her ;;:;.
,ment her Dream to"
.mem,H , . amved.
K tremblingly lifted an
r . ,. it., .himmenne mass
Is Ungea w " - ,
Led .he significance of he o
in? that once eaimj
the nerfect tribute for
m seem- i ,
L she would have been more
In more eui"..
he wore the fur-trimmed en
ile in which she had been
.enled to Mr. Harker, inner joy
iding an appealing luvcuucoo
(ace. ine muuu !
ir nf her collar, touching her
Ms with a caressing finger.
I
ut mat wwarded bv Dick s
..iUtl -
glance as he met her in the
. ... , .
'I thought 1 must nave arcamcu
" he said, taking her arm
miirlmtr hpr fn his par.
Lie paid slight attention. Sit
k beside Dick, Slim and extrav
Li, garbed, faintly P-fumed she 11 snag him
Ih a delicate, exotic oaor, ousie
L that cha had arrived. .
tVou're Hollywood, transplant-
in ugly oio cnicago," uick saia.
biirasn isn't uelv." she ob-
Ited. To her it was fairyland, the
ftening Background tor mir-
'Vnn hft. And the eirls out
there they certainly treat a fella
right."
'Dear me-am i neanng com
plaints?"
Taking nis eyes irom me iramc
he looked down at her with the
well-remembered flash of white
teeth. "Not you, Suzanne, nary a
complaint. How about letting me
v,nur vou off at the Hermit club
party on New Year's Eve?"
It s a date, sne saia. ausie s
joy blazed higher. The Hermit
club on New Year's Eve only a
favored few received that gift
from the gods. Ah, the goas were
kind kind.
Followed tow mad, whirling
weeks. Dates and double dates with
TWoif onrl his friends. The friends
gradually drifted away, Susie's
preference ior uic uuviuus even w
the smitten young men. Christmas
Eve started at 5 o'clock with a
cocktail party at luxurious home
of one of Dick's friends. Susie, with
1 .Imnla haM.- Om inH fpt hit
out of place at this party. She met
Dick s sister ana was suuuoeu, nui
much, but enough to make her
wonder.
Had she heard Hester Tremaine's
comment to her mother she would
not have wondered, she would
have known, might have been
more pleased than troubled.
"Dick's mad abaout the common
little thing," Hester told her
mother. "Can't keep his eyes off
her. Some fine day we'll wake up
and find Suzanne, product of Mar
ker's bargain basement, hanging
from our family tree." This was
a misrepresentation and unkind,
but Hester was not especially kind.
"Dick's just having a good time,"
her mother said easily. "He's isn't
taking on a wife to support, not
since your father has shut down
on him."
"He seems to think Suzanne has
ter shrugged. "Whether or not, I'll
bet my next month's allowance
iic IX snag mm.
AmJ Ccia ii.lm o mivo lnr4i.
like name for it, was definitely out
i- ...I ci . .,:innii..
ID WIU UllK. OI1C Wd3 viuiCULiy
in love with him that she lived
in a daze, one moment deliriously
sure, the next frantically dubious.
And Dick was overly attentive.
Telephone calls before breakfast,
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ru'n is, the radishes are in retr'lar rows and the weeds
aren't.'
SIDE GLANCES
'ti m ...vj.... rr.. .... ... .. .
l'sovve8- lrVck far' that's handy to a good
-c ia IOr iresn vejjclables every day.
conversations italicized by subtle
flattery, inneundos with double
meaning that toppled Susie'i lis
tening heart, little intimate re
minders, hints of a commonly
shared future, low, caressing
laughs.
Flowers came daily. On Christ
mas he gave her a compact, of all
things, a smooth, shining thing,
sweet to the touch, entrancing.
Susie offered hey lips in an im
pulsive gesture of gratitude and
it was strange that she thought
of Jeff when Dick kissed her.
She saw little of Jeff these days.
Except for the Christmas party,
with Jeff making a palpable effort
at holiday cheer, with Edna and
John Harker deeply oblivious to
everyone save themselves, she had
scarcely seen Jeff.
She knew that Edna and Mr.
Harker were married on the last
day of the year; in fact Jeff diffi
dently asked her to attend the
simple service, but that was the
day of the Hermit Club ball and
Susie gave the Bowmans never a
thought.
Dick asked her to wear the
Snow White gown and she gave
thanks, it being the only evening
frock provided by Harker's. Ready
for the party she was like a per
fumed kitten, drowsy wtih de
light, tiny thrills singing through
her blood. Dick's apparent adora
tion gave her confidence and con
fidence gave her poise. Utter hap
piness lent beauty where none
existed.
Her scarlet mouth was a flower,
waiting to be crushed, her imper
tinent little nose added personal
ity, her shadowed eyes were deep
with the mystery of love.
Only one small incident jarred
on the perfection of the evening.
Dick poked tun at me party.
Susie should see how they did
things in Hollywood. He ruined
one entire dance by minutely de
scribing a soiree at the home of
a prominent actress. Susie wanted
to De impressed and was, sligntly,
until Dick inadvertently let. out
the fact that the party was a
benefit of some kind.
"They do things out there," Dick
said boastfully. "They lead and
these mugs follow."
Susie, who had thought the Her
mit Club party the last word in
sophistication and luxury, felt a bit
deflated.
"Why do you stay here if you
don't like it, Dick?" she asked.
"If you want to know the truth,"
he replied, his cheek touching one
of her curls, "it's because a certain
girl has a strange hold on me,"
This was only half the truth. Dick's
father had not yet seen the advis
ability of tendering a loan to his
son.
Up went Susie's spirits. Dick of
ten said things like that. Never ha
he said he loved her, never had he
verged beyond the indifenite, but
small straws in the wind kept her
blood at fever pitch.
Maybe your girl would liku
California," she suggested daring
ly.
He side-stepped. "My girl Is tied
up wim a radio contract, he said.
Dick was much impressed with
Susie's contract, especially when
she naively mentioned her, salary.
If she made good That was an
other reason why he lingered on,
to see u sne made good. Meanwhile
the telephone calls, flowers, tea
dances, dinners, first nights at the
theatres went on and at last cam
the night of Susie's first broadcast.
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Sing Out the Blues
By HAROLD GRAY
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PORTLAND, Ore., April 19 (U.R)
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a. m.
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