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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, October 21. 1948 X < ? e 30/91 alt FICTION CORNER She Floats Through the Air By K itc h e n T a lk Jaipur— II Ay Jo you call tb it a Kun- auay Cake? Joan— Ih iau ie I put in three eggi a n d heat it! JO H N H . HOSE Tony silently worshipped the petite trapeze queen but she did not know he existed until his heort and imagination combined to bring about a unique introduction. T samble ln the aide show te n t a fte r d inner to m o rro w ." " F in e ," rep lied Annette. " I have often watched y o u r c h a rm in g show. 1 would be delighted M 's ie u r F ra - giotto. Perhaps you w ould be so kin d as to show me how to m ake them w o rk ? ” T his was even m ore than T ony had dream ed m ig h t be possible. ■'Indeed! In d e e d !” he shouted e n thu sia stica lly. “ I sh a ll expect you then to m o rro w .” The next afternoon, T on y was ready w ith the puppets long before the d inner hour. He ta lk e d to them affe ction a te ly as he p u t them through th e ir paces. To Beppo, the ^lown he chuckled: j NY had J u it em erged through : bars high above the ground. E ach 1 the re a r flap o f the sideshow tent j day he became m ore enam ored I when he heard the steady ru m b le ! o f the b e a u tifu l a e ria lis t. B u t how — „ ij - _ . ------------- I G iv e a n d T a k e ,n a re d rum s sounding fro m s o o ,J ie E n S * " A b u r g la r b ro k e in to m y house ,he blg top Just a few feel aw ay He tion for th S t iX P r » StR ■’ a d m ira - “ And now, leetle fonny m an, you : make boys and g u rfs to „ la s t n ig h t w h e n I w a s s t ill a t th e h u rr,e d a cro ” the s tra w -litte re d tton or the sta r o f the show? c lu b , ” sa id S m ith to h is fr ie n d areaw ay w hich was the a cto r's en- n e e a rly p a rt o f the season. , no?” The b e a u tifu lly ca rve d wood« “ D id he g e t a n y th in g ? ” a ske d trance lo the circus The S3?1? co1’ ony began to fo rm u la te a plan en horses pranced and danced as th e fr ie n d . i ored pennants floated in the breeze w ereby he m ig h t show A nnette ' g ra ce fu lly as th e ir re a l counter “ Y e s, p o o r d e v il. H e ’s in a hos- I h ig h above the m am m o th canvas ow e fe lt fo r he r. D u rin g the I parts in the b ig tent across the h o n u n g . k h t i* p ita l. M v y W w ife I th it ___ w a s P e rfo rfo rm rm e e rs r’ in gay 8aY costumes lounged hours when he was not e x h ib itin g m e .” I h e su re ly about the re a r of the tent his puppets, Tony carved fu rio u s ly , way. B ut the tru ly a rtis tic m a s te r piece was the re p lic a o f Annette. a w a itin g the grand finale. L u m b e r cre a tin g new properties, scenery, Tenderly, he placed the tin y pup Branch Line B a g g a g e m a n — A c o llis io n on th is ln g elephants pushed and heaved to and characters. pet in to place on the a e ria l swing m ove the a n im a l cages in to the r a ilr o a d is im p o s s ib le . The triu m p h o f th is fren zie d ac in his m in ia tu re arena. P a ss e n g e r — Im p o s s ib le ? H o w m enagerie tent. The big, ta w n y cats t iv it y was a b e a u tifu l d o ll—the v e ry “ M y b e a u tifu l one,” he alm ost snarled v ic io u sly In anger at h a v so? im age o f Annette. Soon the tr a p whispered, “ we shall see i f you can in g been retu rn e d to confinem ent B a g g a g e m a n — We h a ve o n ly one pings were com pleted. I t was do the trip le soubresaut, reesking again a fte r th e ir perform ance. t r a in . - your love ly lif e ! ” As the g ra c e fu l | B u t T ony was oblivious *o a ll th is , puppet tum bled th rough space at a c tiv ity as he m oved in te n tly in to G ood A lib i J the behest o f T on y’s n im b le fingers, T a x i D r iv e r — O h , I s a y , s ir , the tent, and slipped q u ie tly onto he became entranced in his w ork. y o u r son a lw a y s g iv e s m e tw ic e as the grass n e a r the end of the hippo- He did not see Annette s lip into ’ drom e tra c k . His position gave h im b ig a t ip as th a t. the tent. He was s ta rtle d when she M illio n a ir e — W e ll, he ca n a f a com m anding view o f the space di- exclaimed, fo rd it. A f t e r a ll, h e 's g o t a r ic h re c tly o ve r the center ring. M u lti - “ But . . . It is p e rfe c t!” She colored sp o tlig h ts played upon the fa th e r , a n d I h a v e n ’ t. scampered behind the scenes to ex | spangled fig u re o f a d a in ty lady amine the tra p p in g s o f the new silhouetted against the tent top. O u t f o r a S w im show She oh-ed and ah-ed a t the A t r a v e le r in th e m id d le o f th e The gentle m u ric o f a w a ltz now | * b e a utifully w ro ug h t d e ta ils o f the S a h a ra d e s e rt c a m e upon a m a n wafted through the tent from the i tiny circus, and when Tony handed in a b a th in g s u it. bandstand. Poised upon the tin y : her the tin y d u p lica te o f herseif, ‘ ‘ W h e re on e a rth a re yo u go p la tfo rm , 80 feet above the ground, j she was u tte rly speechless. F in a lly in g 9 ” d e m a n d e d th e t r a v e le r . stood the pe tite Annette—queen o f , she said: " S w i m m i r " , ” re p lie d th e one in the a e ria lists. M any said she was ' “ Oh, Tony, i t ’ s b e a u tifu l . . , too th e b a th in g s u it. the greatest since L a n g try. The I beautiful. I d o n 't re a lly look lik e " B u t , ” sa id th e t r a v e le r , “ y o u ’ re sw inging b a r floated rh y th m ic a lly that, do I ? " she queried, looking a h u n d re d m ile s f r o m th e s e a .” back and fo rth as she swung it j coquetishly up in to his eyes. The " Y e s , ” re p lie d th e o th e r . “ W id e g ently and evenly aw ay fro m her. j blood rushed to T on y's face, and b e a ch , a in 't it ? ” F a r across the space atop the tent, i he stam m ered w e a kly: her assistant swung a s im ila r b a r I “ Oh, Tony, show me how to m ake back and fo rth . L e g itim a te E x c u s e her w o rk ,’’ pleaded Annette, danc A n e m p lo y e e o f a la r g e fir m Annette was readying h e rse lf fo r ' ing up and down e x c ite d ly lik e a a p p ro a c h e d th e o ffic e m a n a g e r. the h ig h lig h t of her p e rform ance— 1 child w ith a new toy. "C a n you S ir , ” he s a id , “ I 'd lik e to h a ve the fe a ture a ttra c tio n of A m e rica 's rea lly m ake h e r do a trip le somer- a week o ff.” greatest circus. She was about to I sault lik e m y s e lf? ” W hat? ’ c rie d th e m a n a g e r. p e rfo rm her trip le som ersault, d e fy " Y e s ," laughed Tony, “ b u t it “ Y o u ju s t g o t b a ck fr o m a v a c a ing death, as she swung her lo ve ly, The leading lady of the big top is not easy. You m ust p ra ctice . Now tio n .” slim body through the top o f the h u rtle d out and up to w a rd the see." he said, pla cin g the toggle B u t I w a n t to g e t m a r r ie d , ” tent. T here were no nets beneath! roof. | sticks in h e r hands as she c la m re p lie d th e e m p lo y e e . The slig h te st m iscue would spell “ W h y d id n ’ t y o u g e t m a r r ie d in sta n t death fo r the in tre p id A n Tony s plan to assemble the m in ia bered onto the p la tfo rm beside him . “ When you m ove thees one so, the w h ile you w e re on y o u r v a c a tio n ? ” nette. tu re circu s on a Sunday when the arm s and legs do y o u r beeding. “ W e ll, I d id n 't w a n t to s p o il m y show would be la y in g over. He had W ith the 4,000 spectators, Tony When you m ove thees one so,” he v a c a tio n ,” w a s th e r e p ly . stared upw ard as the drum s again planned how he would In vite A n indicated the o th e r stick, “ the head began* th e ir om inous ro ll, and A n nette to see his new a ct! and body m ove at yo u r c o m m a n d .” nette floated out on her sw inging “ W hat if she won’t com e?” he Annette m oved the sticks a w k ! bar. A s ile n t pause! Then the d rum s thought. But su re ly she would not w a rdly, and the lit t le d o ll g y ra te d increased th e ir pace fu rio u sly, and refuse this sim p le request. The w ild ly in h e r hands. In h e r e ffo rt the leading la d y o f the b ig top thoughts raced through his m in d to disentangle the puppet, she be h u rtle d out and up to w a rd the roof, as he watched the o b je ct o f his came involved in the strings. T ony her body re v o lv in g once— a ffection leave the tent. reached around h e r shoulders to “ T ah -a h -a h -a h a h -a h -a h r u m p ! ” S low ly he arose fro m the grass straig h te n up the entanglem ent, beat the drum s. He would w a it u n til she had changed when she raised h e r face, b ru sh T w ice — "Tah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah- her costume. Then he would go to in g his chin w ith her soft h a ir. ru m p !" the mess tent. He knew the exact H e r love ly fe m in in e fra g ra n c e held Three tim es — “ Tah-ah-ah-ah-ah- m om ent when x h i w ould en ter fo r T ony entranced, and a ctin g im 1 a h -a h -ru m p !” her evening m eal. A fte r an in te rv a l p u lsive ly, he kissed h e r upturned j She m et the b a r sw in g in g out to th a t seemed lite r a lly hours to Tony, lip s little Va-tro-nol in each nostril quickly opens up “ Plees, forgeev me, I . . . I her w ith p e rfe ct p recision, and in a Annette came in to the d in in g tent. nasal passages to relieve s tu ffy • . ■” he stam m ered. B ut A nnette trice , stood upon the p la tfo rm on Shyly he approached her. transient congestion Invites rest fu l sleep Relieves s n lffly , sneezy the opposite side, s m ilin g down on ‘ «L-.XCOOS, please. Signorina An- was not angry. R a th e r she seemed distress of head colds Follow direc pleased E v e r so tenderly, she cud- the vast sea of faces below. 1 nette . . .” tions ln the package. T ry It! "O h. M 's ie u r F ra g io tto ,” trille d i died against Tony, and speaking A g re a t " A h . . . .” o f re lie f es 1 so ftly, she said: caped fro m the crow d, and then the Annette, “ and how are you today?” “ B ut, Tony, little Annette is s till applause resounded throughout the Tony was p le asantly surprised that j tent. the circu s queen knew who he was. a ll tangled up. She w ill surely nev “ I f the lady has the little m in e r m ake the som ersault i f you do | T ony sat entranced as Annette I n o t help m e ." acknowledged the p la u d its o f the ute,” he stam m ered, " I —Antonio— IF YOU WERE A W AVE, T on y's h e a rt was m a k in g __ i m u ltitu d e . Then she q u ic k ly slid have created the new poppets They som ersaults now, as once again he down the rope to the ground, took are the p a irfo rm a irs of c irc u s ," he W AC, M ARINE or SPAR p u t his arm s about her. Then the several g ra ce fu l bows, and scam p m outhed the words c a re fu lly in his w ords came p o u rin g fo rth . . . th« ered to w a rd the exit. A lready the broken English. "1 would like, w ords he "had w hispered to the pup w hat p e rfo rm e rs and horses were pour please the advice of the Signorina pet Annette about th e m !" in g Into the tent fo r the grand “ Oh. m y b e a u tifu l A n n e tte ,” ht N u rs in g “ How ve ry c h a rm in g ." laughed fin a le ; but T on y watched only the sighed, "these long month» I have m ovem ent o f the raven-haired beau Annette w ith a toss o f her dark ." o ffe rs h a ir, arid a m e rry tw in k le o f the loved you I never dream ed . ty. Annette. b u t his w ords were lost, fo r An sp a rklin g , blue eves “ I would be T w ice each day he came to the P e r n e tte 's lo ve ly face was lifte d to m ain tent to w atch the sta r o f the delighted. M 'sie u r F ra g io tto . — ■»i education trailing to R- N. haps you could show them to me his. and her w a rm th and beauty high swings How his h eart yearned engulfed h im as he kissed her long — m ore o p p o rtu n itie s every year in to m o rro w when we have no per fo r the little F rench actress, but and te n de rly. hoapital«, piihlj«- health, etc. fo rm a n ce ? " I Annette was e n tire ly unaware of And A nnette— the d o ll—sorrier — »»nr allow ance u m le r the G . I. B ill Thai is » h a t I »'as th e en kin g ," saulted again and again at the end I his a ffection fo r her. o f Kitfhi» often ro vers y a w en tire said Tony. " I w ill have them as- T ony was b ille d as Anthony o f her tangled strings. 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Hut Giuseppe E ra g io tto was no ordi- I n a r , fa rm e r Ha » a the \ llage I wood ca rve r, and fo r years had de lighted the peasants in the Vicenza - — region w ith his puppet shows Nat- 42 48 !o ra lly he (aught his son. Antonio the art. Kidneys Must Work W e ll- F o r Y o u T o Feel W r it M hi«™ av-»ry day T d a y , , ™ * " " ■ navar »txp p iat, iha h d n , , , m atter from tbs blood. If mors people w*rs »wars of hoe the kidnrvs must constantly remove sur plus fluid, s io o s artds end other easts m atter that rsanot stay In ths bi «llh. ul Injury |o '« haltar undaraland n , w hol. o a t .in i , u ,^ ., «» functioa property. at a r t. lh, , fl ' a«_5“ — ■' “ ‘ T w urine H ob a.'mauniae »arna Ih al — anMhlaaa • V — may .„ IT ,, / • ' ha. h . . .tarke s d'aataaaa, rte e a a S e pain, ( .t o n « up at Bights. avail „g " - -I u v I ' - . . . a ' . 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The very same Jesus who trod Zz The old, old lanes and the highways On His beautiful errands for God. / / 4O(O I was troubled and heart sick and weary W ith a load too heavy to bear, I cried aloud in my weakness The Sparlu-W ithington Company, Jack,on, Michigan See t h e , . „ . w y o u , Sparton And suddenly He was there. When Tony was big enough to as- sist his fa th e r in the m a n ip u la tio n o f the gayly-costum ed dolls, they i tra ve le d to Vicenza, Como, and even Padua to present the F ra g io t to puppets at the street ca rn iva ls. Then the w a r had com e' H ie F ra g io tto fa m ily had gone under ground when the G erm ans flowed In to Ita ly E v e n tu a lly Tony had come »0 A m e rica. And w ith h im he had brought his precious puppets He found w ork as a fa rm hand in Penn sylva n ia w here he e xh ib ite d his puppets one evening at a Red Cross benefit show Not long a fte r that n ig h t, the c ir ru s agent had eon tacted h im . and he »as on his way to the circu s q u a rte rs. T he pa r t o f the on w hich mpi His gentle hand on my shoulder Was liftin g the burden from me. And He dried my tears, and 1 knew Him , It was Jesuj o f Galilee: N o different at all from the Master O n the Jericho toad that day. N o different at all from the Striout Along the Samaria way, And I ara so glad that I met H im l I knelt and I called out His name. And I ara so grateful I found Hun Unchanged and forever the t i m e CUT DOWN SMOKING? Then change to S A N O , the safer cigarette wi*h n a »< o< coex n 51.6% * LESS N IC O T IN E /rt / Met a k . in » in te r q u a r i Annette prac the rin gs and " th is AN£> AT THIS ONE! S tu r d y u t ilit y ta b le m odel. Id e a l fo r u n w ire d cottages, h u n t in g c a m p s , fa r m s . O p e ra te s 1 0 0 % on b a tte rie s t h a t la s t u p to 1 ,0 0 0 h o u r s . B e a u t i f u l , w a l n u t b ro w n , p la s tic case. M o d e l 4 -A W - J95* O n ly B e tte r HCt <I u ic k - lOaifcuraJ 1 Seno', M m tiS c proce«, cut, nico tin e content to half that o f o rd in a ry cigarette,. Y et s k illfu l blending makes etery puff a pleasure. ' ‘ NT a n ro o t pc, ex xgottr ittno c ic a rT n j j
