S outhern Oregon News Review. Thursday, Jan u ary 9, 1947 Ask Me Another Question LR5T LOVER BY Ju lia ( D o o l e y ) M c F a rla n e 's husband. K ichard. d i\.tp p e a rrd In W orld W a r I, leaving her with two children. She and her fa lh e r-ln -la w , John I. M c F a rla n e , have tried In vain to Hud to m e trace ol R ichard, either dead or a liv e . Tw enty- >ve years la te r Rlc Is J7 and serving In the a rm y o( W orld W ar I I w hile J ill, 2C. professes an In terest In Spang Gordon, a young lieutenan t. Ju lia still clings Io the belle! th at R ich ard m ay yet be alive and refuses to have him declared leg a lly dead. H e r greatest w o rry Is th at her daughter m ight m a rr y Spang, thus becoming an a rm y w ife, subject to the same g rief she h a t en­ dured fur a q u a rte r of a century W ith­ out word of R ich ard . C H A P TE R II Ju lia tw isted her hands tog e th ­ er. “ John I . , ” she began a b ru p tly , “ R ic d id n 't have a fu rlo u g h when he came home. He tra d e d fo r some other m an's pass. J ill to ld m e .” The old m an's m ustache tw itch e d . “ I suppose if they put h im in the guard-house yo u 'd send h im a fr u it­ cake w ith a file in i t ! ” “ I f they put h im in the g u a rd ­ house his chances fo r a com m ission are gone.” “ M ig h t be a good th in g . B eing a buck p riv a te m ig h t be good fo r h im .” He stood up, gla re d down at her fie rce ly. "D o o le y, you spoiled th a t b o y !” " I kn o w ," J u lia said h e a v ily , “ but he was—a ll I had! He needed me. J ill d id n 't. She was alw ays self- sufficient, lik e y o u ." " ‘She's a M cF a rla n e . The M c ­ Farlanes stand on th e ir own feet. But th a t young R ic h a rd —he's an­ other—" TfcZsjf TFe Q u e s tio n s Tftu'/o J u lia M cF a rla n e had done a ll that. B orn a M cF a rla n e and m a r­ rie d to a d is ta n t cousin o f the same name, she had dragged the old place back fro m desuetude alone, except fo r the fu m b lin g , peppery encouragem ent o f old John I. M c ­ F arlane. J u lia was slender and ca lm and m e rry , but in d o m ita b le w ith it. and fo r a long tim e , longer than he lik e d to reckon. Dave P at­ terson knew th a t he had been in love w ith her. N ot that he had let her know. To Dooley he was good old Dave, whose fa rm and handsome old b ric k house had been sw allow ed up by the encroaching pow er p ro je ct, who was a big bew ildered now, upro o t­ ed fro m the land th a t Pattersons had fa rm e d fo r generations, try in g to find h im s e lf again by ru n n in g a bank and not being v e ry happy at it. He was forty-seven and th in n ing on top, and one knee was s tiff so the a rm y would not have h im , and his firs t w ife had been dead fo r so long that her m e m o ry had faded to a sm a ll, s ilv e ry shadow. He crossed the porch and opened a french door w ithout knocking, and in s ta n tly a young m an in the tan was down here alone ha tin g m e fo r being so slow .” “ A re you Spang?” Dave asked. “ I'm Spang. They hung th a t on me at college. Y o u 'll excuse us. sir, i f we take o ff? " J ill said. "W e have to d riv e the station-wagon. I t hns p le n ty of B gas in it, but Dooley says to re ­ m e m b e r th a t the tire s have to last a ll w in te r." Spang took her elbow w ith a proud, p ro p rie ta ry a ir. “ Good night, s ir. G lad to have seen y o u ." “ You look v e ry decorative, you tw o ," D ave approved. "T h e m ill ------ „atrt l s i a * *** best w ith som ething flu ffy alongside.” staged screen radio fivleaaed by W estern N ew spaper Union. By V IR G IN IA V A L E i W STIN G J a n e t Blatr in a v > co-starring role in ‘‘The Fabulous D orseys” was a sm art move on the p a rt of Producer C harles R. Rogers. The role is that of a beautiful girl with singing and dancing talent who’s a neighbor of the D orseys in P ennsylva­ nia. Well — J a n e t hails from 1. Who was the first Hom an e m ­ p ero r to pro tect C hristians and be­ com e one of them ? 2. W hat is the method of e n a m ­ elin g m e ta l or porcelain called? 3. A fa r m e r signed the D e c la ra ­ tion of Independence. Who was he? 4. When the Rubicon is m en ­ tioned, you think of what? CC ul I QL S o ? t ’’ O U N T I.E S S people w ill not J live to encounter the tro u ­ bles they fe a r. W eighty opinions a re never d erived from featherliead s. F ig u res w ill not He n early as much as some fellows who use th em . Altoona, Pa., and em erged in to the lim e lig h t as a band singer before com ing to Hollywood. In c id e n ta lly , the Dorseys say i t ’ s lu cky they were “ M ore pleasing to the eye, no such fighters, because otherw ise they d o u b t,” Spang amended, “ but not m ig h t not have been so successful. qu ite so effe ctive as an oxygen They worked together as long us m ask and parachute. I hope you they could, try in g to d ire c t one band know where this dance is. R e m e m ­ jo in tly . The break came, T o m m y ber I'm a co u n try boy fro tn down went his way alone, J im m y went his the D elta. I could get lost m ig h ty —result, tw o top-notch bands. easy in these h ills ,” ----- -!------ Tom Conway is fast becom ing the " J il l knows every h ill," Dave to ld ; j top w hodunit a cto r in show business him . He plays “ S herlock H o lm e s" on “ I should! I'v e hunted ch inqua­ ! 1 ABC S aturday nights, and hns ju st pins on them and got chiggers on [ completed his tenth m yste ry pic- p ra c tic a lly a ll of th e m ." “ Have fun. k id s ." Dave went through the h a ll to the foot o f the sta irs . There he intoned in a firm , c a rry in g voice. " I could ju s t sit here and ta lk to m yself. O r I could go home. Oh, hello, Dooley. I thought m aybe yo u 'd gone to bed.” J u lia leaned o ver the b anister. “ A t nine o'clock? I don’ t do th a t any m ore. I w ake up at tw o a. m . ! and th in k too m uch. I ’ ll be down in a m in u te ." 5. How w hs M n ry , queen of Scots, dressed w hen she w en t to the sculTold fo r execution? T h e A n s w e rs 1. C onstantine (th e G r e a t). 2. Cloisonne. 3. John H u rt (N e w J e rs e y ). 4. A riv e r. 9. In brilliant scarlet. M a li Jang O rig in u l Iv o ry M a li Jong sets con­ tained the n u in e i of fam ous C hines* heroes engraved on th e ir surface. When made a va ila b le to the w est­ ern w orld, these in scrip tio n s w ere changed to num erals snd le tte rs co&o SUFFERERS! It Is usually when your hand a re doing nothing th at tim e hangs heavy on th em . 6 6 6 STARTS RELIEF IN A lot of people a re w illin g to try a n yth in g once — pro­ vided th a t it isn 't anything sensible. JUST ^SECONDS f l K fam ous, p re te rì pilo«» <>P» j M ò. for •«!>*<■ «prati» relief ‘ fro m «'"Id mlaerlae Try • K ' k A ' ] Id T a k la ta . or I I L iq u id Cold I I f e f « r a t Io n "C a u tio n t ’ aa orti» aa directed. When saving for old age, be sure to la y up a few pleasant thoughts. D u ra b le B ug Done In Easy ( ’able S iite li Watch Your - Kidneys/ l l r l p l h r n i (J ru iia e th e B lood o f l l n r i n f i i l Body M Mate Your klflnev« ere constantly Altering waate m atter from the bld atream But kidney a eometimee lag In their work da not act aa N a tu re In te n d e d — fail to re­ move Im pu rities th a t, if retain ed, may uotaon the ayeiom and upset tha whole body m achinery. Sym ptom s m ay be nagging backache peraiateut headache, a ttack« <>f diaxineaa, g e ttin g up nlgbts, sw elling, g jtlineae under the eyes - a feeling of nervous a m let y and losa of pep and atrength. O th er eigne of kidney or bladder dis­ order are eometimee burning, scanty or too frequent u rin atio n . Th ere should he no doubt th a t prom pt trea tm e n t is wiser than neglect I aa Doan a H ill». Doan'» have been winning M W fr.-!i(la I 'T more than fo rty years. T h ey have a natio n-w ide rep u ta t on Are recommended by grateful people the coun try over. AaL your nttfjKbot! “ D on't say it, John I . , ” J u lia begged, pain in her eye9. “ We’ ve put th a t bitterness away. D o n 't let it come a live a g a in.” “ B ut it is com ing a liv e again, w hether you w ant i t o r not. I'v e seen it fo r years. I w arned you th a t th a t boy was g ro w in g up lik e his fa th e r.” “ I was his m o th e r," J u lia re ­ m inded him . She cam e presently, tr a ilin g a flow ered chintz housegown. H er h a ir was roughened, her eyes looked a little shadowed. “ T h is is m y sixth change o f costum e fo r to d a y ," she sighed as she dropped into a ch a ir. When are you going to ease o ff ture “ The F a lco n ’ s A d v e n tu re ." I f this strenuous business'1 And w hat Qasij Rathbone ca rrie s out his plan jo u need is a d rin k . j t0 forsake the screen, Conway m ay “ N ot to n ig h t, Dave. It stim u la te s be chosen to succeed h im as the me too m uch. I c a n 't sleep. But cinema “ S h e rlo ck." And a ll w ith o u t “ I ’ ve heard that, to o !” Anger, fix one fo r y o u rs e lf—and you can tra d in g on his re la tio n sh ip to his s w ift and d a rk, rode the old m a n ’ s m ake one fo r John 1., too. H e 'll be brother. George Sanders, face. He rose and tow ered, though ------!------ in presently. No ice fo r h im —he he was four inches s h o rte r than she. hates h a vin g it bum p against h is ' K ay Gorcey, w ife of Groucho “ F o r years I heard that. And I m ustache. As fo r this strenuous M a rx, has been signed to appear ^ T O N IG H T . . . wasn’ t strong enough to defeat it. life , it w on’ t be o ve r soon, I fe a r w ith her husband in a comedy dance So now this th in g s ta rts a ll over They put F oster's boy in to One A routine fo r the Sam Coslow produc- again. H ere's another M c F a rla n e today. I argued th a t he was es- tion, “ Copacabana." a fo rth co m in g w e a rin g the u n ifo rm o f his country sential, th a t we had to ra ise food United A rtis ts release, w ith Carm en and w e aring no honor w ith it! fo r our a rm y , b u t old M r. C o rb e tt— M iranda. Andy Russell, Steve Coch- J u lia sm iled d ry ly , w ith o u t m irth you know how pig-headed he is and ran and G lo ria Jean. “ Do I hear a big w ind blowing? alw ays s tiff w ith the le tte r of the ----- 4----- Who hid the switches, I ’ d lik e to la w — asked me if I w anted to keep Ken N iles, announcer fo r "Sus- know, when he was little , when I'd this fa rm fo r m y ch ild re n o r let the pense," has been signed to play the cut stout ones and la id down the N azis have it.” •' role of the a tto rn e y In R obert law? Who sneaked upstairs w ith D ave w ent to the kitchen, came M itc h u m ’s RKO p ictu re , “ Out of the suckers and gingerbread? You L 'A S Y to k n it— it's done in scc- “ I could get lost m ighty easy in back p re se n tly w ith tw o ta ll glasses. F a st.” You m ay be fa m ilia r w ith needn’ t roar. John I., I know you these h ills.” “ So you revised y o u r decision I*16 story under the re a lly good o rig i- 1 J tions on two needles. L o v e ly — lik e a book.” about le ttin g J ill ru n around w ith nal title , w hich was “ B u ild M y Gal- for it's cable stitch . D u ra b le be­ len you rub sooth- “ D ooley,” he said g rim ly , “ no breeches and o live -d ra b blouse of the a rm y ? ” he said. lows H ig h .” cause i t ’s m ad e of colorful rug y a rn fig, warming VapoRub m a tte r w hat you say. I'm going to the A ir Corps, w ith a s ilv e r bar o r of old stockings. “ W hat can I do, Dave? She's a on her cold-Irritated co u rt next te rm and file th a t paper. on his shoulder, ju m p e d to his feet. • • • L o w e ll Thomas was a ll set to throat, chest and back a t bed­ I ’ ve listened to you long enough. A d a rk young m an, his h a ir cut ! grow n woman. I c a n 't put her in A knitted rug for any place In the house. a convent. She has to have fun. m ake teaching his life w ork, t i l l he P a tte rn 594 h a s directions for rug and time, It starts to work ln- You’ ve got a rig h t to a life o f yo u r short and d iscip lin e d w ith d iffic u lty , took a tr ip to Alaska and made some m atch in g sco t cover. She's tw e n ty -s ix years old. Sounds stantly.Then, w hile she sleeps, own, and I'm going to see th a t you w ith a good p a ir of honest blue eyes. .Q*nd 20 c en ts (In coins) for eac h p a t­ in c re d ib le , doesn't it? The span unusual film s of p rim itiv e m in in g VapoRub’s special relief-giv­ have it . ” “ H e llo ,” D ave said, “ I thought between tw o wars. R ich a rd 's last com m unities. L a te r, teaching at tern to: ing action keeps on working J u lia ’s face drained s w iftly , and you were R ic at firs t. I thought he P rinceton, he lectured a few tim es for hours. Often by morning im in e C ircle N ced lec raft D rp f. o u t of the whiteness her eyes were m ust have got his shoulder-hard- leave before he w ent over, and I was so young and so h e a rt-to rn and using his film s as illu stra tio n s. It 5 0 W. Kandulph St. f'h ira a o »0, III. m o st m ise ry o f . s i e * i f c embers. w are m ig h ty q u ic k .” proved ‘ to ° be so pro fita b le th a t he so te r rib ly in love and so unhappy i Proved that the cold Is gone. in c lo se 20 cenfa for puttern. “ No. No, John I., I w o n 't let “ How do you do, s ir? ” The sol­ w ith it. I c a n 't believe th a t that abandoned teaching, and he T r y I t t o n i g h t , < v * ’,oRu» ^ he's s b---- been j ___________________ you do it . ” d ie r showed v e ry w h ite teeth in a agonized, nineteen - ye a r - old thing ‘ ra v e lin g the w o rld and getting paid He tw isted his m outh. “ You can’ t q u ick sm ile. “ I ’ m Spencer Gordon. was I! Tw o babies, and no home, fo r It e ve r since. stop me i f I w a n t to do it . ” A ddrcsa. I used to be a frie n d of R ic 's —be­ no husband, nothing — t i l l you J u lia 's voice came, hoarse and fore the w a r.” WNU A ndrew Toombs, ch a ra cte r a cto r 0 2 -4 ' cam e and found me, and John I. th in . “ I th in k I can stop you And b ro u g h t me back here. I d o n 't want who crashed film s because of I w il l! ” a n yth in g lik e th a t fo r J ill. I d o n 't bald head, has played m ore than 200 “ He’ s been gone tw e n ty-five years. w ant th a t loneliness fo r her, s ittin g bald-head roles in pictures. B u t he I f he were le g a lly dead, e v e ry th in g at home, w atching the m a il, w a it­ gets the b re a k o f a life tim e in W a r­ w ould be cleared up. Y o u 're a fool “ B efore you got those?” Dave ing, freezing w ith dread every tim e ners' T e ch n ico lo r m u sica l, “ M y W ild —a weak, sentim ental fo o l!” grin n e d and in d ica ted the s ilv e r a messenger comes down the street. Ir is h Rose” —w ears a flow ing head " A ll rig h t,” she sighed, “ I ’ m a bars. “ Now, no frie n d s h ip w ith men And I don’t w ant her to have what o f h a ir, a p p ro p ria te ly parted in the fool. Leave it lik e that, John I . ” in the ranks, eh? Old m ilita r y p ro ­ »ur r tw iw enty-five c u iy - iiv e y years—si e a r s — SI- rni£i d le ' fo r bis role of a b artender of I'v e had , fo She w alked away, setting her tocol. I ’ m Dave Patterson. L iv e d N ot even to know, not to GaY N ineties. In c id e n ta lly , Den­ lence! boots down firm ly . - ...... ........... ... on the next place t i l l the TV A be c e rta in w hether it was quite nis M o rg a n ’ s doing road w o rk to John I. watched her go, fro w n ­ drowned m e out. So you’ re in the rig h t e ith e r to g rie ve o r to be re ­ keep in tr im fo r the p ic tu re ; he ing. A b e a u tifu l woman, a fine a ir, are you?” h a sn 't done a strenuous vocal chore signed. B u t w hat can I do?” wom an, too good fo r th a t w orthless “ N ot now. They grounded m e fo r since “ The D esert Song," and finds “ N o th in g ,” Dave agreed. “ We m an she had m a rrie d , the m an who a w h ile to teach aerodynam ics in sin g in g m ore ta xin g than m e re ly had been his own son. T.S.—th a t’ s te ch n ica l school, sir. can’ t liv e other people’ s lives for m a k in g love. No m a tte r how m uch we ’ T i l do i t a n y w a y !” he said aloud. B u t I have m y wings, and I hope them . love them . I'd lik e to liv e yo u r life Then he leaned back and thum bed to be back in the a ir before lo n g .” Chet L a u ck and T u ffy Goff (“ L u m ” tobacco in to his pipe. “ I assume you’ re here to see d iffe re n tly , i f I could.” and “ A b n e r” ) have a new protege. Dave P atterson rode his horse J ill? ” * six years love, D ooley.” pond th a t gave Dave a feeling of cadet corps?” w ould not say It. Sometimes he a8 ° wben he heard a squeaking door nostalgia, A naked bulb burned “ He washed out, I th in k —some was ce rta in , w e a rily , th a t he would *n 8 ra d io sound effects departm ent, above a gate, shadowed by d ark m in o r point o r other. Now he's tr y ­ never say it. j He a cquired the door, and has pre- old trees, and Dave got down and ing fo r o ffic e r’ s school, so I hear. He had loved Dooley fo r so lone sen‘ ed w eekly sh rie k and shud- tied his horse, opened the gate and I don’ t see h im often. T h a t’ s a big but even now, a fte r a span of 25 der show ever since! passing through closed it ca re fu lly , post down there, and you ra re ly ----- ------- w a lkin g across the shorn, quiet hear m uch about a m an unless he’ s u n ce rta in years he had never men ) tioned it to her because he knew in- ODDS A N D ENDS— Hetty llu t grass to the house. in yo u r own squadron.” Young G or­ B ehind high windows soft lights don stopped a b ru p tly as heels s tin c tiv e ly she would have draw n ton's baby, Lindsay Diana, has a has- h e rse lf in to a shell and th e ir friend-1 s,net lin e d w ith p in k satin that was glowed, and the house its e lf loomed clicke d on the polished stairs. ship, w hich had come to mean so o rig in a lly used to decorate an elabo- s ta rk ly w hite under the aged trees. In the big m ir r o r in the h all Dave m uch to both o f them , would have rale f, et ',n Betty’s most recent film , D ave rem em bered the way it had could see the reflection o f J ill com- become strained, possibly even end 1' Per‘ h o f Pauline.". . . M artha Vick- looked not so long ago. Old and ing down. ed u ers made her screen denut as a corpse faded, the m o rta r m e ltin g sadly ' . \ in a h o rro r picture — and now she's She paused a t the door, and Dave N o s trils clogged u p — b re a th in g d iffic u lt? fro m between the tire d bricks, a saw the young lie u te n a n t’s th ro a t He said, Sometimes I think considered one o f the most beautiful Q u ic k -r e a c h fo r M e n th o ln tu m . In s ta n tly lit tle shelf o f a porch w ith spindly yo u ’ re a w onderful woman, Dooley. I young, women in H o lly w o o d .. . . W il- tw itc h and his eyes glow as he its ta r ts to loosen congestion, th in o u t mucus ra ilin g s sagging. Now it was p il­ sprang to his feet. J ill was the And then there are tim es when I ’ m ham Iramhes, fo rm e rly the 200-pound boon yo u can b-r-e-n-t-h-e! D o n ’ t le t the convinced th a t y JVUIC o u 're a sentimen-1 l > a l h.oy in Educational comedies, is por- la re d and restored and proud, w ith d SCHUmtr]’ ■ - p re ttie s t th in g alive, Dave decided— ♦ M i« * a_ years _ th in l/iio.lne-u _ in nasty o ld “ C o ld R ug” keep n strangle hold ta i id io t. T w enty-five and nol I tret vino /t a ,h,.n' love-lorn sailor a sweep o f d riv e between ivie d but not b e a u tifu l as J u lia was. on your b r e a th m g -g e t M e n th o la tu m ! “ w ord ’ and s till you won’t g iv e 1 »1>me ? )ut- ° ! M i nd.” . • • Haymond a O 1B4A. T h e M e n th o la tu m Co. atone posts and the fa n lig h t above J ill said, “ H ello, Dave. I d id n ’t g v e \ Massey's signed fo r five years w ith up.” the door gleam ing. Warners’. hear you come In. I thought Spang D oans P ills Relieve Miseries of Her Cold r When Old Friends Get Together WELL BEG UN BS CLABBER GIRL^ A Remarkable Woman Is Julia Baking Dave Has His Little Secret (TO BE CONTINUED» “COLP GOT YOU ALL STUFFED UP? V, get MENTHOLATUM quicki