A C TIO N œ m g
GOOD LOSER
B y C. N. M O N T A Y N E
I
UCY AM ES could always tell
when her husband drove In by
Die child re n ’ s uproarious welcome.
«T B ID IIM S rub on
WORMS lo t* HOURS
They were crowding down to the
Vicki VapuHub. I l i
to raliavi d iitr n ii In
l i l l i l living i t I Ion
lha night avari whlla
garage now—B ill Junior, Calvin,
•Uila > Inilantly . , . your
child
tlsspi
I
chi' ‘
Cynthia, Paula and Roger, aged 8.
When
•n you rub It on throat, chest and Lucy heard th e ir s h rill, excited cries
back
— „, V icki VapoKub start« rig h t to
work to soothe Irrita tio n , eruie cough- and, a fte r n m inute. H ill's hearty,
Intr. relieve muscular aoreneu and roa rin g laugh. She .m ille d a little ,
tlKhtnean. And VapoKub keeps on fa in tly, aa ahe went to the window
working fo r hourn ________ _____
and drew the curtain aside.
In the n ig h t to
bring re lie f.T ry l t l ▼ vapor u ®
Why, she wondered, did children
always adore th e ir fathers? Perhaps
It was because fathers were not
home a ll day, te llin g them to do
this, not to do that. Or because they
were something of a novelty, who
cumo home from week trips, w ith
In trig uin g gifts Her sm ile faded as
she let the curtain drop.
This father, Lucy reflected w ith a
j sigh, was a strange m ixture of bluff,
! good nature, generosity and ego-
1 tlsm . B ill was a king in his own
I home — a fat. ro llic k in g monarch
• whose reign hnd never been dis
puted. And there, Lucy decided, was
1 the trouble.
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Happy Days for
Sluggish Folks
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W H E N C O N S T IP A T IO N m a k e s you foo l
punk
th e d i c k r n i , b r in g * on a to m ac h
u p ae t, t o u r H a i r , gaaay d is c o m fo r t,
ta k e Dr. C a ld w e ll'* fa m o u s m e d ic in a
to q u ic k ly pu ll th e trig g e r o n la z y “ In -
n a r d a " , a n d h e lp you fe e l b rig h t a n d
c h ip p e r a g a in .
O R . C A L O W E t L 'S ia th e w o n d e r fu l a e n -
n a la x a tiv e c o n ta in e d in good o ld S y ru p
P e p a in to m a k e it ao e aay to ta k e .
M A N Y D O C T O R S uae pepain p re p a ra
tio n * in p re a c rip tiu n a to m a k e th e m e d i
c in e m o re p a la ta b le a n d a g re e a b le to
ta k e . So be a u re y o u r la x a tiv e la c o n
ta in e d in S y ru p P e p a in .
IN S IS T O N D R . C A L D W E L L 'S — th e f a
v o r ite ot m illio n * tor 5 0 y e a r * , a n d fe e l
th a t w h o le s o m e r e lie f fro m c o n s tip a
tio n . E v e n fin ic k y c h ild r e n lo v e it.
C A U T IO N : U s e o n ly aa d ire c te d .
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to have him defeated? I t was silly.
And yet—
They assembled In the playroom
the next night. C alvin made a log
fire and C ynthia arranged the
chairs. Paula was um pire and,
cross-legged, graced the top of the
radio table H er expression waa
serious as if w ith the heavy respon
s ib ility of her role. Lucy, her arm
about Roger, who had been allowed
to stay up an extra hour for the mo
mentous struggle, sat on the corner
d iva n —watching.
It was b rillia n t table tennis. Hard
fought, clean, clever.
Tw ice B ill Junior seemed to have
his fa ttie r beaten. Tw ice his aggres
sive defensive appeared to bew ilder
Later, Lucy went from room to I
room m aking sure windows were !
not open too wide, th a t blankets
were over sm all, hunched shoulders,
doors properly closed Th» d ark lay
th l' k In the room B ill Junior shared I
with C alvin. She heard someone i
move when she went in on quiet
feet
"T h a t you, m other?"
She sat down on the edge of the
bed. Her son’s hand slipped Into |
hers.
"A good game, B ill.” She squeezed
his fingers before she released them.
''W ell played. I'm sorry you didn’t
w in.”
He drew a deep, long breath.
“ So’m I. Pop's tough. Got to be
awful good to take h im ."
I suppose so." Her voice was
low, flat. "Goodnight, d e a r."
A fte r she q uietly closed the door
and her footsteps dwindled down the
hall, B ill Junior raised him self on i
one arm .
' Awake, S tinky?”
The springs in C alvin's bed
twanged as he turned over. "Yeah,
w hy?"
The children humored him. They
purposely indulged his desire to win
at whatever games they played, be-
i cause they seemed to Instinctively
know how much it meant to him .
They fed his vanity, took a delight in
keeping his laughter quick and
ready. Lucy's face shadowed. She
wondered why such a triv ia l m atter
as B ill's w inning children's games
should annoy her. But it d id — it had
from the firs t—that day last Sum-
, m cr when she had seen Calvin de
lib e ra te ly throw a handicap tennis
m atch so his father could win
"D in n e r rea dy? "
They streamed In. B ill In the van,
the children follow ing. He caught
Lucy by the elbows, and raised her
I fo r a kiss
A t the table there was a great
j cla tte r of crockery, voices. B ill te ll
ing about his trip , the children like
'tra in e d stooges givin g him leading
’* " WI*‘*
j questions B ill Junior, looked down
the table at his father
"H ow about the fa m ily ping-pong
tournam ent finals dad? Play them
off to n ig h t? "
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Lucy wondered why young B ill failed to press
his advantage—and
then glanced at her husband's g rim ly set face.
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pattern desired.
B ill Junior chuckled. “ Got some
band's sm ile had faded—how g rim
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and evened the score. Why. Lucy
" I w on't say a w o rd ." Calvin
asked herself, did Ju nior’s flashy, promised. "W ha t is it? ”
Lucy saw her husband's nod
pressing play weaken? Why d id n 't
D o n ’t p a in t e le c tric cords. T h is
----- —
Last night Dad told me he's get
D u e t o a Cold
"Sure, any tim e —but we'd better he drive his advantage home when ' ting me a brand new bike the first of is bad fo r ru b b e r and p ro m p tly
make it tom orrow . I'v e got a report he had the game and set p ra ctica lly the m o n th !" Young B ill's whisper causes i t to c ra c k .
Money
Tar
Cough Compound
to w rite a fte r d in n e r." He added, w o n ?
— •—
was excitedly vibrant. “ I ought to
amused: "T h in k you can beat m e?” ’T 'H E heavy, significant silence double up on the subscriptions soon
K eep a clothes h a n g e r in the
1 broken only by the click of the
" I'v e been p ra cticin g all week at
as I get it. P re tty swell, eh?"
s e w in g-ro om w hen m a k in g a dress.
bouncing celluloid ball and the g al
the 'Y ', " young B ill told him .
The h a lf-fin is h e d g a rm e n t m a y be
lery's
strained,
anxious
breathing
In the dark, long a fte r the others
p laced on i t w h e n you a re n ’t
were asleep, Lucy thought about the ended in a scream of sudden joy.
w o rk in g on it. P re v e n ts w rin k le s
"G am e and s e t!" B ill threw down
fa m ily tournam ent. F or a long tim e
—•—
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the
rubber-faced paddle and let out
B ill Ju nior had wanted a bicycle to
I f you have fo rg o tte n to enclose
a shout o f laughter.
cover the rounds he made a fte r
some a r tic le in y o u r le tte r, you
The children swarm ed enthusias
school In search of magazine sub
can reopen th e envelope b y la y
tic
a
lly
over
him
.
This.
Lucy
knew,
CORN
scriptions. D re am ily. Lucy decided
in g a w e t c lo th o v e r the flap and
th«< if he won the tournm ent—if he was her husband's usual moment.
p re ssin g w ith a w a r m iro n .
Her
sm
ile
was
sm
all
and
cryptic
beat his fa th e r—she would get it for
— •—
when she began rounding up her JUST K E E P BUSY
I him .
When he started in business fo r
Cough due to colds, smoking? Get this
E m p ty the v a c u u m cle a n e r bag
brood, sending them off to bed. B ill
Again she wondered at herself, at shook hands w ith his oldest son and him self, in a field which was over fre q u e n tly . A n e xcessive accu
prescription-type formula of cough-relief
her annoyance. Such a small, harm- switched the lights off.
ingredients long used by doctors. Long-
crowded and harsh, a friend of mine m u la tio n o f d ir t im p a ir s the suc
1 less conceit, this desire to w in on
lasting relief 3 important ways:
"Guess the champ can’t be beat ran into high stone walls of discour tio n o f the c le a n e r.
! big B ill's part. Why should she want e n ." young B ill said huskily.
agement. Often he was ready to
E a s es t h r o a t t ic k le
— •—
quit. Why keep on trying? he would
Soothes raw, irritated
Glue ru b b e r w a sh e rs to the b o t
ask him self. There d id n 't seem to to m o f y o u r d ish -p a n w ith w a te r
membranes
be much ahead but failure.
3 « Helps loosen phlegm
p ro o f a irp la n e g lu e. T h is w ill hold
" I would go home night after th e d ish -p a n ste a d y in the s in k
America s favorite for 100 years.
night p erfectly w illin g to call it and w ill p re v e n t b la c k s ta in s fro m
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,
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quits w ith life ,” he told me. "T hree fo rm in g in th e s in k .
tim es I wondered if it wouldn’t be
— •—
better to end it a ll."
GIVE THEM GOOD-TASTING
M ake a s y ru p o f b ro w n s u g a r
His
wife
advised
h
im
to
see
the
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Horizontal
S o lu tio n In N e a t In a n e.
H e l p * b u ild a t a m in a - h e lp * b u ild
recommended a psychiatrist. The and se rve i t o v e r cooked c a rro ts
resistance to colds, i f youngsters d o n 't
1 Continent
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nuuga n a tu r a l A A D V it a m in * I
exam ination lasted three days, but c u t le n g th w is e . O r glaze th e c a r
««■t enough
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4 » S c o tt’a la a high e n e rg y
I can give you the gist o f his recom ro ts in th is s y ru p in a fr y in g pan
w ith interest
F » O D T O N I C - a "g o ld
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mendation
in three words: "Ju st or in the oven.
13
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m in e " o f n a t u r a l A A D
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keep
busy.”
V ita m in s a n d e n e rg y -
12 Confined
S w e ate r b e lts should be m eas
The psychiatrist's explanation ran
b u ild in g n a tu r a l oil. E a a y
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to t a k e . M a n y d o c to rs
like this: "T he end of life is not ured b efo re w a s h in g . T hen th e y
couch
recom m end I t I B uy tod ay
thought. It is action. We are made can be s tre tc h e d and pin ne d to the
14 Part of
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a t y o u r d ru g store.
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"to be"
fo r action. That we m ay move and e x a c t size b efo re d ry in g .
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act we have a marvelous system of
MORE than just a tonic—
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muscles, nerves, senses: a ll de
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it’x powerful nourithmonll
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signed fo r action, fo r doing some
w
used to
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thing.
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startle
“ The m ind responds gleefully to
T he d is tr ic t a tto rn e y w as c lin c h
w
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the active life, and happiness con in g h is case in a p acke d, e x p e c ta n t
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sam arium
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to nk
sists, in the end, of action, action c o u rtro o m .
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action.
capital
“ W here d id you fin d th is m o n
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"Happiness depends upon what e y ? ” he asked o f th e accused m a n
reat Lakes
you do, not upon what you have, not in the p ris o n e r’s box.
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upon what you th in k—but upon what
“ A t the c o rn e r o f F if t h avenue
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you do.”
and M a rk e t s tre e t,” answ ere d the
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I have observed many times that p ris o n e r w e a rily .
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the most interesting personalities
"Y o u saw the m esse ng er d ro p
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are not those of the lounge lizards it, and th en you w e n t and p icke d
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Star Q u a lity ” O il F ilte r feature.
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or the do-nothings. They are the per i t u p ? ” pursued the D. A.
SAME LOW P R IC E .f â
L an t ro t and thus allow pollu
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sonalities which have been stamped
“ T h a t’s r ig h t .”
tion of the o il
U. S. bought
definitely in the forge of action.
" A n d a fte r you fo un d th is $50,000
stream. One of
fro m Russia
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The m inute this friend of m ine be w h ic h you k n e w d id n ’ t belong to
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lOsuper-quality
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gan taking the advice literaU y, he j you, you d id n ’t c a ll the m essenger
AC features fo r
salutation
began developing a happy outlook and g iv e i t b a c k to h im . W h y ? ”
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utmost engine
Sold a t Locol
on life, began m aking good in his [ The d e fe n d a n t sh ru gg ed h is
language
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protection.
business.
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I a m glad to report that today he
"B e c a u s e ,” he e x p la in e d , “ I was
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deportm ent
selenium
government
is in a th riv in g way, completely j h u n g r y ! ”
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and
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happy and well adjusted to his
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swallowed
measure
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world. He has made good—because
lig h tly over
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he
kept busy.
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plod
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B
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promptly rollovo coughs o f ]
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M y friend added some facets
India
60 To be obliged
52 Occasion
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the jew el the p sychiatrist gave him .
to
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54 M usical
inland sea
C ity
61 C olloquial:
He began le ttin g part of his action
syllable
Fie s o o th e '
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father
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take the form of service to others
stand
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r r r tta te d )
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which
fu
rth
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added
to
his
happi-
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undecided
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ness.
chatter
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re
c
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b rin g
When black discouragement would
in fin itiv e
A n s w e r a t P u is ia N u m b e r .16
aborigine
come to him , he would th in k of
c/e a re r
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MA L E F I C
A cripple in the block didn’t get
beasts
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out much. He’d take him fo r a ride.
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Islands
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r A R R
He’d make kites fo r the kids who
F
w indstorm
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A m a zin g . Q U IC K W A Y
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lived near by. He’d go on errands
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executed in
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r a ts . T h e y s p o il 1 in
uu.
food.
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something
fine in the way of a hu
back to comfort irritated membranes.
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