Southern O regon N e w s R ev iew . T h ursd ay, O ctober 30. 1947 ’Yes I ’m free this afternoon. "A ren't bumps fun to look back "Got a date then,” Jim m y im ­ on!" she laughed. provised. "Have to dictate at lunch. Chivalry She could laugh a! bumps only Mind going to Mike's place around one meal and a couple of bucks the corner?” He hoped she wouldn't cave In away! She'd walk out of his life and d iri. Soak In .lot. strong rpanm salts solu­ By tion. If vou live some distance from a doc­ and have to be carried. But she begin starving again. Jim m y al- tor. VOU should know how to meet home GARRET made it and dropped in a chair with m ightily didn t want her to starve. emeriienetex burns, nusetilrrd. fainting, SMITH convulsions. a sigh that sounded contented Jim ­ Jim m y alm ightily didn't want her to Creomulslon relieve« promptly bo- a e • walk out of his life. How could he oaiwe It goes right to the seat of Ui« my mumbled something about phon­ Send 25 cents In coin for " P r a r llr a l In- trouble io help loosen and expel ing and hunted up Mike himself. help it? The query fuddled his bogus Slrurllon for The Home Nurse" to Weekly erin laden phlegm, and uld natura Newspaper Servire. 24.1 Wes» 17th Street. Jim m y knew the answers for too letters to theoretical publicity pros­ j soothe and heal raw, tender. In­ New York I I , New York. Print m im e , m l L)Y NOON forlorn hopers in the much food and drink. But how did pects as Betty pot hooked them like flamed bronchial m u c o u s m e m ­ dress with rone, booklet title and No 7» employment manager's ante­ they treat a gal all out of practice? a streak on paper Mike furnished. W hen Illness S trikes branes. Tell your druggist to sell you • bottle of Creoinulslon with the un­ room at Cromby & Co. boiled down And not let her know it? He told She had to tinker his sentences. Mother Becomes Nurse derstanding you must like the way it to Jim iny Wheeler and the "Plucked Mike all. Suddenly a thought popped up like quickly allays Ute cough or you a n Ä 4 /7 T * • SMOOTHCK' Chicken." They had simmered since ; -, "You start her easy. Mr. Wheeler. an unexpected check. Why not to have your money back. nine, waiting to be hired or to hear. Leave it to m e." really m ail those letters? He might "We ll file your application and let Jim m y returned to their table as land free lance work and keep on DEW A KE of rusty nails. P a r­ *1 ticularly, if one hus punctured you know if anything turns up." ..... for Coughs, CI.es» Colds, Bronchifil Mike brought cups of golden bouil- using Betty! the skin for it can be treacherous, Jim m y put the first of these chances Ion. Look here,” he said. "How about . _______________ F ° r em ergency treatm ent, cleanse at less than hundred-to-one shots. "W on't you try our new special on a regular job, if we're satisfied after wound w ith soap and w ater and |x.ur In Odds had reversed on him since ! house?" Mike invited. "Shall I swapping references? My office is peroxide to boll out particles of rust and B u y U . S . S a v in g * B o n d s ! [ u n < h * o « f x x i * n i p ^ that independence day two weeks A* up » nice little lunch as usual, under my hat yet. but I'll find a ago when his ex-boss had spoken Mr. Wheeler? cubby-hole." overwarmly and Jim m y's free soul Jim m y deferred to Miss Bond. Betty's former employer told him chased Jim m y off the payroll. She was already sipping her bouil­ over the phone she was as good as lon blissfully. As for the Plucked Chicken, Jim ­ Jim m y thought, lost her job only be- 1 my considered the Old Run-around formula a sure thing. He hadn't • ï ,• J given her a second look for fear he'd feel sorry for her. No name to put to a maid in distress, the form erly chivalrous Jim m y admitted guiltily, ■ But he'd seen too many such lately. He d soured on the sex anyhow since his boss's secretary lied her­ self out of a jam and him into one after he'd stood up for her. "That chivalry complex of yours is a nui­ (IN S A T IO N O f T H I sance!” the boss had roared. Old •■io ioa- Fletcher needn't worry. Jim m y agreed with him now. The assistant manager gave J im ­ EXPERIENCE my a blank to fill and turned to the Plucked Chicken. Elizabeth Bond THE was her name actually. Someone's I B E S T TEACHER private secretary once, would grab a typist job now. "We have a long , - I N AERIAL ACROBATICS waiting list. I ’m afraid it isn’t worth \— IN CHOOSING A CIGARETTE TOO. while calling again" was all she drew. Not even the Old Run-around! I TRIED MANY BRANDS Jim m y handed in his blank. "Thanks." said the assistant. "W e'll - C A M E L S S U IT file yoyr application—" " —And let me know if anything ME BEST/ turns up,” Jim m y finished. He won­ "She sw ayed and would have fallen if Jim m y hadn't caught her. dered how many such days his hun­ dred-buck reserve would stand, as "I'v e a feeling anything here’ll be cause the company failed. Jim m y he followed Miss Bond's wake. good.” she agreed and set down her persuaded her to take expense The g irl was waiting for the ele­ empty cup. “ I ’m a pig! Just vator, a fragile arm braced against couldn t help it,” she added wist­ money and a week's salary in advance, by pretending he'd be the wall. The dim light here fully, with a blush. away on business most of the week. softened the cheek-bone, hid worry- Jim m y grinned. “ Won't have ste­ lines and ash-grey bleakness. Why nographers who aren’t good feed­ Betty had a feeling this was all the reference she needed from him. she was class, a beauty once, be­ ers.” Jim m y didn't argue. Old Fletcher fore she began starving to death! She laughed. Jimmy heard silver The elevator came and she swayed bells. Her bouillon worked fast. Vio­ might say something sour if Jim m y toward it. would have fallen if let eyes stayed alive now. Jimmy I referred her to his ex-boss. Jim m y hadn't caught her. But, at parting, qualms began to would like to spend a week feeding J wriggle around in Jimmy. "Thank you. I'm clum sy!" this girl. He had learned she was "Look here,” he said. " I f you get Her face lit and Jim m y looked called "B e tty ." Jim m y thought into deep violet eyes. Then face and "B e tty " was his favorite name. By a chance at a better job. take it ! " "1 ve a feeling you may back out eyes went dead again. She’d keel the time Mike brought second aid. over on the street, he worried. No he had her talking. He liked it. No ’ if I don’t run,” said Betty. breakfast probably. He must do whining. She was alone and on her A F T E R Betty ran. everything something quick. At the street door own like himself, flotsam and je t­ went greyish. The impossible Jim m y clutched the germ of an sam from small towns. Jim m y told didn't seem as possible. It seemed idea. job-hunting yarns, too; made them plain impossible later, after long “ Pardon me. Aren't you Miss light, set them in a remotish past. hours of hammering at his best pros­ Bond—in Cromby’s just now? They 1 She loved the one about the boss’s pects. The only spark he struck was said you might do a letter or so for ' secretary who balled up her letters "Come and see us after business me. I ’m James Wheeler. Publicity which Jim m y corrected until a prize picks up." By five Jim m y hit bot­ man. With the Fletcher bureau bull slipped by and the boss got tom. He started home deciding he'd once. Cromby had another good typ­ wise. "And I was the one the boss just tear up those letters Betty had ist on their list but couldn't reach bawled out." Jim m y added. "Called agreed to send over by messenger. it my fault for coddling the girl and But the letters weren’ t there, the her. Leaves me in a ja m ." spoiling her.” hall man reported. Jim m y thought Her eyes widened warily then That was while they sipped demi- that over, feeling as if somebody had turned eager. tasses. kicked him. Stung again! Neat lit­ tle game! That reference he called up. a plant, of course. He ought to More than Seven Million Pound« have seen she came out of her of Produce! T h a t la the production record C h am p io n Farm er H . L. dumps a little too fast! He was a fine judge of women! M c K in le y (on tractor), and w m D o n , I ’h ll, H a l and K e ith (not Jim m y's phone was ringing as he sh o w n ) made last year on 1100 stumbled into his apartment. "M r. acres o f rich farm lan d near St. Wheeler?” a remote voice said. Horizontal S o lu tio n in N e x t I sa a c . A n «gar, Iow a. T h e ir record includes This is Mr. A. B. Fletcher’s secre­ 2?t m illio n pounds o f potatoes from tary. Could you see Mr. Fletcher 1 2 3 1 Person with­ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 135 acres, and a n early equal pound­ out gentle­ here tomorrow morning? He didn't age o f choice cahhage from 100 manly tell me to call you but he spoke 12 13 acres. T h e M c K in le y s keep th e ir instincts 14 about you today. Said he'd hoped 4 To confuse soil h ig h ly fertile hy a five-year you’d be over your grouch and back 15 9 Folding bed 16 rotation and the application o f 170 18 on your old job before this. I ’m just 17 12 Eggs to ns o f f e r t iliz e r a n n u a lly . A n tipping you off.” 13 Mole gray extensive steer and hog feeding 19 20 14 Poetic; "W e ll!” Jim m y exploded. "U h_ program turns corn and roughages to unclose say—you're not Miss Moseley?” in to cash, and builds ad d itio nal fer­ 21 122 15 To arrange È 23 i 24 25 26 Mr. Fletcher’s old secretary? tility in the soil. T h e farm is h ighly in battle No. She’s left him. I got a feeling m echanized. A ll eight tractors roll position i 28 29 30 from things I heard at luncheon to­ 17 To imbue on Firestone Tires. 19 Slang: brisk day there m ight be a vacancy w 31 energy 32 1 where you said you used to work. 33 34 20 To bringdown And I got a feeling you’d be relieved on oneself 35 36 i if I found another job. I bought bar­ 37 38 21 To stimulate CONOM Y-M INDED farmers like Cham­ gain clothes and tried it.” 23 Part of 39 pion Farmer H . L. M cKinley find The voice trailed off in silver bells 40 “ to be” 41 42 24 Ancient that could not be disguised. Jim m y costs go down when they use Firestone w was beyond speech. Anglo-Saxon 43 sss 45 Champion Ground Grips. 44 chariot "Please don't be mad, Mr. w 27 Rowing Tests show that Firestone Champion 46 47 Wheeler. You saved my life. I ’ll pay implement 48 49 50 Ground Grips clean up to 100% more back your money.” 28 European effectively, pull up to 6 2 % more, last mountain 51 "The devil with the money!” Jim ­ 32 53 14 system my suddenly felt all right. " I ’ll be up to 9 1 % longer, and roll smoother 30 Prefix; half around if you think Fletcher w ill 55 over highway*. >6 31 Japanese 57 have the fatted calf ready-and measure The reasons are simple. T he curved bars you’ll have luncheon with me.” 32 Stupidity cut deeply into the soil. M ud falls easily 34 French “ Maybe we'll have Mike cook the No. 38 conjunction fatted calf," said Betty. and cleanly from the tapered openings 35 Principal 2 Hail! (Latin) 32 Baseball: between the bars. Because the traction 45 Land measure member of a 3 Spruce an inning 46 Simian bars are connected, they’re stronger, they theatrical 4 On the 33 Symbol f for 47 Confederate Poets and Their Garlic company summit of have more tread rubber to push into the tantalum general 37 Widemouthed 5 To bark 36 Kettledrum Homer had a sincere respect for 48 Poetic: above ground and pull. This extra tread rubber pot 6 Symbol for 38 Deer’s horn 49 To be obliged garlic, to which he attributed the 38 insect gold also lengthens tire life . . . makes tires 40 Doctor’s to estimable property of "dispelling en­ 39 Giant 7 To revolve assistant roll smoother. 50 Man’s 41 Thus 8 Consequently chantments.” With us, the Roman 42 Shoshonean nickname 42 To release 9 Part of a Although judged best by leading farmers Indian poet and bishop, Sidonius Apolli- 53 Symbol for 43 To divert meal 44 To stupefy everywhere, Firestone Champion Ground ruthenium naris, born at Lyon in 403 and 45 Siamese coin 10 Goddess of known also as Caius Sullius, held Grips cost no more than ordinary tractor 46 Belgian King the harvest A n s w e i t o P u t i i » N i m b o S7 in World 11 Golfer’s garlic in such contempt that he tires. Specify the “Champion” when you War I mound wrote: "Happy the nose that is nev- order your new tractor, or when you buy 48 Tropical 18 To allow er exposed to the poisonous exhala­ 18 Finical American replacements for your tires. See your tions of this plant.” By the same wildcat* 20 Spontaneous nearest Firestone Dealer or Store today. 51 Edible seed inclination token, an order of chivalry, ignor­ 52 More certain 21 To defeat ing ribaldry, exacted in its regula­ Listen to the Voice of Firestone 54 Female sheep 22 West Indian tions the agreement that each every Monday evening over NBC island 55 Snakelike fish 23 Female sing­ member should abstain from garlic 56 To habituate Copyright, 1147, Tli» r in ito n « Tlr» A Rubber On. ANY OTHER TRACTOR TIRE (var.) ing voice and onions from January to Decem­ #7 Russian 25 To rectify ber if he valued companionship. 20 The aforesaid This strange order existed in Cas­ Vertical thing tile about the middle of the 14th 28 Molten lava 1 Im portant 29 Place for century and the ban on garlic and food fish storing fodder onions was said to have been placed 1 S e r ie » H-47 by the king. I Learn to Meet Emergencies by Reading Practical Instructions for Home Nurse’ mt n I FICTION Complex COMffì Relief At Last For Your Cough S wm ncm iD BLADES C R E O M U L S IO N rio« “ CAMELS ARE THE CHOICE OF EXPERIENCE WITH ME!” -I 15 More people are smoking CAMELS than ever before Cham pion Farm er M cKINLEY Uses firestone CHAMPION ccp°,uPr . . AND HE GETS UP TO 1 0 0 % MORE EFFECTIVE CLEANING 6 2 % MORE DRAW BAR PULL • 9 1 % LONGER W E A R ; CROSSWORD P U Z Z L E E ^ F IR E S T O N E G r ip s ta k e C H A M P IO N a “ C E N TE R G ro u n d B IT E ” «