Southern Oregon News Review, Thurusday, December 23, 194«
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FICTION co /? a ^
THE FIFTH OF AUGUST
By Helen Longworthy
It would happen that It was the
very next day that both L illia n
and Ruth "checked up" on her to
see if the canning was done and
the fussy slips all made.
"E verything’s ready—but m e !"
Anna told them pointedly.
” Oh, you’ ll make It,” L illia n as
sured her, comfortably.
Anna wasn’ t sure that she want
ed to. She wished for an excuse to
stay at home. There were times NEED ANY WEATHER?
when she admitted to a few doubts
Weather forecasting now has be
on whether she had the most
come
a business. Companies are
thoughtful fam ily, ever.
selling predictions to railroads,
The day that Anna began haul communities, shippers, airlines and
ing old suitcases from the attic all sorts of corporations whose busi
Jim came home early. Anna was ness is affected by weather. It
looking at the suitcases with dis looks like a good depression-proof
gust. They were relics.
business. There never can be a
"K ind of old. aren’t they?" Jim weather SHORTAGE
asked her.
A man in the weather Industry
"They were old in 1900." Anna
told him. She waited expectantly need never worry over conservation
for Jim to say, "Here, take this, movements, embargoes or federal
get yourself a couple of good bags." control.
But Jim sat down to his news
And Washington never can ra
paper. Neither did the girls make
tion It!
any comment when the saw the
ancient suitcases.
John E. Wallace, a form er army
Anna was desperate. From her
Jewel box she removed the broach a ir forces m ajor and ex-employee
her mother had left her years previ of the Washington weather bureau,
ous and hurried to the jew elry started the weather forecasting
store. Her thoughts were bitter. sales service, and is reported
That she should be forced to pawn swamped with orders He says he
her treasured broach to provide takes it up where the regular
just ordinary clothing for her trip ! bureaus leave off, and dopes out
She wondered if old maids really the probable weather in greater de
ta il and over more specific areas.
deserved pity after all.
The jeweler was an old friend
This is one type of weather
and looked at her in wonderment
prophet who can't lose. He gets
paid—win, lose or draw
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Knitted Wool Baby Set
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d o n k e y ' s
PR O M ISE
^il.Phillipr r
Anna had always been a devoted housewife and mother so it came
as a shock to her that her family could be so indifferent to her needs
at a time when she felt they should be generous and helpful.
NNA FARRANT read the letter
A three times. It didn't seem be
lievable. Nothing, she decided, had
There came the momentous day
that Jim placed a very business
like envelope on her plate at din
ner. Anna opened it, expecting the
check for her clothes. Instead it
was her train ticket and sleeping
car reservation. Jim gave a hearty
laugh, "Just wanted you to be sure
you could go,” he told her, well
pleased with himself.
Anna opened her mouth to say
she had known all along a ticket
was required unless she walked,
but how about some money? Then
she decided to wait. The fam ily
would like to think it surprised her.
At least it was comforting to know
they were well able to provide for
her.
From then on every place they
went Jim had her take the long tick
et from her purse and show it off.
Anna's smile began to wear thin at
the corners as the fam ily forgot the
check in their pride of her ticket.
Coming home from a movie
around the first of July Anna made
a big effort to have Jim see a new
dress she had noticed in the Bon
TO sleep, Dickie. Tomor-
'- J row is Chrlstmus and you're
going to have a busy duy,”
He wondered If he’d be well enough
to appreciate his "busy day” and
stifled a sob with a heavy sigh
for he knew he would be unable to
ride the tricycle Santa Claus had
promised him. His legs were stiff
and painful and they felt as though
he would never be able to walk on
them again.
His mother brushed soft tendrils
of hair from his feverish brow and
bent down to kiss him tenderly.
" G o o d n i g h t . Dickie,; pleasant
dreams.”
He watched her leave the room,
closing the door softly behind her.
He lay quietly for some time, then
turned to look curiously at the huge
tree across the room. In deference
to his illness his bed had been
moved Into the living room so that
he could see the decorations and
await Santa Claus' arrival.
The scene of the Nativity had
been beautifully reconstructed by
his father and its tiny plaster mod
els now caught the boy's attention.
A strange sight met his eyes. The
donkey that hod been sprawled on
the ground was now standing and
stretching himself. The lambs were
in their same positions but their
eyes were glittering with life.
" It's Christmas Eve. Dickie, and
you should be happy.” There was a
trace of reproach in the voice.
Dickie was bewildered by this
time. "How—how—" he stuttered
feebly, and halted.
"How do we talk? Why that's sim
ple. Dickie. All animals talk on
made her so happy since the day
the war ended.
But it was like Anna Farrant to
told the letter neatly and go on
about the business of getting din
ner for Jim , Ruth and L illian with
out even so much as taking time to
call one of them on the phone to
tell them the good news.
It was after dinner that she told
them. It came all in a happy rush
of words. "Belle Mandrel has asked
me to visit her. Im agine!—clear
across the country.”
There was a long silence. It was
Ruth, the librarian, who spoke first.
Ruth was as proud of her knowl
edge of Important People as of
books.
Almost
reverently
she
■
breathed, "Not the Belle Mandrel
_ a»'
' Anna felt cross for an instant.
Her memory of Belle Mandrel was
Baby Net
the happy-go-lucky g irl of their col
I
UST
about
the m ost adorable
lege days. Ruth was thinking of the
J knitted bonnet you've seen—it's
Belle Mandrel who was an impor
made of k itte n soft blue wool w ith
tant adviser to the politicians and
pale pink pompons. O r use your
who last week visited the king of
own color scheme.
M atching
England.
thum bless m ittens are trim m e d
“ Fuss and feathers,” said Anna
We are sorry we didn't think
w ith tin y pompons. Sim ple k n it
lightly, " I ’m not afraid of Belle
of this first. Imagine cashing
tin
g even fo r a beginner,
Mandrel. In fact I think I 'll—.”
In on the age-old question:
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The words hung in the air.
‘ •What’re we gonna have, rain
To obtain complete knitting Instructions
and stitch llluati utlnna for Hu by M ine ret
"O f course you'll go.” Jim fin
or snow?”
(P a tte rn No. 5804) »end 2» cents In coin,
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ished heartily. “ The girls and I w ill
your name, address and pattern num ber.
manage. Do you good!” He gave
From the beginning of tim e peo
SEWING CIRI I R NEF.ni.KWORK
her a beaming smile that after
ple have been answering that one
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Chícalo I , 111
twenty-five years still gave Anna
for nothing. It has been strictly a
Enclose 20 cents for pattern.
No.
a thrill.
give away program.
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"Think of all you’ll have to talk
N an ie_
about, too.” L illian chimed in. It
Address.
And suddenly there arrives the
was like Lillian, the teacher to
rain, snow, sleet, hail and sunshine
think of that! Anna knew that L il
specialist, the tycoon of tempera
lian’s fifth graders would be told
Best Time to Stop Rodent
ture changes, the mogul of cloud
the big news early tomorrow.
movements.
•
"When is the great day?” Jim
Losses Is Before Storage
asked.
T he man w h o ¡U rltJ on a ¡hoe-
"The fifth ol August,” Anna an
The best tim e to prevent losses
tiring and w orked up Io a million-
swered almost like a pronounce
by rats and m ice in fa rm storage
dollar industry now g iie t w ay Io the
ment. It had been easier than she
fellou who began with an isobar and
is ju s t previous to the actual stor
had hoped. They were the finest
w orked up Io a maior corporation.
ing of produce.
fam ily ever to be in favor of her
Before storing vegetables, ap
going on that long trip.
We await the radio commercial:
ples, o r other fa rm produce, give
In the days that followed Anna
"Do you suffer from unexpected
the storage room a thorough
was to retell her plans for the trip
weather? Are you among those peo
cleaning—both inside and out.
dozens of times. Everyone was in
ple who get caught in the rain?
Check windows, doors, v e n tila
He w atched her lea ve the room ,
terested to find that she was a
Does snow enter your life without
tors, and floor drum s is m ake sure
closing the door softly behind her.
Liiiian was opening a jewel case to display a pair of earrings.
warning? Are you a victim of fa ll
friend of the great Belle Mandrel.
they are constructed so as to pre
"To match your good broach,” she explained.
There was a short write-up in the
ing temperatures? Then why not Christmas Eve. Didn't you know? vent ra t and mouse travel. F a rm
newspaper about Anna's trip.
write today for Never'-Miss Weath That night everything comes to ers should rem ove a ll lum ber piles,
Ton store window. There were two when she asked to sell the broach. er Forecasts? Find peace of mind life.
Lillia n worried over what she but Anna much preferred the one
broken boxes, ta ll grass, weeds
He stalled around and finally of and nonchalance through knowing
"W hat seems to be the matter?” and refuse fro m areas surround
would do without a big supply of with the white collar. Always she
fered
her
ten
dollars.
Silently
An
about blizzards instead of merely
the satin slips her mother made for had pointed out her wants to Jim
” 1 don’t know. I'm all burning up ing the outside o f the storage
na put the pin back in her purse. guessing. Yes-s-s-s-s, Never-Miss
her. In her competent way Anna and he would say, “ Go get it." But
inside and I can’t move my legs building.
Her last hope was gone.
Weather Forecasts w ill take those without hurting them ."
told her that she would make an tonight Jim seemed too tired to
" I t ’s something like the earrings wrinkles from your forehead, end
extra supply before, she left. Fuss even glance at the store window.
He saw two of the animals ex
ing over the satin, she knew she Anna was quiet for a block, w ait L illia n bought here last week,” the those falling hairs, efface that ap change a knowing glance. "You
jeweler
told
her.
prehensive
look
from
your
eyes
and
could have told Lillia n to buy her ing for Jim to say, “ O. K. Pick it
mean . . .”
Anna never knew what she an send you outdoors every day radi
slips at the store but Lillia n had up tomorrow.”
"Something has to be done for
swered. So L illia n was decking ant in the thought that you are pre h im ," the d o n k e y interrupted
been babied too long, Anna told her
INSTEAD Jim began talking about
herself out like a—a totem pole pared for anything from a shower swiftly.
self with a happy smile.
* a week-end fishing trip planned
to a typhoon.
Very shortly Ruth, knowing she for mid-August. Anna almost gave and meanwhile letting her mother
"You mean you can cure me1’’
go next to ragged on her trip ! The
"And don’t forget that you can
would be cook while her mother up hope.
With a glance at the tiny crib,
fact that she had not shown the win one of 500 m ink coats, com the donkey said, " I'm sure you w ill
was away, fretted that she would
On the fifth of July she spread
be left with lots of canning. Anna out m aterial on the kitchen table earrings at home proved that she plete with deep-freeze unit and be cured, Dickie.”
many old folks
A ll animals
muff, by completing the sentence, were silent for a moment, then the
assured her she would get it in and began pinning a pattern on it. was ashamed of her own greed.
about
good tastlnf
before she left.
The house, of She had always hated making
It was evening, at last, the fam i T like to know whether it is going donkey continued. "Now go to
to
rain
or
snow
BECAUSE
.
.
course, must be spotless.
sleep, Dickie, and when morning
SCOTT'S EMULSION
dresses for herself and would not ly sat relaxed and contented after
It was in one of the few breath have attempted this tim e if her one of Anna's usual good meals.
comes you w ill feel better.”
WHY CINEMA REVIEW READ
ing spells Anna allowed herself fam ily had been—cooperative. In Relaxed, all but Anna.
Thousands of happy
"You mean I 'll be able to get up
ERS
GO NUTS
folks know this I Good-
that she rummaged around in her an hour Anna was crying softly
“ I don’t know how we w ill man
and ride m y tricycle and play with
taatlng Scott's Emulsion
"Lunacy in a fam ily is not a fun m y other toys?” Dickie asked ex
clothes closet and decided that to herself. The dress was going to age without you,” Jim said from
helps »on ward o ff colds-helpg you
ny thing, nor does it seem fitting citedly. But there was no answer.
scarcely any of her clothes were be unsatisfactory, and besides what the davenport.
get well fa s te r—and helps you keep
Volng s tro n g when your d ie t oeede
suitable for the fifth of August. They of a coat, hat, shoes and all those
"And only a week until the fifth and tasteful as a m atter to be
When
he
awoke,
both
mommy
more natural A * D V l u m ln il Scott's It
treated as farce. Neither does a
were fine for small town church extra things?
of August." Ruth chimed in.
s H IG H E N E R G Y FOOD T O N I C -
giggling half-w it seem an apt comic and daddy were sitting at his bed
societies but Anna wanted to look
Remembering the many times
rleh In natural AAD V itam ins
Anna was silent. Her mind had character. Somehow it just isn’t side and his mother's pretty face
nice when she started on the trip. she had outfitted them all to
snd energy.bulldlng natural
The fam ily would want her to look the last detail. Anna could have been scurrying, trying to think of funny to see a pitifu l affliction was flushed with happiness.
oil. T ry It I See how well yon
feel. Esey to take and digest
“ Mommy! Daddy!” he cried, " I
well too. She wondered if one of the shook them, separately or togeth an excuse not to go. She wondered made a jo k e ."—Bosley Crowther
Economical. Buy today a ty o u f
can move my legs!” Mother threw
girls—or Jim would slip her a nice er. She would not actually ask for if she should plead a sudden sick on "M iss Tatlock's M illions.”
drug ■ tors I
the covers back and the three
check and suggest she buy a new money if she traveled in a burlap spell. The fa m ily ’s thoughtlessness
was
sufficient
cause
for
a
sick
outfit. It was going to be fun!
"F a r from being tasteless, "Miss watched with fascination as his
j sack, she told herself.
MORI than |ust a tonic —
spell.
Tatlock’s M illions” holds to a high legs moved slowly up and down.
i l ’t powerful nourishment!
L illia n went to the hall and came level of fantastic humor. It is gen
Mother began to cry She hugged
back with a loud thumping noise. e rally
delightful
entertainment. him tightly and then threw herself
There was a moment of silence Charles Bracket’ s idea of having Into daddy’s arms.
Ô tffC P
and then the three shouted almost a man masquerade as a half-witted
Dickie was happy, too. But he
M t
In
unison,
"S urprise!”
Anna heir makes for elegant nonsense.”
stopped moving his legs long
turned in her chair slowly.
—Howard Barnes.
A terre//
enough to tell his mother gravely,
Suitcases, the newest kind, were
"D r. Benton’s medicine didn't help
ih L illia n ’ s hands. "Open them,”
T I IFE
E closed about her in strange baffling ways
Dr. Edwin G. Nourse has been
me, m om m y.”
L illia n said gleefully.
The two
named chief of an anti-inflation
Her house was bleak, her heart was sore be
from a cold
“ Oh, Dickie dear, of course it I
suitcases were carefully packed
board. Is he a trained Nourse
did. It cured you and soon you'll be '
reft,
fu ll of new dresses, long house
or a practical .Nourse?
running around again!”
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Yet she learned to glean from ordinary day*
coats, satin slips, film y underwear
— an d g e t w e ll quicker
He started to protest, but before
Anna
even
saw
three
pairs
of
new
A commission has found that
The golden grain that the passing hours had left
w ith th e N EW FOLEY'S
words
could
come,
his
eyes
fell
on
shoes wrapped in towels,
Washington could save 250 m illion
She stored rare beauty deep within her heart
T h « N E W FO LEY’S HONEY A T A R
gasped and looked at the label of dollars a year by merely buying the N a t i v i t y scene where his
contulnfl ono o f the most Im p o rta n t cough
To hold against the coming winter cold:
the top-most dress. It was too much supplies with a minim um of red friends, the d o n k e y and three
■” years, » n r Hint
H P e E D RECOV-
to expect that the things would tape, duplication and poor business lambs, reclined. Leaning over, he
The colors of dawn and sunset were a part
K it Y . Also soothes th ro a t, checks cough*
fit
methods. Paper work on 1.5 m illion stroked the plaster backs of the Ing. Also delicious, non-narcotic, docs not
Of her deft gleaning from the fields of gold
SP?TVU^4tJo,n B,lt m « « Important. N E W
"O.i, they’ll fit,” Ruth told her orders a year involving only $10 in models and made a momentous
F O L E Y 8 helps uou get welt quicker from
cougu due to cold. At your druggist.
proudly.
“ We certainly checked each case cost the government decision.
I
A letter from a friend was her delight.
These animals were his friends
and rechecked.” She unfolded one more than $10 for unnecessary let
The coming of a neighbor to her door,
dress and Anna saw it was the ters, carbons, filing, duplication of and they had made him well again, WNU—13
5 1 -4 8
companion dress to th one she effort, unnecessary help, etc. That but maybe they wanted him to keep
Her long communion with the stars at night,
gives
you
an
idea.
it
a
secret.
Next
Christmas
Eve,
had forced Jim to view. Trust Jim
Her daily tasks— these added to her store.
• • •
when they talked again, he could
to remember the wrong one!
Remembering her, face-skyward, standing
During
the
shipping strikes we ask their permission to tell every
Anna was stunned She tried to
say, "You were wonderful,” but heard of a fellow who went to a body about their kindness. Until
the words stuck Lillian was open travel agency and asked, "W hat’s then, he must not do anything that
ing a jewel case to display a pair the best liner to take and not go m ight sadden them. With a final
For You To Feel Well
anywhere at all for a long tim e?” pat, he turned happily to his par
of earrings. "To match your good
2 4 hour, every day. 7 daya every
We heard his companion asked for ents. "M e rry Christmas, mommy.
broach," she explained
week, never stopping, the kidney. Bitar
a deck chair on the sunny side of Merry Christmas, daddy. My. it's
waste m atter from th« blood.
That brought a tear to Anna’s the mediation board.
I f more people were aware of how the
going to be a busy day.”
k dneva must conatantly remove aur-
eyes They had tried to help. They
• • •
£1,*.
.u ? ce" ■cid* * nd ° th "r waste
had been thoughtful, in their way
S n tU r . t < ‘ c,n nof «t«y In the blood
VANISHING AMERICANISMS:
without
Injury to health, there would
The anxiety they had caused her
i tter. un*le™tandlng of why the
"The people want a change in
they would never know.
whole ayetem la upaet when kidneys fall
Washington."
to function properly.
Ruth was proudly showing her
B urol,>«. •«•eniy or toe frequent urine
Don sometime, warn, that eomethlng
the fussy silk underwear that An
"Truman is a good man, but. . .
Poinsettias
owe
their
name
to
nn
I
, J ' YouL
■“ Itnr nagging back
-
na didn't like Jim was beaming all
l i t ’ headache., dlxalneaa, rheumatic
early American diplomat nnd schn!
palna, getting up at nlghta, awelllng.
over the place
"It's all done by cycles."
ar—Joel Roberts Poinsett
W hy not try Pooa’e />,«,? y ou « III
--
Anna still couldn't find words.
ba ualng a medldlna recommended the
Nearly a century and a quarter
? u * 'i f i oan * • tln’ ul*t« the func-
"We thought we would save you
"You wouldn’t go against the polls, ago Poinsett, then U. S. ambassador
V ”n.
l.h* k dney* * nd h* lP ‘ hem to
m " j "ml P01’ 01’ »1'» waste from the
tim e,” Ruth told her.
would ya?”
to Mexico, first brought cuttings o!
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
the "fire plant” to his South Caro
A e ili’l “ " * t.O d,y' U m wltb confidence.
Lillia n felt playful and teased,
At all drug atoraa.
The
new
chief
of
staff
of
the
B
rit
lina home. Carefully he tended the
"Why you wouldn’t even have
ish
arm
y
is
named
Slim.
We
w
ill
transplanted
tropical
beauty.
Under
thought of your clothes until Au
feel better if the head of any oppos his ekillful hands the flower thrived
gust fifth !”
ing force is a General Fatso.
and improved.
5804
Helps keep me
on my fe e t/
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WOH fVCKOY route
C heck th a t C ough
u
Before It Gets Worse
Kidneys Must
Work Well-
First Poinsettias
Cante Front Mexico
D oans P ills