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Newspaper Page TextPXGT! TrTOTTT TCDFOKn WATL THreWE, rPTFOTir), OBEGPy, THURSDAY. TTOVEirBER 18, 1937. 1 - m fy MARGARET CUION HERZOC ( The Character! Nina has married David, trying to neap her Intense Iot lor her - stepfather, Richard, the charming, well tailored stepfather, tried to pre vent her marriage, T Bonejr, Nino's gay, plump, youthful mother, ie wild about Jlichard, her recently acquired husband. David, a bright iouna auto talesman who adores Nina, strives to make her happy on hit small salary. -.- Chapter 21 Dinner At Grade's "I HOPE they like me," Nina said . rather timidly, for her, and backed away (m hi enfolding rumpling arms, in the nick of time. .The very first thing she noticed, when Jack Knight opened the door, was that the two girls behind him were in evening dress. The tall one, in black, had all the armarks of a model ... to chic and avelt was she ... and the short er one, in flesh-colored crepe, must eertainly be Gracie, from David's description of her, Nina felt like a sophomore from Peoria, in her simple, little Hattie Carnegie creation. And she had tried to be so thoughtfull "Hi, there, David! and Nina . . . kellol Cosh, I'm glad to meet you!" The shorter one, who teas Oracie, came forward with a wide mile. Nina relaxed a little. It was go ing to be easy. Gracie took her arm and whirled her off to the bedroom ... a tiny apartment, very taffeta and lacy. The bed was piled high with big dolls and little cushions. Every chair had either a white zur cat, or a black fur scottie; and w aressing-tarjie mirror was Jammed with cards, clippings and vnapsnois. It looked like the kind of room you see in the movies, where two pretty girls in black undies, plump xnemseives aown on tne Ded, ana -leu au. From tha moment eh a wnt in Nina had the feeling they could save a 101 01 iun togetner. Gracie was undeniably attrac live, in a dark, pert sort of way. She had hard, bright eyes, and a comical little nose, and curves that eould not fail to be pleasing to the masculine eve. Her flesh-colored evening-gown was not calculated 10 conceal them "... but it was smart and perfectly 'all right. Nina might have chosen It, her self, if it had been her type. It had eosi io.ou, sne louna out later. Gracie stared at her, as she fixed her hair. . "You don't mind If I stare, do you, Nina? I've been so darn' curi ous about you. You know when David told us about going around with a new twist, I knew you must be good . . . The boy's got eyes in nis neaa . . . But l dad no Idea you'd be this good!" "Hey, hold onl You'd better wait mi you Know me better, Gracie." "Oh, we'll get along. I'm not worried about that David's a great sua, isn t ne, mina? . , . Crazy about ornif "Umhum. You hat T ami1 ' "Come on in, you look great. jck a an awiui ass, out you 11 like him . . , and Francine and Bill are well, too. 0 She models for a whnls-nla house, and they're 'that way' about acn oiner, line you and David." Nina felt sure she and Gracie were going to get on. Jack, The Schoolboy --JOSHI The victuals . . ." Gra- "- cle shoved her into the living-room and disappeared. Her living-room didn't have as much definite character as her bedroom. There was a red lacquer secre tary, and a black velvet hanging en the wall, with a statue. and a fountain painted on it, in oils; and the most ingenious collection of cigarette boxes and ash-trays, that Nina had ever seen. The real nf the room was nondescript. Sinky chairs, chintz curtains . . . just a tunuuriaoie room. The windows looked out over the Hudson river, and that was the best thing of all. The model, Francine, was lan guidly beautiful, and beautifully languid. Bill was just a nice young man; and Jack Knight . . . well, Nina knew that she was going to like him, too. He was probably about 28, but remained and would remain the perennial schoolboy. His thin blond hair receded In two great bays from his pink fore head. It came way down in a little pointed peninsula, in the middle. He was very thin, but for some reason, his neck and jowls were plump extremely. He wore a watch fob with strange gold Insignia dangling from it, and a large seal ring. The cut of his suit, and the selec tion of his shirt and tie indicated that he might fancy himself a bit of a playboy ... but ha wasn't. He was a schoolboy. . He was utterly natural, and to love with life. "How .about a little panther sweat?" he suggested, after the in troductions had been made; and the party was on. , The biggest surprise of the eve ning, was Gracie's perfectly deli cious dinner . . , cooked and served by her own hand, from a kitchen ette that made Nina's look like a ballroom. s They all huddled Into an alcove, and Gracie meandered back and forth with one scrumptious dish after another . . . unhurried, at ease, keening ud a runnins fire of conversation all the while. puna marvelled at her. Fruit cup. Cream of mushrooms. Chicken Maryland ... "How do you do It, Gracie?" "Oh, it's nothing, my dear, noth ing. Just a little something I whipped up out of left-overs. No trouble at all . . . I've only been preparing this little snack for the last two weeks!" She was wonderful. "You know, Mrs. Day," began Jack. . "Why "Mrs. Day?' Have you any objection to 'Nina'?" "Not a one in the world! You know, Nina, you deserve to be con gratulated ... no. I'm not eoins to say anything nice about that mug oi a ousDana oi yours ... 1 was going to congratulate vou. because you're the first person who hasn't made some crack about "Day and Knight' . . . Night and Day, get it?" "Well, I had a narrow escape. It occurred to me, all right." "Nina," put in Francine, "would never think of being so obvious." "It was pure luck," said Nina mixlestly. Franclne's Broad A T7RANCINE had a slight ten s' dency, at first, to be social. . '"I saw young Willie so and so, the other night, at the Paradise. Amusing place to go, about once a winter, don't you think?" But Gracie wouldn't let her get away with it. "what are you trying to do, pal- sie? Impress Nina? , . . You live at tne paradise, you know you do! Put your broad A back in moth balls, kid' David smiled at Nina. His nn said: "I told you she was great, didn't I?" . Nina smiled back at him. Gracie went on. ' "You should have seen us. Nina. reading all ahnut vnn in ih nn. pers, 'The former Nina Stafford as the eye-comDelline Ice Maiden, in such and such a pageant, . . . Were we impressed! . , . How do you like cleaning David's razor, and putting the top back on the tooth paste, arter nun?" "The boy," said Nina. " is new ness personified, and we have tuo tubes of toothpaste, I'll have you know!" , . . What swank! . . . and I thouaht you were one of us!" David said: "Nina ! wnnHor Nothing about housekeeping fazea her. When she ran out of butter, one Sunday, she fried mv em in cold cream. That's initiative for you. - . When dinner was over. Rrarln whisked up a screen, and the mat ter of dishes was not referred to. Nina's heart ached for her. "Wouldn't you let me help, Gracie?" But her hostess told her: "When you've been poor a little longer, aarnng, you'll learn to treat dishes with a beautiful disregard. Right now, they're probably the biggest thing in your life. But vou'll et over it." Thev Dlaved red rln for nnnv chips. Gracie said: "You'va roltn t used to it, Nina . , . your Monte Carlo days are over, baby!" ... If anything, Gracie rather harped on the subject of Nina's being poor now. She sat bv David. omvuliA Nina and kidded her all very good naturedly, of course about her steady losing. nere, here bride! Them's pen nies you're throwing around!" She whispered with David a good deal, and constantly referred to amiuins exDerience. thev hd had together, in the past, Nina began to have a vague and then a very definite feeling. that Gracie was not an frienrilv n she appeared. buddenly. her continued talk about Nina's elegant past and her new poorness, took on a different note. It was as though ah u tet. Ins David's wife . . could take it Nina became aelf-consrloua ins then uncomfortable. the readjusted all her previous Ideas about Miss Nolan, and de cided that beneath her apparent openness, she was clever and nrewa, and could make a plenty mean enemy. (Copyright, IJT, Margaret Bering) David rides to the hounds, tomor row, with trim determination. Son Of Pioneers Takes Own Life WOODBTJRN, Ore.. Nor. lg.-l(AP) Ocll J. Srallnrd, 37. member oi a pioneer Woociburn family, com mitted suicide by shooting htmiielt at the family residence here early this morning, Coroner L. E. Derrick said. ooliard had recently been man ager of the national re-employment service at McMinnville and had pre viously been connected with me Balem branch of that unit. He i survived by meter, Mite Mary Sool lard. and a brother. Edward 8. Scol lard. He belonged to the American Legion. (let Venue Change SALEM. Nov. IB (API-Judge L. H MrMahen granted chanire of venue to Clarkamai county to Clar ence Hoogerhyde. 2a. indicted on a charge of hit-and-run driving In connection with the death of Mrs. Frederick Orprn t'ere October a Hoogerhyde rlrntlfd lr""ent. Use Mali rrlbunt want ads. Wagner Labor Act Impotent: Carson WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-(AP)-May. or Joe Caraon of Portland, Ore, charged today the Wagner labor re latlons act was "wholly silent and Im potent." The statement was iMued at the cloee of the annual mayors' confer ence a he prepared to return to Portland, where rival union had lied up the lumber Industry with Juris dictional disputes. Dog Pushes Girl Through Window SEATTLE. Nov. 18. (API King, a lively two-et old English netter owned by Harold H. Mitchell, makes news without biting a man. or get ting bitten by one. Hie 14-year old mistress. Ullien. had 11 studies in her arm today. The dog pushed her through a door glass yesterday, cutting an artery In STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author, melostnf a stamped envelope for reply. THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS PR, AKIHUR M- ClftRK, 77, nftW-CBNlUKYe 60 fcfrte ONLV ONS YSAR m-S) '0t. fcUTtOrtrtoie, tx?K b Picture WAlfeR RUNYftH, Ram City. $.d WrwftDiMfi tfe PROVED 0WN&teM in ft couw racoverW SUiT 6V ft I0-C&HT PIECE IN1H6 APiRES evN Hi Beg. U 8. Pat Ot t- ; ; ' rnfi 4 I s fr if Mis U ' IH3-37 Dime Wins Mare Strange as It seems, a 1020 dime es tablished ownership of a black mare in a Rapid city. 8. D., municipal court recently. Walter Runyan of that city claimed he was the animal's original owner and that the mare had disappeared when about one year old. W. Ray Sanders, defendant in the recovery suit, claimed he had re cently purchased the horse. - The wheels of law were at a stand still until Runyan remembered he had once Inserted a 1920 dime Into the mere's right hind thigh aa a mark of Identification. A veterinarian was called end an operation disclosed the dime. The horse, valued at 100. was awarded to Runyan on the strength of the 10-cent bit of dence. . , Miniature Cameras Nothing. It seems. Is new under the sun. Not even the "latest" miniature candid camera craze I Strange as It seems, back In the 1880s a grandpapa of the modern, high-speed "mlnl cams" was the rage. It was de signed to be worn under one's vest, with only the lens peeping through a buttonhole, and was capable of taking six small plcturea. Handicap ped by lack of the better films and lenses available today, exposures were necessarily much longer. Baby Doctor In 1888 Dr. Arthur N. Clark, now HcKMckt Sisdfc be. 77, located his offices In South Nor walk. Conn. In August of this year, Dr. Clark checked back over his birth records end found he had delivered 6488 babies Into the world. The number did not Include deliveries made in other states, which he esti mates at an additional 200. Since August, Dr. Clark's Soutn Norwalk record has passed the 6500 mark I During his 49 years of service In that location he has brought between 40 and 60 pairs of twins Into the world. His "records" are 301 babies In a single year: 36 In one month, and 18 In one week. "I have attended three generations in one or two families." Dr. Clark says of his South Norwalk services. Dairy Goat Co-op Is Incorporated SALEM. Nov. 18. (AP) The co operative Dairy Goat association, Rogue River, was Incorporated today to sell goat products at wholesale and retail. Incorporators were John H. Spain, Lilian ,E. Spain. J. D. Montgomery. R. Stlchl, W. R. Chrlstlleb. J. L. Zeller 8Rd Harry Kohlhepp. The papers were filed by V. A. O. Ahll, Grants Pass attorney. Delirious Patient Jumps Out Window ROSEBURO, Nov. 18. (AP) Fight ing off the restraining efforts of nurses, with superhuman strength oorn or delirium, R, E. Toner, travel. ing salesman of Eugene, suffered a fractured leg and Jaw In a leap from a hospital window here, It was report ed today by his physician. Toner was being treated at the hos pital for a concussion received last Saturday In an automobile accident south of Rase burg, m his brief spell of delirium he Jumped from the first floor window of the hospital. AM00S MOMENT FDR Y0UN6 EMPIOYEE, WttM tWO 600D SDrfS ON ri 50-YARD UNE FOR "THE 816 SRME IN HIS POCKEf, J.)SfW)W6 10 THE 80S BiOW OFF STEAM OVER HIS USUAL ALLOTMENT OF -tWO SEATS BEHIND HE GOAL POSTS ' (Copyright, 1937, by The San gynffleata, Inc.) am S 'MATTER POI By 0. M. PAYNH "reVMolvRow, T PjJ WtA in I i SS 13u-r Y-ttit, is - m Va 4.r-rA- " 7 To tD tW Y wait Till, vjb-) Anm-v.n P f- ' ,S ,CaW UP TO I AWL IAtW n M.ii h: t .hL ' id. sT rn 3ftt ....... ...Trx JA TAJXSPIN TOMMY The Nervous Passenger I " , . ....... .y gAL FORREST AS TOMMY AMD ' nAn P, tfZUtWVW' ;"'irltlCTTMl i11 11 1 111 I--J , , ' SKEETER SAT IM v ibnt. 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