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TCDFOKn WATL THreWE, rPTFOTir), OBEGPy, THURSDAY. TTOVEirBER 18, 1937.
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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
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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.
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