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Newspaper Page TextPAGE ETOHT MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MED FORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. ' By Jean Randall' YtSTtRDAY: Although everyone m Adelaide's happy po-tueky house loves her, $he is the trorld's worst manager. On the other hand Uobel yearns for domesticity. Determined to show Mac how competent fiobel is, Brenia works out a scheme. Chapter 21 Little Mist Fixit ADELAIDE wsj to used to being the culprit that the didn't real ize it was uremia wno was Jam ming the household machinery now. Living grew daily more com- flicated in the old Burnharn house, t was never anything really irn rortant that went wrong; nothirg that interfered with tli niei's work or upset their tocial enjoge mentt; nothing, in short, that ac tually Justified them in protesting too ttrongly or meditating upon changing their boarding place. It was simply that all sorts of trifles robbed their home life of its com' fort Eric loathed onions: and for four straight eveningi practically everything but the dessert wat flavored by that vegetable. The first night he wat courteous about it, never even mentioning It: the second he waa dignified, and ate little dinner. The third he con trived to call Adelaide t attention to hit untouched olate. and when the asked him worriedly if he wat ill, he taid: "Onions!" in i mar tyred voice. The fourth night he excuaea mmseir irom me taoie, took hit hat and left the house. (And Adelaide had forgotten both that he disliked onions and that they were actively present in at least three of the dishes the was serving!) Mtc presented no Achilles heel where his food was concerned. He te practically everything. What drove him to helpless fury was iinvtiiK niM worictng loon dis turbed. Evening after evening he roamed about the house searching (or hit softest pencil, hit eraser, once even for his portable type writer. (It was discovered even tually in the broom closetl) Mac argued, accused, exacted promises from both Adelaide and her handmaiden; and the next evening he might return to find a favorite small ruler missing, and the sheets of copy which had been neatly stacked on his detk so hope lessly mixed that Page One wat followed by Page Nine and that by ?age Three. Observing that an Inquiring ex pression was beginning to dawn in sobel's eyes, Brenda saw to it that one or two minor catastrophes overtook her also: her music was mislaid, her best handkerchief dis appeared' tmm its box on her bureau, once she was perilously jlose to being late while the whole household searched vainly for her car keys. At the end of eiffht Have nf M Adelaide became aware that all was not well with her house hold. She tapped apologetically on Brenda's door as soon as the three who were bound cityward had dit appeared. "I don't know what'a the matter wun me." she began forlornly. "I teem to nave lost my grip lately. Everything's going wrong. Eric is to freezingly polite I know either Grenadine hat cooked eomething the way he hates it, or the'f lost hit best studs. Mac told me this morning; he'd make his own bed after this, for Grenadine to keep out of his room until he got hit new layout finished." She put a limp handkerchief to her eyes. "I never was what you might call a terribly good housekeeper, but even I never used tn be as bad as this. It's as though everything I touched went wrong." Without Remorse "THE gracelest child behind the typewriter eyed her ipeeula tively and not a breath of re morse blew across her callous young heart. Adelaide had the happy faculty of putting un pleasant things behind her with remarkable celerity. A month from now she would have for gotten this whole week. As for the men, it would do them good to be a little uncomfortable; make 'em appreciate real domesticity when they encountered it. And if lsobel achieved her heart's desire, then Brenda had every intention of mentioning to her recording angel that she deserved several figures laced on the credit side of the dger. She said guilefully: "You need a rest. Adelaide, that's what's the matter. Everyone goes stale on a Job that she's worked on too lonR. Is there any place you could go for a little visit say a week or ten days?" Adelaide brightened at the al ways did at the prospect of going tomewhere. "I could go to my cousin'! In Springfield.'' she said. "Lucv'a been after me for years to come and see her and her new house. Or I could go out about eighteen miles in the country to stay with a friend of mine that lives there " "Springfield." Brenda decided. "You need to get farther awav than eichteen miles. When can you start?" i "This afternoon!" Adelaide taid without hesitation. "I could send a wire to Lucy to say I'm coming. Grenadine could presa my blue print and I could pack a couple of bags Brenda! "What?" the asked, ttartled. "I must Lo out of my mind to think of goinf away. Who would run this houc? Grenadine hat simply no seme at all. Oh, mel It waa n.te while it lasted our p-ar " I'll tell you who'll run the hs;i" ti,3 g,: ir.fonv.d her. "Isolti. Did you know she has do mestte inclination in a big way? Yearns to p!nn meals, shop, that tort nf thing?" "Well, yes, I did know it, 1 think. At least, the'f alwayt ask ing me how to tell the gradei of table linen and why do I have rice and macaroni at the tame meal; but she's only a girl, Brenda. She'a had no actual experience. I don't Deneve " Brenda cut her abort. "I do. I think the'd make a grand house keeper at least for a week or to. Let t ask her thii evening, shall we? If the wants to do it, you'll promise to go to Springfield?" "Yes. indeed I will1 taid Ade laide enthusiastically. Isobel wat lured up into Bren da's room soon after the evening meal and the idea presented to her artfully. Brenda dwelt on the fatigue from which their landlady was suffering; Adelaide meekly pointed out how forgetful the wat growing because of overwork. Isobel said briskly: "Put it off until next week. Ade laide, and I'll do it with all the pleasure in life. I'll have no les son i to give next week; they're redecorating the ttudio. That leaves me only the radio work, and I can have the housekeeping all attended to hours before Us time to drive down for that" 'Conscience Hurt" SO IT waa settled. Brenda waa torry the experiment had to be postponed. She feared her inge nuity might give out if it had to be exercised much longer. Worse than that, she feared discovery, either by Adelaide or Isobel. But Adelaide was far too excited bv her forthcoming visit, and Isobel wat too deep in cookbooks and texts on domestic science to notice the various small iniquities which were being practised beneath their noses. And on Sunday the rightful landlady of the old Burn- ham house departed, and a youth ful substitute was installed in her place. Isobel drove Adelaide to the sta tion in her little car. Brenda em ployed the time while she awaited the other slrl't return, in ardent self-reproach. Here 1 am, trying to arrange other people's lives for them againl Little Miss Fixit, always on the Job! How do I know whether Isobel can run this house or not? Just because she wants a home of her own. Just because she't inter ested in domestic science, doesn't guarantee her ability to look after those tw.i men and keep 'em satisfied. How'll I feel If Adelaide comes home and finds Mac and Eric both gone and Isobel prob ably going too. if she makes a mesa of the housekeeping?" The more she thought about It, the less ahe could understand her own rashness. Isobel herself had said she had only a theoretical knowledge of housekeemnB: and weren't the comics always full of Jokes about women who had only ineories ana no experience in run ning a house? Eric and Mae were healthy men with good appetites. They lunched lightly, and they liked and had a right to expect! a good dinner. What if Isobel offered them a cup ful of soup with a dab of whioned cream in it, a slender chop es- thetically arrayed in a fancy frill, a fancy aalad out of a magaiine? Her writer's passion for detail made the picture a vivid one: beautifully set table with a low bowl of flowers in the middle. Grenadine drilled to unaccus tomed perfection of service Isobel neat and attractive in a pretty gown, and teashop rations for two hungry men! Brenda was pacing worriedly back and forth across her room when a tap came at her door. Be fore she could open it, Mac stuck his head in. "I knew it was all rleht." he ex plained, "because I've been listen ing to that sentry-go of yours for twenty minute. Conscience hurt you?" Wh-Wiat do ou mean. Mac?" He grinned. "I'm on to you, young woman! Adelaide and Grenadine in their time have done some mighty queer things, but never even to them did it occur to put my typewriter in the broom closet! I knew whom I had to thank for that fancv touch. What's tne nig idea. Brenda? Her hands went un to her burn ing cheeks Sr. Mac had known all this time! He had realized that she had tiptoed into his room and hidden his pencils, had given an all too realistic imitation of a mischievous child of four. "1 I had a reason, she faltered. "I know vou did." he assured her warmly. Continued Monday PRESBYTERIANS URGE;QUEZON SIGNS BILL TO MYRON TAYLOR RECALL Rochester. N. Y., May 29. (U.Rl The general assmbly of the Presbyterian church, meet Ing at Rochester Tuesday, asked that relationi between this country and Vatican City be ended. The resolution passed by the assembly after 4J minutes of debate called on President Roosevelt to terminate the ap pointment of special envoy My ron C. Taylor. ort Worth, Texai. wat found ed In 1849 at an army post to protect settlers from Indiana. Manila. Mav 19. i.T Presi dent Manuel Quezon today sign ed the new immigration bill, sharply restricting quotas from all nations, against which of ficial protests had been voiced In Japan. It must be approved by President Roosevelt because it dealt with foreign relation!. The measure sets up annual quotas of 500 for each national ity. Thii represents sharp cur tailment of Immigration from Japan and China. Eight towni in the United States are named Cuba. On the Radio Chains STATIONS Where to line Thm un the Dial: klX. lieu, Portland; KH, 40, u Antrim KUA. 1470. Kpokane: liuo. ;iw, tan tranrltro; KOw 120. tortland: KJR. )u. Seattle: KNX, I Clio, Lou Antelea: kOA. IJO. Denier: kolN. B40. Portland: kOMO tta Keattle; KPO. ft HI. nan Fnnrlro: Kl lirtn. lt tike. Vtedneftday S 00 sur Theater, KVX, K8L, KOtN: Drama. KOO. KJR. KEX; Musical Soiree. KFI; Introducing, KPO. 1:30 Shield's Rerue. KOO. KEX. KJR. 6:00 Olen Hurlburt, KOO; Sym phony Orch.. KEX; Kyaefi Orch.. i:ro, tcc'A', i:n. i;...i oku., KNX, KSL. KOIN. . e.atBurna and Allen. KNX. KOIN, KSL: Sketch, KOO. KZX. KJR. 7:00 Barnetta Orch.. KOO. KEX; Amoa and Andy, KNX, KOIN, KSL; Playhouse. KPO. KPI. KOW. T:80 Drama. KOO. KEX. KJR; Plantation Party. KPO, KPI. KOW; Dr. Christian. KMX. KSU KOIN. S:0J Pred Allen. KPO, KOW. KPT; Ben Bernle, KNX. KSL. KOIN; Mar rtaga Club. KOO; News, KEX. 8:0 Herbert's Orch., KOIN. KNX. :00 Paul Sullivan. KNX, KSL. KOIN. :50 Molina's Orch.. KPT: Dennis' Orch., KSL. KOIN, KNX; Mllneck's Orch.. KPO. KH. KOW. 10:00 Oluskln'a Orch., KSL; Re porter. KPO. KPI. KGW. 10:80 Pastor's Orch., KOIN: Retch man's Orch , KPO, KOW, KPI; Dra per's Orch, KOO. KEX, KJR. i 1 .00- -Arnhetm'a Orch, KOIN. KSL: Nottingham'! Orch, KPO; This Moving World, KEX: Hews, KOO. KCW, KZX. I liurMlay 8:00 Drama. KOO, KEX: Oooel j News of 1M0. KPO. KPI, KOW; Major Bowes, B.U1N, SUSL. 8:80 Rudy Valle. KPI; Safety First. KPO. :00 Miller's Orch.. KNX, KOIN. KSL: Mualo Hall. KPO. KPI. KOW; Dance Orch, KOO. KEX. 8 J0 Euy Aeea. KOO. KEX. KJR. TOO Pred Wanna. KPO. KOW. KPI: Amos and Andy. KNX, KSL. KOIN; Kinney's Orch., KEX. 7:18 Lanny Rom, KNX. KOIN. K8L; James' Orch., KPO. KOW; News. auri. 7:30 Musical Americana. KOO. KJR. KEX; Ask-lt-Butet, KNX, KOIN, KSL. 8 :00 Strange As It Seems. KNX. KSL, KOIN: Modern Strings, KOW: Judy Deans, KOO; Dreet Rehearsal, KPO: Newa. KEX. 8 :30 Symphony Hour. KPO, KOW. KPI: Answer Auction. KNX. KOIN. B:00 Aviaons Orch.. KJR; Paul Sullivan. KSL, KNX. KOIN. 8 301 Love a Mjitery. KPO, KPI. KOW; Duffy'a Orch, KNX, KSL: rrtml Jr.'a Orch, KOMO. 10:00 Reporter, KPO. KOW. KPI; Arnhelm't Orch, KJR. 10:30 Malneck's Orch, KPO; Pas tor's Orch, KSL, KNX. KOIN; Not tinghams Orch, KOO, KEX, KJR. 1 1 :00 Fields' Orch, KPO; Thla Moving World. KEX; Noble's Orch, KSL; KOIN; News, KOO, KOW. KNX. last night with the death of J. W. Ridge, 83, Grand Army of the Republic veteran. He served with the 196th Pennsylvania in fantry , et .J)bvandoah ,va,'ey. I Ridge wat past commander of the state G A R. An urgent appeal to Jackson county to provide 200 knit sweaters was received here to day from National Red Cross officers in New York, taid Mra. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, chairman of the war relief committee in this county. Mrs. Carpenter urged today that all Jackson county women who feel that thev can contrib ute time and labor to knitting a sweater, call at Red Cross offices in the Jackson county courthouse for instructions and the necessary supplies such at wool and needles. The chair man said that the quota here for socks and scarfs had been filled but that 200 sweaters must be finished as soon as possible. It is hoped that a number of valley persons who knitted be fore on garments will answer the urgent call and report at Red Crost offices promptly. Ex-G.A.R. Chief Diet Portland, May 29. Memorial Day lost another of its rapidly departing principals KEEPING A PROMISE By GLUYA3 WILLIAMS" rVrfHrRHVlS6lbB!0llf, HKS PROMISED HER 1b DO HISPRKilK6.SlfeTJDW'fi K( PlM0 AHD Plft& A SCALX 6Ef6 UP AND SHUTS Wlh1 P0W it) HE CAN HEAR WlE5 0FfriE4j(lf(c5 "Wt'lKa sftm some ufriE -Time arrmisiM6 books ttJPlAto BENCH 10 6Ef If 10 1HE RlHf HE)6Ht tWEsuPAripetiSnfiCK SO HE WOHT HAVE lb KEEP 60IN6 OOf 1b KITCHEN" fo SEE WHEN HI&HAlf HOUhV IS UP 5rfS DOWN AfPlArJO AMP 6Ef5 UP to OPEN WlNDou SO HE fW HEAR VOICES OF 1HE 6AN6 TIAVIN6 L5-30 lOOKST&R BOOkWflWfriE piece he has fo practice, FiNDIMS AfLMfHEWA'i SllTlHO ON IT. HAS fo RE ARRANGE PlAt0 BENCH 6EfS INTERESTED IN SfiCK' IHESS OF PIANO key's. experiments su66est That mav&e he should have washep his hands PISV6 fHR0l)6H PlECt ONCE, WICH BRINGS HIM ttT6l)ft MINUTES OVER HrS HMF HOUR, AN" 6oS OUT fezung uERf1 Virtuous )Blmd by n, BUI BTOtlnH. ly..) Farm Girl Winner In Spelling Bee Washington. May 29. (UP.) A 14-year-old farm girl from Cookeville, Tenn., today won the 16th annual national spell ing bee. Laurel Kuykendall spelled the word "plantain, p-l-a-n-t-a-l-n" correctly to win after eliminating 21 other boys and girls from 16 states. NAZIS VILL CHAIN REB F Berlin. May 29. tJP) (Via Radiol French aviators seized in the future will be "chained immediately." Field Marshal Herman Wilhelm Goering an nounced today, as retaliation for treatment of German air pris oners "contrary to international law." "Magnanimous orders hither to in force concerning treatment of enemv fliers are rescinded." Goering's announcement said. "In the future all French fliers in conformity with the French example will be chained imme diately after their capture." Tl. i.n.-emflr- a.-ffd tVl.lt j ,UC BIIUUUIU.III..i. j lLt-Gcrrr.a air force command er saw himself forced 10 lane these severe measures because reports are accumulating to the effect that inhumane treatment is meted out by the French to German fliers taken prisoner of war." Keeter Proposed Portland. May ,29 if) Dr. Dexter M. Keezer, 44, Reed col lege president for six years, haa been proposed informally for the rtresidencv of City colleg of New York, the Oregon Jour nal learned today. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by JOHN HIX M. CAPUN, Newark. H.J., CAN WRITS 2V DIFFERENT WPMSj '4tR?n CATFISH "Peniteirflarijlom's" hKi fomo ONLY IN North Carolina, RIVER'S,.. h?Z T-oUND ONLY IN North Carolina, I J TAILSPIN TOMMY Deadly Toyl trfReff OR BoTrt H&NW, itn to R16HT, em. IH to Ttftai PmIvm BClMt. tor. t. Sm- C S. ru. 08411 nkU rMnd FIRST TRANSFUSION Dr. Richard Lower, an Engliih physician, performed lh .first recorded blcod transfusion with any tuceess upon a dog. Interested wat Samuel Pepys. who speculated in hit diary on trantfusing the blood of a Quaker into the veins of an English archbiihop. But Jean Denys of Montpellier wai tint to perform a transfusion upon a human. He chose a 15-year-old boy and used lamb's blood. An account wat published in London in July, 1667. TOMORROW: Juror at his own murder trial. iNSPECTpn.s.petoa.iNr, ths WRECKAGE Of THE 4-POINT WAR-PIANB , FOUND A M0V16 CAMERA THAT HAD By HAL FORREST JERRY, This PlCturtik, ENLARGED. FROM THE film in jake's movi Camera . 4 how vou RADIO MODEL, PkANt BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER A Second Lookl 1 I il. 5?.4.rllJ ("w-WmAT? I I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME, LOOK HERE !.'..THI$ I l TMH TOV wou V I I PLANS OR MYI WHO WAS sitipppu uif- Sim uc I it nt r.i WiL rl . ? 1 1 I"' -10L. TOM I ship to a t tub MAM.y DBct ht:-r?it vtii i i i Li, ...yr i ' .'. V.-J-Y TO SO V I TT NrfHr5ASD Vdi l L sCr-fir-fibDtL PLANE VTrr"'.TiuKINO B fc&V BECOME 1 Z, cS.it .HE'PMAKE 1 n 1 K COMPANY.. .HE GAVfc arout Kin'e ravtl X. Ae,,?5,.5 ,,L m llAf m iEJo mmm .,11.1 mi B PrttTM ifero THERE, HOWI THESE f I'LL ST k -r; I Y fllVS MEO A 1 LOOK. BEN! f W3, 1 I ALL TMK Tl Ice ami 1 '"' 1 The Gamble ' 1 1 ' ' ' By SOL HESS fa LAST THE WUATSC oUJ SN-S.J7 "ll AMO REMEMftER., PORTlOmsAf I I IOPhiE IS OUT THERE IWND-. GlVIMQ HER rVaoiii sooookj A fvrevTi'e0- f ace measured fyy tue size) gave me the ritz--calleoTthe ubse..elC PCXVEQ HERE TOOA.V J I SYV.TH1). . ( I OP THE T1P..TW1MGS HASnjT .y. GlRuE I "SCPwiEO- 5HE LEAnES AS BUSiMESS V G'Rll7 tP2l 'I AN0 WEL ) CHAMGEO HERE y E - LOAD ( MUCH AS A oVmE OU IS UKlDEft SCl I IT IONS ENOUGH TD KnOW V " CP CORnEO 6EEP AMD The TABlE IllM ' 'I V ,-ir---T---r CTnV " CABBAGE. 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